Chapter 1278: Just One Step Away

Looking at the light in his hand, Xu Qing's mind conjured the scene from before, when he had fought the divine master under the Mother River outside Eastern Wanggu.

At that time, he had borrowed the other's divine authority, combined it with his own constitution, and traced the origins of his divine abilities.

Among them, on the Mount Zhaoxia light, he gained perception.

Realizing that the Mount Zhaoxia light was one ten-thousandth of a mysterious light worshipped by the Huangtian Divine Clan!

And this mysterious light traces back...

to the first ray of light that appeared when Eastern Wanggu was formed.

"Now, looking at it, the Huangtian Divine Clan's worship of this Eastern Wanggu light also has its reasons, after all, their bodies have crystallized, especially the head containing light cones."

"It's just unknown whether they were originally like this, or whether their forms changed due to worshipping that first ray of Eastern Wanggu light."

Xu Qing narrowed his eyes, and with his right hand, he pinched.

Instantly, those light cones within his palm shattered completely, turning into powder.

The light contained within also flowed along Xu Qing's palm, merging into his body, fusing with his Mount Zhaoxia light.

Having done this, Xu Qing raised his head, gazing into the distance at the Huangtian world, his eyes revealing a strange color.

He now had greater anticipation for this journey to Huangtian.

"The people of the Huangtian Divine Clan, upon falling, all scatter such light."

"We studied this light back then, also found it strange, but discovered most of it does not last long; only occasionally some, which we tried to fuse with the sun rising from Eastern Wanggu, managed to be preserved."

Seventh Uncle collected the turmoil in his heart, looked toward Xu Qing.

"That one you possess has persisted to this day in this manner."

"And in fact, the light left behind after the deaths of those Huangtian clansmen is merely one hundred-millionth of its true source; the real source has always been worshipped by the Huangtian Divine Clan."

"At least, when we of the Thick Earth arrived, their performance was like this, and according to some investigations from back then, this clan seems... to have been born from that light."

"They call that ray of light... the Source Light."

"Even until the final Huangtian, even if defeated and sealed by the Thick Earth, that light was still retained by them."

"And when we won, we too were tragic, so we did not wish to push the Huangtian Divine Clan to the extreme, thus we did not forcibly take it."

Seventh Uncle's voice, in this heavenly light, carried the mottledness of history, scattering like dust.

Afterwards, he glanced again at the plain before him, as if severing the bonds in his heart, he lifted his foot and took a step away.

"The old man is missing his master; he has been waiting all along, and though he waited so long, when the time finally came, he found that what returned was no longer that person."

Chen Erniu came to Xu Qing's side, gazing at Seventh Uncle's retreating back, his tone rare in carrying heaviness.

"Worldly affairs are mostly like this."

Chen Erniu sighed, not knowing what he had recalled, feeling somewhat disinterested.

Xu Qing did not speak; he thought of Chen Erniu weeping in the ruins amidst that temporal turbulence.

"The master's past is no longer shrouded in mist, but the senior brother..."

Xu Qing looked at Chen Erniu, he did not go to ask why the senior brother had been like that in that temporal turbulence.

Every person is an independent individual, each also possessing their own secrets and bonds.

The master has them, Chen Erniu has them, and Xu Qing, recalling this life, also has them.

Thus, in silence, Xu Qing stepped forward, walked to Chen Erniu's side, and followed Seventh Uncle together with Chen Erniu, strolling through the Huangtian realm.

Walking on, this scene seemed to return to the underground palace of years past.

Until time flowed, half an hour later, with Zheng Li and others having already destroyed the temples and slain the gods in all eight directions, causing the heterogeneities of the entire Huangtian to surge even more, Xu Qing and the two others had arrived at their destination.

It was an endless, boundless sea!

Like a ferocious beast in a rage, it was roaring.

The color of the seawater was pitch-black, emitting waves of bloody stench, as if even the passage of time and the power of years could not erode this place, making it difficult to dispel the sea's color and bloody odor.

Besides this, here there was also a dense divine might and immortal intent, mutually repelling like water and fire, an invisible collision.

Causing ripples in heaven and earth, stirring up storms in the sea, constant year-round.

As for the location of Chen Erniu's true body, it was precisely on an island in this sea.

"This place is also where I previously swept with my divine sense, obscured by the brilliant light, the only place I could not see through."

Xu Qing's gaze fell upon the vast sea before him, lost in thought.

And Seventh Uncle's voice also echoed at this moment.

"Old Four, Old One, you two remember this place."

Seventh Uncle's expression was solemn.

"This sea is the place where my Thick Earth's first immortal fought the Huangtian Divine Emperor!"

"That battle lasted a very long time, ultimately the Divine Emperor was beheaded, his body shattered."

"The head was taken away by the Xia Xian Palace, while the body fell down, becoming the Black Sea."

"As for my Thick Earth's first immortal... he fell here, leaving only a remnant soul preserved, which later became the first Heavenly Dao of my Eastern Wanggu."

"It can be said, without him, there would be no later Eastern Wanggu."

Seventh Uncle spoke, bowing his body toward this sea in worship.

Xu Qing and Chen Erniu likewise bowed.

With this bow by the three, the sea instantly roared, waves grew larger, and the immortal intent within it surged violently at this moment, actually scattering rainbow light within the black sea, illuminating the heavens.

Until a long time passed, the rainbow light then dispersed.

And at the moment that rainbow light dispersed, faintly in the distance, an island emerged.

"Master, the true body of the senior brother is there."

Xu Qing's gaze fell upon that island.

Seventh Uncle, upon hearing this, glanced at it.

"You're quite good at finding places."

Chen Erniu also recovered from his previous heavy state at this moment, hearing the words, he was about to speak.

Seventh Uncle had already stepped forward.

Chen Erniu blinked, then turned his head to look at Xu Qing.

"Little Ah Qing, from now on, you will see your senior brother me, no boasting!"

Xu Qing smiled, taking Chen Erniu, and stepped across the sea.

Upon appearing, he was already together with Seventh Uncle, appearing on that island, standing before a ruined temple.

That temple should have been vast beyond measure, but now it is only broken walls and ruins, the doors also shattered, so standing outside, one can see inside at a glance.

Inside the temple, beside the rubble of the collapsed deity statue, there is a large head, placed in the corner.

It is Chen Erniu's head!

Beside it is a rat with almost no fur left, lying lazily, occasionally flicking its tail, sending some unknown dried meat from somewhere into Chen Erniu's head's mouth.

The appearance of Xu Qing and the others actually drew the rat's attention; its eyes suddenly contracted, and in an instant it leapt up, moving with great familiarity as it hoisted the head and prepared to flee.

"Little Qing, don't run, it's me!"

Almost at the moment the rat wanted to escape, Chen Erniu outside the temple hurriedly shouted.

Xu Qing raised his eyebrows.

As for the mangy rat, upon hearing this, it paused, looking doubtfully at Chen Erniu.

Chen Erniu quickly approached, his expression excited as his body transformed into a blue light, directly sinking into the head that had always kept its eyes closed.

The main body and the avatar merged.

In the next instant, the mind trembled, the closed eyes slowly opened.

Seeing this, the rat was immediately delighted.

"Where is all this meat of yours?"

Seventh Uncle also entered the temple at this moment, looking at the head on the ground, he sighed.

Chen Erniu coughed once, about to speak.

Suddenly, the sound of waves outside the island surged, accompanied by the heaven-splitting, earth-shaking roar, as if countless heavenly thunderbolts exploded directly.

The entire island trembled, the outside sea roared endlessly, the raised waves more astonishing than before.

Subsequently……this boundless sea actually began to sink!

The seawater, at an astonishing speed, in this unprecedented turmoil, rapidly sank, as if being sucked away!

That is, in just a dozen breaths……the entire sea directly dried up!

Exposing the entire seabed, exposing the mountains.

The island where Xu Qing and the three are located is actually within a mountain range, the peak of a giant mountain!

And beneath this mountain range, there actually exists a colossal, astonishing skeleton!

The skeleton has no skull, the body seems to be pieced together.

The mountain range grows upon His body.

The seawater is also precisely sucked away by Him.

Divine power surges heavenward upon His body.

It stirs endless heterogeneity, churning in the firmament.

But these are not yet the most astonishing……

The most astonishing is that on this skeleton, a layer of blue writhing worms actually crawls!

These worms are densely packed, their number incalculable, some even having burrowed into the skeleton through wounds, all of them……frantically tearing and biting!

Seeing this, Seventh Uncle was also stunned.

Xu Qing also narrowed his eyes.

And Chen Erniu's head on the ground, at this moment leapt up, landing on Xu Qing's shoulder, laughing arrogantly.

"Old man, you weren't asking about my meat, were you? My meat is all in there."

"And Little Ah Qing, look, senior brother me didn't boast, did I!"

"Give me enough time, and I will completely devour this preparing-to-resurrect Huangtian God Emperor, and then won't I just unify Huangtian!"

"This, is just missing this one step!"