"Swoosh!"

The misty light enveloping the face of the Black Robed Man did not dissipate, and his decapitated head had already transformed into the purest Spiritual Energy, thus returning to Heaven and Earth. Following this, his body instantaneously vaporized, a vague voice emerged faintly within the crisp Void:

"Damn it, I warned you before, stop causing trouble! Today, you have brought this upon yourself, don't blame me! Today I will obliterate your Divine Soul and teach you a lesson!"

"Roar! It's you again, I will not let you go!" The moment the vague voice fell, a merciless voice echoed through the Heavenly Vault, seemingly venting.

"..."

The vague voice did not respond, and the Void once again fell into silence.

Atop the city walls, the Golden Boat City Lord looked somewhat bewilderedly toward the distant, chaotic battlefield, and said, "Just now, that tunneling light..."

"It was quick, extremely sharp! Absolutely unstoppable!" Xuan Tian paused, then picked up the conversation.

Shakyamuni simply brought his hands together and chanted, "Amitabha Buddha!"

High in the sky above the battlefield, Li Qingming felt that the voice that had just sounded was very familiar, vaguely reminding him of many memories buried deep in his mind, yet he still grasped nothing.

Shaking his head, he looked towards the half-sky still radiating dazzling brilliance, the Nine-Colored Long Saber soaring into the sky.

The saber was emanating bursts of Dragon Roars, waves of Nine-Colored Blade Energy surged powerfully, yet they remained latent. It seemed as if something was protecting the exterior, not even letting the Sword Radiance seep out.

"What a splendid Heavenly Blade, what a splendid Heavenly Dao Treasure!" Li Qingming's eyes gleamed as he reached out to draw it in.

However, just as the saber was about to be held in Li Qingming's hands, an unexpected change occurred.

"Roar!"

Suddenly, a Nine-Colored Sword Radiance broke free from the saber's binding, sprang into the air, and transformed into a Nine-Colored Giant Dragon!

This dragon, nearly a thousand fathoms long, had sharp claws and huge scales clearly visible, with the Starlight shining upon it, emitting a chill and sinister light.

With a Dragon Roar, the giant dragon dived down from high above like a sharp arrow, directly striking swiftly towards the top of Li Qingming's skull!

Li Qingming's complexion slightly changed, not expecting this unnamed Black Robed Man to activate the auto-protective feature of the Nine-Colored Long Saber before dying, in such a ruthless and shameless manner,

"Break!"

He shouted loudly, and a purple light burst forth from his body, heading straight toward the fierce and ferocious Nine-Colored Giant Dragon. The purple brilliance, transformed from the Bitter Bamboo Spear, charged with overwhelming pressure, decidedly unflinching.

"Puff!"

The Nine-Colored Giant Dragon was unexpectedly frail! As soon as the Bitter Bamboo Spear made contact with it, without even waiting for Li Qingming to activate it, it had already shattered its Nine-Colored illusory body, piercing through its huge dragon head and breaking through the Void.

"Come here!" With a mental shift, Li Qingming waved his great hand again, drawing the Nine-Colored Long Saber into his hand.

The saber was dazzling, held in the hand it was akin to the first touch of dawn in Heaven and Earth! The saber body was translucent and sparkled, stunning the heart!

Li Qingming sent his Primordial Spirit into the saber, only to discover that it, like the Qiankun Tripod, contained its own space, enormously vast and divided into three areas by some strange Space Rule Power.

Inside the first area, there were ferocious roars, several dozen ferocious beasts, famous even within the Universe Chaos Cosmos, panting restlessly, aggressively howling at the sky.

Among them was the Moon Howling Mad Ape with the appearance of an ape, a descendant of the Chaos Demon Ape, innately unparalleled in combat, reaching maturity, even a Great Power at the Half-step Heavenly Dao could hardly defeat it; beside the Moon Howling Mad Ape, there was a silver giant wolf with glowing fur and a body a hundred fathoms long. It...

Li Qingming scanned one after another, his expression transitioning from excitement to shock, and then to numbness. Together, the fierce beasts in this first area amounted to thirty-six, each possessing the battle power of a Saint at Peak State. If he were to release them all, it would certainly be a disaster for the Universe's Central Heaven World.

Now he understood, there were so many formidable Great Powers in this Central Heaven World; compared to the three epochs fought against by Pangu's Great Thousand World and Central Heaven World, it should indeed be more formidable!

Yet, since his birth till now, besides Hong Jun, he seemed not to have seen any other Great Power with inscrutable cultivation. Could it be, they all were hiding somewhere?

Perplexed, Li Qingming shook his head, and his Primordial Spirit moved on, scanning the second area.

Just entering here, Li Qingming was immediately refreshed by the rich Spiritual Energy.

This area was the largest among the three, internally categorized into tens of thousands of small garden patches, each patch cultivating immortal ginseng, Lingzhi, red fruits... and various other top-grade Holy Medicines, and each type covering a vast area.

Such a vast expanse of Medicine Garden, if known by the Alchemy-proficient Laozi, he would surely be ecstatic!

Sweeping through the second area, the third area also appeared before Li Qingming.

Here there was not the slightest fluctuation of spiritual energy, just like an ordinary warehouse, holding probably a hundred items.

Li Qingming scanned with his Primordial Spirit and found that these objects were all sealed within a relatively stable mini-space. On the outer walls of this small space, densely packed Tao Runes, resembling tadpoles, crawled all over—they usually hid in the void, only flashing intermittently when a wave of fluctuation occasionally passed by.

"What is this object?" Li Qingming's power of Primordial Spirit drew spiritual energy, conjuring a body in the area, and then he picked up a piece of pitch-black metal.

"Pop!"

The golden Tao Runes were activated by Li Qingming, dissolving automatically, and a majestic oppressive force burst out from the small piece of metal, overwhelming the entire Third Zone.

"Boom!"

With a soft sound, as the oppressive force touched the white mist enveloping the Third Zone, it emitted a light sound and then the oppression was abruptly repelled, sharply converging back, and the strange little space that had just dissipated appeared once again.

"Damn, it actually contains a wisp of Heavenly Dao Pressure! Could it be a Chaos Artifact?" Li Qingming curiously touched the black metal in his hand, suddenly recalling the Break Formation Strange Wood he obtained from the Fire Feather Origin Realm. This metal and those three pieces of wood were similar, probably Chaos Artifacts, right?

"Hmm?"

Just as Li Qingming wanted to browse through these objects thoroughly, a slight fluctuation of mana suddenly came from the outside.

Shaking his head helplessly, Li Qingming sighed and said, "Well, the one thing I'm not short of in this life is time, I'll study it later!"

Saying so, he vanished into the inner space of the long knife with a "swoosh".

…

Outside, Golden Boat City Lord, along with a large group of people, hovered tensely beside Li Qingming, continuously calling out to him, looking like they wanted to wake him up but dared not to act.

"Boss, why wake him up? After this tough battle, who knows when he'll wake up!" Mang Niu said, looking at Li Qingming, whose eyes were tightly shut.

Scorpion frowned upon hearing this and said, "What do you know? The boss has his reasons, you just stay quiet over there!"

"…" Mang Niu touched his head in grievance and floated to the side, looking disheartened.

"Alright, stop the fuss! Since this kid won't wake up anytime soon, you all go and handle the aftermath of the battlefield first." Golden Boat City Lord interrupted everyone's banter, glanced at the chaotic battlefield, and sighed, "Alas, looks like it's going to take some effort again!"

At that moment, Li Qingming abruptly opened his eyes and said with a smile, "What effort?"

"Big brother, you're awake!"

"Big Senior Brother!"

"Qingmingzi!"

The atmosphere suddenly turned joyful, everyone looked at Li Qingming with surprise and delight written all over their faces.

"Hey, kid, you're awake!" The Golden Boat City Lord was startled, glanced at Li Qingming and said, "Now that you are awake, let's hold off on repairing the external environment of the city! You youngsters, come with me!"

Li Qingming scratched his head, somewhat puzzled, not knowing what the Golden Boat City Lord was really planning.

He mindlessly pocketed the Dayan Turtle Shell and followed the Golden Boat City Lord towards the City Lord's Mansion located at the center of Scorpion City.

The ancient and grand City Lord's Mansion sat in the center of Scorpion City, covering an area of about ten miles, completely built from lustrous white jade stone.

From afar, one could vaguely see, floating a thousand feet above the City Lord's Mansion, strands of golden Tao Runes forming a giant net, firmly enveloping the entire mansion.

Li Qingming looked down and thought for a moment, then suddenly chuckled, saying, "Lord City Lord, I didn't expect your mansion's protective measures to be so comprehensive! If I had known this earlier, why would I bother using the Dayan Turtle Shell to protect Scorpion City?"

Everyone was astonished, not understanding why Li Qingming would say such a thing.

"Big brother, what are you talking about?" Li Qingquan tugged at Li Qingming's robe, whispering.

"Yes, Big Senior Brother! It's already a stroke of luck that we could save the residents of Scorpion City!" Long Xuhu also urgently tugged at Li Qingming, saying.

Li Qingming shrugged off their hands, pointed at the Scorpion City Lord's Mansion, and said, "Are you all blind? Can't you see the obvious flow of mana? Are the servants of your City Lord's Mansion lives, sentient beings? Are the other residents of the city just damn weeds?"

"Amitabha Buddha!" Shakyamuni opened his mouth to say something but ultimately uttered only a Buddha's name.

Hearing the heavy sarcasm and anger in Li Qingming's words, Scorpion smiled wryly and shook his head, explaining, "It's not what you think! Originally, both this city and the City Lord's Mansion were under the same protective array, but since the Tao Origin Qi is kept in Scorpion City, if we don't take extra precautions, then... haha..."

Li Qingming was startled, only now remembering the cause behind this war—the accursed Tao Origin Qi.

Smiling wryly and touching his smooth chin, Li Qingming looked somewhat embarrassed and said, "That, haha... I'm really sorry, I forgot about the Tao Origin Qi…"

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