The Heavenly Lion Divine Beast Little White seemed very excited, darting about in all directions.
Li Qiang said, "Goodness, there are quite a few people. It doesn't look like a fight, it looks like they're competing in something. Let's go over there!"
A red light flashed in the eyes of the Devil Venerable Chiming, and he said, "I'll go first!" Since being imprisoned by the Devil Restraint, he could no longer transform and move, and his speed had slowed down considerably, but it was still no worse than Li Qiang's. Before he finished speaking, he had already sped off.
Li Qiang said to Yan Qianhui, " Old Yan, you bring Yi Qing and Shengzhen with you, I'll go first." He withdrew the Heavenly Silk Purple Gold Xun and teleported to the side of the Devil Venerable Chiming, the two flying side by side.
The Devil Venerable Chiming was incredibly fast. In order to keep up with him, Li Qiang also pushed his speed to the limit. In an instant, the sound of air being torn apart was loud, and it even emitted a sharp whistling sound.
Soon they saw a flash of light rising from below the mountain. The Devil Venerable Chiming exclaimed, "Wow... they're having a fight! Haha, brother, let's join in..."
Li Qiang was really having a headache with this guy. He could tell from his tone that he had ill intentions. If he were to make a move, wouldn't all those people suffer?
Upon closer inspection, Li Qiang discovered that it was a one-on-one duel, with seven or eight people hovering nearby. To his surprise, these people were neither cultivators nor Loose Immortal immortals, but rather a form of cultivation he had never seen before.
When the group saw Li Qiang and his companion flying towards them, they immediately stopped fighting and naturally surrounded them.
The Devil Venerable Chiming Lord chuckled smugly, then took out the Blood Devil Halberd, looking eager to try his skills. "Brother, they seem to have ill intentions. Should we kill them?"
Those people were not wearing battle armor or immortal armor, nor did they use flying swords. Half of them wore loose blue robes, and the other half wore purple robes. They all wore large hoods, so their appearance could not be seen. Each of them held a stick that was half a person's height and as thick as a duck egg. It was impossible to tell what material it was made of; it was dark and emitted a faint purple light.
Li Qiang found these people very strange. He had previously guessed that there must be many cultivators here, but looking at these people, they didn't seem like cultivators at all. Instead, they seemed like very different kinds of people. The energy fluctuations emanating from them were completely unfamiliar to him.
You should know that Li Qiang's knowledge is now extraordinary. From the Spirit Ghost Realm to the Black Devil Realm, from the Cultivation Realm to the Immortal Realm, he has seen almost all forms of cultivation, but he has never seen a person who cultivates like this before.
The Devil Venerable Chiming was also puzzled. He whispered, "Brother, it seems their power is borrowed from others, not their own."
Upon hearing this, Li Qiang's heart stirred. He suddenly realized why he found these people's power so strange; it turned out they were borrowing it.
But then another question arose in his mind: whose power were they borrowing?
Those people also looked at Li Qiang and the Devil Venerable Chiming with surprised and uncertain eyes. They had never seen the two of them before, especially the Extinction Heaven Divine Armor on Li Qiang's body and the few starlight points flying around him. They had never seen them before, and the power they exuded left a very deep impression on them.
Neither side spoke, they simply stared at each other in silence. After a long while, the Crimson Devil Venerable Chiming finally lost his temper. He brandished his Blood Devil Halberd and shouted, "Where is this place? Who are you people?" He used the common language of the Cultivation Realm.
A person dressed in a purple robe pulled back the hood covering their face, revealing a charming face that was both angry and happy—it turned out to be a beautiful young woman.
The Devil Venerable Chiming couldn't hold back any longer. He had always been very restrained in front of Li Qiang, but this time, he thought that the girl in front of him had nothing to do with Li Qiang, and that Li Qiang wouldn't mess with him for her sake. So he started to ramble on and on. "Wow, she's a pretty little sister. Can you understand what your brother is saying?" He was now in his transformed handsome form, and his smile was so charming that it made people feel good at first sight.
The pretty girl blushed slightly and said, "We are temple guards. This is a forbidden area of the temple. How did you get in? Who are you?" Her voice was clear and charming.
The Devil Venerable Chiming Lord said with a grin, "We are... well, we are outsiders. Hmm, a temple? What kind of temple is this?"
Li Qiang picked up Little White and asked, "What planet is this? Are there cultivators here?"
As the people pulled off their hoods, Li Qiang realized that those wearing purple robes were all beautiful women, while those wearing blue robes were all fierce young men.
The Devil Venerable Chiming was so hungry he was practically drooling, his eyes flashing with a red light.
The woman said, "What planet? What cultivators? You..." She turned and spoke a few words with the man in the blue robe, then said, "Please come to the temple."
Li Qiang was very curious about the temple, so when he heard that they were going to the temple, he didn't object at all and immediately replied, "No problem, where is the temple? Let's go take a look."
Yan Qianhui flew over from afar with Xuanyuan Yiqing and Bai Shengzhen. Devil Venerable Chiming laughed and said, " Old Yan is such a slowpoke. He could have just teleported over with them. He's really energetic, flying slowly with two people. I get tired just watching him."
Li Qiang knew that Yan Qianhui was doing this for safety reasons, so he laughed and said, " Old Chi, that's enough, stop nagging."
The Devil Venerable Chiming flew over to the purple-robed girl with a grin and said, "What's your name? My surname is Crimson, hehe, just call me Brother Crimson." This guy is really shameless, going straight up to her to try and befriend her.
The girl appeared to be the lead temple guard. Her expression darkened slightly, and she snapped, "Don't talk nonsense! We are people dedicated to the temple; we have no names. Please come with us!"
Li Qiang chuckled and said, " Old Chi, you've run into a snag, haven't you? Can you just sit still? We'll talk about everything once we get to the temple. I don't want to be stuck on this planet forever."
The Devil Venerable Chiming understood Li Qiang's meaning. He was actually quite intelligent, but after being Devil Restraint, his strength was greatly diminished, preventing him from acting as he pleased. He knew that the most important thing now was to find a way out of this place; everything else was irrelevant. He said, "Alright, I'll listen to you. Let's go."
The Devil Venerable Chiming flew back and forth in the air, saying as he flew, "Hey, Purple-Robed Sister, hurry up, will you? Do you want me to carry you while I fly? Ugh! Stop dawdling! Just start flying already!"
Those people were originally suspended less than ten meters above the ground. The girl in the purple robe gathered them together while chanting some gibberish, like a spell. Li Qiang couldn't understand a word of it, but they looked very devout, as if they were praying for something.
The robes of the temple guards emitted a faint glow. Suddenly, the purple-robed girl at the head of the group screamed, and in an instant, the robes transformed, becoming a purple or blue mist that enveloped them completely. The mist lingered, and a voice emanated from within it. "Please come with us!"
Li Qiang suddenly understood. The incantation they had just recited was to borrow other powers, and the robes they were wearing were the medium for borrowing those powers. This was the first time he had ever seen this form of cultivation.
Li Qiang became even more curious about the temple. He was almost certain that the temple was directly connected to the palace on the satellite.
Those people flew in a very strange way. Although they were fast, they couldn't compare to Li Qiang and his group. Their flight patterns resembled rapidly moving clouds, which looked extremely bizarre.
The Devil Venerable Chiming kept approaching them, seemingly trying to figure out the underlying principle.
After crossing a towering mountain peak, Li Qiang looked out and was speechless with astonishment. He then heard the Devil Venerable Chiming Lord exclaim, "My God, this is magnificent! Amazing!"
Before me stretched an endless expanse of palaces, all built around a colossal spire that soared into the clouds.
There are seven spires in total, shaped very much like pyramids, only much taller. The central spire reaches into the clouds, gleaming with a dazzling purple light. Six wide roads extend from the base of the spire, each leading to a smaller spire. The six smaller spires and the central giant spire form a perfect six-pointed star. Countless palace buildings surround the spire, making it an incredible sight from the air.
Such a project is simply too massive. How much manpower and resources must it have taken? Because the entire building was not constructed using Law Technique, but entirely by hand.
The Devil Venerable Chiming was extremely fast. Once he became curious, he wanted to see it for himself immediately. He stopped following the temple guards and sped towards the spire of the palace area.
Li Qiang smiled slightly. He knew very well that a place like this must have strong defenses.
Sure enough, the figure of the Devil Venerable Chiming suddenly emitted a dazzling red light, as if a Mars had fallen into gasoline. With a loud bang, a layer of purplish-blue light shield rapidly appeared.
Enraged by the impact, the Devil Venerable Chiming unleashed his Blood Devil Halberd, which instantly turned the world into a bloodbath. The crimson demonic aura cast a bleak and eerie shadow over the entire palace.
All that could be heard was the Devil Venerable Chiming Lord's roar, " Heaven-Scraping Descent!"
The Blood Devil Halberd grew brighter and brighter in the air, and countless demonic forces rushed towards the protective shield along the direction of the Blood Devil Halberd. The earth trembled, and the purplish-blue protective shield emitted a light as bright as lightning.
Li Qiang remained silent, then unleashed his Heavenly Silk Purple Gold Xun technique, enveloping Yan Qianhui and the other two. Yan Qianhui asked, "Brother Muzi, why didn't you stop him?"
Li Qiang said, "No rush. I want to see just how powerful this temple is. Let him vent his frustrations; he's been holding back for too long. I can control him, don't worry."
The temple guards were terrified by the Devil Venerable Chiming, and none of them ever tried to attack the temple's defenses. Those defenses were the temple's fundamental power, and no single person could possibly challenge such a force.
They stopped at the purple-robed girl's shout, staring dumbfounded at the demonic energy swirling in the sky. They couldn't recognize what kind of power the Devil Venerable Chiming possessed, and simply watched him attack.
The Devil Venerable Chiming's behavior became increasingly strange as the fight progressed; he seemed to have been suddenly enraged by something.
Li Qiang also felt his blood boiling. He asked in surprise, "Damn it, why can't I hold back anymore? Brother Yan, keep an eye on those two, I'm going to help!"
Yan Qianhui felt nothing at all. He was startled by Li Qiang's words. What was wrong with these two guys? Why were they suddenly fighting like this?
A strange fighting spirit seemed to ignite within Li Qiang, and he just wanted to unleash it.
Suddenly, he teleported to the side of the Devil Venerable Chiming and laughed, "Need my help?"
The Devil Venerable Chiming looked at Li Qiang in disbelief, then couldn't help but laugh wildly, "So you couldn't hold back either? Fine, let's attack together!"
Li Qiang's fighting spirit grew stronger and stronger, burning him so much that he felt uncomfortable all over. He only wanted to vent his anger. His Golden Venerable Divine Heart pounded wildly like a war drum, and a large amount of pure Divine Yi Power circulated rapidly within his body. He forced himself to fly towards the sky above the palace area.
Countless people poured out of the palace area, like a swarm of moving ants, rushing towards the giant spire.
The Devil Venerable Chiming was also on the verge of madness. Like Li Qiang, he seemed to be summoned by some inexplicable power, but this strange defense blocked his way.
The seven spires emitted a dazzling light, illuminating the entire earth, and the swirling purplish-blue clouds in the sky began to fluctuate rapidly.
Li Qiang had never felt such a strong fighting spirit before. Without thinking, he activated the Five Immortal Thunders. After finishing the incantation, he realized that his Five Immortal Thunders was no longer the original Five Immortal Thunders, but had become something he could not explain. For a moment, he could not figure it out. The incantation had already been released.
Yan Qianhui suddenly felt a surge of fear, a sense that impending doom. He released the Illusory Transformation Scale-Spotted Arrow from the Heavenly Silk Purple Gold Xun, countless silver-white flashes enveloping himself, Xuanyuan Yiqing, and Bai Shengzhen. He shouted, "Quickly circulate your energy!"
In that instant, Li Qiang was in the distance, emitted a golden light, and the purplish-blue clouds in the sky were stirred up by a celestial staff, turning into a huge vortex.
Dazzling lightning flashed in the clouds, and most terrifyingly, the lightning itself was golden. The Devil Venerable Chiming was also frightened. Before he could summon back the demonic energy filling the sky, the entire sky seemed to collapse, and thousands of twisted golden lightning bolts descended from the heavens.
Li Qiang suddenly realized that he had been stirred by this nameless fighting spirit and had finally learned a higher level of the Five Immortal Thunders. It must be a secret technique passed down only by immortals. He only knew the name but not the method of cultivation. It was a relatively advanced immortal technique in the Immortal Realm called Thousand Pulverizing Thunders.
Just as the Devil Venerable Chiming Lord was frantically trying to recall the Demon Fiend, the Thousand Pulverizing Thunders erupted.
Li Qiang unleashed his Thousand Pulverizing Thunders at the largest purple spire. All the golden lightning bolts flashed towards the spire, but the impact wasn't too great. As the first golden lightning bolt struck, all seven spires simultaneously emitted a seven-colored light. After a deafening roar, a continuous stream of golden lightning bolts rained down.
Li Qiang looked frenzied. His full head of black hair was completely flying wildly, and lightning seemed to be flashing in the flowing black hair. Golden light shot out from his eyes for several meters. He was completely immersed in battle intent, with only one target: the spire in front of him.
No one could imagine how terrifying Li Qiang's Thousand Pulverizing Thunders were. The entire palace area was like a volcanic eruption, with lightning and sparks flying everywhere. The sky seemed to be twisted and torn apart, and the earth was violently shaken as if being struck like a drumhead. Large areas of the palace area under the defensive light shield began to collapse, and thick smoke rose into the air.
The violent shockwave spread out along the defensive light shield, and the first to be hit was the Devil Venerable Chiming.
The demonic energy he unleashed was swept away by Thousand Pulverizing Thunders. He roared in anguish, raised the Blood Devil Halberd, and swung it. A dark red flash of light flew out with a rumbling sound, heading straight for Li Qiang.
The temple guards who brought them there were all terrified. Because they were flying very slowly, they were still at the foot of the mountain. Even so, they were all affected by the Thousand Pulverizing Thunders and fell down, looking dizzy and disheveled.
The Heavenly Silk Purple Gold Xun was also affected; the enormous impact propelled it backward to the foot of the mountain. Yan Qianhui couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, inwardly praising the Heavenly Silk Purple Gold Xun Heavenly Silk Purple Gold Xun as indeed a unique magical Law Treasure.
He retrieved the Illusory Transformation Scale-Spotted Arrow and said, "Let's just watch from here; there shouldn't be any danger."
Xuanyuan Yiqing and Bai Shengzhen were both pale-faced. Li Qiang's attack was truly terrifying to them. They realized that their master was much more powerful than when they were at Beiling Mountain.
Just as Li Qiang pushed the power of the Thousand Pulverizing Thunders to its limit, the Devil Venerable Chiming's sneak attack arrived.
This was one of the Devil Venerable Chiming Devil Halberd Soul Seizure, not even his most powerful ultimate technique. Li Qiang had just finished absorbing the immortal technique when he suddenly sensed something was wrong. He didn't even have time to teleport, so he abruptly activated the Extinction Heaven Divine Armor and forcefully blocked the Devil Halberd Soul Seizure.
Li Qiang felt a strange force crashing down on him, and then heard a loud "crack." He was thrown forward repeatedly. At that moment, the Thousand Pulverizing Thunders erupted, and the two forces pressed down on him at the same time. Even though Li Qiang had cultivated to the Three Extinctions Heaven realm, he still felt he couldn't withstand it. The Supreme Radiance Shuttle immediately released a huge halo.
Li Qiang roared, " Xiao Ming..."
Devil Venerable Chiming recoiled in fright, suddenly snapping back to reality. He turned and ran to Yan Qianhui's side, pleading, " Old Yan, please help me, please help me! I hit him by accident!" He was genuinely afraid that Li Qiang would punish him severely.
The palace area's spires were equipped with incredibly strong defenses, remaining completely unscathed despite the frenzied attacks from Li Qiang and the Devil Venerable Chiming.
Li Qiang raised his hand and put a Sacred Fruit Olive into his mouth. He was driven by an inexplicable fighting spirit that he could not control himself. He had never been so impulsive before. The arm guard on his arm began to flash with a purple-gold light. He prepared to use the power of the arm guard to smash the protective shield.
Before Li Qiang could even bite into the Sacred Fruit Olive, seven beams of colored light shot out from the seven spires, instantly transforming into seven enormous colored rings that trapped Li Qiang in the blink of an eye. Then, seven more colored rings formed from the beams of light trapped the Devil Venerable Chiming hiding at the foot of the mountain, rendering both of them unable to move.
Li Qiang felt as if he were frozen in ice, unable to move or even exert the strength to crush the Sacred Fruit Olive. He could only watch helplessly as countless people flew out of the spire.
Li Qiang was utterly shocked. He could sense that the seven colorful circles contained fluctuations similar to those of the Divine Yi Power, meaning that this was something only gods possessed.
He could clearly see and sense the movements outside, and he understood everything, but he just couldn't move.
Those outside could clearly see Li Qiang trapped inside. He was bending his elbow as if to stretch, and his waist-length black hair seemed to be blown by the wind, frozen in mid-flight.
A wisp of black hair covered half of his face, revealing a golden eye. The Extinction Heaven Divine Armor rippled with Blue Light, and golden rays of light flashed from time to time. A strange immortal artifact rested on his head; it was the Supreme Radiance Shuttle, composed of two crescent-shaped pieces.
Even when he was sealed off, Li Qiang still exuded an incomparably powerful aura.
Soon, the spire's defensive shield vanished completely. Yan Qianhui knew something was wrong, and he instructed, " Yi Qing, Shengzhen, stay inside the shield and don't come out. I'll be right back."
He suddenly teleported to Li Qiang and the Devil Venerable Chiming's side, his flying sword circling around to protect them.
However, he was extremely shocked. He felt his pure True Essence Power rapidly dissipating, as if it were being forcefully absorbed by something. He immediately threw out the Illusory Transformation Scale-Spotted Arrow for protection, and the spikes on his back stood up, but he knew in his heart that he absolutely could not hold out for long.
The people who flew out of the spire had surrounded the three of them. The leader was an old man dressed in a golden robe. He looked at Yan Qianhui and sighed softly.
Yan Qianhui was even more suspicious and asked, "Who are you?"
The old man in the golden robe lifted his hood and said, "Put away your Law Treasure. No cultivators have come here for many years. Don't circulate your energy anymore, or you'll end up like me, losing your cultivation power. I used to be a cultivator, much more powerful than you; I even reached the Mahayana Realm."
Upon hearing Yan Qianhui's Dao heart was thrown into turmoil. He was joking, thinking that the Mahayana Realm was the dream of every cultivator, but the old man in front of him had no trace of the demeanor of the Mahayana Realm expert; he was clearly just a frail old man.
He stammered, "What... what's going on? Where am I?"
The old man said, "This is a place forbidden by the gods. It enshrines the Divine War Soul. Any cultivator who enters here will become a sacrifice to the War Soul. Heh, I am the spokesperson for the Divine War Soul. Please come into the Tower of God and let's talk. Don't worry, I mean no harm. Oh, who are those two? They seem different from cultivators, unaffected by the Divine War Soul."
Yan Qianhui felt his True Essence Power flowing outwards like water, and he couldn't control it at all.
He immediately withdrew the Illusory Transformation Scale-Spotted Arrow and flying sword, and immediately felt the speed at which his True Essence Power dissipated slow down. Although it was still dissipating continuously, the speed at which his Nascent Soul circulated was now able to keep up with the rate of consumption.
He smiled wryly and said, "These are my two companions. Could you please release them?"
The old man shook his head and said, "This is not something we can untie. The two of them angered the War Soul War Soul have been imprisoned by it. It's just strange, though. So far, no life form of any kind that has arrived here has been able to forcefully resist the War Soul. How could these two possess such power? It's truly perplexing."
Yan Qianhui felt an irresistible urge to attack, but the old man smiled slightly and said, "You must restrain your fighting spirit. If a fight breaks out here, you will be like a burning flame, and you will regret it when you are left with only ashes."
His words were like a bucket of cold water poured over his head, and Yan Qianhui immediately calmed down. He asked in surprise, "Strange, why couldn't I help but want to take action?"
The old man smiled and said, "This place enshrines the Divine War Soul. Anyone with the ability will find themselves desperately wanting to fight. The intensity of this fighting spirit is the essence of the War Soul. Therefore, you must constantly remind yourself here not to act recklessly, understand?"
Li Qiang could hear the old man's words very clearly and was also very aware of his own situation.
He also realized that he and the Devil Venerable Chiming were fundamentally different from cultivators. The Divine War Soul had fueled their fighting spirit, but it could not dissipate their power.
Because he was cultivating to godhood, while the Devil Venerable Chiming was cultivating to become Great Gods and Devils, they should have some similarities with the Divine War Soul. Therefore, the Divine War Soul could only imprison the two of them with the power of the Spire.
Thousands of temple guards lined up in the air, all dressed in loose robes. Only the old man in front of them wore a gold robe, along with a dozen or so middle-aged men in white robes. The rest wore robes of various colors, seemingly their uniform attire, and each of them carried a stick, their weapons also being identical.
Li Qiang immersed his mind in the realm of the Undying Heart, rapidly activating the Golden Venerable Divine Heart. His Divine Yi Power surged outwards, but was immediately suppressed by the unparalleled power of the colorful circle.
Li Qiang gained this moment of freedom. He bit into the Sacred Fruit Olive he was holding in his mouth, and the energy contained within the Sacred Fruit Olive surged rapidly. His Golden Venerable Divine Heart immediately began to beat wildly.
Someone exclaimed, "Look at the Divine Restraint Ring! What's going on?"