Chapter 1357: Opening the Door!

The divine body, Xu Qing, during his years on Mount Zhaoxia, had already, through his own method, quietly sent it out to the Eastern Wanggu continent, and simultaneously used the Constitution of the Seeking Bright Immortal Lord to create a mirror image.

This naturally also had the assistance of Seeking Bright, thus achieving a certain degree of concealment.

There were two purposes for doing this.

One was to prevent the divine body from being controlled by Prince Ziqing, becoming a resource for the other side.

The other was that Xu Qing planned to use this as one of his killing moves; at a critical moment, he would let Prince Ziqing believe he had succeeded, thereby creating an opportunity for the Seeking Bright Immortal Lord to strike!

After all, with the remnant face of the Upper Wasteland present, approaching Eastern Wanggu is an extremely dangerous matter; for the native powerhouses of the Ninth Star Ring, even divine venerables dare not approach, and divine lords are already at their limit.

As for powerhouses from other star rings, wanting to come to Eastern Wanggu, due to the difference in their star ring's aura, the risk would also be greater.

Therefore, the opportunity for the Seeking Bright Immortal Lord to strike is only once, and he cannot engage in a prolonged battle.

Thus, the series of events before came into being.

"Unfortunately..."

Xu Qing felt some regret in his heart, but he had also anticipated such a situation, so he quickly restrained his inner emotions; with a flash of cold light in his eyes, he took a step and already appeared outside the great hall.

Taking another step, he suddenly stepped into……the imperial palace great hall.

Facing Prince Ziqing, who was seated on the dragon throne with golden fresh blood still at the corner of his mouth, he suddenly fell into a step.

His entire body, like a long spear seeking to pierce heaven and earth, with the force of destroying the dry and pulling the rotten, rushed straight……at Prince Ziqing.

But just as he was approaching, Prince Ziqing's eyes suddenly flashed with brilliant golden light; his body changed from a seated posture, directly standing up, and his right hand was raised, pressing toward the heavens.

A divine sound issued from his mouth!

"God!"

The instant this word came from Prince Ziqing's mouth, the Eastern Wanggu continent suddenly trembled.

All myriad races and beings felt their hearts palpitate instantly, instinctively looking up.

Because, above the firmament, that half-face spanning half the sky curtain, at this moment, began to tremble, and actually started to rotate, facing the Heaven-Swallowing.

One could see its withered, decaying hair falling; as the face trembled and rotated, it was like rotting vines dragging through the void, leaving trails of world-destroying paths.

Especially his bluish-gray eyelids, at this instant, actually appeared like ten-thousand-year-frozen earth, showing signs of cracking.

Subsequently, his eyelashes, like rusted iron railings, seemed to want to lift open!

Heaven and earth shook.

The breathing of the entire world came to a halt.

Within the Heaven-Swallowing Great Domain, in the Upper Nation's great hall, Prince Ziqing, who had risen from the dragon throne, at this moment, as the Upper Wasteland's Eye trembled, suddenly possessed a shocking divine might, using his body as a vessel, and explosively erupted toward the outside world……

Like a storm sweeping across, wherever it passed, the entire great hall roared, instantly shattering apart, becoming flying ashes scattered in all directions.

It contained an irresistible force!

As Xu Qing, who was approaching, his body also suddenly paused midway, and then was swept by this force, forcing him to retreat backward.

Only after retreating several hundred zhang did he barely stop, spitting out a mouthful of blood, then he suddenly lifted his head and gazed toward the firmament.

At the instant Xu Qing looked, at the highest point of the firmament, the Upper Wasteland, His eyes……twitched slightly open and closed!

The world roared.

Heaven and earth twisted.

Within that pupil, what surged was not the iris, but shattered star rivers.

It seemed as if billions of stars were burning within His eyes, turning into golden light that flowed along the gaps of the eyelids, and wherever it passed……

The firmament's cloud layers boiled into sticky asphalt, the earth's mountains and ridges cracked open with fissures like spiderwebs.

Time and space were also twisting.

Under the faint light of this not-yet-fully-opened eye, within the entire Heaven-Swallowing Great Domain, all cities were trembling, like clay being kneaded by a giant hand, showing signs of dissipation.

Within them, corpses were eerily suspended, their bluish-black skin oozing phosphorescent fire-like ghostly light.

And at the original site of the great hall, amidst the dissipating dust, stood Prince Ziqing, his long hair fluttering, the golden light in his eyes blazing.

His cultivation seemed, to Him, no longer important.

He was like a vessel, bearing the will of the Upper Wasteland.

This caused His gaze to no longer be as gentle as before, His expression likewise, all turning into cold indifference.

It seemed as if, at this moment, He was no longer the Prince Ziqing familiar to Xu Qing!

"Lin!"

The icy voice, devoid of the slightest emotion, echoed through heaven and earth.

The instant it was transmitted, above the firmament, the Upper Wasteland's eye suddenly opened wide!

What rolled within that pupil was, indeed, a vortex of chaos, each contraction swallowing the light of heaven and earth.

When the vortex reached the critical point, a pillar of dark-gold light suddenly blasted down, enveloping the Heaven-Swallowing Great Domain!

The plains it touched instantly boiled; soil, broken stones, and corpses within the light pillar decomposed into the most primitive particles; only some bright crystal fragments, for some reason, persisted, but seemingly could not persist for long.

As for ferocious beasts and even strange entities, they were instantly shattered into powder, drifting with the wind as stardust.

This was not simple destruction, but a kind of dimensional pollution.

Under the gaze of the remnant face, the boundary between reality and illusion was completely shattered, the boundary between the living and the dead became blurred.

Faintly, there were even strands of strands of figures, actually appearing within the gaze!

And the true convergence point of the Upper Wasteland's gaze……was the state, great hall, and……Prince Ziqing of the Upper Nation!

Standing within the gaze of the Upper Wasteland, He was……the Advent of God.

Subsequently, He raised His hand and pointed toward Xu Qing.

With this finger, the eight directions twisted; those figures appearing within the gaze instantly became clear.

Those……were indeed projections of divine spirits!

These divine spirits mostly came from ancient times, they were all the divine spirits swallowed by the Upper Wasteland!

Though they had fallen, they remained in the gaze of the Upper Wilds, and now, under the falling finger of Prince Ziqing, they emerged one after another in phantom form.

Even among them was the divine venerable from the fourth star-ring bronze coffin that Xu Qing had once seen!

Though they no longer possessed the power they had in life, the instinct of divine spirits made them still intensely resistant to contamination.

At this moment, with their appearance, the alien quality surged intensely in this instant, spreading like a vast flood.

Then these projections actually swept toward Xu Qing's location.

To stain all of Xu Qing.

This was not Xu Qing's first time facing the gaze of the Upper Wilds, but it was the most intense time yet.

Before, the Upper Wilds opened its eyes without will, merely by instinct.

But this time, it contained will, and also contained those countless projections!

Even though Xu Qing's constitution had reached the level of an Immortal Sovereign, and he himself cultivated as an Immortal, in the gaze of this Upper Wilds, he still appeared blackish-blue.

His body was being defiled, endless alien quality drilling into his flesh.

His constitution was being affected, the fateful power from the Upper Wilds seeking to forcibly alter it.

Almost in an instant, Xu Qing felt the ultimate life-and-death crisis; his eyes suddenly turned blood-red, and every inch of his flesh and blood generated an independent consciousness, seeking to separate from him.

At the critical moment, Xu Qing violently raised his right hand and pressed toward the distance.

He let out a low shout.

"Mirror of Wanggu!"

In the instant these four words were spoken, within the Swallowing Heaven Domain, those bright crystal fragments struggling to endure in the gaze of the Upper Wilds all trembled at once, then rose into the air, whistling toward Xu Qing's location.

They appeared around Xu Qing!

These fragments were none other than the lens shards from the collapse of the Mirror of Wanggu!

At this moment, as they each gleamed, they dispersed the stored fortune of the Ziqing Immortal Realm outward!

Using the fortune of the Ziqing Immortal Realm to empower Xu Qing!

But this alone was clearly insufficient to resist the gaze of the Upper Wilds, so Xu Qing hesitated not, drawing forth his current strongest killing move!

It was a bronze lamp!

At this moment, the divine venerable's eye within the lamp suddenly opened wide!

In the instant the divine venerable's eye opened and closed, golden light burst forth from within like a flood, and, bolstered by the fortune of the Ziqing Immortal Realm radiating from the Mirror of Wanggu fragments, it engaged in an invisible opposition with the Upper Wilds' gaze and the countless projections surrounding them.

Amid the rumbling, Xu Qing's body trembled, but the sensation of his flesh and blood wanting to separate, and the trend of his body being contaminated by alien quality, were somewhat alleviated at this moment.

The light radiating from the divine venerable's eye within the bronze lamp formed a protective barrier around Xu Qing.

It neutralized the gaze of the Upper Wilds and blocked the projections surging from all sides.

But…… the Upper Wilds' power had already surpassed all divine venerables; even if this divine venerable's eye had the support of Master Bai, the Mirror of Wanggu, and the fortune of the Ziqing Realm, it ultimately could not fully resist.

Now, within the divine eye, numerous golden cracks had appeared, spreading rapidly.

"At most ten breaths, and the bronze lamp will collapse!"

"But…… the time should be enough!"

Xu Qing hesitated not, releasing the bronze lamp to let it float, while he himself immediately sat cross-legged, forming seals with his hands as a sharp intent radiated from within.

That was…… sword intent!

Before this battle, Xu Qing had simulated countless times on Mount Zhaoxia!

He naturally knew that his conflict with Prince Ziqing would inevitably draw the Upper Wilds, and that the Upper Wilds opening its eyes was possible.

Therefore, he had exhausted all means, specifically seeking a special method to counter this.

"I did not die when the Upper Wilds truly opened its eyes in the Unparalleled City and the Ancient City, and I discovered the purple crystal afterward, so my survival has nothing to do with the purple crystal."

"The relevant factor is somewhat related to Prince Ziqing."

"But in my memory of the Unparalleled City, there exist two completely different scenes: in one, I did not die; in the other, I did."

"This is very wrong!"

"So…… it is also possible that I survived due to other reasons!"

"And in my cultivation to this day, inside and out I am permeable, with only two points of uncertainty: one is the purple crystal, which is an external object and can be set aside for now; besides that……

there is only one!

I have twice sensed, in the deepest part of my soul, the existence of a mysterious corridor, countless doors, and even deeper, a seat that to this day cannot be probed or actively manifested!"

"This might be my…… only way to counter the Upper Wilds!"

These thoughts flashed in Xu Qing's mind in an instant, and then his eyes became resolute as he raised his right hand and fiercely pulled at his own crown.

Immediately, sword qi surged from his crown, transforming into an Emperor's Sword.

Held in Xu Qing's hand, he…… chopped it into his own forehead!

Forming a…… great wound that pierced through his upper and lower skin layers!

Even this scene, witnessed by Prince Ziqing within the gaze of the Upper Wilds, caused both his eyes to narrow, his cold expression at this moment revealing a trace of the strange.

"You want…… to open yourself up?"