Chapter 563 - 337: The Underground Ruins Collapse, the Evil God Emerges, Leaving the Grotto Heaven

The Eternal Emperor’s eyes swiveled in a strange way, glancing at the few powerful beings below.

Dragon Halberd realized he was also being targeted, and a cold sweat broke out on his back.

Just then, a man in white with deer antlers appeared in the void, shielding him.

"You are no match for him. Go now."

Dragon Halberd asked in surprise, "Bai Ze, what are you doing here?"

"We’ll talk when we get back."

Bai Ze’s tone was calm. With a casual wave, he sent out a vast stream of Demon Essence that collided with the Demonic Light pursuing them.

In an instant, the void trembled violently. Space itself shattered, revealing the nothingness within.

Rain Master also appeared in this space. Her slender figure was as beautiful and captivating as ever. She tossed out a dark green Oil Paper Umbrella.

A sea of flowers surged forth between heaven and earth. Countless pink petals filled the sky, raining down like blossoms.

They landed on the ground, forming intricate and complex Array Patterns.

Many of the Great Demons sensed the flow of spatial energy and understood that their lord intended to leave this place and had begun to set up a Teleportation Array.

To think a small paper umbrella could transform into a massive Teleportation Array that blanketed the world.

「Elsewhere.」

The great battle between Qi Muxue and Sui Yuqing was also reaching its end.

"Trying to use the Ascension Platform to reconstruct your Flesh Body is a fool’s errand. Besides, you don’t even have the right to use the Ascension Platform, and you’ll never regain control of this body anyway."

Qi Muxue spoke coldly as she looked at the malevolent-looking Sui Yuqing opposite her.

"Hmph."

With a sore spot touched, the Heart Demon Sui Yuqing retorted sharply.

"The ruins are collapsing, and the Ascension Land is about to fall into chaos. You should be more worried about Lu Mingyuan’s safety."

After speaking, the Heart Demon Sui Yuqing leaped away and left the area.

Her destination was unknown.

Seeing her leave, Qi Muxue collapsed where she stood.

All the Vast Righteous Qi in her body had been depleted, leaving her incredibly weak.

In her desperation, she had no choice but to use the Token of the Drumming Institute from the Three Academies to summon disciples from the Academy to her side.

In just a moment, two disciples in Confucian robes appeared by her side.

Both were utterly astonished.

"Empress, what are you doing here? His Majesty has been looking for you for a long time."

"What... what happened to you?"

Qi Muxue clutched her chest and said, "It’s nothing... I’ll be fine with some rest."

"The Yuqing Ancestor Master said that all Human Race Cultivators must withdraw from the Grotto Heaven now. This entire island is about to sink into the sea."

"Alright, I understand."

However, at that very moment, Lu Mingyuan and Yun Qinghe had been swept by the Demonic Qi into the earth veins flowing beneath the underground ruins.

The Absolute Brewed Blood Spring of the earth veins flowed through the underground ruins.

Upon entering the earth veins, a dense wave of Absolute Brewed Blood Spring rushed toward them, resembling white clouds.

"This underground world is truly a treasure trove for cultivation. Cultivating here is comparable to an Immortal Sacred Land; my cultivation speed is ten times faster than normal."

Lu Mingyuan could feel streams of divine-like vital energy burrowing into his body, nourishing his Flesh Body and making the Holy Qi in his Qi Sea increasingly dense.

The feeling was indescribably pleasant.

After shaking off the Demonic Qi, the two of them traversed the underground.

Lu Mingyuan’s speed was immense. His form flickered as he quickly passed through a region of magma and continued flying forward. After an unknown amount of time, he finally landed on a small island naturally formed from stalactites.

Before them lay a lake over eight hundred li wide. The liquid in the lake wasn’t water but Absolute Brewed Blood Spring. All the Absolute Brewed Blood Spring flowed out from this very lake.

Yun Qinghe descended from the sky, landed on the small island, and sighed, "To think there’s only this tiny bit of Blood Spring left."

Lu Mingyuan stared at the boundless lake, so stunned he was rendered speechless. He never expected such a comment from Yun Qinghe and replied, exasperated, "A tiny bit... you call this a tiny bit? This is an entire lake of Absolute Brewed Blood Spring!"

Yun Qinghe shook her head. "According to legend, the Divine Blood inside a newly deceased Divine Being is more than a thousand times greater than the Absolute Brewed Blood Spring you see before you. It’s comparable to a vast ocean."

"This lake before us is just a puddle left behind after ten thousand years of drying up."

"The interior of these earth veins is an excellent sacred ground for cultivation. I’m preparing to break through to Mid Stage Martial Saint," Lu Mingyuan stated.

A normal person would need at least half a year to a year to purge the impurities from their body and refine their Martial Saint Body and Holy Qi to a stable state.

But Lu Mingyuan, who practiced the Blood Glutton Celestial Fall Scripture and possessed the Taotie Divine Flame, could directly refine the purest Spiritual Qi. From now on, he wouldn’t need to spend vast amounts of time consolidating the power within his body. His Cultivation Realm could advance with incredible speed.

"You’re already breaking through to a new Realm so soon? It hasn’t been long since you reached the Martial Saint Realm, has it?"

Yun Qinghe looked astonished. She stared at Lu Mingyuan for a moment before her expression returned to calm. "It took me four years to cultivate up from the Lower Seventh Grade, and that was considered very fast. You’re twice as fast as me. Comparing people is just infuriating."

"Once I break through to the Mid Stage Martial Saint Realm, my strength should be enough to contend with any Thirteenth Realm Great Demon. I’ll be able to fight Gangzhu head-on with ease, even without the Panwu Banner."

He sat down cross-legged, formed a seal with each hand, and the Martial Arts Holy Qi within his body began to flow rapidly, creating a RUMBLING sound like a thousand rivers surging.

"WHOOSH—"

From the lake’s surface, one hundred and forty-four misty bridges of Absolute Brewed Blood Spring rose up and rushed into the 109,681 Acupoints all over Lu Mingyuan’s body, causing the rumbling within him to grow even louder.

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