Chapter 41: The Passage of Time

Because cross-dimensional teleportation to other worlds prevents further cultivation, Pang Bo and the others stayed in Lu Qing’s divine realm for over a day before returning to their own worlds.

This gathering also deepened mutual understanding among the group members and instilled even greater reverence for Lu Qing, this ordinary immortal deity.

After everyone departed, Lu Qing resumed his secluded cultivation.

Thus, time continued to flow, and before long, nearly a thousand years had passed.

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In the virtual universe, Thunder Island, within the cultivation space of Lu Qing’s residence.

Although Lu Qing’s residence on Thunder Island was not large, its key difference from his former apartment in the Rainfall Mountain End-Time Zone was the array of functional permissions it possessed.

Back when he lived in the End-Time Zone, he had to leave his apartment and travel to fixed killing grounds within the zone to train in the killing space.

But after moving to Thunder Island, he could directly teleport from his residence to a dedicated cultivation space.

“Scene simulation: starry sky!”

At Lu Qing’s command, his auxiliary AI, Deep Blue, immediately activated, and the entire training ground transformed into an endless, vast starry expanse.

Lu Qing stood suspended in the boundless cosmic void, wearing alloy battle boots and carrying a crystal battle sword emitting purple light on his back, gazing far ahead.

“Stars!” Lu Qing muttered.

Instantly, purple threads began emerging along the blade of his purple crystal sword, densely interweaving and linking under the force of his divine power, finally forming an extraordinary rune at the sword’s tip.

“Go!”

Lu Qing pointed the crystal sword toward a massive star ahead, and the strange rune erupted in blinding purple swordlight.

Countless swordlights converged and scattered, crossing dozens of kilometers before slamming violently into the brilliant star.

BOOM!

Amid a violent explosion, the brilliant star shattered into infinite dust, scattering across the boundless cosmic void.

Even nearby asteroids exploded under the terrifying shockwave, turning into countless interstellar dust particles.

“Hahaha! I’ve finally mastered the thirty-sixth sword technique from the ‘Initial Interpretation of Time’!”

Lu Qing gazed at the cosmic expanse ahead, a faint smile appearing on his face: “Now I’ve fully comprehended the nine simplest essences of the Time Origin Law, and the twenty-seven more complex ones.”

“Try another secret technique!”

Thinking this, Lu Qing immediately focused his gaze on the distant starry sky.

“Thunder Strike!”

Lu Qing roared, activating the hidden law rune within his purple crystal sword.

This was a devastating attack technique from the “Heavenly Thunder Analysis,” created by Thunder Master Jing Lei, who fused the Thunder Origin Law as the core with the Time Origin Law as auxiliary—its power was astonishing.

Thus, when Lu Qing had commissioned a master armorsmith to forge his weapon, he had inscribed this technique’s law rune into the blade.

But previously, his understanding of the Time Origin Law was too low to activate this rune.

Now…

WHOOSH!

Countless purple lights erupted from Lu Qing’s crystal sword, flooding the entire starry sky with violet radiance.

The purple lights converged, causing surrounding spacetime to tremble, stirring the Time Origin Law and Thunder Origin Law, until the lights linked into countless purple threads.

These countless purple threads slowly gathered around the crystal sword, forming the faint silhouette of a monstrous beast.

“Roar…”

The monstrous silhouette let out a low growl and charged forward.

Wherever it passed, space shattered, time twisted, and even a massive star ahead instantly vanished into nothingness—no dust remained.

“The ‘Thunder Strike’ truly has boundless power!”

Watching the cosmic expanse before him slowly restore itself, Lu Qing sighed: “I wonder how earth-shattering it would be if Jing Lei himself used this technique?”

“Of course, with the Multiverse Chat Group, my strength will one day surpass Jing Lei’s—then I might even create a technique more terrifying than ‘Thunder Strike’!”

Over the past thousand years, with the aid of the Cantezao Hua Dew he obtained from Han Li, Lu Qing made tremendous progress in the Time Origin Law.

Yet because he chose the path of comprehending the essences of the Time Origin Law, his early cultivation was far more arduous.

Fortunately, besides continuously using the Cantezao Hua Dew, he had saved eighty thousand points and used the Enlightenment Boost function in the chat group, enabling him to fully comprehend thirty-six essences of the Time Origin Law in less than a thousand years.

At that moment, his auxiliary AI Deep Blue’s voice suddenly echoed in Lu Qing’s mind: “Master, your sixth disciple Huges has come to see you—he’s already in the reception hall.”

“Oh?”

Lu Qing’s thoughts shifted, and the starry cosmos vanished instantly; he reappeared in the reception hall.

“Master!” Seeing Lu Qing appear, Huges bowed respectfully.

“Huges!”

Lu Qing smiled: “Aren’t you on a mission? Why are you here now?”

“Master!”

Huges replied respectfully: “Didn’t you forget? Today is the day the Universe-Wide Peak Talent Competition’s final round begins!”

“I’ve been immersed in cultivation these days—I completely forgot!” Lu Qing smiled.

“Master!”

Huges smiled: “You always paid close attention to every Talent Competition and Stronger Competition!”

Hearing this, Lu Qing’s expression softened with memory.

Yes.

Before Lu Qing broke through to become an immortal deity, he meticulously followed every Talent and Stronger Competition, aiming to identify hidden talents and take them as disciples.

Huges was the most outstanding disciple he had ever taken in his endless lifespan.

When Huges first entered the Max Axe Combat Arena’s Peak Talent Competition, he ranked 892th within the Yanfeng Universe—barely noticeable in the finals!

Lu Qing took Huges as a disciple because, despite Huges only reaching the eighth level of the Thunder Domain and not yet crossing the threshold of the Thunder Origin Law, his combat experience was extraordinary—and he had only cultivated for a hundred years.

Indeed, after becoming Lu Qing’s disciple, Huges followed his advice and remained at the Stellar Level for five thousand years, then entered the next Universe Human Peak Talent Competition hosted by the Virtual Universe Corporation, ultimately breaking into its core tier.

But now, having successfully broken through to immortality and become the group owner of the Multiverse Chat Group, Lu Qing no longer needed to rush into taking disciples.

Next chapter will be later.

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