Outside of Time - Chapter 1297

Chapter 1275 It’s here? It’s here!

“The Profound Nether Refining God Technique, this secret art is incomparably domineering, capable of forcibly refining true god source matter!”

Xu Qing raised his head, gazing in all directions, the fog in his heart finally dissipating somewhat as if a breeze had arrived.

He then put away the divine technique and switched to ordinary collection methods, trying on the divine corpse to make a final determination.

The result was consistent with his judgment, yielding nothing.

“Just as I thought!”

“To collect the true god, one either needs to rely on the power of the Aurora Outer Heaven to suppress it, or one must be like the goddess, whose cultivation level has fallen to a low level.”

“And those two, one has only returned to a large part, not completely, and the other was severely injured, making it difficult to recover his cultivation level.”

“And now this divine corpse, after death, has had its source essence dimmed, devoured by the source monster, and absorbed by the mother star… Therefore, ordinary collection methods cannot obtain anything. Only the Profound Nether Refining God Technique, with its domineering nature, can plunder a little.”

“With this method, I can offset the absorption of my source essence here, making me qualified to stay here longer.”

“However, the Immortal Venerable’s purpose is definitely not just to let me absorb the divine corpse here to improve my own cultivation and realm!”

Xu Qing narrowed his eyes. In his opinion, the Immortal Venerable’s layered plan must be extremely deep.

“I’m most likely just a link in his plan, or rather, an auxiliary!”

“And staying here is the foundation…”

“In other words, I don’t need to think too much about the Immortal Venerable’s plan. Just keep going, and perhaps, unexpectedly, his purpose will reveal itself to me.”

“But this feeling is very unpleasant!”

Xu Qing remained silent. He disliked having his fate controlled, even if the other party was an Immortal Venerable.

But honestly, since arriving in the Fifth Star Ring from the Ancient Continent, although everything was indeed due to his own efforts, he had to admit that the Immortal Venerable’s unseen gaze had saved him a lot of trouble.

Xu Qing could sense this along the way.

So he sighed softly, sending a portion of the absorbed source essence to the Mud Fox, so that both could offset the loss of this essence. Then he sat cross-legged and absorbed with all his might.

Several days later, as the divine corpse completely sank beneath the glacier, under the blue gazes of those source fiends, Xu Qing’s body flickered, and he ascended into the sky. He

sped through the air above the primordial mother planet.

“The refined source essence is enough to keep me and the Mud Fox safe for the next few days…” “

Next, I can explore this place further.

If I can find a way out, that would be best.

As for the Immortal Venerable’s plan… I’ll just consider it repayment.

Before the Immortal Venerable’s plan manifests, I must focus on cultivation.”

Xu Qing made a decision and, during this rapid journey, sent a portion of the source essence into the Goddess’s body.

The Goddess… cannot die yet.

Because dying here would be of no value.

In Xu Qing’s mind, even if she dies, she must provide enough benefit to him to make her death worthwhile.

Thus, time passed, and half a month went by.

Because the primordial mother planet had no distinction between day and night, and was always bathed in the pale green moonlight, Xu Qing judged the time according to the time of the Ancient Continent.

During these half months, he saw many divine corpses fall from the sky, but most of them decomposed on their own in mid-air, turning into dust. Only a portion of those who reached the Divine Platform were not completely decomposed, becoming remains that fell into the glacier and slowly sank.

“It seems the goddess wasn’t hiding anything on this point… Gods below the True God level also return to this place after their divine decline, becoming nourishment.”

“Only True Gods can have their bodies fall intact.”

“Therefore, this place is less a primordial mother planet and more a corpse planet, like the Netherworld.”

Xu Qing murmured to himself, gazing at the divine fire god in the sky, his body turning to ashes.

Behind him lay a collapsed glacier, below which countless primordial monsters stared intently at him.

Through those primordial monsters, a temple could be seen at the very bottom of the glacier, appearing and disappearing in the moonlight filtering through the shattered ice.

After a long while, Xu Qing withdrew his gaze, looking at the glacier, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

In the past half month, he had explored not only the glacier but also its depths, finding the locations of three temples.

Each one, without exception, was surrounded by endless corpses and countless primordial beasts.

Xu Qing, disregarding the depletion of his primordial essence and unleashing his battle power, forced his way into each of the three temples, finding bronze gates within them.

Unfortunately, no matter how he tried to activate them, the three bronze gates, like the one he had first encountered, remained unresponsive.

“It seems the temple gates, while the entrance, are not the exit,”

Xu Qing concluded, his gaze sweeping over the source beasts.

“There must be some connection between the temple and the source beasts.”

Xu Qing had no answer to this question yet, so, in a moment of contemplation, he flickered and soared into the sky once more.

He needed to find the fallen remains of gods to replenish the source essence he and the mud fox had lost, buying more time.

He had spent the past half-month doing this.

Although he hadn’t seen any true god remains like the ones from before, there were still scattered fragments.

Even if they didn’t provide the same abundant source essence as true god remains, enough to sustain him for several days at a time, the fragments, when absorbed in large quantities, could still barely replenish his energy,

allowing him to continue exploring this place.

Thus, time passed again, and Xu Qing’s exploration range on this primordial mother planet expanded with the replenishment of source essence, but on the glacier, nothing changed.

It was still black, still boundless.

Apart from the primordial demons beneath the glaciers and the occasional debris falling from the sky, there was nothing else.

It seemed as if he were the only normal life in the entire world, eternally flying between heaven and earth.

Until… when Xu Qing’s senses became somewhat numb from this unchanging reality, on this day, as he raced through the sky, he suddenly stopped, his gaze fixed on the distance.

His eyes flashed with a sharp light in that instant.

“That is…”

At the end of his vision, on the black glacier, a massive crack had appeared!

Like a canyon,

it was a shocking sight. This was the first time in the past month that Xu Qing had seen such a different landscape!

This discovery invigorated Xu Qing, increasing his speed, transforming him into a shooting star in mid-air, instantly traversing the void, appearing above the canyon!

Looking down, the canyon was vast, like a scar on the earth, its length and depth exceeding Xu Qing’s perception. Even

more astonishing, even causing Xu Qing’s mind to churn…

within the canyon, on the ice walls on both sides, from top to bottom, lay countless bronze gates.

Some gates were sealed within the ice, some were half-exposed, and some were fully revealed.

But this alone wouldn’t have stirred Xu Qing’s emotions. What truly made his pupils shrink was that outside those fully revealed bronze gates sat cross-legged, each a unique Source Beast!

These Source Beasts weren’t just blue-armed; their entire bodies were covered in blue ice, their appearance remarkably similar to the one within his senior brother’s body.

“No, the one within my senior brother’s body is dark blue, while these… are light blue!”

Upon seeing these Source Beasts, Xu Qing’s vigilance surged.

He had fought these Source Beasts more than once, knowing their characteristics and how troublesome they were, and this was the first time he had encountered Source Beasts entirely light blue.

And there were so many of them.

Almost simultaneously with Xu Qing’s gaze, many of the source beasts sitting cross-legged outside the bronze gates raised their heads, their blue eyes coldly fixed on Xu Qing.

Xu Qing made no rash move, and the source beasts made no other action, simply watching him.

After a while, Xu Qing slowly retreated, and some of the source beasts withdrew their gazes.

“They can’t get out…”

Based on his previous experience, Xu Qing made a judgment, and also knew that this canyon… once he entered, it would be extremely dangerous.

“But why are they all sitting outside those fully exposed bronze gates?”

Xu Qing frowned, and after a while, he simply sat cross-legged in mid-air, silently observing the source beasts in a standoff.

Several days later, a strange change that occurred within the canyon completely resolved Xu Qing’s doubts.

It was one of the many bronze gates located below, which slowly opened.

The murmurs of gods echoed from within as the gate opened.

“Kan Shan… Kan Shan…”

That was a divine sound, containing the power of a star ring. The moment it was emitted, it drew in all directions, transforming into an illusory, interwoven divine rune.

It floated out from within the gate!

Heading straight for the Source Abyss outside!

This divine rune exuded endless antiquity and contained unimaginable mystery. Just one glance was enough to shake Xu Qing’s mind, causing him to immediately retreat.

As for the Source Abyss, its eyes shone with intense blue light, and it let out a deafening roar and howl.

It was as if this divine rune was a tribulation it had to face. At this moment, amidst this roar, it went berserk, rushing straight towards the divine rune.

Before Xu Qing’s very eyes, the Source Abyss and the divine rune instantly collided.

Immediately afterward, the divine rune emitted golden light, and the Source Abyss burst forth with blue light, seemingly devouring each other.

But clearly, compared to the golden light, the blue light was like boiling water against snowflakes. No matter how brightly the blue light shone, it ultimately could not resist and was completely submerged and erased by the golden light of the divine rune.

Then… seemingly absorbing everything from the source of death, bones, veins, and even flesh spread out from the divine rune…

ultimately transforming into a divine body!

Boundless vitality!

It was a god of rebirth!

Even the aura of a true god emanated from this divine body, and before it could awaken, it was suddenly sucked into the bronze gate beside it.

Vanished.

Xu Qing saw this scene clearly, and his mind was filled with turmoil.

“This is the process of the gods being reshaped here!”

“So, reshaping requires a source monster whose entire body is turned to blue ice as a vessel, and what drifts out from that open gate… must be the true name!!”

“The true name is imprinted, transforming into a new god; the source monster cannot change this process in the slightest, like destiny!”

Xu Qing’s heart pounded faster.

“So, I also entered through the bronze gate, using my true name?”

Xu Qing hesitated, looking at the source monsters and the bronze gate below, and couldn’t help but think of his senior brother!

“Then, looking at Senior Brother’s situation… it’s extremely unusual!

Every time he erupts, a source monstrous energy appears from his chest, and it seems that the source monstrous energy is one with him!”

“Furthermore, Senior Brother also possesses an aura of immortality!”

Xu Qing’s thoughts raced as he recalled everything about Senior Brother. In the distance, in the sky, the corpse of a god, seemingly having undergone a long journey, finally arrived here.

It appeared in the heavens

and fell towards the earth!

During this process, it did not decompose!

It was the corpse of a true god!

The moment he saw the corpse, Xu Qing immediately withdrew all his thoughts, his eyes gleaming with a strange light.

Refining the remnants to replenish source essence is ultimately limited.

It is far inferior to this true god’s corpse!

So Xu Qing’s body swayed, and he rushed towards the direction the corpse had fallen, like a hungry wolf.

At the same time, within the falling divine corpse, Fairy Linghuang opened her eyes.

“My lord, we’ve arrived.”

Beside him, the young master of Aurora, his eyes open and closed, his expression calm, was about to speak, but the next instant, his previously serene expression turned strange.

“Hmm?”