Chapter 1: Alive March. Early spring. A forgotten corner in the eastern reaches of the South Phoenix Continent. The sky was a suffocating canvas of gray and black, heavy and oppressive. It looked as though a cosmic entity had spilled ink across the firmament, the dark stains bleeding into the churning clouds. Crimson lightning arced […]

Chapter 2: Mutagen “If he’s alive, it might actually be tied to the purple light… or it’s a trap.” Xu Qing narrowed his eyes, weighing his options. His time in this ruined city had taught him a brutal truth: anything corrupted by the aura of the gods and twisted into a mutated beast was lethally

Chapter 3: May… You Rest in Peace *This thing…* A sharp gleam flashed in Xu Qing’s eyes. The image of the perfectly preserved corpse—the one holding the Purple Crystal before he took it—surfaced in his mind. *It preserves the dead and rapidly heals the living?* His fingers tightened around the Purple Crystal. Heart pounding, his

Chapter 4: The Uninvited Guest The instant he turned, Xu Qing’s gaze swept the ruins behind him. Twenty paces away, seven figures fanned out, closing in on his position. They were all adults, men and women clad in dark gray animal furs, their belts heavy with leather pouches. Each carried a weapon, and they maintained

Chapter 5: Scavenger Camp The restricted zone festering in this eastern corner of the South Phoenix Continent wasn’t particularly large. The ruins Xu Qing’s group had just left sat right on its edge. That was how the scavengers had managed to reach the ruined city on the very first day the sunlight pierced the gloom.

Chapter 6: Kid The South Phoenix Continent was vast. Viewed from high above, the landmass formed an irregular oval entirely surrounded by the sea. Though separated from the legendary Wanggu Continent by the Endless Sea—making it more of an island continent—its sheer scale was something most people couldn’t traverse in a single lifetime. Yet, humanity

Chapter 7: A Meal for You Xu Qing scanned the combat pit. Above the clamor of the spectator stands, a deafening boom echoed from the gate his group had just passed through. A massive wooden portcullis slammed into the dirt, kicking up a thick cloud of dust. The heavy thud acted like a war horn,

Chapter 8: Three Sets of Bowls and Chopsticks Inside the Scavenger Camp, Captain Lei led the way with Xu Qing trailing close behind. The intense midday sun beat down on the earth, washing over them. From a distance—one tall, one short; one old, one young—they painted a rare picture of harmony in this brutal world.

Chapter 9: The Consequences of a Threat I finally broke through. Xu Qing rose to his feet and threw a punch. A sharp crack echoed through the air, the sheer force of the displaced wind rattling the wooden door of his hut. His eyes widened. He could feel it—the surging power in his limbs was

Chapter 10: New Clothes March had arrived, and though the earth was beginning to thaw, a biting chill still lingered in the air. Those fresh out of the restricted zones might not notice it, their adrenaline still running hot, but linger outside long enough, and the cold would inevitably seep into your bones. At night,

Chapter 11: Assembly Shrouded in the night, Xu Qing moved with the silent, predatory grace of a feral cat. He kept a hand clamped over his mouth, violently suppressing the urge to cough. At first, the irritation was manageable. But as he pushed forward, his lungs ignited with a searing, fiery agony, draining the color

Chapter 12: Taboos of the Restricted Zone Luan Ya’s eyes darkened with murderous intent at the Blood Shadow Squad’s blatant provocation. She shot a questioning glance at Captain Lei. Captain Lei’s weathered face remained impassive. “Cross,” he ordered, his voice flat. Cross didn’t waste a breath. He raised his longbow, drew the string taut in

Chapter 13: Evil Shadow “Move out!” Cross barked, tearing his gaze away from Captain Lei. He fell back without hesitation. Beside him, Luan Ya and Barbarian Ghost mirrored the motion, retreating swiftly into the woods. Xu Qing narrowed his eyes. He watched Captain Lei stride toward the encroaching wolf pack, spiritual energy erupting from the

Chapter 14: Perils on All Sides *What exactly was the Purple Crystal? And what was that shadow, pulsing with such malicious, invasive intent? Did it cause the Mutation Point to vanish?* Xu Qing couldn’t piece it together. As he analyzed the anomalies in his mind, the battered figures of Captain Lei and the others returned

Chapter 15: Bloody Dusk The figures besieging Captain Lei were none other than the Blood Shadow Squad. Above, the setting sun bled its final rays across the horizon, the dying light visibly swallowed by the encroaching night. It wouldn’t be long before absolute darkness claimed the wasteland. A creeping chill slithered out from the shadows,

Chapter 16: You Ask When I Will Return, But There Is No Date Set Bathed in the fading light of dusk, the youth’s silhouette sent a cold shudder through Fire Crow’s heart. Had he been a greenhorn instead of a veteran scavenger, the sheer psychological pressure would have broken him, despite his superior cultivation. Even

Chapter 17: What Exactly Are You Perhaps because of the haunting melody, the usual roars of mutated beasts had vanished from this stretch of the jungle. It was as if the source of that song was the absolute ruler of this restricted zone. In its presence, all living things were forced into dead silence. Captain

Chapter 18: Master Bai Ignoring the stragglers trailing behind him, Xu Qing marched forward with Captain Lei secured on his back. He reached into his leather pouch, extracted a White Pill, and fed it to the unconscious man. Whether it was the pill’s effect or the residual efficacy of the Seven-Leaf Grass, the sickly, necrotic

Chapter 19: Hearth Smoke of the Mortal World In the Scavenger Camp, meat was the most abundant commodity after basic survival necessities. With the restricted zone so close, scavengers hauled back edible mutated beasts daily, filling the camp’s stalls with fresh flesh. When Xu Qing mentioned he wanted to eat snake, Captain Lei’s deeply wrinkled

Chapter 20: Home? In the wind and snow, Xu Qing returned to the courtyard. Before he could enter, he heard Captain Lei’s cheerful laughter from inside. Accompanied by bursts of barking, Xu Qing pushed open the door and saw over a dozen stray dogs in the yard. They lay there, coldly staring at Xu Qing.

Chapter 21: The Thirst for Knowledge That night, Xu Qing dreamed. It was his first time in over six years sleeping in a room this luxurious, shielded entirely from the biting cold outside. Dreams were a rare luxury for him. In the dream, the world wasn’t a cruel wasteland. The Fragmented Face of God did

Chapter 22: The Temple The suffocating darkness of the restricted zone was nothing new to Xu Qing. He had survived the ruined city for over ten days, and he had already weathered several nights in this mutated jungle. Wedged inside the hollow of a massive, rotting tree, he kept his eyes half-closed. He feigned sleep

Chapter 23: That One Blade Golden light flooded his vision. It poured from the blurred human figures carved into the temple’s inner walls. Each carving acted as a miniature sun, their combined radiance illuminating the ruins. Yet, the true source of the brilliance lay deeper within. It was the main statue enshrined at the center—the

Chapter 24: Kid, You Answer Xu Qing didn’t let out a breath until he returned to his residence. He felt that what he was doing wasn’t quite right, but his thirst for knowledge left him no alternative. And he also understood that his little trick had likely been seen through. “I’ll have to repay him

Chapter 25: The Poison Path: Corpse Destroying Powder Master Bai’s words echoed in Xu Qing’s ears, making his eyes widen. His breathing hitched. A dull roar rushed through his mind. To enter the tent and audit the classes—this was a vital lifeline he had desperately sought. Suppressing his surging excitement, he took a deep breath

Chapter 26: A Person’s Dusk South Phoenix Continent, eastern region. The season had already bled into summer. With the increasingly heavy rains came a stifling, oppressive heat. “It’s May,” Xu Qing murmured. The midday sun glared down at him as he stepped out of Master Bai’s tent, his daily lesson complete. He looked up at

Chapter 27: A Stranger as Pure as Jade Wolf howls echoed through the dark mountain forest. The sound lasted only a moment before fading into a whimper, as if the beasts had sensed a predator far more ferocious than themselves stalking through the night. Striding through the pitch-black woods, Xu Qing struggled to bury the

Chapter 28: Walking in the Night Without Needing Light Ting Yu had grown up in the sheltered environment of Purple Earth, blissfully ignorant of the world’s true hardships. But last night, she had a dream. In it, Chen Feiyuan was ruthlessly bullying Xu Qing. The dream left her furious. When she woke the next morning,

Chapter 29: Gazing Until the Wild Geese Vanish The black-robed figures towered over the crowd. Heavy fabric draped over their bodies and concealed their faces, masking their identities. Yet, the occasional icy glint that pierced through their hoods was enough to make the hardened desperadoes of the Scavenger Camp shudder. Their eyes held a chilling

Chapter 30: Liyang Rain of Gold No stars pierced the pitch-black sky. Only wisps of dark clouds drifted across the face of a high-hanging, luminous moon. A harsh wind howled, yet it couldn’t disrupt the moonlight cascading over the mortal realm like a silver waterfall. The pale light washed over the Scavenger Camp, spilling into

Chapter 31: He Bought My Insurance Gu Dao had lost all ability to resist. Bound hand and foot, he hung unconscious over the broad shoulder of a towering, burly man. Beside the brute stood a hunchbacked old man wrapped in a black leather coat. Perhaps because of his deformity, he wore no mask to conceal

Chapter 32: Left Life, Right Death “It was… poison too?” Gu Dao’s eyes widened in absolute despair. He opened his mouth to speak, but a sudden, violent wave of dizziness crashed into his mind, dragging him down into unconsciousness. At that exact moment, the thick mist rolled over them, swallowing the figures of Xu Qing

Chapter 33: Eternal Darkness The Sea Mountain Technique was fundamentally an ordinary cultivation method. Its ability to filter Mutagen was mediocre at best. Countless similar techniques circulated throughout the South Phoenix Continent, predominantly practiced by minor clans and insignificant factions. Even if cultivated to Grand Perfection, it offered unimpressive combat prowess. The texts describing it

Chapter 34: An Unexpected Encounter Corpses littered the temple ruins. Among them were guards, attendants, and several youths whose understanding of the Forbidden Zone’s perrils had been strictly theoretical. Their lifeless eyes stared blankly at the sky, frozen in the terror of their final moments. Scattered among the human remains were the dead jellyfish. Unlike

Chapter 35: Wrinkles Stirred by the Wind Xu Qing frowned and turned around. A massive swarm of at least a hundred miniature jellyfish shrieked out of the canyon entrance, diving straight for the youths and their surviving bodyguards. The group’s expressions warped in terror. They immediately mounted a defense, with the bodyguards throwing themselves forward

Chapter 36: Kill Without Mercy Cross’s hands were tougher than most, heavily callused from years of drawing a bowstring. Even after fighting the Black Scale Wolf pack for a full day and night, his hands hadn’t trembled like they did now. One could only imagine the brutal battle he had endured while Xu Qing was

Chapter 37: Power Over Life and Death The moment the teacup clinked against the table, the long street outside the Camp Master’s estate had already become a river of blood. Xu Qing moved like a starving tiger. Wherever he passed, blood sprayed in wide, gruesome arcs. He carved a path of absolute carnage, walking and

Chapter 38: Extermination “You ignorant little whelp! You don’t know the immensity of heaven and earth!” The golden-robed Camp Master’s face twisted into an ugly scowl. He never expected his men to fail against a mere child. He had boasted he would resolve this within the time it took an incense stick to burn. The

Chapter 39: A Melody of Lingering Affection for the Mortal World “Kid, how about we call it here?” The camp master broke the brief silence. “You’ve already saved Captain Lei, and this man is dead. There’s no need for us to fight to the bitter end.” “Besides, I am an Elder of the Vajra Sect.

Chapter 40: Growth A long time passed. The candy melted upon his tongue. Sunlight pierced the dense canopy, a single, solitary beam coming to rest upon Xu Qing’s face. It felt as though the warmth melted into the deepest recesses of his heart, right alongside the sweetness of the candy. It was a quiet balm

Chapter 41: Heaven’s Net, Earth’s Snare The desolate wilderness blurred past as Xu Qing sprinted forward. He had been running for two days straight. Thanks to his anomalous recovery rate, the bone-deep exhaustion that would have crippled an ordinary cultivator never set in. Instead, his muscles felt thoroughly limber, thrumming with restless energy. Along the

Chapter 42: The White-Clothed Faceless Woman Xu Qing witnessed this scene the moment he stepped into the forbidden zone. His pupils constricted as a suffocating sense of lethal crisis exploded in his mind. Every fiber of his being trembled uncontrollably. The source of this terror was the tall, red-robed old man rapidly closing the distance

Chapter 43: Kui Shadow Grand Completion Deep within the ruined city, a foul, stagnant odor permeated Xu Qing’s hidden stone cave. Bird feathers littered the floor. The rocks and debris he had previously used to seal the entrance were now heavily corroded by Mutagen. A thick layer of dust blanketed the ground, heavier than when

Chapter 44: Cause and Effect As the middle-aged cultivator’s death rattle faded into a grotesque, gurgling scream, the Vajra Sect Patriarch—currently scouring the ruined city for Xu Qing—snapped his head up. Foundation Establishment cultivators possessed horrifyingly acute senses. The moment the distant shriek registered, the Patriarch’s expression darkened. He launched himself into the sky, stepping

Chapter 45: An Eye for an Eye The arrival of the Fragmented Face of God acted as a cosmic catalyst, warping the very nature of growth and forcing all living things to mutate and adapt. This forced evolution rendered the world cold and unforgiving. The birth of the forbidden zones pushed that cruelty to its

Chapter 46: Burning the Vajra Sect “How are you here?!” The Vajra Sect Leader’s pupils shrank. Disbelief crashed through his mind like violent waves. The youth standing before him wore a black leather jacket, his hair wild and his face smeared with grime. Yet… beneath the dirt, the leather was stiff with dried blood, radiating

Chapter 47: Seven Blood Eyes August. The End of Heat. The scorching sun continued to relentlessly bake the earth, riding the warm currents of the wind. Yet, as the solar cycle shifted, the suffocating summer heat inevitably approached its twilight. Soon, the sun could only stare down from the firmament, waiting for the wild geese

Chapter 48: Selling the Corpses? The sea breeze rolled in off the harbor, tossing Xu Qing’s hair. He walked forward, letting the chill wind snap at his trouser legs. He resembled a blade resting loosely in its sheath. A cold glint flashed in his eyes as he watched the fleeing woman abruptly change direction and

Chapter 49: Divine Blood The night passed. Morning sunlight, though less intense than the midday glare, pierced through the window with an overbearing presence. It cared little for consent; unless one hid in the deepest shadows, the light would claim the floor and the flesh alike, brooking no argument. With its warmth, it roused the

Chapter 50: The Seventh Peak The eye of the Fragmented Face of God in the sky possessed a pupil shaped like a Cross. This illusory eye, however, bore a vertical slit. The disparity in their power was like comparing the blazing sun to a dying firefly. The former could instantly mutate an entire region into

Chapter 51: Making a Living by the Boat The setting sun spilled its dying light across the mountain path, draping the stone steps in a veil of orange that lent the peak an almost sacred air. Walking these sunlit steps felt like striding directly toward glory. Lush foliage lined the trail. The earthy fragrance of

Chapter 52: Colleagues The setting sun dipped toward the horizon, casting a fading, bloody afterglow over the mountain path. Xu Qing adjusted the brocade box on his back and glanced at the darkening sky. The round-faced cultivator’s words echoed in his mind, cementing his understanding of the Seven Blood Eyes. The main city might project

Chapter 53: Cultivating with the Sea Moonlight cascaded over the Dharma Boat, draping its crocodile-like hull in a pale, lunar glow. From a distance, the vessel seemed alive, breathing in the moon’s essence with rhythmic, pulsing exhales. The concentrated moonlight gathered across its surface, revealing the cold, lethal gleam of its armaments. Xu Qing gazed

Chapter 54: Transformation into a Butterfly Deep into the night, Xu Qing’s cultivation of the Sea Transformation Scripture surged forward, breaking through bottlenecks until it directly reached the fourth layer. Such an absurd progression speed sent ripples of shock through the nearby Seventh Peak disciples. However, the denizens of the Seventh Peak were adept at

Chapter 55: The Strange Captain Sensing that the two disciples guarding the entrance were only at the sixth level of Qi Condensation, Xu Qing relaxed. He ran a quick mental calculus; he could kill them both if necessary. The realization settled his nerves. The young male guard caught Xu Qing’s gaze. He instinctively rubbed his

Chapter 56: Newcomer in the Homicide Department The beast bone was shaped like a hook. Roughly the size of a palm, it was entirely crimson and shimmered with an eerie glow. Upon closer inspection, natural striations marred its surface. These patterns seemed to harbor a trace of Dao essence, autonomously siphoning spiritual energy from the

Chapter 57: Giving a Spirit Coin The events of that night still stoked a cold fury in Xu Qing’s chest. He hadn’t wanted to draw blood on his very first day in Seven Blood Eyes, but this woman had forced his hand by framing him. Had his cultivation and combat prowess been any weaker, that

Chapter 58: A Birthday Alone The night wind howled across the harbor. Seawater lapped gently against the sides of the black-canopied Dharma Boat, churning up a thick, gray-black foam along the hull. The small vessel swayed with the tide, its timbers creaking softly in the dark. Beneath the canopy, Xu Qing sat in deep concentration,

Chapter 59: Lone Shadow in the Night Rain Time bled away. The storm intensified. The howling wind sounded like a weeping ghost as it swirled through the main city of Seven Blood Eyes. It wandered down every street and alleyway, rising to meet the torrential downpour in a violent embrace. The storm battered Banquan Road,

Chapter 60: No Entry Without Invitation Thunder shattered the heavens! Deafening booms rolled across the sky, echoing between heaven and earth. The clouds hung in thick, oppressive layers, as if colossal entities from the void were locked in an endless bombardment. Muffled rumbles gave way to chains of explosive cracks, jolting the residents of the

Chapter 61: Graceful Figure Under the Umbrella Xu Qing swept his gaze over the alleyway, confirming it was clear. He crouched, snatching the blood-stained leather pouch from the middle-aged cultivator’s waist, and sprinkled a handful of Corpse Destroying Powder over the remains. The torrential rain did the rest. Mangled flesh and shattered bone dissolved into

Chapter 62: The Old Lecher Xu Qing left the apothecary and headed toward Port Seventy-Nine. While the Homicide Department required daily roll calls and occasional joint patrols, his schedule was largely self-directed when not on active assignment. He intended to return to his berth and resume his cultivation. Out of habit, he hugged the perimeter

Chapter 63: The Diligent Xu Qing Cultivation demanded resources. This was especially true following the arrival of the Fragmented Face of God. With all of creation saturated by Mutagen, acquiring those resources had become a grueling, blood-soaked endeavor. Xu Qing’s eyes narrowed in calculation. The sheer volume of Spirit Stones and materials he required was

Chapter 64: Gulu Gulu Murderous intent glinted in the innkeeper’s eyes as he tracked Xu Qing’s receding silhouette. Yet, even as the boy vanished into the shadows at the end of the street, the old man made no move to strike. Instead, he stood in silence, letting the killing intent slowly bleed from his gaze.

Chapter 65: A Secret Worth One Hundred Spirit Stones Figures collided outside the gambling den. Xu Qing simultaneously channeled the Sea Transformation Scripture and the Sea Mountain Technique. Seeking a swift execution, he held nothing back. He threw a devastating punch. A thunderous boom erupted. The obese man shuddered, his expression twisting as he realized

Chapter 66: Stealing My Merit? The rewards this time were astonishing. This showed just how deeply the Seven Blood Eyes Sect’s higher-ups detested the Night Dove organization. Xu Qing wasn’t the only one whose heart stirred. At this moment, everyone in the Sixth Squad had a gleam in their eyes. Some let out low chuckles,

Chapter 67: Crossing the Red Line! Slaying an enemy chieftain yielded a bounty of eighty Spirit Stones, to say nothing of the lucrative Contribution Points. Had Xu Qing not been the one to track and cripple this target, he might have let it go. But he had already done the bloody work. To have someone

Chapter 68: Each Has Their Own Difficulties As Li Zimei’s soft voice faded, Xu Xiaohui’s eyes widened involuntarily. She stared at Xu Qing. It wasn’t her fault for not recognizing him; the Xu Qing in her memory was a feral thing caked in grime and dried blood. But the young man standing in the doorway

Chapter 69: Fair and Reasonable Time flowed into mid-October. Though it was the season of Cold Dew, Seven Blood Eyes’ coastal geography kept the days blisteringly hot. Only when night fell did the wind turn biting. The sea followed suit. A sinister chill, as if exhumed from a mass grave beneath the waves, rode the

Chapter 70: I Invite You to Eat an Egg “Greetings, Manager Li.” The youth’s arrival brought the brawl between the Dispatch and Piloting Departments to a grinding halt. Awe washed over the bruised and bloodied disciples. Those who recognized the newcomer immediately bowed in reverence. From the depths of the Dispatch Department, Zhao Zhongheng hurried

Chapter 71: The Paranoid Patriarch The night sky was clear, the moon bright against a scattering of idle clouds. Yet, standing in the shadows outside a cave dwelling on the Sixth Peak, the Vajra Sect’s Patriarch looked utterly dim. The darkness seemed to cling to the deep lines of worry etched into his face. He

Chapter 72: The Terrifying Huang Yan Huang Yan’s voice boomed through the shop, his eyes blazing with a fury that suggested the shopkeeper hadn’t just insulted Xu Qing, but had spat directly in his face. After all, three of the items sitting on the counter were gifts he had personally given to Xu Qing. The

Chapter 73: The Overbearing Second Highness Among the three personal disciples of the Seventh Peak’s Peak Master, the third disciple was renowned for his bold personality, smooth social skills, and extensive network of friends. But when it came to a volatile temper and the sheer terror instilled in fellow disciples, the Second Senior Sister stood

Chapter 74: Guide to the Yellow Springs The midday sun beat down with vicious intensity. As it aligned with the Fragmented Face of God, it flared with a blinding radiance that forced mortals to bow their heads, unable to bear the glare. The entity looming behind the sun was lofty and supreme. To all living

Chapter 75: Killing the Fish! The night wind cut like a bloodstained sickle, carrying the damp, metallic stench of the sea. It swept through the city’s labyrinthine alleys, an invisible harbinger of death on the prowl. In the pitch-black sprawl, the anomaly stalked forward. Driven by a primal, predatory instinct, it bled into the city’s

Chapter 76: Ba Burns All Living Beings (4000-Word Apology Extra) The morning wind swept across the harbor, snapping the sails of the anchored ships. A few errant gusts, unsatisfied with merely rattling canvas, clawed at the sea’s surface to churn the shimmering blue waves. But the ocean was far too deep. The wind swept over

Chapter 77: Spirit Sea Dragon Whale Moonlight spilled across the black waters, illuminating the shattered remnants of the Dharma Boat’s protective formation and the boy sitting within. Listening to the deferential voices of the Seventh Peak disciples drifting over the waves, Xu Qing’s expression remained distant. The breakthrough had been calculated, but the sheer lethality

Chapter 78: Zhang San’s Investment For the vast majority within the Seven Blood Eyes, the night passed like any other. But for a select few, it was anything but ordinary. Aboard their Dharma Boats, some sighed in bitter envy of another’s extraordinary ascension. Elsewhere, others descended into hysterical rage, swearing to tear their target limb

Chapter 79: A Newcomer Sets Sail The midday sun beat down with oppressive intensity. Xu Qing navigated the bustling streets, mentally cataloging his debts. He owed Zhang San for the boat refinement; he would need to provide a return on that investment when the opportunity arose. The same applied to Zhou Qingpeng’s Ghost Desire Horseshoe

Chapter 80: Bronze Dragon Carriage The sun radiated a dazzling light that pierced the unruly Spirit Sea, churning the water into rolling waves that surged toward the heavens with deep, thunderous roars. Before the echoes could fade, the waves crashed down, launching massive plumes of black foam high into the air. The corrosive spray rained

Chapter 81: A Fair Price The light of dawn broke across the sea, illuminating the black waters and casting a pale glow over Xu Qing’s solemn figure. He exhaled a long, slow breath. With the arrival of daylight, the terrifying entity dragging itself across the abyssal seafloor had vanished from his sight. He had no

Chapter 82: Hundred Tones Become Yin Xu Qing had performed this kind of paid assistance countless times back in the Scavenger Camp. Though his asking price this time was exorbitant, he felt no remorse. Charity was not an obligation; naturally, services rendered required compensation. If the client’s attitude was poor, a markup was only logical.

Chapter 83: Deep Sea Dragon Shadow The tales warned every disciple of Seven Blood Eyes: if they ever encountered this bizarre phenomenon at sea, they were to take no action, make no contact, and above all, cause no disturbance. Xu Qing remained silent. Records from the Sea Chronicles Pavilion surfaced in his mind as he

Chapter 84: Gaining Insight into Techniques from the Sea Through the senses of the Spirit Sea Dragon Whale, Xu Qing clearly saw the terrifying entity lingering on the seabed. It twisted its massive bulk and paused in the distance. Its serpentine neck swayed, turning a crocodilian head toward their position. A cold, murderous intent radiated

Chapter 85: A Fierce God Lands on the Island Gray-brown bone fragments littered the black sandy beach. Some were heavily weathered, worn down to a sandpaper-like grit, while others were fresh, still clinging to strips of rotting flesh. The sea breeze swept across the shore, lifting grains of sand that swirled and settled into the

Chapter 86: Don’t Provoke Me Perched cross-legged in the canopy, Xu Qing locked his gaze onto the old man from the Banquan Road inn. His muscles coiled with latent tension. A cold, calculated killing intent surfaced in his mind. The innkeeper was a priority target on his bamboo slip hit list. He had previously avoided

Chapter 87: Poisonous Night Dark clouds swallowed the moon, plunging the Forbidden Sea into pitch blackness. Even the distant funeral dirges faded, as if afraid to disturb the suffocating tension bleeding into the quiet mountaintop. Then, a sharp, mournful wail tore through the night, shattering the silence. Nerves snapped taut across the peak. Xu Qing

Chapter 88: Xu Qing’s Law A dark, calculating light flickered in the depths of Xu Qing’s eyes. He was highly familiar with the Sea Ghost syndicate. Back at the Seven Blood Eyes Sect, during a severe shortage of Spirit Stones, he had liquidated several wanted criminals for capital. One of his targets had been Sun

Chapter 89: An Unbreakable Alliance Some words did not need to be spoken; actions alone dictated a person’s stance. Xu Qing sat cross-legged in the tree canopy. His posture and expression were identical to when he had left, yet to the cultivators surrounding the basin, he was a completely different entity. Those they once feared,

Chapter 90: The Maddening Golden Radiance Not long after, the heavy crunch of boots announced the arrival of the Departed Path Sect. They breached the treeline and entered the mountain basin. There were eight of them. All wore heavy black robes embroidered with a blood-red sun. The colors seemed to swallow the ambient light, and

Chapter 91: Killing to Seize Treasures Given the Departed Path Sect’s sheer size and power, they wouldn’t dispatch a squad merely for Spirit Stones. Mortal desires had long been sacrificed upon the altar of their grand mission. They were here on orders. Their sole objective: to retrieve the lizard molt imbued with a trace of

Chapter 92: Blood Stains Sea Lizard Island The night sea was a tempest of shifting winds and rolling clouds, its weather as violently unpredictable as its abyssal depths. Lightning flickered ominously above Sea Lizard Island, illuminating the thunderous sky. A torrential storm was imminent. Under the intermittent, strobe-like flashes of lightning, a frenzied slaughter raged

Chapter 93: Like a Phoenix, Like an Eagle Rain lashed against the sandy shore as Xu Qing’s silhouette emerged from the gloom. He stepped over skeletal remains—half-buried in the sand and freshly exposed by the torrential downpour—and stopped at the water’s edge to gaze out at the churning sea. Veiled by the storm, the violently

Chapter 94: Gu Muqing The better part of the day slipped by. As the bright moon reclaimed the sky, the restless sea finally quieted. Starlight dusted the earth, draping the Seven Blood Eyes bay in a veil of silver and shadow. From a distance, the seven monolithic peaks piercing the heavens—crowned by their magnificent, blood-red

Chapter 95: The Creditor Comes Knocking It was high noon. The midday sun blazed with an intensity that forced mortals to avert their eyes. Standing in that brilliant light, Gu Muqing seemed to outshine the sun itself, radiant beyond any celestial maiden. Her light orange Daoist robe failed to mask her flawless figure; the elegant

Chapter 96: The Eerie Inn The night was pitch black. The wind howled, and the moonlight offered no warmth, only a bone-deep chill. The impenetrable darkness felt like the hand of a reaper wielding the brush of the Book of Life and Death, slathering the world in an ink-black haze. It painted a suffocating, macabre

Chapter 97: Finally Seeing the Rakshasa A fierce night wind howled through the seventy-ninth port, crashing against the glowing defensive barrier of Xu Qing’s Dharma Boat and scattering uselessly into the dark. Had the wind managed to pierce the shield and sweep into the cabin, it would have found it completely empty. Far from the

Chapter 98: One in Fifty The night was as dead and still as stagnant water. The wind cut through the dark like a jagged blade. Moving through the silent gloom, Xu Qing was that blade. His lethal intent cleaved the darkness as he launched himself into the air, sprinting across the rooftops in relentless pursuit.

Chapter 99: Journey to the Red Plains At the summit of the Seventh Peak, the Seventh Master stood with his hands behind his back, his cold gaze fixed upon the distant horizon of the Forbidden Sea. Only after a long silence did he finally withdraw his stare. “Come. Let us finish the game.” The servant

Chapter 100: The Patriarch’s Anxiety A waning moon hung high in the pitch-black sky, its cold light slashing down upon the earth like a guillotine’s blade. The biting winter wind howled across the Red Plains, whipping up the sparse snow and bending the crimson grass low to the frozen dirt. Scalding blood splattered across the

Chapter 101: Doomed The sighs and lamentations of the Vajra Sect’s Old Ancestor were naturally invisible to Xu Qing. At this moment, Xu Qing was expertly navigating the local Scavenger Camp, purchasing a ramshackle wooden hut to serve as his temporary forward operating base. While the Scavenger Camp technically enforced strict residency requirements for outsiders,

Chapter 102: Eternal Perdition Faced with the Vajra Sect Patriarch’s desperate babbling, Xu Qing remained completely silent. He had no habit of conversing with dead men. His eyes narrowed to lethal slits. In the exact fraction of a second the Patriarch began to retreat, the flight talisman burning on Xu Qing’s leg flared blindingly bright.

Chapter 103: A Desperate Escape Xu Qing didn’t listen to final words, and he had absolutely zero interest in acquiring slaves. The human heart was fundamentally treacherous; rather than constantly watching his back for a knife, it was vastly more efficient to simply eliminate the threat entirely. His tactical philosophy regarding enemies was singular: a

Chapter 104: Xuan You Ancient Sovereign With the eager, groveling assistance of the Vajra Sect Patriarch, Xu Qing extracted a storage bead hidden within the mangled corpse. The Patriarch had surgically embedded the artifact deep within his own flesh. Its contents were sparse, containing only three items. First: a spirit note bearing a face value

Chapter 105: Two Hundred and Seventy The jade box contained a partially dissolved Pill resting in a shallow pool of medicinal liquid. Its potent, intoxicating fragrance instantly saturated the subterranean cavern. Xu Qing possessed no specific intelligence regarding the Spirit Whale Pill, but his mastery over botany was absolute. Taking a single, measured breath, his

Chapter 106: Little Mute Seven Blood Eyes’ main city. In the coastal region, the winter wind carried a piercing, damp chill, weaving through every corner of the streets. Unlike the biting frost of the Red Plains, this dampness was insidious. It clung to the skin unnoticed until it seeped deep into the marrow, freezing a

Chapter 107: Junior Brother Xu Qing, Are You There? Inside the room, the feral mute boy shook violently. The captain sat nearby, chewing his apple, his eyes alight with deep curiosity. Xu Qing narrowed his eyes. He didn’t speak, but he noticed exactly where the boy’s terrified gaze was locked: the shadow pooled beneath Xu

Chapter 108: Ammonite Time trickled by. Today’s sunset bled a deeper, more visceral crimson than usual. Staring at it for too long evoked an uncanny dread, as if a giant hand had smeared fresh blood across the firmament. Faintly, delicate golden threads seemed to weave through the red haze. This celestial anomaly drew the attention

Chapter 109: Life Fire Xuanyaotai, Illuminating the Celestial Palace This night, Xu Qing reaped a massive harvest. He had captured over 700 ammonites. Staring at the ice-sealed specimens in his Storage Bag, Xu Qing’s cold mind rapidly calculated six or seven new venom formulas. Each promised lethal results. If I fuse the Ghost Desire Horseshoe

Chapter 110: The Sun’s Carriage “The Giant Dragon Carriage?” Xu Qing’s mind raced. He remembered stopping by the Sea Chronicles Pavilion right after returning from his first voyage into the forbidden sea to file a report on the anomaly. Shortly after, he had left the Sect for the Red Plains. Having only just returned, it

Chapter 111: The Jade Slip’s Content Xu Qing never hesitated to spend Spirit Stones on cultivation resources, but his daily life was ruthlessly frugal. Even after securing massive windfalls, his idea of a celebration was eating three extra boiled eggs for breakfast. Because of this, he possessed an encyclopedic knowledge of the main city’s wanted

Chapter 112: The Punishment of Extermination Xu Qing’s eyes snapped open. He stood up smoothly, adjusted his collar, and walked out onto the deck. The sky above Seven Blood Eyes was a bruised, oppressive gray. Though the sun had risen, the dawn itself seemed to cower beneath the sheer density of killing intent radiating from

Chapter 113: Juying Island As the purple bead plummeted, it exerted a gravitational pull akin to a localized moon. The ocean violently churned, ripping the surrounding waves into a towering tsunami. It looked as if a titan, buried in the abyssal depths, had thrust its colossal hand upward, fingers hooked to crush the four Mermaid

Chapter 114: Land of the Alien Race Viewed from the sky, the four Mermaid islands—now blanketed in a suffocating purple light and convulsing with the shockwaves of mass slaughter and Technique fluctuations—were arranged in the shape of a crescent moon. At the northern tip of the crescent lay Mi’e Island. The central mass comprised Juying

Chapter 115: Target: Foundation Establishment Tower Juying Island was relatively compact. It housed three distinct cities and numerous village-like encampments. Xu Qing’s objective was the capital of these three: Juying City. He had intentionally calculated his landing coordinates. The colossal, skeletal metropolis looming in his line of sight was his designated target. “Juying City…” A

Chapter 116: The Hungry Blood Refiner Across the Wanggu Continent and the myriad forbidden zones that scarred its surface, countless bizarre anomalies and races thrived. The Sea Zombie Clan was one of them. Their territory lay on the fringes of a forbidden zone within the Endless Sea. Countless epochs ago, before the Fragmented Face of

Chapter 117: The Shadow Awakens! Seeing the defensive line form, Xu Qing didn’t slow down. He threw a devastating punch downward. However, the outer walls of the Foundation Establishment Tower were forged from incredibly resilient materials. A secondary defensive barrier instantly flared outward, absorbing the kinetic shock of his strike. But this was a futile

Chapter 118: There’s Always an Honest Person Xu Qing stared down at the cobblestones. He needed to confirm exactly what that subterranean pulse was leading him toward. In the intelligence file Huang Yan had provided, there was a detailed architectural breakdown of the Mermaid Clan’s subterranean layout. Due to their unique biological and cultural requirements,

Chapter 119: Above the Forbidden Zone High above Juying Island, the purple sea of light and the black formation were locked in a grinding, apocalyptic stalemate. Neither formation possessed true sentience, but their fundamentally opposing natures made coexistence impossible. The resulting friction tore the sky apart. This localized annihilation was mirrored perfectly by the six

Chapter 120: Poison Behind Xu Qing watched the captain leap without hesitation into the massive, dark abyss of the Fish Eye. The captain’s parting words didn’t simply fade; they plummeted with him, sinking deep into the bedrock of Xu Qing’s mind, stirring up massive conceptual waves that rippled through everything he thought he knew about

Chapter 121: Juying Awakens “Captain, you’ve been poisoned,” Xu Qing stated, his tone flat. “Poisoned? Impossible. I’m far too powerful to be poisoned,” the captain replied, his eyebrows shooting up in mocked surprise. “You are definitely poisoned, Captain.” Xu Qing stared at the captain’s face, which had turned a necrotic, bluish-black shade that perfectly matched

Chapter 122: What is Madness? The deity worshipped by the Mermaid Clan was known as Juying. However, the title of “deity” was merely a localized honorific, born of the Mermaid Clan’s ignorance and desperate reverence. In truth, it was simply a mysterious, divine entity slumbering in the abyssal depths. But even so, any divine creature

Chapter 123: The Temple of Misfortune This scene was extremely bizarre. But for Xu Qing and Zhang San, the grotesque and the impossible were just standard occupational hazards. And frankly, compared to the absolute, suicidal lunacy of what the Captain was currently attempting, the invisible hostiles swarming outside the temple barely registered on the threat

Chapter 124: Xu Qing Also Goes Crazy! Xu Qing stared at the mural, his Dao Heart quaking. Suddenly, the black umbrella lantern depicted in the painting flared with a blinding, incandescent light, as if it had transitioned from art to reality. The light physically pierced the surface of the mural, bleeding outward into the temple.

Chapter 125: Worth It! The severity of his injuries was unprecedented. He had deployed two layers of the Dharma Boat’s shields, utilized its ambient divine resistance, used the prow as a physical barricade, burned through multiple defensive talisman treasures, and relied on the absolute durability of his Grand Perfection physical body… and he had still

Chapter 126: Reunion of Three Deep within the subterranean ruins of Juying Island, Xu Qing pushed his shattered body into motion. The friction of movement was agonizing. The catastrophic lacerations across his legs, arms, and abdomen—which the Purple Crystal had just barely begun to knit together—violently tore open. Fresh, hot blood flooded his ruined Dao

Chapter 127: Senior Brother, My Name is Ling’er The four islands of the Mermaid Clan had devolved into absolute anarchy. The mutagenic mist was aggressively invading every square inch of the surface, and highly concentrated zombie poison was expanding at a terminal rate. The surviving cultivators of the Mermaid Clan had abandoned all pretense of

Chapter 128: Silly Girl The Seventh Peak’s grand trial on the Mermaid Clan archipelago officially concluded the moment Seventh Elder’s voice echoed across the heavens. The geopolitical reality was set in stone. The Mermaid Clan had permanently lost the leverage and the right to negotiate as allies. More than half of their population had been

Chapter 129: Going Out to Establish the Foundation! Moonlight, pale and granular as bone dust, washed over the main city of Seven Blood Eyes. Xu Qing moved through the shadows, keeping his physical profile minimized. Despite having achieved the Grand Perfection of Qi Condensation, his biological systems were still severely compromised by the catastrophic injuries

Chapter 130: Lighting the Lantern and Cultivating in the Dark Selecting the coordinates for his Foundation Establishment was a process governed by absolute paranoia. Xu Qing ran the tactical variables endlessly. He had to assume hostile surveillance, meaning he needed a vector that couldn’t be tracked. He had to audit the geopolitical landscape of the

Chapter 131: The Eerie Blowing of the Lamp The evolutionary leap from Qi Condensation to Foundation Establishment was a brutal, three-stage process. Stage One was localization. The cultivator forcefully detonated their reserves of spiritual energy, driving the kinetic force throughout their entire biological infrastructure to hunt and map the existence of Dharma Apertures. These apertures

Chapter 132: Forging the Heavenly Canopy! The absolute microsecond the amber flame died, the void entities swarming the bunker unleashed a chorus of piercing, high-frequency shrieks. Driven by unprecedented, starving greed, the formless shadows flooded the cavern, diving from every vector to devour Xu Qing’s unprotected soul. But in that exact instant, a new light

Chapter 133: Departing from the Mundane As his eyes opened, the fiery power within a radius of over 3,000 zhang boiled, causing the mist to churn toward the sky, faintly forming the shape of a black umbrella, suppressing and concealing the fluctuations here. This scene went unseen by anyone, but all the beasts in this

Chapter 134: The Bell Tolls Over the Peaks In the apocalyptic wasteland forged by the descent of the Fragmented Face of God, the vast majority of cultivators were scavengers locked in the Qi Condensation realm. Breaking through the genetic bottleneck to achieve Foundation Establishment was a statistical anomaly. Therefore, encountering a Foundation Establishment operative in

Chapter 135: The Law of the Mountain When Xu Qing’s Foundation Establishment aura violently detonated and the great bell of the Seventh Peak began its resonant tolling, three distinct silhouettes launched from the summit, tearing through the sky to intercept him. Under standard operating procedures, if a rogue Foundation Establishment operative from a rival faction

Chapter 136: Clad in Purple Robes The Third Elder’s question detonated like a thunderclap in Xu Qing’s skull. A brief ripple of tension crossed his Dao Heart, but his facial expression remained entirely locked down. He didn’t waste a microsecond analyzing the politics of the interrogation. He lowered his head, maintaining his deep, respectful bow.

Chapter 137: Fiendfire Soul-Devouring Scripture “The Nurturing Life Art is far too passive,” Xu Qing muttered, sitting in the silence of his new cave dwelling. His eyes were cold, entirely devoid of hesitation. Possessing a Life Lantern granted him a terrifying advantage. From a purely logical standpoint, the Nurturing Life Art was the safest route.

Chapter 138: This, Is the Mystic Brilliance State! En route to the Transportation Department, Xu Qing deliberately routed his path past the Sixth Peak shop that had plotted against him months ago. He didn’t draw a weapon. He didn’t say a word. He simply stopped in front of the open storefront. The ambient chatter of

Chapter 139: It Depends on Your Fortune Gazing at the massive Sea Lizard Dharma Ship sitting in the drydock, Xu Qing felt a profound wave of awe roll through his mind. He had hunted a real Foundation Establishment Sea Lizard before. Because of that baseline, he could acutely gauge the terrifying accuracy of Zhang San’s

Chapter 140: Fishing for Dragons Xu Qing had never experienced a true war, but he had lived through a microcosm of one. The scale, however, was fundamentally incomparable. His baseline was a localized gang war between his slum city and a neighboring settlement. The conflict had burned out in seven or eight days. “So, a

Chapter 141: Opening Apertures on a Desolate Island The robes of the Seven Blood Eyes Sect were dyed in seven distinct colors, each representing one of the mountain peaks. The Second Peak wore orange, the Sixth Peak wore blue, and the Seventh Peak wore purple. As for the First Peak, their robes were a deep,

Chapter 142: Killing Intent Emerges Time flowed like water. Beast corpses fell like autumn leaves, sinking into the abyss. In the blink of an eye, over twenty days had passed. Xu Qing had long abandoned his original cove, hopping across five different desolate islands. Now, he sat in a crude, hand-carved harbor on a sixth.

Chapter 143: Killing Intent Soaring Xu Qing lived by a strict, pragmatic code. Earlier, when another cultivator had chased a Foundation Establishment giant-toothed shark past him, Xu Qing had been tempted, but he held back. It wasn’t his kill. It was like when Captain Lei had given him that steamed bun; he was grateful, but

Chapter 144: Utterly Miserable The First Peak youth was fast, but they were over the open ocean. Without his bronze greatsword—shattered by Xu Qing—he had to rely entirely on his own stamina. Xu Qing, however, stood at the helm of his Dharma Boat. He expended no energy; in fact, he was recovering as he gave

Chapter 145: One Talisman, Two Lives The First Peak youth’s voice cracked. Driven by sheer, adrenaline-spiked panic, his Magic Power surged directly into his vocal cords, tearing them. The resulting shriek was a wretched, shrill sound that echoed across the firmament. Miles away, dozens of cultivators locked in a chaotic melee paused, their ears ringing

Chapter 146: Xu Qing’s Guardian! Xu Qing recognized the plummeting Sea Corpse Race cultivator. It was the exact same entity whose lower half had been obliterated by the First Peak Master’s sword strike earlier. Already critically wounded then, the creature had clearly suffered further catastrophic damage in the ensuing battle before being swatted from the

Chapter 147: Wish Box Xu Qing’s pupils shrank the moment he laid eyes on the box. He had seen this exact item twice before. The first was in the possession of Ma Si back at the Scavenger Camp; the second was with the mermaid youth. Yet, even now, its true nature eluded him. He had

Chapter 148: What Did You Get? The youth from the First Peak froze. He prided himself on his literary elegance, tossing out casual verses in daily conversation. Yet, the contents of the jade slip left him utterly baffled. He scrutinized it, dissecting it word by word. Still, nothing made sense. After another grueling round of

Chapter 149: The Gray Robe Enters the World The following day, Xu Qing tracked down the location tied to his token. A small merchant ship sat anchored at the docks. The cargo inside was decent—nothing world-shattering, but valuable enough. More importantly, Xu Qing found a sizable stockpile of medicinal herbs in the hold. The disciple

Chapter 150: The Opportunity of War “The Magical Artifacts are on the third floor. Senior, please!” Hearing Xu Qing’s request, the young shop attendant immediately deduced his cultivation level. Having received countless Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Sect, she knew this striking youth before her had to be one of them. Her heart fluttered. Her

Chapter 151: Declaration of War The news swept through Seven Blood Eyes like a gale, seizing the attention of countless cultivators. Whether residing upon the mountain peaks or dwelling in the sprawl below, the reaction was absolute. While high-level cultivators formed the vanguard of any war, a battlefield demanded endless grueling labor. Setting up formations,

Chapter 152: Joining the War Seventh Master met Ancestor Xue Lianzi’s praise with a faint smile. He offered no words, only cupping his fists in a deep, deferential bow. The Ancestor, a colossal figure sketched into the heavens by writhing threads of crimson, shifted his gaze. His eyes—heavy with the weight of an epoch—settled upon

Chapter 153: Someone is Teleporting The volcanoes of Mie Island roared in a continuous, deafening chorus. Plumes of thick black ash vomited into the sky, caught by the Seven Blood Eyes Formations and hurled outward to smother the Sea Corpse Race battlefields. Yet, a fraction escaped the array’s pull, drifting down upon the island like

Chapter 154: Three Yin Seizes Food Xu Qing had fought a Grand Perfection Qi Condensation cultivator of the Sea Corpse Race once before. They were exceptionally difficult to kill. Their absurd physical strength and cockroach-like vitality had forced him to systematically flay his opponent alive just to ensure death. He had never truly crossed blades

Chapter 155: Frenzied Aperture Opening The arcane fluctuation was violent. The instant the spatial distortion pulsed, Xu Qing’s pupils shrank to pinpricks. A primal warning flared in his instincts, a sudden, cold dread that made his skin crawl. At the same moment, his shadow frantically broadcasted waves of acute danger. Within the blinding light of

Chapter 156: It’s You! The arcane fluctuations were violent, accompanied by the muffled, concussive booms of Magic Power detonating underwater. Xu Qing halted his advance. Staring into the abyssal gloom, his mind raced through a dozen tactical scenarios. The spatial distortions ahead confirmed a teleportation array was active; Sea Corpse Foundation Establishment cultivators had made

Chapter 157: Xu Qing’s Mystic Brilliance State! The muffled, furious roar of the Sea Corpse Race Mystic Brilliance cultivator echoed from the teleportation array. The black-robed scholar’s eyes narrowed in thought, while the Third Peak youth paled, his survival instincts screaming at him to retreat. Xu Qing ignored the roar. He seamlessly channeled the harvested

Chapter 158: Mount Tai Crushing an Egg “Uh…” On the teleportation array, the Sea Corpse Race Foundation Establishment cultivator—a veteran who had ignited his Life Flame—stammered, the threat dying in his throat. In life, he had not been human. His anatomy was humanoid, but he possessed six eyes: two in their natural sockets, one on

Chapter 159: Dancing with a Clear Shadow This time, Xu Qing didn’t need to vocalize a threat; the chilling finality in his tone was enough. The shadow violently quivered. Driven by absolute panic, it reflexively tore open several jagged maws across its surface, frantically broadcasting an urgent, disjointed stream of consciousness. It was terrified that

Chapter 160: Fishing Out a Fiend Xu Qing’s official battle record was now a work of art. The total kill count had surpassed three thousand, the vast majority being ghost kills fabricated by his shadow. He decided it was time to stop. Pushing the exploit any further would break the illusion. He had reviewed the

Chapter 161: The Shifting of Tasks and Stars Ignoring the Sea Corpse Race cultivator bleeding out his soul energy in an agonizing death throe, Xu Qing absorbed the harvest while simultaneously scanning his surroundings. He overlaid the tactical map from the mission brief onto his current location. According to the map, he had materialized at

Chapter 162: Black Snow as Hair The valley was modest in scale, yet the air within vibrated with the rhythmic distortions of teleportation. Inside, over a hundred disciples from the Second Peak were frantically dismantling alchemical furnaces and various esoteric Magical Artifacts that Xu Qing didn’t recognize. Behind them stood a medium-sized teleportation Formation, currently

Chapter 163: Something is Wrong! Within the Seven Blood Eyes, a sect governed by the cold calculus of profit, the hierarchy of power was absolute. The weak survived by mastering the art of deference; anyone foolish enough to posture before a superior rarely lived long enough to regret it. Thus, the Fifth Peak Foundation Establishment

Chapter 164: A Debt Repaid in Kind Xu Qing froze. His gaze swept over the bruised fruit littering the dirt, lingering on a few particularly large apples. A flicker of genuine curiosity pierced his battle-trance—how had the man managed to cram such a harvest inside his robes without ruining the silhouette? The white-robed Sea Corpse

Chapter 165: The Mysterious Summons A month flowed by in a blur of brine and blood. During this time, the war between the Seven Blood Eyes and the Sea Corpse Race spiraled through a series of staggering escalations. Initially, the Sea Corpse Race launched wave after wave of desperate counterattacks, yet they remained unable to

Chapter 166: The Seventh Peak Is Her Home The voice was ethereal, drifting through the hall with a transcendent detachment. Yet, it was laced with a lethal chill. The moment it reached Xu Qing’s ears, it transformed into a trickle of glacial water that permeated his mind before flash-freezing his entire being. A bone-shattering cold

Chapter 167: A Broadened Perspective “Joining the Seven Sects Alliance is my dream!” “Everything is in place except for my field record. I refuse to let months of preparation go to waste because of a momentary lapse.” Ding Xue’s gaze was a flint of absolute resolution. “I took on sixteen missions today, Senior Brother Xu.

Chapter 168: The Patriarch’s Panic Ding Xue reacted instantly, drawing a jade slip and fixing her gaze on Xu Qing. One signal from him, and she would summon reinforcements. Xu Qing remained silent, his focus narrowed to the darkness. He waited. After a long, heavy silence, the same voice drifted from the depths of the

Chapter 169: The Battle for Status! A place in the top fifty of the Seven Blood Eyes’ contribution rankings granted the right to summon a projection of the Sect’s foundational Dharma Treasure. Xu Qing was deeply tempted. He had never seen a Dharma Treasure with his own eyes, but he had heard countless legends of

Chapter 170: Thunder Spirit Body Xu Qing’s brow furrowed in genuine surprise. He glanced at the Vajra Sect Ancestor, finding the sudden, desperate proclamation a bit… off. “Are you certain?” he asked slowly. He could perceive the Ancestor’s aura—it was undeniably stronger, vibrating at a critical threshold, but it lacked the crystalline stability of an

Chapter 171: Absolute Suppression! The black tree manifested by the shadow was an affront to reality. Over a hundred eyes sprouted from its twisted boughs, hemorrhaging an arterial red light that transformed the mine into a domain of gore. A raw, unadulterated ferocity bled from the entity, thick with a madness that had been simmering

Chapter 172: Ultimate Xu Qing ignored the Vajra Sect Elder’s trembling. As he maintained the crushing suppression, his gaze drifted toward the distant horizon. Memory bled into his mind, tracing back to the jungle restricted zone. He recalled the slaughtered Black Scale Wolf pack, how a dead wolf’s shadow had slithered toward him, a parasitic

Chapter 173: Sovereign-tier Fated Chance Xu Qing observed the exchange. He knew his relentless suppression had fractured the shadow’s sentience, leaving its intellect dim enough to fall into the Vajra Sect Elder’s linguistic traps. Still, a cold urge to crush it one more time flickered in his chest. Rationality prevailed. He shot a glacial glare

Chapter 174: Seizing the Moment! Xu Qing didn’t waste a single breath. Stowing his dharma boat, his Life Lantern ignited with the violent fury of a volcanic eruption. Thrust instantly into the Mystic Brilliance State, he tore across the sky with blinding speed, hurtling toward the shadow eye’s coordinates. The entity parasitized by the eye

Chapter 175: The Sovereign’s Sun-Throne Xu Qing gritted his teeth, his gaze resolving into glacial determination. He could not afford to wait. The efficacy of the eldritch symphony upon the colossal entity was an unknown variable; if it failed, he needed a fraction of a second to abort and retreat. Without hesitation, he swept his

Chapter 176: Golden Crow Refining Myriad Spirits A single flap of its wings detonated the inheritance! Time lost all meaning. Amidst the tectonic upheaval in Xu Qing’s consciousness, the Golden Crow dominating his vision flared its wings a second time. This motion was violently faster, unleashing a conceptual shockwave that bled the color from the

Chapter 177: Like a Demon, Like a Monster Sovereign-tier Techniques were the absolute, non-transmitted apex secrets forged by the ancient Sovereigns who had dominated the Wanggu Continent across countless epochs. Some were comprehensive systems; others were singular, apocalyptic arts. Regardless of their form, their destructive output was catastrophic. Their esoteric and terrifying nature often defied

Chapter 178: Sweeping the Seas, Sealing the Dragon! The black sea roared. As concentric waves rippled outward, Xu Qing, seated cross-legged on the dharma boat, began to violently tremble. His breathing ragged, the icy calculation in his eyes rapidly dissolved into feral madness. He was starving. It was an unprecedented, biological starvation. Part of it

Chapter 179: Brother Xu Qing While Xu Qing carved a path of slaughter through the depths of the Forbidden Sea, rapidly assimilating one apex predator after another, the firmament above was torn apart by the passage of three colossal, ancient warships. From a distance, the decaying vessels resembled three massive, hollowed-out logs of blackwood. A

Chapter 180: The Golden Crow Descends Upon the World In the microsecond the black pearl fell from the blackwood ship, Xu Qing’s senses caught the distinct, necrotic signature of Sea Corpse Race Mutagen bleeding into the atmosphere. The data aligned. He immediately classified the three unidentified vessels as a Sea Corpse fleet. Xu Qing harbored

Chapter 181: Striking to the Core Aboard the vanguard ship, the Third Princess forced her stinging eyes wide. Tears streaked her cheeks, but she strained to witness the unfolding carnage. A morbid fascination painted her features, as though she were admiring a masterpiece brushed in blood and ash. Beside her, the white-robed captain froze. Staring

Chapter 182: The Mad Plan Witnessing the inferno surging within Xu Qing, the Captain’s face twisted, and he spat out his words. “Don’t kill her yet! I have a major use for her!” The moment the words left his mouth, Xu Qing blurred into motion. He materialized before the Third Princess, who was still wearing

Chapter 183: A Thousand Charms and a Hundred Beauties Unsealing the second seal! The Captain’s identity was an etched mystery. Xu Qing had formulated many theories, even suspecting him to be the First Highness of the Seventh Peak. Yet, these thoughts only briefly surfaced in Xu Qing’s mind. His true identity was irrelevant; it would

Chapter 184: Sea Corpse Oddities High in the firmament, a blackwood warship roared forward, violently cleaving through the cloud banks. Its unparalleled momentum tore the air asunder, sending a heaven-shaking screech echoing across the four directions. Its trajectory was locked dead ahead—the island territory of the Sea Corpse Race, still a grueling ten days’ journey

Chapter 185: Breaching the Threshold Xu Qing remained silent, casting a flat stare at the Captain. He deduced the Captain had completely surrendered to the psychosis of his disguise. The dialogue was one thing, but that frail, coquettish little cough genuinely made Xu Qing’s skin crawl. He voiced none of this. He logically assumed that

Chapter 186: Something Happened… The sanctum of the Seventh Corpse Ancestor Statue was utterly still. Ordinarily, this sanctuary saw no violent spiritual diffusion, nor did the Sea Corpse Race permit their kin to break through their cultivation realms in the statue’s presence. Therefore, this stark silence was etched into the very air, year after year.

Chapter 187: The Second Life Flame, Ignite! “Lunatic!!” Witnessing this grotesque sacrilege, Xu Qing inhaled sharply, his eyes etched with profound shock. In that fleeting instant, the terrifying visage of the Captain—the one who had once hurled himself at the colossal shadow with bloodshot eyes—superimposed over reality. Amidst a bone-jarring crack that echoed through the

Chapter 188: The Divine Might of Two Flames Within Xu Qing’s body, sixty-five Dharma Apertures morphed into sixty-five roaring vortexes. The deafening thunder of their rotation threatened to shatter the eardrums! The ignition of his second Life Flame cast a blinding, stark luminescence. It resonated with the first Life Flame residing in his Dantian, their

Chapter 189: Sea Corpse Race Dao Child “You finally came out?” The instant Xu Qing stepped out from the swirling vortex between the two colossal stone pillars, a voice drifted over from ahead. The tone was entirely flat, devoid of a single ripple of emotion. Xu Qing lifted his gaze. He had already scouted this

Chapter 190: Making a Swift Getaway Yet, the Sea Corpse reinforcements were still too far away, unable to close the distance instantly. Pushed to the brink, the Sea Corpse Dao Child let out a feral roar and summoned the jade sarcophagus once more. Gritting his teeth, he forced the coffin to erupt, manifesting a blinding

Chapter 191: Wanted Across the Forbidden Sea! The firmament was a clear, unblemished expanse. The ocean stretched outward for thousands of miles, its surface a rolling tapestry of dark waves. Beneath the zenith of the midday sun, the stark contrast between the vivid azure sky and the ink-black sea forged a scene of harsh, breathtaking

Chapter 192: Fame Soars The war between Seven Blood Eyes and the Sea Corpse Race had been raging for a grueling six months. The conflict’s blast radius expanded daily, drawing in an ever-growing coalition of allied forces. The carnage was no longer confined to the primary frontlines; the shockwaves rippled outward, violently disrupting the equilibrium

Chapter 193: It Was All the Captain’s Doing! Xu Qing kept his guard up. In the fleeting instant of teleportation, he had caught the expression etched onto the Mermaid Island disciple’s face. It was a mask of pure shock, devoid of any other readable intent. Yet, cold logic dictated that if such a massive bounty

Chapter 194: Half Returned Zhang San fell into a stark silence. After a long moment, a bitter smile brushed across his face, and he let out a heavy sigh. “Lost it in the Sea Corpse Race territory?” “A Golden Core shattered it,” Xu Qing replied, his voice devoid of inflection. Watching Xu Qing’s unnerving calm,

Chapter 195: The Sorrow of the Weak “Captain, out of a hundred-million bounty, one leg and one arm should fetch at least thirty million Spirit Stones, correct?” Xu Qing pulled his gaze away from the contorted shadow on the ground, his cold eyes fixing on the floating apple. The jaws gnawing at the floating fruit

Chapter 196: Er Niu’s Secret To Xu Xiaohui, Xu Qing’s words were the most thrilling sound she had heard in months. She hadn’t lied; every word she spoke was the stark truth. What she left unspoken was the bitter agony she had endured investigating this matter to repay a debt. She no longer felt any

Chapter 197: The Shadow Emperor The night sky was a profound, suffocating stretch of ink. The moonlight was a stark, icy frost. A light rain drifted down, brushing the world in grayscale. Hanging high in the abyss like a silver plate, the moon bled its frigid light into the sudden rain. The shimmering reflection illuminated

Chapter 198: Don’t Steal My Blame! Only after he had put miles between himself and the pavilion, retreating to a desolate alley, did Wu Jianwu’s body violently shudder. The blood drained from his face, stark terror etching into his eyes as cold sweat beaded on his forehead. He exhaled a long, ragged breath. “What in

Chapter 199: Two Phoenixes Teasing Qing The title of “Image Disciple” was merely a political mask representing the outward face of Seven Blood Eyes. Through this role, every foreign envoy visiting the Sect would see Xu Qing and the Captain. With every glance, they would be forcibly reminded of the grotesque sacrilege inflicted upon the

Chapter 200: Ill Intentions This Pressure was absolute and tyrannical. The moment it descended, the harbor erupted. The ink-black sea violently surged, rearing up into a towering wall of water that crashed directly toward the outer gates of Seven Blood Eyes. The tidal wave was apocalyptic, choked with a berserk kinetic force that triggered the

Chapter 201: The Homicide Department Takes Charge! “Why do I get the feeling you’ve grown even greedier than me lately, Xu Qing?!” the Captain spat, though his hands moved with vicious efficiency, enabling Xu Qing to slice through the flesh even faster. Thus, amidst the Golden Core octopus’s heaven-shaking fury, Xu Qing successfully severed the

Chapter 202: What is a Sequence! “Arrest?” The girl in black let out a derisive laugh. Yet, the moment the sound left her lips, a chorus of voices erupted from every shadowed corner of Port 176, converging into a singular, deafening roar. “By the Department’s decree!” Over a thousand figures burst from the grayscale alleyways,

Chapter 203: Promotion Once Again Time flowed like thick ink. Seven days dissolved in a blink. The girl in black from Eastern Nether Island was locked deep within the Xuan Division. Despite the ten heavy Law Rings etched into her flesh, her defiance remained absolute. She spat venomous curses at Xu Qing without pause, though

Chapter 204: Killing a Goat to Scare the Girl Harboring these cold calculations, Xu Qing drifted through the night toward the Homicide Department at Port 176. It was the dead of night. The Intelligence Department’s recent, rabid witch hunts had cast a suffocating pall over the port, bleeding the life from the local brothels and

Chapter 205: Deep Grace Forever Lingers in Dreams of the Soul Xu Qing paid it no heed. He felt the little black insects he was researching had yet to meet his standards. He was fundamentally dissatisfied with how they merely gnawed flesh from the outside. “So my path of refinement must branch into two: forge

Chapter 206: Pursuing the Assassin in the Purple Soil It was noon. The sky should have been bright, yet in Xu Qing’s eyes, the stark light had faded to grayscale. The 176th Harbor was a cacophony of bustling crowds, but in Xu Qing’s perception, the world had gone dead silent. A suffocating sense of unreality

Chapter 207: Turbid Wine Before the Grave, Reciting the Scripture In the Seven Blood Eyes, the season lingered in late autumn. Here in the Purple Soil, the dead of winter had already sunk its teeth into the earth. Snow drifted down in a pale grayscale, blanketing the earth and swallowing this ancient, ten-thousand-year-old city. From

Chapter 208: Countering the Bizarre with the Bizarre “Impossible. You think that kid still remembers the teacher? I don’t believe it.” The words cut through the grayscale night as Ting Yu rapidly approached Master Bai’s resting place. Seeing the stark, empty earth around the grave, she fell into a stifled silence. “I told you he

Chapter 209: Nowhere to Hide The Ghostly Gloom Race cultivator’s pupils violently contracted into pinpricks. In that stark instant, his current mortal vessel exhaled its final breath. The next breath, deep within the shadows of the Purple Soil Capital’s Bai family district, amidst a narrow alleyway where seven or eight beggars lay piled in the

Chapter 210: Bird in a Cage In the abandoned hut, the echoes of screams had faded, leaving a profound silence. Xu Qing closed his eyes, sensing the special strand of origin essence absorbed by the Golden Crow. However, the quantity was too small; he couldn’t manifest it, but it was sufficient for tracking purposes. “Then…

Chapter 211: Within the Palm Xu Qing stepped into the ruined hovel. The Ghostly Gloom Race cultivator lay spread-eagle on the floor. His flesh and blood had been completely stripped away. Aside from an intact head, only a pale skeleton remained. Yet, he was not dead. A crimson light slithered across his bare bones, forcibly

Chapter 212: So It Was You! Meanwhile, not far from the Seven Blood Eyes, near the edge of the Forbidden Sea, another abandoned teleportation Formation suddenly flared to life. A wisp of vapor seeped from the runes, rapidly condensing into a body of mist. Stepping off the dais, he struck out swiftly, shattering the Formation.

Chapter 213: Blood Stains the Cloth Garment Xu Qing’s killing intent had been suppressed for far too long. From the exact moment he learned of Master Bai’s assassination, it felt as though a serrated blade had been frantically tearing through his organs, screaming to break free and butcher everything in its path. Yet, he had

Chapter 214: The Decree of Extermination Xu Qing slowly turned his head, his bloodshot eyes locking onto the Captain beside him. “Little Ah Qing, life is a singular experience. It holds bitterness and sweetness, sorrow and joy. It is not a single color, nor can it ever be.” “Even the gods in the heavens cannot

Chapter 215: Rage Burns the Sea The Sixth Peak of the Seven Blood Eyes. This entire mountain body had long been refined by Sixth Master over the years, forged into a strategic war fortress. Aside from himself, no one knew exactly how many Magical Artifacts were embedded within this Sixth Peak, nor the world-shaking power

Chapter 216: A Path of Blood High in the firmament, Sixth Master was laughing. Yet, this laughter carried a heart-wrenching shrillness, an inexpressible sorrow, and an explosive madness suppressed for countless years. Beneath Sixth Master’s ruthless assault, the Sea Star Race’s Ancestor had already collapsed into bloody ruin multiple times, a scene of absolute carnage.

Chapter 217: Ice and Fire Twin Fiends The moment the Captain and Xu Qing charged forward, the Sea Star Race Clan Leader’s words echoed in all directions as he rose and took a single step. The instant his foot struck the ground, his silhouette violently overlapped. It was as if two illusory, vengeful souls were

Chapter 218: Candlelight Bai Li “What race is this?” Xu Qing asked without a sliver of hesitation. Panting heavily, he pushed himself further backward. “The Wanggu Continent is far too vast. Myriad races stand tall, and the tribes are endless. This looks like a branch of the threadworm races. I vaguely remember seeing something like

Chapter 219: Ancestral Character Suppresses Nascent Soul Thunderous roars tore through the firmament. The clash between Sixth Master and Bai Li shook the heavens and fractured the earth. Clouds shattered, the sea continuously roared, and tidal waves surged skyward in an endless, towering barrage. Every move they made possessed the weight to overturn mountains and

Chapter 220: Bai Li Soul Pill Time trickled by like sand through an hourglass. At the 176th Harbor of Seven Blood Eyes. Xu Qing sat cross-legged upon the deck of his dharma ship. As the vessel rocked gently on the tide, his gaze drifted toward the distant horizon. Dawn was breaking, painting the clouds in

Chapter 221: The Secrets of Seven Blood Eyes “Captain, why are you trembling?” Eastern South Phoenix Continent. Lujiao City. Atop the teleportation array. A brilliant flash of teleportation light tore through the air, depositing the figures of Xu Qing and the Captain. Xu Qing kept his features shrouded beneath his robes, a habit forged in

Chapter 222: The Taicang Dao Temple Xu Qing’s eyes narrowed into cold slits. He turned to look at the Captain, his mind churning with unspoken thoughts. The Captain tilted his head, returning Xu Qing’s gaze with a smile that hid a profound, maddening depth. “This forbidden zone harbors certain anomalies, but the perimeter remains stable,”

Chapter 223: Haunting Presence Hearing the Captain’s words, Xu Qing’s gaze sharpened into cold blades. He fixed his eyes upon the faceless statue within the ruined temple. Only now did he comprehend the absolute weight of its origin. Recalling the heaven-cleaving slash he had witnessed back then, a deeper martial truth resonated within his mind.

Chapter 224: The Ultimate Tool for Scheming Though situated within the South Phoenix Continent, the black market was a treacherous mire where dragons and snakes mingled. The Seven Blood Eyes might stand as a paramount hegemon across the continent, but within these inky shadows, malicious intents festered and coiled. Bound by his inherently cautious nature—and

Chapter 225: The Storm Approaches “Within that group were Princes of the First Peak; I simply do not know which ones,” Xu Qing murmured, his silhouette blending into the nocturnal gloom as he exited the market district. His mind replayed the encounter with the masked merchants. Though they had expended great effort to conceal their

Chapter 226: Ancient Path of Xuan You Xu Qing learned of Grandmaster Dong You’s arrival the instant she stepped foot on the island. Although she bypassed Port 176, the entire Homicide Department of Seven Blood Eyes operated under Xu Qing’s command, scouring for Night Dove cultists. Word naturally reached him fast. This ongoing hunt for

Chapter 227: Sheng Yunzi The release of the Wanggu Continent’s lore struck the disciples of Seven Blood Eyes like a physical blow. The sudden lifting of the veil violently expanded their horizons, tearing open the boundaries of their known world. Xu Qing shared this shock, but his thoughts ran deeper. Seven Blood Eyes choosing to

Chapter 228: Poison Shakes All Living Beings, Forbidden Extinguishes All Ages Xu Qing gazed into the Wish Box, his eyes blooming with a strange, dark light. Wu Jianwu had mentioned this before: a Wish Box could contain absolutely anything. A lucky draw might unearth a Sovereign-tier inheritance, while a cursed one could yield nothing but

Chapter 229: Arrogant and Overbearing Included in the transmission was a comprehensive dossier compiled by the Homicide Department regarding Sima Ling, the prodigy from the Hunt the Aberrant Sect. Xu Qing scanned the intelligence, his expression a mask of calm water. Sima Ling. Current generation prodigy of the Hunt the Aberrant Sect. Cultivation: Foundation Establishment,

Chapter 230: Suppressing Sima Ling As one of the core pillars of the Seven Sects Alliance, the envoys dispatched by the Hunt the Aberrant Sect to establish dominance within Seven Blood Eyes were naturally extraordinary. After all, this operation represented the very face of the Hunt the Aberrant Sect. For a major Sect, face was

Chapter 231: The Name of Xu Qing As the voice echoed, an indescribable force instantly erupted from the formation. It formed an invisible, crushing hand. Just as the expression of Sima Ling’s Dao Guardian drastically changed, it descended from the heavens. With a deafening boom, the previously imperious old man convulsed violently. Still in mid-air,

Chapter 232: The Wealth God of Wanggu As for the prodigies of the Seven Sects Alliance, the turmoil in their hearts violently surged. A deep, gnawing jealousy took root. Because… Sovereign-tier Techniques were virtually impossible to encounter. And those suitable for human cultivation were as rare as phoenix feathers. Not to mention… that was the

Chapter 233: A Horse Cannot Grow Fat Without Grazing at Night “Forbidden?” Xu Qing was taken aback. He had never encountered this term before and had no concept of what a ‘forbidden’ artifact entailed. However, through the psychic link between the Vajra Sect Patriarch and the shadow, Xu Qing was quickly educated on the terrifying

Chapter 234: Arrogant and Unruly Xu Qing despised being interrupted during his cultivation and research. Yet, as he looked down at the purple bead delivered by a Homicide Department disciple, his gaze deepened. The bead exuded a bizarre, foreign aura. Even the Golden Crow totem tattooed across his back stirred restlessly, soon manifesting as a

Chapter 235: A Cry to Astonish the Heavens And so, the slaughter raged unbroken throughout the night. It was a brutal, decisive war waged between the Homicide Department and the Night Doves. At the same time, the foreign dignitaries and political allies visiting the Sect watched the bloodbath unfold with intense, calculating scrutiny. Truly, the

Chapter 236: The Loving Seventh Peak Tonight, the Seventh Peak—untouched since the arrival of the Seven Sects Alliance’s prodigies—finally welcomed a challenger. The challenger was Huang Yikun of the Seven Sects Alliance’s Profound Nether Sect! From a distance, Huang Yikun cut a majestic figure in a purple robe embroidered with gold thread, radiating an air

Chapter 237: Eyes That See People Deep within the inky darkness of the Homicide Department’s dungeon, Xu Qing bent over a restrained Night Dove cultivator. He meticulously studied why his recent concoction of poisonous herbs had caused his little black bugs to deepen into an abyssal black. If I isolate the catalyst, could I use

Chapter 238: Life Flame Illuminates the Heavenly Palace! Early morning. Having experimented through the long night, Xu Qing stared at the three small vials before him, a deep sense of satisfaction settling in his bones. These held the ninth batch of little black insects, cultivated through endless, bloody trial and error over the past few

Chapter 239: The Arrival of the Hunt Anomaly Sect Witnessing Xu Qing’s terrifying transformation, the shadow trembled violently. Inside the black iron slip, the Vajra Sect Ancestor shuddered; materializing his thunder-soul form, his eyes went wide, his mind reeling. “If you live long enough, you truly see it all…” “This Demon Xu is undoubtedly a

Chapter 240: Ghost-Sealing Blood The hour had drifted past noon, though dusk was still far off. The sky above the port was originally a pristine, cloudless expanse. However, trailing the arrival of the woman in white, a dense, suffocating canopy of black clouds materialized directly above her. Within that oppressive mass, jagged veins of lightning

Chapter 241: The Hidden Depths of the Seventh Peak The Golden Crow ascended. As the sea of fire surged, the countless ferocious faces etched into the ghost umbrella unleashed piercing shrieks, attempting to suppress the inferno, but their efforts were futile. In an instant, the Golden Crow crashed into them. The sharp wails of vengeful

Chapter 242: A Night of Murder Under Clouds Shrouding the Moon The following day. In a rare turn of events, the prodigies of the Seven Sects Alliance ceased their relentless challenges. The remaining contenders practically glued their eyes to the Homicide Department of Port 176. A heavy silence fell over them. Sharp intakes of breath

Chapter 243: Swinging the Blade to Sever the Night Ghost Its momentum shook the heavens; the Golden Crow had descended, violently quaking the eight directions. It rocketed straight toward the origin of the distress flare. His visage was peerless, possessing an otherworldly allure that surpassed a bewitching demon, while his baleful fire scorched the firmament.

Chapter 244: Establishing Oneself in the World One sword strike to behead a Three-Flames cultivator! In truth, this level of absolute destruction was well within the capabilities of any reigning prodigy from the Seven Sects Alliance. After all, the chasm in raw combat power between Three Flames and Four Flames was astronomical. For all intents

Chapter 245: The Wanggu Chess Game “Xu Qing, this is the guest residence of the Dayan Dao Palace, sovereign territory of my Sect! What business do you have here?” The youth draped in the cloud-and-azure-sky robe breathed heavily, his face darkening as he barked the warning. In truth, ever since the Night Doves were eradicated

Chapter 246: The Phoenix Forbidden Zone’s Ghost Workshop The South Phoenix Continent harbored countless forbidden zones, yet it claimed only a single forbidden land. That was the Phoenix Forbidden Zone. Its sprawling expanse swallowed the majority of the continent. Had the Truth Mountain Range not formed a natural barricade—coupled with certain esoteric reasons—its borders would

Chapter 247: Evil Spirit Haunting Within the Phoenix Forbidden Zone, at the triangular nexus of the three severed trees, the candles had long since burned out. All that remained was a thick, dried layer of wax encrusting the bark. Xu Qing stood within the perimeter of the three trunks, raising his head to stare into

Chapter 248: When a Wolf Turns Back, There Must Be a Reason Daylight scoured the sky, banishing the night’s macabre anomalies. Xu Qing vaulted into the canopy of a colossal tree, sitting cross-legged to meditate and mend his frayed vitality. It wasn’t until the sun crested high above that he opened his eyes, glaring toward

Chapter 249: Sorry to Disturb “Wu Jianwu?” Xu Qing crouched within the canopy of a massive tree, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes. Wu Jianwu had provoked him out on the Forbidden Sea, but the poet had since become thoroughly terrified of him, no longer possessing any threat level. Furthermore, he had even footed

Chapter 250: The Great Upheaval in Yinghuang Prefecture! Spread out before Xu Qing was a vast, cerulean lake. The water appeared crystalline, but a closer look revealed the entire body was frozen solid in a gelatinous state. A chaotic sprawl of iridescent vegetation choked the shoreline, and even the cavern ceiling above was smothered in

Chapter 251: I’ll Make the First Move Whatever geopolitical machinations were currently sweeping across the Wanggu Continent remained entirely unknown to Xu Qing as he stepped into the ruins. He could only vaguely sense that the afternoon sky had taken on a faint, bruised tint of red. Aside from that, nothing felt out of the

Chapter 252: White Blade Meets White Blade The Vajra Sect’s Ancestor trembled. He couldn’t tell if the violent shivering within the iron spike was born of terror or twisted excitement, but he knew one absolute truth: when Xu Qing decided to kill, unless the target possessed some earth-shattering trump card, it was a fight to

Chapter 253: The Weakness of Four Fires Xu Qing had never truly fought a cultivator wielding the power of six Life Flames, but he possessed a clinical understanding of its terrifying metrics. In the Foundation Establishment realm, igniting a new Life Flame was not a linear progression; it was an explosive, world-shaking paradigm shift. He

Chapter 254: Battle of the God-like Sons The instant the words left Sheng Yunzi’s mouth, Xu Qing bridged the gap, his fist violently descending. A concussive boom erupted. Sheng Yunzi deflected the strike with a wave of his hand, using the kinetic force to slide backward, the manic light in his eyes burning brighter. “Let

Chapter 255: Sun and Moon Vie for Radiance Xu Qing stared coldly at Sheng Yunzi. He acknowledged the terrifying truth: this was the most formidable enemy he had encountered since stepping onto the path of cultivation. And this was after he had weaponized his shadow to paralyze one of the prodigy’s Dharma Apertures, forcibly snuffing

Chapter 256: The Counterattack The purple Heavenly Blade plummeted with catastrophic force. It cleaved directly into Sheng Yunzi’s Life Lantern protection, generating violent, distorting ripples. Simultaneously, Sheng Yunzi’s own heavenly blade slashed upward, colliding with Xu Qing’s in a mutual, deafening annihilation. The sheer kinetic shockwave from the collapsing blades sent Sheng Yunzi hurtling backward.

Chapter 257: Absolute Malice The ancient wooden door bore the mottled scars of time, exuding an aura of profound desolation. It stood like an ancient elder who had weathered countless epochs and seen through the darkest depths of the human heart. The rot festering within its blackened wood mirrored that same elder’s hollow helplessness toward

Chapter 258: Dharma Sea Suppresses the Evil Brush This was an utterly grotesque brush! With a single glance, Xu Qing’s pupils contracted to pinpricks. Half the height of a grown man, its shaft was forged from a human spine, a severed head served as the brush tip, and long, matted hair formed its bristles! Strips

Chapter 259: Withered Hand Probes the Sea of Consciousness A Forbidden Artifact! Much like how Xu Qing gained the authority to project his Sect’s Dharma Treasure after becoming a Sequence, the prodigies of the Seven Sects Alliance could also mobilize the foundational power of their Sects. However, very few possessed the qualifications, and it was

Chapter 260: Worth It! Sheng Yunzi’s voice abruptly ceased. His life force bled away at a terrifying speed. Even so, Xu Qing calculated the risks and remained entirely unrelaxed. Ripping his skeletal fingers free, he raised his hand to slash open his enemy’s throat. He intended to completely dismember the body, preempting any esoteric methods

Chapter 261: He Has Arrived Deep within the Phoenix Forbidden Zone, Xu Qing tore through the jungle with peerless speed, pushing his mangled body to its absolute limits. Yet, with every step, excruciating stabbing pains violently wracked his entire frame. This was the corrosive aura of the Poison Forbidden Pill actively rotting him from the

Chapter 262: The Past of Purple and Azure Xu Qing felt entirely bewildered. He followed the Seven Master, wading through the dense, rotting undergrowth of the jungle. The old man had claimed he had an unfinished game of chess waiting, yet his pace on the return journey betrayed no such urgency. He strolled ahead, utterly

Chapter 263: The Master Acceptance Ceremony The voice was unfathomably solemn, carrying a cadence entirely distinct from ordinary speech. It was like a divine chant, rolling across the heavens and the earth! The archaic words dripped with rhythm and profound intent, perfectly embodying the act of “presenting a petition to the heavens.” It was a

Chapter 264: If You Do Not Leave, I Will Not Abandon Outside the borders of the Seven Blood Eyes, killing intent surged to the heavens, boiling from a terrifyingly aggressive armada. Inside the sect, absolute solemnity remained unbroken. High in the firmament, the various Peak Masters maintained expressions of serene apathy. Xu Qing heard the

Chapter 265: The Birth of a Taboo! “This is exactly why, back then, I sent my beloved mermaid girlfriend to meet her ancestors right in front of you,” the Third Senior Brother remarked with a genial smile. The Captain stood nearby, watching this unfold with a half-smile. He knew perfectly well that his third junior

Chapter 266: The Truth Revealed In an instant, the Forbidden Sea was thrown into an uproar, and every major power across Yinghuang Prefecture was shaken to its core. The first to react was the Seven Sects Alliance, situated closest to the Sea Corpse Race. In a fraction of a second, six colossal silhouettes manifested in

Chapter 267: Eight Sects Alliance The words of Yan Yan’s grandmother echoed across the heavens and earth, resonating throughout the entire sect. Xu Qing remained silent. Beside him, the Captain and Third Senior Brother instantly turned their gazes toward him. Even Second Senior Sister ceased her telepathic chatter, her eyes locking onto Xu Qing. Ahead

Chapter 268: Wanting to Eat It All Alone? October, the golden autumn. The main city of the Seven Blood Eyes mountain gate, nestled in the northern reaches of the South Phoenix Continent. The azure sky was a pristine canvas, marred only by wisps of white clouds that stretched like long, fibrous threads. It looked as

Chapter 269: Just Like Reincarnation Observing the Captain’s bloated state, Xu Qing let out a soft sigh. “Why consume so much at once?” If I didn’t gorge myself, you would have sucked the whole thing dry! Your entire body acts like a bottomless vortex! The Captain grumbled inwardly. He had fully intended to eat the

Chapter 270: Exotic Charm Xu Qing’s emergence suppressed all directions. He stood there, the absolute center of attention. The overwhelming majesty that had once belonged to Sheng Yunzi was now entirely mirrored by Xu Qing. Especially his peerless visage. Rising like a blinding new star, he forced the disciples of the Seven Sects Alliance on

Chapter 271: Devious from Top to Bottom “Third Junior Brother will cast the bait, I will manage the offerings, and Xu Qing, you simply stand as the executioner’s blade. You take four parts; we each take three,” the Captain plotted, his words spilling out in a rapid, ravenous cadence. “Precisely. I shall walk among them,

Chapter 272: Suppressing Sima Ru! Disciples of the Hunt Anomalies Sect, having fused with aberrant bloodlines to suppress the uncanny, withered into profound gloom or descended into raving madness; their malevolent aura hung thick as suffocating incense. Even if a serene veneer remained, the soul beneath was invariably twisted. Mutilation and severed limbs meant nothing

Chapter 273: No Land of Goodness With the curtain falling on this slaughter, Xu Qing’s name surged like a blood tide through the Eight Sects Alliance, violently shaking all one hundred and thirty-seven sects. Sheng Yunzi’s past feat of battling a Golden Core Heavenly Palace and suppressing the First Highness of Seven Blood Eyes’ First

Chapter 274: A Land of Human Calamity Before arriving at the alliance, Xu Qing had perused the Sect’s ancient scrolls concerning the Three Spirits Suppressing Dao Mountain. Across a million Li, the Suppressing Dao Mountain boasted ridges carved from skeletons and forests grown from bone. There, flayed skins were stitched into tapestries, and severed hair

Chapter 275: Seventh Master Transmits Techniques The great hall lay vast and hollow. Aside from the Seventh Master, whose brush danced across a canvas, Xu Qing was the solitary soul present. The servants had been dismissed. “Does it kindle your curiosity as to why your master stands here at the Southern Peak Ghost Mountain, brushing

Chapter 276: Sword Holder Xu Qing crossed the threshold of the Sect Leader’s hall. The moment he stepped into the biting wind, he plunged his hand into his Storage Bag, withdrawing the Purple Heaven Infinite Crown and resting it upon his brow. Previously, he had merely recognized the artifact’s profound aura, an aura potent enough

Chapter 277: The Youth Beneath the Mask The main city of the Seven Blood Eyes was finally complete. Through the ceaseless flash of teleportation arrays, the population could not rival the South Phoenix Continent, yet the sheer volume of disciples from the alliance’s one hundred and thirty-eight Sects was staggering. Naturally, they cast covetous and

Chapter 278: Immortal Zi Xuan Xu Qing tread upon the eighth great bridge leading into the Seven Blood Eyes. Beneath the stone arches, a rushing river thick with immortal Spiritual Qi surged relentlessly forward. Above the bridge, the crimson stains of the setting sun slowly bled out into the encroaching grayscale of dusk. Xu Qing

Chapter 279: A Myriad of Charms The woman’s voice dripped with a demonic allure, soft yet laced with a suffocating charm. It struck the ear like a nightingale piercing a silent valley, or the resplendent cry of a phoenix—crystalline, resonant, yet meltingly tender. It was a chalice overflowing with pure, visceral temptation. A primal tremor

Chapter 280: The World’s Misery Regarding the Seventh Master’s vague reply, a thread of unease twisted within Xu Qing’s heart. He sensed the unspoken implications, though the absolute truth remained buried. However, concerning the Profound Nether Sect and the terrifying Immortal Zi Xuan, Xu Qing possessed absolute clarity: distance was survival. He resolved to never