Chapter 252: Invalid Passage of Time

In the living room of Lei Huanwang's residence in Chaos City.

"Lu Qingshan!"

Lei Huanwang smiled as he looked at Lu Qingshan, then asked with a smile: "You big busy man, how do you have time to come see your master again?"

After all, the Thunder Dragon Shaking Heaven Armor that Lu Qingshan had given him previously had allowed him to save face in front of his friend Jing Lei Wang!

Especially since the time he took Lu Qingshan as his disciple was very short, this made people sigh even more.

Previously, he and Jing Lei Wang had gone together to attend Lu Qingshan's Venerable banquet, and after returning, both of them were filled with deep emotion.

After all, as Lu Qingshan's teacher, although he had perished for a period due to an accident, he could be said to have watched Lu Qingshan grow step by step.

"Master!"

Lu Qingshan picked up the fine wine that Lei Huanwang had just taken out from the side, drank it in one gulp, then said with a smile: "This disciple happened to obtain a treasure this time, so I brought it for you, Master, to see; I don't know if it can be of some help to you!"

Hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Lei Huanwang's expression, which had been full of smiles, instantly became serious.

"No!"

Lei Huanwang quickly said seriously: "Qingshan, I know your respect for me, but you have just broken through to the Universe Venerable Realm; there are truly many places where you need to consume resources!"

"It was one thing for me to shamelessly accept the Thunder Dragon Shaking Heaven Armor previously, but I absolutely will not accept any other treasures; even if you force them on me here, I will return them to you!"

Hearing Lei Huanwang's words, Lu Qingshan could not help but laugh.

Although he had the help of the Myriad Heavens Chat Group, being able to become a disciple under Lei Huanwang was absolutely a fortunate event on his cultivation path.

In this vast universe, when many powerful figures recruit disciples, besides cultivating successors for the human race, they generally think that the disciples might be able to help them in the future, and this is also the reason they are more willing to accept geniuses as disciples.

Moreover, Lu Qingshan had stayed in the Immortal God stage for such a long time and was very clear about how precious a heavy treasure was for a Hei Fengwang Immortal.

Do not think that Lu Qingshan himself obtained the relatively precious Thunder Dragon Shaking Heaven Armor very easily; that was a gift from Venerable Yao Guang!

And the heavy treasure that Lu Qingshan obtained through his own efforts should have been the Purple Thunder Sky-Wing Sword he got at the super auction in Hong Alliance City at the very beginning.

Not to mention that the value of the Purple Thunder Sky-Wing Sword was much lower than that of the Thunder Dragon Shaking Heaven Armor, even when he bid for that Purple Thunder Sky-Wing Sword back then, he had borrowed a huge sum of money from Hearing Qingping Wang.

Even so, it was because Lu Qingshan possessed a clone, allowing him to acquire wealth relatively easily on the Foreign Battlefield.

If it were a normal Hei Fengwang limit powerhouse, even wanting to accumulate enough wealth to bid for the Purple Thunder Sky-Wing Sword would be an extremely difficult matter.

Just like Hearing Qingping Wang from the intelligence department, a powerhouse infinitely close to Hei Fengwang invincibility, and also the most capable assistant of Yin Ying Junzhu, yet now he still has not been able to accumulate the wealth to exchange for a heavy treasure armor.

And what about the current Lei Huanwang? Lu Qingshan had to bring a heavy treasure to his doorstep, yet he insisted on pushing it away!

How could he not respect such a teacher?

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan quickly said: "Master, this time I am not here to give you a supreme treasure, but a treasure that can aid cultivation; perhaps it can be of some help to your breakthrough!"

"Oh?"

Hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Lei Huanwang immediately became interested.

If there was anything he cared about most now, it was definitely breaking through to the Universe Venerable Realm!

At this moment, Lu Qingshan quickly took a drop of Can Tian Zao Hua from the Chat Group red packet.

Although the Can Tian Zao Hua had no effect on himself anymore, when Han Li used it to exchange for resources previously, Lu Qingshan did not refuse.

At that time, what he thought in his heart was naturally to use it for those close to him.

And since Lei Huanwang was his teacher and had also been stuck at the peak of Hei Fengwang for a long time, he was naturally the first one he thought of.

If this Can Tian Zao Hua could really help Lei Huanwang break through to the Universe Venerable Realm, then it would be considered making full use of the object.

Buzz!

A drop of green liquid emitting a mysterious aura instantly appeared before Lei Huanwang.

"This aura..."

Feeling the mysterious aura emitted by the Can Tian Zao Hua, Lei Huanwang was also quite surprised: "It is actually the aura of the Time Origin Law; Qingshan, where did you get this treasure? I seem to have never heard of it!"

"This disciple obtained this treasure only by chance!"

Lu Qingshan directly beat around the bush and said: "Thinking that this treasure might be useful to you, Master, I brought it over!"

Hearing these words, Lei Huanwang did not continue to ask.

After all, Lu Qingshan had now stepped into the Universe Venerable Realm; his authority and status within the human race far exceeded his own, so being able to obtain some treasures he had never heard of was truly nothing unusual.

At this moment, Lu Qingshan quickly said: "Master, this treasure will continuously dissipate; if you wrap it completely with Immortal God Power, it will slightly slow down its dissipation speed!"

"So that's how it is!"

After hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Lei Huanwang nodded slightly, then very quickly followed what Lu Qingshan said and used Immortal God Power to completely wrap that drop of Can Tian Zao Hua.

A moment later...

Splash!

Lei Huanwang released his Immortal God Power, then once again sent the Can Tian Zao Hua to Lu Qingshan's front.

"Qingshan!"

Lei Huanwang said with a smile: "This is indeed a rather precious treasure; its effect even surpasses all the treasures I have used in the process of comprehending the Time Origin Law before!"

"If a genius who has just started cultivating used this treasure, it would definitely greatly accelerate their cultivation speed, but I am now stuck at the last step, so this treasure has no effect on me anymore!"

"This..."

Hearing Lei Huanwang's words, Lu Qingshan could not help but feel somewhat disappointed in his heart.

However, upon thinking carefully, this was also a relatively normal matter.

After all, when he first obtained the Can Tian Zao Hua, its effect was only to allow him to comprehend the Time Origin Law more clearly, which was no different from the World Master level.

The reason he was able to fully comprehend all the essences of the Time Origin Law in just a million years should still be due to the fact that his comprehension ability had been improved to a certain extent during the Chat Group upgrade process.

If his talent before breaking through to become an Immortal God was a tier lower than the average members of the End Times Secret Realm, then after his comprehension ability was improved, it was at least comparable to the average members of the Primordial Secret Realm.

As for his subsequent continuous breakthroughs, even successfully breaking through to the Universe Venerable Realm, it should be mainly due to the Dao Elder Gan Wu Support function, while the Can Tian Zao Hua only played an auxiliary role.

To put it simply, on his cultivation path, the Can Tian Zao Hua played an accelerating role, while the Dao Elder Gan Wu Support function played a role in breaking through bottlenecks.

And in the Starry Sky World, for Immortal Gods whose lifespan is considered eternal, the speed of cultivation is not the most important; instead, bottlenecks are the hardest to break through.

Regardless of whether they are Immortal Divine Spirits, Universe Venerables, or the lofty Universe Lords, the strongest beings in the universe, most of them are stuck at a bottleneck, unable to break through their own strength for a long time.

But Lu Qingshan would not be troubled by this!

"Qingshan, you need not do this!"

While various thoughts flashed through Lu Qingshan's mind, Lei Huanwang beside him quickly said, "I am currently stuck at the final step; most external treasures are basically useless!"

"Whether I can break through to the Universe Venerable Realm mainly depends on whether I have the chance to take this final step!"

"You have now broken through to the Universe Venerable Realm, so there is nothing I can do to help you. But do not spend too much thought on my affairs; focus on your own matters first!"

"Disciple understands!" Lu Qingshan, coming back to his senses, quickly nodded and said.

Of course, he naturally said this with his mouth, but in his heart, he did not agree.

Lei Huanwang saying that all external things are useless is merely because his vision is limited.

Just like Zhenyan Wang in the original work, did he not break through to the Universe Venerable Realm because of an external thing like the Beast God Inheritance Token?

Moreover, after Zhenyan Wang received the Duan Donghe inheritance from Luo Feng, he became the third Universe Lord of the Human Race thereafter!

With Zhenyan Wang's talent, relying solely on himself, it would definitely be very difficult to achieve this.

After all, not to mention the Universe Dominators of the Human Race, even a high-level Venerable like Shi Huo Zifeng Zunzhe has far superior talent than him.

Yet Zhenyan Wang was able to become the third Universe Lord of the Human Race after receiving the Duan Donghe inheritance; if not for the help of external things, what else could it be?

At this moment, Lu Qingshan does not have such ability; it is simply because his strength is not yet enough!

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan naturally would not struggle over it any further in his heart.

Afterwards, after chatting a bit more with Lei Huanwang, Lu Qingshan soon took his leave.

After leaving Lei Huanwang's residence, Lu Qingshan quickly returned to his own residence, then sat in the meditation room within the residence to think about his upcoming plans.

"The focus of cultivation next must definitely be on improving combat secret techniques!"

Lu Qingshan lifted a cup of fine wine and took a sip, then thought silently in his heart: "As long as I create a fourth-style peak-level combat secret technique (including sword techniques, soul attack methods, and movement techniques) based on my current comprehension of laws, my strength will definitely increase significantly!"

"It is a pity that after this breakthrough, the points required to activate the Dao Elder Gan Wu Support function have become much higher!"

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan could not help but look at his point quota in the chat group: 194,568!

Compared to others in the chat group, this is absolutely a massive amount of points.

Even if the accumulated points of many people in the chat group were added together, they might not exceed 190,000!

Before breaking through to the Universe Venerable Realm, these 190,000 points were enough for Lu Qingshan to activate the Dao Elder Gan Wu Support function twice, with some remaining;

but now, he cannot even activate the Dao Elder Gan Wu Support function once!

"Fortunately, a few new members have joined the chat group recently!"

Looking at his point quota in the chat group, Lu Qingshan thought silently in his heart: "Especially Gao Yao and Li Yunlong; the worlds they are in lack resources, so in the future, the points in their hands will definitely be exchanged for many resources from me!"

"In the future, accumulating points will definitely be much easier than before!"

"Besides that, I also need to comprehend the Shi Shi Jian Ben Yuan Law next; I might as well see if there are any treasures in the worlds of other members in the chat group that can help with comprehending the Shi Shi Jian Ben Yuan Law!"

Actually, if he could cultivate in other worlds, Lu Qingshan going to the Battle Breakthrough World would be a good choice.

After all, the space in the Battle Breakthrough World is quite thin; even a Dou Zun expert is sufficient to connect two distant space nodes and then construct a space wormhole.

But unfortunately, perhaps because the chat group's level is still too low, the many members in the chat group can only cultivate in their original worlds; once they cross realms, they simply cannot continue cultivating.

"Although I cannot cultivate across realms, there are still some treasures and opportunities in other worlds that can accelerate my speed of comprehending the Shi Shi Jian Ben Yuan Law!"

Lu Qingshan thought silently in his heart: "If there is a chance, I should ask them to help me collect some, and then see if there is any effect!"

"Forget it, let's not think about these things for now!"

Lu Qingshan put down the wine cup in his hand, then thought silently in his heart: "I have not seriously cultivated since breaking through to the Universe Venerable Realm; next, I will enter seclusion for a while to see what the cultivation speed at the Venerable level is actually like!"

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan quickly prepared everything, then began his first seclusion cultivation in the Universe Venerable stage.

The Infinite Divine Sea avatar naturally continued to water the group while cultivating within the Divine Kingdom;

Lu Qingshan's original body continued to stay within Chaos City, intending to seriously comprehend the Shi Shi Jian Ben Yuan Law;

As for the second avatar, which possessed the greatest strength, it stayed in the residence on the continent of the Virtual Universe Company's Universal Headquarters, cultivating, while also connecting its consciousness to the Virtual Universe to create the fourth-style sword technique, movement technique, and soul attack method under the guidance of its teacher, Master Bingfeng Zhi!

For a time, Lu Qingshan's three avatars each performed their own duties, while maintaining close connections and cooperating tacitly with one another.

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

During these nearly ten million years, Lu Qingshan's three avatars had always been cooperating with each other, constantly improving themselves.

It was a pity that after reaching the Universe Venerable Realm, every step forward required a vast amount of time, so even though Lu Qingshan's three avatars were cultivating simultaneously, achieving astonishing progress was unlikely.

Virtual Universe, Lei Ting Island peak.

This place was covered with endless chaotic energy flows, and within these chaotic energy flows, a very small number of palaces were built.

These palaces were the residences of the topmost experts of the Virtual Universe Company lineage.

Inside one of the palaces belonging to Master Bingfeng Zhi, Lu Qingshan had already appeared in one of the training grounds.

At this moment, the scene within the training ground had been transformed into a vast grassland, and in the central area of this grassland, Lu Qingshan, wearing purple-gold battle armor, was facing a terrifying monster with three long black horns on its forehead from a distance.

This terrifying monster, which looked utterly ferocious, was the thousandth opponent set up by Master Bingfeng Zhi for Lu Qingshan to create the fourth-style sword technique: a special lifeform, the Triangular Poison Scale Beast!

The life gene level of this Triangular Poison Scale Beast was not very high, only eighty times that of ordinary life in the universe, yet its combat power was in no way inferior to those special lifeforms with life gene levels hundreds of times higher.

The reason why the Triangular Poison Scale Beast could possess such astonishing combat power was because its innate secret techniques were extremely powerful.

Over the long ages, experts from various races had attempted to possess this Triangular Poison Scale Beast, but after successfully possessing it, they found they could not inherit the powerful innate secret techniques of the Triangular Poison Scale Beast, resulting in combat power far inferior to possessing those special lifeforms with life gene levels hundreds of times higher.

Furthermore, since the strongest Triangular Poison Scale Beast had already entered the Universe Lord Realm and joined a top power in the universe, few people targeted the Triangular Poison Scale Beast lineage.

"Roar!!"

The Triangular Poison Scale Beast, bathed in endless dim light, coiled in the sky above the grassland, now roaring madly towards Lu Qingshan's direction.

"Time Slash!"

Only Lu Qingshan saw countless purple threads emanate from the purple-gold long sword in his hand, then continuously converge in the void, forming a colossal sword phantom that radiated terrifying pressure.

This sword technique was the fourth style he created using the complete Time Origin Law; its power was no longer comparable to the three styles he had created during the Immortal Spirit stage.

"Roar!!"

Far away, the Triangular Poison Scale Beast shrouded in endless dark light flashed its form, instantly crossing layers of space, then lunged rapidly toward Lu Qingshan; even the longest black horn on its forehead pierced toward Lu Qingshan like lightning.

"Strike for me!"

At Lu Qingshan's thought, the colossal sword phantom before him immediately slashed diagonally toward the Triangular Poison Scale Beast, carrying overwhelming power.

Boom—boom—boom!

The colossal sword phantom and the Triangular Poison Scale Beast's terrifyingly powerful horn collided fiercely in midair.

In the many battles between Lu Qingshan and this Triangular Poison Scale Beast, the beast had initially been able to drive Lu Qingshan back.

Yet as the power of Lu Qingshan's sword techniques continuously increased, he could now match the Triangular Poison Scale Beast evenly, or even suppress it.

And this time...

Bang!

Accompanied by a dull thud, the colossal sword phantom directly severed the Triangular Poison Scale Beast's strongest horn, then pierced its throat at an incredible angle.

Splat!

The colossal sword phantom, carrying overwhelming power, instantly pierced through the Triangular Poison Scale Beast's throat.

After this, the Triangular Poison Scale Beast completely lost its life force!

(End of chapter)