Chapter 1254: Leaving the star ring, looking back at Eastern Wanggu

Xu Qing and Master Bai walked forward all the way.

Walking in the starry sky, walking in time.

Their figures could not be perceived by ordinary cultivators; only Xia Xian could vaguely sense them a little.

And they chatted a lot along the way.

Past events, current stories, future fantasies.

Until, when they walked to the edge of the Fourth Star Ring with Xu Qing, Master Bai left.

Before leaving, this first teacher of Xu Qing gave him two items.

The first item was a seed.

"Xu Qing, after you return to Eastern Wanggu, if Chen Chen Feiyuan and Ting Yu are still there, ask them a sentence, whether they are willing to come to me."

"If they want to, you help them plant this seed; on the day the flower blooms, they can come before me under the guidance of the flower fragrance."

"What if they have passed away?" Xu Qing asked softly.

"If they have passed away, you plant this seed in front of their tombstones."

Master Bai's voice was hoarse.

And the second item Master Bai gave Xu Qing was a lantern.

The frame of this object was fired from a special kind of mud, and there were strange patterns on it, seemingly naturally generated, and as if containing ancient runes, flowing with mysterious power.

The material looked very similar to Master Bai's medicine jar.

As for the lampshade, it was woven from a mysterious spiritual silk, glowing with faint seven-colored light.

As the light flowed, it was dreamlike, as if gathering the brilliance of all the heavens and worlds here.

And the way those spiritual silks intertwined was extremely exquisite, actually forming mysterious scrolls that appeared and disappeared, sometimes showing the fairyland of mountains and mountains shrouded in clouds, sometimes showing the vast starry sky with bright stars.

As if the lampshade itself was a miniature universe, hiding endless mysteries.

And the most strange thing belonged to the lamp wick inside the lantern!

That was actually an eyeball!

Even after the refining process, it still retained its charm.

It revealed a majesty and mystery that made people dare not look directly at it, and as for the bloodshot eyes on the eyeball, it emitted endless terror.

It seemed that with just one glance, it could make all things in the world tremble.

According to Master Bai, the eyeball in this lantern came from the God Venerable of the Fifth Star Ring back then!

And after this lantern was refined by Master Bai himself with a special herbal method, it could retain a strand of that God Venerable's divine power!

"The divine power of the God Venerable of the Fifth Star Ring back then was Entropy!"

"The so-called entropy is the process of all things from order to chaos, and at His peak, He… could change everything in matter by increasing or decreasing."

"The refining method of this lantern is a kind of application of my herbal Dao; as my disciple, I also pass this method to you, hoping that you will explore it more and be able to refine it."

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Master Bai left.

He had waited for Xu Qing for seven years outside the rift where the Old God Venerable once was, and now his wish was fulfilled.

And in the starry sky, Xu Qing stood on the edge of the Fourth Star Ring, looking at Master Bai's departing figure, and bowed respectfully.

After a long while, he looked at the lantern in front of him.

This lantern floated in the starry sky, shaking slightly, attracting bursts of nothingness wind.

That wind vaguely mixed with ethereal immortal sounds, making people intoxicated, but after listening for a long time, one would find that in these immortal sounds, there were also divine whispers.

Listening to the whispers, after a long while, Xu Qing put away the lantern and turned to face the entire Fourth Star Ring.

A smile slowly appeared on his face.

Appearing with his smile was a hearty laugh echoing from the Fourth Star Ring.

This laughter fell into this nothingness, presenting arc light, forming a mirror that was illusory and flowing with light.

From that mirror, the figures of Immortal Lord Mi Ming and his Dao companion appeared within.

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"The ninth star ring where you are, I dare not go..."

"It can be said that apart from those few divine lords native to your ninth star ring, the other star ring divine masters and divine lord tiers dare not go."

"Especially since that Upper Desolation awakened not long ago..."

"Therefore, I cannot personally take action to help you on this trip."

Xu Qing nodded; he had gradually realized this over the years, and especially now that he was a Xia Immortal, his perception of this was even deeper.

He understood that even the Immortal Venerable only dared to appear in the outer seas back then, and that was while inside a fish's belly, utilizing the power of the Golden Mouse; even then, he did not dare to linger too long, choosing to leave after a short time.

"However, although I cannot go, I have prepared a gift for you!"

Mi Ming smiled, raised his hand and waved it; immediately, the mirror he was in shrank, turning into a mirror shard that flew straight toward Xu Qing.

"This is my constitution!"

"You once played my identity back then; although my constitution was a seal at that time, you could also perceive my true Mirror Constitution, so borrowing it for your use should be no problem."

"Besides, I am ultimately still worried about you returning alone, so I have brought all your subordinates."

While speaking, Mi Ming raised his hand again.

Immediately, the starry sky twisted, and in the next instant... the figures of Xing Huanzi, Zhou Zhengli, Fu Xie You Lingzi, Li Mengtu, Yuanshan Su, and others appeared one after another.

Qian Junpiyi was also among them, his face tearful.

There were eleven in total!

The moment they appeared, Mi Ming's voice was like a decree, echoing in their minds.

"I command you all to follow the True Monarch Ji Qing for three thousand years, protecting him with your lives!"

"Return after three thousand years, and you shall all be ranked among the immortals!"

Once these words were spoken, Zhou Zhengli and Xing Huanzi were fine; the former did not care whether he could become an immortal, believing that as long as he followed Xu Qing, the future gains would be even greater.

The latter believed he could ascend based on his own ability.

So although their thoughts were different, their expressions were similar.

However, the others were all moved.

The so-called ranking among the immortals was the granting of a Xia Immortal's opportunity!

For them, this could be called a great fortune.

After all, not everyone could be like Xu Qing and successfully step into the Xia Immortal realm.

Therefore, in the next instant, everyone bowed one after another.

"We obey the Immortal Lord's decree!"

Afterward, these former subordinates of Xu Qing instinctively looked toward Xu Qing again.

Sensing Xu Qing's cultivation base and sensing that vast aura, they naturally understood that Xu Qing... had become a Xia Immortal!

And after comparing him to the Xia Immortals they had seen in their hearts, they all felt the differences.

"Xu Qing... he has the might of an Immortal Lord!"

Xing Huanzi's heart shook.

And at this moment, Mi Ming's gaze also landed on Xu Qing, smiling, and he did not speak again.

Looking at the mirror shard in front of him, warmth rose in Xu Qing's heart; recalling the scenes of his arrival here, Xu Qing finally bowed deeply toward Mi Ming before him.

The smile on Mi Ming's face became even gentler, and Fairy Linghuang beside him said softly.

"Xu Qing, I wish you all the best."

In this smile and in this blessing, the two figures disappeared.

And the moment they dissipated, a stream of light was flicked out from the void by Mi Ming, its lingering sound echoing in all directions with a hint of teasing.

"By the way, the three Goddesses you were promised have been caught and are all inside."

That was a bead.

Inside, three sleeping Goddesses could be seen...

Xu Qing's expression was strange as he raised his hand to put it away.

And this scene, falling into the eyes of Xing Huanzi and the others around, was fine for the others, but Zhou Zhengli was thoughtful, murmuring in his heart.

"Does the Young Master like this sort of thing?"

Before Zhou Zhengli could ponder deeply, Xu Qing had already raised his hand, dropping it toward the direction of the fifth star ring.

In an instant, his constitution rippled, and as the starry sky churned, a bronze tower appeared.

It was exactly the tower he had ridden to cross the Primordial Sea earlier.

On the tower, the Holy Heaven Divine Vine was still coiled; it had long since awakened, moving outside the tower and radiating waves of intimacy toward Xu Qing.

"Going home..."

Xu Qing was about to step onto it...

But in the next instant, his footsteps paused.

A giant bubble appeared in this starry sky at some unknown time, shrouding the universe and isolating everything.

Thus, while Xing Huanzi and the others were completely unaware, an old man wearing straw sandals walked over from the starry sky in the distance.

The old man was dressed simply in a coarse linen robe, with a golden mouse lying on his shoulder.

Looking at this person, Xu Qing spoke calmly.

"Greetings, Immortal Venerable."

The person who arrived was exactly the Immortal Venerable of the fifth star ring.

He stepped in front of Xu Qing, looked him up and down, and coughed.

"Kid, long time no see."

Xu Qing did not speak.

The other party had taken him as a chess piece step by step; although he had gained benefits in the process, overall, it was just a transaction.

Naturally, there was nothing to exchange pleasantries about.

The Immortal Venerable also understood this point, so after smiling, he reached out and took out a small bronze tripod.

"This object contains the power of one of my strikes; I give it to you for self-protection."

"Finally... before you leave, I have a piece of news to inform you of."

"The ninth star ring, because of Upper Desolation's awakening seven years ago, has caused the trajectory of the Eastern Wanggu Continent's fate to shift..."

"Therefore, you had better hurry back."

Hearing this, Xu Qing's eyes narrowed.

He did not hesitate at all, his body flickered, and he appeared in front of the bronze tower in an instant; he flicked his large sleeve, sweeping Xing Huanzi and the others over, and stepped into the tower.

Afterward, the bronze tower shook violently.

As the void beneath it twisted, a giant vortex appeared, and waves of Primordial Sea aura radiated from within, permeating all directions.

Every star ring had a Primordial Sea.

And between the thirty-six star rings above, the Primordial Sea was the most direct path of connection...

At this moment, following the appearance of the Primordial Sea, the bronze tower shone brightly, and a heaven-shaking and earth-shattering power erupted from within.

That was the power of Xu Qing's constitution.

Under the influence of the dimension, the bronze tower suddenly sank downward.

It fell into the Primordial Sea and disappeared within the vortex of the waves.

Afterward... the Primordial Sea dissipated, and everything returned to normal, as if this sea had never appeared, with only the lingering aura of the outer seas diffusing in this starry sky.

It grew fainter and fainter.

In the starry sky, the Immortal Venerable watched all this, finally raising his head to gaze into the distance toward the ninth star ring.

After a long while, he murmured softly.

"I have always been puzzled as to why Upper Desolation would want to stay in the ninth star ring, staying on that tiny continent once called Huangtian and now called Eastern Wanggu..."

"Is he searching? Or is he waiting?"

"Is he heading toward death, or... welcoming a new birth?"

The Immortal Venerable shook his head, turned around, and took a step, his figure dissipating.

Only his thoughts continued to ripple.

"Is the god's umbilical cord really the only path to transcendence?"

"Then throughout history, has there really been a god who truly succeeded from the god's umbilical cord?"

"Beyond... what is waiting for us?"

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