Chapter 958: Purifying the Forbidden Zone

The events of the past surfaced before Xu Qing’s eyes, and eventually, the images in those memories gradually blurred, like ink spreading on paper!

It stained everything, converging into the twisted face of Li Zimei, carved into that tree!

It was very clear!

Thus, the sense of malevolence became even more intense!

Combining this with the letter Li Zimei had sent previously, a cold glint appeared in Xu Qing’s eyes as he looked toward the direction of the Taisi Immortal Gate!

He had discerned the reason!

Li Zimei had cultivated a special technique, and her soul had developed a problem!

It was being continuously invaded by a malevolent aura, riddled with holes!

This invasion was clearly not a matter of a single day!

This was likely the "enlightenment ritual" that Li Zimei had mentioned back then!

Under this invasion, the pain brought to Li Zimei twisted her personality and affected her mind!

It caused her to go from a timid person to one slowly enveloped by the madness and killing intent born from this pain over the years!

If Li Zimei’s soul were eventually torn apart completely and ceased to exist, then perhaps this ritual would have succeeded!

What returned would no longer be Li Zimei, but a monster of peak killing intent!

But clearly, an accident occurred during this period, leading to Li Zimei’s escape and subsequently creating the entanglement with the Taisi Immortal Gate!

"This must be the 'falling into madness' described by the Taisi Immortal Gate in the Sword-Wielder secret files!"

The coldness in Xu Qing’s eyes deepened!

He had already seen that the so-called malevolent aura was, in reality, a soul.

An ancient and cruel soul!

The so-called invasion was actually a form of transformation and possession!

To transform Li Zimei into a suitable embryo, and then have this ancient soul perfectly occupy it!

This was also why Li Zimei was wrapped by the large tree in the center of this Spirit Sound Forbidden Zone... because this transformed embryo was also very suitable for the choice of the Lord of the Spirit Sound Forbidden Zone!

"Parasitizing this suitable body to escape the forbidden zone..."

Xu Qing murmured in his heart!

As for whether this was a coincidence... Xu Qing did not dwell on it for now; the Sword-Wielder Department of the Yinghuang Province could naturally investigate it later!

And Qingqiu was also in the tree!

Completely enveloped within, the blood light radiating from her body had become the nourishment for this parasitism by the Lord of the Spirit Sound Forbidden Zone!

This, in fact, was also the law of cultivation for all things!

The weak are prey to the strong!

Fuxie was like this in the past, the Taisi Immortal Gate was like this, and the Lord of the Forbidden Zone was the same!

The weak would all endure similar experiences in different destinies!

Xu Qing was silent!

His current strength could not change the laws of cultivation for all things, but he could prevent such things from happening to those he was familiar with!

Thus, Xu Qing lifted his foot and walked toward the depths of the Spirit Sound Forbidden Zone!

With every step he took, this forbidden zone would tremble; the heterodox energy here could invade all things, but for Xu Qing, it could not exert the slightest effect!

Because at this moment, Xu Qing’s body also radiated the aura of a god, forming his own heterodox energy that rapidly spread in all directions!

The two types of heterodox energy collided invisibly in an instant, causing

the entire forbidden zone to tremble violently, countless trees to sway, and mountain after mountain to roar!

The sound also became much louder all at once!

And the moment these sounds were emitted, they were immediately controlled by Xu Qing, becoming his spiritual sense and his weapon, rising from all areas of the forbidden zone and striking toward the large tree in the center with sound-based killing!

It was as if a storm had shocked the heavens!

The sound waves, which should have been invisible, became visible at this instant, approaching the central tree like a landslide or a tidal wave, on the verge of sweeping everything away!

But just at this moment, Li Zimei’s head snapped up, her expression twisted as she opened her mouth, emitting a sharp, shrill sound of extreme misery!

Once this sharp sound emerged, it pierced metal and cracked stone!

The heavens and earth roared, and all directions shook!

The sounds within the forbidden zone that were controlled by Xu Qing actually showed signs of breaking free at this moment!

This was the Spirit Sound Forbidden Zone, and the name 'Spirit Sound' to a certain extent also represented the ability of the Lord of the Forbidden Zone; although it was far from reaching the level of a god, as the Lord of the Forbidden Zone, relying on the advantage of its status,

its counterattack was still swift and fierce!

At this moment, the sharp sound spread across the heavens and earth, shaking Xu Qing’s control,

and then came toward Xu Qing as a sound-based killing attack!

Xu Qing’s expression remained as usual; he raised his right hand, grabbed at the void in front of him, and then clenched his five fingers into a fist!

It was as if he had crushed the void and snatched away everything!

In an instant, the sound authority that had been shaken became like a towering mountain, which even the heavenly winds could not shake in the slightest!

Not only that, but even the killing intent transformed from the sharp sound emitted from Li Zimei’s mouth was pinched off by Xu Qing at this moment!

Sound-seizing!

The heavens and earth fell silent.

Afterward, Xu Qing opened his palm and waved it toward the forbidden zone!

The next instant, the power of the sound authority was completely released!

Countless sounds broke the brief silence, like the rising sun tearing through the night, exploding fully within this Spirit Sound Forbidden Zone!

The sound of flowing water destroyed the invaded riverbeds, the sound of leaves collapsed the evil branches they were on, and the roars of exotic beasts—all sounds of all things within this forbidden zone—now turned into lethal force!

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The roaring sound was overwhelming!

Countless trees collapsed and exploded, and one exotic beast after another died miserably!

Looking from the sky, one could see a destructive force rising from the edge of this forbidden zone, spreading fiercely like a giant palm covering the entire forbidden zone!

At this moment, it moved toward the central tree with an unstoppable momentum, crushing everything in its path!

Direct contact.

The central tree shook throughout its entire body, unable to withstand it, falling apart and shattering into pieces.

Amidst the flying dust and debris, the figures of Li Zimei and Qingqiu appeared within, but they did not fall with the collapse of the giant tree; instead, they floated eerily in mid-air!

It seemed a mysterious force was controlling them!

And behind the two women, in the dust and fog, a three-foot-tall puppet walked out, swaying!

This puppet was tattered all over, and a rotten, broken flute hung around its neck!

One eye on its face was missing, while the other was opened wide, revealing a sense of chaos, as if its own intelligence was in a turbid state!

But there was a dense divine fluctuation rising within its body!

Furthermore, the moment it appeared, this broken forbidden zone seemed to regain vitality, and the remaining exotic beasts and anomalies could not help but bow toward the puppet!

But the puppet’s attention was not on the forbidden zone; it was currently entirely focused on Xu Qing. The chaos and turbidity in its eyes showed ripples, as if it were trying very hard to barely maintain a trace of intelligence, and a low growl came from its mouth!

"Go away."

Xu Qing ignored it and continued walking forward!

Seeing this, the chaos and madness in the puppet’s eyes rose again, and immediately after, Li Zimei, who was controlled by it, suddenly moved and headed straight for Xu Qing!

Intense killing intent erupted from Li Zimei, causing the clouds to change and cold, harsh winds to rise in all directions; wherever she passed, it affected perception and distorted vision!

That was the artistic conception of slaughter!

As for Qingqiu, her eyes also opened immediately, filled with confusion, as if she had just awakened from a deep sleep.

Then, a wave of blood light erupted from her body, dyeing the surroundings into a blood prison!

Eerie laughter came from Qingqiu’s mouth!

"Hehehe!"

As this laughter, carrying a chilling sense, was emitted, Qingqiu’s eyes remained vacant as she looked at Xu Qing!

"You... are very familiar..."

As she spoke, blood from the dead exotic beasts of the forbidden zone was rapidly converging from all directions in wisps!

Xu Qing gazed at Qingqiu!

He knew that this strangeness appearing on Li Zimei and Qingqiu was called an artistic conception!

Li Zimei’s artistic conception was primarily based on slaughter!

And Qingqiu’s was the Taisi Blood Artistic Conception.

The Grandmaster had once said that this was a forbidden secret technique of the Taisi Immortal Gate, and even for a practitioner to achieve even minor success was incredibly difficult!

It is said that those who successfully comprehend this blood artistic conception will all develop more than two personalities.

And with each additional personality, the world in their eyes would lack one color, until after eleven personalities, only the color of blood remained, which was considered great success.

However, until now, in the history of the Taisi Immortal Gate, no one had ever successfully possessed eleven personalities; all of them had died in madness during the process!

"Artistic conception was a direction of research by the Sword-Wielder Palace during the era of the Profound Nether Ancient Emperor, with the goal of finding an ability that could make gods bow... but in the end, it failed!"

The words spoken by the Heir when he was teaching Xu Qing cultivation in the Jiyue Great Domain surfaced in Xu Qing’s mind!

While pondering, facing Li Zimei and Qingqiu rushing toward him, Xu Qing did not stop his pace; he merely let his right eye shine with the power of origin, revealing a trace of the Dao.

Once this trace appeared, the heavens and earth shook!

That was... the authority of erasure.

With this eye of authority, Xu Qing looked again at Li Zimei and Qingqiu, and immediately saw that there were countless threads connected to the two women, linking them to the puppet!

And to see is to be able to erase!

Xu Qing’s right eyelid drooped, the closing motion acting like a pair of shears!

In the next instant, the figures of Li Zimei and Qingqiu, who were charging forward, paused, their bodies trembling violently!

The threads on their bodies, invisible to ordinary means, all snapped the moment Xu Qing closed his eye.

The moment they were erased, the eyes of the two women closed simultaneously, and their bodies fell toward the ground, motionless!

The artistic conception they had been emitting also dissipated rapidly!

A wail, even more miserable than before, erupted intensely from the mouth of the puppet whose threads had been erased; in this moment of fury and resentment, its body suddenly flew up, charging straight at Xu Qing!

Combining with its own miserable intent, it transformed into a semi-transparent sonic spear, stabbing fiercely toward the position of Xu Qing’s heart.

Xu Qing did not dodge, allowing the sonic spear to strike!

The moment it touched him, it was as if it had collided with an indestructible giant mountain; the sonic spear disintegrated and collapsed, visible to the naked eye!

In an instant, it was completely shattered!

A backlash rippled out, affecting the puppet and causing this Master of Spirit Sound to be sent reeling backward, with several cracks appearing on its body!

The instinctual fear of death, inherent to life, overcame the chaos of its intelligence at this moment, and it prepared to accelerate its retreat, fleeing far from this place!

But it was too late!

Xu Qing took a step forward, a great sun gathering within his sea of consciousness; manifested externally, his entire body shone with a sudden, brilliant radiance, emitting countless light and heat as he transformed into a vast sun!

It rose from the Spirit Sound Forbidden Zone!

At this moment, twilight was fading and night was descending, but in an instant, the night reversed, and the firmament brightened once more.

The pitch-black forbidden zone was pierced by the light, and the river water, permeated with strange substances, also took on a sense of clarity!

All things were as if purified.

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