Immortal Refiner

Accompanied by a cry of surprise, a pure white phantom swiftly floated out of Li Qing's body.

This vengeful spirit was a woman with hair reaching her feet. Although she appeared translucent and ethereal, her beauty was exceptional. She looked less like a vengeful spirit and more like a celestial being.

She looked at Li Qing with a mixture of surprise and suspicion, scrutinizing him carefully before murmuring:

“I never imagined that after so many years, the successor of the Demon Lord would reappear in the world.”

Only then did the pure white color in Li Qing's pupils gradually fade, returning to their black hue. The cyanotic tinge on his face also quickly subsided.

The chilling sensation still lingered within his body, but it was much better than the feeling of losing himself completely just moments ago.

Regaining his senses, Li Qing struggled to stand up. He looked at the beautiful female vengeful spirit before him with apprehension and asked:

“Who exactly are you, and what is this 'successor of the Demon Lord'?”

At this point, Li Qing realized that his survival was likely due to this so-called Demon Lord's successor identity.

The female vengeful spirit covered her mouth and chuckled softly, “Hehe, I am a true immortal disciple under Jade Purity Immortal Lord. It seems you are unaware of your own destiny.”

“Your ability to increase lifespan through refining treasures, and your chaotic, illusory destiny burdened with the rise and fall of an entire minor world… Did you think these were gifts bestowed upon you by the Heavenly Dao?”

Upon hearing this, Li Qing's pupils abruptly constricted. His greatest secret had been so easily revealed by the other party, leaving him in disbelief.

At this moment, he felt as if he were completely exposed before this woman, as if she could see right through him.

Instantly, a chilling killing intent arose in his heart, but knowing he was no match for her, Li Qing had no choice but to suppress it deeply.

“Such heavy baleful aura. The successor of the Demon Lord is indeed just like the Demon Lord. I spared your life just now, yet not only are you ungrateful, but you even harbor ill intentions towards me.”

The female vengeful spirit sat down in the air, crossing her slender legs, her expression not angry at all, but rather one of intrigued amusement.

Realizing that his inner thoughts had been seen through again, Li Qing's heart sank. He knew that the other party must possess a mind-reading technique similar to telepathy. Any intense emotional fluctuations within him would be perceived by her.

With this in mind, Li Qing quickly calmed his startled emotions and asked with a calm expression, “Is Your Excellency from the Immortal Realm? Why have you fallen to such a state?”

A true immortal disciple under Jade Purity Immortal Lord… judging from her words, she should have been at least a true immortal in life.

Yet, no matter how he looked at her, she didn't seem to possess the bearing of a true immortal at all.

“I haven’t had a proper conversation with anyone in who knows how many years. You are the successor of the Demon Lord, so you are qualified to keep me company.”

As she spoke, the female immortal subconsciously hooked a strand of blue hair behind her ear, but her fingertip passed right through it.

For a moment, a look of reminiscence appeared on her exquisite face, and she said slowly, “It’s a long story, this immortal was banished to the mortal realm…”

Li Qing didn't want to listen to a long story. At this moment, he was most curious about matters related to the Demon Lord.

“Alright, can you tell me who the Demon Lord is? Why did you immediately recognize me as his successor?”

Being interrupted, the female immortal's expression stiffened slightly, then she raised her eyebrows dangerously and said unkindly:

“Successor of the Demon Lord, you have quite the personality, daring to interrupt me!”

With that, she pointed a finger, and a surge of Tai Yin energy shot out, instantly sealing Li Qing's mouth.

“I remember it was a grand Immortal Peach Banquet. Immortal Lords from all over the Immortal Realm were invited, and even the Dao Ancestor sent an incarnation to personally attend the Immortal Palace.”

“At that time, I was still young and curious about the grandeur of the Immortal Peach Banquet. Unable to restrain myself, I ran to the outside of the Immortal Palace to peek.”

“But at that time, the Immortal Lord entrusted me with a task, which was to guard his furnace of immortal pills that had been refined for three thousand years.”

“Who would have thought that the furnace of immortal pills hadn't shown any signs of activity for thousands of years, but it just so happened that it was completed in the short time I left.”

“When the pills were completed, the golden light pierced through the dome of the Golden Cauldron Hall, and the entire Immortal Palace sensed this movement.”

“Upon seeing this, the Jade Purity Immortal Lord revealed an extremely delighted expression, and at the banquet, he told the other Immortal Lords how mystical his furnace of immortal pills was, what precious immortal herbs he had used, and that it took a full three thousand years to refine.”

“Just as the Jade Purity Immortal Lord was about to take the other Immortal Lords to view this furnace of Nine Revolution Immortal Pills, who would have thought that one of the immortal pills would give birth to intelligence, not only devouring the other immortal pills, but also escaping.”

“Therefore, this immortal was stripped of her cultivation and only left a remnant soul in this Immortal Imprisonment Hall to be punished.”

“Later, I don’t know what happened, but the Immortal Imprisonment Hall fell to the mortal world. Time has passed for hundreds of thousands of years, and my remnant soul has been completely obliterated. Now, only a remnant thought remains.”

Hearing this, she released the seal on Li Qing's mouth, allowing him to speak freely.

Li Qing was naturally very interested in these anecdotes of the Immortal Realm, but he was still most concerned about matters related to the Demon Lord, so he couldn't help but ask.

However, the female immortal was unwilling. She put on airs and said:

“Why should this old immortal tell you these things?”

Upon hearing this, Li Qing didn't know how to answer.

He thought for a moment, then said, “Just now, the immortal said that this place is the Immortal Imprisonment Hall. Could it be that this Xuan Tian Divine Hall is really a treasure from the Immortal Realm?”

Speaking of this, the female immortal remnant thought seemed to realize something.

She suddenly sneered and raised her head with an unkind expression.

“Hmph, this broken hall is still plotting against this old immortal. If I really seize your body, even if I return to the Immortal Realm in the future, I'm afraid I will be chased and killed to death by countless true immortals.”

“The identity of the Demon Lord's successor is really not that easy to bear.”

After saying that, she waved her hand, and the light gate in this graveyard space suddenly appeared.

“Alright, you can leave now. I will wait for the next destined person to come in.”

As she spoke, this woman pushed out a palm, and Li Qing's figure involuntarily moved, directly falling towards the suddenly appearing light gate.

Li Qing was filled with confusion. What did she mean by being chased and killed to death by countless true immortals? She didn't finish her sentence, wasn't she just whetting his appetite?

Just as he approached the light gate, a large segment of transmitted sound fell into his mind.

“The Demon Lord was once a powerful immortal close to the Dao Ancestor realm. Later, he committed some serious crime and completely disappeared without a trace. No one knows his whereabouts, or even whether he is dead or alive.”

"The only thing known is that the Demon Lord left behind a contingency plan, actually sending his inheritance into the myriad realms."

"Some obtained his alchemy, some his formations, some his talisman techniques. Like you, you obtained his weapon refinement techniques. The number of those who obtained his inheritance is countless, once causing great chaos in the Immortal Realm."

"In the end, under the Immortal Palace's purge, all inheritors of the Demon Lord were placed on a kill list. The Immortal Palace even issued Immortal Decrees to spiritual realms everywhere, stating that anyone who killed a descendant of the Demon Lord would receive a share of Immortal fortune."

"Since then, the storm surrounding the Demon Lord's inheritors has completely subsided."

"And your fate is one of chaotic nothingness, bearing a world on your back, and capable of increasing your lifespan through weapon refinement. This undoubtedly makes you an inheritor of the Demon Lord!"

"Remember, conceal your identity and do not let anyone know who you are!"

"The Demon Lord's inheritance is not only a gift but also a curse that cannot be shaken off."

The voice stopped there. Li Qing, who had fallen into the light gate, felt a roaring in his mind, somewhat dizzy from the impact of this massive amount of information.

Bang!

The next moment, he plunged into a vast ocean, the water instantly submerging his head.

This sea water was very peculiar. After Li Qing fell into it, he couldn't swim at all and could only let it pull him into the seabed.

He tried to struggle, but he couldn't get rid of the pull of the sea water, even using his magic power.

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In the end, he gave up struggling and began to think about the shocking fact that he was an inheritor of the Demon Lord.

"So that's it. My ability to increase my lifespan through weapon refinement and to travel between realms to the Extreme Night World is because of the Demon Lord's inheritance."

"The Demon Lord's inheritor is both a gift and a curse."

Knowing this, Li Qing's thoughts became extremely chaotic.

This Demon Lord chose countless inheritors, and he was only one of them. But judging from what the female immortal said, the fate of the Demon Lord's inheritors was often quite miserable.

Thinking of this, Li Qing felt even more uneasy.

"Fortunately, I have been extremely cautious along the way and have never told anyone about my greatest secrets."

"No wonder... no wonder I couldn't travel back to the Extreme Night World after entering the Profound Heaven Divine Hall. I'm afraid it's also related to this place, originally named the Immortal Imprisonment Hall."

"This hall is indeed related to the Immortal Realm. It's normal that so many supreme experts in the Great Ascension stage can't break through it."

This peculiar sea was very deep, as if there was no end. No matter how much Li Qing fell, he still couldn't see the bottom of the sea.

He began to sort out his thoughts, trying to calm down and think.

"Judging from the attitude of the woman just now, ascending to the Immortal Realm as an inheritor of the Demon Lord seems to be an extremely terrifying thing."

"However, this matter is still too far away from me. Whether I can cultivate to the Great Ascension stage in this lifetime is still unknown, so it's too early to think about this now."

"The only good news is that the Immortal Decrees issued by the Immortal Realm to countless spiritual realms seem to have passed for quite some time. Nowadays, no one should remember them."

"As long as I continue to conceal my identity in the future, I don't have to worry about these problems."

After confirming this, Li Qing, who had been worried, immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Only then did he have the spare mind to pay attention to his current situation.

"This water seems to be a peculiar kind of Weak Water. It doesn't pose a fatal threat, but it will firmly pull people down and keep them falling."

"Ordinary methods probably won't be able to break free. Even magic power can't work in this Weak Water ocean."

This situation was very similar to when he was trapped in the stomach of the Spirit Devouring Beast.

Therefore, he had to use the Kun Peng Divine Power to swim out of this peculiar Weak Water.

The next moment, Li Qing's expression froze.

The Kun Peng Divine Power in his body was completely gone. The female wraith who claimed to be from the Immortal Realm had completely exhausted the Kun Peng Divine Power in his body when she used his body to display the Kun Peng True Form!

"There's no other way, I can only restore the Kun Peng Divine Power first."

With that thought, Li Qing assumed the posture of the Five Hearts Facing the Sky, ignoring the fact that he was constantly falling, and began to cultivate the "Kun Peng Precious Technique."

He was shocked when he started cultivating.

Now, in his mind, the "Kun Peng Precious Technique" had a large number of mysterious chapters, almost several times more than before!

He thought his memory had been tampered with, but after reading it, Li Qing swallowed a large mouthful of Weak Water.

Glug glug ~!

"Cough cough, this is actually the complete "Kun Peng Precious Technique", even more comprehensive than what I obtained in the Lower Realm!"

This precious technique in his mind now recorded more profound cultivation methods, a veritable advanced version of the "Kun Peng Precious Technique"!

In addition to the more profound content, this precious technique also had two additional forms.

It was the Kun Peng True Form that the female immortal had used before. The two forms were the Roaming Heaven Giant Kun and the Void Sky Peng Bird. When the two were combined, it was the Kun Peng!

This time, he really obtained an earth-shattering inheritance!

If this precious technique were released, it would probably attract the covetousness of countless supreme experts!

Even the forbidden existences in the Great Ascension stage would be quite interested!

"That woman claimed to be a true immortal disciple under a Jade Purity Immortal Lord. This should also be learned from the inheritance collected by that Immortal Lord."

"In this way, what she said is indeed somewhat credible."

"Just now, I really encountered a remnant soul of a true immortal."

But now was not the time to think about these questions. Li Qing didn't know what dangers were in this sea space. If he kept falling like this, he would probably be trapped here for life.

With a thought, he began to comprehend the newly obtained complete "Kun Peng Precious Technique."

He already had the foundation of the original chapter, so comprehension would be much smoother.

"The Kun Peng's Roaming Heaven Giant Kun form can roam the myriad realms. It shouldn't be a problem to escape this peculiar Weak Water ocean."

Thinking of this, Li Qing's mind focused on comprehending the precious technique.

Time passed bit by bit. He didn't know how long he had been falling or how deep he had fallen. The only thing he could be sure of was that he was now quite deep into this Weak Water ocean.

As the Kun Peng Divine Power in his body gradually accumulated, Li Qing's body began to grow layers of mysterious black skin like a roaming Kun.