Chapter 1328: Xu Qing's Strongest State Yet!

At this moment, Eastern Wanggu churned.

Heaven and earth changed color.

That divine river, flowing above Eastern Wanggu's firmament, manifested in an instant, and boundless divine might erupted from within, causing all beings across the Eastern Wanggu continent to have their minds thunder.

They could not control it, losing all thoughts, left only with a blank void and the instinctive trembling of body and soul.

Even the divine spirits were thus, each one lowering their heads at this moment.

This was an absolute crushing from the level of life itself!

Moreover, endless alien essence seeped out from the vast divine river now revealed between heaven and earth, seeking to flood all four directions of Eastern Wanggu.

But all of this was merely a moment.

Because, above the firmament, the Upper Wasteland remnant face hanging high there slightly turned its head!

Thus, in the next instant, within the divine river formed from that droplet of river water, the golden giant eye that had terrified all beings unhesitatingly chose to close.

Rapidly contracting, it released ninety-nine percent of its aura.

Even as a divine sovereign, it dared not expose itself further!

Nor did it dare let its true form arrive!

Not even a divine thought dared descend too much!

It dared only to send out that single thread!

And that single thread of divine thought, at the moment it closed its eyes, with the aid of that droplet of river water, sent forth a figure!

This was a blur of blue throughout, appearing in an instant, and a terrifying pressure erupted upon this figure.

Though this pressure was not like the divine river's eye, it was still astonishing, yet…… compared to the previous divine sovereign, it truly failed to arouse the remnant face's interest.

Even if what the mother river sent was a divine lord!

And at the moment of its manifestation, it condensed into a giant fist, without hesitation, even nearly anxious…… and struck toward the human sword with a punch.

At the moment of contact, heaven and earth thundered.

The human sword trembled, and under the overwhelming force surging from within the fist, it had no choice but to retreat.

And that fist, after a tremor, violently exploded outward.

Forming a vast blue sea, rolling with endless power, sweeping across the eight directions, shattering the void, dividing time and space, all for the purpose of…… blocking Xu Qing.

Moreover, within the sea formed from its divine might that enveloped Xu Qing, this divine lord sent by the mother river paid no heed to the human sword, nor did it continue to act against Xu Qing.

It violently retreated, seizing the weak ancient immortal, and chose to rush straight toward the firmament.

With incredible speed, it rushed straight to the end of the firmament.

Its mission was to bring back this pawn of the mother river!

Besides this, it had no other thoughts.

It dared not act too much here, nor did it wish to linger here.

Though it did not understand why the mother river gave it this task.

After all, the pawn had already failed, and its connection with Eastern Wanggu was severed, thus valueless, yet the mother river still took great risk, preferring to project and send a thread of divine thought to move itself here.

To ensure it must bring that cultivator back.

It did not know the reason, and could only obey.

Because the mother river's will, it could not defy, even if it felt an instinctive fear of this task from life itself.

"Fortunately, the mother river allows me to come with only thirty percent of my body."

These thoughts arose in its heart at the same time it had already taken the ancient immortal and arrived at the end of the firmament.

During this process, it glanced at the Upper Wasteland remnant face.

Just one glance, and its divine soul could not help but tremble.

Thus, its speed increased further, aided by the mother river's power, in an instant breaking free of Eastern Wanggu's seal and entering the starry void.

Charging toward the distance!

It did not wish to linger even a breath longer in this terrifying Eastern Wanggu.

Even if approaching, it did not wish to.

"As long as I escape Eastern Wanggu's range, the mother river can guide me directly back……"

Though this sounds lengthy when spoken, in reality it all happened in the flash of lightning and stone.

At the moment the divine lord sent by the mother river flew into the starry void, on Eastern Wanggu's firmament above, Xu Qing's constitution erupted, and the divine sea around him was instantly dismantled into fragments, into droplets, finally turning into mist that scattered in all directions.

In the thin mist, Xu Qing stood in midair, lifting his head to gaze at the firmament.

All thoughts in his heart were now fully complete.

On his path of return, he had encountered an unknown foe; if not fully prepared, wishing to return smoothly would be extremely difficult.

And this encounter caused Xu Qing's heart to rise with endless doubt.

Especially since the foe along the way, though concealing its traces, still, with Xu Qing's understanding, allowed him to guess some clues.

Thus, after descending upon Eastern Wanggu, he did not engage in further martial exchanges with the ancient immortal, but rather a contest of constitution and Dao.

Its purpose, on one hand, was to utterly force the opponent to the extreme, thereby severing their merit with Eastern Wanggu, so that from then on they would have no relation with Eastern Wanggu.

On the other hand, Xu Qing wished to see whether behind the opponent…… there existed a higher-level power.

The reason for this probe was also due to the enemy ambush on his return path.

The unknown enemy's purpose was clearly to slay him, and upon finding it impossible, chose to delay.

Combining these, Xu Qing harbored great suspicion that behind this Eastern Wanggu calamity, it was highly unlikely to be merely the descent of an ancient immortal.

If there truly was a behind-the-scenes force, and if it were not precisely locked down, then in the future, unknown dangers would inevitably bring greater hidden perils.

Thus, came the previous series of Dao disputes.

Until just that instant, when the ancient immortal severed its merit, lost its celestial position, and faced life and death, Xu Qing finally sensed that ripple behind the opponent.

Therefore, that human sword, without hesitation, cut away.

Finally, that drop of river water appeared!

These thoughts flashed through Xu Qing's mind, turning into an even more astonishing cold light in his eyes.

"So, it's you!"

His previous guess could only narrow the range to the divine venerables of the Ninth Star Ring, but exactly which one, he did not know.

And now, he has clearly understood the source.

"As for the deity you sent, although it is a deity, it is merely an incarnation..."

Xu Qing raised his head, gazing at the starry sky, his body trembled, and his entire being transformed into a silver long rainbow, soaring toward the firmament, whistling away.

The speed was so great that in an instant he reached the end of the firmament, and his calm voice, at this moment, echoed throughout Eastern Wanggu.

"Divine body, return!"

His words shocked the world, stirred the eight directions, forming countless reverberations like heavenly thunder, echoing and shattering continuously at that moment...

Inside the palace of Feng Haijun, outside the Phoenix Hall.

Sitting cross-legged there, to this day he had not opened his eyes, a figure, at this moment, suddenly opened his eyes!

The golden radiance belonging to the divine spirit poured forth from these opened eyes.

It was precisely Xu Qing's divine spirit body!

The astonishing divine power erupted like a flood, then the divine body, expressionless, suddenly rose, transforming into a brilliant golden long rainbow, shooting forth!

Breaking through the underground palace, bursting from the earth, amidst the shock of countless cultivators in Feng Haijun, this golden long rainbow raced toward the firmament!

The golden light and the silver rainbow rose from two different places, ultimately, amidst the shock of all the powerful beings of Eastern Wanggu, merging at the end of the firmament!

Without hesitation, they directly... merged together!

Gold and silver, intertwined in an instant!

The light was like a sea, filling the sky.

Moreover, a divine seal manifested in this fusion.

It was... the Fate Divine Seal!

Using the Fate Divine Seal as power, empowering the divine body, making immortal and deity, in this instant... merge together!

Finally breaking through the firmament, appearing in the starry sky beyond Eastern Wanggu!

Transforming into a... special and divine figure!

The divine spirit's body, engraved with numerous divine authorities, while those divine authorities intertwined together, the core being the Fate Divine Seal!

Xia Xian's aura, emanating from the soul, swirled around his body, forming strands of constitutional patterns, each containing time and space, containing parallelism, containing unity!

Reflected in the eyes, the left eye flowed with silver brilliance, the right eye radiated with golden light!

Matching a head of long hair like a purple star river...

The divine authority of the deity lord stirred the eight directions.

The majestic pressure of the immortal lord filled time and space.

Achieved this heaven-shaking, earth-moving feat, drawing the gaze of all supreme beings of the Ninth Star Ring upon this immortal-deity!

This, is now Xu Qing's strongest state!

"You, cannot escape!"

In the starry sky, Xu Qing, fused immortal and deity, slowly turned his head, gold and silver eyes gazing afar at the starry sky, looking toward the direction the deity lord fled.

One step, pursue!

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