Leaving

Inside a palace on Crystal Ice Island.

"Teacher!"

After Lu Qingshan left, a black-robed young man behind Malthus asked in confusion, "Were you being a little too polite to Lu Qingshan? You even gave him Lord Udyr's Virtual Universe number!"

"What do you know?"

Malthus replied immediately, "Lu Qingshan has indeed helped me quite a bit over the last few million years, otherwise I wouldn't have handed over all the work in the Thunderlight Sea Starfield to him! Besides, one of his disciples has already become an immortal god and is currently serving at company headquarters; I might have to deal with them in the future, so building a rapport now is certainly worth it!"

"More importantly, Lu Qingshan is truly quite strong. If he can really enter the Initial Universe to comprehend the laws for a time, he has a very good chance of breaking through to become undying! Once he truly becomes undying, this favor I've done him will become quite significant!"

Hearing Malthus's words, the black-robed young man immediately understood. "Teacher, I understand!"

Naturally, Lu Qingshan knew nothing of the exchange between Malthus and his disciple, but even if he had known, he would not have cared much.

After all, if he failed to become undying, he would perish from reaching the end of his lifespan in just over a million years. There was no need to care about such things. And if he successfully became undying, there would be even less reason to care!

Therefore, after leaving Crystal Ice Island, Lu Qingshan quickly returned to his family and began selling off many of the family's assets.

After gathering sufficient wealth, he began contacting many people close to him and exchanging for contribution points within the Virtual Universe Company.

Contribution points at the Yan Feng Branch were extremely valuable. Under normal circumstances, one contribution point could be exchanged for nearly ten billion universe coins.

In the end, Lu Qingshan spent more than twenty thousand chaos elements to exchange for over two million contribution points from others. Together with his previous savings, he finally gathered three million contribution points.

Soon afterward, Lu Qingshan used the Virtual Universe number Malthus had given him to contact Udyr, the undying responsible for reviewing and issuing Initial Universe comprehension slots. After presenting lavish gifts worth several hundred chaos elements to smooth things over with all parties, he finally obtained, as he had wished, a world master-level Initial Universe comprehension slot scheduled for more than fifty years later.

Time continued to pass, and before long, more than forty years had gone by.

This day was also the day Lu Qingshan would leave his hometown and head for the Virtual Universe Company's Universal Headquarters.

Thunder Star, outside Lu Qingshan's luxurious castle!

His children and disciples had long since learned that he would be heading to the Initial Universe, and they had gathered here to see him off.

"Third!"

Lu Qingshan looked at his third son, Lu Hongwen, who stood at the front. "After I leave, I'll leave all family matters to you! If anything important comes up, discuss it more with Fifth and Black!"

Ever since his seventh son, Lu Hongyuan, had fallen on the Extraterritorial Battlefield, Lu Qingshan had only three sons and three daughters remaining.

Among them, his third son Lu Hongwen, fifth son Lu Hongtu, and fourth daughter Lu Wenxiu had all entered the world master realm. However, none had received recognition from the origin laws, so their strength was rather ordinary among world master-level experts. His sixth daughter Lu Wenyun and eighth son Lu Hongguang were currently only domain lords, working hard to break through to the world master realm. As for his seventh daughter Lu Wenyun, like his eighth son Lu Hongguang, she had been born to his current wife Karina. However, she had been born less than ten thousand years ago and was currently only a little universe-level girl.

As for Lu Qingshan's disciples, they were considerably stronger.

Among the disciples currently serving Lu Qingshan's family, his second disciple Black and fifth disciple Aina had already received recognition from the origin laws. In addition, nine others, including his third disciple Cobb, had also entered the world master realm.

As for his other disciples, apart from his sixth disciple Hogus, who had joined the Virtual Universe Company and successfully broken through to become undying, the rest had either already fallen or had yet to break through to the world master realm.

"Father, rest assured!"

His third son Lu Hongwen quickly promised, "I'll definitely take good care of the family!"

"You must also handle the Virtual Universe Company affairs properly!"

Lu Qingshan switched to telepathic transmission as he instructed, "Send seventy percent of the annual profits to Lord Malthus!"

This trip to comprehend the laws in the Initial Universe would require Lu Qingshan to be away for around a thousand years, so he naturally could not continue managing the many affairs of the Virtual Universe Company in the Thunderlight Sea Starfield. Thus, after discussing it with Malthus, he handed all the work over to his third son, Lu Hongwen.

"I understand!"

Lu Hongwen likewise replied telepathically, "Father, rest assured. I'll definitely handle Lord Malthus's affairs properly!"

After arranging the family matters, Lu Qingshan turned to look at his wife and two daughters. "Karina, Wenyun, Wenyun, I hope that by the time I return next time, you will have broken through to the world master and domain lord realms!"

"Brother Qingshan, Father, rest assured!"

Karina and the other two quickly said, "We will definitely cultivate diligently!"

"And you all!"

Lu Qingshan then turned his gaze toward his disciples. "Do not slack off in your cultivation. If you have any questions, you may directly ask Black and Aina. Their comprehension of the lightning origin laws is no longer much weaker than mine!"

"Yes, Teacher!" The disciples hurriedly bowed respectfully.

"Alright, it's about time. I should be leaving!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Qingshan waved his hand, and an E-class spaceship appeared in the air before everyone.

Then, with a flash of his body, Lu Qingshan flew directly toward the spaceship in midair.

Just then...

"May Father achieve undying!"

"May Teacher achieve undying!"

Several children and all the disciples shouted respectfully.

Splash!

The hatch opened. Lu Qingshan waved at everyone, then entered the spaceship.

Whoosh!

A dark golden streak of light rapidly rose into the sky, passed through Thunder Star's atmosphere, and swiftly flew toward the vast depths of the universe.

Time continued to pass, and in the blink of an eye, more than ten years had gone by.

On this day, Lu Qingshan was, as usual, quietly cultivating in the spaceship's lounge.

Although this kind of cultivation did not bring Lu Qingshan any obvious improvement, he deeply understood the principle that constant effort could wear through wood and water could pierce stone. In order to break through and become undying, he had never once slackened in his cultivation.

Just then, the voice of the auxiliary intelligence, Deep Blue, suddenly rang beside his ears.

"The latest novel is first published at...!"

"Master, the spaceship is about to arrive at the Virtual Universe Company's Universal Headquarters!"

"We're finally here!"

Lu Qingshan slowly opened his eyes and sighed. "Time really passed quickly!"

The E-class spaceship he was riding in was not particularly powerful. In the dark universe, it could only maintain a maximum speed of twenty times the speed of light. Fortunately, the Virtual Universe Company's Universal Headquarters was not far from the Yan Feng Universe Country, and he only needed a little over ten years to arrive.

More than ten years was not a short time, but for a world master-level expert with a lifespan of ten million years, it was hardly worth mentioning.

Moreover, he had been cultivating throughout the journey, so it had not been wasted time.

Inside the spaceship's main hall.

Lu Qingshan wore a dark golden inner armor transformed from Kash, his world master-level metal lifeform. Over it, he wore a dark golden alloy battle suit that fit his body perfectly. Standing in the hall, he looked quite extraordinary.

Aside from purchasing an Initial Universe comprehension slot, the thing Lu Qingshan had spent the most on over the endless years was nurturing the world master-level metal lifeform Kash.

Kash was the most defense-oriented auxiliary lifeform Lu Qingshan had been able to find. It was even somewhat stronger than a Cloud Vine of the same level. Back then, nurturing it to the world master level had cost Lu Qingshan more than three thousand chaos elements.

But it had been worth it!

If not for Kash, he likely would have perished on the Extraterritorial Battlefield long ago!

"Beginning universe traversal. Entering the original universe."

The auxiliary intelligence Deep Blue spoke again. "5... 4... 3... 2... 1!"

Then the entire spaceship gave a slight shudder, only returning to normal after more than ten seconds.

"Deep Blue, activate 100% exterior simulation!"

The moment the spaceship entered the original universe, Lu Qingshan immediately gave the order.

He had never been to the Virtual Universe Company headquarters before, so he was greatly looking forward to seeing what it was like.

Soon, the entire hall turned transparent and vanished, while a dreamlike starry sky appeared all around them.

In the depths of that vast starry sky floated an incomparably enormous supercontinent!

Beside that colossal landmass, the originally immense stars and planets now appeared insignificant, like tiny specks of starlight adorning its surroundings.

Lu Qingshan gazed into the distance. Although he had been mentally prepared, he was still shocked by this vast continent.

It was far more magnificent than the continental fragments, military bases, and other things he had seen on the Extraterritorial Battlefield!

"The Virtual Universe Company truly deserves to be one of the five great superpowers!"

Lu Qingshan could not help sighing. "This headquarters continent is truly built in a way that leaves one utterly awestruck!"

"Master!"

The auxiliary intelligence Deep Blue spoke again. "According to the information I found, the Virtual Universe Company headquarters continent has a diameter of several dozen light-years. The stars, planets, meteorites, and other celestial bodies floating around it are actually extremely terrifying technological weapons. They pose an enormous threat even to super existences such as universe country leaders!"

Hearing this, Lu Qingshan could not help but shake his head inwardly.

His current status was still too low, so the information Deep Blue could obtain from the Virtual Universe was also rather ordinary.

Those celestial bodies were indeed terrifying technological weapons, but in truth, the reason the Virtual Universe Company's Universal Headquarters had stood here for endless years was the super existences among humanity at the level of universe masters, and even the strongest beings in the universe!

There will be another chapter this afternoon. Future updates will be posted between six and seven in the evening.