He was invincible from the beginning of the Heaven-Covering Era.

He stood outside the small island where the Zhou family patriarch cultivated, sensing that the array inside was still in operation, eliminating all external influences and allowing those inside to quietly cultivate in seclusion.

"Even if they obtained the killing secrets of the two great assassin dynasties, they shouldn't have been in seclusion for so long. Could something have gone wrong?"

Zhou Qing was somewhat uneasy and silently tried to deduce the situation of the Zhou family patriarch.

"No problem."

He deduced these two words. Although his understanding of the Great Dao of Destiny was enough to discuss the Dao with sages, and he could also deduce some things from a great sage like the Zhou family ancestor, he could not deduce them very clearly.

He only vaguely received these two words, knowing that the Zhou family patriarch's seclusion this time had not gone wrong, but was a normal seclusion. Since that was the case, he was relieved.

"Perhaps the ancestor really did gain something, and his cultivation has had another breakthrough opportunity," Zhou Qing thought to himself.

He slowly left the small island and flew to his own island.

"Zhou Qing!"

Suddenly, someone called out to him, stopping him in mid-air.

"Father? Is there something you need?" Zhou Qing asked, puzzled.

Zhou Wuji flashed to Zhou Qing's side, a gratified smile on his face, and said, "Unbeknownst to you, you've reached this level of cultivation."

"I came here to find you because before the ancestor went into seclusion, he instructed me that if you waited in front of his island, I should give you something, and then you would understand."

"What is it?" Zhou Qing asked.

"The Great Sage Divine Pearl of the Ancestor!" Zhou Wuji took out a pure white pearl. Although it was not activated at the moment, he could still feel the vast power contained within it.

"The ancestor said that there is a backup plan he left inside, and having it is enough to protect your safety."

Chapter 160 The Twin Kings

The patriarch himself did not appear, but he had made arrangements before going into seclusion?

Zhou Qing realized this and took the flawless white bead from Zhou Wuji's hand.

Even though no one infused it with divine power, it still evoked a profound sense of dread.

This snow-white, crystal-clear bead, no bigger than a fist, spun around in Zhou Qing's hand, yet it radiated a captivating aura, like an eternal star.

Not all weapons of saints can be called legendary saintly weapons. Only those of superior material quality, reaching saint-level or above, and whose owner infuses them with their saintly laws, can exist in the world for a long time.

Such a sacred weapon can be considered immortal, and can become the unchanging foundation of a sacred place for all eternity.

A weapon forged by a sage using ordinary materials will last for at least tens of thousands of years, and at most a hundred thousand years, before it is worn away by time. Even the sage's laws cannot compensate for the inherent disadvantages of the materials.

The divine pearl of the Zhou family patriarch is made of a very rare material. It is the Nine Heavens White Jade Wall from the Nine Heavens Divine Jade series. Legend has it that it was born from a piece of the essence of heaven, and it is extremely hard and eternal.

"Did the Ancestor leave any other words?"

Zhou Qing was tall and straight, with thick black hair and an extraordinary temperament. Standing in the void, he was in harmony with the Dao, and his eyes shone with the air of a young supreme being.

Standing before him, Zhou Wuji felt his own cultivation at the second level of the Sendai realm weaken. Although he had only broken through to this level a little over a decade ago, he was still at the second level of the Sendai realm, the same realm as Zhou Qing.

But in his mind, he felt as if he were in a small boat in a turbulent sea, where he could capsize at any moment in the face of the sea's power.

"The Ancestor didn't tell me anything else, but if I'm not mistaken, you should be able to find the message he left for you in the white jade bead." After Zhou Wuji finished speaking, he turned around and prepared to leave.

Suddenly, he said again, "When you return from your cultivation in the outer realms, you should succeed as the head of the family. The future is a glorious era, and perhaps only under your leadership can my Zhou family safely weather this calamity."

Zhou Qing nodded slowly and said, "I will take his position and responsibilities seriously."

A white light shot towards the horizon, and Zhou Wuji was gone.

Zhou Qing didn't linger. With a single stroke of the Xingzi Secret Technique, he seemed to be traversing through nothingness and time. After escaping this feeling, he had already returned to his island.

On the ice-blue altar, he took out the Nine Heavens White Jade Divine Pearl of the Zhou family patriarch and sent a wisp of divine thought into it.

In an instant, as if triggering some kind of reaction, a voice came from inside.

“Zhou Qing, I have gained some insights and understood some of the words my father left me. I am at a critical point in my cultivation and cannot leave seclusion for the time being.”

"For this trip to Ziwei Star, you should first return via the Shenzhou Dynasty. If you haven't returned to Beidou by the time I leave seclusion, I will go to Ziwei to find you and bring you back."

"Oh, right, I remembered what my father once told me: if a peerless genius emerges in our clan a hundred thousand years from now, we must send him back to our ancestral home. Now..."

Think about it, this saying applies perfectly to you.

"Perhaps Father left something in the ancestral land. You can go back and take a look. With my white jade bead, you can safely pass through the outer formation."

"Finally, I left enough divine power in the white jade bead. In the event of a crisis, it can unleash the power that I personally control for a short period of time. You must use it with caution."

This is the voice of the Zhou family patriarch. It must have been left there beforehand, and it automatically triggered a response upon sensing Zhou Qing's divine sense.

Zhou Qing listened to him word for word and pondered silently for a long time.

The Ziwei Starfield is a place of great significance to the Zhou family. It is the ancestral home of the Zhou family, and their ancestors once entered the starry sky from Ziwei, composing a magnificent and legendary epic.

He learned all of this after he advanced to the Great Power realm. Once he entered this realm, many of the Zhou family's ancient secrets were revealed to him, including the origins of the Zhou family, the experiences of the Zhou family's ancestors, and their relationship with the Divine Continent Dynasty, etc.

Like most forces in the Big Dipper, the Zhou family originated from another star field. It was for this path to immortality that the Zhou family's ancestors established a clan here.

It was precisely because he learned many ancient secrets that after breaking through to the Great Power level a few years ago, he began to accelerate his actions against the Assassin Dynasty and made some changes to his plans.

Zhou Qing vaguely sensed that the Ziwei Star Region had a strange attraction for him. The source of this attraction was unknown, but it deeply affected his heart and made him anxious about the arrangements for the Assassin Dynasty.

It was an inexplicable attraction, but Zhou Qing could sense that if he wanted to truly sever his Dao, it was a place he absolutely could not miss.

This feeling was somewhat familiar to him, exactly the same as the feeling he had when he was blocked on his path to advancement by his understanding of fate before breaking through to the fourth level.

This feeling came from a mysterious intuition. In the past, he really didn't understand where this intuition came from, but now that his understanding of fate is becoming more and more profound, the source of this intuition is no longer a secret in his eyes.

"Gate of Destiny, what are you doing all this for?" Zhou Qing murmured to himself, as if he were talking to the Gate of Destiny.

But as always, the Gate of Destiny did not respond, sitting quietly in the depths of the Chaotic Sea, rising and falling, emanating a supreme rhythm of fate every moment.

Over the years, he has occasionally tried to communicate with the Gate of Destiny, but there has never been a response. It is like a mere object; without human control, it cannot exert any power.

But as his understanding of destiny deepened, he gradually realized that the inexplicable constraints he had experienced before breaking through the Four Extremes were the work of the Gate of Destiny.

It floated quietly, seemingly without any movement, but whenever Zhou Qing encountered a crucial point in his cultivation, the Gate of Destiny would suddenly reveal its presence.

If the Gate of Destiny hadn't forcibly restricted his breakthrough in the Four Extremes back then, perhaps his strongest Dao now wouldn't be the Dao of Destiny, but rather the Dao of the Sun.

And now, the Gate of Fate has once again stirred a premonition in his intuition, as if in some...

It constantly influenced him in a major direction, leading him to embark on that path.

"I don't believe you don't have gods. I don't believe these are natural reactions of the rules. Perhaps the reason you're not responding now is because my cultivation is too low to warrant a response?" Zhou Qing muttered to himself, speculating on the possibilities.

"The Gate of Destiny, ah, could it really be connected to the supreme gate I've imagined?"

Zhou Qing stood up, left the altar, landed on the ground, and walked step by step towards the outside of the palace.

"And then there's the Pure Land of the Gods. Back when we were at the Four Extremes, I felt that the name and the spatial form were somewhat familiar. The three changes that followed were also becoming more and more familiar. If the fourth change after the Dao-Severing is indeed what I'm thinking, then it will be another unsolved mystery," Zhou Qing said with a light laugh.

"Da da"

His footsteps carried a terrifying rhythm, with a "Dao" flowing beneath his feet. He was one with the Dao, and every move he made could influence the Great Dao. Even in his ordinary state, the Dao flowed around him.

After leaving the palace, he soared into the air, and in an instant, it was as if he had passed through nothingness and crossed the sun and moon. His speed reached its limit, and he arrived at the family's domain gate island in an instant.

There are hundreds of fixed domain gates of varying sizes here, connecting to Zhou family strongholds in the outside world.

He skillfully approached a domain gate and said calmly, "Open the domain gate."

"Yes!" the two guards in front of the domain gate shouted, immediately activating the domain gate.

Beams of divine light flashed and spread along the lines to the center of the large jade platform, eventually opening a pitch-black domain gate.

After Zhou Qing stepped into it, he immediately arrived in Zhongzhou.

"Zhou Qing, you're here again?" The person in charge of the outpost was quite surprised to see Zhou Qing again after arriving here, and then walked to the side again.

Before long, Zhou Qing arrived in the capital of Shenzhou and entered the Wangyu Tower.

Wangyulou, the most famous teahouse in the capital of China, is a teahouse whose owner is unknown.

However, this teahouse has grown bigger and bigger over the years without being targeted by anyone. Everyone in the capital knows that the person in charge behind the teahouse must be an extremely powerful force, otherwise how could it have developed so safely to this day?

There are all sorts of rumors circulating in the capital about who controls the Wangyu Tower.

Some rumors are very convincing, while others are obviously false, but many people still believe those that are clearly false.

One of the most talked-about rumors is that the owner behind Wangyu Tower is the most stunning and peerless genius of the current Divine Continent Dynasty—Princess Qingling!

The reason for this speculation is that Princess Qingling has indeed appeared here several times, and it is precisely these appearances that have made the business here increasingly popular.

Princess Qingling is not only the most beautiful woman in Zhongzhou, but can also be called the most divine woman in Zhongzhou!

It is said that even the Prince of Shenli of the Jiuli Dynasty, who was named after a god and on whom boundless hopes were placed, once praised Princess Qingling's profound cultivation with deep emotion.

As a result, the business at Wangyu Tower became increasingly booming. Countless talented individuals from across the dynasty flocked there, hoping to catch a glimpse of her beauty, but none ever encountered her.

However, it seems as if Princess Qingling has no connection whatsoever with this teahouse.

These talented individuals were about to give up when, one day, Princess Yueling of the Jiuli Dynasty, known as the second most beautiful woman in the Central Plains, arrived.

According to rumors circulating in Jiuli, the people of Shenzhou heard that Princess Yueling was very dissatisfied after hearing her brother's evaluation.

But Prince Shenli insisted on saying things like, "You are indeed much worse than her," and "I'm just telling the truth, I didn't say anything wrong."

So, in a fit of anger, Princess Yueling came to the capital of Shenzhou, intending to compete with Princess Qingling.

However, in the end, the world did not see this much-anticipated meeting. Princess Yueling waited for several days at Wangyu Tower but did not see Princess Qingling. In the end, she left.

Even so, Wangyu Tower became even more popular. The four immortal dynasties, the various schools of thought in the Central Plains, and all sorts of talented individuals came with their own agendas, only to leave one by one with a sigh. This added an incredibly strong legendary aura to Princess Qingling.

At this moment, Zhou Qing walked into Wangyu Tower, immediately attracting the attention of everyone inside.

Due to the laws of space, although the Wangyu Tower does not appear large from the outside, its interior space is actually large enough to accommodate many people.

No one here is weak; the weakest is at the fifth level of the Dao Palace, and the strongest are already experts at the Dragon Transformation Realm or even the Immortal Platform Secret Realm.

"Brother, this person looks quite powerful. Is he a ruler-level figure?"

Beside a table, a young man with a striking appearance, a commanding presence, and sharp eyes spoke in a low voice.

Beside him stood a tall man, like a golden wall, radiating an intimidating pressure. He remained motionless, his eyes sharp as blades, fixed on Zhou Qing.

Suddenly, light surged around him like a tide, its golden radiance as intense as a burning sun.

"Brother, why did you suddenly manifest this strange phenomenon? Now everyone is looking at us." The young man asked in surprise, not knowing how his brother had automatically manifested this unusual physical phenomenon.

“My Sun King constitution is out of control. That person’s Sun Dao is extremely strong, ridiculously strong, to a point that I can’t even begin to grasp, which is why it triggered my constitution to react.”