The Exquisite Pagoda's blow had been far too heavy. Even with Kun Qi's thick hide and tough flesh, and despite being in the Seven-Ring Realm, they had nearly been killed outright.
Yet after swaying twice, they rapidly recovered. Ferocity blazed in their eyes as they simply hurled their entire body toward Li Qingyun.
They would smash this damned Daoist Qingyun into dust!
At the Residual Ruins level, Kun Qi had never seen anything sturdier than a Kun clan body.
But at that moment, Li Qingyun had already swallowed his first mouthful of deep-blue Saint Kun Blood!
"What terrifying, majestic spiritual essence. As expected of Saint Kun Blood..." In an instant, he felt an incomparably vast and wondrous spiritual essence spread through the Great Dao Universe within him, transforming into resources for his heaven-shaking cultivation.
Bzzz!
Behind his head, a fourth ring—a "gray moon"—suddenly evolved and emerged!
He had actually stepped straight into the Four-Ring Land!
He had remained in the Three-Ring Realm for so many years. He knew that if he relied solely on the Cosmic Fire Furnace's Five Years, Three Incense Sticks, he would need at least another thousand years in the Residual Ruins before entering the fourth ring.
His foundation and reserves were simply too formidable. The nascent Great Dao Universe within him was like a bottomless black hole; every minor breakthrough consumed unimaginable resources!
But now, merely swallowing that first mouthful of Saint Kun Blood had allowed Li Qingyun to cross a thousand years in one stride and enter the Four-Ring Land on the spot!
How could he possibly hand such an opportunity over to someone else?
Even if Kun Qi might be the fated one with an affinity for it, they still had to get the hell out of this poor Daoist's way!
"Let this poor