Arc 62The Longevity Tribulation

Li Qing endured a vast Immortal Realm blockade while his three bodies crossed their tribulations and drew power from the Dark Ocean. After killing Longevity and surviving Ashes, he left the Hundred Great Worlds battle effectively won, but Haoran Sage’s forces continued pursuing him.

  • Haoran Sage’s allies formed a Logic Network while Li Qing’s forces conquered the Spiritual Essence World and absorbed its remaining logic.
  • Li Qing’s Civilization Logic expanded across thousands of surface logics, and his three bodies were drawn into a dark place where they faced The Indescribable and Ashes.
  • Haoran Sage’s forces repeatedly intercepted Li Qing’s Present Body, while Spiritual Rhinoceros shielded him and Li Qing used decoys to evade their attacks.
  • Li Qing’s Divine Body killed the Underworld Devil Lord’s avatar, and Li Qing and Spiritual Rhinoceros later killed Longevity with the Heart-Destroying Sword and Heavenly Dao Reincarnation.
  • Li Qing merged his three bodies, escaped Ashes’ attacks, and used Destruction Sword Light to obliterate Ashes’ spiritual imprint.
  • Li Qing’s bodies drained the Dark Ocean and helped defeat the Spirit King, while his Faith Incarnation’s battle with Immortal Supreme God’s army destabilized the isolated spacetime beneath the earth.
  • Li Qing’s Heart-Destroying Sword and Spiritual Rhinoceros’s spear killed Imperial Sovereign during Haoran Sage’s final blockade.
  • Li Qing and Spiritual Rhinoceros fled, but Eternal Night Lifeless Dao Lord, Namo Nirvana Light-Dark Buddha, Purple God, and Spirit King surrounded them with attacks from every direction.
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Ch. 1526Peering Through the Mystery, All Conditions Met

The Haoran Sage regrouped the nine Heavenly Emperors and Ghost Emperors into a defensive formation to keep Li Qing from exploiting flaws in their logic. While Spiritual Rhinoceros harassed them and the battle remained stalemated, Li Qing’s forces conquered the Spiritual Essence World and absorbed its remaining logic into Heavenly Dao.

  • The Haoran Sage warned that Li Qing’s secret treasure could reconstruct their logic and ordered the nine allies to stay close, conceal their logic, and wait for Li Qing’s aura to reveal a weakness.
  • The Haoran Sage’s group joined their power beneath the Void Wheel and a Heavenly Dao Reincarnation barrier, forming a Logic Network that extended seven hundred and fifty li.
  • The Divine Body sent Spiritual Rhinoceros to attack the barrier, but Purple God of the Immortal Realm and his companions repelled each strike through coordinated defense.
  • The Divine Body reflected that the Haoran Sage had survived by reviving through Dao Thief’s body, taking his logic, and using reincarnation logic to repair his own.
  • Li Qinglian led the Civilization Empire’s armies to capture every remaining city in the Spiritual Essence World and brainwash their leaders.
  • Li Qing and his allies absorbed the Spiritual Essence World’s remaining logic, leaving them with roughly forty-five percent of Heavenly Dao Reincarnation’s power against the Haoran Sage’s group at fifty-five percent.

Ch. 1527Civilization Metamorphosis, King of Logic

Li Qinglian’s forces pressed their counteroffensive while he prepared to transform Civilization Logic, and Shou waited for a chance to strike. The Past Body, Future Body, and present body completed the breakthrough, merging more than a thousand surface logics into Civilization Logic and releasing an aura nearing the immortal level.

  • Li Qinglian saw his ten-year-old son, the New Tang Empire’s new emperor, use the Way of Forbidden Laws while the empire’s reserve forces were turned into Dao Soldiers.
  • The Divine Body judged that the preparations were complete as Li Qinglian’s three bodies began their final transformation.
  • Shou watched from the Dark Ocean and resolved to attack only after Li Qinglian had exhausted his destructive sword light.
  • The Lord of Civilization’s Dao Soldiers advanced into the central continent of the Hundred Great Worlds, where a fierce battle erupted against its defenses.
  • The Past Body and Future Body transformed Civilization Logic into surface logic, joining it with the surface logics of worlds under Li Qing’s control.
  • Civilization Logic absorbed more than a thousand surface logics, and the resulting aura spread across the Hundred Great Worlds, the Nine Provinces Four Regions, and the Spiritual Essence World.

Ch. 1528Tearing Through Spacetime, Hunted on All Sides

Li Qing’s three bodies underwent the Longevity Tribulation as immortals and Dao Soldiers hunted them through the Dark Ocean. Just as the Jade Tablet lost its awareness and Li Qing faced a fatal opening, Spiritual Rhinoceros arrived to disrupt the attackers.

  • Li Qing’s Civilization Logic expanded to encompass three thousand forms of surface-level logic, and his aura surged as the Longevity Tribulation began.
  • Immortal Supreme God and the other attackers tore through spacetime and pursued Past Body and Future Body, while Faith Incarnation used the Dark Ocean to help them evade capture.
  • Present Body broke through in the Spiritual Essence World’s Dark Ocean, but Immortal Purple God, Haoran Sage, and the others attacked him with coordinated strikes.
  • Li Qing’s three original bodies lost consciousness as an unknown force drew their minds into another layer of spacetime, temporarily removing the Jade Tablet from Divine Body and Faith Incarnation’s perception.
  • Spiritual Rhinoceros appeared beside Immortal Purple God and attacked with the Spear That Pierces All as Haoran Sage ordered the attackers to keep Present Body under relentless pressure.

Ch. 1529Compression to the Limit, Return to Darkness

Haoran Sage and the Immortals tightened their blockade around Li Qing while his Divine Body struggled to keep his Present Body moving. As the Reincarnated Underworld Devil Lord began to descend and the Bright Heavenly Emperor resisted an influence on his mind, all three of Li Qing’s bodies arrived in a mysterious place beneath a terrifying war.

  • Haoran Sage ordered the Dao Soldiers forward and coordinated a five-direction Soul-Extinguishing Cannon blockade around the Logic Network.
  • The Divine Body strained to keep shifting Li Qing’s Present Body and the Immortal Spiritual Rhinoceros through the narrowing defenses.
  • Qiong noticed Li Qing’s appearance and waited for the right moment to act.
  • The Reincarnated Underworld Devil Lord’s mental imprint began awakening by drawing power from dark logic across a million li.
  • The Bright Heavenly Emperor recognized that a mysterious power was influencing his desire to seize Li Qing’s treasure, rejected the impulse, and focused on absorbing Concept Logic.
  • All three of Li Qing’s bodies arrived in a mysterious dark place, where they looked up at a terrifying war raging overhead.

Ch. 1530The Battle in the Dark, Danger Approaches

Li Qing fought the Indescribable’s ghostly faces in the dark realm, using Civilization Logic to suppress their attacks. After discovering that the heads came from an enormous colossus, he looked up and saw its vast face looming over him.

  • Li Qing used Civilization Logic to empower his five spells and crush the reaching arms with a coordinated strike from his three bodies.
  • The faces roared at Li Qing, but he controlled the sound waves and made them cancel one another out.
  • A terrifying danger locked onto Li Qing, and the faces sent a stronger wave of heads into his Doomsday Mist.
  • Li Qing used Way of Changes and the Jade Tablet to discover that black tubes connected the heads to a monstrous colossus.
  • Li Qing looked up and saw the colossus’s enormous, hollow-eyed face above him.

Ch. 1531The Reason for Descent, The Duration of Stay

Li Qing learned that Final Logic had split his consciousness between the Eternal Battlefield and his body within the universe fragments, drawing The Indescribable toward him. After surviving a devastating attack from Ashes, he discovered that his time in this state would last about as long as Ashes would take to reach him.

  • Li Qing used the Jade Tablet to learn that Final Logic had manipulated his Tribulations to pull part of his consciousness beyond the universe fragments and lure The Indescribable into striking there.
  • Ashes attacked Li Qing with overwhelming black radiance, melting most of his body despite his defenses.
  • Li Qing regenerated from the six surviving thighs with Life and Death Reversal Path Continuation and cleared away the Anomalies attacking him.
  • The Jade Tablet calculated that Li Qing would remain in the pulled-out state for approximately a quarter of an hour.
  • Li Qing learned that Ashes would arrive in approximately a quarter of an hour.

Ch. 1532Multiple Layers of Encirclement, an Opening Revealed

Li Qing’s Present Body struggled to evade the immortals’ increasingly coordinated attacks as they learned to track his spacetime trail through the Dark Ocean. The chapter ended with Haoran Sage directing the others to regroup after another near-capture.

  • Li Qing resolved to rely on himself and endure the attacks until the resonance in his body reached its limit.
  • Haoran Sage organized the immortals to predict Li Qing’s movements through the Dark Ocean and intercept his next destination.
  • Li Qing narrowly escaped attacks from Haoran Sage, Buddha, Myriad Spirits, Eternal Night Lifeless Dao Lord, and the Grotto-Heaven Soul-Extinguishing Cannon.
  • The Divine Body recognized the danger of the immortals tracking Li Qing’s spacetime trail and used the Way of Changes to anticipate the next three breaths.
  • Spiritual Rhinoceros followed the Divine Body’s order to disrupt Haoran Sage and the others, briefly shielding Li Qing with the Spear That Pierces All.
  • Purple God and the others adjusted their interception plan, forcing Li Qing to emerge early before he vanished again amid a clash with Spiritual Rhinoceros, Haoran Sage, and Light-Dark Buddha.

Ch. 1533A Three-Stage Blockade, One Sword to Slay a King

The Haoran Sage and his allies prepared a three-stage blockade to force Li Qing to spend his trump cards, while Longevity watched for a chance to strike. Li Qing anticipated their plan and used the Heart-Destroying Sword to destroy the Underworld Devil Lord’s emerging avatar.

  • The Haoran Sage organized a three-stage interception and ordered his allies to focus on Spiritual Rhinoceros when Li Qing used a trump card.
  • Longevity noticed the Underworld Devil Lord’s return and analyzed the Haoran Sage’s plan while waiting for an opportunity to attack.
  • The Divine Body foresaw that his enemies were trying to exhaust his remaining trump cards and identified the Underworld Devil Lord as the greatest immediate threat.
  • The Divine Body unleashed the Heart-Destroying Sword through space and time, shattering the Underworld Devil Lord’s spiritual imprint and killing his avatar.

Ch. 1534A Concentrated Assault on Spiritual Rhinoceros at the Brink of Disaster

The Haoran Sage, the Radiant Buddha, and Purple God's forces trapped Spiritual Rhinoceros in a coordinated assault while Li Qing maneuvered through the Dark Ocean. The Underworld Devil Lord revealed that Li Qing had destroyed his revived imprint, leaving the battle at a critical moment as Longevity prepared to intervene.

  • The Divine Body struck down the Underworld Devil Lord's reviving spiritual imprint, and the Haoran Sage called for a concentrated assault on Spiritual Rhinoceros.
  • The Haoran Sage and the Radiant Buddha blocked the Present Body's route, while Purple God and the other Immortal Realm cultivators used the Grotto-Heaven Destruction Cannon to cut off its next path.
  • The Myriad Spirits and the Eternal Night Lifeless Dao Lord attacked the Present Body's emergence point, and Spiritual Rhinoceros held their attacks back long enough for it to escape.
  • The Haoran Sage, the Light-Dark Buddha, and Purple God's group redirected their reserved power at Spiritual Rhinoceros, whose shield began to collapse as Li Qing vanished and the Dark Ocean tried to pull him away.
  • Longevity saw Spiritual Rhinoceros's danger as a chance to strike, while the Underworld Devil Lord told the Radiant Emperor that Li Qing had erased his imprint and that their side had lost the battle.
  • The Underworld Devil Lord and the Radiant Emperor weighed whether to enter the Heavenly Secrets Karma Fate River, but the Underworld Devil Lord insisted he still wanted Li Qing's secret treasure, path to Final Logic, and sealed Concept Logic beings.

Ch. 1535Tolerate It for the Bigger Picture, Seize an Opening?

The Radiant Emperor agreed to wait rather than expose Li Qing’s secret, while Li Qing used the Dark Ocean and Heavenly Dao Reincarnation to rescue Spiritual Rhinoceros and evade another encirclement. The Haoran Sage concluded that Spiritual Rhinoceros was badly wounded, Li Qing had only one use of his trump card left, and the immortals had begun to overcome his secret treasure.

  • The Underworld Devil Lord persuaded the Radiant Emperor to let Li Qing run wild while they watched and waited.
  • Spiritual Rhinoceros nearly died under the immortals’ combined attack, but the Dark Ocean and Heavenly Dao Reincarnation transported him away; he reappeared gravely wounded and began to recover.
  • With Li Qing diverting Heavenly Dao Reincarnation to save Spiritual Rhinoceros, the Haoran Sage and the others expanded their Logic Network from seven hundred and fifty li to eleven hundred li.
  • The immortals launched another three-stage encirclement, forcing Li Qing’s Present Body to change course before the Haoran Sage and Light-Dark Buddha attacked him through a spacetime rift.
  • Li Qing’s Divine Body used the Heart-Destroying Sword to threaten the attackers with a powerful strike, buying time for both bodies to vanish.
  • The Haoran Sage judged that Li Qing had only one use of his trump card remaining, Spiritual Rhinoceros could no longer fight, and the immortals had overcome the effect of Li Qing’s secret treasure for the first time.

Ch. 1536At the End of His Rope? Deploy the Bait

Haoran Sage’s group tried to force Li Qing’s Present Body to reveal his trump card, but a second identical aura disrupted their blockade. In the Hundred Great Worlds, the Faith Incarnation repeatedly rescued Li Qing’s Past Body and Future Body as the Dark Ocean shrank, prompting Immortal Purple God to suspect another battlefield was drawing away its power.

  • Haoran Sage’s group planned to use a three-stage blockade to force Li Qing’s Present Body to reveal his trump card before his adaptation to the Longevity Realm was complete.
  • Li Qing’s Present Body fled through the Dark Ocean as Myriad Spirits and Eternal Night Lifeless Dao Lord disrupted his route, but a second identical aura appeared and ruined the blockade.
  • Supreme God coordinated attacks on Li Qing’s Past Body and Future Body while the Faith Incarnation fought off the seven speakers and intervened to protect both bodies.
  • The Faith Incarnation blocked Evil Dragon, Immortal Cold Soul, Supreme God, Curse God, and Azure Luan’s attacks, using the brief gap between the two crises to rescue the Past Body and Future Body.
  • The Dark Ocean shrank to eighteen thousand li, and Immortal Purple God suspected that power was being drawn from it to support another battlefield.

Ch. 1537Two-Pronged Assault, Encirclement Begins

Li Qing answered the councilors’ simultaneous encirclement by splitting his power to create a second immortal-level fighter, protecting the bodies undergoing Tribulation Crossing. On the Spiritual Essence World battlefield, Haoran Sage split his forces to pursue two Li Qings, but they attacked a decoy as the real Present Body escaped with Immortal Spiritual Rhinoceros’s help.

  • Immortal Supreme God recognized Li Qing’s timing tactic, so Li Qing created a duplicate and empowered it to withstand the second team’s attack.
  • Supreme God ordered both teams to strike at once, but the Faith Incarnation and its duplicate blocked their attacks and saved the bodies undergoing Tribulation Crossing.
  • Supreme God realized Li Qing had used the Mist’s power to create a second immortal-level fighter, and the councilors resumed attacking with seventeen breaths remaining.
  • On the Spiritual Essence World battlefield, Haoran Sage split his forces to pursue the two Li Qings, while Immortal Purple God and the others abandoned the Grotto-Heaven Soul-Extinguishing Cannon.
  • Haoran Sage’s group attacked a decoy, and Immortal Spiritual Rhinoceros intercepted Immortal Eternal Night Dao Lord and Myriad Spirits, allowing Li Qing’s real Present Body to vanish.

Ch. 1538Buying Time, Longevity's Gaze

Li Qing used Immortal Spiritual Rhinoceros and the Dark Ocean to foil attacks on two battlefields, then gathered Spiritual Rhinoceros's mythical creatures to gain four bursts of immortal-level power. Haoran Sage and Immortal Purple God discovered the timing tactic and prepared a simultaneous strike, while Li Qing calculated that he might still buy ten breaths.

  • Immortal Spiritual Rhinoceros repeatedly crossed between the two battlefields to block the final attacks against Li Qing's decoy and Present Body.
  • Li Qing asked Immortal Spiritual Rhinoceros for control of his mythical creatures, and the Divine Body gathered them into a World Pearl to form a Dao Soldier formation.
  • The formation boosted the Divine Body's Civilization Logic to the threshold of immortal power, allowing him to unleash four bursts of that strength.
  • Namo Nirvana Light-Dark Buddha deduced that Li Qing used a timing gap and the Dark Ocean to move Immortal Spiritual Rhinoceros between battlefields, and Haoran Sage and Immortal Purple God agreed to attack simultaneously.
  • Li Qing sensed their plan and estimated that his Divine Body's four bursts could buy ten breaths as the Present Body's aura weakened.
  • Longevity narrowed his eyes as he watched from outside the Spiritual Essence World.

Ch. 1539Longevity's Choice, Breaking the Tactic

Longevity decided to intervene as the nine Immortal Realm powers synchronized their attacks against Li Qing and his decoy. Li Qing escaped one coordinated strike by using his Divine Body and Civilization Logic, but the Purple God remained convinced he had found Li Qing’s real body and began another encirclement.

  • Longevity judged that his chance to act was fading and opened a ripple in spacetime to intervene in the battlefield.
  • The Purple God and the Haoran Sage’s groups launched synchronized attacks, exposing Li Qing and his decoy to a three-stage encirclement.
  • Spiritual Rhinoceros appeared beside the decoy and suppressed the greed that urged him to attack Li Qing.
  • The Divine Body appeared beside Li Qing’s Present Body and used Civilization Logic sword qi to block the Haoran Sage and Namo Nirvana Light-Dark Buddha’s attack, allowing Li Qing to escape.
  • The Purple God mistook Spiritual Rhinoceros for proof that his target was Li Qing’s real body and ordered another encirclement with some strength held back.

Ch. 1540Selling an Opening at the Critical Moment

Li Qing used his protectors and decoys to survive successive encirclements while drawing out his pursuers’ attacks. When the fourth encirclement struck the decoy without Spiritual Rhinoceros appearing, Purple God realized the plan had changed, leaving Li Qing’s true position uncertain.

  • Spiritual Rhinoceros disrupted Purple God’s third encirclement, allowing Li Qing’s decoy to escape, while Li Qing’s Present Body evaded another attack from Haoran Sage and the others.
  • Li Qing created a duplicate carrying a false Heart-Destroying Sword, then used its weakened strike and sacrifice to delay Haoran Sage and Namo Nirvana Light-Dark Buddha long enough for his Present Body to vanish.
  • Spiritual Rhinoceros intercepted another attack as Li Qing’s Divine Body merged with the Present Body decoy.
  • Haoran Sage concluded that the protector’s sacrifice had revealed Li Qing’s true location and ordered a fourth encirclement, while Longevity watched for the real Li Qing to be exposed.
  • Purple God’s group completed the first two stages of the fourth encirclement, but Spiritual Rhinoceros did not appear to protect the decoy, prompting Purple God to ask where he had gone.

Ch. 1541Who Was Real, Who Was Fake? Surrounded on Ten Sides

Li Qing’s deception drew Purple God and the other Immortals toward a decoy, while Longevity uncovered the trick and struck at the real target. As Longevity and the surrounding Immortals closed in, Li Qing prepared a final counterattack by channeling the Dark Ocean’s power into his Heart-Destroying Sword.

  • Purple God mistook Li Qing’s Present Body for a decoy and led the others toward the body Spiritual Rhinoceros had gone to help.
  • Longevity inferred that the apparent true body was a decoy and attacked it with a full-force spell.
  • The Haoran Sage and Purple God recognized the deception and redirected the Immortals toward Longevity’s target.
  • Li Qing’s Present Body and Past Body drew in half the Dark Ocean, and the Jade Tablet transferred its power to the Divine Body through the Mind Seal.
  • Li Qing prepared to combine the Heart-Destroying Sword’s power and his remaining Immortal-level combat power as Longevity and the Immortals surrounded him on ten sides.

Ch. 1542Borrowing Strength to Strike Back, Killing in One Blow

Li Qing used a decoy and a false protector to mislead Longevity and the other powerhouses, then helped them kill Longevity with a coordinated strike. Li Qing’s decoy revived, and he and Spiritual Rhinoceros resumed opposing Haoran Sage and the others as Namo Nirvana Light-Dark Buddha pieced together the trap.

  • Longevity destroyed Li Qing’s decoy with his supreme spell while the nine Immortal Realm cultivators attacked him.
  • A Heart-Destroying Sword erupted from the decoy and pierced Longevity’s defenses, leaving him exposed to the nine powerhouses’ attacks.
  • Li Qing and Spiritual Rhinoceros joined the others in unleashing Heavenly Dao Reincarnation and Underlying Logic, killing Longevity.
  • Li Qing’s decoy revived through Life and Death Reversal Path Continuation, while Li Qing’s Present Body began moving again.
  • Li Qing and Spiritual Rhinoceros pressed Haoran Sage and the others with Heavenly Dao Reincarnation, and their Logic Network missed again.
  • Namo Nirvana Light-Dark Buddha explained how Li Qing’s decoy, false protector, and Spiritual Rhinoceros had misled the attackers into targeting the wrong body.

Ch. 1543Unraveling the Threads, Finding the Dao Within the Sword

Namo Nirvana Light-Dark Buddha reconstructed how Li Qing used misdirection and a hidden killing move to turn the siege against Longevity, but the surviving emperors resumed their blockade. Li Qing planned to endure four more breaths until they could no longer track him, as Ashes' descent and the final battle approached.

  • Namo Nirvana Light-Dark Buddha pieced together Li Qing's scheme to lure Longevity into an attack and kill him with the hidden killing move, though he misjudged part of Li Qing's plan.
  • Haoran Sage urged the nine Heavenly Emperors and the Ghost Emperor to resume their three-stage blockade before Li Qing could escape.
  • Li Qing used the brief pause to confirm the blockade had resumed and resolved to survive four more breaths until his presence became too faint to track.
  • Li Qing recognized that Radiant Emperor, Underworld Devil Lord, and Longevity could no longer interfere, leaving Ashes, the emperors, the Ghost Emperor, and the seven council chairs to face.
  • Li Qing recited verses about enduring trials and drawing his Dao from within the sword as his thoughts reached new clarity.

Ch. 1544Eternal Battlefield, Ashes Descend

Li Qing used his three bodies, Civilization Logic, and the Jade Tablet to resist the Immortal Realm beings’ encirclement and battle The Indescribable on the Eternal Battlefield. As his Civilization Logic adapted to Ashes’ power, Ashes struck with a gigantic palm that turned everything in its path to ash.

  • Li Qing’s Present Body escaped Haoran Sage and Namo Nirvana Light-Dark Buddha’s attack while Spiritual Rhinoceros of the Immortal Realm blocked it, and his decoy endured Purple God of the Immortal Realm’s assault with the Divine Body’s help.
  • The Divine Body spent its remaining Immortal Realm-level power to counter the attackers, allowing the decoy to escape and leaving one use of Li Qing’s trump card.
  • Li Qing merged his three bodies and charged through The Indescribable’s tide of heads, cutting a corridor of ash as the creature pursued him with black light.
  • Ashes found Li Qing, whose Way of Changes and Jade Tablet recorded and analyzed Ashes’ power, enabling Civilization Logic to adapt and reveal Ashes’ form.
  • Ashes sensed the change in Civilization Logic and reached across ten miles with a gigantic palm that turned everything in its path to ash.

Ch. 1545The Inescapable Death Trap, the Root Descends

Li Qing escaped Ashes’ deadly attack, but Ashes tracked the aura it had left in his mind and used it to mark his Present Body. As the Root of the Indescribable prepared to descend, the Haoran Sage and Namo Nirvana Light-Dark Buddha recognized the danger and attacked Li Qing’s true body.

  • Ashes filled the area with countless ash-producing palms, but Li Qing vanished just before they swallowed him and Ashes realized his escape power had run out.
  • Li Qing’s Present Body, Past Body, and Future Body awakened, while the Jade Tablet and Way of Changes reconstructed what had happened and preserved the information.
  • Ashes locked onto Li Qing’s Present Body and made its mark resonate with the aura it had left in Li Qing’s mind, sending a coordinate to the true Indescribable.
  • Li Qing’s Present Body realized the Root of the Indescribable would descend on the next breath and changed his path, but the Haoran Sage and Namo Nirvana Light-Dark Buddha forced him out of the Dark Ocean.
  • The Haoran Sage and Namo Nirvana Light-Dark Buddha sensed Ashes’ mark above Li Qing and recognized that the Indescribable might descend; the Haoran Sage ordered them to kill Li Qing’s true body.

Ch. 1546One Sword Slays a God, Then Breaks Through the Encirclement

Li Qing used the Destruction Sword Light, empowered by The Indescribable, to destroy Ashes' spiritual imprint and break through the attackers' assault. As his enemies prepared their final attempt to predict and intercept him, the seven councilors moved to close off the shrinking Dark Ocean.

  • Li Qing's Divine Body struck Ashes' spiritual imprint with Destruction Sword Light, using The Indescribable's power to make Ashes vulnerable and obliterate the imprint.
  • The sword light smashed through Haoran Sage and Namo Nirvana Light-Dark Buddha's attack, forcing them to close the spatial passage and summon the other experts to suppress its lingering force.
  • Haoran Sage realized Li Qing had saved his trump card for Ashes and ordered the experts to probe once more before descending with their true bodies for a final assault.
  • Ashes vowed to establish a force near Li Qing and guide his true body there through sacrifices.
  • Li Qing's Past Body and Future Body evaded the seven councilors while absorbing the Dark Ocean, shrinking it by another four thousand li.
  • Immortal Supreme God ordered the Dao Soldiers to shift their Logic Network five hundred li so it would reach the Dark Ocean's boundary and divide the sphere, trapping Li Qing on one side.

Ch. 1547The Nine-Sided Encirclement, Target: the Spirit King

Li Qing used his decoy and the pursuers’ predictions to draw the nine Heavenly Emperors and the Ghost Emperor into his plan, then merged with his Divine Body as they formed a spacetime enclosure around him. Immortal Spiritual Rhinoceros struck the Spirit King, and black swordlight flashed past his cheek.

  • Li Qing’s Present Body and decoy evaded Haoran Sage, Purple God, and the others as the Past Body and Future Body supported him from the Dark Ocean.
  • Purple God destroyed Li Qing’s decoy and realized it was fake, while Haoran Sage ordered the pursuers to surround Li Qing in nine groups.
  • Li Qing merged with his Divine Body, regained control of the situation, and prepared to target Haoran Sage.
  • The pursuers descended through six spacetime rifts and formed an enclosure around Li Qing, while Haoran Sage held back instead of entering in person.
  • Immortal Spiritual Rhinoceros thrust the Spear That Pierces All at the Spirit King, whose palm clashed with the spear as black swordlight flashed past Spiritual Rhinoceros.

Ch. 1548A Sword That Left No Life, the Final Charge

Li Qing’s Present Body and Spiritual Rhinoceros killed the Spirit King and escaped the immortals’ encirclement, while the Past Body and Future Body drained the Dark Ocean and vanished into mist. Purple God realized the councilors had been outmaneuvered and ordered them to attack through the mist before withdrawing to the continent.

  • Li Qing’s Present Body and Spiritual Rhinoceros struck the Spirit King with simultaneous attacks, killing him as he sent his True Spirit fleeing toward a duplicate.
  • The Present Body and Spiritual Rhinoceros broke through the six-sided assault and vanished as the other immortals’ power engulfed their former position.
  • Haoran Sage urged the immortals to use their final breath of prediction, while Purple God accused him of using them as bait.
  • The Past Body and Future Body drained the remaining Dark Ocean into the Jade Tablet and disappeared into mist as the seven councilors arrived.
  • Purple God concluded that Li Qing’s bodies had used the Dark Ocean to support another battlefield and had controlled their tribulations all along.
  • The seven councilors agreed to tear open the mist, attack one of Li Qing’s bodies from a distance, and retreat to the continent if they failed to kill him.

Ch. 1549Sword Light in Pursuit, the Final Battle for the Hundred Great Worlds

Li Qing’s Faith Incarnation attacked the seven councilors while Immortal Supreme God’s sword lights pursued the Past Body and Future Body. Immortal Evil Dragon saved the Dao Soldier army from being crushed underground, but the battle for the Hundred Great Worlds was effectively over as Li Qing’s aura neared the point at which he could no longer be predicted.

  • The seven councilors attacked the Past Body and Future Body, but the world formation evaded their projected blows and repelled their power.
  • Li Qing’s Faith Incarnation combined the world formation’s power into the Hand of the Firmament and struck at the councilors, who dodged and returned to their army.
  • Immortal Supreme God gathered the battle formation’s strength and sent two relentless sword lights after the Past Body and Future Body, forcing them to keep evading.
  • Li Qing’s Faith Incarnation sent the Hand of the Firmament toward Immortal Supreme God’s army, and their clash began collapsing the isolated spacetime beneath the earth.
  • Immortal Evil Dragon used his logic to hollow out the rock and guide the Dao Soldiers into safety, preventing them from overlapping with the earth.
  • Li Qing’s Faith Incarnation realized the battle for the Hundred Great Worlds was effectively over as the Past Body and Future Body faded and Li Qing’s aura neared the prediction threshold.

Ch. 1550The Final Breath

Li Qing's Present Body used Haoran Sage's Reincarnation Vortex to redirect the Heart-Destroying Sword and kill Imperial Sovereign. With Haoran Sage badly wounded, Li Qing and Spiritual Rhinoceros faced four pursuers closing in from every direction.

  • Haoran Sage ordered the immortals to launch a final three-stage blockade against Li Qing, assigning Myriad Spirits and Evil Hook to the first two stages.
  • Myriad Spirits and Evil Hook intercepted Li Qing as Spiritual Rhinoceros and six spatial-temporal rifts sealed the area around him.
  • Li Qing struck Haoran Sage with the Heart-Destroying Sword, while Haoran Sage redirected the sword's target toward Imperial Sovereign.
  • Spiritual Rhinoceros attacked Imperial Sovereign, and Li Qing's Heart-Destroying Sword and Spear That Pierces All killed him and destroyed his avatar.
  • Li Qing and Spiritual Rhinoceros fled as Haoran Sage stopped to recover, while Eternal Night Lifeless Dao Lord, Namo Nirvana Light-Dark Buddha, Purple God, and Spirit King pursued them.
  • The four pursuers unleashed attacks from every direction as Li Qing and Spiritual Rhinoceros stood back-to-back, seemingly trapped.
Arc 62 of 127
Arc 62 of 127