Chapter 8: Becoming a God and Mutation

Time continued to pass, and soon several decades had gone by.

At this moment, only a little over ten days remained since Lu Qingshan and his group left Chaos City.

On this day, a massive starship with a diameter exceeding ten thousand meters slowly flew from the Primordial Universe back into the Initial Universe.

Inside the grand hall of this starship sat several figures emitting terrifying auras; among them was Lord Heifeng, who had originally sent Lu Qingshan and others into the Initial Universe.

Behind Lord Heifeng and the others stood several Immortal Gods, each radiating an Eternal aura.

"Tell me, among those young ones who joined the core layers of our five major powers, how many do you think will break through to Immortal when they leave Chaos City this time?"

The speaker was a powerful warrior of the Ape Race with golden fur on his face; he wore dark golden battle armor and occasionally let out a fierce aura.

"Jin Gang, you really don't need to care about this!"

A bald, burly man carrying a blood-red battle blade on his back laughed and said, "I recall that among this batch of young ones leaving Chaos City, only about seventy joined your Universal Mercenary Alliance. Even if they all became Immortals, that's not many people!"

"Hmph, does your Universal First Bank have more?"

The Ape Race warrior King Jin Gang snorted coldly, then said, "Over ten thousand years ago, only about thirty joined your Universal First Bank!"

"Jin Gang, you..."

After hearing King Jin Gang's words, the smile on the bald man's face instantly vanished.

"King Jin Gang, King Jingtao!"

A gentle voice sounded; the speaker was an incredibly beautiful woman draped in light gauze, her tender gaze even causing the many Immortal Gods standing around to become entranced: "You two should stop arguing. After all, these young ones are all members of our Human Race; does it really matter which of our factions they join?"

Hearing this, King Jingtao, who had been about to continue arguing with King Jin Gang, quickly fell silent, merely glaring fiercely at King Jin Gang.

"Actually, the number of young ones who joined our Universal Galaxy Bank this time isn't too large either; we just don't know how many of them will become Immortals!"

The beautiful woman continued softly, "By the way, Lord Heifeng, you were the one who sent those young ones to the Initial Universe before, weren't you? Do you happen to know their current situation?"

"Well..."

Lord Heifeng quickly replied, "I only heard that nearly three hundred of them have already passed the tenth layer of the Heaven-Connecting Bridge, but there are certainly many among them who possess sufficient strength but haven't attempted the Heaven-Connecting Bridge yet!"

"Actually, based on past experience, about half of them should be able to become Immortals; everyone really has no need to worry!"

"This time, over five hundred young ones joined your Virtual Universe Company; naturally, you, Lord Heifeng, have no need to worry!"

The bald man, King Jingtao, said in a deep voice, "Our Universal First Bank recently opened a Secret Realm and lost quite a few Immortal Gods. Yet every time I come to Chaos City to pick people up, the number of Immortals joining our Universal First Bank is truly too small!"

"Who would say otherwise!"

The Ape Race warrior King Jin Gang likewise said, "Over ten million years ago, Princess Luo Sha, the youngest disciple of the Great Lord of Desolation, was killed by powerful beings of the Meng Yao Zu. Immediately after, the bounty on Meng Yao Zu warriors within our Universal Mercenary Alliance instantly increased by fifty percent. At that time, many Immortal Gods went to the Outer Battlefield to kill Meng Yao Zu warriors, and some powerful ones even secretly infiltrated Meng Yao Zu territory to act!"

"Although that period caused some trouble for the Meng Yao Zu, our Universal Mercenary Alliance's Immortal Gods also suffered heavy losses and haven't yet recovered to their original numbers!"

Hearing this, Lord Heifeng and the others around all showed a hint of regret on their faces.

"The demise of Princess Luo Sha was indeed a huge loss for our entire Human Race!"

Lord Heifeng couldn't help but sigh, "I recall that Princess Luo Sha had already passed the Glory Heaven-Connecting Mountain at the Domain Master level. If she hadn't perished, perhaps our Human Race would now have an additional Zifeng Zunzhe!"

"Of course!"

King Jin Gang likewise said, "Princess Luo Sha was absolutely an unparalleled genius appearing once every ten million eras in our Human Race. If not for those damn Meng Yao Zu, she would surely have become a pillar of our Human Race in the future!"

"I heard that the Great Lord of Desolation once tried to reverse time and space to resurrect Princess Luo Sha, but ultimately failed due to the Meng Yao Zu's special methods!"

Hearing this, King Jin Gang nearby immediately cursed, "The Meng Yao Zu are truly deserving of death!"

King Jin Gang once had a very beloved disciple who was killed by a powerful Meng Yao Zu warrior. Moreover, that Meng Yao Zu warrior was stronger than him; even if he wanted to avenge his disciple, he couldn't do it!

Boom, boom, boom...

Amidst the conversation of Lord Heifeng and the others, the starship continued to advance relentlessly.

Enveloped in endless chaotic currents, Chaos City stands Majestic and profound, eternal through the ages.

On the terrace of one cultivation residence within, Lu Qingshan sat cross-legged in stillness, eyes closed and motionless.

After comprehending the complete Lightning Origin Laws, Lu Qingshan immediately began seriously contemplating the Time Origin Laws.

Because his own realm was extremely high, combined with the guidance of the Thunder Chaos Stele and the assistance of the cosmic laws manifested inside and outside Chaos City, his progress speed was very fast at the beginning.

However, as his comprehension of the Time Origin Laws deepened, his rate of comprehension began to slow down more and more.

Now, several decades having passed, his comprehension of the Time Origin Laws is estimated to only reach the level of the fourth layer of the Heaven-Connecting Bridge; compared to the complete Lightning Origin Laws, it is truly insignificant!

Just then—

"Come gather immediately!"

A low, heavy voice sounded directly within Lu Qingshan's mind.

"Come see me immediately!"

"Come see me immediately!"

The voice echoed repeatedly, directly interrupting Lu Qingshan's cultivation.

"What is this?"

Lu Qingshan was slightly stunned, then instantly understood: "Has the time for comprehending arrived?"

Thinking this, Lu Qingshan, who had already opened his eyes, quickly rose, then immediately transformed into a streak of light, flying toward a direction according to the voice's indication.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Within the vast, misty, and airflow-swept areas of Chaos City, figures one after another shot skyward, all flying toward the same direction.

Above Chaos City, a starship with a diameter exceeding ten thousand meters flew from the chaotic realm that sometimes shattered and sometimes coalesced.

Splash!

The cabin door opened, and then dozens of figures flew out one after another; leading them were Lord Heifeng and the others.

At this moment, Lu Qingshan and his group also all appeared before Lord Heifeng and the others.

"Everyone!"

Lord Heifeng, who had once met Lu Qingshan and the others, spoke directly: "Your three hundred years of cultivation in the Initial Universe are about to end!"

"Ten days from now, I will be here to guide all of you out of the Chaos City!"

Lord Heifeng continued: "Now, go handle your own affairs. If you still have a chance to comprehend the Chaos Stele, go comprehend it once more! After you leave this Initial Universe, who knows how long it will be before you can enter again!"

"Yes!" A large crowd responded respectfully.

Immediately, Lu Qingshan and the others scattered, flying toward different directions of the Chaos City.

Lu Qingshan had already exhausted all his chances to comprehend the Chaos Stele in his previous attempt to grasp the Time Origin Law, so he now merely bid farewell to the few friends he had made within the Chaos City, then proceeded to the residences of several Grand Masters from the Heavenly Thunder Branch where he had once attended lectures, delivering several gifts through their direct disciples—gifts that were not precious but represented his sincere intentions.

After finishing these matters, Lu Qingshan returned to his residence and quietly waited for the time to leave the Initial Universe to arrive.

Thus, ten days passed in the blink of an eye, and Lu Qingshan and the others gathered once again before Lord Heifeng and the others.

"Very well! Your three hundred years of cultivation within the Chaos City have now completely ended!"

Lord Heifeng spoke in a deep voice: "This time, all five major superpowers of our Human Race have sent powerful experts to guide you. Once you leave the Chaos City, arrangements for your future work will begin!"

Speaking thus, Lord Heifeng quickly pointed to Jin Gangwang and others beside him: "This is Jin Gangwang of the Interstellar Mercenary Alliance; this is..."

"Greetings, Jin Gangwang; greetings..."

After Lord Heifeng finished his introductions, Lu Qingshan and the others bowed respectfully in turn.

"Very well!"

Lord Heifeng waved his hand: "Now, all of you board the spaceship; I will send you out of the Initial Universe!"

"Yes!"

Lu Qingshan and the others responded respectfully and hurriedly, then, after Lord Heifeng and the others entered the spaceship, transformed into streaks of flowing light and successively entered the spaceship's main hall.

"Depart!"

Lord Heifeng waved his hand; the spaceship trembled slightly, then swiftly flew toward the cosmic channel between the Primordial Universe and the Initial Universe.

Meanwhile, aboard the spaceship, Lu Qingshan began planning his future life.

"After I become Immortal, I will choose a relatively safe job!"

Lu Qingshan planned silently: "If possible, it would be best to choose a job within the Chaos City; that would be absolutely safe!"

However, he also knew that to work within the Chaos City, even as an ordinary guard, one needed a powerful background; with his current status, obtaining such a job would be very difficult.

"If all else fails, then choose some job at the headquarters, or within some Core Secret Realm!"

Lu Qingshan continued planning: "As long as I can safely live until Luo Feng rises and give him some help, then the future will allow me to lie flat completely!"

Amidst Lu Qingshan's thoughts, the spaceship quickly arrived at the entrance of the channel between the Primordial Universe and the Initial Universe; after experiencing a period of chaotic time flow, their group finally returned to the Primordial Universe.

"We have returned to the Primordial Universe!" After Lord Heifeng finished speaking, he immediately looked toward Lu Qingshan and his group.

Immediately, everyone else inside the spaceship also turned their gaze toward this group of World Master peak experts.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"...

Invisible connections instantly linked Lu Qingshan and his group with the Law Ocean of the Universe Origin Place.

The Metal Law Ocean, the Wind Law Ocean, the Lightning Law Ocean... that boundless aura directly transmitted over.

Everything was irreversible!

Including Lu Qingshan, many World Master peak experts, their Origin Pearls within their Fate Cores, after absorbing the special aura transmitted from the Law Ocean, instantly transformed into a human-shaped phantom.

Laws established, Origin takes form, Fate Core breaks, Divine Power floods, Soul and Body unite, crossing into Immortality!

This is the basic process of crossing into Immortality; once the Laws are established, everything is irreversible!

Previously, when Lu Qingshan and the others were in the Initial Universe, they could not connect to the Origin Place of the Primordial Universe; now that they had returned to the Primordial Universe, they naturally immediately connected to the Universe Origin Place.

Within Lu Qingshan's Fate Core space.

As an ordinary human, Lu Qingshan's Fate Core was naturally equally ordinary, so the human-shaped phantom formed by the Origin Pearl, with just a slight effort, instantly shattered the constraints of the Fate Core!

With no constraints of the Fate Core obstructing, the 'human-shaped Lu Qingshan' formed by the Origin Pearl instantly completed its connection with the boundless 'Lightning Law Ocean' in the Universe Origin Place; subsequently, the Lightning Origin Law descended directly, appearing above the spaceship Lu Qingshan was riding.

At the same time, others beside Lu Qingshan who had fully comprehended complete lower-grade Origin Laws also quickly shattered the constraints of their Fate Cores!

Boom boom! Boom boom...

The Lightning Origin Law, the Light Origin Law, the Metal Origin Law... instantly all descended.

"What is happening?"

"What's wrong?"

"The Origin Laws are descending? Could it be that someone has broken through to become Immortal again?"

"So many Origin Laws descending simultaneously; it seems another batch of World Master peak experts has just left the Initial Universe!"

"Exactly! Look, the center of the Origin Law descent is the spaceship commanded by Lord Heifeng; it must have just come out of the Initial Universe!"

"Hahaha! Among those breaking through this time, there might be our future colleagues!"

At the same time Lu Qingshan and the others broke through, many experts throughout the entire Virtual Universe Company's Universal Headquarters were alerted.

However, this situation was no longer the first time it had occurred, so although they were still quite surprised, they had long since grown accustomed to it!

Beside Lu Qingshan and the others.

Those World Master experts who had not triggered the descent of Origin Laws all looked at Lu Qingshan and the others with extreme envy at this moment.

Although they had entered the Initial Universe at the same time and now emerged together, they knew clearly in their hearts that once Lu Qingshan and the others had crossed this step, their futures would be completely different from theirs!

While envious, they also secretly resolved in their hearts to cultivate even more diligently in the days to come, so that they too could become true Immortal Gods like Lu Qingshan and the others!

Hum!

Boundless Divine Power surged wildly into the bodies of Lu Qingshan and the others below.

However, most of them were ordinary people, and their comprehension of higher-grade Origin Laws was not very deep, so they were mostly ordinary Immortals, requiring only a small amount of Divine Power to complete the transformation of their bodies.

Therefore, in just a brief moment, most of them had already completed the transformation of their divine bodies; only a few remained absorbing divine power—those who had achieved a certain level in the higher-order Origin Laws, or whose original bodies were exceptionally tall.

Others around him were still absorbing divine power, but Lu Qingshan no longer had any mind to pay attention to them.

Because, the moment he became an immortal god, the progress bar of his golden finger in his mind had actually completed.

"Ding! Welcome to the Multiverse Chat Group!"

(End of this chapter)