He was wearing the same clothes, and he looked exactly the same. In terms of appearance, he looked exactly the same. The only things that were different … were his expression and gaze.
His expression … was numb, and his eyes were completely devoid of life. He almost looked like a corpse.
If an almighty being had been present, they would have been able to use divine will to examine Chen Qing. Shockingly, they would have been able to see … an enormous centipede coiled around Chen Qing, half of which was fused with him.
It was the exact same image that Wang Baole had seen in the future in the Book of Destiny when he had been on the Heavenly Fate Planet all those years ago … The only difference was that the person who had been possessed … was no longer him, but Chen Qing.
It was almost as if … Chen Qing was transcending his tribulation with his own body.
"Someone's calling out to you," said Chen Qing, smiling. "Aren't you going to respond?" Said the blood-colored young man in front of Chen Qing. His eyes were filled with evil, and although he seemed to be talking to Chen Qing, it was more like he was talking to himself.
"Ah, I forgot. You're not you anymore." The young man chuckled. However, if you looked closely, you would be able to see that there was something sinister about that smile. After stepping through the stone door, he turned to look outside.
His gaze seemed to pierce through the void beyond the stone door, to see the enormous rift, and to see the figure sitting in the boat, staring coldly at him.
When their gazes met, the young man's eyes narrowed. He waved his hand, and the stone door slowly closed, separating the outside world from the outside world, as well as their gazes. He turned his head and looked at the enormous hand that had materialized in front of them within the stone door.
"Halt!"
"So that hand won't let me pass?" The young man sighed in admiration. Then he flickered into motion, transforming into a blood-colored mist that shot toward the enormous hand.
However, a moment later, a huge boom rang out. The hand remained in place, but the blood-colored mist collapsed and swirled back together into the shape of the blood-colored young man.
This time, his smile was still there, but it was much colder than before. A red glow could be seen in his eyes as he looked down at his chest. Shockingly … there was a huge wound there. Although it was healing rapidly, it had obviously affected him quite a bit.
"Chen Qing, oh Chen Qing, the attack formed by sacrificing your life has indeed troubled me greatly … but that's not enough to stop me." Even as the young man murmured, his eyes glowed with red light. His body flickered, and he transformed into a blood mist. This time, thirty percent of the blood mist shot toward Chen Qing, entering his eyes. The remaining seventy percent transformed into an enormous blood-colored centipede, which then shot toward Law to wrap around his right hand.
"Luo has already fallen. How long can a rootless hand stop me?!" Right after those words were spoken, the blood-red centipede wrapped itself around Law's right hand. At the same time, Chen Qing's eyes seemed to have been set ablaze after the blood-red mist fused into them. They shone with a faint red light, and without a word, he took a step forward. As for Law's right hand, he ignored Chen Qing and allowed him to walk past him without a hitch. Then, he gradually disappeared into the distance.
The battle continued. Law's right hand had a mission. It was to prevent the living beings within the Stone Stele Realm from leaving, and to prevent the living beings from the outside world from entering.
As the battle continued, Chen Qing, who had lost his soul and had been possessed by the blood-colored young man, stepped out of the void and entered … the core of the Stone Stele Realm, which was also the Dao Domain.
Almost at the instant he entered, the blood-red color in the starry sky within the World of the Stone Steles erupted like a storm, turning into a gigantic vortex that covered the entire World of the Stone Steles. As rumbling sounds echoed incessantly, Chen Qing's figure appeared at the center of the vortex. His robes had already changed color; they were crimson.
His originally numb expression had also changed. There was a hint of life in his eyes, but … this so-called life was filled with evil. His eyes, in particular, were no longer glowing with a faint red glow but had turned completely crimson.
"Finally, I'm in." The possessed Chen Qing smiled faintly. He suddenly raised his head and looked at the starry sky. In his eyes, there were four pairs of eyes looking at him from a distance.
"Two late-stage Third Step cultivators. One of them is quite interesting. As for the last one …" The possessed Chen Qing narrowed his eyes and looked in the direction of the solar system. On Mars, Wang Baole's body was trembling, and his eyes were filled with sorrow. Instantly, their gazes met across the starry sky.
"Oh, it's you." The possessed Chen Qing chuckled.
"Baole, I'm your Senior Brother. Aren't you going to come and see me?"
His voice echoed in the starry sky and fell into Wang Baole's mind. Wang Baole fell silent. After a long while, he closed his eyes to hide his sorrow. When he opened them again, he stared at the Earth Path Seed in front of him and focused on refining it.
"It's okay, little guy. I'll come and find you later." The possessed Chen Qing smiled and looked away. He lowered his head to look at his body and seemed very satisfied. Then, he turned back to look at the depths of the blood-colored vortex. There … his real body was fighting with Law's right hand. It was obvious that the battle would not end in a short time.
But it was okay. Although there were still some problems with this body that prevented him from fully possessing it and could only integrate part of his divine will, he felt that it was enough for him to complete everything in the Stone Stele Realm.
"Then … the next step is to refine all life in this realm and form a blood spirit. It will strengthen my divine will and heal my previous injuries …"
"Also, I need to destroy that little guy, the other half of the Immortal, and … the person who fused with the soul of the Blackwood Spike!" The blood-colored young man who had possessed Chen Qing smiled widely. As he spoke, he lifted his right hand, causing the blood-colored light in the area to madly converge. In the end, it formed a fist-sized sphere of blood above his hand.
Holding the sphere of blood, he walked through the starry sky. Then, he casually pointed at a distant galaxy.
The sphere of blood flew out, heading toward the planetary system and sinking into it. Within the space of a few breaths of time, the planetary system began to rumble, and blood-colored light spread out. Countless living beings screamed miserably as, within the space of ten breaths of time, the civilization began to crumble. The planets and the life forms inside were all destroyed. Everything was destroyed in the blink of an eye.
If anyone stepped into the planetary system, they would be shocked to see the planets melting and all living beings withering away. In the end, they formed a large amount of blood threads that flew out from the shattered planetary system and gathered around the blood-red young man, turning into a ball of blood once more. After devouring an entire civilization, the color of the ball of blood clearly darkened.
"Not bad." The blood-colored young man chuckled and continued walking.
Just like that, time passed slowly. Ten days went by.
During those ten days, the blood-red young man walked through the galaxy at a moderate pace, but wherever he went, all the civilizations, no matter how big or small, would crumble as he walked past them. All the lives and everything within them would turn into blood threads, causing the ball of blood to become even more profound.
The area he was in was what used to be the Never-Ending Central Zone. Hence … he quickly sensed the presence of the Never-Ending Clan and arrived at their last breaths.
The blood-colored young man didn't stop because he was from the same clan. Instead, he was even more excited. He stopped at the Never-Ending Clan for a longer period of time and refined them more thoroughly.
When he left, there were no more Never-Ending Clan members in the realm of the stone tablet. His appearance and actions caused a commotion in the entire realm of the stone tablet.
However … be it Laozu of the Xie Family, Laozu of the Seven Spirits Sect, Laozu of the Moonstar Sect, or Wang Baole of the Moonstar Sect, they were all silent.
However, amidst this silence, a storm seemed to be brewing!
(End of Chapter)
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