Zhutian: Start from Devouring the Stars and Becoming a God

Chapter 402 New Soul Servants
Within the Cold Light Realm, atop a vast, desolate mountain range.

At the summit of this mountain range, a lotus flower, entirely crimson and resembling crystal, was growing.

If any other powerful individuals were to appear here, they would surely recognize that this lotus flower, which resembles crystal, is a rare and precious treasure found nowhere else in the universe—a fire lotus flower that is equivalent to several supreme treasures.

However, at this moment, an invisible light shield had already formed around the fire lotus, firmly locking the aura emitted by the fire lotus within the light shield.

Beside the light barrier, a burly figure clad in black armor sat cross-legged in meditation. He was none other than the Netherworld Demon Ape lineage leader, one of the royal families of the demon race, the Netherworld Demon Venerable.

"After a long period of time, this fire lotus is finally about to be successfully conceived!"

Looking at the nearly mature fire lotus beside him, Venerable Youmo couldn't help but smile: "It seems my luck is still pretty good. After such a long time, this fire lotus hasn't been discovered by any other powerful figures!"

"Judging from this, this fire lotus will probably be fully mature in a few hundred years. Once I contribute this fire lotus to the clan's treasure trove, I can replace my ordinary supreme treasure weapon with a high-grade supreme treasure weapon!"

In fact, the treasures that the Demon Lord originally possessed were quite precious. He not only had high-grade treasure weapons, but also high-grade treasure armor and soul-type treasures, etc.

However, he was killed by Venerable Jiufeng and Venerable Cangwu, and all his treasures were taken away.

Fortunately, he still had some wealth, so after being resurrected by the demon race's high-ranking officials through time reversal, he quickly paid the price for resurrection. Then, with a period of accumulation, he was able to exchange for the supreme weapon and supreme armor again!
"Wait!"

The Demon Lord couldn't help but think to himself, "Damn Venerable Jiufeng, damn Venerable Cangwu... One day, I will make you pay the price!"

Although that's what he thought, the Demon Lord also knew that his chances of getting revenge in the future were very slim.

As for Venerable Jiufeng and the others, he still has a chance to kill them if he joins forces with other powerful members of his clan in the future.
However, Venerable Cangwu is a top-tier cosmic overlord. Even if he breaks through to the realm of the cosmic master, he may not be able to defeat him.

Just as various thoughts flashed through the mind of the Demon Lord, he suddenly sensed a peculiar spatial fluctuation.

hum!
As an extreme spatial fluctuation spread out, the Nether Demon Venerable was immediately alarmed.

"Oh no, it's the Lord of the Universe!"

Although the Demon Lord was extremely unwilling, he once again showed a respectful expression on his face.

At this moment, he didn't even have a chance to struggle in the hands of the Lord of the Universe, so naturally he didn't dare to provoke this Lord of the Universe whose identity was unknown.

At the same time, a figure hundreds of kilometers tall, wearing purple-gold armor, quickly appeared in front of the Nether Demon Venerable. It was Lu Qingshan who had teleported there.

"Damn it! It's actually the Lord of All Realms from the human race!"

Upon seeing Lu Qingshan, the Demon Lord was filled with utter despair.

If it were another universe lord who appeared, they might give up because the fire lotus is not considered precious to a universe lord, and it takes hundreds of years to successfully conceive.

But now he was no longer thinking about whether he could save the Fire Lotus, but whether he could save his life from the Lord of All Realms in front of him.

After all, the Lord of All Realms before him was a powerful figure among the human race, and he himself had a great enmity with the demon race.

Although the Lord of the Universe would not normally attack the Venerable One of the Universe, it is hard to guarantee that the Lord of All Realms would not go mad.

Moreover, Venerable Youmo is currently in the Ancestral Mystic Realm, and even if he wanted to ask for help from the powerful members of his clan, he would be unable to do so. This is because the strongest members of the demon race and the demon race alliance within the Ancestral God Sect are only two top-tier cosmic overlords, who are simply unable to save him after Lu Qingshan attacked him.

As for the universe lords of the demon race, they are not qualified to enter this ancestral mystery realm at all.

Thinking of this, Venerable Youmo quickly sent a distress message to his direct superior, 'Fengtian God Lord', one of the guardian deities of the Ancestral God Sect.

After he comprehended the fifth level of the Path of the Beast God, he also became an outer member of the Ancestral God Sect. At that time, he chose to join the ranks of the Divine Lord Fengtian.

However, the Ancestral God Sect did not prevent these peripheral members from fighting among themselves, so there were no restrictions on Lu Qingshan in this regard (the battle between Luo Feng, King Feijing, and Venerable Peifeng in the original work).

If it were a battle between beings at the level of a Cosmic Venerable, such as when he was besieged by Venerable Cangwu and others, God Lord Fengtian would naturally not interfere.

However, if a universe master like Lu Qingshan bullies the weak, then Fengtian God Lord will not stand idly by. After all, Youmo Venerable is, after all, one of his peripheral members.

"There's even a fire lotus that's about to ripen!"

Lu Qingshan glanced at the fire lotus casually, then thought to himself, "I've spent tens of thousands of years wandering in the cosmic sea and may not have gained anything. It's quite lucky that I've encountered a fire lotus this time!"

However, Lu Qingshan didn't pay too much attention to the fire lotus, because his purpose in coming here was to enslave the Nether Demon Venerable who was very likely to break through to the realm of the Lord of the Universe.

"I only have this one chance, and I hope I can succeed in one fell swoop!"

After such a thought flashed through his mind, Lu Qingshan immediately used his ability to control one space-time to take control of the surrounding space-time.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Qingshan's vast divine power instantly ignited, and then a stream of ethereal immortal divine power, after being enhanced by the Nine Nether Soul-Devouring Bell, spread directly towards the direction of the Nether Demon Venerable.

"How can this be!"

When Lu Qingshan suddenly unleashed his divine power to attack him, the Nether Demon Venerable was completely stunned.

You should know that with Lu Qingshan's strength, he could easily kill him even without burning his divine power.

But now Lu Qingshan has directly burned his divine power. What kind of grudge is this?
But in the memories of the Demon Lord, he should have never offended Lu Qingshan!

"Oh no, it's a soul attack!"

Upon sensing Lu Qingshan's ethereal divine power permeating his body, the Nether Demon Venerable instantly understood Lu Qingshan's intention: "He wants to enslave me!"

After figuring this out, the Demon Lord was even more confused.

You should know that in this vast universe, there are some unspoken rules that exist, though they are not explicitly stated!
Especially among the four top clans, although they are constantly fighting each other, they have some tacit understandings.

The Lord of the Universe can easily annihilate the Venerable One of the Universe, and the Venerable One of the Universe can easily annihilate the Immortal God...

If those immortal gods and cosmic venerables actively provoke super-strong individuals, they will naturally be punished and killed because the dignity of the strong cannot be offended.

Even the strongest individuals would occasionally act casually, killing powerful figures from opposing factions, just like when the Black Scale Lord encountered Lawrence and his group...

Even when dealing with weaker opponents, the primary method is usually to annihilate them with physical attacks.

As for soul enslavement, it generally does not occur.

After all, if the Demon Race's Universe Lord goes to enslave the Human Race's Universe Venerables, then the Human Race's Universe Lord will naturally also go to enslave the Demon Race's Universe Venerables...

In this mutual enslavement, the only ones who benefit are the soulless, enslavable machine race.

But now, the Netherworld Venerable has no idea where he offended Lu Qingshan, which has led Lu Qingshan to break the rules and burn his divine power to enslave him!
"Block it! You must block it!"

"You want to enslave me? Impossible! Explode!"

Faced with Lu Qingshan's soul enslavement, the Nether Demon Venerable no longer cared about saving his life and wanted to self-destruct before being enslaved by Lu Qingshan.

Only in this way can he have the chance to be resurrected by reversing time in the future.

Otherwise, if he were truly enslaved by this Lord of All Realms, he would have no chance at all in the future.

In fact, if it were the Netherworld Venerable who previously possessed a soul-type treasure to guard his soul, he would still have had a chance to self-destruct under Lu Qingshan's illusionary attack.

The key issue is that after he was killed by Venerable Cangwu and others last time, the soul-type treasure that protected him was lost!

Without a soul-type treasure to protect his soul, the Nether Demon Venerable's soul defense would naturally be much weaker.

Lu Qingshan has been devoting some of his energy to studying soul attacks and illusions over this period of time, and now, after tens of millions of epochs, he has achieved some success.

With the help of the Nine Nether Soul-Devouring Bell, a high-level soul-type treasure, there is a great chance of enslaving this Nether Demon Venerable.

……

Inside a magnificent temple within the area covered by the Five-Colored Aurora Lake of the Ancestral God Sect.

Inside the temple stood a tall and imposing figure, his entire body encased in dark red scale armor. He had a lion-like head with a single horn, and his body was covered with incredibly complex runes of law.

Behind him was a thick, scaly tail that looked quite terrifying.

This is Fengtian, one of the guardian deities of the Ancestral God Cult, a super being with immense fame throughout the primordial universe and even the entire cosmic ocean.

Just as Lu Qingshan was making his move against the Nether Demon Venerable, the Divine Lord Fengtian slowly opened his eyes.

"A distress message from the Demon Lord?"

Through the Ancestral God's Decree, the God Lord Fengtian quickly received the distress message from the Nether Demon Venerable. He originally didn't intend to respond, but then suddenly discovered that the person who attacked the Nether Demon Venerable was none other than Lu Qingshan, the Lord of Myriad Realms.

"I wonder how this Nether Demon offended that guy from the Myriad Realms, but I'd better go and take a look!"

With a thought, Fengtian Divine Lord set off for the secret realm of the Ancestral God Sect.

He had always been on good terms with several universe lords of the demon race, which was one of the reasons why the Nether Demon Venerable joined his ranks.

If it's a battle between beings at the level of Cosmic Venerables, then it's naturally not appropriate for Fengtian Divine Lord to intervene, such as when Venerable Youmo was besieged by Venerable Jiufeng and his group.

But now that Lu Qingshan, the Lord of the Universe, is bullying the weak, he can naturally intervene and mediate.

……

On the other side, after Lu Qingshan's ethereal divine power penetrated into the body of the Nether Demon Venerable, he quickly unleashed his strongest illusion technique, "Bewitching Mind"!
hum!
With Lu Qingshan unleashing his full illusionary attack, the Nether Demon Venerable's consciousness was completely suppressed, leaving him like a vegetable, unable to control his divine body, and naturally unable to self-destruct!

In an instant, the Demon Lord was left with only a sliver of consciousness, still struggling.

Just as Lu Qingshan was about to intensify his attack, destroy the Demon Lord's resistance in one fell swoop, and completely enslave his soul...

hum!
Lu Qingshan quickly sensed the anomaly in the surrounding space-time, and then another force began to vie with him for control of a portion of the surrounding space-time.

"Ok?"

Lu Qingshan turned his head and saw a figure nearly 10,000 kilometers tall appearing in the distant void. It was none other than Fengtian, one of the guardian deities.

"Why is the God of Beacon Heaven here?"

Lu Qingshan was slightly taken aback: "Could it be that he came to rescue this Nether Demon Venerable?"

"Oh no! It's a soul attack!"

Through a different dimension, Fengtian God Lord quickly realized that Lu Qingshan wanted to enslave Youmo Venerable, which made him change color slightly.

It should be noted that his previous visit to rescue the Demon Lord was merely a casual occurrence.

After all, even if Lu Qingshan really killed the Nether Demon Venerable, the two strongest beings in the universe of the demon race could still reverse time and space to revive him. At most, they would only lose some resources and treasures.

But now, if the Netherworld Venerable has truly been enslaved by Lu Qingshan's soul, then things will be very serious.

After all, as the overlord of the universe, the Netherworld Venerable still holds a very high position among the demon race.

"Lord of all realms, please stop!"

After a series of thoughts flashed through his mind, Fengtian Divine Lord immediately transmitted his voice to Lu Qingshan through a space-time continuum: "I don't know how this Nether Demon Venerable offended you. Even if he is wrong, you can just kill him. There is really no need to go through the trouble of enslaving him and exterminating him!"

"God Lord Fengtian?"

Upon hearing the message from the Divine Lord Fengtian, Lu Qingshan was slightly taken aback, but then ignored it.

He didn't enslave the Nether Demon Venerable just to vent his anger. Even if the three Ancestral Gods arrived, they might not be able to stop him, let alone the Fengtian God Lord.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Qingshan infiltrated the Nether Demon Venerable's body with another surge of ethereal divine power, beginning the enslavement of his soul.

……

On the other side, the Demon Lord was overjoyed to see the God Lord Fengtian appear.

"It is the Divine Lord Fengtian!"

Although the body of the Demon Lord had been controlled, his will remained very clear.

"God Lord Fengtian!"

The Lord of All Realms spoke up directly, saying, "Since you've already spoken, I'll spare this little fellow this time!"

After saying this, the Lord of All Realms immediately canceled his soul attack.

"I survived!"

At this moment, the Demon Lord exclaimed excitedly, "I've finally survived!"

But what he didn't know was that it was all just an illusion he had fallen for!

Meanwhile, outside...

Looking at the Nether Demon Venerable, whose willpower was growing weaker and weaker, Lu Qingshan couldn't help but smile: "Submit to me!"

boom! !

The ethereal divine power transformed into a web of souls that instantly invaded the soul of the Nether Demon Venerable.

Soul enslavement, successful!
"Haha, it actually worked!"

Upon seeing that he had successfully enslaved the Demon Lord, a powerful demon race member who was very likely to break through to the realm of the Lord of the Universe, Lu Qingshan quickly revealed a look of surprise and delight.

The Demon Lord was also stunned.

Looking at Lu Qingshan, who should have given up attacking him, he blinked.

Yes!

Everything that just happened in the illusion went too smoothly!
No matter what, the Lord of All Realms is still a cosmic ruler. Since he has already decided to take action against him, how could he possibly let him go just because of a single word from the God Lord Fengtian?
Unfortunately, after his divine body was controlled, he was unable to see through the illusion and eventually became addicted to it, becoming a complete slave to his soul!
"It's time to wake up!"

Seeing the Demon Lord standing there in a daze, Lu Qingshan immediately communicated through soul transmission.

Upon hearing Lu Qingshan's telepathic message, the Nether Demon Venerable was slightly taken aback, but then his gaze towards Lu Qingshan revealed a deep respect from the bottom of his heart: "Master!"

At this moment, Lu Qingshan had become the closest person to the Nether Demon Venerable, and all his thoughts would be based on Lu Qingshan, his master!

"Master's illusion magic is truly terrifying!"

Looking at Lu Qingshan, who seemed incredibly familiar to him, the Demon Lord couldn't help but exclaim in his heart, "Even most universe lords are unable to enslave universe overlords, yet my master has managed to do it!"

"However, I really shouldn't have asked that Fengtian God Lord for help just now, which has put my master in danger!"

And just then...

"Lord of All Realms!"

Seeing that Lu Qingshan disregarded him completely and directly enslaved the Nether Demon Venerable, Fengtian God Lord felt a surge of anger: "I told you to stop, didn't you hear me?"

"God Lord Fengtian!"

Lu Qingshan had already stopped burning his immortal divine power, and then looked in the direction of the Fengtian Divine Lord and said, "This is a personal grudge between this Nether Demon Venerable, so naturally I can't stop!"

"Humph!"

Upon hearing Lu Qingshan's words, the Divine Lord Fengtian immediately snorted coldly and said, "Lord of Myriad Realms, you are far too arrogant!"

"This Netherworld Venerable is under my command. Even if he has made a mistake, it is not your place to deal with him, let alone enslave his soul!"

"God Lord Fengtian!"

Lu Qingshan immediately said, "Our Ancestral God Sect does not prohibit fighting between its peripheral members!"

"Hahaha!"

Upon hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Fengtian Divine Lord immediately laughed loudly and said, "You're right, but that applies to you as well!"

"Since you dare to enslave my powerful subordinates in front of me, I'd like to see if you have the strength to match them!"

"Then let the horse come over!"

Upon hearing that Fengtian Divine Lord wanted to fight him, Lu Qingshan was not worried at all. After all, he had sent out his strongest main combat body this time to prevent any accidents: "Fengtian Divine Lord, since I entered the realm of the Lord of the Universe, I have never fought against a powerhouse of your level. Today I want to see if you are just all talk and no action!"

(End of this chapter)