Chapter 168: Zifeng Zunzhe's Invitation: Returning to the Border Battlefield

In the core area of the Universe Mercenary Alliance, the place of the Spirit Wind Divine General's inheritance had already collapsed.

"Hahaha, thank you all!"

Facing the congratulations of a crowd of Hei Fengwang Immortals, Zifeng Zunzhe merely nodded slightly, then quickly flew to the side of his senior brother, King King Fengying Wang.

In fact, Zifeng Zunzhe understood the thoughts of the crowd of Hei Fengwang Immortals in his heart.

After all, if he put himself in someone else's shoes, if he had lost the opportunity to receive such a precious inheritance because someone else obtained the Spirit Wind Divine General's inheritance, his mood would definitely have been very depressed.

However, Zifeng Zunzhe's stance was different now, and having already broken through to the Venerable Realm, he naturally would not care about these things anymore.

And just at this moment, Venerables from the Universe Mercenary Alliance side began to arrive one by one in the surroundings.

After all, Spirit Wind Continent was one of the core key areas of the Universe Mercenary Alliance, naturally having fixed transmission channels, and with the authority of Venerables within the Human Race, it was naturally very easy to rush here through these transmission channels.

However, since the Primitive Star was currently in its opening period, most of the powerful Venerables of the Human Race had already gone into the Primitive Star to venture forth.

And these Venerables who were able to arrive in time were mostly lower-level and middle-level Venerables whose strength was insufficient to venture onto the Primitive Star; facing Zifeng Zunzhe, a candidate Divine General who possessed the strength of a Universe Hegemon immediately upon birth, they were naturally extremely enthusiastic.

And this scene, falling into the eyes of the Hei Fengwang Immortal Gods who remained in place on the side, was even more shocking.

Most of them actually did not quite understand what the concept of fully accepting a Divine General's inheritance was, but after seeing the enthusiastic attitude of other Venerables toward Zifeng Zunzhe, they definitely realized that Zifeng Zunzhe was absolutely not as simple as just having broken through to the Venerable Realm.

And this made them sigh even more in their hearts.

After all, more than two years ago, Zifeng Zunzhe was still at the same level as them, but now he had already become a terrifying Venerable!

Such an incredible thing, if not seen with one's own eyes, would be hard for anyone to dare believe!

On the other side, as more and more Venerables arrived here, Zifeng Zunzhe soon left under the greeting of his teacher, Zunzhe Fantian.

After Zifeng Zunzhe and others left, the Hei Fengwang Immortals who remained in place then gathered together in twos and threes.

And Lu Qingshan naturally also gathered with the Demon Dragon King and others of the Virtual Universe Company faction, preparing to return together to the Virtual Universe Company's Universal Headquarters.

"Our luck is really something I don't know how to describe!"

On the way back to the Virtual Universe Company's Universal Headquarters, the Demon Dragon King spoke first with a sigh: "This time Zifeng Zunzhe was able to accept the complete Spirit Wind Divine General's inheritance and break through to the Venerable Realm level, which is a great good thing for our entire Human Race! It's just a pity that Zifeng Zunzhe's speed in receiving the inheritance was simply too fast; if he had received it a few decades later, it would have been better!"

"Who says otherwise!"

Another Hei Fengwang Immortal with a single horn on his head also couldn't help but sigh: "This time, relying on my teacher's help, I consumed many favors and quite a lot of wealth to barely apply for this Spirit Wind Divine General inheritance slot; I originally thought I could greatly advance my strength through this opportunity, but I didn't expect that just as I broke through to the 2,100th layer of the inheritance staircase, the inheritance forbidden area directly collapsed!"

"I am about the same as you!"

The Demon Dragon King continued to sigh: "When the inheritance forbidden area collapsed, I had just stepped onto the 2401st layer of the inheritance staircase; if Zifeng Zunzhe had not accepted the complete inheritance, I definitely would have been able to break through the 3333rd layer staircase to obtain the preliminary candidate reward!"

Hearing these words, Lu Qingshan also sighed deeply in his heart.

The Hei Fengwang Immortals who accepted the inheritance this time actually all held a certain status within the Human Race; otherwise, they could not have obtained the precious Spirit Wind Divine General inheritance slots.

And this time Zifeng Zunzhe receiving the complete Spirit Wind Divine General's inheritance so quickly caused many others besides Lu Qingshan to lose quite a bit of benefit.

But this matter, for the entire Human Race, was undoubtedly a great good thing!

After all, a Divine General's inheritance forbidden area usually only allows some Hei Fengwang Immortals of the Human Race to greatly advance their strength, and besides the Spirit Wind Divine General's inheritance place, there are also the Mo Yin Divine General's inheritance place, and so on...

But the birth of a Universe Hegemon can, to a certain extent, enhance the overall strength of the Human Race.

Just like that, except for one Hei Fengwang Immortal who left midway, Lu Qingshan and the Demon Dragon King and others chatted casually all the way until they arrived at the Virtual Universe Company's Qing Guang Branch.

Here, everyone parted ways again, and finally only Lu Qingshan and the Demon Dragon King remained to return together to the Virtual Universe Company's Universal Headquarters through the fixed transmission channel.

Under the Demon Dragon King's enthusiastic invitation, Lu Qingshan went to the other's residence to attend the banquet.

This banquet, the Demon Dragon King also invited several other familiar Immortal Gods, and naturally both host and guests were delighted.

And the Demon Dragon King also spoke on the banquet about Zifeng Zunzhe receiving the complete Spirit Wind Divine General's inheritance, which ultimately caused the Spirit Wind Divine General's inheritance place to collapse entirely.

Although the other Hei Fengwang Immortals had heard of Zifeng Zunzhe's breakthrough before, they did not understand it as clearly as the Demon Dragon King, who had personally experienced it, so naturally they all listened with great interest at the banquet.

After the Demon Dragon King recounted the full story of the matter, everyone then sighed one after another at Zifeng Zunzhe's terrifying opportunity, as well as at the regret that neither the Demon Dragon King nor Lu Qingshan had received the Spirit Wind Divine General's inheritance to its limit.

After the banquet ended, Lu Qingshan returned to his own residence to wait for the spaceship departing for the Initial Universe to set off.

But just at this moment, Xue Hun Wang arrived at his residence on Lei Ting Island.

Virtual Universe, Lei Ting Island.

In the living room of the residence, Lu Qingshan and Xue Hun Wang sat down as host and guest.

After waving his hand to send a cup of clear tea to Xue Hun Wang, Lu Qingshan quickly asked with a smile: "Xue Hun Wang, I wonder what brings you here this time?"

"Wan Jie Wang!"

Xue Hun Wang picked up the teacup and took a light sip, then said with a smile: "I have already heard about Zifeng Zunzhe obtaining the complete Spirit Wind Divine General's inheritance at the Spirit Wind Divine General's inheritance place this time, causing the Spirit Wind Divine General's inheritance place to collapse!"

Speaking here, Xue Hun Wang couldn't help but look at Lu Qingshan with regret, then continued: "I suppose Wan Jie Wang, in such a short time, also could not accept much of the Spirit Wind Divine General's inheritance?"

"Actually, it's not too bad!"

Lu Qingshan did not mention that he had already broken through to the 8888th layer of the inheritance staircase, but said calmly: "Zifeng Zunzhe's breakthrough is a great good thing for our Human Race; as for other small matters, there is no need to care about them!"

Hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Xue Hun Wang shook his head and said: "Wan Jie Wang, although words are spoken this way, this time it was ultimately because you and I exchanged the Spirit Wind Divine General inheritance slots!"

"How about this? I return fifty billion Hunyuan units to you, Wan Jie Wang, how about that?"

In fact, if it were someone else, Xue Hun Wang definitely would not have done this.

But back then, he was willing to exchange the Spirit Wind Divine General inheritance slot to Lu Qingshan at the original price because he saw Lu Qingshan's potential and background, wanting to befriend Lu Qingshan.

Now, knowing that Lu Qingshan had not received the Spirit Wind Divine General's inheritance to its limit, he made this decision only after careful consideration.

Although fifty billion Hunyuan units was also a very astonishing wealth to him, to befriend Lu Qingshan, a powerhouse with astonishing potential and an equally terrifying background, he was still willing to put forward such a sum of wealth!

"This matter is absolutely not possible!"

Hearing Xue Hun Wang's intention, Lu Qingshan immediately replied: "Xue Hun Wang, back then you were able to return the Spirit Wind Divine General's inheritance to me, which actually already helped me greatly! This time Zifeng Zunzhe accepting the complete Spirit Wind Divine General's inheritance was something no one could have predicted; how could I let you return a sum of wealth to me!"

Not to mention that Lu Qingshan's speed in accumulating wealth on the Border Battlefield was currently extremely astonishing; even if it were slower, he would not be able to accept Xue Hun Wang returning resources to him.

"This..."

Seeing Lu Qingshan refuse his intention, Xue Hun Wang was also somewhat surprised.

After all, in his view, Lu Qingshan was just someone who had recently broken through to the Hei Fengwang level, surely not having too many resources in hand; the wealth previously exchanged from him for the Spirit Wind Divine General inheritance slot was probably bestowed by Lei Huanwang.

Fifty billion Hunyuan units would be a huge fortune for him, let alone for Lu Qingshan, who had just broken through.

Thinking of this, Xue Hun Wang immediately spoke again: "Wanjie Wang, actually I…"

"Xue Hun Wang!"

Before Xue Hun Wang could finish speaking, he was cut off by Lu Qingshan: "I appreciate your kind intentions, but let's leave this matter as it is! This time accepting the Lingfeng Divine General's inheritance, my gains were actually quite substantial. If you hadn't given me the slot, I wouldn't have been able to improve my strength so quickly! Here, have some tea!"

Sensing Lu Qingshan's sincerity, Xue Hun Wang stopped trying to persuade him and instead began chatting with Lu Qingshan about Zifeng Zunzhe.

But just as Lu Qingshan and Xue Hun Wang were chatting freely, a hearty voice suddenly rang out beside them: "Is Wanjie Wang here?"

Hearing the voice, Lu Qingshan immediately shifted his gaze outside the residence and saw that the visitor was none other than King King Fengying Wang, the guardian of the Lingfeng Divine General's inheritance site and a member of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance faction!

"Why has King King Fengying Wang come?"

Lu Qingshan was somewhat puzzled in his heart, but he quickly walked out of the residence together with Xue Hun Wang, then welcomed him with a smile: "King King Fengying Wang, what brings you to my place?"

"Hahaha!"

King King Fengying Wang immediately said with a smile: "Wanjie Wang, Zifeng Zunzhe has broken through to the Venerable Realm this time, and in half a year he will hold a banquet at the main continent of our Cosmic Mercenary Alliance headquarters!"

"I've come to Wanjie Wang's place this time precisely to deliver Zifeng Zunzhe's invitation for you to attend this Venerable's banquet!"

"Zifeng Zunzhe is inviting me to the banquet?"

After hearing King King Fengying Wang's words, Lu Qingshan couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

"Could Zifeng Zunzhe already know that I charged up to the 8888th step of the Lingfeng Divine General's inheritance staircase?"

Lu Qingshan secretly guessed in his heart: "But even so, he has now stepped into the cosmic hegemon level, so there's no need for him to care about this matter, right?"

In fact, Zifeng Zunzhe inviting Lu Qingshan really was because of his previous feat of charging up to the 8888th inheritance staircase.

Of course, this wasn't because Zifeng Zunzhe felt he had stolen Lu Qingshan's opportunity, but because he felt that Lu Qingshan, despite being at a lower realm than him, was able to charge up to the 8888th inheritance staircase in such a short time, and in the future might have the chance to step into the Venerable Realm, or even obtain other opportunities.

Moreover, the guardian of the inheritance divine hall had also told him that the Lingfeng Divine General's inheritance site wasn't the only one. If Lu Qingshan could receive another Lingfeng Divine General inheritance in the future, he might be able to become a candidate Divine General just like him, which was why he had the thought of inviting Lu Qingshan to the banquet.

Of course, although various thoughts flashed through Lu Qingshan's mind, he quickly replied: "Thank you for Zifeng Zunzhe's invitation. I will definitely attend the banquet on time!"

"That's good!"

King King Fengying Wang nodded slightly, then continued: "Wanjie Wang, I still need to help Zifeng Zunzhe invite others, so I'll take my leave now. We'll chat more at the banquet!"

"No problem!" Lu Qingshan nodded slightly, then watched King King Fengying Wang leave his residence.

After King King Fengying Wang left, only Lu Qingshan, who had just received the invitation, and Xue Hun Wang, who wore a look of astonishment, remained at the residence's entrance.

Even though King King Fengying Wang had already left, Xue Hun Wang still found it hard to believe what had just happened before his eyes.

That was Zifeng Zunzhe, who was now extremely famous throughout the entire human race!

Even when Xue Hun Wang was with his teacher before, his teacher—a five-star powerhouse in the inner city of Hong Alliance City—had wanted to make connections with that Zifeng Zunzhe.

But Zifeng Zunzhe was, after all, a Venerable of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance faction. Having just broken through, it was natural that he would first be familiar with the powerful figures of the same faction.

Yet such a legendary powerhouse, whose fame was on the rise, had actually asked his senior brother King King Fengying Wang to deliver an invitation to the Venerable's banquet to Wanjie Wang?

"Wanjie Wang, I don't know what this is about…" Xue Hun Wang couldn't help but ask.

"Actually, I'm not sure why Zifeng Zunzhe invited me to the banquet either!"

Lu Qingshan said quite calmly: "But this banquet allows me to bring two friends along. Xue Hun Wang, if you're free, why not come with me to join in the fun?"

For Lu Qingshan, Xue Hun Wang's visit this time was undoubtedly meant to show goodwill toward him, even at the 'blood-cost' of fifty billion Hunyuan units.

Although he hadn't accepted that fortune, he had felt the other's sincerity, so naturally he had to return the favor!

"I'm free, I'm free!"

After hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Xue Hun Wang immediately said: "Come to think of it, I've cultivated until now and never attended a single Venerable's banquet. This time I can be said to be benefiting from Wanjie Wang's good fortune!"

"Actually, I've only attended one of Tian Shi Zunzhe's banquets myself!"

Lu Qingshan said with a smile: "Since Xue Hun Wang is willing to go with me this time, that's naturally for the best!"

After agreeing on a departure time, Xue Hun Wang soon took his leave.

And because Lu Qingshan had to go to the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance headquarters continent to attend Zifeng Zunzhe's banquet, he didn't immediately set off for the Primordial Universe.

But attending a banquet might be a big deal for others; for Lu Qingshan, who possessed the Myriad Heavens Chat Group and whose strength could continuously improve, it was nothing more than a trivial matter.

So Lu Qingshan only devoted a small amount of attention to his second avatar to prepare for the banquet, while all his other thoughts were focused on his true body in the divine kingdom.

……

Inside Lu Qingshan's divine kingdom.

Lu Qingshan's true body, whose life gene level had long since been elevated to ten times that of ordinary cosmic lifeforms, was quietly sensing the changes in his own strength.

What he had received from the Lingfeng Divine General's inheritance was a soul secret art, which naturally could be used simultaneously by his many avatars!

"After accepting the Lingfeng Divine General's inheritance this time, my soul amplitude has directly risen to 88 times!"

Lu Qingshan thought to himself: "With this, the might of my soul attack has instantly increased to 11 times its original level. Even without burning immortal divine power, I should be able to easily slay ordinary Hei Fengwang-level immortal gods!"

"Once I burn immortal divine power, it should even be enough to slay high-level Hei Fengwang, and even peak Hei Fengwang powerhouses would be greatly affected by my soul attack!"

Although Lu Qingshan was currently only an ordinary Hei Fengwang-level immortal god, his life gene level had been elevated to ten times, so his base divine power had likewise reached 100,000 times a Realm Master's force, which was in no way inferior to a peak Hei Fengwang powerhouse.

And his soul amplitude had now reached an astonishing 88 times, which was already upper-middle level even among Venerables, let alone at the Hei Fengwang immortal level!

His biggest shortcoming now was actually his relatively weak comprehension of laws, but even so, with his many methods, his current strength was absolutely enough to rival some of the weaker limit-level Hei Fengwang powerhouses!

"Now that I've accepted the Lingfeng Divine General's inheritance, it's time to head back to the extraterritorial battlefield and find a few opponents to practice with!"

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan quickly used his divine kingdom's teleportation to return to his temporary residence in the Wulian Domain area of the First Extraterritorial Battlefield.

"My strength has improved quite a bit this time. It's time to find a high-level Hei Fengwang opponent to test my strength!"

With this thought, Lu Qingshan quickly left his temporary residence, then boarded a cosmic spaceship to search for suitable targets within the Wulian Domain.

Of course, on the way to finding suitable targets, if he encountered teams led by alien Feng Hou-level immortals, he wouldn't let them off either.

Moreover, his strength had improved greatly now. Even if he encountered a peak Feng Hou powerhouse, he only needed a single sweeping soul attack to wipe out the enemies.

With his terrifying soul attack speed, those Feng Hou-level enemies didn't even have time to send out a distress signal before directly becoming spoils in his hands.

Just like that, Lu Qingshan searched within the Wulian Domain area for over twenty years before finally encountering a suitable opponent!

(End of this chapter)