Chapter 1039: Refining Divine Spirit Ore

The moment he looked over, the pupils of those nine enormous blood-colored eyes contracted abruptly.

The skeletons sitting cross-legged within the eyes, using them to refine the absorbed spiritual energy, also shuddered in unison.

Clearly, Xu Qing's appearance was extremely unexpected for these nine eyes.

There had been no prior detection; it was only the instant Xu Qing stepped out that they perceived him.

And the significance of this scene caused the spirits of the skeletal cultivators sitting within the nine eyes to surge with waves.

"Pardon the intrusion."

Xu Qing spoke calmly.

"I wish to depart from here; I wonder if you might clear the way."

If he could leave smoothly without resorting to violence, that would naturally be for the best.

However, Xu Qing's words clearly had little effect.

Those nine blood-colored eyes were currently filled with intense hostility.

To the nine cultivators within, although they did not know how this suddenly appearing person had entered their clan's small world, they could not allow any accidents to occur here under any circumstances.

Thus, killing intent rose within each of them, and without the slightest hesitation, they immediately prepared to transmit this news outward.

But... Xu Qing's appearance, chosen after long preparation, naturally came with foolproof measures.

He was well aware that these nine eyes were strange, but breaking them was not overly difficult; even dealing with the cultivators inside the nine eyes was not hard for him.

What he truly needed to guard against was interference from outside this realm during the process of cutting through.

Xu Qing believed that, given the layout of this small world, there was a high probability of guardians existing outside.

If they were to arrive and intervene while he was breaking the realm, it would easily cause accidents. Therefore, the best method was to ensure the realm-breaking went smoothly; once he was out, even if the other party noticed, he would have a much easier time.

So, while he stepped toward the sky step by step, his right hand also swung out violently. At the edge of the firmament, above the nine eyes, the void twisted, the heavens roared, and a pair of enormous scissors emerged abruptly.

The scissors were so large they seemed to replace the firmament, and the moment they appeared, an aura of a Great Emperor's treasure swept across all directions like a storm.

It was precisely the Great Emperor's treasure capable of severing all traces and karma.

After it appeared, it snipped fiercely.

Although there was no sound, in that instant, in the ears of all living beings and in the perception of the cultivators within the nine eyes, a 'Crack!' sound transmitted into their souls, shaking them incessantly.

The information they were transmitting outward was directly severed in that instant!

It was not over.

The next moment, the Great Emperor's needle flashed, stitching together the severed karma and continuing the scenes Xu Qing had witnessed nine days ago.

In this way...

On one hand, no more information leaked out from this place, and no more fluctuations radiated outward; to a certain extent, it was hidden and independent.

On the other hand, the stitching of the Great Emperor's needle covered everything up.

After being handled this way, unless divine sense was merged into it, the outside world would be unable to perceive the slightest abnormality here for the foreseeable future.

Having finished this, Xu Qing, walking step by step toward the firmament, felt a cold glint flash in his eyes.

"Since communication is impossible, then..."

Xu Qing's raised right foot landed for the final step.

This step landed on the void, the firmament roared instantly, and lightning surged from beneath his feet, rushing toward the nine eyes like countless red snakes.

The nine eyes shuddered, each flashing with red light, while the nine cultivators inside also raised their hands rapidly, each with a heavy expression, seeing the extraordinary nature of those two Great Emperor treasures and feeling that their information had been isolated.

Thus, each of them hardened their hearts and immediately formed seals.

The next instant, the red light of these nine eyes became brilliant, emitting astonishing defensive power from the formation, while the bodies of these nine cultivators also rapidly changed from their withered state, using the life force of the living beings they had absorbed to recover at full speed.

It seemed that for them, the crisis that appeared suddenly at this moment meant they had to race against time to have any chance of survival.

Xu Qing was expressionless; no matter what cultivation base those nine cultivators had, as long as they hadn't reached the Sovereign level, then even if they recovered, it would ultimately be useless.

"This is also an opportunity to test my Immortal Body."

Xu Qing narrowed his eyes, his right hand suddenly raised, and he pointed lightly toward the first eye in the firmament.

The next instant, the Metal power from his lungs erupted along with his breathing, the breath sweeping across all directions, permeating this entire small world in an instant.

It affected all the metal, all the weapons, and all the cultivators in this realm related to Metal; in the blink of an eye, the heavens roared...

The Metal of the Five Elements in this small world was replaced at this moment!

Xu Qing's Extreme Metal power, with a formidable posture, became the Dao of this realm!

In his perception, at this moment, he could control all the Metal power of this realm with a single thought.

Thus, a brilliant light flashed in his eyes...

The next instant, the Metal of the Five Elements in this realm erupted in unison, gathering from the earth, from the void, and from the heavens, becoming a torrent and forming a vast finger composed of Metal power.

With one finger, he pointed at the first eye in the firmament.

Just a light touch, and that eye, which was operating its formation frantically and emitting protective power, had its formation unable to block it in the slightest, shattering with a boom, along with the eye itself and the cultivator recovering inside...

Unable to escape in the slightest.

Boom-boom sounds echoed, this eye collapsed and fell from the sky.

The cultivator inside let out a shrill sound, their body destroyed in both form and spirit under the shroud of this realm's Metal power!

The cultivators within the other eight eyes were each horrified, each giving their all to recover.

"So, this is the Extreme Immortal."

Xu Qing murmured. At this moment, he had a strong feeling that the moment he replaced the Metal Dao of this realm, he seemed to have transformed into the Heavenly Dao of this place.

The next breath, he spat out a single word.

"Wood."

The Wood power of his liver rose with Xu Qing's voice, spreading across the entire small world in an instant.

All vegetation in this realm, all cultivators related to Wood, and all substances associated with Wood shuddered in unison.

Then, the world lost its Dao and was replaced!

A vast finger composed of Extreme Wood power also gathered from the void, carrying thick life force and endless terror, landing on the second eye.

A scene that shocked all living beings in this realm appeared.

Of the nine eyes, another one fell.

The heavens changed color, wind rose and clouds surged, and Xu Qing's voice became the tide, the only sound in this realm.

"Water."

The Water of his kidneys replaced the Water of the Five Elements, rising across the sky, becoming rain, becoming rivers, becoming seas, becoming the foundation of all living things.

This realm was too small; after being replaced by Xu Qing as the Heavenly Dao, he could control all living beings with a single thought.

"Fire."

The sound of his heart beating echoed like heavenly thunder, and fire erupted within this thunder, shining in the eyes of all living beings and igniting all flames.

Finally...

"Earth."

The earth roared, as if all the land in this small world had its own will at this moment, sending out the anger suppressed for countless years toward the eyes in the firmament.

And the three fingers they transformed into also shot into the sky.

Three eyes collapsed!

Three cultivators perished!

The power of the Five Elements was completely controlled by Xu Qing in this instant, replaced by him, as he transformed into the Heavenly Dao.

At the same time, the four cultivators existing within the remaining four blood eyes also recovered from their withered state, rising with shock, and each grabbed the giant eye they were in.

Those four giant eyes immediately shrank, and after being pressed onto their brows, a formidable aura erupted from them under the eye's enhancement.

Seven Realms of Spirit Containment!

At this moment, all of them had gloomy intentions in their eyes, and deep fear rose in their hearts. One of them gazed at Xu Qing and suddenly spoke.

"Regardless of your purpose for appearing here, there is only one way to leave."

"That is for us to go out and open the path of this realm for you from the outside."

"If you don't believe it, one of us four can go out."

"We have cultivated to this level; there is no need to fight to the death. What do you think, sir?"

This person's words echoed; the other three showed no abnormality, but deep down, they were all very clear that the appearance of the person before them, regardless of the reason, meant death for intruding into the clan's secret land unless they had an astonishing background.

And the situation they faced now was that they were not confident and did not want to lose their lives.

So they had to go out immediately and contact the secret land elders outside.

As long as the other party took action, the person before them would surely die.

Thus, they each nodded and spoke.

"The previous matters were all a misunderstanding."

"It was also that we reacted too strongly."

While speaking, the four of them retreated slowly with vigilance in their hearts.

Listening to their words, Xu Qing looked at the four figures and shook his head.

He raised his right hand.

Instantly, the heavens trembled, the world roared, and in the firmament, the five fingers of the Heavenly Dao composed of the Five Elements grabbed toward the four cultivators as Xu Qing raised his hand.

The four cultivators' expressions changed, their cultivation bases erupting as they tried to resist.

But these five fingers were the Heavenly Dao transformed from the Five Elements of this small world, containing the will of this realm. After Xu Qing's killing intent was released, it was the heavens unleashing killing intent.

Wherever it passed, the heavens collapsed and the earth cracked.

No matter how these four cultivators struggled or counterattacked, it was to no avail. The next instant... with the eruption of the five fingers of the Heavenly Dao, shrill sounds echoed.

The four cultivators became four clusters of blood flowers, blooming in an instant and scattering onto the earth.

"I trust myself more."

Xu Qing spoke calmly, looking at the firmament, and gripped his raised right hand in the void.

Instantly, astonishing sword Qi erupted from Xu Qing's body, forming an Emperor Sword. After taking it in his hand, he mobilized the Five Elements power of this place, operated the Heavenly Dao might of this realm, and gathered it into the Emperor Sword.

He slashed toward the sky!

Sword Qi floods the heavens, sword light annihilates the void, sword intent shatters the sky.

In the blink of an eye, the void shattered, the firmament roared, and a huge crack was ripped open in the sky, revealing the sky of the outside world!

At this moment, the minds of all living beings in this small world roared like a hundred thousand thunderbolts. They raised their heads blankly, looking at the firmament, looking at that crack.

For the vast majority of them, this was a subversive and explosive scene.

Outside the sky, there was another sky.

"Then, what are we..."

Countless people looked at this scene in blank shock, murmuring, while Xu Qing in mid-air took a step.

As the firmament roared and the world trembled, Xu Qing's figure had already arrived at the crack.

He looked down at this small world, then with one step, he entered the crack, and when he appeared...

He was already in a strange world.

A huge dome, like a cover, shrouded this place.

There was not the slightest trace of divine heterodoxy here; what existed was rich spiritual energy.

And through the dome, one could see the sky of the outside world, filled with red light; this light was flowing like an aurora, like a long river.

As for the earth covered by the dome, it was a swamp.

It seemed to have formed after the seawater dried up.

A large number of bubbles protruded on the swamp, and looking at those bubbles, Xu Qing's spirit shuddered; he discovered that those bubbles... were actually one small world after another.

And in these small worlds, gods were all suppressed.

This place seemed to be a prison for gods!

This scene made Xu Qing's breathing slightly rapid; at the same time, he also saw countless silk threads rising from these small worlds, like smoke, rising into the sky and merging into the very center of the dome.

There was a vortex there, sucking everything away.

"This place is a god prison... Outside the dome is the true outside world."

A dark glint flashed in Xu Qing's eyes; he finally had a rough judgment of his current location, then withdrew his gaze and looked into the distance.

Almost the moment he looked, a Sovereign's aura erupted at the end of his gaze, followed by a piercing whistling sound that spread across all directions.

A Sovereign was approaching.

Moreover, a cold voice, carrying thick murderous intent, echoed in this place.

"Interesting."

"The family spirit mine I am guarding has actually had a rare jailbreak."