Chapter 648 - 647: Immortal Heavenly River, Collecting the Punishment of Immortality

Earlier, Li Jing had entered the Little Universe from the void, so naturally, he exited in the void as well.

The reason why he chose to return to the void instead of going to Chen Tang City through the spatial passage was

Mainly because he wanted to see if there were any Void Dead Puppets wandering nearby.

If there were, he would kill them on the spot.

Having broken the realm’s restrictions, he was no longer limited by the Immortal King Realm. His power level had reached the Sixteenth Realm.

With his level, dealing with the Void Dead Puppets of the Sixteenth Realm wouldn’t be difficult.

After all, he had always been invincible within the same level.

As for the Void Dead Puppets of the Seventeenth Realm.

If he could avoid them, it would be better to do so.

But if he couldn’t,

It wouldn’t hurt to try and kill them.

The situation now was different.

When the God Demon Forbidden Area was still in existence,

God knows how many Void Dead Puppets were sleeping in the Forbidden Area, and any reckless action would surely lead to a "righteous gang-up".

Now, the God Demon Forbidden Area had exploded.

At least he had leeway for operation.

Hovering in the void, Li Jing scanned his surroundings.

Regrettably,

There were no Void Dead Puppets loitering nearby.

These void creatures seemed to have restrictions for operating in the void. They couldn’t linger in the pure void.

Otherwise, it doesn’t make sense for all the Void Dead Puppets in the Forbidden Area to rush deeper into the void.

Pondering upon his hypothesis, Li Jing sighed in disappointment.

If he knew this beforehand, he wouldn’t have rushed into the Little Universe. He could’ve let Ye Qingyu take him for a quiet follow behind a Void Dead Puppet to see where it would go.

With Ye Qingyu’s strength, she should’ve been able to guide him in the void without getting lost, right?

Following the Void Dead Puppet to its final destination might lead to discovering an "Experience Zone".

Just as he was planning to return to the Little Universe, Li Jing came to a halt.

In the distant void where nothing should exist, there was a brightly lustrous crystal floating silently.

What is that!?

Li Jing’s eyes brightened.

The crystal was unaffected by the ever-changing void, staying firmly in place.

Please note,

Even Li Jing, who had broken the realm restrictions,

His position in the void was uncontrollable. He was drifting with the flow of the void, moving towards an unknown direction.

The fact that the crystal within sight could stay still was obviously not ordinary.

More crucially,

The ability of the crystal to stay still in the void, not carried by the flow, suggested that it didn’t come from elsewhere in the void. It was originally in the God Demon Forbidden Area and was blown out by the explosion.

This,

Could it be the Apocalyptic Heavenly Treasure he is looking for?

Li Jing secretly guessed, but soon denied it.

Despite the close connection between the entire God Demon Forbidden Area and the Immortal Realm or the Big World, in essence, there is only a direct "Void Passage".

Be it some trouble here, it was impossible to lead to the Apocalypse in the Immortal Realm.

Therefore, the question comes,

How should he get to it now?

Li Jing thought over and over again but couldn’t figure out a feasible solution.

Just as he was considering whether to bring out Ye Qingyu to help, seemingly destined, he, who had been drifting in the void, began to gradually move closer to where the crystal was.

Damn,

Is this what they call luck!?

Li Jing was ecstatic and didn’t dare to move recklessly.

He was worried that he might bounce in the wrong direction with a single move.

Just as though it was destined, Li Jing quickly came near the crystal with the natural movement of the void.

This crystal was indeed extraordinary.

No sooner had he approached it than Li Jing saw a slowly rotating starry sky within the clear and exquisite crystal.

No,

To be precise,

It was a galaxy.

Without taking a closer look, Li Jing took advantage of the opportunity to seize the crystal, lest he miss it and let it slip away.

Once he got his hands on the crystal,

It was freezing cold.

Li Jing looked down and directly activated the Eye of True Vision.

Immortal Heavenly River,

Primordial Heavenly Treasure,

Able to contain all things of the world.

Upon receiving the feedback, Li Jing frowned.

This,

Turned out to be another Primordial Heavenly Treasure.

He picked up another one...

If it was a regular find, Li Jing would certainly be thrilled.

But this...

The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was off.

He came to the God Demon Forbidden Area to find that Primordial Heavenly Treasure which had an issue due to Xiaoyao Zi.

Sitting in his hand was another one.

Clearly, it doesn’t have the power of annihilation.

Based on the feedback from the Eye of True Vision, its main use should be for storage.

Then, this function must be quite versatile, otherwise there’s no way it could be considered a divine treasure from the primordial age.

So.

Does this thing have anything to do with Xiaoyao Zi?

Li Jing glanced at the Immortal Heavenly River a few times, a smirk tugging at the corner of his mouth.

On the back of the Immortal Heavenly River, a line of small characters was engraved.

"Not this one.

Sign: Xiaoyao Zi."

Li Jing was stunned on the spot.

It really has something to do with Xiaoyao Zi.

And he must have foreseen the direction I was going to search, recently visited the God Demon Forbidden Area, and told him through the inscription on the Immortal Heavenly River that what he found was not right.

Speechless, the small characters left by Xiaoyao Zi disappeared.

Witnessing such a scene, Li Jing narrowed his eyes.

Xiaoyao Zi, this old jack, honestly, he’s a bit annoying.

But considering that there are primeval divine treasures to be picked up, he could reluctantly put up with this old thing a bit.

However, this is not the point at present.

The key point is, holding this Immortal Heavenly River made Li Jing realise that he had somewhat underestimated Xiaoyao Zi.

Xiaoyao Zi is capable, he knows that.

But the implications brought by the Immortal Heavenly River are beyond his cognition.

Xiaoyao Zi has the ability to enter and leave the void.

Li Jing can accept this for the time being.

Who knows if his, too, independent world has external passages like mine, or this old thing has some kind of treasure that can keep him from getting lost in the void?

The Monument of the Zhenshi in the rift space was placed by him.

The Immortal Heavenly River in front of him was also placed by him.

There’s also another problematic divine treasure from the primordial age somewhere.

He possesses at least three primeval divine treasures, each more powerful than the last, not to mention that he scatters them everywhere.

This old thing probably has other treasures.

However, what really shows Xiaoyao Zi’s defiance is now.

The God Demon Forbidden Area has Ye Qingyu in it.

If Xiaoyao Zi were to come, he will unavoidably ran into her.

Not to mention this old thing has been here at least once before, placing the Immortal Heavenly River in the God Demon Forbidden Area.

He came again recently to leave a message for me inscribed on the Immortal Heavenly River, Ye Qingyu definitely cannot say she missed this being who is capable of entering and leaving the God Demon Forbidden Area freely, and ignoring the threat of the Void Dead Puppet.

However, Ye Qingyu didn’t mention Xiaoyao Zi beforehand.

At the very least.

He should have been here recently.

Given Ye Qingyu’s somewhat loquacious nature, she will most likely mention if she saw him.

She didn’t mention it, which means she didn’t see him.

Furthermore, there’s an obvious detail.

Ye Qingyu doesn’t know about the existence of the Immortal Heavenly River.

She’s very powerful to begin with.

That’s right.

But as for the divine treasures of the primordial age, if she knew they existed, there’s no reason for her to ignore them.

Combining all these factors, it’s easy to draw a conclusion.

Xiaoyao Zi successfully avoided Ye Qingyu not only the first time he came and placed the Immortal Heavenly River in the God Demon Forbidden Area, but at least twice.

Xiaoyao Zi’s ability to evade the Saint’s search was reflected in his extraordinary talent.

But the Ancient Fairyland and the God Demon Forbidden Area are two different things.

How vast was the Ancient Fairyland in the past?

Xiaoyao Zi was slippery enough, so it’s understandable if the Human Saint couldn’t catch him.

But the God Demon Forbidden Area is not as big.

While merging with Ling Ling, Li Jing had a clear feeling, in terms of perception, the whole God Demon Forbidden Area, which is like a continent, is about only one percent the size of the Eastern Immortal Domain.

This is also the reason he was able to destroy the entire God Demon Forbidden Area.

If it were as vast as the Eastern Immortal Domain.

Even if he merged with Ling Ling, he wouldn’t have been capable to do it then.

If he were to break the shackles of the realm now, he could give it a try.

In such a "tiny" place like the God Demon Forbidden Area, to avoid Ye Qingyu who was desperately wanting to leave, Xiaoyao Zi’s ability is truly something.

Like when Li Jing had just arrived not even two minutes prior, Ye Qingyu appeared.

And this is only the time when he became aware of her appearance.

The actual timing of Ye Qingyu’s arrival was even earlier.

With a light sigh, putting the mystery of Xiaoyao Zi aside for the time being, Li Jing poured his thoughts into the Immortal Heavenly River.

He wasn’t aware until he did, that he was taken aback.

Within the Immortal Heavenly River, there truly was a boundless star river.

Inside.

It was like a galaxy!

Even though Li Jing had anticipated it.

The Immortal Heavenly River, as a unique divine treasure capable of storage from the primordial era, surely has something special about it, otherwise, its function would be redundant to someone like him who has an independent world.

When it comes to storing things, how vast is the independent world?

Forget that his present independent world has reached the level of the Heavenly Emperor, transforming into a vast starry sky.

Even if he hadn’t reached this point.

The untransformed Little Universe also possessed the vast Earth Realm.

Using it for storage.

That was more than enough.

However, as he placed his thoughts into the Immortal Heavenly River at this moment, Li Jing realized that his perspective was too narrow.

As he peered into the entire Milky Way within the Immortal Heavenly River, he also understood the function of this object.

The Eye of True Vision had mentioned about accommodating everything in the world, suggesting that this treasure can contain all the things in a single world.

This is a limitation, but it also shows the defiance of this treasure.

The Immortal Heavenly River differs from the Monument of Zhenshi, which has limitations specifically targetted at individual worlds.

That is to say.

As long as his ambition is big enough.

He could use the Immortal Heavenly River to collect everything that exists in the Big World...

This.

Isn’t it an incredible bug?

Of course.

Although theoretically, it is feasible, the Immortal Heavenly River has another limitation, the object to be collected must be within the user’s sight range.

Seeing everything in the Big World?

Besides the Big World’s Heavenly Taoist, probably no one can achieve it.

Retrospectively.

If someone were to use such a defying object such as the Immortal Heavenly River in this way, the minimum charge would be deceiving the heavens.

After all, such actions pose a great threat to the Big World.

Withdrawing his thoughts from the Immortal Heavenly River, a sparkle flashed in Li Jing’s eyes.

This treasure.

It seems he can’t use it.

But actually, it’s very useful.

Muttering in his mind to log in, he logged the Immortal Heavenly River onto the status bar, turning this originally unassignable Primordial Heavenly Treasure completely into his own property, Li Jing pulled his thoughts into the Little Universe.

...

Using the Little Universe as a transit point, Li Jing returns to the Eastern Immortal Domain, then immediately heads south.

Not long after.

He arrives at the coastline of the Eastern Immortal Domain facing the Southern Monster Realm.

According to Jing Huan’s previous directions, he successfully found a Land Realm covered with a light red fog.

This red fog was extraordinary.

Looking at it from afar, one gets an extremely ominous feeling.

Is this the malevolent aura Jing Huan mentioned?

With a slight squint of his eyes, Li Jing attempted to approach the Slaughter Immortal Platform, only to decisively retreat back again.

The malevolent aura of the Slaughter Immortal Platform is indeed formidable.

He hadn’t even entered the area covered by the malevolent aura and his will was already affected, feeling a murderous impulse.

If he were to go further in.

He probably wouldn’t last very long.

The key is that this malevolent aura doesn’t appear to be related to the Primordial Spirit, making the Primordial Soul Strength ineffective at this moment.

Magic skills used to keep a clear state of mind also don’t work.

Hovering in mid-air, he glanced into the depths of the Slaughter Immortal Platform. Utilizing the excellent vision he acquired after his body became saintly, Li Jing caught a glimpse of a platform silhouette deep within the red fog.

Atop the platform.

There was a faint silhouette of a giant sword hanging upside down.

In the location of the platform.

The malevolent aura is extremely dense.

The color is also much deeper than at the edges.

This.

Undoubtedly, is the true location of the Slaughter Immortal Platform.

Having confirmed the location of the Slaughter Immortal Platform, Li Jing pulled out the Immortal Heavenly River.

"Good treasure, it’s your turn now."

While speaking, he gently tossed up the Immortal Heavenly River.

"Weng!"

Accompanied by an extremely suppressed huge sound, the river of stars manifested, swallowing the entire Slaughter Immortal Platform.

The change happened in an instant.

Li Jing didn’t even get a chance to observe the form of the Immortal Heavenly River after being activated. It had already transformed back into a crystal form, slowly falling back into his hand.

Looking at the ground.

The Land Realm, originally covered by the Slaughter Immortal Platform and its malevolent aura, was now completely barren.

Facing this situation, Li Jing let out a satisfied smile.

A treasure indeed has its proper use.

Simply collecting a Land Realm, he could also do it by using the Little Universe.

But first he would have to use his Primordial Spirit to drive the field and cover the entire Land Realm.

For a place like the Slaughter Immortal Platform.

If he were to externalize his Primordial Spirit, it would be tantamount to offering it up.

In front of the malevolent aura, his Primordial Soul Strength didn’t have any effect in the first place.

If he externalizes his Primordial Spirit, that would mean he’s letting down all his defenses.

The externalized Primordial Spirit itself has no protective power to speak of, it’s extremely fragile.

The Primordial Soul Strength is the foundation for its various functions, and it’s also the only guarantee when the Primordial Spirit is externalized.

The only guarantee isn’t functioning as it should.

If this isn’t giving up, then what is it?

Without stopping, Li Jing turned and transformed into a ray of light heading towards the north of the Eastern Immortal Domain.

Whether it’s on the Slaughter Immortal Platform or not is no need to confirm.

The Primordial Heavenly Treasure with the power to destroy the world is the root cause of the impending Apocalypse in the Immortal Realm. If it’s collected along with the Slaughter Immortal Platform, then it means it’s disconnected from the Immortal Realm.

By then, the Apocalypse will collapse on its own accord.

The calamity no longer descends, there should be clues to discover.

But there’s no unusual movement.

The person supposed to face the calamity, Ye Mengyao, is still in Li Jing’s Little Universe, diligently cultivating and trying to comprehend the Nine Emperors’ scripture.

This implies the relic of interest isn’t at Slaughter Immortal Platform.

...

In an unknown small city somewhere in Zhong Shen Zhou.

An ignored fortune-telling stand sat Xiaoyao Zi, who was dressed in tattered clothes, indistinguishable from a street beggar and yet maintained an air of a blessed immortal.

There were many passersby on the street.

But no one paid him any attention.

Despite the dejection, Xiaoyao Zi maintained his composed appearance while inwardly filled with distress.

These days it feels so hard to make some Immortal Crystals.

Due to his tight budget, he even had to give out his skills to earn some change.

But no one paid attention to fortune-telling in the Immortal Realm.

First, Most cultivators don’t believe in fate, they believe that they are the masters of their own destinies.

Second, divination has fallen into disuse that not many are willing to follow it. Even those who try it out often fail and cannot make their predictions come right.

Sigh!

How hard it is to get a meal!

With a sigh in his heart, Xiaoyao Zi started to pack up, ready to close his stand.

Just then, the world suddenly darkened.

?

Xiaoyao Zi lifted up his head, perplexed.

But before he could figure out what was happening, a thunderous noise filled the air and a black bolt of lightning tore the void.

!!!

Xiaoyao Zi.

The sudden turn of events gave him no time to react.

Just like that.

Xiaoyao Zi was struck by the lightning, turning him into a charred figure. He spurted out black smoke and fell to the ground with a smack.

The pedestrians on the street were all startled by the sudden mishap, and shocked to see Xiaoyao Zi being hit by the black thunderbolt.

The confused ones were wondering why the fortune teller was struck by lightning out of the blue? And why the lightning was black?

The surprised ones, however, were knowledgeable.

’My God!’

’Heavenly Punishment!’

’It can’t be wrong!’

’To see something that only a few might witness in their lifetime is such a wonder!’

So...

’What did this fortune teller do?’

’Why did he attract Heavenly Punishment for no reason?’

’Speaking of which...’

’Shouldn’t one be destroyed completely from Heavenly Punishment? Then why is his body still intact?’

’Could it be...’

’This man is an unimaginable high-level expert?’

Just as the knowledgeable ones focused on Xiaoyao Zi, the thunderstruck man twitched, and then struggled to his feet.

The knowledgeable ones couldn’t help but widen their eyes in disbelief.

’He.’

’Is still alive?!’

’Damn!’

’How powerful he must be to survive the Heavenly Punishment?’

’Is he...’

’Setting up a stall to tell fortunes?’

’I must have my fortune read by him!’

Although the knowledgeable ones were itching to join, they hesitated as they couldn’t figure out the exact status of Xiaoyao Zi.

Meanwhile.

Xiaoyao Zi, who was hit by lightning and drowned in dizziness, staggered to his feet, dusted off his pants and looked into the sky with a puzzled look.

Right now, he was more than confused.

The sudden Heavenly Punishment usually only happens once.

Once it misses its target, it will stop.

This meant that the issue with his body wasn’t serious.

But he couldn’t help wondering why he was struck by Heavenly Punishment.

Out of curiosity and "professional habit", Xiaoyao Zi lifted his hand, calculating and predicting his fortune.

With one calculation, Xiaoyao Zi was dumbstruck.

"Damn you, Li..."

Before he could finish his words, he spat a line of blood into the air, which was three or four meters high, and fell to the ground.

...