Chapter 279: Inheritance and Progress

After bidding farewell to the rock-type Cosmic Venerable guarding the Purple Thorn Island Lord's palace, Lu Qingshan quickly returned to the area previously chosen for him by the Spirit Wind Divine General on Purple Thorn Island, and began constructing his residence.

"Rise!"

Lu Qingshan pointed remotely at the empty ground before him.

Whoosh!

A remarkably elegant mansion instantly sprang up from the earth.

Lu Qingshan did not spend much thought on this mansion, so he simply replicated his residence at the Virtual Universe Corporation's main continent, scaled down proportionally.

Many powerful beings from the Human Clan and the Hong Alliance had built their own residences in this region, so as soon as Lu Qingshan began construction, several powerful experts from the surrounding areas of the Human Clan and Hong Alliance noticed him.

Those minor beings at the Immortal level, most of whom had trained far longer than Lu Qingshan, could only come over to greet him and make a passing acquaintance due to the gap in strength.

Only a very few Cosmic Venerables, and Lu Qingshan's disciple Strech, came to stay for a while.

It must be said that Cosmic Venerables in the Human Clan who have achieved success on the Beast God Path are extremely rare—only twelve in total.

Of course, these twelve Cosmic Venerables are all at the fourth or fifth level of the Beast God Path; those who have fully comprehended the fifth level have already become peripheral members of the Zushen Sect, and no longer reside on Purple Thorn Island.

After the mansion was completed, Lu Qingshan first held a small gathering with the Beast God inheritors from the Human Clan and Hong Alliance living on Purple Thorn Island, before returning to the vast square before the Purple Thorn Island Lord's palace.

The one thing Lu Qingshan most wanted to do upon entering the Zushen Sect was to receive the Beast God inheritance.

Although he had not yet accumulated enough points to activate the Enlightenment Boost function in the chat group, he was currently only comprehending the simplest first level of the Beast God Path, so there was no need to wait for points to activate the Enlightenment Boost.

Thinking of this…

Whoosh!

Lu Qingshan stepped directly into the water curtain on the far left.

The surrounding spacetime shifted, and Lu Qingshan immediately felt a terrifying pressure enveloping him.

This pressure even surpassed what he had felt when facing Master Bingfeng Zhi, and contained astonishing soul pressure.

Fortunately, Lu Qingshan had already entered the Venerable Realm, so resisting this pressure—even that which could crush a Sovereign Immortal—was effortless.

"Is this the inheritance site?"

Lu Qingshan looked around and saw only void, surrounded by boundless black mist.

In the distant void floated a meteor, upon which sat a powerful figure with a wolf's head and human body, clad in purple armor.

It was Jiu Feng Zunzhe—the very one who, alongside Lu Qingshan, had received the Spirit Wind Divine General's inheritance and ultimately obtained the complete inheritance, causing the inheritance site to collapse.

Although Jiu Feng Zunzhe had not yet inherited the Divine General's title, he was already a peripheral member of the Zushen Sect, and thus did not reside on Purple Thorn Island, so he had never met Lu Qingshan before.

"Wanjie!"

Upon seeing Lu Qingshan, Jiu Feng Zunzhe quickly smiled and said: "I never expected you'd come to the Zushen Sect! I was truly surprised when I received word from the Clan!"

"I originally planned to visit your mansion directly, but I figured you'd come here for the inheritance, so I decided to wait for you here!"

"Jiu Feng!"

Lu Qingshan quickly nodded with a smile: "You've gone to too much trouble."

"Hahaha!"

Jiu Feng Zunzhe laughed heartily: "There are already so few powerful beings from the Human Clan in this Zushen Secret Realm; now that you've arrived, Wanjie, our faction's overall strength will rise considerably!"

The Human Clan's presence in the Zushen Sect has always been extremely sparse, and most of them are Sovereign Immortals; Lu Qingshan's arrival as a Cosmic Venerable with a body duplication ability would certainly enhance the Human Clan's overall strength within the Zushen Sect.

"Let me first introduce you to this inheritance site—it was naturally born from the Primordial Universe, profoundly mysterious, and undoubtedly one of the Zushen Sect's most important sacred places!"

Jiu Feng Zunzhe quickly explained: "Each time you Beast God inheritors receive the inheritance, your progress in comprehending the fused laws will be assessed first."

"The eight Beast God inheritances are divided into seven levels; if you've fully comprehended the first two levels but not the third, the inheritance you receive will be the third level; if you've fully mastered the third level, you'll encounter the fourth level of the Beast God Path during inheritance."

Jiu Feng Zunzhe looked at Lu Qingshan with curiosity: "May I ask, Wanjie, which level have you reached?"

"I've only just begun comprehending the first level," Lu Qingshan replied calmly.

"First level?" No sooner had Lu Qingshan spoken than Jiu Feng Zunzhe's eyes flashed with surprise.

Among all the Beast God inheritors who came to the Zushen Sect, nearly all had some foundation—there were virtually no one starting at the first level.

If Lu Qingshan were merely a Sovereign Immortal, Jiu Feng Zunzhe might have advised him to abandon it and focus on higher-level primordial laws.

But now that Lu Qingshan was already at the Cosmic Venerable level, he had no such thoughts.

"Actually, first level isn't a problem!"

Jiu Feng Zunzhe quickly said: "You've already fully comprehended the complete Time Primordial Law and Lightning Primordial Law; you'll surely master the first three levels of the Beast God Path quickly!"

"Go ahead and receive the inheritance—just step into the surrounding black mist."

"Alright," Lu Qingshan nodded slightly, then flew directly into the surrounding black mist.

The instant Lu Qingshan flew into the black mist…

Boom!

An unimaginable strange force instantly acted upon Lu Qingshan's entire body; even his formidable will could not resist this strange force.

His body now felt completely out of control, standing helplessly midair as his right finger slowly extended.

"Hummm!!"

Streams of Venerable divine power leaked from Lu Qingshan's hand, rapidly condensing into law runes.

One after another, law runes surged forth, and the entire "Lightning and Time" fused law began demonstrating itself uncontrollably in his hand—from basic to profound, continuously explaining itself.

As time passed, increasingly complex law runes appeared, intertwining to form a world entirely composed of law runes.

After a while, Lu Qingshan finally stopped.

Simultaneously, the mysterious force withdrew from his body, yet Lu Qingshan clearly remembered every scene of himself being controlled by that force to demonstrate the Lightning-Time fused law.

"What an extraordinary power!" Lu Qingshan couldn't help but marvel inwardly.

And then…

The mysterious force descended again.

"First level!"

A mighty, surging voice sounded directly in Lu Qingshan's mind; although Lu Qingshan did not understand this language at all, he could still comprehend its meaning.

That mighty, surging voice echoed continuously in his mind, and very soon it plunged him once again into a peculiar Illusion Realm.

Within this Illusion Realm, the profound mysteries of the Thunder-Time Fusion Beast God Dao were constantly displayed, as if a supreme expert were directly pouring his realization of the Beast God Dao into his mind.

Inside Lu Qingshan's Divine Kingdom, the endless Divine Sea clone was constantly comprehending;

even the original body, which had returned to the Chaos City, was now seriously comprehending within the residence!

In such a strange state, Lu Qingshan continuously realized.

With the help of this inheritance place, countless profound mysteries concerning the Thunder-Time Fusion Beast God Dao were all presented.

An unknown amount of time passed...

That mysterious power finally dissipated once more.

The vast surrounding black mist seemed to produce a repulsion, directly expelling Lu Qingshan's entire person.

"This inheritance place truly deserves its reputation as a special land nurtured by the Primordial Universe; it is indeed incredibly miraculous!"

While being expelled, Lu Qingshan secretly sighed in his heart: "I had clearly already completely comprehended the Time Origin Law and the Lightning Origin Law, yet while accepting this inheritance, I not only made tremendous progress in the Thunder-Time Fusion Law, but even the two great Origin Laws of Lightning and Time were subtly stirred!"

"This was just my personal, solitary comprehension; if I were to activate the Dao-Elder Gan Wu Support function, would the effect not be even more astonishing?"

It must be known that when Lu Qingshan activated the Dao-Elder Gan Wu Support function, he could freely adjust the duration of the support.

Back then, to research his self-created secret technique, he had once extended the time to one thousand years, or even ten thousand years.

But even in such a state, his cultivation speed far exceeded that of Universe Zifeng Zunzhe of the same level.

If the duration of the Dao-Elder Gan Wu Support function were shortened to one hour, or even a few minutes, his comprehension during those few minutes would be such that surpassing the Original Ancestor and Luo Feng from the original work would likely be a very simple matter.

"According to the many materials I previously consulted, combined with my feelings after accepting this inheritance, if I had enough points, even without Honor Points, I would likely be able to rapidly comprehend the first five layers of the Beast God Dao by relying on that single inheritance opportunity after breaking through!"

Lu Qingshan could not help but think secretly in his heart: "By then, having become an outer member of the Zushen Sect, there might be other methods to obtain Honor Points. In that case, I might be able to cultivate to the Lord Realm of the Universe even earlier by relying on this Beast God Dao."

And this was precisely the fundamental reason Lu Qingshan came to cultivate the Beast God Dao within this Zushen Sect.

After all, Lu Qingshan's current cultivation speed was undoubtedly extremely ordinary among Universe Zifeng Zunzhe; even though his growth had no upper limit due to the Chat Group, compared to a supreme genius like the Lord of the Sky-Eater Palace, he was certainly significantly weaker.

Although his talent in the Beast God Dao was not particularly strong, the Beast God Dao possessed an advantage that the Space-Time Dao did not: the inheritance opportunities for the Beast God Dao within the Zushen Sect.

Under normal circumstances, a Universe Zifeng Zunzhe cultivating the Space-Time Dao would find it relatively simpler than cultivating the Beast God Dao, but the Beast God Dao had the guidance of inheritance, so the speed was roughly comparable.

However, this was predicated on the fact that practitioners of the Beast God Dao found it very difficult to obtain Honor Points to unlock inheritance opportunities.

If a Beast God inheritor could obtain a large amount of Honor Points like Luo Feng in the original work, cultivating the Beast God Dao would naturally be very simple.

And this was precisely the reason why, in the original work, the Meng Yao Zu, the Insect Race, and the Mechanical Race, upon learning that Luo Feng had obtained hundreds of thousands of Honor Points, could not help but spend a shocking price to hire the Universe's Strongest to assassinate Luo Feng.

Although Lu Qingshan could not obtain a large amount of Honor Points like Luo Feng, he had the help of the Dao-Elder Gan Wu Support function; in such a state, one inheritance he accepted was worth ten or even a hundred Beast God inheritances others accepted, so the effect was certainly very astonishing.

"Ten Thousand Worlds!"

Seeing that Lu Qingshan's inheritance had ended, Zifeng Zunzhe flew over quickly, then said with a smile: "This is your first time accepting an inheritance; do not be deceived by the illusions within."

"Although this inheritance place is a step superior to our Human Race's Chaos Stele, it does not exceed it by much."

"Recall your feelings when you first comprehended the Chaos Stele, and you will know; although this inheritance place will completely display the profound mysteries of the fusion laws you cultivate before your eyes, without your previous arduous process of comprehending the Beast God Dao, you will soon forget it afterwards."

"This means that without the accumulation of countless years beforehand, relying solely on accepting one inheritance, although you will gain something, it certainly will not be much!"

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

However, for him, this point was not overly important.

After all, the points in his Chat Group also required time to accumulate; during this period, he could fully comprehend as much of the Beast God Dao as possible.

Later, combined with the inheritance place and the Dao-Elder Gan Wu Support function, the effect would absolutely be very good.

"Ten Thousand Worlds, there is one more thing I must tell you!"

Zifeng Zunzhe spoke again: "The Beast God Inheritance is divided into seven layers; although each layer gives you inheritors one free comprehension opportunity, this is certainly not enough for you inheritors!"

"If you wish to accept additional inheritances, the only way is to enter the 'Glory World' to have a chance."

"In the Glory World, defeating other inheritors of the same level allows you to obtain Honor Points; however, if you lose, you will also lose Honor Points! For every hundred Honor Points accumulated, you may accept one additional inheritance."

"However, Ten Thousand Worlds, you are currently a first-layer inheritor; there are simply no Beast God inheritors of your level on the Purple Thorn Island, so you must wait until you have made some breakthrough in the Beast God Dao before you can obtain Honor Points!"

"I understand!" Lu Qingshan nodded seriously.

"Since the inheritance has ended, we should also leave this place."

Zifeng Zunzhe soon smiled and invited: "Ten Thousand Worlds, if you have nothing else to do afterwards, why not come to my place for a visit?"

For Zifeng Zunzhe, although Lu Qingshan's current strength was slightly weaker than his, he possessed great potential.

Especially since Lu Qingshan also possessed the ability of clones, he was naturally willing to build a good relationship with Lu Qingshan.

"Very well!"

Lu Qingshan immediately nodded and agreed: "I have just finished receiving the inheritance, so I plan to return to my residence to cultivate in seclusion for a while; once this seclusion ends, I will certainly visit you, Zifeng!"

Hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Zifeng Zunzhe soon said with a smile: "Then I shall wait for you, Ten Thousand Worlds, at my residence!"

"No problem!" Lu Qingshan nodded quickly and said.

Next, Lu Qingshan first returned to his residence and cultivated in seclusion for half a month.

Only after he had fully absorbed all the gains from this inheritance did he proceed to the island located in the area covered by the Five-Colored Extreme Light Lake where Zifeng Zunzhe resided.

Then Zifeng Zunzhe invited other outer members of the Zushen Sect from the Human Race and the Hong Alliance, including the leader of the Jinjiao Race, Xiluo Duo, and others...

Next, everyone held a small banquet directly in Zifeng Zunzhe's residence; naturally, both hosts and guests were delighted after the banquet, and only then did Lu Qingshan rise to take his leave.

After leaving Zifeng Zunzhe's residence, Lu Qingshan quickly returned to his own residence on the Purple Thorn Island to cultivate in seclusion.

By now, he had completely comprehended the first layer of the Beast God Dao; naturally, he next had to cultivate the second layer of the Beast God Dao before accepting the inheritance again.

Thus, time continuously passed.

In the blink of an eye, Lu Qingshan had already cultivated on the Purple Thorn Island for several thousand years.

On this day, Lu Qingshan, who was cultivating in the quiet chamber of his residence, suddenly opened his eyes.

"That should be about enough!"

Sensing his progress over this period, Lu Qingshan thought silently to himself: "The second layer of the Beast God Dao is still quite simple. With my current understanding, even without activating the Dao-Elder Gan Wu Enhancement function, I should be able to fully comprehend it completely upon accepting the inheritance!"

Thinking this, Lu Qingshan quickly headed back to the Inheritance Place and began to accept the free inheritance opportunity available after reaching the second layer of the Beast God Dao.

The effect of this inheritance acceptance was still quite good; although it did not let him immediately fully comprehend the complete second-layer inheritance, he was not very far from fully comprehending it.

Next, Lu Qingshan cultivated in the mansion for nearly ten thousand years before finally fully comprehending the second layer of the Beast God Dao.

"The third layer of the Beast God Dao from now on will be much more difficult!"

After fully comprehending the second layer, Lu Qingshan thought silently to himself: "I had better accumulate for a while longer next, and also save up some points. Then, when I accept the inheritance next time, with the help of the Dao-Elder Gan Wu Enhancement function, I will fully comprehend this third layer of the Beast God Dao in one go!"

"However, this is not something that can be accomplished in a short while; there is no need to rush!"

Lu Qingshan thought silently to himself: "Moreover, I have been in the Zushen Sect Secret Realm for such a long time now, and I haven't even gone to see that Treasure Place yet!"

"Although my talent and comprehension are not too strong, perhaps there happens to be a treasure that fits my conditions!"

Thinking this, Lu Qingshan walked directly out of the mansion, then transformed into a streak of flowing light and flew toward the square in front of the Island Lord's Palace.

Regarding the Treasure Place within the Zushen Sect, Lu Qingshan still held a certain expectation in his heart.

Especially those precious treasures; if he could obtain even one of them, it would be enough to rival all of his current assets.

Splash!

As soon as Lu Qingshan landed on the square, he saw a human powerhouse.

He was about three meters tall, wearing bright silver armor, with occasional flickers of purple light flashing in his eyes. He was a Universe Zifeng Zunzhe of the human race who cultivated the Beast God Dao, 'Qinghuo Zunzhe'.

Qinghuo Zunzhe was a powerhouse of the Universe First Bank lineage, and had already cultivated the Fire Void Beast God Dao to the fifth layer.

When Lu Qingshan first moved to Zijing Island, he had already gone to offer congratulations, so now the two were considered quite familiar.

"Wan Jie Zunzhe?"

After seeing Lu Qingshan, Qinghuo Zunzhe was first surprised, then smiled and said: "Didn't you always cultivate in seclusion within your mansion? Why do you suddenly have time to come out?"

"The path of cultivation must always alternate between tension and relaxation!"

Lu Qingshan quickly said with a smile: "My recent cultivation has hit a bottleneck, so I wanted to come out and take a turn, and also go to that Treasure Place to see if I can obtain any treasures!"

(End of this chapter)