CHAPTER 1147: CHAPTER 869: TAKING ROOT

To avoid causing too much commotion with the separation process of Qing Lian, Gu Jinlai did not attempt it on Blue Star.

He distanced himself from the Solar System and halted somewhere within a Constant Star System composed of three stars, several light years away from Blue Star.

After choosing a star with no signs of civilization, he concentrated his spirit on Qing Lian within the Spiritual World.

Qing Lian swayed gently surrounded by a circle of Qingguang.

Having "learned" the Dao Degradation Technique from numerous Evil Gods, Qing Lian had already grown leaves.

Once he truly supplemented the shortcomings in his knowledge by utilizing the foundation of the Great Power in Taiyi Sword, Qing Lian’s growth became even swifter.

Although it was inside his Spiritual World at this moment, Gu Jinlai had a sensation that if this Qing Lian were projected into the real world, its length might reach ninety thousand miles.

Exceeding most stars in the vast starry sky.

Even when placed on a cosmic scale, this supernatural plant could certainly be considered a cosmic wonder.

"Let me see, what exactly are you."

Gu Jinlai raised his spirit and perception to the extreme, gradually infiltrating into Qing Lian, analyzing its structure: "Supreme Immortal Device, Cosmic Oddity? Or... Creation Divine Artifact!?"

Under his concentrated effort of full computation power and analysis, Qing Lian’s divinity gradually revealed the tip of the iceberg.

On it, Gu Jinlai sensed the aura belonging to the Three Thousand Great Dao.

That peculiar sedimentation unique to the Three Thousand Great Dao...

Identical to the Taiyi Sword he had been continuously researching and refining during this time.

Even when compared to the Great Annihilation Heaven, there’s a strong resonance.

"Supreme Immortal Device!? No! Supreme Immortal Devices can’t be measured! I feel... Qing Lian seemingly... possesses life."

With detailed analysis, his mind immediately connected it to the Innate Spirit Root from mythological tales.

That noble origin containing supernatural existence.

Such objects often correspond to Innate Sacred.

However, Innate Sacred is born according to a Dao, whereas this Qing Lian incorporates the Three Thousand Great Dao.

With a thorough probe, although he recognized Qing Lian possesses traits like Supreme Immortal Device and Innate Sacred, evidently it’s not enough.

Gu Jinlai descended his heart further, continuing to deeply infiltrate from atomic level, then spiritual level, divine sense level, to soul level, analyzing its divinity again and again.

The more he analyzed, the more Gu Jinlai felt it should belong to Innate Spirit Root, or a type within Innate Sacred.

But compared to the singular attribute of Innate Sacred, it encompasses all the mysteries of the Three Thousand Great Dao.

Even...

Gu Jinlai also sensed a trace of Evil God Power and Divine Will traits upon it.

It seems born conforming to the Dao of Heaven and Earth, integrating with all cultivation systems Gu Jinlai encountered, filled with a sense of flawless perfection and primordial completeness.

"Such perfection couldn’t be bestowed by Innate Sacred..."

Gu Jinlai pondered: "A Cosmic Wonder!? Functions similar to a Supreme Immortal Device’s Cosmic Wonder?"

As for Creation Divine Artifact...

He found it hard to imagine.

With the help of ancient tomes from the Fire Cloud Palace, he understood fully what kind of supernatural and powerful nature Creation Divine Artifacts hold.

Such that it can directly transform a Great Virtuoso into a Supreme Powerhouse, bearing the dreadful Supreme Treasure that contends against the power of Eighteen Evil Gods.

Supreme Race is called Supreme Race precisely because of these Supreme Powerhouses wielding Creation Divine Artifacts.

It’s exactly the mighty prowess of these Supreme Powerhouses bearing Creation Divine Artifacts, vanquishing Great Powers, establishing formidable renown, that keeps certain apex species with Great Powers always subordinate to the Six Strongest Races, not daring presumptuousness.

Gu Jinlai endlessly examined Qing Lian’s mysteries, lavishly expending time and energy.

However, despite how time-consuming and exhausting, no matter how thoroughly he scrutinized and observed, he couldn’t genuinely fathom Qing Lian’s origin.

It appeared all its secrets had been fully revealed in front of him, yet regarding its operational mechanism, Gu Jinlai still couldn’t truly unravel.

Such an outcome...

Gu Jinlai remained silent for a long while and gave up.

"Initially, I intended that if I could comprehend the entire operational mechanism of Qing Lian, after eliminating potential issues, I would keep it, but now it seems I was overly hopeful."

Gu Jinlai thought.

Ultimately...

Qing Lian was too helpful.

As long as there is enough Qingguang, knowledge accumulated over tens of millions, billions of years can be mastered in a few years or decades.

The efficiency was more than just slightly improved?

However...

Previously, he had no choice, to possess adequate power early enough to ensure his safety, despite not knowing where Qing Lian originated, what kind of arrangement it belonged to, he still had to use it.

But now that he’s become a Great Power, standing at the peak of the cosmic, having almost ruled out all potential dangers he could face, under these circumstances, the true threat to him instead comes from this kind of "unidentified object" like Qing Lian.

"It indeed is... burning bridges after crossing."

Gu Jinlai thought somewhat oddly.

This thought flashed only momentarily, already resolutely extinguished by him.

His spirit focused on Qing Lian, the next moment, divine sense trembled, the entire Spiritual World seemingly formed a violent storm, sweeping up Qing Lian located at the core of the Spiritual World, about to forcibly "uproot" it!

Yet, almost at the moment he intended to "uproot" Qing Lian, his divine sense was severely shaken.

The entire Spiritual World seemed to have countless fissures, densely covering every corner.

Upon closer look...

They’re precisely Qing Lian’s roots, rich to the extreme.

These vast and lush roots had long since penetrated deep into his Spiritual World, growing along with his growth, by now, completely integrating with him, inseparable.

"This..."

Gu Jinlai’s expression changed.

He gazed at Qing Lian rooted in every corner of his Spiritual World.

Qing Lian was like a tree supporting this base, once uprooted, it would lead to a landslide, destroying everything built on the hill.

The manifest consequence on him would be his body, spirit, soul, including realizations from these years, existing traces, all completely collapsed.

"My entanglement with Qing Lian reached such a degree!?"

Gu Jinlai felt deeply incredulous.

If he genuinely wanted to completely extricate himself from Qing Lian, probably there’s only one way!

That is Silent Annihilation!

No!

It’s meaningless!

Unless Qing Lian willingly lets him go, even if he chooses annihilation, since he enters the annihilation state first, Qing Lian can still choose to transform into a seed and be planted in his spiritual world before he completely perishes.

In the initial stage of annihilation and reincarnation, the cultivator cannot awaken innate wisdom. Unaware, he cannot resist using this "Qing Lian," a super cheat.

Eventually...

The result will be the same as it is now.

When he grows to a high enough level and realizes that Qing Lian is an unstable factor, wanting to uproot Qing Lian would lead to an unmanageable situation.

This is an almost unsolvable death cycle.

"What exactly is this Qing Lian!?"

Gu Jinlai’s eyes were filled with deep shock.

He anticipated that Qing Lian would become an unsettling factor inside him, a ticking bomb, but never expected...

Its existence to be so direct, so stark.

Reflecting on the method he thought of to get rid of Qing Lian — annihilation, a terrifying thought arose in his mind.

Could it be...

Similar events have already occurred countless times over millions of years?

But quickly, Gu Jinlai suppressed this idea.

"Unlikely! If something similar had truly repeated countless times, a newly ascended Great Power... would certainly have left records within those major forces!"

He shook his head.

But, looking at this Qing Lian again, a hint of caution appeared in his eyes.

He studied Qing Lian for a long time...

Three Thousand Great Dao.

Divine Will.

Power of Decomposition.

Qing Lian has it all.

In other words, attempting to uproot Qing Lian with a force other than the Three Thousand Great Dao is also impossible.

Unless...

He can forge a new path entirely different from cultivators, divine spirits, and evil gods.

And this path must reach at least the level of Great Powers, even Supreme Powerhouses and Ancient Evil Gods to have hope.

"I need more information about the primordial realm to analyze from them what Qing Lian truly is."

Gu Jinlai realized.

It’s time to truly meet face to face with the Heart of the Cosmic and those Great Powers of the Human Clan and have a good conversation.

With this thought, Gu Jinlai’s gaze transcended the void, taking another look at Blue Star.

Compared to back then, Blue Star has changed immensely.

It has transformed from a technological civilization into a cultivation civilization.

On this planet, he can no longer find any former feeling or trace.

At present, he withdrew his gaze, waved his virtual hand, summoned the Star Shuttle, and traversed into spatial fluctuations.

It seemed that his use of the space avenue power had touched some special mechanism.

The next moment, Gu Jinlai clearly felt the space avenue through which the Star Shuttle was traveling collapsing at an extremely rapid pace.

"Not collapse... dissolve."

Gu Jinlai instantly sensed what it was, and the Silent Annihilation Realm-level Divine Sense Ability immediately invoked the space avenue, ready to perform a spatial jump to leave the collapsing region of the space avenue.

But the collapse speed of the space avenue was far beyond his imagination.

Before he had time to leave, the concept of "existence" of space was completely dissolved and decomposed.

Riding on the Star Shuttle, Gu Jinlai directly fell out of the space avenue.

And in front of him...

Was a deep blue!

An endless expanse of deep blue!

"Evil God!"

This kind of light, the speed of space avenue decomposition incredibly fast...

Gu Jinlai instantly recognized the source of this power.

"Ancient Evil God!"

An ancient evil god with combat power akin to Supreme Powerhouses!

How could such a monster appear here!?

And with its true body personally arrives!?

Are cosmic heart those overseeing eighteen ancient evil gods all blind?

"True Void Divine Ship!"

Gu Jinlai activated this Supreme Treasure without any hesitation.

But in the instant the True Void Divine Ship appeared, another wave of deep blue light swept in, decomposing and dissolving at an incredible speed.

Gu Jinlai’s heart trembled violently.

Ancient Evil God!

Ancient Evil God with strength matching that of Supreme Powerhouses!

And at least two existences!

Actually joining forces to ambush a newly ascended Great Power like him!?

The dignity of the cosmic supreme beings?

Not needed!?

"Escape!"

Gu Jinlai’s Divine Thought ignited, seemingly wanting to transform into a stream of light to break out from the encasing deep blue light.

But in the next second, his form, the power of his Divine Sense, and the Three Thousand Great Dao he invoked were all completely enveloped and sealed by the deep blue radiance, unable to escape a single bit.

And the outside...

All the information, traces, and karma of his existence in this starry sky were completely erased by the power of decomposition.

Accompanied by the departure of the deep blue radiance, he was like he had never appeared in this starry sky, taken away in one swoop, disappearing without a trace.