Chapter 1077: I Make a Wish…

13 Jul, 2024

Chapter 1077: I Make a Wish…

This bone cauldron was formed from the bones of Er Niu's second life. It was created by the Great Emperor of Immortal Arts and was extremely powerful.

At that moment, the giant hand formed by countless blue worms broke through the sea and reached the tumor where Death Blaze was located.

As for Dark Flame, he sat cross-legged inside the tumor. Although he looked calm, only he knew how vast this body was, and how difficult it was to fully control it.

On one hand, it was because of the karma of the physical body. On the other hand, it was because … of the restriction left behind by Lord Seven!

Yes.

Although he had suppressed the restriction, he had barely reached an equilibrium.

At this moment, he couldn't fully control this body!

Therefore, even as his eyes flickered with a cold light, the lid of the enormous bone cauldron flew over, covering the tumor and suppressing it down viciously.

"Refine!!"

Countless roars came from the mouths of the countless blue worms at the same time.

The sound was earth-shattering. The hand formed by the blue worms disintegrated and turned into a sea of worms that surrounded the bone cauldron and spun rapidly.

It was an earth-shattering sight, forming a blue vortex in the sky.

As it spun wildly, the worms breathed out extreme cold air.

The cold air rushed to the bone cauldron but didn't freeze it. Instead, it turned into an icy flame and entered the cauldron to refine the tumor.

Rumbling sounds filled the sky.

Er Niu didn't dare to be careless. He focused all his energy on controlling and strengthening the bone cauldron and refining it recklessly. However, he knew that the chances of success weren't high.

After all, it was Emperor Dark Flame.

However, at this critical moment, fighting for time was the best choice.

He wanted to buy enough time for the empress and Xu Qing to make their move.

So that the empress could arrive as soon as possible and give Xu Qing a chance to use his remaining trump cards.

Therefore, he was going all out.

Amidst the rumbling sounds, the sea of blue worms spun faster and faster, making the refining more intense.

In the distance, the empress also saw this scene. Her face was gloomy. Golden light shone from her body, distorting the surroundings and blurring the void as if she wanted to break through everything.

Sovereign Dark Feather's expression changed. Seeing the might of the Empress at this moment, he could not help but have the thought of retreating. But the [Death Flames] clone beside him had a resolute look in his eyes. With a flash of his body, he transformed into a black lotus.

While the rising black flames enveloped everything, they also completely sealed off the fragment space.

In the blink of an eye, their location was completely blurry, and it was impossible to see clearly. The only thing that could be heard were the rumbling sounds that resonated with the sound of the furnace.

Xu Qing also took advantage of this opportunity to complete the final possession of the Emperor's fleshly body.

The outside world was intense, and the flames inside the bone cauldron that Er Niu was refining were also raging.

Boiling.

The tumor was burning, and the quintessence of the various Sovereigns within it was beginning to burn.

Dark Flame, who was sitting cross-legged inside, opened his eyes and revealed a gloomy light.

Er Niu was the first time he had miscalculated.

A small cultivator that he didn't pay much attention to had actually done such a thing at this critical moment.

"What surprised me was that I didn't detect any clues from this person's body before. I didn't see through his background, nor did I sense the bone cauldron.

"Either someone is interfering with me, or … there's a big problem with this person.

"Interesting. This pair of senior and junior brothers are both so extraordinary."

"Then their master …"

Dark Flame narrowed his eyes and snorted coldly.

Even if there were some accidents, he was still confident that he could suppress them all.

"I've been preparing for this rebirth for a long time, especially since this grotto-heaven isn't from the Ancient Gazing.

"With this grotto-heaven, the outside world won't be able to disturb me at all.

"Although I changed my plan after seeing this fleshly body, but … it's still within my control."

Dark Flame was calm. Facing the power of the refinement, he took a deep breath. In an instant, the liquid outside his body was reduced by 30%, and then he gently exhaled.

Suddenly, a second black lotus appeared above his head, emitting terrifying black flames. A large number of chains spread out and entangled with the lotus below him.

They rotated together, causing the chains to penetrate the tumor and attack the bone cauldron from the inside.

Along with the endless black flames, they suppressed the ice flames.

The appearance of the two black lotuses caused Dark Flame's aura to skyrocket. While suppressing the ice flames in all directions and refining them, he resisted Lord Seven's restriction and extinguished the candle behind him.

He wanted to restore the balance that had been broken.

"This cauldron also has its benefits. It can help me block out the outside world to a greater extent, giving me more time to master this fleshly body.

"I should be able to master most of the fleshly body's power in an hour at most. When that time comes …"

Dark Flame opened his eyes, and a purple light flashed in the depths of his eyes.

In the next instant, his pupils suddenly contracted.

"There's purple light in my eyes?"

Dark Flame's heart sank. For a powerful being like him, the unknown meant unexpected things, and the purple light in his eyes was the second thing he had not expected.

Even as Death Flame's mind trembled, even more violet light exploded out of his body. It spread out to cover his entire body, revealing the source of the light.

The source was the flesh in his chest.

There was something that Dark Flame couldn't detect before.

It was a purple crystal!

The moment he sensed the crystal through the source, Dark Flame's expression changed greatly.

What made his emotions fluctuate was that this object was beyond his knowledge!

In his previous deduction, he hadn't sensed the existence of this object. Even after the possession, the purple crystal was clearly in his body, but he hadn't sensed it before it emitted the purple light.

It was as if this object's status was beyond imagination.

If it didn't want you to sense it, you would never be able to sense it.

And this kind of accident made his heart tremble even more than the appearance of Er Niu.

Especially when he vaguely saw a faceless black figure sitting cross-legged inside the purple crystal. It was as if it was just a shadow.

Almost at the same time that he looked over, the shadow suddenly opened its eyes.

The next moment, the purple crystal seemed to be activated. It exploded into a sea of light that covered the entire body and Dark Flame's soul.

This was the first time in the thousand years since Dark Flame had entered seclusion that he had lost control of himself. He felt a strong sense of danger.

His breathing quickened.

"This object is not within my range!"

"What is it?!"

Uneasiness exploded in Dark Flame's heart. At this critical moment, he didn't hesitate and immediately tried to seal the purple crystal.

However, the purple light didn't only affect the purple light itself, but also … Lord Seven's restriction.

Dark Flame's suppression of the restriction immediately collapsed.

The candle on his back burned once again.

Even Erniu's bone cauldron exploded under the purple light.

Shocked, Dark Flame opened his mouth and sucked in all the remaining seventy percent of the tumor's essence in one breath. Borrowing this boundless power, he fought back with all his might.

At the same time, he gritted his teeth and his soul surged. He took out an item that was hidden in his soul, something that was as important as his life.

This object was his greatest secret.

As his soul shone, a golden light appeared.

It was a drop of water.

A drop of golden water.

To be precise, it was a drop of golden river water.

The moment this drop of water appeared, a vast golden river appeared in Dark Flame's soul.

"Mother River …"

Dark Flame called.

His voice echoed outside the Dark Feather Sacred Land, outside the Ancient Gazing Land, in the endless starry sky, in the north of the ninth ring …

There was a boundless golden river flowing in front of him.

In this river, there were countless stars, living beings, and lotuses.

Countless figures sat cross-legged in these lotuses. There were foreign races, humans, cultivators, gods …

At this moment, one of the cultivators who looked like a human suddenly opened his eyes, revealing a sharp light as he looked at the starry sky.

Then, he stood up and bowed to Long River.

"Mother Stream, one of the pawns sent to the Upper Wasteland, has sent out a call for help."

The river water rippled. After a while, a terrifying and indescribable will awakened in the river water.

Although it was only a tiny bit, it affected the millions upon millions of stars in the river, and caused all living beings to tremble in fear.

"It's not time yet …"

The cultivator lowered his head, sat down again, and muttered.

"Then, let it rely on a drop of water from the Mother Stream to fend for itself."

Illusion.

No one could see what was happening inside Dark Flame's cauldron.

Xu Qing was the only one who had sensed the purple crystal's explosion by relying on his connection with it.

And this was Xu Qing's arrangement!

Before leaving his body, he activated Seventh Master's first layer of restrictions and undid the seal on the candle, allowing the restrictions to erupt and the candle to be ignited.

This would affect the Death Blaze.

At the same time, he didn't take away the purple crystal!

Instead, he left it in his body and Xiao Ying. At the critical moment, he would let it erupt with the power of the purple crystal.

He couldn't tell what the result would be.

But along the way, Xu Qing had long discovered a clue.

That was … it seemed that no one except him had sensed the purple crystal at all.

Seventh Master didn't, the empress didn't, and the old man from the fifth star ring he met in the outer sea didn't seem to have sensed it.

Therefore, in this desperate situation, Xu Qing chose an even more desperate path.

He didn't care what the result would be.

Because according to his plan, the moment the purple crystal exploded would be the time for him to carry out the last part of his plan.

Once this part of the plan was carried out, Dark Flame would definitely come to stop him if he sensed it. Dark Flame wouldn't allow him to do so.

And he couldn't be disturbed.

That was why the purple crystal exploded.

He had to stall Dark Flame!

Thinking of this, Xu Qing sensed his current body.

This physical body gave him the feeling that it contained an incomparably rich and terrifying Origin, but on his body, it was like a mortal child wearing a thousand-pound armor.

He couldn't control it.

And there was also a huge problem with this body. It seemed to have been supported by a balance, but now the balance was broken …

"Read it."

Xu Qing murmured inwardly. His eyes filled with determination, and his voice was hoarse.

The support was no longer there.

It began to collapse and wither.

"But it's enough …"

"I make a wish …"

The next moment, a strange mask silently passed through all the barriers, shuttled through the void, broke through time and space, and appeared in front of Xu Qing.

It was as if it had been waiting for him.

It stared at Xu Qing.

Xu Qing looked at it.

"I make a wish to use this body as nutrients to rebuild myself!"