Chapter 456: Future Plan: Guardian Beast God

In Lu Qingshan’s divine realm.

After leaving his master Bingfengzhu’s residence, Lu Qingshan quickly returned to his own divine realm via divine realm teleportation.

Above the Infinite Divine Sea avatar, Lu Qingshan waved his hand and sent the peak-origin-class treasure he had obtained from the Fire Void Beast God, Fen Kong, into the interior of the Infinite Divine Sea avatar.

Then…

Whoosh!

The previously calm surface of the Infinite Divine Sea instantly began to boil.

Yaozhidao ， Wujinshenhaifenshencishidezhijingkeshiyijingdadaoleshangqianyigonglide ， Jiusuanshipingshizirantuntu ， Meiyimiaodoushinenggoutunxikanchenghailiangdenengliangde 。

And now, using this peak-origin-class treasure, the “Spirit Gathering Bowl,” its rate of absorbing cosmic energy could reach a million times its normal speed, making the spectacle utterly astonishing.

In fact, hundreds of billions of eons have passed since Lu Qingshan first nurtured the Infinite Divine Sea avatar; had expanding its volume not required the avatar to remain intact and demanded a separate avatar continuously disintegrating into it, the Infinite Divine Sea avatar’s diameter would long ago have begun measuring in light-years.

“With the Spirit Gathering Bowl’s aid, it will be far easier for my Infinite Divine Sea avatar to grow larger in the future!”

Lu Qingshan gazed down at the Infinite Divine Sea avatar and silently thought: “Moreover, I have now entered the fifth-rank realm—it is time to carefully plan my next cultivation direction!”

“First, to break through to the Supreme Cosmic Being realm, I must follow the Divine Power path!”

“Even if I cannot match Luo Feng from the original story and raise my life gene level to the perfect hundred-thousandfold, I must at least reach ninety thousandfold to possess the Infinite Divine Body!”

Lu Qingshan, familiar with the original story, knew well that to become a true supreme powerhouse, raising one’s life gene level to over ninety thousandfold during the Cosmic Lord stage was merely the baseline.

Of course, even among the countless strong ones of the Origin Continent, those who raised their life gene level to ninety thousandfold during the Cosmic Lord stage were exceedingly rare.

Still, ordinary strong ones, even if they did not raise their life gene level beyond ninety thousandfold at the outset, would later, upon reaching great power—such as successfully entering the Chaos Realm—reincarnate and re-cultivate to again elevate their life gene level beyond ninety thousandfold.

Thus, to avoid the complications of reincarnation and re-cultivation, Lu Qingshan naturally intended to raise his life gene level beyond ninety thousandfold during the Cosmic Lord stage before breaking through to the Supreme Cosmic Being realm.

“Beyond life gene level, I must not neglect my secret arts either!” Lu Qingshan silently planned.

Lu Qingshan, familiar with the original story, knew well that cultivators who created higher-rank secret arts from lower realms could effectively hone their comprehension.

This method was even useful for Divine King-level strong ones, let alone Lu Qingshan at his current stage.

Therefore, even merely to hone his comprehension and gain maximum benefit when observing Chaos evolution upon breaking through to the Supreme Cosmic Being realm, Lu Qingshan intended to remain in the Cosmic Lord stage for a long time.

“According to the original story, before entering the Chaos Realm, one must gradually comprehend the laws, ultimately fusing all laws into one, fully comprehending the Chaos Law, and only then can one enter the Chaos Realm!”

Lu Qingshan silently thought: “Of course, if one’s talent is sufficient, one may even prematurely comprehend the Origin Dao—such as Luo Feng’s comprehension of Life Origin and Destruction Origin, or even his own created Dao of Life and Death!”

“But comprehending and creating an Origin Dao is still too distant for me now—I will slowly comprehend the laws first.”

“I have already fully comprehended the eight lower-origin laws: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Light, Thunder, and Wind, as well as the two upper-origin laws: Time and Space!”

“I have even fully comprehended three of the Eight Beast God Paths: Thunder Time, Light Time, and Wind Time—I will now continue to comprehend the other five Beast God Paths!”

“Once I fully comprehend the other five Beast God Paths, perhaps I can create a sixth-rank secret art based on all eight Beast God Paths!”

“This will be far more complicated than specializing in a single Beast God Path like Fire Void Beast God Fen Kong, but it is a true, glorious path!”

“As for raising life gene level, I can draw inspiration from the Nine You Lord and his many imperial princes’ Tianfumifa !”

Lu Qingshan silently thought: “Now that I possess the vast divine power of the Infinite Divine Sea avatar, if I can unravel the Nine You Lord’s ‘Creation’ Tianfumifa , it will undoubtedly greatly aid in raising my own life gene level!”

“But this matter must proceed slowly—I cannot rush it!”

“Beyond these aspects, I must not slacken in improving my willpower!”

Lu Qingshan thought again: “My main body and second avatar are now fully equipped with complete sets of peak treasures; what I need next are the rare, supreme treasures—there is no need to constantly venture into the Cosmic Sea as I once did; I need only slowly seek precious opportunities.”

“If so, I shall send my second avatar to the Black Wen Stone Pillar region to temper his willpower—after all, improving willpower also enhances comprehension and cultivation speed!”

With this thought, Lu Qingshan immediately activated his fully armed second avatar.

…

In the Original Universe, within the Ancestral God Sect.

Inside the Ancestral God Palace, the three Ancestral Gods sat each upon their majestic thrones.

As Lu Qingshan set out for the Black Wen Stone Pillar dimension, the three Ancestral Gods of the Ancestral God Sect were discussing Lu Qingshan’s fifth-rank power.

“Two of you!”

The Two-Faced Ancestral God quickly spoke: “According to our Ancestral God Sect’s longstanding rules, if a Guardian Beast God attains fifth-rank power, he may become our Guardian Divine Lord!”

“Now that the Lord of Myriad Worlds has proven his strength, we should honor him as our Guardian Divine Lord!”

“I find this inappropriate!”

Before the Two-Faced Ancestral God finished speaking, the Young Ancestral God interrupted: “The Lord of Myriad Worlds has reached fifth-rank power, but he is not fully aligned with our Ancestral God Sect—his closest faction is the Human Race!”

“Know this: the Guardian Divine Lord holds extremely high status within our Ancestral God Sect—each one commands a portion of peripheral members! Currently, the closest factions of our three Guardian Divine Lords are all our own sect. If we honor the Lord of Myriad Worlds as our Guardian Divine Lord, will we not be granting the Human Race partial control over our sect’s power?”

“That argument does hold some merit.”

Upon hearing the Young Ancestral God’s words, the Elder Ancestral God quickly spoke: “Our Ancestral God Sect is the supreme power of the Original Universe. Granting the Human Race partial control over our power would indeed be inappropriate.”

“What’s inappropriate about it?”

The Two-Faced Ancestral God could not help but say: “Though the three of us can rival Supreme Cosmic Beings in the Original Universe, we are in truth only Cosmic Lords!”

“In this Lunhui era, as representatives of the Original Universe’s primordial will, even Supreme Cosmic Beings dare not oppose us. But what of the next Lunhui era?”

“Though all three of us enjoy the favor of the Original Universe’s primordial will, breaking from Cosmic Lord to Supreme Cosmic Being is extraordinarily difficult—can you be certain you will succeed?”

“If we fail to break through before this Lunhui era ends, we must rely on others’ small universes for refuge!”

“Then we will no longer be rulers of the Original Universe’s supreme power, but merely superpowers like the First Ancestral God Sect and Second Ancestral God Sect. Do you not know the current state of those two sects?”

Upon hearing the Two-Faced Ancestral God’s words, the Elder and Young Ancestral Gods both nodded slightly.

Though the three Ancestral Gods never ventured into the Cosmic Sea, other strong ones within the Ancestral God Sect did, so all three were somewhat familiar with the various factions of the Cosmic Sea.

In the first Lunhui era, the Eye Clan and Skeleton Clan were dominant; the First Ancestral God Sect fared poorly even in the Original Universe, and even worse in the Cosmic Sea;

The Second Ancestral God Sect’s situation in the Original Universe resembled today’s Ancestral God Sect, but in the Cosmic Sea, the sect’s strong ones no longer obeyed the three Ancestral Gods—they relied instead on the Supreme Cosmic Beings who could offer them refuge in small universes.

Seeing the Elder and Young Ancestral Gods both accept his words, the Two-Faced Ancestral God spoke again: “Though we three now rule the Ancestral God Sect, when this Lunhui era ends, even if we break through to Supreme Cosmic Being, we will be no different from other sects’ Supreme Cosmic Beings—then, our sect’s strong ones may no longer obey us!”

“If so, we might as well now cultivate good relations with all factions! The Human Race has immense potential—Supreme Cosmic Beings have emerged in all three Lunhui eras, and in this one, the unimaginable Yuan Zu appeared!”

“Though Yuan Zu was suppressed by the Original Universe’s primordial will, who knows if the Human Race will produce a second Yuan Zu? Thus, cultivating good relations with the Human Race is certainly correct.”