A journey of survival starting from Zhetian

Chapter 692 Another Hardship for the Qilin

Beyond the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, in the primordial chaos, lies Qilin Cliff.

Qi Jing, whose spiritual particles were at the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level and were preparing to break through the King level to become an Emperor and prove the supreme Dao Ancestor, suddenly had his eyelids twitch several times.

He wagged his tail slightly, a hint of irritation in his voice, and muttered, "What's going on? Why do I suddenly have this strange feeling that I'm being 'used'?"

Qi Jing's heavy claws were stacked together as he began to use his authority within the [Spirit Realm] and the power of his Quasi-Immortal Emperor avatar to calculate the reason for his sudden impulse using the method of divination.

His first thought was that the problem might originate from some strange and ominous place beyond the myriad realms.

These strange and ominous things recently caused a shockwave deep within the Spirit Realm, putting several of their quasi-Immortal Emperor-level warriors on high alert. It also made Qilin uneasy, forcing him to take precautions.

"There are no problems in the [Spirit Realm]. All mechanisms are functioning normally, and the logic and rules operating deep within it are in excellent condition. Those strange and ominous methods should not have infiltrated it. So it's not an external enemy?"

As Qi Jing was meticulously investigating the problem, his eyes suddenly widened, and his expression went blank.

That strange feeling of being "used" returned, and it happened very frequently, one after another. In just fifteen minutes, it occurred more than 1.5 million times, and the rate is getting faster and faster. It's like being treated as a tool, picked up to fix whatever is going wrong.

For some reason, along with this peculiar sense of unease, there was also a strange feeling of mental exhaustion.

It's as if the main body is on the move, actively heading to the cosmic starry sky of the nine heavens and ten earths, fully mobilizing its own "Tao" and "Dharma", desperately opening up chaos and creating life star fields.

Although for an Emperor Light Immortal King with unparalleled enlightenment, "opening up chaos and creating life star fields" is just a small matter, it was repeated more than a million times in a short period of time with explosive power, and it has not stopped even now.
Even a Qilin would be rolling its eyes in disbelief.

"vomit"

Qi Jing's true form suddenly felt a physiological nausea, his large pupils lost their luster, and his massive body slightly tilted to one side, lying directly on Qilin Cliff. His limbs twitched slightly as the strange feeling of being "used" became more and more intense with the rhythm.

At the same time, the light of the Quasi-Immortal Emperor on the body of the Qilin Quasi-Immortal Emperor, which was an avatar, also dimmed inexplicably. A subtle fatigue spread in his mind, as if he had been fighting against a strange and ominous enemy for several eras. The purification law, which should have been very active and had just entered the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level, had become lazy.

"Which bastard is plotting against Qilin? It's failing. It's about to break down."

"Save! Save! Save! Save!"

Before fully entering deep meditation and maintaining his current state, the Quasi-Immortal Emperor's avatar gritted his teeth and sent out a distress message, which rang out in the Quasi-Immortal Emperor's small group in the [Spirit Realm].

In an instant, the Future Buddha of Annihilation, the Golden Peak Dao Ancestor, the Cloud Cauldron Dao Ancestor, and the Candle Dragon Heavenly Venerable all cast a projection, descending upon Qilin Cliff. They saw a pale green Qilin lying on the ground convulsing, a Qilin Quasi-Immortal Emperor sitting cross-legged with a pale face, and a milky white Qilin cub with its head tilted to the side, silent.

The next moment, the four Quasi-Immortal Emperors who had appeared in the projection all fell silent.

Yun Ding Daozu's expression was subtle. He reached out and pressed down on the head of the twitching azure-green Qilin, then injected a King-level medicine into the primordial spirit. He then dispersed the medicine with the energy of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor to nourish the consciousness that was about to fall into a deep sleep, and to straighten out the wrinkled King-level laws.

Yun Ding Daozu's lips twitched. "Fellow Daoist Qilin, what have you been doing? You've actually exhausted your mind to almost nothing, and your King Realm laws are in complete disarray."

"Although it doesn't damage the source or the potential, the spirit and energy have already fallen to less than 30% of their peak, and it's still plummeting."

"In layman's terms, we need to nourish our liver and kidneys."

Zhulong Tianzun lowered his gaze to the past years, flipping through the history recorded by time, and saw the moment when the Qilin, who was in meditation, suddenly "fell ill," and clicked his tongue slightly.

He shook his head. "I didn't see anything particularly useful that didn't seem like history had been altered or that was a backlash from time. As for the rest, since I can't leave the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, I can't see more of the situation and it's hard for me to assess it."

"From the perspective of time, Fellow Daoist Qilin's subtle situation erupted extremely suddenly, without any warning. The reason why his essence, energy and spirit are still constantly being lost, as well as the reason why the laws of the King Realm and the laws of the Quasi-Immortal Emperor are becoming increasingly inert, is even more untraceable."

Jin Feng Dao Ancestor took out a recently crafted, supreme-level silver mirror and shone it directly on the affected azure-green Qilin and Qilin Quasi-Immortal Emperor. Strands of gray-silver Dao light flashed, continuously clearing away the negative status.

He raised an eyebrow and said softly, "This isn't related to any kind of curse. None of the negative effects involve one's life. As Fellow Daoist Yunding said, it seems to be simply a matter of...excessive consumption?"

Jin Feng Daozu looked at the milky-white young Qilin squatting to the side with its head tilted, and asked, "Fellow Daoist Divine Silkworm, have you made any special discoveries while you've been at Qilin Cliff?"

The milky-white little Qilin raised its paw, put it in its mouth and nibbled at it, its eyes full of clarity. "I don't know. I'm just a little Qilin at the Immortal King level. If the real me were here, with my understanding of cause and effect and destiny, perhaps I could see some of the problems?"

Zhulong Tianzun glanced at the silent and unspoken Nirvana Future Buddha beside him and asked, "Did you see something?"

The Buddha clasped his hands together, closed his eyes, and softly chanted a Buddhist mantra, "Fellow Daoist Qilin bears traces of the 'Summoning Immortals Technique,' and these traces are becoming increasingly numerous."

As soon as these words came out, the whole place fell into silence.

As is widely known, the "Art of Summoning Immortals" was created by Lingbao Tianzun and passed down by the Dongxuan Sect. Over tens of millions of years, it has been gradually perfected and sublimated, developing into various chapters.

Nowadays, many lineages possess a skill in one area, but the best one to use is undoubtedly the Dongxuan lineage of the Daoist school.

So, the source of the problem lies with a certain member of the Dongxuan Sect?
Amidst the gazes of many, the Buddha of Nirvana chanted a Buddhist mantra in a low voice once more, his voice filled with inexplicable bitterness and sorrow, as he explained in a low voice, "Nowadays, apart from the Heavenly Venerable of Nirvana, Dongxuan has not produced a disciple who can be considered to inherit the Dongxuan lineage."

"The highest level of cultivation is only the domain of the Immortal King giants and supreme giants who have advanced through the 'Sixth Secret Realm - Xuanhuang Outer Heaven'. No disciples have yet reached it."

Those present looked at the Nirvana Future Buddha with a hint of pity.

As an avatar of the Celestial Venerable of Nirvana, he has to shoulder the karmic burdens of Buddhism while also bearing the responsibilities of his true self. It must be truly arduous.

With the burden of an Immortal Emperor's lineage weighing on him, and no Dao Ancestor prodigy capable of inheriting that lineage, one can only imagine the immense weight he bears and the terrifying karmic consequences he carries in this increasingly dangerous era.

Zhulong Tianzun stroked his whiskers with his dragon claw and guessed, "So, Fellow Daoist Qilin borrowed the power of Fusheng Tianzun and then exhausted himself?"

"Yes, only the strangeness of this Celestial Venerable's power is comparable to the ominous and unsettling, so that the river of time cannot record any abnormalities, and even I, the Candle Dragon who specializes in the Dao of Time, cannot find the slightest trace."

"That explanation makes much more sense. I just don't know why Fellow Daoist Qilin wanted to borrow the power of that Celestial Venerable?" The Buddha of Nirvana shook his head, denying the Celestial Venerable Zhulong's guess.

The Buddha said softly, "The traces of the 'Summoning Immortals Technique' on Fellow Daoist Qilin are not borrowed, but rather borrowed."

“His current ‘Dao’ and ‘Dharma’, his current power at the Immortal King level and Quasi-Immortal Emperor level, are being constantly borrowed. This is the main reason why his essence, energy and spirit are constantly declining.”

Silence fell over the room once again.

Borrowed?

How could the "Art of Summoning Immortals" exhaust immortal beings to such a miserable state?
The true body is the Emperor Light Immortal King, which we won't discuss for now, but the clone is a Quasi-Immortal Emperor, and in every aspect, it is more than an order of magnitude stronger than any being in the King Realm.

To be able to exhaust the "Dao" and "Dharma", essence, energy and spirit of a quasi-Immortal Emperor to this extent, to whom did you lend your power?

To take it a step further, the Taoist technique of "Invoking Immortals" should be able to be terminated at any time by the party being borrowed.

If we take another step back, if their power really was borrowed, none of their many quasi-immortal emperors have discovered where it went.

After a long silence, Dao Ancestor Yunding asked, "So, you're just letting Fellow Daoist Qilin maintain this state?"

"Actually, it's not impossible. After all, the 'Summoning Immortals Technique' can't be used all the time. The bodies of the beings that borrow its power won't be able to withstand it."

"As long as we regularly feed Fellow Daoist Qilin a little bit of King-level medicine to his main body while he is still in the King Realm, his Quasi-Immortal Emperor-level clone can maintain this state of deep meditation at all times. His condition will not drop too drastically. At least before his condition really hits rock bottom, he can maintain a dynamic stability."

"It's going to be tough on Fellow Daoist Qilin a bit more. His current magical power, both 'Dao' and 'Dharma,' has been borrowed countless times, hasn't it?"

Suddenly, the giant Qilin stopped trembling, let out a burp, and fainted.

The Qilin Quasi-Immortal Emperor, who was sitting cross-legged, also opened his eyes, his pupils revealing a subtle clarity that was devoid of light.

His "Tao" and "Dharma," as well as the related magical power, were not borrowed. At the same time, under the watchful eyes of everyone, they fell into complete silence, as if they had entered a kind of hibernation.

The true form of the Great Qilin, as well as the seated Qilin Quasi-Immortal Emperor, seemed to have transformed into mortals, completely losing the ethereal and immortal aura unique to immortal beings.

The milky-white little Qilin slowly walked to the forehead of the big Qilin, tapped the big head with its paw, and then patted the knee of the Qilin Quasi-Immortal Emperor.

"Yes, they're all asleep, and their minds are showing the unique fluctuations that come with dormancy."

"Looks like you're really exhausted."

As all living beings focused their attention on the Great Qilin and the Qilin Quasi-Immortal Emperor, the Silent Future Buddha's eyelids twitched, and his gaze shifted slightly, looking towards the Primordial Starfield of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.

In that special location, he sensed a wisp of divine power belonging to the Yellow Emperor, as well as the "Enlightenment in a Dream" which had ended sometime earlier.

With a slight shift in his thoughts, the Buddha of Nirvana understood. He clasped his hands together again, looked at the large Qilin in front of him, chanted Buddhist mantras, and looked at it with compassion in his eyes.

"Fellow Daoist Qilin, you've worked hard."
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at the same time.

On the ancient star, in the shallow sea area of ​​Cangwu Mountain, the divine ape that had almost turned into a stone statue has awakened.

With a slight tremor, the stones that had accumulated dust over nearly ten thousand years fell off, and the five dormant secret realms were revived and merged into one, transforming into a human body secret realm universe, echoing with a special divine charm that was almost like that of immortals.

Without a sound, under the terrifying suppression of the ultimate laws of the ancient primordial star, he stepped into the pinnacle of humanity, casually shattered the lightning tribulation, and raised his cultivation to the level of an ultimate emperor.

He stretched and loosened his muscles, which had been stagnant for nearly ten thousand years. "I slept so well during that long dream that lasted nearly ten thousand years."

"However, the timing was just right."

The Battle Emperor's gaze turned towards the direction of the Mythical Battlefield, where a storm was brewing and the Heavenly Heart Mark descended from the myriad paths of the universe, emitting a dazzling light.

One by one, living emperors who were eager to seize the throne unleashed various secret techniques, carrying a chilling aura and a fighting spirit, as they continuously traversed the mythical battlefield.

The Battle Emperor narrowed his gaze slightly, sensing that "the Heavenly Heart Mark, this Immortal King Foundation, has been born. It's a good time to try and obtain the remaining wisp of supreme fortune."

Strands of dazzling golden light rose from his body, carrying with them wisps of immortal laws that reached the pinnacle of true immortality. These laws merged into the multiple Dao weapons he carried, instantly activating all their profound mysteries and transforming them into immortal weapons that could rival ordinary immortal king artifacts.

The Battle Emperor reached out and inscribed some Dao patterns in the void, forming a letter, which he sent to Cangwu Mountain. With a slight step, he crossed countless layers of time and space, becoming the first emperor to step into the mythical battlefield and stand beside the Heavenly Heart Mark.

He calmly watched the arriving Supreme Emperors, made a hand seal, and swept the immortal iron rod in his hand across the air. A wisp of emerald green light, imbued with the essence of purification, emanated from his body, causing each emperor to show a look of horror.

"Fellow Daoists, shall we join you?"
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Qilin Cliff.

Many Quasi-Immortal Emperors looked at the Great Qilin, which twitched slightly again while it was still unconscious.

With an incredibly subtle expression, he gazed at a wisp of light from a quasi-Immortal Emperor, which rapidly surged from his body into the Mythical Battlefield. His pre-selected future Daoist skillfully controlled it, unleashing his full combat power. With a single blow, he defeated all the participating emperors, easily plucked the Heavenly Heart, and merged it with a wisp of supreme fortune.

Yun Ding Dao Ancestor murmured to himself, "So that's how it is. It's this future fellow Daoist."

Jin Feng Daozu nodded slightly, "You have indeed worked hard to cultivate Fellow Daoist Douzhan and Fellow Daoist Qilin."

Zhulong Tianzun's eyes flickered slightly as he looked at the sleeping Qilin, a strange smile creeping onto his lips.

Since Fellow Daoist Qilin has already gone through so much hardship, you shouldn't mind suffering a little more.

(End of this chapter)