Chapter 1263: True Yizhen God

This is a gloomy world.

Thick blackness, like solidified asphalt, enveloped the entire world, forming its walls.

Inside the world, across the sky, dark red patterns resembling a cracked spiderweb spread across the entire firmament.

Drops of fresh blood seeped from the cracks in these patterns, splattering onto the pockmarked land.

Like rain.

At the center of this high-altitude blood rain, where the patterns intersected, a massive fleshy growth shockingly protruded from within the firmament!

It hung high above, like a dying sun, yet also like a grotesque deity parasitizing this world, exuding an incredibly bizarre and eerie aura.

Xu Qing, along with all the deities who had vanished within the halo, now materialized one by one out of thin air amidst the blood rain.

They had been teleported here.

The moment they appeared in this strange blood rain, all the deities instinctively scanned their surroundings. Clearly, for every single one of them, this was their first time here.

As for Xu Qing, who was among them, his scan was even more comprehensive, encompassing not only this world but also a vigilance towards what lay beyond.

Fortunately, the threat from before the teleportation seemed to have been isolated by the strangeness of this place.

The divine consciousness from the starry sky had not descended with them.

This discovery brought a slight sense of relief to Xu Qing, but at the same time, it filled him with a peculiar feeling about this world.

"Could this not be the center of the world's ley lines?"

Xu Qing looked up, gazing at the firmament, at the blood-red patterns filling the sky, and at the colossal and grotesque fleshy sphere. His pupils constricted slightly.

He faintly discerned some clues about the fleshy growth.

Then he lowered his gaze to the ground.

The ground of this world was also black, and where the blood rain fell, the resulting mud looked like festering scars.

Countless small, blood-colored figures emerged from where the blood rain fell. They had no facial features, and numbly spread in all directions, beginning their labor.

In the distance, layered mountain ranges were visible, resembling the stripped skeletons of colossal beasts. In every ravine, thick black mist astonishingly flowed.

Within the mist, withered trees grew eerily. All of them were twisted in form, their gnarled trunks a sickly grayish-white, as if pieced together from countless broken spines. Their long, slender branches contorted skyward, like countless hands reaching to touch the firmament!

Yet, they were corroded by the falling blood rain, oozing black viscous liquid that stuck together, forming fungal growths that resembled umbrellas capable of sheltering from the rain.

These fungal growths varied in size. Xu Qing observed that the larger ones were often formed by the convergence of multiple withered trees, their span comparable to a city.

Beneath these umbrella-like structures, countless sacs, like grapes, grew densely.

On top of the umbrellas, tiny crystals grew, reflecting a faint glow woven from illusion and reality.

These faint glows caught Xu Qing's attention.

Astonishingly, they were remnants of small worlds that had turned into ruins!

What was hidden within them was unknown, flickering in and out of existence within the crystal facets.

This scene intensified Xu Qing's sense of peculiarity.

"It's as if heaven and earth are locked in a struggle here!" Xu Qing murmured to himself.

He saw that the small figures emerging from the blood rain performed their "labor" by using their arm-transformed axes to chop at the withered trees. Each fall of the axe blade left a mark on the trunk.

Besides this, they also split mountains. And astonishingly, tiny teeth and fingernails were mixed in with the sparks that flew when the axes struck the rocks.

It was as if the trees and mountains on this land were all living beings!

Moreover, this labor was fraught with intense danger!

Xu Qing personally witnessed a mountain range where, as countless small figures chopped, the numerous withered trees there suddenly convulsed in unison.

The next instant, the large and small fungal growths on the trees, and the grape-like sacs beneath them, burst one after another in a flash!

The splashing viscous liquid solidified in the air into tens of thousands of threads, piercing towards the small figures.

Wherever they passed, the skin of the touched figures cracked like charcoal, dark red glimmers emanating from the fissures. They quickly disintegrated, turning into ash.

All of this caused Xu Qing's mind to sharpen.

He had already perceived the truth of this world.

"These are two terrifying True Gods, likely both at the peak of the True God realm!"

"One above, one below, they are confronting each other in an alternative state."

"This state is peculiar, seemingly a stalemate."

"Thus, the True God of the sky cracked open this world's firmament, shedding Its divine blood to form those small figures, directing them to chop trees and split mountains."

"As for the mountains and trees, they are the other True God. It is struggling, but after persisting until now, It seems to be in decline."

"Then the purpose of the True Descendant family..."

Xu Qing's heart was vigilant, his thoughts rapidly turning. At the same time, the surrounding deities had also made their own discoveries here.

Then, among the deities, the dwarf from the True Descendant family, who sat cross-legged on a black lotus, had his voice echo.

"Although you are under the jurisdiction of my clan and are our subordinate deities, since you have heeded the summons, I will not continue to conceal anything from you."

"The outside world says that the True God of my True Descendant clan perished many years ago and cannot return. But in reality... our clan's True God is not dead; It is right there!"

On the black lotus, the dwarf stood up, raising his right hand to point at the colossal black fleshy sphere in the firmament!

"It has entered into a fusion with another True God!"

"Your mission here is to assist our clan's True God by clearing the trees and mountains in this place, thereby alleviating Its pressure so It can successfully complete the ultimate fusion."

"When our clan's True God awakens, you, our subordinate deities, will receive not only your deserved rewards but also other benefits. You will be bestowed with divine seals and each granted one instance of our clan's True God's protection."

The dwarf's divine voice echoed from the black lotus.

Among the deities teleported here, the vast majority had no objections to this mission, given the strict hierarchical system of deities and their existing status as subordinate deities of the True Descendant family.

Upon hearing this, they scattered, deploying their respective divine arts. Some shook the withered trees, while others vibrated the desolate mountains.

Only those who had reached the Divine Altar realm were qualified to weigh the pros and cons at this moment.

This was true for the few deities Xu Qing had previously paid close attention to.

However, under the black lotus dwarf's divine sense, these few also nodded in succession and joined in assisting the True God of the True Descendant clan.

Yet, instead of chopping trees and splitting mountains, they flew up into the firmament, circled the colossal black fleshy sphere, sat cross-legged, and each dispersed their divine consciousness to transmit their divine essence into the fleshy sphere.

They established a connection with that True God, dispersing its pressure.

Although their divine essence was merely a drop in the ocean for a True God, at this critical moment, having an additional external force to share the burden was also a way for the True God of the True Descendant clan to consolidate its advantage.

As for Xu Qing, the dwarf's divine sense also echoed in his mind.

"My presence here is due to my clan's True God summoning me through a bloodline method. Its fusion is imminent, hence this journey."

"As a Divine Altar realm deity, you should integrate your divine power into the firmament, establish a connection with our clan's True God, and once our True God awakens, I will bestow upon you a shattered fragment of a divine spark!"

This was already a substantial reward.

But Xu Qing... could not assist.

He was not a deity after all.

In his current state, if he established a connection with a True God, he wouldn't be able to prevent his true identity from being revealed.

After all, that was a peak True God.

Even getting too close felt extremely perilous to Xu Qing.

He sighed deeply, the feeling of being trapped in the divine star-ring, with wolves ahead and tigers behind, unable to move, was particularly intense. Thus, at this moment, he could only speak in a low voice.

"Esteemed Deity, this matter is of great importance and permits no failure. My realm is insufficient, rendering me useless here. Please open the teleportation, and I shall depart immediately."

As he spoke, Xu Qing waved his hand, retrieving the True God Stone and presenting it to the dwarf.

Entering this place was a last resort. While the likelihood of the other party agreeing to his departure now was low, Xu Qing still had to try. If it went smoothly, it would naturally be for the best.

If it didn't go smoothly... a cold aura rose in Xu Qing's heart.

At this moment, in the blood rain, only Xu Qing and the black lotus dwarf remained in mid-air.

The dwarf listened to Xu Qing's words, then expressionlessly raised a finger and tapped the True God Stone before him. The black stone instantly vibrated, then disintegrated into ash in a flash, scattering away.

Subsequently, Its gaze turned cold as It looked at Xu Qing.

"Either comply, or perish."

A murderous glint flashed in Xu Qing's eyes.

But the next instant, on the spiderweb-like blood-patterned firmament, the colossal black fleshy sphere suddenly wriggled a few times, and a fissure within it shockingly opened slightly.

It was like an opening and closing eye!

The moment it opened, a murky gaze abruptly fell from the fissure of this fleshy sphere... landing on Xu Qing.

In an instant, the dark red sky-light suddenly became viscous, the entire world roared, and all directions twisted simultaneously.

Mumbling divine chants also echoed throughout heaven and earth.

Xu Qing's body trembled. That gaze felt substantial. In that instant, he seemed to hear the sound of blood flowing backward, the crisp cracking of bones in a vacuum, and the shrill scream of the butterfly's remnant spirit burning.

In a moment, the divine butterfly shell covering his body immediately shriveled, unable to withstand this gaze. It cracked inch by inch, collapsing in an instant.

With a *boom*, it shattered into pieces.

Revealing Xu Qing's true form.

Simultaneously, from within the black fleshy sphere in the firmament, the moment Xu Qing's true form was perceived, a dull thud, similar to a fetal heartbeat, suddenly emanated. Each tremor caused the scattered rocks on the mountain surfaces to shiver.

A greater oppressive force surged from within the fleshy sphere, threatening to descend. But the next instant, the mountains and trees of the earth, as if finding an opportunity to retaliate, immediately caused the earth to rumble and the mountains to sway. They astonishingly rose from the ground, one by one, intending to rush towards the sky.

And the withered trees also forcefully grew, heading straight for the firmament.

Consequently, after a pause, the black fleshy sphere in the firmament let out an unknown roar and had to re-close its eye, refocusing all its attention on its fusion with its formidable adversary.

Heaven and earth were once again in opposition.

As for the dwarf, its divine eyes narrowed at this moment, as if it had received a telepathic message. Its divine might erupted instantly, its eyes glinting with eerie light. The three hundred sixty ancient remnants surrounding its body all opened their eyes in unison, locking onto Xu Qing.

"You are not a deity; you are a cultivator!"

"Emperor Lizhu issued an edict to apprehend the cultivator who abducted the Star-Eyed Luan. Could it be... you!"