CHAPTER 569: CHAPTER 112: REFINING THE SPIRIT OF ALL WORLDS

"Darn it!"

Li Qingming slammed the stone box shut with a "bang!".

The heavenly golden light dissipated in an instant, and the destroyed Void returned to normal.

Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Li Qingming turned to the Heavenly Fire beside him and asked, "Heavenly Fire, did you see it clearly?"

Trembling all over, the feathers of the Heavenly Fire bristling, it was dazed for a moment before responding, "Master, it was terrifying! That aura was just too horrifying..."

Li Qingming, feeling helpless, infused a stream of Yuqing True Essence into Heavenly Fire’s body and asked again, "Heavenly Fire, did you clearly see the Xuanhuang Crystal and the Spirit of All Worlds in the box?"

After calming down, Heavenly Fire thought for a moment and said, "Master, there was only one item in the box, it looked like a flat, arc-shaped stone, white with hints of green, and about the size of a palm. I took a quick glance and saw it densely engraved with Tao Runes, like a Heavenly Book. When I tried to probe further, a dazzling Immortal Light burst forth, carrying an endless and terrifying rhythmic pulse of the Dao. Therefore, Heavenly Fire didn’t see anything else!"

"Phew!"

Hearing this, Li Qingming gently exhaled a breath of turbid air and his hands started moving ceaselessly; after a while, a tiny and adorable Qilin appeared on top of the stone box.

This little Qilin was only about an inch in size, its body crystal clear, yet it emanated an aura of locking the heavens and sealing the earth.

"Master, what is this?" Heavenly Fire curiously looked at the little Qilin, not understanding what Li Qingming was intending to do.

Li Qingming smiled and explained, "This is a Sealing Beast I’ve formed using the Power of Space! With it here, even a Saint would find it difficult to tear through the space."

Saying this, he embedded the little Qilin into the stone box. Then, with a "snap!", he opened the box again.

This time, there was no disturbance to heaven and earth, and Li Qingming peered into the box.

In the small box, an irregularly shaped arc stone slab quietly lay inside, thin as paper, its surface glossy white, engraved with dense tiny runes. Inside the stone slab flowed a green mist, emitting a mysterious aura like the vestiges of the Dao.

"Eh! Master, the Tao Runes on this are strange; each rune seems to contain a complete Dao..." Suddenly, Heavenly Fire poked its little head out and spoke.

"Hmm?" Li Qingming was startled, and sent a strand of his Primordial Spirit into the stone slab.

"Buzz!"

A sound of Tao Heavenly Sound suddenly resounded in his mind; as the Primordial Spirit entered the stone slab, Li Qingming felt as if he had entered a world of "Dao".

Numerous dazzling, colorful rivers spiraled and intertwined in the stone slab’s space, coiling around each other. Counting carefully, there were exactly three thousand.

It is said, Three Thousand Great Dao, each can lead to enlightenment; it was unexpected that they originated from here.

"Swipe!"

Li Qingming’s Primordial Spirit returned from the stone slab, and he abruptly opened his eyes, saying, "Heavenly Fire, did Fire Feather Ancestor ever tell you about Xuanhuang Qi and the Source of All Realms when he was alive?"

Heavenly Fire tilted its little head and thought for a while before saying, "The old master only mentioned that Xuanhuang Qi is for body refinement, and the Source of All Realms is for refining the spirit. As for the rest, he didn’t mention. But from what I see, the old master probably didn’t know about the existence of Xuanhuang Crystal and the Spirit of All Worlds."

"That so!" Li Qingming slowly nodded and said, "Let’s go, follow me out!"

"Phew!"

Li Qingming shifted his feet, his body flickering like a phantom, and arrived at the stone gate in an instant; after a few leaps, he exited the small world and disappeared into the seas.

"Rumble!"

As soon as Li Qingming and Heavenly Fire left, the entire small world collapsed. The towering Divine Mountain in the outer world also instantly crumbled into rubble and sank to the ocean floor.

Having already escaped thousands of miles away, Li Qingming heard the rumbling and turned back abruptly, just in time to see the majestic Divine Mountain emanate a circle of gray luster, then turned into rubble and fell to the ocean floor.

Heavenly Fire looked stunned at the shattered rubble and said, "Master, could this collapse be due to the lack of support from the Xuanhuang Crystal and the Spirit of All Worlds?"

The Divine Mountain left behind only rubble, which filled the previous depression, leaving nothing behind. Li Qingming gazed for a moment and then said, "Perhaps its existence was meant to protect these two Tao Divine Objects. Now that these objects have been taken by me, the Divine Mountain has fulfilled its purpose and naturally, it no longer exists!"

...

In the Endless Star Sea, on an isolated island.

Everyone was anxiously waiting, but Li Qingming still did not appear.

"Senior, it’s been a day already, my elder brother won’t have encountered any trouble, right?" Li Qingquan was very anxious as he asked Yin Xi.

Yin Xi helplessly shook his head, pointing at the group of Quasi-Saints sitting by the seashore, "They are all fine, do you think Qingmingzi would be in any trouble?"

"Er..." Li Qingquan glanced at those Quasi-Saints and said, "Senior, what does their being fine have to do with my elder brother..."

Yang Jian gently tugged on Li Qingming’s sleeve behind him and said, "Master Uncle, have you forgotten? Master placed a prohibition on their souls. If this incarnation of Master perishes, they all will die!"

Li Qingquan was stunned, then remembered and embarrassedly smiled.

Suddenly, the sharp-eyed Long Xuhu pointed to the sea level, shouting, "Second senior brother, second senior brother, come quickly! It’s elder brother, elder brother is back!"

"Where, where?" Li Qingquan stepped forward a few paces, following the direction of Long Xuhu’s pointing finger.

Indeed, he saw a small black dot on the sea surface, moving rapidly towards them as if walking on flat ground.

"Whoosh!"

Ten miles distance, in the blink of an eye.

When Li Qingming appeared before everyone drenched in water vapor, all faces showed a look of anticipation.

Li Qingming took out the stone box, nodded to Yin Xi, and said: "Elder, I have accomplished the mission without disgrace!"

Everyone crowded over, eager to see what was inside the stone box.

Yin Xi took the stone box, deliberately shifted away from the crowd, peeked at the content of the box, and then handed it back, saying: "Qingmingzi, everything is correct! The lustrous stone slab is indeed the Xuanhuang Crystal, and the green mist swirling within is the Spirit of All Worlds!"

Hearing this, Li Qingming’s face lit up with joy as he said: "Then elder, let’s hurry up and use them to deal with this Endless Star Sea!"

Yin Xi shook his head and said: "Qingmingzi, you must first absorb the Spirit of All Worlds so that you can control the Star Sea at will. I know this body isn’t your original form, but that doesn’t hinder your Primordial Spirit from refining the Spirit of All Worlds!"

"Eh, this... Elder, can’t you refine it?" Li Qingming was stupefied and hurriedly tried to decline.

"Alright, this old Tao has lived long enough, and I’ve come to terms with many things! Supreme Saint, I no longer seek to pursue it." Yin Xi waved his hand with a sigh and said: "In Pangu’s Great Thousand World, to have produced a great talent like you, this old Tao is already very content!"

"Elder..." Li Qingming looked at Yin Xi, eyes filled with respect.

After all, these two items, every informed cultivator dreamt of them, and Yin Xi could give up the temptation to foster his junior – what an immense heart!

"No more childlike sulking, if we waste more time, Buddha and Po Suo might escape again!" Yin Xi chided with a stern face.

"Understood!"

Li Qingming nodded, no longer speaking, and directly took out the stone slab, his Primordial Spirit diving into it.

"Swoosh!"

In the world of the green Xuanhuang Crystal, three thousand Laws of Dao spanned through the air.

Within the thin slice of Xuanhuang Crystal, Li Qingming utilized the Power of Primordial Spirit, forging an Innate Taoist Body. Threads of silver Primordial Spirit power surged out from within and chose a Tao Rune to consume.

"Leaving Fire Law..."

"Dang!"

The first absorbed was the Leaving Fire Law Path. Tao Heavenly Sound rang out, endless Leaving Fire rose up, completely enveloping the figure that Li Qingming had forged, threatening to burn him to ashes.

Yet Li Qingming’s Primordial Spirit was immensely powerful, being at the Half-step Heavenly Dao. What did it matter if this was a complete Law Path? It simply was no match for his Spirit.

"Sss!"

A cluster of silver Primordial Spirit power spilled out from Li Qingming, instantly extinguishing the Leaving Fire Divine Flame. After a moment, he completely refined it.

His originally silver transparent Primordial Spirit now contained a red Tao Divine Pattern, composed entirely of Leaving Fire power, brilliantly glowing within his Spirit.

"Phew!" Li Qingming opened his eyes and looked up at the sky, muttering to himself: "The next one..."

Another flurry of glowing Primordial Spirit power surged out, casually grasping another Law Path to consume.

"Kui Water Law..."

"Dang!"

Tao Heavenly Sound erupted again, the deep-blue Kui Water Law Path flowing...

One Law Path after another, digesting and refining repeatedly!

Li Qingming’s Primordial Spirit was filled with various colored Tao Runes, each representing the power of a Law Path.

"Buzz!"

When the last Law Path representing the Space Power entered, dazzling golden light burst forth from Li Qingming’s Primordial Spirit, shining brightly throughout the Xuanhuang Crystal world.

Li Qingming only felt his entire Primordial Spirit swelling, filled with an unmatched explosive energy.

It seemed as if just by his will, he could cause the heavens to collapse; just by his will, he could obliterate this ancient star instantly; just by his will, he could cast a Poison Curse to destroy a tribe...

Of course, these were merely assumptions! Before his body was transformed by the Xuanhuang Crystal, Li Qingming only possessed a Primordial Spirit that could ascend to Heavenly Dao at any moment, which did not mean he could wave his hand and Slay Saints.

Li Qingming’s current state was like a mundane person who suddenly received a Martial Arts heritage. He had the theory but the body could not keep up.

Therefore, he could occasionally speak astonishingly, yet could not exert corresponding martial force, still needing continuous testing and integration to fully assimilate these heritages.

Meanwhile, everyone outside also felt an immensely terrifying power surge from within the Xuanhuang Crystal, soaring to the skies.

Such virile energy, fierce, filled with deterrence, made everyone lack even the slightest thought of resistance.

...

After a moment, Li Qingming withdrew his Primordial Spirit from the Xuanhuang Crystal, returning to the Sea of Consciousness in his body.

At this moment, inside the Xuanhuang Crystal there was no longer any green mist circulating, only three thousand minuscule runes imprinted upon it.

"Big brother, how is it?" Li Qingquan saw Li Qingming awaken and hurriedly approached.

Li Qingming looked up at him, displaying a refreshing smile, and said: "Good, it feels very good! Now I can completely destroy all the Laws of Dao over this Star Sea!" (To be continued. If you like this novel, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to cast recommendation votes and monthly tickets; your support is my greatest motivation. Cellphone users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)