The First Demon of the Chan Sect-Chapter 790 - 333: The Final Gift

"Boom~~~~"

Facing the thunder strike, Li Qingming’s entire body flew out, the mystic yellow radiance that was hidden under his skin suddenly filled the sky, completely enveloping him with a "whoosh," and he entered a bright, open area.

That open area, seemingly only a li or so in diameter from the outside, Li Qingming realized just how naive his thoughts were once he truly entered.

Where was this open land? It was clearly a vast, endless world!

Of course, this was just Li Qingming’s subjective judgment.

In reality, this world was completely made up of irregular celestial bodies, all silently floating within this vast world. A huge continent might have countless refining materials, while a lake could have groups of Spiritual Birds, and occasionally some continents floating in the Void might even have stars twinkling above.

Such a seemingly magical place was actually fraught with danger.

Just like the mountainous continent Li Qingming had just flown over, where he saw a fierce beast that resembled an explosive ape, absorbing Spiritual Energy on a mountain peak. Suddenly, a star floating in the sky above the continent fell, directly bombing the beast to death, not even its Primordial Spirit managed to escape.

As for Li Qingming, since being inexplicably struck into this world, the agitation he had forcibly suppressed for over a hundred years began to pulse again, and as he moved forward, the frequency grew faster and faster.

Li Qingming understood that he was getting closer and closer to the Xuanhuang Qi and the Origin of All Realms. He slowed down his flying speed significantly. If there were terrifying Lightning Abysses guarding the periphery, how could there be no danger within this internal space?

As the saying goes, cautiousness prevents disasters. Li Qingming would not capsize in the gutter.

Flying cautiously along the way, looking at the alien and floating continents, Li Qingming was full of emotions, no wonder this thing was called the Origin of All Realms. So many continents were obviously unfinished defective products, presumably, worlds not yet fully perfected by the Origin of All Realms.

"Buzz~~~"

Suddenly, a spatial rift about a li in circumference appeared beside Li Qingming, who was flying with his head shaking. The same sucking force, without any warning, was just like that day.

"Damn it, I knew there was a trick!"

Li Qingming quickly reacted, frantically driving the Yuqing True Essence within him, and at the same time, his Primordial Spirit beckoned the Space Rule Power, trying to dodge this abrupt spatial rift.

You must know, Li Qingming at this moment had a fleshly body as strong as a half-step Dao Realm Great Power, but this crack’s suction was directly acting on the Primordial Spirit, so he was destined to be miserable.

"Slither!"

Two dragging forces came, one acting on the back of Li Qingming, belonging to that unknown Space Power; the other acting in front of him, belonging to his own body’s resistance. When comparing the two, they were evenly matched.

"Whoosh!"

Of course, this stalemate lasted only a few moments, and then the spatial rift dissipated like smoke into thin air.

While Li Qingming let out a sigh of relief, his own strength was not retracted in time, and it felt as though he had passed through something as hard as steel, subsequently crashing into a continent.

When he opened his eyes and looked around, he was utterly dumbfounded: "What the hell? Where the heck is this?"

The continent was incredibly bright; the surroundings were full of lush land, with various flowers, plants, trees, Spiritual Mushroom and Ginseng of many colors, and the fragrance of flowers wafted through the air. Looking further away, there was a dense jungle, and in the distance, there was an immense tree swaying back and forth.

As for the high sky of this piece of land, it is covered by swathes of turquoise streams, completely cut off from the external Spiritual Energy. Even looking through Cangqiong, one cannot see the floating continents outside.

"What kind of ghost place is this?" Li Qingming frowned, flew up, and tried to rush out of the continent, but whatever that turquoise airflow was made of, it was unusually tough, tougher than fine steel. Even the Bitter Bamboo Spear, which had already successfully advanced into a Heavenly Dao Treasure, only left a superficial mark on it.

"Could it be I am trapped here?" Li Qingming muttered under his breath, "Hmm? Right, that big tree!"

As if he remembered something, Li Qingming no longer considered how to break through the turquoise airflow but was now directed by the increasingly intense sensation in his heart towards that gigantic tree in the distance.

Time slowly passed, and Li Qingming had crossed the dense forest and arrived above the great tree, overlooking it.

To say overlooking, more precisely, it was hovering mid-way up the great tree.

Although the tree stood in the exact center of the dense forest, it was actually separate from the forest. It was located on a small island with a circumference of ten thousand li, surrounded by a fantastic ocean covering tens of thousands of li.

The ocean at first glance looked like an ordinary sky-blue color, but in the blink of an eye, it turned into the color of Mystic Yellow, an ancient melody wafted, and the sound of the Great Dao resonated through the Nine Heavens!

Looking at the great tree again, from afar it seemed to be covered in dull, cracked old bark peeling off, but upon closer inspection, it was incomparable with the view from afar.

This tree was indeed very tall, piercing through the clouds with a cyan-brown color all over. Its lush green canopy was like a grand parasol, each leaf crystal clear as if carved from jade, containing an endless essence of life that made countless flowers and grass around it sway.

"This, could this be the Xuanhuang Qi and the Origin of All Realms?" Li Qingming, leaning against a branch of this great tree, had a face full of shock.

"Buzz!"

At this moment, an anomaly occurred again. The statue of Devouring Sky Ancestor that Li Qingming had acquired from the Endless Buddha Hell and subsequently placed into his storage space flew out on its own.

"This really is seeing a ghost!" Li Qingming was immediately dumbfounded, wondering since when could a statue move.

The statue of the Devouring Sky Ancestor twisted its body slightly, and its deep eyes stared intently at Li Qingming as if they were real.

"Are you alive or dead?"

"Little fellow, your aura is very strange!"

Both person and statue seemed to speak at the same time, but the questions were entirely different.

"I asked first!"

"You answer me first!"

Like in a comic dialogue, the statue spoke mechanically, while Li Qingming was used to counterattacking.

"Old fella, did you become conscious back then? Also, this statue has no signs of life, how did you manage to keep a shred of your Primordial Spirit undestroyed over millions of years?" Li Qingming was not to be trifled with, no matter the origin of his opponent, even if it was his body’s ancestral spirit, he needed clear answers first.

The statue looked at Li Qingming for a while and said, "Little fellow, be polite. No matter what, I, the Devouring Sky Ancestor, am your direct ancestor. As for how my Primordial Spirit remains undestroyed, if I told you that I had perished back then and only left a fragment of my Residual Soul residing within the statue, would you believe it?"

"What?" Li Qingming exclaimed aloud, "Are you joking? In the Primordial World, you were the Innate Demon God most likely to attain the Dao after Pangu. Although you later pursued the Great Dao, who could have possibly caused your downfall?"

Devouring Sky Ancestor gave a painful smile and said, "It’s useless to discuss this! My time is limited. Once I pass on everything to you, my Residual Soul will also exhaust its last bit of Soul Power!"

"What do you mean?" Li Qingming asked with a frown.

"Enough, let’s talk about something useful!" Devouring Sky Ancestor ignored Li Qingming and said to himself, "Back then, I stumbled upon half a Xuanhuang Crystal and the Spirit of All Worlds, and I used them to find the Xuanhuang Qi and the Origin of All Realms. When I was overjoyed and ready to refine these two things, I found I simply couldn’t do it!"

Li Qingming’s spirit was completely captivated by Devouring Sky Ancestor’s words and interjected, "Why?"

"Why?" The corner of Devouring Sky Ancestor’s mouth curled slightly, "Because I am not Pangu, not a creature beloved by the Dao!"

"What do you mean?" Li Qingming’s entire body shook violently, feeling an overwhelming excitement nearly making his heart leap out, almost suffocating him.

The statue of Devouring Sky Ancestor began to crumble and a most pure Power of Devouring Rules spread out from within the statue.

Li Qingming’s pupils constricted as he said, "Ancestor, you..."

A glint of satisfaction flashed in Devouring Sky Ancestor’s eyes. He touched his cracking chest nonchalantly and said, "It doesn’t matter, it’s just the Residual Soul that will perish, I have long been a man facing death, being able to live until today is fate! Boy, you are luckier than me, you have the aura beloved by the Dao, the bloodline cherished by the Dao, this Xuanhuang Qi and the Origin of All Realms should rightfully belong to you!"

"Ancestor, you keep mentioning the Dao’s affection and the Dao’s favor, what does it all mean?" Li Qingming’s demeanor was agitated, his aura began to fluctuate violently.

"Krakrak..."

Chunks of stone fell down, and only half of Devouring Sky Ancestor’s statue’s head remained, looking up to the sky as he laughed, "These are all up to you to explore! Oh right, boy, you must be careful of Xiao Yao Dao Venerable... In my life as Devouring Sky, being able to have this lineage survive is also my fate! Hahaha..."

"Bang!"

The statue completely disintegrated, and a black panda paw the size of a fist emerged from the golden light, bringing with it a terrifying power of Devouring and Space Rules, fiercely clawing at the Void in front of Li Qingming.

"Rumble!"

The Void split open, and a space crack taller than a man appeared out of nowhere. On the other side of the crack was a scene familiar to Li Qingming; a hazy space, a character "Dao" rune shining brightly, a youth with long hair and wearing a dark blue robe with his eyes closed, sitting within the space.

"My body! This is the labyrinth of my Penglai Island!" Li Qingming was greatly shocked.

With a "whoosh," the black panda paw snatched the youth from the other side of the crack, and a jovial voice cut through the sky:

"Little fellow, consider this as the last gift from your ancestor! Hahaha..."

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