Beyond the Timescape

Chapter 1320: Xu Qing’s Strongest State Yet!

Revered Ancient was buzzing. Wild colors flashed in heaven and earth.

The godly river flowed down into Revered Ancient from the sky, pulsing with unending godly might that filled the mainland, and caused all living beings’ minds to tremble. They couldn’t control themselves. They lost their ability to think, until their minds were blank and they were trembling in both body and soul. The gods were also affected, and bowed heads one after another. This was the type of pressure that came from a superior level of life force!

There was an inexhaustible flow of mutagen that spread from the majestic river, going out in all directions to fill Revered Ancient. However, it lasted only an instant.

And that was because, high in the dome of heaven, the looming broken face of Eminent Desolation suddenly angled down slightly! The terrifying golden eyes in the godly river snapped shut without hesitation. Ninety-nine percent of the aura that had spread out was then retracted.

The mother river might be a God Paragon, but shē didn’t dare to show any more of hērself! Much less was shē willing to show up in hēr true form! In fact, shē didn’t even dare to send all of hēr divine will! This was only a scrap!

When the eyes closed in that tiny scrap of divine will, a figure appeared and was sent out of the drop of water! The figure was blue, and came with a terrifying pressure that erupted in all directions. Though the pressure was not the same as that of the golden eyes, it was still terrifying. However… it was not something that would attract the attention of the broken face like a God Paragon would.

The mother river had sent forth a God Lord! The moment hē appeared, hē summoned a massive fist that shot without hesitation… toward The Human World Sword!

The moment they made contact, rumbling sounds filled heaven and earth. The Human World Sword shook, and because of the mountain-toppling, sea-draining force of the fist, it had no choice but to give way.

The fist shivered, then shot forward explosively. It became a blue sea, filled with boundless force that shattered the air, split time, and aimed… at stopping Xu Qing. As the godly might in the form of a sea swept over Xu Qing, the God Lord no longer paid attention to The Human World Sword, nor did hē worry about fighting Xu Qing.

Shooting backward, hē grabbed the feeble ancient immortal and then flew up into the sky. Moving at top speed, hē quickly reached the highest point above. Hīs mission was to acquire the mother river’s pawn and escort him out! Hē really had no other intentions. Hē didn’t want to do anything else, or stay around for any longer than necessary. Though hē didn’t understand exactly why all of this was necessary, it was a mission from the mother river.

The pawn had failed, and had severed any connection to Revered Ancient. Therefore, the pawn held no further value. And yet, the mother river had taken a great risk by using a scrap of divine will to teleport hīm here. And hē absolutely had to take this specific cultivator back with hīm. Hē did not know why, but hē had to comply. Hē was not capable of resisting the will of the mother river, even though the very nature of this mission was absolutely terrifying to hīm.

Thankfully, the mother river permitted me to come as a clone that only contains one third of my true form.

With such thoughts in mind, hē swept up the ancient immortal and sped toward the sky. Along the way, hē looked at the broken face of Eminent Desolation. That one glance was enough to cause hīm to tremble in the depths of hīs god soul.

Moving at top speed, and drawing on the power of the mother river, hē broke free of Revered Ancient’s seal and entered the starry sky. Hē immediately raced away. Hē didn’t want to stay in the terrifying Revered Ancient for a moment longer. In fact, hē didn’t even want to be close to it.

Once I get far enough away from Revered Ancient, the mother river will pull me back….

All of this takes a bit of time to describe, but actually happened in the time it takes a spark to fly off a piece of flint.

The instant the God Lord sent by the mother river broke out into the starry sky, Xu Qing’s canon and statute erupted in the sky over the Revered Ancient mainland. The godly sea was rejected, piece by piece, bit by bit, ultimately collapsing into mist that scattered in all directions.

Within that mist, Xu Qing hovered, looking up into the dome of heaven. His thoughts were clear now. He had faced an unknown enemy on the way back, and if he hadn’t been fully prepared, it would have been extremely difficult.

That encounter had left Xu Qing with some very deep suspicions. That was especially true considering that, although this mysterious enemy had taken steps to conceal their identity, Xu Qing had noticed a few clues.

That was why, after arriving in Revered Ancient, he had not used very many techniques to fight the ancient immortal, but had immediately gone into a battle of daos and canon. His goal had been to push his opponent to the limit as quickly as possible, and force him to sever his connections to Revered Ancient. But also, Xu Qing had wanted to see… who was backing the ancient immortal, and how powerful of an organization they represented.

Part of his reason for doing all that was because of the mysterious attack on the way back. That unknown enemy had obviously wanted to kill him, but upon realizing that wasn’t possible, had tried to delay him.

Given all of the evidence, Xu Qing had begun to strongly suspect that the person behind this huge catastrophe for Revered Ancient probably wasn’t just the ancient immortal. If he didn’t find out who was operating behind the scenes, then it would lead to potential calamities down the line. That was what had led to the dao fighting earlier.

Moments ago, when the ancient immortal severed all of his achievements and virtues, and had lost his place as an immortal, Xu Qing had detected something stirring behind him.

That was why he hadn’t hesitated to unleash The Human World Sword. And what was revealed was that drop of water! All of these thoughts swirled in Xu Qing’s mind, turning into something astonishingly cold in his eyes.

So, it was you all along!

He had previously speculated that one of the God Paragons of the Ninth Star Ring was the culprit, although he had been unsure which one it was. Now he knew who was behind everything.

That God Lord you sent is just a clone….

Looking up into the starry sky, he blurred into motion, becoming a streak of silver that shot upward. He moved with incredible speed, reaching the height of the sky. There, he spoke, his words echoing throughout Revered Ancient.

“Return to me, god clone!” His words echoed out, building up into something like the crack of heavenly thunder….

Outside of the phoenix palace in the necropolis beneath Sea-Sealing County, a cross-legged figure sat. The figure’s eyes snapped open! The golden glow of the gods erupted from the eyes. This was Xu Qing’s god clone!

Astonishing godly might erupted from the clone, who, face completely expressionless, became a dazzling golden beam that shot up into the sky. The beam of light smashed out of the necropolis, shot through the lands, and as countless stunned cultivators in Sea-Sealing County looked on, rose into the sky!

The golden glow and the silver light rose together until, as the powerful experts of Revered Ancient looked on in astonishment, they combined.

Without a moment of hesitation… they directly fused together! Gold and silver interlocked! A brilliant sea of light spread through the sky. Godhood was clearly made manifest.

It was… the godhood of fate! With the godhood of fate as power, the god clone was bolstered. And in an instant, immortal and god… merged together!

Then, that light pierced through the dome of heaven to appear in the starry sky outside of Revered Ancient! It turned into… a miraculous and majestic figure! The body was that of a god, branded with many types of godly authority, all of which combined to form the core godhood of fate! The aura of a Summer Immortal spread from the soul, surrounding the figure, becoming striations of canon and statute, every bit of which contained space-time, parallelism, and ontology!

The figure’s eyes formed a dramatic contrast. The left eye shone with dazzling silver, while the right eye pulsed with a magnificent golden color. Long, violet hair flowed down the figure’s back.

The godly might of a God Lord spread in all directions. The pressure of an Immortal Lord rebuked space-time. This was an immortal god that attracted the attention of all paramount entities in the Ninth Star Ring! This was Xu Qing’s strongest state!

When Xu Qing appeared in the starry sky as a fused immortal god, he turned, and his gold-silver eyes locked onto the fleeing God Lord. “You won’t escape!”

He took a step forward.