Chapter 1342: Radiant Heaven

Almost as Xu Qing's words were spoken, the giant snake before him trembled violently, emitting from its mouth a hiss that could penetrate the soul.

Echoing in the dark void of the Spirit Abyss, ripples appeared, sweeping outward in all directions like waves.

At the same time, within the great world atop the giant snake's head, each of the Spirit Emperor's Eyes that had opened from their respective palaces contracted their pupils, and the intense sense of life-and-death crisis caused the newly awakened Ancient Spirit Emperor's soul to tremble.

Instinctively wanting to flee, in an instant, spatial fluctuations appeared all around the Spirit Emperor's Eyes.

These fluctuations then instantly erupted, submerging the Spirit Emperor's Eyes and causing them to vanish suddenly.

Xu Qing's expression remained normal, he looked calmly and spoke lightly.

"Come back."

All space had already been sealed when Xu Qing approached.

This included time and space.

Unless one's realm surpassed his, otherwise, no living being could arbitrarily depart in his presence.

Thus, in his gaze and after his words, the vanished Spirit Emperor's Eyes reappeared.

But they did not appear as before within the great world; instead, they appeared upon the giant snake's body.

Gazing outward, upon the rotting body of the giant snake, Spirit Emperor's Eyes emerged from nowhere, growing upon the flesh and blood, unable to detach in the slightest.

At this moment, all were fully opened, revealing intense terror.

They did not even dare to rise in resistance, allowing Zhou Zhengli Xinghuan and others to run rampant within their world.

"Xu Qing, I have not offended you!"

All the Spirit Emperor's Eyes emitted divine thoughts, gathering together to form a voice nearly like a divine tone, exuding authority.

Yet within it lay anxiety, more tension, and they had lost their former brilliance.

Outside the giant snake, in the void, Xu Qing stood there, raising his right hand and grabbing toward the giant snake.

With this grab, the giant snake's trembling instantly intensified to the extreme, its body blurring, and its hiss turned into a wail.

Even its massive body began to melt.

The Ancient Emperor's Eyes appearing all over its body also screamed in agony, one by one detaching from flesh and blood, uncontrollably converging toward Xu Qing's front.

The sensation of death erupted instantly to its limit.

The Ancient Spirit Emperor's wail also turned into an instinctive plea amidst its misery.

"Xu Qing, I previously helped you!"

"Even when you were weak, I repeatedly provoked you, yet I never truly struck you!"

Hearing the Ancient Spirit Emperor's wail, Xu Qing said nothing more.

He clearly understood that his relationship with the Ancient Spirit Emperor had, until now, been a series of dangerous transactions.

The reason the other had not initially killed him was because Xu Qing possessed something that made the other wary, and also held certain value.

Hence came the subsequent feeding and participation in the battle against the Red Mother.

Thus, he seized the hand and pulled hard.

In that instant, the sound of tearing accompanied the Ancient Spirit Emperor's wail, echoing again, and all the Spirit Emperor's Eyes growing upon the giant snake's body were completely stripped away.

A total of ninety-nine, they appeared before Xu Qing, forced by an irresistible power to press together, stacking into a ball of eye-flesh.

And the compressive force continued.

"Xu Qing, I also helped your Daoist partner."

"I can still help her in the future; my existence can let her avoid any curse in the days to come. I know you can do it, but I can..."

"I can help her withstand the tribulation!"

"Our Ancient Spirit Clan possesses a bloodline tribulation; I can use myself to help her endure it!!"

All the eyes of the Ancient Spirit Emperor rippled, and under the fierce external compression, the gathered divine thoughts transmitted urgently.

These words seemed to have some effect, as the compressive force eased slightly.

But before the Ancient Spirit Emperor could catch its breath, Xu Qing's raised right hand suddenly grabbed.

Amidst the roar of the Ancient Spirit Emperor's heart and mind, Xu Qing's hand had already fallen upon the Spirit Emperor's Eyes from above, grasping that emptiness.

The Spirit Emperor's Eyes all contracted their pupils.

And in Xu Qing's eyes, at this moment, a sharp light appeared.

He gazed at the emptiness he held.

Within it, there was a golden thread imperceptible to outsiders!

Though called a thread, it was actually a strand of hair.

It existed and yet did not exist, in an extremely strange state, one end connected to the Ancient Emperor's Eye, the other end spreading toward the distant darkness.

"Indeed, as I expected."

Xu Qing murmured in his heart, he had previously judged that the Ancient Spirit Emperor could linger until now not only due to its own persistence,

but likely also due to assistance from an external force.

After all, if choosing a pawn, given the Ancient Spirit Emperor's status, it would naturally be the most suitable,

"As for who stands behind this, this strand of hair has already revealed it."

Xu Qing seized that strange strand of hair, and his divine thoughts surged along it, suddenly exploding and sweeping straight toward the distant darkness.

The black Spirit Abyss, under his divine thoughts, was like heavenly fire descending, everything becoming crystal clear.

Especially with this hair as a guide, this search became a lock-on.

Thus, in that instant, Xu Qing's divine thoughts clearly saw, in the depths of the Spirit Abyss, a beast-like existence dwelling in the mist!

It looked like a lizard, entirely golden.

It was in deep sleep.

At the moment Xu Qing's divine thoughts swept over, this sleeping lizard suddenly opened its eyes.

Touching Xu Qing's divine sense.

Invisible ripples erupted throughout the entire Spirit Abyss.

Moreover, boundless curse power emerged from nowhere with the awakening of the golden lizard, surging in all directions.

The robe is precisely the giant beast among the four Divine Lords beyond the Eastern Wanggu Continent!

But obviously, what appears here is merely a thread of its divine sense.

Even so, in the face of Xu Qing's gaze, the void could not withstand it, showing signs of collapse, with cracks spreading rapidly to cover every realm where the Spirit Abyss exists.

Regarding this, Xu Qing paid no heed; his expression was grim and cold as he gazed into the distance at the lizard.

The golden lizard also coldly gazed back at Xu Qing.

"Give me the ancient spirit behind you, and I will depart."

After a moment, the golden lizard's divine voice echoed, carrying the power of words that shape reality, influencing will, soul, and all things.

Even here, Xu Qing felt his laws tremble under this utterance.

After all, this is the divine sense of a Divine Lord!

But for the Divine Lord, Xu Qing is no stranger; almost the instant his laws were affected, a glimmer of light appeared before him,

suddenly igniting.

Then, a lantern appeared before him.

Held aloft by Xu Qing, raised high.

Inside the lantern, the eye of the Divine Lord, refined within, suddenly opened wide at this moment.

Torrential golden light transformed into a substantial sea of light, following the Divine Lord's gaze toward the golden lizard.

With this glance, the void collapsed, the eight directions crumbled, presenting a trend of annihilation.

The golden lizard's body rumbled, showing signs of fracture, continuously retreating, its expression grim and cold, its gaze sweeping over the lantern before glancing once more at Xu Qing.

Subsequently, during this retreat, it tore through the void.

In the end, it still chose to abandon probing, desiring to leave Eastern Wanggu and return to its true form.

But—

If it departs while Xu Qing draws the line, Xu Qing will not obstruct it; yet having been given a choice, if it now leaves unharmed,

this will inflict intangible damage upon the credibility of Xu Qing's line-drawing words!

Regardless of any consideration, Xu Qing must act, so that external powers may witness the consequences of lingering here.

Thus, Xu Qing raised the lantern, gazing at the retreating golden lizard, and spoke calmly.

"Entropy!"

As these words left his mouth, the lantern in his hand suddenly trembled, faintly echoing with the coarse, heavy breathing from ancient times, falling within this collapsing void realm.

This is the residual breath of the Divine Lord of the Fifth Star Ring, lingering in the world.

And as the breath reverberated, the eye of the Divine Lord within the lantern emitted golden light that instantly surpassed all before it, transforming the entire void into gold in an instant.

Then, everything within this realm changed within the golden light.

Whether void or mist, naturally including the golden lizard about to depart and return to its true form!

The lizard's body trembled.

He felt—divine authority of the Divine Lord!

The so-called entropy is the process by which all things move from order to chaos, and by invoking this divine authority, one can alter the entirety of matter through increase or decrease.