Chapter 1255: The Time Has Come

11 Feb, 2025

Chapter 1255: The Time Has Come

Within the Starfire Pagoda.

An Immortal and a God intertwined again as if they were fated.

Xu Qing's eyes shone with a strange light. The Goddess was in despair.

She thought that the human in front of her, whom she hated to the bone, would say something after seeing her.

Hence, she instinctively wanted to speak first.

"You …"

However, before she could finish speaking, Xu Qing did not have time to waste. He did not say anything. He raised his right hand and grabbed …

The star-eyed Goddess's body seemed to be pulled by a great force. She instantly flew toward Xu Qing and was grabbed by him to a familiar spot.

He grabbed her neck!

At almost the same time as they touched, the Goddess's fear exploded. Xu Qing instinctively started to absorb her Divine Origin.

Strands of Divine Origin appeared again as the Goddess trembled and felt as if her soul was being pulled away. They kept surging into Xu Qing's right hand.

They fused into his body and nourished his immortal embryo, his soul, and everything else.

This feeling, which he had not felt for a long time, made Xu Qing feel wonderful.

He had been reminiscing about the taste of the Goddess many times during this period.

Now that he was tasting it again, the circulation of his cultivation base sped up. The silver light in his eyes shone brighter.

As for the Goddess, as the pain came again, not only did her body feel it, but her spirit felt it as well. She felt as if she had returned to her nightmare. Her state of mind, which she had recovered with great difficulty, was overturned again.

Hence, resentment reappeared. It was dozens of times stronger than before.

Xu Qing was familiar with this gaze.

He ignored it and continued to absorb it.

After an hour, the Goddess's skin, which had finally regained its luster, shriveled up again. The Divine Origin that had accumulated in her body was empty again.

Her condition was extremely dispirited.

At this moment, Xu Qing finally stopped absorbing with some satisfaction. He let go of his hand and allowed the Goddess, who was as limp as mud, to collapse in front of him.

The Goddess was weak, but the resentment in her heart was even stronger. She glared at Xu Qing. However, she quickly took a deep breath and closed her eyes. When she opened them again, the resentment had dissipated and turned into bitterness.

"I've met your Immortal Lord, and you've obtained what you wanted. Now that you've chosen to exchange, I can understand your unwillingness.

"That's why I was powerless to resist when you absorbed the Origin Substance. After all, Gods and Immortals are at odds with each other. If the Immortals on your side fell into my hands, they wouldn't be able to escape torture."

"I can understand that. This is a matter of perspective. There is no personal grudge between us. In the end, I was captured by you because of my lack of mastery of the divine arts!"

The Goddess spoke in a hoarse voice with a hint of self-mockery. It was as if she had figured out many things during the days she had been sent to the Immortal Lord.

This was the first time Xu Qing had seen this from the Goddess since he had captured her.

Thus, he glanced at the Goddess.

The goddess was calm, revealing a calm expression.

Looking at the Goddess, Xu Qing suddenly spoke.

"In the past, you didn't hide your hatred because you were in despair. You thought you were going to die. Now, you're hiding it because hope is right in front of you. You don't want to take any risks. You're worried that I'll kill you directly and turn your hope into despair again."

As soon as Xu Qing spoke, the Goddess's pupils shrank.

Xu Qing's voice was still calmly reverberating in the air.

"The exchange is about to begin. I know that you know that I can't kill you, so you don't have to show weakness like this.

"Compared to your current state, I'm more used to your hatred. I don't need to say what you'll do after you return. You won't let this matter go.

"However, your words have reminded me …."

Xu Qing narrowed his eyes. As he raised his right hand, the power of metal suddenly flashed and appeared in the void, forming golden threads. Then, the power of wood spread out and strengthened them.

Then, the power of water, fire, and earth appeared.

He used the Five Extreme Daos to create a cage!

There was also time as the seal and space as the cause. They fell in all directions, causing the cage to become even more mysterious. Finally … Xu Qing's Space-Time Constitution descended at this moment.

He added a lock to the cage.

With a rumble, it enveloped the Goddess and imprisoned her in this illusory cage.

After doing all this, Xu Qing felt that it was not enough, so he waved his hand and the heavenly laws formed weight, causing the cage to materialize.

Then, as the Goddess' expression changed, Xu Qing formed a seal with both hands and pointed at his forehead. Immediately, his Immortal Embryo appeared, and a vast Immortal Spirit erupted.

The Aurora Immortal Palace.

It overlapped with the cage!

A loud explosion echoed in the air. The Goddess' expression changed tremendously.

However, all of this was not over.

After the Eight Extreme Daos formed the cage, Xu Qing's Ninth Extreme, the Parallel Constitution, suddenly appeared.

It caused everything to overlap, turning into dozens of different space-time powers. They formed God-suppressing Chains that flew out from the void and headed straight for the Goddess.

As her mournful cry echoed, the dozens of chains pierced through the Goddess' shoulder blades and lifted her up!

Xing Mou wanted to struggle, but every time she struggled, the chains would light up with Immortal Spirit inscriptions.

This created a powerful stimulation that caused the Goddess' heart to tremble like a storm. It tore apart her disguise and caused the endless hatred that could have filled the abyss to erupt once more.

"Xu Qing, I'll definitely kill you. Not only you, but all of your family, all of your bloodline, all of your friends will die miserably because of you!"

Xu Qing was expressionless as he looked at the provoked Goddess and observed the source substance in her body.

Soon, he found that the source substance that was originally empty had reappeared under this stimulation.

Thus, he nodded with satisfaction and raised his hand to absorb it again.

This scene made the Goddess understand that the other party's goal was to stimulate her to produce source substance again. Similar things also awakened her terrifying memories of being escorted by Xu Qing.

Thus, her mournful cry became sharp.

"You're a nightmare. You're not an Immortal, you're a Demon!"

"I'm very curious. What's the real reason for the Divine Source in your body that seems to never dry up?"

After absorbing the Goddess again, Xu Qing calmly said.

His fingertips unconsciously brushed past the Goddess' pale neck. A dark light flashed in his eyes, and a strand of Divine Sense seeped into the Goddess' body through the gaps between his fingers.

It wandered through her flesh, bones, and even her soul, as well as the Godhood hidden in her soul …

Xu Qing had tried this before, but he had failed due to his cultivation level.

Now that his cultivation level had increased, and this Goddess had been sent to the Immortal Lord, Xu Qing felt that there was a chance that the Immortal Lord's search would leave behind some traces.

Thus, he wanted to try again to see if he could find these traces and find out the Goddess' secret.

This time … he clearly felt that it was much smoother. Soon, his Divine Sense entered the Goddess' soul and saw the traces of damage.

Originally, Xu Qing had found this place to be extremely sturdy and untouchable.

But now it was full of holes!

This allowed Xu Qing's Divine Sense to enter more smoothly.

Soon, it spread to the depths. There, he vaguely seemed to sense … a crystal that was neither real nor illusory!

It seemed to be formed by luck, but it didn't seem to be.

It was shrouded in mystery, but it was also full of cracks …

Although it looked like it would collapse at any moment, Xu Qing still felt as if he could see everything in the fourth star ring.

A terrifying pressure and a vast aura.

The sight of it caused Xu Qing's mind to tremble. However, after a moment of hesitation, he made up his mind and sent his divine will stabbing into it!

The crystal shook violently as an indescribable, majestic force exploded from within, sweeping outward as if it wanted to destroy everything.

Xu Qing's Divine Sense immediately collapsed, and his finger flicked from the back of the Goddess' neck.

At the same time, the Goddess seemed to have been stimulated and gained new strength. She suddenly turned her head, and her eyes turned into burning nebula vortexes.

"How dare you steal the Godly Authority that the Father gave me!"

This voice was like thunder. It wasn't the Goddess' original voice, but a mixture of countless voices to form a divine voice.

The moment it spread out, the surrounding void suddenly split open, and nine golden lightning bolts shot toward Xu Qing. However, the moment they touched Xu Qing, they were shattered by some ancient will from the Goddess.

Then, the Goddess collapsed and was on the verge of death.

As for the will from her body, Xu Qing instantly recognized it. It contained a majestic Immortal aura that surpassed that of an Lower Immortal.

"That's the seal from the Immortal Lord that was left in the Goddess' body!"

Xu Qing looked down thoughtfully at his right index finger that had been flicked up.

There was a small black dot on his fingertip that was dissipating.

If he zoomed in, he could see that the black dot was formed by dense dark golden patterns.

Vaguely, he could see countless stars being destroyed and reborn in the black dot.

Staring at the black dot, Xu Qing's eyes lit up.

"This is the secret of her infinite Divine Origin."

At the same time, in the outside world …

As the time for the exchange approached, the voice from the Lord echoed in the minds of all the cultivators.

"The time has come. Set out!"

As soon as the voice sounded, the scarlet giant let out a roar that shook the starry sky!

It … began to move!

Thousands of troops surrounded it, densely packed, and moved forward together.

The scene was vast, and the momentum was earth-shattering.

The starry sky rippled, the universe trembled, and the star regions were distorted.

At this moment, a grand teleportation on the level of a star region was suddenly … set off.

The location of this huge exchange was the left-wing war zone between the Fourth and Fifth Star Ring. The chosen place was filled with shattered stars and countless meteorites.

There were also starbursts formed by dust that spread out from time to time.

In addition, black and white were also surging in this endless area. In the black area, countless Gods could be seen, and the strange substance they emitted made the black materialize.

Many Godly Authority gathered, forming a weight that seemed to be unable to bear, and cracks appeared below.

On the white side, large armies were gathering. Murderous intent and immortal spiritual aura were erupting.

There were so many of them, and every one of them was solemn and filled with intense killing intent.

It was not only the left wing that had gathered here, but also the entire wing, including the central wing.

Even the head disciple of Immortal Lord Zhan Lu, True Lord Ji Dao, and the returning Ling Ke…

Everything was inside!

As for above the two armies, there was a mixture of black and white. Thunder and lightning continuously rumbled.

Vaguely, there seemed to be two figures that could suppress everything. They were blurry inside, and the pressure they exuded was incomparable.

While the two sides faced each other in silence, the cosmos on the cultivators' side rippled. The scarlet giant planet and the army surrounding it suddenly … teleported over!

The moment the star appeared, it immediately attracted the attention of all the Immortals and Gods!

At the same time, within the Starfire Pagoda, Xu Qing, who was sitting cross-legged in meditation, suddenly heard a solemn voice.

"Xu Qing, bring out the Goddess!"

Hearing this, Xu Qing stood up with a calm expression. He raised his right hand and grabbed at the air. The iron chain formed by the constitution fell into his hand.

He dragged the cage and walked out of the Starfire Pagoda.