Outside of Time - Chapter 1373

Chapter 1348 Opening the Gate!

During his years at Chaoxia Mountain, Xu Qing had secretly sent his divine body out of the Wanggu Continent using his own methods, simultaneously using the mirror image of the Seeking Bright Immortal Lord.

This was naturally aided by Seeking Bright, which allowed for a degree of concealment.

There were two purposes for doing this.

One was to prevent the divine body from being controlled by the Purple Green Prince and becoming his tool.

The other was that Xu Qing planned to use it as one of his trump cards, to make the Purple Green Prince believe he had succeeded at a crucial moment, thus creating an opportunity for the Seeking Bright Immortal Lord to act!

After all, with the Upper Wilderness Remnant Face present, approaching Wanggu was an extremely dangerous matter. For the native powerhouses of the Ninth Star Ring, even a God Venerable dared not approach, and a God Lord was already the limit. As for powerhouses

from other star rings, the risks were even greater for those wanting to come to Wanggu due to the different auras of their respective star rings.

Therefore, the Seeking Bright Immortal Lord only had one chance to act, and could not linger in battle.

Thus, the series of events that followed occurred.

“What a pity…”

Xu Qing felt a pang of regret, but he had anticipated this situation, so he quickly suppressed his emotions. A cold glint flashed in his eyes, and with a single step, he appeared outside the main hall. With

another step, he entered… the palace hall.

He suddenly stepped towards the Purple-Green Prince, who sat on the dragon throne, golden blood still clinging to his lips.

His entire being, like a spear piercing the heavens and earth, hurtled towards… the Purple-Green Prince with overwhelming force.

But just as he approached, a dazzling golden light suddenly appeared in the Purple-Green Prince’s eyes. He changed his posture, standing up abruptly, and raised his right hand, pressing it towards the heavens.

A divine voice emanated from his mouth!

“God!”

The moment this word came from Purple-Green’s mouth, the entire ancient continent trembled.

All races and beings felt a sudden chill, instinctively looking up.

Because, above the heavens, the half-formed fragment spanning half the sky began to tremble and rotate, facing the Devouring Heaven.

His withered, drooping hair, now trembling and turning with his face, trailed in a path of annihilation through the void like decaying vines.

Especially his bluish-gray eyelids, which, in that instant, cracked like frozen earth.

Then, his eyelashes, like rusted iron bars, seemed about to burst open!

The heavens and earth trembled.

The entire world held its breath.

Within the Devouring Heaven Domain, in the grand hall of the Upper Kingdom, the Purple-Azure Crown Prince, rising from his dragon throne, unleashed a terrifying divine might through the tremors of the Eye of the Upper Wasteland… a deafening explosion!

Like a storm sweeping across, the entire hall roared and shattered instantly, turning to ashes.

It contained an irresistible force!

Xu Qing, who was approaching, was suddenly jolted in mid-air, then swept away by this force, forced to retreat.

He barely managed to stop several hundred feet away, spitting out a mouthful of blood before suddenly looking up at the heavens.

In that instant, at the highest point of the sky, in the desolate wilderness, His eyes… slightly opened and closed!

The world roared.

Heaven and earth distorted.

Within those eyes, what surged was not an iris, but a shattered galaxy.

It was as if billions of stars were burning within His eyes, transforming into golden light that flowed through the slits of His eyelids, and wherever it passed…

the clouds in the sky boiled into viscous asphalt, and the mountains and earth cracked with spiderweb-like fissures.

Time and space also distorted.

In the peripheral light of these not-yet-fully-opened eyes, all the cities within the entire Devouring Heaven Domain trembled, like clay being kneaded by a giant hand, showing signs of dissipation.

Within them, corpses floated eerily, their dark blue skin emanating a phosphorescent glow.

Where the main hall once stood, as the dust settled, stood the Purple-Azure Prince, his long hair now flowing, his eyes gleaming with golden light.

Cultivation seemed unimportant to him.

He was like a vessel, bearing the will of Shanghuang.

This caused his gaze to lose its previous gentleness, and his expression to turn completely cold.

It was as if, at this moment, he was no longer the Purple-Azure that Xu Qing knew!

“Lin!”

A cold voice, devoid of any emotion, echoed through

heaven and earth. The instant it rang out, Shanghuang’s eyes in the sky suddenly snapped open! What

churned within those pupils was a chaotic vortex, each contraction devouring the light of heaven and earth.

When the vortex reached its critical point, a dark golden beam of light crashed down, engulfing the Devouring Heaven Domain!

The plains it touched instantly boiled; soil, rubble, and corpses decomposed into the most primordial particles within the beam of light. Only some crystalline fragments, for some reason, persisted, but it seemed they could not hold on for long.

As for the ferocious beasts and even the bizarre creatures, they were instantly shattered into dust, scattering into stardust in the wind.

This was not simple destruction, but a dimensional pollution.

Under the gaze of the remnant face, the boundary between reality and illusion was completely shattered, and the distinction between the living and the dead became blurred.

Faintly, wisps of figures appeared in the gaze!

And the true focal point of Shanghuang’s gaze… was the kingdom, the palace, and… the Crown Prince of Ziqing!

Standing in Shanghuang’s gaze, He was… the Divine Arrival.

Then, He raised His hand and pointed at Xu Qing.

With this one finger, everything distorted, and the figures appearing in the gaze instantly became clear.

Those… were projections of gods!

These gods mostly came from ancient times; they were all the gods devoured by Shanghuang!

Although they had fallen, they were left in Shanghuang’s gaze, and now, under the Crown Prince of Ziqing’s finger, they all materialized.

There was even the god-king in the fourth star ring bronze coffin that Xu Qing had seen before!

Although they no longer possessed their former power, their divine instincts made them still incredibly potent in their corrupting influence.

With their appearance, the alien energy surged violently, spreading overwhelmingly. Then

, these projections swept towards Xu Qing,

attempting to permeate everything about him.

This wasn’t the first time Xu Qing had faced the Eye of the Desolate, but it was the most intense.

Before, the Eye of the Desolate opened without will, purely out of instinct.

This time, however, it contained will, and it contained those countless projections!

Even though Xu Qing’s constitution had reached the level of a Celestial Lord, and he cultivated as an immortal, he still appeared bluish-black in the gaze of the Upper Wilderness.

His body was being defiled; endless alien substances were seeping into his form.

His constitution was being affected; the power of destiny from the Upper Wilderness was forcibly altering him.

Almost instantly, Xu Qing felt an extreme life-or-death crisis. His eyes turned crimson, and every inch of his flesh developed its own independent consciousness, wanting to separate from him. At the

critical moment, Xu Qing suddenly raised his right hand and pressed it into the distance.

He uttered a low shout

: “Mirror of Antiquity!”

The moment these four words were uttered, the bright crystal fragments within the Devouring Heaven Domain, which had been struggling to survive in the gaze of the Upper Wilderness, all trembled at once, then rose into the air, whistling towards Xu Qing. They

appeared around Xu Qing!

These fragments were the pieces of the Mirror of Antiquity after its collapse!

Now, as they shone, they released the sealed Purple-Azure Upper Kingdom’s fortune!

With the blessing of the Purple-Azure Kingdom, Xu Qing was empowered!

However, this alone was clearly insufficient to resist the gaze of the Supreme Desolate. Therefore, Xu Qing unhesitatingly unleashed his strongest trump card:

a bronze lamp!

The Divine Eye within the lamp suddenly opened!

The instant the Divine Eye opened and closed, golden light erupted from within like a torrent, and with the blessing of the Purple-Azure Kingdom’s blessing emanating from the fragments of the Ancient Mirror, it invisibly clashed with the Eye of the Supreme Desolate and the countless projections around him. Amidst the roar

, Xu Qing’s body trembled, but the feeling of his flesh about to separate and the tendency for his body to be contaminated by foreign substances were somewhat alleviated.

The gaze emanating from the Divine Eye within the bronze lamp formed a protective barrier around Xu Qing

, neutralizing the Eye of the Supreme Desolate and blocking the projections rushing in from all sides.

However… the strength of the Supreme Desolate surpassed that of all Divine Lords. Even with the blessing of Master Bai, the Ancient Mirror, and the Purple-Azure Kingdom’s blessing, this Divine Eye ultimately could not completely resist.

Now, numerous golden cracks have spread rapidly within the Divine Eye.

“The bronze lamp will collapse in ten breaths at most!”

“But… there should be enough time!”

Xu Qing didn’t hesitate, releasing the bronze lamp and letting it float. He immediately sat cross-legged, his hands forming hand seals, a sharp intent emanating from his body.

That was… sword intent!

Before coming here, Xu Qing had simulated this battle countless times on Mount Chaoxia!

He naturally knew that his battle with Zi Qing would inevitably trigger Shang Huang, and there was a possibility that Shang Huang would open its eyes.

Therefore, he had gone to great lengths to find a special method to counter this.

“I didn’t die in Wushuang City and Taigu City, where I truly opened my eyes in Shanghuang. The purple crystal was something I discovered afterward, so the reason I didn’t die has nothing to do with it.”

“The connection is somewhat due to Prince Ziqing.”

“But in my memory of Wushuang City, there are two completely different scenes. In one scene, I definitely didn’t die, while in the other scene, I did.”

“This is very strange!”

“So… it’s also possible that I survived for other reasons!”

“And in my cultivation so far, I’ve achieved complete understanding both internally and externally. There are only two uncertainties. One is the purple crystal, which is an external object and can be disregarded for now. Besides that…

there’s only one more thing!

I’ve sensed twice that in the deepest part of my soul, there exists a mysterious corridor, countless doors, and even deeper, a seat that remains unexplored and cannot be actively revealed!”

“This might be my only way to fight against Shanghuang!”

These thoughts instantly surfaced in Xu Qing’s mind. Then, his eyes hardened, and he raised his right hand, pulling hard at the crown of his head…

Instantly, sword energy burst forth from his crown, transforming into an imperial sword.

Xu Qing held the sword in his hand and… slashed it across his own brow!

Creating a massive wound that pierced through his entire body!

Even the Purple-Green Crown Prince in Shanghuang’s gaze narrowed at this sight, a strange glint appearing in his usually cold expression.

“You… are going to sacrifice yourself?”