"Don't worry, I'll be fine. Just a few small fries, they can't hurt me."

"Kill them first, then it's not too late to leave."

As soon as Qi Xiu said this, even Dongfang Qing was taken aback.

How long has it been since I saw this kid? How did he learn to boast like this?

But just as Dongfang Qing frowned and was about to persuade Qi Xiu, he saw the young Daoist holding his hands together, slowly opening a vortex.

"What is that..."

A faint scent wafted, Dongfang Qing's pupils constricted, staring at the dark, deep vortex, his eyes betraying a hint of disbelief.

Thud, thud——

Heavy, weighty footsteps came from the vortex, each step causing the heavens and earth to tremble, the sun and moon to sway, and the starry sky to dim.

Whoosh——

A dominant aura, strong enough to crush the sun and moon and heavens and earth, rolled out with a rush. All heavens changed color, a surge of blood, and the space tore open with hideous, terrifying black fissures, as if it would immediately disintegrate, collapse, and perish.

What horrifying thing did this kid get his hands on?

This aura is simply blasphemous!

Sensing the aura emanating from the vortex, Dongfang Qing's expression shifted several times.

Defying the heavens and earth, not following the great Dao, holding oneself supreme...

This is the cultivation method of the Ancient Ancestors!

And just as Dongfang Qing gazed solemnly, suddenly there floated a rolling black cloud between the heavens and earth, and in a trance, it seemed as though a gaze that dominates all things was looking this way.

All things submitted wherever this gaze passed, the heavens and earth solidified, exuding a terrifying majesty that was lofty and eternal.

"Not good, it's the Great Heavenly Dao!"

Realizing that the gaze of the Great Heavenly Dao was looking over here, Dongfang Qing flipped his palm, suddenly taking out a mottled, ancient scroll, and after spitting out a stream of pure yang essence onto it, he fiercely tossed it upward.

Clatter, clatter——

The scroll unfurled, a misty, mysterious light poured down, and the originally dark and dim starry sky where the full moon and eternal night opposed each other faded away, replaced by a vast, water-ink world like a dotted ink landscape.

Thousand-Mile River and Mountain Map!

It encompassed the surrounding starry sky entirely into this painting, and the scroll turned into a point of spiritual light with a bang, disappearing into thin air.

And just the moment after the Thousand-Mile River and Mountain Map swept away Qi Xiu and the others.

That deeply oppressive gaze had already arrived here.

Rumble——

The universe trembled, the heavens and earth turning upside down!

A giant hand splitting chaos, yin and yang, the palm brewing a grand world descended with a boom, capturing the heavens and earth, reaching into the depths of space-bounding light, trying to seize back the already vanished Thousand-Mile River and Mountain Map.

However, the divine marvel of this ancient scroll was quite unique.

After it disappeared, not a single trace remained.

No matter how this hand stirred in place for half a day, it could only return empty-handed.

"Dare you... come again...?"

"Heh,... waiting for you..."

The murmurs in the void echoed throughout the universe, then the hand wiped all to nothingness, an empty stillness that induced fear.

...

Inside the Thousand-Mile River and Mountain Map.

The Spirits of Night Travel had already broken free from the Power of Guanghan's suppression, the might of the evil god surging fiercely, like a massive ink blot, madly staining this water-ink mountain and river land.

However, amidst such violent, wicked aura, the fifteen Spirits of Night Travel hesitated, instead staring intently with solemn shock at the opposite side.

Rumble——

The entire water-ink mountain and river world was shaken by an uncontrollable, hot aura, and indescribably domineering oppressive aura crushed mountains upon mountains.

And such terrifying phenomena all originated from a tall figure slowly approaching!

This figure walked very slowly.

But with each step forward, the aura on the fifteen Spirits of Night Travel plummeted a notch, and the surging might of the evil god wavered like a candle in the wind.

The vastness of all heavens! 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

Underfoot!

At the moment of the Great Saint relic's appearance, the Spirits of Night Travel gnashed teeth and eyes widened, indescribable terror and panic grew crazily in their hearts.

One step!

Two steps!

Five steps!

Ten steps!

Within just ten steps, the Great Saint relic arrived in front of the fifteen Spirits of Night Travel, and at this time, these Outer Realm Evil Gods' cultivation at the Primordial Spirit Realm was completely suppressed, like fifteen ants cringing in a corner.

"Kid... where did you get such a major weapon!"

Also intimidated by the aura of the Great Saint relic, Dongfang Qing couldn't help but open his mouth, then grabbed Qi Xiu by the neck and asked.

"This is a long story..."

"No matter how long, you still have to tell me!"

Left with no choice, Qi Xiu had to recount to Dongfang Qing how he and Hu Tianzong were schemed against by Moon Sea True Venerable, sending them back to the Great Tang era, and the various processes through which he secured the Phoenix Emperor Heritage.

However, regarding many matters about the Hunyuan lineage inheritance, he chose to keep silent.

It wasn't that he didn't trust Dongfang Qing.

But he vaguely felt that the Hunyuan lineage seemed to be bearing a mission.

He didn't yet know what this mission was, but it was certainly significant.

If he told Dongfang Qing about the Hunyuan lineage, this causality could implicate him, and possibly affect the entire Shenxiao Sect.

So for both Dongfang Qing's sake and Shenxiao Sect's.

These matters, they should remain unaware of.

"So, this Ancient Martial Great Saint also suffered incurable severe injuries, and sought to heal through the Phoenix Emperor Heritage.

But ultimately died at that Inheritance Land, and the relic left behind was ultimately benefited by you, boy."

Although he vaguely felt discrepancies in Qi Xiu's account, Dongfang Qing did not delve further.

He trusted Qi Xiu, just as Qi Xiu trusted him.

What should be said, would naturally be said.

What shouldn't be said, there was no need to dig further.

"A blessing in disguise, I suppose."

"Blessing my foot, remember well, unless absolutely necessary, you must not use this Great Saint Relic."

Lightly tapping Qi Xiu's forehead, Dongfang Qing uncharacteristically warned sternly.

"The Ancient Martial Arts are the Daoist inheritance of the Ancient Ancestors.

Do you know what the Ancient Ancestors were also called in historical records?"

Rubbing his forehead and looking at Dongfang Qing's solemn face, Qi Xiu thought for a moment and shook his head.

"Man-made calamity!"

Voicing this once-taboo name, Dongfang Qing exhaled deeply:

"In the Primordial Age, the Human Race had not yet developed the current cultivation system.

At that time, they relied entirely on themselves.

They did not practice the Great Dao, nor respect heaven and earth.

Contending with the heavens!

Competing with the earth!

Opposing all creation!

If not for the steadfast protection of the True Dragon Clan, the Human Race would have been annihilated countless times by All Heavens and Myriad Races sanctioned by the Heavenly Dao.

This Ancient Martial Great Saint was the strongest among the Ancient Ancestors.

Although this relic no longer contains its soul, just the Primordial aura it carries is enough to provoke the Heavenly Dao to execute a suppression.

And you, the Heavenly Dao will not hesitate to wipe out along with it."

Upon hearing Dongfang Qing reveal the side effects of driving the Ancient Martial Great Saint Relic, Qi Xiu was both surprised and apprehensive.

He had actually known that driving the Ancient Martial Great Saint Relic would incur Heavenly Dao punishment.

But he hadn't imagined the punishment would be this severe.

"Being personally erased by the Heavenly Dao, that's a privilege not many get to enjoy." Although astonished, Qi Xiu then chuckled.

"If you like, I can retract this Thousand-Mile River and Mountain Map right now."

"That won't be necessary."

After some jesting, Qi Xiu gazed at the Spirit of Night Travel suppressed into a shadow by the Ancient Martial Great Saint Relic:

"What about those Evil Gods, should we just destroy them?"

"No hurry, they're more useful alive than dead."

With a slight move in his gaze, Dongfang Qing raised his hand, signaling not to kill the Evil Gods yet; he still needed to extract some useful intelligence from them.

"Alright."

Nodding, Qi Xiu dispelled the force of the Ancient Martial Great Saint Relic, but did not retract it, continuing to suppress the spirits of night travel.

With the power of the Ancient Martial Great Saint Relic, even during dormancy, it could subdue these Evil Gods, keeping them too fearful to make any move.

After handling everything, Dongfang Qing immediately activated the scroll of the Thousand-Mile River and Mountain Map to return to the Tianyuan Main Realm.

They had been away too long, deviating greatly from their original plan.

He needed to return to the Tianyuan Main Realm as soon as possible.

Because just recently, he had a premonition.

His brother Dongfang Xiong.

Was about to undergo his last Primordial Spirit Tribulation!

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