[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-all-heavens-starting-from-consuming-starry-sky-t":3,"chapter-all-heavens-starting-from-consuming-starry-sky-t-all-heavens-starting-from-consuming-starry-sky-t-chapter-5":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","All Heavens: Starting from Consuming Starry Sky to Become a God",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2305119,4506,"Chapter 5: Chaos Stele","all-heavens-starting-from-consuming-starry-sky-t-chapter-5",5,"\u003Cp>Within the inner courtyard of the Lord Mayor’s mansion stood a serene garden, and on a stone tablet outside its gate were carved three large characters: “Chaos Ruins.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The courtyard appeared modest in size, yet within it lay an immeasurably vast and desolate space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Across this desolate land lay countless corpses of wildly varying shapes—some as massive as planets, others less than a meter tall—but all emitted a terrifying aura, far stronger by countless times than the Black Peak King who had once transported Lu Qingshan and his group to the Initial Universe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the deepest reaches of this endless land sat a towering figure upon a throne, a man roughly three meters tall and powerfully built.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wore an ancient, dark red battle armor covered in countless law runes, armored boots on his feet, and a scaled tail extending from his back; his fearsome face bore strange runes and two fiery red horns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the Chaos Lord, the true ruler of the Virtual Universe Corporation and a genuine supreme powerhouse among humanity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Lu Qingshan and his group entered the Chaos City, the Chaos Lord paused slightly: “Someone dares to possess a human powerhouse and then enter the Initial Universe?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So they’re remnants of the Yanji Continent’s original inhabitants!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After probing the details, the Chaos Lord understood: “Ever since the four great clans jointly eradicated the Yanji Continent’s original inhabitants, their enmity with humanity has been deep as the sea. Yet they never had a Universe Master among them—now they likely have no Universe Lords left at all, and certainly cannot comprehend the power of a Universe Master!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This youngling managed to possess one of our kind and ascend to the peak of the Domain Lord realm—not bad at all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Chaos Lord sighed: “But those not of our kind harbor different hearts. Enough—join your kind in oblivion.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a thought, the Chaos Lord made one of the Domain Lord peak warriors in Lu Qingshan’s group vanish—as if they had never existed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Qingshan and his group, even the guiding emissary leading them, sensed nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the Chaos Lord’s gaze turned outward: “Guiyi.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, a bald man clad in crimson battle robes appeared before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though suddenly teleported into the Chaos Ruins, Guiyi, the Venerable One, felt no surprise—such events had occurred countless times over countless eons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Chaos Lord summoned him here, it meant he had an order to give.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master!” Guiyi bowed respectfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Among the Domain Lord youths entering the Initial Universe, one was possessed by a remnant of the Yanji Continent’s original inhabitants.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Chaos Lord ordered directly: “Since this one reached Domain Lord peak and earned a chance to contemplate the Chaos Stele, he likely holds status in his homeland—possibly sheltering other Yanji remnants. Send someone to handle this.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yanji Continent remnants?” Guiyi blinked in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long ago, to open the Outer Seventh Battlefield, the four peak clans had swept through a vast star region around the Star Tower—their original inhabitants suffered greatly, and the Yanji people were among them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guiyi himself had been one of the human warriors who opened that battlefield, and the Yanji Continent had been one of his assigned zones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After slaying several Universe Lords on Yanji, he had even seized several unique rune weapons of the Yanji clan—but they were useless to him; he kept only one to give to a disciple and sold the rest at high prices to other human powerhouses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Guiyi recalled only briefly, then quickly replied: “Master, rest assured—I will handle this thoroughly. Not a single Yanji remnant hiding within our human territory shall escape.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm.” The Chaos Lord nodded slightly. “You may go.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Master.” Guiyi bowed respectfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Space twisted, and Guiyi’s form vanished from the corpse-strewn wasteland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Chaos Lord gave orders to Guiyi, the black-robed guiding emissary led Lu Qingshan’s group into a dreamlike corridor within the Lord Mayor’s mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along both sides of this dreamlike corridor hung countless mysterious paintings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“These paintings on the corridor walls are copies of the fifty Chaos Steles within the Chaos City.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black-robed emissary gestured to the mysterious paintings and explained: “Though these copies cannot fully reveal the mysteries of the original steles, they will give you a preliminary sense of them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“According to our city’s rules, every cultivator entering the Initial Universe receives one chance to contemplate a Chaos Stele—seven days each.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Only seven days?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why so short?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Domain Lord warriors around them stared in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn’t each of them normally train for thousands or even millions of years at a time?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seven days meant nothing to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Silence!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black-robed emissary frowned and said sternly: “Do you know what the Chaos Stele is? Even a Universe Nation Lord—the greatest of beings—never contemplates one for more than seven days.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s impossible!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surrounding Domain Lords erupted in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In their minds, a Universe Nation Lord—ruler of a vast cosmic nation—was already the pinnacle of humanity’s strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even such beings needed to contemplate the Chaos Stele? And only for seven days each time?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmph!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black-robed emissary sneered: “Now you understand how precious this artifact is. Without coming to the Chaos City, you’d never see such a treasure in your entire lives.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Moreover, though you’ve earned one chance to contemplate the Chaos Stele, to gain further access, you must meet certain conditions—and join the core ranks of one of the Five Factions.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Some of you are core members of the Five Factions; some are external members; others won your slots through auctions. Core members need no explanation—but you others must decide carefully: if you wish to continue contemplating the Chaos Stele, you must fully join one of the Five Factions.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Qingshan had paid little attention to the emissary’s earlier words—he knew this from the original story—but this last part surprised him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The difference between external and core members of the Virtual Universe Corporation lay in freedom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>External members still enjoyed considerable freedom—even the right to refuse missions assigned by the Corporation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But core members must obey all orders absolutely, unless they reach a certain power level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The super-talents within the Corporation’s core were like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With their cultivation speed, many could break through to Immortality even if they simply trained safely in seclusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the training missions and life-or-death trials assigned to them by the Corporation? They could not refuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, these missions greatly enhanced their strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for Lu Qingshan, they meant nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to his own plan, once he became Immortal, he could simply rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All he needed was to assist Luo Feng before his rise—and his future would be secure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if he fully joined the Virtual Universe Corporation, and they assigned him dangerous missions, he might face fatal risks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Forget it—for now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Qingshan thought inwardly: “Let me first see how my initial contemplation of the Chaos Stele goes. If I can become Immortal, I won’t need to fully join the Corporation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the black-robed emissary spoke again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now, examine these fifty copied paintings and decide which Chaos Stele you will contemplate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black-robed emissary said solemnly: “But remember—you each have only one chance. Once chosen, it cannot be changed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You have half an hour to decide. Begin.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After giving these instructions, the black-robed emissary stepped aside and waited quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half an hour was tight—everyone immediately began searching for the most suitable Chaos Stele.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence filled the air as all stared intently at the paintings, sensing the faint mysteries within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Qingshan’s gaze swiftly scanned every painting on the walls—each ten meters long and ten meters wide, with the corresponding Chaos Stele’s name beside it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some paintings depicted withered yellow leaves; others showed raindrops; still others, sharp blades of light…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After more than twenty minutes, Lu Qingshan quickly narrowed his choice to two paintings perfectly suited to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The painting representing the “Cosmic Ultimate Chaos Stele” stirred his time-origin law—the one he had barely crossed the threshold of—with profound resonance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even this faint copy had such an effect—how much greater would the true Cosmic Ultimate Chaos Stele be?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The painting representing the “Heavenly Thunder Chaos Stele” aided his lightning-origin law most, yet its effect was weaker than the Cosmic Ultimate Stele’s impact on time-origin law.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Lu Qingshan knew this was merely an illusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt the Cosmic Ultimate Stele helped him more because his time-origin law was barely past the threshold—likely unable to even pass the first level of the Heavenly Bridge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His lightning-origin law, however, had long been recognized by the Origin Law itself, reaching a high level—enough to pass the ninth level of the Heavenly Bridge—so its effect from the Heavenly Thunder Stele painting was naturally subtle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Choosing the Cosmic Ultimate Chaos Stele would let me make rapid progress in time-origin law.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Qingshan thought inwardly: “But right now, my most urgent goal is to break through to Immortality before my lifespan expires. Time-origin law can wait until after—I’m certain the Heavenly Thunder Chaos Stele, created by humanity’s supreme powerhouses, also contains sections on time-origin law.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, this was true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the fifty Chaos Steles, there were roughly three types.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One type, like the “Great Axe Chaos Stele,” focused on secret techniques, using them to perceive origin laws; another, like the “Cosmic Ultimate” and “Nine Cosmos Chaos Steles,” focused primarily on time-origin or space-origin law; the last, like the “Heavenly Thunder Chaos Stele,” began with a lower-origin law and gradually progressed to higher-origin laws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For true geniuses, the first two types were ideal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for Lu Qingshan—a common genius who took millions of years to gain recognition of a lower-origin law—the Heavenly Thunder Chaos Stele was clearly the best choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thank you to reader v for the 100-point reward; thank you to reader Shining Morning Star for the 2000-point reward. Future updates will be posted at 6:30 PM unless otherwise announced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1652,"2026-06-20T09:18:16.807Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","f23e2254706e1e3174e020072462ccad03202d90a1cbca72a12e5dccb79b6f2f","all-heavens-starting-from-consuming-starry-sky-t-chapter-6","all-heavens-starting-from-consuming-starry-sky-t-chapter-4",516,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fall-heavens-starting-from-consuming-starry-sky-t-cover.jpg"]