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

Zhou Qing pondered the future as he walked through the many mountains.

Finally, he arrived at his destination. Before him stood a majestic mountain with more than a dozen verdant sacred trees.

Chapter 55 Strange Array Patterns, A Holy Spirit

Zhou Qing reached out and plucked several jade-like fruits into his hand.

The fruit is about the size of a fist, crystal clear, and has a wonderfully fragrant aroma.

Zhou Qing took a breath, and immediately all the pores on his body opened up, making him feel refreshed.

It was as if they had received the most sacred baptism and were about to ascend to heaven.

"I wonder what kind of fruit this is. I hope it's not beautiful on the surface but poisonous inside," Zhou Qing muttered to himself.

It wasn't that he was overthinking it; he genuinely didn't recognize the fruit.

Like the Netherworld Grass that grows by the Yellow Springs, don't be fooled by its terrible negative effects. Eating it will turn your body into a rotting corpse, making you half-dead and like a living dead.

However, the appearance and fragrance of the Ghost Grass make it impossible to associate it with its toxicity.

"Let's accept it for now. If we return to our clan, we're sure we can find some records of it in ancient books."

Zhou Qing then wandered around the mountains. Whenever he saw a verdant divine tree, he used his magic to collect its fruit. He could only use his magic while standing on the ground; if he flew into the air, he would immediately fall down.

Before he knew it, it was dusk. He had picked all the fruit, more than a hundred pieces, which would add up to more than five thousand years to his lifespan.

However, while this is true in theory, in practice it depends on the individual's condition.

Having too high a cultivation level, having consumed too many longevity-enhancing spiritual items, or having Dao injuries can all reduce the effectiveness of this fruit.

This celestial land is incredibly beautiful, with auspicious clouds occasionally rising from the ground. However, after dusk, the sky and earth turn a dark yellow, extremely gloomy scene.

"Where did the sun come from? Where did the moon come from?"

At this moment, looking at the setting sun on one side of the small world and the rising moon on the other, Zhou Qing fell into deep thought.

"How can sunlight be seen in this small world deep within the endless void? Is there something wrong with this world?"

Zhou Qing was very puzzled. The void was still dark and cold, but the light of the sun and moon reappeared in this world.

"It's really puzzling."

As Zhou Qing spoke, he randomly chose a direction and walked down.

In this world, apart from Zhou Qing, there is not a single living creature to be seen. The hustle and bustle of the world is gone, and only solitude remains.

Zhou Qing has no fixed goal and can only act passively, unaware of the destination.

As darkness fell, a bright, clear moon hung in the sky, its radiance like moonlight spilling down like water.

Suddenly, Zhou Qing discovered something strange.

"What is that place?"

To his due east, divine light, like water, flowed down along tens of thousands of inexplicable paths.

It was as if ten thousand galaxies were flowing backwards, surging into an unknown place, something extraordinary and miraculous.

Zhou Qing immediately changed direction and strode forward due east.

Here, spiritual energy flows like water, and one can often witness the formation of various sources, some ordinary and others exotic.

They formed small puddles, surrounded by colorful clouds, bursting with vitality.

While this level of source fluid cannot seal anything, there are often many already formed source blocks nearby.

Many medicinal herbs will also grow nearby.

Along the way, just by picking up these ubiquitous sources, Zhou Qing has already amassed a collection of various sources comparable to hundreds of thousands of pure sources.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Zhou Qing was getting closer and closer to the area where the moonlight seemed to flow like the Milky Way pouring down.

"Hmm? I feel that some of the techniques are similar to some of the methods in the Origin Heaven Book."

Zhou Qing looked at the myriad inexplicable trajectories, where moonlight flowed. Instead of falling directly, it meandered and coiled in the air, forming a strange array that seemed to attract some special energy.

"Divine Source Liquid!"

As Zhou Qing walked, he scanned his surroundings and suddenly spotted a small spring in the distance.

The small spring is only a meter in diameter, yet it exudes an extremely dazzling divine light, illuminating the area with brilliance.

It seems to be the purest and most primal essence of heaven and earth, making people want to get close to it.

Zhou Qing was very familiar with this feeling, because it was a characteristic of the Divine Source.

Zhou Qing took out a white jade gourd, a special kind of jade artifact. It had been sealed with dozens of layers of seals by a powerful member of the Zhou family using complex secret techniques, specifically for storing these extremely precious and difficult-to-preserve items.

Zhou Qing carefully put the Divine Source Liquid inside, afraid that it might suddenly solidify during the process.

"With this divine source liquid, the family's ancestor can be born once more, and some ancestors can even exchange it for something better to seal away."

Zhou Qing was also pleasantly surprised when he saw the divine source liquid.

For many cultivators in the world, "foundation" is a mysterious and strange term. Everyone knows that the major holy lands have terrifying foundations, but few know what they represent.

To some uninformed independent cultivators, a deep accumulation of knowledge, a long-lasting fortune, a long-standing tradition, and unfathomable depth are what constitute the "foundation" of a powerful force.

However, in reality, while some of the so-called foundation consists of things like sacred weapons and one-time-use killing machines from the past, the true foundation used to suppress forces is actually made up of ancestors who, for various reasons, have self-proclaimed divine sources.

However, this self-proclaimed status can be divided into two situations.

One method is to use divine source liquid to self-seal, thus forming a complete divine source that can achieve "immortality" to the greatest extent.

Such a profound foundation will not die even when exposed to light; it's as if they've taken a nap, and after being reborn, they are no different from normal people.

Another method, since divine source liquid cannot be found, is to use a bunch of already formed divine sources pieced together, supplemented by Dao patterns, to slow down the loss of life essence and reduce the body's consumption to the minimum.

However, the second method has a major problem. The self-sealing foundation obtained in this way is not only far less effective at sealing life essence than the first method, but also has the characteristic of being certain to die upon exposure to light.

If one remains sealed within a pool of divine sources, it will be fine. However, once one emerges from the world, one will suffer an inexplicable but massive loss of lifespan. Regardless of how much lifespan one had before sealing oneself, even if one is in one's prime, one will immediately pass away shortly after emerging from the world.

"After the Great Sage Ancestor resealed himself last time, the clan's reserves of divine source liquid were already stretched thin. If I can bring these back now, it will surely bring great benefits to the clan."

Moreover, such

The Chaotic Immortal Land certainly contains more than just this much Divine Source Liquid; there must be even larger pools of it. If we could find some extremely precious longevity-promoting spiritual items, then the Great Sage Ancestor would have hope of living forever without having to constantly seal himself within his Divine Source.

"It's not that the clan doesn't have a king of herbs, but unfortunately, our ancestor has already consumed several of them. Continuing to consume them would greatly reduce their effectiveness, so our ancestor was unwilling to waste the clan's resources and refused to continue consuming them."

Thinking of this, Zhou Qing couldn't help but sigh.

If we can find even more precious longevity-extending spiritual items, along with a sufficient supply of divine essence liquid, we can persuade the ancestor to reappear for a period of time.

When the time comes, if there is a Great Sage in the clan who wields a Quasi-Emperor Weapon, it will bring some sense of security to the clan after the emergence of the myriad races of the Primordial Era.

Otherwise, it would be like having a guillotine hanging over your head, with the constant threat of annihilation, making those days extremely difficult.

Although Zhou Qing doesn't know when he can leave this place, he is still thinking about what to do after he returns, because he believes that he will eventually find a way out of this immortal land and will not be trapped for life.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Zhou Qing got closer and closer to that strange area.

He discovered that not only was the moonlight, as clear as water in the sky, forming a great array, but it was also producing a peculiar product that seemed to contain the essence of the Dao and condense the laws of heaven and earth.

Even on the ground, golden patterns shimmered. These patterns were so mysterious that Zhou Qing couldn't even determine their level.

All he knew was that the array patterns set up by the powerful figures in the clan were like fireflies compared to the moon, or even greater than that – an unimaginable gap.

"Could it be that there are unimaginable beings in this chaotic immortal land?" Zhou Qing was startled by his own thought.

But it's no wonder he thought that way, because these array patterns could not possibly have been formed naturally; they must have been laid out by a supreme master himself.

"A miniature king of herbs!"

Suddenly, Zhou Qing saw an ancient herb with seven leaves, each leaf a different color, totaling seven colors. It was crystal clear, fragrant and intoxicating. He casually picked it off and sealed it in a special jade artifact.

Along the way, Zhou Qing had already obtained countless spiritual herbs that were over ten thousand years old, and he had even seen ancient herbs that were thirty or forty thousand years old, but this was the first time he had seen such a king among herbs.

A 50,000-year-old ancient medicine can be called the king of medicines. It can be used to refine all kinds of peerless elixirs. The Zhou family has many ancient and wonderful formulas, which require main ingredients of this age.

“The closer we get to that place, the more precious the spiritual objects we encounter will be,” Zhou Qing said, frowning.

It was a fact that as he got closer to that area, the things he saw became increasingly rare, which gave him a bad feeling.

"Hopefully, nothing too serious will happen."

He was about to truly arrive there, and he could only hope that no crisis would arise. Even if he left, what difference would it make? As long as he remained in this small world, he would ultimately be unable to escape it.

As he walked further and further away, the moon was full in the sky. Zhou Qing felt as if he had entered a peerless spiritual land, filled with the aura of the Dao, as if it were a place where heaven and earth met.

After parting a thick vine, Zhou Qing saw the true scene behind it, which left him speechless with astonishment.

There is a dark abyss here, but it seems that all the essence of heaven and earth has gathered here.

The array patterns in the sky gather the moonlight, producing a divine essence that converges within them.

The array patterns on the ground gather all the essence of the entire Chaotic Immortal Land and guide it to this area, making the spiritual creatures that grow closer to this area more precious.

Zhou Qing walked to the edge of the abyss, opened his divine eyes, and shot out two beams of light, trying to see what was inside.

"Is this... a Holy Spirit?"

Zhou Qing was startled and backed away repeatedly.

Chapter 56 Nine Apertures Spirit-Opening Divine Liquid, Super Strong Foundation Establishment

Zhou Qing was about to leave, but then he changed his mind.

"Wait a minute, if this really is the Holy Spirit, how could I still be alive? And I didn't see any other minor Holy Spirits either. Could I have made a mistake?"

In this critical moment, Zhou Qing's mind raced, and he immediately thought of this.

He carefully returned to the edge of the abyss and opened his divine eyes again to look into it.

In the air above the abyss, a nine-aperture stone figure formed from phoenix blood and crimson gold floated.

Crimson red like phoenix blood, exquisitely beautiful, naturally bearing divine phoenix patterns, shining brilliantly.

Endless essence of heaven and earth gathered around him, almost condensing into liquid to form a lake, displaying five-colored radiance.

Zhou Qing carefully examined the stone figure, which was about one meter tall, with a body as red as a ruby ​​and radiating dazzling light.

"He seems unconscious?"