Chapter 522 - 394: Land of Origin of the Only True Path, the True Path Key (2)
"Alright."
A smile touched Xu Qing’s lips.
At this point, only the nine Immortals from the World of Ten Thousand Races and the Twisted Demon God remained.
"Sovereign."
The nine Immortals from the World of Ten Thousand Races bowed to Xu Qing, their tone utterly respectful. "What should we do next? Please give us your orders!"
"Master, just tell us what to do next,"
the Twisted Demon God said.
"We’re heading to the ’Only True Path,’ of course,"
Xu Qing stated.
"Let’s go together,"
Xu Qing said.
The moment he finished speaking.
BZZZT! BZZZT!
Xu Qing, the Twisted Demon God, and the nine Immortals from the World of Ten Thousand Races simultaneously formed the required Spell Formulas with their hands. Xu Qing felt an indescribable, mysterious Power wash over him.
In the next moment,
he and the others vanished, leaving the Profound Yellow Continent and the World of Ten Thousand Races behind. They transformed into streaks of light, descending upon the Land of Origin for the Unique True Realm: the Divine Beast Realm.
BOOM! BOOM!
Xu Qing sensed his surroundings stabilize. He stood in the Void of the Divine Beast Realm and looked around, but he couldn’t find the Twisted Demon God or the nine Immortals from the World of Ten Thousand Races.
Evidently,
they had been separated.
’This Divine Beast Realm...’
Xu Qing noticed something was wrong. The Divine Beast Realm he was in wasn’t the one from the present. It was a ’Divine Beast Realm’ from some point in the past or future.
His consciousness probed his surroundings.
At that moment, Xu Qing understood.
’I see,’
he thought with sudden realization. ’The Land of Origin for the ’Only True Path’ is indeed the ’Divine Beast Realm,’ but not the one in present time. It’s the Divine Beast Realm of the past and future.’
’Every living being who steps onto the ’Only True Path’ will be randomly assigned to a ’Divine Beast Realm’ in a certain period of the past or future.’
’In other words,’
’The ’Only True Path’ has divided the ’Divine Beast Realm’ into countless time periods, creating countless versions of it.’
Furthermore,
with a quick calculation, Xu Qing determined that he had arrived in a Divine Beast Realm from one Era of Chaos in the past.
Now,
what Xu Qing had to do was find the ’True Path Key’ in this Divine Beast Realm to advance to the next stage. As long as he found the ’True Path Key,’ he could leave this place and proceed to the next stop on the ’Only True Path.’
Of course,
each time-period’s Divine Beast Realm had one and only one ’True Path Key.’ If Xu Qing obtained this ’True Path Key’ and moved on to the next stage,
then
the ’Divine Beast Realm’ of his time period would completely collapse and perish. Any existence that failed to obtain the ’True Path Key’ and leave would be annihilated along with the ’Divine Beast Realm’s’ collapse.
"Haaa..."
Xu Qing took a deep breath. He mostly understood.
’The key to the Only True Path,’
Xu Qing mused. ’But where should I look for it?’
SWISH!
Suddenly,
Xu Qing immediately spotted a competitor who had entered this time period along with him—a member of the Mysterious Race who had stepped into the ’Eighth Realm: Dao Realm.’
At that moment,
this creature was traveling at an incredible speed, rushing as if something extremely urgent awaited it.
"Oh?"
A glint flashed in Xu Qing’s eyes. Without a hint of hesitation, he took a single step and appeared before the creature, blocking its path.
"Get lost!"
BOOM!
This creature had the appearance of a bride, dressed entirely in crimson and wearing a red bridal veil. However, this was a Ghost Bride who had reached the Eighth Realm.
It could be said that
this was no ordinary Ghost Bride, but a terrifying member of the Mysterious Race that had mastered the Great Dao. Its external form merely took on the appearance of a Ghost Bride.
The Deceitful Bride attacked. Her jade-like hand swept through the air, unleashing a terrifying aura that coalesced into a heaven-blotting Palm Seal, intending to annihilate Xu Qing.
CLANG!
A sword rang out.
With a wave of his right hand, Xu Qing summoned the Carefree Sword. He held it and swung it lightly, executing the advanced Great Dao Sword Technique.
In an instant,
Sword Qi erupted, obliterating the heaven-blotting Palm Seal.
"!!!"
Instantly,
the Deceitful Bride was stunned. She immediately halted, her gaze fixed tightly on Xu Qing, her eyes filled with gravity.
In that brief exchange,
Xu Qing had shattered her attack with a casual swing of his sword. This naturally made the Deceitful Bride take him seriously, realizing the enemy before her was no small matter.
"Who are you? How dare you block my path!"
the Deceitful Bride snapped.
"The Mysterious Race,"
Xu Qing said calmly, then questioned her, "Which of the Nine Great Forbidden Lands do you come from?"
The Deceitful Bride had no intention of answering. "Get out of my way, now! If you delay my important business, even skinning you alive won’t be enough to quell my anger."
"Heh,"
Xu Qing sneered. "Now that I’ve made my move, you’re not going anywhere."
"You’re forcing my hand."
BOOM!
The Deceitful Bride was furious. She took a deep breath, roared, and unhesitatingly brought out her strongest trump card. Countless streams of light swirled and condensed into a blood-red longsword. Wisps of Immortal Power flowed over the blade, dramatically increasing its Mighty Power.
"I’ll let you witness the Immortal Power of a Forbidden Land,"
the Deceitful Bride snarled. She raised her right hand and locked onto Xu Qing. The blood-red longsword, wreathed in wisps of Immortal Power, tore through the air, aimed to pierce and kill him.
"Die!"
The Deceitful Bride’s tone was chilling. "Die in endless pain and regret. This is the price you pay for daring to stand in my way."
"Heh heh..."
However,
faced with the Deceitful Bride’s ultimate trump card, Xu Qing merely chuckled coldly, a mocking expression on his face. "Is this the ultimate power you’re so proud of?"
"How arrogant."
BZZZT!
Without hesitation,
a thought flashed through Xu Qing’s mind. He didn’t use the Mighty Power of his Carefree Sword. Instead, he began forming seals with both hands. A boundless purple mist spread out, gradually condensing into a Hongmeng Purple Lotus.
"True Technique! Hongmeng Purple Lotus!"
Xu Qing shouted lightly and waved his right hand. The condensed Hongmeng Purple Lotus shot through the air, colliding head-on with the Deceitful Bride’s blood-red longsword.
A world-shaking explosion erupted.
CRACK! CRACK!
Countless chains shot out from the Hongmeng Purple Lotus Xu Qing had unleashed, binding the Deceitful Bride’s blood-red longsword and pulling it into the lotus.
BZZZT! BZZZT!
The Hongmeng Purple Lotus began to spin, refining the blood-red longsword.
"!!!"
The Deceitful Bride’s eyes widened as she shrieked, "Impossible! This is impossible!!!"
"Die!"
Xu Qing waved his right hand again. The Hongmeng Purple Lotus began to transform; having absorbed the blood-red longsword, it morphed into a purple longsword.
SHIIING!!!
The purple longsword tore through the air, hurtling toward the Deceitful Bride.
"No!!"
SPLAT!
The Deceitful Bride shrieked in terror, unleashing all her Energy and using every technique of the Mysterious Race at her disposal, but nothing could match the Mighty Power of the purple longsword. All her defenses were shattered.
Finally,
BOOM!
an explosion rang out.
The Deceitful Bride was annihilated by the purple longsword. Her entire body exploded into a shower of fragments, and amidst them, Xu Qing saw a peculiar gleam of light.
"This is..."
Xu Qing’s expression changed slightly. He made a grasping motion with his right hand, and the peculiar light landed in his palm. It was a map, showing a specific route.
Moreover,
the destination on this map was the hiding place of the ’True Path Key.’
"This..."
Xu Qing was stunned. ’No wonder that Deceitful Bride was in such a hurry. She must have had this map. But... is this map real?’
’Or...’
’Is it a trap?’