My Name Is Hua Qingzhu

A violent and magnificent battle erupted in the Great Void. A battle between two Half-step Entering Dao experts could only be described as violent.

The vast energy fluctuations stirred the smoke-filled Great Void into turbulent chaos. Naturally, there was no wind or cloud in the Great Void, but the Magic Power released by the two of them formed them.

The rich and dense Magic Power could not be annihilated in such a short time, even by the Great Void's power to extinguish spiritual energy.

Yin Energy was vast as the sea, while clear energy stretched mistily like drifting smoke. The two constantly collided, causing the entire Great Void to tremble.

If the two had not been fighting far enough from the real world, the aftershocks of their battle would have been enough to tear through the real world's spatial barrier and form Void Rifts one after another.

Unlike ordinary Golden Core cultivators, ordinary Golden Core cultivators would constantly travel back and forth between the Great Void and the real world during battle.

But to Half-step Entering Dao experts, such travel had no meaning, because they could Launch an Attack in the Great Void and the real world at the same time.

The spatial barrier could no longer hinder them, so there was no point in traveling back and forth.

The Wanhua Demon Emperor possessed the Spirit Treasure Hua Qingzhu and the Authority Artifact Green Vein Seal, while Chang Buzai possessed the Spirit Treasure Soul Hooking Celestial Seal and various supreme-grade Spirit Artifacts.

When it came to Spirit Artifacts and Spirit Treasures, both were old monsters who had lived for ten thousand years. Their foundations were incomparably deep, and neither lacked Spirit Artifacts or Spirit Treasures.

As for cultivation, they were both Half-step Entering Dao experts who had likewise cultivated for ten thousand years.

In terms of Combat Power alone, the two were practically evenly matched.

Thus, their battle became a protracted war of attrition.

The battle lasted an entire month, nearly reaching the depths of the Great Void.

The Wanhua Demon Emperor was ultimately a step inferior. When the Soul Hooking Celestial Seal enveloped his head, he could only use the Green Vein Seal to resist it. As a result, the Green Vein Seal was destroyed.

An Authority Artifact had been ruined just like that, but it was not worth lamenting, because what it had opposed was a true Spirit Treasure.

"I told you, you die and I live! Hua Qingshu, you should understand the difference between us!" Chang Buzai flung out the Soul Locking Chain, his voice echoing through the chaotic Great Void like a howling sinister wind.

"Want to kill me? Hmph, it won't be that easy!" The Wanhua Demon Emperor snorted coldly, sweeping out his sleeve and knocking away the Soul Locking Chain.

In truth, he understood that he was no match for Chang Buzai.

Although the two still appeared evenly matched, he had lost the Authority Artifact Green Vein Seal, and his Magic Power had been greatly depleted. He was already beginning to run out of steam.

After continuing to clash with Chang Buzai for more than ten moves, the Wanhua Demon Emperor understood that he could not keep dragging things out.

If this continued, Chang Buzai would slowly exhaust him to death. His only choice now was to flee.

As long as the green hills remained, there would be no shortage of firewood!

The Wanhua Demon Emperor Gritted His Teeth. The Hua Qingzhu before him suddenly erupted with dazzling azure radiance. Within that radiance, a gigantic Treant appeared abruptly, then raised its enormous fist and smashed it down at Chang Buzai.

"Parlor tricks!"

Chang Buzai spoke with disdain.

At the same time, a black phantom suddenly appeared before him. The phantom towered a hundred zhang high, its entire body pitch-black. It resembled both a human and an ape as it blocked the enormous Treant.

Chang Buzai's figure flashed as he circled around the two colossal creatures, intending to continue attacking the Wanhua Demon Emperor.

But after circling around them, he discovered that there were actually two Wanhua Demon Emperors before him.

One was speeding toward the depths of the Great Void, while the other was speeding toward the Myriad Flower Domain.

The two were Exactly the Same—not in appearance, of course, but in aura and Qi Mechanism. Even Chang Buzai could not distinguish which one was real.

After hesitating briefly, Chang Buzai chased after the Wanhua Demon Emperor who had entered the depths of the Great Void.

His reasoning was simple. If the Wanhua Demon Emperor fled to the Myriad Flower Domain, he would still have a chance to find him later. But if the Wanhua Demon Emperor fled into the depths of the Great Void, it would be difficult for him to find him again.

As for whether the dangers in the depths of the Great Void would prevent the Wanhua Demon Emperor from returning, Chang Buzai had no doubts.

The depths of the Great Void also had distances. If the Myriad Flower Domain was taken as the center, then anything more than ten thousand li from the Myriad Flower Domain could be considered the depths of the Great Void.

To ordinary Golden Core cultivators, once they passed that distance, they could no longer locate the Realm Boundary of the Myriad Flower Domain. But to Half-step Entering Dao experts, even at twenty thousand, thirty thousand, or fifty thousand li away, they could still follow the Myriad Flower Domain's Qi Mechanism back.

But how could the Great Void be limited to a mere million li?

Thus, the depths of the Great Void were also divided into different levels.

The depths of the Great Void as viewed by Golden Core cultivators were not necessarily the Forbidden Land of Half-step Entering Dao experts.

The Wanhua Demon Emperor fled, but in the end, he still failed to escape.

The moment Chang Buzai chose to pursue him into the depths of the Great Void, his fate had already been sealed.

He had miscalculated. He thought that if he moved far away from the Myriad Flower Domain, Chang Buzai would stop hounding him, but he had overlooked the fact that Chang Buzai genuinely wanted to kill him.

Several days later, the Wanhua Demon Emperor's soul was dragged out by Chang Buzai in the depths of the Great Void. At the instant his soul left his body, a Spiritual Light suddenly flew out from an unnamed valley in the Wanhua Mountain Range and flew toward the southeastern horizon.

This Spiritual Light was Hua Qingzhu. It was also the Wanhua Demon Emperor's clone that had fled back to the Myriad Flower Domain, and at the same time, it was the Demon Ruins Land.

The Spiritual Light flew over layer after layer of mountains at incredible speed. Then, upon reaching the sky above a familiar valley, it suddenly descended.

Within Chunyang Valley.

The enormous Cave Heaven Portal was embedded in the mountain wall. Since Flying Boats frequently entered and exited the Spirit Source Land, Yang Zhengshan had practically opened the Cave Heaven Portal to its maximum size.

Rows of pavilions stood outside the Cave Heaven Portal. These pavilions housed the guardians of the Cave Heaven Portal.

In truth, there were not many guardians, only a little over twenty. Aside from one Foundation Establishment Cultivator and one Divine Soul Realm Martial Artist, the rest were Golden Body Realm Martial Artists.

Their duty was not to guard the Cave Heaven Portal, but to keep watch over the valley's protective Formation.

Once the protective Formation suffered a powerful attack, they would immediately retreat into the Cave Heaven Portal, seek help from the White Jade Capital, and request a Golden Core cultivator or Demon King to come and take charge.

At this moment, the people responsible for guarding the Cave Heaven Portal were Yang Mingzhao and Yang Yuqiao.

With nothing else to do, the two were playing chess on the terrace of a pavilion.

Yang Mingzhao lounged lazily against a Soft Couch, tossing a handful of white stones back and forth in his hand, while Yang Yuqiao lowered her head and racked her brains over the chessboard.

"Heh heh, Little Qiao'er, surrender!" Yang Mingzhao said smugly when he saw that she had thought for so long without making a move.

"No! I haven't lost yet!" Yang Yuqiao looked thoroughly unwilling to admit defeat.

"And don't call me Little Qiao'er. I'm a Foundation Establishment Cultivator now!"

She glared at Yang Mingzhao with her bright eyes.

"So what if you're a Foundation Establishment Cultivator? I'm your Great-Great Uncle!" Yang Mingzhao lifted his tea and took a leisurely sip.

"Aren't you just higher in seniority than me?"

"No, I'm also stronger than you!" Yang Mingzhao shook his teacup and held it out toward her.

Yang Yuqiao's tender face filled with frustration. Reluctantly, she poured him more tea.

As a rising star of the Yang Family, Yang Yuqiao was satisfied with everything, except for one thing: there were too many elders.

Starting from Yang Zhengshan, she was the sixth generation of the Yang Family. It went without saying how many elders she had above her.

Facing other people was one thing, but when she faced Yang Mingzhao, she sometimes could not help losing her temper.

Yang Mingzhao was simply too annoying at times. He did not act like an elder at all and often teased her, his junior.

As the two spoke, the corner of Yang Mingzhao's eye seemed to catch sight of a streak of Spiritual Light. But when he turned his head, he found nothing.

He frowned, released his Spiritual Sense, and began searching.

"Did you notice a streak of Spiritual Light flying past just now?"

"Spiritual Light? What Spiritual Light?" Yang Yuqiao looked around, her face full of confusion.

Yang Mingzhao found nothing unusual. "Could I have seen it wrong?"

Yang Yuqiao raised her head and glanced at the sky. "The Formation is still intact, and it hasn't been attacked! Nothing should have been able to sneak in!"

Yang Mingzhao thought for a moment before saying, "You keep watch here. I'll go back and take a look!"

They were only responsible for watching the protective Formation. As for the Cave Heaven Portal, there was also a Teleportation Hall inside the Spirit Source Land. The Teleportation Hall was the Important Area for defending the Cave Heaven Portal.

As soon as Yang Mingzhao returned to the Teleportation Hall, he sensed that something was wrong. The guards inside the hall all looked extremely solemn. When they saw Yang Mingzhao enter, they hurriedly bowed.

"Greetings, Fourth Master!"

"Did anything fly in just now?" Yang Mingzhao asked with a frown.

"Yes. That thing flew toward the Immortal Palace. Several lords have already chased after it!"

"Something really did get in!" Yang Mingzhao's heart sank, but he remained fairly composed on the surface. He merely nodded, then flew out of the hall toward the Immortal Palace in the sky.

The Spiritual Light pierced through the clouds and shot straight toward the Nine Heavens Gate.

"Who goes there?"

Before the Nine Heavens Gate, eighteen Divine Generals stood solemnly at attention. Seeing the Spiritual Light streak toward them at high speed, they hurriedly shouted a question.

Its speed was abnormal. Normally, no one would fly so rapidly before the Nine Heavens Gate.

The streak of light did not stop or slow down because of their shouted challenge. Instead, it accelerated toward the Nine Heavens Gate.

Seeing this, golden light surged over the bodies of the eighteen Divine Generals. They drew their blades and spears at once and blocked the Spiritual Light's path.

But the Spiritual Light moved at astonishing speed, bypassed their attacks, and shot straight into the Nine Heavens Gate.

Just as it was about to rush into the Longevity Palace, a cold shout suddenly rang out from the Void.

"Seal!"

A faint ripple spread outward, and the Spiritual Light abruptly stopped.

But immediately afterward came its violent struggle.

A humming, trembling sound rolled through the air. Powerful ripples spread in every direction as two invisible forces wrestled against each other.

As the fluctuations grew more and more intense, a slender hand emerged from the Void and directly seized the Green Bead.

"How dare you force your way into this venerable one's Daoist sanctuary? Little thing, you have quite some courage!"

Yang Zhengshan's voice came from the Void, and the Green Bead instantly fell silent.

"Enough. Leave this matter to this venerable one. You may all return to your own duties!"

As his voice fell, the hand and the bead vanished together.

Whether they were the Divine Generals or the people drawn over by the disturbance, all of them were Surprised and Doubtful upon hearing this.

What could possibly have forced its way into the Immortal Palace?

In all these years, no outsider or foreign object had ever forced its way into the Life Realm Immortal Palace.

Inside the Pill Hall.

Yang Zhengshan sat cross-legged before the Spirit Sealing Profound Fire Furnace, studying the bead in his hand with a curious expression.

He could sense that the bead contained dense Dao Resonance and Dao Intent, but what exactly was it?

The Golden Crow controlled the Solar True Fire beside him. The medicinal liquid inside the Alchemy Furnace continued to churn, but Yang Zhengshan was examining the bead in his hand.

Once familiar, twice at ease.

As he refined the Nine Tripod Divine Pill again, Yang Zhengshan appeared much more relaxed. He was no longer as cautious as before, fully focused on the task. He could spare some attention for other matters.

Just now, he had sensed something strange rushing into the Nine Heavens Gate, so he had projected himself before the Longevity Palace without hesitation.

And he had happened to run into this bead.

"Come out!" Yang Zhengshan shook the bead in his hand.

The bead did not move at all. Not only did it show no reaction, but it also reined in its Spiritual Light and became completely unremarkable.

"If you don't come out, this venerable one will throw you into the furnace and refine you!" Yang Zhengshan threatened.

"This lousy furnace can't refine me!" a somewhat childish voice rang out.

The Golden Crow and Fengling both turned curious gazes toward it.

"There's something strange about this thing!" the Golden Crow said.

Fengling pondered deeply. "It seems to contain powerful Dao Intent. I feel—I feel that it's like..."

At this point, he stared intently at the bead in Yang Zhengshan's hand, his gaze solemn.

"It's a Spirit Treasure!"

"A Spirit Treasure!" The Golden Crow was startled.

Yang Zhengshan flicked his Fly Whisk, pulling the leaping Solar True Fire back beneath the Alchemy Furnace. "Pay attention. Don't ruin this venerable one's Divine Pill!"

This was the Nine Tripod Divine Pill. If it were ruined, he would suffer a tremendous loss!

The Golden Crow hurriedly gathered his wits and focused his attention on Fire Control.

After checking the situation inside the Alchemy Furnace and finding no problems, Yang Zhengshan finally turned his attention back to the bead in his hand.

"Tell me your origins, or don't blame this venerable one for being impolite!"

The bead remained motionless.

"Don't tell me you really think this venerable one has no way to deal with you?" Yang Zhengshan held the bead before his eyes. His pitch-black eyes seemed capable of devouring everything.

Whether his threat had worked or his Death Eye was simply too terrifying, the bead emitted a gentle azure light that transformed into a petite figure.

The little creature was a little over a chi tall. She wore a blue-green gauze dress, her hair tied into twin buns, with a beautiful Seven-Colored Flower tucked into it.

The flower had seven petals, each a different color. It was gorgeous and mysterious.

Yang Zhengshan narrowed his eyes as he looked at her.

This was a Spirit of Artifact!

A Spirit of Artifact containing powerful Life Force!

A Spirit of Artifact harboring dense Dao Intent!

A Spirit of Artifact at the Spirit Treasure level.

This was the first time he had seen a Spirit of Artifact at the Spirit Treasure level. He did not count himself. Although he was also a Spirit of Artifact, his circumstances were rather special.

"My name is Hua Qingzhu!" the tiny girl said in a Naive and Endearing voice.

Judging solely from her appearance, anyone would think she was merely a cute Baby Girl.

Hmm, she and Fengling made quite a pair. The two little creatures were about the same size, and both looked very adorable.

Fengling, however, did not seem to find her adorable. Instead, he thought she was terrifying. The instant she appeared, he hid inside the Alchemy Furnace.

Hua Qingzhu was right. This lousy furnace could not refine her.

"What did you come here for?" Yang Zhengshan felt extremely puzzled.

A Spirit Treasure had suddenly run to his place. For no reason at all, why had it come here?