Chapter 502 - 384: Ancient Divine Seal, Primordial Great Saint Seal, Great Saint Realm Ninth Heaven
Chen Wangu agreed.
"Mm-hmm."
The Profound Yellow Elder nodded. "Even so, it’s best we keep a close watch."
In fact, if the Undying Immortal beings of the Eight Great Origin Worlds and the Forbidden Immortal Life from the Nine Great Forbidden Lands learned that Xu Qing could complete a fragmented strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi, and could even draw upon the power of the ’Unique True Realm’...
...then the Undying Immortal existences of the Eight Great Origin Worlds, the Forbidden Immortal Life from the Nine Great Forbidden Lands, and even the Forbidden Land Life that had slumbered through one Era of Chaos after another would all move against Xu Qing to plunder his secrets.
Therefore, no one could be allowed to know of this matter.
Xu Qing hadn’t even dared to let Chen Wangu, the Profound Yellow Elder, or the Kunlun Daoist Monarch know. That was why, after enduring the ’Thunder Punishment,’ he had immediately devoured and absorbed the Level 10 Hongmeng Purple Qi.
He was worried the Profound Yellow Elder and the others would notice something.
And Xu Qing’s worries were not unfounded. The Profound Yellow Elder had indeed noticed something. However, the moment was too brief and the distance too great, so all he could tell was that the strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi in Xu Qing’s hand seemed slightly off, though he couldn’t pinpoint why.
Ultimately, factoring in that Xu Qing was Chen Wangu’s Direct Disciple and that Chen Wangu was present—they were all in the same boat, after all—he didn’t press the matter further.
Otherwise, if it had been anyone else, the Profound Yellow Elder would have frozen time and space on the spot, snatched the Hongmeng Purple Qi, and studied it carefully.
Time flew by.
「Seven days later.」
BOOM!
Xu Qing’s aura surged, rising by another minor level. He had refined a second ’Primordial Great Saint Seal.’ The two ’Primordial Great Saint Seals’ connected with each other, allowing him to step into the ’Great Saint Realm Second Layer Heaven’.
"He broke through again."
The Profound Yellow Elder’s voice was filled with surprise. "Even after absorbing the Hongmeng Purple Qi, to break through a minor level and step into the Great Saint Realm Second Layer Heaven in just seven days... that is truly extraordinary."
"Indeed."
The Kunlun Daoist Monarch nodded. "It truly is."
"Oh..."
A look of surprise also appeared on Chen Wangu’s face.
「Fourteen days later.」
Xu Qing refined his third ’Primordial Great Saint Seal,’ his cultivation once again breaking through a minor level to reach the ’Great Saint Realm Third Layer Heaven’.
After twenty-eight days, he refined a fourth ’Primordial Great Saint Seal’ and stepped into the ’Great Saint Realm Fourth Layer Heaven’.
Fifty-six days after that, he refined a fifth ’Primordial Great Saint Seal’ and entered the ’Great Saint Realm Fifth Layer Heaven’.
One hundred and twelve days later, Xu Qing’s cultivation surged again. He refined his sixth ’Primordial Great Saint Seal.’ The six seals shone in brilliant harmony, their energies merging as he comprehended their mysteries and stepped into the ’Great Saint Realm Sixth Layer Heaven’.
It could be said that Xu Qing’s cultivation was steadily increasing...
Chen Wangu, the Kunlun Daoist Monarch, and the Profound Yellow Elder were all constantly monitoring Xu Qing’s situation. They were all extremely surprised at how quickly his Cultivation Realm was advancing, far exceeding their expectations.
They all had a vague feeling that there was something highly unusual about Xu Qing. Combined with the fact that he had previously drawn upon the power of the ’Unique True Realm,’ the more Chen Wangu and the others thought about it, the more they felt Xu Qing was anything but simple and possessed some extremely special quality.
However, none of them knew exactly what this special quality was...
「Outside the Profound Yellow Realm.」
At this moment, the powerful existences from the other Eight Great Origin Worlds and the Nine Great Forbidden Lands had been locked in a standoff against Chen Wangu and his allies Outside the Profound Yellow Realm, within the Sea of Chaos, for a long time now.
Finally, the Undying Immortal Ancient God from the Ancient God Forbidden Land could no longer hold back and made his move.
"Ancient Divine Seal!"
BOOM!
A long cry echoed.
Within the Chaos, endless Chaos Qi churned, stirring up a terrifying tsunami in the Sea of Chaos. The figure of the attacker could not be seen, but accompanying the long cry was a simple, black, ancient seal. It hovered above the Sea of Chaos, majestic and immense, like a Grand Thousand Worlds unto itself.
"Suppress!"
CRACK!
The jet-black Ancient Divine Seal descended to kill and suppress.
"Cyan Willow Sword!"
CLANG!
Chen Wangu snorted coldly. He was the first to strike. His cyan longsword appeared horizontally within the Sea of Chaos, unleashing an unrivaled sword might.
"Path-Breaking Technique!"
BANG!
CRACK!
Chen Wangu’s sword fell, unleashing his strongest Great Dao Sword Technique. In his hands, the Great Dao Sword Technique had already begun to evolve into an ’Immortal Sword Technique’.
The next moment, the Ancient Divine Seal and the Cyan Willow Sword clashed head-on. The collision of their powers erupted in a countless blaze of glory. The light of immortality shone, seemingly tearing the Chaos Qi to shreds.
In the end, the Ancient God from the Ancient God Forbidden Land was at a disadvantage. This was because this Ancient God had, after all, crippled his own existence. Even if he relied on Immortal Substance to display great power—enough to even unleash the combat strength of his peak—it was only possible if he had sufficient Immortal Substance.
Unfortunately, this Ancient God clearly hadn’t accumulated much Immortal Substance. Furthermore, he needed to reserve enough of it to step onto the ’Only True Path’ and vie for that faint, illusory glimmer of hope.
Thus, this Ancient God from the Ancient God Forbidden Land was defeated; his Ancient Divine Seal was ultimately repelled by Chen Wangu’s sword strike.
"What an impressive Sword Dao of Immortal Will."
The Ancient God from the Ancient God Forbidden Land praised him, saying, "Unfortunately, I have ultimately crippled myself with a single slash. If we were of the same era, I would surely cut you down right here."
SWISH!
As soon as his voice fell, the Ancient God from the Ancient God Forbidden Land had only uttered a ’face-saving’ threat before fleeing in disarray, having been defeated by Chen Wangu after all.
"This..."
"As expected of the Human Race’s strongest Sword Cultivator."
"Indeed!"
"In the Profound Yellow Realm, the Shushan Sacred Land is the strongest Sword Cultivator Sacred Land of the Human Race. Since Chen Wangu is the current Sect Leader of Shu Mountain, he is naturally the strongest Sword Cultivator of the Human Race at present."
"..."
A hint of fear could be heard in the tones of the surrounding existences.
In truth, the Profound Yellow Elder and the others knew very well that the ones who had shown themselves so far were, after all, the weaker among the Immortals. The truly terrifying Immortal existences had not yet appeared; they remained hidden behind the real curtain.
These truly terrifying Immortal existences stood at the same level as the ’Master of Time Immortality’.
Perhaps only at the very moment the ’Only True Path’ truly opens would those truly terrifying Immortal existences possibly reveal themselves.
Moreover, those existences capable of standing on the same level as the ’Master of Time Immortality’ had probably also come into true contact with the power of the ’Unique True Realm’.
Therefore, although Xu Qing’s ability to summon the power of the ’Unique True Realm’ to call down a Thunder Punishment was shocking and had attracted the attention of countless experts throughout the Sea of Chaos, in the eyes of those existences who stood on nearly the same level as the ’Master of Time Immortality,’ it was nothing more than commonplace.
At most, it would draw a bit of their attention.
It was like walking down a road one day and seeing a group of ants pass by. If, within that group, an ant several times larger than the others suddenly appeared, you would naturally take a second look.
It was more or less like that.
「Two hundred and twenty-four days later.」
Xu Qing continued his secluded cultivation, absorbing the energy of the Level 10 Hongmeng Purple Qi. His Cultivation Realm once again broke through a minor level as he refined his seventh Primordial Great Saint Seal, stepping into the Great Saint Realm Seventh Layer Heaven.
「Four hundred and forty-eight days later.」
Xu Qing refined his eighth Primordial Great Saint Seal and stepped into the Great Saint Realm Eighth Layer Heaven.
「Eight hundred and ninety-six days later.」
Having refined his ninth Primordial Great Saint Seal, Xu Qing stepped into the Great Saint Realm Ninth Layer Heaven, reaching the extreme of the second major level of the ’Seventh Realm: Saint Realm’.
「Outside the Profound Yellow Realm.」
With Chen Wangu and the other two standing guard, many of the watching existences had already left as time passed. They could no longer afford to waste their time here.
Furthermore, the Forbidden Immortal Life of the Nine Great Forbidden Lands had dispatched terrifying armies of Deceit. These armies of Deceit from the Nine Great Forbidden Lands were waging war across the countless worlds, living beings, and races of the entire Sea of Chaos, refining all of them into ’Immortal Substance’.