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

After an unknown amount of time, everything became unusually quiet. All the waves and whirlpools disappeared without a trace, and soon a bright light appeared before our eyes, making the whole world clear.

"Huh? Is this really still the bottom of the river? Have we entered another dimension?" Xiaoyu asked suspiciously.

Before them stretched an endless expanse of reddish-brown land, devoid of any water, utterly empty and silent, like a plain.

"This must indeed be another space. I never imagined there was such a magical place beneath the Falling Star River," Zhou Qing exclaimed in amazement.

After traveling for more than ten miles, they suddenly heard a dragon's roar, and a large blue dragon coiled up and swooped down towards them.

The group stopped in their tracks. They all recognized that this was not a real dragon, but rather a manifestation of dragon energy.

"This place is indeed extraordinary. Could there be a great dragon vein here?" Zhou Qing guessed.

At the same time, he struck out with his palm and gently pressed forward, causing the endless Origin Heaven patterns to appear and the great dragon to recede.

They continued walking forward, and the further they went, the more delighted Zhou Qing became.

"The terrain here does indeed resemble that of a true dragon vein. Conservatively speaking, there is a major dragon vein hidden here!"

After traveling several dozen miles further, wisps of yang energy began to rise from the ground, intense and full of vitality.

At the same time, all sorts of rare and exotic treasures related to dragons began to appear.

First is the dragon fruit. They are only a little over a foot tall, and each plant bears a single fruit, which is about half a foot long. It is golden and crystal clear, shaped like a real dragon, and is quite extraordinary.

There's also dragon's blood grass, mostly deep red, very unassuming, lacking any dazzling luster, but this stuff can be used...

Improving physical fitness can be used to enhance strength.

There are also dragon-shaped flowers, dragon-shaped trees, and so on, swaying with divine light and exuding a rich fragrance, as if a world of dragons has been formed here.

Finally, the group spotted a dragon's nest!

“I understand now. All the essence of the Falling Star River, which stretches for hundreds of thousands of miles, has been used to nourish this dragon's nest!” Zhou Qing said.

There, ethereal mist filled the air, and a dark nest occasionally emitted golden light, transforming into a golden dragon that coiled and appeared among the dragon's lair, exuding an ancient aura.

"Will there really be a dragon egg inside? Will it be born after countless calamities?" Dao Qingling asked doubtfully.

Instead of acting rashly, the group circled the dragon's nest once. Then Zhou Qing performed another calculation, this time even using the method of returning to the origin.

A moment later, he opened his eyes, shooting out two dazzling divine rays, and said, "I understand now. There are no true dragon eggs here, only an immortal divine herb that once took root here!"

This time, upon arriving at the dragon's nest, Zhou Qing finally understood what this place was.

This place isn't exactly mysterious, and it's not as grand as the Myriad Dragon Nest in the Big Dipper. It's a place similar to Tang Valley, used to nourish the immortal elixir of the true dragons that once took root here.

This place can absorb the essence of mountains and rivers, and the spirit of the falling stars and rivers, to nourish this little dragon's nest, and then nourish the true dragon's elixir of immortality here.

The True Dragon Elixir of Immortality was born in the Ziwei Star Region, just like the Fusang Divine Tree, but no one in the world has ever seen it.

Now Zhou Qing knows that before the True Dragon Immortal Elixir followed the Ruthless Great Emperor, it was staying in Ziwei, and it is 100% certain that it was in another space at the bottom of the Falling Star River.

"Then there won't be any opportunities inside this dragon's nest. We can only take some source dragon fruits and dragon blood grass from the outside," Xiaoyu said.

Zhou Qing shook his head and said with a smile, "The Ruthless Great Emperor didn't take this dragon's nest because its level is indeed not high and it's useless to her, but for us, it's enough to allow us to undergo a transformation!"

"Moreover, the most important thing for me is that through the great dragon here, I should be able to break through to the Origin Master realm. This realm is too difficult. If I hadn't found this great dragon, it would have taken me more than ten or twenty years to break through that level."

To break through to the Origin Master level, one needs to collect tens of thousands of fragments of laws contained within dragon veins.

To break through to the Source Celestial Master level, you don't need that many dragon veins; you only need one dragon vein containing laws. However, the quality requirements for this dragon vein are extremely high; one dragon vein must be equivalent to tens of thousands of ordinary dragon veins.

Such dragon veins are hard to find, and even if you do find them, they are often not pure. They have already been manipulated by predecessors, so they cannot be used to improve your Origin Technique level.

However, even without a dragon vein, one can still become a Source Master, but the process will be as slow as a snail. It's possible that only when one's cultivation breaks through to the level of a Saint or even a Saint King can their Source Techniques go from infinitely approaching the level of a Source Master to truly breaking through to the level of a Source Master.

In the original novel, Ye Fan was already incredibly close to becoming a Source Master when he was at the same level of power as him, but he was stuck at that very edge, only truly breaking through at the seventh or eighth level of Sainthood.

Therefore, Zhou Qing always joked that his talent in Origin Arts was really not that good; if it were someone from a later generation surnamed Chu...

That means that before even completing the Path of Severing the Dao, the Source Technique has already broken through to the Source Celestial Master level, and without even needing the Great Dragon's help. This is the true cultivation aptitude of the End of the Path level.

"Don't pick those exotic flowers and plants outside yet. They're meant to help us transform," Zhou Qing instructed. The two nodded to indicate that they understood.

Then Zhou Qing took action. He wanted to try to transform this dragon's nest into a place of transformation, not only in terms of source techniques, but also in terms of life level. He wanted to gather the essence of the dragon's nest, seize the fortune within, and try to break through to the Great Completion King realm here.

As a source master, he naturally knew how to utilize mountains and terrain, but ordinary mountains and terrain were not on the same level as a true dragon's lair of this caliber, making arrangements and deployments here extremely difficult.

Even the Origin Book has great limitations. If there were an Origin Scripture written by the Origin Emperor, it would definitely be of a much higher level than the Origin Book and would have a complete method for utilizing this terrain.

But now Zhou Qing can only rely on the few words in the Source Book and ninety percent of his own understanding to make arrangements.

He threw out piece after piece of divine source, each piece densely covered with source heaven patterns, containing infinite mysteries. Once it exploded, everything within a hundred miles would be reduced to ashes.

Each of these divine sources is the size of a human head, worth 500,000 catties of pure source, and its divine light soars into the sky, like a sun suspended in the void, never to fall.

Hundreds of divine sources are distributed around the dragon's nest, vaguely forming a celestial net, and these are the nodes of this celestial net.

Then, Zhou Qing walked around, and streaks of Origin Heaven patterns spread out from his feet, like twinkling star fields, connecting pieces of divine source to form an extremely luxurious Origin Heaven Divine Array.

This Origin God Array is extremely expensive to build. Most major sects might not even be able to produce this amount of divine source. Even for Zhou Qing, this amount of divine source is a huge financial drain.

Each piece of divine source was engraved with densely packed source patterns, representing the pinnacle of his source arts lineage. Each piece was extremely difficult to create, and now he had taken out seventy or eighty percent of them all at once, just to set up this earth-shattering Nirvana Ground.

This arrangement took three months. He repeatedly considered and revised it, and in the process, he wasted more than a dozen pieces of divine source, which made him very distressed. He then replenished them from his remaining inventory.

boom!

On this day, beneath the Falling Star River, the world was turned upside down, the weather was ever-changing, dragons roared and the sounds of the Dao resounded, and all the surrounding mountains and rivers were transformed as a result, leaving countless people in awe.

The essence of the entire Falling Star River vanished instantly; the river, stretching for hundreds of thousands of miles, was devoid of any stellar power, gathering towards the depths of the riverbed.

At this point, the dragon's nest has been completely transformed into a rebirth dragon's lair, allowing it to achieve super evolution!

By utilizing the unique terrain and constructing a special field, cultivating with the help of mountains and rivers and absorbing their essence, this approach will definitely help him climb another small step, and incidentally, it will also elevate the realm of the Origin Technique lineage.

At this moment, a dramatic change had already occurred near the dragon's nest. Endless dragon energy surged around like a tidal wave, and the essence of heaven and earth fluctuated violently.

boom!

The heavens and earth trembled violently, and all things revived. The dragon's nest seemed to have transformed into an eternal divine furnace, where all kinds of source dragon fruits, dragon blood grass, flowers, and trees burst forth with dazzling light and rain, gathering endless essence and becoming incomparably sacred.

Crimson clouds dotted the sky, white mist churned, and golden light surged as multicolored energy converged towards the dark, shadowy nest.

At this moment, Zhou Qing also called the two of them, and together they entered the small dragon's nest.

The absence of a chaotic sea within the small dragon's nest is proof that its level is not high enough. However, the interior of the small dragon's nest is currently extremely magnificent, with light rain falling down and Daoist sounds booming, gathering all the creations of the surrounding area.

As soon as he entered this place, energy surged into his body, which he guided to break through the gate of potential, and his strength continued to grow.

Chapter 221 He Became a Half-Saint While Cultivating

The essence here is incredibly concentrated: the power of stars spanning hundreds of thousands of miles, the power of creation contained within the dragon's nest terrain, the essence of rare treasures from heaven and earth such as the outer source dragon fruit and dragon blood grass, and the source power contained within the divine sources used to set up the array—all these elements converge to form a Nirvana power that allows one to undergo super evolution.

In just a moment, the surging energy slowly intertwined around the three of them, condensing into threads that gradually transformed into the shape of a cocoon.

Everything was within Zhou Qing's expectations, developing according to his deductions. The power of Nirvana spread, the power of creation permeated, vibrant life surged, and endless energy surged.

"Be mindful of your own capabilities. Don't let a sudden surge in strength go to your head. Always act within your limits," Zhou Qing cautioned.

At the same time, he unleashed his Gate of Chaos, sending down waves of chaotic primordial energy, like a silver river cascading down three thousand feet, engulfing the interior of the dragon's nest.

Since there was no Chaos Sea in the Dragon's Nest, he created one himself.

Normally, chaotic energy is difficult to utilize. It is easy to use it to refine artifacts; simply add it to a magic weapon to greatly enhance its power. However, to use chaotic energy to refine one's body, one needs to reach the Saint Realm.

However, now that he has arranged this dragon's nest, even if they are not at the Saint Realm, they can use the Origin Heaven Divine Array to temper themselves with strands of chaotic energy. Even if they can only use a small portion, they can undergo a drastic transformation.

Then, as the cocoon fully formed, he focused his consciousness into his body, paying attention to the opening of doors within.

Many days passed in a flash, the Daoist sound never ceased, every door in his body resonated, one door after another was opened, and one potential after another was released.

The discovery of treasures such as gods born from blood, planes formed from bones, and the creation of the Dao with a single thought, gradually increased his combat power.

In just four or five days, he broke through the ninth small step with this extremely strong Nirvana power. However, the reality was not as he had expected, and he did not directly break through to the half-saint level.

Because he realized that his sacred barrier seemed to be too strong, far exceeding that of ordinary people, and so solid that it was unimaginably difficult to break.

This didn't worry him; instead, it made him smile. The barrier to the Holy Domain was strong, and once he broke through, he certainly wouldn't be just an ordinary person.

He continued his rebirth within the cocoon. At this point, he could be considered a great master. What he needed to do next had nothing to do with accumulating energy; he needed to generate the laws of sainthood within his body.

This step is very difficult. Ninety-nine percent of those who attempt to break through the Dao will fail at this hurdle. It's a minor matter if they fail to generate the laws of a sage. If their own Dao is flawed or wrong during the generation process, they will face serious problems the moment the laws are constructed, and their Dao may collapse!

The path to sainthood is too difficult. Even becoming a half-saint is not easy, especially in today's world, where sainthood is a legendary existence.

Zhou Qing was immersed in the Great Dao, his mind was clear and empty, and his body and primordial spirit were glowing. He was comprehending the Dao, sublimating, breaking the shackles of his physical body, and becoming stronger and stronger.

The Dao principles emanating from the gate within his body were originally quite ordinary, but now they are gradually sublimating, becoming increasingly terrifying.

An aura of power emanated from him; it was the majesty of a saint.

In the past few days, the Dragon Fruit, Dragon Blood Grass, and other rare flowers and trees have been growing wildly, reaching their peak of glory and splendor, before beginning to wither, with all their essence flowing into the Dragon Nest.

This continued for several more days, and then everything gradually began to subside.

The crimson glow turned into scattered specks, the white mist thinned, the golden light disappeared, and the energy began to dry up.

The transformation actually took less than ten days, yet it gave the individuals a tremendous boost in their life level.

All the brilliance in the dragon's nest dimmed, the many rare treasures that had grown around it withered, and the star power of the Falling Star River could no longer be felt from the river.

Zhou Qing utilized this blessed land to its fullest extent, unleashing the opportunities near the Dragon's Nest and the essence of all the mountains and rivers in the outside world within just a few days, and using them to elevate the life levels of the group.

boom!

The cocoon containing Zhou Qing was broken open, and a figure radiant with countless rays of light emerged from it.

On the spot, a piece of remains cracked in the wind, suddenly shattering like a cocoon, burning fiercely, and then turning into ashes.

At this moment, Zhou Qing's physical body emitted a dazzling light, and a holy aura appeared intermittently. In just a few days, with the help of the super terrain of the Dragon Nest, he completed a super transformation and advanced to the level of a half-saint.

His primordial spirit was also releasing immortal divinity, which even affected his physical body. Immortal light surged around him like the tide, and a huge divine power flowed around him. After a moment, all the light was withdrawn by him.

Having reached this point, there's no need to rush to advance to the Saint Realm. As a Half-Saint, he already possesses the power to fight even against an Ancient Ancestral King in the Saint Realm. He can begin to slowly accumulate his foundation.

For example, the fragments of the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill left by the Holy Emperor can now be slowly consumed; the drop of essence blood left by the Undying Emperor in the Holy Emperor's coffin can now be slowly absorbed; and some Dao and Dharma can now be slowly pondered in one's own scriptures.

Besides, many things that Ziwei had wanted to do but were unsure about can now be gradually carried out. Once these things are completed, the journey to Ziwei Star will be a great success, and it will be time to return to Beidou.

boom! boom!

The other two cocoons were broken open, and their auras became much stronger. However, Dao Qingling still had not broken through her realm. She only had a deeper foundation, with a cultivation level of about two or three levels of the Dao-Severing Realm. This level would only be truly revealed after she severed her Dao.

However, it is foreseeable that there is no hope of severing one's path in the short term; it requires the right opportunity and, more importantly, the determination of one's own path.