Swallowing the Stars: Ten Thousand Times Return for Taking on Disciples

Chapter 216 Strength Surges, Peak King-Level Strength!
"With my current movement and swordsmanship, I can easily pass through the 18th floor of the Heavenly Bridge, and I might even have a slight chance of passing the 19th floor!"

Back in the Sacred City of the Banyan Tree Clan, after comprehending the Sacred Stele, Lu Qingshan's understanding of the laws was already close to the level of the 18th floor of the Heavenly Bridge.

However, possessing a skill level close to that of an 18-story skybridge doesn't necessarily mean you can cross an 18-story skybridge; these are two different concepts...

For example, it takes 20 levels of understanding of the laws of the Tongtian Bridge to pass through the Primal Tongtian Mountain at the Realm Lord level, but 20 levels of understanding of the laws may not be enough to pass through the Primal Tongtian Mountain.

"No rush. Let's wait until we have a deeper understanding of the laws of the 20th level of the Heavenly Bridge before attempting to cross it."

Unlike Jin Jian, Lu Qingshan is a low-key person.

In such a dangerous place as an extraterritorial battlefield, he did not intend to provoke the alien races.

Previously, on the Black Dragon Mountain Imperial Star, the alien races sent King-level Immortals to kill him. If Lu Qingshan were to cross the 18th or even 19th level of the Heavenly Bridge again, the next assassin to kill him would probably be a Universe Venerable.

Let's wait until we've completed the mission in the extraterrestrial battlefield and returned to the initial universe before attempting to cross the Heavenly Bridge.

At that time, he obtained permanent residency in Chaos City and established his own sect there. Even though the alien races hated him to the core, they didn't dare to go to Chaos City to provoke him.

After making his decision, Lu Qingshan waited for Jin Jian to return.

Over the past century, Jin Jian has returned several times... but only for a year or two at a time, digesting his gains before going out to fight and train again.

Over the years, he has made a name for himself on Misty Island. The human alliance on Misty Island all know that a ruthless man has come to Misty Island, carrying a poisoned greatsword. In the past hundred years, nearly 20 immortal military lords have died by his sword. The noble alien races on Misty Island have repeatedly offered bounties for his coordinates, but have always returned empty-handed...

"teacher!"

Three days later, Jin Jian returned!
In the past century, there have been more battles fought with golden swords than in the previous centuries.

Thanks to advanced detectors and the experience learned from Lu Qingshan, the efficiency of the killings has increased significantly.

However, although his military merits were not as high as Lu Qingshan's, they were still 1 trillion.

It requires at least one peak-level Marquis, or ten advanced-level Marquis, or one hundred initial-level Marquis to complete.

Compared to the number of people he's killed over the years, this is nothing at all.

Logically speaking, members of the Primordial Secret Realm should at least be able to rival the Immortals of the Marquis level before they can participate in the trials. Jin Jian applied too early, and although the company approved his application, it did not reduce his military merit quota. This was to prevent others from exploiting the bug later, such as hiding their strength or deliberately not breaking through and then breaking through in the outer battlefield to obtain a lower military merit quota.

Virtual Universe Company is fair and just; everyone is treated equally, except for truly exceptional geniuses.

Therefore, the battles fought by the Golden Sword on the outer battlefield were only the beginning; an extremely long process was yet to come.

“Golden Sword…” Looking at this disciple, Lu Qingshan smiled slightly: “I remember you entered the Virtual Universe Company through the Genius Battle. At that time, you were a member of the Doomsday Secret Realm and gradually rose to the Primal Secret Realm, right?”

When Jin Jian mentioned his dark past, the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.

He argued.

"I was too young when I participated in the Genius Battle. If I had a few hundred more years, I would definitely have been able to directly enter the Primal Secret Realm."

Lu Qingshan ignored it and said to himself, "Universe-level members of the Doomsday Secret Realm can't participate in many life-and-death trials. You probably haven't been to the Blood Luo Continent, have you?"

"no!"

Jin Jian shook his head.

Jin Jian had heard the legends of the Blood Luo Continent from his teacher, King Anju, and knew that he had missed a great opportunity at the cosmic level.

However, at that time, he was just a member of the Doomsday Secret Realm, and unlike the members of the Primordial Secret Realm and the Primordial Secret Realm, he did not have the same treatment and had no extra opportunities for trials.

"It's a real pity that a genius like you, who has comprehended the laws of space and metal, hasn't been to the Blood Luo Continent... However, I can now give you an opportunity to obtain an opportunity equivalent to having been to the Blood Luo Continent."

Jin Jian was shocked to see Lu Qingshan's calm smile.

"Teacher, what do you mean by that?"

Lu Qingshan ignored him and with a flick of his wrist, three perfectly rhomboid, blood-red crystals appeared in his palm.

"This is Blood Luo Crystal, a specialty of the Blood Luo Continent, and also the greatest opportunity to travel to the Blood Luo Continent! This is the treasure you missed back then... The Virtual Universe Company is too stingy, only allowing me to give you three Blood Luo Crystals. However, even if it's only three, as long as you successfully fuse them, your cosmic compatibility with the Golden Void Origin Law will directly double, and your strength will also double."

Three Blood Crystals are the mark of a Blood Warrior, and they are extremely rare even on the Blood Luo Continent.

Doubled alignment with the laws of the universe? Doubled power?
Jin Jian stared at the three beautiful crystals, his breath almost stopping. How could such wondrous treasures exist in the world? He had truly missed a great opportunity back then!
"Teacher...this..."

Faced with the three Blood Crystals, Jin Jian didn't know what to say. He felt a pang of regret, realizing he had been too disrespectful to his teacher before.

Although the teacher is also a member of the Primal Secret Realm, his strength is a hundred or a thousand times greater than his, so he should be given more respect.

"Here you go, the fusion is very simple... all you need to do is make a cut on your body, put the Blood Crystal on it, hmm... it's really easy..."

Lu Qingshan threw three Blood Crystals to Jin Jian.

Jin Jian quickly took the sword, overjoyed.

After obtaining the Blood Crystal, he couldn't wait to try it out.

Under Lu Qingshan's gaze, he first took out his greatsword, looked at the black poison on it, then threw the greatsword aside, took out a small knife from his spoils, and cut a gash on his arm.

Then place a Blood Crystal on top.

Jin Jian felt like he was about to take off...

With the doubled improvement from the alignment with the laws, and the doubled strength, wouldn't I soon be able to fight against a low-level Marquis?

The idea is wonderful... but...

"what!!"

A scream sounded.

Jin Jian curled up on the ground, his body trembling uncontrollably. He never expected that fusing with the Blood Crystal would be so painful, not only physical but also a tearing apart of his soul.

And that incredibly terrifying shock to his will almost left him stunned.

Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!
Jin Jian rolled around on the ground, and then he saw Lu Qingshan, who had actually pointed the military merit camera at him.

He gritted his teeth and forced himself to remain silent.

The teacher must have done it on purpose, on purpose. He knew how painful it was to fuse with the Blood Crystal, so he deliberately wanted to see me in such a sorry state.

Jin Jian was both angry and anxious, but there was nothing he could do. After all, the other person was his teacher and had bestowed upon him such a precious resource.

Even Teacher Wang of Anju couldn't get him this Blood Crystal.

For the sake of increasing my strength, for the sake of remaining in the Primal Secret Realm! For the sake of becoming a top-tier powerhouse!!

Jin Jian roared inwardly.

Time passed second by second, the Blood Crystal disappeared, and the Golden Sword miraculously survived.

The first Blood Crystal was successfully fused.

Jin Jian collapsed to the ground, his entire body soaked in sweat.

His face was pale, and his fingers were twitching and spasming from the intense pain!
"Not bad, I didn't expect you to successfully fuse a Blood Crystal on your first attempt."

Lu Qingshan clapped his hands.

Jin Jian slowly got up.

"Teacher, you must have known in advance, right?"

"what do you know?"

"I know that fusing with Blood Crystals is extremely painful, I don't believe you've never fused with Blood Crystals before," Jin Jian said, his eyes wide.

"I fused them, and I fused three of them! I didn't feel anything. Could it really hurt that much? For a strong person, is this little bit of pain considered pain? You're afraid of pain, yet you want to become a top-tier expert??"

Lu Qingshan countered with a question.

One sentence completely blocked Jin Jian's path.

Afraid of pain but still want to become strong?
That makes a lot of sense, and I don't know how to refute it, but it really hurts.

Feeling this way, Jin Jian vowed that he never wanted to experience it again.

"Feel it, is there any improvement?"

Lu Qingshan said with a smile.

Jin Jian sensed the surrounding laws and nodded: "There are some subtle changes, but they are not obvious."

"Hmm, that's normal... Blood Crystals only show noticeable changes when fused with the third, tenth, and hundredth crystals. You've only fused the first one, so it's nothing. Once you've completely fused all three Blood Crystals, you should be able to feel the doubled improvement I mentioned earlier. By the way..."

Lu Qingshan reminded him.

"I forgot to tell you, the pain of fusing Blood Crystals is increased by nearly tenfold. In other words, fusing a second one will be ten times more painful than before. As a future powerhouse, this pain shouldn't be a problem for you."

"Ten...ten times...that's not a problem."

Jin Jian gritted his teeth and said.

"That's good. Go out and make your way in the world. Come back within ten years. I might have to go back to the military base."

"Teacher, I understand."

After watching Jin Jian leave again, Lu Qingshan closed the military merit recording and entered his inner world before slowly taking out the treasure he had received as a cashback.

[You have bestowed three Golden Sword Blood Crystals upon your disciple, receiving a thousandfold return; you have also received 30 drops of the Blood of the Golden Beast God.]

The blood of the Beast God, it really is this thing!
Lu Qingshan applied to the company to give the Blood Crystal to Jin Jian because he wanted the Blood of the Beast God.

This substance can only be extracted through special channels; only one drop can be extracted from one hundred Blood Crystals. Crucially, even for a Cosmic Venerable, it is an extremely precious treasure.

Such an item would never appear even at a high-level auction; it would only occasionally appear at Hongmeng's auctions, attracting countless people to compete for it.

Because this is a treasure that can enhance the genetic level, there are limits to fusing with Blood Crystal, and it is extremely difficult. Even on the Blood Crystal Continent, Black Warriors are legendary. However, the Blood of the Beast God can replace the effect of Blood Crystal, and the difficulty of fusion is reduced by countless times. It also does not involve the pain of fusing with Blood Crystal.

Having the blood of the Beast God makes becoming a Black Warrior very easy; a Black Warrior is equivalent to having ten times the genetic potential.

A weaker, novice universe venerable would probably only have this many times the genetic potential.

Originally, three Blood Crystals were the limit of Lu Qingshan's body fusion, but now that he possesses the blood of the Beast God, everything is no longer a problem.

"Fusion!"

A drop of Beast God's blood appeared in Lu Qingshan's palm. The golden blood was covered with countless wondrous law patterns. When his consciousness touched it, he could feel a powerful, bloodthirsty remnant.

Lu Qingshan could sense the resentment and pain in this consciousness.

A born beast god!

Born to be the master of the universe, possessing immense power, its abundance of treasures sealed its fate.

Even if you are the ruler of the universe, so what? When your value exceeds your power, even the ruler of the universe can be besieged and killed, becoming fodder for others' cultivation...

That's how cruel the primordial universe was.

In this world, you still have to consider power and connections!
Lu Qingshan joined the Virtual Universe Company and became a core member precisely to avoid this situation happening to him.

The golden blood of the beast god slowly seeped into his skin.

Lu Qingshan didn't feel much rejection from his body, mainly because he was already a Blood Warrior, and every cell in his body was infused with the power of Blood Luo, making his body more suitable for the fusion of the Beast God's blood.

A drop of the Beast God's blood was easily fused.

Next is the second drop.

third
fourth
Soon, Lu Qingshan fused with seven drops of the Beast God's blood.

The process went very smoothly, and Lu Qingshan even felt that he could continue to integrate.

However, he gave up. He only had thirty drops of the Beast God's blood, and even if he fused them all, he wouldn't be able to improve his strength much.

The Black Warrior is enough for him now. Next time, he will use the blood of the Beast God to upgrade his genes to a hundredfold level, which is probably the limit of the primordial universe.

Unfortunately... the Blood Crystal wasn't very effective against the Ghost King's clone...

Logically speaking, the Ghost King's clone possesses 50 times the basic genes, making fusion easier, just like Luo Feng's Golden Horned Beast, which fused with Blood Crystal as easily as drinking water.

However, the Ghost King's clone is a favorite of the Time Law and is not compatible with the Blood Crystal of the Golden Void Law. Fusion would be extremely difficult unless the blood of a natural beast god of the Time Law or something else could be found to increase the Ghost King's clone's genetic multiplier.

A hundred times the force, a hundred times the amplitude, a hundred times the genes... these are the limits of the primordial universe.

Therefore, before becoming the Lord of the Universe, Lu Qingshan could only raise his genetic level to a maximum of one hundred times.

Nine Tribulations Secret Book?

That was a secret technique that violated the original rules of the universe, but it was also severely restricted.

For example, it can only be recorded using Heavenly Soul Crystals, and only Earth souls are allowed to cultivate it. Moreover, there is only one chance to inherit it. Even if Luo Feng were to die and be resurrected, he would lose all his memories of the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual, and the effects of cultivation would completely disappear.

Lu Qingshan cannot obtain this secret method for the time being, as his genetic level is still far from being a hundred times lower.

Not in a hurry!
Lu Qingshan carefully felt the changes in his body.

The Black Warrior is a legend of the Blood Luo Continent... Blood God Tyrant Qi, the most talented warrior of the Blood Luo Continent, has only fused eight Blood Luo Crystals, and is still a long way from becoming a Black Warrior.

Luo Feng became a Black Warrior only after using the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual to improve his genetic level, but this already shocked even the Lord of Chaos City.

This shows how rare these Black Warriors are.

It represents not only strength, but also unlimited future potential.

Lu Qingshan circulated the power of Blood Luo, feeling the changes in his body. His genes increased tenfold, his strength increased tenfold, and his compatibility with the laws of the universe increased threefold.

The compatibility is three times greater, which is twice as much as that of a Blood Warrior.

Ten times the genetic potential, plus a body amplitude of thirty-two.

Three hundred and twenty times the power of a realm lord!
Time-Traveling Tyrant Armor!!

Lu Qingshan activated the second layer of secret runes on the Time Overlord Armor. The runes shimmered and radiated a dazzling light.

It worked!
Lu Qingshan was overjoyed.

The fact that he was able to activate the second layer of the Time Overlord Armor's runes meant that his strength had undergone a tremendous change.

The second layer of secret runes elevates basic strength to 10000 times the power of a Realm Lord, and with the addition of a 32-fold amplification effect, it becomes 320,000 times the power of a Realm Lord.

The initial level of the King title is 1 times the power of a Realm Lord, the advanced level is 3 times the power of a Realm Lord, and the peak level is 10 times the power of a Realm Lord.

Lu Qingshan's power is 32 times that of a Realm Lord, which has already surpassed the basic strength of most peak-level Kings. However, his understanding of the laws is weaker than that of peak-level Kings, and he cannot burn his divine body. But he also possesses a treasure that peak-level Kings do not have. In total, he has already possessed the strength of a peak-level King.

The pinnacle of being crowned a king!
Lu Qingshan has decided to immediately return to the base to purchase treasures. After cultivating the Time Body to its limit in the extraterrestrial battlefield, he will begin hunting for kings, complete his military merit quota, and leave the extraterrestrial battlefield.

(End of this chapter)