Chapter 88: Tears of the Meteor, Bridge to Heaven

After opening the Divine Realm teleportation channel and sending his seventh son, Lu Hongyuan, into his own Divine Realm, Lu Qingshan quickly returned to the family castle on Thunder Star.

At this time, his third son, Lu Hongwen, who had less than thirty thousand years of lifespan remaining, was handling some family trivial matters inside the family, so Lu Qingshan soon appeared in Lu Hongwen's room.

Seeing his father Lu Qingshan suddenly appear before him, Lu Hongwen felt quite puzzled in his heart.

After all, the last time he saw Lu Qingshan in the Virtual Universe, Lu Qingshan had said he would continue working for tens of thousands of years.

Of course, although puzzled in his heart, Lu Hongwen still quickly rose and greeted Lu Qingshan, saying: "Father!"

"Third Son!"

Lu Qingshan immediately said: "Didn't I already say it? I told you to hurry up and cultivate; these family trivial matters can be left for others to handle!"

Hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Lu Hongwen immediately admitted his mistake, saying: "Father, I was wrong!"

"However..."

After admitting his mistake, Lu Hongwen spoke again: "Father, I simply do not have the talent for cultivation! Like those Domain Masters in the Yanfeng Universe Country who received the acknowledgment of the Origin Laws at two or three million years old, they have almost no possibility of breaking through to Immortality before their lifespan limit arrives! And I was already over nine million years old when I received the acknowledgment of the Origin Laws, so it is even more impossible for me to break through to Immortality!"

"I know Father you care about me; not only did you take me to the Initial Universe to comprehend, but you also prepared numerous cultivation resources for me, and even invited an Immortal Deity to guide me! With so many resources, if spent on my seventh brother who has already perished, he would definitely have had a chance to break through to Immortality, but spending them on me is truly too wasteful!"

As he spoke, a trace of sadness, memory, and reluctance appeared on Lu Hongwen's face: "Father, since my birth, your son has been wandering the universe under your protection; until now, nearly ten million years have passed!"

"Now your son has less than thirty thousand years of lifespan remaining; I am afraid I cannot continue to follow you wandering the universe in the future. In this final time, your son only hopes to do more things for you, so that you can be a little more at ease!"

Since Lu Qingshan became Immortal, Lu Hongwen, following beside him, has also seen many Immortal Deities.

Precisely because of this, he knows how precious the resources Lu Qingshan spent on him truly are!

Just like Lei Guang Laozu, who ruled the Lei Guang Hai for endless years; in the past endless years, he only sent two extremely outstanding family juniors to the Initial Universe to comprehend.

Like the Lei Guang Hai Royal Family powerhouse 'Hurricane Domain Master' Qinglan, who has now become the number one Domain Master of the Lei Guang Hai Star Region, not inferior even to Lu Qingshan when he was still a Domain Master powerhouse back then, yet Lei Guang Laozu still had no intention of helping the other party enter the Initial Universe.

And the thirty thousand Hunyuan Units spent back then to send him to the Initial Universe were merely a small portion of the numerous cultivation resources Father Lu Qingshan gave him.

Among the many children and disciples of Lu Qingshan who are still alive, Lu Hongwen's comprehension ability, although not the weakest, is close to it, yet the resources Lu Qingshan gave him are the most; how could this not move him?

Precisely because of this, Lu Hongwen wanted to do more things for Lu Qingshan before his lifespan limit arrived; although these things were far from enough to repay even one ten-thousandth of Lu Qingshan's kindness to him, he still wanted to do them!

On the other side, after hearing Lu Hongwen's words, Lu Qingshan was also quite moved in his heart.

"Alright, you brat, stop being so sentimental here!"

Lu Qingshan quickly continued: "Now hand over all these matters in your hands to others, and then come with me!"

"Father, where are you taking me?" Lu Hongwen asked Lu Qingshan while quickly arranging the matters in his hands.

"Initial Universe, Chaos City!" Lu Qingshan said calmly.

Hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Lu Hongwen was stunned again, and even stopped the matters he was preparing to arrange for others to handle.

"Father, I cannot listen to you this time!" Lu Hongwen said very seriously.

This was the first time in nearly ten million years that he had opposed his father Lu Qingshan, but there was not a trace of anxiety in his heart; instead, he continued to say solemnly: "With my talent and comprehension, even if I stay in Chaos City until my lifespan limit arrives, it is impossible for me to break through to Immortality, so Father, you should save this money!"

Hearing Lu Hongwen's rebuttal, Lu Qingshan felt no dissatisfaction in his heart.

After all, Lu Hongwen was rebutting him to help him save a sum of resources.

However, the Initial Universe must still be visited!

After all, in Lu Qingshan's plan, in the future, after Lu Hongwen becomes Immortal through a treasure, he will continue to help him look after the family, so it is best to find a reason for his breakthrough.

Breaking through after comprehending in the Initial Universe, although indeed somewhat incredible for Lu Hongwen who just received the acknowledgment of the Origin Laws, is sufficient to deceive the public.

After all, compared to Lu Qingshan being able to obtain treasures that allow people to break through, most people would definitely be more willing to believe that Lu Hongwen broke through because he entered the Initial Universe to comprehend.

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan waved his hand, and an ancient stone box appeared before Lu Hongwen.

"Father, what is this?" Looking at the ancient stone box before him, a trace of puzzlement appeared on Lu Hongwen's face.

"Open it and see!" Lu Qingshan said with a smile.

Hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Lu Hongwen quickly took the stone box, and then with a 'Pa' sound, opened it.

Buzz!

As soon as the stone box opened, everything around it became dim, leaving only the oval fruit inside the stone box, flowing with five-colored light, the most dazzling.

Five-colored light flowed, and at the same time, an extremely intense fragrance instantly spread; merely smelling a trace of the fragrance, a trace of comprehension of the Jin Zhi Origin Laws arose in Lu Hongwen's mind.

"Father, this is..." After feeling the strangeness of this five-colored fruit, Lu Hongwen looked at Lu Qingshan with immense shock.

Oh my god!

What kind of precious strange object is this!

Back then, the Gilded Fruit worth one hundred thousand Hunyuan Units that Lu Qingshan helped him buy had already made him extremely heartbroken, but compared to this mysterious fruit before his eyes, that Gilded Fruit was not even worthy of being mentioned for tying its shoes!

"This object is named Tianxuan Fruit!"

Lu Qingshan said with a smile: "After a Domain Master who has received the acknowledgment of the Jin Zhi Origin Laws consumes it, there is a sixty percent chance of breaking through to Immortality!"

Buzz!

As soon as Lu Qingshan finished speaking, Lu Hongwen was completely stunned!

After a moment, Lu Hongwen looked at Lu Qingshan and asked: "Father, does such a treasure that allows people to break directly into Immortality even exist in the universe? You weren't tricked by someone, were you?"

"What are you thinking?"

Lu Qingshan said in a bad mood: "How vast is the universe? Since nutrient liquids that allow ordinary people to break through to the Universe Level can exist, how could treasures that allow people to break through to Immortality not exist?"

"But this matter is too incredible!"

Lu Hongwen couldn't help but say: "Even if such treasures truly exist, I am afraid they are not something Father you could obtain!"

Although Lu Hongwen greatly admired his father Lu Qingshan in his heart, he also knew that his father's strength was not particularly strong among Immortal Deities!

In his opinion, even the Wang Hou in the Yanfeng Universe Country could not possess such treasures; otherwise, there would not be only one or two Immortals in those Wang Hou families!

So how did Lu Qingshan obtain such a precious treasure?

"Then you don't need to worry about that!"

Lu Qingshan directly ordered: "What you need to do now is take this Tianxuan Fruit to Chaos City to cultivate in seclusion for a period of time, then directly consume this Tianxuan Fruit inside Chaos City; after comprehending the complete Jin Zhi Origin Laws, leave the Initial Universe and break through to Immortality!"

"Also... do not tell anyone about this Tianxuan Fruit; if someone asks later, just say that it was purely because of good luck that you broke through after cultivating in seclusion in Chaos City for a period of time; understand?"

"Father, this..."

After hearing Lu Qingshan's words, a trace of hesitation still flashed in Lu Hongwen's heart: "Father, such a precious treasure must be worth infinite value; perhaps you should use it to exchange for some treasures that can enhance your strength?"

Hearing Lu Hongwen's hesitant words, Lu Qingshan could not help but find it somewhat amusing, while also feeling deeply moved.

To know that countless Domain Master peak experts in the universe go mad trying to break through to become Immortal, yet now that opportunity is right before Lu Hongwen, he still remembers Lu Qingshan; although somewhat hesitant, this makes Lu Qingshan's heart extremely emotional.

"Do you think such treasures can simply be exchanged with anyone one wishes?"

Lu Qingshan quickly said, "If you fail to exchange for resources then, you might even be killed and have your treasure stolen! Very well, this Tianxuan Fruit is already yours; after you break through to become Immortal, simply take good care of the family for me!"

After hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Lu Hongwen finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yes, Father!"

Lu Hongwen immediately promised, "Your son will certainly not disappoint you, Father!"

"Very well, come with me!"

Lu Qingshan waved his hand and quickly opened a temporary Divine Kingdom teleportation channel.

Although he brought Lu Hongwen into his own Divine Kingdom, Lu Qingshan had no intention of letting him meet Lu Hongyuan now; and since Lu Hongwen and Lu Hongyuan are merely at the Domain Master level, with Lu Qingshan's control over his own Divine Kingdom, achieving this is naturally very simple!

In a short while, Lu Qingshan brought his third son, Lu Hongwen, to the Virtual Universe Company's Universal Headquarters.

After spending 100,000 points to apply for a thousand years of initial universe comprehension time for Lu Hongwen, and having him cultivate for a while longer within Chaos City before consuming the Tianxuan Fruit, Lu Qingshan handed him over to Kalista, who works under Lord Heifeng.

After properly arranging matters for his third son Lu Hongwen, Lu Qingshan finally found an opportunity to release Dolores and others who had been following him, then began handling the matter of this mission to the Yan Divine Secret Realm.

The Yan Divine Race has now followed Seeing Yan Di to separate from the Human Race, so the mission he was previously assigned to transport Yan Divine Race geniuses naturally failed.

Fortunately, this mission failure was not caused by Lu Qingshan himself, so after passing the assessment by the Mission Assessment Department, this mission was directly cancelled, and he received no punishment whatsoever.

After handling all matters, Lu Qingshan finally had time to study the soul-class heavy treasure he had exchanged from Zifeng Zunzhe.

"Meteor Tears?"

After completing the master-acceptance, a stream of information transmitted into Lu Qingshan's mind, and at the same time he learned the name of this soul-class heavy treasure.

"These 'Meteor Tears' should be the most ordinary among soul-class heavy treasures!"

Lu Qingshan thought silently in his heart: "Yet even so, they are sufficient for me to use for a very long time! Next, it is also time for the second clone to head to the Outer Battlefield!"

"However, before that, it would be best to first challenge the Heavenly Ladder, the fifteenth layer of the Heavenly Ladder, to increase my authority within the Virtual Universe Company!"

To know that a Marquis Immortal and a Warlord Immortal are completely two different levels within the Virtual Universe Company!

A Warlord-level Immortal usually engages only in trivial work such as running errands or guarding; for instance, the commander of the guard army for Primordial Secret Realm geniuses is generally a Warlord-level Immortal.

Whereas a Marquis Immortal, in terms of status, is already equivalent to a Primordial Secret Realm genius; even if entering the Primordial Secret Realm, they serve as the guiding teachers for those Primordial Secret Realm geniuses!

Once Lu Qingshan breaks through the fifteenth layer of the Heavenly Ladder, his authority within the Virtual Universe Company will surely increase greatly, and the welfare benefits in the Transport Department will also be upgraded again!

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan immediately connected his consciousness to the Virtual Universe, then rushed toward the Heavenly Ladder plane.

Virtual Universe, Heavenly Ladder plane space.

On that vast central island, more than ten figures were currently preparing to challenge the Heavenly Ladder.

"Guardian my lord!" After Lu Qingshan appeared here, he quickly walked before Guardian Bafen, who was wearing a black star robe.

"Hmm?"

Upon seeing Lu Qingshan appear, Guardian Bafen appeared quite surprised: "Little one, you have always come to challenge the Heavenly Ladder only when you are certain! What, do you have confidence this time to pass the Thunder Heavenly Ladder's fifteenth layer?"

"Yes, Guardian my lord!" Lu Qingshan answered very confidently.

He already possesses an indestructible body now; failing to pass the Heavenly Ladder's fifteenth layer would be a joke.

"It seems you are very confident!"

Guardian Bafen looked at Lu Qingshan and said with a smile: "Then I shall wait and see; I very much expect another Marquis Immortal to appear among our Human Race! Now, no one is inside the Thunder Heavenly Ladder; you may go challenge it immediately!"

"Yes, Guardian my lord!" Lu Qingshan nodded in agreement, then immediately transformed into a streak of light and flew toward the nearby Thunder Heavenly Ladder.

Lu Qingshan advanced continuously along the Thunder Heavenly Ladder and soon arrived at the fifteenth layer of the Thunder Heavenly Ladder.

The fifteenth layer of the Thunder Heavenly Ladder is on the surface of a massive star; the bridge surface extends directly from the endless starry sky.

Hiss... Hiss...

Endless flames surround the area.

After Lu Qingshan's figure appeared, the entire star began to tremble slightly, then a low voice sounded from within the star: "Choose your opponent: Warrior, Controller, or Illusionist; choose one, and defeating him will allow you to pass the fifteenth layer."

"I choose the Warrior!" Lu Qingshan said without hesitation.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

As soon as Lu Qingshan finished speaking, the flames constantly burning on the star's surface quickly began to gather, finally forming a lean man clad in fire-red armor and wearing a fire-red mask.

"Human Immortal, I have not seen you for a very long time!"

The lean man looked at Lu Qingshan and asked with a smile: "What, do you have confidence this time to pass my trial?"

"Of course!" Lu Qingshan said with a smile.

"Very good!"

The lean man nodded slightly, then said: "I hope this time you are not merely speaking; if you can truly pass my trial, you will be able to step into a new level!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the lean man instantly shot toward Lu Qingshan's direction, and the cold war blade in his hand began to shine with endless light.

Seeing this, Lu Qingshan naturally held the purple crystal long sword and charged up as well.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

In a short moment, the crystal long sword in Lu Qingshan's hand had already clashed with the war blade in the lean man's hand over a hundred times.

For a moment, the surrounding space was filled with sharp blade light and crisscrossing sword beams; merely the slightest residual waves would likely be enough to completely obliterate a Domain Master peak expert!

"It is truly simple!"

Lu Qingshan saw that a casual strike of his had forced the Guardian to defend with everything he had, and he could not help feeling a sigh of admiration.

After all, the last time he had challenged this level, he had not lasted a single move against the Guardian!

"It's over!"

After witnessing all of the Guardian's methods, a flash of Lei Guang flickered in Lu Qingshan's eyes. He then erupted violently, his sword knocking the shield from the Guardian's hands in one swing, and in the next instant his long sword pierced straight through his chest!

Puh!

The lean man's heart was pierced through, and he instantly lost all vitality; his corpse then plummeted straight down onto the bridge surface of the Tongtian Bridge.

In truth, in a real battle between Marquis-level immortals, it naturally could not be this simple. Forget a pierced heart—even if one were blasted into powder by an opponent, as long as the essence of divine power remained undamaged, one's strength would not be affected in the slightest!

It's just that the Tongtian Bridge plane's test mainly examines the challenger's comprehension of the Laws, so it only requires inflicting a wound on the Guardian's body sufficient to be fatal!

And so, the fifteenth level of the Tongtian Bridge—cleared!

Lu Qingshan did not pause at all, but flew straight toward the sixteenth level of the Heavenly Thunder Tongtian Bridge.

……

Meanwhile, outside, on the central plaza of the Tongtian Bridge plane.

Upon noticing that Lu Qingshan had truly cleared the fifteenth level of the Tongtian Bridge, a hint of surprise inevitably flashed across Guardian Bafen's face.

"He actually cleared it?"

Guardian Bafen could not help sighing: "I recall this youngster has only been an immortal for just over a million years, right? And he's already stepped into the Marquis level?"

"Even if he has fully comprehended the essence of the Laws of the Time Origin, this speed is still extremely fast! If he continues to grow at his current cultivation pace, he might well step into the King level within ten million years!"

"Forget it, let's not worry about that for now!"

Guardian Bafen thought to himself: "According to company rules, whenever an Army Commander-level immortal clears the fifteenth level of the Tongtian Bridge and steps into the Marquis level, the news must be sent to all Army Commander-level immortals under the company, to motivate them to cultivate diligently!"

Thinking of this, Guardian Bafen quickly began a mass mailing!

(End of chapter)