Chapter 1348

When Huangtian was born, the first thread of light that appeared……

In the Huangtian world, Xu Qing sat cross-legged beside the sleeping Chen Erniu, his head lowered as he gazed at the ball of light in his palm, its reflection also appearing in his pupils.

Beside him, Seventh Uncle also sat cross-legged, looking at Xu Qing, and spoke slowly.

"Do whatever you wish to do; I am here as your master, protecting your Dharma."

"I too am very curious to know what this light, which the Huangtian Divine Clan has always worshipped—and even rumored to be the very origin of that clan—actually contains in its mystery."

Seventh Uncle's gaze fell upon the light source in Xu Qing's palm.

They had researched this secret back then, but never found a true answer.

Xu Qing nodded, lifted his right hand holding the light source, and clenched his fist fiercely.

He ruthlessly squeezed that radiant light source.

In the next instant, the light source flared violently, then transformed into countless threads that seeped into his clenched fist, penetrating his skin and circulating through his body.

It spread through flesh, meridians, and bones, permeating his entire body.

During this process, Xu Qing's eyes, wide open, flashed with sharp light; his aura surged explosively at that moment, causing heaven and earth to change color, winds rising and clouds surging around him.

Seventh Uncle, too, was closely observing, raising his hand to lay down numerous protective seals around them.

And here, Xu Qing's heart also trembled at this moment.

"Source essence?"

As this mysterious light spread through his body, he felt within it a trace of extremely pure source essence!

Though small in amount, its purity gave him a sensation not inferior to that of the primordial mother star source essence he had felt in the Fourth Star Ring!

This discovery left Xu Qing's heart strangely moved.

For before this, whether he absorbed the light of the Huangtian clansmen or held that mysterious light source in his hand, he had never felt even a trace of source essence.

"Quite interesting."

Xu Qing, lost in thought, slowly merged his divine sense into the light within his body, seeking deeper perception.

Yet obstruction was inevitable.

This light seemed to possess its own will, resisting Xu Qing's inquiry and rejecting fusion with him.

It appeared that only the Huangtian Divine Clan could be accepted by it!

Even when Xu Qing manifested his own Mount Zhaoxia light within his body and attempted to merge it with that light, the process remained far from smooth.

Seeing this, a chill rose in Xu Qing's heart.

In the next instant, his Constitutional Law erupted within his body like a boom, flowing through him before violently suppressing that light.

Attempting to dismantle it.

Instantly, the light surged with intense fluctuations, its resistance unmistakable.

Xu Qing's eyes flashed with cold intent.

He raised his right hand; within his palm, the lens of the Mingxian Immortal Lord appeared instantly, emitting a piercing light that then converged inward, flowing into his body.

Rushing straight toward that mysterious light source to empower Xu Qing for another suppression.

In that moment, the mysterious light worshipped by the Huangtian Divine Clan became even more turbulent, yet still retained its resistance.

Seeing this, Xu Qing raised his hand and waved; instantly, the Divine Eye Lamp gifted by Master Bai floated before him.

The lamp's flame flickered, igniting faintly.

Within it, the Divine Sovereign's Eye suddenly opened a slit.

Divine light shot straight toward Xu Qing.

Xu Qing's body trembled; drawing upon the lamp's power, it transformed within him into a surging sea of light, rushing toward the mysterious light source he had suppressed.

At the moment of contact, a mournful sound seemed to echo faintly from within the mysterious light source.

It was not a human voice, but more like a Daoist resonance.

As the sound rang out, the mysterious light source within Xu Qing's body flared violently, as if still struggling to break free—yet under Xu Qing's methods, none of its struggles could endure.

Its resistance was gradually diminishing.

Time slowly passed.

After one day, its struggling and rejection finally reached their end.

"To persist for a day under my methods… this light source is indeed extraordinary!"

After sensing this, Xu Qing formed hand seals; his own Law erupted once more, becoming the final thread of force to collapse that light.

In an instant, that light within his body could no longer hold……

Its brilliance dimmed.

And as Xu Qing's divine sense, at the moment of its dimming, forcefully probed into the interior of that light……

The moment he perceived its interior, Xu Qing's mind and spirit were suddenly shaken.

His breathing quickened at that moment.

"This……"

What appeared in Xu Qing's perception was an endless……sea of source essence!

The source essence was rich to the extreme!

Its purity was also thus!

The quantity was even more terrifying.

Even beneath the sea, Xu Qing sensed thick crystals, like layers of ice.

This was the transformation of source essence after breaking through the realm of richness!

"This place……"

Xu Qing's breathing grew even more rapid.

I also understood part of the secret of this light deep in my heart.

"If we regard this light as a lamp, then the source essence is the wick!"

"When the source essence reaches an extremely pure degree internally, it emits light outward through a special inward arrangement."

"Therefore, if one does not deeply merge with this light, one cannot perceive the source essence within it!"

No wonder Master said, the birth of the Radiant Heaven Divine Clan is rumored to be related to this light they worship...

Xu Qing's mind and spirit trembled.

After emerging from the spacetime turbulence of the Fourth Star Ring, his realm is Xia Xian, but his constitution has transcended, no longer belonging to the Xia Xian level, having reached the Immortal Lord!

That is why he possesses constitutional power.

Thus, Xu Qing clearly understands that, without merging with a divine body, his combat power can actually be considered half a step into Immortal Lord.

And from the Xia Xian realm to Immortal Lord, what he lacks is precisely the source essence!

Only the required amount is too great, so it is difficult to achieve in a short time.

But regardless, since his constitution has already transcended, the path before him... becoming an Immortal Lord is merely a matter of time and accumulation.

"If I devour this light that gave birth to the Radiant Heaven Divine Clan..."

Xu Qing licked his lips, but did not immediately choose to absorb the source essence in this light; instead, he let his divine sense fall upon the sea of source essence, and then his divine sense sank downward.

At the moment of touching the crystal below, Xu Qing's constitution erupted again, the constitution of Seeking Darkness accompanied it, and the divine eye lamp within, its divine eye fully opened.

Combining the power of the three, he fiercely struck toward the crystal.

He wanted his divine sense to penetrate deeply, to see what exactly exists beneath this crystal!

The crystal beneath the source essence sea was instantly penetrated by Xu Qing's divine sense, spreading rapidly downward.

At first it went smoothly, but when Xu Qing's divine sense sank to a certain depth, a rejection unlike any before erupted from the crystal here, or rather from the ultimate secret of this mysterious light.

It caused Xu Qing's divine sense to pause, even showing signs of being forced out.

At the critical moment, Xu Qing's heart voice arose.

"Master!"

In the outside world, Seventh Uncle, who was guarding Xu Qing's Dharma, immediately sensed it; he did not hesitate, raised his hand, and let out a low roar.

"Thick Earth!"

In the next instant, Thick Earth manifested, using the power of the Thick Earth Star Ring, and descended upon Xu Qing!

And in that instant, Xu Qing's body trembled; the arrival of Thick Earth's power gave his divine sense a backing, enabling it to withstand the rejection from the source essence sea and surge downward once more!

With this surge, it seemed to break through a certain barrier; after a sound like heaven and earth splitting exploded in his soul, Xu Qing's divine sense finally broke through the shackles.

He saw...

A star that seemed to be composed of special flesh and blood!

Thick source essence accompanied by unparalleled otherness, and countless divine sounds, twisting everything, changing everything.

And in this environment, the familiar appearance and fluctuation of that star caused Xu Qing's mind and spirit to immediately conjure a name.

"Primordial Mother Star!!"

"Radiant Heaven is actually the Primordial Mother Star of the Ninth Star Ring!"

What shocked him even more here was... what he saw before his eyes, the Primordial Mother Star, is not just one!

There are two!

Two Primordial Mother Stars, fused together!

Forming a strange existence like twin stars!

This is the ultimate secret of that mysterious light source!

And this scene caused Xu Qing's mind and spirit to surge violently; the Primordial Mother Star existing like twins suddenly trembled.

With the tremor, a terrifyingly extreme rejection force erupted from within that special Primordial Mother Star.

Unparalleled, far exceeding the Primordial Mother Star of the Fourth Star Ring.

With the force of moving mountains and overturning seas, like splitting bamboo, it came crashing toward Xu Qing here.

In the next instant, Xu Qing's divine sense trembled, he rapidly retreated, and just before the rejection force arrived, his divine sense curled back and returned to his body.

Upon returning, the moment he sat cross-legged there, he directly spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.

Seventh Uncle's side also trembled, his face turned pale, as he looked toward Xu Qing.

"There..."

While supporting Xu Qing, he also faintly saw the scene Xu Qing saw!

"Primordial Mother Star..." Xu Qing took a deep breath, his voice hoarse, and as he slowly spoke, he suddenly had a hint of enlightenment.

"The light worshipped by the Radiant Heaven Divine Clan is indeed the first ray of light when Radiant Heaven was born, and it is also... the key to opening the Primordial Mother Star!"