Divine Realm, Imperial Star, outside the Imperial Mausoleum.
A drastic change occurred.
At the instant the statue was destroyed by Xu Qing's God Slaying Platform, all the statues in the area trembled. Their eyes opened at the same time, revealing a pitch-black light, and their bodies instantly changed from their petrified state.
They all recovered.
A terrifying aura soared into the sky, stirring up the wind and clouds, forming a giant vortex. With the Imperial Mausoleum Mountain as the center, it rumbled and spun in all directions.
Black lightning swam inside, as if a god was drawing, outlining the killing intent of heaven and earth.
At the same time, outside the Imperial Mausoleum Star, the human-faced withered trees growing on the spider web were stimulated and shook violently.
All the human-faced trees opened their red eyes, and a sharp sound came out of their mouths.
This sound pierced through gold and cracked stone. It contained a shocking power and endless resentment. It was as if the gates of the underworld had opened, and the sound of the underworld had fallen into the mortal world, causing ghosts and gods to howl.
Countless sounds gathered together, causing the color of heaven and earth to change, and the wind and clouds to reverse. Even the surrounding storm paused at this moment.
The vortex in the sky was torn apart by this sound, as if a giant eye had opened in the sky.
It was as if the star had awakened, destroying everything!
Xu Qing and the captain's figures were both shocked. They retreated without saying a word, but in the end, they were still affected by the berserk power of the star's awakening.
Xu Qing's Godly Spirit Form collapsed in an instant. All of his defenses were shattered. His internal organs were churning.
The captain was the same. His body was about to collapse under this berserk aura.
The feeling of death descended on their hearts, as if they would be wiped out in the next moment. Fortunately, they were very close to the hole in the mountain. Finally, they stepped into the light screen and were isolated from the outside world.
The moment they entered, Xu Qing coughed out a large mouthful of blood. His entire body and even his soul felt a tearing pain. He immediately sat down cross-legged to adjust his breathing and heal his injuries.
The captain couldn't hold on either. His body collapsed and turned into a large number of blue worms. When they gathered together and formed a body again, his face was pale.
After a while, the two's injuries had stabilized, and they looked at each other.
The captain coughed.
"Little Junior Brother, your craziness just now is quite similar to Eldest Senior Brother's. However, can you inform me in advance the next time you do that?"
The team leader felt a little strange in his heart. Although he had judged that there was a high probability that a great change would occur when the statue was destroyed, it was only a judgment after all. He himself did not know that it would cause the stars to awaken, descend the power of extermination, and almost be destroyed.
In addition, in the past, he was the one who courted death first, and Xu Qing was implicated by him.
But this time, it was the other way around.
Xu Qing looked at the team leader in surprise.
[Eldest Senior Brother, you didn't say anything in the past.]
The team leader smiled.
[Isn't that right? Eldest Senior Brother is worried that you'll be scared.]
Xu Qing nodded.
[Me too.]
The team leader raised his eyebrows and thought to himself that Little Ah Qing had really gone astray. This would not do. He had to show him what it meant to not be afraid, what it meant to not be afraid of death, and what it meant to be crazy.
Therefore, he criticized with a serious expression.
[Little Junior Brother, I want to criticize you. These things outside are nothing. Eldest Senior Brother brought you here to do great things and make a fortune. Let's go!]
As he spoke, the team leader's body exuded an indomitable aura. He took the lead and charged forward with an unstoppable force.
When Xu Qing saw this scene, he sighed. He had a feeling that the team leader seemed to be courting death.
Therefore, he slowed down a few steps before following.
When he left, he turned around and looked at the storm outside the screen. He felt a little regretful that only one statue had been destroyed, but he also knew that it was not suitable to continue hunting for statues. Therefore, he retracted his gaze and moved forward with the team.
At that moment, they were in a man-made passage. Some complicated runes were carved on the walls around them, and they shone with a dim light from time to time.
Along the way, there would occasionally be corners that seemed to lead in all directions.
There was no fixed route.
It was like a maze.
However, the team leader did not fall. He took the lead and seemed to know the exact route. He did not stop at all and charged forward.
When he saw this, Xu Qing did not care about the route. As he followed, he immersed his mind in his sea of consciousness.
At the top of his sea of consciousness, there were five enormous Hidden Doors!
Each door was tens of thousands of feet tall and incomparably vast. They emitted a grand and ancient aura. They were arranged in five different directions.
The first door was open, and the vast world inside could be seen. A Sea Dragon swam inside, occasionally roaring and echoing throughout heaven and earth.
This was Xu Qing's first divine treasure!
The second door was closed, but it was filled with a poisonous aura. Looking at it made one's heart palpitate. It was extraordinarily terrifying.
The third door was also closed. Purple power rose from within, as if it was contained in a furnace, and it rumbled.
The fourth door was different. Although it was still closed, the emperor's will overflowed. It was thick and dignified, as if a monarch was inside, suppressing and killing everything.
The fifth door was the door of the Shaman Dao. When it was half open, one could vaguely see an imposing figure sitting cross-legged in the abyss inside, supporting heaven and earth. There were also waves of wails coming from the door.
It was the sound of the Silent Winter Child.
These five Hidden Doors enveloped the entire sea of consciousness like gods. They were supreme.
These were the doors to secret treasures of the Spirit Treasure realm. However, to Xu Qing, they were the doors to divine treasures, emperor treasures, and shaman treasures.
The Spirit Treasure realm was the process of forming Hidden Doors. Every time a secret treasure was formed, a Hidden Door would appear in the sea of consciousness.
If there was a Heavenly Dao, then the Hidden Door would open. If there was no Heavenly Dao, then it could only close.
Currently, of Xu Qing's Five Herb Hidden Doors, one was open, one was half-open, and three were closed.
However, at that moment, the Third Hidden Door, which was Xu Qing's third divine treasure, underwent an earth-shattering transformation as the strands of moonlight from before fused into it.
The moonlight was the light of the ancestral moon and contained the dao of the great yin. It came from the same source as the power of the purple moon that formed the divine treasure, and it was even more ancient. Its appearance seemed to ignite the entire divine treasure, and the sound of heaven and earth splitting could be heard.
The rumbling from the Third Hidden Door exploded in Xu Qing's sea of consciousness.
It grew larger and larger until it surpassed everything. In the end, the Third Hidden Door slowly opened a crack!
Although it was only a crack, it was the process of creating something from nothing. It was incomparably precious and had great significance!
Through the crack, one could see that a white sphere had appeared in the murky purple Third Hidden Door.
The sphere gave off an ancient feeling when one looked at it. It was as if its existence was the definition of the word "ancient."
It emitted a cold air that seemed to be able to freeze time and space. It was as if the great dao would be frozen wherever the moonlight touched.
It was the embryonic form of the Heavenly Dao within the Third Hidden Door.
This form was the great yin, and its ancient name was Nether Glow!
The instant it appeared and the Third Hidden Door opened, it was as if a volcano was about to erupt. It emitted an aura that could topple mountains and overturn seas. It filled Xu Qing's sea of consciousness and spread throughout his body, cleansing and strengthening everything.
Xu Qing, who was moving forward in the mausoleum's labyrinth, suddenly trembled. The power of his cultivation suddenly erupted, surpassing what it had been in the past, but it was instantly concealed. Only his eyes were more extraordinary than before, shining like a bright lamp in the dark night.
The group leader in front of him also stopped in his tracks. He turned his head and gave Xu Qing a deep look. He didn't say anything. Instead, he took a step forward and disappeared into the stone wall in front of him.
Xu Qing stared and didn't hesitate. He treated the stone wall as if it was nothing and took a step forward. It was as if he had crossed through space and appeared in a cave.
This cave was different from the previous mausoleum. It seemed to have been formed naturally. The surroundings were empty and pitch-black, as if they were in nothingness. There were only nine swirls that were filled with starlight above. They rotated without any south or breath, and the resplendent sphere was extraordinary.
It was like nine entrances, but it was also like nine worlds.
As Xu Qing stared, the group leader's voice rang out.
"The outer layer of the mausoleum was originally a chaotic mausoleum. If one didn't know the inside story, it would be difficult for them to penetrate it even if they had a spirit. However, to me, it was as simple as going home."
This place was the core of the mausoleum. The nine swirls above were nine paths. There were five paths that led to life and four paths that led to death. Furthermore, they were constantly changing, making it difficult to distinguish between life and death.
The group leader stood in midair and looked at the nine swirls with his hands behind his back. He had a proud expression.
"However, based on my research and preparation in my previous life, I'm confident that no matter how the nine entrances change between life and death, they will automatically form a path that leads to life and death for me!"
The group leader raised his chin and swung his sleeves. He thought to himself that his words must have been shocking. Thinking about it, with Little Ah Qing's intelligence, she should be shocked and impressed by his words.
Therefore, he waited for a while, but no words came from below. The group leader was surprised and lowered his head to look.
However, he saw that Xu Qing's gaze didn't land on him at all. Instead, he was looking at the seventh swirl. There was a strange light in his eyes, and he looked as if he was thinking about something.
"That's a path that leads to death. The path that leads to death. Don't look at it."
The group leader coughed and reminded him.
Xu Qing ignored him, and the strange light in his eyes became stronger. He didn't know what existed in the seventh swirl, but the moment he came here, the second divine treasure in his body, which was the Forbidden Poison Treasure, emitted the same fluctuation as the third divine treasure when he saw the statue.
In that fluctuation, there was a strong desire!
The group leader raised his eyebrows and was about to speak, but at this moment, on the other side of the cave, as the void churned, a figure wearing a wide Daoist robe walked out with a terrifying and domineering aura!
The wind that was stirred up blew the robe back and stuck to the body, revealing the beautiful outline of the person's body.
Half of the person's body was like a mountain range, and the other half was like a ravine. Especially with the Daoist robe, it gave people a mysterious feeling when they looked at it.
It was Yan Xuanzi.
The moment she appeared, she saw Xu Qing and Er Niu. She was first stunned, then the light in her eyes instantly exploded like the sun and the moon. Monstrous killing intent rose in an instant.
Xu Qing's gaze froze, and the group leader was stunned for a moment. Then, they took a deep breath, and their expressions changed drastically as they cried out in surprise.
"How did you come here?"
After speaking, the group leader turned around and was about to run. Yan Xuanzi's killing intent could destroy heaven and earth, and the terrifying aura that was comparable to the Immortal Realm caused the entire cave to rumble. With a step, she directly arrived beside the Nine Swirls and threw a punch at the group leader.
"Die!"