Outside of Time - Chapter 1288

Chapter 1266 The True God Closes the Net

When Xu Qing returned, everything in the secret chamber had returned to normal, and the enchanting atmosphere had dissipated.

What Xu Qing saw was another bizarre scene.

The goddess Xingmou sat there with her eyes closed.

The mud fox was behind her, combing her hair. As the comb swept across her hair, the goddess remained motionless.

Xu Qing’s expression was strange. After careful observation, he discovered that the source essence within the goddess’s body had changed from a state of being locked due to overdraft to one of activity.

Moreover, the amount had increased considerably.

This made him unable to help but turn his gaze to the mud fox.

The mud fox chuckled.

“Young Master, you shouldn’t be so rough with Xingmou in the future. Xingmou has already agreed to fully cooperate with the collection.”

“Isn’t that right, Xingmou?”

The mud fox said, lowering its head and blowing a breath into Xingmou’s ear.

Xingmou trembled, opened her eyes, and looked at Xu Qing.

This time, the hatred He harbored for Xu Qing had unknowingly diminished considerably.

Even in His perception, Xu Qing was no longer a nightmare.

Xu Qing was merely absorbing His essence for cultivation; that was nothing, their positions had already been decided.

The real nightmare was the mud fox behind Him.

It was a demon, an abyss, an eternal demon of sin haunting His heart.

As a being of divine blood, with pure essence and noble status, He had never suffered such desecration since childhood. In the moment of His mental collapse and emotional outburst…

He knew He was no longer pure.

Seven emotions and six desires had surfaced within Him, countless unfamiliar feelings had arisen.

He had fallen from godhood.

And so, He raised His hand towards Xu Qing.

Streams of essence surged from His hand, actively offered to Xu Qing, merging into Xu Qing’s seven orifices, churning within His body, causing fluctuations in Xu Qing’s cultivation.

This scene made Xu Qing’s eyes grow increasingly strange.

Giving willingly is different from collecting it yourself; it saves the process of refining will.

The source essence will be purer.

“How did you do that?”

Xu Qing asked the mud fox.

He wasn’t asking about the mud fox’s behavior after dripping wax, but about the logic and reason behind the matter itself.

The mud fox stroked the goddess’s hair and smiled.

“Under normal circumstances, it would be very difficult for me to touch Star-Eyed Sister’s heartstrings, especially since she was once a true god. But the seal on her body isolated her from everything, making her unable to resist.”

“Also, it was you who helped a lot, Young Master. Your previous collection of Star-Eyed Sister’s essence had actually made her state like a river about to burst its banks.” “

I just used a clever trick at the crucial moment, gently pushing…”

“And that’s how Star-Eyed Sister came to the mortal world, and so the lock was naturally unlocked.”

The mud fox blinked and looked at Xu Qing.

“So, did your trip go smoothly, Young Master?”

Xu Qing’s gaze swept over the mud fox and Star-Eyed Sister, no longer probing the inner essence, and spoke calmly.

“We can leave here and go to a new place, a better place to hide.”

“As for this goddess… from now on, you’ll be in charge of her. Are you confident you won’t make any mistakes?”

The mud fox’s eyes lit up upon hearing this.

“Don’t worry, young master, I’ve never had any mishaps.”

With that, the mud fox flicked his sleeve, sweeping away the silent Star-Eyed Goddess, turning into a stream of light that disappeared into Xu Qing’s palm,

becoming a mark .

Xu Qing glanced down at it, then erased the trace of the cave, his body dissipating, transforming into a butterfly with colorful wings in the sky above the Purple Crystal Mountains. With a

flap of its wings, swirling with seven-colored light, it vanished into nothingness.

The new place he told the mud fox was naturally the temple of the Scaled Bull Kingdom.

And soon, under the worship of the Scaled Bulls, the butterfly that Xu Qing had become returned to this place, flew into the temple, and was reshaped into a butterfly statue within.

Waves of divine power emanated from the statue, spreading beyond the temple and enveloping the entire kingdom.

Sensing this divine power, all the scaled oxen folded their wings, their eyes filled with piety, and worshipped.

Especially the priests within, who uttered excited groans, recounting the miracle in their language.

Xu Qing, observing this scene, remained calm.

In the days to come, he planned to usurp the butterfly god’s place, using its skin to become it,

thus enhancing his concealment.

As for when to leave this star, Xu Qing had a new decision.

In the butterfly god’s memories, he had not only seen the star’s layout and its distance from the battlefield, but also a divine teleportation array.

This array was located within the divine race that governed this star, a race that had once produced a true god.

Although, in the butterfly god’s understanding, this race currently had no true god, only a peak-level god-level figure, they had still produced a true god and likely possessed some abilities.

If Xu Qing forced his way through, success would be good, but if something went wrong, he would inevitably be exposed.

Once exposed, it would attract the attention of the true gods, and the success of the teleportation would also be compromised.

Therefore, Xu Qing hesitated and refrained from rash action.

Because… an opportunity would arise soon.

In the butterfly deity’s memory, several months ago, the family governing this star issued a summons to all the gods on this star.

They were summoned to join the divine race in traveling to a secret realm belonging to this family.

The location of that secret realm was deep beneath the star!

Based on Xu Qing’s divine sense, it was indeed the place where the earth’s ley lines breathed.

“When they enter the secret realm, it will be the best opportunity for me to leave!”

“Two months…”

Xu Qing narrowed his eyes. As for how the butterfly deity he had possessed would avoid participating in the secret realm, he already had a plan.

“Rather than leaving this star immediately and carefully navigating the vast star sea filled with gods, relying on this teleportation array is the safest method.”

“It can shorten the journey to the maximum extent, allowing me to get infinitely closer to the edge of the fourth star ring.”

“As for breaking through the barrier…”

A glint of light flashed in Xu Qing’s eyes. With the Star Ring Grass and the Star Tower, he was confident he could break through the barrier and return.

Thinking this, Xu Qing closed his eyes, using the butterfly statue as his body, silently absorbing the source essence offered by the goddess Star Eye, and began his cultivation.

Time passed slowly.

Because gods exist independently and have their own territories, Xu Qing’s possession went unnoticed. This

was also related to the fact that many gods had responded to the signs governing this Star God Clan and gone to the Emerald Star Ring in the Sky to prepare.

It was also greatly influenced by his familiarity with gods, the assistance of the Mud Fox, and the effect of that skin. All of this

allowed Xu Qing to connect everything and create a better concealment.

However, he ultimately could not avoid the divine sense of a true god.

Therefore, in the days that followed, whenever the divine sense of a true god swept across from him in the starry sky, Xu Qing would use the Immortal Lord’s seal within the Star Eye Goddess’s body as his primary means of avoidance.

However… as the day for the family governing this star to explore the secret realm drew closer, perhaps the True Gods of the Fourth Star Ring, who had received the decree of the God Emperor of Destruction, had found nothing in their search…

Thus, a new round of searching began.

This time, it was noticeably more meticulous and intensive than before, and most importantly, its direction of investigation filled in the gaps Xu Qing had previously discovered.

Besides probing the aura of the Goddess and immortal spirits, those True Gods had even begun probing ordinary deities!

It was as if they were pulling in a net, and this net was incredibly fine, aiming to catch every anomaly.

After experiencing this once, Xu Qing’s heart sank.

This was no longer just a question of whether the Mud Fox had been exposed; Xu Qing’s current avatar also carried the risk of exposure.

Unless, both he and the Mud Fox were hidden within the Goddess’s flesh and blood. But

leaving the Goddess alone outside, even if she had been obedient during this time, Xu Qing still wouldn’t give her any chance.

Thus, he was caught in a dilemma.

“Just now, it was only the divine senses of two True Gods that almost allowed me to be seen through…”

“Could it be that they know more about me? That there are gods around me, or that I have a way to transform into a god?”

Xu Qing frowned.

At the same time, as if misfortune wasn’t the only problem, not only were the True Gods’ probing more detailed, but the Immortal Lord’s seal within the Goddess Star Eyes’ body was also continuously dissipating with each divine sense probe. Only

half remained.

“Seven days left…”

Xu Qing silently calculated, his eyes flickering with fire, his unease rapidly rising.

“I can’t gamble on the remaining time; the divine senses of the True Gods probing won’t exceed two!”

Xu Qing narrowed his eyes, revealing a sharp glint, and stood up, about to make a decision, when the Mud Fox suddenly spoke.

“Young Master, I have a secret technique…”

Xu Qing paused.

“This secret technique is actually a prerequisite for casting a specific divine spell. It allows my divine energy to merge with the outside world, thereby triggering a large-scale divine spell.

If the outside world is clear water, then casting this technique will be obvious.

But if the outside world is already filled with mixed divine energy, then when I cast this technique and merge with it… I will also become part of the chaos.”

The mud fox spoke hastily. It was also anxious. Once Xu Qing was discovered, it knew very well that given what it had done to the goddess, its own fate would probably be many times worse than Xu Qing’s.

After all, according to the God Lord’s decree, Xu Qing was to be captured alive…

so it racked its brains to find a way.

Upon hearing this, Xu Qing’s eyes gleamed.

“You mean, since we can’t reduce our presence, why not find a place full of other presences?”

The mud fox immediately agreed.

“Young Master, in this way, we can indirectly achieve the effect of concealment, at least… we can cover ourselves more and increase our safety!”

“How confident are you?” Xu Qing asked immediately.

“Half…” The mud fox hesitated.

Xu Qing pondered for a moment and then nodded.

“Pass this technique on to me, and we’ll unleash it together!”

Upon hearing this, the mud fox quickly transmitted the secret technique to Xu Qing using its divine sense.

The technique wasn’t difficult; Xu Qing sensed it for a moment and understood it, so he didn’t hesitate any longer.

“In a place where auras are mixed, there is one.”

In an instant, Xu Qing’s body flickered, disappearing from the temple and appearing in the sky, heading straight for… the three hundred and sixty emerald halos in the sky.