Chapter 468: Crazy Xu Qing

The dim sky, filled with churning clouds, pressed down on Xu Qing like mountain peaks, wave after wave of divine pressure. His mind roared continuously, and Xu Qing's body trembled uncontrollably. He lost his ability to fly and plummeted onto the decaying earth. The moment he landed, his internal organs churned, and he spat out a large mouthful of fresh blood. More blood flowed from his seven orifices, and at that instant, his body, unable to bear the immense force, developed cracks.

His flesh tore open. His white Sword Holder's robe was instantly stained crimson, from inside out. As intense pain wracked his entire body, Xu Qing struggled to lift his head, gazing at the distant horizon.

At the edge of his vision, amidst the hundreds of souls resembling sacrifices, more than a dozen faint cyan mists coiled in all directions, resembling serpentine dragons. They emitted roars that echoed across the land.

To Xu Qing, this entire scene resembled a ritualistic sacrifice to a deity. It wasn't his first time witnessing a deity, but the unshakeable tremor, stemming from a fundamental life-level difference, continued to surge within him. It ultimately transformed into an irresistible, supreme will, manifesting as divine might. This divine might suppressed his mind, causing tearing pain in his soul. Even with the Poison Ban Pill covering his entire body, he couldn't stop it.

This was different from the divine eye he had seen in the Ghost Cavern, and also unlike the divine power emanating from Chu Tianqun.

Their pressure twisted the surroundings, blurred the world, and caused everyone's flesh and blood to become active, seemingly dividing into countless individual parts, thus disintegrating.

However, the power emitted by this Eye of the Firmament now caused extreme pain and the tearing apart of body and soul.

"It resembles a deity, yet it doesn't..."

Concurrently, as the divine might enveloped everything, countless shrill roars echoed from within the palace beneath the mountain of flesh and blood, as if demons were howling. As the sounds spread in all directions, countless evil spirits, radiating terrifying aura, surged out of the palace.

Each of them was incredibly grotesque; the largest stretched for hundreds of zhang, while even the smallest measured tens of zhang. Some had serpentine bodies, others human-like forms. The fluctuations emitted by any single one surpassed those of the Phoenix Birds Xu Qing had previously encountered. Evidently, only those with terrifying cultivation in life were qualified to worship the deity within the palace.

As the earth writhed, grotesque skeletons imbued with divinity also crawled out. Their numbers were boundless! After all, this was the Great World of Emperor Jiling, the burial ground of his clan. In fact, Xu Qing perceived that this world contained not just one palace, but multiple such sites.

Seeing countless evil souls and skeletons converging from all directions, covering the land, and rapidly approaching him, Xu Qing's eyes revealed a flicker of madness. His right hand instantly turned semi-transparent. Without hesitation, he plunged it directly through his chest, deep into his Fourth Heavenly Palace, grasping the Purple Moon Divine Source within.

He pulled it out with a fierce yank! Purple light erupted from Xu Qing's chest, just as it had when he confronted Chu Tianqun. Xu Qing raised the hand holding the Purple Moon Divine Source high and let out a low cry.

“Retreat!!”

This time, he wasn't using the Purple Moon's power to resist the divine might. Instead, the moment he raised it, he unleashed its full power without any reservation, thoroughly and completely igniting his Purple Divine Source.

Heaven and earth changed color at that instant!

As wind and clouds surged, brilliant, dazzling purple light streamed from between Xu Qing's right fingers. It converged and shot skyward, forming a column of purple light. Directly piercing the firmament, it stirred up circular ripples amidst the clouds.

Spreading out like ripples, it revealed the purple moon hanging high above. At this moment, they reflected each other! Endless purple mist also formed a hurricane around Xu Qing, encircling the purple light column, connecting heaven and earth. If the fluctuations Xu Qing normally emitted when cautiously using the Purple Moon's power were considered a 'one',

and the fluctuations during his fight with Chu Tianqun were a 'ten', then now, they were a 'hundred'! Such a full-power release naturally generated an intense signal, serving only one purpose: to attract the Red Moon! In an instant, an earth-shattering, supreme divine might erupted from outside this Great World, sweeping through the void as if searching for something.

Wherever it passed, the void collapsed, and worlds trembled and shattered.

Emperor Guling's Great World also began to tremble, and the sky, at that moment, turned a breathtaking crimson.

A lofty will, utterly indifferent to life, seemed capable of finding this place and descending at any moment.

This sight caused the charging skeletons and evil spirits around Xu Qing to halt abruptly. Their grotesque expressions were replaced by endless terror! The distant palace and the mountain of flesh and blood also swayed at this instant, and the cracks in the firmament abruptly shrank.

Witnessing all this, an unprecedented madness welled up in Xu Qing's eyes. He held the Purple Moon high, gazing at the cracks in the firmament, and spoke in a low voice.

“I don't know if you are Emperor Guling, but I'll assume you are.

“Since you can accept sacrifices and allow disorderly souls to worship you here, I refuse to believe you possess no consciousness. You should also know what I hold in my hand!” The moment Xu Qing spoke, a series of thunderclaps reverberated between heaven and earth, booming in all directions. Streaks of lightning flashed, illuminating the ground. The divine might grew even more immense than before.

“If I die, or even just have a thought, I can summon my Mother God to descend upon this place.” Beneath that divine might, Xu Qing's body trembled, yet the madness in his eyes did not diminish in the slightest as he spoke loudly.

“If She sees an existence like you, She will be very pleased. At that time, you will be food!” As Xu Qing's voice echoed, the divine might intensified even further at that moment. Amidst the trembling of heaven and earth, the terrified skeletons and evil souls surrounding him let out sharp roars.

“Disperse! If you dare advance half a step, I will summon my Mother God to descend upon this world!”

Xu Qing's eyes were bloodshot as he stared intently at the cracks in the firmament. He clenched the divine source in his hand, intensifying the signal created by its radiance interacting with the purple moon in the sky.

This was Xu Qing's trump card! It was also the determination that had solidified in his heart when he decided to come here to find Ling'er's other half-soul.

That's why he had previously released the Purple Moon's power, allowing it to ascend. That's why he had continuously activated the Purple Moon throughout his journey, making its presence increasingly potent.

Everything, absolutely everything, was for this moment! To threaten Emperor Guling with the descent of the Red Moon! From a distance, this scene was truly awe-inspiring.

Around Xu Qing, an endless tide of skeletons and evil souls surged. The black palace directly in front of him resembled the skull of a malevolent deity. And the cracks in the firmament above were the source of the divine might!

At this moment, as Xu Qing's words echoed and the signal generated by the Purple Moon's fluctuations spread, a roar erupted from within the cracks in the firmament. Unlike the roars caused by the resonating heavenly thunder before, this was truly the Eye of the Firmament's first genuine roar since Xu Qing's appearance.

As the roar reverberated, all the skeletons and evil souls surrounding Xu Qing parted, creating a path! A path leading to the palace, to the mountain of flesh and blood!

Xu Qing's face was devoid of expression. Holding the Purple Moon high, he gazed at the path ahead and began to walk.

On either side of him stood grotesque and ferociously menacing skeletons and evil souls.

But Xu Qing no longer paid them any mind. Along this path, he walked past one evil spirit after another, past countless skeletons. The divine might receded before him, and he eventually emerged from the dense encirclement, arriving before the palace.

Standing there, Xu Qing paused in silence for a breath, then resolutely stepped inside. He walked all the way to the end of the palace and ascended the steps of the mountain of flesh and blood.

From beginning to end, he did not lower his hand in the slightest, nor did the determination and madness in his expression diminish.

Thus, Xu Qing ascended the steps, one by one, until he reached the pinnacle of the mountain of flesh and blood, standing on its very peak. From there, he gazed out at heaven and earth.

He could finally see more clearly. The firmament now displayed two distinct colors. One was the original dim yellow of this Great World, pervading nearly ninety percent of the sky, where countless mists subtly churned, morphing into grotesque ghost faces and dragon heads. They roared in the sky, creating a continuous rumble of thunder. Occasional flashes of lightning illuminated the land, revealing the boundless sea of skeletons and souls beneath the mountain of flesh and blood.

Additionally, rotten flying creatures circled and shrieked in the sky, their malevolent intent locked onto Xu Qing. Although their grayish-black eyes emanated a profound death aura, their decaying bodies still radiated divine fluctuations. Evidently, each of them had been a sacred beast in life.

Even more numerous were serpentine dragons: dragons within the firmament's clouds, and snakes within the earth's decaying flesh, all now revealed.

The distant Styx River was also boiling at this moment. Ancient beings, buried within its waters, were stimulated to awaken and rose from the river.

Thousand-zhang misty figures could be seen, as could generals made of flesh and blood... Even further away, countless chariots and misty banners materialized between heaven and earth, their malevolent aura rising and covering everything.

This scene was truly shocking. And this place was merely one of many flesh-and-blood altars within this Great World. From this, one could imagine how powerful and grand the ancient Spirit Race once was.

As for the other color in the firmament, it was an extraterrestrial purple.

This purple occupied a small area but was incredibly intense, like a nail firmly hammered into place. Even surrounded by the dimness, it still radiated its distinct sharpness.

Its light formed a single beam, converging entirely on Xu Qing's right hand at the peak of the mountain of flesh and blood, continuously reflecting with the Purple Moon he held high.

Xu Qing's mind was now perfectly calm.

Although his eyes were bloodshot and filled with madness, he was not unfamiliar with such frenzied acts. After carrying out so many significant endeavors with his Captain, Xu Qing had grown accustomed to it.

At this moment, he gazed at the closed eye in the firmament! This eye was immense, partly hidden in the sky, emanating an ancient aura.

And before this colossal eye, among the hundreds of souls floating at the mountaintop, one wisp of a soul was precisely Ling'er, in her maiden form!

Within the black soul light, Ling'er sat with her arms wrapped around her knees, head bowed, trembling uncontrollably. She seemed deeply afraid, not daring to look up at her surroundings. The enveloping soul light appeared to obscure her world, preventing her from perceiving anything outside. Watching the trembling Ling'er, Xu Qing tightened his grip slightly on the Purple Moon in his hand.