Chapter 228: Venerable Bei Hai, The Complete Time Origin Law, Breakthrough

After drinking heartily in Lei Huanwang's residence, Lu Qingshan and his fellow disciples dispersed once more.

As for Lei Huanwang, he first returned to his family to handle some trivial matters, then went back into the Chaos City to cultivate in seclusion.

After Lei Huanwang arrived at the residence within Chaos City, Lu Qingshan, having received the news, quickly went there alone.

Inside the living room of Lei Huanwang's residence.

"Qingshan!"

Lei Huanwang, seeing Lu Qingshan arrive at his door, was obviously somewhat surprised: "Why have you come to my place again? Is there something wrong?"

"It is like this!"

Lu Qingshan quickly said: "Teacher, you also know that your disciple is now quite wealthy!"

"This time, when your clan's high elders reversed time and space to resurrect you, you must have incurred some debts. Why not let your disciple help you repay them? That way, when you wander the universe in the future, you will have no worries behind you!"

The reason he had not mentioned this matter in the Virtual Universe before was because Ji Ji Ji Dianwang and others were present at that time.

If he had brought up this matter then, first, it would surely have made Lei Huanwang embarrassed; second, it would have made Ji Ji Ji Dianwang and the others embarrassed as well.

After all, since Lu Qingshan was paying, should they pay too?

If they did, they certainly did not have that much money; if they did not, would that not imply they did not respect Lei Huanwang as much as Lu Qingshan did?

"Haha, you have finally remembered your master!"

After hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Lei Huanwang laughed again, and he laughed very happily.

Lu Qingshan's thoughts, he could naturally guess seven or eight parts of them, and precisely because of this, he was very happy.

In his eyes, although Lu Qingshan this time snatched many heavy treasures on the Foreign Battlefield, he had to share them with many allies; by the time it fell into his own hands, certainly not too much would remain.

And whether Lu Qingshan cultivates or improves his strength next, he will need many resources; with his personality, he naturally would not accept such a huge amount of resources from his disciple?

"Qingshan, just rest assured!"

"Your master has wandered the universe for many years; although I do not have your luck, I still have some small savings!"

Lei Huanwang lifted his wine cup and took a sip, then continued speaking: "Although I perished this time, what was lost was merely the many treasures I carried on my person; as for the wealth stored in the Universe's First Bank and the many credits within the company, after my resurrection, they can be used again!"

"This wealth was originally accumulated by me to purchase heavy treasures; although it has not yet been fully gathered, it is still very easy to use it to pay the price of resurrection!"

Hearing Lei Huanwang's words, Lu Qingshan could not help but be slightly stunned.

But thinking for a moment, this was indeed very normal!

After all, Lei Huanwang had already lived for endless ages; although he had perished several times, with Lei Huanwang's strength, acquiring some wealth was indeed quite simple.

Although he refused Lu Qingshan's kindness, the smile on Lei Huanwang's face grew even brighter.

After all, Lu Qingshan wanted to pay such a huge amount of resources for his resurrection, and had even considered the timing; if this was not truly respecting him, what was it?

Especially now that Lu Qingshan had already become a disciple under Bing Feng Zhi Zhu, there was absolutely no need to curry favor with him; one could only say that Lu Qingshan's words were completely sincere!

Seeing that Lei Huanwang had rejected his idea, Lu Qingshan did not urge him further.

Anyway, with him here, there was no way Lei Huanwang would ever face a situation where he perished and could not be resurrected!

Just like that, the two of them chatted for a while longer, and only then did Lu Qingshan take his leave.

And after leaving Lei Huanwang's residence, Lu Qingshan very quickly immersed himself completely in the comprehension of the Time Origin Law.

Just like that, time continued to pass; in the blink of an eye, more than thirty million years had passed.

Virtual Universe, Lei Ting Island, inside Venerable Yao Guang's residence.

At this moment, a cultivation space within the residence had been simulated into a huge factory shrouded in misty fog.

And inside this factory, two drifting figures were constantly flashing.

Among them, the figure fleeing ahead was about two meters tall, wearing dark golden battle armor; this was Lu Qingshan.

And the figure chasing behind Lu Qingshan was a strange life form over three meters long, with a body resembling a swallow; this was the thousandth opponent he had encountered when creating his own movement technique!

During this past period of time, with the help of the Dao Comprehension Enhancement function within the Chat Group, Lu Qingshan had successively created a sword technique of the third style at the peak level.

He also used the law comprehension from the twentieth layer of the Tongtian Bridge to improve the soul attack secret technique "Lu Hun Jian", and then raised it to the peak level!

And now, what he was creating was his own movement technique at the peak level.

Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!

The strange life form constantly chasing behind Lu Qingshan kept flapping its wings, but this time, unlike before when it could catch up to Lu Qingshan very quickly, it would never be able to touch Lu Qingshan by even a hair's breadth again.

Even though this strange life form unleashed an unimaginable movement technique, it still lagged behind Lu Qingshan, who was fleeing using his movement technique, by a hair's breadth.

And missing by a hair's breadth means losing by a thousand miles; naturally, this strange life form would find it very difficult to catch up to Lu Qingshan again.

And as time continued to pass, soon a cup of tea's time had elapsed.

Buzz!

It was seen that the strange life form chasing Lu Qingshan suddenly began to slowly dissipate, and then completely vanished from sight.

"Hahaha! So much time has already passed; now I can finally hold out for a cup of tea's time against this Fei Suo Yan!"

Seeing the figure of that strange life form completely dissipate, Lu Qingshan, who was constantly fleeing, also quickly stopped, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Now that my movement technique has also crossed into the peak level, combined with the help of the Zi Lei Ta Tian Boots, I should be enough to compete with King King Fengying Wang!" Lu Qingshan could not help but think secretly in his heart.

It must be known that during the process of fighting for heavy treasures on the Foreign Battlefield, after King King Fengying Wang's astonishing speed burst forth, he instantly shook off other Invincible Hei Fengwang-level experts; at that time, this made Lu Qingshan extremely envious.

And in the original work, Luo Feng, who appeared on the Foreign Battlefield, was able to make a huge name for himself in the early stages, which was also related to him using the Shi Wu Wings bestowed by Hun Dun Chengzhu to elevate his movement technique to an extremely high realm.

Therefore, although movement techniques cannot increase attack and defense power, they allow experts on the battlefield to fight whenever they want, chase whenever they want, and flee whenever they want, placing them completely in an invincible position.

Precisely because of this, creating a movement technique at the peak level is even several times more difficult than creating a soul attack method at the peak level.

Fortunately, now Lu Qingshan has finally done it!

The fact that he just held out for a cup of tea's time against that Fei Suo Yan also marked that his movement technique had successfully crossed into the peak level.

And just at this moment...

Buzz!

As space subtly trembled, a figure clad in silver battle armor soon appeared before Lu Qingshan—it was Venerable Yao Guang.

Seeing the arrival, Lu Qingshan quickly bowed and greeted: "Senior Yao Guang!"

"Qingshan!"

Looking at the Lu Qingshan before him, Venerable Yao Guang's eyes held a trace of awe: "I never expected you could create peak-level sword techniques, soul-attack methods, and body maneuvers in such a short time!"

"Moreover, your comprehension of the Time Primordial Law has already mastered all three branches—once you merge them into a complete Time Primordial Law, you will break through to the Venerable Realm!"

"At this moment, your strength ranks as the strongest among all the Invincible Sovereigns in our human tribe!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Qingshan felt no trace of pride.

After all, his achievements were impossible without the Dao-Enlightenment Boost function within the chat group.

He had now secluded himself for over thirty million years; though time flowed extremely slowly within the chat group and no new members had joined, time's passage had allowed him to accumulate considerable points.

After accumulating these points, Lu Qingshan quickly activated the Dao-Enlightenment Boost function, and under its aid, he comprehended the Time Primordial Law and studied his self-created secret arts.

It was precisely because of this that he achieved such astonishing progress in such a short time.

But the only regret was that after elevating his self-created secret arts to peak level, his research speed plummeted drastically—even with the Dao-Enlightenment Boost's aid!

The fastest-progressing sword technique on his person had merely defeated one thousand two hundred opponents using its first move.

The distance to the ultimate level's two thousand opponents was undeniably vast.

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan could not help sighing: "Unfortunately, I am still far from creating an ultimate-level secret art!"

"Ultimate secret art?"

Upon hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Venerable Yao Guang couldn't help exclaiming: "Qingshan, I didn't know your ambitions were so grand!"

"Let me put it this way: ultimate-level secret arts are typically created only by masters of your teacher's caliber! Of course, your teacher and others possess deeper law comprehension, so their secret arts are naturally higher in tier!"

"As for Venerable Realm cultivators, most use only peak-level secret arts—I myself am no exception. Those who can create ultimate secret arts are exceedingly rare!"

"Thus, the stronger one becomes, the easier it is to create secret arts."

"At the Immortal stage, you expended tremendous effort to create a peak secret art! But Venerable Realm cultivators can each create a peak-level secret art effortlessly!"

"Of course, your ability to create three peak secret arts while still at the Immortal Spirit stage—and in such a short time—means that if you ever truly break through to the Venerable Realm, you might indeed have a chance to create an ultimate secret art!"

Hearing Venerable Yao Guang's words, Lu Qingshan was momentarily stunned.

He had previously aimed to create an ultimate secret art at the Immortal stage solely because he feared the points required to activate the Dao-Enlightenment Boost would skyrocket after entering the Venerable Realm.

But now it seemed that if creating secret arts became easier after reaching the Venerable Realm, the balance might shift—perhaps it would be wiser to wait!

For instance, if creating an ultimate secret art now requires ten billion years, perhaps after becoming a Venerable, it would take only one billion.

Even if the points needed to activate the Dao-Enlightenment Boost increased, it would still be far more advantageous for him!

The same logic applies to comprehending the Space Primordial Law!

At the Domain Lord stage, cultivators can comprehend various primordial laws, each of which is deeply attuned to the Domain Lord.

After becoming an Immortal Spirit, the soul fully merges with divine power, becoming part of the immortal body—a fragment of the primordial law ocean!

For example, Lu Qingshan broke through to Immortality using the complete Lightning Primordial Law; now, attempting to comprehend other primordial laws like Fire, Water, or Light triggers fierce rejection, making comprehension instantly a thousandfold or even a millionfold harder.

Of course, if one had already gained the recognition of a primordial law during the Domain Lord stage, rejection would not occur—but comprehension would still remain extremely difficult.

Moreover… (the original text mentions when Luo Feng bestowed the Purple Bell upon Heavy Arrow Sovereign)

Above the five primordial laws—Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth—is the Space Primordial Law;

Above the three primordial laws—Wind, Lightning, and Light—is the Time Primordial Law;

If one attains Immortality through one of the five lower primordial laws beneath Space, then attempting to comprehend the Space Primordial Law will still face resistance, but progress remains possible;

If one attains Immortality through one of the three lower primordial laws beneath Time, then attempting to comprehend the Time Primordial Law also remains possible;

But if one comprehends only the Wind Primordial Law and stubbornly tries to study the Space Primordial Law, it may be feasible during the Domain Lord stage—but once reaching the Immortal stage, cultivation becomes utterly impossible.

Precisely because of this, since Lu Qingshan attained Immortality through the Lightning Primordial Law, his plan to enhance his comprehension of the Space Primordial Law during the Immortal stage to save points is fundamentally unworkable.

After all, even when he activated the Dao-Enlightenment Boost last time, he could not comprehend the Space Primordial Law at all!

As Lu Qingshan's mind raced with these thoughts, Venerable Yao Guang beside him quickly spoke.

"Qingshan!"

Venerable Yao Guang said earnestly: "In my opinion, rather than continuing to create combat secret arts, you should devote more time to studying the Time Primordial Law!"

"You have already fully comprehended all three branches of the Time Primordial Law—once you merge them, you can break through to the Venerable Realm!"

"Though achieving this is extremely difficult, and countless Immortal Sovereigns in our human tribe are stuck at this final step, you are still young—you can afford to try!"

"If you remain stuck at this bottleneck for good, you can always return to studying combat secret arts later!"

Hearing this, Lu Qingshan's heart stirred.

With the Dao-Enlightenment Boost's aid, he was not worried about hitting an insurmountable bottleneck.

After all, even when he forcibly tried to comprehend the Space Primordial Law, the Dao-Enlightenment Boost still granted him some progress—though extremely slow.

Even now, his comprehension of the Space Primordial Law had barely crossed the threshold—equivalent to the top ten of the Heavenly Contest—and he still could not pass the first level of the Celestial Bridge!

Previously, though he had abandoned studying the Space Primordial Law, he still hoped to create an ultimate secret art before breaking through.

But now it seemed that waiting until after reaching the Venerable Realm to create an ultimate secret art might be the wisest choice!

With this thought, Lu Qingshan silently resolved: "For me now, breaking through directly to the Venerable Realm may be the best choice!"

Yet just as Lu Qingshan pondered these matters, he suddenly received an email.

At the same moment, Venerable Yao Guang also received an email.

Both their emails contained identical content: the news that Lord Youhou's direct disciple, Sovereign Beihai, had just broken through to the Venerable Realm.

"Sovereign Beihai broke through?"

After reading the email, Venerable Yao Guang blinked in surprise, then his face lit up with excitement: "Good heavens, how little time has passed?"

"In just tens of millions of years, our human tribe has produced four Venerables in succession! And aside from Dream Moon Venerable's relatively weak strength, Sovereign Beihai broke through directly as a Mid-tier Venerable, while Lord Tian Shi and Venerable Jiu Feng reached the Cosmic Overlord level—this is truly the Cosmic Primordial Will favoring our human tribe!"

Hearing Venerable Yao Guang's words, Lu Qingshan silently shook his head.

If the will of the universe's origin could truly act freely, it would likely be eager to see the human race utterly annihilated.

After all, the most powerful existence of the human race, 'Origin', had attempted to possess it, only to be suppressed after failing!

But unfortunately, the will of the primitive universe's origin can only operate according to the rules of the Supreme Laws, unable to act freely at all, so the human race is naturally able to remain safe and sound!

However, Venerable Yao Guang's words also make a lot of sense.

One must know that since the birth of the universe until now, the human race has only accumulated a few thousand Universe Venerables.

On average, it might take over a hundred million eras just to produce a single Universe Venerable.

Yet recently, the human race first saw Venerable Meng Yue breakthrough on the Outer Battlefield, followed by the rise of the Heavenly Erosion Palace Master and Venerable Jiu Feng, two Universe Dominators, and now Sovereign Beihai has also broken through to the Universe Venerable realm!

If this pace continues, it will only take tens of millions of eras for the human race to produce a thousand, or even several thousand, Universe Venerables!

On the other side, after breaking through to the Universe Venerable realm, Sovereign Beihai quickly held a grand banquet.

Although Lu Qingshan was an Immortal Deity, he not only possessed the strength of an Invincible King, but had also joined forces with Sovereign Beihai on the Outer Battlefield to kill the Hundred Flowers King, so naturally, he too received an invitation.

At this banquet, Lu Qingshan also saw how spirited and high-spirited Sovereign Beihai, or rather Venerable Beihai, had become after his breakthrough.

Back when Sovereign Beihai was still at the Immortal Deity realm, although he barely possessed the strength of an Invincible King, compared to Lu Qingshan who was proficient in both soul and material attacks, he was naturally slightly inferior.

In fact, after gaining the strength of an Invincible King, Sovereign Beihai had sparred with Lu Qingshan once.

After all, at this stage, one could no longer venture onto the Outer Battlefield, and neither Lu Qingshan nor Sovereign Beihai lacked resources; their greatest goal was naturally to break through to the Universe Venerable realm.

And since both of them belonged to the Virtual Universe Company lineage and were disciples of the Universe Masters, they naturally communicated frequently in their daily lives.

So while communicating, Sovereign Beihai also voluntarily proposed to spar with Lu Qingshan.

At that time, although Lu Qingshan's soul attacks could not harm Sovereign Beihai, who was protected by a heavy treasure of the soul type, relying solely on material attacks, he was still able to slightly suppress Sovereign Beihai.

After all, in terms of secret technique levels, life gene levels, protective heavy treasures, and so on, the two of them were nearly equal, but Lu Qingshan was slightly superior in amplification secret techniques!

Furthermore, since Lu Qingshan possessed a clone, when interacting with him, Sovereign Beihai's posture was always slightly lower!

Now that Sovereign Beihai had successfully broken through to the Universe Venerable realm, he was even more spirited and high-spirited than before.

So when Lu Qingshan communicated with Sovereign Beihai, although he could still feel the other's enthusiasm, there was also a hint of superiority mixed within it.

After all, within the human race, even an Invincible King had a huge gap compared to a Universe Venerable.

Leaving other things aside, just look at the residence on Lei Ting Island!

Even the most ordinary Universe Venerable could build their residence halfway up the mountain, while an Invincible King like Lu Qingshan, even if able to enter the Hong Alliance Inner City, still had to reside at the foot of Lei Ting Island.

Even Luo Feng from the original work, Hun Dun Chengzhu had allowed him to build his residence halfway up the mountain, yet other Universe Venerables still felt dissatisfied.

Only after Luo Feng killed King Wei Jing and proved he possessed strength comparable to a mid-level Universe Venerable could he, with his Immortal body, build his residence halfway up Lei Ting Island and simultaneously gain the recognition of other Universe Venerables!

"I should break through too!"

After returning from Venerable Beihai's banquet, Lu Qingshan thought silently: "I originally planned to accumulate more during the Immortal stage, but whether creating Ultimate Secret Techniques or researching the laws of the Shi Shi Jian Ben Yuan, the speed is much slower than I planned!"

"In that case, I will directly comprehend the laws of the Time Origin, fully grasp them, and step into the Universe Venerable realm!"

"By then, regardless of whether the points required for the Dao Comprehension Support function increase, at least my own realm will be higher, making research into the Shi Shi Jian Ben Yuan laws or Ultimate Secret Techniques smoother!"

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan quickly resumed his seclusion for cultivation.

One year, two years...

Ten years, a hundred years...

Time passed continuously, and in the blink of an eye, a thousand years had passed again.

In the Primitive Universe, within Hun Dun City, inside the mansion where Lu Qingshan resided.

"Time Stop, Time Acceleration, Time Deceleration!"

Sitting cross-legged on the ground, Lu Qingshan, who had been immersed in cultivation, finally slowly opened his eyes.

His divine power within his body surged like a vast river; countless threads of divine power pulled at lines of laws, manifesting three incomplete secret pattern diagrams in mid-air!

Immediately following, these three secret pattern diagrams began to fuse directly!

The three secret pattern diagrams combined with each other, finally forming a secret pattern diagram that could be called perfect!

This was a secret pattern diagram similar to the beast pattern of the seventh diagram of the 'Heavenly Thunder Chaos Stele'.

"The laws of the Time Origin, finally accomplished!"

Looking at the near-perfect secret pattern diagram before him, a smile finally appeared on Lu Qingshan's face!

Then...

In the Primitive Universe, within the space layer, inside Lu Qingshan's Divine Kingdom.

"Boom—!"

The immense pressure of the endless universe origin laws descended directly upon Lu Qingshan's Divine Kingdom, and below, the endless sea of divine power in his clone boiled completely!

(End of this chapter)