Chapter 1345: Immortal of the Thick Earth

On the divine emperor's corpse, the sound of chewing burst forth densely, those worms each one wildly frenzied.

They were biting with all their might, wishing they could swallow it whole in one gulp.

The blue light radiating from their bodies enveloped the entire corpse, making the divine emperor's remains appear suffused with a deep blue hue.

Seeing this, Xu Qing also felt a sense of emotion in his heart.

This senior brother of mine has always been extraordinary.

And Chen Erniu's proud voice echoed in all directions at this moment.

"How about that! I just said, how about that!"

Seventh Uncle's expression was strange; he looked at the corpse below, then at Chen Erniu, slowly furrowed his brow, and slowly spoke.

"To prevent this Huangtian Divine Emperor from returning, back then we dismembered him, placed his skull in the Xia Xian Palace, and divided his flesh into dozens of parts, suppressing them in various places of Huangtian..."

"You... you pieced together those dismembered flesh and blood?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Erniu's spirit became even more invigorated; he had been waiting for this moment all along.

"Exactly!"

"Old man, the places you sealed back then have mostly loosened; if I hadn't discovered it in time, this old divine emperor might have already revived."

"This is also heavenly decree, destined for me to discover, so I conceived this grand plan in my heart!"

"I gnawed open gaps in your seals one by one, transported those flesh and blood out, and placed them in this sea formed from divine blood, where I pieced them together here."

"And I used the divine blood to nourish them, restoring vitality to the flesh, while simultaneously dispersing my own flesh into countless worms, devouring day and night!"

"How about it, Little Ah Qing, how is this great undertaking of my senior brother?"

Chen Erniu laughed heartily, immensely pleased.

Seventh Uncle fell into thought, looking toward Xu Qing.

Xu Qing then smiled and nodded.

"My senior brother has always been steady in his actions, and this time is no different—I never expected it to turn out this way."

"Indeed, we are now only one small step away from unifying Huangtian."

As he spoke, Xu Qing's expression revealed a hint of just-right admiration.

These words, along with this expression, made Chen Erniu's sense of ease instantly reach its peak, melting into his body and mind, making him feel somewhat light and floating.

"Otherwise, how could it be your senior brother!"

Chen Erniu laughed even louder.

Xu Qing smiled and nodded, then looked toward Seventh Uncle.

"Master, why don't we help senior brother a bit, speed up his devouring?"

Upon hearing this, Seventh Uncle raised his right hand, pointing a finger at the ground, and a Dao sound issued from his mouth.

"Just indulge him; it's fine. You haven't yet seen my immortal Dao, so let this be an introduction for you to the immortal as I understand it!"

"The immortal position is eternal, and has not been all the way to!"

Seventh Uncle's voice, word by word, turned into thunder, echoing across Huangtian as the earth responded with reverberation.

That sound began dull, but quickly grew stronger during its continuation, until finally the entire earth trembled, the noise growing louder and louder.

It seemed as if... the earth was invisibly collapsing, some existence hidden beneath Huangtian about to break through its bounds!

This scene caused Xu Qing's eyes to flash with strange light, gazing at Seventh Uncle, he could feel the aura of status emanating from his master continuously rising, and so was his combat power.

Yet there was no trace of any constitution!

It was as if, although Seventh Uncle is an immortal, he has no constitution!

And Seventh Uncle also noticed Xu Qing's thoughts; as his aura rose at this moment, his voice echoed.

"Old Four, I know you've been to the outer star rings and seen many cultivators; the immortal you have achieved possesses its own Dao, which the outside world calls constitution.

Constitution, similar to divine authority, also requires an upper source, and is a quasi-divine use for the upper realm!"

"As for the immortals of the ancient Wanggu, whether it's Emperor Xuanyou or the Ancient Spirit Emperor, their path was the fusion of Wanggu's rules and will!"

"These two, in fact, can actually be categorized as one type..."

"That is, formed by sensing the rules of the upper star rings."

As he spoke thus, Seventh Uncle's finger pointing at the ground slightly lifted, and as his fingertip rose, the earth's rumbling sound grew even stronger.

It suddenly surged several times over, making that tremendous roar shock the heavens and shake the earth!

At the same time, a breath not belonging to the upper star rings suddenly rose from within this rumbling Huangtian earth.

This breath carried the ancient, carried the miscellaneous, and carried the primordial!

The moment it appeared, Xu Qing immediately sensed it; after tasting it, his heart stirred.

"This is..."

And Seventh Uncle's voice, at this moment, spoke the truth.

"And as for me... and those predecessors who ascended here from the thick earth back then, we walk another path!"

"We have no constitution, because our ideal has never been to adapt to Huangtian, but to let the thick earth rise!

We also did not fuse with Wanggu, because according to our plan, Wanggu is merely our first stop.

Therefore, we have no fixed laws or rules; we comprehend the source of the thick earth, the external anchor point of thick earth's rules, walking on behalf of the thick earth, taking the thick earth as our base, transforming into annihilating power!"

"Thus, we have become immortals of the thick earth!"

Seventh Uncle finished speaking, turned his finger into a palm, and slammed it hard onto the earth.

With this press, the earth shook and mountains trembled.

It seemed as if the earth of Huangtian would completely collapse under this palm, but it was not truly collapsing; rather, during this shaking, it released even more breath not belonging to the upper star rings.

These breaths, strand by strand, grew more numerous and extremely dense, transforming from invisible to the naked eye into visible mist, continuously rising from the ground in all directions.

Subsequently, under Xu Qing's gaze, those mists miraculously formed in heaven and earth a wondrous spectacle like a mirage.

Xu Qing had once seen that strange sight in the Xia Xian Palace.

That was... the Earth Star Ring!

The entire world, the entire universe, the entire realm!

And at the moment of its manifestation, it gathered toward Seventh Uncle, merging into his body, causing his aura to rise ever higher!

Outside his body, it was accompanied by auspicious mist.

But Xu Qing could see clearly—this blessing, like a pavilion in the air, was not truly his own.

Unless... that mirage-like vision becomes real!

Otherwise, it is only temporary.

"This is the Earth Immortal!"

Seventh Uncle looked at Xu Qing and let out a soft sigh.

"But unfortunately, as our understanding becomes more complete, we have discovered the terror of ascending—Imperial Heaven is merely a small part of it."

"This is the world of spirits; Earth can never rise, and our path cannot continue."

"Thus, my master and his fellow Daoists chose to go out."

"They wished to explore the ascent, to find the next path, while I was left to watch over Eastern Wanggu."

Seventh Uncle sighed deeply.

"Now I may be the only Earth Immortal left."

"Because Imperial Heaven is closer to Earth, so here, my strength will also grow stronger!"

"This place is also, in my original plan, the battlefield chosen for a life-and-death duel with that one!"

"Now, using it on this Imperial Heaven God Emperor's corpse is not entirely wasted!"

Seventh Uncle spoke, his eyes flashing with dazzling starlight, within which the entire Earth realm appeared, then he raised his right hand and suddenly brought it down upon the corpse of the Imperial Heaven God Emperor, covered in the writhing worms that Chen Erniu had transformed into.