Chapter 1185

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

Zhao Ziyue poled the boat, sending him out of the Outer Perimeter waters of Gui Xu.

After passing through that stark black-and-white boundary, the sight of the Gui Xu Dragon Tomb faded from view.

Zhao Ziyue hoisted the Fishing Rod onto his shoulder and said with a grin, "Lao Xu, next time you come, remember to bring some of that Spirit Wine you brew.

This Gui Xu has everything, just no wine to drink."

Xu Zhangqing gave a slight nod: "Alright, I'll remember."

Once out of the Gui Xu territory, he summoned Kong Ling.

That Dragon Boat was fine, but its entourage was too grand, a bit too attention-grabbing.

Seven-colored light spread out before him, and as the light flowed, a long-bodied seven-colored peacock condensed into solid form, its tail dragging a brilliant streamer of light across the Star Sky.

"Master!"

"Go forward, return to the Floating World Four Domains!"

"You got it~"

The moment it appeared, Kong Ling seemed exceptionally excited.

Xu Zhangqing sat cross-legged on its back, setting the course.

Only to see Kong Ling's wings tremble once, and the surrounding stars began to recede rapidly.

Xu Zhangqing then took out the Innate Dragon Embryo and held it in his hand.

It emitted a faint pulse, one beat every ten breaths.

Seeing this, Xu Zhangqing began to ponder a question.

Just how should this Innate Dragon Embryo be handled.

Hatch it, cultivate a Candle Dragon?

The benefit of this choice was obvious.

Once a Candle Dragon matured, its combat strength would be at least Hecheng Daman or even Da Cheng level, an existence that could walk sideways in the Floating World Four Domains.

But the problem was equally huge.

The cost of cultivating an Innate Dragon Embryo was not something he could easily bear.

The Dragon Race's growth cycle was measured in thousands of years at every turn; even if he were willing to pour resources into catalyzing it, the time cost remained.

Moreover, the hatched Candle Dragon would be an independent life.

The other handling method was far more direct.

His Youlong Nine Transformations had currently only activated six transformations.

And inside this Innate Dragon Embryo was sealed the purest ancient dragon bloodline.

If he could absorb and convert all of that bloodline, he could gain one more transformation.

More importantly, the Candle Dragon's bloodline differed from ordinary dragon clans.

Bloodline of this caliber, once fused into the Youlong Nine Transformations, would have an extremely profound effect on Xu Zhangqing's Yuan Dao Foundation.

Cultivate or absorb?

The former was a long-term investment, the latter a combat power leap in the short term.

Under normal circumstances, he would have plenty of time to weigh things slowly.

But from the Chaos Sea to the Gui Xu Dragon Tomb, everything experienced along the way gave Xu Zhangqing an unusual feeling.

The missing Third Senior Brother.

That mysterious back figure in the depths of the Time Gap.

That group of red light that escaped the Chaos Sea, corrupting karma.

And, the "Di Yi Ren Zhusu" spoken of by the Master of Gui Xu.

All information pieced together, making Xu Zhangqing deeply feel.

The waters here run far deeper than he had imagined.

Cultivate or absorb?

He closed his eyes, the Yuan Dao operating automatically, a thread of Yuan Power probing into his heart's interior, touching that curled-up little dragon.

The little dragon remained utterly motionless, its tail coiled on the outermost layer, its head buried in the very center, its horns just barely showing a tiny point.

Yuan Power lightly brushed the little dragon's outer membrane, and an extremely ancient energy fluctuation surged up from the depths of his heart.

Dong!

Both sides' heartbeats, at this moment, became completely identical.

However, right then, Xu Zhangqing's brow furrowed.

The Yuan Dao trembled, bringing a trace of instinctive alertness.

Gui Yuan operated automatically, converging his surrounding aura to near nothingness.

Five-colored Yuan Light accelerated its circulation inside his body; the Five Elements Mutual Restraint force formed an invisible Barrier, thoroughly isolating him from the outside world.

Yuan Fire burned in the depths of his Qi Sea, burning clean every wisp of leaked aura.

Not done yet, Xu Zhangqing flipped his palm, and the Return to Void Finger tapped three times in succession in the void.

Three streaks of finger force precisely nailed the spatial trajectory he had just passed through, returning everything he had left along the way to its origin from the Fa Ze Ceng Mian level.

At this point, not a single trace remained.

Residual Spiritual Energy, Law Fluctuations, causal connections — all erased.

Then, Xu Zhangqing activated the Return to Origin Grand Circulation; the seven-colored Kong Ling and his own figure simultaneously turned transparent in the Star Sky, and finally vanished thoroughly.

Of course, this is not some low-grade illusion like an invisibility technique.

Rather, on the Law level, he severed his connection with the world.

Still in the same spot, but unseen, imperceptible.

Anyone's Divine Sense sweeping over would only discover a stretch of Void.

Unless the other party's cultivation is high enough to trace back the Timeline, discovery is absolutely impossible.

Xu Zhangqing did this because his instinct was telling him that now is neither the time for cultivation nor for absorption.

The only thing to do is hide himself!

Xu Zhangqing restrained himself to the utmost, gazing forward through layer upon layer of Void.

After barely a hundred Breaths, the Void straight ahead suddenly split open.

The crack opened silently, expanding until it stopped at a hundred zhang wide.

The crack's edges retained specks of Void fragment-light; every grain of fragment-light revealed extremely profound Space Attainment.

Immediately after, a cliff slowly emerged from the crack.

That cliff is not large, pitch-black throughout.

As if cut whole from some Continent and transported here.

The cliff top is flat as a mirror; the cliff face bears several crisscrossing cracks, and from the depths of the cracks seeps a faint dark-blue glow.

The texture of that light is very familiar to Xu Zhangqing — the result of Space Law and Causal Law intertwining.

This cliff itself is a Space Supreme Treasure, capable of leaping through the Void at will.

But what truly concerns him is not the cliff, but the person standing on the cliff.

A male cultivator!

Cannot discern his specific age.

He wears a plain Gray Robe, no patterns, no markings, the fabric the most ordinary hemp.

Hair casually tied behind his head, a few strands scattered on his shoulders.

Build neither tall nor short, neither fat nor thin.

Yet standing on the cliff face, the surrounding stars all seem a head shorter.

He did nothing at all.

No released pressure, no circulating Cultivation Method, not even any deliberate outward emission of aura.

Just standing there; even with Xu Zhangqing far away, his Yuan Dao Foundation trembled once uncontrollably.

This is not the reverence felt facing the Master of Gui Xu, but a more instinctive reaction.

Like an animal moving through the Forest suddenly catching the scent of an apex predator, every pore screaming.

Danger!

This person is extremely dangerous!

Xu Zhangqing does not need to use Yuan Dao to sense the other; just by looking with his eyes, he can tell from that person's stance, gaze, and the subtle Resonance of laws around him that cultivation has at least reached the Integration Stage.

Possibly even more.

More importantly, the Law Aura entwining this person contains both Space and Causality.

Two Laws appearing simultaneously on one person means he can attack across distance, even trace along Causality.

Just then, two Endless Star Domain cultivators passed by.

From their attire, Xu Zhangqing recognized them as people of Beili Xuezhou.

"Th-that is……"

"The Daodao Zhi Ya, Liu Qiancui!"

"How could he appear here?"

"Don't know, this scoundrel is extremely terrifying, run!"

The moment these two saw the Gray Robe man standing on the cliff, they halted instantly.

Then in unison they lowered their heads, not even daring to offer a Greeting, and hurried away!