The White Lotus Purifies the Baleful Aura, Heaven Bestows Merit (Please Continue Reading)

Under the intertwined gazes of suspicion, shock, and anticipation from the Ancestral Witches, Li Qingxiao said no more.

He formed hand seals with both hands, his divine sense stirring slightly.

"Buzz—!"

In an instant, the light throughout the entire council hall flared brilliantly!

Above Li Qingxiao's head, ripples spread through the void.

The true form of the [Twelfth-Grade Purifying White Lotus] slowly manifested in midair.

Pure, flawless white divine light poured down like a waterfall from the Ninth Heavens, enveloping the entire hall.

An astonishing scene unfolded!

The sticky fiendish qi that had accumulated for hundreds of millions of years on the hall floor and stone pillars, upon touching the White Lotus divine light,

made sizzling sounds as though snow melting beneath a blazing sun and was instantly purified and dissolved,

turning into wisps of insubstantial white smoke that vanished completely!

The once oppressive, gloomy council hall became clearer and more ethereal than the Jade Pool above the Ninth Heavens within a few breaths!

"Th-this... what kind of supreme treasure is this?!"

Dijiang cried out in shock, his eyes nearly bulging from their sockets.

Zhurong, the most hot-tempered among them, had his eyes light up as he strode forward.

"Brother Qingxiao, let Old Zhu give it a try first!"

"Fine."

Li Qingxiao did not hesitate. He pointed into the air with a fingertip.

A strand of dazzling White Lotus Origin Divine Light shot forth like an arrow released from a bow, instantly entering Zhurong's brow and penetrating directly into his heart meridians and Ancestral Witch divine marrow.

"Boom!"

As the divine light entered his body, Zhurong's physique abruptly tensed, and crimson divine flames surged uncontrollably from all over him.

Under the tense gazes of the other Ancestral Witches,

the pure white divine light raced wildly through Zhurong's meridians and Ancestral Witch divine marrow.

The violent fire-fiend impurities accumulated within Zhurong over tens of thousands of yuanhui

were forcibly stripped away and melted beneath the illumination of the White Lotus divine light!

Strands of pitch-black, foul-smelling death qi were forcibly driven out through Zhurong's pores,

then directly incinerated into nothingness by the White Lotus divine light overhead.

At the same time, while maintaining the output of his magic power, Li Qingxiao pondered inwardly:

This Creation-Turbidity Fiendish Qi had long accompanied the Wu bloodline. Even with the supreme origin of the World-Cleansing White Lotus,

he could only remove the old impurities currently accumulated within them.

As long as they continued living in the Primordial World and endlessly fought and conquered in the future, fiendish qi would still slowly breed anew.

This would resolve their immediate crisis and grant them an immense favor,

while avoiding disruption to the Heavenly Dao's greater trend that the Witch-Yao Calamity was destined to erupt, thereby preventing the Heavenly Dao from targeting him madly.

Half an incense stick later.

As the final wisp of black qi was forced out, the crimson divine flames on Zhurong's body completely transformed into pure, majestic Zhurong Divine Flame!

Zhurong panted heavily.

To his delighted surprise, the violent stray thoughts that had constantly tormented his mind had vanished without a trace!

His mind had also become incomparably clear and lucid!

What shocked him even more was that after the fiendish impurities were removed,

his physical body had become purer and tougher, and his strength had soared by a full thirty percent!

"Wonderful! This feels incredible! Old Zhu feels like he can punch Mount Buzhou apart now!"

Zhurong threw back his head and let out a long howl, trembling with excitement.

Inside the hall, the other eleven Ancestral Witches were completely stunned.

The next moment, the entire council hall erupted!

Dijiang, Zhu Jiuyin, Gonggong, Xuanming...

All the Ancestral Witches stepped forward in unison, their gazes upon Li Qingxiao instantly filled with fervor!

It was the look one gave to a supreme treasure capable of saving the Wu!

The hidden danger that had plagued the Wu for countless years and threatened their extinction finally had a solution today!

Seeing how astonishing Zhurong's transformation had been,

how could the other eleven Ancestral Witches possibly remain restrained?

Gonggong was the first to rush forward, shouting that he wanted to be second in line.

Qiangliang, Xizi, and the other hot-tempered men crowded around Li Qingxiao until he was surrounded, their eyes full of yearning.

"Please do not be impatient, fellow Ancestral Witches."

Li Qingxiao smiled faintly and spoke with calm composure.

He pressed both hands downward through the air, and the Twelfth-Grade Purifying White Lotus above his head suddenly erupted with divine radiance stretching ten thousand zhang!

"Purifying one person at a time takes too long. Enter the formation together, and I shall collectively cleanse your marrow and temper your bodies!"

As his words fell, Li Qingxiao unleashed his full magic power.

The vast true essence of a Mid Great Encompassment Golden Immortal surged like a breached ocean dam, pouring mightily into the White Lotus's true form.

The twelve pristine white petals transformed into tangible Great Dao formation patterns, spreading across the center of the hall with a thunderous rumble,

forming a pure white purification barrier spanning ten thousand zhang!

"Enter the formation!"

At Dijiang's command, the eleven Ancestral Witches did not hesitate. They all sat cross-legged at the formation nodes.

In an instant, vast world-cleansing divine light surged in like spring rain,

pouring violently through the baihui points atop the heads of the eleven Ancestral Witches!

Time passed bit by bit.

For an entire month, Li Qingxiao sat at the formation's core,

fully focused as he controlled the Origin Divine Light through the marrow and divine veins of the Ancestral Witches.

The frigid water-fiend impurities within Gonggong were forcibly removed.

The violent lightning fiendish qi within Qiangliang and Xizi was thoroughly sorted and purified.

The heavy yet mixed Nine Netherworlds earth-yin poison within Houtu was washed clean until it was as pure as jade...

Above the hall, rolling black smoke accompanied by a pungent burnt stench was constantly evaporated.

When the final ray of white light withdrew back into the body through the eyes of Zhu Jiuyin, the Ancestral Witch of Time, the purification formation slowly faded away.

The blood qi around the twelve Ancestral Witches had condensed to the extreme,

transforming into twelve golden divine pillars soaring into the heavens, their might shaking Mount Buzhou's earth veins!

All chronic afflictions were gone, and their minds were crystal clear!

Just as Li Qingxiao drew back the White Lotus, a deep and majestic rumble of thunder suddenly sounded above the Ninth Heavens!

"Rumble—!"

The void within the earth veins atop Mount Buzhou abruptly split open, and an incomparably vast will of the Heavenly Dao quietly descended.

Creation-Turbidity Fiendish Qi was a deeply rooted malignant poison left behind at the creation of heaven and earth,

having accumulated in the depths of the earth veins year-round and obstructing the great cycle of yin and yang throughout the Primordial World.

By borrowing the World-Cleansing White Lotus this time, Li Qingxiao had not only purified the mixed fiendish qi within the twelve Ancestral Witches,

but also cleared and smoothed the earth veins of Mount Buzhou, secretly conforming to the principles of the Heavenly Dao's operation!

The Heavenly Dao responded and bestowed boundless blessings!

Within the void, ten thousand streams of purple qi spread out,

and a mysterious yellow-gold cloud of merit spanning tens of thousands of li manifested from nothing,

carrying the supreme fragrance of merit as it became a golden waterfall bursting from the Ninth Heavens,

crashing down toward Li Qingxiao's crown!

"Heavenly merit descending?!"

Dijiang and the others widened their eyes and gasped sharply.

Li Qingxiao's heart shook. With a sweep of his sleeve,

he directed all of the boundless mysterious yellow merit into the [Twelfth-Grade Purifying White Lotus] above his head!

"Buzz—!"

Fusing the feedback from Creation fiendish qi with vast mysterious yellow merit, the Twelfth-Grade Purifying White Lotus gave a joyous, clear cry of the Great Dao.

The innate divine patterns upon the White Lotus's surface became ever more profound,

and the edges of its petals were even plated with a dazzling, brilliant golden rim of mysterious yellow merit!

The foundation of his bound spiritual treasure surged greatly, and its power increased by another thirty percent!

At the same time, a stream of pure Great Dao feedback flowed from the White Lotus into Li Qingxiao's body,

thoroughly consolidating his Mid Great Encompassment Golden Immortal cultivation, leaving his Dao foundation flawless and complete!