Zhutian: Start from Devouring the Stars and Becoming a God

Chapter 401 Butterfly Wings
Ancestral God Cult, Central Area of ​​Purple Thorn Island.

On the huge plaza in front of the main palace of Zijing Island, there were hundreds of figures standing there, and among them, the figure of a human race who had been granted the title of King Immortal had been standing there for quite some time.

It's actually quite normal for these powerful individuals to linger in this plaza, but most of them are heading to treasure troves, secret realms, or places of inheritance. It's rare for a powerful individual to simply stay in this plaza for an extended period of time.

Just then, a demon figure clad in black armor flew down from the sky and landed directly on the huge plaza.

This person is one of the inheritors of the Beast God from the demon race, and is the Netherworld Venerable who has long since entered the seventh level of the Beast God's Path.

"he came!"

Upon seeing the appearance of the Nether Demon Venerable, the human King Immortal who had been waiting in the square felt a stirring in his heart, but he dared not show any change in expression, as if he was afraid of being discovered by the Nether Demon Venerable.

"Hmph, damned human scum!"

The Demon Lord also noticed the human race's immortal king figure in the central square, but he didn't expect that the other party was watching him: "If we have the chance to meet in the secret realm, I will definitely let you know how powerful I am!"

Although it was extremely disrespectful for the Cosmic Venerable to attack a King-level Immortal, it was not entirely the Venerable of the Netherworld's fault, since the human race had also done something very disrespectful to him before.

That was more than nine million epochs ago. At that time, he was still wandering in the Ancestral Mystic Realm when he suddenly encountered a frenzied attack from humans and four cosmic overlords from the Hong Alliance, including the top cosmic overlord, Venerable Cangwu.

As soon as Venerable Cangwu and the other three appeared, they began burning their immortal divine power and fighting desperately, giving him no time to react at all.

Although his strength was quite good among the universe overlords, he would still have a hard time escaping unscathed even when facing the combined attack of those three universe overlords, let alone a top universe overlord like Venerable Cangwu.

Therefore, Venerable Youmo quickly perished at the hands of Venerable Cangwu and others, and even all the treasures on his body were taken away.

If he had provoked the other party, it would have been fine, but the key point is that he had not provoked Venerable Cangwu and others for a long time, but was suddenly targeted by them. How could he tolerate this?

However, after he was resurrected by reversing time, his strength was greatly reduced due to the loss of his protective treasure, making it difficult for him to continue fighting against Venerable Cangwu and others.

Now, after nearly ten million epochs of effort, plus some previous accumulation, he has finally exchanged for a supreme weapon and armor again. Although it is somewhat different from his previous protective treasures, he has finally regained the strength of a cosmic overlord.

"Last time I discovered a newly born fire lotus in this Ancestral Mystic Realm, nearly ten million epochs have passed. That fire lotus should be mature by now. I hope it hasn't been discovered by other powerful beings yet!"

Thinking of this, the Demon Lord immediately stepped into the fountain water curtain in front of the square, which led to the secret realm.

In fact, he had wanted to go and investigate the traces of that fire lotus before, but he had discovered it by chance before he perished. The environment where it grew was extremely harsh, and it was impossible to reach it without the strength of a cosmic overlord.

Therefore, the Demon Lord could only wait until his strength was restored before going there again.

During this time, he did consider asking other powerful individuals to investigate, but firstly, he would definitely have to share some of the spoils with them; secondly, the fire lotus wouldn't mature before the time was right, so it would be better to wait until the time was right before going.

On the other side, upon seeing the Demon Lord step into the teleportation channel leading to the secret realm, the human King Immortal who had been observing from there immediately took action.

He immediately connected his consciousness to the virtual universe and rushed to Venerable Jiufeng's residence.

"Sir!"

The immortal king stood respectfully before Venerable Jiufeng's door and called out.

"Ok?"

Upon seeing this immortal king appear outside his residence, Venerable Jiufeng inside the residence was startled: "It's King Pohuan. Could it be that Venerable Youmo has made a move?"

With this thought in mind, Venerable Jiufeng opened the gates of his mansion instantly, and then said, "Pohuan, come in!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

King Pohuan respectfully responded and then stepped into Venerable Jiufeng's residence.

After King Pohuan entered the main hall of the mansion, Venerable Jiufeng quickly asked, "Pohuan, has Venerable Youmo made a move?"

"Yes!"

King Pohuan quickly replied, "Your subordinate has been waiting in front of the teleportation channel recently. Just now, the Nether Demon Venerable stepped into the teleportation channel leading to the secret realm!"

"Very good, the Demon Lord has finally gone to that secret realm again!"

Venerable Jiufeng nodded slightly, then looked at King Pohuan and instructed, "Alright, you may leave. As for the relevant contributions, I have already transferred them to your account!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After hearing Venerable Jiufeng's words, King Pohuan quickly and respectfully withdrew from the mansion.

After King Pohuan left, Venerable Jiufeng quickly began to take action, secretly searching for the coordinates of Venerable Youmo through the human race within the Ancestral God Sect and even the powerful members of the Hong Alliance.

Although there aren't many strong individuals among the human race within the Ancestral God Cult, there are still several hundred of them.

Venerable Jiufeng is a candidate for Divine General. Although his strength is among the top level of these powerful individuals, he is not the strongest.

When Lu Qingshan broke through to the realm of the Lord of the Universe and became the protector of the Ancestral God Sect, the human race handed over all their power within the Ancestral God Sect to Lu Qingshan.

At that time, Lu Qingshan was focused on his cultivation and naturally wanted to find someone to help him with trivial matters.

At first, Lu Qingshan set his sights on the Star Prison Demon Lord, who was the strongest and possessed the strength of a top-tier universe overlord. However, the Star Prison Demon Lord was focused on cultivating and wanted to break through to the realm of the universe master, so he had no interest in dealing with these trivial matters.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Lu Qingshan entrusted these matters to Venerable Jiufeng, who was somewhat related to him.

Firstly, Venerable Jiufeng is quite strong. Among the many powerful figures in the Ancestral God Sect, apart from the Star Prison Demon Lord, the strength of the others is at most comparable to Venerable Jiufeng.

Secondly, Venerable Jiufeng is a candidate for Divine General. If he cannot inherit the position of Divine General, his strength will basically not make any major breakthroughs. Therefore, he will be more willing to deal with these trivial matters.

The previous attack on Venerable Youmo by the human race and many powerful figures within the Hong Alliance was an operation organized by Venerable Jiufeng.

And so, three years later, Venerable Jiufeng finally discovered the approximate coordinates of Venerable Youmo in the secret realm of the Ancestral God Sect.

"Two people have already discovered traces of the Nether Demon Venerable in that Cold Light Realm. It seems that the Nether Demon Venerable has been wandering in that Cold Light Realm recently!"

After gathering all the information, Venerable Jiufeng finally breathed a sigh of relief: "After so many years, I can finally complete the task assigned by the Lord of All Realms!"

Yes!

Whether it was the previous operation to unite many powerful individuals to kill the Nether Demon Venerable, or the current operation to search for the Nether Demon Venerable's coordinates, both were tasks that Lu Qingshan had given him before.

Although Venerable Jiufeng did not know the reason, since it was a task assigned by Lu Qingshan, he naturally had to do his best to complete it.

Thinking of this, Venerable Jiufeng immediately connected his consciousness to the virtual universe and rushed to Lu Qingshan's residence in Hongmeng City.

……

On the other side, after exchanging for the Flowing Starfall Sword in the human race's treasure trove, Lu Qingshan quickly returned to his divine kingdom and began to familiarize himself with it.

That day, Lu Qingshan was practicing a secret technique using the Flowing Star Meteor Sword within the Divine Kingdom when he suddenly received an email from Venerable Jiufeng.

"Jiufeng's email?"

Upon receiving the email, Lu Qingshan thought to himself, "Could something have happened to the Ancestral God Sect?"

It should be noted that during this period, although Lu Qingshan completed a task assigned to him by the Ancestral God Sect, he did not pay much attention to the other powerful members of the human race within the sect, leaving almost all the trivial matters to Venerable Jiufeng.

And Venerable Jiufeng has never disappointed Lu Qingshan during this period of time, managing the many trivial matters within the Ancestral God Sect in an orderly manner.

After such a thought flashed through his mind, Lu Qingshan quickly connected his consciousness to the virtual universe and then teleported himself to his residence in Hongmeng City.

At this moment, Venerable Jiufeng was already waiting in front of Lu Qingshan's residence.

"Lord of All Realms!"

After being ushered into the living room of Lu Qingshan's residence, Venerable Jiufeng quickly greeted him respectfully. "Hmm!"

Lu Qingshan nodded slightly, then asked, "Jiufeng, did something happen within the Ancestral God Sect that you came to see me this time?"

"Reporting to the Lord of All Realms!"

Upon hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Venerable Jiufeng quickly replied, "It's news about that Nether Demon Venerable!"

"You've been asking me to keep an eye on the Nether Demon Venerable. Three years ago, he re-entered the Ancestral God Sect's secret realm. After some investigation, we've confirmed that he's been venturing into the Cold Light Realm recently!"

"The Demon Lord?"

After hearing Venerable Jiufeng's words, Lu Qingshan was slightly taken aback, and then a look of joy quickly appeared on his face.

Lu Qingshan went to such lengths to cause trouble for the Nether Demon Venerable not because he was idle, nor because the other party had offended him.

He did this entirely because the Netherworld Venerable had the potential to break through to the realm of the Lord of the Universe.

It's important to know that in the original story, the demon race had a Lord of the Netherworld. When various forces besieged Lord Yuan'ao, this Lord of the Netherworld, along with Lord Tianlang, represented the demon race in the attack.

According to the information Lu Qingshan found, there is no Nether Demon Lord among the many Universe Lords of the Demon Race. Therefore, this Nether Demon Venerable is very likely to be the future Nether Demon Lord.

In addition, the demon race had eighteen royal families in the original work, but now the demon race only has sixteen royal lineages. The Ghost Demon Ape lineage to which the Ghost Demon Venerable belongs can only be considered a royal family in the demon race now. Its strongest members are the Ghost Demon Venerable and another cosmic overlord.

According to the rules of the demon race, any demon race that can give birth to a cosmic overlord can become the new royal race.

If a ruler of the universe is born, he can become the new royal family.

Currently, the demon race only has sixteen royal families. To reach the original eighteen royal families, at least two more universe lords will need to be born.

In Lu Qingshan's eyes, this Nether Demon Venerable was very likely one of them, namely the Nether Demon Lord in the original work.

That's why Lu Qingshan decided to target this Netherworld Demon Venerable.

However, according to the information, this Netherworld Venerable has a soul-type treasure protecting him.

Even though Lu Qingshan has created a rather exquisite method of soul enslavement and has the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Bell, a high-level soul-type treasure, to assist in his attacks, he is not confident that he can directly enslave the Nether Demon Venerable.

Therefore, before that, it is necessary to make the Netherworld Demon Venerable lose the soul-type treasure on his body.

That is why Lu Qingshan instructed Venerable Jiufeng to join forces with other universe overlords, and even top universe overlords like Venerable Cangwu, to kill Venerable Youmo. The purpose was to kill him so that after he was resurrected by reversing time and space, he would no longer have a soul-type treasure to protect him.

After all, soul-type treasures are extremely precious to cosmic venerables. Once the Nether Demon Venerable perishes, even if he is resurrected by reversing time and space, it will be difficult for him to possess a soul-type treasure again in a short period of time.

The reason Lu Qingshan didn't take action himself was to avoid attracting the attention and vigilance of the Nether Demon Venerable, or even the demon race behind him.

"Jiufeng, you did a good job!"

After a series of thoughts flashed through his mind, Lu Qingshan quickly looked at Venerable Jiufeng and said, "I already know about this matter. I will personally go to the Cold Light Realm later. You can let the other experts leave!"

"However, you must be careful not to alert that Netherworld Demon Venerable!"

"This……"

Upon hearing that Lu Qingshan intended to personally deal with the Nether Demon Venerable, Venerable Jiufeng was slightly taken aback.

You must know that Lu Qingshan is a supreme ruler of the universe, and there are even other rulers of the universe who have fallen at Lu Qingshan's hands.

The Nether Demon Venerable wasn't even a top-tier cosmic overlord, so where did he get the qualifications to make Lu Qingshan personally take action?

"I really don't know where this Netherworld Venerable has offended the Lord of All Realms!"

Venerable Jiufeng couldn't help but think to himself, "Even the Green-Robed Venerable who killed the Lord of Myriad Realms back then was only killed once after the Lord of Myriad Realms destroyed his divine kingdom!"

However, Lu Qingshan's decision was not one he could question, so after regaining his senses, Venerable Jiufeng quickly and respectfully replied, "Yes, Lord of All Realms!"

"All right!"

After giving instructions to Venerable Jiufeng, Lu Qingshan quickly spoke again, saying, "You may leave now!"

"Yes!" Venerable Jiufeng immediately responded, and then respectfully withdrew from Lu Qingshan's residence.

"This time, when dealing with that Nether Demon Venerable, it would be best to enslave his soul in one go!"

After Venerable Jiufeng left, Lu Qingshan, sitting in the living room of the mansion, quickly began to think: "If he breaks through to the realm of the Lord of the Universe in the future, with the balance of power, our human race will have two more Lords of the Universe than the demon race compared to the original story!"

It should be noted that the Lord of the Universe is a very rare being.

Under normal circumstances, only a few thousand universe masters are born in a single cycle of reincarnation.

In the original work, the human race received guidance from the legacy of Duan Donghe and became the dominant force in the primordial universe. Ultimately, within a cycle of ten trillion epochs, only a little over a thousand universe masters were born.

Therefore, the birth of a ruler of the universe is an extremely difficult thing.

In the original work, the Lord of the Netherworld was able to break through to the level of the Lord of the Universe before obtaining some precious inheritances. After the human race obtains the inheritance of Duan Donghe in the future, there may be a possibility that they will break through to the level of the strongest in the universe!
Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan's main combat body immediately set off for the Ancestral God Sect.

To succeed in this attack, he naturally had to deploy his strongest clone.

……

The Ancestral God Cult, the area covered by the Five-Colored Aurora Lake.

Inside a magnificent temple dedicated to the guardian beast god, a figure clad in purple-gold armor suddenly appeared out of thin air. It was Lu Qingshan, who had arrived at the Ancestral God Sect via teleportation from the Divine Kingdom.

After arriving at the Ancestral God Sect, Lu Qingshan quickly headed to the Cold Light Realm within the sect's secret realm.

According to the information Lu Qingshan had previously learned, there were countless dangers within this Cold Light Realm, but the greatest danger was the Cold Whale, a special life form with the strength of a top-tier cosmic overlord. Therefore, it posed no threat to the Lord of the Universe.

After sensing the Cold Light Realm, Lu Qingshan quickly used his ability to control a space-time area to search for the traces of the Nether Demon Venerable.

However, the Cold Light Realm is still quite large, and even if the Lord of the Universe controls a region of space-time, he cannot completely cover it.

At first, Lu Qingshan, who controlled a space-time, did not discover the trace of the Nether Demon Venerable. Instead, he alarmed some other powerful beings in the Cold Light Realm, including the Cold Whale who lived in the Cold Light Realm.

"He is the Lord of All Realms!"

After sensing the special power to control a space-time region, Han Jing quickly realized Lu Qingshan's identity: "What is he doing in this Cold Light Realm? For a universe master like him, the opportunities in this Cold Light Realm should be nothing special, right?"

However, despite her doubts, Han Jing had no intention of disturbing Lu Qingshan.

As a top-tier cosmic overlord, although he is said to be able to contend with the cosmic masters, he is referring to those cosmic masters who have only recently broken through to the next level.

Facing someone like Lu Qingshan, a top figure among the Lords of the Universe, he might have a chance to save his life, but he would certainly be in a very sorry state.

So as long as Lu Qingshan doesn't come after him, he definitely won't bother Lu Qingshan.

Meanwhile, Lu Qingshan was also constantly searching for the Nether Demon Venerable's whereabouts within the Cold Light Realm by using his power to control a certain spacetime.

Just one hour after he arrived in the Cold Light Realm...

"found it!"

With a thought, Lu Qingshan quickly used his power to control a space-time area to detect the trace of the Nether Demon Venerable!

(End of this chapter)