Arc 38Tribulations and Hidden Wars

Li Qing evaded the Six Paths and Eight Immortals to complete his lightning and wind tribulations, then endured the fire tribulation while preparing for the coming war. His Flesh Tree replica explored the Dark Forest and uncovered a dangerous boundary filled with Anomalies.

  • Li Qing concealed his lightning tribulation with scattered formations and decoys, then escaped the Geomagnetic Abyss through a feng shui formation as Yuan Zhihui’s forces attacked.
  • Li Qing completed his lightning tribulation, while the Six Paths and Eight Immortals began tracking his geomantic formations and searching for his allies and intelligence network.
  • Li Qing built formations in North Province to summon void storms and transform sunlight into Supreme Yin Divine Fire for his next tribulations.
  • Sun Qiankun persuaded the northern Children of Destiny to coordinate attacks against powerful rivals and draw the outer domains into a plan to divide the realm.
  • Li Qing passed the wind tribulation and endured the Supreme Yin Divine Fire until his Divine Soul reached perfection and began gestating his Primordial Spirit.
  • Li Qing identified Xuanyuan Changlong as a dangerous destined tribulation and resolved to control the Investiture of Gods Great Tribulation before confronting him.
  • Li Qing’s Flesh Tree replica explored the Dark Forest, discovered that its logic assimilated intruders, and recorded the dangers of the surrounding scorched earth and void.
  • Li Qing’s replica foresaw a conflict between the Dark Forest’s Anomalies and the Flesh World, then hid as terrifying Anomalies surged out above.
Chapters 926–950 Vol. 10 Read

Ch. 926The Longevity Spirit Curse Exchange and a Sleight-of-Hand Grab

Li Qing arranged to obtain the Pujiang Dragon King's World Primordial Stone in exchange for the Longevity Spirit Curse, then used the Way of Changes and Wish Spell to divert the stone unnoticed. The stone ended up swallowed by a carp while Li Qing's Flesh Tree returned to Longevity Grotto-Heaven.

  • Li Qing offered the Pujiang Dragon King the Longevity Spirit Curse in exchange for the World Primordial Stone, and the Dragon King agreed to hide it among treasures for Long'er.
  • The Pujiang Dragon King gave Long'er and Ao Mingzhu a storage bag of resources and urged them to hide the treasures in case the Dragon Palace faced danger.
  • Li Qing used the Way of Changes to see Ao Mingzhu hide the treasures across the Nine Provinces and confirmed that his Flesh Tree could retrieve them without interference.
  • Li Qing cast the Wish Spell, causing the World Primordial Stone to merge into an Essence Stone that slipped into an underground current while Ao Mingzhu hid the treasures.
  • A carp swallowed the Essence Stone after it emerged into a river, and Li Qing confirmed that the Six Paths and Eight Immortals had not noticed his plan.
  • Li Qing's Flesh Tree returned to human form and arrived at Longevity Grotto-Heaven.

Ch. 927World Pearl Formed, Prelude to Exploration

Li Qing refined the Longevity Grotto-Heaven into a World Pearl whose world power could devour and absorb matter. He left Flesh Seeds as an escape route and sent his incarnations toward the Southern Frontier Grottoes to explore the Flesh World.

  • Li Qing inscribed the World Primordial Divine Curse on the World Primordial Stone and buried it beneath the Longevity Fruit Tree.
  • The World Primordial Stone's world veins spread through the Longevity Grotto-Heaven, and the grotto-heaven condensed into a palm-sized World Pearl.
  • Li Qing discovered that the World Pearl's logic was All-Things Devouring, which absorbed matter at the cost of the pearl's own strength.
  • Li Qing hid three Flesh Seeds beneath the Tree of Longevity and sent the Flesh Tree incarnation toward the Southern Frontier Grottoes.
  • The Divine Body entered the Southern Frontier Grottoes carrying the World Pearl, while a Myriad Shadow Paper Doll headed toward the Nine Provinces with Essence Stones.
  • Inside the World Pearl, the Flesh Tree incarnation used the Great Duplication Spell to create a duplicate that stepped out toward the Flesh World.

Ch. 928Re-entering Flesh and Blood, How to Resolve the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation?

Li Qing began exploring the Flesh World with a World Pearl-protected replica while cultivating his Divine Soul to the Flower Bloom Realm. He foresaw that his upcoming lightning tribulation would draw powerful enemies, and began considering how to divert them.

  • Li Qing determined that the World Pearl could resist the Flesh World's laws if he replenished it with Essence Stones, and set rules for the replica to hunt three disaster-level Anomalies daily while exploring.
  • The Flesh Tree replica entered the depths of the Flesh World under concealment, avoiding danger and recording discoveries.
  • Li Qing's Divine Soul formed a thirteen-grade lotus, sharpening his perception of spacetime and revealing strange beings fighting across a temporal-spatial rift.
  • Li Qing used Way of Changes to foresee a massive thunderstorm on the third day of the third month as the best chance to cross the lightning tribulation.
  • Li Qing saw that revealing himself during the tribulation would draw the Six Paths and Eight Immortals, the five great Wisdom Logic Anomalies, and Tribulation Realm cultivators, so he considered using bait to lure them away.

Ch. 929Void Lures Thunder, Yin-Yang Swaps Souls

Li Qing devised a plan to secretly gather void lightning at the Geomagnetic Abyss so he could undergo Tribulation Crossing without the Six Paths and Eight Immortals discovering him. He began building the dispersed lightning-drawing nodes, starting at Muddled Peak in Yang Province.

  • Li Qing concluded that he had to hide from the many cultivators watching for his Tribulation Crossing and use feng shui to evade them.
  • He chose the Geomagnetic Abyss as the hidden gathering point and planned to transmit lightning there from 108 scattered nodes linked through earth veins.
  • Li Qing planned to make the nodes self-destruct if discovered and to escape the abyss using the Yin-Yang Void Feng Shui Soul-Switching Formation.
  • He traveled to Muddled Peak in Yang Province and sent Myriad Shadow Paper Dolls across the surrounding mountains.
  • Li Qing arranged for 108 apricot-wood trees to appear atop Muddled Peak as part of his lightning-drawing setup.

Ch. 930Deploying the Nodes, the Devil Immortal Descends

Li Qing laid a lightning-drawing formation across the peaks while the Blood Jade Daoist reported a mysterious stele to the Myriad-Calamity World-Ending Devil Lord. As the Devil Lord investigated the stele, Li Qing prepared to Cross Tribulation in the Northern Desert, counting on the Five Wisdom Logic Anomalies to distract him.

  • Li Qing carved apricot heartwood feng shui nails, set a lightning-struck stone at Muddled Peak, and continued placing formation nodes.
  • The Blood Jade Daoist failed to move the stone stele and, under the influence of five Wisdom Logic Anomalies, decided to report it to the Demonic Path Immortal.
  • The five Wisdom Logic Anomalies planned to lure the Devil Lord into a trap and surround him in the layer between the Dark Side and the Nine Provinces.
  • The Blood Jade Daoist summoned the Myriad-Calamity World-Ending Devil Lord and told him about the stele.
  • The Myriad-Calamity World-Ending Devil Lord examined the stele, found that his derived logic could not affect it, and suspected it was connected to the Enemy of Heaven.
  • Li Qing arrived in the Northern Desert and prepared to Cross Tribulation, believing the Devil Lord was distracted by the Five Wisdom Logic Anomalies.

Ch. 931Geomagnetic Abyss, Exploring the Future

Li Qing completed the Void Lightning-Calling Feng Shui Grand Formation in the Geomagnetic Abyss and established a second formation to help him escape and conceal himself. When he used the Way of Changes to inspect the future, he saw powerful figures discover and destroy several lightning-channeling points.

  • Li Qing entered the Geomagnetic Abyss and drove 365 feng shui nails into the earth around a convergence of earth veins.
  • Li Qing placed a blood-bound bronze mirror in the earth veins, linking the formation to 108 lightning-struck stones across Yang Province and North Province.
  • Master and the Pujiang Dragon King noticed unusual water vapor and lightning qi gathering, while the Taihe Dragon King sensed the change as well.
  • Li Qing set up the Yin-Yang Void Spirit-Swapping Feng Shui Grand Formation beneath the earth veins, and his future self built its matching formation in Qing Province.
  • Li Qing used the Way of Changes to view the future and saw powerful figures find abnormal lightning-channeling points and burn their feng shui nails to ash.

Ch. 932Continuing the Arrangement, A Wise Layout

Li Qing prepared traps at Myriad Thunder Canyon and the Storm Plains to distract the cultivators hunting him, then used the Way of Changes to confirm that his plan would let him cross the lightning tribulation. As a spring thunderstorm approached, Yuan Zhihui rallied the Tribulation Realm cultivators to search the Nine Provinces Four Regions for Li Qing.

  • Li Qing realized the searchers could find his lightning-calling nodes quickly, so he decided to use Myriad Thunder Canyon and the Storm Plains to divert them.
  • Li Qing's future self planted a Void Lightning-Calling Feng Shui Grand Formation and a Myriad Shadow Paper Doll beneath Myriad Thunder Canyon to trigger a destructive earth-vein explosion.
  • Li Qing set traps at both locations, reviewed his plan through the Way of Changes, and saw that he had successfully crossed the lightning tribulation.
  • Yuan Zhihui searched Two Realms City for traces of Li Qing, then sensed that a massive spring thunderstorm was approaching.
  • Yuan Zhihui summoned more than forty Tribulation Realm cultivators and urged them to deploy Longevity Realm cultivators across the Nine Provinces Four Regions to catch Li Qing during his tribulation.

Ch. 933Spring Thunder Difficult to Cross, Heaven's Secrets Blocked

The Hundred Schools of Thought and the six paths joined forces to search the Nine Provinces Four Regions for Li Qing ahead of his Tribulation Crossing, while their actions obscured his view of the future. Li Qing decided to bargain with the Pujiang Dragon King for more lifespan, offering a refuge for the Dragon King's family in exchange.

  • The patriarchs agreed to coordinate their forces and watch for Li Qing's preparations when the spring thunder arrived.
  • Longevity Realm cultivators took positions across more than a hundred regions while forty-nine Tribulation Realm cultivators established nodes under Yuan Zhihui's command.
  • Li Qing saw the updated information and realized that the united forces were searching for his true body; his attempt to peer into the future revealed that the Eight Immortals' power was obscuring the heavenly secrets.
  • Li Qing decided to offer the Pujiang Dragon King access to the Nine Heavens Star River Tribulation-Avoiding Grotto-Heaven in exchange for a hundred years of lifespan.
  • Li Qing contacted the Pujiang Dragon King through a talisman and requested a hundred years of lifespan, and the Dragon King warned that lifespan was finite even for a Longevity Realm cultivator.

Ch. 934Borrowing Lifespan, Unknown Scrutiny

Li Qing traded the Nine Heavens Star River Tribulation-Avoiding Grotto-Heaven method to the Pujiang Dragon King for a hundred years of lifespan, which he secretly placed in a treasure for Li Qing to retrieve. The Dragon King sent ten generals to support Pan Chengfeng, while Haoran Sage’s avatar watched without detecting the exchange.

  • Li Qing persuaded the Pujiang Dragon King to trade a hundred years of lifespan for the Grotto-Heaven method and instructed him to hide the Force-Borrowing Talisman in a reward treasure.
  • The Pujiang Dragon King activated the talisman, received the method from Li Qing, and placed the talisman inside a spatial treasure in his treasury.
  • The Pujiang Dragon King summoned his ten great generals and ordered them to join Pan Chengfeng’s naval forces at Coiling Dragon Lake, giving each three treasures.
  • Haoran Sage’s avatar observed the Dragon King’s actions and suspected Li Qing had an extraordinary treasure for monitoring them.

Ch. 935Summoning War Souls, Mutual Investigation by Open Scheme

Haoran Sage reflected on how his faction’s complacency had allowed Li Qing to grow beyond their reach. Li Qing summoned thirteen Battle Soul Puppets and sent them to dangerous locations as decoys, while Yuan Zhihui’s group realized he had acted again.

  • Haoran Sage reviewed his extensive investigations into Li Qing and recognized that the powerful rulers’ loss of vigilance had let Li Qing rise.
  • An unseen will caused Carp General to open a jade box, allowing a Shadow Paper Doll to take a talisman and vanish without his memory of the event.
  • Li Qing received the Force-Borrowing Talisman and reasoned that he needed to conceal where he would undergo his tribulation from the Six Paths and Eight Immortals.
  • Li Qing summoned thirteen Battle Soul Puppets, sealed them in talismans, and prepared decoys using Myriad Shadow Paper Dolls and Transformation, Lightning-Calling, and Mist Talismans.
  • Li Qing sent the preparations to thirteen dangerous regions, and Yuan Zhihui’s group realized that Li Qing had summoned thirteen battle souls.

Ch. 936Wisdom's Vigilance, Borrowing Hands to Divide

Yuan Zhihui analyzed Li Qing’s layered smokescreens and ordered the forces of the Six Paths and Eight Immortals to prepare for his Tribulation Crossing. Li Qing planned to exploit divisions among his enemies, and three days before the spring thunder, a letter was delivered to a youth in White Mist City.

  • Yuan Zhihui warned that Li Qing might use multiple sets of smokescreens to hide his Tribulation Crossing and ordered the forces to investigate together without holding back.
  • Yuan Zhihui’s analysis made the gathered cultivators fear losing the favor of the Six Paths and Eight Immortals if their operation failed.
  • Li Qing used the Way of Changes but found the future obscured, then resolved to break the enemies’ open gambit by exposing a possible secret of the Ghost Path.
  • Li Qing decided to use the Wish Spell to spread information that could create a rift among his enemies, potentially drawing the five Wisdom Logic Anomalies into action.
  • Three days before the spring thunder, a Myriad Shadow Paper Doll left a letter outside a courtyard in White Mist City, and a youth opened the gate to find it.

Ch. 937A Favor That Cost Nothing, News Spreads

The five Wisdom Logic Anomalies spread Li Qing’s information about the Ghost Path’s plans to divide the Six Paths and Eight Immortals. The rumors reached the Nine Provinces and the immortals, who confronted the Nether River Yama Son of Heaven, while he denied conspiring with beings from beyond the domain.

  • The five Wisdom Logic Anomalies recognized that Li Qing had given them the Ghost Path information to sow discord and agreed to spread it as a favor.
  • The five Wisdom Logic Anomalies mobilized cult cultivators to circulate rumors that the Ghost Path was conducting a blood sacrifice to summon a being from beyond the domain.
  • Yuan Zhihui questioned the first Yama King about the rumors, and the Yama King denied them and blamed the five Wisdom Logic Anomalies.
  • The immortals at the boundary between the Bright Side and the Dark Side heard the reports and grew wary of the Nether River Yama Son of Heaven.
  • The Chaos Yin-Yang Dao Lord demanded an explanation from the Nether River Yama Son of Heaven, who called the rumors a scheme by the five Wisdom Logic Anomalies.

Ch. 938The Lightning Tribulation Begins, Clearing Them One by One

As the spring thunder spread across the Nine Provinces Four Regions, Li Qing activated lightning formations and endured a lightning tribulation in Myriad Magnet Canyon. Yuan Zhihui ordered Tribulation Realm cultivators to search the many lightning strike sites, while the first-generation Yama King realized the Ghost Path cultivators had been grouped together because they were not trusted.

  • The eight immortals ended their discussion, and the war between the Bright Side and the Dark Side continued.
  • Yuan Zhihui warned that Li Qing might be hiding beneath the thunderclouds over North Province and Yang Province, and ordered Longevity Realm cultivators to search the Nine Provinces Four Regions.
  • Li Qing's decoys triggered lightning in dangerous regions, while formations at Myriad Thunder Canyon, Storm Plains, and 108 nodes in Yang Province and North Province drew down more lightning.
  • In Myriad Magnet Canyon, Li Qing inhaled condensed lightning water and used the Invincible Human Dao Dharma Body and lotus manifestation to endure the destruction and restoration of his Divine Soul.
  • Yuan Zhihui dispatched 34 Tribulation Realm cultivators to search the lightning strike points, Myriad Thunder Canyon, and Storm Plains.
  • The first-generation Yama King realized the Ghost Path cultivators had been assigned together because the others did not trust them.

Ch. 939Swift Distinction, Locking onto Jiangbei

Yuan Zhihui ordered cultivators to destroy lightning strike points across the Nine Provinces Four Regions while Li Qing recovered inside the Geomagnetic Abyss. With many sites revealed as diversions and the formation’s nodes failing, the search focused on whether the cultivators could find the abyss before the next lightning wave.

  • Yuan Zhihui ordered Longevity Realm and Tribulation Realm cultivators to destroy lightning strike points across Yang Province and North Province as quickly as possible.
  • Bone Treasure Daoist and Green Fish Daoist destroyed a mirage in Sand Province, fought its Battle Soul Puppet, and found no sign of Li Qing.
  • Yuan Zhihui learned that thirteen searched areas were diversions and redirected attention toward the strike points in Yang Province and North Province.
  • The first generation Yama King and seven other Tribulation Realm cultivators searched Myriad Thunder Canyon and the Storm Plains, but Yuan Zhihui judged that the search would take at least a quarter of an hour.
  • Li Qing's Divine Soul recovered inside the Geomagnetic Abyss as a third of the formation's nodes went dark, and he prepared to rely on one final massive wave of lightning.
  • Yuan Zhihui displayed a map marking the lightning strike points that had been destroyed and those still intact.

Ch. 940Seeing Through Feng Shui, One Move Higher

Yuan Zhihui traced Li Qing’s lightning decoys through the earth veins and identified the Geomagnetic Abyss as his hiding place. Li Qing escaped the cultivators’ devastating attack with the Yin-Yang Void Spirit-Swapping Feng Shui Grand Formation and continued tempering his Divine Soul with lightning.

  • Yuan Zhihui recognized that the destroyed lightning nodes were decoys arranged along earth vein nodes and traced their energy toward the Northern Desert.
  • Yuan Zhihui mapped the Northern Desert’s earth veins and led more than a hundred cultivators toward the Geomagnetic Abyss, where he identified Li Qing’s location.
  • Li Qing sensed the cultivators approaching and unleashed the lightning gathered by the Void Lightning-Calling Feng Shui Grand Formation.
  • Li Qing activated the Yin-Yang Void Spirit-Swapping Feng Shui Grand Formation and vanished from the Geomagnetic Abyss just before the cultivators’ attack devastated it.
  • Li Qing appeared on the formation’s other side and continued tempering his Divine Soul with the lightning he had absorbed.

Ch. 941Though Victorious, Not Complete, One Card Short

After surviving the lightning tribulation, Li Qing used the Record Book to confirm that Yuan Zhihui had traced his geomantic grand formation and found his location. The Six Paths and Eight Immortals recognized that Li Qing had escaped but learned more about his abilities, leaving him to prepare for an increasingly difficult life tribulation.

  • Li Qing's Divine Soul adapted to the lightning's destruction, gained vitality from the lotus manifestation, and completed the lightning tribulation.
  • Li Qing wrote in the Record Book that the cultivators had found him by tracing the geomantic grand formation, and learned that Yuan Zhihui had seen through it.
  • Li Qing realized the Six Paths and Eight Immortals' lock on Heavenly secrets could block his future deductions and said his next life tribulation would come when his Primordial Spirit entered the Dharma Form realm.
  • Li Qing's present incarnation left the area as his past and future selves rose in realm with his power.
  • The Six Paths and Eight Immortals discussed Li Qing's escape, identified his geomantic formations as a revealed ability, and planned to monitor earth-vein fluctuations.

Ch. 942Eight Clues, Two Directions

The Eight Immortals assessed what they knew about Li Qing and devised plans to find his fate-trial opponent, uncover his intelligence network, and draw hidden Wisdom Logic Anomalies into a trap. Li Qing learned of their plans through the Jade Tablet and believed his followers had already secured enough trust to keep his system hidden.

  • The Chaos Yin-Yang Dao Lord listed eight known clues about Li Qing and set finding his fate-trial opponent and intelligence system as the Eight Immortals' main objectives.
  • Namo Nirvana Light Buddha suspected Li Qing had engineered the three domains' unifications to draw his destined trial into the war and gain a third identity-based lead.
  • The Chaos Yin-Yang Dao Lord identified Zhu Yiba, Wang Qianqiu, and Nangong Haoran's followers as possible places to find Li Qing, and the Haoran Sage agreed to oversee surveillance.
  • The Eight Immortals said the Nine Provinces' defenses could hold for three more months and planned to use a discovered Seal of Heaven to lure out the five hidden Wisdom Logic Anomalies.
  • Li Qing read the Jade Tablet's update, learned the Eight Immortals' plans through his surveillance, and trusted that his followers' ties to the Children of Destiny would keep his intelligence system concealed.

Ch. 943Wind and Fire Tribulations, Selection and Arrangement

Li Qing planned to undergo the Wind and Fire Tribulations using a hidden spacetime rift and sunlight transformed into Yin fire, while Yuan Zhihui anticipated his options and turned his attention to Li Qing’s intelligence network. Li Qing began building two formations in a secluded North Province valley.

  • Li Qing chose to draw a void storm into a spacetime rift for the Wind Tribulation and planned to gather sunlight and transform it into Yin fire for the Fire Tribulation.
  • Yuan Zhihui assessed the likely locations and methods Li Qing might use, then decided to investigate the intelligence organization suspected of helping him obtain Primordial Dharma Forms.
  • Li Qing arrived at a desolate valley in North Province with a small earth vein suitable for setting up formations.
  • Li Qing began constructing the Tang Valley Flame Yin-Transformation Formation and the Chaotic Spacetime Sky-Rending Formation, driving 108 feng shui nails into the valley and linking them with ink patterns.

Ch. 944Blazing Flames Transform Yin, Spacetime Wind Tribulation

Li Qing established formations to cultivate Supreme Yin Divine Fire and control a dangerous spatial rift, then deliberately unleashed a void storm to temper his Divine Soul. The storm engulfed him, and his thirteen-grade lotus began repairing the damage as he endured its assault.

  • Li Qing activated the Tang Valley Flame Yin-Transformation Formation, which gathered sunlight and transformed it into Supreme Yin Divine Fire, and left a Myriad Shadow Paper Doll to guard it.
  • Li Qing found a weak point in underground spacetime and built the Chaotic Spacetime Sky-Rending Formation, along with layered restrictions to contain and dissipate any escaping void storms.
  • After resting until he recovered, Li Qing used the formation to tear open spacetime and summon a multicolored void storm.
  • Li Qing sent his Divine Soul into the storm, where its forces battered him and the thirteen-grade lotus repaired his injuries.

Ch. 945Wind Tribulation Unhindered, Qiankun Mobilizes

Li Qing endured the wind tribulation as the Principle of Civilization repaired his Divine Soul, and he ultimately passed as the spacetime rift sealed. At Pan Chengfeng’s palace, Sun Qiankun laid out a plan for the coming war and sought to coordinate the six Children of Destiny.

  • The Principle of Civilization absorbed and adapted to the spacetime storms, restoring Li Qing’s Divine Soul and strengthening its defenses.
  • The void storms carved into the earth fissure before fading, and Li Qing successfully passed the wind tribulation.
  • Sun Qiankun warned Pan Chengfeng’s supporters that war would begin in a little over two months, with outside forces ready to invade the Nine Provinces.
  • Sun Qiankun presented the Threefold Division of the Realm strategy: target the strongest Children of Destiny, lure the external domains into a trap, and then contend for territory.
  • Sun Qiankun called for secret coordination among the six Children of Destiny, and Willow Leaf Hermit offered to establish communication channels and arrange a meeting.

Ch. 946Strategizing from the Command Tent, Heaven, Earth, and Humanity

Sun Qiankun presented the northern Children of Destiny with a plan to divide the realm among themselves by targeting the strongest heirs of the three Daoist Sects, then turning against the outer-region forces. The others weighed the proposal’s risks and benefits, and Li Qinglian decided to cooperate while Xuanyuan Changlong judged it feasible.

  • Willow Leaf Hermit contacted the other five northern Children of Destiny and arranged a secret meeting at Pan Chengfeng's court.
  • Pan Chengfeng introduced Sun Qiankun, who proposed that pairs of northern factions attack Tang Wanshan, Ximen Yongsheng, and Huang Wanchao, then seek peace with the remaining Daoist Sect heirs.
  • Sun Qiankun proposed drawing the three outer-region Children of Destiny into attacking before the northern factions turned on them, aiming to divide the realm among three powers.
  • Li Qinglian suspected Pan Chengfeng wanted to defeat him later but decided to take part, confident in his army's numerical advantage.
  • Xuanyuan Changlong considered the plan a viable way to weaken the strong and advance his own goal of obtaining the Logic Relics.

Ch. 947Into My Trap, Yin Fire Tribulation

Sun Qiankun coordinated the Children of Destiny’s plans to attack the three great Daoist Sects while the sects and outer domains made their own schemes. Li Qing monitored the shifting alliances, then entered the Tang Valley Flame Yin-Transformation Formation to temper his Divine Soul with Supreme Yin Divine Fire, where dangerous entities stirred beyond distorted space.

  • Sun Qiankun won the Children of Destiny’s agreement to divide their forces and attack the strongest Children of Destiny of the three great Daoist Sects, then prepared detailed strategies with them.
  • Sun Qiankun told Pan Chengfeng that their plan had a fifty percent chance of success, and Pan Chengfeng entrusted the operation to him.
  • Moonwheel Daoist advised Tang Wanshan to consider feigning an alliance with their enemies to draw in the outer realm, then destroy it and attack the Confucian Dao and Hundred Schools of Thought.
  • Li Qing monitored the Jade Tablet’s reports and waited for the Daoist Sect and outer domains to act so he could turn their schemes against them.
  • Li Qing entered the Tang Valley Flame Yin-Transformation Formation and subjected his Divine Soul to the Supreme Yin Divine Fire as strange entities writhed beyond the distorted spaces around him.

Ch. 948Primordial Spirit Gestation, Xuanyuan's Omen

Li Qing completed the transformation of his Divine Soul and began gestating a Primordial Spirit, sensing that he would need more power and resources. He also sensed Xuanyuan Changlong as his destined tribulation, while Xuanyuan detected an unknown threat and suspected Li Qing.

  • Li Qing endured the Supreme Yin Divine Fire until his Divine Soul reached perfection and the Radiance of the Principle of Civilization grew stronger.
  • A sinister illusion attacked Li Qing’s mind, but his Light of Civilization exposed it and the Heavens Civilization Torrent destroyed the black figure.
  • Li Qing’s Divine Soul entered the Lotus Flower Aspect and began transforming into a cosmic egg that would gestate his Primordial Spirit.
  • Li Qing sensed that the Primordial Spirit’s gestation required more power and resumed hunting beneath the South River Grotto with his Divine Body.
  • Li Qing sensed Xuanyuan Changlong as a dangerous destined tribulation and resolved to control the Investiture of Gods Great Tribulation before defeating him.
  • Xuanyuan Changlong felt an ill omen, used a mysterious spell to seek its source, and suspected either another Child of Destiny or Li Qing.

Ch. 949Dark Forest, Mysterious Black Soil

Li Qing’s Flesh Tree duplicate reached the boundary between the Flesh World and the Dark Forest, where he discovered that the black forest transformed intruders and trapped them through its rules. He recorded his findings and concluded that the forest cultivated new logic by assimilating living beings as nourishment for a conceptual logic existence.

  • Li Qing’s Flesh Tree duplicate reached a cracked expanse of black earth separating the Flesh World from a towering black forest.
  • Li Qing found that the black ground connected through its cracks to a void filled with unknown, terrifying presences, and that the boundary lacked vital essence.
  • Li Qing entered the Dark Forest and saw his duplicate turn into a black plant; after roots immobilized it and strange logic began invading, he destroyed the clone.
  • Li Qing sent out a new clone and tested the forest, discovering that movement provoked attacks while standing still too long caused roots to bind intruders to the ground.
  • Li Qing recorded the forest’s four rules and deduced that its logic assimilated invaders, merging with their power to generate nourishment for a conceptual logic existence.

Ch. 950Way of Changes Restriction, War in Two Places

Li Qing learned that the scorched earth connected the low-dimensional void ocean and served as a buffer between the Flesh World and the Dark Forest. Using Way of Changes through the Flesh Tree’s replica, he foresaw a battle on the scorched earth and hid beneath the Flesh World when a flood of Anomalies emerged.

  • Li Qing recorded his understanding that fissures in the scorched earth led into a low-dimensional void ocean filled with drifting worlds and hunting creatures.
  • Li Qing projected Way of Changes through the Flesh Tree’s replica and saw a future war between Anomalies from the Dark Forest and the Flesh World, with a World Pearl caught nearby.
  • Li Qing concluded that the high-dimensional world’s Mist obstructed celestial divination and warned himself to prepare to evade danger.
  • The replica crossed the essence-draining scorched earth while the World Pearl remained protected inside its body.
  • After half a day, Li Qing sensed danger, hid the replica beneath the Flesh World, and watched a flood of terrifying Anomalies surge out above.
Arc 38 of 127
Arc 38 of 127