Chapter 1321: Wishes and Stories

In the star ring beyond Revered Ancient in the Ninth Star Ring, the God Lord who had been snatched away by the mother river was still fleeing, but at the same time trembled in heart and mind. Hē could sense the fluctuations behind hīm, and could also feel the terrifying aura rolling in hīs direction.

“God Lord?” Hē turned to look in the direction of Revered Ancient.

In the pitch black depths of the starry sky, there was a boundless gold and silver glow, like a sea of light spreading out in all directions. It almost seemed like the blooming of some strange and bizarre flower.

The god’s gaze hardened. Earlier when in Revered Ancient, hē had sensed that the mother river’s injured human pawn wasn’t the only one with a Summer Immortal aura. Canon and statute also existed in the cultivator system, specifically, with the Immortal Lords! It was extremely rare of anyone to reach that level.

Beyond that, hē currently wasn’t at hīs strongest, and also had to worry about the broken face. That wasn’t to mention the mission at hand from the mother river. As a result, hē had chosen to not continue fighting, but rather, to flee. But now....

This guy isn’t just an immortal. He’s also a god! And that specific godly aura....

The God Lord who came out of the mother river was even more shaken.

That’s the aura of paramount godhood stolen from Eminent Desolation by the God Paragon of the Fourth Star Ring, which was subsequently taken by the Fifth Star Ring! That’s half-step Living God godhood, connected deeply to unbounded karma.... He actually fused with it! He and Eminent Desolation....

The God Lord fell back at top speed, moving even faster than before in an attempt to get into the depths of the starry sky. Hē instinctively felt an immense sensation of danger. While speeding along, hīs personal godhood unleashed a unique godly authority.

“I wish to already be back at the mother river!”

As the godly voice echoed out, the God Lord began to blur. But then, just before hē vanished from sight, hē became perfectly clear once again. The wish had failed.

The range of influence of the broken face is putting too much pressure on my godhood....

“I wish for a smooth journey back to the mother river!” This time, the godly voice spread out with a mysterious power in it. It swirled around hīs body, and in the blink of an eye, provided a huge blessing of speed. There was also a mysterious force that created a further boost, ensuring that hīs heart and mind became very calm. The starry sky underfoot seemed to suddenly shrink down. As a result, hīs destination at the mother river got closer and closer.

However, even as the border neared the range of hīs divine will, and hē was just about to reach the target.... Dramatic things happened!

Behind hīm, that explosive gold-and-silver sea of light swept through the starry sky in grandiose fashion. In the shortest of moments, it spread rapidly in all directions. Nothing could stop it. Rumbling echoed out endlessly.

The absolutely astonishing mightiness surpassed space-time and the universe to directly reach the God Lord. To hīs deep astonishment, it screamed directly toward hīm! It enveloped hīm! Even as hē hoped to span the final distance through the starry sky and cross the border to safety, the raging sea of gold and silver became like a wall blocking hīs path.

And then a door appeared! Glittering light shone everywhere as a figure strode out that caused all living beings to gasp.

The moment that figure appeared, the entire surrounding universe seemed to go still, and the starry sky started to vibrate. It was as if some terrifying force were bringing it to the point of destruction, to shred it out of existence, to wipe out completely.

This was none other than Xu Qing in his fused state of god and immortal!

The God Lord’s pupils constricted, and hē lurched backward, soul trembling. Hē could sense that this human was already an integral part of the magical and natural laws of the higher star ring, filling him with terrifying power. The striations of godly authority covering him were like the convergence of endless universal rivers.

Astonishingly, every striation seemed to contain a complete world. And each world contained what seemed to be countless living beings, who constantly proliferated and founded civilizations and empires. At the moment, the striations covered him like decorations, crawling around to cover every inch of his skin.

That was the mark of a God Lord! Ultimately, in the core spot where the striations originated... was the godhood of fate! Dazzling light flickered reminiscent of the creation of worlds.

At the limits of where the light reached, the River of Time went still. The wall of space became like weak paper about to crumble. It was as if fate itself were willing to acknowledge allegiance to this light, to allow it to guide the predestination of all things.

When it reached the godhood of the God Lord, hē started shaking, and once again fell back.

“Wishes?” Xu Qing said, looking up calmly at the God Lord. “How amusing.”

His voice was like that of a god, but also contained the dao. Those two things combined, filled with instability and destruction, ultimately creating a sound that could eradicate worlds and souls. It was like a series of waves that swept out boundlessly, and wherever they passed, they smashed everything from physical objects to natural laws.

The God Lord yet again fell back. Hē was shaking in heart and mind, even more so after what Xu Qing had just said. At the moment, hīs senses were telling him that Xu Qing was very, very dangerous!

As Xu Qing hovered there, the godly striations and immortal laws that pulsed around him were noteworthy, but also, his river of violet hair was particularly eye-catching. That hair became like a truly universal sea, with every strand a conglomeration of dazzling starlight turned into a river. As his hair drifted about him, the rivers of stars collided, fused, transformed, and unleashed constant tribulations and destructions on the worlds within them.

And the effects spread! It was as if the insane effects were going to devour the entire starry sky, and turn everything into nutrients for Xu Qing.

Eminent Desolation....

That was the moment in which the mother river’s God Lord understood why Xu Qing was so reminiscent of Eminent Desolation! It was the fusion of the godhood of fate, and the resulting will it let off. That was the temporary path that Xu Qing had chosen.

On his return trip, he had already decided on that dao, the reason being that he was aware that his strongest state... was that of the statute of Immortal Lords! Because of the limitations of his fleshly body, he could not fully release that statute.

And thus, he chose godly fusion. That god body was actually made from the flesh and blood of Eminent Desolation, and it was full of gods and spirits. It was like a True God fleshly body version of Eminent Desolation. That was the most powerful type of fleshly body there was!

The immortal body, with its source a Summer Immortal, formed an immortal soul that provided the strongest level of statute. By combining the two, with the god as the body and the immortal as the soul, the godly might that could be unleashed contained the strongest level of canon and statute of an Immortal Lord.

With a thought, he was a god. A God Lord.

With a thought, he was an immortal. An Immortal Lord.

In that state of fusion, he was truly at the Lord level.

“It seems... that the individual who made contact with me when I made that wish all those years ago is actually connected to you.”[1]

Xu Qing’s golden and silver eyes swept over the God Lord, and as his violet hair swayed, the friction between the hair caused the starry rivers to rumble. The golden and silver light around him seemed to follow his gaze directly toward the God Lord.

A sense of deadly crisis erupted. The golden light surrounding the God Lord stirred all of hīs godly might, causing a dramatic transformation. Within the godly striations appeared hīs own godhood.

Then a godly voice rang out. “I wish to be undying and unharmable to any power other than that of a God Paragon!”

The words became a godly will that formed natural laws instantaneously. When the sea of silver and gold made contact with the God Lord, hē wasn’t harmed. It swept over hīm. However, hīs aura clearly declined a bit, which meant hīs godhood had been dissipated to a degree!

“I wish that all enemies of mine will suffer a backlash!” Ignoring that dissipation, the God Lord again unleashed the power of godhood. An instant later, the sea of gold and silver turned on Xu Qing in a backlash attack.

“I wish that the wall blocking me didn’t exist at all, and that a single step would take me out of this world!” The God Lord’s voice affected the entire starry sky as hē lifted hīs foot and took a step forward.

Xu Qing’s expression remained cold as he lifted his right hand and pushed it forward. That gesture caused canon and statute to surge. It didn’t simply swirl around him; instead, it rumbled explosively, like an extreme tempest that could affect multiple universes.

The power of the tempest kneaded and reconstructed space-time. Parallel worlds were like frothy bubbles that popped and then became whole again. The terrifying effects rapidly spread everywhere. The power of unification caused all of the shattered space-time and chaotic natural laws to become a chain that surpassed all dimensions, and could pierce from ancient to the future, all to lock onto the God Lord. Overlooking everything, it locked onto the god as hē took hīs first step.

The God Lord shivered inwardly. Hīs perception made it clear that this chain contained indescribably terrifying power. That was especially true considering that every tiny movement of the chain resulted in an explosion of fate that improved its power of statute.

Ripples flowed out that became Xu Qing’s voice.

“Godhood reconstruction!”

***

In the outer sea of Revered Ancient, a little boat bobbed on the pitch-black surface of the sea. Within the boat sat Yu Liuchen, who was looking up into the dome of heaven, eyes gleaming with anticipation and heart pounding.

I never could have imagined that the destined opportunity I’ve been waiting for all this time is actually him! Contrary to expectation, the random pawn I put into play years ago has bloomed into an inconceivable flower that has attracted the god of wishes....

My story told of a cultivator named Xu Qing who left and returned.... In the story, he returned with spectacular power! The elements of the story have already happened. They succeeded! So next....

In the future of the story, he... will conquer Revered Ancient!

A look of struggle appeared in Yu Liuchen’s eyes. Hē could sense hīs godly will surging, and sensed an impending breakthrough. After all the years hē had been waiting, hē had finally reached the boundary of the True God level. In the end, hē gritted hīs teeth. Eyes flashing with madness, and heart filled with incomparable determination, hē made a huge bet.

“In my story, he conquers the Ninth Star Ring! In my story, he defeats the God Paragons of the Ninth Star Ring! In my story, he becomes the paramount entity in the Ninth Star Ring!”

Having said those things, Yu Liuchen shivered from head to toe. Sweat soaked hīs garments. And that was when hē threw caution to the wind and made the biggest bet of all!

“In my story, he... supplants Eminent Desolation!!”

Then, golden blood sprayed out of hīs mouth, and hē slumped down until hē was lying down on the boat. Looking up at the sky, hē murmured, “They say gods don’t have emotions, ya little punk. But I do.... You... had better work hard. I’m putting my future in your hands.”

1. Xu Qing made the wish in

chapter 1077

, but didn’t get the message from the individual mentioned here until

chapter 1090

. Incidentally, the specific characters for ‘I wish (for)’ are exactly the same, and they are a bit unique, so they stand out. ☜