Qing Yuzi Falls into the Divine Realm Inside the Burial God Cave?

"Lao Qing, what are we buying at the Five Seasons Apothecary? If you need divine medicines, I actually still have some stock." Zhao Xing looked up at the gateway overhead as he slowly passed beneath it.

Qing Yuzi, wearing a bamboo hat beside him, said flatly, "Who would your little supply be enough for?"

Zhao Xing was left speechless. When someone had money, they really did speak with confidence.

Had he forgotten the days when he had worked himself to the bone?

"When a world falls into silent extinction, disasters occur frequently. After the calamities pass, what is produced in greatest abundance is poison."

"Why are there so many physicians in the Silent Extinction World? Because there are many poison-source entities here!"

"The poison in the Yellow Silent Extinction World is exceedingly terrifying, especially in a place like the Burial God Cave."

Zhao Xing recalled the True Spirit Heavenly Poison he had once suffered from and felt that Qing Yuzi made sense.

Although he also cultivated medicine and had mastered the formulas for the Five Great Divine Medicines, he was still only a dabbler.

Other calamities were easier to endure, but poison-source entities came in all manner of bizarre forms and were impossible to guard against.

The Five Seasons Apothecary was a physician organization spread throughout the Silent Extinction World, and what they sold most were antidotes.

"So many patients." Zhao Xing looked at the medical halls on both sides of the street. There were quite a lot of people coming and going.

After walking down a single street, he had already seen quite a few Divine Soldier Grade cultivators, all of them poisoned.

"When traveling outside, the greatest enemy you encounter is actually poison-source entities," Qing Yuzi said. "Especially when entering a new world. One careless mistake, and you get hit."

"When I came to the Yellow Silent Extinction World, I first went to the Five Seasons Apothecary and stayed for a full hundred years. I underwent divine body adjustments according to the treatment plan before I dared absorb the spiritual energy of the Great Yellow World. After that, I spent another hundred years taking all sorts of medicine before I dared explore the various secret realms."

"If I leave the Yellow Silent Extinction World later, I'll have to take medicine again to make the Yellow World's anti-poison-source protections fall dormant or be removed, then readjust myself back to my original state before it can be considered safe."

"I forgot to ask you. How long have you been here? Have you gone through this process?"

"Less than a year," Zhao Xing answered honestly.

"What?!" Qing Yuzi was startled. "Didn't Boundless True God teach you any of this?"

"No. He directly arranged for two Medicine Gods to refine a set of divine-grade anti-source medicine for me." Zhao Xing tapped his waist and abdomen. "It's stored in my Heavenly Kitchen position. It rectifies the source and stabilizes the Dao, so there's no need to wait."

Qing Yuzi did not even know what to say.

When he had become a god, although he had attracted the attention of the whole world and received a reward from one of the three palace masters of the Reincarnation Divine Palace,

he had also been received by high-ranking figures such as the Moon God Palace Master and the Great Emperor.

But there had not been much in the way of practical benefits. At the very least, he was far, far inferior to Zhao Xing.

Comparing people really could infuriate a person to death.

"Zhao Xing, Boundless True God knows you came to find me, right?"

"By the way, is Divine Machine City still recruiting?" Qing Yuzi asked. "I'm also a Minister of Agriculture God, and a Minister of Agriculture God from the Celestial Timing Faction at that.

"Looking across endless space-time, Minister of Agriculture Gods from the Celestial Timing Faction are rarely seen. Do you think he might need a talent like me?"

Zhao Xing looked Qing Yuzi over. "True God did leave some instructions. Come closer, and I'll tell you."

"Oh?" Qing Yuzi's eyes lit up as he bent forward and listened closely.

"Lao Qing, bear with it."

Bear with it? What did that mean?

Just as Qing Yuzi was baffled—

Bang!

Zhao Xing clasped his hands into a hammer and smashed them down onto Qing Yuzi's head. Caught off guard, Qing Yuzi's head was instantly driven into the bluestone pavement, his legs sticking up in the air.

Then came a barrage of wild punches.

In broad daylight and before everyone present, Zhao Xing struck Qing Yuzi more than a hundred million times.

Stares came from all around them.

"Fuck! Are you insane?!"

Qing Yuzi furiously pulled his head out of the ground.

Zhao Xing merely dusted off his hands and put away a recording device.

"Almost forgot. These are True God's instructions."

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Qing Yuzi gritted his teeth, just about to say something.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~~" Nine figures in white, their divine light swaying around them, appeared beside the two.

They were clearly the guards of the Five Seasons Apothecary, who had rushed over as soon as they heard the commotion.

"Who is making noise and causing trouble here?"

Helpless, Qing Yuzi took out a token with one hand and pointed at Zhao Xing's head with the other. "Please excuse us, everyone. There's something wrong with my disciple's head. We came here specifically to seek treatment."

As he spoke, Qing Yuzi cast a spell to restore the shattered ground. It was none other than Mountains and Rivers Forever Solid.

Seeing that Qing Yuzi was an old customer and that this was not a fight born of vengeance, the Five Seasons Apothecary guardians merely gave them a few warnings before leaving.

The two continued onward.

"Did Boundless True God really give those instructions?"

"Really."

"You aren't just jealous of talent, are you?"

"Talent? More like a troublemaker!"

"Hehe, as if you aren't the same."

Chatting as they walked, the two soon arrived at a Spring Apothecary.

After entering, they came upon a partitioned room where countless formations operated, their light sweeping over the two men.

Soon, however, the formations dimmed again. The wall of the partition opened, and a beautiful young married woman entered with a smile.

"Are you here for consultation or to purchase medicine?"

"To purchase medicine. Is the Spring Hall Master available?" Qing Yuzi asked, clearly familiar with the process.

"The Hall Master is currently busy and cannot spare divine power to receive guests. You will need to wait in line."

"How long?"

"Approximately three hundred years."

"What about the Summer, Autumn, and Winter Hall Masters?"

"The waiting times are about the same."

Qing Yuzi nodded. "Then take us into the Medicine God World to choose for ourselves."

"Please follow me."

Zhao Xing sent a voice transmission, somewhat puzzled. "Why not ask for the Five Seasons Hall Master?"

"The Five Seasons Hall Master is at the God King realm. They only descend for one solar year before and after a Great Destruction." Qing Yuzi shook his head. "Normally, they cannot be seen at all."

"We also cannot afford that kind of fee."

Before long, Zhao Xing and Qing Yuzi entered an independent space.

Countless cabinets stood in rows beneath the starry sky. Some were translucent, holding medicines of all kinds.

There were also cabinets sealing certain poison-source entities and devouring-origin entities. Their forms constantly changed as they wriggled inside the cabinets.

But after Zhao Xing looked more carefully, he discovered that these were merely projections, not real objects.

In one divine-grade heavenly poison category, he even saw a lump of sticky black liquid labeled "True Spirit Heavenly Poison."

"Shouldn't True Spirit Heavenly Poison be a poison-source entity below the divine grade? Why has it been categorized as divine grade?" Zhao Xing had a deep impression of the True Spirit Heavenly Poison and asked an extra question.

"Poison-source entities can all evolve," the young married woman leading them replied. "In the Yellow Silent Extinction World, it is divine grade, and there are only seven methods of cure."

"In other places, True Spirit Heavenly Poison is usually at the demigod level, and there are many methods of cure. Which area would the two of you like to see?"

Qing Yuzi said, "Please take us to the Burial God Cave poison exhibition area."

"Tianchen, the Burial God Cave's most formidable poisons consist of four poison calamities." The white-haired elder pointed at the four displays floating in the starry sky ahead.

"Dao Collapse Worm swarms, Fate River Absolute Mist, and God King's Tear."

Wei Tianchen curiously examined the three displays. Three of them contained something, but the fourth display was completely empty.

"Teacher, why did you only mention three?"

Bi Qi explained, "For the last kind, even the Five Seasons Apothecary has not captured it. The Five Seasons Hall Master only inferred that a fourth poison exists."

"But there is no way of knowing in what form it exists."

"It has already surpassed the understanding of a Medicine Dao God King."

Wei Tianchen said in surprise, "The three known kinds are already so powerful. Wouldn't the unknown poison of the Yellow Silent Extinction World be the strongest in the entire universe?"

Bi Qi shook his head. "Of course not. Dao Collapse Worm swarms, Fate River Absolute Mist, and God King's Tear all evolved from the generalized devouring-origin entities among primordial viruses."

"No matter how powerful the Yellow Silent Extinction World is, it is only a great world. The Great Dao Origin gives birth to all things, and poison-source entities are likewise a manifestation of the Dao. The strongest poisons are naturally bred by forces at the cosmic level."

Wei Tianchen appeared thoughtful.

Bi Qi smiled. "All right. You are only a demigod now. It is fine to broaden your horizons, but do not think too much about it."

"The most you can study now is something at the level of True Spirit Heavenly Poison."

"Yes." Wei Tianchen indeed stopped dwelling on it and merely followed beside his teacher, recording everything his teacher said.

He had come on this trip to broaden his horizons alongside his teacher and Martial Uncle, not because he was actually expected to do anything.

Not every poison in the Burial God Cave poison exhibition area had an antidote, but so long as one could come and take a look, recognize their forms, and avoid them in advance, that was enough.

Wei Tianchen saw many poison-source entities and mutated entities here, while continuously listening to his teacher explain the medical Dao behind them.

After making a round, Wei Tianchen voiced his own thoughts. "Teacher, since poison-source entities are manifestations of the weakening Heavenly Dao of worlds and the universe, would eliminating poison-source entities count as a form of Heaven and Earth Attainment?"

"Of course." Bi Qi smiled. "Those who resolve poison-source entities benefit heaven and earth, as well as all living beings. This is one way to attain the Dao through heaven and earth."

Wei Tianchen continued, "Teacher, poisons are born from the origin. Free Gods who cultivate the origin unknowingly absorb countless poison sources. Some coexist with them, while some are suppressed by divine power and do not manifest."

"But they still count as latent toxins, and divine bodies are the greatest breeding grounds for the evolution of poison-source entities."

"This is an enormously vast group. In that case, would exterminating Free Gods be equivalent to exterminating poison-source entities, a form of attaining the Dao—"

Bi Qi's expression changed as he rebuked him, "Absurd! Although our Ancient Medicine Sect studies the relationship between the Dao, origin, and poison, the formation of life is a gift from the universe and a manifestation of the universe's benevolence."

"A physician must possess a benevolent heart, saving the world and aiding the people. How could you have such thoughts?!"

Wei Tianchen hurriedly lowered his head. "Teacher, I was wrong."

Yet the thought in his heart continued to sprout uncontrollably.

"Whoosh~"

At that moment, Zhao Xing and Qing Yuzi also arrived at the Burial God Cave exhibition area.

Since there was a fee to enter this place, there were not many people inside.

Beside the spacious starry-sky display cabinets stood only two figures and one puppet.

Zhao Xing casually glanced over, and his pupils contracted.

"What is it?"

Qing Yuzi and Zhao Xing had established a mental link for conversation, and he sharply sensed a fluctuation in Zhao Xing's emotions.

"Do you think those two over there might also want to enter the Burial God Cave?"

"Don't overthink it." Qing Yuzi shook his head. "Many people come to the Five Seasons Apothecary to look, but very few dare to personally risk entering."

"Mm." Zhao Xing nodded.

Naturally, Qing Yuzi could not recognize Wei Tianchen, because Wei Tianchen was currently disguised and protected by God General Bi Qi.

"Pack up these medicines for me, and give me a Warning Dao Disc as well." Qing Yuzi began speaking with the beautiful young married woman.

Zhao Xing could not help glancing in Wei Tianchen's direction again.

After looking twice, he finally confirmed that this was not merely someone with the same name. It truly was the Wei Tianchen he knew.

"Wei Tianchen is following a God General named Bi Qi? He actually came to the Great Yellow World too."

"No wonder my premonition was triggered when I descended."

Zhao Xing recalled that when he had passed through the well into the Five Emperors Era, three sensations had been triggered.

One had been related to Fan Qianrou, one to Lao Qing, and one to Wei Tianchen.

At this time, Wei Tianchen was still alive and at the demigod realm.

"Wei Tianchen died in the Profound Yellow World, killed by Dan Ye, Free God. That means he cannot be resurrected either. Because he was a demigod, not a god.

"Even if I told Bowei now, it would be impossible to change his fate."

According to Bowei's theory, if he wanted to resurrect Wei Tianchen, he had to return to Fengshan Land and revive Wei Tianchen there. Only that would count as true resurrection.

In theory, resurrecting Wei Tianchen himself was not difficult, because he was merely a demigod. The difficult part was having to resurrect him at Fengshan Land, which restricted both the time and location.

"The progress at Fengshan Land is already more than halfway complete, but—why am I even thinking of resurrecting him?" Zhao Xing glanced at the panel. "Dead Old Wei is the good guy."

As Zhao Xing pondered, Qing Yuzi had already completed the transaction.

"All right, let's go."

"Did you buy everything?"

"How could that be possible?" Qing Yuzi shook his head. "I may be rich, but not that rich."

"There are so many poisons in the Burial God Cave. Even buying ten thousand antidotes cannot guarantee absolute safety. Even people from the Five Seasons Apothecary die after entering. It can only slightly increase your chances of survival."

Zhao Xing nodded. With good luck, they might not encounter a single poison. With bad luck—

they might buy ten thousand antidotes and happen to be poisoned by the ten-thousand-and-first kind.

Coming to the Five Seasons Apothecary was merely an effort to improve their chances of survival.

"Strange." Wei Tianchen watched the direction in which Qing Yuzi and Zhao Xing had disappeared and could not help muttering to himself.

"What is it?" God General Bi Qi asked.

"Teacher, did you see the two who came in just now? I actually felt something strange, as though I had seen them somewhere before."

"Oh?" God General Bi Qi truly had not noticed. By the time he looked over, however, the two were already gone.

"You have cultivated for many years, and this is your first time in the Great Yellow World. Logically speaking, there should be no karmic connection." God General Bi Qi pondered. "Come, let us return first and consult your Martial Uncle."

Inside a cave dwelling in Stormwind City, God General Chou Gu set up three bone towers.

The bone towers were hollow, reflecting Wei Tianchen's heaven, earth, and human souls, as well as his past, present, and future.

Wei Tianchen's phantom flickered uncertainly within the three bone towers.

Layers of mist spread through them. At last, the room brightened as the spellcasting ended.

"How was it?" Bi Qi asked.

"For the ten solar years before and after our departure, he had no additional karmic connections," God General Chou Gu said.

"That might have been me overthinking it." Wei Tianchen said, "Martial Uncle, I didn't produce a Karma Thread either. It was merely a very faint feeling."

"Mm." Divine General Chou Gu nodded. "Go out and make your preparations first. Your teacher and I have something to discuss."

"Yes." Wei Tianchen withdrew.

After Wei Tianchen left, Divine General Bi Qi's expression turned somewhat grave. "What exactly is the problem?"

Divine General Chou Gu looked at the bone tower representing the future, deep in thought. "Time and space undergo recurring tribulations, fate forms a cycle. A death tribulation has appeared in your disciple's fate, pointing toward the Wilderness Era."

"What?" Divine General Bi Qi was startled. "How could that be?"

"How could he go to the Wilderness Era? And encounter a death tribulation?"

Divine General Chou Gu shook his head. "I don't know. This death tribulation is still faint. It may not necessarily happen."

Stormwind City, before the Universe Hall established by the Yi Divine Kingdom.

The temple enshrined an array god of the Yi Divine Kingdom, and several Teleportation Arrays stood in the plaza.

Zhao Xing and Qing Yuzi once again changed their auras and appearances, arriving before one of the Teleportation Arrays.

Just before setting off, Zhao Xing sensed something and swept his gaze across the surrounding plaza.

He saw Wei Tianchen and Divine General Bi Qi again, but there was now an additional figure beside them, dressed in a gray mage robe.

It can't really be this much of a coincidence, can it? Zhao Xing had a premonition, as if Wei Tianchen was also heading to the Burial God Cave.

"Be careful. I keep feeling like someone is watching us." Qing Yuzi suddenly began looking around as well.

"Hm? What's going on?" Zhao Xing asked in surprise.

"I don't know." Qing Yuzi said, "There's a strong chance something happened on Supreme Truth Pavilion's side. I keep feeling someone is keeping an eye on me."

"You mean Divine General Qiongyu? Surely not." Zhao Xing said.

It was just a minor matter. Could it really escalate to murder and robbery?

"Better safe than sorry. Let's take a detour."

"Alright."

Qing Yuzi and Zhao Xing decided to take a detour.

They changed teleportation destinations several times along the way, only arriving at the nearest human city to the Burial God Cave three years later.

They then stayed another four years, repeatedly confirming that no one was following them. Only then did they change disguises again and head toward the outskirts of the Burial God Cave.

"They really are cautious." At the Boundary Marker in the outskirts of the Burial God Cave, a graceful figure slowly emerged from the void.

"As a divine general who attained Heaven and Earth Attainment, I can easily merge into any source of heaven and earth."

"This Tian Fan actually sensed the surveillance and deliberately delayed for several years."

"The likelihood that he is Qing Yuzi has risen to seventy percent," Divine General Lianyin thought.

Ordinary divine generals could never detect the presence of a divine general who had attained Heaven and Earth Attainment.

Conversely, so long as Divine General Lianyin had seen someone before, she could track them. That was the advantage of Heaven and Earth Attainment.

If he was Qing Yuzi, who had stirred up the endless spacetime, it was only natural that he possessed some unique traits.

"If the likelihood that he is Qing Yuzi has risen, why is he associating with someone in the late Divine Soldier Grade? I've never heard of Qing Yuzi having any relatives or disciples at the Divine Soldier Grade." Divine General Lianyin pondered.

She summoned a mirror. Countless pieces of intelligence from across time and space flashed within it as she began searching through them continuously.

"Hm?" A moment later, Divine General Lianyin found nothing and put the mirror away.

Half an hour later, however, Divine General Lianyin's expression changed, as though she had overlooked something.

"What a move!" Divine General Lianyin's black hair abruptly turned entirely red, wrapping around and strangling her. At the same time, strands of red hair pierced into her body.

Bang! Divine General Lianyin's divine body was actually strangled into chunks of flesh by her own hair.

A moment later, Divine General Lianyin's divine body reformed. She stared at the fallen hair in horror.

The hair was slowly burning away, and within the firelight was reflected a figure seated upon a throne of upright bells.

"Boundless True God?!" Divine General Lianyin screamed, but quickly forced her voice back, refusing to let it spread into heaven and earth.

"I already gave you an opportunity, yet you insisted on remembering." An icy voice came from the red hair.

"Boundless True God, I did not intentionally spy on them. I never expected this to be someone you were protecting with the Karma Divine Art." Divine General Lianyin hurriedly apologized.

She knew someone was being protected by the Karma Divine Art, but she had never imagined it would be the Boundless True God.

There were differences even among True Gods. Divine General Lianyin's Heaven and Earth Attainment only radiated across three Solar Years and was limited to a very small region.

Yet the Boundless True God's Heaven and Earth Attainment spanned the Four Emperor Era of the Bai Zhuo Era and could even extend into the Spirit Domain Era.

It was only in the Wilderness Era that he could not exert his full strength.

As for its range, among the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands across different time and spaces, it could take effect in as many as three heavens and four lands.

It practically encompassed nearly half of the known universe!

What did that mean? The range of a Tribulationless True God's Heaven and Earth Attainment represented the area where they could wield the power of the Great Dao.

If a True God's might were measured as national strength, the Boundless True God was a superpower like the Red Star Empire, while Divine General Lianyin was merely a world-star-level dynasty that had just ascended and gained a foothold.

"Destroying thirty percent of your divine essence is the price for what you saw." The Boundless True God said indifferently. "If you dare reveal this—you may have a God King behind you whom I might not be able to kill, but you will certainly die."

"Yes, I understand." Divine General Lianyin trembled all over. If the Boundless True God wanted to destroy the foundation of her attainment, she had no ability to resist.

As for whether the one behind her could protect her, who could say for certain?

The fiery red hair vanished completely, but fear continued spreading through Divine General Lianyin's heart.

She had now deduced that the person beside Qing Yuzi, using the alias Han Bing, was Zhao Xing, the most dazzling new god of the Wilderness Era!

Yet merely learning this had cost her thirty percent of her divine essence.

Divine General Lianyin immediately mobilized a Divine Power Incarnation of Supreme Truth Pavilion within Stormwind City and went to seek counsel in a secret chamber.

Though she feared the Boundless True God, she feared the Pavilion Master as well.

"Pavilion Master, I have encountered trouble." Divine General Lianyin knelt in the secret chamber. "During my surveillance, I lost thirty percent of my divine essence."

She did not say who had wounded her, because once she revealed that the Boundless True God had injured her, it would be easy to guess that one of the two was Zhao Xing.

"Wow, someone actually managed to cut away thirty percent of your divine essence?" An excited exclamation sounded from within the shadows. "That is absolutely worth seeing!"

Divine General Lianyin's heart sank. Was she still going to be made to continue the surveillance?

She hurriedly said, "Pavilion Master, if this continues, I fear I will be killed. When that happens, who will investigate all those interesting matters for you?"

Within the shadows, the master of Supreme Truth Pavilion became somewhat conflicted.

He did not want to break his divine concealment and expend additional strength protecting Divine General Lianyin.

But neither did he want to miss such an interesting matter.

"You have a point, but this matter cannot simply end here."

"I merely wanted to take a look through you, yet thirty percent of your divine essence was destroyed? What an outrageous temper."

"Since he will not allow you to reveal their identities, then do this—"

Divine General Lianyin listened to the voice from the shadows, her expression constantly shifting.

At the outskirts of the Burial God Cave, a small boat rose and fell amid thunderclouds.

Zhao Xing looked thoughtfully at the Karma Threads that repeatedly extended from his life soul, only to vanish in an instant.

"My karma has already been taken over by the Boundless True God. These Karma Threads are all red now, meaning someone is plotting against me."

"But the True God has taken all of it upon himself."

"But I haven't done anything at all. Who did I offend?"

Zhao Xing could not understand it. Since arriving in Stormwind City, aside from Qing Yuzi and Divine General Lianyin, he had not exchanged a single word with anyone else.

Could merely asking for information generate so many bad karmic causes?

"It's really hard to get by without a faction. You could die outside and never even know how you died." Zhao Xing could not help sighing.

Thinking carefully about it, Chu Ji's gratitude toward him aboard the Cosmic Ark had not been fake at all.

Chu Ji traveled through time and space, venturing into dangerous secret realms. Without a protector, death was the norm for him; surviving was the exception!

Crack!

A black bolt of lightning suddenly emerged from the void and struck toward the flying boat's barrier.

Seeing this, Qing Yuzi immediately summoned clouds from the deck. The clouds wrapped around the flying boat's barrier, curving downward and extending beneath the vessel.

Zhao Xing looked closely. Qing Yuzi was using a cloud art. Thunderclouds filled the sky at that moment, and every black bolt of lightning that struck was guided in another direction.

"What a cloud art, Lao Qing. Can you Teach Me?!"

"You can't learn it. The Thundercloud Transformation Art requires the divine power support of the Celestial Timing Faction." Qing Yuzi said.

"Alright." Zhao Xing was somewhat disappointed. "But where did you get a secret art of the Celestial Timing Faction?"

Qing Yuzi had devoured the Celestial Timing origin of the East Yan Ancient Clan to achieve Origin Godhood. That path was difficult to replicate.

But Celestial Timing divine arts could not have been easy to obtain either.

"I stole it from Bookless Divine King City." Qing Yuzi said proudly. "Actually, I did not initially intend to steal any secrets. My agreement with the Eastern Extension Ancient God was only to steal some Celestial Timing Dao arts."

"You know the Wilderness Era lacks that the most. Among the Three Shennong Factions, our land advantage and intrinsic foundations are both strong, but the Celestial Timing Faction alone is far too underdeveloped. Since I wanted to achieve great merit, naturally I set my sights on it."

"But I searched the wrong place. I failed to find the Celestial Timing Dao repository and instead accidentally entered the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion."

"Huh? Then how did you get out in one piece? Logically speaking, once such heavenly secrets were leaked, you should have been discovered."

"Of course it wasn't that simple." Qing Yuzi said. "The Hall Master gave me a Derivation God Stele to suppress time and space, plugging the leak from the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion." Zhao Xing froze. He had not expected Lao Qing to be more than just a pure working god; he was a working god with powerful backing.

"Trading a Derivation God Stele for secrets sounds like a good deal."

"How could it have been real? That Derivation God Stele was a historical void artifact created by the Moon God Palace Master. The instant it took root, it could only function where it was."

"Once moved elsewhere, it became useless."

Zhao Xing recalled that the Moon God Palace Master had also given him a historical void divine artifact, though he had not expected Qing Yuzi to use one this way.

"Then you—"

"Stop asking. Which way do we go now? Tribulations keep coming wave after wave in this damned place." Qing Yuzi's voice suddenly became urgent, as though he was under enormous pressure.

Zhao Xing abruptly discovered that the natural disasters of the Burial God Cave had changed types again. They had entered a place known as the Destruction Heart Domain.

"Leave it to me."

Zhao Xing took control of the helm and steered the flying boat into a wind disaster carrying fragments of space.

There was no sun or moon within the Burial God Cave. No matter how much time passed, it seemed to remain a chaotic expanse.

The ceremonial tomb established by Divine King Zhang Yue could not be in a place of chaos and destruction. There had to be a stable space in order to build it.

Yet Zhao Xing and Qing Yuzi drifted and struggled through the outskirts for three hundred and eighty-nine years without finding a single stable space.

"Now I have no idea where I am." Qing Yuzi tiredly swallowed a glittering blue fruit, recovering a little divine power.

"I'm completely lost. No map is useful."

"Zhao Xing, do you think we're still in the outskirts?"

"Yes." Zhao Xing nodded.

"You're incredible." Qing Yuzi gave him a thumbs-up. "For three hundred and eighty-nine years, I haven't seen even the slightest sign of discouragement from you. Not a bit of emotional fluctuation."

"Now I really believe you have the Void Positioning Art."

Zhao Xing smiled softly and took a bite of the fruit.

Of course he was not worried. The coordinates showed that he had been wandering through the outskirts the entire time. Though they appeared lost and tribulations came endlessly,

they had not actually exceeded a certain level of intensity.

Lao Qing was the main one resisting the disasters. Zhao Xing himself had it easy; he only had to steer the boat.

"Moon shadows of Reincarnation, born from utmost yang..." Qing Yuzi started muttering the result from the fate chart again. "What exactly does that line mean?"

"It is nothing more than the Yin Star and the Sun Star." Zhao Xing shrugged. "For Divine King Zhang Yue's ceremonial tomb to endure indefinitely, even surviving one destruction tribulation after another, a stable space had to be established."

"And the most stable system is the Yin Yang Twin Stars system. It balances space through the Yin Yang Great Dao. No matter how it is destroyed, it can restore itself."

"Divine King Zhang Yue was truly devoted. His own tomb may well have disappeared, but he put so much thought into his lover's ceremonial tomb." Qing Yuzi sighed.

"If he hadn't, how would we have gotten the chance to excavate it?" Zhao Xing said.

"I hope the tomb still exists after so many destructions, but I also hope it isn't too strong." Qing Yuzi was torn.

He hoped the tomb remained, yet he also hoped its defensive arrays had been weakened by the destruction.

Otherwise, even if they found the right place, they probably would not be able to open it.

After all, Zhang Yue was a God King. If the ceremonial tomb's defensive measures had not been weakened, they could only stare helplessly.

"Zhao Xing."

"Mm?"

"Have you noticed that we haven't encountered any high-intensity tribulations for three months?" Qing Yuzi suddenly craned his neck, then abruptly stood and leaped onto the top of the boat.

"I haven't. You're the one bearing most of the tribulations." Zhao Xing immediately stood as well. "What did you find?"

"It's raining." Qing Yuzi suddenly extended one hand beyond the barrier. This was extremely dangerous. A Minister of Agriculture's divine body was not comparable to a martial artist's and could easily be pulverized, yet Qing Yuzi still stuck his entire arm out to sense it.

"It's raining?" Zhao Xing was also startled. The panel showed no new notification; they were still in the outskirts of the Burial God Cave.

But rain here was highly unusual.

"It really is!" Qing Yuzi excitedly pulled his hand back. A mass of pale blue Rain Water appeared in his palm.

The pale blue Rain Water was corrosive, but compared to the disasters they had previously encountered, its corrosive power was child's play.

Its power was almost insufficient to kill even someone in the Dao Domain Realm.

Qing Yuzi swallowed the droplet, and delight appeared on his face.

"It's Cold Dew!"

"Cold Dew?!" Zhao Xing's body jolted.

The two spoke almost in unison.

"There's a sun nearby!"

According to the theories of the Celestial Timing Faction, whether major and minor seasons or solar terms, a yang star had to exist for them to form.

Qing Yuzi had caught a raindrop and tasted the characteristics of a solar term within it. Regardless of which one it was, it meant a Sun Star should be nearby!

In a place like the Burial God Cave, the presence of a Sun Star meant stable space!

"Quick, quick, quick!" Qing Yuzi excitedly jumped down onto the deck. "I can faintly sense the power of the Sun Star."

He personally took the helm and charged at full speed in the direction of his senses.

Zhao Xing was responsible for maintaining the stability of the barrier.

After flying for roughly eight years, even Zhao Xing sensed the sun through Great Sun Illuminating the Sea.

Great Sun No Sea reflected a setting sun, surrounded by eighteen revolving stars.

"I can't find it. Where is it?" Qing Yuzi grew anxious. "I can clearly sense the Sun Star."

"We've been going in circles." Zhao Xing looked at the panel. It still had not refreshed with new coordinates.

It showed that they had remained within the Long Sky Tribulation Domain.

The Long Sky Tribulation Domain was an area where only spatial calamities occurred—spatial cliffs, spatial vortices, shattering-space storms, and similar disasters.

Zhao Xing felt that he and Qing Yuzi had been circling around the same place, unable to find it no matter what they did.

"I feel like this rain is about to disappear." Qing Yuzi was frantic. "Once this window passes, there may be no more clues."

"Calm down," Zhao Xing said. "Lao Qing, you're losing your composure. This might not even be the place we're looking for."

"Calm down and think carefully. What other options do we have?"

The panel was not omnipotent. Zhao Xing could ensure that the ship remained within the Long Sky Tribulation Domain, but he could not locate the exact spot. Finding that stable stretch of space still depended on Qing Yuzi.

"Right. Calm down. I need to calm down." Qing Yuzi took a deep breath and gradually settled himself.

Zhao Xing waited quietly. A moment later, Qing Yuzi suddenly said, "There is one way, but I'll need to take a risk."

"How?"

"We've been circling here for a hundred and thirty-four years. I discovered that my perception was strongest at the thirty-fourth and eighty-ninth years, then weakened afterward."

"Assuming there is a pattern to our circling, then there must be a point where my resonance with the Yang Star Origin is at its strongest."

"When we reach that point, I'll leave the Realm Ship and activate Three Suns Reflection once, then report back to you."

"That way, you can use the Celestial Timing Faction's Three Suns Positioning Method to find the exact coordinates."

Zhao Xing asked, "Where's the danger?"

"Without the Realm Ship's protection, I may not be able to withstand the Long Sky Tribulation," Qing Yuzi said. "But we can only gamble on it."

Another thirty-eight years passed.

"It's time."

"Whoosh~" Qing Yuzi tied one end of a chain around his waist, then fastened the other end to the ship.

"Be careful," Zhao Xing warned. "Come back if you can't endure it. Don't force yourself."

Before making his decision, Qing Yuzi had been anxious and indecisive. But once he had made it, he was not nervous at all. He smiled and shouted,

"Profound Heaven Tai Sui Armor, appear!"

"Sun-Moon Wheel, rise!"

Then Qing Yuzi leaped out of the ship.

"Bang!"

The divine-grade chain was instantly pulled taut, and Zhao Xing's heart tightened.

He reached out and touched the chain. About three Immeasurable Time later, information began transmitting from Qing Yuzi through it.

Three suns were immediately reflected within Zhao Xing's Great Sun Sea.

The nearest was the "sun" formed by Qing Yuzi. The farthest light was the weakest, with countless layers of space between them, causing the three suns to flicker in and out of sight.

"Charge!"

Zhao Xing immediately followed the Three Suns Positioning Method and rushed toward the most distant sun.

With every bit of progress, a new sun flashed once, continuing to guide him.

The Realm Ship moved through the void at tremendous speed. Around ten breaths later, Zhao Xing's expression shook as he saw a new notification on the panel.

You have arrived at the Moon Shadow Realm. Coordinates: Giant Yang 9, Supreme Yin 1, Earth Vein Fire Source 3.

"Lao Qing, come back!" Zhao Xing immediately tugged on the chain, but Qing Yuzi did not respond.

His expression changed drastically. He immediately completed the Nine Marsh God Seasonal Transformation and rapidly reeled in the chain.

An overwhelming force resisted him. The other end seemed to be stuck somewhere, and Zhao Xing had to exert immense effort to drag Qing Yuzi back into the barrier.

Then he suddenly let go.

"Thud!"

A heavy object slammed brutally onto the ground.

Zhao Xing focused his gaze, then was utterly shocked.

The Profound Heaven Tai Sui Armor had already fallen off.

Only Qing Yuzi's skeleton and internal organs remained. All the rest of his flesh and blood had completely vanished, while more than half the divine fire in his head had gone out.

A bluish-black aura coiled around his entire body. More terrifying still, Qing Yuzi's skeleton had regressed into the form of an eleven- or twelve-year-old boy.

"Meow meow~"

Zhao Xing poured Restoration Holy Water over Qing Yuzi in one go, expelling the aura of destruction from his body.

The entwining aura diminished, and flesh rapidly regrew.

Even after Qing Yuzi's physical body had fully recovered, Zhao Xing did not relax.

Because Qing Yuzi still looked eleven or twelve years old.

"What the hell is going on?!" Qing Yuzi abruptly sat up, his voice somewhat shrill. He was actually only at the Seventh Tribulation Reincarnation Realm.

This is bad! Zhao Xing's heart lurched. He immediately examined him with the panel and found that Qing Yuzi's status was marked as abnormal.

Qing Yuzi

Realm: Seventh Tribulation Reincarnation Realm (Abnormal)

True Spirit: Seventh Tribulation Reincarnation Realm (Abnormal)

Divine Art (Sealed)

Fortune (Evolution Eighteen)

Qing Yuzi sat dumbly on the deck. He tried to pick up the Profound Heaven Tai Sui Armor, only to discover that he could no longer lift it.

"I... I..." Qing Yuzi trembled all over. "I've actually regressed to my state before becoming a god."

"This is exactly the same as my cultivation before I plotted against the East Yan Ancient Clan."

Zhao Xing was also dumbfounded. He had never expected Qing Yuzi to pay such a terrible price.

"Don't panic."

At that moment, Bowei's voice appeared in his mind.

"Time has only briefly reversed on Qing Yuzi. Once he leaves this area, he will return to normal."

"It is merely the effect of a god-level spell formed by combining void arts with the Bronze History Art."

"Seal him and don't let him move around. If he messes with it recklessly, he may never return to normal."

Zhao Xing immediately waved his hand and drove the Heavenly Change Divine Needles into nine points on Qing Yuzi's body, completely sealing his movements. Only his True Spirit consciousness could still communicate.

"Zhao Xing, what are you doing?"

"Lao Qing, don't panic." Zhao Xing immediately repeated Bowei's words.

Qing Yuzi gradually calmed down as well.

"So that's how it is—but why are you fine?"

Zhao Xing touched the Time Page in his robes. "The Time Page protects me. Though he may reverse time, I remain unchanged."

"Damn it, is the Boundless True God your biological father or something? He even gave you one of these?" Qing Yuzi was beside himself with agitation.

To achieve such an effect, even Time Pages born in ordinary eras would not suffice. It would have to be a Time Page produced during the Five Emperors Era at the very least.

And even then, it had likely been empowered by some great figure.

After all, the Time Page itself did not possess so many functions. Someone had to cast spells and lay formations upon it for it to unleash such varied might.

"Rest for now. Don't move around," Zhao Xing said.

"How am I supposed to move? You've nailed me to the floor—damn it, what are you doing?!"

Qing Yuzi had thought Zhao Xing was comforting him, only to find that Zhao Xing had taken out the Light-Shadow Disc to record everything.

"I have to give the True God an account somehow." Zhao Xing wore a faint smile.

"You..." Qing Yuzi was truly speechless.

After settling Lao Qing to one side, Zhao Xing slowly opened the mist barrier. Sure enough, the outside had already changed.

A sun hung high in the sky. Below lay land filled with birdsong and fragrant flowers, while clusters of palaces appeared and vanished in the distance.

"The Moon Shadow Realm. So this really was arranged by Divine King Zhang Yue. Such a powerful defensive measure reduced even a divine general like Qing Yuzi to the Reincarnation Realm. This must absolutely be the tomb of Yuyan Divine King's family."

Zhao Xing made no rash move. After placing Qing Yuzi inside the cabin, he summoned Bowei.

"Elder, please take a look. Is there anything unusual about this place?"

Bowei still did not look pleased. These two troublemakers had finally brought him trouble—and it was major trouble.

"One is a late-stage divine general, and the other isn't even a god. Yet you dared to explore a God King's tomb with that little strength? You truly don't know the meaning of death."

"Hmph. Good thing this place has undergone several great destructions. If it were in its prime, Qing Yuzi, you, and even I would all have regressed into fetuses just now!"

Even Bowei had not expected the place they were coming to be this kind of place.

Regress into fetuses? Thinking of several babies crawling all over the ship, Zhao Xing's face turned green.

That would have been far too terrifying.

"Isn't Elder here with us?" Zhao Xing said with a flattering smile. He had the Time Page's protection, but Bowei did not.

Bowei was not inside Zhao Xing's Inner World right now. He had appeared outside.

Since Bowei could withstand it, he definitely had a way.

"The Time Page is not an absolute protective talisman. Its power is limited as well."

"Right now, you have only one way to move freely inside." Bowei stood on the ship and watched the distance for a while before reaching out with a grab.

"Whoosh~" Something seemed to be approaching the Realm Ship.

"Use the Transformation of Seasons Art to disguise yourselves as native lifeforms here."