Immortal weapon refiner

Chapter 1137: The Eternal Dream
Demonic world, Damengtian.

Having returned to her own territory, the Nightmare Progenitor is refining the Demon Lord using the laws of dreams, trying to figure out why this human could so easily escape her dream realm.

The Demon Lord, currently trapped within a massive, solidified dream bubble, is battling against one dream after another, forcibly maintaining his sanity and preventing himself from falling into a deep sleep.

However, he focused more on Li Qing, who had been suppressed back into his sea of ​​consciousness, and stared intently at Li Qing's soul.

"What's the use of your futile struggle? Even if you strip away all your luck, what good will it do?"

Upon hearing this, Li Qing, who was in the vast sea of ​​consciousness, had extremely cold eyes, but a resolute smile remained on his lips.

"So it turns out that the Demon Lord is not omniscient and omnipotent after all. The real battle between us has only just begun."

Upon hearing this, the Demon Lord felt a sense of foreboding, but he didn't know where it came from. Clearly, the situation was about to be settled, and all he had to do was wait for the Immortal Seed to recover so that he could suppress the Nightmare Ancestor outside and completely solve Li Qing's problem.

But there's no time right now to figure out the root of the problem, because the Nightmare Ancestor in the outside world is no pushover either. As one of the oldest ancestors in the Demon Realm, she naturally has methods beyond the comprehension of ordinary people; otherwise, how could she have been able to sit in this position for so long?

Then, the Nightmare Progenitor unleashed the Demon Realm's most precious treasure, the Illusionary Demon Banana Leaf Fan, which he controlled!
"A dream that lasts forever!"

Boom!

The Dream Dao Law, which is absolutely the pinnacle in the lower realm, is now unleashing its full power. The entire Demon Realm region, spanning hundreds of thousands of miles, is affected by the law and plunged into a dreamlike state.

Upon sensing the changes in the world, even the Demon Lord couldn't help but gasp in astonishment. This level of control over the laws was already infinitely close to that of a True Immortal.

"What a nightmare! It's really something. To be able to cultivate the laws to this level even in the lower realms, it's quite an achievement."

After saying that, the Demon Lord's consciousness finally couldn't hold on any longer and was pulled into the dream again. However, this time what awaited him was a continuous stream of nightmares, which were personally created by the Nightmare Progenitor.

The Demon Lord's slumber meant that Li Qing's consciousness was once again free, but this time he was unable to escape, something the Nightmare Ancestor had already prepared for.

Not long after waking up, Li Qing felt a strong sense of drowsiness wash over him.

The entire surrounding world is affected by the laws of dreams. As long as one is in this place, there is no way to escape. This is the Great Dream of Eternity!

And it was at this moment that the Nightmare Progenitor saw through the secret hidden by the human before him.

"So it was a body with two souls, two divine souls coexisting in one body. This is quite rare. No wonder it was able to break free from the Dream Realm."

"In that case, let both of your primordial spirits go into slumber."

The Nightmare Progenitor pointed in the void, and Li Qing's consciousness naturally couldn't last long before he was trapped in a dream.

In one dream after another, Li Qing and the Demon Lord are caught in various dangers, with natural disasters and man-made calamities following one after another. With their strong willpower, they find a way out in these nightmares and break through one nightmare after another.

But the terrifying thing about the Great Dream of Eternity is that, over time, even a powerful cultivator at the Mahayana stage will gradually lose himself and become unable to distinguish whether what he has experienced is reality or a dream.

Wow!
The waves crashed against the rocky shore, and a fishing boat returning from a day out gradually docked at the shore. The fishermen, laden with their catch, prepared to disembark and go ashore.

Rumble!
The entire land and sea shook, and a wave thousands of feet high surged towards the shore from the distant sea.

The fisherman, seeing the tsunami, turned pale and a strong sense of crisis surged into his heart. It was at this moment that he regained his sense of self.

"I am still in a dream. I am not a fisherman, I am the Celestial Venerable of the Human Race, Li Qing!"

In an instant, consciousness returned, and Li Qing regained control in the dream, along with his Mahayana stage cultivation.

He thrust his palm out at the surging, massive wave, his immense magical power transforming into a gigantic handprint that forcefully suppressed the tsunami that nearly destroyed the fishing village on the shore.

After surviving the crisis, the dream shattered, and Li Qing fell into another nightmare, his consciousness gradually fading, and he lost himself once again.

And so, in one nightmare after another, Li Qing's time lost gradually increased, and he even nearly died in his dreams several times.

"I cannot die in a nightmare, otherwise the fact of death will descend from the dream into reality. What a strange law. I must break free from the dream before the Demon Lord."

But breaking free from this eternal dream is no easy task. Even the Demon Lord can only passively experience one nightmare after another here.

The only good news is that even the Nightmare Progenitor can't interfere too much from outside the dream world; he can only weave a large number of life-or-death nightmares for Li Qing and the Demon Lord to experience.

For Li Qing, he was now engaged in a life-or-death race with the Demon Lord. Whoever broke free from the Great Dream of Eternity first would gain the upper hand.

And so, this eternal dream lasted for a full twelve years!

The Nightmare Ancestor, who controlled the dream, was gradually losing patience. She found that the two primordial spirits she had pulled into the dream were too difficult to kill. Both of them had extremely strong wills and could find a way out even in the most dangerous dream.

"One has the protection of the soul by the exquisite fairy music, and the other can directly manifest the power of immortality in dreams."

"What are the origins of these two primordial spirits? Could they both be reincarnations of true immortals from the upper realm?"

The Great Dream of Eternity, which lasted for twelve years, still failed to kill any primordial spirit. The Nightmare Ancestor realized that continuing would be futile.

Finally, she ended this eternal dream, withdrew the Dream Dao Laws that were nearing their limit, and intended to use her absolute strength to suppress this human in the early stage of the Mahayana realm.

At that very moment, Li Qing and the Demon Lord's wills awakened simultaneously, their eyes flashing with two beams of light.

Faced with the Nightmare Progenitor's impending assault, the two wills responded in completely different ways.

The Demon Lord wanted to use the Sword of Law, but Li Qing planned to burn him with the Immortal Flame of the Void.

The result was that he couldn't use any of them and was directly struck by the Nightmare Ancestor's palm. Even Li Qing's indestructible Mahayana body couldn't withstand a palm strike from a late-stage Mahayana cultivator; it shattered and splattered blood on the ground.

However, the two are still vying for control of the battle, and neither wants to give up easily.

"Fool! How could such a weak immortal flame possibly harm her!"

"Even your sword of law might not be effective. Is there some karmic connection on her that can be severed?"

Just as the two were arguing, the Nightmare Ancestor unleashed another demonic palm strike, this time formed from dense primordial demonic energy. If it hit, the target would inevitably suffer the fate of demonic energy invading their body.

But this time, the Demon Lord and Li Qing reached a consensus to use the Immortal Seed!

By actively merging with the Demon Lord's memories, Li Qing also understood what the so-called Chaos Immortal Treasure was.

This species is called the Primal Realm Seed. Even in the Immortal Realm, it is an unparalleled divine object. This immortal seed contains the power to recreate a world, and its origin is so profound that even the immortals of the Upper Realm cannot trace it back.

Legend has it that it was a companion species from the very beginning of the Immortal Realm! It is comparable to the World Tree!
However, this primordial seed could not be grown into anything, nor could it grow. For many years, it had been kept in a mysterious and ethereal palace in the Immortal Realm.

The Demon Lord's grave crime in the Upper Realm was stealing the Primordial World Seed, because he had found a way to use this seed in order to advance to the Dao Ancestor realm.

Unfortunately, his attempt to steal the Primordial World Seed was eventually exposed. He was hunted down by more than one Dao Ancestor. Before his demise, the Demon Lord sealed the Primordial World Seed with his life's worth of immortal power and then threw it into the endless World Sea, where it was completely lost.

At the same time, his pre-arranged backup plan also worked. The Demon Lord's will multiplied into countless forms, each carrying his legacy.

Those born with a will are all successors of the Demon Lord, and Li Qing is one of them, as well as the last successor of the Demon Lord.

Having a Primordial World Seed, even with only the cultivation level of the Mahayana stage, one can sense the location of one's Immortal Aperture in advance. Although one cannot open it, one can use the Immortal Spiritual Power contained within the Primordial World Seed to unleash Daoist techniques and supernatural powers at the True Immortal level!
hum!
A burst of boundless immortal light instantly shattered the massive demonic palm print.

Li Qing and the Demon Lord briefly reached a consensus: first, they would defeat the Nightmare Ancestor, and then they would fight for control of this body.

"So this is the immortal aperture that one must open after becoming a true immortal? The Primordial World Seed is truly wondrous." Li Qing sensed the numerous immortal apertures that were faintly appearing within his body and couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

Despite the astonishment, the Demon Lord's will controlled his body, using the void as patterns and unleashing immortal spiritual power, instantly creating an immortal talisman.

boom!
A massive amount of crimson flames instantly filled the entire Demon Realm, setting everything ablaze, and soon engulfed the Nightmare Progenitor.

This is the World-Burning Immortal Fire Talisman. Once activated, it can unleash the celestial fire of the Nine Heavens to burn enemies.

With his mastery of alchemy, artifacts, arrays, and runes, the Demon Lord had naturally reached a pinnacle of cultivation, making him virtually unmatched even in the Upper Realm.

The World-Burning Immortal Flame scorched the Nightmare Ancestor's demonic body relentlessly. She felt the primordial demonic energy within her rapidly dissipating, and no amount of effort could extinguish it.

The Nightmare Progenitor let out a shrill scream, and the demonic sound pierced the ears in an instant, almost shattering Li Qing's sea of ​​consciousness. Fortunately, the exquisite fairy sound protected him in time, so he was not seriously injured.

The next moment, the Demon Lord skillfully borrowed the immortal spiritual power again. In his palm, a large amount of blazing white immortal light transformed into one divine bird after another, each one formed from immortal patterns.

These celestial birds flew swiftly around the Nightmare Ancestor, flapping their wings, and once they found an opening, they plunged headlong into the latter's demonic body, each strike unleashing a dense barrage of primordial demonic energy.

Sensing something was wrong, the Nightmare Ancestor activated the Demon Realm's supreme treasure, suddenly waving the Illusionary Demon Banana Leaf Fan. A gust of wind containing dreamlike power swept by, causing a large number of celestial birds to fall to the ground.

At this moment, the Nightmare Ancestor had no heart to fight anymore. She glanced at the strange human Mahayana cultivator with great apprehension, and then used Nightmare Escape Light to disappear instantly.

The Demon Lord did not pursue her further, because he understood that someone who had cultivated the laws of dreams to such a profound level was extremely difficult to kill, as she could directly escape into the dream world.

After casting the Great Dream of Eternity, countless beings in the surrounding demon realm fell into a deep sleep, allowing the Nightmare Progenitor to easily infiltrate these dreams for refuge.

Of course, if the Demon Lord really wanted to kill him, he could find a way, but there was no need for that, because there were more important things to do next.

Looking at the vanished Nightmare Progenitor, the Demon Lord's tone suddenly turned cold and sharp. He muttered to himself, "Alright, now that there's no outside interference, it's time to deal with the issues between us."

"I want to see how you can still cause trouble. Bring on whatever tricks you have up your sleeve. After this, you won't have another chance."

After uttering these cold words, the Demon Lord prepared to control the threads of cause and effect to suppress Li Qing once again.

But at that moment, his skin suddenly split open, and two Gu worms crawled out.

"Gu worms?!" The Demon Lord was stunned, and immediately sensed something was wrong.

Heavenly Secret Gu! Luck Gu!
Two Gu worms, personally crafted by Li Qing, detached from his body. A large portion of the fortune that had been briefly stripped away by the Carefree Celestial Venerable was devoured back by the Fortune Gu, leaving only Li Qing's own fortune.

"Demon Lord, do you really think you've got this in the bag? I've been preparing for this moment for a long time, and today we'll settle this once and for all."

Li Qing's resolute voice rang out, and with a slight thought, he immediately activated the Heavenly Mystery Gu!
"The cycle of destiny begins!"

Soon, the colorful spots on the back of the Heavenly Mystery Gu lit up like stars, and it sublimated at that moment.

The greatest function of the Heavenly Secret Gu is to change the predetermined number of days!
boom!
At this moment, destiny fell to Li Qing. He altered the course of fate, erasing all the karmic ties between himself and the Demon Lord!
Zheng! Zheng! Zheng!
All the causal threads wrapped around Li Qing snapped completely, and the dense sound was like thousands of ancient zithers breaking their strings at the same time.

From now on, the Demon Lord will no longer be able to control Li Qing's soul through these threads of cause and effect!
After doing all this, the Heavenly Secret Gu died completely, turning into ashes and disappearing into the world. This is the price to pay for tampering with the secrets of heaven. Unless it is the only immortal-grade Heavenly Secret Gu in the world, once it has been used, the Heavenly Secret Gu will wither away.

But that's not all. He only erased all the karma between himself and the Demon Lord, but the Demon Lord was still awake, only now he no longer tightly gripped the dense threads of karma in his hand.

"Well done, but what's next? Do you think you can push me off the throne by your own will?" the Demon Lord asked calmly.

(End of this chapter)