Chapter 1241

Chen Erniu went mad.

Xu Qing's words, to him, were so tempting that they surpassed everything else, and could be said to be only second to when he initially stole the flesh and blood of the Upper Wasteland.

And the previous theft of the Upper Wasteland flesh and blood was a matter of chance and coincidence, aided by the power of the Divine Realm's ascension, and what he stole was merely a bit of flesh, but now…… it was half of a Divine Lord's corpse!

Especially under the stimulation of Xu Qing's cultivation changing so greatly, this half-corpse of a Divine Lord became Chen Erniu's greatest desire at present.

"The power contained in the Upper Wasteland flesh and blood, I can only slowly grind it, licking and absorbing bit by bit, and once I lick too much, I will explode and die on the spot."

"As for the Divine Lord…… although I also cannot digest it, at least it is relatively easier compared to the Upper Wasteland's flesh."

"Plus, with the Divine Lord's corpse that Little Ah Qing gave me, I have now gathered a complete set of divine spirits!"

"Good days are about to arrive!"

Chen Erniu's eyes were blood-red, constantly emitting light, his whole person like a mad dog, in the mist within the fissure, he charged toward the direction he sensed.

At this moment, he cared about nothing else.

"The heavens are vast, the earth is vast, but nothing is as important as food!"

"My treasure, I'm coming!!"

Almost at the instant Chen Erniu charged forward, the countless divine chains binding the bronze coffin within the fissure trembled suddenly.

With the trembling, divine runes flashed on the iron chains, emitting an inexplicable might.

However, for some unknown reason, this might was entirely contained within the divine chains and did not spread outward, seemingly warning outsiders that as long as they did not touch the divine chains themselves…… then…… there would be no harm.

And as for Chen Erniu, whether in this life or his past lives, what he was best at was doing great deeds.

Therefore, although he was unfamiliar with the Fourth Star Ring, in his experience of doing great deeds, he was abundantly sufficient.

Because in his previous few lives, each failure had come at the cost of death……

Experience naturally accumulated in this way, becoming richer and richer.

Based on these, at the moment of entering the fissure, Chen Erniu instinctively felt what places could be touched and what places touching would mean death.

Thus, in Xu Qing's eyes, although Chen Erniu could not see his surroundings clearly in the mist at this moment, he possessed an astonishing instinct that allowed him to maintain his high speed while rushing forward without touching any divine chain.

It was just like a mouse, darting swiftly through the gaps between those iron chains, heading straight…… toward the location of the Divine Lord's corpse!

Seeing this, Xu Qing worried about Chen Erniu's safety, lifted his foot, and took a step forward, instantly stepping into the great fissure ahead, entering the world within the fissure.

At the moment of descent, the divine chains of this world flashed again, and Xu Qing also felt a strong sense of danger, emanating from those iron chains and rising from the bronze coffin they bound.

This caused Xu Qing's footsteps to pause.

At this moment, all the hairs on his body stood up, and there was a strong sense of the alien, emanating from the coffin and the iron chains, and the half-corpse of the Divine Lord was no different.

These alien qualities gathered together, permeating this fissure world, becoming a terrifying divine aura, causing Xu Qing's flesh and blood to show signs of mutation.

Moreover, there was a mighty pressure, like mountains and seas overturning, rumbling loudly.

It seemed as if it wanted to crush all outsiders into powder!

Fortunately, at the critical moment, the Fifth Star Ring's fortune contained within Xu Qing's body supported him, counteracting this place's pressure and divine aura.

At the same time, in his soul, his true name shone.

That day on the primordial mother star, the Aurora Young Master had brought Xu Qing to leave his name, and at this moment, it was fully revealed.

In the flashing of that true name, the alien invasion had somewhat dissipated, which made Xu Qing feel relieved in his heart, while also making him more curious about his senior brother's origins.

Because under such pressure, Chen Erniu was still darting through the mist.

His entire body was even flashing with blue light, enabling him, who merely dominated cultivation, to actually counteract this place's alien quality.

"The origins of my senior brother contain too many mysteries; could he truly be a source aberration?"

"According to my experience, it seems only source aberrations can ignore the aura of divine spirits and alien qualities…… because the birth of divine spirits is precisely intertwined with source aberrations in countless ways."

Xu Qing pondered, but according to his understanding of source aberrations, such a strange existence cannot leave its mother star.

"Could it be that Eastern Wanggu…… is the primordial mother star of the Ninth Star Ring?"

Xu Qing's heart and mind trembled, and this utterly absurd guess rose in his mind, but he soon denied it.

"Or perhaps it's still not right, because if it truly were a source aberration and the Ninth Star Ring were truly the primordial mother star, then why could my senior brother leave……"

Xu Qing still had doubts about his senior brother's origins, and he also knew this was not the time for deep thought, for in his deep gaze, Chen Erniu, in his madness, had already found the correct path through the gaps of the divine chains and approached the corpse of the Divine Lord.

But in the next instant, an aberration suddenly erupted.

Almost when Chen Erniu found the correct path and tried to approach…… his body suddenly exploded with a boom, shattering into pieces, turning into countless blue worms.

Xu Qing's gaze narrowed, he was about to move forward, but in the blink of an eye, those worms, each bearing Chen Erniu's face, their eyes mad, lunged again toward the Divine Lord's corpse.

Wanting to continue approaching.

But the rumbling did not cease, and those worms, in this process, kept collapsing, large patches disintegrating into dust.

And Chen Erniu's madness continued to erupt, as the blue light flashed, those dust particles actually transformed into even more and finer blue worms, still lunging forward.

Thus, cycle after cycle, in one collapse after another, one disintegration after another, the blue worms that Chen Erniu had turned into became more and more, one after another.

In this way, he finally approached the corpse!

Afterwards, all the blue worms emitted sharp sounds.

"Little Ah Qing, help me!!"

As his voice rang out, Xu Qing's attack had already unfolded.

The power of the immortal embryo erupted, and the constitution of the universe superimposed and rose, moreover, the divine tool fingernails scattered astonishing power, which Xu Qing flung out.

Toward that corpse, he struck it down.

Immediately after, the group of blue worms that Chen Erniu had turned into lunged fiercely at the corpse from all eight directions.

At the moment they were about to lunge, on the corpse of the Divine Lord, a faint golden light suddenly flashed.

As this light flickered, terrifying pressure erupted from within.

Although Xu Qing counteracted it, the immortal embryo dissipated, the constitution trembled, and the might of the Divine Lord's residual corpse was still astonishing.

However, the power from the divine tool ultimately took effect, causing the golden light on that corpse to tremble.

Even so, with Chen Erniu's cultivation, he could not withstand it.

In the blink of an eye, all the blue worms he had transformed into collapsed again within the golden light, and this time even the dust did not remain, as if wiped away from thin air.

But... Chen Erniu did not truly disappear.

When forced to such an extent, and with his heart filled with endless greed for the god's flesh and blood, Chen Erniu... somehow deployed some special means, and his body underwent a new change!

Only to see blue threads, flashing out from where the blue worms shattered, swiftly gathering together, actually forming a blue ice hand.

This hand was entirely of blue ice, covered in ice spikes, and upon its appearance, a primordial feeling spread endlessly.

Moreover, an ancient primordial sense spread along with it.

At the same time, a crack split open in the palm, like a mouth opening wide, reaching toward the corpse of the god Li Zhu, and grabbed!

The golden light outside the corpse instantly made contact.

In the next instant, the blue ice hand melted, turning back into countless blue threads, cooperating with Xu Qing's divine tool power, and drilling everything toward the golden light.

Even though ninety-nine percent of those drilling in perished during the process, still a few threads remained, successfully drilling in.

Carrying greed and madness, they rapidly spread toward the corpse.

They sought to envelop the corpse.

This scene seemed difficult, but for Chen Erniu it was merely so, while in Xu Qing's mind, the judgment differed.

Xu Qing's eyes flashed, and a strange feeling arose in his heart and mind.

"Although it is only a corpse, after all, in life it was a god, and moreover, the godhood of Li Zhu is special; according to reason, it should not be this smooth... even if the eldest senior brother is special."

Xu Qing narrowed his eyes, suddenly lifted his head, and his gaze fell upon the void above the corpse.

Although what he looked at was nothing but void, in Xu Qing's feeling, supported by the fortune of the Fifth Star Ring, the direction he was looking at likely held some clue.

Thus he immediately spoke.

"Eldest Senior Brother, hurry!"

Within the golden light, the blue threads rapidly covering the corpse emitted a buzzing response.

And Xu Qing's feeling was correct.

At this moment, in the void where Xu Qing's gaze was fixed, there existed a figure Xu Qing could not see!

The way this figure existed was extremely special, its form illusory.

Its appearance was actually that of Li Zhu!

He was in the process of returning!

After suffering severe injuries himself, he relied on the cause and effect with the existence inside the coffin to flee here, intending to conceal himself with this place while also planning to heal his wounds here.

However, his method of healing wounds was very special.

He used death as a guide, deploying the method of return, thereby causing his severe injuries, which required a long time to recover, to directly return to peak during this process.

This is his innate power, the might of his godhood!

As for the corpse, it is the anchor point, and also the fused body he prepared for himself upon return.

Once the corpse is taken away, the anchor point will deviate, which will affect his return.

Although his original plan was very good, and the chosen place was also suitable, plans do not always follow changes; his omniscience does not include Xu Qing, who possesses the fate godhood, nor does it include the strangely formed Chen Erniu.

Thus, at this moment, seeing someone about to take the corpse right before his eyes... at this critical moment, the consciousness of Li Zhu fell upon the distant coffin.

"Please, Divine Venerable, lend aid."

The coffin remained motionless.

"Divine Venerable..."

"Silence!"

Inside the coffin, a sound of rank that Xu Qing and Chen Erniu could not hear was transmitted, falling into the consciousness of the returning Li Zhu, forming a fierce storm.

"Such cause and effect, this Venerable does not wish to be stained with, and you also must not chatter on!"

"A mere half-body, discarding it is nothing!"

Li Zhu fell silent.

And the one inside the coffin, at this moment, his thoughts were also fluctuating, in a state of high alert.

"One cause and effect from the Upper Wasteland is already enough to be troublesome, and now two have come!"

"The Upper Wasteland, hungry to this day, can now rely on these two to gaze upon this place at any time..."

"Moreover, that Fifth Star Ring Immortal Venerable is also laying plans!"

"Therefore, the only choice is to send out Li Zhu's body, to make these two leave as quickly as possible, which is the most stable option!"

At this moment, while the thoughts of the Divine Venerable inside the coffin were unfolding, the blue threads that Chen Erniu had transformed into, under Xu Qing's reminder, accelerated to the limit, finally completely enveloping the half-body of Li Zhu.

Subsequently rolled up, forming a blue sea of light, which swept outward.

From within came Xu Qing's voice of extreme excitement.

"Success, Little A-Qing, we leave!"

Hearing this, Xu Qing's body trembled, about to follow along, but an inexplicable movement in his heart made his footsteps pause, and he turned his head, gazing upon the... bronze coffin bound with countless iron chains!

At the very moment he looked, the old Divine Venerable inside the coffin, who had just sighed in relief, suddenly felt his heart and mind jolt.

At the same time, within the Ninth Star Ring, above the Eastern Wanggu Continent, the enormous residual face that exists like a natural disaster for all beings, whose eyes were closed, suddenly twitched.

As if wanting to open!