Chapter 91

In the time that followed, Lu Qingshan was constantly making various preparations for his second clone to head to the Foreign Battlefield.

Weapons and equipment, gathering information on various alien races' powerful figures, and so on...

Although Lu Qingshan had previously roamed the Foreign Battlefield for a time when he was at the Domain Master level, his knowledge then compared to now was worlds apart.

Therefore, much of the information and experience he gained back then was completely inapplicable to himself, who had now crossed into the Marquis level; naturally, he needed to continue learning new information.

One month later, Lu Qingshan finally finished preparing everything that needed to be prepared, then promptly sent it all into his Divine Kingdom.

Meanwhile, the second clone, carrying numerous resources, traveled through the Divine Kingdom's teleportation and arrived at a remote region of the Lei Guang Hai star domain.

"Kashi!"

With a thought from Lu Qingshan, his auxiliary metal lifeform Kashi quickly transformed into a metal lake over a thousand kilometers in diameter in the starry sky before him.

Lu Qingshan gazed at the metal lake ahead, feeling quite emotional in his heart.

This auxiliary metal lifeform Kashi had been his combat partner since he first broke through to the Universe level, and later helped him escape several life-or-death crises.

Now that Lu Qingshan possessed sufficient power, he naturally would not sit idly by and watch Kashi perish due to an inability to break through to the Immortal Realm.

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan waved his hand, and the numerous precious supplies he had previously purchased immediately flew toward the metal lake ahead.

A vortex quickly appeared in the center of that metal lake, sucking all those precious supplies inside.

"It hurts, it hurts..." Kashi's consciousness echoed in Lu Qingshan's mind.

"Endure it!"

Lu Qingshan quickly transmitted a comforting consciousness: "Whether you can break through to the Immortal Realm from now on depends entirely on yourself! There's an eighty percent chance; I believe you will definitely succeed!"

Before long, the entire metal lake began to boil thoroughly.

Regeneration!

Metamorphosis!

In just a short moment, the entire metal lake underwent a complete transformation, undergoing astonishing changes from the inside out.

With each metamorphosis, the metal lake ahead seemed to churn the river and overturn the sea.

This state lasted for more than half an hour!

Buzz!

The metamorphosis of the metal lake seemed to have reached a peak, finally exploding violently.

Then, in an instant, the entire liquid metal lake solidified completely, even the metal liquid that had been surging upward freezing in mid-air.

For a moment, the entire metal lake seemed utterly lifeless, with only a faint energy fluctuation subtly revealing itself at the core, indicating that Kashi was still alive.

"The final step!" Lu Qingshan watched the now completely solidified metal lake ahead with considerable tension.

This final step was also the most difficult and dangerous step when an auxiliary lifeform broke through to become Immortal; either succeed in breaking through to become Immortal, or perish right then and there!

In fact, whether Kashi broke through or not had absolutely no impact on Lu Qingshan's strength; the reason he was so tense was simply because Kashi had been his combat partner for nearly ten million years.

After the entire metal lake had solidified for over an hour, it finally turned back into liquid metal; endless metal liquid instantly shot skyward, splashing out in all directions.

At the same time...

"Boom!"

A soul-shaking fluctuation emanated from within the metal lake, and an invisible pressure descended instantly.

"The pressure of the Universe's Origin Laws."

Feeling this immense pressure, a hint of joy finally appeared on Lu Qingshan's face: "It succeeded!"

The descent of the Origin Laws signified that Kashi had now officially broken through the shackles of life and broken through to the Immortal Realm.

Boom, boom, boom!

Infinite Jin Zhi Origin Law divine power transmitted from the Universe's Origin Place, continuously transforming the divine body of the auxiliary metal lifeform Kashi.

This was a benefit only available upon breaking through to Immortal; no matter how massive the lifeform's size, it could freely absorb the divine power until it reached perfection!

Unfortunately, Kashi's strength after breaking through was only equivalent to that of the most ordinary Immortal, so it did not possess an indestructible body, though it was sufficient for guarding the family.

Moments later, everything returned to calm.

Kashi, having fully transformed its divine body, quickly turned into a metal figure; it walked before Lu Qingshan and knelt respectfully on the ground: "Thank you, Master, for helping me break through to become Immortal!"

"Hahaha!"

Seeing this scene, Lu Qingshan said with a smile: "Kashi, I didn't expect your wisdom to have increased so much after breaking through!"

"It is all Master's grace!" the metal lifeform Kashi replied quickly.

"Alright, from now on, find a suitable place to build your own Divine Kingdom!"

Lu Qingshan said with a smile: "In the future, I will carry a trace of your divine power; when I use Divine Kingdom teleportation, I will need your help!"

"Yes, Master!" Kashi replied respectfully and quickly.

Next, Lu Qingshan quickly helped the metal lifeform Kashi build its Divine Kingdom, then sent it back to Tianlei Star, instructing it to guard the family well.

During this process, Lu Qingshan did not disturb anyone within the family; after all, his original body was still at the Virtual Universe Company headquarters, and only the second clone had returned home.

After finishing all this, Lu Qingshan, carrying a trace of Kashi's divine power, departed on the newly purchased Class-E spaceship.

Although Lu Qingshan had previously gone to the Foreign Battlefield, back then he was merely a Domain Master, so naturally he could not leave a divine power coordinate in the Foreign Battlefield.

Therefore, this time he still needed to travel to the Foreign Battlefield via a fixed teleportation point located within the Human Race's territory.

And the fixed teleportation point Lu Qingshan was rushing to this time was the 'Origin Star', the closest one to the Lei Guang Hai star domain!

Origin Star was one of the eight major logistical supply bases within the Human Territory, and also a fixed transport point for armies from numerous nearby Universe Kingdoms heading to the Foreign Battlefield.

Armies of Universe Warriors, as well as lone wanderers wishing to venture into the Foreign Battlefield, could all go to Origin Star, complete their assignments there, and then proceed to the Foreign Battlefield!

The journey to Origin Star was rather dull, so Lu Qingshan entered the chat group again to pass the time.

At this moment, within the chat group, everyone was denouncing Han Li.

【Pang Bo: Han Li, you kid are being way too dishonest!】

【Xiao Yan: Yeah, I didn't expect Brother Han to actually be this kind of person!】

【Yue Buqun: Actually, Daoist friend Han doing this is quite normal. After all, that Nangong Wan should have been his wife in the first place!】

【Ye Chen: I also feel Daoist friend Han did nothing wrong here. The first time I saw Murong Qingcheng, I also felt a great sense of familiarity in my heart!】

Watching everyone in the chat group tease Han Li, Lu Qingshan could not help but show a faint smile on his face.

He had always been splitting off a sliver of consciousness to lurk in the group, so he was fairly well aware of what everyone was discussing.

Earlier, Han Li said he was going to look for some pills suitable for cultivation at the Nascent Soul realm, so he left Yellow Maple Valley.

Once during casual chat with everyone, he said he was about to fight a late-stage Jin Dan cultivator. Out of curiosity, everyone had him start a livestream.

And through this livestream, everyone only then learned that Han Li had already run to the territory of the Moon-Defying Sect, and the purpose of that late-stage Jin Dan cultivator going to the Moon-Defying Sect was precisely to form a Dao companion pair and dual-cultivate with Nangong Wan of the Moon-Defying Sect.

During the process of Han Li teaching that Jin Dan cultivator a lesson, Pang Bo had teased Han Li about his relationship with Nangong Wan and pressed Han Li on whether he had met Nangong Wan.

But Han Li's answer was always to talk around the subject, and seeing this, everyone naturally grew even more curious.

Under persistent questioning, Han Li finally told the truth.

It turned out that more than a year ago, when several major sects of the Yue Kingdom held the Blood Forbidden Trial, Han Li had used a function within the chat group to suppress his cultivation down to the tenth layer of Qi Refining, and then signed up to participate in the Blood Forbidden Trial.

However, unlike others who participated in the Blood Forbidden Trial to obtain Foundation Establishment Pills, Han Li's reason for participating this time was entirely 'the old man's heart was not in the cup'!

Sure enough, everything happened just as naturally as expected!

The first-grade Ink Flood Dragon, originally besieged by the Moon-Defying Sect disciples, broke through to the second grade. The Moon-Defying Sect disciples either died or fled. Nangong Wan fell into a desperate situation. Han Li stepped forward bravely...

Only, at that time Han Li did not let the Ink Flood Dragon's lustful sac explode as it had in the original work, but instead relied on his powerful strength alone to leave a deep impression on Nangong Wan!

After all, he was no longer the Qi Refining cultivator from the original work at that time, but a genuine late-stage Jin Dan cultivator. Coupled with the help of the Dao Comprehension Blessing function within the chat group, it allowed Han Li to cultivate many spells to an extremely profound realm, so leaving a deep impression on Nangong Wan was naturally quite easy!

【Han Li: If I said all of this was a coincidence, would you believe it?】

【Pang Bo: I believe it, I do, hahahaha...】

【Xiao Yan: Brother Han, actually I do believe you, but you also have to believe that when I encountered Yun Zhi's matter before, it was also completely an accident!】

【Pang Bo: Damn, Xiao Yan, you're even more excessive than Han Li!】

【Ye Chen: Exactly! @Xiao Yan, if you don't send out a few red packets to everyone this time, this matter isn't going to pass!】

【Xiao Yan: What are you doing! What are all of you doing! If you want to rob me just say so, now you're even starting to come up with excuses?】

【System Notice: Xiao Yan uploaded a group red packet, thirty Body Tempering Pills.】

【Xiao Yan: This is a new pill I refined using the Body Tempering Potion the group leader sent, combined with some precious herbs from my world. Everyone can try out the effects!】

This time Xiao Yan sent a luck-based red packet, so it was quickly snatched clean by everyone, and even lured out quite a few lurkers.

【Pang Bo: Xiao Yan is generous! Hahaha, I snatched eight out of thirty, I really am a Child of Destiny!】

【Cao Cao: Xiao Yan is generous! Although I only snatched three, I still thank Brother Xiao Yan!】

【Yue Buqun: Xiao Yan is generous! @Cao Cao, I'm even more miserable than you, I only snatched two!】

【Ye Chen: Xiao Yan is generous! @Pang Bo, Brother Pang, my luck seems a bit better than yours, I snatched nine this time!】

The world of A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality.

Han Li looked at the two pills in his hand and could not help but fall into deep thought.

Every time the group sent a luck-based red packet, he seemed to be the unluckiest one. Was he being deliberately targeted by the chat group?

【Han Li: Tears streaming down my face. JPG! I only snatched two too!】

【Pang Bo: That's how unlucky people are!】

【Xiao Yan: That's how unlucky people are!】

【Ye Chen: That's how unlucky people are!】

Inside the spaceship heading toward the Origin Star, Lu Qingshan looked at that pitch-black pill in his hand, and his entire face darkened somewhat.

Although this pill had no effect on him whatsoever, still being unable to snatch more than the others left him quite sullen.

"No, if I'm not happy, the others can't be happy either!"

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan casually tossed the pill into his mouth, then quickly began to tease people in the chat group.

【Lu Qingshan: Image. JPG, then what if I only snatched one? @Pang Bo, @Xiao Yan, @Ye Chen!】

Seeing Lu Qingshan's words, the three people @'d by Lu Qingshan in the group—Pang Bo, Xiao Yan, and Ye Chen—all froze.

【Pang Bo: @Group Leader, one is great, doesn't that just mean you're the number one person in our group?】

【Xiao Yan: Brother Pang is absolutely right. Group Leader, being one of a kind really suits your temperament!】

【Ye Chen: Agree! Group Leader, one pill just goes to show your strength stands head and shoulders above everyone else in our group!】

【Lu Qingshan: Hahahaha...】

【System Notice: Lu Qingshan uploaded a group red packet, one thousand Body Tempering Potions! (Note: Administrator Pang Bo, group members Ye Chen and Xiao Yan are limited to claiming one portion each)】

【Lu Qingshan: Since all three of you feel one portion is the best, then I'll leave the best for you!】

After seeing Lu Qingshan's words in the chat group, Han Li, who was purchasing treasures at a marketplace under the jurisdiction of the Moon-Defying Sect, immediately burst out laughing.

And Han Li's laughter quickly made the shopkeeper opposite him become wary.

Seeing this, Han Li showed no dissatisfaction whatsoever, but casually took out the spirit stones he had "borrowed" from a few Jin Dan juniors and purchased the treasures.

【Han Li: Hahaha! This really is evil people will have... good people to deal with them!】

【Pang Bo: Group Leader, I'm reporting! Reporting that Han Li这小子 wanted to call you an evil person!】

【Xiao Yan: Exactly! I also report Brother Han!】

【Lu Qingshan: @Han Li, is that so?】

【Han Li: Group Leader, I'm wronged! What I clearly said was good people, they're all framing me out of thin air!】

【System Notice: Lu Qingshan uploaded a group red packet, three thousand Body Tempering Potions!】

【Lu Qingshan: Hahaha, just joking with everyone!】

【Pang Bo: Group Leader is generous! Xiao Yan, take notes!】

【Han Li: Group Leader, you're so generous! Xiao Yan, take notes!】

【Ye Chen: Group Leader, you're so generous! Xiao Yan, take notes!】

【Xiao Yan: You guys really do stand there talking without your backs aching! Can the resources in my hands compare with the Group Leader's? Being able to send out thirty pills, you should be content! If you don't want them, then give them back to me!】

【Pang Bo: That won't do, how can a gift once given be taken back!】

【Ye Chen: Brother Pang is right!】

【Han Li: I've already eaten the pill!】

Amidst the playful banter, the group members one after another finished claiming the red packets Lu Qingshan had sent.

Even Pang Bo, who had the worst luck this time, received over three hundred Body Tempering Potions — a truly bountiful harvest.

Next, everyone used the points and resources in their hands to exchange with Lu Qingshan for various cultivation resources.

After all of this was properly arranged, Ye Fan from the Sword Dao Supreme World finally brought up another matter.

【Ye Chen: Brothers, the Hidden Dragon Ranking competition on my side is about to begin. I wonder if anyone is interested in coming to join the fun?】

【Xiao Yan: Hidden Dragon Ranking competition? I looked into it, it seems the top ranks can obtain Dragon Vein Qi, right?】

【Pang Bo: I remember that Dragon Vein Qi should be helpful for improving cultivation!】

【Han Li: That's useless though! We can't cultivate after going to Ye Chen's world!】

【Yue Buqun: I wonder if we can bring the Dragon Vein Qi back to our original worlds?】

【Cao Cao: I think it should be possible, at most we'd just spend a few more points when crossing worlds!】

【Meng Huan: I remember there's an age limit for participating in the Hidden Dragon Ranking competition, right? I'm already several hundred years old over here, I definitely can't participate!】

【Pang Bo: True, I should be over the age limit too. But after I came to the North Star Region earlier, I once ate a few fruits of the Nine Wonderful Immortality Medicine, and instantly became a few years younger. I wonder if I can slip through?】

【Yue Buqun: I'd actually like to participate and exchange blows with geniuses from other worlds. But first, my strength is relatively weak, and second, I'm over the age limit too!】

【Xiao Yan: My age isn't over the limit though! @Ye Chen, I'll come join the fun with you when the time comes!】

【Pang Bo: But your strength is way over the limit! I've seen the strength of the geniuses over there too. Even veteran martial artists at the late Embryo Holding realm aren't my match. Those geniuses should be even stronger, but whether they can beat me is still up in the air. If you go participate, it would absolutely be a one-sided slaughter!】

On the True Spirit Continent, Ye Chen, who was heading toward the Hidden Dragon Ancient City, couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and then he quickly thought of a good idea.

【Ye Chen: This problem is rather serious! How about this, Brother Xiao Yan, if you want to participate in the Hidden Dragon Ranking competition, you'll have to suppress your cultivation to the peak of the Embryo Holding realm. Then we can have a nice spar!】

【Xiao Yan: That's a good idea. I do want to see, if everyone is at the same realm, whose strength is actually stronger!】

Hearing this, Meng Huan, who was in closed-door cultivation within the Jade Cauldron Gate, was also tempted.

【Meng Huan: Actually I really want to give it a try too! @Lu Qingshan, Group Leader, I don't know if you have any way to resolve the age restriction of the Hidden Dragon Ranking competition!】

【Yue Buqun: Group Leader, if you have a way to solve this problem, I'd also like to give it a try!】

Starry Sky World, inside the control room of an E-grade spaceship.

Seeing that all his group friends were eager for the Hidden Dragon Ranking competition in the Sword Dao Supreme World, Lu Qingshan's heart also stirred.

One had to know that since the two new members Ye Chen and Meng Huan had joined the group, no new gathering had been organized yet. If this Hidden Dragon Ranking competition could be treated as a gathering, that would be quite nice!

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan quickly spoke up in the group.

【Lu Qingshan: I can't say for certain about this problem right now. The most important thing is still whether my strength can suppress the operating rules of the Hidden Dragon Ancient City!】

【Lu Qingshan: But when the Hidden Dragon Ranking competition begins, everyone can go take a look. I'll try then to see if I can help you slip past. If I can, you go participate. If not, we'll just treat it as an offline gathering. It's perfect — since Ye Chen and Meng Huan joined the group, we haven't organized a gathering yet!】

【Yue Buqun: Group Leader's idea is great, I agree!】

【Pang Bo: No problem on my end either!】

【Han Li: Since everyone wants to go, I'll come join the fun too!】

【Meng Huan: I've long been looking forward to meeting everyone. I'll definitely be there when the time comes!】

【Xiao Yan: I'll definitely go. Anyway, my age isn't over the limit, so I can definitely participate. When the time comes, I'll show you all how I sweep through the competition!】

【Cao Cao: Although my strength is relatively weak, I'll definitely go join the fun too!】

【Tian Meng Ice Silkworm: Since everyone wants to go, I'll go join the fun too, although I don't really like fighting!】

【Ye Chen: Everyone being willing to come to my place is really great. I'll definitely arrange everything properly for everyone!】

【Ye Chen: How about this, the Hidden Dragon Ranking competition is less than a month away. I'm currently heading toward the Hidden Dragon Ancient City. Once I arrive, I'll invite everyone over!】

【Lu Qingshan: Alright, it's settled then!】

After settling the matter of the Hidden Dragon Ranking competition, the group members chatted casually for a while longer, then each went their own way. Only a few with relatively free time remained chatting in the group.

……

True Spirit Continent, Nanzhuo Domain.

Ye Chen, who was heading toward the Hidden Dragon Ancient City, looked at the chat records in the group, and a hint of battle intent couldn't help but flash across his face.

One had to know that in the original work, he had defeated Sikong Sheng of the Floating Mountain and obtained first place on the Hidden Dragon Ranking.

With the help of the chat group, his strength was now much greater than at the same period in the original work, so in the upcoming Hidden Dragon Ranking competition he would naturally be even more at ease.

However, the arrival of the other members of the chat group now would surely bring great variables to the upcoming competition.

Moreover, every member of the chat group was an elite of their respective world, and certainly possessed powerful strength. Even if everyone else suppressed their cultivation to the peak of the Embryo Holding realm, he wouldn't dare claim certain victory.

"But this way it's even more interesting!"

Ye Chen thought to himself: "Let me see what powerful methods the others in the group actually have!"

At the same time, Xiao Yan of the Battle Breakthrough World and Pang Bo of the Covering Heaven World were also thinking about claiming first place when participating in the Hidden Dragon Ranking competition.

Of course, the premise for all of this was built on the condition that Group Leader Lu Qingshan did not participate in the competition.

Otherwise, with Group Leader Lu Qingshan's Terrifying realm, even if he controlled his cultivation to the peak of the Embryo Holding realm like them, there was no way they could deal with him!

……

On the other side, after finishing chatting with the group members, Lu Qingshan quickly entered a state of cultivation once again.

Until after more than a month of cosmic航行, he finally arrived at his destination for this trip, the Origin Star.

"Master, we have arrived at the Origin Star!"

After the spaceship穿梭ed back from the dark universe to the original universe, the voice of the auxiliary intelligence Hearing Shenlan quickly sounded in Lu Qingshan's mind.

Roaming the extraterritorial battlefield carried a real chance of falling, so Lu Qingshan naturally wouldn't bring the intelligent life Hearing Shenlan along.

This auxiliary intelligence was a sub-body created by Lu Qingshan's intelligent life Hearing Shenlan, possessing all of Hearing Shenlan's functions, except that it was not itself an intelligent life.

"Hearing Shenlan, activate external scene simulation!" Lu Qingshan commanded at once.

"Yes, Master!"

The moment the auxiliary intelligence Hearing Shenlan finished speaking, a vast starry sky appeared before Lu Qingshan's eyes.

And within this vast starry sky, an incomparably massive planet was being constructed — that was the Origin Star.

The Origin Star was an enormous planet manufactured artificially, with a diameter of 1,073,000 kilometers — a true stellar fortress.

Even if more than ten universe-Zifeng Zunzhe-level strongmen attacked together, this Origin Star would be more than enough to handle them.

What Lu Qingshan was riding now was a spaceship purchased from the Virtual Universe Company's treasury for two thousand points — in the universe, it was the kind only many Undying Divine Spirits could afford to ride.

"Beep!"

"Master, I have received the guidance signal transmitted from within the Origin Star."

The voice of the auxiliary intelligence Hearing Shenlan sounded in Lu Qingshan's mind: "The signal has been connected. Shall we proceed according to the guidance from within the Origin Star?"

"Mm." Lu Qingshan gave a slight nod.

Whoosh!

The silver-white saucer-shaped spaceship immediately became a streak of light, swiftly flying toward the Origin Star ahead.

(End of this chapter)