Chapter 55: Shocking Willpower (5000 First Subscription Request)

On the Skybridge Dimension, in the central square.

Walsh, watching Lu Qingshan’s battle livestream, froze completely upon seeing Lu Qingshan actually pass the twelfth level of the Thunder Skybridge.

After all, his own understanding of the laws was only at this level.

And what about this Lu Qingshan?

He hadn’t deeply comprehended the temporal primordial law before becoming immortal, and his cultivation time was far shorter than Walsh’s—yet he had already caught up?

Previously, when interacting with Lu Qingshan, Walsh had looked down on him—a typical immortal who focused solely on lower primordial laws to break through.

Though both held the rank of Junior Military Lord, Walsh’s accomplishments in the higher primordial laws far exceeded those of ordinary immortals like Lu Qingshan, and his path to greater power was vastly simpler!

But now, Lu Qingshan had passed the twelfth level of the Skybridge within just over a million years after becoming immortal—what could Walsh say, after three million years of cultivation with no real progress?

“I never expected Lu Qingshan’s cultivation speed after becoming immortal wouldn’t slow down—even accelerated!”

Watching Lu Qingshan’s figure on the screen, Walsh couldn’t help but think inwardly: “If he maintains this pace, in a few million years, his strength may surpass mine!”

Beside Walsh, the Skybridge Dimension’s guardian, Bafen, also showed slight surprise upon seeing Lu Qingshan pass the twelfth level.

“What an interesting little fellow!”

Guardian Bafen thought inwardly: “Perhaps after tens of millions of eons, this little fellow might even become a Marquis-level immortal with an immortal body!”

Yes!

In Guardian Bafen’s eyes, Lu Qingshan’s astonishing progress within a million years after becoming immortal was merely decent.

After all, throughout the long history of the Human Clan, geniuses and powerful beings were countless—even a rare few had passed the twelfth level of the Skybridge while still at the Cosmic level…

Compared to those super-geniuses, Lu Qingshan’s current achievements were utterly insignificant!

Guardian Bafen was only slightly surprised because Lu Qingshan’s recent progress didn’t resemble that of an ordinary immortal who broke through by focusing solely on lower primordial laws.

But in reality, at this moment, Lu Qingshan’s strength and progress speed were merely decent among immortal military lords, and utterly unremarkable among the countless immortals within the Virtual Universe Corporation!

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On the other side, Lu Qingshan, having passed the twelfth level of the Thunder Skybridge, now continued flying along the bridge’s surface toward the thirteenth level.

The Skybridge spanned the starry void, directly connecting one planet to a massive star.

Lu Qingshan soon flew to the surface of this star along the bridge.

Hiss… hiss…

Endless flames surrounded him.

“Choose your opponent: Warrior, Controller, Illusionist—select one, defeat him to pass the thirteenth level.” A deep voice echoed from within the star.

Lu Qingshan immediately replied: “I choose Warrior!”

Boom!

No sooner had he spoken than countless flames erupted from the star’s surface, converging above the Skybridge into a burly man clad in crimson battle armor.

“Challenger, reaching me is already quite impressive for an ordinary immortal!”

The burly man, wearing a crimson mask, gazed at Lu Qingshan from afar and said solemnly: “If you pass me, it means you’ve gained greater strength—and your permissions within the Virtual Universe will be upgraded!”

“But surely you understand—my strength is incomparably greater than the guardian of the twelfth level!”

Hearing this, Lu Qingshan’s expression subtly changed.

Every three levels of the Skybridge formed a major barrier—the thirteenth level was certainly not easy to pass.

In the original timeline, Luo Feng barely passed the thirteenth level of the Nine Cosmos Skybridge—he still hadn’t fully grasped the essence of spatial primordial law, but he succeeded through a fiftyfold increase in mental force amplitude, enhanced by a Tianfumifa , plus a hint of Beast God’s aura that even the Chaos City Master praised.

But what about Lu Qingshan now?

He was only slightly stronger in law comprehension than Luo Feng had been at that time; in every other aspect, he was far inferior—passing this thirteenth level would be extremely difficult.

“Even so, I must see just how strong this thirteenth-level guardian is!”

“Kill!”

Lu Qingshan roared, instantly transforming into a dark-golden streak and charging toward his opponent.

Seeing Lu Qingshan strike first, the burly man swiftly activated complex runes on his spear.

Boom!

The two clashed instantly.

The burly man’s ancient crimson spear seemed alive—it struck Lu Qingshan’s purple crystal sword at a bizarre angle, sending it flying, then lightly thrust forward, piercing straight through Lu Qingshan’s forehead.

Under this terrifying attack, Lu Qingshan had no chance to resist—he perished within moments.

“The gap between the thirteenth and twelfth levels is truly immense!”

“To pass this level, I’ll need years of grueling cultivation!”

A thought flashed through Lu Qingshan’s mind, and he was immediately ejected from the Skybridge Dimension.

…

On the Skybridge Dimension’s island, Walsh, seeing Lu Qingshan defeated by the thirteenth-level guardian, finally exhaled deeply.

“Lu Qingshan finally lost.”

Walsh thought inwardly: “If he’d passed this level, I wouldn’t know what to say to him anymore!”

As the saying goes: “You fear your brother suffers, yet you also fear he finds a treasure!”

In Walsh’s heart, he certainly didn’t want Lu Qingshan—once weaker than him—to surpass him in strength!

At that moment, Guardian Bafen’s voice reached his ear: “Walsh, you may enter.”

Hearing this, Walsh instantly shot toward the Thunder Skybridge like a streak of light.

“Lu Qingshan passed the twelfth level!”

Walsh’s eyes flashed: “Then this time, I’ll pass the thirteenth level!”

Though Walsh’s current understanding of temporal primordial law wasn’t enough to reconstruct a stronger divine body, he had spent over ten million years in the core layers of the Virtual Universe Corporation and had acquired other opportunities.

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Thirteenth Level of the Thunder Skybridge.

This time, Walsh held out longer against the guardian—but was ultimately pierced through the skull by a single sword thrust.

Thirteenth Level of the Skybridge: Failure!

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On the central island outside, Guardian Bafen, the only one who witnessed Walsh’s failure, shook his head and sighed: “Too arrogant! These elite geniuses, meticulously nurtured by the Corporation since birth, look down on ordinary immortals who joined for various reasons!”

“Yet they don’t realize—among those ordinary immortals, many possess extraordinary insight; they simply lacked the opportunity to join the Five Great Factions of the Human Clan!”

“But this Lu Qingshan, having passed the twelfth level in such a short time after becoming immortal, should serve as an inspiration to those ordinary immortals within the Corporation who’ve grown complacent and stagnant since their breakthrough!”

…

At the moment Walsh failed his trial, Lu Qingshan’s consciousness was ejected from the Skybridge Dimension and returned to his residence on Thunder Island.

“I’ve been too busy cultivating—I haven’t yet tested the Immortal Altar or the Illusion Sea!”

Lu Qingshan thought inwardly: “Now I have time—I’ll test them both, and accumulate more points.”

With this thought, he activated his intent and immediately applied to enter the Immortal Altar Dimension.

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Immortal Altar Dimension.

A vast black mountain range stretched endlessly, crowned with towering peaks piercing the clouds.

At the summit of each peak stood a golden Immortal Altar.

Flash!

Soon, Lu Qingshan appeared atop one empty golden altar.

Upon arriving, Lu Qingshan felt deeply uncomfortable.

His immortal qi and the law fluctuations he normally sensed had vanished entirely.

The only thing he could now use was pure physical strength.

“Since becoming immortal and transforming my entire body into divine power, I haven’t felt this way in ages!” Lu Qingshan thought inwardly.

In the center of the golden altar stood a humanoid target, beside which a screen displayed the rules of the Immortal Altar Dimension.

“Within one second, strike the humanoid target with your fist, elbow, head, knee, and foot—strength is calculated by the lowest single strike.”

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

After reading the rules, Lu Qingshan swiftly delivered five consecutive strikes.

The screen immediately displayed the data—

“100 units, 100 units, 100 units, 100 units, 100 units. Score: ‘100 units.’ Reward: 81,000 points.”

Perfect mastery of one’s body, achieving a hundredfold physical output, is one of the most basic conditions for becoming an immortal. Lu Qingshan had long since mastered his body fully to achieve his breakthrough.

Moreover, since this was Lu Qingshan’s first visit to the Immortal Altar Dimension, all previous reward tiers had accumulated, granting him a total of 81,000 points!

“I won’t need to come back to the Immortal Altar Dimension again!”

Standing atop the peak, Lu Qingshan gazed around and even spotted other figures testing their physical output—likely elite geniuses from the Corporation’s core layers.

…

After leaving the Immortal Altar Dimension, Lu Qingshan quickly arrived at the Illusion Sea Dimension.

Boom! Boom!

Beneath him, a pitch-black ocean roared endlessly, waves dozens of meters high crashing against the cliff beneath his feet.

Lu Qingshan stood on the cliff, gazing far ahead at the boundless Illusion Sea.

“Through countless Shengsi in the Outer Battlefield, through nearly ten million years of cultivation—just how far can my willpower carry me?”

With this thought, he activated his intent and instantly shot forward like a streak of light toward the first island of the Illusion Sea.

…

On the Star of Heavenly Thunder.

A being of unimaginable power suddenly descended, intent on annihilating the entire Star of Heavenly Thunder.

“How could this happen?” Lu Qingshan stood in the void beyond the Star of Heavenly Thunder, gazing far off at the supreme being.

“Father, it was a junior member of our clan who killed the favorite disciple of this terrifying Qiangzhe !” came the voice of his third son, Lu Hongwen, in Lu Qingshan’s ear.

“Father, Master, what should we do?” The anxious voices of his other children and disciples also reached Lu Qingshan’s mind one by one.

“No!”

Lu Qingshan’s will roared like thunder—he let out a furious bellow: “Do you think this illusion can deceive me? Wake up! Wake up!”

As Lu Qingshan saw through the illusion, the scene around him instantly shifted, revealing an island blanketed in white sand—the true form of the islands within the Illusion Sea.

And this was already the fifteenth island he had passed through!

The fifteen islands had not affected Lu Qingshan in the slightest!

At the edge of the twenty-first island, deep within the Illusion Sea, sat an old man draped in a golden robe, his face covered in black scales—he was the overseer of the entire Illusion Sea dimension.

“Hmm?”

At the very moment Lu Qingshan passed the fifteenth island, the overseer suddenly opened his ancient eyes and exclaimed in surprise: “A mere beginner Military Lord? He’s passed the fifteenth island? His will must be stronger than that of most Hou -level Immortals!”

The black-scaled old man smiled as he gazed toward Lu Qingshan’s direction, eager to see just how far the young man could go.

Moments later…

“He passed the sixteenth level too?” The overseer’s astonishment deepened.

The twenty-one islands of the Illusion Sea mirrored the first twenty-one levels of the Tower of Heaven—passing the twenty-first island meant one’s will was strong enough to rival a Cosmic Sovereign.

“His mental strength is certainly nowhere near that of a Hou -level Immortal!”

The black-scaled old man couldn’t help but sigh: “But his will is astonishing—it compensates for his weak mental strength! This young man’s will is so powerful, even among Hou -level Immortals, few can match it!”

“The seventeenth island!”

Lu Qingshan, having shattered the illusion of the sixteenth island, flew onward.

Boom!

The illusion of the seventeenth island descended with overwhelming pressure…

Yet Lu Qingshan’s will remained unyielding—he endured the crushing force and shattered the island’s powerful illusion.

Immediately after, Lu Qingshan surged toward the eighteenth island!

But the pressure accompanying the eighteenth island’s illusion had grown even stronger; even with his formidable will, the terrifying force struck his consciousness like the heavens collapsing and the earth splitting.

In an instant, his consciousness was completely shattered by the dreadful pressure.

Eighteenth island—failure.

“This young man’s will is truly formidable!”

The black-scaled old man sighed: “Though he’s only a beginner Military Lord Immortal, if he walks the path of illusionist, with such terrifying will, he could potentially match the power of a high-level Military Lord—or even a Hou -level beginner!”

“I should notify those Hou -level Immortals who follow the illusionist path—perhaps one of them would be willing to take this young man as a disciple!”

Thinking this, the black-scaled old man quickly composed several emails and sent them out in bulk.

In each email, the black-scaled old man emphasized how astonishing Lu Qingshan’s will was: with the mental strength of a beginner Military Lord, he had passed the seventeenth island—an achievement few Hou -level Immortals could accomplish!

Lu Qingshan, of course, knew nothing of the old man’s actions. After being expelled from the Illusion Sea dimension, he felt deeply reflective.

In truth, before entering the Illusion Sea, he never expected his will to be so extraordinary.

After all, the eighteenth island of the Illusion Sea corresponded to the eighteenth level of the Tower of Heaven—the realm most Hou -level Immortals could only reach.

Though he failed to pass the eighteenth island, considering his current mental strength was far weaker than that of a Hou -level Immortal, it proved his will was already comparable to that of a Hou -level Immortal!

Of course, Lu Qingshan’s achievement was due to many circumstances.

First, his soul had crossed dimensions; after merging with the original host’s soul, he had always possessed a natural talent for willpower.

Yet when his power was weak, willpower offered little combat advantage, so most cultivators prioritized improving their understanding of cosmic laws.

Second, when he once ventured into the Outlands to hone himself and accumulate wealth—even though he eventually chose retirement—he faced death countless times and encountered powerful enemies skilled in soul attacks.

Such real-life mortal dangers greatly strengthened his soul’s will.

Third, over countless years, Lu Qingshan had persistently tempered his will.

Though his original plan was to rest after becoming an Immortal, even while hiding within the core territories of the Human Clan, he could still be targeted by alien spies who might enslave his soul.

Once enslaved by the soul, there was no hope—no matter how much time was reversed, he could never be revived—so he always placed great emphasis on strengthening his will.

With all these advantages, combined with nearly ten million years of accumulation, Lu Qingshan had finally developed a will comparable to that of a Hou -level Immortal!

“Still, after this trial, my accumulated points have skyrocketed!” Lu Qingshan looked at his account’s sudden surge of points and couldn’t help but smile.

Chapter two is still being written—it’ll be posted later.

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