Chapter 1322: Using Wish to Chase Essence!

Beyond Revered Ancient, out in the starry sky, the gold and silver sea of light rippled through the void, becoming an immense pressure that bore down with devastating force on the God Lord from the Mother River. The entire starry sky trembled as the God Lord fell back in retreat.

However, the chain that could surpass dimensions and penetrate from ancient to modern had completely locked onto the God Lord. The power of the chain became an infinitude of silver threads that shot right into the god's godhood to corrode it!

An unsightly expression appeared on the God Lord’s face, causing hīs pupils to constrict, and fear to well up in hīs heart. How could hē ever have imagined that something like godhood reconstruction would occur to hīm personally? This was a type of power hē had never even heard of before!

This is bizarre. How could Eminent Desolation’s karma be so easy to work with? There must be negative side-effects for him!

Furthermore, fusions between immortals and gods are very rare, even going way back into history. That said, such things have happened before. And whenever it does happen, it requires complicated rites and preparations, not to mention the fact that there are great risks. Most of the time, such fusions are incredibly unstable.

But this guy succeeded almost instantly. I... I refuse to believe this!

As such thoughts flashed through the God Lord’s mind, hīs godhood was being invaded. Golden light flashed from it as it fought back against the statute power of the chain.

As hē fought back, hē shouted with great force, “I wish that the soul of my enemy would decay! I wish that any whose godhood interferes with me would be rendered immobile! I wish that any who wish to harm me would find their longevity burning up! I wish that whoever attacks me suffers instant injuries! I wish my godhood to be deathless and everlasting! Let’s see how you reconstruct my godhood now!”

The God Lord spread out to cover the starry sky, hīs godhood power fully unleashed. It formed a terrifying power of wishes that influenced both natural and magical laws. It even allowed hīm to influence the star ring itself to a certain degree.

The external manifestation... was Xu Qing, who lurched to a halt. His soul immediately showed signs of decay. He slowed down dramatically. His life force seemed like it would start burning. Similar things happened to the chain binding the God Lord; cracks started to appear on it, as if it was also being damaged.

In the end, this god from the mother river was indeed a God Lord! That put hīm on the same level as Xu Qing’s canon and statute! Even though hē was only here as a clone, with only a portion of hīs true god power, hē was still extraordinary.

What was more, the authority of wishes actually surpassed that of karma, as it actually contained a bit of the power needed to trace something back to the essence. After all, a wish was not just a type of power among living things, it was also an integral component to the god cultivation system.

And yet, Xu Qing’s expression had not changed because of that. He simply looked a bit curious.

Keeping his eyes fixed on the God Lord, he calmly said, “The authority of wishes is something I studied in the past. It’s an amazing authority... with the ability to trace things back to their essence. Besides, I didn’t really want to reconstruct your godhood. I just wanted to lock you down and make sure you couldn’t escape. And then... I could use the essence of wishes to clear up some confusion.”

Xu Qing lifted his right hand and pointed at the God Lord.

Then he spoke, using a godly voice full of ancient meaning. “Golden Crow!”

The moment the words were spoken, the sea of gold and silver light seethed, and Xu Qing’s canon and statute tapped into the God Lord’s godhood, then activated the traceback power. When it reached the gold and silver sea, the cry of a golden crow pierced the void and emerged.

And then, from within that sea of light emerged... the dragon chariot from Xu Qing’s memories! There was also a giant, right in front of the chariot, pulling it up. It was a magnificent sight. The surroundings filled with natural music, beautiful and graceful.

Just barely visible within the chariot was a seated figure. The figure wore imperial robes and an imperial crown, and yet was no emperor. Hē was... a crown prince! Hē was none other than... Crown Prince Golden Crow of Brilliant Heaven, who had been willing to transform into a sun!

Xu Qing had used his canon and statute to reconstruct hīm, and was borrowing the authority of wishes to resurrect hīm from within space-time. Simultaneously, hē was being given the mightiness of canon and statute.

The moment hē appeared, the light of a golden crow erupted from the dragon chariot. At the same time, Crown Prince Golden Crow rose and took a step forward. Hē transformed... into the golden crow sun. And that sun shot directly toward the restrained God Lord!

From a distance, it was possible to see the golden crow sun shining brightly. It was a sun, but also a golden crow, and at the same time... a taboo spear that could pierce through anything and everything! The God Lord trembled, sending out godhood in all directions to block Golden Crow.

Meanwhile, Xu Qing continued to attack. After fusing with his god clone, some of the powers that he hadn’t been able to use in the Fifth Star Ring... came back.

What was more, due to being reconstructed and improved by statute and canon, and used in combination with the power of wishes, some of the hidden substructure of those divine abilities and magical techniques became manifest.

“Taboo poison!”

When those two words left his mouth, a third color appeared within the sea of gold and silver. It was black! Streams and threads and sheets of black turned into a mist!

Within that fog, it was just barely possible to see the shadow of a huge creature. It was just an outline, and it was very blurry, but it seemed very much like a God Paragon! Of course, it was not real. In fact, it didn't even really count as a projection. It was more like a substructural phenomenon caused by an ancestral awakening within the taboo poison. It instantly spread toward the God Lord from the mother river.

The scene playing out caused Xu Qing’s expression to harden. Xu Qing had various clues and speculations regarding the origin of the taboo poison. But no research had provided any conclusive explanation. But now... after seeing that huge beast, Xu Qing got the answer he had always been looking for.

Now I get it....

As Xu Qing experienced sudden enlightenment, the God Lord saw the beast in the mist of poison, and hīs heart pounded.

That’s God Paragon Titan Spirit, or rather, the external godly authority of God Paragon Titan Spirit!

Naturally, hē was aware that there were four God Paragons in the Ninth Star Ring! In the east of the star ring was a gigantic slumbering beast. In the north was a flowing golden river. In the south was an astonishing black pagoda. And in the west was the terrifying paper person seated cross-legged.[1]

At the moment, the power of wishes had drawn out and formed this God Paragon, leaving the God Lord from the mother river trembling in terror. Even hīs godly authority was shaking. An intense sensation of imminent danger erupted within hīm. Hē wanted to break free or do something to stop what was happening, but couldn’t.

Xu Qing wasn’t paying attention to the God Lord. Instead, he was looking at the projection of the huge beast, his eyes narrowed.

Just like the Mother River, hīs machinations have reached Revered Ancient....

Xu Qing then waved his hand again. “Red moon!”

Those words caused the Moonrite Region in Revered Ancient to tremble. And in the starry sky over it, a crimson moon appeared that radiated a gruish scarlet glow. Within that moon, it was possible to see the image of Crimson Mother. The entity that had put such terrifying pressure on Xu Qing all those years ago was now nothing but a High God. That said, given Xu Qing’s canon and statute, he could bestow more levels on this god!

However, Xu Qing didn’t do so immediately. Instead, he looked to the side of Crimson Mother.... Thanks to the resonance between canon, statute, and wish power, there was another person there! He was... Li Zihua![2]

That was the substructure of the divine ability, plus the addition of the wish power. Li Zihua was only there in blurry form, and hīs will wasn’t present. But hīs aura... was that of a God Lord!

Senior Li Zihua truly is spectacular!

After a brief moment of thought, Xu Qing sent the authority of the red moon rushing toward the God Lord from the mother river.

The God Lord was getting extremely anxious, and was putting up plenty of defenses. However, hē was also starting to breathe easier as hē realized that hē was fine as long as hē wasn’t dealing with a God Paragon....

But then Xu Qing waved his hand again. “Let’s see where my other divine abilities actually come from! Ghost Emperor mountain!”[3]

Within the gold and silver sea arose an enormous mountain! It was made from a humanoid figure seated cross-legged, pulsing with extraordinary energy. However, after being bolstered by Xu Qing’s canon and statute, something appeared behind the mountain. It was... an enormous black pagoda made of bronze!

When that bronze pagoda appeared, the will of a God Paragon became manifest. Xu Qing’s eyes glittered as he saw the true background of the Ghost Emperor mountain. Similar to the taboo poison, the entity behind the mountain was one of the Ninth Star Ring’s God Paragons, also unleashing machinations.

The God Lord from the mother river was overwhelmed with shock, and hīs godhood was starting to crack.

“You... you....” This God Lord could never have imagined that, on this day, hē would see evidence of the machinations of so many terrifying entities.

He’s wrapped up in the machinations of multiple God Paragons.... But why? Are the God Paragons targeting him for their machinations, or is he pulling them in?? And if this keeps going on, he won’t have to try to reconstruct my godhood. It won’t be able to take it!

The God Lord was trembling.

Meanwhile, Xu Qing’s emotions were astir, and his eyes were shining.

“And now... daybreak light!”[4]

Xu Qing shone with dazzling light as the daybreak light he had gained enlightenment of shone forth. It swept out instantly in all directions.

Xu Qing had previously not understood that light, but knew it could be used to duplicate countless magics, and imitate innumerable divine abilities. But now, with the blessing of his canon and statute, he could see everything clearly. It was actually a 1/10,000 portion of a mysterious light worshiped by the Brilliant Heaven Godfolk! Tracing it back, it was actually the first ray of light to form in Revered Ancient.

The God Lord from the mother river wailed in agony. Cracking sounds echoed out from hīs godhood, and hē felt more anxious than ever. Hē really wanted to break free.

Finally, something other than the machinations of a God Paragon!

𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Xu Qing still wasn’t paying any attention to the God Lord.

“D-132!”[5]

A shriek rang out from the God Lord as the D-132 cell block appeared out of time. Figures could be seen inside all of the cells, including the painter, the brain, the stone lion, the scarecrow, the millstone, and the finger of a god. Beyond all that, there was something else very unique within D-132.

It was... the boy! He seemed to materialize out of a mist, and as he stood there blankly, the distant Revered Ancient mainland trembled. Destiny aura seethed! Xu Qing’s eyes glittered. As he knew, the boy in D-132 was actually destiny aura! Now, with the power of wishes, as well as the reconstructing powers of canon and statute, the boy was forming again!

“Not bad. But now... the most mysterious of them all!”

Some time ago, Xu Qing had acquired something in a necropolis, something with a very mysterious origin. As he had come to find out, successive generations of the imperial clan in Revered Ancient had all been looking for it. Supposedly, it contained the secret of how Revered Ancient had been formed!

“Now, with the power of wishes, I will see what secrets lay in this thing!”

Xu Qing’s eyes shone. The God Lord screamed. Xu Qing thrust out his hand.

“Timescape bottle!”[6]

1. We originally saw these four figures in

chapter 1039

. ☜

2. Li Zihua was first mentioned by name in

chapter 640

, and was last mentioned in

chapter 1015

. He was mentioned other times in the context of being the father of the Heir Apparent and his siblings. ☜

3. The Ghost Emperor mountain was first mentioned in

chapter 306

, and was last mentioned in

chapter 1122

. ☜

4. Daybreak light was first mentioned in

chapter 478

, and was last mentioned in

chapter 1061

. ☜

5. D-132 was first mentioned in

chapter 405

, and was last mentioned in

chapter 901

. ☜

6. Timescape bottles were first mentioned in

chapter 523.1

. Xu Qing’s timescape bottle was last mentioned in

chapter 887

. ☜