I Can See Through Everything - Chapter 686

Chapter 686: Bai Jiao’s Choice, Strength Estimation

“They’re the demon kings of the demon race.”

The three deputy hall masters of the Holy Alliance breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing the powerful figures descending, and immediately rushed to greet them.

“Elephant King, Horse King, you’ve arrived too?”

the old man greeted them as he approached them.

A tall, stocky man with an elephant’s trunk, standing opposite them, frowned upon seeing the scene.

“Wu He, what’s going on? I received a request for assistance from the True Martial King. Where are they now?”

the old man sighed. “I’m afraid the True Martial King has met with disaster.”

“What did you say?”

the demon kings were startled.

The Elephant King’s brow furrowed even more. “How is this possible? The True Martial King has already realized a crucial step, his bloodline is about to transform, and he’s truly entered the Five Tribulations Realm. How could anyone kill him in such a short time?”

At this point, the Elephant King looked at the three deputy hall masters of the Holy Alliance with suspicion.

These three had arrived before them. Could they have been the ones to kill him?

“There’s no point in saying more. Elephant King, you’ll know after you see it for yourself.”

The old man naturally understood the meaning of the Elephant King’s gaze.

He knew that in this situation, no amount of explanation would be of any use.

With a flick of his hand, he remanifested the memories Elder Xing had shown them, displaying them to the Elephant King and the other demon kings.

“This is…”

The demon kings watched the scene the old man had manifested with astonishment.

“These are the memories Elder Xingjian, our Holy Alliance elder, transmitted to his soul fragment before his death. As for Elder Xingjian’s main body, his soul exploded and perished.

The deep pit in the earth below was caused by his soul’s detonation. As for King Zhenwu, I’m afraid he won’t escape the evil demon’s clutches either.”

The demon kings fell silent.

They recalled the scene the old man had manifested and then looked at the vast pit below.

They had to admit that what the old man said was very likely true.

Given the power displayed by the evil demon in the image, King Zhenwu was unlikely to escape.

“Wu He, who is that evil demon? Why did King Zhenwu and his men provoke him?”

the Elephant King couldn’t help but ask.

He had only received King Zhenwu’s call for assistance, but further details were still unknown.

“This is a long story, so let’s discuss it slowly. I’m also having a headache over how to hunt down this evil demon. If you, from the Demon Realm, could help, that would be great,”

the old man sighed.

…

Lu Qing didn’t know that after he left, three deputy hall masters of the Holy Alliance and several great demon kings had descended on the site of the previous battle.

He flew north along the Ten Thousand Demons Mountains, using teleportation talismans several times along the way.

Finally, after escaping tens of thousands of miles, he landed below, found a spacious natural cave, set up a formation to conceal his presence, and released Xiao Li and the others.

“Ah Qing, you’re amazing!”

Xiao Li, upon emerging from the Lihuo Cauldron, appeared extremely excited, leaping in front of Lu Qing and circling him.

“That was a Half-Step Demon King, at the peak of the Fourth Tribulation, and you flattened him with a single palm strike. Ah Qing, how did you become such a giant?”

Xiao Li chattered excitedly, surrounding Lu Qing.

It turned out that during Lu Qing’s earlier battle with the True Martial King and his companions, he hadn’t completely sealed off the Lihuo Cauldron’s formation, allowing Xiao Li and the others to still see what was happening outside.

Wu Xing gazed at Lu Qing with admiration. Although it knew its master was always powerful,

it hadn’t imagined that Lu Qing, after surviving the Heavenly Tribulation and achieving the True Martial Spirit, would become so formidable.

As for Bai Jiao, it had been lying obediently on the ground since it emerged, its eyes filled with awe as it gazed at Lu Qing.

Its mind still lingered with the image of Lu Qing’s giant form, flattening the True Martial King with a single palm strike, and then annihilating a large number of powerful True Martial Spirits with two subsequent palm strikes.

Especially the True Martial King.

As a former member of the Jiaolong clan, Bai Jiao had spent his childhood in the Demon Realm’s capital and

had heard the True Martial King’s name countless times.

That was a truly great figure, someone even his father had to admire from afar. It was

said that the Zhenwu King was one of the most promising demons in the demon realm to enter the fifth tribulation of the soul and ascend to the demon king.

That was why he was given the title of “king” so early on.

But such a great figure, the Zhenwu King, who had half a foot in the demon king realm, was actually flattened by Lu Qing with a single palm.

Such a scene made Bai Jiao feel like he was in a dream.

He knew even more how lucky he was to have survived after attacking Lu Qing.

Given his murderous nature, not killing him so easily back then was truly a great act of mercy.

So after coming out, facing Lu Qing again, Bai Jiao became extremely well-behaved.

Not only did he lie flat on the ground, he didn’t even dare to move his tail, fearing that if he did something wrong, Lu Qing would crush him to death.

“Alright, alright.” Lu Qing said with amusement, holding down the excited Xiao Li. “I’ll tell you about these things slowly when I have time. Xiao Li, calm down first. I have something to say to Xiao Bai.”

“Ah Qing, what do you want to say to Xiao Bai?”

Xiao Li’s emotions slowly calmed down after being rubbed on the head by Lu Qing.

The white dragon also shuddered and looked up at Lu Qing.

It didn’t know what this adult was going to ask it.

“Xiao Bai, you are not an ordinary demon, are you?” Lu Qing asked. “I saw that those demon spirits seemed to care about you very much.”

Bai Jiao was silent for a moment, then finally nodded. “Yes, sir. I am not a native spirit beast of the Myriad Demon Mountains. I was born in the capital of the Demon Realm, and the bloodline flowing in my body is that of the Jiaolong clan.”

“The Jiaolong clan?” Lu Qing nodded slightly.

The Yaolong clan is one of the most powerful of the demon races.

It is said that a certain demon king of the demon race is descended from the Jiaolong lineage.

No wonder those demon spirits care so much about Bai Jiao.

“Since you are a direct descendant of the Jiaolong clan, why are you hiding out in the Myriad Demon Mountains to cultivate?”

The white Jiao lowered its head. “Because my father committed a grave error, we were expelled from the Demon Realm. Later, while we were wandering outside, we were targeted by a human Yuanshen realm cultivator who wanted to take us as his spirit pets.

My father refused, and he fought with that human Yuanshen.

Ultimately, he was defeated. Despite being seriously injured, he used a secret technique to escape with me into the Myriad Demon Mountains.

Later, my father passed away from his injuries. I followed its instructions and have been cultivating in the Spirit Pond ever since.

I haven’t left for over a hundred years, and have rarely interacted with the other spirit beasts and demons in the mountains until I met you, my lords.”

“I see.”

Lu Qing nodded again.

While his ability could reveal the white Jiao’s origins, the information he obtained was still limited.

Now, he had a rough idea of the whole story.

He didn’t ask Bai Jiao’s father what he had done wrong. Instead, he said to him, “

Xiaobai, you saw what happened earlier. The valley where you were cultivating has been exposed. I’m afraid you can’t return to cultivate there anymore. What are your plans for the future?”

“I, I don’t know,” Bai Jiao said helplessly.

These things happened so suddenly that it was completely caught off guard and had no idea what to do.

Seeing Bai Jiao’s bewildered look, Lu Qing pondered for a moment.

“To be honest, this matter is all my fault. If I hadn’t occupied your retreat and was there to overcome my tribulation, we wouldn’t have attracted so many Yuan Shen realm cultivators.

Let me give you two choices.

First, if there’s somewhere you want to go, tell me.

I’ll send you there and grant you an opportunity to cultivate to the Yuan Shen realm.

Second, you stay by my side, along with Xiao Li and the others, and cultivate with me.”

Bai Jiao didn’t react when Lu Qing offered the first option.

But when he heard the second, he suddenly looked up.

“Can I, can I stay with you, sir?”

“Of course you can. You have a good bloodline, and you’re good friends with Xiao Li. If you stay with me, Xiao Li will have a friend to play with.

But I have to tell you in advance, we might have to leave the Tianyuan World soon.

We don’t know if we’ll ever come back, so you need to think it over carefully…”

“I want to stay with you, sir!”

Before Lu Qing could finish, Bai Jiao said, “Sir, I want to stay with you. I’m willing to follow you wherever you go.”

Seeing the determined look in Bai Jiao’s eyes, Lu Qing smiled. Without saying anything, he simply nodded and said, “Okay, then, you can practice with me from now on.”

“Great, Xiao Bai, we can practice together from now on!”

Hearing Lu Qing’s agreement, Bai Jiao hadn’t had time to breathe a sigh of relief before Xiao Li happily jumped in front of it.

Even the Five Elements showed a look of great joy, running to the white dragon to show their courtesy.

Lu Qing watched the other spirit beasts playing around, unconcerned.

After casually setting up a silent formation, he sat cross-legged on the ground and entered a state of meditation.

This time, after successfully transcending the tribulation and entering the Yuanshen realm, he attracted the Yuanshen realm masters of the two clans.

Therefore, he had not had time to fully comprehend the various changes after his breakthrough.

Now that the war was over, he could finally sort out his gains after transcending the tribulation.

Seeing Lu Qing enter a state of meditation, Xiao Li and Bai Jiao all stopped fighting and began to chat quietly.

“Xiao Li, when are you going home?”

Bai Jiao asked softly.

“We don’t know yet. We have to wait until Ah Qing has digested the gains from this tribulation before we can leave.”

“The master is amazing. He just achieved the Yuanshen realm and he was able to kill the Zhenwu King who was at the peak of the fourth tribulation of the Yuanshen realm.”

“Of course, Ah Qing has always been this amazing. Before he transcended the tribulation, he killed many Yuanshen realm masters.” Xiao Li said as a matter of course.

“!!!”

Just as Bai Jiao’s eyes widened, Xiao Li said, “By the way, Xiaobai, your body is still too big. Aren’t you practicing transformation techniques? How far have you progressed?”

“Xiao Li, how do you know…”

“Do I need to guess? Every time I see you, I see the changes in your aura.”

“I… I haven’t mastered it yet. My body can’t become too small…”

“Then I’ll teach you a transformation technique.”

…

“The changes after achieving the Soul Formation are truly tremendous.”

When Lu Qing awoke from his trance, his eyes were filled with insights. He had thoroughly comprehended the many changes that had occurred since entering the Soul Formation realm.

The first was the change in strength.

After entering the Soul Formation realm, Lu Qing’s mana, physical body, and spiritual power all underwent a qualitative transformation.

The grayish mana condensed in the sea of qi in his Dantian was especially powerful.

It dramatically increased the power of all the Taoist techniques he already possessed.

Take, for example, the Heaven-Splitting Sword Qi. When he activated it, it was truly mastered, its power unparalleled.

Even compared to the Heaven-Splitting Taoist in the inheritance space, it wasn’t far behind.

Of course, Lu Qing was comparing himself to the Heaven-Splitting Taoist from a hundred thousand years ago.

So much time had passed; if he were still alive, he would surely be infinitely more powerful.

The changes in Taoist techniques caused by mana were only one aspect.

Another significant change was Lu Qing’s physical body.

During the previous heavenly tribulation, Lu Qing’s physical body had also undergone a breakthrough.

Now, based solely on his physical body, he could be said to have entered the realm of True Wu.

Furthermore, his physical body was even more formidable than those True Wu prodigies throughout the history of the Wu Clan.

Entering the True Wu realm and undergoing a transformation, Lu Qing could unleash the unique physical abilities of the Wu Clan.

This was the True Wu Body he had displayed during his earlier battle with the True Martial King and his companions.

Upon the emergence of the True Wu Body, his physical body expanded a thousandfold, its power rapidly increasing.

It can be said to be one of the Wu Clan’s signature magical powers.

However, the average True Wu, upon achieving a breakthrough, can only expand their body by a few feet at most. A body that reaches ten feet is considered a peerless genius.

Lu Qing, having just achieved True Wu, was able to display a True Wu body that reached a staggering hundred feet in height.

Such an unprecedented talent, if it were possible in ancient times, would have immediately alerted many of the Wu Clan’s great witches, even the ancestors.

Unfortunately, times have changed, and the Wu Clan is no longer known to exist.

Therefore, no one could recognize Lu Qing’s astonishing talent in the art of witchcraft.

Besides these two, there’s Lu Qing’s primordial spirit.

His primordial spirit now holds the Yin-Yang Five Elements Gourd in his right hand, the Soul Talisman in his left, and five great spirit pearls behind him.

Protected and blessed by these three rare treasures, and compounded by its inherent uniqueness, Lu Qing’s primordial spirit is equally incredibly powerful.

Although he’s only just entered the primordial spirit realm

, his primordial spirit’s strength rivals that of those at the peak of the fourth or even fifth tribulation realm.

It’s precisely this profound foundation that allowed him to so easily slay the primordial spirits of King Zhenwu and Elder Xing.

Lu Qing estimated that even without the use of magical weapons, relying solely on his own Taoist techniques and supernatural powers,

an average fourth-tribulation primordial spirit would be no match for him.

As for those at the fifth tribulation, many have already begun to comprehend the laws of space.

The power of space is mysterious and unfathomable, its might immense and difficult to fathom.

Therefore, a true confrontation is the only way to determine the outcome.

Of course, he had the Void Flying Boat, so even if he couldn’t defeat a Five Tribulations Soul, the other party would still find it difficult to defeat him.

However, Lu Qing was already very satisfied with his own strength.

After all, he had just reached the Soul Realm, and there was still a period of rapid progress to come.

After he cultivated for a while, even a Five Tribulations Soul might not be his opponent. (End of this chapter)