Chapter 1269: Xu Qing's Strongest State Yet!

In the silver-gold sea of light, amidst the rolling waves, the time-light bottle from Xu Qing's past was condensed into being.

The seemingly ordinary little bottle now emitted waves of ancient, primeval aura.

That kind of antiquity, so exceedingly ancient, contained a deep sense of decay; even under the tracing of wish-power, its source seemed difficult to fully reveal.

Even with Xu Qing's constitutional law sustaining it, causing time and space to flow upon the time-light bottle, it was merely… at last… upon the surface of that ordinary little bottle, a blurred relief emerged.

The carved lines seemed to come alive, intertwining and twisting, ultimately faintly forming a sphere.

It rotated, exhaling a breath of life.

"Is that… a star?"

Xu Qing's eyes narrowed.

And as the star rotated, thread upon thread of light like morning glow burst forth instantly, spreading across the entire bottle.

Xu Qing's pupils contracted, about to gaze closely.

But the mournful cry from the Mother River God Spirit interrupted everything.

Its divinity, erupting at all costs, under the endless diffusion of divine light, finally at this moment wore down the chain of law upon its body, causing the pull to cease.

Thus the image vanished, and the time-light bottle returned to ordinariness.

Meanwhile, the Mother River God Sovereign, after fleeing at speed, had a pallid face, a weakened body, killing intent in its eyes, and its inner turmoil surged violently.

This time, its injuries were severe; even though only thirty percent of its form had come, the cracks in its own divinity were enough to affect its true body.

"On this person, not only are there layouts by multiple deities, but also other inexplicable things!"

"Those inexplicable things are largely related to the Eastern Wanggu Continent itself..."

"This person… eighty or ninety percent likely is the final force condensed by Eastern Wanggu under the devouring of the Upper Wilds, forming the ultimate struggle!"

"Therefore, Eastern Wanggu's fortune is in him, the Heavenly Dao is in him, the light of formation is in him, and that strange bottle is also related to him!"

"Such a person… no wonder the deities' layouts all converge upon him!"

"However, you have bound your constitutional law chain to me; though it restricts me, I likewise, through this connection, have seen your flaw!"

The Mother River God Sovereign's eyes flashed with golden light, and indeed golden flames ignited from within its divine eyes, then spread from the eyes, flowing instantly across its entire body.

Blazing fiercely.

Within the golden flames, its appearance became divine, though the resolute expression contained within was especially evident.

"Your flaw is indeed as I foresaw; the fusion of immortal and divine—how could it be so easy!"

"You are forcing yourself!"

"Your current state is also merely temporary; the fusion of immortal and divine for you cannot endure!"

The Mother River God Sovereign's divine voice echoed through the starry sky, filled with madness, as its right hand rose, and under the frenzied leaping of flames in its eyes, its divinity… began to self-ignite!

In the next instant, even denser flames erupted explosively upon its body, causing it in the starry sky to resemble an unextinguished divine fire.

Burning nearby, it turned everything into nothingness, becoming nourishment for its own combustion, making the flames burn even brighter.

Emitting light and heat, transforming into divine might, as if seeking to burn the entire universe.

For a moment, its divine intent spread throughout the starry sky.

Thereafter, in this state of burning desperately, the Mother River God Spirit raised its hand and pointed at Xu Qing.

The sound from its mouth, at this moment, truly became the rules of the Ninth Star Ring!

"I wish: your immortal-divine instability, three breaths to split!"

"I wish: your immortal soul independence, leading to self-collapse!"

"I wish: your divine body devouring souls, all shall become illusion!"

These words of wish became the Ninth Star Ring rules, echoing throughout all universes within the Ninth Star Ring, stirring all beings to tremble, while also transforming into three closed rule-eyes.

Upon the brow of the Mother River God Spirit, the first eye opened.

The moment it looked at Xu Qing, the silver-gold sea around him actually emitted a tearing sound; within it, the gold and silver, previously blended, began to separate.

On the left was silver, on the right gold, and Xu Qing between the two seas, his body at this moment likewise showed signs of separation.

The original instability was infinitely magnified!

Gazing upon this, the Mother River God Spirit's expression turned ferocious; the second eye on its brow instantly opened.

Rules erupted, the star rings roared, and Xu Qing's soul, in this instant, underwent violent undulations.

But Xu Qing paid no heed to these; whether the separation of the silver-gold sea of light or the undulation of his immortal soul, none affected his will in the slightest.

At this moment, allowing the Mother River God Spirit to open its eyes, his mind instead manifested a divine ability formed from his own techniques.

This was the divine ability inherited from Li Zihua, named the Beheading God Platform!

"After all, it belongs to another, but I can use it as a mirror to form… a divine ability of my own."

Xu Qing raised his hand, following his thoughts, and summoned toward the void.

He drew forth the authority of the Red Moon, transforming beneath him into endless blood mist, which, as it rolled, indeed condensed into a blood-colored altar!

This was the Red Moon Altar!

Next came the Ghost Emperor Mountain, sourced from the bronze-black tower; it did not stand upright, but transformed into a tower shape, inverted to become the altar's support!

Raise the altar high!

Moreover, there were the iron chains transformed from the Golden Crow, locking the base of the tower and connecting to the altar, swinging on their own.

This scene formed a strange picture, appearing before Xu Qing, while Xu Qing closed his eyes.

Thereafter, the poison-ban power, under Xu Qing's will, descended from nowhere, turning into rolling black mist, and within that mist, a huge, blurry beast shadow stood in the western corner of the altar.

Ding Yisaner was likewise summoned by Xu Qing.

The old painter within stepped out, with a mad expression, grinding the morning glow light on a millstone to color the altar.

Subsequently, mixed with the fortune-blood of a young boy, it was smeared onto the eyes of the stone lion, causing the stone lion to tremble, and from its mouth came a mournful, piercing roar.

And the old painter, then, died laughing as he thrust his paintbrush into his own brow, crawling before death toward the northern corner of the altar, where he died.

Following this, in the poisonous mist of the altar, a straw man with a grinning, eerie smile staggered out and walked to the southern corner of the altar, where he knelt toward the center, holding something aloft with both hands.

It was the Time Vial.

And at the final eastern corner of the altar, the divine hand of the spirit appeared there, placing Ding Yisaner's head before it.

The head's voice wailed mournfully.

"You are dead, you are dead, you are dead!"

Witnessing this, the Mother River Divine Spirit trembled in its heart, feeling a powerful life-and-death crisis, so intense it surpassed before, giving it a premonition of impending doom that could not be stopped.

"What is this!"

As the sound echoed, Xu Qing, sitting cross-legged in the void above the altar, suddenly opened his eyes.

He gazed toward the Mother River Divine Spirit.

A cold voice came from his mouth.

"In this life, I have merged all strange things, gathered here, using your wish to trace back to the origin, I perform this sacrifice!"

"Thus I shall call it, the Origin of Strange Things……Sacrifice!"

As the last word left Xu Qing's mouth, the starry sky trembled, and the altar roared.

In an instant, all space around Xu Qing began to twist and deform, as if an invisible great force were tearing at the boundary between reality and illusion.

Moreover, black shadows surpassing the poison seal surged forth in gusts of yin wind from all directions, swiftly gathering around the altar.

Within that darkness, vaguely, the outlines of many strangely shaped strange things emerged, emitting a hair-raising aura, and moreover exuding antiquity!

It seemed, older than the divine spirits!

And the manifestation of this aura caused even the divine spirits to tremble.

Furthermore, a sound like weeping and howling echoed through this starry sky, as if from an evil existence awakened since the world's creation.

Desiring to devour people!

They struggled and twisted in the darkness, then, in Xu Qing's gaze, suddenly roared toward where the Mother River Divine Spirit was.

Boundless and numerous, enough to make anyone who saw them tremble in heart and soul.

Wherever they passed, the starry sky decayed, like rotting skin.

The Mother River Divine Spirit's expression changed drastically, the life-and-death crisis intense beyond compare, it immediately retreated, deploying divine techniques to resist, radiant divine light bursting from its body, various divine powers from wishes intertwining externally to block.

At the same time, it transformed into nothingness and departed via divine technique!

However, the strange things formed by the Origin of Strange Things Sacrifice, like beasts that had smelled blood, came rushing forward with greater speed and sharper, more mournful cries.

Whether it was nothingness, whether it was spacetime, whether it was any parallel, they pursued the Mother River Divine Spirit's aura, without beginning or end!

In every dimension, in every concept, in every story, they caught up with the Mother River Divine Spirit, dragging it back from all regions, forming at the altar's center.

Causing the Mother River Divine Spirit's figure to manifest within the altar.

Subsequently, in its mournful……the sacrifice began!

The altar exploded, locking the body!

The Black Tower roared, sealing the soul!

The poison seal spread, sealing the god!

The entire altar, suddenly, began the sacrifice!

Visible, countless strange things surged forward, madly gnawing and tearing.

And after the painter's death, his strange laughter, corpse hand raised, he painted wildly.

The stone lion roared!

"What are strange things, preceding the gods, ascending the star ring, the strange realm before the gods!"

The head bounced and sang loudly!

"At the third watch of midnight, blood from broken fingers, seven orifices as offerings to sacrifice to the Strange Lord!"

"Left eye given to the curse-beast bird, right eye offered to the Time Vial."

"Both ears hung on the black crow, tongue stuffed into the bronze goblet."

"Moreover, divine marrow and divine status, spirit body and divine soul forgotten in the River of Forgetfulness!"

"The rest buried in the Mountain of Sins, the divine nation's collapse illuminates the scorching light!"

"Finally, grind the millstone three times, the strange things' sacrifice reveals the true face!"

This voice, sharp as a funeral song!

No matter how the Mother River Divine Spirit struggled and roared, it could not break free from this terrifying shroud.

The strange power from this ninth star ring, in this instant, used this place as an outlet, surging forth, endless explosion!

In but a moment, under the might of the Origin of Strange Things Sacrifice, the Mother River Divine Spirit's body dissipated, its light extinguished!

Together with the altar, it ultimately completely turned into nothingness!

Only remaining in this starry sky were the yet-to-dissipate strange aura, and a soft sigh from the same deceased ancient immortal.

The starry sky fell silent.

And Xu Qing, standing in the starry sky, sensing the peace around him, finally raised his head, gazing into the distant universe.

After a long while, he raised his hand, took out the Immortal Venerable's Treasure, and lightly waved it beneath his feet in the starry sky.

A line, starting from beneath his feet, became a circle and went forth, encircling Eastern Wanggu within.

Standing at the boundary, Xu Qing's voice transmitted throughout the ninth star ring.

"From now on, outsiders, crossing this line, bear the consequences themselves!"