Zhutian: Start from Devouring the Stars and Becoming a God

Chapter 431 The Three Clans' Plot for Exchange
The vast universe, an endless expanse of empty stars.

Just as the various forces in the primordial universe were still trembling with fear because of the great war between the human race and the demon race, three thoughts directly traversed endless time and space and descended into this extremely desolate cosmic starry sky, after which three majestic figures vaguely appeared.

One of the figures looked absolutely perfect, with a slender figure faintly visible, and even a hazy light surrounding it. Just seeing this figure was enough to completely captivate the cosmic venerables.

The second figure was a savage giant with eyes like lightning and an extremely terrifying sharp aura emanating from his entire body.

The third figure was an extremely large, brown, oval-shaped phantom that looked very mysterious.

These three figures are the supreme rulers of the three top races: the Zerg, the Humans, and the Machines: the Zerg Queen, the Giant Axe Founder, and the Machine Father God.

"Big axe!"

A voice quickly came from within the brown, oval-shaped spherical phantom: "Why did you suddenly summon me and the Empress here?"

"Yes, a giant axe!"

The slender insect queen also spoke softly, "Your human race just had a great battle with the demon race, and even suppressed the demon race's Lord of the Heavenly Wolves. You've really made a name for yourselves!"

"Hahaha!"

The Giant Axe Founder quickly laughed and said, "That Demon Lord of the Heavenly Wolf was suppressed by the myriad realms, but it was only his own fault!"

"Mechanics, Empress, the main reason I've summoned you here today is regarding the matter of the Demon Clan's Lord Changjiu!"

"The Lord of Changjiu?"

"And what about the Lord of Changjiu?"

After hearing the words of the Giant Axe Founder, both the Zerg Queen and the Machine Father God feigned doubt and asked.

"Empress, machinery, why ask questions you already know the answer to!"

The Giant Axe Founder immediately said, "The Demon Race's Changjiu Lord has broken through to the fifth level. Adding the Lord of Annihilation and the Lord of Blood Chisel, the Demon Race now has three fifth-level Universe Lords!"

"Once one of them breaks through to the level of the strongest in the universe, the demon race alone will be able to rival the combined strength of the three of us!"

"While our human race certainly has a considerable grudge against that demon race, does that mean the grudge between your insectoid race, machine race, and that demon race is smaller?"

"Including the Lord of Changjiu, the demon race indeed now has three fifth-tier universe lords!"

The voice of the Mechanical Race Father God soon echoed again from within the oval brown sphere: "It's not impossible for the three of us to join forces against that demon race, but your human race also has two fifth-order Universe Lords. If we join forces, your human race should naturally contribute more power!"

"Mechanical race, your god-king should be breaking through to the fifth level soon, right?"

The founder of the giant axe sneered, "Perhaps he has already broken through, but you just haven't made it public yet!"

"All right!"

Seeing that the Giant Axe Founder and the Mechanical Race Father God were somewhat at odds, the Zerg Queen quickly spoke up, saying, "Since the three of us have gathered here, we should naturally discuss joining forces to deal with the Demon Race. As for other matters, we can talk about them later!"

"Humph!"

After hearing the Zerg Queen's words, the Machine God snorted coldly, but said nothing more.

At this moment, the Giant Axe Founder spoke first, saying, "Actually, the breakthrough of the Lord of Changjiu is nothing special. However, according to the information obtained by our human race, Zhenjiao and Mengcha have not shown up for a long time. Whether in the primordial universe or in the cosmic sea, no one has seen any trace of them for a long time!"

"I've noticed this too!"

After hearing the words of the Giant Axe Founder, the Zerg Queen quickly spoke up: "Dream Tea and Zhenjiao are usually one stationed in the Primal Universe and the other adventuring in the Cosmic Sea, but they haven't shown up for nearly 10 billion epochs! In my opinion, these two might be trapped in some dangerous place in the Cosmic Sea!"

"That's why I invited the two of you here today, to discuss the matter of testing the strength of the demon race!"

The founder of the giant axe spoke again: "Now that Zhenjiao and Mengcha have not shown their faces for a long time, the demon race still occupies so many resources and territories. This is very unfair to our three races!"

"That's right!"

At this moment, the Mechanical Race Father God stopped arguing with the Giant Axe Founder and quickly said in a deep voice, "Among our four peak races, the Demon Race occupies the largest cosmic territory, and has always taken more and more resources!"

"Since Zhenjiao and Mengcha haven't shown up for a long time, we can try to test the demon race and see how they will respond!"

"The key question is, how do we probe?"

The Zerg Queen paused for a moment, then said softly, "If our methods are too drastic, the demon race might resort to desperate measures! If Mengcha and Zhenjiao reappear then, the conflict will escalate!"

"This matter is actually very easy to resolve!"

The founder of the giant axe quickly said, "Our human race's opinion is to keep the conflict at the level of the Cosmic Venerables, just like we did when we dealt with the Northern Frontier Alliance last time!"

"Especially those cosmic overlords of the demon race alliance, once they fall, their only hope of resurrection is to rely on Meng Cha or Zhen Jiao!"

"Although the Demon Alliance has more powerful members than the three of us, as long as the three of us join forces, we will definitely be able to crush the Demon Alliance in terms of the number of powerful members!"

"If Mengcha and Zhenjiao do not step forward to revive those fallen cosmic overlords for a long time, the powerful members of the demon race themselves will be fine, but those alien races within the demon alliance might leave the demon alliance because of this!"

"good idea!"

Upon hearing the words of the Giant Axe Founder, the Zerg Queen's eyes lit up, and she said softly, "Giant Axe, I never expected you to come up with such a brilliant idea!"

Hearing the Zerg Queen's praise, the Giant Axe Founder felt somewhat helpless.

He was focused on cultivation and rarely paid attention to these trivial matters, except when he was overseeing his clan and venturing into the cosmic sea.

This idea was given to him by the Lord of Chaos before he contacted the Zerg Queen and the Machine Father.

"This method is indeed very good!"

The voice of the Mechanical Race Father God quickly echoed from within the oval-shaped brown sphere: "The Demon Race has Meng Cha and Zhen Jiao, and usually one of them stays in the Primal Universe. That's why the Demon Race is always relatively quick to revive the universe's overlords! In fact, many races within the Demon Race Alliance chose to join for this very reason!"

"If Mengcha and Zhenjiao are unable to revive those fallen cosmic overlords this time, those alien races that joined the demon race alliance because of this might not be able to sit still!"

"Moreover, a battle at the level of a Universe Venerable is not enough to cripple our four forces! If Meng Cha and Zhen Jiao hadn't encountered too much trouble, the conflict wouldn't have escalated so drastically!"

Soon, the Giant Axe Founder, the Zerg Queen, and the Mechanical Father God reached an agreement on testing the Demon Race, and then immediately discussed the details of this test.

All three parties agreed to take action with the universe overlord as the main force and many universe venerables as assistants. This way, they could both probe the whereabouts of Dream Demon Ancestor and Zhen Demon Ancestor and avoid completely escalating the conflict.

After reaching a simple consensus, the three founders of the giant axe disappeared, and the universe returned to calm.

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Virtual universe, Mount Pantheon, Temple of Pantheon!

The Pantheon is generally only opened when major events occur that can affect the human race, such as the previous territorial expansion, the opening of the primordial star, and so on...

After the human race, the insectoid race, and the machine race reached an agreement on testing the demon race, the human race naturally convened a supreme meeting in the temple of gods very quickly.

The content of this highest meeting was roughly similar to that of the meeting held after the establishment of the Northern Frontier Alliance.

The main point is that in the near future, the powerful beings at the level of Cosmic Venerables among the human race should reduce conflicts with the Zerg and the mechanical race, and focus primarily on the demon race.

To encourage the cosmic venerables within the human race to annihilate the powerful demon race, the human race's leadership has also set forth numerous reward conditions.

For example, corresponding kill rewards, resurrection discounts, etc.

When the Lord of Chaos City sent the specific reward and preferential rules to the group of cosmic venerables of the human race, it immediately caused a great uproar among them.

One by one, the human race's cosmic venerables contacted their acquaintances, wanting to act together to annihilate the demon race's cosmic venerables.

As Lu Qingshan sat high on his throne, he heard the discussions of many cosmic venerables from the human race, and he was filled with emotion.

Back when the Northern Frontier Alliance was established, when the human race united with other super powers to target the Northern Frontier Alliance, it was the Cosmic Venerable who was the main force.

However, at that time, Lu Qingshan happened to be at the Universe Venerable realm, so he was naturally able to participate.

Now that he has broken through to the level of the Lord of the Universe, he can no longer participate in such operations.

Of course, this matter also had some impact on Lu Qingshan.

After all, even a human race's Universe Venerable could perish if he went to fight a demon race's Universe Venerable.

Therefore, in the near future, Lu Qingshan will also be responsible for the resurrection of some human races, and even some universe venerables within the Hongmeng.

However, for him, who possessed the endless divine sea avatar, this was naturally an extremely easy matter. "These little guys seem quite excited!"

On the golden throne, the Lord of the Wilderness Mirror of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance couldn't help but sigh after hearing the discussions of the many Cosmic Venerables below.

"Actually, it's mainly because the community provides a lot of benefits!"

The Void Gold Master of the Giant Axe Arena lineage quickly spoke up: "Just like when the Northern Frontier Alliance was established last time, all our forces united to target the Northern Frontier Alliance!"

"We've offered a lot of benefits this time, so naturally they're willing to go and fight the powerful demons!"

"Azure Phoenix, Myriad Realms!"

The Qingdong Master of the Universe's Number One Bank quickly smiled and said, "I remember last time when we dealt with the Northern Frontier Alliance, you two were both at the Universe Venerable Realm, right?"

"That's right!"

The Lord of Void Gold quickly nodded and said, "I remember that Qingluan broke through during our fight against the Northern Frontier Alliance, so other forces didn't cause us much trouble!"

"The breakthrough to the myriad realms was a bit late, but it still happened during the last opening of the Primordial Star!"

"It seems that our human race is really quite lucky!"

The Lord of Qingdong quickly nodded and said, "Perhaps during this battle with the powerful demon race, our human race will be able to produce another new Lord of the Universe!"

"Hahaha!"

"If only that were true!"

After hearing what the Lord of Qingdong said, all the universe lords of the human race laughed.

"All right!"

After a moment, the leader of the giant axe-wielding founders continued, "In this operation against the demon race, I will naturally be responsible for resurrecting those cosmic overlords. As for the resurrection of the other cosmic venerables, that will be left to you all!"

"However, we are currently in the period of the Primordial Star's opening, and everyone needs to seize this opportunity to accumulate more resources. Therefore, let the Universe Lords who have clones take on more of the resurrection mission this time!"

"Chaos, Desolate Mirror, Dragon Journey... you three have the most avatars; and among the myriad realms, you have the largest reserve of divine power, so you'll have to shoulder more responsibility this time!"

"I see!"

"Don't worry, Giant Axe!"

After hearing what the founder of the giant axe said, Lu Qingshan, the Lord of Chaos City, and the others all nodded in agreement.

Soon, the Supreme Meeting ended, but the Lord of Chaos City left behind the cosmic overlords of his race to give them some instructions.

After the many cosmic overlords left, Lu Qingshan and the others went about their own business.

……

Within Lu Qingshan's divine kingdom.

Inside the majestic temple above the Endless Divine Sea, Lu Qingshan was taking stock of his gains from the True Spirit Palace.

During his adventures in the True Spirit Hall, Lu Qingshan acquired two high-grade treasure weapons, six ordinary treasures, and dozens of heavy treasures.

If all these treasures were contributed to the human race's treasury, it would yield approximately fifty treasure points.

In addition, Lu Qingshan also obtained a type of flame from the True Spirit Heart Lamp.

Wow!
With a thought, Lu Qingshan saw the flame of the True Spirit Heart Lamp he had obtained appear before him.

Looking at the azure flame emanating strange fluctuations in front of him, Lu Qingshan thought to himself, "I wonder who has ended up with the core of the True Spirit Heart Lamp? Once they release the news, I can use this flame to exchange for some special resources!"

"Of course, my biggest gain this time was suppressing the Lord of Sirius!"

Lu Qingshan quickly waved his hand and took out his Chaos Demon Suppression Tower, then secretly observed the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf who was suppressed inside.

At this time, the Lord of Sirius had been suppressed and was naturally unable to perceive the situation outside.

"The equipment worn by the Lord of Sirius is worth at least two or three thousand Treasure Points!"

Lu Qingshan thought to himself, "If I add the treasures the demons used to exchange for him, my gains this time will definitely reach tens of thousands of treasure points!"

"Moreover, the Lord of the Sirius also possesses the flame of another True Spirit Heart Lamp, which will give me more options when exchanging treasures!"

Just then, Lu Qingshan suddenly received an email from the Lord of Chaos City.

"An email from Master Chaos?"

Upon receiving the email, Lu Qingshan's heart skipped a beat: "Could it be that the negotiations with the demon race have yielded results?"

Long before returning to the human territory, Lu Qingshan had already begun discussing with the Chaos City Lord and the demon race the matter of exchanging the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf.

However, the terms have not been agreed upon, which is why it has dragged on until now.

With this in mind, Lu Qingshan quickly arrived at the Primal Secret Realm via the Divine Kingdom teleportation.

……

A pristine, hidden realm, encompassed by the Thousand Treasures River.

Wow!
After obtaining permission from the Lord of Chaos City, Lu Qingshan teleported directly into the Lord of Chaos City's temple.

Meanwhile, inside the temple, the Lord of Chaos City and Lu Qingshan's teacher, the Lord of Ice Peak, were already waiting.

"Teacher, Uncle-Master Chaos!"

Lu Qingshan looked at the Lord of Ice Peak and the Lord of Chaos City, and bowed slightly to greet them.

"Qingshan!"

"Myriad Realms!"

The Lord of Ice Peak and the Lord of Chaos City both smiled and nodded.

"Master Uncle Chaos!"

Lu Qingshan quickly spoke again, asking, "Did you summon me here this time because you've already negotiated with the demon race about exchanging the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf?"

"That's right!"

The Lord of Chaos City quickly spoke up, saying, "What we said to the Lord of Blood Chisels before was that the demon race would offer a top-grade piece of the ultimate treasure armor, along with the last component of the God-Slaying Array Diagram, in exchange for the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf. In return, all the treasures on the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf would belong to our human race. However, the demon race has consistently refused to agree!"

"How does the demon race plan to make the exchange?" Lu Qingshan asked quickly.

"I negotiated with the Lord of the Blood Chisel for a long time before finally reaching a new exchange agreement!"

The Chaos City Lord quickly said, "Now both sides have made concessions. The demon race has decided to offer a top-grade piece of the ultimate treasure armor and the final component of the God-Slaying Array Diagram in exchange for the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf. However, the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf's Heavenly Wolf Palace must be taken back to the demon race by the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf. As for the other treasures on the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf's body, they will all be left to our human race!"

"This……"

After hearing what the Lord of Chaos City said, Lu Qingshan quickly began to ponder it in his heart.

The Lord of Sirius didn't carry many treasures. Among them, the most precious were the Sirius Palace, a top-grade palace-type treasure, and a supreme treasure armor.

"no problem!"

After a moment's thought, Lu Qingshan quickly nodded in agreement: "The Wolf Palace can have the Wolf Lord brought back, but I wonder where the Blood Chisel Lord wants to exchange for the Wolf Lord?"

"These are the specific coordinates!"

The Lord of Chaos City quickly waved his hand and sent a coordinate to Lu Qingshan, then continued, "Although we have already discussed it with the demon race, in order to prevent them from changing their minds, let Junior Brother Bingfeng go with you!"

"That way, even if the demon race does something, you can hold out until the other strong members of my human race arrive to provide support!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Qingshan quickly expressed his gratitude to the Lord of Chaos City and the Lord of Ice Peak, saying, "Thank you, teacher and senior master!"

(End of this chapter)