Primordial Era: Starting with the Immortals of the Jie Sect to Prove the Dao of Hunyuan

"Once so heroic and full of ambition, how have they fallen to this state!"

Upon seeing Da Yi, Li Qing sighed inwardly. He then unleashed his auspicious cloud, channeling his inner energy from his Niwan Palace, which transformed into a fine thread that probed deep into Da Yi's primordial spirit.

A scene of chaos, a scene of deathly silence.

Da Yi's witch blood and true spirit have been completely drained, and now he can hardly feel any vitality.

Unless a sage intervenes, it's practically a death sentence for Yi!

But after sensing for a long time, Li Qing detected an extremely faint fluctuation in the depths of the frozen core.

"With this much effort, Da Yi is not completely dead!"

A thought struck Li Qing: as long as this last bit of mental energy remained, there was still hope for Da Yi. He then withdrew his mental energy, opened his eyes, and looked at Chang'e.

Chang'e noticed his gaze, slowly turned her head, her eyes filled with a numbness that showed no sorrow greater than death.

Who are you?

"Xuanqiong of the Jie Sect, you and Da Yi met once before, Fellow Daoist Chang'e, have you forgotten?"

Li Qing said, "I once comprehended the power of the mind from the arrow marks left by Yi shooting down the sun, and made a vow of karma to save him from his suffering. I have come here today to fulfill that vow."

A flicker of emotion crossed Chang'e's eyes, but it quickly returned to silence.

Although she couldn't see Li Qing's cultivation level, Xi He had personally said that Da Yi's current situation was arranged by the top experts below the three sages, Di Jun, Tai Yi, and Xi He. Unless the sages came in person, who could rescue Da Yi from this Taiyin Star?

"You can't take him with you."

Chang'e lowered her head and stroked the jade rabbit in her arms: "This laurel tree is one with the moon star, and his last glimmer of life is connected to the laurel tree. If you forcibly take him away, I'm afraid even that last bit of life will immediately dissipate."

"Of course I know about this."

Li Qing didn't explain further, but simply activated his magic power to gather the trace of mental energy drawn from the depths of Da Yi's primordial spirit into his palm.

That wisp of mental energy was extremely faint; if his mental energy level hadn't already been quite high, he wouldn't have been able to detect it at all.

"This mental power, in the entire primordial world, is only comprehended by me and Da Yi. If I take this mental power with me, I will naturally have a way to save him!"

Chang'e's tone finally held a glimmer of hope: "Where are you going to take him to save him?"

Li Qing looked at her, not answering directly, but instead asking, "Are you willing to leave this Taiyin Star?"

Chang'e remained silent. Of course she wanted to leave, but what would happen to Da Yi if she left? He had already lost the essence and consciousness of the Great Witch, leaving only his physical body on Taiyin Star. If she didn't stay here to watch over him, what if even his physical body was lost? She would lose even the last bit of Da Yi!

Li Qing noticed her hesitation and said calmly, "I will send you to reincarnation. Da Yi's physical body will be sealed in the laurel tree, and his mind will be reborn with him. In the next life, his mind and body will naturally reunite. Lady Pingxin is a descendant of the ancestral witch of the witch clan, and she should be willing to lend Da Yi a hand."

Chang'e shuddered and looked up at Li Qing.

"My true spirit followed Yi into reincarnation, while my physical body was sealed within the laurel tree with him!"

"good!"

Li Qing nodded, pointed his finger, and Chang'e's spirit separated from her body. The laurel tree shone brightly, sealing Chang'e and Yi's bodies inside.

In the Heavenly Court, Haotian was discussing the layout of the Peach Garden with Yaochi when he suddenly sensed the fluctuations in the Qi of the Taiyin Star and frowned slightly.

"Xuanqiong, what is he doing on Taiyin Star?"

Yaochi was puzzled. Why would one of the Heavenly Emperors choose the Taiyin Star as the first stop?

"Both Yi and Chang'e are on the moon. Back then, Yi shot down nine golden crows, thus incurring a blood feud with the demon race. Xihe imprisoned him under the cassia tree on the moon, chopping down the tree every day to drain his life essence."

Haotian frowned: "Xuanqiong's trip is probably aimed at Da Yi."

Yaochi asked, "Why did he save Da Yi?"

Haotian remained silent for a moment, then shook his head. Although he couldn't fathom Li Qing's true intentions, his intuition told him that this disciple of the Jie Sect, recommended by the Sage as the Heavenly Emperor, was no ordinary person.

"It's time to visit my senior master at Shouyang Mountain!"

Li Qing moved swiftly and arrived at Shouyang Mountain.

"Your master has already told me, the Taiqing Divine Talisman is now yours."

Without wasting any words, Laozi directly handed the Taiqing Divine Talisman to Li Qing.

After all, he's busy right now. With the primordial witch and demon races gone, he's about to embark on the path of celestial immortality, replacing Hongjun's immortal path to become the Dao Ancestor.

We must also keep an eye on the affairs of the human race; the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors will never be at peace.

After leaving Shouyang Mountain, Li Qing immediately headed towards the Netherworld.

Upon reaching the Gates of Hell, Li Qing descended from the clouds and withdrew his magical power. Since the opening of the Netherworld, the souls of the dead have returned to their places, the cycle of reincarnation has begun, and everything has returned to normal.

The spider lilies on both sides of the Gate of Hell are in full bloom, their crimson-gold color reflecting the endless eerie light on the road to the underworld.

He did not disturb the Ten Kings of Hell, but went straight into the cycle of reincarnation.

Deep within the cycle of reincarnation, in the Palace of Peaceful Mind, Lady Peaceful Mind sits serenely on her cloud bed.

After the Lich War, the shackles of Heaven on her body loosened considerably, and the Hongjun Divine Talisman became crooked, having been smashed by her countless times.

Sensing Li Qing's aura, Pingxin opened his eyes, his gaze passing through the laws of reincarnation and landing on that familiar figure.

"Fellow Daoist Xuanqiong."

Li Qing stopped outside the palace gate, bowed, and said, "Xuanqiong of the Jie Sect requests an audience with Lady Pingxin."

"Come in."

Li Qing stepped into Pingxin Palace and saw Pingxin sitting upright on a cloud bed, surrounded by faint reincarnation laws, with a golden wheel of merit behind her head, casting a gentle glow throughout the palace.

"Fellow Daoist Xuanqiong, what brings you here today?"

Li Qing said, "I used my mental energy to draw out Da Yi's mental energy, hoping to ask the Empress to help send him and Chang'e into reincarnation. Once their mental energy and physical body are reunited in reincarnation, they can be revived."

"Oh? That's wonderful!"

Empress Pingxin was overjoyed. She was worried that the Wu clan did not have an ancestral witch. Da Yi was originally the closest to an ancestral witch. Now that he had broken through the cycle of life and death, he might not even need the essence blood of an ancestral witch to become a great witch!

"There's one more thing."

Li Qing raised his head and looked at Pingxin: "In the previous battle between the Lich King and the Demon King, the twelve Heavenly King Banners were taken away by the Empress. I have come here today for this very item."

Pingxin looked at Li Qing, and after a long while, he suddenly smiled. There was no scrutiny or surprise in his eyes, only a calm that seemed to understand everything.

"Interesting, Fellow Daoist Xuanqiong, no wonder I found you pleasing to the eye the first time I saw you!"

The Twelve Heavenly King Banners are the most precious treasures of the Witch Clan, containing the essence and blood of the Twelve Ancestral Witches.

After the Lich War, Pingxin retrieved them into the cycle of reincarnation, firstly to prevent these treasures containing the essence of the Ancestral Witches from falling into the hands of others, and secondly to preserve a legacy for the Witch Clan.

These things shouldn't fall into the hands of outsiders, but Li Qing isn't an outsider, at least not in Pingxin's opinion right now.

He might be even more insane than the Ancestral Witch!