Swallowing the Stars: Starting from Late Bloomers

After entering the second level of the Earth Domain, Lu Qingshan has secured a place among the top elites of Tianzhu Mountain.

Not only do other top-tier elites want to befriend him, but some forces that had previously recruited him have also increased their treatment of him after he joins.

For example, if Wang Chen joins the Wang family, he will be able to obtain ten life-bearing planets as his territory.

In addition, two domain lord-level powerhouses even wanted to take him as their disciple.

However, one of the domain lord-level experts had only comprehended the metal domain and could not instruct him on the earth domain at all.

The other domain lord-level expert comprehended the Earth Domain, but only at the fourth level, so it wouldn't be of much help to him.

Although it is common to study under many teachers in the universe, once you become a disciple, you must fulfill your responsibilities as a disciple.

Now that Lu Qingshan has joined a major power like Tianzhu Mountain, all he needs to do in the future is focus on his cultivation.

In this situation, there is naturally no need to take a domain lord-level expert as a master who will not be of much help to one's future cultivation.

So after careful consideration, Lu Qingshan ultimately declined the offer of these two domain lord-level experts.

After being rejected by Lu Qingshan, the two domain lord-level experts naturally stopped caring about it.

After all, a Domain Lord-level expert has a lifespan of a million years, and while geniuses who have entered the second level of the Domain at the Hengxing level are rare, there are always twenty or thirty of them appearing every ten thousand years in Tianzhu Mountain.

They had long lifespans, which allowed them to witness a great many geniuses.

Although Lu Qingshan's performance was already quite good, it was still insignificant in the eyes of the true powerhouses of Tianzhu Mountain.

Lu Qingshan was well aware of this, so even after entering the second level of the Earth Domain, he did not feel arrogant at all, but continued to cultivate diligently.

After entering the second level of the Earth Realm, Lu Qingshan's ranking jumped directly into the top forty in the overall rankings, and the treatment he could enjoy in Tianzhu Mountain naturally became better.

The treasure requested during the accumulation of energy has changed from the essence of stars to the more precious tears of the moon goddess.

If Lu Qingshan were to use the Moon Goddess's Tear to accumulate his own energy, he would probably only need a little over a hundred years to reach the ninth level of the Eternal Star Realm. This would be an absolute dream for countless Eternal Star Realm warriors in the universe.

However, Lu Qingshan still didn't waste too much time using the Moon Goddess's Tears for cultivation, because his goal was the Evolution Elixir that the top ten geniuses could apply for!

If he can use the Evolution Elixir to accumulate energy, he will only need to spend seventy or eighty years to successfully advance to the ninth level of the Eternal Star, which will save him a lot of time.

Moreover, breaking into the top ten in the overall rankings is not too difficult for Lu Qingshan at this point.

Currently, there are only two Level 1 elites who have entered the third level of their domain. As long as his Earth Domain breaks through to the third level, he can naturally break into the top ten of the overall ranking of Level 1 elites.

And so time continued to pass, and Lu Qingshan diligently cultivated according to his plan.

In the blink of an eye, another fifty years have passed.

……

The headquarters of Tianzhu Mountain is located in a world ruled by a realm master.

This is a vast wasteland, and dozens of star-level monsters, bloodthirsty vultures, are circling in the sky above it!

These bloodthirsty vultures can reach the planetary level upon reaching adulthood, making them a fairly good race among the demon race.

However, the bloodthirsty vultures here are kept by the powerful figures of Tianzhu Mountain, specifically to hone the skills of the elite disciples of the Eternal Star level within Tianzhu Mountain.

At this moment, all these bloodthirsty vultures were staring intently at the tiny human below them, Terence, a first-level elite within Tianzhu Mountain.

"Killing ten bloodthirsty vultures—this training mission is quite challenging for me!"

Terence looked up at the bloodthirsty vultures circling overhead, then thought to himself, "These vultures are not only extremely united, but also incredibly fast. I simply can't take them down one by one!"

"However, if I complete this training task, my overall ranking will at least break into the top forty!"

Thinking of this, Terence immediately stepped onto a second-tier telekinetic flying weapon, transforming himself into a streak of light as he charged toward the dozens of bloodthirsty vultures in the sky.

"Hey! Hey! Hey..."

Upon seeing Terence charge towards them, the dozens of bloodthirsty vultures in the sky all let out angry cries.

They had long known that the human genius before them was not to be trifled with, so they had been gathered together, trying to force him to retreat.

But now that Terence has decided to take action, they will naturally not back down.

call out!call out!call out!

Led by more than ten level-nine bloodthirsty vultures of the constant star level, these dozens of bloodthirsty vultures swooped down on Terence.

"Well done!"

Terence shifted his position, instantly manipulating a third-tier psychic weapon on his back into streaks of azure light, which attacked one of the fifth-tier, constant-star bloodthirsty vultures.

Faced with Terence's attack, the bloodthirsty vulture, a fifth-level star-rank, had no ability to resist and was instantly pierced through by the telekinetic weapon controlled by Terence.

In an instant, demon blood rained down everywhere, and the bloodthirsty vulture, a fifth-tier star-level creature, completely lost its life force.

Upon seeing their companion killed, the remaining bloodthirsty vultures immediately became even more frenzied.

Led by a group of level nine bloodthirsty vultures, the numerous vultures charged toward Terence as if they were courting death.

In a one-on-one situation, with Terence's strength, even a Bloodthirsty Vulture at the ninth level of the Constant Star would be powerless to resist.

But now, with dozens of bloodthirsty vultures attacking together, even Terence, with his great strength, is finding it extremely difficult to cope.

This is the purpose of these training missions within Tianzhu Mountain: to hone the skills of numerous elites, and then, through a process of natural selection, only the truly strong will survive to the end.

Two minutes later, Terrence had killed seven bloodthirsty vultures, but his own mental energy was also greatly depleted.

"It's time to leave!"

Although Terence was eager to kill all ten bloodthirsty vultures in one fell swoop, he was also well aware that if he consumed too much of his mental energy, he would be more likely to encounter danger.

Just as Terence was trying to distance himself from these bloodthirsty vultures, these vultures, which had become incredibly frenzied due to the continuous killing of their companions, were unwilling to let him go.

Terence had clearly underestimated the strength of these bloodthirsty vultures, so much so that no matter how hard he tried, he was still surrounded by them.

Terence was clearly in a very dangerous situation.

But just then...

"Um?"

In this critical situation, Terence suddenly had an epiphany and directly stepped into the second level of the Wind Domain!

After that, Terence's movements became even more elusive and unpredictable. In just a moment, he broke out of the encirclement of these bloodthirsty vultures. At the same time, he even controlled his telekinetic weapon to kill several bloodthirsty vultures.

Upon witnessing this scene, the other bloodthirsty vultures scattered and fled into the distance.

They are not mindless monsters; upon encountering an enemy they cannot defeat, they will certainly flee.

"Hahaha!"

Seeing the numerous bloodthirsty vultures fleeing in panic, Terence, having completed his cultivation task, did not continue the pursuit: "Today, my Wind Domain has broken through, so I will spare your lives!"

You should know that Terrence has been looking forward to this moment for a long time!

Since he embarked on the path of cultivation, he reached the first level of the Wind Domain in just over a hundred years. However, even though he later joined Tianzhu Mountain and obtained more favorable cultivation conditions, he was still unable to reach the second level of the Wind Domain, which naturally made him quite anxious.

But things are different now!

"Having been a member of Tianzhu Mountain for over eighty years, I have finally stepped into the second level of the Wind Realm!"

Terence couldn't help but think to himself, "At this point, there are still very few among the top-tier elites who can rival me!"

"And Lu Qingshan, he will be trampled under my feet once again!"

As a first-level elite who joined Tianzhu Mountain at the same time, Terence was naturally often compared to Lu Qingshan by others.

At the beginning, he performed much better than Lu Qingshan, and naturally took these things less seriously.

But ever since Lu Qingshan entered the second level of the domain fifty years ago, he has become a background figure.

He cultivated very hard every year, completing all sorts of cultivation tasks, but in the rankings, he was always behind Lu Qingshan, who didn't seem to care much about cultivation tasks.

This was an absolute disgrace to him!

"Things are finally different now!"

Terence thought to himself, "With my current strength, once I reach the second level of the Wind Domain, I'll definitely be able to break into the top ten overall. At that point, what makes Lu Qingshan think he can compete with me?"

"Oh right, it's time for the overall rankings to be updated again soon, I'd better hurry up and go challenge the Trial Tower!"

With that in mind, Terence immediately left the wasteland and headed towards the location of the Trial Tower.