Zhutian: Start from Devouring the Stars and Becoming a God

Chapter 359 The Human Race, the Lords of the Universe
A special dimension within the virtual universe.

In the endless darkness, distant stars faintly shimmered, and a simple temple floated in mid-air.

In the open space inside the temple, there was a long stone table with a stone chair at the head of the table, and a row of stone chairs on each side of the table.

At this moment, many imposing figures were already seated on the stone chairs on both sides of the stone table, chatting idly.

"Hahaha! Xu Jin, when Qingluan broke through last time, your arena side thought that the number of Universe Lords was on par with the Virtual Universe Company lineage. I didn't expect that only a few million years have passed, and that Venerable of Myriad Realms has broken through to the Universe Lord realm. Now the Virtual Universe Company lineage will have one more Universe Lord than you!"

"It's definitely a good thing that a universe master from our human race has broken through. So what if it's not from my Giant Axe Arena lineage?"

"Actually, it was mainly because the Yan Emperor led the Yan God Clan to break away from our human race, otherwise there would be six Universe Lords in the Giant Axe Arena now!"

"Hmph! On such a fine day, why bring up that traitor Emperor Yan?"

"That's right! Given Emperor Yan's selfish and self-serving nature, his separation from our human race is entirely a good thing!"

"It's a pity about the Flame God Clan. That's the pinnacle of our human race's bloodline, comparable even to the twelve pinnacle bloodlines of the Starry Sky Beast lineage!"

"There's nothing to regret! The Yan God Clan followed the Yan Emperor to the Yan Mystic Realm, and now, after so much time, not even a single Universe Venerable has appeared. They're completely useless!"

The lords of the universe, seated on either side of the stone table, chatted and laughed with each other.

at this time……

Wow! Wow! Wow!
Six figures appeared almost simultaneously; they were the six universe lords of the Virtual Universe Company, led by the Lord of Chaos City.

"chaos!"

"Chaos, you've arrived too!"

"chaos!"

Upon seeing Lu Qingshan and his group appear, the many universe lords present greeted the Chaos City Lord who was leading them.

Firstly, the Lord of Chaos City is extremely powerful, and can be considered the second strongest person in the human race today.
Of course, the most important thing is that the Lord of Chaos City has always been doing his best to handle all kinds of trivial matters for the human race!
It should be noted that the many universe lords of the human race are high above and usually don't bother with the trivial matters of their race, while the Lord of Chaos City has always been working tirelessly for the sake of his race, so the many universe lords of the human race also admire him.

"Darkness, I heard you recently acquired a top-tier treasure weapon on the spaceship?"

"Myriad Realms, congratulations on breaking through to the realm of the Lord of the Universe!"

"Welcome to our world, all realms!"

……

The many cosmic lords around them warmly greeted Lu Qingshan and his companions.

Among all the lords of the universe, the Azure Phoenix Lord of the Giant Axe Arena was undoubtedly the most sentimental.

After all, when he broke through to the realm of the Lord of the Universe, he had a certain relationship with Lu Qingshan.

If he hadn't witnessed the great battle between Lu Qingshan and the Poison Dragon Venerable, he probably wouldn't have been able to break through to the Universe Lord realm so smoothly.

Unexpectedly, only a few million years have passed, and Lu Qingshan has already broken through to the realm of the Lord of the Universe!

During the conversation, the six Universe Lords of the Virtual Universe Company lineage sat down on the stone chairs. The one in the lead was naturally the Lord of Chaos City, followed by the Lord of Dragon Journey, the Lord of Darkness, the Lord of Ice Peak, the Lord of Netherworld, and the Lord of Myriad Realms.

After sitting down, Lu Qingshan not only responded to everyone's congratulations, but also observed the powerful figures from other factions.

Those present were all true high-ranking members of the human race. Lu Qingshan had only met the Ice Peak Lord and the Chaos City Lord before. As for the others, he had only found information about them in some documents and had never seen them in person.

"The Giant Axe Arena lineage is headed by the Giant Axe Founder, but as the strongest being in the universe, the Giant Axe Founder naturally doesn't handle trivial matters. Therefore, the Giant Axe Arena lineage is usually overseen by the Lord of Void Gold!"

Lu Qingshan glanced at him and saw that the Lord of Void Gold was tall and imposing, with long eyebrows and a head of dazzling golden hair: "There are five Universe Lords on the Giant Axe Arena side. In addition to the Lord of Void Gold, there are also the Lord of Darkness, the Lord of Lancang, the Lord of Yellow Orange, and the Lord of Azure Phoenix!"

"The Cosmic Mercenary Alliance is led by Lord Huangjian!"

Lu Qingshan quickly looked at the Lord of Huangjian. He saw that the other party had a ferocious appearance, his whole body was covered with complex scales, and there were three sharp horns on his head. His aura was also extremely domineering: "The Cosmic Mercenary Alliance currently only has two Cosmic Lords. In addition to the Lord of Huangjian, there is also the Lord of Dongheng, who is slightly weaker!"

"As for the Cosmic Galaxy Bank, it is headed by Master Peng!"

Lu Qingshan quickly looked at Peng Gongzhi, who was slightly overweight. He saw that the man had a bald head, a long beard hanging down, and a very gentle aura.

However, Lu Qingshan understood very well that Peng Gong's strength was among the top of all the universe lords in the human race, and he was completely comparable to the Chaos City Lord: "The Cosmic Star River Bank also only has two universe lords. Besides Peng Gong, who is in charge, there is also Ling Yuan, who is slightly weaker!"

"And then there's the First Bank of the Universe!" Lu Qingshan immediately looked at the three Universe Lords of the First Bank of the Universe.

The leader of the Universe First Bank was the Lord of Qingdong, who wore a blue battle armor and a blue cloak, on which was a strange beast pattern composed of complex secret runes.

According to the information Lu Qingshan had previously gathered, the Universe First Bank should only have two Universe Lords: the Lord of Qingdong and the Lord of Yanshan.

But now, next to the Lord of Yanshan, there is another powerful figure with a lean build, shrouded in a black robe.

Noticing Lu Qingshan's gaze, the black-robed expert smiled slightly at him and then greeted him, "Myriad Realms!"

"Qingshan, that is the Lord of the River of Oblivion, the number one bank in the universe!"

After noticing Lu Qingshan's performance, the Ice Peak Lord quickly smiled and introduced, "Like Senior Brother Darkness, Wangchuan is also a hidden universe lord of our human race. Apart from the Giant Axe Founder and us universe lords, no one in the universe knows that he is a powerful figure of our human race!"

Upon hearing the words of the Lord of Ice Peak, Lu Qingshan also nodded slightly to the Lord of the River of Oblivion: "River of Oblivion!"

After meeting many of the universe lords of the human race, Lu Qingshan couldn't help but exclaim in his heart, "The strongmen of my human race are truly powerful!"

Because he was very familiar with the original plot, Lu Qingshan, although he had just entered the realm of the Lord of the Universe, was still very clear about the division of levels among the Lords of the Universe.

The power levels of the Lords of the Universe can be roughly divided into six tiers.

The first tier refers to those who have just entered the realm of the Lord of the Universe, whose life gene level is relatively ordinary, whose supreme treasure weapons are relatively average, and who have not yet created the ultimate secret technique of the Lord of the Universe.

In extreme cases, there may even be universe masters whose life gene level is only a dozen or so, whose body and soul amplitude have never reached the hundredfold limit, and who do not even have a single supreme treasure (the universe lords of weak races break through directly)!

Such a cosmic master, if he had just broken through, might even have been suppressed by those top cosmic overlords!

Of course, after a breakthrough, a Cosmic Venerable only needs to cultivate in seclusion for a period of time, and their strength will naturally improve significantly.

The second tier generally refers to universe masters whose life gene level has reached a thousand times, who have created ultimate secret techniques and use top-tier treasure weapons. This is the most common type of universe master in the universe, belonging to the ordinary level!
Generally, if two of these three conditions are met, one can barely enter the second tier; if all three are met, one can be called the top of the second tier.

The Lord of Youhou, the Lord of Qingluan, the Lord of Lanzang, and the Lord of Lingyuan among the human race today belong to this level!

The third tier refers to a cosmic master who, based on the top level of the second tier, has either mastered a supreme treasure weapon, raised their life gene level to nearly ten thousand times, or created the strongest secret technique of the cosmic master.

If any one of these three conditions is met, one will have entered the third level.

The current rulers of the human race, such as the Lord of Dongheng, the Lord of Huangcheng, the Lord of Anjue, the Lord of Yanshan, and the Lord of Wangchuan, belong to this level.

The fourth tier represents the pinnacle of the universe's masters, referring to those who have created the strongest secret technique for the universe's masters, whose life gene level has been increased by nearly ten thousand times, and who also possess supreme treasures to protect them.

To advance to the fourth tier, these three conditions are indispensable!

Just like the leader of the Yan God Clan, the Yan Emperor, whether it is the level of life genes or the protective treasures, he can be considered the top among the Lords of the Universe. However, because he has not yet created the strongest secret technique of the Lord of the Universe, he can only be considered the top of the third tier!
Currently, the Ice Peak Lord, Dragon Path Lord, Void Gold Lord, Azure East Lord, and Desolate Mirror Lord among the human race belong to this level. The fifth tier refers to those universe lords who, based on the fourth tier, have created the strongest secret technique for merging universe lords and possess even more protective treasures.

Such a fifth-order universe master is very close to breaking through to the realm of the strongest in the universe. Although taking this final step is still extremely difficult, he undoubtedly has the qualifications.

Even when facing the strongest being in the universe who can unleash their full power, they have a good chance of surviving.

Currently, there are only three fifth-order universe masters among the human race: the Lord of Chaos City, the Lord of Darkness, and the Lord of Peng Gong!

As for the sixth-order universe lords, they refer to those fifth-order universe lords who have had incredibly extraordinary opportunities and obtained the most powerful treasures.

Such a cosmic ruler's strength has already reached the sixth-order limit that was achievable in the original universe.

However, in the current primordial universe, the number of supreme treasures is even less than the number of the strongest beings in the universe, so it is impossible for a universe lord to possess supreme treasures!

Although there are still some second-tier universe masters among the human race, the proportion is already very small.

It should be understood that creating the strongest secret technique of the universe master, raising the level of life genes by nearly ten thousand times, or obtaining a supreme treasure are all extremely difficult things for the universe master!

Among the many universe masters in the primordial universe, second-order universe masters probably make up more than half, with the remainder being third-order and fourth-order universe masters.

As for the number of fifth-order universe masters, there are probably only a few dozen in the entire primordial universe combined!

Lu Qingshan has just broken through and can only be considered a first-order universe master.

However, after he raised his original life gene level to more than a thousand times, he could barely enter the second level.

If combined with that astonishing reserve of divine power, even a fourth-order universe lord would not be able to pose a fatal threat to him.

Just as Lu Qingshan was sighing inwardly, the leader of the human race, the Giant Axe Founder, finally appeared.

Wow!
Suddenly, a giant savage with long, flowing hair appeared in the main seat; he was none other than the founder of the Giant Axe.

As soon as the Giant Axe Founder appeared, all the surrounding universe lords fell silent and looked at the Giant Axe Founder in the main seat with great respect.

"Myriad Realms!"

The Giant Axe Founder's gaze swept over all the universe lords before settling on Lu Qingshan: "This is the first time we've met!"

"The founder of the Giant Axe!" Lu Qingshan greeted him with great respect.

Although he had attended many Supreme Meetings, he was not qualified to meet the founder of the Giant Axe with his own eyes given his authority at the time.

And at this time...

"Everyone!"

The Giant Axe Founder continued, "Not long ago, our human race gave birth to a Lord of the Universe. Unexpectedly, only a few million years later, another Lord of the Universe has been born!"

Upon hearing these words from the Giant Axe Founder, smiles appeared on the faces of all the surrounding Universe Lords.

It is important to understand that the birth of a Universe Lord is extremely difficult. Since the beginning of the evolution of the primordial universe, trillions of years have passed for the human race, yet only a little over twenty Universe Lords have been born to date.

Excluding the few fallen Universe Lords, the human race now consists of only these eighteen Universe Lords.

"We are all gathered here today to welcome the myriad realms to become one of us."

The Giant Axe Founder looked at Lu Qingshan again and said, "From now on, our human race will have one more universe master. He has the ability to create clones, and one of his clones has a divine body with a diameter of more than two billion kilometers. He will surely become the mainstay of our human race in the future!"

The cosmic lords around him were clearly surprised by what the Giant Axe Founder said.

In fact, among the universe masters of the human race, there are quite a few who have the ability to create clones, more than ten in total, but the largest of their divine bodies is only a few million kilometers in size!

Lu Qingshan's avatar now has a diameter of over two billion kilometers. Even if all of their divine bodies were combined, they would still be far inferior to Lu Qingshan's.

"No one knows yet about the breakthrough from the Myriad Realms to the Universe Lord!"

The founder of the giant axe quickly continued, "Everyone, what do you think is the next step in arranging the myriad realms?"

"Since no one knows about the breakthrough of the Myriad Realms, it would be best to keep the Myriad Realms hidden, just like Darkness and the River of Oblivion!"

The Lord of Qingdong of the Universe's First Bank quickly said, "Qingluan has just broken through to the Universe Lord realm. Our human race is already being targeted by the other three top races. If the myriad realms are also exposed now, it will definitely be very disadvantageous for our human race!"

Upon hearing the words of the Lord of Qingdong, Lu Qingshan was slightly taken aback.

If he hides, how can he venture into the Temple of Gods Execution?

Before Lu Qingshan could even speak, the Lord of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, Huang Jian, said directly, "Qingdong, don't forget, Wan Jie broke through using the Path of the Beast God. The Ancestral God Sect will surely find out soon. We can't hide it from them even if we want to!"

"Moreover, he is the only universe lord in our human race who broke through to the Beast God Path. Once his status in the Ancestral God Cult is elevated, it will be a good thing for our human race. So I don't think there is any need for him to hide his strength!"

“I share the same thoughts as Huang Jian!”

The Lord of Ice Peak also spoke up, saying, "The reason why Senior Brother Darkness and Wangchuan were able to hide their identities is entirely because they usually focus on their cultivation. There are very few people in the universe who know about them!"

"But Qingshan has been roaming the universe for countless years, and he has fought against countless people! Unless Qingshan stays in the territory of our human race to cultivate in seclusion and no longer fights with others, it is simply impossible to keep it a secret from other forces!"

Upon hearing the words of the Lord of Ice Peak, the surrounding Lords of the Universe all nodded in agreement.

As the ruler of the universe, especially one with the ability to create clones, it is certainly impossible for him to remain in seclusion among the human race indefinitely.

After all, if the Lord of the Universe wants to increase his strength, he needs to acquire precious treasures, improve the level of life genes, and create more powerful secret techniques.

Not to mention that precious treasures and the improvement of life gene levels require a lot of resources, even creating powerful secret techniques requires battles and training.

"Myriad Realms!"

The founder of the giant axe quickly looked at Lu Qingshan: "What are your own thoughts on this matter?"

"I think the teacher is absolutely right!"

Lu Qingshan paused slightly before continuing, "When I was traveling in the universe, I fought against many powerful figures from various other forces. They are very familiar with my divine power aura, so it's practically impossible for me to hide my identity!"

"Moreover, I currently possess a token from the Temple of Godslayers, so I intend to take this opportunity to venture into the Temple of Godslayers and see if I can gain anything!"

Humanity still respects the will of the strong. For example, in the original story, Luo Feng wanted to retain the Qijing Stone with the strength of a Universe Venerable, but many strong people in the human race did not force him to hand it over.

So after hearing Lu Qingshan's words, none of the universe masters around him wanted to persuade him to hide his identity.

The founder of the Giant Axe simply said, "Alright! Let's leave it at that!"

"Although the breakthrough to the myriad realms will make our human race targeted by the other three peak races, it is nothing to our human race. Moreover, it will bring more trials to our human race's strong individuals, and perhaps a new universe master will be born!"

Upon hearing the words of the Giant Axe Founder, all the cosmic lords around him burst into laughter.

If the birth of a Universe Lord were truly that easy, then the human race wouldn't only have eighteen Universe Lords by now.

(End of this chapter)