Chapter 1321: Strange Object Source Initial Sacrifice

In the shimmering sea of gold and silver light, amidst the rolling waves, the Bottle of Time from Xu Qing's timeline materialized. The seemingly ordinary small bottle now emanated an ancient, desolate aura. Its ancientness was so profound, imbued with a deep sense of decay, that even the power of wishes tracing its origins struggled to fully reveal its source. Even with Xu Qing's constitutional law blessing, which caused time and space to flow around the Bottle of Time, ultimately, only a blurry bas-relief appeared on the seemingly unremarkable surface of the small bottle.

The carved lines appeared to be alive, intertwining and twisting until they subtly formed a sphere. It rotated, emitting an aura of life.

"Is that... a star?" Xu Qing's eyes narrowed.

As the star rotated, streaks of light, like the first rays of dawn, instantly appeared and enveloped the entire bottle. Xu Qing's pupils contracted as he was about to gaze more intently. However, a shrill cry from the Mother River Deity interrupted everything. Her divine essence erupted without restraint. Amidst the spreading, boundless divine light, the chains of law that bound her body finally dissolved, freeing her from their pull. The vision vanished, and the Bottle of Time reverted to its ordinary state.

The Mother River Deity swiftly retreated, her face pale, body weakened, eyes burning with murderous intent, and her inner turmoil raging intensely. This time, her injuries were extremely severe. Even though only thirty percent of her true form was present, the cracks in her divine essence were significant enough to affect her main body.

"This person carries not only the designs of multiple Divine Venerables, but also other inexplicable things!"

"Most of these inexplicable elements are connected to the Wanggu Continent itself..."

"This person... is very likely the ultimate struggle, the last remnant of power coalesced by Wanggu as it was being consumed by the Upper Wilderness!"

"Thus, Wanggu's destiny resides with him, the Heavenly Dao is with him, the Light of Creation is with him, and even that strange bottle is connected to him!"

"No wonder the schemes of the Divine Venerables all converge upon such a person!"

"However, by linking your constitutional chains to me, while you imposed a restriction, you also inadvertently revealed your vulnerabilities through this connection!"

A golden light flashed in the Mother River Deity's eyes, and golden flames ignited within them, then instantly spread to envelop her entire body. They blazed fiercely. Within the golden flames, her form became divine, yet the fierce resolve in her expression was strikingly clear.

"Your weakness is precisely as I anticipated; the fusion of immortal and god cannot be achieved so easily!"

"You are merely forcing yourself!"

"Your current state is only temporary; the integration of immortal and god cannot be sustained by you for long!"

The Mother River Deity's divine voice, tinged with madness, echoed through the cosmos. She raised her right hand, and as the flames in her eyes danced wildly, her divine essence... began to self-immolate! In the next instant, even more intense flames erupted from her body, making her appear like an undying divine fire in the starry sky. The flames consumed everything nearby, turning it into nothingness and fueling her own inferno, making the blaze even more intense. Emitting light and heat, they transformed into divine might, as if intending to incinerate the entire universe. Her divine will instantly permeated the entire cosmos.

Then, in this desperate, self-immolating state, the Mother River Deity raised her hand and pointed a finger at Xu Qing. The words she uttered, at that moment, truly became the rules of the star ring!

"I wish that your immortal and divine forms become unstable, splitting apart within three breaths!""I wish that your immortal soul becomes independent, and thereby self-destructs!""I wish that your divine body devours your soul, and all become illusions!"

These words of wish, becoming the rules of the Ninth Star Ring, echoed throughout all universes within it. They caused all beings to tremble, and simultaneously transformed into three closed Eyes of Rules.

The first eye opened on the Mother River Deity's glabella. The moment it gazed at Xu Qing, the golden and silver sea around him began to tear apart. The gold and silver, previously intermingled, started to separate. Silver appeared on the left, gold on the right. Xu Qing, caught between these two separating seas, also showed signs of his own body beginning to divide. His inherent instability was amplified exponentially!

Witnessing this, the Mother River Deity's expression turned ferocious, and the second eye on her glabella instantly opened. Rules erupted, the star ring roared, and Xu Qing's soul violently rippled at that instant. However, Xu Qing paid no mind to any of it. Neither the separation of the golden and silver sea of light nor the fluctuations of his immortal soul affected his will in the slightest. He allowed the Mother River Deity to open her eyes, while in his mind, a divine ability formed from his own techniques began to take shape. This was a divine ability inherited from Li Zihua, known as the God Slaying Platform!

"Ultimately, it belongs to someone else. But I can use it as a reference to create... a divine ability of my own."

Xu Qing raised his hand and, following his thoughts, summoned forth from the void. He drew upon the authority of the Red Moon, transforming it into an endless blood mist beneath him. As the mist churned, it shockingly coalesced into a blood-red altar! It was the Red Moon Altar! Next came Ghost Emperor Mountain, with the Bronze Black Pagoda as its source. Instead of standing upright, it transformed into an inverted pagoda, serving as the altar's support! It held the altar aloft! Furthermore, chains formed from the Golden Crow locked the base of the pagoda, connecting to the altar and swaying autonomously. This bizarre tableau appeared before Xu Qing as he closed his eyes.

Then, under Xu Qing's will, the power of Poison Inhibition materialized as rolling black mist. Within the mist, a vast, blurry beast shadow stood at the altar's western corner. Ding Yisan'er was also summoned by Xu Qing. From within it, the old painter emerged, his expression frenzied. He ground dawn light with a millstone to apply color to the altar. Then, mixed with the little boy's fated blood, it was smeared onto the stone lion's eyes, causing the statue to tremble and emit a shrill, piercing roar. The old painter, with a crazed laugh, plunged the paintbrush into his own glabella. Before dying, he crawled to the altar's northern corner and breathed his last there.

Next, from within the altar's poisonous mist, a grinning, eerie scarecrow swayed forth, moving to the altar's southern corner. There, it knelt towards the center, holding an object aloft with both hands. It was the Bottle of Time. Finally, at the altar's eastern corner, the Hand of the Deity appeared, placing the head from within Ding Yisan'er before it. The head's voice echoed shrilly.

"You're dead, you're dead, you're dead!"

These unfolding scenes made the Mother River Deity's heart tremble. She felt an intense life-or-death crisis, far exceeding anything she had experienced before, giving her a premonition of an imminent and unstoppable catastrophe.

"What is this?!"

As the voice echoed, Xu Qing, seated cross-legged in the void above the altar, abruptly opened his eyes. He gazed at the Mother River Deity. A chilling voice emanated from him.

"In this life, I have assimilated all bizarre entities, gathering them here. Using the primal essence you traced with your wish, I perform this sacrifice!"

"Let it be called, the Primeval Bizarre Entity... Sacrifice!"

The instant the last word left Xu Qing's lips, the starry sky shuddered, and the altar roared. Instantly, all space around Xu Qing began to twist and deform, as if an invisible colossal force were tearing at the boundary between reality and illusion. Moreover, black shadows, surpassing even Poison Inhibition, surged from all directions amidst gusts of chilling wind, swiftly converging around the altar. Within that darkness, numerous bizarre entities with grotesque forms faintly emerged. They exuded a spine-chilling aura and, even more strikingly, an immense antiquity! They seemed even more ancient than deities! The mere manifestation of this aura made even deities tremble.

Moreover, sounds like crying and wailing echoed throughout this part of the starry sky, as if malevolent entities awakened from the very dawn of the world. They sought to devour all! They struggled and writhed ceaselessly in the darkness, then, under Xu Qing's gaze, suddenly surged towards the Mother River Deity. Boundless and countless, their sheer number was enough to make the hearts of all who witnessed them tremble. Wherever they passed, the starry sky decayed, like rotting flesh.

The Mother River Deity's expression abruptly changed. Feeling an intensely potent life-or-death crisis, she immediately recoiled, casting divine spells to resist. Brilliant divine radiance erupted from her, and various wish-manifested divine powers intertwined around her body, attempting to block the onslaught. Simultaneously, she transformed into nothingness, using divine art to escape into the distance!

However, the bizarre entities born from the Primeval Bizarre Entity Sacrifice, like ravenous beasts scenting blood, lunged forward with even greater speed and more piercing, shrill cries. Regardless of nothingness, time and space, or any parallel dimension, they relentlessly pursued the Mother River Deity's aura, without beginning or end! In every dimension, every concept, and every narrative, they overtook the Mother River Deity, dragging her back from all directions and depositing her at the altar's center. Her form materialized within the altar. Then, amidst her piercing cries... she was sacrificed!

The altar erupted, locking her body! The black pagoda roared, suppressing her soul! Poison Inhibition permeated, sealing her divinity! The entire altar, with a thunderous rumble, began the sacrifice! Countless bizarre entities swarmed forward, frenziedly gnawing and tearing. The painter, even in death, smiled eerily, his cadaverous hand rising to sketch madly. The stone lion roared!

"What is Bizarre? It emerged before the gods, ascended the star rings; the Bizarre Realm predates the gods!"

The head bounced and sang loudly!

"At the third quarter of the Zi hour, blood from the finger breaks forth; offerings from seven apertures sacrifice to the Bizarre Lord.""The left eye is gouged for the Cursed Beast Sparrow, the right eye offered to the Scroll of Time.""Both ears are hung on the Black Crow, the tongue stuffed into the Bronze Jue.""And divine marrow and divine essence, spiritual body and divine soul, to the River of Oblivion!""The remainder buried in Sin Mountain; the divine kingdom collapses, burning brightly!""Finally, the millstone turns thrice, and the Bizarre Entity Sacrifice reveals its true form!"

The sound was as shrill as a dirge! No matter how the Mother River Deity struggled and roared, she could not break free from this terrifying embrace. The bizarre power from the Ninth Star Ring, at this instant, used this location as an outlet, converging and erupting boundlessly!

In mere moments, under the immense power of the Primeval Bizarre Entity Sacrifice, the Mother River Deity's body dissipated, and her light was extinguished! Along with the altar, she ultimately vanished into complete nothingness! Only the lingering bizarre aura remained in this region of space, along with a soft sigh from an ancient immortal who had also perished.

The starry sky fell silent. Xu Qing stood in the starry sky, sensing the surrounding tranquility. He finally raised his head and gazed toward the distant universe. After a while, he raised his hand, produced the Immortal Venerable's Treasure, and with a slight wave, etched a line across the starry sky beneath his feet. A line began from beneath his feet, forming a circle that encompassed the entire Wanggu within its boundary.

Standing on this boundary, Xu Qing's voice resonated throughout the entire Ninth Star Ring.

"From this moment forth, any outsider crossing this line does so at their own peril!"