Chapter 1344: Pray to God... Don't Open Your Eyes

16 Jun, 2025

Chapter 1344: Pray to God... Don't Open Your Eyes

As Zi Qing's voice echoed, countless butterflies flew out from the collapsed ink painting, covering the sky and covering the earth as they surrounded Xu Qing.

As they flew, three-colored dust spread out from their bodies, spreading in all directions.

It turned into … a cage of fate!

The so-called cage was one that viewed life as the trajectory of the stars. It relied on the Godly Authority of fate to intercept the trajectory of the stars and fold it into a hexagonal cage.

The actions of those imprisoned would be distorted and affected by the power of fate.

Whether it was divine abilities, magical arts, or any other actions, they would return along the cycle of fate, forming a closed loop.

It was like being trapped in a maze, unable to leave, and unable to find a way out.

This was the definition of a cage, and after adding fate …

It was a self-cycle of fate on the basis of a cage!

At this moment, within the thick three-colored dust, Xu Qing was facing such a situation.

His body had clearly walked forward and shattered the void, but when he reappeared, he was behind his original position.

Even his constitution was the same.

All of his actions had become a closed loop.

As such, Xu Qing frowned slightly and stopped moving. He stood where he was, his eyes revealing a deep light as he sensed this cage of fate.

It was also at this moment that the cycle of fate within the cage appeared without a sound.

A scene from history replaced the three-colored dust, and with Xu Qing as the center, it spread out.

Blurry figures began to appear around Xu Qing, and more and more of them appeared. There were men and women, old and young.

The environment also rapidly changed. It was no longer a dust fog, but the silhouettes of buildings.

These figures and buildings increased at an astonishing speed. In just a few breaths of time … a city from Xu Qing's memories appeared before him!

At the same time, there was also a hubbub of voices!

"Top-quality candied haws!

"I hope that next year will be a good year."

"Everyone, maintain order. Don't gather too much."

"Those who are passing by, come to my shop to have a look. The sacrificial paper we make can burn three-colored smoke!"

Countless voices rang out at the same time, pouring into Xu Qing's ears. Xu Qing stood there in place, his body trembling.

Not far away, a few children were running away with wooden statues in their hands.

"It's almost time; we have to run over."

Seeing this, Xu Qing's body trembled. This scene was the Peerless City in his memories!

His body was no longer that of an adult. Instead, as this city appeared, he had returned to being seven years old.

The instant he saw this, a woman's gentle voice came from behind Xu Qing.

"Qing'Er, why aren't you going? Are you waiting for your big brother?"

This voice was so familiar, but also so unfamiliar.

It was familiar because it was an echo in Xu Qing's memories that he could never forget.

It was unfamiliar because he had not heard it in a long time.

Thus, this gentle voice of a woman was like a vast mountain rock that was taller than the sky, and it descended into Xu Qing's heart and gave rise to boundless monstrous waves.

Xu Qing trembled as he turned around.

He saw… behind him, the two most important figures in his life.

"Father… Mother…"

Xu Qing's eyes.

He saw a middle-aged man was middle-aged middle-aged middle-aged middle-aged man...

The man was middle-aged. Although he looked old, he was still handsome. The woman beside him was thin and weak, but her expression was gentle.

At this moment, they were both looking at him with concern.

"This child, why are your eyes red again?

The man was helpless.

The woman smiled and squatted down. She gently stroked Xu Qing's head, and her voice was filled with kindness and love.

"Qing'Er, you're a man. You can't cry when you see your big brother leave. Come … let Mother hug you."

As she spoke, the woman hugged Xu Qing, stood up, and kissed Xu Qing's face.

"Qing'Er, don't cry. Your big brother went to buy you candied haws, and he'll come to find us soon.

"Look over there. Today is the God's Prayer Festival, and the sacrifice is about to begin."

The woman held little Xu Qing and looked into the distance.

In the distance, at the center of Peerless City, there was a tall wooden altar. More than a hundred prisoners were kneeling on it. In front of them was a person in a red robe who was shouting at the heavens. His voice had a unique tone that spread in all directions.

"Year 135 of the Heavenly Strange Era, in the Southern Phoenix, the night of the Ghost Festival.

"We ants crawl in the land of the two capitals, and dare to offer a humble gift to the God of the Remnant Face:

"When the Azure Jade fell to the ground, the Black Tortoise broke its foot. When your eyes first opened, the red sun melted into molten iron and boiled the five lakes. The stars split into shooting arrows and pierced through the wilderness."

"Today, the ruins are still burning with ghostly fire, and the living eat the soil of the tombs. Blood coagulates in your eyelashes, reflecting the dying breaths of the common people."

"God!"

"The remnant breath leaked out from between your teeth is the fuel for us to live. The shadow under your brow bone is the shelter for you to avoid disaster."

"Today, we offer a hundred prisoners. We will cut out their eyes to use as candles, burning your eyes, we will cut out their livers to use as oil, sealing your eyelids."

"May God sleep forever"

"May God sleep forever!"

"God… Don't Open Your Eyes!"

The voices echoed, and at this moment, all the people of Peerless City lowered their heads and said the same thing.

"God… Don't Open Your Eyes!"

However, right at the moment when the countless voices gathered together and spread out in all directions…

The eyes of the Remnant Face, which was filled with endless holiness and oppression, suddenly… opened a slit!

It was looking at Peerless City!

And so, misery descended upon the world.

All the buildings were dissipating, as if thousands of years had passed in a short period of time, and they rose into the sky in a weathered manner.

Countless mortals mutated in an instant, turning into mournful strange beasts. They were bloodthirsty and slaughtered in all directions.

Life was withering at an astonishing speed.

Death engulfed everything.

Those who were not mutated ended up in an even more miserable state. Their bodies were torn apart, and everything dissipated, becoming tributes.

Reflected in Xu Qing's eyes was the futile struggle of all living beings, and the color of the world turned red.

Countless wails of terror and despair before death echoed in Peerless City, accompanied by a rain of blood.

This included Xu Qing's parents.

The middle-aged man dissipated before Xu Qing's eyes.

Xu Qing's body fell to the ground at this moment.

This was because the gentle woman who hugged him was now a pool of blood …

The entire Peerless City turned into the Yellow Springs, and a rain of blood… fell upon the world.

In the rain of blood, the seven-year-old Xu Qing was covered in blood, and he was in a daze.

He had experienced this scene before, and it was still vivid in his mind.

"Dad… Mom…"

Endless sorrow was indescribable. It was like a storm in his heart, and it continued to rumble.

Tears flowed down his face as he lowered his head and looked at the blood on his body.

It was his mother's body that had melted.

After a long time, as the buildings and the strange beasts and corpses dissipated, a figure appeared in the distance amidst the rain of blood.

He held a candied haw and walked in the dust and blood rain. Step by step, he stepped on the sticky blood and walked to Xu Qing.

The blood rain fell on the candied haw, dyeing it even redder.

Then, he bent down and raised his right hand to stroke Xu Qing's head.

"Brother, don't cry."

......

Crown Prince Zi Qing murmured softly in the palace of the Violet and Cyan Kingdom

Outside the palace, in another space-time, he had already walked to the Cage of Fate. He raised his right hand and reached it into the three-colored dust.

Crown Prince Zi Qing's eyes flashed with a profound light when he saw this.

"As for your godly body, I'll take it."

As he spoke, Crown Prince Zi Qing looked into the distance.

It was in the direction of Morning Dawn Mountain.

Almost at the same time, within Sea-Sealing County, Morning Dawn Mountain… suddenly rumbled!

A vast divine might that could not be resisted suddenly erupted from Morning Dawn Mountain. It was like a volcano erupting, struggling endlessly as it rushed out in all directions.

This surge caused Zhou Zhengli and the others in charge of the seal to tremble violently. They coughed up blood and were sent flying.

The seal had failed!

Without Xu Qing holding him back, Crown Prince Zi Qing's attack was extremely powerful. The moment Zhou Zhengli and the others were defeated, the Seventh Master's body also shook on Morning Dawn Mountain.

Even though he was Summer Immortal, he couldn't resist.

The array under his feet shattered inch by inch. He couldn't cast any spells, but it was useless.

In the next instant, the entire array collapsed.

A godly aura burst out from the broken formation.

Along with the aura, Xu Qing's godly body appeared!

This godly body soared into the sky with a terrifying pressure and a shocking aura. It turned into a rainbow as it headed toward the Heaven-Devouring Region and the Violet and Cyan Kingdom…

It left in an instant!

When it appeared, it was already in the Heaven-Devouring Region, in the palace of the Violet and Cyan Kingdom, in front of Crown Prince Zi Qing!

Looking at the godly body, Crown Prince Zi Qing sighed softly.

"Brother, you're still not ready."

As he murmured, Crown Prince Zi Qing, who was sitting on the dragon throne, raised his right hand and grabbed forward.

Immediately, Xu Qing's godly body charged toward Zi Qing. Zi Qing grabbed it by the neck.

He was about to absorb it.

But at this moment, something unexpected happened!

Crown Prince Zi Qing's expression suddenly changed!

For the first time since the battle started, his eyes revealed a strange expression.

Without hesitation, Zi Qing let go of his hand and threw Xu Qing's godly body away.

But it was too late!

He had already absorbed some.

As his body trembled violently, Xu Qing's godly body, which he had thrown away, suddenly shone, and its form changed in an instant.

It turned into a mirror!

That was Mi Ming's constitution!

The moment the lens appeared, a finger… suddenly stretched out from the lens at a shocking speed, and it shot towards the Purple Azure Crown Prince with lightning speed!

All of this took a long time to describe, but it happened in an instant.

A strong sense of life-and-death crisis descended on Zi Qing for the first time since his resurrection. The moment it engulfed Zi Qing's mind, outside the main hall, his right hand had already reached into the Fate Cage's tricolored dust.

His body suddenly disappeared!

When he reappeared, he was in the main hall, in front of Zi Qing in the present world!

It blocked… the finger from the mirror!

The moment it touched the finger, Crown Prince Zi Qing's body trembled violently and began to shatter visibly. In just a moment…

The time it took to absorb…

This body and the finger were annihilated and dissipated.

Zi Qing, who was sitting on the dragon throne, spat out a large mouthful of golden blood at this moment. His breathing was rapid as he looked up at the Fate Cage outside the main hall.

The Fate Cage was collapsing!

The tricolored dust was dissipating.

And in that dissipation, a seven-year-old child could be seen walking over step by step.

As he walked over, his figure changed rapidly. With each step he took, he grew older.

When he completely walked out of the tricolored dust, the adult Xu Qing stood there!

He looked at Crown Prince Zi Qing in the main hall and spoke slowly.

"What a pity."

In the main hall, Crown Prince Zi Qing wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. For the first time, his gaze toward Xu Qing changed and turned into admiration.

......

At this moment, in the fourth star ring, on a huge star, Immortal Lord Mi Ming opened his eyes and withdrew his finger.

He sighed softly.

"Just a little bit more."

Behind him, there was a figure sitting cross-legged.

It was… Xu Qing's true godly body that he had suppressed!