Zhutian: Start from Devouring the Stars and Becoming a God

Chapter 372 Gift of Treasure
"Only by killing strong opponents can you reap great rewards!"

Seeing his treasure points increase dramatically, Lu Qingshan couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Most of the more than 300 treasure points this time came from the Snow Heaven Palace Master, and this was only because Lu Qingshan had already exchanged a top-tier treasure weapon with the Lord of Flint.

Otherwise, the gains from the Snow Heaven Palace Master alone would have exceeded three hundred treasure points.

"However, that's not entirely true!"

"It should be said that the more precious the treasure, the greater the reward! And precious treasures are often in the hands of the strong, or there are strong people competing for them, making them even more difficult to obtain!"

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan immediately waved his hand and sent the God-Slaying Array Diagram, which was radiating golden light, onto the cyan stone plate in front of him.

He did this not to contribute the God-Slaying Array Diagram to the human race's treasury, but to verify its value.

Strands of cyan silk threads rose from the cyan stone disc in front of them, quickly enveloping the God-Slaying Array Diagram for inspection.

Immediately afterwards, that gentle voice rang out again in the side hall: "The main components and three array artifacts of the top-tier domain-class treasure 'Godslaying Array Diagram' can be contributed to the clan to obtain 890 treasure points. Lu Qingshan, are you willing to offer this treasure to the clan?"

"I don't want to!" Lu Qingshan quickly shook his head and said.

Upon hearing Lu Qingshan's reply, the azure light surrounding the God-Slaying Array Diagram immediately dissipated, and Lu Qingshan waved his hand again to retrieve the God-Slaying Array Diagram.

"This price is acceptable!"

As Lu Qingshan casually put away the God-Slaying Array Diagram, he thought to himself, "According to my estimation, the power of this God-Slaying Array Diagram is only at a mid-level among high-level treasures, equivalent to about 400 treasure points. The fact that the human race's treasury is offering 890 treasure points is already quite good!"

It should be noted that a domain-type treasure worth 890 treasure points is already considered a top-tier treasure among high-level domain-type treasures, on par with the Sirius Palace of the Sirius Lord.

Moreover, once Lu Qingshan collects the other components of the God-Slaying Formation Diagram, its price will definitely continue to increase.

For example, if Lu Qingshan spends about thirty Treasure Points to collect a new array artifact, the exchange price of the God-Slaying Array Diagram could probably increase by one or two hundred Treasure Points.

Therefore, slowly collecting the other array artifacts of the God-Slaying Array Diagram is definitely much simpler than exchanging for a top-tier domain-level treasure in the human race's treasury.

If Lu Qingshan were to contribute this incomplete God-Slaying Array Diagram to the treasure trove of the human race now, it would be a huge loss.

"More than three hundred Treasure Points is not a small amount, even for a Universe Lord!"

Lu Qingshan thought to himself, "But if I want to exchange for a top-tier treasure, even the lowest-value top-tier treasure weapon, it's far from enough!"

In the human race's treasure trove, even the cheapest top-tier treasure weapon requires 1045 treasure points to exchange for.

As for the ultimate treasure longsword, the cheapest one costs 1100 treasure points.

Lu Qingshan's entire fortune now amounts to just over a thousand Treasure Points. Among them, the most precious treasures are the God-Slaying Array Diagram he just obtained and the Chaos Returning to Ruins Tower given to him by the Lord of Ice Peak.

These two treasures alone are worth nearly 1,500 Treasure Points.

Next, Lu Qingshan quickly began exchanging for treasures.

First, there are two items: a high-grade treasure weapon and a high-grade treasure armor, which cost 9 treasure points and 13 treasure points respectively.
Then there's a common Arcana weapon and a common Arcana armor, costing 2 Arcana Points and 4 Arcana Points respectively;
Two high-grade treasure weapons, one a sword that cost 9 treasure points and the other a spear that cost 8 treasure points;
Next came three ordinary palace-type treasures, which cost 22 and 24 treasure points respectively.

Finally, I spent 6 Treasure Points to exchange for resources that could raise the life gene level of a Universe Venerable to the limit of 100 times.

These treasures alone cost Lu Qingshan a total of 80 Treasure Points.

After that, Lu Qingshan spent 58 Treasure Points to exchange for some special resources that could increase his own life gene level from 1,500 times that of ordinary life in the universe to 2,000 times.

It wasn't that he didn't want to continue exchanging resources; it was just that he wanted to exchange for resources that could increase the level of life genes from two thousand times to four thousand times, which would require a full 545 Treasure Points.

With Lu Qingshan's remaining wealth, he is no longer able to exchange for such resources.

Furthermore, Lu Qingshan would need to exchange other array artifacts for the God-Slaying Array Diagram from other powerful individuals, so he naturally needed to keep some resources on hand.

After successfully exchanging all the treasures, Lu Qingshan quickly boarded a spaceship and left the initial universe, then returned to his divine kingdom.

In Lu Qingshan's divine kingdom.

Wow!

With a wave of his hand, Lu Qingshan immediately displayed numerous treasures capable of enhancing the level of life genes in front of him.

hum!
After emanating divine power and enveloping and fusing all these treasures, Lu Qingshan's life gene level quickly began to undergo another transformation.

In a very short time, Lu Qingshan's life gene level was elevated to two thousand times that of ordinary life in the universe by these precious treasures.

At the same time, Lu Qingshan once again felt the 'thirst' emanating from his divine body!
Having been prepared, Lu Qingshan had a thought, and the divine power in the endless divine sea below immediately poured into his body.

After Lu Qingshan's true form absorbed enough divine power, his height increased dramatically to 500 kilometers.

Feeling the immense divine power within him, Lu Qingshan couldn't help but exclaim, "A divine body five hundred kilometers tall—that's a fairly normal size even among the Lords of the Universe!"

After his initial excitement, Lu Qingshan quickly thought of his second clone and the endless divine sea clone below, and then began to feel somewhat depressed again.

In fact, only now has he truly grasped the 'difficulty' of being the Lord of the Universe!
In the original novel, Luo Feng, whose life gene level had reached a perfect 10081 times when he was still a Universe Venerable, and who also possessed many precious treasures bestowed by the Mountain Guest, naturally could not comprehend how difficult it was for a Universe Lord to improve his strength.

For someone like Lu Qingshan, who is currently focused solely on combat, if he wants to improve his strength, he needs to dedicate himself to cultivating and creating more powerful secret techniques, spend a lot of resources to improve his life gene level, and find ways to obtain more precious treasures, etc.

After the original body is created, the second clone will have to go through the process again!
"It seems that becoming the ruler of the universe is not an easy task!"

Lu Qingshan thought to himself, "Even with my ability to create clones and the backing of a top race like the human race, it's still so difficult. Let alone the leaders of those powerful races!"

"If they want to successfully advance to the third tier, the easiest way is probably to create the strongest secret technique of the Lord of the Universe, just like the Lord of Flint!"

"Once my strength increases, I can accumulate resources much faster, and then I'll be able to gradually improve my life gene level, exchange for top-tier treasures, and so on!"

Of the three conditions for becoming a third-order universe master, each one is extremely difficult.

First, one must create the strongest secret technique of the universe master. This requires a long time and astonishing comprehension. Without either of these, it is impossible to create. Just like the Yan Emperor in the original work, he was stuck at the peak of the third tier for endless years, but he still hadn't created the strongest secret technique of the universe master even when Luo Feng began to rise.
Then there's raising the level of life genes to nearly ten thousand times. In fact, to raise the level of life genes to eight thousand times the peak of ordinary life in the universe, it would cost about two thousand treasure points, let alone nearly ten thousand times.

However, this condition also has an advantage: in the early stages, you can spend some resources to slightly improve your life gene level. For example, it only takes 66 Treasure Points to improve from 100 times to 1000 times, and only 188 Treasure Points to improve from 1000 times to 2000 times. The consumption is relatively low in the early stages, so you can improve slowly.

As for the ultimate treasure weapon, although it requires far fewer resources than raising the life gene level to nearly ten thousand times, it still requires taking out so many resources all at once!
Especially for those universe lords without much background, if they want to obtain a supreme treasure weapon, in addition to fighting desperately, they need more resources to exchange for it from the super forces behind them, such as the Flint Lord who is currently preparing to exchange for a supreme treasure weapon.

After a moment of reflection, Lu Qingshan quickly left his divine kingdom with the many treasures he had previously exchanged from the human race's treasury.

……

At the headquarters of the Virtual Universe Company on the continent, in the residence of Venerable Lei Huan.

After Lu Qingshan stepped into the mansion, he quickly discovered that in addition to Venerable Lei Huan, there were several disciples under Venerable Lei Huan who had reached the King level, including King Ji Dian, King Tong Ye, King Qing Lin, and two other King-level disciples who had become Venerable Lei Huan's disciples after Lu Qingshan.

Upon seeing Lu Qingshan enter the hall, all of Lei Huan's disciples stood up.

"Lord of All Realms!"

"Lord of All Realms!"

"Master... Lord of All Realms!"

These fellow disciples all looked somewhat reserved upon seeing Lu Qingshan, including Jidian Wang and Tongye Wang.

Tongye Wang probably wanted to address Lu Qingshan as "Junior Brother," but upon hearing the respectful way others addressed Lu Qingshan, he had no choice but to change his address accordingly.

After all, Lu Qingshan is now the supreme ruler of the universe, and even the universe venerables respect him greatly, let alone those who have been granted the title of king and immortal.

"Senior brothers and sisters!"

Lu Qingshan turned to look at the Extreme Lightning King and the Crimson Leaf King, then asked with a smile, "Back when I was still the Immortal Army Lord, you two helped me a lot. Why are you so reserved now?"

Upon hearing Lu Qingshan's words, the Extreme Lightning King immediately smiled: "Haven't you already become a pillar of our human race, Junior Brother? It would be inappropriate for us to address each other as before!"

“Yes!” King Tongye nodded in agreement.

"What's inappropriate about that?" Lu Qingshan quickly replied with a smile, "Even if I become the Lord of the Universe, I will still be my teacher's disciple!"

"All right!"

Lei Huan Venerable suddenly looked at his disciples and said, "You must all feel a little uncomfortable with your junior brother here, so you should go back first!"

"Resk, you'll be in charge of my upcoming Venerable Banquet. Just don't forget to invite the people I mentioned to you before!"

"Yes, teacher!" King Jidian quickly replied respectfully, and then led his fellow disciples away from Venerable Leihuan's residence.

"Qingshan!"

After the Extreme Lightning King and the others left, Thunder Illusion Venerable looked at Lu Qingshan and asked, "You've broken through to the Universe Lord realm this time, so you must have a lot of things to deal with. Why did you suddenly find time to come here to your master?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Qingshan quickly smiled and said, "Teacher, you have broken through to the Universe Venerable realm this time, so naturally I have come to congratulate you!"

"Hahaha!"

After hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Venerable Lei Huan quickly smiled and said, "I was able to break through to the Universe Venerable realm this time thanks to the treasures you prepared for me!"

"If it weren't for this, I don't know when I would have been able to break through to the Universe Venerable realm!"

At this point, Venerable Lei Huan quickly waved his hand and took out half a bottle of fine wine, then looked at Lu Qingshan and asked, "Qingshan, do you still remember this half bottle of wine?"

"of course I remember!"

Lu Qingshan quickly smiled and said, "When I broke through to the Universe Venerable Realm, Master treated me to this bottle of 'Mountain and Sea Tribulation'. However, you were very stingy back then and only allowed me to drink half a bottle!"

"You guy!"

Hearing Lu Qingshan's teasing, Venerable Lei Huan couldn't help but laugh and scold, before continuing, "Back then, I left behind half a bottle of fine wine so that I could drink it after I broke through to the Universe Venerable realm!"

"Who knew that this wait would last for nearly 10 billion epochs!"

"Fortunately, I have finally broken through, and you, Qingshan, have also broken through to the realm of the Lord of the Universe. Today, let us, master and disciple, continue to enjoy a drink!"

As he said this, Venerable Lei Huan quickly waved his hand and poured fine wine for Lu Qingshan!
"Then this disciple will be truly fortunate to have your patronage today, Master!"

Lu Qingshan smiled and sighed, then picked up his wine glass and drank it all with Lei Huan Venerable.

In fact, the taste of this Mountain and Sea Tribulation wine is definitely inferior to many of the fine wines that Lu Qingshan has drunk in the past, but the meaning it represents is very rare.

After a hearty drink with Venerable Lei Huan, Lu Qingshan waved his hand and took out a treasure from a world ring, presenting it to Venerable Lei Huan. Inside were a common supreme treasure armor, a common supreme treasure battle sword, and many other treasures that could enhance the level of life genes, which he had previously exchanged from the human race's treasury.

"Qingshan, what's wrong with you...?"

Looking at the world ring that Lu Qingshan took out, Venerable Lei Huan asked with considerable doubt.

"teacher!"

Lu Qingshan quickly smiled and said, "Now that you have broken through to the Universe Venerable realm, I naturally want to prepare some congratulatory gifts for you! The treasures in this world ring were selected by me from the clan's treasury, and they should be very suitable for you!"

"This……"

After hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Venerable Lei Huan quickly said, "Qingshan, you have already prepared a lot of treasures for your master. Moreover, this time when your master breaks through to the Universe Venerable realm, the clan will also bestow gifts upon you. You should take these treasures back!"

"Teacher, these treasures are not very valuable to me!"

Lu Qingshan quickly smiled and said, "Moreover, now that I have broken through to the realm of the Lord of the Universe, I will inevitably provoke some enemies of the same level in the future. Those alien Universe Lords may not be able to do anything to me, but they might make a move against you, Master!"

"With these treasures, I'm sure they can protect you, and I can feel more at ease then!"

After hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Venerable Lei Huan still shook his head.

Because he knew very well that what Lu Qingshan said was just an excuse to get him to accept the treasure.

After all, it is impossible for a being at the level of a universe master to set aside their pride and attack a universe venerable.

Moreover, he has just broken through to the Cosmic Venerable realm and will need to cultivate in seclusion within the human race's territory for a long time in the future, so there is no need to worry about encountering danger.

Thinking of this, Venerable Lei Huan quickly said, "Qingshan, I appreciate your kindness, but you should take these treasures back!"

"You have helped me so much during this time, I am truly..."

"teacher!"

Before Venerable Lei Huan could finish speaking, Lu Qingshan interrupted him: "If it weren't for your help, I certainly wouldn't have been able to get to where I am today. Please accept these treasures!"

After saying this, Lu Qingshan got up and left Lei Huan's residence without waiting for Lei Huan to refuse.

After leaving Lei Huan Venerable's residence, Lu Qingshan quickly went to his senior brother Yao Guang Venerable and gave him a palace-type treasure that he had exchanged in the human race's treasure vault.

The reason he didn't give Lei Huan Venerable a palace-type treasure wasn't because he was reluctant to part with it, but because Lei Huan Venerable's strength was still relatively weak. If he carried too precious a treasure, it would easily attract the covetousness of other powerful figures.

Faced with a precious palace-type treasure, Venerable Yaoguang also wanted to refuse, but Lu Qingshan did not give him any chance.

……

On the other side, after Lu Qingshan left Lei Huan Venerable's residence, Lei Huan Venerable's face quickly showed a helpless expression.

"My disciple..."

"Ugh!"

Lei Huan sighed helplessly, and then a wisp of divine power seeped into the world ring in front of him.

After learning the specific details of the many treasures within the World Ring, Venerable Lei Huan was stunned once again.

"This this……"

Lei Huan Venerable recalled the numerous pieces of information he had gathered after his breakthrough: "If all these treasures were combined, I'm afraid there wouldn't be many Universe Venerables among our human race who could possess them."

After standing there stunned for a while, Venerable Lei Huan quickly headed to his teacher Venerable Yao Guang's residence.

The treasures Lu Qingshan gave him were far too precious, and he really didn't know what to do with them, so he thought of going to his teacher, Venerable Yaoguang, to discuss it.

……

A moment later, in the residence of Venerable Radiant Light.

"Lei Huan, you've really taken on a good disciple!"

After hearing what Venerable Lei Huan said, Venerable Yao Guang's expression was one of deep admiration.

"Many cosmic venerables in the universe have accumulated countless years of wealth after their breakthroughs, but their entire fortune combined still doesn't compare to the value of these three supreme treasures you now possess!"

"Your good fortune is something that not only other cosmic venerables envy, but even your master is extremely envious of!"

Venerable Yaoguang said with a smile, "If Qingshan hadn't just sent me a palace-type treasure as well, I'd probably be jealous of you right now!"

"As for these treasures..."

Venerable Yaoguang continued, "Although these treasures are quite valuable, now that Qingshan has already taken them out, it's impossible for him to take them back!"

"Moreover, with your strength, as long as you can raise your life gene level to the limit of a hundredfold, you will be qualified to have two supreme treasures to protect you, and you won't attract too much covetousness!"

"Besides, Qingshan has already broken through to the realm of the Lord of the Universe, so these treasures shouldn't be a major loss for him! Since it's his kind gesture, you should just accept it!"

“Disciple understands!” Venerable Lei Huan quickly nodded and said.

(End of this chapter)