Chapter 468: The Eye Hidden in the Sky

The pitch-black River Styx water surged and flowed, and the countless faces floating on it emitted eternal wails.

They were all clansmen of the Ancient Spirit Clan during their lifetimes, having suffered the curse, and even in death, they could not rest, sinking into endless pain.

Even if they had long since lost their sanity and only instinct remained, this torture still existed.

The sounds were miserable and ear-piercing.

For someone hearing it for the first time, they would be very uncomfortable, and their mind might even be affected and torn apart. But for Xu Qing, having listened for a day, he had gotten used to it.

At this moment, he stood on the river water, looking up at the sky.

In the dim sky filled with mist, his purple moon continuously emitted purple moonlight, and the poison mist swirling before the moon seemed to shroud the moonlight in a layer of poison veil.

Gazing at the purple moon, the Purple Moon Tiangong within Xu Qing accelerated its operation, and his eyes also revealed a rich purple, reflecting the moon in the sky.

Until half an incense stick of time later, Xu Qing withdrew his gaze and looked toward the depths of the River Styx, feeling the terrifying fluctuations faintly coming from there.

Even at such a great distance, the sense of shock continued to rise and fall in his heart, turning into waves.

In Xu Qing's perception, only a god could do this.

"The Ancient Spirit Emperor... has he really fallen?" Xu Qing's eyes revealed contemplation. He thought of the giant snake he had seen when he descended into this Great World.

On the other party's body, it seemed there was only this one Great World, but Xu Qing knew very well that this did not mean the other party was only at the First Stage of the Divine Realm during their peak.

After all, if that were truly the case, the other party could not have unified Wanggu.

But his footsteps did not pause; he continued to move forward, faster and faster.

Time passed slowly, and soon three days went by.

In these three days, nearly ten percent of the sky in this world had completely turned purple, and the purple intent on the earth had become increasingly rich. Waves of foreign substances belonging to Xu Qing, following his advance, continuously gathered from all directions.

Slowly, it transformed into a thick purple mist around him, the area of coverage growing larger and larger; seen from afar, it looked like the ominous clouds formed by the arrival of an inauspicious entity.

This was the first time Xu Qing had released the power of purple to such an extent. Also, due to the arrival of the purple moon, the wailing souls of this Great World underwent some changes, becoming increasingly irritable and crazy.

The invasion from the purple moon seemed to stimulate the curse within their bodies.

And during these three days, Xu Qing also encountered many powerful corpses and evil souls on this River Styx. It was just that these souls in the River Styx were not quite the same as those Xu Qing had encountered in the wilderness.

They possessed the characteristics of a domain and would not pursue endlessly without end. As long as Xu Qing left a certain distance, most would stop pursuing.

After Xu Qing discovered this point, he did not entangle with them, often avoiding them as soon as he encountered them.

Just like this, he got closer and closer to the depths of the River Styx.

Until the fourth day was about to arrive, Xu Qing, who was speeding above the River Styx, suddenly had his expression stir.

The river water in the section ahead suddenly churned on a large scale, and an aura of the Nascent Soul stage erupted, spreading in all directions as a huge face rose from the river water.

This face was a full ten zhang in size, with many parts rotting, and the remaining positions covered in gray scales. At this moment, amidst the splashing of a large amount of river water, its gaze fell on Xu Qing, as if sensing something.

The next instant, as if perceiving something, this face twisted abruptly, and a miserable roar came from its mouth. Once the sound came out, the river water in front of it exploded directly under this sound wave.

A foul-smelling gale rushed toward Xu Qing, blowing Xu Qing's Daoist robe until it rustled. Xu Qing frowned, flickered to avoid it, and was about to leave. But just at this moment, in the river water to the right of the face, the water surface churned again, and a second face appeared.

It was also ten zhang in size, and its appearance was much the same, connected by a wisp of black mist, rising into mid-air to block Xu Qing's path.

It did not end there. Soon, a third face, a fourth face... until eleven faces rose into the sky rapidly on this River Styx, forming a fan shape, all roaring with grief and indignation toward Xu Qing.

The roars emitted by the eleven faces were heaven-shaking. Xu Qing's body retreated rapidly under this sonic boom, until after avoiding dozens of zhang in mid-air, the river water below exploded again.

A huge rotting bird head raised from within, and even more broken wings broke through the water on both sides of the river surface.

After rising into the sky, it whistled toward Xu Qing.

Xu Qing's pupils contracted, seeing the full picture of the corpse before him.

This was a huge ferocious bird with a body over three hundred zhang long. Its appearance was somewhat similar to a phoenix bird. Most of its body was rotting, stuck with weapons that had been defiled, and its fierce intent was astonishing.

And those eleven faces were transformed from its tail feathers.

What made Xu Qing's expression most heavy was that beneath the bird's neck hung countless black flesh ropes like ropes, connecting to a human skeleton!

It was as if the phoenix bird was transformed from the flesh and blood emitted from this human skeleton.

That skeleton was a human, wearing a broken bright red long robe. Although its face had rotted quite a bit, one could still vaguely see it was a young man. He stared fixedly at Xu Qing, his expression twisted, revealing extreme grief and indignation.

Amidst the roar, he rushed out with a flicker. His speed was so fast that he arrived in front of Xu Qing in an instant. With a wave of his hand, his cultivation base erupted, forming countless black flying snow, whistling toward Xu Qing.

Furthermore, during this strike, the phoenix bird above him also emitted a piercing roar, opening its huge mouth to emit a foul odor, swallowing toward Xu Qing.

And its tail feathers shook, and the eleven faces spat out poisonous mist in unison. Within the churning mist existed dense numbers of maggots, which were shocking to the eye.

Xu Qing's eyes narrowed. As his body retreated continuously, he raised his right hand and punched out. Instantly, a gale was set off, sweeping away the flying snow while a sea of fire also formed above him.

The Golden Crow materialized within the flames, rushed out, and headed straight for the phoenix bird that was swallowing down.

Immediately after, Xu Qing's shadow appeared behind him, turning into a giant tree covered in eyes, pouncing toward the poison mist spat out by those faces.

All this sounded slow, but it all happened in an instant. Both sides struck each other in an instant, setting off a series of deafening booming sounds in this sky.

In a short period, they bombarded each other dozens of times.

During this period, Xu Qing's poison prohibition spread, but the young man actually sensed it in advance, grabbing toward the River Styx. Immediately, the River Styx water rolled over rapidly, circling around the young man, using the countless souls within the River Styx to counter Xu Qing's poison.

This method was similar to Chu Tianqun's, but by comparison, the River Styx had endless souls, especially since this river water seemed to be of the same origin as this young man. At this moment, under his wave, more river water rushed into the sky, like black water pythons, strangling toward Xu Qing from all directions.

The next instant, Xu Qing's body retreated more than ten zhang, and his pupils contracted slightly.

He felt that this young man's cultivation base was quite strange, continuously elevating during the battle. The other party seemed to be able to absorb power from the River Styx. At first, he was only at the early stage of the Nascent Soul, but at this moment, the feeling he gave Xu Qing was not much different from Chu Tianqun.

Retreating at this moment, the Underworld Spirit Blood Wings appeared behind Xu Qing, and his speed soared abruptly, flying out rapidly, wanting to bypass him.

The other party's cultivation base was very strong, and his techniques were also strange. He did not want to continue fighting this young man and waste time.

And the purple moon power, he would have great use for later, and this place was not suitable for unfolding it in advance to consume it.

But just as Xu Qing whistled toward the front, that young man's corpse turned abruptly, and the phoenix bird connected to it flapped its wings, setting off a gale. Its speed was also astonishing, and like lightning, it rushed straight toward Xu Qing, and even more, under a teleportation, it appeared directly in front of Xu Qing.

Xu Qing frowned, bypassed him again, and continued to speed along. But soon, the young man's corpse approached rapidly, emitting a roar from his mouth, and killed him again.

A cold light flashed in Xu Qing's eyes. Simply, after his body paused, he turned around abruptly and waved his hand. Thirty Demon-Transforming Runes appeared. The Seventh Tiangong within his body erupted at this moment. Under the rapid burning of the Demon-Transforming Runes, the Ghost Emperor's figure materialized with a rumble, heaven-shaking.

Once the Ghost Emperor came out, the world changed color, the surrounding void trembled, and the river water collapsed, forming a huge deterrent that shrouded all directions.

"Get lost!" Xu Qing's gaze was cold. If the other party continued to entangle, then even if it was not his wish, he could only consume some time to kill him completely.

The corpse young man clearly felt the danger. His pursuing body paused abruptly, and his body fell rapidly into the River Styx, staring fixedly at Xu Qing from the river water, emitting a low roar from his mouth.

The surrounding river water churned, setting off waves, and streaks of water flew out, circling the surroundings.

Xu Qing looked coldly at this corpse young man, turned around, his speed erupted, and he sped toward the distance.

On the River Styx, that corpse young man looked at Xu Qing's back, hesitated for a moment, but finally gave up the pursuit, emitted a roar from his mouth, sank into the River Styx, and disappeared.

"That corpse, when alive, must have been a heaven-chosen!" In the sky in the distance, Xu Qing put away the Ghost Emperor Mountain, glanced back at the River Styx behind him, flapped his wings, and continued forward, getting closer and closer to the depths of the River Styx.

Until one day later, on the fifth day of descending into this Great World, Xu Qing finally arrived at the end of the river water, and a blurry black palace entered his sight.

Its size was comparable to the Capital District!

Although riddled with holes and full of ruin, it had heaven-shaking pressure rising within. While vast and boundless, it also permeated with a thick sense of time, revealing endless antiquity.

It was as if it were an imperial palace forgotten in time.

The fluctuations of souls within were boundless, and the aura of death was thick to the extreme, especially in the depths of the imperial palace, where black flesh and blood grew, piling up into a mountain peak that towered into the clouds.

At the top of this flesh and blood mountain peak, hundreds of souls floated, like offerings.

Because behind these souls, at the edge of the sky, there was a crack thousands of zhang long. It seemed... that there existed an eye hidden in the sky there.

At this moment, even if it was closed and not opened, the supreme divine might was leaking out heaven-shakingly, causing the surrounding area to twist, and everything was in a blur.

Xu Qing's heart stirred with huge waves. Gazing at the flesh and blood mountain peak at the end of the imperial palace, looking at the hundreds of souls upon it, even though the distance was very far, the guidance from the shattered golden thread made him clearly perceive... the soul Linger was missing was right there! ===== CHAPTER 469 =====