Chapter 292: Transformation: Divine Body Surge

Looking at the purple-gold, ancient-looking longsword on the front virtual screen, Lu Qingshan felt considerable anticipation.

In fact, he had long wanted to exchange for a supreme treasure weapon to enhance his strength!

But back then, his strength was still weak, especially after acquiring the treasure from the Zushen Sect's hidden vault, drawing the attention of many greedy powerful beings.

If he had rashly exchanged for a valuable supreme treasure weapon, and perished while exploring the Cosmic Secret Realm, he might not even recoup his investment.

But now it's different!

He had now fully comprehended the fifth level of the Beast God Dao and, building upon it, created and perfected the fifth ultimate secret technique.

With his current strength, if he still dared not exchange for a supreme treasure weapon out of fear of possible death, he'd be too cowardly.

"Lei Yaozhen Killing Sword, requires 1.5 Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao Points to exchange. Lu Qingshan, do you exchange?"

"Exchange!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Lu Qingshan nodded immediately.

Boom—!

The stone disc at the center of the side hall cracked open again, slowly revealing a passage leading to an endless abyss.

Then, a treasure slowly floated out—a longsword with an ancient design, entirely purple-gold, its blade surface covered in incredibly complex, intricate mysterious law runes.

The moment this longsword appeared in midair, it flew straight toward Lu Qingshan, who had already paid the required Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao Points, and he quickly reached out and grasped it in his hand.

"Lei Yaozhen Killing Sword!"

Lu Qingshan soon infused a trace of Venerable Realm divine power into the Lei Yaozhen Killing Sword, completing its mastery, then silently thought: "Before I have enough wealth to exchange for a higher-grade supreme treasure weapon, this Lei Yaozhen Killing Sword will accompany me for a long time!"

After exchanging for the Lei Yaozhen Killing Sword and numerous treasures to enhance his life gene level, Lu Qingshan still had 2 Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao Points and 3,953 Precious Treasure Points left.

Although the remaining wealth was still considerable, Lu Qingshan did not continue exchanging for other treasures.

After all, treasures are valued for quality, not quantity; with his current strength, even exchanging for other treasures would offer him little benefit.

After exchanging for suitable treasures, Lu Qingshan quickly left the Chaos City and returned directly to his divine realm.

Over the past eighty million eons, although Lu Qingshan occasionally took his Infinite Sea avatar's split body to explore various Cosmic Secret Realms, at other times he continuously expanded the Infinite Sea avatar's volume.

When Lu Qingshan first broke through to the Cosmic Venerable Realm, the Infinite Sea avatar's diameter had already expanded to over fifty million kilometers.

But later, when Lu Qingshan broke through to the Cosmic Venerable Realm and converted his own strength into Cosmic Venerable divine power, the Infinite Sea avatar's divine body only converted twenty percent or so.

So initially, Lu Qingshan's Infinite Sea avatar needed to absorb sufficient energy to fully transform its divine power into Venerable-level divine power—a process that took roughly ten million eons.

In the subsequent sixty million eons, the Infinite Sea avatar's volume continued expanding, now reaching a diameter of over one hundred million kilometers.

Of course, for Lu Qingshan, the Infinite Sea avatar served merely as a massive energy reservoir, so a diameter of fifty million kilometers versus one hundred million kilometers made little difference to him.

After all, for his main body and second avatar, such an abundant energy source was inexhaustible!

Whoosh—!

Above the Infinite Sea, Lu Qingshan lightly swung the Lei Yaozhen Killing Sword, and the space ahead instantly shattered inch by inch.

"The power of a supreme treasure is vastly, vastly greater than that of a precious treasure!"

Watching the space before him shatter inch by inch, Lu Qingshan couldn't help but sigh: "No wonder some Cosmic Venerables see a dramatic power surge after acquiring a valuable supreme treasure!"

Although Lu Qingshan had long ago, eighty million eons ago, obtained the even more valuable high-grade supreme treasure armor "Nine Dragon Overlord Armor" from the Zushen Sect's hidden vault, the Nine Dragon Overlord Armor was defensive in nature—its power was contained and invisible unless attacked by a powerful being.

But this Lei Yaozhen Killing Sword in Lu Qingshan's hand was different!

Merely a casual swing or two already unleashed power far exceeding that of the top-grade precious treasure weapons he had used before.

"Even just an ordinary supreme treasure weapon is already this astonishing!"

Lu Qingshan silently thought: "I wonder what kind of power a peak supreme treasure—or even a supreme supreme treasure—would have?"

Although in the original novel Luo Feng easily obtained the peak supreme treasure armor "Jie Armor" and even the supreme supreme treasure "Star Tower," that was entirely because he successfully mastered the Star Tower after surviving near-certain death, completing the trial left by Zuo Shanke for his future disciple.

Aside from Zuo Shanke, the reincarnated Divine King, even other lone Cosmic Strongest beings could never directly gift a disciple a peak supreme treasure armor, let alone a supreme supreme treasure like the Star Tower.

After all, some Cosmic Strongest beings in the Original Universe don't even possess a single supreme supreme treasure!

And even among today's Human Clan, not every Cosmic Lord likely possesses a peak supreme treasure weapon, let alone rarer items like peak supreme treasure armor.

And the most valuable treasure Lu Qingshan has ever possessed is merely the high-grade supreme treasure armor "Nine Dragon Overlord Armor" he obtained from the Zushen Sect's hidden vault.

"But for me now, even an ordinary supreme treasure weapon is sufficient!"

Lu Qingshan silently thought: "Once I can activate the third form of the Nine Dragon Overlord Armor, virtually no Cosmic Overlord will be able to threaten me!"

Eighty million eons ago, Lu Qingshan had already obtained the Nine Dragon Overlord Armor from the Zushen Sect's hidden vault.

But even now, he still couldn't activate its third form, so he could never wear it to explore the cosmos.

Otherwise, if an enemy killed him, he'd suffer a massive loss.

So after obtaining the Nine Dragon Overlord Armor, Lu Qingshan sent it to his divine realm.

But just as Lu Qingshan was about to continue studying the third form of the Nine Dragon Overlord Armor, he suddenly remembered the treasures he had just spent 1,760 Precious Treasure Points on in the Human Clan's treasure vault to enhance his main body's life gene level.

"Studying the third form of the Nine Dragon Overlord Armor can wait—first, raise my main body's life gene level!"

Thinking this, Lu Qingshan quickly retrieved the numerous precious treasures he had exchanged for earlier.

One by one, rare cosmic treasures were laid before Lu Qingshan—even many Cosmic Overlords, upon seeing so many precious treasures at once, would likely become excited, even fight to the death over them.

"Too bad I'm still too poor!"

Looking at the array of cosmic rarities before him, Lu Qingshan couldn't help but sigh: "Otherwise, I could directly raise my life gene level to the hundredfold limit allowed by cosmic operational laws—this would save some resources!"

When Lu Qingshan raised his second avatar's life gene level from tenfold to fiftyfold, it cost him a full 1,680 Precious Treasure Points;

now, exchanging resources to raise his main body's life gene level from tenfold to fiftyfold cost only 1,760 Precious Treasure Points.

If he had first raised it from tenfold to twentyfold, then from twentyfold to fiftyfold, the resource cost would have been higher.

Similarly, raising life gene level directly from tenfold to one hundredfold would require fewer resources than raising it from tenfold to fiftyfold, then fiftyfold to one hundredfold.

But raising life gene level from the ordinary life tenfold to the hundredfold limit requires a full five Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao Points.

With Lu Qingshan's current wealth, after exchanging for the Lei Yaozhen Killing Sword, he no longer had enough to afford such a large resource purchase, so he could only raise his main body's life gene level to fiftyfold of ordinary life.

"Forget it—I won't think about it anymore!"

Lu Qingshan thought silently in his heart: "Who made me so poor right now? Even if I lose a bit, so be it!"

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan quickly took the treasure that could elevate the life gene level into his hand.

Afterwards...

Hum!

Lu Qingshan quickly emanated a wisp of Venerable Divine Power to completely wrap the treasure in his hand, then began to slowly fuse it into his body according to some special methods.

Because Lu Qingshan had previously gained experience in elevating the life gene level of his second clone, he was quite familiar with this process.

After these treasures were used according to specific methods, they quickly fused gradually with Lu Qingshan's Venerable Divine Power, causing Lu Qingshan's life gene level to constantly transform. Lu Qingshan's original divine body was relatively small, so the transformation was naturally very rapid.

In almost a brief moment, Lu Qingshan's life gene level was elevated by these precious resources to fifty times that of ordinary life in the universe.

But just at this moment, Lu Qingshan felt the 'hunger' of his divine body!

"This is..."

After feeling the hunger of his divine body, Lu Qingshan was first slightly stunned, then felt joy in his heart: "Could it be..."

It must be known that the precious treasures Lu Qingshan exchanged from the Human Race's treasure vault all contained shocking energy, so while elevating Lu Qingshan's life gene level, these precious treasures would also replenish the energy within Lu Qingshan's body, keeping the divine power in Lu Qingshan's body in a state of perfection at all times.

So logically, Lu Qingshan's divine body should not have been able to enter a state of 'hunger' at all.

Unless...

The size of the divine body changed due to the elevation of the life gene level.

It must be known that for most life in the universe, body size is fixed;

Even for some life forms whose size can grow with increasing strength, such as some Starry Sky Behemoths, when they reach the peak of the Domain Master level, their size will also grow to its limit.

Next, whether breaking through to the Immortal Divine Spirit realm or breaking through to the Universe Venerable realm, only the transformation of divine power would occur; their size would not increase any further.

But everything has exceptions; the laws of universe operation will also give a sliver of opportunity to some life forms that are naturally small in size.

So any life form elevating its own life gene level has the possibility of increasing its size, only the probability is very small.

And now, the fact that Lu Qingshan's original divine body entered a state of hunger very likely means such a situation has occurred.

Lu Qingshan's original body instantly appeared above the Infinite Divine Sea clone; then, endless divine power seawater surged up from below, quickly completely wrapping Lu Qingshan's original body, and was then constantly absorbed.

While Lu Qingshan's original body was absorbing this divine power, its size was also constantly growing larger.

Height increased from a little over two meters, beginning to grow continuously.

Five meters, ten meters, twenty meters, fifty meters...

Accompanying the continuous growth in height, the divine power contained within Lu Qingshan's original body was also constantly surging.

Only when Lu Qingshan's height grew to two hundred meters did it finally stop.

"Hahaha!"

Feeling his original body's two-hundred-meter height and the vast divine power contained within it, a trace of excitement inevitably appeared on Lu Qingshan's face.

It must be known that before, even after creating the fifth form of the Ultimate Secret Technique, Lu Qingshan could at most be confident in dealing with a Universe Hegemon.

If he encountered a top-tier Universe Hegemon, he would still be very prone to danger; even perishing as a result would be a very normal thing.

After all, the attacks of a top-tier Universe Hegemon are still very terrifying, and his divine body was only a little over two meters; even wearing high-grade supreme treasure armor, it was possible for a top-tier Universe Hegemon to annihilate all of his divine power in a single move.

In this case, even if he carried the split divine body of the Infinite Divine Sea clone to replenish divine power, it would be too late to replenish his own divine power.

But now, his divine body is already two hundred meters tall; although it still cannot compare to those Starry Sky Behemoths or some Meng Yao Zu royal family members, its size is already not small.

As long as Lu Qingshan can activate the Nine Dragons Conquer Heaven Armor to the third level, I am afraid that even some weaker Universe Masters might not be able to annihilate all of his divine power in a single move, let alone those top-tier Universe Hegemons.

And with just this little bit of buffer time, he can use the split divine body of the Infinite Divine Sea clone he carries to quickly replenish the lost divine body to a perfect state.

In this way, before the divine power of the Infinite Divine Sea clone's split divine body is exhausted, those super experts naturally will not be able to kill him.

"From today on, I can be said to have the capital to roam the universe!"

Feeling the endless divine power contained within his original body, Lu Qingshan couldn't help but think silently: "Although my strength is not yet too strong, I already possess extremely powerful survival capabilities!"

"As long as I do not encounter an existence of the Universe Master level, I have enough confidence to survive!"

As for Universe Masters, even if Lu Qingshan encounters them, as long as there is no major conflict of interest, they will not act against Lu Qingshan.

After all, behind Lu Qingshan stands the entire Human Race, and moreover, he is a direct disciple of Master Bingfeng Zhi; if a non-human Universe Master really acts against him, I believe the Universe Masters of the Human Race will certainly teach that opponent a lesson!

"It seems my luck is still quite good!"

Lu Qingshan couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Originally I was worried about encountering top-tier Universe Hegemons in the future, but now it seems that even if I encounter a top-tier Universe Hegemon, there is nothing to fear!"

"As for what comes next, I should mainly focus my mind on comprehending the third form of the Nine Dragons Conquer Heaven Armor!"

"As long as I can fully comprehend the third form of the Nine Dragons Conquer Heaven Armor, I can rely on powerful survival capabilities to roam freely in this vast universe!"

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan quickly waved his hand to take the Nine Dragons Conquer Heaven Armor, which was already left in the Divine Kingdom, into his hand, then began to seriously study the third-level law secret patterns on the Nine Dragons Conquer Heaven Armor.

It must be said that as a high-grade supreme treasure, the third-level law secret patterns of the Nine Dragons Conquer Heaven Armor are still very mysterious;

Under normal circumstances, only law comprehension at the high-grade Universe Venerable realm level can activate the third form of the Nine Dragons Conquer Heaven Armor within a short time.

Although Lu Qingshan's law comprehension is still somewhat lacking now, he has been studying this third form for a very long time, so he still has a certain train of thought.

Just like that, Lu Qingshan studied for a full ten thousand years before finally fully activating the third form of the Nine Dragons Conquer Heaven Armor.

Inside Lu Qingshan's Divine Kingdom.

Having handed over the task of guarding the Outer Realm Battlefield to other Universe Venerables, Lu Qingshan, wearing the Nine Dragons Conquer Heaven Armor and holding the Lei Yaozhen Killing Sword, was currently looking down at the endless seawater below.

Lu Qingshan was seen waving his hand...

Splash!

The Infinite Divine Sea clone below immediately split off a split divine body with a diameter of one million kilometers.

After storing this split divine body into the specially made world ring he carried, Lu Qingshan couldn't help but think silently in his heart: "Although in my opinion, an existence at the top-tier Universe Hegemon level should be unable to threaten me!"

"But the Nine Dragons Conquer Heaven Armor is still too precious; it is better to find someone to verify my defensive capabilities first, so as to confirm the ideas in my heart!"

After having this thought, Lu Qingshan quickly recalled a suitable candidate in his heart: the Tian Shi Palace Master.

Although Lu Qingshan did not yet know whether the Lord of Sky Eclipsing Palace had already attained the power of a top-tier Universal Overlord, the Lord of Sky Eclipsing Palace was now the strongest among those close to him.

As for the other three top-tier Universal Overlords of the human race, Lu Qingshan had only met them a few times!

"It has already been over eighty million eras since Sky Eclipsing broke through to the Venerable Realm!"

Lu Qingshan thought silently in his heart: "Even if Sky Eclipsing has not yet attained the power of a top-tier Universal Overlord, the difference must be small!"

"Sparring with Sky Eclipsing will also allow me to better determine what level my own strength has reached!"

Thinking this, Lu Qingshan immediately departed his Divine Kingdom through the temporary Divine Kingdom transmission channel and set off for the Lord of Sky Eclipsing Palace, who was guarding outside the Blood Luo Continent.

(End of this chapter)