Among the nearly thousand War Gods present, many cast curious glances at Li Qingxu.
They had heard a rumor: at the beginning of the month, a Quasi-Martial Artist named Li Qingxu had already reached Perfect Level in movement techniques.
Word was that Lei Meng of the Thunder Dojo had eagerly gone to recruit him, only to leave with his tail between his legs. In the end, it seemed Li Qingxu had joined the Limit Dojo.
"Is he someone else with the same name?"
Looking at the exceptionally young-looking Li Qingxu, the War Gods wondered to themselves.
After all, going from Quasi-Martial Artist to High-level War God in just one month was an enormous leap.
There were 3,516 War Gods on Earth, and only a few hundred were High-level War Gods. It was extremely rare for a newly advanced War God to already be High-level.
But seeing Liu He standing beside him, they began to think it was the same person.
"By the usual rules, I still have to introduce you to them."
Liu He said with a faint smile.
"Don't bother."
"Inspector Liu."
"Inspector Liu."
Along the way, many War Gods from the Limit Dojo stood and greeted Liu He.
"Mm. This is Li Qingxu from our headquarters. He holds the same position as I do."
Liu He introduced him to the surrounding War Gods from the Limit Dojo.
"Whoa, an Inspector?"
In an instant, the War Gods' expressions changed.
He was a High-level War God, yet held the same status as Inspector Liu.
After all, Inspector Liu was a Beyond War God, and the Dojo Master had appointed him as an Inspector.
"Don't listen to him. I haven't taken up a position at the Dojo."
Li Qingxu spoke up.
At that, Liu He curled his lip.
He hadn't taken up an official position, and already his status was higher than that of their whole group. Calling him an Inspector was actually understating it.
In a corner of the hall.
"It's your first time here today. My treat."
"The food's delicious, but nothing in the real world can compare to the Virtual Space."
Liu He smiled as he took the menu from the server beside him and handed it to Li Qingxu.
"Never mind. Let me treat you instead."
Li Qingxu took the menu, flipped through a few pages, then shook his head and handed it back to the server.
He signaled for the server to leave for now and said he would call when they were ready.
"What, nothing you like?"
Liu He looked surprised, then chuckled. "Haha, I've tried all the dishes here..."
"Holy crap!"
Liu He stared at the dish that had suddenly appeared on the table, his scalp prickling.
A giant roc, about three meters long and roasted to a golden brown, had appeared right there on the dining table.
Then, in the next instant, a crystal-clear wine jug appeared, its wine a vivid blood-red.
"You!"
Liu He stared at Li Qingxu in disbelief.
The food had appeared out of nowhere, without anyone ordering it.
This was the War God Palace, and he was one of its fifty-two councilors, yet he hadn't sensed a thing.
Besides, there was only one place in the entire War God Palace that sold food and drink.
"Haha, try it and see if it tastes any different."
Li Qingxu smiled and used the jug to pour Liu He a cup.
He couldn't exactly tell Liu He that he'd added a few permissions to the War God Palace.
If word got out, probably no one would dare enter the War God Palace.
"After seeing what you can do, I'm tempted to leave this place right now."
Liu He suppressed his unease and spoke slowly.
If nothing unusual had happened in the War God Palace, he would have run already.
His own consciousness had entered the War God Palace. Who knew whether he'd wake up in the real world if that consciousness disappeared?
"Relax. Hong built the War God Palace. How could anything go wrong?"
Li Qingxu lifted his glass and took a sip. His eyes instantly lit up.
He had to admit, the Immortal Divine Phoenix Nectar he'd recreated from memory tasted just as amazing as before.
It didn't have the effects of a divine medicine, but the taste was exactly the same.
"That's not necessarily true."
Liu He shook his head, unconvinced.
The wine in his glass still shimmered with dazzling light, and the faint phantom of a Divine Phoenix seemed to be soaring within it.
Only after seeing that Li Qingxu had drunk a cup without anything happening did he lift his own glass and drain it.
"Now that's good wine!"
Liu He's eyes shone as he exclaimed.
It felt as if he had become a colossal phoenix, soaring through the boundless sea of stars.
He had never felt anything like it. For a moment, it was as if even his consciousness had been elevated.
By comparison, the wine sold in the War God Palace was practically mud.
"Haha, I'll get you some more, then."
Li Qingxu used his permissions to conjure ten more jugs, then vanished from the spot.
"Not a bad place."
Li Qingxu set his consciousness helmet aside.
At least whenever he wanted to relive the flavors of the Shrouding the Heavens World, he could drop by the War God Palace and enjoy them for free.
Inside the cultivation chamber.
Li Qingxu sat cross-legged, his consciousness sinking into his Bitter Sea.
The Golden Bitter Sea surged as lightning flashed and thunder rumbled above. At its center, the Life Spring occasionally gushed with divine radiance.
A golden Nine-Story Pagoda slowly bobbed in the Life Spring, tempered by the washing of divine power.
Suddenly, a sound like a discourse on the Great Dao rang out in the Bitter Sea.
The nameless was the beginning of Heaven and Earth.
The named was the mother of all things.
In an instant, nine strange ancient characters were branded onto the pagoda, weaving the Dao and its principles into the golden Nine-Story Pagoda.
At first, they shimmered like stars, each radiating divine light. Then they exhaled and spread like chaos, emerging from the void, transforming in myriad ways, and taking no fixed form.
It was as if all things were in their infancy: Heaven and Earth took shape, yin and yang complemented each other, and the union of their energies gave birth to all things. Growth and decline, prosperity and extinction—everything alternated in an endless cycle.
The nine ancient characters merged with the Nine-Story Pagoda, as if opening Heaven and Earth and creating another world.
The pagoda had now become profoundly mysterious and unfathomable, as if born from chaos, ancient and majestic.
"Too bad."
Li Qingxu sighed inwardly.
If only he had a Mysterious Yellow Mother Qi Root. The Nine-Story Pagoda he had forged was made only from divine patterns formed by divine power.
Compared to the Mysterious Yellow Mother Qi Pagoda that had protected him in his previous life, this pagoda was no more than a castle in the air.
It would do for use at lower realms, but once he advanced, it wouldn't be enough unless he reforged it with divine materials.
"I'm already at the peak of the Life Spring Realm. It's time to break through."
Li Qingxu murmured. At the center of his Bitter Sea, the Life Spring gushed as its source of divine power boiled.
The spring at the bottom of the sea had expanded many times over. It flowed without end, surging ceaselessly, and beams of rosy light occasionally burst forth.
Then he calmed his mind and absorbed the energy of the universe with all his might.
The cells within his Sacred Body were crying out for sustenance, as if they had been hungry for a long time.
As streams of cosmic energy poured in, his cells rejoiced and devoured it ravenously.
The Dao Scripture circulated on its own. Powerful waves of vitality surged through his body, and his Golden Bitter Sea shone like a sun.
A sea of golden divine radiance blazed outward, bathing the entire training hall in brilliant light.
Half a month later, a rumbling echoed through the room. Waves crashed like a raging sea, thunder boomed, and streaks of rainbow light shot out.
At that moment, a brilliant Divine Rainbow stretched across the sky above Li Qingxu's Golden Bitter Sea, dazzling beyond compare.
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