Outside Of Time

1688  The Essence of Bull Sect

A surge of heat greeted him, scorching and relentless.

All around, his gaze was met with blazing fire.

The heavens and earth were painted in a vivid crimson, blindingly radiant and overwhelmingly intense.

The ground itself was formed of searing flames, slowly churning and shifting. Occasionally, torrents of fiery liquid would erupt skyward, scattering into the air.

Amid the explosions, the fiery liquid would break apart and transform into ancient, mysterious runes.

From a distance, it appeared as though an eternal rain of runes was descending upon here.

However, upon touching the scorched earth, these runes would morph into vibrant red seaweed, struggling to take root and grow.

Yet, under the oppressive heat, in mere moments, most would turn to ash, sinking back into the fiery liquid and becoming part of its ceaseless flow.

Only by sheer chance, or through the rarest of probabilities, could one or two pieces of seaweed persist in this inferno, managing a tenuous existence.

Even so, their survival was precarious.

The relentless flames continued to burn them, leaving them brittle and on the brink of annihilation. As Xu Qingʼs gaze swept across the vast expanse, he could only discern a few scattered remnants of these seaweeds.

Dry and withered, they teetered on the edge of destruction, poised to crumble into ash and fade from existence at any moment.

”Although this is but a small section of the sunʼs expanse, extrapolating from the numbers here suggests that even across the entirety of the sun, the surviving seaweed must be scarce.”

Xu Qing looked into the distance. After getting used to the temperature here, he suddenly spoke.

”Where is the place of imprisonment?”

He was asking the seaweed in the outside world.

A long time later, a blurry will echoed in his mind.

”Center… Immortal oath, I canʼt go too deep. The seaweed here… my will, can assist…”

This will was intermittent.

Clearly, the terrifying seaweed was afraid of this sun.

The essence of this fear might have come from some immortal oath it mentioned or something else.

ʼMeans of checks and balances? Or is it deliberate?ʼ

Xu Qing fell into deep thought. Recalling the scenes from before, he felt that the former was more likely. Naturally, his vigilance against the latter wouldnʼt decrease.

With that thought, his figure flickered, shooting forward like a streak of light.

He wanted to see the full appearance of this sun.

As well as finding the core place where the god was sealed.

He would make the decision then.

Just like that, time flowed by.

Several days later, Xu Qingʼs speed gradually slowed down.

Even with his cultivation, he felt increasingly uncomfortable here. At this moment, every time he moved forward for a distance, he had to stop and rely on the seaweed to adjust his body before he could continue forward.

Finally, after half a month, Xu Qing reached his limit.

He had no choice but to stop in front of a seaweed.

Fortunately, although he hadnʼt truly stepped on the core of this place, with his divine sense, he could still vaguely sense the location of the center.

The instant his perception probed over, Xu Qingʼs eyes narrowed.

With his perception, he ʼsawʼ a shockingly large sword!

This huge sword pierced through the sun.

The part that was exposed on the ground was the hilt of the sword that was like a giant mountain.

One could imagine that on the opposite side of the sun, there would definitely be a sword tip that pierced through its surface.

The instant he sensed this scene, Xu Qing suddenly understood.

”That god isnʼt imprisoned in this sun, but… It is this sun!”

”This sun is that god!”

”A True God like a Lower Immortal!”

Xu Qingʼs pupils contracted as he slowly lowered his head. He looked at the ground under his feet and the withered seaweed beside him as his heart fluctuated.

”That sword is the source of this True Godʼs suppression and also the main body of the seal!”

”It pierced this god, causing this True God to be in a state that looks like death but isnʼt. As such… itʼs impossible for It to rely on Its true name to return!”

”The seaweed is indeed a prison to those gods on its leaves.”

”But to this True God, itʼs just a warden!”

”It wants to make use of this True God to cultivate even more than I do. Thatʼs why it persistently scattered seeds, allowing the seaweed to take root here.”

”Itʼs for the sake of absorbing! This is because those scattered seaweed are actually trying to absorb the origin essence from this True God…”

”However, due to the environment and level of the god, few seaweed can survive and they cannot absorb much origin essence either.”

Xu Qing pondered. He then lifted his right hand and took out the wooden token used to collect anomalous substances, pressing it against the ground below.

His cultivation surged in and completely erupted.

However, it was different from when he had absorbed other gods. This time, Xu Qingʼs harvest didnʼt cause the ground to tremble at all. The sun itself was also normal.

Even though there were a few golden threads formed by origin essence that seemed to rise from the ground, there were too few of them.

There seemed to be a heavy obstruction, causing the harvesting to be less than satisfactory.”

A long time later, Xu Qing stopped harvesting. He raised his head and looked at the huge sword hilt in his perception with a strange glint in his eyes.

”This ground is like a shell. Itʼs very difficult to collect origin essence here.”

”The place thatʼs truly suitable for collection should be the place where the sword pierced through!”

”Thatʼs the wound of this True God!”

Xu Qing narrowed his eyes and suddenly spoke.

”So, if we truly want to devour it, you must give it your all… Either you choose to exhaust all the preparations youʼve made so far, and I will also hold nothing back, as we gamble everything for this chance and indulge to our heartʼs content.

”Otherwise, we can only absorb some scattered origin essence.”

After Xu Qing finished speaking, he waited silently.

A long time later, the withered seaweed in front of him suddenly swayed, as though it had made some kind of determination. In an instant, the seaweed reversed from its withered state and turned red.

It wasnʼt the only one. At that moment, all the surviving seaweed on the sun changed from their withered states. They instantly turned red and rose into the air.

From afar, they looked like red amaryllis that were moving toward Xu Qing from all directions.

Even though many seaweeds were turned to ashes by the impact of the flames on the way, they still moved forward.

In that instant, the void around Xu Qing distorted and seaweed appeared out of thin air, rapidly gathering toward him.

Xu Qing didnʼt dodge and allowed the seaweed to arrive, covering his body layer by layer. The entire process lasted for dozens of breaths.

After that, Xu Qingʼs appearance changed drastically.

A set of crimson grass armor formed by seaweed enveloped his entire body, causing his height to increase to thousands of feet.

He stood there like a giant.

Boundless vitality erupted from these seaweed and gushed into Xu Qingʼs entire body, forming an astonishing protective barrier.

This was the seaweedʼs accumulation of all its foundation, gathered over countless years on this sun through its painstaking, incremental efforts and repeated endeavors!

A sharp glint flashed in Xu Qingʼs eyes.

He could sense that the seaweed was indeed going all out.

Thus, he did not hesitate in the slightest. The Five Extremities Transformation surged forth, employing the principle of mutual restraint within the five elements to maximize his resistance. Following this, the Space-Time Ordinance erupted, intertwining with the overlapping universes.

This was to disperse the pressure from the path ahead.

After that, the immortal embryo shone. His entire person was like a bolt of lightning as he charged forward fiercely.

He instantly moved forward by a large distance.

He headed straight for… the location of the large sword he had sensed earlier!

The closer he got, the heavier the pressure from this place. As a result, the flames became increasingly terrifying. Even though Xu Qing had the seaweed armor, it still burned at a speed visible to the naked eye and continued to turn into ashes.

Xu Qing was very clear that if he relied on himself, it was impossible for him to reach this place. Once the seaweed dissipated, his entire body would probably burn to ashes in an instant.

After all, this was a True God!

His speed was even faster!

His eyes revealed madness!

If Erniu was here and saw this scene, he would definitely praise it greatly and think that Little Qing had already grasped the true essence of the Bull Sect.

Just like that, time flowed by.

Finally, as Xu Qing sped with all his might in his madness, with the support of the seaweed armor, his figure crossed a large area and appeared at the core of the sun.

In the distance, that large sword truly appeared in Xu Qingʼs eyes.

The moment he saw the large sword, Xu Qingʼs breathing hastened. His entire body was trembling and his soul and body were about to burn.

However, the madness in his eyes couldnʼt be burned at all. Instead, when he saw the large sword, it became even more intense!

At the next instant, Xu Qing bit the tip of his tongue without hesitation and spat out a large mouthful of blood.

He used this to stimulate his body and used the blood escape technique to charge forward.

Amidst the rumbling, after the seaweed armor outside his body disappeared for the most part, Xu Qingʼs figure finally rushed over from this extreme heat and arrived in front of the huge sword!

The moment he got close, he could see this place clearly, but entire body began to burn.

This was an astonishing ravine. One could see that bloody flesh was trying to grow on the ground at the edge of the sword, as though they wanted to heal the wound and squeeze out the large sword.

However, the penetration of the large sword was incomparably firm and unshakable, causing this recovery to be unable to be completed since its existence.

The two of them were in a deadlock.

The moment he got close, Xu Qingʼs heart also erupted with the feeling of life and death.

He was very clear that perhaps at the next instant, the seaweed wouldnʼt be able to hold on and all his resistance would collapse.

ʼBut…ʼ

At the same time he was in this life-and-death crisis, he also sensed a dense origin essence in the flesh!

The density of this origin essence was unprecedented in Xu Qingʼs eyes!

If he really compared it, perhaps only the depths of Ink Land that he couldnʼt enter would be like this.

Such an opportunity, such good fortune…

Xu Qingʼs madness intensified and he immediately transmitted his divine sense.

”Fox, be on guard!”

The fox beauty mark on his arm instantly emitted a chill. The divine power from Her erupted completely at this moment, augmenting Xu Qing again.

This way, he could exchange for time. At the same time, he could also guard against any malice that might or might not exist from the seaweed.

After doing this, Xu Qing immediately sat down cross-legged. He raised his right hand and pressed down with the harvesting wooden token.

Immediately, the ground rumbled and golden threads erupted from the wound on the ground.

It was like a fountain!

It gushed out shockingly!

At this moment, the clay fox was shocked.

Seaweed was excited.

Xu Qing was going crazy!