Zhutian: Start from Devouring the Stars and Becoming a God

Chapter 408 Gains, Losses, and Gifts
Just as the Giant Axe Founder resurrected a host of cosmic overlords, Lu Qingshan, who had returned to the primordial universe, began to tally up his gains.

He and the Lord of Yanshan spent more than four million epochs adventuring in the cosmic sea. Overall, their luck was only so-so, and they didn't even encounter many treasures of the level of top-tier supreme weapons!
Apart from the high-level treasure he just acquired, he had only gained a little over a hundred treasure points in the previous period.

On the contrary, although the high-level treasure was partially given to the Dark Core Lord after it was acquired, the Lord of Yanshan also transferred 190 treasure points to Lu Qingshan after keeping the treasure for himself.

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan quickly checked his current wealth in the human race's treasure trove: 236 Treasure Points and 1879 Major Treasure Points.

It should be noted that after Lu Qingshan exchanged for treasures and resources such as the Flowing Star Meteor Sword, he had very little wealth left.

Now, he has amassed a considerable fortune, even for an ordinary universe lord.

Among these were the treasure points that the Lord of Yanshan had just transferred to Lu Qingshan, as well as the gains he had made in the past period of reviving the human race and the Venerable of the Hongmeng Universe.

In addition, Lu Qingshan's previous gains in the Cosmic Sea have not yet been contributed to the clan's treasure trove. If he were to contribute them, he would at least be able to obtain hundreds of treasure points.

"Although the gains from this expedition into the cosmic sea were not as great as before, they were still quite considerable!"

Lu Qingshan thought to himself, "After I exchange these treasures for the clan's treasury, I will continue to explore the Cosmic Sea! However, Yanshan needs to rest for a while this time. Should I act alone or invite another Cosmic Lord?"

For Lu Qingshan, acting alone has its advantages, but acting with other universe masters also has its benefits.

Although he wasn't worried about encountering any fatal danger, he could look out for each other by acting with other powerful individuals. If he encountered a treasure with powerful individuals from other forces, he would have an advantage when seizing the treasure.

Just as Lu Qingshan was pondering whether to invite others to join the team...

"This disciple requests an audience with the master!"

Suddenly, Lu Qingshan heard the voice of his disciple, Lawrence.

"Lawrence?"

Upon hearing Lawrence's voice, Lu Qingshan was slightly taken aback: "Has the founder of the Giant Axe finished his seclusion?"

Lu Qingshan was naturally very clear about the fact that Lawrence was killed by the Demon Catfish Lord.

However, Lawrence's life gene level is extremely high, reaching two thousand times that of ordinary life in the universe. In addition, he possesses many precious treasures, and has long since acquired the strength of a cosmic overlord.

In this situation, Lu Qingshan alone could not revive Lawrence, so the founder of the Giant Axe had to step in.

However, when Lawrence fell, the founder of the Giant Axe was in seclusion, which delayed things until now.

"but……"

Lu Qingshan thought to himself, "Since Lawrence has been resurrected, it seems that Venerable Ning Shuang has also been resurrected!"

Lu Qingshan mentioned Venerable Ning Shuang, so naturally he had to make some compensation to him.

After all, Venerable Ning Shuang, like Lawrence, had perished at the hands of the Demon Clan's Catfish Lord.

If Lu Qingshan hadn't enslaved the Demon Lord of the Demon Race, the Lord of Catfish would never have dared to attack the cosmic overlord of the human race.

In fact, besides Venerable Ning Shuang and Lawrence, many other cosmic venerables and immortal gods of the human race also perished in the revenge of the demon race.

In the past four million epochs, a total of 129 cosmic venerables of the human race have fallen at the hands of powerful demons, a number that is three times the usual number of deaths!

Even Lu Qingshan's disciple, Streich, perished in the Ancestral Mystic Realm at the hands of a cosmic overlord of the demon race.

Fortunately, Streich's will was quite strong, and he was not enslaved by the other party's soul, so he was later resurrected by Lu Qingshan through time reversal.

In fact, not only Strachey, but also other cosmic venerables of the human race who perished because of the demon race were all resurrected by Lu Qingshan through reversing time and space.

In addition to not charging them the price for reversing time and resurrecting them, Lu Qingshan also provided certain compensation based on the circumstances of their respective deaths.

This is why, even though the incident was caused by Lu Qingshan enslaving the Demon Lord of the Demon Race, the Universe Lords of the human race still harbored no resentment. Instead, they launched a similarly frenzied revenge against the Demon Race.

Therefore, the demon race also suffered great losses during this period, with nearly a hundred demon race universe venerables dying at the hands of human race powerhouses.

As for the level of immortal gods, even more have fallen.

However, immortal gods were the main force in the struggle between the four peak races. On the perilous battlefield outside the realm, immortal gods would fall almost every moment. Therefore, Lu Qingshan only spent some resources to increase the bounty on the demon race's strongmen in the past period.

Besides these, there are the immortal gods who perished in the Lu family.

Since Lu Qingshan rose to power, the Lu family has produced over a thousand immortal gods. However, most of them are immortal military lords, only about a hundred are marquis immortals, and only three are king immortals: Lu Zixuan, Lu Pingan, and Lu Yuhua.

Over the long years, the Lu family has lost only a few dozen immortal gods, but apart from one who was enslaved by a foreign soul, the deaths of the others were quite ordinary.

Therefore, after Lu Qingshan broke through to the realm of the Lord of the Universe, he reversed time and space to revive all the immortal gods who had fallen in his clan.

However, in the short span of several million epochs after Lu Qingshan enslaved the Nether Demon Venerable, the Lu family lost over a hundred immortal gods, including more than ten Marquis-level immortals and Lu Zixuan, the first King-level immortal born in the Lu family.

Even three of them, who were granted the title of Marquis and immortals, as well as more than twenty immortal military lords, were enslaved by their souls, and even the Lord of the Universe could not revive them by reversing time and space.

Of course, while the Lu family lost so many immortal gods, they also uncovered many demon spies lurking in the human race's territory, and even some insect spies taking advantage of the chaos.

When you really calculate it, it's uncertain who loses and who gains!
Although the human race lost slightly more powerful individuals, seemingly suffering greater losses than the demon race, the divine power Lu Qingshan expended in reversing time to revive these powerful individuals was negligible to him. Aside from the cost of this divine power, the human race's losses were not much different from those of the demon race.

Moreover, in recent years, especially after the Lord of Catfish attacked Lawrence and Venerable Frost, the demon race's revenge has gradually slowed down, and the struggle between them and the human race has gradually begun to return to normal.

In fact, this kind of thing was quite common in the past.

For example, if a disciple of the human race's universe master is assassinated by a spy from an alien race, the universe master might retaliate against that alien race.

Just like before Lu Qingshan transmigrated here, Rosa, the youngest disciple of the Lord of the Wilderness Mirror of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, had perished in an assassination attempt by a demon spy. So, in order to take revenge, the Lord of the Wilderness Mirror directly increased the bounty on demon race experts by 50%. As a result, many experts entered the extraterritorial battlefield to hunt down demon race experts because of this bounty!
Although Lu Qingshan's enslavement of the Nether Demon Venerable was far more serious than the assassination of these geniuses who only appear once every tens of millions of epochs, it did not actually harm the fundamental interests of the demon race. Therefore, the demon race's retaliation would not be too desperate, nor would it take too long!
After all, the foundation of the demon race still consists of two demon ancestors who are at the level of the strongest beings in the universe, as well as many universe lords.

After a series of thoughts flashed through his mind, Lu Qingshan quickly waved his hand to open the palace gate and then ordered, "Come in!"

"Disciple greets Master!" Lawrence bowed respectfully to Lu Qingshan as soon as he entered the mansion's main hall.

"Lawrence!"

Lu Qingshan looked at his disciple and then said, "You were killed by the Demon Lord Catfish this time, and many of your treasures were taken from you. This was mainly because I had enslaved the Demon Lord Youmo before. What do you think about this?"

"Teacher, you're too kind!"

Lawrence quickly and respectfully replied, "You already warned us after you enslaved that demon lord of the demon race!"

"The reason I was killed by the Catfish Lord was mainly due to my lack of caution! Fortunately, I was able to exchange for a soul-type treasure with the resources you bestowed upon me, Master, which prevented the Catfish Lord from successfully enslaving my soul!"

"Actually, it's not your fault!"

Lu Qingshan quickly shook his head and said, "You've been careful enough, but since that demon clan wants to attack you, they'll find an opportunity sooner or later!"

"Later, go to my residence on the headquarters continent. When you go, please invite Venerable Ning Shuang, who was resurrected with you. I will be waiting for you there!"

Upon hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Lawrence's heart stirred, and he quickly replied, "Yes, teacher!"

……

On the other side, after Venerable Frost was resurrected by the Giant Axe Founder through time reversal, he quickly connected his consciousness to the virtual universe and rushed to the mansion of his teacher, Lord Dragonwalker.

She was killed by the Lord of the Catfish Clan this time, most likely because the Lord of All Realms enslaved the Demon Lord of the Netherworld.

Now that she has perished, all her treasures have been lost. Although she has enough resources to pay for this resurrection, she still needs to discuss it with her teacher.

In the virtual universe, atop Thunder Island, in the mansion of the Dragon Lord.

"Teacher!" Venerable Frost said quickly after paying his respects to the Dragon Lord who sat high on the throne, "This disciple's demise this time resulted in the direct loss of more than sixty Treasure Points!"

"If I had been killed by those cosmic overlords or top-tier cosmic overlords of the demon race, that would be one thing, but the one who killed me was the Lord of Catfish Scorch, this is simply too much..."

"All right!"

Before Venerable Ning Shuang could finish speaking, Lord Long Xing interrupted her, saying, "Do you think I don't know what you're thinking, little fellow?"

"This matter is indeed related to the myriad realms, but it's also because you were too careless when you were exploring the universe!"

"After that demon clan's Catfish Lord killed you, I already fought a great battle with him! Although I failed to retrieve the treasure, he promised not to attack our human race's cosmic overlords again because of what happened before!"

"As for the losses you suffered after your fall..."

The Lord of Dragons paused slightly before continuing, "Recently, many of the cosmic Venerables who perished among the demon race have been resurrected free of charge by the myriad realms, and the myriad realms have even provided them with certain compensation! Regarding your matter, the myriad realms had already discussed it with me before you were resurrected by reversing time and space. They will definitely summon you later, so just go directly then!"

"This……"

Upon hearing the words of the Dragon Lord, Venerable Ning Shuang quickly showed a hint of joy on her face, and then bowed deeply in gratitude, saying, "Thank you, Master, for your help!"

"Hahaha!"

Seeing the expression on Venerable Frost's face, Lord Dragon couldn't help but say, "You little rascal, you're really too cunning. Alright, you can go now!"

"is teacher!"

After hearing what the Lord of Dragons said, Venerable Ning Shuang quickly and respectfully withdrew from the Lord of Dragons' residence.

However, shortly after she left the Dragon Lord's mansion, she received an email from Lawrence, who had been resurrected with her.

"Lawrence's email?"

Venerable Ning Shuang's heart stirred, and he quickly opened the email.

The email contained the message that the Lord of All Realms had instructed his disciple Lawrence to invite him to a meeting.

After reading the email, Venerable Ning Shuang quickly met up with Lawrence in reality, and then they headed together to Lu Qingshan's residence on the virtual universe company's headquarters continent.

……

On the other side, Lu Qingshan also quickly went to the Human Race Treasury located in the Chaos City of the Initial Universe, and then contributed all his previous gains in the Cosmic Sea to the Human Race Treasury.

After contributing all the unused treasures, Lu Qingshan quickly exchanged them for some high-grade treasure weapons and armor, as well as many other treasures such as ordinary soul-type treasures.

He exchanged these treasures, naturally to bestow upon Lawrence and Venerable Ning Shuang, who were killed by the Demon Catfish Lord.

After all, the main reason why Lawrence and his companion were killed by the Lord of Catfish was because he had previously enslaved the Demon Lord.

Now that Lawrence and Venerable Ning Shuang have lost many protective treasures after their deaths, he naturally wants to bestow some of these treasures upon them for protection.

After Lu Qingshan exchanged for many treasures, he only had less than two hundred treasure points left.

These resources are naturally very considerable for a cosmic venerable, but they are not very useful to Lu Qingshan. They are not enough to buy precious treasures or items to enhance the level of life genes.

After Lu Qingshan, who had exchanged many treasures, returned to his residence on the continent of the Virtual Universe Company headquarters, Lawrence and Venerable Ning Shuang also arrived at his residence.

"Come in!" Lu Qingshan looked at Lawrence and the other person standing outside the mansion and quickly waved to open the mansion gate.

"Disciple pays homage to teacher!"

"Greetings, Lord of All Realms!"

After Lawrence and Venerable Ning Shuang entered the mansion hall, they quickly bowed respectfully to Lu Qingshan, who was sitting in the main seat.

"Ok!"

Lu Qingshan nodded slightly, then said, "Lawrence, Ning Shuang, get up!"

Upon hearing this, Lawrence and Venerable Ning Shuang stood up and stood respectfully in front of Lu Qingshan.

"The main reason I called you two here is because of the fact that you were killed by that demon catfish lord!"

Lu Qingshan quickly spoke up, saying, "The reason why the Lord of Catfish attacked you is mainly because I enslaved the Nether Demon Venerable of the demon race!"

"Since you two were killed by him and all your treasures were taken, I will naturally give you some compensation!"

After saying this, Lu Qingshan waved his hand, and several streaks of light quickly flew to Lawrence and Venerable Ning Shuang.

"These are some treasures I exchanged for you from the clan's treasury!"

Lu Qingshan said again, "Although it is not one of the treasures you lost, its power and value are roughly equivalent. If you familiarize yourself with it, your strength should not be greatly affected!"

"This……"

After hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Lawrence and Venerable Ning Shuang both fell silent.

Although they expected Lu Qingshan to compensate them with some treasures, they never expected that Lu Qingshan would compensate them with all the treasures they had lost.

Especially Lawrence!

You must understand, almost all of his previous treasures were bestowed upon him by his teacher, Lu Qingshan. Now that he had lost them, Lu Qingshan had actually given him the same treasures again. This was truly...

"All right!"

Noticing the expressions on Lawrence and Venerable Ning Shuang's faces, Lu Qingshan quickly said, "You should accept these treasures. This way, your strength will be able to recover somewhat, and you will be able to make more contributions to our human race in the future!"

After hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Lawrence and Venerable Ning Shuang put away their respective treasures.

Afterwards, Lu Qingshan gave the two men some more instructions before waving his hand and saying, "Alright, you may leave now!"

"Yes, teacher (Lord of All Realms)!"

Lawrence and Venerable Ning Shuang quickly and respectfully responded before leaving Lu Qingshan's residence.

After leaving Lu Qingshan's residence, Lawrence exchanged a few casual words with Venerable Ning Shuang before departing.

Venerable Ning Shuang turned back to look at Lu Qingshan's residence, her heart filled with endless sighs.

She first met Lu Qingshan at a banquet hosted by her junior brother, the Palace Master of Heavenly Eclipse.

At that time, the Lord of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace had not even broken through to the realm of the Universe Venerable, while the Lord of Myriad Realms, who is now renowned in the universe, only has the strength of a Marquis.

At that time, Lu Qingshan would have had difficulty even conversing with a powerhouse of her level. She only had some impression of Lu Qingshan because she heard the Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace mention him briefly at that banquet.

But now Lu Qingshan has risen all the way up, from a minor Marquis-level Immortal to one of the strongest people in the human race.

However, she remained in the same place, and her strength did not improve much at all.

Even after this fall, it was only thanks to the blessing of the Lord of All Realms that he was able to quickly regain his original strength.

"The Lord of All Realms' growth rate is truly terrifying!"

Venerable Ning Shuang couldn't help but think to himself, "I wonder when I will be able to break through to the realm of the Lord of the Universe?"

(End of this chapter)