Chapter 173: Seven Sons Break Through, Future Plans

Lu Qingshan, as a crowned Immortal of the Virtual Universe Corporation, had long since acquired permanent residency rights in the Prime Universe.

So after he just applied to travel to the Prime Universe, he was assigned to the fastest spacecraft, departing in half a month.

While Lu Qingshan waited in his mansion for the journey ahead to the Prime Universe, he suddenly sensed an anomaly within his divine realm.

Hum!

The infinite divine sea avatar within his divine realm immediately split off a divine force incarnation, then directly gazed toward a certain region inside the realm.

An Immortal's divine realm naturally expands gradually over time, and since Lu Qingshan broke through to become an Immortal, his comprehension of the Dao has continuously increased, his strength growing ever stronger, so his divine realm's expansion rate naturally accelerated.

Since Lu Qingshan first broke through to become an Immortal, hundreds of millions of years have passed, and his divine realm has expanded from its initial diameter of just over one hundred thousand kilometers to over three million kilometers.

Of course, though the divine realm's volume had increased countless times over, as its master, Lu Qingshan could instantly control everything within it.

But now it was different!

There, in a certain region within his own divine realm…

Boom!

Without Lu Qingshan, the master of the divine realm, sensing anything, the Wind Primordial Dao instantly descended from the origin of the universe.

Seeing an event within his divine realm that he could not control, Lu Qingshan's face showed no panic—instead, a faint smile appeared.

Because he had experienced this very scene before: the moment a World Lord broke through to the Immortal level.

At the core of the descending Wind Primordial Dao stood the figure of a middle-aged man—his seventh son, Lu Hongyuan.

Lu Qingshan's divine realm, located in the spatial strata of the Prime Universe, was not severed from the descent of primordial daos like those small universes that were expelled by the Prime Universe and barred from primordial influences.

So when the primordial origin of the Prime Universe sensed that Lu Hongyuan had fully comprehended the complete Wind Primordial Dao, an endless aura instantly surged forth—nothing could reverse it.

"Hongyuan has finally broken through!"

Watching Lu Hongyuan's breakthrough, Lu Qingshan's face flickered with a touch of relief.

During this period, besides his third son Lu Hongwen breaking through to Immortal status using a Tianxuan Fruit, Lu Qingshan had also gifted his two favored disciples—Black and Ke Bu—each a Flashing Spirit Grass, which carried a thirty percent chance of breaking through to Immortal status!

But sadly, both Black and Ke Bu failed to break through after using the Flashing Spirit Grass, and ultimately perished upon reaching the World Lord lifespan limit.

The deaths of Black and Ke Bu made Lu Qingshan realize just how difficult it was to break through to Immortal status.

Although he had prepared even better breakthrough treasures for his other children, he could not guarantee any of them would successfully break through in the future.

Now, that his seventh son Lu Hongyuan had broken through through his own ability, Lu Qingshan felt immense relief!

Dao established, primordial form takes shape, primal nucleus shattered, divine force floods, soul and body unite—crossing into Immortality!

This is the fundamental process of crossing into Immortality; once the Dao is established, unless special circumstances arise—such as powerful lifeforms unable to shatter the primal nucleus's shackles—everything becomes irreversible!

Lu Hongyuan was merely an ordinary human, so he would encounter no complications during the breakthrough.

Thus, in mere moments, Lu Hongyuan completed his breakthrough, and his World Lord body fully transformed into Wind-attribute Immortal divine force.

Huh!

Lu Qingshan shifted his intent, instantly summoning his divine force incarnation to appear not far before Lu Hongyuan.

"Father!"

Seeing Lu Qingshan's figure, the newly broken-through Lu Hongyuan quickly flew forward and bowed deeply to the ground.

"Rise."

Lu Qingshan reached out and lifted Lu Hongyuan, then smiled and said: "Seventh son, you broke through to Immortal status after only five million years of cultivation—your pace is faster than mine!"

Hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Lu Hongyuan quickly replied: "This is all thanks to Father's help. Had you not provided me with numerous cultivation aids, allowed me to study in the Prime Universe, and arranged for an Immortal who had fully comprehended the complete Wind Primordial Dao to guide me, I might never have broken through—even if I had waited until my lifespan expired!"

Lu Hongyuan knew well that though his talent was decent, compared to his father Lu Qingshan, he fell far short in every aspect.

First, Lu Qingshan was now a crowned Immortal among humanity's elite—such an ultra-powerful being numbered fewer than ten across the entire Yanfeng Universe Nation.

Lu Hongyuan had once considered enhancing his comprehension of the Time Primordial Dao as much as possible during his World Lord stage, hoping to gain greater strength upon becoming an Immortal.

But comprehending the Time Primordial Dao was a thousandfold, ten-thousandfold harder than the Wind Primordial Dao; after millions of years of cultivation, his comprehension had barely improved, now only equivalent to the sixth level of the Tongtian Bridge.

Helpless, he abandoned the Time Primordial Dao and focused entirely on the Wind Primordial Dao—only then could he fully comprehend it in such a short time!

Second, even setting aside power, Lu Qingshan, during his World Lord stage, had once dominated the Lei Guang Hai star region and amassed the resources needed to study in the Prime Universe.

Even with the family's long accumulation, this was something most World Lords could never achieve—let alone Lu Qingshan's feat of persuading a great being of humanity to reverse time and resurrect him!

"Enough with these formalities!"

Lu Qingshan waved his hand dismissively, then continued: "Seventh son, now that you've broken through to Immortal status, what are your plans?"

"Father!"

Upon hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Lu Hongyuan quickly answered: "If possible, I wish to travel the universe thoroughly! But rest assured, without your permission, I will not contact any family members or familiar friends!"

"No need for such caution anymore!"

Lu Qingshan shook his head slightly, then continued: "When I had you resurrected and forced you to hide your identity, it was because I lacked strength—I feared your resurrection would bring trouble to the family!"

"Now, your third brother holds the family's stronghold, and I myself have gained some renown within humanity—you may return home to visit."

Lu Qingshan's power had greatly advanced; he no longer needed his soul slave Kleister's aid on the frontier battlefields, so tens of thousands of years ago, he had already dispatched Kleister to guard the family in the Lei Guang Hai star region.

With Kleister's strength, even a peak crowned Immortal could be held off for a long time—he had no fear of the family encountering trouble.

Hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Lu Hongyuan felt a surge of joy.

Since being resurrected by reversed time, he had been unable to return to the family, not even daring to contact them virtually—now, finally, he had the chance to return home, and he was overjoyed!

"Also…"

Lu Qingshan continued to warn: "Seventh son, though you've broken through to Immortal status, you must still be cautious as you journey through the vast universe—never think becoming an Immortal means you're safe!"

"Even I, and those stronger than me, can perish—your master's master just recently died in the Cosmic Secret Realm—so you must be exceedingly careful!"

"Yes, Father!" Lu Hongyuan nodded quickly.

Then, Lu Qingshan gave his seventh son further instructions, opened a temporary divine realm teleportation channel, and brought him to a remote star region within the Lei Guang Hai star region.

After guiding Lu Hongyuan in constructing his own divine realm, Lu Qingshan left him a cache of resources, then returned to his own divine realm.

As for Lu Hongyuan, since the location where he built his divine realm was not far from Tianlei Star, he chose not to ask Lu Qingshan to open another teleportation channel—he decided to return slowly by spacecraft.

……

On the other side, Lu Qingshan's second avatar, who was staying in his own residence, also quickly boarded the spaceship heading to Chaos City.

Although the host of this spaceship was not Lord Heifeng, it was another Hei Fengwang-level Undying from the transportation department who was acquainted with Lu Qingshan.

This person had once perished on the extraterritorial battlefield, and now working in the transportation department was to repay the resources owed to the clan after resurrection.

Just like that, Lu Qingshan and the other person chatted casually in the quiet room of the spaceship, during which the matter of Lei Huanwang and Jing Lei Wang's demise was also mentioned.

After the other party sighed over the fact that Feng Yanwang and Yin He Wang might no longer be able to be resurrected, the spaceship also quickly arrived above Chaos City.

After exchanging greetings with the other party, Lu Qingshan quickly returned to his luxurious residence within Chaos City.

However, after returning to his residence, Lu Qingshan did not immediately begin cultivating, but first contacted a group of senior brothers and senior sisters.

Although Ji Dianwang did not summon them to discuss matters after teacher Lei Huanwang's demise, he did notify them of the news.

And these senior brothers and senior sisters, most of whom were Feng Hou-level Undying, were all somewhat heartache-stricken and panicked upon learning of Lei Huanwang's demise.

Fortunately, among them there were also a few who were older and had experienced Lei Huanwang's previous demise. Under the comfort of these senior brothers and senior sisters, everyone finally regained their composure.

However, they were all Feng Hou-level Undying, and unlike Hei Fengwang-level Undying, they did not possess permanent residency in Chaos City, so cultivating within Chaos City required them to spend a large amount of resources.

After Lei Huanwang's demise, some of them had even planned to temporarily leave Chaos City.

Fortunately, Lu Qingshan returned to Chaos City in time, and they could be considered to once again have a backbone.

Although Lu Qingshan was the youngest among Lei Huanwang's disciples, he had after all already become a Hei Fengwang-level Undying, and naturally could put a group of senior brothers and senior sisters at ease.

In the end, apart from two senior brothers at the peak Feng Hou level who chose to leave Chaos City to venture out, the other senior brothers and senior sisters, after receiving Lu Qingshan's promise, all chose to continue staying in Chaos City to cultivate.

Just like that, after arranging all the matters for the group of senior brothers and senior sisters, Lu Qingshan began to plan his own cultivation plan going forward.

"My current strength in soul attacks is still decent!"

In the living room of his residence, Lu Qingshan picked up a cup of fine wine that his fifth disciple Aina had someone deliver to Chaos City and took a small sip, then thought to himself: "However, the stronger one is, the more emphasis one places on soul defense! Although my current soul attacks pose a great threat to high-tier Hei Fengwang-level Undying Divine Spirits, for peak Hei Fengwang-level powerhouses, at most they can only affect the opponent's actions!"

"To truly threaten peak Hei Fengwang-level powerhouses, I must also achieve something in material attacks!"

"I now have two ways to enhance my material attacks. One is to choose to self-create a soul weapon attack secret technique. With my eighty-eight-fold soul amplitude, once I employ a soul weapon to attack the enemy, the might will surely be extremely terrifying;

The second method is naturally to choose to accept a Divine General inheritance that cultivates body amplitude. After receiving the inheritance, I will naturally be able to erupt with even stronger strength!"

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan quickly considered the pros and cons of these two methods.

For most Hei Fengwang-level Undying, they would certainly be more willing to choose the method of self-creating soul weapon attacks.

After all, accepting a Divine General inheritance that cultivates body amplitude requires spending a large amount of wealth, while creating a soul weapon attack method only requires spending a bit more time, and time is completely insignificant for Hei Fengwang-level Undying who possess eternal lifespans.

However, what Lu Qingshan considered was not this aspect of the problem, since the wealth required to accept a Divine General inheritance was completely insignificant for him who possessed an avatar.

"For me, the biggest drawback of choosing to accept a body-type amplitude is undoubtedly the need to spend points to activate the enlightenment blessing function within the chat group!"

Lu Qingshan thought to himself: "With the previous example of accepting the Ling Feng Divine General inheritance, to elevate a Divine General inheritance that cultivates body amplitude to seventy or eighty-fold, I would at least need to activate the enlightenment blessing function twice!"

"And this will inevitably affect my speed of comprehending the origin law of time!"

"But if I choose to self-create a soul weapon secret technique, even without activating the enlightenment blessing function within the chat group, I can still slowly improve it through a long period of time!"

One must know that since Lu Qingshan joined the All Heavens Chat Group, the total number of times he had activated the enlightenment blessing function did not exceed twenty.

From this, one can see how difficult it is to obtain points within the chat group.

Of course, part of the reason was also that the flow of time in Swallowed Star was too fast, and his strength was too great!

After all, until now, only a little over two years had passed within the chat group, so naturally everyone had not accumulated many points;

And Lu Qingshan's strength was too great. Even though as the group leader he could enjoy a discount when using the enlightenment blessing function, each time still required eighty thousand points!

If he were only at the universe level or domain lord level, presumably only a few thousand points would be enough!

After much deliberation, Lu Qingshan ultimately decided to choose to accept a Divine General inheritance that cultivates body amplitude secret techniques.

First, he had always cultivated sword arts before. If he switched to cultivating soul weapon attack techniques, it would inevitably bring many inconveniences;

Second, although Lu Qingshan's current strength was still very weak, he had to plan for the future.

One must know that soul weapon treasures, supreme treasures, and so on in the universe are much more expensive than long sword treasures and supreme treasures of the same tier!

He was not Luo Feng from the original work, who obtained supreme treasures as easily as eating and drinking.

Just like many universe overlords in the universe, who had to struggle for endless years to obtain a few supreme treasures for protection, so it was very important for him to prepare for a rainy day now;

Third, anyone who could become a powerhouse must have no shortcomings in all aspects!

Enhancing his body amplitude could not only increase the might of material attacks, but also enhance his own defense and so on. The improvement to himself was completely comprehensive, and even if it used up one or two enlightenment blessing functions, it was still worth it.

As for the matter of affecting his speed of comprehending the origin law of time, it was nothing more than waiting a bit longer.

Anyway, he had already cultivated for tens of millions of years now, and was not originally known as a genius, so even if it was a bit slower, it didn't matter!

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan quickly looked up information regarding Divine General inheritances that cultivated body amplitude.

After a moment……

"Within our human race, the Divine General inheritances that cultivate body amplitude include the Four Directions Divine General inheritance, the Ice Divine General inheritance, and the Purple Light Divine General inheritance!"

After consulting much information, Lu Qingshan thought to himself: "This is indeed a bit more than the Divine General inheritances that cultivate soul amplitude!"

"Among these three inheritances, the one that opens the fastest should be the Four Directions Divine General inheritance!"

"The Four Directions Divine General inheritance was last opened more than eight thousand epochs ago, so now only a little over a thousand epochs remain before it opens!"

"There's still so much time before it opens, there should still be quite a few inheritance slots remaining, right?"

At this thought, Lu Qingshan quickly looked up the matter of how to apply for a slot in the Four Directions Divine General inheritance.

But after he looked up the information, he felt quite helpless.

"I didn't expect applying for a Divine General inheritance slot to be so troublesome. Not only does it require applying through the Hong Alliance, it also needs a guarantor, a recommender……"

Looking at the tedious recommendation steps, Lu Qingshan immediately said: "Enough, I'll go ask my master-grandmaster first to see if he can help arrange this!"

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan immediately connected his consciousness to the virtual universe, and then quickly headed to the residence of his master-grandmaster, Venerable Yao Guang.

(End of this chapter)