Published at 19th of January 2026 4:52 am

Chapter 1325: Tidying Up Revered Ancient

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As human cultivators reveled in excitement, and the many species of Revered Ancient cheered, Xu Qing hovered in the sky above the imperial capital looking in the direction of the Heaveneater Region. His right foot slowly lifted up, but… he did not take a step forward.

Just now, when he sent his divine will into the Heaveneater Region and made contact with the Crown Prince of Violet and Cyan, his heart leaped. He wanted to go to the Sovereign Kingdom of Violet and Cyan and fight with his older brother, Zi Qing, the Crown Prince of Violet and Cyan. He wanted to resolve the karma.

But in the end, he pulled his foot back.

It’s not time yet….

He looked away. He knew that he could not sustain his current state for very much longer. The terrifying fusion of immortal and god could only be maintained temporarily. Before long, it would start becoming difficult to maintain harmony between the body of a god and the soul of an immortal. When that happened, he would be forced to split, lest his soul be permanently absorbed.

Xu Qing also knew that the reason he couldn’t maintain the fusion was that he had not performed the ultimate ceremony required to perfectly complete the process.

Most importantly, Eminent Desolation was still present. The flesh and blood of Xu Qing’s god clone, as well as his godhood, both had their origin in Eminent Desolation. A temporary fusion with his immortal soul was fine as long as it didn’t last too long, otherwise, his karma with Eminent Desolation would start to play a role.

A true assimilation would be irreversible. What’s more… although the fusion raises my cultivation level and battle prowess, I can’t fully take advantage of this state. Until I resolve these issues, I can’t get into a fight with Zi Qing.

Xu Qing needed to get his cultivation base to a higher level, and until then, he couldn’t afford to underestimate Zi Qing. He needed a better cultivation base and more experience.

Zi Qing is Eminent Desolation’s chosen representative, and is carrying out hīs will in Revered Ancient. I just don’t understand why he and I are so deeply connected, and what he wants to accomplish….

Of course, looking back at his life, there were clues. For example, why had Zi Qing done so many things to provoke him? And then there was what happened when Empress Summer Departure reached godly ascension. Xu Qing had seized some of the destiny aura that Zi Qing had been aiming to collect. Of course, it had all been due to the help of Master Seventh. But without the foundation to build on, it would never have happened. So why did he and Zi Qing have foundations that were so interconnected?

Then there was the karma of Eminent Desolation’s flesh and blood. It was certainly extraordinary that he could sustain it. As for Zi Qing’s connection to the Sovereign Kingdom of Violet and Cyan, Xu Qing’s suspicions only continued to grow. At the bottom of his heart… there was a possibility that he didn’t even want to consider.

What do Eminent Desolation, Zi Qing, and I have to do with each other…?

Xu Qing couldn’t forget that long tunnel inside of himself, and the chair at the end of it. And then there was Zi Qing’s strange reaction all those years ago when he sensed that chair.

Soon…. It won’t be long before I go to the Heaveneater Region and find out the truth about everything!

Suppressing his thoughts of Zi Qing, he looked out at the Revered Ancient mainland. There were things to accomplish before he confronted Zi Qing.

Revered Ancient just went through a big catastrophe. What it needs now is some stability. There are still outsiders here, though…. Since I still have some time left in this fused state, I should go pluck thēm out and put an end to the machinations that thēy’ve forced Revered Ancient to endure for many years. Revered Ancient needs to be tidied up a bit.

Eyes glittering, he looked toward Sea-Sealing County, and specifically… the Wood Spirits! If he was going to tidy things up, his first stop was going to be Emperor Ancient Spirit!

Emperor Ancient Spirit came from a generation preceding Ancient Emperor Dark Serenity, and had once conquered Revered Ancient as the leader of the Ancient Spirit species. The fact that hē had somehow survived down to this point made it seem very likely that hē had outside backing!

If hē does, I’ll sever that connection! And even if hē doesn’t… Emperor Ancient Spirit is currently not an asset to Revered Ancient.

Having reached this point in his train of thought, he bowed to Master Seventh, then looked at Empress Summer Departure and Erniu.

“Please wait a moment,” he said. “I have something to take care of.” Then he looked up, his eyes cold. “Zhou Zhengli!”

Zhou Zhengli, who had been observing everything closely, immediately stepped forward and bowed. “Your Majesty!”

“All of you, come with me.” Xu Qing took a step forward, and ripples spread out as he began a major teleportation.

Zhou Zhengli, Sir Star Ring, Sir Vilespirit, Li Mengtu, Yuanshan Su, and all the others flew over and teleported away with him. Their cultivation bases were so advanced that to low-level cultivators, they were like stars in the sky.

An instant later, the sky above the Wood Spirit territory outside of Sea-Sealing County filled with thunderous rumbling. As the sky split open, the Wood Spirits trembled. All of the huge trees opened their eyes and assumed humanoid form. The Wood Spirit grand elder trembled and bowed as Xu Qing emerged. Behind him came Zhou Zhengli and the others.

Xu Qing didn’t pause for a moment. He continued forward, and was soon at the entrance of the Spirit Abyss in the restricted area beneath the Wood Spirits’ lands. It was a gaping hole, pitch black and pulsing with a cold aura that seemed capable of freezing all things.

This was not Xu Qing’s first time here. As he stood at the edge of the Spirit Abyss, he looked down.

The others arrived, and Zhou Zhengli opened his third eye.

“Your Majesty,” Zhou Zhengli said, “there’s… a huge decomposing snake down there!”

Sir Star Ring looked down. “The power of order within that snake is crumbling.”

“There’s a lot of poison as well…” Li Mengtu said with a grin.

“Forget all that,” Sir Vilespirit said, licking his lips. “My sword is telling me that the thing down there is pure evil.”

Zhou Zhengli looked at Xu Qing. “Your Majesty, where does this passage lead to?”

“Before Eminent Desolation came,” Xu Qing said, “there was a species that conquered all of Revered Ancient. They were called the Ancient Spirits.

“Their emperor had a cultivation base at the level of an immortal. As that emperor’s dynasty came to an end, he gathered all the power of his species, all of their destiny aura, and plotted against the heavenly daos. He wanted to possess one of them, and ultimately become the only heavenly dao in Revered Ancient. Now I see that, ultimately, he wanted to use the natural laws of Revered Ancient to achieve his dao and become an Immortal Lord!”

Having said that, Xu Qing stepped into the Spirit Abyss. Zhou Zhengli and the others didn’t hesitate to follow. As they proceeded, Xu Qing continued with his explanation.

“His possession attempt failed. The heavenly daos of Revered Ancient fought back. However, he forced his people to share the backlash. And thus, the Ancient Spirits as a species were devastated in a single night. Their kingdom became a world of death, and most members of the species turned into deceased souls that howled in grief constantly.

“All of them shared in the torment that Emperor Ancient Spirit suffered because of the backlash. The Spirit Abyss beneath the Wood Spirit lands is actually just one of the entrances to the Ancient Spirits’ kingdom of death.”

Zhou Zhengli and the others were shaken by what they heard.

According to what Xu Qing had just said, this Emperor Ancient Spirit had once been a full-fledged immortal. Even in the Fifth Star Ring, there were stories about people becoming immortals by possessing heavenly daos and using their natural laws. However, compared to the method of gaining enlightenment of canon and statute, that method was rare. It was just too risky. What was more… in the Fifth Star Ring, no one would ever consider using that method to become an Immortal Lord.

“This Emperor Ancient Spirit…” Sir Star Ring said, but then he shook his head and stopped talking. In the end, this person had once been an immortal, and thus, deserved a bit of respect.

Xu Qing offered no further information, and they continued into the Spirit Abyss. It pulsed with a force of rejection, but to Xu Qing and the others, it was like nothing more than a faint breeze.

Xu Qing led them into the depths. Soon, something huge appeared in the darkness in front of them.

It was a gargantuan, decomposing snake that pulsed with a strong aura of death. It had a world resting on its head. The world was blurry with mist, and piercing howls of anguish echoed out from it. In the past, this snake had appeared endlessly massive to Xu Qing, and the pressure from it had shaken him in body and soul. But that was all in the past.

As he looked at it, the decomposing snake shivered and backed away from him, as if it planned to flee.

But then, Sir Star Ring’s eyes glittered coldly, and he shot forward. Zhou Zhengli and the others followed. Xu Qing stayed in place. The group descended like shooting stars into the rotting world with no sun or moon.

Rumbling sounds echoed out in all directions as countless deceased souls were ripped to shreds. The mists of the world were wiped out.

Sir Star Ring and the others appeared in a world lit only by pale starlight. They were like generals from heaven as they raced forward. The Underworld River was devastated. Mountains of flesh and blood were ripped apart. The entire world shook.

That was when the many eyes of Emperor Ancient Spirit opened. Apparently, he had been asleep for a long time, as the eyes were filled with alarm and fury.

“You people—” he roared, but then he stopped talking. The pupils in the eyes constricted, as they had just caught sight of a figure striding forth, a person with long, flowing hair. Unprecedented astonishment and terror became like tsunami waves that filled the various eyes.

“You… you’re….”

Xu Qing hovered in front of the huge snake, and instead of looking at Emperor Ancient Spirit’s eyes, he was looking at something else in the depths of the darkness and mist. Xu Qing’s gaze grew cold. Then he looked back at the world atop the huge snake.

“Long time no see, Emperor Ancient Spirit.”

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