Chapter 996

When Xu Qing left the Abandoning Xianhu, in the Western Demon Feather, at the place of the war teleportation array on the edge, fluctuations were spreading.

The number of teleportation arrays here was several, distributed from each other, each leading to different areas of the Eastern Wanggu Continent, and they were the portals of the Demon Feather Holy Land during the war period.

So on weekdays, this place was heavily guarded by various forces of the Western Demon Feather.

And right now, outside the Seventeenth Teleportation Array, there were over a hundred cultivators from the Seventeenth Sovereign Mountain waiting respectfully.

The leader was a child dressed in a Daoist robe.

They said nothing, all gazing at the Seventeenth Array that was emanating fluctuations.

This array gradually rumbled, the aura of teleportation was rich, and finally, brilliant light appeared, covering the entire range of this array, and a tall figure gradually formed in this light.

Even if it was just a silhouette, the blood-evil aura emanating from this person spread out first, causing everyone waiting here to tremble in their hearts.

Vaguely, it seemed as if they could smell the scent of blood.

Until a moment later, as the light on the array gradually dissipated, the figure within also became increasingly clear. Finally, when the light disappeared completely, what was revealed before everyone was actually a young man dressed in black battle armor.

On his face, there were two shocking scars, in the shape of a cross, with flesh turned outward, terrifying to the extreme.

And with such scars, he should have been ugly, but on this young man's face, it formed a unique feeling, adding a thick sense of killing to him.

Contrasting with his swaying red hair, it seemed to have become the source of the bloodiness here.

As for that armor, it had traces of countless wars remaining on it, showing that this person had experienced countless battles.

The moment he appeared, outside the array, the crowd from the Seventeenth Sovereign Mountain, led by that child, immediately knelt down toward this person.

"Greetings, Your Highness!"

This person was the Third Disciple of the Seventeenth Sovereign Mountain Sovereign.

Although he was ranked third, this did not represent strength, and even less could it represent potential. In reality, he was not only astonishingly famous on the Seventeenth Sovereign Mountain, but even the entire Western Demon Feather was the same.

And even within the Eastern Demon Feather, his name was resounding.

Western Demon Child!

The reason for this was that his aptitude had once been praised by the Demon Feather Great Emperor.

When he was in the Spirit Accumulation Realm, he could fight against the low-level Spirit Accumulation, and after his own breakthrough to Spirit Accumulation, he even plucked the authority, becoming the second person in the Western Demon Feather in a thousand years to obtain authority at the Spirit Accumulation stage.

And his authority was both special and terrifying.

Master of Killing!

Now, he was even at the Seventh Stage of Spirit Accumulation, surpassing the Ninth Stage of Spirit Accumulation, and even with full eruption, he could display power approaching that of a Sovereign.

On the human battlefield, relying on his strength and slaughter, he established monstrous war merits, and even on the human killing list, he placed this person's rank, along with three other geniuses, only second to the Sovereign.

And he had originally stayed on the battlefield until he received a secret letter from his fellow apprentice.

Thus, he chose to return.

At this moment, as the bloody aura spread and the sense of killing spread, the Western Demon Child's expression was cold, and he walked out of the array in one step, standing before all the kneeling people.

"Where is he now?"

The Western Demon Child spoke faintly.

His arrival caused most of those kneeling to tremble in their hearts. As fellow members of the same mountain, they knew very well that this one had an almost paranoid addiction to slaughter.

Cruelty was his nature.

Yet he was a great genius focused on by the entire Demon Feather Holy Land, recognized by the Demon Feather Great Emperor, and had a Sovereign as his master. Such a person, not to mention covering the sky with one hand, was not far from it.

Thus, their heads lowered even further.

Even that leading child, as the Great Emperor's follower, did not dare to have the slightest negligence, respectfully informing him of what he knew.

"That Blood Xue Chenzi once went to the Abandoning Xianhu, left after two hours, headed east all the way, and is now stopping at Tian Dong Mountain."

The Western Demon Child nodded, a cold glint flashed in his eyes, and his body walked out in one step, appearing above the sky, locking onto a direction, and waving his hand, a large amount of black clouds covered a thousand miles, wrapping his figure, and heading straight for the distance.

Wherever he passed, heaven and earth rumbled, and in the black clouds, he was like a Heavenly Demon.

His return this time... was for Blood Xue Chenzi.

After learning that Blood Xue Chenzi had challenged within his own mountain gate but no one could do anything to him, the Western Demon Child intended to pluck his head off and place it where the other party had once sat cross-legged.

As for the slaughter of the same clan and the struggle between East and West, for the Western Demon Child, it didn't matter.

At the same time, while this Western Demon Child was flying rapidly in the sky, heading straight for Tian Dong Mountain, on Tian Dong Mountain, Xu Qing indeed chose to stop here.

His business in the Western Demon Feather was already done.

The Empress had successfully met the Demon Feather Great Emperor, so he did not need to continue challenging.

And the trip to the Immortal Technique Hall, Xu Qing's harvest was also full.

As such, what he needed to do now was wait for the meeting between the Empress and the Demon Feather Great Emperor to end, and then leave the Western Demon Feather with the Empress.

"After returning to the Eastern Demon Feather, the opening of the place where that Underworld Flame Great Emperor is in seclusion is also approaching."

Xu Qing pondered, and along the way with the Empress, he was also thinking about the Empress's purpose.

The most obvious one was about the Underworld Feather Great Emperor.

But clearly, it contained many details and secrets. Xu Qing lacked key information and could not analyze too much at this moment.

However, he remembered one point, which was that in the place where the Underworld Flame Great Emperor was in seclusion, there existed opportunities that could raise cultivation by a large margin.

"And Yue Dong's former plan..."

"Also, I don't know how my Senior Brother's harvest is now. I think in the Immortal Technique Hall of the Eastern Demon Feather, there should also be quite a few benefits."

Xu Qing's thoughts flowed in his mind, and subsequently, he put away everything, no longer considering this place, but focusing on the things he needed to study himself.

First, it was the Wish-Granting Mask.

This mask, Xu Qing had studied it many times during his spare time during this period, but every time he restrained himself and did not make a wish. However, through the study, he roughly judged some things in his heart.

"The wish-granting of this object should be a divine authority!"

"And the level of its status is terrifying..."

"So it can be used as a trump card. Unless it is a last resort, it is better not to make a wish."

"As for the white powder, it has formed a bit more during this period, but the quantity is not enough..."

Xu Qing felt it for a while, and explored his Fate Divine Authority again.

"The unfolding of this divine authority does not necessarily have to be used singly. In reality, there are multiple ways, whether it is using my own soul to roll it up or blessing divine abilities, I can try it."

"As for its ability to carve fate, there is a backlash."

"The carved fate replaces the original trajectory, so the obstacles encountered during this period need to be borne by me."

Xu Qing raised his right hand, and the carving knife transformed from the Fate Divine Authority appeared in his palm. After gazing at it for a long while, he put it away, and subsequently closed his eyes to perceive his back.

There, there was a totem tattoo covering his entire back.

An extinguished red candle.

Perceiving this totem, Xu Qing's expression was a bit gloomy.

The branding behavior of this object in the Boundary Source Secret Realm was not controlled by him, and he was not very clear about the specific reason for it becoming like this.

Perhaps, it was the reason of the candle itself; after all, it had its own consciousness.

Or perhaps, it was caused by the specialness of his own physical body.

But regardless, Xu Qing did not like this totem. In his feeling, this totem represented a hidden danger.

Although it had always been in an extinguished state, during this period, Xu Qing vaguely felt that there was a strand of reviving aura within the red candle, which was forming.

Thinking of the terrifying power contained in the flame of the red candle, Xu Qing's eyes flickered with gloomy light.

"It is absolutely impossible to let you revive in an uncontrollable state and re-light the candle flame."

Xu Qing snorted coldly in his heart, and the authority of erasure flashed in his eyes, spreading to his back, covering the candle wick, and unfolding suddenly.

Following the repeated sweeps of the erasure divine authority, the reviving aura gradually weakened, but it did not disappear completely, so Xu Qing summoned Little Shadow.

"Swallow it!"

Xu Qing ordered.

Little Shadow was reluctant, but did not dare to refuse, so it rushed over with a scalp-numbing feeling and began to swallow it in large mouthfuls.

Little Shadow's specialness made this behavior of it possess a good effect, and that reviving aura was clearly weaker.

Just like that, time passed, and dusk arrived.

As the sunset glow fell, following the repeated eruptions of the erasure authority and the repeated cooperation with Little Shadow, the reviving aura was finally made almost imperceptible.

"Although it is still there, it is controllable."

After Xu Qing perceived it, he left a sealing method on it, and subsequently, he was about to study the Five Dogs Abandoning Immortal technique during this time of waiting for the Empress.

But just at this moment, a sense of palpitations suddenly rose in Xu Qing's heart.

His eyes tightened, and his body blurred instantly, retreating backward.

At the same time, the sky rumbled like thunder, and the sunset glow shattered.

Everywhere in the eight directions, it twisted instantly.

A pitch-black spear of world destruction broke through the sky, pierced through the void, and headed straight for Xu Qing from the sky.

The spear body was high, comparable to heaven and earth, and the spear tip was terrifying, like a mountain peak.

Rolling with the power of destruction, carrying the momentum of an overturning sea, with an unstoppable posture, it arrived before Xu Qing in an instant.

At the critical moment, Xu Qing's speed erupted to the extreme, flying away rapidly.

This spear brushed past him. Perceiving it at such a close distance, Xu Qing's heart shook, and he felt a strong threat. This strike had infinitely approached the Sovereign level.

And while he was avoiding it, the spear whistled and crashed directly into Tian Dong Mountain.

One spear fell, and Tian Dong collapsed!

The mountain body collapsed, shattering into pieces.

The black spear pierced through directly, stabbing diagonally into the earth.

The massive spear tip sank deep into the ground, and the long spear body hummed and swayed.

The ten-thousand-mile earth shattered instantly, sinking down, and a large amount of black flames erupted from where the spear tip pierced, rising along the cracks in the ground.

Making this ten thousand miles a sea of fire.

In the sea of fire, countless souls appeared, all wailing.

Those souls were clearly human cultivators who had been killed by this spear on the battlefield. Their souls could not enter reincarnation and were bound within, becoming a part of the spear's power.

And on the long spear handle that pointed diagonally toward the sky, a figure like a demon stood at this moment.

Red hair swaying, black armor ferocious, and behind him, a Heavenly Demon shadow materialized. This shadow was vast, occupying half the sky, looking down at Xu Qing.

"You are Blood Xue Chenzi?"