Chapter 277: Zushen Sect

In the Virtual Universe, Thunder Island, inside a palace suffused with endless chaotic currents.

At this moment, Lu Qingshan walked respectfully into the grand hall and bowed deeply toward the empty air before him: "Teacher!"

"What is it?" came the voice of Lord Bingfeng Zhi, echoing from the boundless void.

"Disciple has a matter to trouble Teacher with!" Lu Qingshan quickly bowed again.

Then, from deep within the chaotic currents of the hall, a figure emerged—Lord Bingfeng Zhi, white-haired and bearing a long sword: "You've been my disciple for many years; apart from coming to me when creating your own secret technique, you've never once sought me out for trouble. Clearly, you're unwilling to beg for help!"

"Speak—what has brought you here this time? Surely not to ask me to go after that Suo Jin Zunzhe of the Meng Yao Zu and avenge you?"

To Lord Bingfeng Zhi, if Lu Qingshan had come merely to beg for revenge, he would surely be disappointed.

After all, in this vast universe, fierce battles between the strong ending in death were all too common.

Not to mention Lu Qingshan had avatars and had not truly perished—even if he had truly died, all he could do was reverse time to resurrect him; aiding in revenge was beyond his reach.

If a Cosmic Lord had bullied a lesser being, he would naturally intervene for his disciple—but Suo Jin Zunzhe was merely a Cosmic Venerable; he could not possibly intervene on such grounds, or the entire order would collapse.

"Teacher, it's like this!"

Lu Qingshan quickly replied respectfully: "Disciple wishes to cultivate the Beast God Dao, to see if he can achieve breakthroughs in it, and thus seeks to exchange for a Beast God Inheritance Token with Lightning and Time attributes from the clan's treasure vault!"

"But the exchange rules for Beast God Inheritance Tokens in the clan's vault are strict—you must submit an application—so disciple has come to trouble Teacher!"

"Beast God Dao?"

Upon hearing this, Lord Bingfeng Zhi paused slightly, then asked curiously: "Why have you suddenly decided to study the Beast God Dao? I recall you've never delved into it before."

"Yes!"

Lu Qingshan nodded quickly: "But my progress in comprehending the Spatial Primordial Law has slowed greatly, so I wish to try cultivating the Beast God Dao instead."

"All Cosmic Venerables have fully comprehended one upper primordial law; when attempting to grasp another, they are inevitably greatly hindered!"

Lord Bingfeng Zhi nodded slightly, then said: "Yet cultivating the Beast God Dao is no simple matter! Though it can lead one to the Lord Realm, not a single one among my human clan's Cosmic Lords achieved breakthrough through the Beast God Dao!"

"Logically, as a Cosmic Venerable with no foundation in the Beast God Dao, your application to exchange for a Beast God Inheritance Token should be denied!"

Lord Bingfeng Zhi looked at Lu Qingshan, then smiled: "But you possess the innate talent of avatars—entering the Zushen Secret Realm might be worthwhile; perhaps you can secure some rare resources for our human clan!"

The Zushen Secret Realm was the most peculiar Cosmic Secret Realm in the Original Universe, even nurturing many unique lifeforms and treasures.

Yet the Zushen Secret Realm lay under the control of the Zushen Sect; only its official members, peripheral members, and those granted Beast God Inheritance Tokens were permitted entry.

Many places within the Zushen Secret Realm, rich with rare treasures and opportunities, were perilous to the Zushen Sect's own strong members, yet trivial to powerful figures like the Axe Founder.

If he wished, the Axe Founder could simply stroll through and claim every treasure within.

But doing so would inevitably offend the Zushen Sect—and offending the Zushen Sect meant offending the Original Universe's Primordial Will. The Axe Founder might not care, but the human clan would suffer.

The Zushen Sect's own strong members could easily seize all treasures within the Zushen Secret Realm—but they refrain, to nurture their disciples; what seems precious to them is already useless to the elders.

Among the disciples nurtured by the Zushen Sect, besides the few candidates for Divine Envoys and Divine Generals, the majority were Beast God Inheritors.

Yet Beast God Inheritance Tokens were exceedingly rare, so their number remained limited.

And given their value, if a Beast God Inheritor died, even if a Cosmic Lord reversed time to resurrect him, they would never resurrect the token itself.

Once a Beast God Inheritor entered the Zushen Sect holding the token, his life became bound to it; upon death, the token shattered and could never be used again.

Thus, Beast God Inheritance Tokens grew even more precious—and must never be wasted.

But Lu Qingshan was different!

He possessed avatar abilities; even if one avatar perished, as long as others lived, the token would not shatter, and once a new avatar formed, he could re-enter the Zushen Secret Realm.

Thus, given enough time, he would inevitably gain many benefits from the Zushen Secret Realm.

Thinking this, Lord Bingfeng Zhi said quickly: "Very well—submit your application to exchange for the Beast God Inheritance Token directly; I'll handle the rest."

"But you must pay the required Heavy Treasure Points yourself!"

"Disciple thanks Teacher!" Lu Qingshan replied gratefully.

"Go," Lord Bingfeng Zhi nodded slightly.

"Yes, Teacher!" Lu Qingshan bowed again, then slowly withdrew from Lord Bingfeng Zhi's divine palace.

"Zushen Sect! Zushen Secret Realm! Hmph!"

Watching Lu Qingshan's retreating figure, Lord Bingfeng Zhi sneered: "My disciple has avatar abilities—will he manage to obtain any rare treasures from the Zushen Secret Realm?"

Lord Bingfeng Zhi harbored deep resentment toward the Zushen Sect.

After all, the Zushen Sect was the mouthpiece of the Original Universe's Primordial Will—and the teacher Lord Bingfeng Zhi most revered had been suppressed by that same Primordial Will!

……

Time passed.

Three days later, Lu Qingshan finally received a message from his teacher, Lord Bingfeng Zhi.

"Disciple, your application for the Beast God Inheritance Token has been approved. The 'Lightning and Time' Beast God Inheritance Token will be delivered to you shortly; you need only pay the corresponding Heavy Treasure Points."

Upon receiving Lord Bingfeng Zhi's message, Lu Qingshan was overjoyed.

The very next day, a delegation from the City Lord's Mansion arrived at his residence in the Chaos City.

The treasure they delivered was a single 'Lightning-Time' Beast God Inheritance Token.

After the delegation departed, Lu Qingshan quickly opened the ancient, plain green stone box they had brought.

Snap!

As the box opened, a six-faceted metal plaque engraved with a strange beast appeared before Lu Qingshan's eyes.

"This is the Beast God Inheritance Token!"

Holding the six-faceted plaque, Lu Qingshan could not help but smile.

As Lu Qingshan released a trace of Zunzhe divine power into the token, a simple message flooded into his mind.

The message was brief: a short introduction to the mysterious Zushen Sect, and at the end, a detailed cosmic coordinate—the location of the Zushen Secret Realm.

……

After obtaining the Beast God Inheritance Token, Lu Qingshan quickly sent it, along with other treasures, to his Second Avatar, who then set off toward the cosmic coordinate embedded in the token, carrying a portion of his Divine Sea Avatar's divine body.

Just like that, after undergoing a god-realm teleportation over an ultra-long distance, Lu Qingshan quickly appeared in a void far removed from the human territories.

"This is the area closest to the Zushen Sect among the many divine power tokens left by my subordinates!"

Lu Qingshan stood in the void, looking around: "Fortunately, this place is not very far from the Zushen Sect; if we fly a spaceship at high speed through the Dark Universe, we can arrive in just a few months!"

To be honest, if the journey took longer, Lu Qingshan might have asked his disciple Stretch to come pick him up.

However, the time required now is not much, so there is naturally no need to disturb the other party.

Shortly after, Lu Qingshan waved his hand, and a disc-shaped, earth-yellow spaceship instantly appeared in the void beside him.

This spaceship was specially commissioned by him earlier and even incorporated an auxiliary metal lifeform at the peak of the Hei Fengwang level; its flight speed in the Dark Universe can reach 110 times the speed of light.

After the spaceship appeared, Lu Qingshan flashed into its interior and immediately initiated cosmic travel, entering the Dark Universe.

The disc-shaped cosmic spaceship continued flying through the Dark Universe, while Lu Qingshan connected his will to the Virtual Universe and began to comprehend the Thunder-Time Fusion Law.

Comprehending a fusion law is not easy, but since Lu Qingshan had already fully grasped the Thunder Origin Law and the Time Origin Law, the beginning was naturally very smooth.

Precisely because of this, in just a few short months, he had thoroughly entered the realm of the Thunder-Time Fusion Law, and was already very close to fully comprehending the first layer.

However, Lu Qingshan did not immediately fully comprehend the first layer, because he wanted to experience the Beast God inheritance opportunity one more time later to see what its effects would be.

Just like that, more than five months later.

"Master, the spaceship has arrived at the cosmic coordinate position you specified."

The voice of the intelligent lifeform Hearing Shenlan suddenly rang in Lu Qingshan's mind.

Lu Qingshan slowly opened his eyes from his cultivation state, then quickly gave orders in the control room: "Hearing Shenlan, activate the external scene simulation!"

"Yes, Master!" the intelligent lifeform Hearing Shenlan replied respectfully.

Immediately, the entire spaceship seemed to vanish, and Lu Qingshan, remaining in the control room, felt as if he were placed within the starry expanse of the universe.

And before Lu Qingshan, there were now black gales resembling giant pythons.

These black gales roared across distances of hundreds of millions of kilometers, surging back and forth through the boundless space-time around them.

Behind these black gales lay the legendary Zushen Secret Realm, the most mysterious and also the most dangerous Cosmic Secret Realm in the entire Primitive Universe.

The Zushen Secret Realm has a maximum diameter of up to 160 million light-years; in terms of area alone, it is enough to rival the normal size of a human race universe nation.

Within this Zushen Secret Realm, even some ordinary dangerous areas are sufficient to cause a Zifeng Zunzhe-level powerhouse to perish;

and in some extremely dangerous places, even existences at the Universe Master level dare not tread!

Mysterious! Dangerous! Do not enter!

These are the synonyms for the Zushen Secret Realm!

"Is this the 'Black Swirling Wind' most common in the Zushen Secret Realm?"

Looking at the raging black gales ahead, Lu Qingshan quickly recalled the many pieces of information he had previously queried about the Zushen Sect and the Zushen Secret Realm: "I heard that even an ordinary Zifeng Zunzhe falling into it could be completely annihilated; I wonder if I can withstand it?"

Of course, although such a thought flashed through Lu Qingshan's mind, he never had any intention of trying it.

He was seen quickly flying out of the spaceship into the void outside; after storing the cosmic spaceship away, he began to wait quietly.

A moment later.

The surrounding, perfectly calm cosmic space began to gradually distort, and then a vortex appeared within the entire distorted cosmic space, directly swallowing Lu Qingshan whole.

In fact, with Lu Qingshan's current strength, he could completely resist such a swallowing force.

However, this is one of the methods to enter the Zushen Secret Realm, so Lu Qingshan naturally would not resist.

After Lu Qingshan's figure appeared once again in the void, a surging, torrential colored river appeared not far ahead of him.

This colored river appeared vast and boundless, filled with a strange power that attracted every powerhouse who saw it.

At the same time, a burly giant over ten meters tall, covered entirely in green scales, instantly appeared before Lu Qingshan.

He was seen with wisps of micro-winds swirling around his body surface, giving Lu Qingshan a feeling quite similar to when he received the Spirit Wind Divine General inheritance.

"Human powerhouse, I am the guide of the Zushen Sect!"

This burly giant covered in green scales looked at Lu Qingshan and said directly: "Produce your Beast God Inheritance Token! If you do not have a Beast God Inheritance Token but dare to trespass into our Zushen Sect's sacred grounds, then you have only the path of perishing!"

Hearing these words, Lu Qingshan was not at all surprised; he then directly waved his hand and took out his own Beast God Inheritance Token.

After this Zifeng Zunzhe saw the Beast God Inheritance Token in Lu Qingshan's hand, his attitude immediately became much kinder, and even a smile appeared on his face.

"You must be Wan Jie Zunzhe of the human race!"

This Zifeng Zunzhe quickly said: "I have long heard that many Zifeng Zunzhe have recently appeared in your human race; you Wan Jie Zunzhe are one of them. I never expected to actually meet the True Person now!"

"Since you have produced the Beast God Inheritance Token, you are the Beast God inheritor of our Zushen Sect. From now on, I will take you to Violet Thorn Island!"

Just like that, under the guidance of this Zifeng Zunzhe, Lu Qingshan was directly teleported to an area several light-years away.

During this process, Lu Qingshan also confirmed the identity of this Zifeng Zunzhe through the Virtual Universe; he was none other than one of the seventy-two Divine Generals of the Zushen Sect, the 'Spirit Wind Divine General'!

This Spirit Wind Divine General is different from reserve Divine Generals like Jiu Feng Zunzhe!

Reserve Divine Generals like Jiu Feng Zunzhe are generally Universe Dominators, whereas this Spirit Wind Divine General can unleash power at the level of a top-tier Universe Dominator!

After the two stabilized their stances, Lu Qingshan quickly saw rivers formed by auroras of five colors.

Just those individual auroras were incomparably thick, radiating terrifying, vast, and surging power; even Lu Qingshan felt extremely heart-trembling.

If viewed from extremely high above, one would discover that this is an endless lake with a maximum diameter exceeding ten light-years, nearly circular in shape, but in reality, it is an infinitely valuable Domain-type Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao, with power that is extremely terrifying.

It must be known that Supreme Treasures are absolutely extremely rare in this Primitive Universe.

Even the human race and the Mechanical Race among the four peak races do not possess any Supreme Treasures.

Of course, the Mechanical Race has never had a Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao from beginning to end, whereas the human race once possessed one; however, after the Original Ancestor failed to possess the Primitive Universe, the Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao was suppressed along with the Original Ancestor!

As for the Zushen Sect, as the spokesperson for the Primitive Universe's Original Will, it naturally definitely possesses Supreme Treasures.

This lake of vast power is the manifestation of a Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao called the 'Five-Color Aurora Lake'.

"Spirit Wind Divine General, this must be the famous Five-Color Aurora Lake within the Zushen Sect!" Lu Qingshan couldn't help but exclaim.

"That's right!"

The Spirit Wind Divine General glanced at Lu Qingshan, then said with great pride: "This is the treasure protecting our sect, the Five-Color Aurora Lake!"

"This Five-Colored Aurora Lake is composed of endless auroras, with infinite power! A single aurora, once its full might is unleashed, is enough to severely injure a Universe Zifeng Zunzhe."

"With this supreme treasure of the sect at hand, even a supreme powerhouse capable of roaming the universe would not dare to intrude upon our Zushen Sect without permission. You inheritors may enter our Zushen Sect, but if you dare to violate the rules, you will be killed in a single strike!"

Speaking thus, the Spirit Wind Divine General quickly pointed toward the interior of the Five-Colored Aurora Lake, then continued introducing: "Do you see that? That is the Violet Thorn Island!"

Lu Qingshan looked in the direction the other had indicated.

He saw that, wrapped within the endless auroras, a vague island could be faintly discerned.

"The Violet Thorn Island is located in the outermost region of the Five-Colored Aurora Lake; it is where you Beast God inheritors usually reside!"

The Spirit Wind Divine General looked at Lu Qingshan and continued introducing: "Wan Jie Zunzhe, you must remember: within the area covered by the Five-Colored Aurora Lake, killing is forbidden!"

"Once you attack another, you will immediately be attacked by the Five-Colored Aurora Lake. Therefore, even if you encounter an old enemy, you must restrain yourself!"

"Furthermore, your soul servants may only move within the palace built on your Violet Thorn Island. Once they leave the palace, they too will be attacked by the Five-Colored Aurora Lake and directly annihilated into nothingness."

"I understand!" Lu Qingshan nodded quickly and said.

"Very well, follow me!" The Spirit Wind Divine General nodded, then immediately flew toward the interior of the Five-Colored Aurora Lake.

Seeing this, Lu Qingshan hurriedly followed.

The moment he touched the Five-Colored Aurora, Lu Qingshan felt as though he had encountered a gentle stream; there was absolutely no discomfort, and he even faintly felt a sensation of comfort.

And as the two of them, Lu Qingshan and the other, continued forward, the Violet Thorn Island, which had previously been only vaguely visible, became increasingly clear.

(End of this chapter)