If Not for Her Waste Body

More than ten days later.

On a mountain path, a petite figure walked far ahead, her expression cold and her lips slightly pursed.

One glance was enough to tell that she was in an extremely foul mood.

Two figures followed behind her, both wearing wry smiles.

"Hey! Li Qingyue, are you still angry? It's been over ten days!"

Yan Wushuang shouted, a hint of helplessness between his brows.

Ever since that bout of unrestrained laughter in the cave, Li Qingyue had changed.

Once her stubborn streak took over, she refused to acknowledge them at all.

She had not spoken a single word in over ten days.

"I was wrong! I shouldn't have laughed at you, really!"

Yan Wushuang shouted again, but as soon as he recalled what had happened that day, the corners of his mouth began creeping upward uncontrollably.

He hurriedly turned away and pressed a hand to his forehead, as though terrified that Li Qingyue would see.

Yet his shoulders kept trembling slightly, and a desperately suppressed chuckle escaped his lips.

"Qingyue, we really didn't mean it!"

Yang Wuzheng's voice also rose slowly, though it lacked its usual serenity, and a smile tugged at his lips.

The girl really was interesting.

So genuine.

She was clearly ferocious beyond measure, yet she feared those tiny silkworm grasses.

She was clearly strong and aloof, yet so stubborn.

She was clearly quiet and gentle, so considerate it made one's heart ache, yet once she got angry, nothing could coax her out of it.

A girl like her was simply too interesting.

At least, in all his years, he had never met such an amusing girl.

Suddenly, the petite figure ahead came to a halt.

Her eyes turned toward five great mountains not far away.

The five mountains resembled an enormous hand, towering into the clouds and anchoring the earth below, their imposing presence extraordinary.

Now and then, five-colored divine radiance flashed, vying with the sun in brilliance.

Seeing this, Yan Wushuang and Yang Wuzheng hurried forward and stood on either side of her, cautiously studying her expression.

"That's Five Elements Mountain. Legend says the Buddha Emperor left it behind when he emerged into the world tens of thousands of years ago."

"The Buddha Emperor once made a great vow to walk every inch of the land and spread his teachings throughout the world. In the end, he founded the Buddhist Kingdom in the Western Desert!"

"They say that back then, the Western Desert saw ten thousand Buddhas coming to pay homage."

"That was what created the splendor of Buddhism in the Western Desert today. Even a power as mighty as the Feathered Divine Dynasty doesn't dare set foot there!"

"And this place lies in the Northern Region of the Eastern Wilderness, not far from the Primordial Ancient Mine. Legend says a great evil dwelled here. When the Buddha Emperor passed through, he raised his palm and transformed it into mountains, suppressing it here."

As Yang Wuzheng spoke, he subtly studied Li Qingyue's expression.

He wanted to see whether the girl before him was still angry.

"Five Elements Mountain?"

Li Qingyue murmured softly, instinctively examining the five great mountains again.

Their bases were connected, branching into five peaks that pierced the clouds like pillars supporting the heavens.

Beneath the sunlight, five-colored radiance seemed to circulate before finally merging into one and returning to the earth.

It truly was extraordinary.

"Don't take it seriously. There's also a rumor that the Buddha Emperor was the Annihilation Heavenly Venerable from the Mythological Era, but no one has ever found the slightest connection."

"Who in this world could live for over a million years?"

"They're all legends. Just listen and leave it at that!"

Yan Wushuang sounded unconcerned, but then he grew solemn. "Still, the Buddhist Kingdom in the Western Desert really is flourishing, and it's true that even the Feathered Divine Dynasty doesn't dare set foot there."

Hearing their words, Li Qingyue felt a faint tremor in her heart.

Each of the nine Heavenly Venerables of the Mythological Era had been an invincible powerhouse.

And the Buddha Emperor, Amitabha Buddha, had even survived until the Road to Immortality opened in a later age.

The Buddhist teachings he passed down did indeed share common ground with those of the Annihilation Heavenly Venerable.

She also knew that at least several of the nine Heavenly Venerables had survived to this day.

The Buddha Emperor! The Annihilation Heavenly Venerable!

Li Qingyue marveled inwardly. This world lacked longevity substance; even those who attained the Dao as Great Emperors could live for only ten thousand years.

Even with Immortal Medicine to extend their lives, they could live for twenty thousand years at most.

Anyone capable of surviving a million years without dying was far from ordinary.

"I'm going to take a look at Five Elements Mountain!"

Li Qingyue spoke, lightly pushed off with her feet, and instantly drifted away, leaving only a faint afterimage behind.

Over these past ten-odd days, nourished by true qi, her injuries had long since healed.

Moreover, she had discovered that after the qi vortex in her dantian exploded, the countless tiny vortices of true qi scattered throughout it had actually begun to condense on their own.

As though conforming to some law of heaven and earth, they had formed nine vortices arranged like a formation within her dantian, with a strange, subtle significance flowing through them.

Although she still had not broken through the limit of thirty thousand jin of strength.

The true qi she accumulated now silently spread throughout her dantian, increasing a full ninefold.

Her devouring power had likewise increased ninefold.

It could be considered a blessing born of disaster.

Hearing Li Qingyue's calm voice, Yan Wushuang breathed a slight sigh of relief and looked at Yang Wuzheng. "She's not angry anymore?"

Yang Wuzheng nodded slightly. "Seems that way."

"That's good!" Yan Wushuang still felt a lingering unease, but then changed tack. "Still, she's pretty amusing when she's angry!"

He thought back over the past ten-odd days. Whenever he brought back game, that girl might have been angry and silent, but she still ate without the slightest hesitation.

And all she did was eat, refusing to acknowledge them.

If their chatter became truly irritating, she would stare them down.

Her fierce little expression made him inexplicably happy.

Hearing this, a faint smile also curled Yang Wuzheng's lips.

Indeed, whenever that girl got angry, it always made him want to tease her.

With Li Qingyue accompanying them on this journey, they had not felt bored at all. In fact, they never tired of it.

"Let's go. We'll take a look too!"

Yang Wuzheng spoke, turned into a streak of light, and vanished into the distance.

Yan Wushuang did not hesitate either and followed him.

At the foot of Five Elements Mountain, Li Qingyue sat cross-legged on a bluestone, her eyes fixed on everything around her.

It was as though she wanted to etch it all into her mind.

After a long while, she closed her eyes, and her consciousness instantly sank into her mind.

Evolution... Five Elements Mountain!

Buzz!

With a humming sound, her soul seemed to arrive instantly in the void above.

Beneath her lay those five great mountains.

The next moment, her soul abruptly burst apart, becoming endless rays of light that silently merged into the mountains.

This... really is Five Elements Mountain!

Sensing everything around her, Li Qingyue's heart trembled.

An inexplicable power circulated through the five peaks, absorbing Heaven and Earth Essence and transforming it into five strange powers.

They spread toward the foot of the mountains, finally merging into one suppressive force that melded with the surrounding mountains and earth.

They formed an unbreakable whole.

It was as though the mountain itself was a part of heaven and earth.

Although she could see nothing unusual, her consciousness had merged into the mountain.

She could clearly feel the circulation of that power.

Gradually, she even began to feel the illusion that she, too, could raise her hand, transform it into mountains, and suppress everything.

As the evolution continued, that feeling became increasingly clear.

It was as though Five Elements Mountain was her own body, and every path along which its divine power circulated revealed itself clearly within her mind.

Aren't these Dao patterns?

Li Qingyue was stunned. Although the paths along which the divine power circulated were extraordinarily complex, she could still discern similarities to basic Dao patterns.

Only these Dao patterns had been completely combined into a single whole.

Like the trunk of a tree, they then split into five branches, transforming the qi of heaven and earth into five strange powers.

In the end, they merged back into one, forming a complete cycle that never ceased.

It was as though heaven and earth were moving naturally, by instinct.

"Hmm? She's actually entered a state of Dao enlightenment!"

Yang Wuzheng, keenly sensitive to changes in nature, stared straight at Li Qingyue.

Even Yan Wushuang did the same.

At that moment, Li Qingyue's breathing was long and steady, and she seemed to have merged completely with Five Elements Mountain.

Dao Resonance suffused her body.

"She's actually comprehending the Dao!"

"How is that possible?"

Yan Wushuang's eyes widened, filled with disbelief.

Cultivation involved opening the body's five great secret realms step by step: the sea of bitterness, Dao Palace, Four Extremes, Dragon Transformation, and Immortal Platform.

In the Age of Declining Dharma, Heaven and Earth Essence was scarce. Only when sensing the bitter sea could one draw upon Heaven and Earth Essence to assist in opening it.

Almost every other realm was attained by piling up resources.

Although the Dao Palace Realm allowed one to open the divine treasures of the five organs, gather the gods within the flesh, form incarnations, and listen to the Dao Self, Departed Self, and Original Self recite scriptures.

One could comprehend all manner of divine arts and secret techniques, with endless wondrous applications.

Still, no matter who it was, only after reaching the Four Extremes Realm, when the body was strong enough and possessed the power to sustain the mind through Dao enlightenment.

Could one begin discerning the Dao laws of heaven and earth, continually comprehending the Dao and advancing.

Yet Li Qingyue before him was merely a mortal, and she could already comprehend the Dao laws of heaven and earth, sustaining it with a mortal body.

This simply exceeded his imagination.

"Such incredible comprehension!"

Yang Wuzheng looked shaken. He possessed an innate Dao body, a physique naturally close to the Dao and nature.

Yet even he could not comprehend the Dao as Li Qingyue did. It required extraordinary comprehension.

Nor did he possess enough power to sustain his own Dao enlightenment.

Comprehending the Dao consumed mental energy. Without sufficient power to sustain it, one could very well dissolve into the Dao and die.

Yet Li Qingyue before him showed not the slightest abnormality. Instead, she was enveloped in Dao Resonance, becoming one with heaven and earth.

Such talent was simply staggering.

"If not for her waste body..."

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