"Rumble!"
The endless red thunderbolts poured down from the sky, and Gu Qing directly summoned the Hongmeng Ruyi Pagoda, devouring the world-destroying divine thunder.
The Du Hun Hai Star Domain was very special, as if it were a separate realm, isolated from the outside world, so there was no need to worry about the innate aura leaking out and being sensed by supreme experts.
As for the Heavenly Ghost Clan of the Du Hun Hai Star Domain.
The Calamity Black Dragon hid in the void, and once it discovered the Heavenly Ghost Clan approaching, it would swallow them in one gulp.
These Heavenly Ghost Clan members were mostly at the Saint Realm, with a few at the Divine Flame Realm, which were completely just small snacks for the Calamity Black Dragon.
No matter how many came, it wouldn't be enough for the Calamity Black Dragon to swallow in one bite.
There were also the Divine Flame Realm experts from the Long Jue Sect who had been sent to track him, who were proficient in void concealment techniques.
But in front of Gu Qing, who had awakened the spatial laws, they were like showing off a large sword before Guan Gong—completely insignificant.
Before they could follow for long, they were slapped to death by Gu Qing from a distance.
"Innate spiritual treasure..." Zhi Meng's beautiful eyes widened in shock, her heart churning with turbulent waves.
In her lifetime, she actually got to see the legendary innate spiritual treasure.
And it was in the hands of her disciple, Gu Qing.
Zhi Meng couldn't remain calm, unable to imagine how Gu Qing obtained an innate spiritual treasure in the lower realm.
Were there innate spiritual treasures in the lower realm?
In her knowledge, innate spiritual treasures were things that existed before heaven and earth, and they were limited in number, extremely rare.
They should have been divided up by the great gods when heaven and earth first formed.
There shouldn't be any unowned innate spiritual treasures left in the world.
So the question is, where did Gu Qing's Hongmeng Ruyi Pagoda come from?
Could it be that Gu Qing was an innate god from when heaven and earth first formed?
"No, it's impossible."
As soon as this thought appeared, Zhi immediately shook her head and denied it.
Having spent so many years with Gu Qing day and night, she knew better than anyone whether Gu Qing was a reincarnation of a great expert.
Gu Qing's temperament was immature, full of youthful energy, filial piety, and possessed the unique soaring spirit of a youth, so he couldn't be the reincarnation of an old monster.
So, there are innate spiritual treasures that have yet to appear in this world?
At the thought of this possibility, Zhi Meng was overjoyed and thought proudly with pride: "My disciple has the qualifications of an Immortal Emperor."
To prove the path to Immortal Emperor, having qualifications alone is not enough.
One also needs great perseverance, great fortune, and great opportunities to possibly prove the path to Immortal Emperor.
And all of these, her disciple possessed completely.
On the other side, Gu Qing was fully refining the world-destroying divine thunder, his physique, divine soul, and cultivation rapidly undergoing transformation.
Divine Dao laws gushed out from his body, chaotic energy filled the air, as if he were a chaotic ancient god.
The Hongmeng Ruyi Pagoda spewed out endless Xuanhuang Mother Qi for Gu Qing to absorb and refine, his cultivation rapidly climbing.
The divine soul fire ignited, with undying divine flame came undying divine soul, and with undying divine soul came unceasing life.
Nine days passed in a flash.
Gu Qing perfectly tribulation, his cultivation breaking through to the peak of the first level.
Gu Qing looked inward, carefully sensing the changes in his body.
Every strand of qi and blood revealed the rhythm of indestructible laws, containing terrifying power.
A single drop of blood was like a true dragon, capable of shaking and killing cultivators of the Divine Flame Realm.
The three thousand apertures were like three thousand Chaotic Sword Worlds, with sword qi exuding a world-sharp edge.
"I'm too strong!" Gu Qing thought to himself with satisfaction.
Compared to others of the same realm, a single drop of his blood or a strand of his sword qi could kill them.
However, this wasn't surprising, after all, Gu Qing had used too many resources.
It was tens of times more than other cultivators, and all of it was precious liquid, rare treasures like Primordial Yellow Qi.
"Congratulations on finally achieving immortality, igniting the divine flame, and becoming indestructible," Zhi Meng said, her beautiful eyes filled with admiration.
Gu Qing was too strong, beyond reason.
The aura emanating from Gu carried the rhythm of primal Dao, supreme and divine, not like a cultivator at all, but more like the source of the Great Dao.
This was astonishing.
From this, it could be determined that Gu Qing was not some Zhoutian Star Divine Body, but some kind of Great Dao Body.
"Yes, Master, I have proven the Dao and reached the Divine Flame Realm!"
Gu Qing excitedly hugged Zhi Meng.
After cultivating for so many years, he had finally ignited the divine flame. From now on, the divine flame would be indestructible, his life would never end, and he was an immortal.
"Hmm~ disciple, let go of your Master first."
Smelling Gu Qing's aura, Zhi Meng felt her whole body go numb and couldn't muster any strength.
Gu Qing held his fragrant Master, reluctant to let go.
Just hold on for a while longer.
After all, he had broken through to the Divine Flame Realm, so what was wrong with being a little excited?
"Are you done yet?"
Zhi Meng's voice was soft, just like her body at this moment.
On the day Gu Qing achieved immortality, such a joyous occasion, she couldn't bear to say a harsh word.
"Okay."
"Let's go!"
Gu Qing released his arms, glanced at the map coordinates, and with Zhi Meng, used spatial teleportation. Space Dao rhythms surged around him as he crossed the star river in a single step.
Soon, they arrived in a void, and sure enough, there were time vortexes here.
And not just one, but a full ninety-nine of them.
However, there were quite a few Heavenly Ghost Clan members hiding in the surrounding spacetime.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Gu Qing flicked his wide sleeve, and thousands of Chaotic Ruin Sword Intent wiped out all the Divine Flame Realm and Saint Realm Heavenly Ghost Clan members who hadn't had time to react.
"Amazing!"
Zhi Meng exclaimed.
The Heavenly Ghost Clan was no ordinary matter; in ancient times, they were an existence that made all races turn pale at the mere mention of them.
Born with the innate talent and divine ability to control soul attacks, and due to possessing the virtual-real transformation talent, ordinary divine abilities could never truly extinguish them.
And Heavenly Ghosts who broke through to the Heavenly God Realm were even more terrifying.
Even the world's most yang divine flames and the most firm and yang divine thunders still found it difficult to extinguish them.
And Heavenly Ghosts of the Immortal King Realm in the Heavenly Ghost Clan were truly a great terror. Immortal Kings of the same realm could not erase them at all, only able to seal them.
In addition, the Heavenly Ghost Clan had another heaven-defying talent: possession.
This was almost the innate talent of the Heavenly Ghost Clan, allowing them to possess cultivators a major realm higher than themselves.
And they could perfectly control the possessed cultivator's physical body and cultivation.
Therefore, ever since the Heavenly Ghost Clan appeared, all races in the Immortal Realm lived under their shadow.
All living beings in the Immortal Realm became hunting grounds for the Heavenly Ghost Clan.
But, it was rumored that the Heavenly Ghost Clan had offended a supreme existence, who directly modified the heavenly laws and earthly principles.
All experts of the Heavenly Ghost Clan above the Divine Flame Realm were erased by heaven and earth in a single night.
Only some small fry remained, hiding in secret realms.
The Heavenly Ghost Clan still existing in the world today had their talents degraded, and were no longer the Heavenly Ghost Clan of ancient times.
Without their heaven-defying possession talent, they could no longer break through to the Heavenly God Realm, nor could they appear in the outside world, otherwise they would surely be erased by the heavenly laws and earthly principles.
The Heavenly Ghost Clan was no longer a cause for concern.
But the Heavenly Ghost Clan's virtual-real transformation talent remained, and ordinary divine abilities were still difficult to extinguish them.
Only yang divine flames, heavenly thunders, and other such divine abilities could extinguish them.
And Gu Qing's Chaos Ruin Sword Intent, with a single sword returning to ruin, was a higher existence than any yang divine ability.
"Three drops of Time Essence, Master, we've struck it rich."
Gu Qing slashed open the time-space vortex with a sword and found a total of three drops.
Zhi Meng's red lips moved slightly.
She had still underestimated the Chaos Ruin Sword Intent.
The time-space vortex, which was certain death to touch for those in the Heavenly God Realm, was slashed open with a single sword. This was the divine ability of ten thousand returning to ruin with a single sword.
This made the special treasure she had spent a great price on, specifically used to detect and collect Time Essence, completely useless.
"Let's go. According to the map coordinates, not far away there is a post-heavenly spiritual root, the Ten Thousand Soul Lotus, an existence even more precious than the Immortal Devouring Flower. I don't know if it's real or not."
Having map coordinates was awesome; there was no need to search the entire world. They could just cross the star river and go on a rampage.
Soon, Gu Qing, carrying Zhi Meng, arrived at a continent, encountering Heavenly Ghost Clan members along the way.
Gu Qing didn't bother killing them himself, letting the Calamity Black Dragon devour them one by one.
These Heavenly Ghost Clan members were just small, nourishing snacks for the Calamity Black Dragon.
After devouring several hundred, the Calamity Black Dragon broke through to the fourth level of the Heavenly God Realm. This was simply an unexpected joy.
"Roar!"
The Calamity Black Dragon roared, swallowing the several thousand Heavenly Ghost Clan members who were guarding the Ten Thousand Soul Lotus in one gulp.
The Calamity Black Dragon was the source of evil demons and had a natural suppression against the Heavenly Ghost Clan. Or rather, against anyone whose realm was lower than the Calamity Black Dragon's, it could achieve absolute instant kills.
After digesting several thousand Heavenly Ghost Clan members, the Calamity Black Dragon smoothly broke through to the fifth level of the Heavenly God Realm.
Gu Qing's arrival was simply a disaster for the Heavenly Ghost Clan, like lambs to the slaughter, with no ability to fight back.
"It's the Ten Thousand Soul Lotus, Master, you should quickly refine it."
Looking at the giant lotus blooming in the Soul Pond, Gu Qing said in pleasant surprise.
As its name suggests, the Ten Thousand Soul Lotus requires absorbing the souls of ten thousand cultivators at the Saint Realm or above to bloom.
Afterward, the more souls it absorbs, the more powerful the Ten Thousand Soul Lotus becomes.
"For me?"
Zhi Meng was stunned.
This was a post-heavenly spiritual root, and even because the Ten Thousand Soul Lotus could nourish the soul, cleanse the divine soul, and enhance comprehension, it was more precious than some innate spiritual roots.
Even if Gu Qing had innate spiritual treasures, the Ten Thousand Soul Lotus would definitely be useful to him.
"Yes, Master, quickly go refine it, stop being long-winded."
He had the Nine-Color Soul Lotus, which was countless times more powerful than the Ten Thousand Soul Lotus; they were simply not on the same level.
"I'm long-winded?" Zhi Meng's beautiful eyes widened in shock.
She was ruthless and merciless, having killed countless people; she was fierce and not one to be long-winded.
"Go quickly, I really don't need it. If Master doesn't want it, I'll give it to someone else."
Hearing that he would give it to someone else, Zhi Meng no longer hesitated, but still said that if Gu Qing needed it, he could ask her for it anytime.
"Master, take a drop of Time Essence."
"Mm!"
Zhi Meng used her divine ability to transplant the Ten Thousand Soul Lotus into her Purple Mansion Soul Sea.
The moment it took root, the Ten Thousand Soul Lotus recognized her as its master and erupted with endless soul Dao rhythms that washed over her Purple Mansion.
This allowed Zhi Meng's divine soul to sublimate, endless comprehension surged into her mind, and Zhi Meng without hesitation swallowed a drop of Time Essence.
Immediately, she fell into a state of enlightenment.
Zhi Meng's cultivation realm rapidly climbed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Nine days passed in a flash, and Zhi Meng broke through to the Heavenly God Realm in one go.
The tribulation thunder arrived as scheduled.
It was Purple Void Divine Thunder.
This was an innate tribulation thunder.
Only innate spiritual beings or beings who reverse their acquired nature to return to the innate would have Purple Void Divine Thunder descend.
Gu Qing did not hesitate and took out the Primordial Ruler Tower to help Zhi Meng pass the tribulation.
Nine days passed in a flash, and Zhi Meng successfully passed the tribulation.
"Disciple!"
Zhi Meng excitedly hugged Gu Qing.
At this moment, no words could express the excitement in her heart.
After a long time, she finally let go of Gu Qing and said with a smile.
"Where should we go next?"
"Of course to find Long Jue. This scoundrel still has designs on Master, let's go snatch his Immortal Lotus Flower."
"Good!"
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