Chapter 1287: Seizing the Body, Seizing the Fate!

Inside and outside the palace of the Ziqing State.

Ziqing sat on the dragon throne, Xu Qing stood in the outer square of the hall.

Their gazes met and locked together.

Xu Qing still remembered the last time their gazes had met, it was in the human race's imperial capital, at the moment of his death.

And before that, it was on a rainy night in the dense forest welcoming Huangzhou.

At that time, Prince Ziqing held the head of Sixth Uncle in his hand.

One scene after another surfaced in Xu Qing's mind as their gazes met at this moment.

Only differing from before……this time, Xu Qing's gaze was calm.

He looked at Prince Ziqing, at such close distance, he could clearly sense the other's cultivation, merely the Divine Platform realm.

Back then in the human race's imperial capital, Prince Ziqing used the Empress's ascension as his own ritual, stepping onto the Divine Platform realm.

But it seems, over these past years, he has halted his progress.

Now, he remains at the Divine Platform realm.

Yet Xu Qing did not grow the slightest careless because of this; he knew well……the statues on the Desolate Barbaric Surface being here, the realm actually no longer mattered.

And Prince Ziqing's scheming and methods, with his repeated layouts, all indicated the other's pursuit of the utmost!

Thus, facing Prince Ziqing's words, Xu Qing spoke lightly.

"My divine body, whether fused with myself or brought here……as long as it appears before you, then……"

"Whether the body forged from Desolate Barbaric flesh can still belong to me is unknown."

Inside the hall, seated on the dragon throne, Prince Ziqing heard this and his smile grew ever gentler,

"Clever younger brother, let me see your preparations, whether they are sufficient."

Speaking gently, Prince Ziqing raised his right hand, lightly summoning toward the heavens.

With this summon, the sky rumbled, waves surged suddenly, a massive vortex abruptly appeared, violently spinning with a thunderous roar.

It swept away all the black mist devouring the heavens.

Moreover, within the vortex, a scene coalesced!

The scene was precisely……Mount Zhaoxia!

Inside, everything was clearly reflected, one could see within Mount Zhaoxia's interior, a figure sitting cross-legged.

Exuding a thick divine spirit aura, it was precisely Xu Qing's divine body!

Around this body were dense and complex formations, now all formations were activating, forming a terrifying suppressive force.

And outside the formations, outside Mount Zhaoxia, one could still see figures encircling Mount Zhaoxia.

They were Zhou Zhengli and Xing Huanzi and the others.

All of them, sitting cross-legged, each forming seals, dispersing their entire selves, empowering the formations within Mount Zhaoxia.

Causing the formations' suppressive might to suddenly surge.

But these were not the focus; the true suppressor of Xu Qing's divine body was……Seventh Uncle!

Seventh Uncle, sitting cross-legged atop Mount Zhaoxia, using his own power to envelop Xu Qing's divine body.

And originally everything was normal, but at the moment Prince Ziqing raised his hand to summon, Xu Qing's divine body, sitting cross-legged at the formation's center, suddenly trembled.

Its eyes actually snapped open!

Releasing golden light, simultaneously……that gaze also carried an evil quality.

It seemed, no longer Xu Qing!

Immediately, terrifying power emanated from this divine body, toward the outside world seeking to destroy the formations, moreover wanting to burst forth in one rush, to break open this mountain, and head toward the summoning place.

This power was astonishing; upon contact with the formations, the formations instantly showed signs of rotting and collapse.

Those empowering the formations, Zhou Zhengli and the others, each body violently shook, Zhou Zhengli spat out a mouthful of blood, Xing Huanzi was likewise.

Also the Yinlingzi, Limutu, Yuanshan Su and others, each had their minds rumbling, blood gushing from their seven orifices.

Seeing that suppression was about to fail, at the critical moment, Seventh Uncle coldly snorted, raised his right hand and pressed against the mountain.

With this press, earthen power surged in, sealing off this mountain!

Subsequently, he raised his left hand and took out an object.

It was a lens!

Precisely the gift given to Xu Qing by the Mingming Immortal Lord, containing its own constitutional might.

With this object, combined with Seventh Uncle's earthen power, they finally sealed Mount Zhaoxia, making the divine body within……unable to break through the earth and emerge.

Although this method's longevity is uncertain, but at least for now it seems to have resisted Prince Ziqing's first wave of summoning.

This is one of the many preparations Xu Qing decided upon before coming to the Ziqing State.

He had long since deduced an answer.

Because Prince Ziqing is closely related to the Desolate Barbaric, then the body forged from Desolate Barbaric flesh, before him……must certainly have traces!

Thus Xu Qing knew well, he must suppress his divine body well before coming to the Ziqing State, to prevent accidents.

At the same time, because he cannot allow the divine body to appear, he also cannot go and fuse with it, thus unable to reach that most peak formidable immortal god state.

Thus what he could use was only his immortal body.

This is also why he has been in seclusion all along!

He wants to break through his cultivation!

But mere decades of seclusion, even if he fully absorbed the light offered by the Huangtian God Clan, the final result still was not enough for him to truly ascend to Immortal Lord!

Although his constitutional principles are sufficient, the source substance needed for Xia Xian to ascend to Immortal Lord is truly too much.

As for that mysterious light offered by the Huangtian God Clan, he absorbed it for decades, already reaching the light's limit.

Although the light still contains source substance, it cannot be further absorbed by Xu Qing; the remainder, is the fundamental nature of that light as a key.

Cannot be plundered by external force.

Thus, Xu Qing emerged from seclusion, choosing to come to Prince Ziqing's Upper Realm.

At this moment, in the vortex image summoned by Prince Ziqing on the firmament, the fleeting stability of Mount Zhaoxia, Xu Qing, standing on the palace square, suddenly lifted his head.

His eyes flashed with intense light, and he raised his hand and swept it toward the sky.

Instantly, the roar of the vortex in the firmament intensified again, and as the entire vortex trembled, it was actually driven into a reverse rotation.

And Xu Qing's cultivation surged at this moment, soaring heaven-shatteringly.

The fluctuations of late-stage Xia Xian instantly filled heaven and earth in all directions, enveloping the entire Tun Tuan Great Domain, transforming into external force, causing the vortex's reversal to be accomplished in one stroke.

At the same time, Xu Qing gazed upon Prince Ziqing within the great hall, and resonant Dao sounds echoed from his mouth.

"Seize!"

The moment this sound rang out, on the Eastern Wanggu Continent, within the human imperial capital, a grand ceremony had already been completed.

This ceremony gathered all the mighty of humanity, using humanity's fortune as a guide, with the Empress as command, and suddenly unfolded.

As the ceremony rose, a strong light shot up from the human imperial capital, heading straight for……the Tun Tian Great Domain.

At the same time, sensing the opening of the human ceremony, all the great domains of the Eastern Wanggu Continent, and all the peoples within them, at this moment, began to activate the ceremonies they had long prepared.

Each one, mobilizing the full strength of their entire clan.

Forming beams of strong light that shot up into the sky, rushing toward the Tun Tian Great Domain where Xu Qing was, howling as they came.

Though this sounds lengthy when spoken, in reality it all happened in an instant.

The beams of light from the myriad races, together with humanity's light, tore through the void and appeared directly in the sky above the Tun Tian Great Domain like meteors.

And there, they merged together.

Moreover, the image of the Eastern Wanggu Dao appeared within this light.

Within it could be seen the Ancient Spirit Emperor, and could be seen Xu Qing's Dao Son.

At the moment of their appearance, they intertwined with the light, and actually spread out in the sky above the Tun Tian Great Domain into……a colossal mirror covering the Tun Tian Great Domain!

The mirror surface, facing the Tun Tian Great Domain, indeed reflected within it the mountains and rivers and everything within this domain!

Naturally including the Purple Azure Realm and its palace within!

The entire Tun Tian Great Domain, under this reflection, in the vortex's reverse absorption, instantly blurred, and strands of fortune actually became tangible as threads of gray mist, rising into the air, being absorbed by that mirror!

And as the Tun Tian Great Domain became blurred, everything within the mirror surface became rapidly clear!

This is……the Dao Manifests, Seizing the Nation's Fortune!

Xu Qing gathered the strength of the myriad races, forming above the Tun Tian Great Domain a mirror of plundering national fortune, the Eastern Wanggu Mirror.

This is one of Xu Qing's plans.

Prince Ziqing desires to seize his divine body, while his choice is to use half of the Purple Azure Upper Realm's fortune as a guide, to seize the other half of the Purple Azure Upper Realm's fortune.

Within the Tun Tian Great Domain, in the palace hall, the Purple Azure Crown Prince seated on the dragon throne, gazing upon this scene in the outside world, his smile grew richer, and he slightly nodded toward Xu Qing.

"Interesting."

"My younger brother has indeed grown up."

"Everyone knows they want to snatch our family estate from elder brother here."

"But, do you know how much our family estate amounts to?"

Prince Ziqing smiled gently.