Outside of Time - Chapter 1376

Chapter 1350 Primal Mother Planet (First Update)

This was clearly a ritual.

Its scale was astonishing.

Using the left eye of the Azure Sky’s Remnant Face as Heaven and the right eye of the Desolate Earth as Earth, this ritual’s celestial position pierced through nothingness and shattered time.

Then, it converged on the body of the Purple-Azure Prince, on his raised skull.

Using the skull as an anchor of spacetime, it initiated a special return based on the fate of the Purple-Azure Prince.

If spacetime is considered clear water,

then the Purple-Azure Prince’s skull was a drop of thick black ink.

This ink, dripping into the clear water,

seeped into everything,

coloring the world and changing its hue.

The entire Devouring Heaven Domain became dark.

As the ink spread, within this darkness, all traces of the Purple-Azure Upper Kingdom, from the outside in, seemed to have never existed, rapidly disappearing.

Shedding the dust of spacetime, it returned to the original appearance of Devouring Heaven.

In the end, the capital of Ziqing Kingdom vanished without a trace in the dust storm.

This included Xu Qing and Ziqing within the imperial palace.

In the next instant, their presence and traces disappeared completely,

isolated from the present world, and transported to the ancient past.

…

The

wind blew from heaven and earth,

carrying the aura of antiquity, and a faint hint of bloodshed.

It swept across the shattered land, through the withered forests, and in the void, like a master craftsman’s brush, sketched Xu Qing tens of thousands of years later

, revealing his figure .

The moment he appeared, Xu Qing’s eyes gleamed with a strange light as he gazed around, his mind surging with emotion.

“The aura here… is indeed the place I’ve been searching for!”

He then raised his head, looking up at the sky.

The sky was grayer than he remembered.

It was a thick, strange substance permeating the heavens and earth, not yet fully dissolved, thus remaining a haze in this era.

This place was still Wanggu, but it was no longer Devouring Heaven.

“The Sacred Lan Great Domain…”

The ancient Sacred Lan Great Domain.

This was also the true location of the former Purple Azure Upper Kingdom!

And war was unfolding!

In Xu Qing’s perception, within this ancient Sacred Lan Great Domain, ancient cities existed, now engulfed in flames.

Cultivators from all races were besieging the cities.

This was the moment in history when the Purple Azure Upper Kingdom was destroyed.

Countless cultivators from all races converged from various great domains, sweeping across like a torrent, destroying city after city of the Purple Azure Upper Kingdom, slaughtering its citizens who fought for it.

Driven and influenced by various forces behind the scenes, they were determined to completely annihilate the Purple Azure Upper Kingdom!

To shatter the rise of humanity!

Gazing at this, Xu Qing

remained silent. A calm voice echoed in his mind.

“I didn’t lie to you, did I? That Prince Ziqing, he really did unleash the ancient method of destiny!”

“This is the specific time and space he returned to through his own destiny!”

As the voice rang out, a flash of blood-red light appeared on Xu Qing’s body. In the next instant, a cloud of blood mist seeped out from his body, floating in mid-air and coalescing into a… blood-red mask!

After the mask appeared, it immediately gazed into the distance, a ghostly fire flickering deep within its eyes.

Then it looked at Xu Qing.

“Now, I need you to actively sever the causal relationship you’ve formed with me.”

Xu Qing remained expressionless, his gaze sweeping over the mask, his eyes profound.

Before his battle with Prince Ziqing, he had been studying the mysterious light of the Huangtian Divine Clan at Chaoxia Mountain, continuously absorbing it, but his cultivation had reached its limit, unable to break through.

As for that light, it was also difficult to continue.

The remaining part was the core that formed its key.

So Xu Qing began to study this key more deeply.

Through his repeated exploration and research, he had realized that this object should be the key to opening the gate to the primordial mother star.

But the key alone is clearly not enough; the door must also be found!

Xu Qing tried searching for the door, both in the Radiant Heaven and through the Heavenly Dao, but all attempts failed.   He

couldn’t find the door to the primordial mother planet. He had no clue.   In his past experiences, the ways he knew of the primordial mother planet’s existence were peculiar. For example, the fourth star ring existed only in the memories of the gods.   The primordial mother planet of the ninth star ring seemed to exist in an even more unique way.   Until, three years before deciding to fight Zi Qing, Xu Qing studied the key and pondered his life’s memories, finally discovering a trace.   That was Prince Zi Qing!   Prince Zi Qing was the self-salvation of humanity’s destiny, and also Wang Gu’s self-salvation.   And Wang Gu’s existence was relatively short compared to the entire Radiant Heaven, so to some extent, Wang Gu himself was Radiant Heaven.   Therefore… Prince Zi Qing’s self-salvation should also include Radiant Heaven.   Radiant Heaven’s predecessor was the primordial mother planet.   This was the only clue Xu Qing could find related to the primordial mother planet.   The Purple-Green Prince’s salvation was Huangtian’s self-salvation; further extrapolation suggests a strong possibility that it was the salvation of the primordial mother planet!   If this possibility comes true, then the Purple-Green Prince’s fate might be the gateway to the primordial mother planet.   However, it’s not the Purple-Green of the present world, but the Purple-Green of the ancient times before he sacrificed himself to the Remnant Face!   His destiny!   Therefore, what Xu Qing desires is to return to the ancient past!   This return doesn’t rely on his own temporal constitution, because while it can enter time and space, it enters his own.   What he desires is the time and space based on the Purple-Green Prince’s destiny!   However, Xu Qing is unsure whether this specific need will be fulfilled during his battle with Purple-Green.   Therefore, he thought of the Wishing Mask!   This mask had once made a deal with Xu Qing; he wished for the mask to help him condense an immortal body.   Afterwards, the mask informed him of the price of the wish, telling him to bring it to the Remnant Face statue in the Purple-Green Upper Kingdom of the Devouring Heaven Domain.

After numerous experiences, including the battle with the gods under the Mother River’s command, Xu Qing had a hunch about the origins of the Wishing Mask.

Therefore, he made another deal with it.

These thoughts surfaced in Xu Qing’s mind, and then he raised his hand, severing the connection with the mask.

He spoke calmly,

“Our deal is done!”

As Xu Qing severed the causal link, the blood-red mask trembled violently, then its face twisted, revealing a strange smile. In a flash, it vanished from the ancient space-time of this Purple-Azure Destiny.

Watching it leave, Xu Qing narrowed his eyes.

“To borrow the Upper Wilderness in exchange for freedom…”

After a few breaths, Xu Qing withdrew his gaze, sensing the battles taking place within this ancient Purple-Azure Domain, and further afield, in the capital of the Purple-Azure Upper Kingdom.

Finally, a strange light appeared in his eyes, and as he raised his right hand, a light… suddenly shone in his hand!

The color of that light was like the morning glow.

It was the light of the morning glow, and also the mysterious light offered by the Huangtian Divine Clan.

After retrieving the light, Xu Qing took a deep breath, his heart resolute.

He planned to attempt to open the gate to the primordial mother star here!

Just like Mi Ming before, he would use the primordial mother star to break through his own cultivation.

Knowing that time was limited, he no longer hesitated and swung the light in his hand fiercely.

Instantly, the light shot into the sky, shining brightly in the firmament, and then suddenly spread out, transforming into a celestial rainbow!

The rainbow was dazzling, like the waves of a long river, sweeping in all directions. At the center of the radiant light… a special aura suddenly appeared.

Gradually, it transformed into a crack in the light!

Xu Qing’s gaze instantly focused, and he saw that within the crack in the light, there existed a place that was almost completely isolated, inaccessible except through this crack!

There, it was not the memory of gods, nor the memory of sentient beings.

There, it was Huang Tian’s dream!

Within it, there existed two mysterious and dreamlike primordial mother stars!

One black and one white.

The moment he saw it clearly, Xu Qing’s body swayed violently, rushing into the light, rushing into the crack, and disappearing in an instant!

The moment he entered, the cracks and light behind him seemed to have completed their mission and vanished.

The primordial mother planet of the fourth star ring exists in the memories of all beings within its ring.

The primordial mother planet of the ninth star ring exists in the dream of the Huangtian World’s own will.

Because the Huangtian World was too ancient, and later experienced the arrival of the Thick Earth and established Wanggu, possessing the Heavenly Dao belonging to cultivators, its will was gradually eroded.

The appearance of the Remnant Face turned this erosion into pulverization.

Until finally, on the verge of dissipation, the Huangtian World condensed its last wisp of self-salvation, merging it into Wanggu, transforming it into the human race.

Thus, Ziqing, the self-salvator who embodies the human race, Wanggu, and even the Huangtian, was born.

Gazing at the primordial mother planet, these realizations surfaced in Xu Qing’s mind.

The place where he was now was dazzling with iridescent light, colorful and vibrant.

And in the distance, within that endless light, two enormous primordial mother planets, one black and one white, were rotating.

The black and white emanating from them intertwined with the surrounding colors, forming a dreamlike atmosphere.

Gazing at the primordial mother star, Xu Qing’s eyes gleamed.

The path he was about to choose originated with Mi Ming! Mi

Ming’s ascension had relied on the primordial mother star of the fourth star ring, forcibly embedding himself into it and merging with it.

He first borrowed the power of the mother star to obtain the title of God, leaving behind his true name, and then transformed from God to Immortal.

This method made Mi Ming both a God and an Immortal!

Therefore, he possessed a special ability to suppress gods.

However, after analyzing that ascension, Xu Qing believed that there was a higher option than relying on the primordial mother star for a breakthrough.

That was… to devour the primordial mother star!

Mi Ming may have had this thought, but due to reality, he ultimately chose a temporary fusion.

Not to devour the mother star!

Because this path was fraught with too many seemingly insurmountable obstacles.

At that time, whether it was the obstruction of the fourth star ring’s God, the ultimate rejection of the fourth star ring’s primordial mother star, or Mi Ming’s own ability to bear the sacrifice, or the risk of merging his will… any deviation would have caused the ritual to fail.

Like walking on a spider’s web!

Therefore, Mi Ming ultimately chose the safest and most successful method: simply using fusion and advancement to disperse on its own.

Xu Qing’s plan, however, was to take the path pioneered by Mi Ming as a starting point, push it to its extreme, and accomplish what Mi Ming had failed to achieve!

“There are three difficulties!”

“Divided into internal and external!”

“The external difficulties are: first, the obstruction from the other divine beings of the Ninth Star Ring; second, the choice of the remnant facets of the Upper Wasteland.”

“The third is the internal difficulty, which lies in the repulsion of these two primordial mother stars themselves!”

Xu Qing gazed at the primordial mother stars ahead, his eyes flashing with a strange light.

Due to the special nature of the Ninth Star Ring’s primordial mother stars, coupled with the existence of the remnant facets, the first external difficulty no longer existed for Xu Qing.

This place was unexplorable, and with the remnant facets present, it was difficult for the divine beings of the Ninth Star Ring to approach.

“As for the remnant facets themselves…”

Xu Qing made a decisive decision, preparing for both challenges and failure.

But no matter what, he had to try!

With this thought, Xu Qing didn’t hesitate; his body blurred…

and he headed straight for the Gemini Primordial Stars!

…

An ancient wind swept across the sky where the dawn’s glow had faded, carrying with it the lingering remnants of life, and fell upon the earth.

It brushed past collapsed mountains and rivers, past shattered cities.

Finally, it reached the heart of the Holy Lan Great Domain, the vast capital city seen as a symbol of humanity’s resurgence.

That was…the capital of the Purple Azure Kingdom!

At this moment, outside the capital, countless cultivators of all races could be seen in the sky and on the ground, their expressions ferocious, radiating cruelty and madness, their killing intent soaring, surging towards the capital from all directions.

The city had fallen!

Inside the capital, the number of cultivators of all races was equally astonishing, sweeping across the land.

As for their opponents…the cultivators of the Purple Azure Kingdom remained silent.

Silently resisting, silently killing, silently dying.

Regardless of their injuries, regardless of their emotional turmoil, they uttered few roars.

This was not the custom of their Purple-Azure Kingdom.

Similarly, no matter how many of their comrades died, they did not despair, only felt sorrow and an indomitable will.

Because their Crown Prince was still alive!

Behind them, within the imperial palace, a figure stood.

And throughout the palace, powerful figures from all races poured in from all directions, engaging the imperial guards in a bloody battle.

Death was ever-present.

Corpses littered the ground.

Blood flowed like rivers.