Chapter 1346: Huangtian Awakens

The source of the Houtu Star Ring was drawn outward, allowing Houtu to walk beyond.

This is the Immortal of Houtu!

At this moment, Huangtian surged!

The illusion of Houtu, as Seventh Grandfather's right hand descended, moved toward the corpse of the Huangtian God Emperor.

During its descent, radiant brilliance flashed, repelling all foreign essence, and even repelling the aura of the Upper Realm.

However, it is clearly evident that, in terms of hierarchy, the source of Houtu is inferior to the Upper Realm; thus, in this mutual interweaving, it is constantly worn down, yet in this very wearing down, it releases the vast will of Houtu.

This will is the collective intention of all living beings throughout the entire cosmos of Houtu, the united thought of those who fell in battle long ago.

The moment it spread, its aura shook the heavens and obliterated the eight directions!

Causing Huangtian to roar.

Xu Qing hovered in midair, gazing upon this scene, and thoughts arose in his heart.

He sensed the spirit and vision of the first cultivators who came from Houtu to Huangtian in ancient times.

They wished to raise Houtu within Huangtian, thereby replacing Huangtian, so that the fruit of cultivation might fully blossom in Huangtian.

But alas… Huangtian is merely a small part of the Ninth Star Ring, and the Ninth Star Ring is itself only one of the Thirty-Six Star Rings.

The Upper Realm is the domain of spirits and gods.

With the original cultivator system, it is fundamentally impossible to shake it!

To have built Eastern Wanggu is already the limit.

And throughout history, only in the Fifth Star Ring has there ever been a true upheaval of meaning.

As Xu Qing's thoughts rose and fell, the power of Houtu drawn by Seventh Grandfather had completely settled upon the corpse of the Huangtian God Emperor.

It did not interfere with or affect the worms formed from Chen Erniu's flesh and blood.

Instead, it sank into it!

From within this corpse, it continuously disintegrated, continuously destroyed, making the worms formed from Chen Erniu easier to devour!

Under this external pressure, the corpse of the Huangtian God Emperor violently trembled, as if the corpse still retained an instinct; upon sensing itself being worn down by such external force, it actually emitted a muffled thunder from its chest.

This sound shook heaven and earth.

It was… the divine pulse of the Huangtian God Emperor beating!

At the same time, in the instant this divine pulse throbbed, the world of Huangtian changed color, endless foreign essence came from all directions, and even a strong light emerged from the void, gathering toward the corpse.

It seemed as if this corpse instinctively sought to absorb all of Huangtian to resist the wearing down by Houtu.

Seeing this, Xu Qing raised his hand and swept forward.

Instantly, the void became like a water surface, forming ripples, and layer upon layer of spacetime, following the water's ripples, was invisibly opened.

One after another, identical animal hides emerged from within those many spacetimes.

"Suppress!"

Xu Qing spoke calmly.

The moment his voice rang out, all the animal hides that had appeared across the spacetimes instantly ignited, radiating endless might of formations!

This animal hide is named the Four Nine Formation Seal!

It is what Xu Qing obtained when he first entered the Fifth Star Ring, from the body of a sovereign cultivator, and after his own research, he discovered that the formation seal recorded upon it could be formed through speech.

And if one could cultivate to the final stage, the eruption of the formation seal could be shortened to any two characters!

The reason it is two characters is because formations divide into yin and yang, seals into life and death, and thus cannot be singular.

But with Xu Qing's cultivation, especially under the support of his special constitution, by the Principle of Continuity, this originally non-singular formation seal, in this instant, became singular.

Becoming a single character!

As this character appeared, "Suppress" was already complete, transformed into law, became a tone of principle!

Acting upon the corpse of the Huangtian God Emperor, it manifested as the foreign essence that had originally gathered around the corpse being instantly intercepted by the invisible!

This interception is not a matter of blocking from the outside, but rather… "Suppress"!

Causing the endless foreign essence of Huangtian, under this single character, to be suppressed in place!

Making them… unable to flow, unable to be active, unable to gather, and thus naturally unable to affect Chen Erniu's tearing and biting.

The worms formed from Chen Erniu became even more excited, frenziedly devouring!

Whether it was Seventh Grandfather or Xu Qing, their actions aimed to suppress the instinct of the Huangtian God Emperor's corpse, so that Chen Erniu could act more easily.

Otherwise, if they truly sought to annihilate it… Seventh Grandfather might not be able to, but Xu Qing's strike to destroy this Huangtian corpse, though not said to be effortless, is as easy as turning one's hand.

And under their suppression, Chen Erniu also exerted all his strength.

Even the remaining head alone fiercely leapt up, fell toward the massive corpse below, and sank into its flesh and blood.

As the head merged, the worms formed from Chen Erniu's flesh underwent a change, actually splitting apart, causing the number of worms to increase more and more.

At the same time, in this tearing and splitting, some worms, after devouring to their own limit, actually changed form, becoming blue strips of flesh… filling in the bitten-off areas.

Becoming part of the corpse!

This is a replacement!

One-tenth, two-tenths, three-tenths…

Looking out, the blue flesh on the corpse's body grew ever larger, even the interior rapidly changing.

Gradually reaching four-tenths!

Chen Erniu's excitement also reached its peak.

Finally, it reached five-tenths!

Half of the corpse's entire flesh, both inside and out, had been replaced by the worms' flesh, all turning blue.

Especially the left arm, seemingly the source, there the blue skin had formed some ice crystals.

About to spread.

But just then, Seventh Uncle's eyes flashed with a strange light, and Xu Qing narrowed his eyes……

Anomaly, sudden rise!

A thread of faint light, at the chest of this Imperial God Emperor's corpse, suddenly appeared, flashing faintly!

Following that, a primordial aura surged up, shocking the heavens!

Terrifying divine might, moreover accompanied by the aura's eruption, rose upon this corpse, filling heaven and earth.

The firmament changed color because of it!

From the chest, a strong divine pulse vibration sound, louder than before, echoed outward.

And in the Imperial World, the strands of heterogeneity that Xu Qing had suppressed, at this moment all emitted extreme struggle, constantly twisting, as if trying to break free.

Triggering the earth's roar.

Along with it came the ancient murmuring divine sound, echoing in all directions.

"The Sea of Divine Blood is a special place."

"Gathering remnants, in a special way."

"Rootless spirits, as a special guide."

"Thus……the opening of return."

The divine sound carried vicissitudes, and at the moment it was transmitted, a strong sense of return erupted from the divine emperor's corpse, sky-high!

The entire Imperial trembled.

Some temples not yet destroyed by Zhou Zhengli and others, at this moment in this heaven-and-earth tremor, the divine statues inside all knelt in worship.

A low sound came from their mouths.

"My Emperor Awakens!"

"My Emperor Awakens!!"

This sound grew louder and louder, soon becoming a heavenly tone, like a great bell echoing, while simultaneously, countless light cones pierced out from the wound where the divine emperor's corpse's skull had been severed.

Thirty-six in total!

The moment they intertwined, they formed a visible face!

That face, in Seventh Uncle's eyes, was the one he had seen back then.

And in the next instant, that face he could not forget, with closed eyes, suddenly opened!

Holy golden light spread from the eyes, dyeing heaven and earth golden.

Divine Emperor, Awakens!

Borrowing Erniu's return.

With a special place, special method, special guide, its return ritual was completed!

Moreover, at the moment of awakening, on His chest, that originally faint thread of light……suddenly surged!

Seven-colored radiance flowed within, endless mystery rose within.

This light, is precisely the source light worshipped by the Imperial God Clan!

It originally had no form, seemingly dissipating with the Imperial God Emperor's seal, but now……at this moment of the Imperial God Emperor's return, it seemed to have gained rebirth, finally reappearing, shining forth!

Moreover, at the same time this source light blazed, on this Imperial God Emperor's body, the half originally replaced by Erniu's flesh and blood, showed signs of melting away!

Its momentum fierce, the blue on His body, visible to the naked eye, could be seen fading.

It seemed even the last left arm was about to have its color wiped away.

But just then……Erniu transmitted a frenzied divine thought, from the Imperial God Emperor's left arm, suddenly bursting forth.

"You schemed against me, I am also scheming against you!"

"Old God Head, I originally devoured you to obtain your divine source, to strengthen myself, to help the old man."

"But now, the Eastern Wanggu crisis is resolved, I still want to devour you for your light!"

"Your clan worships that light, since Xiao Aqing can absorb it, it must be beneficial to him."

"That Mingming giving the goddess what, as the senior brother, I want to take your clan's light as a gift for Xiao Aqing!"

These divine thoughts, in an instant, spread out, their madness carrying Erniu's usual desperate intent.

At the moment they spread throughout all directions, he actually controlled the Imperial God Emperor's left hand, viciously stabbing into the chest, grasping within the flesh that mysterious and ancient light source.

Then outward……

He pulled it out!

Held high, he fiercely threw it toward where Xu Qing was!

"Xiao Aqing, take it!"

"Then……come save me quick!!"

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