Chapter 1202: The Moment Has Arrived

Crimson giant star, inside the fire tower.

One immortal, one deity, as if destined, intertwined once more.

Xu Qing's eyes flashed with strange light, the goddess's heart filled with despair.

It thought, before it stood the human race it hated to the bone, what would it say upon seeing itself?

So it instinctively wanted to speak first.

"You..."

But before it could finish speaking, Xu Qing had no time to waste, nor any words, his right hand already raised, and with one grab...

The Star-Eyed Goddess's body, as if pulled by a great force, instantly shot straight toward Xu Qing, seized by him in a familiar spot.

Grasped the throat!

Almost at the moment of contact, the goddess's inner terror erupted, while Xu Qing instinctively began to draw upon her divine source.

Strand after strand of divine source, as the goddess trembled all over and with the sensation of her soul being torn away once more, continuously surged into Xu Qing's right hand.

Merged into his body, nourishing the immortal embryo, nourishing the soul, nourishing all of himself.

The long-lost feeling made Xu Qing's mood turn wonderful.

The taste of the goddess, he had savored and reminisced many times during this period.

Now tasting it again, the circulation of his cultivation accelerated, the silver light in his eyes growing ever brighter.

And for the goddess, as pain returned once more, not only were her bodily sensations intense, but her divine soul was likewise, the state of having returned once again to the nightmare, causing her hard-won composure to be overturned once more.

Thus, resentment reappeared, and was now dozens of times stronger than before, or even more.

Xu Qing was also familiar with this gaze.

He directly ignored it, continuing to absorb.

Until this absorption had lasted half an hour, the goddess finally regained some luster to her skin, once again becoming withered, the divine source accumulated within her body once again emptied.

Her state also weakened to the extreme.

At this point, Xu Qing finally stopped absorbing with slight satisfaction, released his hand, and let the limp, mud-like goddess collapse before him.

The goddess was weak, but her inner resentment grew stronger, staring fixedly at Xu Qing, but soon she drew a deep breath, closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, the resentment had faded, turning into bitterness.

"I have seen your Immortal Lord, you also obtained what you wanted, now that we have chosen exchange, your unwillingness in your heart, I can understand."

"So you absorb the source essence, I am powerless to resist, after all, gods and immortals are inherently opposed, if your immortals fall into our hands, they too cannot escape torment."

"These, I can understand, this is determined by stance, we have no personal grudge, and ultimately, I was captured by you due to my lack of divine skill!"

The goddess spoke hoarsely, with a hint of self-mockery, as if during these days sent to the Immortal Lord, she had already figured out many things.

This scene, since Xu Qing captured her, was the first time he saw such an expression on the goddess.

Thus he glanced at the goddess.

The goddess remained calm, revealing composure.

Gazing at the goddess, Xu Qing suddenly spoke.

"Previously, you did not conceal your resentment, because of despair, thinking you would surely die; now you begin to conceal it, because hope is within sight, you do not wish to bear any risk, thus fearing to provoke me, you would directly slay you, turning your hope back into despair."

Upon Xu Qing's words, the goddess's pupils contracted.

And Xu Qing's voice still echoed calmly.

"The exchange is imminent, I know you know as well, I cannot possibly kill you, so you need not act this weak."

"Compared to your current state, I am more accustomed to your resentment, and what you will do upon your return also needs no explanation from me, you will not let this go."

"However, your words have also reminded me..."

Xu Qing narrowed his eyes, as he raised his hand, the ultimate gold power suddenly flared, appearing in the void, forming golden threads, and then wood power spread, reinforcing them.

Then came water, fire, earth—three powers emerged together.

With the Five Extremes Dao, I transform the void into a prison!

Moreover, time as seal, space as cause, falling in all directions, making this prison even more mysterious, ultimately... Xu Qing's spacetime constitution also descended at this moment.

For this prison, I added a lock!

Amidst the rumbling, it enveloped the goddess, imprisoning her within this illusory prison.

Having done this, Xu Qing felt it was not enough, so he waved his hand, heavenly principle emerged, becoming weight, making the prison tangible.

Then, as the goddess's expression changed, Xu Qing formed seals with both hands, pointed to his brow, instantly his immortal embryo appeared, vast immortal spirits erupted, within which the Aurora Immortal Palace was exhaled and inhaled.

Overlapping with the prison!

The booming sound echoed, the goddess's face completely changed.

But this was not yet over.

After forming the prison with the Eight Extremes Dao, Xu Qing's Ninth Extremum, the Parallel Constitution, suddenly appeared.

Causing everything to overlap, transforming into dozens of forces from different times and spaces, forming divine-binding iron chains, flying out from nothingness, rushing straight toward the goddess.

Amidst the piercing cries, these dozens of chains from different times and spaces actually pierced the goddess's pipa bones, lifting her bodily!

The Star-Eyed Goddess wanted to struggle, but whenever she struggled, the chains would glow with immortal spirit inscriptions.

Creating intense stimulation, making the goddess's inner turmoil become a storm, tearing away pretense, the endless resentment that could have filled an abyss erupted anew.

"Xu Qing, I will surely kill you, not only you, but all your kin, all your bloodline, all your friends, shall die miserably because of you!!"

Xu Qing remained expressionless, watching the stimulated goddess, observing the source essence within her body.

Soon he found that, originally emptied, the source essence, under this stimulation, had reappeared.

Thus he nodded in satisfaction, raised his hand, and absorbed once more.

This scene made the goddess realize, earlier, the other's purpose was to stimulate her to produce source essence again, and similar events had also awakened the terrifying memories of her being escorted by Xu Qing all along.

Thus, the piercing intent sharpened.

"You are a nightmare, you are not an immortal, you are a demon!!"

"I'm very curious—what is the true reason behind this divine source within you that seems to never run dry, endlessly cycling?"

After draining the divine maiden once more, Xu Qing spoke calmly.

His fingertip unconsciously traced the divine maiden's pale nape, a flicker of deep light in his eyes, and instantly a thread of divine sense seeped into her body through the gaps in his fingers.

Wandering through her flesh and bones, even her soul and the divinity hidden within her soul...

Xu Qing had tried this before, but failed due to insufficient cultivation.

Now his cultivation has increased, and since this divine maiden was once sent to the Immortal Lord, Xu Qing believes the Immortal Lord's probing may have left traces.

So he wants to try again, to see if he can find those traces and probe the divine maiden's secrets.

And this time... he clearly felt it went much more smoothly; soon his divine sense entered the divine maiden's soul, and he saw the shattered traces there.

Originally, in Xu Qing's previous probing, this place was extremely solid, untouchable in the slightest.

But now it is riddled with holes!

This allows Xu Qing's divine sense to surge in, becoming smooth.

Soon it spread to the depths, where he vaguely sensed, as if perceiving something neither real nor unreal, neither solid nor illusory... a crystalline body!

!

It somewhat resembles condensed fortune, yet seems not quite.

Within it, mysterious patterns swirl, yet it is equally filled with cracks...

Though it looks like it might collapse at any moment, it still lets Xu Qing there, merely feeling, as if he were seeing everything of the fourth star ring.

Terrifying pressure, vast aura.

This scene shook Xu Qing's mind and spirit; after a hesitation, he became resolute, and his divine sense stabbed fiercely inward!

The crystalline body suddenly violently trembled, an indescribable immense force erupted within, exploding outward in a sweeping wave, as if to destroy everything.

Xu Qing's divine sense instantly collapsed, his finger bouncing from the divine maiden's nape.

At the same time, the divine maiden seemed stimulated by this, giving birth to new power, and suddenly turned her head, her pupils becoming burning nebula vortices.

"You dare steal the divine authority granted to me by the Father God! "

This voice, like Lei Ting, was not the divine maiden's original voice, but a mixture of countless voices gathered into a divine tone.

The moment it rang out, the surrounding void suddenly split open with nine golden lightning bolts, shooting straight at Xu Qing, but upon touching him, they were shattered by some ancient will emanating from the divine maiden's body.

Afterwards, the divine maiden's entire body went limp, on the verge of death.

As for the will emanating from her body, Xu Qing instantly recognized it—it contained immense immortal spirit aura, surpassing that of lesser immortals.

"This is the seal left within this divine maiden's body, from the Immortal Lord!"

Xu Qing, lost in thought, lowered his gaze to his right index finger that had been bounced back.

On the fingertip, there was a small black dot, currently in the process of dissipating.

If magnified, one could see this black dot is composed of densely packed dark gold patterns.

Faintly, one could see that within this black dot, countless stars appear to be annihilated and reborn.

Gazing at this black dot, Xu Qing's eyes flashed with strange light.

"This is the secret of His infinite divine source."

Meanwhile, in the outside world...

With the exchange time approaching, the voice of the Commander Lord echoed, stirring the hearts and spirits of all cultivators.

"The time has come, the army marches forth!"

As the voice sounded, the crimson giant star emitted a thunderous roar that shook the starry sky!

It... began to move!

Thousands of legions surrounded it, densely packed, advancing together.

The scene was vast, the momentum earth-shaking.

Starry skies rippled, the universe trembled, star fields twisted.

A star-field-scale grand transmission, at this moment... suddenly surged.

This mighty exchange took place between the left wing battlefield of the fourth star domain and fifth star ring, the chosen place filled with shattered stars and countless meteorites.

Moreover, starbursts formed from dust spread here at all times.

Besides this, black and white also churned in this endless region; within the black area, countless spirits could be seen, their emanations making the black substance tangible.

Numerous divine authorities gathered, forming weight, as if even the starry sky could not bear it, causing cracks to appear below.

And on the white side, great armies gathered, filled with killing intent, immortal spirit aura, all erupting.

Their numbers were vast and densely packed, each one solemn, each one fierce in combat.

What gathered here was not only the left wing front line, but the entire left wing army, and even including the strength of the middle wing.

Even the chief disciple of Zhan Lu Immortal Lord, Ji Dao True Lord, and the returning Ling Ke...

were within it!

As for above the two armies, there black and white mixed, with Lei Ting lightning, constantly rumbling.

Faintly, it seemed two figures capable of suppressing everything were blurred within, their pressure unmatched.

And just as the two sides stood in silent opposition, the cultivators' side saw the starry sky ripple, the crimson giant star and the legions encircling it suddenly... transmitted over!

The moment this star appeared, it instantly drew the gaze of all immortals and gods!

Meanwhile, inside this star fire pagoda, Xu Qing, sitting cross-legged in meditation, heard a solemn voice in his ears.

"Xu Qing, escort the divine maiden out!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Qing's expression remained calm as he rose, raised his right hand, and made a grasping motion in the air—the iron chain formed from his constitution fell into his palm.

Dragging the cage... he walked out of the fire pagoda.

(End of Chapter)