Chapter 793: Thank you

The East Finger governs life!

Thus, the vast finger on Xu Qing's east side, formed from starlight, radiated a dense power of vitality.

Yet, in all things, going too far is as bad as not going far enough; once a limit is exceeded, the feeling it gives is no longer righteous, but evil!

Therefore, this finger is the end of life; looking at it feels like looking at a demon or evil spirit.

The South Finger governs prosperity!

It is the same; the intent of fire rises, like the tip of a fire god, wanting to burn and destroy the heavens and earth.

The West Finger governs withering!

It is also like this; a sense of decay and the intent of wasted time permeate it to the extreme, and it even contains the passage of years, making one feel as if they are seeing the changes of time upon looking at it.

The final North Finger governs death!

It seems to have come from the Underworld, bringing death to the world.

At this moment, as the four fingers descended, life, death, withering, and prosperity were all contained within. Faced with such a technique, the First Prince in the distance saw his expression change, his heart filled with anxiety.

Because he... had been defeated by this very "Star-Shifting and Bucket-Turning, Nine-Star Suppression" technique.

To be precise, it was after he used his own bloodline to break through this Star-Shifting and Bucket-Turning technique that he was defeated by the hidden killing move within it.

"This is just the surface; the true killing move of Mingnan Shizi is hidden within this appearance..."

The First Prince wanted to warn him, but he could not; whether it was speaking or using divine sense, everything had been sealed off by Mingnan Shizi beforehand, making it difficult to give even the slightest warning.

Thus, he could only watch helplessly as those four fingers crashed down.

But the Captain did not move; he believed in Xu Qing, that he would not be suppressed so easily.

The facts were indeed so; almost the instant the four fingers descended, although Xu Qing's body could not move, bound by an invisible force, his eyes could still open.

The next instant, Xu Qing's eyes turned pitch black!

Back in the Jiyue Great Domain, the Poison Prohibition Eye technique he had comprehended played a key role at this moment; the Poison Prohibition... followed his gaze, finding a channel to erupt outward.

Xu Qing looked at the East Finger, and the power of the Poison Prohibition erupted; wherever his gaze landed, the massive East Finger shook violently, and blackness... like a fungus, spread rapidly across the finger, rising up.

No matter how dense the vitality within it was, under the Poison Prohibition, it was like snow meeting boiling water, dissolving rapidly.

It did not end there; Xu Qing's gaze shifted again, looking at the North Finger representing death.

The Poison Prohibition also represents death.

In the blink of an eye, the North Finger shook, and the Poison Prohibition within it was like a fish in water, surging up.

With both fingers shaken, Xu Qing's body finally broke free from the restraints under the wriggling of the soul threads, regaining his freedom.

He did not hesitate in the slightest; the moment his body could move, he raised his right hand and pressed it toward the firmament.

The true form of the Withered Flame Demon Art roared out.

Three great mountains suddenly appeared, falling from the sky, descending fiercely toward the Summer Finger.

At the same time, as a thought arose in Xu Qing's mind, the black long spear in the distance changed direction, drawing a long mark across the sky, piercing toward the South Finger representing prosperity.

All of this took a long time to describe, but it was completed in a flash of lightning.

The next moment, the Poison Prohibition, the demon mountains, and the long spear roared in unison, their sounds merging to become a giant noise like the opening of heaven and earth, like the roar of the world, shattering the void.

The East Finger collapsed, the South Finger shattered, the West Finger broke, and the North Finger turned to ash.

The nine stars above the firmament also dimmed, no longer so conspicuous, but merging with the light of the stars, appearing to dissipate.

Xu Qing's figure also rushed out from the shattering of the four fingers, heading straight for Mingnan Shizi.

But... as his divine ability was destroyed, there was no surprise on Mingnan Shizi's face; instead, he revealed a cold, sinister smile and spoke softly.

"Did you take note?"

He was naturally not asking Xu Qing, and so countless responses instantly came from the firmament, from the earth, from the void, from the clouds and mist, from every location in this area.

"Took note."

These two words were composed of countless different voices; there were men and women, old and young, deep and sharp, weeping and laughing, roaring and whispering...

All the voices were saying these two words.

Finally, the nine dim stars in the firmament suddenly moved, actually forming a circle; after the starlight connected, it looked like a black hole, and a terrifying power radiated from within.

That was not power from a cultivator, but contained a dense divine aura, and even more, it contained endless alien quality, surpassing the forbidden zones, surpassing the forbidden lands...

It locked onto Xu Qing.

Xu Qing's figure paused; he had a premonition that he could not continue forward, so he suddenly raised his head, looking at the nine-star black hole that had locked onto him.

He had felt a similar aura before.

That was...

A Divine Domain!

Almost the instant Xu Qing perceived it, an object fell from the nine-star black hole in the firmament.

It was a piece of yellow paper.

A piece of spirit money for the dead.

This yellow paper fluttered down, appearing slow, but in reality, it grew larger and larger; clearly, its speed was astonishing, and even more bizarre was that there was a face on the yellow paper, being rapidly outlined.

That face... was exactly Xu Qing's.

In the distance, the First Prince saw this scene, his anxiety becoming even more intense; he had been defeated by this move before.

He learned afterward that this yellow paper was bestowed by Mingnan Shizi's father.

This object did not come from Wanggu, but from a Divine Domain filled with weirdness and death.

The Star-Shifting and Bucket-Turning Nine-Star Suppression was just the surface; the lethality of this technique was not the point; the point was that by using the lethality, one could copy the enemy's soul.

Combined with that yellow paper, it could achieve the feat of having the copied soul outlined by those bizarre sound waves using a special method.

Letting that Divine Domain remember Xu Qing's appearance.

And subsequently... burn and seal the soul.

He wanted to struggle and warn him, but he could not, and the yellow paper flying down in mid-air had already begun to burn at this moment.

Just like the living burning spirit money to sacrifice to the souls of the dead, this yellow spirit money was being rapidly sacrificed.

A huge pulling force, following the burning of the spirit money, radiated from the nine-star black hole, enveloping Xu Qing and acting upon his soul.

In an instant, Xu Qing's body paused in mid-air, losing perception of his physical body; overlapping shadows appeared on him, his soul wavering within, and under this suction, it seemed about to rise into the sky.

Even more, illusory iron chains suddenly hung down from the black hole in the firmament, landing on Xu Qing's soul, binding it and dragging it upward.

Xu Qing's soul struggled with all its might, but the iron chains became more and more numerous, hundreds of them, dense and thick, causing his soul to be gradually pulled out of his physical body.

"Nothing more than this."

Mingnan Shizi stood in mid-air, looking at this scene, and spoke indifferently.

"But fighting you taught me one thing, and that is... do not give the opponent any possibility of a comeback."

"So even if your soul is already powerless to reverse this, I will not give you the slightest chance."

"And forbidden weapons... I have them too!"

A strange, demonic light appeared in Mingnan Shizi's eyes; he took a deep breath, bit the tip of his tongue, spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, and his right hand rapidly raised, forming seals within this blood mist.

Following the formation of the seals, the blood mist surged outward, and an illusory scene appeared within it; in the scene, it seemed to be a sea of blood, with thirty-six giant whirlpools roaring within this sea of blood.

Looking closely, one could see that within these thirty-six whirlpools, there were indeed thirty-six weapons.

Each one actually radiated the same forbidden aura as the black long spear.

They were precisely the forbidden weapons sealed within the Imperial-level cultivation technique, the Thirty-Six Immortal Gangs!

At this moment, following the reinforcement of Mingnan Shizi's seals, three of the thirty-six forbidden weapons roared and rose, piercing through the seals.

One was a trident.

It radiated a terrifying divine might, its momentum surging to the heavens.

One was a black long blade.

The blade's edge was cold and sharp, its fierce intent intimidating everything.

One was a blood-colored battle axe.

Countless souls circled the axe's blade, a shocking sight.

To kill Xu Qing, Mingnan Shizi displayed every divine ability to its extreme power; these three forbidden weapons were just like that.

At this moment, with a pull of his right hand, the three forbidden weapons rushed out directly from the illusory scene, changing from virtual to real; the moment they appeared before Mingnan, the forbidden power rose to the heavens.

There should have been Heavenly Dao obstruction, but... this was the Yanyue Xuantian Clan; the Yanyue themselves had their own Heavenly Dao suppressed by them, which could interfere with this.

Therefore, although muffled thunder echoed, no lightning fell.

And the next instant, following the eruption of killing intent in Mingnan Shizi's eyes, those three terrifying forbidden weapons rushed toward Xu Qing's physical body, from which his soul had already half-departed!

There was no obstruction, nor any resistance, only a faint seven-colored light that seemed to flicker within a few times.

Subsequently, the trident pierced into Xu Qing's soul, the black long blade slashed at his neck, and the blood-colored battle axe struck vertically onto his chest.

The soul collapsed, turning into points of light, drifting toward the earth.

The head flew up, spinning as it was thrown into the magma.

The physical body tore apart, countless fragments of flesh and dust falling.

In the distance, the First Prince's expression was twisted, bloodshot eyes filled with blood, his body trembling, his heart filled with endless sorrow.

The Captain also seemed to be stunned there, not moving at all.

Above the firmament, Mingnan Shizi let out a long breath, feeling somewhat unsatisfied in his heart.

"I didn't expect that, apart from those few, there really is no one of the same generation who can still exist under this move of mine."

"Boring."

Mingnan waved his hand, the nine stars in the firmament dissipated, and the surroundings returned to normal; he raised his right hand, about to grab toward the place where Xu Qing had shattered.

But just at this moment, his expression suddenly changed, as he felt a vast and astonishing power of time erupting from within Xu Qing's flesh and shattered soul.

Before he could confirm it, a huge and vast sundial appeared in mid-air; amidst the roaring, the heavens and earth changed color, and the gnomon turned.

Time... reversed!

All the fallen flesh and all the soul fragments reversed in this instant, rapidly retreating from the earth, from the magma, from the void; in the blink of an eye, they gathered together.

Once again, they formed Xu Qing's divine-state physical body and soul.

The red soul threads fluttered, the crystal-like bones shone, and the ferocious body was filled with a unique aesthetic; Xu Qing, standing there, was like a divine statue of this world.

Light shone!

Unharmed!

This scene, falling into the eyes of everyone, left the First Prince in the distance stunned for a moment.

The Captain's expression remained as usual, a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

And Mingnan Shizi took a few steps back, staring fixedly at Xu Qing, speaking word by word.

"Law of Time!"

Xu Qing opened his eyes, seven-colored light overflowing from them; his expression was calm as he looked at Mingnan Shizi, whose expression had become heavy to the extreme, and spoke indifferently.

"Although it was a bit difficult, I still have to say thank you."

As he spoke, Xu Qing raised his right hand and grabbed toward the void.

Immediately, a black long blade with surging fierce intent, a trident with terrifying divine might, a blood-colored battle axe with endless slaughter, and the indestructible black long spear...

The four forbidden weapons appeared around Xu Qing simultaneously! ===== CHAPTER 794 =====