Chapter 330: The Strong of All Races, Alien Plots, Lord of the Qingluan

"Hmph!"

The Lord of the Qingluan let out a cold sneer, and instantly, a vast river of starlight appeared out of nowhere in the surrounding void.

As soon as this star river emerged, it instantly enveloped the surrounding spacetime, completely enclosing Lu Qingshan and the others.

Within this star river, endless starlight permeated the space, and each streak of starlight emitted an extremely terrifying pressure.

This mighty star river was naturally the Lord of the Qingluan's personal domain treasure, the "Rainbow Star River."

In fact, the Rainbow Star River was extremely similar in power to Lu Qingshan's "Ultimate Void Cosmic Plate" and the domain treasure used by the Poison Dragon Zifeng Zunzhe.

So when the Lord of the Qingluan first arrived, she did not activate it—after all, domain treasures with identical effects cannot stack their power; even if she activated the Rainbow Star River, it would offer Lu Qingshan virtually no assistance, at most turning a two-way struggle into a three-way stalemate!

But now it was different!

The Lord of the Qingluan had already broken through to the Lord Realm, and even the same treasure, when activated by the comprehension of laws and power of a Lord Realm being, was vastly stronger than when activated by the comprehension of laws and power of a Universe Venerable.

The endless star river in the void surged violently, instantly covering both Lu Qingshan's Ultimate Void Cosmic Plate domain and the domain summoned by the Poison Dragon Zifeng Zunzhe.

Under the immense pressure of this star river, the Poison Dragon Palace, upon which the Poison Dragon Zifeng Zunzhe rode, resembled a small boat adrift in an ocean, as if it might capsize at any moment.

A common domain treasure suppressing a high-grade flying palace treasure was utterly impossible under normal circumstances.

But now, the one wielding the common domain treasure was a Lord Realm being, while the one inside the high-grade flying palace treasure was merely a Universe Venerable—so this outcome was entirely natural.

Of course, the high-grade flying palace treasure still possessed tremendous power; even the newly awakened Lord of the Qingluan could only slightly suppress it.

"Lord of the Qingluan!"

Soon, the Poison Dragon Zifeng Zunzhe's voice rang out from within the Poison Dragon Palace: "I truly admire you—I never expected you could take this final step under such circumstances and break through to the Lord Realm!"

"But even now that you've broken through to the Lord Realm, you still cannot stop me!"

"I won't waste more time with you today—I'm leaving! You have no clone abilities, and now that you've entered the Lord Realm, you can no longer be resurrected by reversing spacetime—I hope you keep being so arrogant!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Poison Dragon Zifeng Zunzhe once again ignited his divine power to activate his Poison Dragon Palace.

After the Poison Dragon Zifeng Zunzhe ignited his divine power, the palace's power surged instantly; even under the dual pressure of the Lord of the Qingluan's domain treasure and her control over spacetime, it rapidly accelerated to sub-light speed and shot off in the opposite direction.

"Poison Dragon, consider yourself lucky!"

Seeing the Poison Dragon Palace accelerate to sub-light speed, the Lord of the Qingluan let out a cold sneer and ceased paying attention to him.

In truth, if she had also ignited her divine power, she still might have had a chance to block the Poison Dragon Zifeng Zunzhe's escape using her domain and spacetime control.

But the Poison Dragon Palace was a high-grade palace treasure; even after her breakthrough to the Lord Realm, she could hardly harm the Poison Dragon Zifeng Zunzhe hiding inside it.

Moreover, the Poison Dragon Zifeng Zunzhe was right—she had just broken through to the Lord Realm; though her power had surged, she had lost the chance to be resurrected by reversing spacetime.

So she naturally needed to return as quickly as possible to the core territories of the human race and undergo deep cultivation to further enhance her power and survival capabilities.

Thinking of this, the Lord of the Qingluan quickly reunited with Lu Qingshan.

"Lord of the Qingluan!" Lu Qingshan bowed slightly in greeting.

"Wan Jie Zifeng Zunzhe!"

The Lord of the Qingluan nodded quickly and said: "Now is not the time for formalities—let's return to the human race's territories as soon as possible!"

"Yes!" Lu Qingshan nodded promptly in response.

Next, Lu Qingshan quickly followed the Lord of the Qingluan toward the vortex passage leading outwards; after leaving the Original Star, the two underwent one divine realm teleportation and one million-light-year instantaneous teleportation before arriving at the Great Axe Combat Arena's universal headquarters continent.

At this moment, the two Universe Lords of the Great Axe Combat Arena had already appeared on the headquarters continent.

One was towering in stature, with dazzling golden hair, a smiling face, and eyebrows that hung straight down to his chest, radiating an extraordinary aura;

the other wore dark-blue battle armor, his face covered in dark-blue scales, and a vertical eye on his Marquis Meixin!

These two were none other than Xu Jin Zhi Zhu and Wu Chi Zifeng Zunzhe of the Great Axe Combat Arena lineage.

"Hahaha! Qingluan, you've finally broken through!"

As soon as the Lord of the Qingluan and Lu Qingshan appeared on the headquarters continent, Xu Jin Zhi Zhu stepped forward with a smile and said joyfully: "Now that you've broken through, our Great Axe Combat Arena lineage has five Universe Lords—finally on par with the Virtual Universe Corporation lineage!"

Beside him, Wu Chi Zifeng Zunzhe also smiled and said: "Qingluan, congratulations on breaking through to the Lord Realm!"

"Teacher, Wu Chi!"

The Lord of the Qingluan first nodded slightly to Wu Chi Zifeng Zunzhe, then continued: "Actually, my breakthrough this time was thanks entirely to Wan Jie and the Poison Dragon Zifeng Zunzhe of the Northern Frontier Alliance!"

"If I hadn't been moved by watching their battle and thus comprehended the complete Time Origin Law, I might never have broken through to the Lord Realm!"

"Oh? There's such a story?"

Upon hearing the Lord of the Qingluan's words, Xu Jin Zhi Zhu and Wu Chi Zifeng Zunzhe were both quite surprised.

In truth, the Lord of the Qingluan had already informed them of her breakthrough immediately after it occurred; even the Great Axe Combat Arena's An Jue Zhi Zhu and the Virtual Universe Corporation's Lord Youhou had set out immediately to support her, fearing she might be surrounded by enemy race Universe Lords after her breakthrough.

Fortunately, the Lord of the Qingluan was very close to the vortex passage leading out of the Original Star, so she departed quickly, making An Jue Zhi Zhu and Lord Youhou's support unnecessary.

But at the time, she had only told them she had broken through—she had not revealed how she had done it.

Now that she had spoken these words, they finally understood the true origin of her breakthrough.

At this moment, the Lord of the Qingluan also turned to Lu Qingshan and said solemnly: "Wan Jie, thank you—without you, I might never have broken through!"

"Lord of the Qingluan, you flatter me!"

Upon hearing the Lord of the Qingluan's words, Lu Qingshan quickly replied: "Even without me, you would have broken through to the Lord Realm eventually!"

Lu Qingshan spoke nothing but the truth!

After all, in the original novel, when Luo Feng began his rise, the human race had only three top-tier Universe Tyrants: Tian Shi Gong Zhu, Xing Yu Mozhu, and Zu Shu Zifeng Zunzhe.

So either the Lord of the Qingluan had already perished completely, or she had broken through to the Lord Realm.

It was extremely difficult for a top-tier Universe Tyrant who could be resurrected by reversing spacetime to perish completely—so the Lord of the Qingluan was almost certainly the one who had broken through to the Lord Realm, and now it was clear!

Next, the Lord of the Qingluan and the other two exchanged a few more words with Lu Qingshan, after which Lu Qingshan courteously withdrew, taking with him Xin Feng Zifeng Zunzhe and Wu Chi Zifeng Zunzhe, who had emerged from his World Ring.

After all, Universe Lords and Universe Venerables were two entirely different tiers within the human race!

If the Lord of the Qingluan had not yet broken through, he could have conversed longer—even held a small banquet would have been acceptable;

but now that she had broken through to the Lord Realm, she naturally had many urgent matters to attend to—how could she possibly spare time to entertain three Universe Venerables?

So Lu Qingshan courteously took his leave!

The Great Axe Martial Arena's Universal Headquarters Continent.

New Maple Venerable and Black Wing Venerable followed Lu Qingshan on the road to the teleportation channel, the shock still not fading from their faces.

"I never expected Venerable Green Phoenix to have broken through to the Lord Realm!"

"Indeed! Now our Human Race has gained another Lord, and our future influence will surely be even stronger!"

"Exactly! Lord Green Phoenix had already possessed a special life form; after this breakthrough, she is probably considered very powerful even among the Lords!"

"I estimate the Race will convene the Supreme Council immediately to announce Lord Green Phoenix's breakthrough to us!"

Amidst the continuous telepathic exchange, the three of Lu Qingshan quickly arrived near the concentrated teleportation channel of the Great Axe Martial Arena's Universal Headquarters Continent.

Lu Qingshan had originally intended to return directly to the Virtual Universe Company's Headquarters Continent to rest, but under the warm invitations of New Maple Venerable and the other, he followed them to the Universal Mercenary Alliance's Headquarters Continent.

At the same time Lu Qingshan was rushing to the Universal Mercenary Alliance's Headquarters Continent...

In the vast universe, within an endless void of starry sky.

Three wills traversed the endless space, descending directly upon this desolate starry sky, and then faintly manifested three strange figures.

One of the figures possessed an extremely graceful posture; even as a mere phantom, she constantly radiated endless charm.

Another figure was a silver-white great snake, with billions of snake shadows vaguely surrounding and accompanying its body; the last figure was a very massive oval brown sphere, looking extremely mysterious.

These three figures were precisely the leaders of the three supreme races: the Insect Race, the Meng Yao Zu, and the Mechanical Race—the Insect Race Empress, Meng Yao Zu, and the Mechanical Race Father God.

"I assume both of you have already received the news!"

The Mechanical Race Father God looked at the Insect Race Empress and Meng Yao Zu, then spoke in a deep voice: "The Human Race's Venerable Green Phoenix has just broken through to the Lord Realm on that Primordial Star; now she has probably returned smoothly to the Human Race for secluded cultivation!"

"Hmph! Damn Human Race!"

After hearing the Mechanical Race Father God's words, Meng Yao Zu spoke coldly: "I never expected that our alliance against the Northern Frontier Alliance this time would allow the Human Race to reap the benefits, birthing a new Lord!"

"Indeed! Adding the newly broken-through Lord Green Phoenix, the Human Race now has fifteen Lords!"

The Insect Race Empress's voice was also somewhat low: "Moreover, the special life form possessed by Venerable Green Phoenix is unique in the universe; although she lacks the ability to create clones, her life gene level is naturally seven thousand times that of ordinary life in the universe!"

"Once she cultivates in seclusion for a period, crossing into the Third Stage will be very easy!"

It must be known that a Third Stage Lord is already quite rare in the universe; even within superpowers like the Four Supreme Races, not every Lord has crossed into the Third Stage.

They either raised their life gene level to nearly ten thousand times, or mastered a supreme treasure weapon suited to themselves, or created the strongest secret technique for a Lord.

If these three conditions are fully met, one has already crossed into the Fourth Stage Lord level!

"If only we had the chance to kill Lord Green Phoenix!"

Meng Yao Zu of the Meng Yao Zu quickly said: "Lord Green Phoenix has no ability to create clones, and after breaking through to the Lord Realm, she can no longer be resurrected by reversing time and space!"

"As long as we can kill her, the Human Race will not only lose a Lord, but also completely lose a top-tier Universal Hegemon!"

"Meng Cha, do you think the Great Axe would stand for that?"

The Mechanical Race Father God spoke in a deep voice: "Putting aside whether we can kill Lord Green Phoenix, if we really did kill her, do you think the Great Axe, Chaos, Peng Gong, and the others would go mad and kill ordinary Lords of our three races?"

Hearing this, Meng Yao Zu said no more.

Although the three races have been fighting endlessly throughout the past endless ages, it has generally been restrained to the level of the Universe Venerables.

Only at the very beginning, when fighting over vast core territories, did the Four Supreme Races have Lords fall into each other's hands.

If they really managed to kill Lord Green Phoenix, the Human Race would surely retaliate in kind, an eye for an eye!

"Let us consider this matter from a long-term perspective!"

The Insect Race Empress nearby quickly said: "Perhaps we can wait until Lord Green Phoenix goes to the Sea of Stars, then find a way to have the madmen of the First Cycle Era kill her; at that time, the Human Race will not be able to trace it back to us!"

"Difficult!"

The Mechanical Race Father God spoke again: "Since Lord Green Phoenix has no ability to create clones, the Human Race should not easily let her venture into the Sea of Stars!"

"By the way! Previously, Long Xingzhu of the Northern Frontier Alliance contacted me, saying he wanted to join forces with us three parties to deal with the Human Race; what do you think?"

"Truly laughable!"

Meng Yao Zu immediately sneered: "The Liu Lan Race is merely a slightly stronger powerful race; does that Long Xingzhu think that by pulling together a Northern Frontier Alliance and having that Northern Frontier fellow as a backer, he is qualified to cooperate with us?"

"Exactly!"

The Insect Race Empress also spoke in a deep voice: "That Long Xingzhu truly overestimates himself; what qualification does a single powerful race have to cooperate with us?"

The Four Supreme Races fight endlessly among themselves, so their grievances are naturally very deep.

If given the chance, they would absolutely wish to completely annihilate each other!

But while fighting endlessly, they also regard each other as worthy opponents.

Besides each other, even supreme races like the Prison Race and the Crystal Race are looked down upon by them, let alone a powerful race like the Liu Lan Race.

"Actually, I think the same!"

The Mechanical Race Father God also nodded and said: "If not for the concern regarding that Northern Frontier fellow, if we four parties joined forces, would annihilating the Liu Lan Race not be a simple matter?"

In fact, any single one of their factions has sufficient capability to annihilate the Liu Lan Race.

The reason they do not do so is first, out of fear of Northern Frontier True God; second, out of concern that it would cause other powerful races in the universe to unite against them; and third, out of concern that the other three races would reap the benefits.

"Then let us consider this time that the Human Race is lucky!"

The Insect Race Empress quickly spoke softly: "As for the Northern Frontier Alliance, let us continue according to the plan we formulated earlier with the Great Axe!"

"When that Northern Frontier fellow gets tired and can no longer persist, the Northern Frontier Alliance will naturally fall apart!"

"Good!"

"I agree as well!"

The Mechanical Race Father God and Meng Yao Zu voiced their agreement in turn.

After reaching a consensus, the massive oval brown sphere, the vaguely visible graceful figure, and the silver great snake surrounded by countless snake shadows quickly vanished, and this starry sky returned to tranquility once more.

At the same time, the oval brown sphere and the graceful figure reappeared in another starry sky; it was the Mechanical Race Father God and the Insect Race Empress.

"Empress!"

The Machine Race Father God asked in confusion, "Did you call me here alone for some matter?"

"Machines!"

The Insect Race Empress said softly, "Don't you think the Human Race and the Meng Yao Zu have far too many Lords of the Universe?"

"Among our four peak races, my Insect Race only has five Lords of the Universe, and your Machine Race also only has eight Lords of the Universe, yet the Human Race now has fifteen Lords of the Universe, and the Meng Yao Zu has as many as eighteen!"

"With so many Lords of the Universe among them, in the future their chance of producing an additional strongest being of the universe is also far greater than ours!"

"Hmph!"

Hearing the Insect Race Empress's words, the Machine Race Father God immediately gave a cold snort and said, "The strong ones of the Meng Yao Zu and the Human Race do indeed have somewhat higher comprehension, and their clansmen are far too numerous. Although most are mere ants, there will always be some geniuses emerging!"

"Exactly!"

The Insect Race Empress quickly continued, "So I think our two races should cooperate even more closely and target the Meng Yao Zu and the Human Race more!"

"That's not a bad idea!" the Machine Race Father God quickly nodded and said.

"There's a perfect opportunity right now!"

The Insect Race Empress quickly said, "The Meng Yao Zu's Lord Changjiu is currently tempering himself in the Sea of the Universe. According to my Insect Race strong ones' investigation, this Lord Changjiu now already possesses fourth-tier strength, and has already created two ultimate secret arts of a Lord of the Universe!"

"If given a little more time, he will absolutely be able to step into the fifth-tier level, and at that point the Meng Yao Zu will have three fifth-tier Lords of the Universe!"

"Your race and mine each only have one fifth-tier Lord of the Universe, and the Human Race also only has two fifth-tier Lords of the Universe. Don't you think three fifth-tier Lords of the Universe for the Meng Yao Zu is too many?"

"Rather than thinking of a way to kill that Lord Qingluan, it would be better to think of a way to kill that Lord Changjiu!"

"That is true!"

The Machine Race Father God quickly nodded and said, "That Lord Qingluan's threat to our two races is far, far less than that Lord Changjiu's!"

"However, this matter cannot be undertaken by our two races alone. We still need to contact the Human Race to discuss it together, and at that time let the Human Race take the brunt!"

"No problem!"

The Insect Race Empress quickly nodded and said, "I'll contact Giant Axe right now!"

(End of this chapter)