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

Chapter 359 The Cosmic Venerable, The Mysterious Summoning (7000 words)

"That's about enough, let's do it now!"

Although we were in a black hole, the opportunity was fleeting, and we couldn't afford to waste it once we had it.

While the Ghost King's avatar was comprehending the laws, Lu Qingshan's true body emerged from the initial universe and returned to his divine kingdom.

The Qianwu Universe Kingdom is located in the heart of the human race's territory, and there is absolutely no possibility of an alien cosmic ruler appearing here.

Furthermore, within Lu Qingshan's divine kingdom, there is a World Tree avatar guarding it, which would suppress even top overlords who entered it in an instant.

Breaking through here is absolutely safe!
"let's start."

The main body and its two clones simultaneously comprehend the laws.

Time accelerates, time decelerates, time stops...

The fundamental laws of time, which were already just a hair's breadth away from becoming one, have now completely merged together, as if they have been sublimated.

A near-perfect time-law rune diagram emerged.

This signifies that Lu Qingshan has completely mastered the fundamental laws of time.

The Sea of ​​Laws begins to descend.

Boom! !

The terrifying pressure of the primordial laws descended directly upon Lu Qingshan's divine kingdom, quickly forming a colorful vortex above the vast kingdom. Wind, thunder, light... interacted and merged together, forming the divine power of the primordial laws of time. The surging sea of ​​laws, like a river bursting its banks, poured directly into Lu Qingshan's World Tree clone.

The descent of the laws is a blessing, so the most efficient method is naturally used. Therefore, almost all the seas of laws are being poured into the World Tree avatar, while Lu Qingshan's human true form stands aside, seemingly with nothing to do.

The divine power absorbed by the World Tree clone in one second is equivalent to what the human main body absorbs in several years. Whether the human main body absorbs it or not is actually meaningless.

"Suck it!"

The World Tree's massive canopy trembled, and the sea of ​​laws completely covered its enormous body. Lu Qingshan absorbed it with all his might, and every branch and every leaf was fully absorbing this vast sea of ​​laws.

His size began to grow again, and his life level began to evolve as the sea of ​​laws descended.

3100 times.

3200 times.

……

x4100

4200 times.

……

Soon, the genetic level of Lu Qingshan's World Tree clone surged to 5000 times.

With 5000 times the genetic potential, one has already reached the level of a World Tree Universe Venerable.

The World Tree's branches grew rapidly again, reaching into the sky and greatly expanding the height of Lu Qingshan's divine kingdom.

The World Tree's avatar has grown from approximately 1.2 million kilometers to 5.5 million kilometers in height, and its canopy is even more terrifying, blocking out the sun and exceeding one billion kilometers in diameter.

With such a massive divine body, if it were to fight against a human, the enemy would likely lose the will to fight simply by glancing at it.

During the process of evolution, the speed at which divine power is absorbed is terrifyingly fast.

Even Lu Qingshan himself was surprised; the commotion from this breakthrough was unbelievably huge.

He had witnessed other cosmic masters breaking through to higher realms.

As a Grandmaster of the Virtual Universe Company, he naturally had such authority and had also consulted some publicly available information.

For those cosmic venerables, absorbing divine power is just a matter of a moment when they break through. The Dragon Whale King's last breakthrough was already quite impressive, but compared to Lu Qingshan's breakthrough this time, it's nothing.

The Dragon Whale King's Sea of ​​Laws is about 300 kilometers long, covering the mountain area around their residence.

Now, when Lu Qingshan's World Tree clone broke through, the Sea of ​​Laws was already hundreds of millions of kilometers long. As the World Tree clone evolved, the Sea of ​​Laws continued to expand, eventually reaching tens of billions of kilometers.

How terrifying is the Sea of ​​Laws, which has a diameter of tens of billions of kilometers?
Even a one-second influx of divine power could kill a cosmic venerable like the Dragon Whale Venerable, yet the World Tree clone absorbed it for over half an hour.

After its form was completely fixed, the Sea of ​​Laws slowly disappeared, as if it had never existed.

"it's over……"

Lu Qingshan felt a sense of loss.

Indeed, the immortals were the true children of the primordial universe, but this treatment diminished once they reached the level of cosmic venerables.

When he becomes the Lord of the Universe, his treatment will probably be reduced again.

In his immortal days, the Sea of ​​Laws completely filled the World Tree clone, but this time, even with Lu Qingshan absorbing it with all his might and the special effects that came with his evolution, he only managed to convert 38%.

This is still quite different from what he had expected.

However, it's almost done.

With a single leaf shake, a surge of divine power flowed into Lu Qingshan's main body, completely filling him up.

Even if we don't say 38%, even one ten-billionth of the World Tree's clones could completely fill the human race's main body.

Despite its tiny size and hundredfold genetic strength, it was like a green recruit in front of the World Tree's clone.

"my power……"

After the divine power was fully converted, Lu Qingshan felt his own power.

The human being's base power, without any amplification, is roughly 10 billion times the power of a World Lord...

With a casual wave of his hand, he could annihilate the invincible king.

If he were to make a move now, he could kill that Golden-Eyed Demon King without needing a second move.

As for the World Tree clone, describing it as the power of a World Lord is no longer appropriate. It is equivalent to the basic power of 5000 of the weakest Elementary Venerables. The key is its enormous reserve of divine power. Even if the number of Elementary Venerables with 1x the gene were increased tenfold, they would still be nothing more than food in front of the World Tree clone.

Moreover, after breaking through to the Universe Venerable realm, Lu Qingshan could clearly feel that his divine kingdom was frighteningly stable.

Although he didn't know the state of the Mantuo God's kingdom, he was confident that his own kingdom would not be weaker than the other's.

In addition, with the World Tree's avatar possessing the innate secret technique of controlling space and time, even some low-level universe lords who enter this world have a very low chance of leaving.

As for the Blood Ghost King's clone...

As the Sea of ​​Laws descended, the One-Horned Ghost King's avatar, located within a cosmic black hole, also received its blessings.

This made Lu Qingshan wonder.

Could it be that, within the rules of the primordial universe, the One-Horned Demon King's clone cannot be considered his innate clone?
This is also normal.

After all, how could a normal clone possibly create two divine kingdoms?

The commotion from the Ghost King's clone was much smaller, and since it was hidden in the black hole, almost no one noticed it.

After absorbing the energy, the Ghost King's clone transformed 83% of its energy, resulting in a dramatic change in its strength.

Especially the two most precious items.

Previously, he could only barely activate it, but now, his divine power can easily drive the treasure, allowing him to unleash even greater power.

"You've broken through! Good, very good..."

A slight smile appeared on the lips of the Ghost King's clone.

Having broken through to the level of a Universe Venerable, and relying on two supreme treasures, he can be said to be completely unbeatable in the Ancestral God Sect.

Moreover, after returning to the Ancestral God Sect this time, the old Ancestral God will not only publicly reveal the master-disciple relationship, but will also bestow upon him another treasure.

It is highly likely that it is also a treasure.

Three treasures.

The power of a cosmic supreme being.

Those demon clan inheritors should pray that he goes back slowly.

Lu Qingshan looked at the extremely bright black hole singularity not far away. This singularity was incredibly solid, and the legendary black hole weapon seemed to be made from the black hole singularity.

However, those were all small black holes. This Eye of the Abyss is an extremely large black hole. Even a cosmic venerable would not be able to come here without a supreme treasure to protect him. The value of this black hole singularity must be considerable.

Receive!
Lu Qingshan activated the Blood Nether Palace, and the enormous suction force drew the black hole singularity towards it, but the singularity remained unchanged.

"no?"

Lu Qingshan frowned slightly.

"Is it possible that only small black holes can remove the singularity, while large black holes like the Eye of the Abyss cannot... It's impossible... The reason they can't do it is simply because their power and strength are insufficient!"

Then, he manipulated the Blood Nether Palace to crash violently into the direction of the black hole singularity.

He wanted to test whether the infinitely dense black hole singularity was harder, or the treasure palace was harder.

"boom!!!"

The Blood Nether Palace crashed violently into the black hole singularity.

It is clear that the singularity of the black hole seems to have shifted slightly, and in this process, the entire black hole has undergone terrifying changes.

Of course, this posed no threat whatsoever to Lu Qingshan, who was already a Universe Venerable and was inside the Blood Nether Palace.

"Boom boom boom!"

After several more impacts, this time the arc of the deviation was even greater. With each impact, Lu Qingshan would carefully inspect the treasure palace. If there was even the slightest damage, he would leave immediately. But clearly, the singularity still could not withstand the treasure palace.

After several impacts, the singularity was knocked out of its original position. Lu Qingshan then manipulated the Blood Nether Palace to expand, enveloping the entire space and preventing the singularity from generating a terrifying suction force again.

receive!!

buzzing.

The black hole singularity was slowly pulled along by the palace of treasures, and was eventually sucked into it.

After being cut off from the outside world, the singularity completely failed, turning into a pitch-black sphere, and could no longer resist.

"The core of a black hole is this thing..." Lu Qingshan played with the black sphere, which was only the size of a soccer ball. It looked like a small ball, but its weight was enough to crush a King.

This thing is too dense and too heavy, and it has absorbed the nourishment of countless laws. It has long since been transformed from a simple collection of matter into a naturally formed treasure. Its simplest use is to make black hole weapons.

However, the method of creating black hole weapons is a top secret among humans, and even the identity of the King of Ten Thousand Laws cannot be verified.

Lu Qingshan had no intention of creating any black hole weapon himself. Even if he succeeded in creating it, it would at most threaten the lowest level of the Cosmic Venerables, and would not be as powerful as a casual strike from Lu Qingshan himself.

Don't be fooled by the fact that even a cosmic master would find it dangerous to enter this Abyss Eye black hole. It was formed over countless years, and if it were made into a weapon, its power would naturally be reduced by more than one level.

Lu Qingshan took the black hole core partly as a memento, since it was this thing that gave him the chance to seize that mysterious opportunity, which was quite a coincidence. Moreover, this thing could be used to evolve into a black hole, and it might be useful for creating secret techniques in the future.

Of course, at the very least, weapons can be created and bestowed upon the disciples who are granted the title of king, making them virtually invincible on the battlefields beyond the realm.

"The black hole's gravity is decreasing rapidly; it's about to disappear..."

Although Lu Qingshan was inside the palace, he could clearly sense the changes outside.

The surrounding gravity decreased rapidly, as fast as a punctured balloon, with countless forces scattering outwards.

"time to go!"

Lu Qingshan looked at the original location of the singularity, where a white passageway had appeared after the singularity was removed.

The same passages are everywhere, forming wormholes from the rapid dissipation of energy.

……

Human race, Lanfeng Universe Kingdom.

The Lanfeng Universe Kingdom is a newly established cosmic kingdom, perhaps not even as old as some immortals. It is located at the border between the human and demon territories.

Despite being a newly established cosmic kingdom, the number of powerful individuals here is no less than that of other ancient kingdoms. As a border region of two top races, countless elite troops are stationed here year-round.

Ancient powerful beings also guard this place; the great beings of the human race have all left behind divine coordinates here.

It can be said that as soon as war comes, most of the top human warriors will immediately gather here.

Each war fortress will reveal its ferocious fangs, ensuring that any invading enemy will never return!
now.

The Eye of the Abyss is located in the void outside the Lanfeng Universe Kingdom.

Dozens of immortal gods stood in the void, exchanging words.

"It's incredible that the Eye of the Abyss has disappeared; it's simply a miracle."

"The Eye of the Abyss existed here long before ancient times and was known as a cosmic wonder, but I never expected it to dissipate so quickly. I have learned something new today."

"Does anyone know what's going on?"

"I don't know. It's normal for some small, low-mass black holes to disintegrate naturally, but such a massive black hole, so far, I haven't heard of any black hole that has disintegrated naturally."

"It's not that it can't dissipate, it's just that it would take far too long, and before it dissipates, there would be an incredibly long process of decay. This Eye of the Abyss, however, shows no signs of anything."

"I don't know what's going on, but I hope it's not bad news."

"Stop guessing! I just received news that the great King of Lanfeng is about to arrive. King of Lanfeng must know what has happened!"

Not long after, a man clad in golden armor and with long, snow-white hair teleported in. "Greetings to the great Lord of Lanfeng!"

All the immortal gods bowed respectfully.

Lord of Lanfeng Kingdom, the strongest and founder of Lanfeng Universe Kingdom, and the Universe Venerable of the Giant Axe Arena.

The Lord of Lanfeng looked calmly at the massive black hole that was collapsing ahead, his brows furrowing slightly.

"Has anything unusual happened here before?"

"Your Majesty, we have been monitoring the Abyss Eye since it started acting strangely, but we haven't found anything... If there's anything unusual, it's that not long ago, according to our instruments, there seemed to be an unusual fluctuation of laws at the core of the Abyss Eye."

An immortal deity who had been granted the title of King stepped forward and said.

"What impact will the dissipation of the Abyss Eye's energy have on our Lanfeng Universe Kingdom?"

"It's not clear yet, but based on the speed of energy dissipation, it will take about three thousand years to reach Titan, the first life-bearing planet of our Lanfeng Universe Kingdom. We are constantly monitoring the speed of energy dissipation, and if anything goes wrong, we will immediately organize the evacuation of the citizens of the Universe Kingdom... The areas that are likely to be affected are Titan and the Giant Star Region where it is located."

"Compared to our human race, the demon race is in a much worse situation. The territory of the Rattlesnake tribe of the demon race is too close to the Eye of the Abyss. They have probably already been impacted. If the energy completely dissipates, that large area of ​​the demon race's territory will probably be unable to sustain life for a long time."

The immortal deity who was bestowed the title of king spoke with a hint of schadenfreude in his voice.

If the dissipation of the Eye of the Abyss this time doesn't have a greater impact on the demon race, they even suspect that it might be the demon race's doing.

After all, a black hole that big in the universe can't just disappear like that.

Even as an immortal god who has been granted the title of king, it is impossible to understand what kind of great power is needed to do this, but there is no doubt that the power of a peak race could easily accomplish it.

The immortal gods could not understand, but the King of Lanfeng knew it perfectly well.

He looked toward the core of the Eye of the Abyss, seemingly wanting to explore it, but quickly dismissed the idea.

As a cosmic venerable being, he naturally knew how terrifying the Eye of the Abyss was. Even he dared not approach its depths when it was in its complete form. It was incomparable to the small black holes formed by the collapse of stars in the universe.

The simplest way to make such a terrifying black hole dissipate quickly is to remove its black hole singularity.

Lord Lanfeng believed he didn't have that ability, but a cosmic overlord or cosmic master might be able to do it. If, as he guessed, a cosmic overlord-level being had taken the singularity of the Eye of the Abyss, he naturally wouldn't rashly make contact with the other party if he couldn't determine whether they were friend or foe.

It's even impossible to determine whether it was done by the demon race. Compared to the human race, the demon race is more dispersed, with each royal family and king's family being a powerful force. If the top experts of the demon race wanted to take the Eye of the Abyss, they might not necessarily give the Rattlesnake Clan any notice.

"Continue monitoring... If anything is amiss, evacuate immediately."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Lord Lanfeng only came to take a look. After assessing the basic situation, he left. This matter still needs to be reported to the higher-ups of the Giant Axe Arena.

The appearance of an entity that is at least a cosmic overlord outside human territory, and the resulting commotion, warrants caution and vigilance.

……

A territory extremely far from the demon race's domain.

As Lu Qingshan emerged from the wormhole, he looked down at a massive planet with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

The energy of the Eye of the Abyss dissipated too quickly; the largest spatial wormhole actually teleported him into the territory of the Prison Clan.

Prisoners.

Born in prison.

They also occupy a significant area of ​​the original universe, and like humans, demons, and machines, they are among the pinnacle races of the universe.

However, compared to humans and demons, the territory of the Prison Clan is extremely remote, the living environment here is much harsher, and they believe in killing and the strong are respected.

Lu Qingshan casually traveled to several planets and saw scenes of carnage that were hundreds of times more numerous than those on the human side.

Here, killing is the main theme...

"Now that we've come to the territory of the Prison Clan... let's go and take a look at the former territory of the One-Horned Demon King..."

Lu Qingshan's clone inherited some of the memories of the original One-Horned Ghost King, and still has some ties to the One-Horned Ghost King's clan.

Of course, it's just a little, not much...

If he encountered other One-Horned Demon Kings now, he would offer some assistance if he could, but if he were to risk his life to avenge a One-Horned Demon King, then sorry, he is human...

Lu Qingshan was quite familiar with most of the Prison Clan's territory. Although countless years had passed, the landscape of the universe could not be changed overnight, so this information was basically accurate.

After determining its location, the Blood Nether Palace accelerated again, traversing the dark universe at tens of thousands of times the speed of light.

Tens of thousands of times the speed of light—how astonishing!

With the added terror of the dark universe itself, it only takes a moment to traverse the distance of a cosmic nation.

Three days later.

Lu Qingshan arrived at the Netherworld Sea, which was once the territory of the One-Horned Ghost King clan, roughly the size of a universe kingdom, but it has now been occupied by other forces.

The Netherworld Sea is not a real ocean, but is composed of countless broken stars. If one is powerful enough, this star field will appear as a Netherworld Sea when viewed from afar in the starry sky.

Lu Qingshan slowed down, and after a long time, he finally found a planet inhabited by life.

There are probably tens of millions of Hell Clan members living inside.

The Netherworld Sea has a harsh living environment; otherwise, the former One-Horned Demon King clan would not have been able to occupy this place. After all, this is a starry territory, and just because the One-Horned Demon King clan can live in many places here does not mean that others can.

Therefore, the Hell Clan lives in only a very small number of places, which is because the Hell Clan has low requirements for the living environment.

"The strongest being on this planet is actually a domain lord."

Lu Qingshan showed a slight interest.

The Prison Clan is warlike; only the strong can become planetary lords, and they are always at risk of being killed. The planetary lords here are all very strong, generally at the cosmic level. In terms of the density of strong individuals at the bottom level, it is far more exaggerated than the human race's territory.

Among the human race, a single star system only contains a few universe-level systems.

And it's even more exaggerated here.

The planetary lord has actually become a domain lord.

Lu Qingshan slowly approached the planet, his spiritual power enveloping the entire planet.

Suddenly he let out a soft exclamation.

Under his spiritual influence, no one has any secrets from him.

Lu Qingshan discovered something strange.

Name: Galen

Age: 169 cosmic years

[Level: Stellar Rank 7]

[Evaluation: Third-tier genius (can be taken on as an apprentice, possesses a trace of the One-Horned Ghost King's bloodline) Base return multiplier: 100x.]

This boy named Galen was the third young man Lu Qingshan had ever met who possessed the bloodline of the One-Horned Ghost King.

Lu Qingshan was somewhat surprised.

Even he had no idea where the bloodline of the One-Horned Demon King came from, and there was no related information in the memories of that inheritor.

To find the reason, we would probably need to resurrect the original cosmic overlord of the One-Horned Demon King clan before we could know.

Lu Qingshan was only slightly surprised to see that Lingyu and Lingxi were in similar situations. A third-rate genius was nothing to him, and he had no intention of taking her as a disciple.

After glancing at the boy named Galen, Lu Qingshan did not land on the planet, but continued towards the depths of the Abyss Sea.

The closer you get to the Abyss Sea, the more powerful beings there are, and you can occasionally see beings at the level of a World Lord.

Clearly, the original stronghold of the One-Horned Demon King has been completely occupied by the forces of another Prison Clan.

suddenly.

Lu Qingshan looked up in the direction of the sacred mountain of his clan, and he could vaguely feel a call from his bloodline.

This place is extremely far from the Netherworld Star where the Holy Mountain is located, yet people here still feel the call, which shows that what is being called must be extraordinary.

Lu Qingshan did not linger and manipulated the Blood Nether Palace to increase its speed.

The closer one gets to the direction of the once sacred mountain of the One-Horned Demon King, the stronger the summoning feeling becomes.

Lu Qingshan felt a little excited.

Could it be that after the One-Horned Demon King wiped out his clan, he left behind some special treasure waiting for him to inherit?

If that's the case, then I'll have no choice but to become a member of the One-Horned Demon King's clan.

Lu Qingshan's identity changes very flexibly.

He concealed the Blood Nether Palace and moved forward slowly, soon arriving at the outside of a massive planet.

The Netherworld Star was created by the One-Horned Demon King clan at great expense. The planet is tens of millions of kilometers in diameter, which can also be described as a huge continent.

On the Netherworld Star, that enormous mountain was the sacred mountain of the One-Horned Ghost King clan.

The feeling of being summoned comes from that sacred mountain.

The sacred mountain is connected to the earth's veins; to destroy the sacred mountain, the entire Netherworld Star must be destroyed.

Lu Qingshan didn't care much. The One-Horned Ghost King had already been destroyed, and the Netherworld Star had become someone else's territory. Whether it was destroyed or not wouldn't make any difference.

Destroying the entire planet would make it impossible to hide, which is different from Lu Qingshan's original plan to quietly take the treasure.

Since that's the case, then we won't hide it anymore.

……

At this moment, at the foot of the Sacred Mountain of the Netherworld Star.

A group of young members of the Prison Clan climbed the long steps and headed towards the summit of the Holy Mountain.

in front of them.

An immortal deity spoke.

“You are the most outstanding geniuses of our Skeleton Tribe, and you have been given the opportunity to cultivate on the Sacred Mountain of the Netherworld Star. This is an extremely precious opportunity. If any of you performs the best, you might be chosen by the chief and taken as a disciple. Then... your status will be equal to mine.”

Upon hearing this, the young people below showed expressions of longing.

leader!

That was the strongest member of their Skeleton Tribe, and currently the strongest person in the entire Nether Sea.

Becoming a disciple of the leader is a chance for anyone to rise to the top in one step.

"Now..." The immortal god was about to continue speaking when he suddenly looked up, his expression changing drastically: "Not good!"

At the same time, an ancient and evil voice rang out.

"I've set my sights on this Netherworld Star. Everyone get out of here. You only have one minute!"

The sound reached the ears of everyone on the entire Netherworld Star.

Before coming here, Lu Qingshan had captured a powerful member of the Skeleton Tribe to learn that the strongest person in their tribe was merely a king.

However, there were too many creatures on the Netherworld Star, and Lu Qingshan was not a bloodthirsty person, so he gave them a chance.

"Who is that!"

"They actually dared to forcibly demand the Netherworld Star! This is the main base of our Skeleton Tribe."

"The leader! The leader is out!!"

A powerful figure, hundreds of meters tall and resembling a skeleton, flew out from the sacred mountain.

His expression changed drastically when he saw the blood-red palace in the sky.

"All immortal gods of the skeletal tribes, heed my command! Lead all your people and evacuate immediately!"

After saying that, he raised his hand and put all the tribal geniuses who were cultivating on the holy mountain into his world ring.

Although the immortal gods were terrified, they dared not be careless and took away the tribe members from the Netherworld Star one by one.

The Skeleton Tribe's immortal deities numbered in the dozens, and their coordinated action was swift; after the one-minute countdown ended, they had all evacuated outside.

Lu Qingshan merely glanced at them, too lazy to utter a word.

He raised his hand.

"Boom."

The massive Netherworld Star shattered directly, turning into fragments of starlight that dissipated into the starry sky.

The sacred mountain, connected to the earth's veins, simultaneously shattered into two halves the moment the Netherworld Star broke apart.

At the moment the sacred mountain split open.

A blood-red jewel flew eagerly toward him.

Lu Qingshan opened his hand and held the blood-red pearl in his hand. In an instant, a feeling of blood connection filled his entire body.

(End of this chapter)