Chapter 1062: First Signs

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Back then, the golden mouse of the old man from the Fifth Star Ring moved faster than the flow of time itself. It came and went without a trace, hidden within space-time, making it impossible for anyone without immense power to track it.

This alone speaks to the terrifying nature of this beast!

However, for a young creature to mature and reach the realm of the old man's golden mouse from the Fifth Star Ring, it must overcome numerous calamities; less than one in a hundred survive. The difficulty is astonishing!

Yet, its value is also considerable!

At the moment the 'Li Jin' creature was born, those who observed this scene were not only the mysterious middle-aged cultivator.

Outside the Demon Feather Holy Land, on the Wanggu Continent, within the underground cave of Liaoxuan Holy Land, the sleeping Yemozi suddenly opened its eyes.

A strong golden light gleamed in its eyes. It raised its head, looking towards the direction of the Demon Feather Sky, and through its bloodline connection, sensed the birth of its offspring.

A hint of complexity appeared in its eyes, along with relief!

When De Luozai personally extinguished and seized its divine fire back then, it had no descendants.

The two eggs thereafter were, in fact, its final act of self-preservation.

Using its innate abilities, it forcefully separated its own bloodline, and then used time to obscure causality, deceiving De Luozai's perception. In the end, the eggs were successfully taken away by Xu Qing and Er Niu!

What happened back then seemed like a mere coincidence, but whether it truly was so, perhaps only Yemozi itself knew.

A moment later, Yemozi closed its eyes. Its life force began to dissipate at that instant.

Only a murmur echoed softly from its mouth:

"Li Jin, Li Jin,Depart from today,Pierce through time,Break through myriad voids,Leave no trace!"

Within the fragmented realm of the Daughter Kingdom, in the secluded cultivation place of Emperor Mingtan within the Demon Feather Holy Land, Xu Qing's mind stirred.

He looked at the little golden mouse in his hand, then at the enormous Albizia flower. The latter had fallen into stillness the moment the golden mouse was born.

Not only the flower, but the entire space was still.

Everything, in that instant, ceased to move.

Only Xu Qing and the golden mouse remained unaffected.

The little golden mouse was squeaking. After rubbing against Xu Qing's finger, it conveyed thoughts of hunger. Then, with a flash of golden light, it flew out of Xu Qing's palm, opened its mouth in mid-air towards the void, and snapped!

A crack appeared in the void. It actually bit through space with one bite and swallowed a piece of space from this place!

But clearly, as a young creature, doing this was difficult for it. So, after one bite, it was noticeably weaker. Yet, the sensation of hunger made it unable to resist another bite!

At the same time, the spatial crack broke the stillness of the area. The next instant, the space recovered, and the Albizia flower shook violently!

What shocked Xu Qing even more was that as the space recovered, a world-shaking, terrifying will seemed to emerge from nothingness and was descending upon the Albizia flower!

Xu Qing only felt this will slightly, and his heart pounded with fear, as if he was being submerged by a sea of death!

So, he had no time to think. Without any hesitation, he grabbed the little golden mouse, which seemed to be struggling to take a third bite, and his body transformed into a streak of light, rushing directly towards the spatial breach created by the mouse's bite, and darted away!

As the terrifying will rapidly descended behind him, Xu Qing instantly darted in and disappeared.

Upon leaving, a vast and brilliant starry sky entered Xu Qing's sight.

Although he didn't know why there was a starry sky outside the fragmented memory realm, Xu Qing recognized the immediate danger. So, he didn't slow down, moving forward instantly and speeding towards the distance!

After a moment, the sense of crisis from that terrifying will diminished, but Xu Qing's hanging heart didn't feel any lighter.

Because in this vast and boundless starry sky, which contained unspeakable beauty, there were also dangers: the storms brewing within it!

They swept from all directions, shattering stars wherever they passed, carving black holes out of the starry sky!

Like a terrifying maw, devouring everything!

And where Xu Qing was, was precisely at the edge of this storm!

At the critical moment, Xu Qing, without hesitation, waved his hand, and immediately the Holy Heaven Pagoda appeared before him!

With one step, he entered it, controlling the pagoda to move away from the storm!

This was what Xu Qing could think of as an object capable of traversing the starry sky; after all, this pagoda had a mysterious origin!

The Holy Heaven Divine Brain within it was even an exotic species from the starry sky!

Just like that, half an hour later, amidst the pagoda's whistling, it finally left the range of the starry sky storm!

Seeing this, Xu Qing breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and at the same time, he sensed the desire emanating from the Holy Heaven Divine Vine!

It was a yearning for the starry sky, as if begging Xu Qing to let it leave the pagoda and gallop through the starry sky!

After thinking for a moment and sensing his surroundings, Xu Qing found that the storm was far away, so he released his divine sense!

The Holy Heaven Divine Vine let out a joyful cry. Its body swiftly left the pagoda, expanding all around to a size of ten thousand zhang. With one end wrapped around the pagoda, the other end swayed wildly in front!

Seeing this, Xu Qing also stepped out of the pagoda. The moment he appeared, the divine vine coiled around him, conveying a sense of joy!

Finally, its front end settled beneath Xu Qing, carrying him. Its body trembled, emanating an inexplicable aura, and it actually parted the starry sky, moving rapidly forward like a fish in water!

This scene, if seen by other cultivators, would surely astound them beyond measure!

Indeed, in this scene, Xu Qing's long robe fluttered as he sat upon the divine vine. The divine vine, ten thousand zhang tall, radiated a magnificent aura, its entire body shimmered with starlight, all its leaves stretched and swayed, and it even parted the starry sky as it moved, like a dragon!

Xu Qing's eyes gleamed with an unusual light. Sensing the divine vine's joy and its speed, he understood that the starry sky was truly the divine vine's domain!

And in the depths of this starry sky, Xu Qing gradually saw one after another, large and small fragments, shimmering like stars in the starry sky!

On those fragments, images were flowing past!

All were realms formed from memories.

However, having just experienced the Albizia Flower Realm, Xu Qing harbored apprehension towards these fragmented memory realms and naturally wouldn't easily step into them. So, he conveyed a message to the divine vine to avoid these fragments!

At the same time, his gaze swept around, also searching for the realms where the Empress and his Senior Brother were.

After all, it was the Emperor's secluded cultivation place, fraught with dangers, so finding the Empress as soon as possible was the most crucial task now!

Xu Qing narrowed his eyes and increased his speed!

Meanwhile, as he searched outside the various fragmented memory worlds, in that crimson world, within the tumor of flesh and blood on the transparent sea, the middle-aged cultivator who had previously spoken of the 'Li Jin' creature raised his head again!

His gaze fell upon the fuzzy hairs of the flesh-and-blood sky. The next instant, his pupils suddenly contracted, as if he had seen something incredible!

A moment later, his breathing became slightly hurried, and he closed his eyes in thought.

A moment later, when he opened his eyes again, a desolate, profound light appeared in his eyes. His right hand slowly rose, and he pointed towards the firmament!

The fuzzy hairs of the flesh-and-blood sky paused in unison, then swayed and intertwined, as if rearranging themselves. At the same time, in the starry sky where Xu Qing was, in a distant area beyond his perception, there were originally seven or eight fragmented memory realms.

But at this moment, these fragmented realms suddenly blurred and silently disappeared. Then, a colossal fragmented memory realm appeared, replacing all of them!

And it slowly advanced, in a mysterious way, appearing on the path where Xu Qing was sure to arrive!

A moment later, in the starry sky, the divine vine whistled, its figure appearing. Xu Qing on it immediately noticed the memory fragment ahead!

The scene within this fragment was an underground palace.

And the size of this fragment surpassed all he had seen on his journey!

Without hesitation, he was about to control the divine vine to avoid it, but just then, a golden light flashed within his storage bag. The little golden mouse showed intense desire and instinctively darted out!

Transforming into a streak of golden light, it headed straight for that fragmented world with astonishing speed!

Xu Qing's expression darkened. It was too late to intercept it, so he frowned, and with a sway of the divine vine, he flew towards that fragment!

Approaching in an instant, he entered it!

A daze, blurriness, and a sense of shuttling reappeared in Xu Qing's perception, exactly like when he entered the realm of the Albizia flower!

Until the next instant, when everything before his eyes became clear, a vast underground palace appeared before Xu Qing!

In front of it, there was a blue pool, emitting waves of fragrance that permeated this level of the underground palace!

And the little golden mouse was currently inside that pool, breathing in and out excitedly and happily. Its aura visibly grew with each breath!

Besides this, there was nothing else in this underground palace!

As for himself, after sensing, Xu Qing found that he still had the appearance of Ming Yan, but there were many injuries on his body. While blood dripped, a sense of weakness also appeared in Xu Qing's perception!

As if he had undergone a brutal battle!

Almost at the same time Xu Qing noticed all this, within the underground palace, a divine thought, devoid of emotion, suddenly slowly echoed!

"Ming Yanzai, you are the first cultivator in thirty thousand years to pass the nine hundred and thirty-one trials of my 'Created Legacy Celestial Clan'!

"Following the previous agreement, you are granted one opportunity to cleanse your physical body, limited to the time it takes for an incense stick to burn!"

Xu Qing's mind focused, and he looked towards the pool!

A moment later, he stepped forward, arriving beside the pool, watching the golden mouse breathing in and out within it. Many thoughts surfaced in his mind!

"This fragmented memory realm is somewhat strange!"

"After entering, it wasn't a trial, nor did I experience hardship in my heart, but instead directly reached a crucial segment containing opportunities!"

Xu Qing narrowed his eyes, released his divine sense, to investigate this pool!

But the instant his divine sense touched the pool, Xu Qing's expression changed, and his eyes showed a look of astonishment!

He didn't know what substances the liquid in this pool was composed of, but in that very instant, this water, through his divine sense, nourished his physical body and soul in a way Xu Qing didn't understand!

He clearly felt that the soul injuries from his previous battle with Ximozi had now recovered by more than half!

Most importantly, his physical body; he clearly felt that his body seemed to have been replenished!

More accurately, it was injected with vitality, making his physical body, which originally seemed normal but actually had a certain degree of decay, burst with more vigor!

To be able to make a physical body formed from desolate flesh and blood feel this way, what kind of water is this pool?

Xu Qing took a deep breath. After a moment of thought, he first observed the pool water, then gazed at the little golden mouse. Finding it still normal, Xu Qing's eyes showed resolve. He crouched down, and his right hand attempted to touch the pool!

The instant of contact, a rich and massive amount of vitality surged in!

Xu Qing's mind buzzed. His cultivation and aura both erupted. Most importantly, his physical vitality soared at this moment.

Becoming even more flawless.

At the same time, within a fragmented realm from Emperor Ming Yan's memory, a realm containing a battle between his true body and a clone!

Above the ruins, Ming Yan, clad in a long purple robe, raised his hand and strangled another version of himself!

White aura was emanating from the opponent's seven orifices and was being absorbed by him.

As it was absorbed, the opponent's body trembled, a piteous wail came from its mouth, and its body slowly melted, losing the appearance of Ming Yan and revealing the figure of a woman!

This woman was one of the two women from West Demon Feather who had entered the secluded cultivation place!

And the absorption continued. A moment later, the woman's form also dissipated, revealing, surprisingly, an old hag.

If Xu Qing were here, he would surely recognize this old hag at a glance; she was precisely the Seventh Sovereign he had seen in West Demon Feather.

At this moment, despair appeared in the Seventh Sovereign's eyes, along with deep resentment!

"Who exactly are you?"

Ming Yan in the purple robe was expressionless, saying nothing. Until long after, as the Seventh Sovereign completely withered, turning into ashes, he licked his lips and turned to walk into the distance!

As he walked, the appearance of Ming Yan on his body gradually faded, revealing a tall and straight body, long black hair, and a youthful countenance!

It was, surprisingly, the Young Master Yun, who was intensely infatuated with Yuedong.

However, at this moment, although he had the appearance of Young Master Yun, his eyes revealed the vicissitudes of time. He walked to the peak of this realm, knelt towards the sky, and a low voice emerged!

"Following the Emperor's decree from back then, your humble subordinate has come to pay respects!"

"Over the past millennium, everything has been as the Great Emperor predicted. The various sons indeed harbored rebellious intentions, and the Lan Family concealed malicious schemes. Ultimately, under the open and hidden struggles of both sides, they pushed for the opening of the Grotto-Heaven!"

The sky began to stir. As the winds and clouds changed color, a pair of indifferent eyes vaguely appeared, gazing at this place!

A moment later, Young Master Yun bowed his head. "As commanded."