The Desolate Heaven Emperor Appears, a Cocoon of Light Holds New Life (Three-in-One, 6.5K)
The afterglow of that Heaven-Opening fist light had not yet completely dissipated.
As the shattered lightning and scattered essence of the Great Dao still swirled like nebulae, attempting to reform,
An anomaly occurred!
The origin of this anomaly is far more mysterious than anything before!
"Splash!!!"
A sound seemed to echo faintly from before the dawn of time.
It also sounds like the thunderous roar of water from a distant, unpredictable future.
Without warning, it exploded at the core of this calamity-stricken land that had just experienced extreme destruction and collision!
The magnificent "Dao Sound" roared when an unimaginable force forcibly interfered and violently stirred!
The mere aftershock of that sound caused Li Qingshan's already exhausted and sensitive soul to tremble violently, as if he were being dragged into an endless turbulent flow of time and space.
Immediately afterward, deep within Li Qingshan's pupils, which suddenly contracted and reflected the fragmented lightning,...
A hazy, vast, illusory river that seems to bear witness to the birth and death of countless worlds and the rise and fall of civilizations.
It descends from the infinite heights, ignoring all barriers of space and dimension.
It ruthlessly pierced through the ruins of this Ancient Heavenly Court, and through the still boiling and roaring Chaos Thunder Pool!
What a magnificent and breathtaking river it was!
The river carries countless fragmented chapters of ancient history.
A projection of the world, rising and falling like bubbles.
And a terrifying torrent formed by the convergence of endless fragments of time, shimmering with the light of destiny!
It surges silently, exuding an aura of Eternal and desolation that leads all things to their predetermined fate and causes all beings to sink into the cycle of reincarnation.
It is that formless and intangible yet real River of Time and Space that runs through all the heavens and myriad realms, bearing all the Cause and Effect and effects, rises and falls of the past and present!
At this moment, in this Eternal river that should be an absolute taboo, where even True Immortal find it difficult to truly linger and where interference is impossible,...
Dao Body is moving against the ceaseless flow in a way that defies common sense and subverts common sense.
Fragments of time, enough to wash away the mark of True Immortal, step by step.
Coming from the "upstream" shrouded in the mist of that long river, riding the waves!
With each seemingly gentle step he took, the surging waves of time beneath his feet calmed and froze.
Those fragmented ancient histories that drifted along with the tides made way for him as if they had encountered a king.
Countless fine and intricate threads, representing Cause and Effect connections, frantically coiled and manifested around his body.
Trying to trace his origins, it was as if an invisible blade had severed his connection behind him.
It quietly disintegrated and reassembled, leaving behind even deeper mysteries.
This was a figure whose features were obscured.
It was more solid than all the previous imprints carved by the Great Dao, including the Nine Emperors' Humanoid Lightning and the Five Immortal Divine Medicine, as if it possessed real flesh and blood and a soul;
But at the same time, he also became more "ambiguous".
This ambiguity stems from the fact that he is shrouded in layers upon layers of a constantly evolving, cyclical mist of time and space.
Within that mist, it seemed as if countless broken eras were wailing.
Countless civilizations have vanished and risen and fallen.
He stood alone, as if carrying the entire torn history of antiquity on his shoulders.
Its body naturally exudes the dust and desolate afterglow of countless glorious eras.
They simply stood there quietly, without making any move.
However, that aura that naturally spread out, transcending all the myriad paths of the heavens.
It seemed to have long transcended the constraints of time, coldly overlooking the cycle of time and the myriad aspects of life with supreme pressure.
It was as if the will of the entire universe had been fully awakened and manifested.
It crashed down with a deafening roar, filling every inch of the Void in this Ancient Heavenly Court plaza!
"Buzz!!!"
Hovering beside Li Qingshan were the Pangu Banner and the Central Wuji Apricot-Yellow Flag, which had just experienced a great battle.
At that moment, it emitted an unprecedented, almost mournful, violent tremor!
It spontaneously unleashed a surging stream of chaotic energy and a thick Xuanhuang Mother Qi.
They intertwined to form the strongest defense, firmly protecting Li Qingshan's swaying body in the center.
It desperately resisted the omnipresent force of rejection and compression originating from the very essence of space and time.
"Crack!!!"
"Crunch!!!"
Li Qingshan's entire body was groaning with unbearable strain.
I just finished that extremely fierce and bloody battle with the five Immortal Divine Medicine.
Her precious body, nearly exhausted, resembled a candle flickering in the wind.
His soul was as if it had been thrown into a vortex of time and space where ice and fire intertwined, and the past and future were in chaos.
Countless fragments of memories, both his own and not his, were frantically assaulting the core of his consciousness.
They tried to completely erase his existence.
Intense pain swept over every nerve like a tidal wave.
But Li Qingshan clenched his teeth so tightly that his gums even bled from the excessive force.
His body, stained with golden holy blood and charred marks, stood straight as an unyielding spear.
With head held high and eyes burning with an indomitable flame, it pierced through the mists of time and space, staring intently at the figure that stepped out from the long river.
He thought to himself:
" The River of Time and Space has actually manifested directly!"
This is no longer an ordinary heavenly tribulation; it has touched upon some supreme taboo!
Who is this person?
If the brand alone possesses such power, what level of cultivation must its true form be?!
"I have also fought against the Dao traces of the Eternal Great Emperor. Although it is strong, there are still traces to follow."
But this person's aura seemed to transcend this ancient history.
Independent of the outside world.
Could it be!!!!
A name deep in his memory flashed through his almost crushing consciousness like lightning.
That figure finally stepped completely out of the long river.
Standing in this dilapidated square, beneath my feet lies the ground still crackling with electric arcs.
His gaze seemed to contain the vicissitudes of time and endless loneliness.
Ignoring the distance of time and space, piercing through layers of laws and mist, it landed precisely on Li Qingshan.
This is completely different from all the previous imprints that lacked self-awareness and only knew how to carry out the Great Dao's annihilation orders.
That gaze seemed to possess a true soul, carrying a sense of scrutiny.
An investigation.
Even a faint, indescribable sense of familiarity?
Li Qingshan's heart was filled with turmoil.
"Those eyes are definitely not lifeless!"
Does he recognize me?
No, impossible!
In this era, he has long been a legend, a myth!
How could he possibly recognize someone from a later era?!
"Unless,"
Li Qingshan's heart skipped a beat as he thought of that mysterious Stone Gate.
"Yes, that Stone Gate is of extremely high status."
It is mysterious and unfathomable, capable of transcending even the realms of existence.
Could it be that, at some point later, it transported me back to a more distant, Chaotic Ancient Era?
In those years when " Number Ten " reigned supreme.
I had some interaction with him?!
"Is it fighting side by side?"
Or was it merely a fleeting glimpse by the passerby?
Countless questions churned in his mind like boiling bubbles.
But at this moment, he had no time to investigate further.
Then, the figure moved.
He slowly raised his right hand and, from a distance of several hundred feet, made a gentle slash towards Li Qingshan.
There was no dazzling divine light, no earth-shattering surge of energy.
It didn't even cause the slightest spatial ripple or produce any sound.
The silence was terrifying.
But Li Qingshan "saw" it!
He relied on his initial condensation of the " Yuanshi " Dao Fruit to keenly perceive the origin of all phenomena in the world.
He clearly "saw" that the space he was in, along with the time flowing within it, seemed to have become an ancient scroll being grasped by an invisible giant hand!
The finger that brushed across the canvas was not meant to destroy it.
Instead, the goal is to completely and cleanly "cut out" this part of Li Qingshan's existence from this canvas called "reality"!
"This is power that truly touches forbidden territory!"
No refunds!
There's no turning back!
Once it is "cut out".
I have never existed; all Cause and Effect, memories, and traces related to me will vanish!
A deadly sense of crisis pierced my soul like a million ice needles.
The instinct for survival and the indomitable will to fight brought out his last and deepest potential at this moment!
"Roar!!!"
"I am the truth!"
I mean Eternal!
Past and future, I remain unchanged!
"Open the Heaven Seal!"
He unleashed an undying roar that originated from the deepest recesses of his soul, burning with all its might!
He merged with the Union with the Dao, expressing his complete understanding of the " Heaven-Opening Seal ".
He poured all of it into the Pangu Banner beside him!
The hazy banner suddenly burst forth with an unprecedented radiance.
It seemed to have truly transformed into the supreme divine weapon that separated chaos and established the order of the universe at the beginning of Heaven-Opening — the Pangu Axe!
He wielded the entire will of "opening up"!
Facing the figure that emerged from the River of Time and Space, and the invisible force of "cutting," he fiercely unleashed a strike that surpassed his own limits!
This is his ultimate interpretation of his own "Tao".
It is also a challenge launched against that legendary being, a challenge that has spanned countless ages!
"Laugh!!!"
A terrifying, soul-shattering "tearing" sound, resounding directly at the very source of all things, suddenly erupted.
This shockwave stunned the ancient Heavenly Court ruins, and even the surrounding sea of lightning faltered!
Li Qingshan's " Heaven-Opening " axe intent, which embodied everything.
Like a steel nail driven into an iron plate, or like the first ray of light piercing through the darkness.
It was forcefully placed on that invisible, converging "scroll of time and space".
It tore open a tiny but real "crack"!
He firmly anchored his own existence, and was not erased!
However, the cost was enormous and devastating.
The pioneering spirit he unleashed collided with that higher level at the moment.
Like a torch thrown into an abyss, its light quickly dims and dissipates.
A chilling, deathly still aura, seemingly capable of ending all eras and annihilating all paths, filled the air with a terrifying Daoist aura.
Following the unseen connection, the backlash came like the source of a cosmic cold wave, instantly engulfing his body and soul!
"Puff!!!"
He suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, which was no longer its brilliant gold color.
Instead, it presents a gray and dull color, as if the life essence and principles contained within it have been eroded and withered by that force of termination!
The huge wound on his chest, which was slowly healing, completely burst open.
Even through the jagged cracks, one could clearly see the tiny, dimly lit star inside, riddled with tiny fissures.
It was as if the heart, which seemed about to stop beating at any moment, was rising and falling weakly and laboriously.
The Pangu Banner let out a mournful cry, its radiance completely receding, instantly shrinking back into the depths of its Bitter Sea.
His aura, like a flickering candle in a storm, instantly faded to almost imperceptible levels.
The life force fluctuations were so faint that they almost blended into the surrounding deathly silence and thunder.
It seemed as if it would completely vanish into this world at any moment, returning to Eternal nothingness.
But he remained standing!
Although its body was swaying precariously, as if it might shatter into countless pieces at any moment.
But his spine remained unbent, and his head was still held high!
At that very moment, the figure that emerged from the River of Time and Space Shrouding the Heavens: Yuanshi of the Myriad Heavens, surrounded by the ever-changing and ever-changing mist of time and space, rippled almost imperceptibly.
His perpetually indistinct face seemed to cast another glance at Li Qingshan.
It is an extremely complex and indescribable charm.
With his keen intuition, Li Qingshan seemed to have caught a fleeting, extremely subtle hint of mockery?
That look didn't seem like he was looking at a stranger undergoing tribulation.
It's more like seeing an old friend you haven't seen in a long time?
"That look in your eyes, there's no mistake!"
Although extremely obscure.
But that subtle teasing—he recognized me!
At least, I recognize "me" who "may" have appeared in the Chaotic Ancient Era!
"Yes, it must be related to that Stone Gate!"
Unbeknownst to me, I had somehow formed Cause and Effect with this peerless and unparalleled Desolate Heaven Emperor!
Then, this mark, which descended from the upper reaches of the River of Time and Space, seemed to have reached the limit of its existence.
His figure began to transform into shimmering specks of light from the edge, like fluffy catkins blown by the autumn wind, irreversibly dissipating.
He didn't make another move, but simply gazed at Li Qingshan with a quiet, meaningful final look.
Until its form completely transformed into a dazzling rain of light.
The illusory image of the long river gradually faded and became transparent, eventually disappearing completely from the sky above the Heavenly Court like a mirage.
The immense pressure that had stirred up the ages and made all the stars in the heavens tremble vanished into nothingness as quickly as the tide receded.
"Boom!"
Only in the distance, the chaotic thunder pool, seemingly drained of most of its power, emitted a low, weary rumble, like a sigh.
It was as if they were preparing for this brief yet thrilling confrontation that transcended the boundaries of time and space.
Offering the final, lingering echo.
Li Qingshan could no longer hold on.
With a thud, he fell heavily to one knee.
His knees smashed the hard, thunderous ground, leaving spiderweb-like cracks.
He used his arms to support his almost falling body, panting heavily.
Every breath tugged at my internal organs, bringing excruciating, tearing pain.
He struggled to lift his head, gazing at the empty space where the mark of the Desolate Heaven Emperor had vanished.
" Desolate Heaven Emperor, Number Ten."
You ruled alone for eternity, isolating yourself from the Heavens and ushering in a relatively peaceful era for future generations.
The mark you left here, is it for selection?
Or are we waiting for something?
Was the mockery in that gaze because I was seen as an "unexpected" person?
Or perhaps, what did I do during that Chaotic Ancient Era?
He grinned, revealing teeth stained with a mixture of gold and gray blood.
Bathed in the increasingly dim, seemingly extinguished, light of the surrounding lightning.
It appeared particularly glaring, carrying a tragic and complex meaning.
The thunder subsided, and all was quiet.
It was as if the entire world, the entire space and time, had fallen into a strange silence and waiting at this moment.
He alone survived.
Just as that Dao Body completely transformed into a shower of light and vanished from the River of Time and Space, another unexpected event occurred.
The shimmering light did not completely dissipate in the direction of the river's flow.
Among them, the most dazzling is the radiant light containing strands of Daoist charm that transcend this worldly comprehension.
As if drawn by some Xingyi, they were like fledglings returning to their nests.
The dust settled and turned, drifting towards Li Qingshan, who was kneeling on one knee, barely breathing.
These feathers of light are warm and pure, seemingly containing the most primal vitality and Fortune power.
"This is"
Li Qingshan struggled to lift his head, looking at the falling light rain, a hint of astonishment flashing in his eyes.
He felt an indescribable sense of closeness and comfort from those luminous feathers.
As if parched land had encountered sweet rain, the almost depleted life force within him spontaneously generated a yearning.
It's a gift!
Is he helping me?
"Yes, with his abilities, if he truly wanted to kill me, that finger strike just now would not have been so 'gentle'."
Is this more like a reward after a test?
Or perhaps, it's a way of looking after an "old friend"?
Before he could think further, the light feather contained a trace of the Desolate Heaven Emperor's original Daoist essence and boundless Fortune power.
It had quietly seeped into his body like snowflakes.
"Buzz!!!"
A gentle yet vast power, like a mother's embrace, instantly enveloped his shattered body and dimmed soul.
This power is so pure.
In a subtle and imperceptible way, it stirred up the remaining fragments of the Dao principles of the Immortal Divine Medicine within his body.
The essence of the lightning tribulation and his own tenacious and indomitable life force.
In an instant, an invisible furnace seemed to emerge inside Li Qingshan's body!
The five internal organs, corresponding to the five elements, are resonating with each other in an unprecedented way!
The heart belongs to fire, which triggers the principles of the Divine Phoenix's Nirvana, igniting an inextinguishable flame of life;
The liver belongs to the wood element, which connects to the vitality of the Ginseng Fruit Tree, unleashing boundless Fortune energy;
The spleen belongs to the earth element, bearing the Xuanhuang Mother Qi Root and stabilizing the central, thick earth of Nirvana;
The lungs belong to the metal element, absorbing the sharp, destructive energy of the True Dragon, thus forging an indestructible Daoist body and golden bones;
The kidneys belong to the water element, which integrates the vast essence of thunder and sea, nourishing the parched fountain of life.
The Five Great Secret Realms then began to operate with a roar.
Sea of Bitterness, Dao Palace, Four Extremes, Dragon Transformation, Immortal Platform
It was as if five interconnected Heavenly Gate were receiving this gift from the Desolate Heaven Emperor and all that it had accumulated, and once again undergoing the deepest level of fusion and transformation.
"Click, click,"
The charred, cracked old shell on his body began to make a faint cracking sound.
Like the moment before an egg hatches.
A series of pure, Five-Colored Divine Light.
These correspond to the five elements: red, green, yellow, white, and black.
It emanated from the deepest part of his body, initially faint, but then growing increasingly intense!
Light intertwined, Dao patterns spread, rapidly weaving and condensing around his body, eventually forming a structure over ten feet tall.
A five-colored cocoon of light, shimmering and constantly emitting chaotic energy!
The cocoon of light rotated slowly, each rotation like a breath.
It greedily devoured the ancient Daoist charm and the not-yet-completely-dissipated essence of thunder remaining in the surrounding Heavenly Court ruins.
Above the cocoon wall, faint phantom images of dragons and phoenixes could be seen swirling, and strange phenomena of Heaven-Opening floated up and down.
Furthermore, subtle ripples of time and space emanate from within, as if a new god transcending eternity is being conceived within!
"What a wonderful feeling, like a phoenix Nirvana!"
It's a leap in the level of life!
This gift not only healed my spiritual wounds.
It is also solidifying my foundation and unleashing all my potential.
"Guiding me towards a more perfect path of transformation,"
The cocoon of light rises and falls, exuding a breathtakingly powerful vitality and an ever-deepening Daoist charm.
The previous devastation and deathly silence were swept away.
Instead, a hopeful silence, accumulating a power that would shake the world, has taken its place.
The thunder subsided, and all was quiet.
Deep in the ocean.
That magnificent celestial calamity, which lasted for over a month and shook the entire Big Dipper, finally came to an end.
The thick, ominous clouds that had shrouded the depths of the open sea slowly dissipated, like the receding tide.
The aura of destruction that had sent shivers down the spines of all beings vanished without a trace.
The sky, which had been flickering between light and shadow by the lightning, returned to its deep, inky blackness.
The stars began to twinkle, as if the cataclysm that had just destroyed the stars was nothing but a dream.
However, the clouds of calamity dissipated, revealing Li Qingshan's figure.
In the center of the Void outside the Eastern Wasteland, where the heavenly tribulation had completely reshaped the space and where terrifying cracks still remained.
A cocoon of light, about ten feet tall, was quietly suspended there.
Its entire body shimmered with the divine radiance of five colors: red, blue, yellow, white, and black.
The light was not dazzling, but it carried an indescribable purity and profundity, as if it had condensed the most primordial essence of the five elements in the world.
On the surface of the cocoon, countless intricate and complex natural patterns, imbued with profound truths, flow slowly, appearing and disappearing.
It is like a divine egg left behind in the mortal world, or a supreme Dao Embryo sculpted by the Great Dao itself.
Silently absorbing the essence of the universe, resonating with this world.
The surrounding Void distorted slightly due to its presence, rippling outwards in gentle waves.
It exudes a powerful yet restrained vitality, within which a divine being is about to shake the heavens.
What's most awe-inspiring is the frenzy unfolding around this cocoon of light, a frenzy that devours the essence of heaven and earth!
"Call!!!
"Waaaaah!!!"
It was as if the ancient Kun Peng had been resurrected, opening its gigantic maw to devour the galaxy!
With the cocoon of light at its core, an invisible vortex suddenly formed, covering an area of hundreds of miles!
The boundless essence of heaven and earth, like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea, was forcibly drawn from the Void in all directions and transformed into long rivers of essence that were visible to the naked eye and shimmered with various colors.
With a thunderous roar, it surged wildly into the seemingly small five-colored cocoon of light!
This devouring power was so domineering that the Void around the cocoon of light was distorted and blurred due to the rapid flow of energy.
Even subtle spatial folds appeared.
The vast black ocean below was stirred by this force, churning up towering waves.
Countless essences of water were extracted, transforming into azure ribbons of light that merged into the torrent of energy.
That's not all!
Above the sky, the countless stars seemed to be summoned by some supreme being!
The starlight, which had been falling coolly, now seemed incredibly "enthusiastic" and "proactive"!
Strands of silver starlight, thick as mountains and condensed as solid matter.
It was like the Milky Way bursting its banks, or like countless star lords simultaneously throwing out their starlight spears.
It fell with perfect precision from the depths of space, traversing an endless distance, and forcefully poured into the five-colored cocoon of light!
The power of the stars in the heavens converges to form a waterfall!
The cocoon of light seemed to transform into a greedy cosmic beast, recklessly devouring the gifts from the stars!
Its range and speed of devouring far exceeded the imagination of any cultivator, and even made some Old Gu were secretly observing feel their scalps tingle!
This isn't absorbing energy; it's plundering the Fortune of this world!
Despite being infused with such a massive amount of the essence of heaven and earth and the power of the stars, the cocoon of light did not expand.
On the contrary, the Five-Colored Divine Light within became increasingly restrained and pure.
The deep and powerful Daoist chant grew louder and more resonant, like the beating of a divine war drum.
This foreshadows the final and most crucial transformation that is taking place within it.
All was silent.
All gazes that look upon this place, whether from weary observers of the calamity or from ancient divine thoughts hidden in the shadows.
Everyone was immediately drawn to the suddenly appearing five-colored cocoon of light.
Shock, doubt, greed, awe...
A mix of emotions intertwined silently.
The heavenly tribulation has dissipated, but what exactly does this cocoon of light, nurtured by the tribulation or born from its ruins, signify?
Is this the final form of Li Qingshan, the one who transcended tribulation?
Or is it an unparalleled divine artifact forged jointly by an unparalleled heavenly tribulation and the one who transcends it?
Nobody knows the answer.
But everyone understood that when this cocoon of light broke, it would be a cataclysmic event.
In the vast Big Dipper Star Domain, deep in the outer sea of Eastern Wasteland, only this five-colored cocoon of light floats silently.
It breathes in starlight, absorbs all spiritual energy, and awaits the moment of life's Nirvana and glorious reappearance.
The deep, resonant sound emanating from within the cocoon of light, like the heartbeat of the earth, has become increasingly clear.