Chapter 221: Fifty Years Of Time, Forging The Supreme Dharma Idol! Ji Qing’s Powerful Return!
“What?”
“Great Lord of the Black Abyss, didn’t you agree to remove Fellow Daoist Ji’s curse? Why are you driving Fellow Daoist Ji away now?”
Qian Mingri was anxious.
He immediately knelt before the massive face.
Clearly, this massive face was the greatest existence in the entire Black Abyss, the Lord of the Black Abyss!
The Lord of the Black Abyss remained calm.
The Lord of the Black Abyss was a “Spirituality”-like lifeform, or consciousness born from the Origin of the Black Abyss.
It lacked many human emotions.
The Lord of the Black Abyss’s expression was calm, and he said lightly, “What Ji Qing has is an Ominous Curse, which is disliked by the Black Abyss, and even disliked by all worlds. This is the most evil and terrifying curse.”
“The Black Abyss cannot remove this kind of curse, and the Black Abyss does not welcome such an Ominous Curse.”
The Lord of the Black Abyss wasted no words and directly mobilized the power of the Black Abyss.
“Swish.”
Ji Qing disappeared.
He was directly teleported out of the Black Abyss.
From now on, as long as he carried any ominous aura, he would not be able to enter the Black Abyss again.
On the other hand, the Lord of the Black Abyss made no move regarding the Rong Shen First Meridian Master.
After all, the only thing the Black Abyss disliked was the ominous aura on Ji Qing.
“Whoosh.”
The Rong Shen First Meridian Master also flew out immediately.
“Ji Qing, you…”
The Lineage Master wanted to offer words of comfort, but Ji Qing shook his head and said, “It’s fine. If the Lord of the Black Abyss cannot remove my curse, then I will leave.”
Qian Mingri also flew out.
A look of dejection appeared on his face.
“Fellow Daoist Ji, I truly didn’t expect something like this to happen…”
“Fellow Daoist Qian, it’s not your fault. You’ve done your best.”
Qian Mingri didn’t say anything further.
Even as the Young Master of the Black Abyss, he was no match for the Lord of the Black Abyss.
Ji Qing eventually left.
He quickly returned to the Ninth Peak.
The Rong Shen First Meridian Master gritted his teeth and said he would wake the Old Ancestor.
But Ji Qing stopped him.
If even the Lord of the Black Abyss couldn’t remove his curse, what could the Old Ancestor of the Thirteen Meridians of Purgatory do?
“Then Ji Qing, you are…”
“Lineage Master, don’t worry. I will go into secluded cultivation on the Ninth Peak. I won’t die. I have a way, I just hadn’t decided to use it before, but now, I think it’s time to use that method.”
“You have a way?”
The Lineage Master was somewhat astonished and uncertain.
“Yes!”
Ji Qing’s reply was decisive.
As for what the method was, Ji Qing didn’t say, and the Lineage Master didn’t ask.
This was Ji Qing’s secret!
“Good, since you are confident in removing the curse, then I will give you time and won’t let anyone disturb you.”
Ji Qing nodded.
“Disciple may need a long time…”
“It’s fine, no matter how long it takes.”
Ji Qing returned to his Cave Dwelling.
Shen Jun Bao Yue and Yunmeng Goddess were no longer in the mood to cultivate.
Especially Shen Jun Bao Yue.
She was originally trying to break through to the Void Glimpse realm.
But seeing Ji Qing like this, she truly couldn’t calm her mind to attempt the Void Glimpse breakthrough.
Ji Qing looked at Shen Jun Bao Yue and Yunmeng Goddess and said with a smile, “It’s fine. I already have a way to solve the curse problem, it will just take a bit longer.”
“You really have a way?”
Yunmeng Goddess was somewhat disbelieving.
She knew that Ji Qing had a Second Stage Giant Spirit Race Physical Body.
This was a Divine Race physical body!
Even a Divine Race physical body couldn’t withstand the curse of the Restricted Area.
Then what method could Ji Qing possibly have?
However, at this moment, she could only choose to believe Ji Qing.
Thus, Ji Qing entered the Secret Chamber for cultivation.
Ji Qing waved his hand.
A Mirror appeared before him.
Inside the Mirror, the person covered in fur with a ferocious and terrifying face was almost unrecognizable, even to Ji Qing himself.
“The curse of the Restricted Area… it’s truly terrifying. Even the Lord of the Black Abyss has no solution. However, no matter how strong the curse is, it only affects the physical body. At worst, I’ll just abandon this physical body.”
“Others can’t do it, but I can do it easily! Because I am already Immortal!”
A gleam flashed in Ji Qing’s eyes.
In fact, from the moment he escaped the Restricted Area, Ji Qing hadn’t been too worried about the curse of the Restricted Area.
He just wanted to see what kind of power could remove his curse.
But in reality, Ji Qing was disappointed.
The curse of the Restricted Area was extremely bizarre and terrifying. Top Great Powers, and even the Lord of the Black Abyss, were helpless.
However, this also piqued Ji Qing’s interest.
He wanted to see what the curse would eventually turn him into.
Thus, Ji Qing waited quietly.
One month, three months, five months, eight months…
As a year passed, Ji Qing’s malformation became even more terrifying.
His body even began to malform.
For example, Ji Qing grew a tail.
He also grew eight fingers.
However, what was even more terrifying was that Ji Qing sensed that this curse seemed to affect his Memory.
Some of his memories began to blur.
He started forgetting things.
Ji Qing thought of the Tiandu Ancient Corpse in the Bronze Lamp Restricted Area.
That person could occasionally be clear-headed, but most of the time, he had no reason at all.
His memories were probably very little.
If he continued to malform, would he also turn into the Tiandu Ancient Corpse?
The possibility was not low.
Therefore, he couldn’t wait any longer.
Ji Qing had studied for so long, carefully observing the changes in his physical body, but he still couldn’t understand what the curse of the Restricted Area was all about.
If he couldn’t figure it out in a year, then even in ten or a hundred years, he wouldn’t be able to.
Moreover, he didn’t have ten or a hundred years.
At most, he could withstand the curse of the Restricted Area for another three to five years; that would be his limit.
But it was unnecessary.
Ji Qing didn’t need to wait that long.
Ji Qing took out everything from the Grotto-Heaven Small Realm and placed it in the Secret Chamber.
Especially the Materials for the Supreme Dharma Idol, Ji Qing had to store them separately in a safe place within the Secret Chamber.
“Let’s begin…”
Thus, Ji Qing caused his physical body to annihilate itself.
One percent, two percent, three percent, four percent, five percent…
This self-annihilation, even considered “suicide,” was not the first time for Ji Qing.
He was already very skilled at it.
The reason Ji Qing didn’t annihilate his physical body immediately upon returning to the Ninth Peak was naturally considered.
Ji Qing was indeed not Immortal, but as his Cultivation improved, especially since his Physical Body had now become a Second Stage Giant Spirit Race Physical Body.
With such a terrifying Physical Body, even if Ji Qing could recondense it, it would take too much time.
Before, it might have taken a few months or years to recover.
But now, Ji Qing might need ten years or even decades to recover.
In the future, as his Physical Body and Cultivation become stronger, each “death” for Ji Qing would require a longer recovery time, possibly hundreds or thousands of years.
Therefore, Ji Qing had been waiting.
To see if there was any way to remove the curse, so he wouldn’t need to annihilate his physical body and spend a long time “recondensing” it.
But after various methods.
Even the Lord of the Black Abyss had intervened.
As a result, Ji Qing’s curse still couldn’t be removed.
Then Ji Qing could only use this method, abandon the cursed physical body, merge with the Spiritual Imprint from the Black Ruins, and then recondense a new physical body.
As time passed.
Ji Qing’s physical body completely annihilated.
In the cultivation Secret Chamber, Ji Qing’s aura also disappeared.
It was as if he had died.
But Ji Qing’s Life Tablet had not shattered, which meant Ji Qing was not dead.
Ji Qing’s Consciousness had all transferred to his Spiritual Imprint.
As expected, after his Consciousness detached from his Physical Body, it was very clear.
There was no feeling of Memory loss.
It seemed the curse of the Restricted Area was indeed aimed at the Physical Body.
And then it affected the Consciousness through the Physical Body.
But as long as he was free from the Physical Body, the curse couldn’t affect his Consciousness.
After the Physical Body annihilated, Ji Qing began the next step.
“Condense!”
This was to condense a new Physical Body.
This step was very difficult.
Ji Qing’s Physical Body was now a Second Stage Giant Spirit Race Physical Body, combined with four Legendary Supernatural Powers.
The difficulty of recondensing a Physical Body was far beyond Ji Qing’s imagination.
Ji Qing made a preliminary estimate.
“It will take at least fifty years for the physical body to be recondensed…”
Ji Qing fell silent.
Fifty years was a very long time, even for someone in the Divine Ability Realm.
For Ji Qing, it was even longer.
But now Ji Qing had no other choice.
He could only choose to continue condensing.
In fact, recondensing a Physical Body was, in a sense, “reshaping.”
But Ji Qing dared not change even a little bit.
Any slight alteration in the reshaping of the Physical Body would affect the entire system.
If he acted recklessly, the Physical Body would eventually collapse, or there would be various flaws.
If the Physical Body had defects then, Ji Qing would have to recondense it, completely wasting time.
Therefore, Ji Qing honestly followed the previous Physical Body and recondensed it.
“Sigh, next time I must be careful and absolutely not mess up, otherwise if my Physical Body becomes even stronger, recondensing it won’t be as simple as fifty years…”
Ji Qing learned his lesson.
In fact, if he thought about it carefully, he had become arrogant after killing Wang Feng as a Martial God back then.
Of course, he had the foundation to be arrogant.
He had even killed Great Experts, so it was normal for him to be a little arrogant.
Even in the Bronze Lamp Restricted Area, before encountering the Tiandu Ancient Corpse, Ji Qing was slaughtering everything, and the various strange powers within the Restricted Area couldn’t do anything to him.
Unfortunately, he encountered the Tiandu Ancient Corpse and ended up in this state.
For fifty years, Ji Qing could only wait patiently.
Time passed day by day.
Three years, five years, perhaps some people would still remember Ji Qing.
As ten or twenty years passed, though many people still remembered Ji Qing, he had essentially faded into the depths of their memories.
The Thirteen Meridians of Purgatory are top-tier forces in the Black Ruins.
There’s no need to recruit various disciples, as the Martial Dao Seal continuously screens heavenly talents for the Thirteen Meridians of Purgatory.
One generation replaces another.
When new heavenly talents emerge, once-brilliant heavenly talents, no matter how peerless, are naturally forgotten by the world if they never appear again.
In the Spirit Fusion Lineage, new core disciples occasionally glimpse the Ninth Peak.
They’d ask casually.
They learned that in the past, a supremely talented disciple from the Spirit Fusion Lineage had once fought against a Great Expert.
It was like listening to a myth.
Finally, they heard that Ji Qing had been afflicted by a Restricted Area curse and had had no movement for decades, perhaps having already passed away in his Cave Dwelling.
They couldn’t help but sigh.
But that was all.
“Whoosh.”
On this day, Bai Xi, Liang Yun, and Sun Lin arrived outside the Ninth Peak.
It was a pity that the Ninth Peak remained sealed, not allowing outsiders.
“It’s been decades, has Fellow Daoist Ji not yet dispelled the curse?”
Bai Xi murmured softly.
She had already been promoted to the Dharma Aspect Realm.
Her speed was actually quite fast.
Liang Yun and Sun Lin were the same.
The two were originally ordinary disciples, but with the Top-tier Dharma Aspect Materials given by Ji Qing, they successfully forged Top-tier Dharma Aspects, instantly becoming comparable to core disciples, even surpassing many core disciples.
The two were also grateful individuals, knowing that everything they had today was thanks to Ji Qing.
Therefore, they often came to check on the Ninth Peak.
“Alas, if Great Honored Ji hadn’t been cursed by the ancient corpse in the Restricted Area, how could the Tianguang Alliance have become so arrogant?”
“However, the Tianguang Alliance has indeed produced many geniuses in the past few decades; whether in the Divine Ability Realm or the Dharma Aspect Realm, they have successively defeated the heavenly talents of some old top-tier forces.”
“Last month, a senior brother from our Jie Mie Lineage, who was at the Dharma Aspect Realm Limit, also lost to a disciple of the Tianguang Alliance…”
“It’s not just the Tianguang Alliance; even the Heavenly Fire Emperor Sect, which was once terrified by Great Honored Ji’s killings, has recently recovered some strength, and some newly emerging cultivators are no less inferior to us.”
Liang Yun and Bai Xi repeatedly shook their heads.
The Thirteen Meridians of Purgatory were indeed not short of geniuses.
But such top-tier geniuses, those who commanded awe across the Black Ruins, were not easily born.
Even with the screening of the Martial Dao Seal, the Thirteen Meridians of Purgatory had truly declined somewhat in the past few decades.
“Let’s go. The Tianguang Alliance has once again shone brightly in the Divine Ability Forest. We should go and see where their heavenly talent, who is boasted to be very powerful and has also evolved a Legendary Supernatural Power, ranks in the Divine Ability Forest.”
Bai Xi and the others went directly to the Divine Ability Forest.
After all, on the ranking list of the Divine Ability Forest, Ji Qing’s four Divine Abilities had suppressed the entire Black Ruins.
To this day, no one had been able to shake Ji Qing’s four Divine Abilities.
Therefore, even though Ji Qing had not appeared for decades, as long as one went to the Divine Ability Forest and mentioned the Divine Ability Ranking, Ji Qing could never be bypassed.
Although Ji Qing was in silence, his legend lived on…
…
At the Immortal Seeking Tower, Qian Mingri poured a cup of fine wine.
He took out a Communication Stone and sent a message to that familiar name.
“Alas, this is my 138th message to Ji Qing, but unfortunately, not a single one has been replied to. It’s been fifty years, could Ji Qing already…”
Qian Mingri dared not think further.
Although Ji Qing had once hung him up and made him lose all face.
But they became acquainted through fighting.
In the Black Abyss, Qian Mingri was indirectly influenced by Ji Qing, perfecting his Divine Abilities, which allowed him to break through to the Dharma Aspect Realm so quickly and even forge a Top-tier Dharma Aspect in one go.
Originally, if he had stayed with Ji Qing, he might have soared.
Unexpectedly, Ji Qing encountered a terrifying Restricted Area curse and had had no news for decades, his life or death unknown.
Recently, at the Immortal Seeking Tower, Qian Mingri encountered an adversary, Xie Linyuan, a Dharma Aspect Realm cultivator from the Tianguang Alliance.
The two had a minor conflict.
They had fought intensely before, and Qian Mingri was not his match, being defeated by Xie Linyuan.
Ever since then, Xie Linyuan had been targeting Qian Mingri.
At the Immortal Seeking Tower, he would find various excuses to deal with Qian Mingri.
Although he wouldn’t kill Qian Mingri, he would still make him appear foolish and lose face.
This was why Qian Mingri “missed” Ji Qing so much.
If Ji Qing were still around, how would Xie Linyuan dare to be so unrestrained?
“Bang.”
Suddenly, the inn’s main door was directly blown open.
Xie Linyuan had arrived again.
Qian Mingri’s expression changed, and he said sternly, “Xie Linyuan, are you never going to stop?”
“Heh, so what if I am? Qian Mingri, don’t forget, you were the one who started trouble first, got beaten up by me, and you’re still unwilling to let it go. Are you scared now?”
Qian Mingri’s face darkened: “I did make the first move back then, but you also had a foul mouth, spouting nonsense about Ji Qing. If Ji Qing were still here, your life wouldn’t even be safe.”
Xie Linyuan said meaningfully, “Qian Mingri, back then Ji Qing hung you in front of the inn at the Immortal Seeking Tower, humiliating you to the utmost. I didn’t expect you to defend Ji Qing now. Tsk tsk, could it be that you have masochistic tendencies?”
Qian Mingri’s eyes turned red.
“Boom.”
Qian Mingri unleashed his Dharma Aspect and charged towards Xie Linyuan.
Qian Mingri now also possessed a Top-tier Dharma Aspect, with an amplification of a full twenty-five times. He was already quite strong, considered a powerhouse among those in the Dharma Aspect Realm.
However, his opponent was Xie Linyuan.
One of the top Dharma Aspect cultivators of the Tianguang Alliance.
Xie Linyuan also unleashed his Dharma Aspect, directly and fiercely clashing head-on with Qian Mingri.
“Bang.”
Qian Mingri was sent flying backward, smashing heavily onto the ground.
Xie Linyuan sneered, “Qian Mingri, although your Dharma Aspect is powerful, my Dharma Aspect has a thirty-fold amplification, almost reaching the limit of a Top-tier Dharma Aspect. You are no match for me!”
Qian Mingri’s expression was terrifyingly grim.
He immediately took out his Communication Stone.
He sent another message.
“Fellow Daoist Ji, if I don’t die this time, you must avenge me! Tianguang Alliance, Xie Linyuan…”
After sending the message, Qian Mingri stood up.
His Dharma Aspect condensed behind him again, and he exuded a fearsome fighting intent.
This time, he was truly going all out!
…
In the Purgatory Realm, Ninth Peak of the Spirit Fusion Lineage.
“Swish.”
Ji Qing opened his eyes.
A hint of vicissitudes emanated from his eyes.
“A total of fifty-three years, and I have finally fully recovered…”
Ji Qing murmured softly.
Fifty-three years was a long time.
Ji Qing had never spent such a long time in seclusion before.
In fact, many mortals only lived to be around fifty years old.
Ji Qing saw a wisp of black light before him, emitting an inauspicious aura.
It was the wisp of Inauspicious Qi left behind after Ji Qing’s physical body was annihilated.
This wisp of Inauspicious Qi was something even a Top Great Expert, or even the Lord of the Black Abyss, could not expel.
Instead, Ji Qing’s physical body being annihilated, equivalent to “dying” once, caused this wisp of Inauspicious Qi to remain within the Secret Chamber.
For a full fifty-three years, this wisp of Inauspicious Qi had not dissipated.
If this wisp of Inauspicious Qi were still within Ji Qing’s body, it would be terrifying to imagine.
However, Ji Qing did not intend to dispel this wisp of Inauspicious Qi.
This was a “good thing.”
Such a terrifying Inauspicious Qi, if used well, could cause even a Top Great Expert, or even a stronger existence, to be afflicted by it if they weren’t careful, akin to suffering an Ominous Curse.
This was a “great weapon.”
He had to keep it well.
It might be useful someday.
This was a terrifying curse that even the Lord of the Black Abyss could not expel. If given the chance, Ji Qing could deal a “heavy blow” to an opponent, which would be quite troublesome for them.
Ji Qing took out a Jade Bottle and carefully stored the Inauspicious Qi.
“Since my physical body has recovered, and the materials for the Supreme Dharma Idol ‘Myriad Fusion Meridian’ are all gathered, I shall begin forging the Dharma Aspect.”
Ji Qing did not hesitate at all.
It took him fifty-three years to recover his physical body.
During these fifty-three years, he had repeatedly deduced every step of forging the Dharma Aspect.
He was already extremely familiar with it.
Now it was time for the actual execution.
Ji Qing did not feel it would be particularly difficult.
“Myriad Fusion Meridian” was primarily based on the “Annihilation of All Laws” Divine Ability, forging this Supreme Dharma Idol.
Once successfully forged, it would provide an amplification of fifty times or more.
Fifty times was just a baseline.
The specific amplification would depend on various factors such as compatibility, material quality, and more.
It might even depend on luck.
Even when forging the same Dharma Aspect, there would be variations in amplification.
For example, for the same Top-tier Dharma Aspect, some might have a twenty-fold amplification, while others might have a thirty-fold amplification.
This difference was quite significant.
Ji Qing had once asked the Lineage Master about the amplification of Dharma Aspects forged by cultivators who practiced “Myriad Fusion Meridian” throughout history.
The Lineage Master provided an approximate figure.
The amplification was around sixty times.
This was already very formidable.
It indicated that the Myriad Fusion Meridian was definitely not weak among Supreme Dharma Aspects.
“Let’s begin…”
Ji Qing took out the materials for the Supreme Dharma Idol.
Dragon Scale Gold, Blazing Sun Wood, Purple Green Grass, and other Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, Ji Qing used them one by one, directly following the Method to forge the Supreme Dharma Aspect “Myriad Fusion Meridian.”
Other cultivators forged Dharma Aspects cautiously, fearing that a wrong step would lead to failure.
However, due to the reason of condensing his physical body, Ji Qing had been delayed for a full fifty-three years.
During these fifty-three years, he had mentally practiced the steps of forging the Myriad Fusion Meridian countless times.
Therefore, even though he was now truly forging the Dharma Aspect, Ji Qing felt incredibly familiar with it, even feeling like he had plenty of room to maneuver.
“Yes, this is the feeling…”
Ji Qing methodically added various materials.
His heart was completely calm.
Time passed bit by bit.
In just a few hours.
“Boom.”
Ji Qing’s entire body trembled.
The next moment, Ji Qing felt the “Annihilation of All Laws” Divine Ability completely integrate into the Dharma Aspect.
And a terrifying Dharma Aspect rose behind him.
This Dharma Aspect looked like a mass of white mist.
But upon closer inspection, one could see that the white mist was boundless and contained terrifying annihilating power.
This was the “Myriad Fusion Meridian.”
As a Supreme Dharma Aspect, once forged, any power, any material could be transformed for its use, and its power in combat seemed inexhaustible, as if it would never stop.
Combined with the annihilating power of the “Annihilation of All Laws” Divine Ability.
It was even more terrifying.
Not to mention that it would also amplify the power of Divine Abilities.
There were no extraordinary phenomena during the forging of the Dharma Aspect.
Therefore, Ji Qing forged a Supreme Dharma Aspect just like that.
He broke through from the Divine Ability Realm to the Dharma Aspect Realm.
It was not earth-shattering.
It was as natural as water flowing.
The Dharma Aspect Realm is different from the Divine Ability Realm.
Dharma Aspects can be forged slowly.
First forge one Dharma Aspect, and then three other Dharma Aspects can be forged later.
It did not affect Fellow Daoist Ji.
However, what Fellow Daoist Ji is most concerned about now is how much his forged “Myriad Fusion Meridian” has amplified.
Fellow Daoist Ji immediately looked towards the Demon Record to check his own status.
Fellow Daoist Ji: Dharma Aspect Realm
Giant Spirit Race: Second Order （1%）
Grotto-Heaven Small Realm: Beginner （1%）
Myriad Fusion Meridian: Supreme Divine Ability （Amplification of eighty-eight times）
Mind: Seeing the True Nature of the Mind （Second Realm Fifth Stage）
Origin Point: 887,503,800 points
Fellow Daoist Ji immediately noticed the “Myriad Fusion Meridian.”
“Amplification of eighty-eight times?”
Fellow Daoist Ji was a little surprised.
Historically, cultivators who forged the Myriad Fusion Meridian had an overall amplification of about sixty times.
Perhaps some reached seventy times, but they were few and far between.
But Fellow Daoist Ji?
He directly achieved an amplification of eighty-eight times?
Such an amplification could be considered the first in the history of the Myriad Fusion Meridian!
No cultivator who forged the Myriad Fusion Meridian has ever achieved an amplification as outrageous as eighty-eight times.
Fellow Daoist Ji summarized the reasons.
Firstly, the materials obtained from the valley in the Bronze Lamp Restricted Area were precious and of high quality.
Secondly, Fellow Daoist Ji’s Annihilation of Ten Thousand Laws Supernatural Power had a very high compatibility with the Myriad Fusion Meridian.
Thirdly, Fellow Daoist Ji had good luck.
He had accumulated for “fifty-three years,” and it seemed it was not in vain.
Eighty-eight times!
This caused Fellow Daoist Ji’s strength to leap forward qualitatively.
Previously, Fellow Daoist Ji’s strength was not inferior to Ordinary Great Experts.
Now he had forged a Supreme Dharma Aspect with an amplification of up to eighty-eight times.
Perhaps he was already comparable to Top Great Powers?
Fellow Daoist Ji was unclear about the strength of Top Great Powers.
Although he had seen Lineage Masters and others make their moves, he had never personally fought them and could not gauge their strength.
However, Fellow Daoist Ji remained quite cautious.
The strength gap between Great Experts could be very large.
Great Experts primarily referred to those in the “Nirvana Realm” or, in the Immortal Path System, the “Body Integration Realm.”
Both could be called Great Experts.
It was closely related to Divine Ability, Dharma Aspect, and other factors.
There were also huge gaps in Nirvana.
Even within the Nirvana Realm, there were vast differences in strength.
For instance, the Thirteen Lineage Masters had extremely profound foundations, making them Top Great Powers.
As for those Ordinary Nirvana Realm Great Experts, they could never catch up to the Thirteen Lineage Masters in their lifetime.
It was the foundation laid in every step before the Nirvana Realm that gradually created these distinctions.
Fellow Daoist Ji had now broken through to the Dharma Aspect Realm, but he was still very far from the Nirvana Realm.
After all, he still needed to forge Dharma Aspects for the other three Divine Abilities.
However, Fellow Daoist Ji had no clue about those three Dharma Aspects yet.
Fellow Daoist Ji took out his Communication Stone.
He had finally forged a Dharma Aspect and now had time to check his communications.
Inside the Communication Stone, there were too many messages.
Messages came from close friends and even from people he had only met once with a casual relationship.
To Fellow Daoist Ji’s surprise, Venerable Pei Ming had also sent him a message.
It was just an inquiry about the curse.
Then, Fellow Daoist Ji saw that the most frequent sender was the Young Master of the Black Abyss, Qian Mingri, who had sent him a staggering one hundred and thirty-eight messages.
Fellow Daoist Ji only read a few messages, not even bothering to check them one by one.
They were all expressions of concern.
It warmed Fellow Daoist Ji’s heart.
“Buzz.”
Suddenly, another message arrived.
Upon seeing the sender’s name, Fellow Daoist Ji immediately shook his head.
“It’s Qian Mingri again, this is the one hundred and thirty-ninth message…”
Fellow Daoist Ji shook his head.
However, he still checked the content of this message.
But after Fellow Daoist Ji finished reading the message, his expression instantly changed drastically.
“Tianguang Alliance, Xie Linyuan…”
Fellow Daoist Ji suddenly stood up, tore through space, and vanished without a trace.
…
At the Immortal Seeking Tower, two terrifying Dharma Aspects were clashing head-on.
Their terrifying auras spread out in all directions.
The Young Master of the Black Abyss, Qian Mingri, had finally mustered up the courage to fight Xie Linyuan to the death.
The result…
Was naturally a crushing defeat!
“Bang.”
Qian Mingri’s body slammed heavily onto the ground.
Creating a large pit in the ground.
“Puff.”
Qian Mingri spat out a mouthful of blood.
His current appearance was very disheveled, not at all like the Young Master of the Black Abyss.
He had truly given his all today, fighting with all his might.
Unfortunately, even with all his effort, he was no match for Xie Linyuan.
“I told you, you’re no match for me, why bother?”
Xie Linyuan walked step by step from the void, looking down at Qian Mingri from above.
He naturally wouldn’t kill Qian Mingri.
The Immortal Seeking Tower also did not permit killing.
Fighting and getting injured were acceptable.
But killing was absolutely not allowed.
Moreover, Qian Mingri was the Young Master of the Black Abyss.
This was an extremely special identity.
Xie Linyuan defeating or humiliating Qian Mingri was fine.
After all, Qian Mingri was not as skilled.
But if he killed Qian Mingri, no one knew if the Tianguang Alliance would be in trouble, but Xie Linyuan would definitely die!
Yet even though Qian Mingri knew Xie Linyuan wouldn’t dare to kill him, he was still in great pain.
Being stepped on and humiliated by Xie Linyuan.
He was incredibly angry, but utterly helpless.
The surrounding onlookers did not seem particularly surprised by this scene.
Clearly, Xie Linyuan “humiliating” Qian Mingri was not a recent occurrence.
“The Young Master of the Black Abyss, once so arrogant and domineering, is now repeatedly humiliated by Xie Linyuan, yet Qian Mingri is utterly helpless.”
“Since Qian Mingri advanced to the Dharma Aspect Realm, he has no guards. Even if he did, they would likely be Great Experts, only able to hide in the shadows, providing protection. Against cultivators of the same rank as Xie Linyuan, as long as Qian Mingri doesn’t die, the Great Experts of the Black Abyss won’t intervene, so Qian Mingri is in for some suffering.”
“Why did Qian Mingri put himself through this? It’s said that he provoked Xie Linyuan because Xie Linyuan slandered the cursed Heavenly Talent Ji Qing from the Thirteen Meridians of Purgatory…”
“But that Heavenly Talent from the Thirteen Meridians of Purgatory has been cursed by a restricted area and hasn’t appeared for over fifty years, with no news. He’s likely dead already… It’s not worth antagonizing Xie Linyuan for someone who was cursed…”
Everyone shook their heads.
In fact, everyone at the Immortal Seeking Tower understood the beginning and end of the conflict between Qian Mingri and Xie Linyuan.
But precisely because they understood, they felt Qian Mingri was not rational enough.
That Heavenly Talent from the Thirteen Meridians of Purgatory was already in the past.
How many astonishingly talented individuals had emerged from the Black Ruins?
But what was their ultimate fate?
How many stood at the peak of the Black Ruins?
Even if Ji Qing of the Thirteen Meridians of Purgatory had unparalleled talent in ancient and modern times, suppressing an entire generation.
Ultimately, he did not grow to maturity.
A dead Heavenly Talent is not worth mentioning!
“Enough. I heard that Ji Qing once hung you by the entrance of the inn back then. Since you miss Ji Qing so much, today I’ll let you relive that experience.”
Xie Linyuan reached out with a large hand.
He directly grabbed Qian Mingri out of the air.
He intended to hang Qian Mingri by the entrance of the inn as well.
“You…”
Qian Mingri was shocked and enraged.
“Swish.”
Suddenly, a figure appeared in the void.
“This is…”
Everyone’s heart was startled.
Many people’s memories were fuzzy.
But Qian Mingri’s were not.
This figure, he was too familiar with!
Let alone just fifty years, even a hundred or a thousand years, he would never forget.
“Fellow Daoist Ji, you’re finally back!”
Qian Mingri’s voice was filled with immense excitement.
“Yes, I’m back. If I were any later, you would have been hung up at the entrance again…”
Seeing Qian Mingri, Fellow Daoist Ji smiled slightly.
It was as if he saw the scene again from that day when he hung Qian Mingri at the entrance of the inn.
“Hahaha… Fellow Daoist Ji is back, it doesn’t matter even if I’m hung up at the entrance again.”
Qian Mingri was now completely relaxed.
He had called out and sent one hundred and thirty-nine messages.
Finally, he made Ji Qing appear.
Xie Linyuan’s pupils constricted.
He seemed to realize Ji Qing’s identity.
“You are… Ji…”
However, before he could finish speaking, Ji Qing’s eyes turned cold.
“Kill!”
Without the slightest hesitation.
Ji Qing threw a punch directly.
A punch from a Second Order Giant Spirit God Clan, how terrifying was that?
It was equivalent to a strike from a Great Expert!
Even if Xie Linyuan had a Top-tier Dharma Idol, facing a Great Expert’s strike was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.
He couldn’t block it.
Xie Linyuan couldn’t block it at all!
Moreover, Xie Linyuan had a feeling.
He would die.
Even here in the Immortal Seeking Tower, he would die!
“No, you can’t kill me, the Immortal Seeking Tower doesn’t allow killing…”
Xie Linyuan shouted.
“Fellow Daoist Ji, don’t be impulsive, the Immortal Seeking Tower cannot kill people…”
Even Qian Mingri reminded him.
The rules of the Immortal Seeking Tower state that killing is absolutely forbidden.
“Bang.”
Ji Qing’s punch had already shattered Xie Linyuan’s Dharma Aspect.
However, Ji Qing did stop in the end.
The Immortal Seeking Tower is indeed very mysterious, and there are also guardians.
Every guardian is a top great expert.
There are even existences comparable to “old monsters.”
However, while a death sentence can be avoided, a living crime is hard to escape.
After Ji Qing blew up Xie Linyuan’s Dharma Aspect, a five-colored light flashed on his body.
“Swish.”
Ji Qing activated the Great Five Elements Divine Light and directly collected Xie Linyuan’s shattered Dharma Aspect materials.
Dharma Aspect Material Fragments plus three.
“Ah… my Dharma Aspect…”
Xie Linyuan screamed.
Ji Qing shook his entire body, his physical body vibrating.
Although he didn’t die, he turned into a bloody mess.
And with his Dharma Aspect destroyed, Xie Linyuan’s cultivation regressed, and it would be very difficult to recover it in the future.
His martial way path stops here!
Although Xie Linyuan didn’t die because of the Immortal Seeking Tower, he was completely crippled.
For Xie Linyuan, this was even more unbearable than being killed.
“Ji Qing…”
Xie Linyuan stared fixedly at Ji Qing.
He recognized Ji Qing’s identity.
A Heavenly Talent from the Thirteen Meridians of Purgatory who had disappeared for over fifty years.
He once used his Martial God cultivation to slay a Great Expert.
Later, he was afflicted by a Restricted Area curse and disappeared from sight.
Now, Ji Qing has returned!
He returned with an incredibly powerful demeanor!
“Boom.”
As Xie Linyuan’s words fell, the entire Immortal Seeking Tower erupted in commotion.
“Ji Qing… is back?”
“Isn’t it rumored that the Restricted Area curse cannot be resolved? Even the Lord of the Black Abyss couldn’t resolve it, so how did Ji Qing reappear? He doesn’t look like he’s been cursed at all.”
“The curse on Ji Qing has disappeared. That kind of curse emits an ominous aura, and now Ji Qing no longer has it. Perhaps he found a way and completely expelled the curse.”
“Xie Linyuan originally had a great hope of becoming a Great Expert, but he was arrogant and slandered Ji Qing, leading to this disaster.”
“That Ji Qing who once suppressed an era in the Black Ruins is back…”
The news spread quickly.
Many people in the Immortal Seeking Tower knew that Ji Qing had returned.
As for Xie Linyuan?
He hid in the Immortal Seeking Tower like a dead dog.
He dared not leave now.
If he left, Ji Qing and Qian Mingri would likely kill him.
Xie Linyuan could only send a Communication Talisman to the Tianguang Alliance for help, and it had to be a Great Expert from the Tianguang Alliance.
Even then, Xie Linyuan doubted if an ordinary Great Expert could save him from Ji Qing.
Ji Qing grabbed with his hand.
Xie Linyuan was directly caught in his hand.
“Xie Linyuan, didn’t you want to hang Fellow Daoist Qian just now? Then you can experience what it feels like to be hung up…”
Ji Qing hung Xie Linyuan up.
Right at the entrance.
Ji Qing and Qian Mingri then went upstairs.
As soon as they sat down, Qian Mingri eagerly asked, “Fellow Daoist Ji, the curse on you?”
“It has been resolved.”
Ji Qing replied truthfully.
“Resolved?”
Qian Mingri knew how difficult the curse on Ji Qing was to resolve.
That kind of Ominous Curse had left even the Lord of the Black Abyss helpless.
Ji Qing actually resolved it?
It was simply unbelievable.
However, Qian Mingri was also happy for Ji Qing.
“Fellow Daoist Ji, resolving the curse must have been difficult, right? For over fifty years, there was no news from Fellow Daoist Ji…”
Qian Mingri knew it must have been difficult without even thinking about it.
If it weren’t difficult, why would Ji Qing have disappeared for over fifty years?
“Fellow Daoist Qian, in these past fifty years, the Black Ruins seem to have undergone considerable changes. How can this Tianguang Alliance dare to provoke even you? You are the Young Master of the Black Ruins.”
Ji Qing asked.
He had heard of the Tianguang Alliance before.
But the Tianguang Alliance was only a First-rate force back then.
And it was quite loose, formed by many medium-sized forces banding together for warmth.
This led to the establishment of the Tianguang Alliance, barely considered a First-rate force.
How did it suddenly become so aggressive?
It seemed to fear neither the Black Abyss nor the Thirteen Meridians of Purgatory.
Qian Mingri took a deep breath and said solemnly, “Fellow Daoist Ji asks well. In these past fifty years, the Black Ruins have indeed undergone earth-shattering changes. Currently, the Tianguang Alliance has the greatest Prestige in the entire Black Ruins! The reason is simple: the Tianguang Alliance has given birth to a ‘Supreme Expert’ – the Liuyu Great Emperor!”
“The Liuyu Great Emperor was originally an ‘Emperor-level’ expert within the Tianguang Alliance, keeping a low profile, and was considered one of the Tianguang Alliance’s Foundation. But who could have imagined that this Liuyu Great Emperor, who kept such a low profile, would actually become a Supreme Expert?”
“With the birth of a Supreme Expert, the Tianguang Alliance’s power naturally expanded rapidly. It has now leaped directly from a First-rate force to a top force in the Black Ruins. Xie Linyuan is a core disciple of the Tianguang Alliance.”
Ji Qing understood.
All of this was because the Tianguang Alliance had given birth to a Supreme Expert.
Every Supreme Expert could suppress the current era!
Why did the Thirteen Meridians of Purgatory become a top force in the Black Ruins?
The reason was simple: the Thirteen Meridians of Purgatory had also produced Supreme Experts in the past, and more than one.
Originating from the Spirit Fusion Lineage.
It was precisely because of this that the Thirteen Meridians of Purgatory became a top force.
Now that the Tianguang Alliance had produced a Supreme Expert, it naturally also became a top force.
Just as Ji Qing and Qian Mingri were reminiscing and conversing.
“Boom.”
A terrifying aura erupted like a storm, instantly bursting forth.
And it directly swept over Ji Qing and Qian Mingri.
A Great Expert!
And a top Great Expert at that!
The other party was in a white robe, as if starlight was shining on him, and he walked step by step through the void.
“Xie Linyuan, who injured you?”
The white-robed Great Expert saw Xie Linyuan’s miserable state and asked coldly.
“Star Sea Great Venerable, it’s Ji Qing of the Thirteen Meridians of Purgatory! He… is back!”
Xie Linyuan saw the Star Sea Great Venerable and a hint of joy appeared on his face.
This was because the Star Sea Great Venerable was no ordinary Great Expert.
He was a top Great Expert of the Tianguang Alliance!
“Thirteen Meridians of Purgatory Ji Qing…”
The Star Sea Great Venerable was about to release Xie Linyuan from the doorway with one hand.
But suddenly, the Star Sea Great Venerable abruptly raised his head.
“Roar…”
It was like a dragon’s roar.
There was also a bit of purple flame, accompanied by eight Heavenly Dragon phantoms, which fiercely collided with the Star Sea Great Venerable.
Crucially, this collision made the Star Sea Great Venerable retreat half a step!
Although it was only half a step, the Star Sea Great Venerable, a dignified top Great Expert, actually retreated half a step?
“Thirteen Meridians of Purgatory Ji Qing, greetings Star Sea Great Venerable!”
Ji Qing had already walked step by step, standing opposite the Star Sea Great Venerable.
