Chapter 146: Movements of All Parties

When the group of Hei Fengwang immortals on the Tongtian Bridge plane island saw Lu Qingshan being defeated by the guardian of the nineteenth level of the Thunder Tongtian Bridge, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, some of them had not yet cleared the nineteenth level of the Tongtian Bridge!

Although they all hoped the human race could gain another Hei Fengwang immortal, in their hearts they were also somewhat unwilling for this newly emerged Hei Fengwang immortal to surpass them in strength.

And now that Lu Qingshan had only cleared the eighteenth level of the Tongtian Bridge, for some of them it was just right!

On the other side, Guardian Bafen once again began mass-sending emails, and the number of emails was quite a bit more than last time!

Most of the Hei Fengwang immortals who had rushed over before Lu Qingshan cleared the eighteenth level of the Tongtian Bridge had previously instructed Guardian Bafen, and in fact their numbers were not that large.

But now that Lu Qingshan had truly cleared the eighteenth level of the Tongtian Bridge, the number of people Guardian Bafen needed to notify was far greater.

For example, many of the Hei Fengwang immortals who had previously instructed him, and even numerous high-ranking Zifeng Zunzhe of the Virtual Universe Company faction!

Although Hei Fengwang immortals were not yet capable of roaming freely across the universe, they could still be considered the backbone of the human race; even if they perished due to accident, they still possessed the qualification to be revived through the reversal of time and space!

Precisely for this reason, once someone cleared the eighteenth level of the Tongtian Bridge, their names became qualified to be known by the other Zifeng Zunzhe of the human race.

……

On the other side, Lu Qingshan, who had originally been kicked out of the Tongtian Bridge plane after failing the trial, suddenly appeared at the entrance of the Thunder Tongtian Bridge.

"This is…" Lu Qingshan, who had once again appeared on the Tongtian Bridge plane, was slightly puzzled.

But when he looked around, he discovered that a large number of the human race's immortals had already gathered on the Tongtian Bridge plane island, and new immortal deities continued to appear from time to time.

"Disciple!"

A gentle voice sounded in Lu Qingshan's ear. When he turned his head to look, he soon saw Lei Huanwang walking toward him.

"Teacher?" Lu Qingshan, seeing this, hurried forward to greet him.

And wherever he passed, all the Junzhu immortals and Fenghou immortals bowed in salute.

"Greetings, Lord Qingshan!"

"Congratulations, Lord Qingshan, on clearing the eighteenth level of the Tongtian Bridge!"

Since his status was now different, Lu Qingshan merely nodded slightly at the group of Fenghou immortals and Junzhu immortals, then quickly walked to Lei Huanwang's side.

"Teacher!" Lu Qingshan greeted respectfully.

He was still extremely grateful to Lei Huanwang; after all, during this past period, Lei Huanwang had brought him great help both in comprehending the Laws and in cultivating secret arts.

"Hahaha, disciple, it was I who had Guardian Bafen teleport you to this Tongtian Bridge plane!"

Lei Huanwang laughed and explained, then continued: "This time you directly cleared the eighteenth level of the Thunder Tongtian Bridge—you've already caught up with your thirteenth senior sister. It truly surprised your teacher!"

"Your disciple was merely lucky!" Lu Qingshan said humbly.

"Hahaha, do you think your teacher can't tell whether it was luck or not?"

Lei Huanwang laughed and teased, then continued: "Now that you've broken through to the Hei Fengwang level, your status within the company, and even within our entire human race, is already different! Come with your teacher; I'll first introduce you to some Hei Fengwang immortals!"

"Yes!" Lu Qingshan hurriedly followed.

Next, Lei Huanwang introduced the many Hei Fengwang immortals on the Tongtian Bridge plane to Lu Qingshan, and only now did Lu Qingshan truly realize the difference between Hei Fengwang immortals and other immortals.

In fact, after he had previously comprehended the full essence of the origin Law of Time, he had been regarded more highly by Lord Heifeng and others, but it was only a slightly higher regard.

And now, he was completely able to interact as equals with Lord Heifeng and the others!

Of course, Lu Qingshan did not linger too long on the Tongtian Bridge plane. After greeting the other Hei Fengwang immortals and becoming familiar with their faces, he was called away by his teacher Lei Huanwang.

……

Not long after Lu Qingshan cleared the eighteenth level of the Tongtian Bridge, in a certain extremely high-authority plane within the Virtual Universe, inside a vast great hall.

This vast great hall contained a full 108 ancient Wang Zuo, and at this moment each Wang Zuo was occupied by a powerful figure of varying form—some were powerhouses of the human race, others were powerhouses of different alien races, and each of them emanated an extremely powerful aura.

Once everyone had gathered, a tall human on one of the Wang Zuo, clad in purple armor and wearing a strange cross-star helmet, spoke first: "The reason I've summoned everyone here is that our human race's Fenghou immortal 'Lord Qingshan' has just cleared the eighteenth level of our human race's Thunder Tongtian Bridge, and now possesses Law comprehension comparable to an early-stage Hei Fengwang!"

"Truly remarkable!"

"It hasn't even been more than two hundred thousand years since the human race's Lord Ziyu joined the Hong Alliance, and now another one has come!"

"Congratulations to the human race, congratulations to our Hong Alliance!"

For a moment, the surrounding powerhouses began exclaiming one after another, and some even began offering congratulations to the human race.

But on one of the tall Wang Zuo, a powerhouse wearing an Elder Yuan crown and draped in a star robe revealed a look of surprise on his face.

This person was precisely the Elder of the Jinjiao race, Klimens!

There were many races within the Hong Alliance, but only one peak race—the human race; races possessing a Lord of the Universe numbered only some twenty or so; the rest were a large number of ordinary races and weak races.

At this moment, among the 108 powerful beings present, most were powerhouses from the human race and other powerful races; only a small portion belonged to ordinary races, and as for weak races, naturally there was not a single one.

And the leader of the Jinjiao race, Herodotus, was a Lord of the Universe; combined with the rather close relationship between the Jinjiao race and the human race, they also occupied a seat here.

Of course, this meeting was mostly used to handle some trivial matters within the Hong Alliance, such as absorbing powerhouses of various races, so Herodotus did not attend in person, but instead arranged for Klimens to represent the Jinjiao race at the meeting.

Klimens had previously given Lu Qingshan guidance after Lu Qingshan went to the Jinjiao race. Upon hearing that it was Lu Qingshan who had cleared the eighteenth level of the Tongtian Bridge, a look of surprise naturally appeared on his face.

"It's actually that little fellow!"

Klimens thought to himself: "How long has it been since he broke through to high-stage Fenghou under my guidance? And he's already broken through to the Hei Fengwang level this quickly?"

"It seems this little fellow's talent is truly astonishing. Perhaps he will have the chance to break through to peak-stage Hei Fengwang in the future! Fortunately, I once promised to guide him once more after he broke through to become a Hei Fengwang immortal. After he joins the Hong Alliance, I can take this opportunity to invite him to visit my Jinjiao race again!"

Although Lu Qingshan's strength after his breakthrough was still negligible to Klimens, Klimens still regarded Lu Qingshan quite highly!

After all, Lu Qingshan was a member of the human race. Now that he had broken through to become a Hei Fengwang immortal and joined the Hong Alliance, his status within the human race would surely rise greatly in the future, and when the time came he might have the chance to help the Jinjiao race!

And at this moment…

"Everyone, according to the rules of our Hong Alliance, any of our human race's immortal deity powerhouses who can clear the eighteenth level of the Tongtian Bridge may be absorbed into the Hong Alliance!"

The tall human race powerhouse in purple armor swept his gaze across those present, then continued: "Now that Lord Qingshan has met the requirement, according to the regulations, we should absorb him into the Hong Alliance!"

"Seconded!"

"Seconded!"

"No objections!"

"No objections!"

Many beings nodded in unison, each pondering within themselves that upon returning to their clans, they must instruct the Wang Zu members who had joined the Hong Alliance to cultivate good relations with this newly arrived Wang of Lu Qingshan!

"Good!"

The tall, purple-armored figure who had summoned them quickly gave a slight nod: "Since all present have unanimously approved, I shall immediately dispatch an envoy team to invite the Wang of Lu Qingshan to formally join our Hong Alliance."

Upon finishing these words, the purple-armored tall figure vanished instantly; the powerful beings upon the other Wang Zuo also swiftly disappeared, leaving the hall once more with only the 108 ancient Wang Zuo seats!

……

Ancient Wheel Universe Nation, Silver Star Region, Hop Star.

Hop Star was originally the homeworld of the Hong Alliance's Marquis Immortal Lu Xiusi, but Lu Xiusi later perished unexpectedly on the Outer Battlefield.

Many powerhouses in the Silver Star Region had assumed Hop Star would decline thereafter, yet unexpectedly, one of Lu Xiusi's closest friends arrived on Hop Star to take charge after his death, preventing any crisis for Lu Xiusi's family.

This Immortal who came to take charge on Hop Star was naturally "Purple Radiance" Luo Si, who had suffered severe damage to his divine body while fighting on the Outer Battlefield; he now resided in a luxurious hall on Hop Star.

"After a million years of seclusion and cultivation, my divine body has finally recovered over half its strength!"

Feeling the power of his divine body, Luo Si could not help but smile: "Now that I've recovered this far, my energy absorption rate will surely increase significantly! Even without relying on artifacts to assist absorption, I estimate I can fully restore my divine body within a million years!"

"Yet although Lu Xiusi's family has produced two decent geniuses recently, their cultivation ceiling will likely be at the Domain Lord level—they cannot possibly become Immortals!"

"Enough. I'll just wait patiently. I refuse to believe that in the future, Lu Xiusi's family will never produce a genius capable of breaking through to Immortal status!"

As Luo Si sighed, he suddenly received an email from his friend "Christoph."

"Christoph's email? Could it be the matter I entrusted him with is already completed?"

Thinking this, Luo Si activated his mind, and quickly opened the email.

But after reading its contents, he froze completely— the email contained the news that Lu Qingshan had breached the Heavenly Bridge's Eighteenth Level and entered the Wang Immortal realm!

"This, this…"

Luo Si's face was filled with shock: "Brother Qingshan— no, Wang of Lu Qingshan has already breached the Eighteenth Level of the Heavenly Bridge?"

Remembering that since the Peak Talent War, he and Lu Qingshan had known each other for over ten million years.

Back then, Lu Qingshan was much older than him in the Talent War, yet his strength was inferior!

Later, he himself broke through to High Military Lord, while Lu Qingshan remained only a low-grade Military Lord; though both were Immortals, there was still a clear gap between them!

But then Lu Qingshan first breached the Heavenly Bridge's Twelfth Level, then Fourteenth, and later even the Fifteenth Level, becoming a Marquis Immortal with an immortal body— he had become the strongest among all surviving geniuses of their Talent War cohort.

Yet no one expected that Marquis Immortal status was not Lu Qingshan's limit!

"Wang of Lu Qingshan's latent potential is simply unbelievable!"

Looking at the email's contents, Purple Radiance Luo Si could not help but exclaim: "Even if Venerable Huoshen Francis were still alive today, he might not even breach the Eighteenth Level of the Heavenly Bridge!"

Recall that Francis had been utterly unmatched in their Talent War cohort, and upon becoming an Immortal, he immediately reached the peak of Marquis Immortal status— back then, he had filled every surviving genius of their generation with envy.

But now, Francis—the original champion of the Talent War—had long since perished, while Lu Qingshan, who had never ranked among the top thousand in the universe and had never joined the Virtual Universe Corporation's core, had breached the Eighteenth Level of the Heavenly Bridge and become a lofty Wang Immortal. How utterly inconceivable!

"Who could have foreseen such an outcome during the Talent War?"

After a brief sigh, Luo Si quickly connected his consciousness to the Virtual Universe and swiftly went to meet Christoph and others.

Though he had rarely attended banquets in recent years to conserve resources, now that Lu Qingshan had breached the Eighteenth Level of the Heavenly Bridge, he must certainly join Christoph and others to offer congratulations!

……

Human Clan territory, Dark Universe.

Lu Qingshan's sixth disciple, Huo Gesi, had just completed a mission for the Virtual Universe Corporation's Transport Division and was now returning to the corporation's universal headquarters.

"After returning to headquarters, it's time for a vacation!"

Inside the spaceship's control room, Huo Gesi sipped his wine while mentally planning: "Last time I skipped rest; combined with this five-thousand-year break, it will total ten thousand years!"

"And after this round of point distribution, I'll have exactly 1.5 million points—perfect for applying for three thousand years of Initial Universe cultivation time!"

When Huo Gesi first joined the Virtual Universe Corporation, he had trained in the Initial Universe during his Domain Lord and Cosmic Lord stages.

He had spent three hundred years during his Domain Lord stage, and three thousand years during his Cosmic Lord stage!

Back then, he hadn't realized how precious such opportunities were; only after becoming an Immortal did he understand their true value.

After becoming an Immortal, even one hundred years of cultivation in the Initial Universe required a full 50,000 points!

Although Huo Gesi had accumulated considerable wealth during his time on the Outer Battlefield, most of it had already been spent; after centuries of diligent work in the Transport Division, he had finally saved up 1.5 million points again!

"My accumulation is now sufficient!"

Huo Gesi silently encouraged himself: "I hope that upon entering the Chaos City, I can seize this chance and surge straight into Marquis Immortal status!"

But at that moment, Huo Gesi suddenly received a communication request from a friend.

"Woren's communication request? Why is he contacting me suddenly?" Huo Gesi blinked in surprise.

Woren's strength was comparable to his own—both were High Military Lords who had breached the Fourteenth Level of the Heavenly Bridge. But Woren was the granddisciple of Lord Heifeng, head of the Transport Division, so his status within the division was naturally higher.

In fact, when Lu Qingshan had first become an Immortal and joined the Transport Division, it was because Huo Gesi had asked Woren to deliver a gift to Lord Heifeng.

Though unsure why Woren was contacting him, Huo Gesi quickly accepted the communication request!

Ding!

After the connection was established, a virtual screen instantly appeared before Huo Gesi, displaying the projection of the handsome young man Woren.

"Big Brother Huo Gesi!"

Upon seeing Huo Gesi, Woren warmly greeted: "Congratulations!"

Hearing Woren's words, Huo Gesi was momentarily stunned.

He had always gotten along well with Woren, but as Lord Heifeng's granddisciple, Woren had always been by his master's side and had treated Huo Gesi with a certain air of superiority—yet now…

Thinking of this, Huo Gesi quickly asked in confusion: "Woren, you're congratulating me?"

"It seems Big Brother Huo Gesi hasn't heard the news yet!"

Woren immediately exclaimed warmly: "Big Brother Huo Gesi, just now, your master, the Wang of Lu Qingshan, has breached the Eighteenth Level of the Heavenly Thunder Bridge and become the newest Wang Immortal of our Human Clan!"

Hum!

Upon hearing Woren's words, Huo Gesi's mind went blank—he was utterly stunned.

A moment later, Huo Gesi came back to his senses and quickly asked, "Warren, you must be joking with me!"

"Brother Huo Gesi, whatever are you saying!"

Warren immediately replied, "Even if I wanted to joke with you, I wouldn't dare joke about something concerning Lord Ji Shan Wang!"

"Could it be that Teacher really broke through the eighteenth level of the Tongtian Bridge?"

Even after hearing Warren's affirmative answer, Huo Gesi still found it very hard to believe, so he quickly searched for related news in the Virtual Universe.

And after getting the accurate news, Huo Gesi also became extremely excited.

One must know that even after Huo Gesi joined the core layer of the Virtual Universe Company, he had only apprenticed himself to a peak Marquis-level Undying, 'Qing Lei Hou,' yet now…

Looking at Huo Gesi's face full of excitement, Warren on the other side of the screen also felt extremely envious in his heart.

One must know that having a King-level teacher and having a King-level grandmaster are two completely different concepts!

Just like Huo Gesi's former teacher Qing Lei Hou, as well as the former 'Lu Qingshan,' who were both disciples of King-level Undying, Huo Gesi naturally counted as a King-level Undying's grand-disciple, yet those two King-level Undying might not even have ever met Huo Gesi!

But Teacher is different!

Moreover, when Lu Qingshan first joined the Virtual Universe Company, it was Warren who handled the procedures, so of course he knew the bond between Lu Qingshan and his disciple Huo Gesi!

Precisely because of this, Warren came to congratulate Huo Gesi the very first moment he got the news.

Because he knew very well that on Ji Shan Wang's side right now there must be many Marquis-level, or even King-level Undying waiting to pay visits, and he couldn't even get in line, so it was better to come find Huo Gesi and build some rapport!

Thinking of this, Warren quickly said, "Brother Huo Gesi, I wonder when you plan to go congratulate Lord Ji Shan Wang on his breakthrough to become a King-level Undying? When the time comes, could you take me along?"

Hearing this, Huo Gesi thought briefly, then continued, "Teacher just broke through not long ago, he must have a lot of things to be busy with! How about this, I'll send Teacher an email first, then wait until Teacher is free before going to congratulate Teacher on his breakthrough. If there's a chance then, I'll definitely call you, Warren, to come along!"

"Then I'll be waiting at my residence on Lei Ting Island for you, Brother Huo Gesi!" Warren hurriedly said.

"No problem!" Huo Gesi nodded slightly.

The communication video was quickly hung up, yet Huo Gesi's heart could not calm down for a long time.

"It's different now! Really different now!"

Huo Gesi sighed inwardly, "Teacher's breakthrough to become a King-level Undying this time, my position within the company in the future will probably be able to rise quite a bit! But my strength is still very low right now, I absolutely cannot cause trouble for the old man, Teacher!"

Thinking of this, after sending an email to Lu Qingshan, Huo Gesi quickly shut off his Virtual Universe network reception, because he was worried that others, like Warren just now, would come through him to visit Lu Qingshan.

(End of this chapter)