The Passage of Time

After cross-world teleportation, they could no longer continue cultivating, so after Pang Bo and the others spent more than a day in Lu Qingshan's divine kingdom, they all returned to their own worlds.

This gathering gave everyone in the chat group a better understanding of one another, while also making the others even more awed by Lu Qingshan, this seemingly ordinary immortal god!

After everyone left, Lu Qingshan resumed his secluded cultivation.

And so, time continued to pass. In the blink of an eye, nearly a thousand years went by.

Virtual Universe, Thunder Island, within the cultivation space of Lu Qingshan's residence.

Although Lu Qingshan's residence on Thunder Island was not particularly large, its greatest difference from his former home in Yuxiang Mountain's Apocalypse District was that it possessed all kinds of functional privileges.

Back when he lived in the Apocalypse District, if he wanted to train in the killing space, he had to leave his apartment and head to one of the fixed Killing Fields in the district.

But after moving to Thunder Island, he could directly teleport from his residence to a dedicated cultivation space.

"Simulate the scene as a starry sky!"

At Lu Qingshan's command, the auxiliary intelligence Deep Blue in his mind immediately got to work. The entire training ground instantly transformed into a boundless, vast starry expanse.

Wearing alloy combat boots and carrying a crystal battle sword radiating purple light on his back, Lu Qingshan floated in the immense cosmic starry sky, gazing into the distance.

"Stars!" Lu Qingshan shouted softly.

At once, purple threads began to emerge continuously across the blade of the purple crystal sword in his hand. Countless dense purple threads gathered together, linked one after another under the activation of Lu Qingshan's divine power, eventually forming an incomparably strange secret pattern at the tip of the crystal sword.

"Go!"

Lu Qingshan raised the crystal sword and pointed it at an enormous star in the distance. Then, dazzling purple sword light erupted from that strange secret pattern.

The countless rays of sword light converged and scattered unpredictably, crossing dozens of kilometers in an instant before slamming viciously into the brilliant star.

Rumble!

Amid a violent roar, the brilliant star was blasted into endless dust by the countless sword lights, drifting through the vast cosmic starry sky.

Even several nearby asteroids exploded beneath the terrifying shockwave, likewise turning into dust that filled the interstellar void.

"Hahaha, I've finally mastered the thirty-sixth sword technique in First Understanding of Time!"

Lu Qingshan looked at the cosmic starry sky ahead, a smile appearing on his face. "At last, I've completely comprehended the nine simplest essences and the twenty-seven more complex essences of the time origin law!"

"Let's try the other secret technique!"

With that thought, Lu Qingshan immediately focused on the distant starry sky.

"Thunderous Strike!"

Lu Qingshan gave a great shout and began activating a law secret pattern contained within the purple crystal sword.

This was an immensely powerful offensive secret technique contained within Heavenly Thunder Analysis. It had been created by Thunderclap King, a grandmaster of the Heavenly Thunder Lineage, with the lightning origin law as its foundation and the time origin law as support. Its power was astonishing.

Therefore, when Lu Qingshan had previously asked a master artificer to forge a weapon for him, he had inscribed the law secret pattern of this technique into it.

However, his comprehension of the time origin law had been too low before, leaving him unable to activate this law secret pattern.

But now...

Whoosh!

Countless purple rays shot out from the crystal sword in Lu Qingshan's hand. For a moment, the entire starry sky shone with purple light.

The countless purple lights gathered together, making the surrounding spacetime tremble as they stirred the time origin law and lightning origin law. Then, the endless purple lights connected, forming thread after thread of purple light.

These countless purple threads slowly converged around the crystal sword, unexpectedly taking the shape of a phantom of a strange beast.

"Roar..."

The strange beast phantom gave a low growl before charging forward.

Wherever it passed, space shattered and time descended into chaos. Even an enormous star in front of it instantly turned to nothingness, leaving not even dust behind.

"This Thunderous Strike truly possesses boundless power!"

Watching the cosmic starry sky ahead gradually restore itself, Lu Qingshan could not help but sigh. "I wonder just how earth-shattering this move would be if Thunderclap King himself used it?"

"Of course, with the Myriad Heavens Chat Group, my strength will surpass Thunderclap King someday. By then, I might even create a secret technique more terrifying than this Thunderous Strike!"

Over the past thousand years, with the Heaven-Soaring Creation Dew he had obtained from Han Li, Lu Qingshan's progress in the time origin law had indeed been tremendous.

However, he had chosen the path of comprehending the essences of the time origin law, so his early cultivation had been far more difficult.

Fortunately, aside from continually cultivating with the Heaven-Soaring Creation Dew, he had also accumulated enough for eighty thousand points and used the chat group's enlightenment enhancement function once. Only then had he managed to comprehend all thirty-six essences of the time origin law in less than a thousand years.

Just then, Deep Blue's voice suddenly rang out in Lu Qingshan's mind. "Master, your sixth disciple, Hogus, has come to see you. He has already arrived in the reception hall!"

"Oh?"

With a thought from Lu Qingshan, the surrounding cosmic starry sky instantly vanished, and he soon appeared in the reception hall.

"Teacher!" Upon seeing Lu Qingshan appear, Hogus hurriedly greeted him respectfully.

"Hogus!"

Lu Qingshan smiled. "Weren't you carrying out a mission? How did you find the time to come see me?"

"Teacher!"

Hogus promptly replied with respect, "Have you forgotten? Today is the opening day of the universe-wide finals for the Peak Genius Battle!"

"I've been cultivating quietly these past few days and forgot about it," Lu Qingshan said with a smile.

"Teacher!"

Hogus smiled. "You used to follow every Genius Battle and Warrior Battle!"

Hearing this, Lu Qingshan's face could not help showing a trace of nostalgia.

That was right!

Before Lu Qingshan broke through to become an immortal god, he had carefully followed nearly every Genius Battle and Warrior Battle. Naturally, his goal had been to discover overlooked talents and take them as disciples.

And Hogus was the finest disciple he had accepted throughout his endless years.

The first time Hogus participated was in the Peak Genius Battle held by the Giant Axe Dojo. He ranked 892nd in the Yan Feng Universe Country, making him even less conspicuous in the finals!

The reason Lu Qingshan had accepted Hogus as a disciple was that, although Hogus had only reached the eighth level of the lightning domain at the time and had not even crossed the threshold of the lightning origin law, his combat experience was extraordinarily rich, and he had cultivated for only a little over a hundred years.

Sure enough, after becoming Lu Qingshan's disciple, Hogus followed his advice and remained at the stellar level for five thousand years. He then participated in the next universe-wide human Peak Genius Battle hosted by the Virtual Universe Company, charging into the Virtual Universe Company's core layer in a single stroke!

However, Lu Qingshan had now successfully broken through to become an immortal and had also become the group leader of the Myriad Heavens Chat Group. Naturally, there was no longer any need for him to be so eager to accept disciples.

The next chapter will be a little later.