Chapter 329: Lord of the Qingluan

In fact, during the clash between Lu Qingshan and Poison Dragon Zunzhe, powerful experts who noticed the commotion had also appeared in the surroundings.

After all, this was on a Primordial Star — battles generally only occurred when a supreme treasure emerged, so other experts who noticed the commotion naturally intended to come over and investigate.

But no matter which faction the experts belonged to, the moment they discerned the identities of the two combatants from afar, they immediately retreated, not even daring to approach and learn what was happening.

After all, Poison Dragon Zunzhe was already considered one of the strongest experts below the Lord Realm, and Lu Qingshan, who was fighting him, was no weakling either — naturally, no one else would come over to join the excitement.

However, after this azure streak of light appeared within Lu Qingshan and the others' field of vision, it showed no sign of retreat, and instead continued flying straight toward where Lu Qingshan and the other were at high speed.

"Qingluan Zunzhe has arrived!"

Inside the World Ring, upon discerning the identity of the azure streak of light, both Xin Feng Zunzhe and Wu Chi Zunzhe revealed excited expressions on their faces.

Although Lu Qingshan had previously withstood Poison Dragon Zunzhe's attacks, the two of them still felt some worry in their hearts — after all, Lu Qingshan's strength was still somewhat inferior to Poison Dragon Zunzhe's, and at most he could only rely on his astonishing reserves of divine power to stubbornly resist the opponent's attacks, utterly unable to seize the initiative in the battle.

Once Poison Dragon Zunzhe invited other experts to gang up on Lu Qingshan, or Lu Qingshan's divine power was exhausted, they would still be unable to escape disaster.

But now that Qingluan Zunzhe had arrived, they could be said to be absolutely safe.

After all, Qingluan Zunzhe's battle record had been forged through real combat across endless past ages — she had even suppressed a Lord of the Universe who had just broken through in a battle back in the day!

"It's actually Qingluan Zunzhe of the Human Race who's arrived!"

After recognizing the newcomer's identity, a hint of wariness also appeared on Poison Dragon Zunzhe's face.

Top-tier Universe Hegemons of the Human Race were extremely rare, yet every one of them was among the very best, and with the Human Race backing them, their protective treasures were also more precious.

Of course, upon seeing Qingluan Zunzhe appear, a trace of delight also rose in Poison Dragon Zunzhe's heart.

After all, being forced back by Qingluan Zunzhe sounded far better than being forced back by Wan Jie Zunzhe right before him!

Thinking of this, the thought of retreat quickly sprouted in Poison Dragon Zunzhe's heart.

And on the other side…

"Qingluan has finally arrived!"

Upon seeing Qingluan Zunzhe's figure appear, Lu Qingshan's heart also relaxed considerably.

One must know that after battling Poison Dragon Zunzhe for so long, the divine power reserves of the Endless Divine Sea avatar's split divine body he had brought this time had already been depleted by over twenty percent!

But just then, Lu Qingshan suddenly sensed Poison Dragon Zunzhe's intention to withdraw.

"This Poison Dragon Zunzhe wants to retreat?"

A flash of annoyance inevitably passed through Lu Qingshan's heart: "Fight when you want to fight, leave when you want to leave — where in the world is there such a cheap bargain?"

Thinking of this, instead of retreating Lu Qingshan advanced, charging straight at Poison Dragon Zunzhe who was trying to leave the battlefield.

Although Lu Qingshan knew it would be very difficult for him to keep Poison Dragon Zunzhe here, after being battered by the opponent for so long, he had to vent some frustration, didn't he?

Moreover, now that Qingluan Zunzhe had already arrived, he had no worries at the rear, and naturally fought even more freely.

As for a mere expenditure of divine power, what did it even count for against the Endless Divine Sea avatar's divine body with a diameter of over two billion kilometers?

"This Wan Jie Zunzhe is simply too detestable!"

Being entangled by Lu Qingshan, Poison Dragon Zunzhe's heart now also surged with some anger: "Does he really think I'm afraid of him?"

"Qingluan Zunzhe still needs over a minute to arrive — before leaving, I'll teach this Wan Jie Zunzhe a proper lesson!"

Thinking of this, Poison Dragon Zunzhe no longer retreated, but instead turned around and continued attacking Lu Qingshan.

His previous unwillingness to continue the fight was merely because he felt it wasn't worth the cost.

Now that Lu Qingshan wanted to keep entangling him, he naturally had to give the opponent a profound lesson.

After all, he wasn't afraid — his strength completely crushed Lu Qingshan's. For every unit of divine power he expended, Lu Qingshan would have to expend a thousand, or even ten thousand units!

"Hmph!"

Poison Dragon Zunzhe sneered inwardly: "Even though this Wan Jie Zunzhe possesses an avatar with such an enormous body, once too much divine power is lost, recovering in the future will be very difficult!"

"I'll only need to spend a few million epochs to fully recover, but he might need tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of epochs to recover!"

And Qingluan Zunzhe, who was over ten million kilometers away and rapidly approaching at sub-light speed, upon seeing Lu Qingshan and Poison Dragon Zunzhe entangle each other once more, also sighed with considerable feeling: "Who would have thought Wan Jie Zunzhe's ability to stay alive was actually this strong!"

In fact, after receiving Lu Qingshan's distress signal earlier, although Qingluan Zunzhe had immediately begun heading toward the coordinates Lu Qingshan provided, in her heart she hadn't believed Lu Qingshan could hold out until she arrived.

After all, she wasn't on the same Primordial Star as Lu Qingshan — although she was relatively close to the vortex passage that teleported to this Primordial Star, reaching him still required a very long time.

Nevertheless, Lu Qingshan was after all one of the rare powerful experts of the Human Race, and he also carried precious treasures on him — even if there was only the slightest chance, she had to rush over with all her might.

But what Qingluan Zunzhe hadn't expected was that by the time she arrived, Lu Qingshan was actually still holding on, and he even looked only slightly disheveled.

Even when Poison Dragon Zunzhe was about to retreat on his own initiative, Lu Qingshan had actually taken the initiative to entangle him again.

After learning that Lu Qingshan had some backing/confidence, Qingluan Zunzhe's mindset completely settled down, and while flying at top speed, she even began observing the battle between Lu Qingshan and Poison Dragon Zunzhe.

"Wan Jie Zunzhe's strength is still very formidable!"

While watching the battle between Lu Qingshan and Poison Dragon Zunzhe, Qingluan Zunzhe sighed inwardly: "Speaking purely in terms of secret technique level, Wan Jie Zunzhe's secret techniques are only slightly countered by Poison Dragon Zunzhe's secret techniques — the reason he fell into a disadvantage is merely because his own life-gene level is too low, and the supreme treasures in his hands are relatively inferior!"

"However, Wan Jie possesses an avatar with such an enormous divine body — his ability to stay alive can already rank in the top twenty of our Human Race!"

In Qingluan Zunzhe's eyes, those with the strongest ability to stay alive within the Human Race were naturally the Giant Axe Founder and the fourteen Lords of the Universe; below the Lords of the Universe were the four of them, the top-tier Universe Hegemons.

And below the top-tier Universe Hegemons, the current Lu Qingshan was already enough to rank first!

But just then…

"This is…"

Watching the battle between Lu Qingshan and Poison Dragon Zunzhe, a sudden flash of enlightenment rose in Qingluan Zunzhe's heart!

In an instant, numerous insights suddenly surged up in Qingluan Zunzhe's mind.

One must know that Qingluan Zunzhe had long since cultivated for endless ages — her cultivation time was even longer than that of some Lords of the Universe within the Human Race!

She had already comprehended the complete Shi Shi Jian Ben Yuan Law countless ages ago, and the three branches of the Time Origin Law had also long been fully comprehended — she had even created three sets of ultimate secret techniques for Universe Hegemons.

With such abundant accumulation, logically speaking, Qingluan Zunzhe could comprehend the complete Time Origin Law and step into the Lord Realm at any time.

Therefore, across the long ages of the past, Qingluan Zunzhe had always hoped to comprehend the complete Time Origin Law, but had never succeeded.

However, many Universe Hegemons were stuck at this final hurdle — breaking through to the Lord Realm relying solely on deep accumulation was also very difficult.

When luck arrived, one could break through at any time; but if luck was poor, even until the destruction of the universe one might still be unable to break through!

For those with sufficient accumulation, breaking through this bottleneck follows absolutely no规律 whatsoever.

Sometimes a slight emotional stir, or a moment of insight while gazing at the operation of the starry sky, or during a life-and-death battle…

In short, who knows when a flash of inspiration might strike the mind, a sudden enlightenment occurs, and one breaks through directly!

And at this moment, Lu Qingshan and Zifeng Zunzhe were exactly both Time Zunzhe, and since the two had already been fighting for a very long time, they understood each other's strength very well, and their moves flowed even more smoothly.

Yet while watching the battle between Lu Qingshan and Zifeng Zunzhe, a sudden flash of clarity arose in her heart.

This single thread of clarity immediately caused the accumulation of countless long years to merge into one at this moment, and she smoothly comprehended the complete Law of the Origin of Time!

After comprehending the complete Law of the Origin of Time, the bottleneck that had long held her back for endless years shattered in an instant!

Just as she broke through the bottleneck…

"Boom—!!"

The Origin Law of the Primordial Universe descended instantly, and its boundless might completely enveloped the region where she stood.

And the divine power within her body surged and roiled at this moment, even boiling over outright.

At this moment, she gazed excitedly up at the sky, only to see an incomparably colossal vortex had already appeared in the void above her.

Black, white, black… the two colors wove endlessly, ring upon ring of massive vortexes, vast and boundless, each carrying infinite, vast might.

"I've finally broken through!"

Gazing up at the colossal vortex with a diameter of several million kilometers above, she—whose divine body stood over a hundred thousand kilometers tall—was utterly excited.

The black vortex and white vortex above intertwined, ring within ring, endless and boundless, all emanating overwhelming pressure.

If one looked carefully, one would notice that on the black-and-white vortex seemed to carry some extremely faint other colors. And at the very center of this colossal vortex lay a passage—a passage connecting to the 'Origin Land of the Universe.'

"I'm about to absorb divine power any moment now!"

At this moment, a trace of relief also flickered in her heart: "Good thing I brought a Origin-type supreme treasure with me when I came to this Primordial Star!"

One must remember, her divine body was over a hundred thousand kilometers tall.

Even on this Primordial Star, closest to the Origin Land, the divine power she could absorb and convert was extremely limited.

But now, with the aid of a Origin-type supreme treasure, she could naturally convert far more of her divine body.

"The time I have to devour divine power is extremely limited—I must devour at the highest efficiency!"

A thought flashed through her mind, and she soon gave a low shout: "Sky-Green Divine Wood!"

A divine wood, entirely green in color, immediately flew out from within her body—it was precisely the Origin-type supreme treasure she carried on her, the Sky-Green Divine Wood.

The moment the Sky-Green Divine Wood appeared, it kept growing, then directly hovered between the divine power teleportation passage and her.

Boom—!!

The instant the Sky-Green Divine Wood appeared, the already vast divine power instantly grew even more violent.

From the core of the vortex, where black and white rings arranged, endless divine power seawater crazily poured down like a colossal heavenly curtain.

……

On the other side, witnessing this scene, Lu Qingshan and Zifeng Zunzhe were utterly stunned, even halting the attacks in their hands.

"This… this is…" Zifeng Zunzhe looked in disbelief toward the direction where she was.

Watching everything happening to her, how could he not know what had occurred?

She had taken the final step, breaking through to the Lord Realm!

The colossal vortex of black and white endlessly rotated, and the ocean of divine power constantly pouring down, were the greatest proof!

At this moment, Zifeng Zunzhe's expression kept shifting—shock and fury, envy, worry…

"I never expected this Qingluan Zunzhe to take that final step just like that!"

While sighing inwardly, Zifeng Zunzhe came back to his senses, his mind stirred, and he immediately took out his Poison Dragon Palace, then his entire body plunged straight into it.

Only after hiding inside the Poison Dragon Palace did Zifeng Zunzhe finally heave a slight sigh of relief.

"Never thought that coming to deal with that Wan Jie Zunzhe would lead to something like this!"

Hiding within the Poison Dragon Palace, Zifeng Zunzhe could not help sighing: "That Qingluan Zunzhe taking that final step is truly enviable!"

"Still, the news of his breakthrough should be transmitted back to the clan and the Alliance as soon as possible!"

Thinking of this, the avatar Zifeng Zunzhe had left within his clan quickly hurried to the clan's sacred land, then connected his consciousness to the clan's virtual space.

Although this virtual space could not compare to the human clan's Virtual Universe, within the bounds of a Secret Realm it could still achieve instant communication of messages.

Within the virtual space, three towering divine palaces were constructed amid a vast expanse of cloud and mist.

The residents of these three towering divine palaces were the three Lords of the Universe of the Black Lotus lineage to which Zifeng Zunzhe belonged, and the leader among them was the renowned Lord of Black Lotus!

Within one of those towering divine palaces, Lord of Black Lotus had already gathered the clan's other two Lords of the Universe together.

"Teacher!"

The moment Zifeng Zunzhe appeared out of thin air, he immediately greeted Lord of Black Lotus before him with respect.

"Poison Dragon!"

Lord of Black Lotus asked at once: "You mean to say that while you were pursuing that Wan Jie Zunzhe of the human clan, Qingluan Zunzhe arrived, and moreover broke through to the Lord Realm right before your eyes?"

"Yes!"

Zifeng Zunzhe quickly nodded and said: "This matter was witnessed by this disciple with his own eyes. Right now that Qingluan Zunzhe is absorbing divine power to elevate her divine body. This disciple has previously witnessed the scene of 'Lord of Rosefinch' of the Purple Rose lineage breaking through—there is no mistaking it!"

"Never expected that Qingluan Zunzhe actually broke through!"

"Indeed! That Qingluan Zunzhe was already a top-tier Universe Hegemon to begin with. After this breakthrough, she only needs to cultivate in seclusion for a period, and her strength is likely to become utterly terrifying!"

The other two Lords of the Universe of the Black Lotus lineage spoke up one after another.

"This breakthrough of Qingluan Zunzhe is actually an opportunity for our Northern Frontier Alliance!"

Lord of Black Lotus suddenly spoke: "Our Northern Frontier Alliance has already been at war with the six great superpowers for thousands of years. Over a thousand Universe Hegemons have already fallen, and as for ordinary Universe Zunzhe, there are even more!"

"Although the Alliance Leader has been acting to resurrect those Universe Hegemons, this is still a tremendous burden for our Northern Frontier Alliance!"

"Now that Qingluan Zunzhe has broken through to the Lord Realm, it is actually an opportunity to break the deadlock for our Northern Frontier Alliance!"

"Teacher, why is that?" Venerable Venom Dragon asked, deeply puzzled.

"Of course it's because of the conflicts between the four great factions — the Human Race, the Meng Yao Zu, and the Mechanical Race!"

The Lord of Black Lotus quickly continued: "These four peak races occupy the most core territories of the primordial universe, and they have been in constant struggle with one another, their grudges running bone-deep!"

"The reason they've joined forces to target our Northern Border Alliance this time is simply because we pose a threat to them! Now the Human Race has gained another Lord of the Universe — and what's more, it's a Lord of the Universe who broke through from a top-tier cosmic hegemon — which is equally a threat to the other three peak races like the Insect Race!"

"Once the balance between them is broken, our Northern Border Alliance's chance will arrive!"

……

On the Primordial Star.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

With the assistance of the origin-type supreme treasure 'Sky Green Wood', the divine power sea poured down so swiftly it was as if a vast ocean had collapsed outright!

"Absorb, absorb, absorb!!!"

At this moment, all of Venerable Qingluan's will was devoted to controlling herself and the Sky Green Wood as they madly devoured the divine power.

Devour, transform…

With the assistance of the origin-type supreme treasure Sky Green Wood, the speed of Venerable Qingluan's divine body's metamorphosis was naturally astonishingly fast.

In the brief span of a moment, her divine power — which had only been at the 'Cosmic Venerable-level seven-thousand-fold gene' — instantly skyrocketed a hundredfold, reaching the 'Lord of the Universe-level seven-thousand-fold life gene' divine power tier.

One must understand that even many Lords of the Universe in the cosmos find it extremely difficult to raise their own life gene tier to seven thousand times.

But regrettably, such a scene of wantonly devouring divine power lasted only an instant.

In just a short while, the void around Venerable Qingluan returned to calm once more, and the oppressive might of the primordial universe's origin laws also quickly receded, leaving behind only the Lord of Qingluan, who had already crossed into a new life tier and broken through to the Lord Realm.

"Hahaha, I've finally broken through to the Lord Realm!"

Feeling her own powerful divine power, the Lord of Qingluan could not help but show a slight smile on her face: "This time, with the help of the origin-type supreme treasure, I directly completed the full transformation of my divine body — I won't have to slowly accumulate divine power like I did after breaking through to the Venerable Realm before!"

One must understand that when she had just broken through to the Venerable Realm back then, her divine body had only been transformed by a little over forty percent, and it had taken a very long time afterward before she managed to complete the full transformation of her divine body.

"There are many things to do after this breakthrough, but for now, let's settle the matter right before us first!"

Thinking of this, the Lord of Qingluan's gaze quickly turned toward Venerable Venom Dragon, who not far away was fleeing at top speed in the opposite direction aboard the Venom Dragon Palace.

(End of chapter)