Chapter 1827: Carve Open!
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During his years at Mount Morning Glow, Xu Qing had secretly transported his divine form out of Wanggu through his own methods, simultaneously using Immortal Lord Mi Mingâs Ordinance to create a mirror image.
Naturally, this required Mi Mingâs assistance to achieve a certain degree of concealment.
There were two purposes for this.
One was to prevent the divine form from being controlled by Crown Prince Purple Green, becoming a resource for the other.
The other was Xu Qingâs plan to use it as one of his trump cardsâcreating an opportunity for Immortal Lord Mi Ming to strike at a critical moment when Crown Prince Purple Green believed he had succeeded!
After all, with Desolateâs fragmented-face present, approaching Wanggu was an extremely dangerous endeavor. For native powerhouses of the Ninth Star Ring, Venerable Gods dared not draw near, and Lord Gods were the limit.
As for powerhouses from other star rings, the risks were even greater due to the differing auras of their home star rings.
Thus, Immortal Lord Mi Ming had only one chance to strike, and he could not afford to prolong the battle.
Hence, the series of events that had just unfolded.
"Pity..."
Xu Qing felt some regret, but he had anticipated this outcome. He quickly suppressed his emotions, his eyes flashing with cold determination as he took a step forwardâ
Appearing outside the palace hall.
Another step, and he was inside the imperial palace!
Like a spear piercing through heaven and earth, he charged toward Crown Prince Purple Green, who sat on the throne with golden blood still staining his lips.
But the moment Xu Qing closed in, Crown Prince Purple Greenâs eyes suddenly blazed with golden light. He rose from his seated position, his right hand lifting toward the sky as he uttered a divine proclamation:
"Divine!"
The instant this word left his lips, Wanggu trembled.
All living beings of the myriad races felt a sudden palpitation, instinctively looking up.
Becauseâhigh in the sky, the colossal fragmented-face spanning half the firmament began to tremble and rotate, turning toward the Sky Devouring!
Its withered, decaying hair swayed like rotten vines, dragging trails of apocalyptic destruction through the void.
Most terrifying of allâIts bluish-gray eyelids, frozen for millennia, began to crack like parched earth.
Its rusted iron-like lashes...
Began to lift!
The world shook.
All breath seemed to halt.
Within the Sky Devouring Region, in the imperial palace, Crown Prince Purple Green stood from his throne. As Desolateâs eye trembled, an awe-inspiring divine might erupted from his body, using him as its vessel!
Like a storm sweeping across the land, the entire palace hall shattered instantly, reduced to flying ash.
The force was irresistible!
Xu Qing, mid-charge, was violently halted and sent flying backward by the impact.
He only managed to stabilize himself several thousand feet away, coughing up blood before sharply lifting his gaze to the sky.
At that momentâ
Desolateâs eye...
Parted slightly!
The heavens roared.
The earth twisted.
Within that eye swirled not an iris, but shattered galaxiesâas if billions of stars burned within, their golden light seeping through the slit between Its lids.
Wherever that gaze fell...
Clouds boiled into viscous pitch, mountains cracked like spiderwebs, and even spacetime warped.
Under the residual glow of that not-yet-fully-opened eye, every city in the Sky Devouring Region trembled like clay kneaded by a giant hand, showing signs of dissolution.
Corpses floated eerily, their bluish-black skin oozing phosphorescent flames.
Amid the dissipating dust of the former palace hall, Crown Prince Purple Green stood with hair billowing, his golden eyes blazing.
Cultivation realms no longer seemed relevant to Him.
He had become a vessel, bearing Desolateâs will.
His gaze was no longer gentle, His expression no longer humanâonly absolute indifference remained.
As if, in this moment, He was no longer Crown Prince Purple Green Xu Qing knew!
"Manifest!"
An icy voice, devoid of all emotion, echoed across heaven and earth.
The moment it sounded, Desolateâs eye above...
Fully opened!
Within Its pupil churned a chaotic vortex, each contraction devouring the worldâs light.
When the vortex reached its climaxâ
A dark golden pillar of light descended like judgment, engulfing the Sky Devouring Region!
The plains it touched instantly boiledâsoil, rubble, and corpses disintegrating into primal particles. Only a few crystalline fragments persisted stubbornly, though not for long.
Beasts and even bizarre entities crumbled into dust, scattering like stardust.
This was no ordinary destruction, but dimensional corruption.
Under the fragmented-faceâs gaze, the boundaries between reality and illusion shattered; the lines between living and dead blurred.
Faint silhouettes began materializing within that light!
And the true focus of Desolateâs gaze was...
The Purple Green Kingdom, its imperial palace, andâ
Crown Prince Purple Green!
Bathed in that divine radiance, He became...
Divinity Incarnate.
Then, He raised His hand and pointed at Xu Qing.
With that gesture, spacetime warped, and the silhouettes within the light grew distinctâ
Revealing themselves as projections of ancient gods!
These were all gods devoured by Desolate across the ages!
Though fallen, Their remnants lingered within that gaze, now summoned forth by Crown Prince Purple Greenâs command.
Among them, Xu Qing even recognized the Venerable God from the bronze coffin in the Fourth Star Ring!
Though these projections lacked Their original power, Their divine nature made Their corrupting influence no less potent.
As They emerged, anomalous substances surged violently, flooding the world.
Thenâ
They lunged at Xu Qing!
Seeking to corrupt his very being.
This wasnât Xu Qingâs first encounter with Desolateâs gaze, but it was the most intense.
Previously, Its eyes had opened without willâmere instinct.
This time, it carried intent, and those countless projections!
Even with Xu Qingâs Ordinance Law at the Immortal Lord level and his cultivation as an immortal, his body began turning bluish-black under that gaze.
His flesh was being tainted; endless anomalous substances invaded his form.
His Ordinance Law was being twistedâDesolateâs power of fate sought to forcibly alter it.
In an instant, Xu Qing faced mortal peril. His eyes burned crimson; every inch of his flesh developed independent consciousness, seeking to break free.
At this critical juncture, Xu Qingâs right hand shot up, gesturing into the distance as he growled:
"Mirror of Wanggu!"
As these words echoed, the crystalline fragments struggling under Desolateâs gaze within the Sky Devouring Region suddenly trembledâ
Then shot skyward, hurtling toward Xu Qing!
They materialized around himâ
These were the shards of the shattered Mirror of Wanggu!
Now glowing brilliantly, they released the Purple Green Kingdomâs fortune they had sealed within, channeling it to empower Xu Qing!
Yet this alone couldnât withstand Desolateâs gaze. Without hesitation, Xu Qing summoned his ultimate trump cardâ
A bronze lantern!
The Venerable Godâs eye within...
Snapped open!
Golden light erupted from it like a torrent, bolstered by the Purple Green Kingdomâs fortune from the mirror shards, clashing invisibly with Desolateâs gaze and the surrounding projections.
Amid the thunderous collisions, Xu Qingâs body shudderedâbut the sensation of his flesh separating and the corruptionâs advance slowed.
The Venerable Godâs gaze formed a protective barrier around him, neutralizing Desolateâs power and blocking the encroaching projections.
However...
Desolateâs might surpassed all Venerable Gods. Even with Grandmaster Baiâs enhancements to the eye and the support of the mirror shards and kingdomâs fortune, it couldnât hold indefinitely.
Cracks rapidly spread across the golden eye.
"Ten breaths at most before the lantern fails!"
"But... that should suffice!"
Releasing the lantern to float freely, Xu Qing immediately sat cross-legged, forming hand seals as razor-sharp sword intent erupted from within!
He had simulated this battle countless times on Mount Morning Glow.
He knew confronting Crown Prince Purple Green would inevitably draw Desolateâs attention, risking Its eye opening.
Thus, he had exhausted all means to devise a unique countermeasure.
"I survived Desolateâs gaze twiceâin Peerless City and the ancient cityâwithout the purple crystalâs intervention, since I discovered it later."
"Crown Prince Purple Green may be a factor, but..."
"My memories of Peerless City contain two contradictory versionsâone where I lived, another where I died."
"This inconsistency suggests another possibility for my survival!"
"Having cultivated to this realm, only two uncertainties remain within me: the purple crystal as an external object, and..."
"The mysterious corridor deep in my soulâthe countless doors, and the unfathomable throne beyond!"
"This may be my only hope against Desolate!"
These thoughts flashed through Xu Qingâs mind in an instant. Without hesitation, his eyes hardened with resolve. He raised his right hand and slammed it onto his crownâ
A sword aura erupted from his brow, materializing as the Emperor Sword.
Gripping it tightly, Xu Qing swung the blade toward his own forehead!
A massive wound split open across his body, slicing through flesh and skin from head to toe!
This sightâeven Crown Prince Purple Green, observing through the gaze of Desolateânarrowed His eyes. His indifferent expression flickered with intrigue.
"You intend... to carve yourself open?"
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