Chapter 320: Several Hundred Years Later

The five newly opened universe nations were named after the five universe sovereigns, and the Wan Jie Universe Nation led by Lu Qingshan was the one with the most vast territory among them, containing more than thirteen thousand star domains of varying sizes, which was already considered very large among the many universe nations of the human race.

The process of opening a universe nation is both simple and troublesome!

The simple part is that the human race had already completely divided up the territories of the five great universe nations; the many powerful beings of the human race only needed to take these territories as boundaries and build many important planets within each great universe nation, such as administrative planets, military camp bases, and so on!

For example, within the borders of the Wan Jie Universe Nation, a full eighteen administrative stars were built in different regions; through these administrative stars, it would naturally be possible to radiate and manage the entire territory of the Wan Jie Universe Nation in the future.

With the entire human race as a backing, and with many immortal gods leading countless realm masters to participate, the establishment of these administrative stars was still very rapid; once suitable locations were chosen, they were built in almost a very short period of time.

And the troublesome point lies in the fact that these newly opened territories are simply too vast; even with the financial and material resources of the human race, it is impossible to directly keep building life planets in every region of the territory.

After all, the Wan Jie Universe Nation alone contains more than thirteen thousand star domains, and each star domain has tens of thousands of galaxies (similar to the Milky Way where Earth is located in the original work), and within each galaxy there are theoretically hundreds of thousands of life planets.

The human race cannot artificially build life planets in every single galaxy, so in the long years to come, explorers will be needed to continuously discover life planet after life planet within this vast territory.

Of course, this kind of thing that requires long years is something the powerful beings of the human race would not do, so it naturally falls into the hands of those universe-level, or even star-level, youngsters.

Like the adventurer squad that discovered Earth in the original work, and so on…

If they discover a new life planet, and have the support of a family behind them, they can become the master of that life planet!

Even without family support, they can still take this opportunity to obtain a huge amount of astonishing wealth.

If there are no intelligent life forms on the life planet, and it is only suitable for humans to multiply and thrive, the family behind the discoverer will naturally transport large amounts of life to the new life planet to multiply and thrive;

If intelligent life has already been nurtured on the life planet, then in the case of foreign races, they will naturally all be suppressed;

If the nurtured life is a branch of the human race, generally they will be allowed to smoothly connect and enter the universe, though there are also cases where the entire race is turned into slaves.

But under such circumstances, once a strong being rises from this race, then the slave merchants and so on behind them are naturally going to be unlucky.

Of course, such matters may seem important, but for ordinary immortals they are all trivial little things, let alone for a universe sovereign like Lu Qingshan.

As the universe nation master guarding a universe nation, what Lu Qingshan needs to do is still very simple; he only needs to properly distribute the territories within the universe nation to the powerful beings under his command, and the rest will naturally be planned and developed by the large number of powerful beings under those families.

For example, realm master-level and domain master-level members holding dominion over a region, universe-level and star-level members exploring life planet after life planet whose specific coordinates have never been discovered, and so on…

Under Lu Qingshan's planning, the Wan Jie Universe Nation will have three thousand medium universe civilization nations; these medium universe civilization nations will occupy nearly eight thousand star domains, and as for the remaining five thousand star domains, they will be the direct star domains of the Wan Jie Universe Nation's imperial clan—that is, Lu Qingshan's own family.

Besides this, Lu Qingshan also ennobled thirty-six kings and one thousand and eighty marquises in one go.

Some kings ennobled in other universe nations actually only have the strength of a marquis, but the thirty-six kings ennobled by Lu Qingshan are all powerful beings who have already broken through the eighteenth level of the Connecting Heaven Bridge, strong enough to be ennobled as kings based solely on their comprehension of the Laws;

As for the one thousand and eighty marquises, they are also all marquis-level immortals possessing immortal bodies, truly worthy of the name.

Moreover, the kings and marquises ennobled by Lu Qingshan are all powerful beings willing to relocate the main forces of their entire families to develop within the territory of the Wan Jie Universe Nation; after being ennobled as kings and marquises by Lu Qingshan, they and the families behind them will also become the backbone of the Wan Jie Universe Nation's future.

As for the trivial matters in the subsequent development of the territory, Lu Qingshan naturally would not bother with them anymore, but directly handed them over to Lu Hongwen and Huo Gesi.

Of course, Lu Qingshan did not completely act as a hands-off boss, but borrowed a batch of experienced immortal gods from Universe Nation Master Yanfeng and several dozen other universe nation masters to assist Lu Hongwen and the other in developing the Wan Jie Universe Nation.

After properly arranging the matters within the Wan Jie Universe Nation, Lu Qingshan naturally once again focused his main energy on the Primitive Star.

With his current strength, even his relatively weaker second avatar (due to the size of the supreme treasure and divine body) is enough to suppress all unexpected situations encountered within the Wan Jie Universe Nation, so his true body naturally had to continue to roam the Primitive Star.

After all, there are countless opportunities on the Primitive Star; even casually obtaining one or two ordinary heavy treasures would be enough to provide countless resources for the development of the Wan Jie Universe Nation.

……

Several hundred years later, on Primitive Star number 06437.

At this moment, above a vast grassland, a figure wearing a purple-gold battle armor was continuously attacking a terrifying figure with a body length of over ten kilometers, covered all over in golden scales, with a head resembling a wolf's head but bearing a single horn, and with complex secret patterns engraved within the scales on its head.

These two figures were precisely the human race's Wan Jie Zunzhe Lu Qingshan, and the Meng Yao Zu's Terror Golden Hou clan's Chi Jin Zunzhe!

This Chi Jin Zunzhe also possessed strength at the universe overlord level; although somewhat weaker than Lu Qingshan, he could still rely on his enormous divine body to withstand for a period of time.

Earlier, a supreme treasure weapon had been born here; by the time Lu Qingshan arrived, the fully born supreme treasure had already been collected by this Chi Jin Zunzhe.

Faced with this situation, Lu Qingshan was naturally extremely unwilling, so he immediately attacked this Chi Jin Zunzhe.

When first attacked by Lu Qingshan, the Chi Jin Zunzhe, knowing he was no match for Lu Qingshan, had also thought of escaping aboard his own top-grade heavy treasure of the flying palace type, but he did not expect that Lu Qingshan actually had a palace-type supreme treasure with sealing functions in his hands.

With no choice, the Chi Jin Zunzhe could only fly out of the palace-type heavy treasure and engage in battle with Lu Qingshan.

"Wan Jie Zunzhe, don't be too arrogant!"

The Chi Jin Zunzhe, whose divine body was continuously being damaged under Lu Qingshan's attacks, could not help but roar: "The powerful beings of my Meng Yao Zu are already on their way; when they arrive, the unlucky one will be you!"

"Hahaha!"

Lu Qingshan swung his sword once more, then said coldly: "Chi Jin Zunzhe, then let's see whether you can hold on until the moment your Meng Yao Zu's powerful beings arrive!"

"I still stand by those words just now: hand over the supreme treasure you just obtained now, and I can let you leave safely; otherwise, once your divine body suffers a bit more damage, there won't be such an opportunity anymore!"

"Wan Jie Zunzhe!"

After hearing Lu Qingshan's words, the Chi Jin Zunzhe roared again: "Don't bully the yao too far!"

"Hahaha, even if I bully you, so what?"

Lu Qingshan let out an angry shout, then once again held the Meteor Scar and charged toward the Chi Jin Zunzhe.

As time passed, the Chi Jin Zunzhe's divine power was also continuously being consumed.

Ninety percent, eighty percent…

Facing Lu Qingshan, who always maintained perfect condition, the Chi Jin Zunzhe was also quite anxious in his heart.

Because he knew very well that as his divine body continuously weakened, his strength would also decline, and when the time came to withstand Lu Qingshan's attacks, the consumption of divine power would also continue to increase.

But if he were to give up the supreme treasure he had just obtained, he was also extremely unwilling.

After all, he had come to the Primitive Star to roam for several hundred years and had only snatched this one supreme treasure; moreover, he had already lost a large amount of divine power for it, so once he gave it up, the loss would be enormous.

"Why hasn't Song Ming Zunzhe arrived yet?" the Chi Jin Zunzhe thought anxiously in his heart.

Long ago, after being unable to escape aboard the top-grade heavy treasure of the flying palace type, this Chi Jin Zunzhe had already called for help from other powerful beings in the Meng Yao Zu's camp.

And Song Ming Zunzhe was the strongest universe overlord of the Meng Yao Zu alliance on this Primitive Star; although he was not a Meng Yao Zu powerful being, he was a member of a powerful race within the Meng Yao Zu alliance, and moreover had many supreme treasures protecting his body.

Once the other party arrived in time, he would naturally be able to save him and retreat completely.

A moment later, just when the Chi Jin Zunzhe's divine body had already lost thirty percent, a rather powerful domain descended.

"Song Ming Zunzhe's Flowing Sand Sea?"

Feeling the oppression that the powerful domain exerted on his own Black Wind Sea, Lu Qingshan instantly recognized the identity of the newcomer.

He had previously encountered this Songming Zunzhe when a top-grade heavy treasure had emerged; after a brief clash, Songming Zunzhe, having failed to gain the upper hand, chose to retreat.

However, the opponent's Flowing Sand Sea domain was very strong. Although both it and the Black Wind Sea that Lu Qingshan had borrowed from Zifeng Zunzhe were ordinary domain-type supreme treasures, in terms of might it was slightly superior.

And at this moment, having already received news of Songming Zunzhe, Suo Jin Zunzhe also quickly fled rapidly in the direction where Songming Zunzhe was.

"Damn Songming Zunzhe!" Lu Qingshan couldn't help cursing in his heart!

If not for Songming Zunzhe arriving in time, that Suo Jin Zunzhe might well have been slain by him.

"Hahaha!"

Suo Jin Zunzhe, using the recoil from yet another clash with Lu Qingshan, directly transformed into a streak of flowing light and flew rapidly toward where Songming Zunzhe was.

"Want to run?" Lu Qingshan snorted coldly and once again gave chase.

In truth, Lu Qingshan understood very well that even though he possessed the Black Wind Sea domain, once Songming Zunzhe arrived it would be impossible for him to slay that Suo Jin Zunzhe.

Nevertheless, he still had to wear down Suo Jin Zunzhe's divine power as much as possible, so that the opponent would need to spend more time recovering divine power later!

As for his own expenditure, first, because he was the stronger side, the divine power he consumed was far less than that Suo Jin Zunzhe's; second, that consumed divine power was even more negligible for his Endless Divine Sea avatar.

"Hahaha!"

After charging into Songming Zunzhe's Flowing Sand Sea domain, Suo Jin Zunzhe's divine body was already below sixty percent, yet at this moment he was quite pleased.

Although he had lost a fair amount of divine power this time, after all he had obtained a supreme treasure.

The lost divine power could be slowly recovered over time, but the supreme treasure he had obtained was solid and real.

Thinking of this, Suo Jin Zunzhe couldn't help turning back and roaring at Lu Qingshan: "Wan Jie Zunzhe, you can't do anything to me — why keep chasing?"

"Suo Jin Zunzhe!"

At this point Lu Qingshan had already withdrawn his Black Wind Sea domain, then said coldly: "I hope that next time we meet, you'll still have such good luck!"

"Hmph!"

Suo Jin Zunzhe, flying toward Songming Zunzhe, snorted coldly: "Wan Jie Zunzhe, you're only relying on having a massive avatar. If you ran into a top cosmic overlord of our Meng Yao Zu, let's see if you'd still dare be so arrogant!"

"Suo Jin!"

After joining up with Suo Jin Zunzhe, Songming Zunzhe cast a wary glance at Lu Qingshan, then said to Suo Jin Zunzhe beside him: "This Wan Jie Zunzhe is truly very troublesome. Even if the two of us joined forces we'd likely suffer at his hands — let's leave quickly!"

"Good!" Suo Jin Zunzhe nodded slightly, then together with Songming Zunzhe transformed into two streaks of flowing light and departed swiftly.

"What a pity!"

Watching the departing figures of Suo Jin Zunzhe and Songming Zunzhe, Lu Qingshan couldn't help sighing inwardly.

If it had been some other cosmic Zunzhe, he might well have gone after them.

But that Songming Zunzhe was different!

Although the opponent was not a top cosmic overlord, his strength was in no way inferior to Lu Qingshan's, and he also had a domain-type supreme treasure and a palace-type supreme treasure protecting him. With Lu Qingshan's current strength, there was simply no way he could do anything to the opponent.

"Who would have thought that even after obtaining a palace-type supreme treasure with sealing functions, it would still be this hard to make any gains!"

Lu Qingshan couldn't help sighing: "Among the strong who've dared contest supreme treasures with me, Suo Jin Zunzhe's strength is already on the weaker side, yet in the end I still couldn't do anything to him!"

In these past several hundred years, Lu Qingshan's gains couldn't even match what he'd obtained in the first few dozen years after the Primordial Star had just opened.

Although when he first used the palace-type supreme treasure he'd caught those alien races off guard, all Lu Qingshan had managed with that opportunity was slay one cosmic overlord and five high-grade cosmic Zunzhe.

Even adding in the gains from contesting treasures on the Primordial Star in recent years, all together it was still less than ten treasure-points.

Of course, compared to the gains of other cosmic overlords, Lu Qingshan being able to harvest nearly ten treasure-points in just a few hundred years was already an extremely astonishing haul.

Moreover, he didn't need to spend time and resources recovering his own divine power, which made the advantage even greater.

……

Just as Lu Qingshan was driving back Suo Jin Zunzhe and Songming Zunzhe, on Primordial Star number 00456 four Universe Lords had already gathered.

One should know that all the Universe Lords in the entire Primordial Universe combined were still fewer than a thousand, yet there were a full 10,081 Primordial Stars.

On top of that, some powerful Universe Lords simply wouldn't come to the Primordial Stars to adventure, so on average there wouldn't even be one Universe Lord on every ten Primordial Stars.

That four Universe Lords had now gathered on a single Primordial Star was naturally because a precious treasure had emerged.

The treasure that emerged this time was a top-grade supreme treasure armor. Although it wasn't as precious as top-grade domain-type or soul-type supreme treasures, for ordinary Universe Lords it was still extremely precious — even worth starting a great war over.

These four Universe Lords came from two factions. The one who had seized the emerged treasure first was 'Lan Feng Mojin Zhi Zhu' of the top-tier power Liu Lan Alliance; the other three Universe Lords came from the Meng Yao Zu Alliance, one of the eight super-powers.

When the three Universe Lords of the Meng Yao Zu Alliance arrived at this Primordial Star, the fully emerged top-grade supreme treasure armor had already fallen into the hands of Lan Feng Mojin Zhi Zhu of the Liu Lan Alliance.

However, faced with such a precious treasure, the three Universe Lords of the Meng Yao Zu Alliance were clearly unwilling to give up, so they directly gathered together and began attacking Lan Feng Mojin Zhi Zhu.

At this point Lan Feng Mojin Zhi Zhu's divine power had already lost ten percent. Although another Universe Lord of the Liu Lan Alliance was already on the way, Lan Feng Mojin Zhi Zhu knew very well that even with that person's help, escaping unscathed with the top-grade supreme treasure armor he'd just obtained would be very difficult.

So Lan Feng Mojin Zhi Zhu could ultimately only choose to hand over the top-grade supreme treasure armor he'd just obtained.

"Hahaha!"

A Universe Lord of the Meng Yao Zu, after waving his hand to store away the treasure Lan Feng Mojin Zhi Zhu had handed over, soon laughed loudly: "Lan Feng, and you think you can fight our Meng Yao Zu Alliance?"

"Hmph!"

Lan Feng Mojin Zhi Zhu didn't say anything more, and after a cold snort simply flew off into the distance.

"At least that Lan Feng knows his place!"

After Lan Feng left, the Meng Yao Zu Universe Lord who had stored the treasure said again: "If he kept fighting us, he might well have become the first Universe Lord to fall since this opening of the Primordial Stars!"

"Hei Shi!"

Another Universe Lord beside him quickly spoke up: "No matter what, Lan Feng Mojin Zhi Zhu is still a Universe Lord of the Liu Lan Alliance, and a Liu Lan clansman at that — we still have to give him some face!"

"Right!"

The last Universe Lord also nodded and said: "That Liu Lan Xingzhu of the Liu Lan Alliance is not someone to be trifled with. If we really did slay Lan Feng Mojin Zhi Zhu, I'm afraid that Liu Lan Xingzhu would go mad!"

"What's there to fear?"

The Meng Yao Zu Universe Lord immediately said coldly: "That Liu Lan Alliance is nothing but a top-tier power — it's far beneath our Meng Yao Zu Alliance!"

"And that Liu Lan Xingzhu is nothing to be afraid of! Setting aside our two Meng Yao Zu ancestors, even if we called King Jin Zhi and Xue Zan Mojin Zhi Zhu over, they could easily suppress that Liu Lan Xingzhu, couldn't they?"

"That's true!"

After hearing the words of the Meng Yao Zu's Lord of the Universe, the other two Lords of the Universe of the Meng Yao Zu Alliance nodded in agreement one after another.

The reason they had chosen to lead their clans to join the Meng Yao Zu Alliance was that they valued the fact that the Meng Yao Zu possessed two of the strongest beings in the universe—even the other superpowers of the primordial universe were far from comparable!

(End of this chapter)