Chapter 461: Celebration and Response

Virtual Universe, Hongmeng City, Inner City.

In a vast hall, over a dozen figures were drinking and chatting freely; they were all Universe Lords, the true pillars of the human race.

“Wanjie, well done!”

Huang Jian, Lord of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, raised his cup to invite Lu Qing nearby to drink, then smiled and said: “I heard your will has broken through to the level of the strongest in the universe?”

“Mm!”

Lu Qing also lifted his cup and drained it, then smiled and said: “I’ve been honing my will inside the Black Rune Pillar space for a while now, and finally managed to break through by luck!”

“Wanjie, that wasn’t luck!”

Huang Jian laughed and said: “I’ve spent time in that Black Rune Pillar space too—it’s indeed a great place to hone willpower, but if merely spending time there could break through, my will would’ve reached the strongest universe level long ago!”

“Exactly!”

Xu Jin, Lord of the Giant Axe Arena, quickly added with a smile: “Wanjie, if I remember right, you’ve always been gifted in willpower since you first began cultivating!”

“That’s true!”

After hearing Xu Jin’s words, Lu Qing nodded quickly: “When I was still an ordinary Immortal Spirit, it was because I braved the Illusion Sea that I became a disciple of Master Lei Huanwang—and that’s how all my later fortunes began!”

“Without Master Lei Huanwang, Brother Yao Guang, and Master Bingfeng’s help, I could never have reached this point so quickly!”

“Hahaha!”

Long Xing, Lord of the Virtual Universe Corporation, quickly said: “Wanjie, Bingfeng being your master is truly something we all envy!”

“If I had taken you as my disciple back then, I’d now have one more peak-domain-level magic treasure!”

Hearing Long Xing’s words, the surrounding Universe Lords all laughed.

Several thousand years had passed since Lu Qing gifted his magic treasure to his master, and the human race’s many Universe Lords had long learned of it from Bingfeng, who never hid the news.

A peak-domain-level magic treasure was extremely precious—even the strongest universe beings couldn’t ignore it, let alone Universe Lords.

Like the primal stars, where countless treasures emerge, each opening yields at most one treasure of peak-domain level.

And Lu Qing directly gave a peak-domain-level magic treasure to his master, Bingfeng—how could they not envy him?

Of course, alongside their envy, they also developed greater fondness for Lu Qing.

After all, if Lu Qing respected and aided his master, it proved he was a man who repaid kindness.

When his power grew even stronger in the future, he would naturally help these fellow human elites.

“Long Xing!”

After hearing Long Xing’s words, Huang Jian quickly spoke: “Among our human race’s Universe Lords, you’re the one with the least shortage of magic treasures!”

“That’s right!”

Qingdong, Lord of the Cosmic First Bank, also quickly said: “Long Xing, among all Universe Lords, you’ve cultivated the longest and specialize in forging magic treasures—you must have amassed countless resources!”

“True!”

Yanshan, another Lord nearby, added: “I recall the peak-soul-level magic treasure that appeared in our clan’s treasure vault last time was claimed by Long Xing—and recently he claimed another peak-palace-level one. Truly enviable!”

“What are you envious of?”

Long Xing shook his head helplessly: “You think forging magic treasures never fails? Last time, I spent materials worth thousands of treasure points trying to forge a top-tier one—and still failed!”

“Long Xing, you’re starting to play the poor man?”

“Indeed! Who’d have thought even Long Xing would complain about poverty!”

Instantly, the surrounding Universe Lords began teasing Long Xing.

Meanwhile, Qing Luan, Lord of the Giant Axe Arena, sat quietly to the side, only occasionally responding.

He and Lu Qing had nearly broken through to the Universe Lord realm at the same time—even slightly earlier than Lu Qing.

But Lu Qing belonged to the Virtual Universe Corporation, while he was from the Giant Axe Arena.

When he first reached the Universe Lord realm, Qing Luan immediately possessed strength rivaling veteran Universe Lords thanks to his high life gene level.

After creating his ultimate Universe Lord secret art, he leveraged his extremely high life gene level to firmly enter the third-rank Universe Lord tier.

Yet before Lu Qing—who had cultivated and broken through far less time than him—his achievements paled significantly.

But Qing Luan felt no jealousy toward Lu Qing; after all, he himself had once received Lu Qing’s help to break through to the Universe Lord realm.

Moreover, after Lu Qing donated many treasures to the human clan’s treasure vault, Qing Luan had also gained certain benefits.

Still, facing Lu Qing—now rising to fame in the Cosmic Sea and holding second place in status among the human race—Qing Luan couldn’t help feeling a tinge of disappointment.

After all, Lu Qing’s starting point had been even lower than his own, yet now the height Lu Qing had reached was one Qing Luan might never attain even after millennia of cultivation.

The faint disappointment in Qing Luan’s eyes was noticed by Lu Qing beside him, but he paid it no great mind.

After all, as time passed, his power gap with these human race elites would only widen.

Not just Qing Luan—even the Chaos City Master and the Giant Axe Founder would be left far behind!

If anyone in the future human race could match or surpass his cultivation speed, it would surely be Luo Feng—though not for countless eons yet!

Beyond Luo Feng, no one else could compare to him.

At that moment, Huang Jian’s expression subtly changed.

“Huang Jian!”

Xu Jin, noticing Huang Jian’s expression, quickly asked: “What’s wrong?”

“It’s news about the demon race and the mechanical race!”

Huang Jian quickly said: “Just now, an old friend from the Shimo Clan of the Second Cycle Era sent me word: their ancestral elder, Golden Radiance Demon God, just encountered the Demon Ancestor, Thunder Demon Ancestor, and the Mechanical Race’s Father God in the Cosmic Sea!”

“The Mechanical Race’s Father God suddenly revealed eighth-rank power, leaving the two demon race Universe Strongest helpless—and he withdrew safely!”

“What?”

“Eighth-rank power?”

“Has the Mechanical Race’s Father God been hiding his strength all along?”

Hearing Huang Jian’s words, the human race’s Universe Lords were all startled.

They had already learned from the Giant Axe Founder about the demon race acquiring a second supreme magic treasure.

But they had kept the news secret, hoping the mechanical race or the insect race would suffer losses at the demon race’s hands, giving the human race an advantage.

Now the demon race had indeed struck again at the mechanical race!

But they hadn’t expected the Mechanical Race’s Father God to be hiding his strength just like the Giant Axe Founder.