Chapter 158: Chaos City Seclusion

A silver, triangular starship was slowly flying through the Mirage Star River region.

Inside the ship's control room, Lu Qingshan raised a cup of fine wine to celebrate himself.

"Hahaha! A King Sealed Realm immortal has fallen into my hands!"

Lu Qingshan smiled broadly, drained the wine, and sighed: "Even true King Sealed Realm peak immortals wouldn't find it this easy to kill a King Sealed Realm beginner!"

You should know that Lu Qingshan had wanted to kill a Sealed King Undying as early as over a million years ago.

【5】 You should know that Lu Qingshan had wanted to kill a Sealed King Undying as early as over a million years ago.

【5】 Lu Qingshan had wanted to kill a King Sealed Realm immortal over a million years ago.

Although he had never succeeded, years of wandering the Outland Battlefield had given him deep insight into the power dynamics among King Sealed Realm immortals.

In battles between King Sealed Realm immortals, victory or defeat was influenced by many factors.

Such as amplitude techniques, terrifying weapons and armor, powerful potions, law comprehension, divine body size, and more…

Take Lu Qingshan himself: though he only had Law Comprehension at the Seventeenth Level of the Heavenly Bridge, he earned a true King Sealed Realm title through amplitude techniques, top-tier techniques, and attacks that combined soul and physical damage.

Over the past million years, he had been hunted by peak experts of the Sealed King realm, yet he escaped each time with help from allies in his faction.

So even a King Sealed Realm peak immortal must pay a price to kill a King Sealed Realm beginner.

Either burn part of their immortal divine power, or use precious treasures…

Lu Qingshan succeeded for two reasons: first, his powerful soul attack terrified the Divine Crocodile King into forgetting defense; second, after activating his body amplitude technique, his base strength surpassed even King Sealed Realm peak immortals!

In truth, had the Divine Crocodile King used techniques to fight desperately, Lu Qingshan would have found killing him harder than a King Sealed Realm peak immortal—because King Sealed Realm peak immortals' techniques were refined enough to strike directly at the divine body, while Lu Qingshan's attacks would be largely negated by resistance.

But if the opponent didn't resist, Lu Qingshan could inflict more damage than even a King Sealed Realm peak immortal!

"After that battle, I finally understand my own strength."

Lu Qingshan thought inwardly: "With my current power, once I burn immortal divine energy, whether physical or soul attacks, I have a chance to annihilate a King Sealed Realm beginner immortal. Combined, they should handle ordinary King Sealed Realm peak immortals without much trouble!"

"Once I receive the Spirit Wind Divine General's inheritance and improve further, I'll go seek revenge on my old enemies!"

Since arriving on the Outland Battlefield, Lu Qingshan's avatars had been killed six times—and he had memorized every one of the alien immortals who had slain them.

Now, over a million years later, Lu Qingshan's power had risen astonishingly; if he met those six alien immortals again, he could now stand against them.

"Feng Yanwang, Jin Ming Wang, the Insect Clan's Mother Empress Hongyu, Qing Yuwang, Ci Tianwang, Xuan Fengwang!"

Lu Qingshan recalled the identities of the six alien immortals who had killed him: "Among them, the Insect Clan's Ci Tianwang—I'll deal with you first!"

Of these six alien immortals, five were King Sealed Realm peak, and only the Machine Clan's Jin Ming Wang was King Sealed Realm high.

Logically, Jin Ming Wang should be easiest to handle—but machine clans have no soul, rendering Lu Qingshan's signature soul attacks useless; second, machine clan strength lies mostly in mechanical weapons, so their own realm matters less than in other races.

Of the remaining five, the other four had all mastered teleportation; only Ci Tianwang of the Insect Clan cultivated the Time Origin Law.

"Enough thinking about this!"

Lu Qingshan shook his head, clearing his thoughts, then thought inwardly: "Revenge isn't simple. I've waited over a million years—waiting a little longer won't hurt. First, let's see what treasures the Divine Crocodile King left behind!"

With a wave of his hand, a space ring appeared before him.

"Star Mysterious Mother? Ten Thousand Eons Divine Sand?"

"Azure Sea and Crimson Sky Jade?"

After examining all the spoils from the Divine Crocodile King's death, Lu Qingshan confirmed their value through the auxiliary AI Deep Blue: "If sold slowly within the Hong Alliance, these treasures would likely exceed three hundred million Huan units!"

"Too bad the Divine Crocodile King's self-destruction was too powerful—many treasures were damaged, even his armor was shattered; otherwise, the haul might have exceeded five hundred million Huan units!"

"Next time, I should try soul-annihilation outright."

"Fighting stronger foes yields better rewards!"

As Lu Qingshan sorted and stored the spoils, he sighed inwardly: "In the past dozen years, I've killed many alien King Marquis immortals—but all their combined spoils don't match what I gained from killing the Divine Crocodile King!"

"But fighting King Sealed Realm immortals requires burning divine energy—had I not possessed the Infinite Divine Sea avatar, I'd be losing overall!"

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan was grateful he hadn't burned divine energy often over the past million years.

Otherwise, after breaking through to King Sealed Realm, his Infinite Divine Sea avatar's size might have shrunk to an unbearable degree!

"Alright, forget this for now—first, find a place to replenish my divine energy, then search for new prey." Lu Qingshan thought inwardly.

Soon, Lu Qingshan found a secluded spot, fully restored his burned divine energy, and once again boarded the starship to hunt new targets.

…

On another front, Lu Qingshan's second avatar received a message from Lord Heifeng.

"Ready to depart?"

Upon receiving the message, Lu Qingshan's heart stirred, and he quickly headed to a gathering point, boarding the transport ship under Lord Heifeng's command.

After becoming an immortal, Lu Qingshan's authority within the Human Clan greatly increased—but he still lacked permission to travel alone to the Initial Universe.

So to reach the Initial Universe, he still had to board a transport ship operated by the Transport Department.

Lu Qingshan had delayed his journey until now because he had visited the Jinjiao Clan to meet Elder Jinjiao, received earnest guidance from him, and only recently returned to Human Clan territory.

After boarding the starship, Lu Qingshan was soon invited by Lord Heifeng into a quiet chamber.

"Brother Lu Qingshan, you really plan to remain in Chaos City for seclusion?"

Lord Heifeng asked again: "Though all King Sealed Realm immortals have permanent residency in Chaos City, few actually stay there long-term for seclusion—and most of those who do have already wandered the cosmos for eons before entering Chaos City!"

"Take your master, Lei Huanwang—he earned great fame in the Primitive Universe before entering the Initial Universe for seclusion! At our level, mere closed-door cultivation offers little real advancement!"

"I understand."

Lu Qingshan nodded quickly: "But I just passed the Eighteenth Level of the Heavenly Bridge and gained several opportunities to contemplate the Chaos Stele—this journey to the Initial Universe is primarily for that purpose."

"Then alright."

Lord Heifeng nodded, then continued: "Brother Lu Qingshan, though you've left the Transport Department, if you ever wish to rejoin, you can always come to me."

"No problem," Lu Qingshan said with a slight nod.

He had already told Lord Heifeng this during his King Sealed Realm banquet, and Lord Heifeng had swiftly handled all the paperwork afterward—so Lu Qingshan was no longer a member of the Transport Department.

"Boom—"

After a shift in spacetime, the starship swiftly entered the boundless chaos of the Initial Universe from the Primitive Universe.

As Lord Heifeng opened the ship's roof, many aboard sat cross-legged on the floor, intently sensing the external cosmic laws visible on the distant horizon.

Very soon, the cosmic spaceship came to a smooth, steady halt above Chaos City.

Whoosh!

The ship's hatch opened, and mighty warriors from every major territory of the human race flew out one after another.

Lu Qingshan looked at the World Lord-level powerhouses among the crowd, and it was as if he saw his own younger self — back when he was at the World Lord level and had to spare no effort just to enter the Initial Universe for enlightenment.

"Everything really is different now!"

Lu Qingshan could not help sighing inwardly: "If not for the existence of the chat group, I'd probably still be nothing more than the most ordinary Undying Spirit right now!"

After his sigh, Lu Qingshan exchanged a greeting with Lord Heifeng and the Calista beside him, then quickly left the spaceship.

……

After Lu Qingshan left the spaceship, Lord Heifeng could not help turning his gaze to his grand-disciple Calista beside him.

In truth, the relationship between this grand-disciple of his and Lu Qingshan had always been quite good.

Originally, Lord Heifeng had even thought that once Lu Qingshan's current wife perished, Calista might end up walking the same road together with him.

But what he had not expected was that Lu Qingshan's cultivation speed would actually be this fast!

In a mere span of less than three million years, he had charged from the tenth layer of the Tongtian Bridge all the way to the eighteenth layer!

Even though Lu Qingshan had already comprehended the full essence of the Time Origin Law ahead of time, such a cultivation speed was still terrifying for an Undying Spirit!

"What a pity!"

After Lord Heifeng sighed inwardly, he quickly stopped dwelling on it.

……

On the other side, Lu Qingshan had just left Lord Heifeng's cosmic spaceship when he soon spotted two Chaos City staff members in black robes.

These two were no strangers to Lu Qingshan — they were none other than the Luo Luo Boxun brothers, Luo Bote, who had entered the Initial Universe for enlightenment together with him back when he was at the World Lord level.

Back in the day, when Undying Spirits were assigned their duties, these two brothers, being clansmen of Lord Youhou Zhi Zhu, had been directly assigned by Lord Heifeng to the Initial Universe, where they were in charge of reception duties.

This assignment had been the envy of everyone else at the time; if Lu Qingshan had not joined the All-Heavens Chat Group back then, he certainly would have envied them too.

"Luo Luo Boxun, Luo Bote, long time no see!" Lu Qingshan said with a smile, looking at the Luo Luo Boxun brothers.

Because they had entered the Initial Universe in the same batch, Lu Qingshan naturally knew the two brothers, and they had even visited each other a few times on Lei Ting Island.

It was only later, as Lu Qingshan cleared the fifteenth layer of the Tongtian Bridge, that a gap inevitably opened between them.

And the Luo Luo Boxun brothers were naturally quite familiar with Lu Qingshan as well!

Back when Lu Qingshan first cleared the twelfth layer of the Tongtian Bridge, the two brothers had been somewhat surprised, but still felt that, since they could remain working inside Chaos City, they would definitely have a chance to surpass Lu Qingshan in the future;

and upon learning that Lu Qingshan had taken refuge under Lei Huanwang, they had not paid it much mind either — after all, besides the great Lord Youhou Zhi Zhu, their clan also boasted a Universe Zunzhe and two Fengwang Undying Spirits, and one of those Fengwang Undying Spirits was even their direct ancestor;

it was only after Lu Qingshan cleared the fifteenth layer of the Tongtian Bridge that the two brothers finally realized the enormous gap between themselves and him;

and now Lu Qingshan had already cleared the eighteenth layer of the Tongtian Bridge, while they, who had stayed in the Initial Universe cultivating the whole time, had not even cleared the eleventh layer!

"Lord Wanjie!"

The Luo Luo Boxun brothers did not grow proud because of Lu Qingshan's greeting; instead, they immediately bowed respectfully to him, and then Luo Luo Boxun, the elder of the two, continued: "The Company has already built a private residence for you inside Chaos City. Please, come with us!"

"Mm!" Lu Qingshan gave a slight nod, then followed the Luo Luo Boxun brothers to a luxurious estate that covered an enormous area.

In truth, most powerhouses who came to Chaos City lived in the standard-issue residences that Lu Qingshan had once occupied — whether universe-level geniuses or peak Fenghou Undying Spirits, it was all the same!

Only after becoming a Fengwang Undying Spirit and earning the right of permanent residence in the Initial Universe did one qualify to build a residence belonging solely to oneself inside Chaos City — and even to found a sect within the city and take on disciples!

However, the Fengwang Sect Masters who founded sects had mostly already cleared the twentieth layer of the Tongtian Bridge, with a very few having cleared the nineteenth layer; as for those who had cleared only the eighteenth layer — there was not a single one!

Lu Qingshan's residence had been built not far from his teacher Lei Huanwang's estate; this was a special request he had made before the Virtual Universe Company built the residence for him in Chaos City.

After giving Lu Qingshan a tour of the estate, the Luo Luo Boxun brothers quickly began handing over control of the residence to him.

They saw two streams of light fly out from the instruments the brothers carried — one enveloping Lu Qingshan, the other enveloping the estate's main gate.

A moment later……

"Beep! Beep! Beep!"

Along with the prompt sounds, the residence's master-binding process was quickly completed.

"Lord Wanjie!"

The Luo Luo Boxun brothers bowed respectfully once more and said: "From now on, this residence is your permanent home inside Chaos City. You hold every authority within it — you may arrange everything inside the residence however you wish!"

"Luo Bote, Luo Luo Boxun, sorry to trouble you this time!" Lu Qingshan said with a nod.

"My lord, you're too kind — this is all simply our duty!"

Luo Luo Boxun, the elder of the two, quickly said: "If you have no other instructions, my lord, then the two of us will take our leave!"

"Mm!" Lu Qingshan gave a slight nod.

Seeing this, the Luo Luo Boxun brothers quickly retreated respectfully out of Lu Qingshan's residence!

After the Luo Luo Boxun brothers left, Lu Qingshan first made some adjustments to the environment inside the residence, then quickly left his own residence and headed for the estate of his teacher Lei Huanwang, not far away.

Lei Huanwang had been in closed-door cultivation inside Chaos City all this time, so now that Lu Qingshan had come to settle in Chaos City, he naturally had to go over and pay his respects.

At this moment, the main gate of Lei Huanwang's estate was wide open, and after Lu Qingshan walked into the estate, he soon spotted Lei Huanwang, who was explaining the third painting of the Heavenly Thunder Chaos Stele on a vast plaza.

By now Lu Qingshan had fully comprehended the first six paintings of the Heavenly Thunder Chaos Stele, so he was naturally extremely familiar with the content Lei Huanwang was explaining — yet he still sat down in a corner and listened quietly.

After all, he too wished to become a Sect Master who lectured in the future, so accumulating some experience now was not a bad idea.

Several hours later, Lei Huanwang's lecture finally came to an end.

And after the cultivators below solemnly thanked Lei Huanwang, they quickly filed out of the estate in an orderly manner, while Lu Qingshan rose and walked over toward Lei Huanwang.

"Junior brother."

"Junior brother Qingshan, you've come to Chaos City too."

"Junior brother Qingshan, how long do you plan to stay in Chaos City this time?"

"Junior brother, when the Company was building your residence earlier I went to take a look too — when you get the chance, you must invite us over as guests!"

Upon seeing Lu Qingshan, the dozen or so direct disciples who had always followed at Lei Huanwang's side quickly greeted him, and Lu Qingshan naturally responded to them with equal warmth.

"Qingshan, come with me." After Lu Qingshan had greeted his senior brothers and sisters, Lei Huanwang quickly instructed.

"Yes, Teacher!" Lu Qingshan replied respectfully, then quickly followed Lei Huanwang to a quiet chamber within the mansion.

"Sit and talk!"

Lei Huanwang gestured for Lu Qingshan to sit, then asked with a smile: "Disciple, are you planning to stay in Chaos City for good this time?"

"Yes!"

Lu Qingshan quickly answered: "My other avatar is currently out adventuring on the extraterritorial battlefield, so after coming to Chaos City this time, I plan to wait until the moment of receiving the Lingfeng Divine General's inheritance before going out again!"

"Having an avatar is really nice — speaking of which, even your teacher is a little envious of you!"

Lei Huanwang waved his hand, and a massive illusory screen instantly appeared in the void: "Qingshan, your teacher can no longer be of much help to you now. These are some combat secret arts your teacher has gathered for you from the human clan's treasury that are fairly compatible with your sword arts, movement techniques, and soul attack methods!"

"Your teacher knows you don't lack money now, so purchase these secret arts yourself — I believe they should be of some help to you in creating your own secret arts!"

"Many thanks to Teacher for taking such trouble on behalf of this disciple!" Lu Qingshan hurriedly replied.

"Alright, go cultivate in peace!"

Lei Huanwang waved his hand and said: "Before the Lingfeng Divine General's inheritance opens, the clan will definitely notify you in advance!"

"Yes, Teacher!" Lu Qingshan quickly nodded in reply.

(End of this chapter)