Qualitative Change in Strength, Danger in the Wild? Is the Big Dipper Dangerous?

"It is actually significantly more powerful than when I opened my Wheel Sea in my past life!"

Li Qingxu shifted his consciousness, and a golden speck of light the size of a pea appeared where his Wheel Sea resided, shining brilliantly.

Threads of divine power circulated within the Golden Bitter Sea, and the occasional wisps of divine radiance that rippled outward nourished his flesh and blood.

One must know that when he first opened his Wheel Sea in Shrouding the Heavens, it had only been the size of a sesame seed.

The difference was truly immense.

"Is it because of the cosmic energy I absorbed?"

"The divine power has also undergone a subtle change; it seems much more condensed."

Li Qingxu's eyes narrowed. He raised his arm, and a streak of golden divine radiance surged out from the Bitter Sea, shooting forth along his finger.

With a sharp "chi" sound, the wall in front of him was easily pierced as if it were tofu.

It even formed a hole about half a meter in diameter in the wall.

With the Bitter Sea opened, he had stepped back onto the path of cultivation.

This was equivalent to a quasi-warrior of this world stepping into the warrior level.

However, Li Qingxu's true strength had undergone a heaven-shaking transformation; it was not merely a simple improvement in realm.

With the divine power in his Bitter Sea now able to manifest externally, it meant he could utilize the various techniques he had once cultivated.

For instance, the Secret of Fighting, the Secret of Movement, the Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist, Yin and Yang, the Great Void Art, the Book of Origin, and so on.

As a Sacred Body at the Ninth Heaven of the Quasi-Emperor realm who was well-versed in the plot, he had obtained far more Emperor-level scriptures and secret arts through various means than Ye Fan ever did.

By the time he fell, Ye Fan was still only at the Great Saint realm.

Of course, with the world having changed and being limited by his current realm, the effects of these various secret arts would be much, much weaker.

Li Qingxu did not stop his cultivation. Knowing that cosmic energy was of great use to him, he sat cross-legged once more and calmed his mind.

He began to sense, capture, and absorb the cosmic energy, integrating it into his Sacred Body.

Before long, his complexion turned flushed, his veins bulged, his skin glowed a deep red, and then faint radiance rippled across the surface of his body.

The Dao Scripture operated automatically, sounding like the divine music of heaven or the holy chants of the Great Dao, rumbling within his Bitter Sea.

One must know that this was hailed as the strongest foundation-building method in the Shrouding the Heavens world, a supreme technique that recorded the scriptures of the Great Dao.

Within the Wheel Sea realm, the Dao Scripture had no equal; even the Wheel Sea chapters of other Emperor scriptures paled in comparison before it.

Li Qingxu's Bitter Sea instantly transformed into a golden ocean, and a roar like a tsunami erupted, sounding as if ten thousand horses were galloping.

Raging waves surged into the sky, golden light dazzled, and the boundless ocean rose and fell, sweeping toward the heavens as scorching divine radiance scattered across the sky.

Streaks of golden lightning tore through the firmament, and ten thousand peals of thunder resounded in the sky; within the destructive power lay endless vitality.

The golden ocean and the monstrous waves intertwined with the scorching lightning, forming a strange world of endless divine radiance.

Below his navel, a golden light shone outward, causing the entire martial arts hall to glow with brilliant divine light.

The pea-sized Bitter Sea was gradually growing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

More golden threads overflowed from the Bitter Sea, circulating through his limbs and bones, nourishing his flesh, organs, and skeleton.

At the same time, a strange change occurred above his golden Bitter Sea.

Various phenomena appeared—specks of divine radiance, like stars, like chaos, surrounded by misty vapors, with streaks of divine clouds shimmering, changing in a thousand ways without a fixed form.

Above the golden ocean, everything was in flux; one moment the galaxy filled the sky, the next the firmament was desolate and withered.

Growth and decay, prosperity and destruction, followed one another in a cycle of reincarnation.

Several more days passed.

Outside the villa, the scorching sun hung high in the sky.

Li Qingxu awoke from his deep meditation, and the moment his eyes opened, a divine light flashed within them.

It was a desire for battle, a yearning to erupt!

His Bitter Sea was now the size of a little finger, hanging in the air like a golden morning sun.

Around the golden Bitter Sea, however, it was as silent as a dead land, surrounded by endless darkness and emptiness, yet it was difficult for that darkness to fully drown out its light.

Absorbing cosmic energy to open the Bitter Sea resulted in rapid improvement.

It gave him the feeling of using pure Source, only the quantity was far too small.

"It is time to find some monsters to vent on, though I must first test how my current strength fares."

Li Qingxu's gaze flickered, and the blood in his veins roared like a rushing river.

After several days of hard cultivation, his overflowing energy was becoming difficult to suppress.

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, Li Qingxu frowned slightly and spat out a pool of liquid.

This was the six bottles of Gene Agent he had consumed.

His Sacred Body had not absorbed a single shred of their efficacy; in fact, it had actively expelled them.

After a quick wash, he changed into a fresh set of clothes and headed out.

Stepping out of the villa, the first thing that caught his eye was a towering, deep-blue skyscraper.

On the facade of this building, four large characters were visible even from several miles away: Limit Dojo!

This was the Limit General Dojo of Jiangnan Base City.

The first floor was a lobby for warriors to drink and chat, while the second through ninth floors were where Fighter-level warriors frequently trained and spent their time.

The tenth through nineteenth floors were reserved for War-General-level warriors.

As Li Qingxu entered the lobby of the Extreme Pavilion, he immediately ran into an old acquaintance, Zhuge Tao, who was standing alongside Uncle Bai.

The two were conversing, with four young trainees following behind them.

Ever since the case of Li Qingxu had emerged, Zhuge Tao made it a point to attend every prospective warrior examination in person.

Even if he knew deep down that these trainees were unlikely to be monsters, what if one was?

"Yo, Supervisor."

Li Qingxu greeted him.

"Hm? You... the change is a bit too drastic, isn't it!"

Disbelief flickered in Zhuge Tao's eyes.

It had only been a week, yet it felt as if he were looking at a completely different person.

Especially that strange aura about him; it gave off a feeling of being untainted by the mortal world.

"It's alright, I was lucky enough to have a breakthrough."

Li Qingxu replied with a smile.

"Uncle Bai, take them ahead first. I'll chat with Little Li for a moment."

"How come your breakthrough seems a bit different?"

Zhuge Tao scanned him, noting that this looked nothing like a transition from a prospective warrior to a Fighter-level.

After a brief, casual chat, Li Qingxu mentioned his plan to head into the Wilderness Zone.

"You want to enter the Wilderness Zone alone? No, absolutely not. That is far too dangerous."

"How about this: I'll find a warrior squad for you to join so you can get familiar with things first."

Zhuge Tao refused without a second thought.

He was joking—if a genius valued by the Dojo Master were to perish under his watch in Jiangnan Base City, the management team would surely be skinned alive.

"Dangerous?"

Li Qingxu chuckled.

Entering the starry sky was indeed dangerous, but was Earth?

The strongest threat seemed to be that Golden Horned Beast that would descend upon Earth in the future.

Could that really be more dangerous than the Big Dipper?

If you lacked strength or influence in the Big Dipper, you would be chased like a dog. The moment you stumbled upon a rare divine treasure, some bastard would inevitably show up wielding an Extreme Imperial Weapon.

Recalling his youthful days in the Big Dipper, holding the Demon Emperor Green Lotus, ready to sink the Central Plains at the slightest disagreement.