Immortality begins with becoming a master weapon refiner

This place, which resembled a library, didn't yield many results. Gu Qing mainly sought out written records to learn about the history of this place and the story of the Spring and Autumn Cicada Clan.

In this respect, they have achieved considerable success.

original.

The Spring and Autumn Cicada Clan existed in the early stages of the Ancient Demon Court Era. After the great event of Heaven's slaying of the dragon, the world was in turmoil, the laws and order were hidden, and enlightenment and cultivation became more difficult.

Before the emergence of the [Ascending Spirit Path], cultivators only knew how to plunder and did not know how to give back. Any lineage inheritance would be a detriment to heaven and earth.

Absorb the spirit of heaven and earth, borrow the wonders of heaven and earth, peek into the laws of heaven and earth, seize the essence of heaven and earth, extract the marrow of heaven and earth, sacrifice the soul of heaven and earth, defy the principles of heaven and earth... and so on.

The Heavenly Dao of Cangwu slaying the dragon was an act of unbearable forbearance, reaching its limit.

How similar this is to the situation that humanity is facing today.

Ultimately, it comes down to tolerance. The Desolate Vein of Time affects all cultivators practicing the Path of Ascension, including the demon race.

Otherwise, no one would have ascended to immortality for three thousand years.

The cicada of spring and autumn was born at this point in time. It is born with the instinct to control time, and can reverse time, accelerate time, and even go back to the past and look out to the future within a certain range!
Heaven would not allow such an overpowered existence, so before a true strongman was born, the entire clan was wiped out.

This record shattered Gu Qing's impression of the Heavenly Dao.

If it is said that Heaven slays the dragons because there are too many dragons, then Heaven had no choice but to use its blade to cut off their ability to reproduce, and then sent down lightning tribulations to kill many fourth-rank dragon lords.

So, the Spring and Autumn Cicada was actually a fourth-ranked being nipped in the bud before it was even born.

Forbidden power is something that Heaven has very little tolerance for.

However, once the power accumulated over three thousand years fails due to the Heavenly Shuttle Secret Technique, the fortune of all cultivators on the [Ascension Path] will be reduced to a negative number, making even drinking cold water difficult.

If the Void Teleportation Plan succeeds, all will be well. But if it fails, it will be a disaster for humans, demons, and dragons. It might even set back the cultivation world of Cangwu by ten thousand years.

Keep going.

Gu Qing spent nearly a month exploring the entire site of the Time Relics, examining almost every inch of the land, but found very little beyond historical records.

There were no substantial treasures or time-traveling secrets!

This inevitably disappointed him somewhat.

Just as he was about to leave, a strange feeling caught Gu Qing's attention.

"The Seven Treasures Gourd?"

Since the creation of the "Prototype of the Grotto-Heaven" and the establishment of a space, Gu Qing transferred the refining and nurturing of the Seven Treasures Gourd to the Grotto-Heaven world.

The fire elemental laws he mastered, along with the sea of ​​fire conjured from the Three Thousand Great Dao Flames, caused a reaction in the purplish-black gourd [Chaos Gourd], one of the Seven Treasures.

Although it is not yet time for its birth, it possesses the ability to absorb the power of Yin and Yang and reverse it to create chaotic energy, making it exceptionally effective.

The sudden sensation surprised and delighted Gu Qing.

He plunged headfirst into the soil to trace the source of the sensation.

Soon, a rather thick tree stump came into view, and it was this object that triggered the [Chaos Gourd]'s response.

"tree stump?"

"A tree born at the beginning of chaos?"

Gu Qingshao said he had plowed this land more than three times, but he had never found such a tree stump before. It was so strange that even his senses had been deceived.

The moment Gu Qing reached out to touch it, her pupils contracted.

One of his fingers decayed and aged at a visible speed, turning grayish-white and black in an instant, like a dead man's finger, with flesh and blood decaying! Gu Qing's expression changed slightly. He used the life essence in his lower dantian to attack the decaying and dying power invading his finger, but it had no effect. In fact, it caused the erosion to spread further.

"Whoosh—"

With a flash of sword light, Gu Qing severed half of his hand. As it fell, it completely decayed and disintegrated into a layer of ashes before even touching the ground.

"How could it be so terrifying?!"

The Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Undying Body took effect, and the missing hand quickly grew back, restoring its normal skin color. However, its strength was a bit low, and it needed to be tempered again with the essence of the Five Elements.

This tree stump is an inanimate object. In addition to its chaotic properties, it possesses a terrifyingly similar power of decay and decay to the power of time, yet it is also exceptionally unsolvable.

He dared not touch the tree stump again.

Looking around, Gu Qing pulled out a stone pillar from the collapsed building and stuck it into the soil, trying to pry the tree stump up.

Even stones, under the influence of this force, were gradually reduced to dust.

"hiss---"

Taking a deep breath and pondering for a moment, Gu Qing suddenly recalled the records about the "Spring and Autumn Cicada," which said that this clan was born on a large tree that possessed the power of time.

The tree's name is ———【椿】 (Chun).

In ancient times, there was a great tree called Chun, which took eight thousand years for spring and eight thousand years for autumn. This was a great year!
The cicadas that are born alongside it live for five hundred years in spring and five hundred years in autumn, which is considered a short lifespan.

The cicada can only live for a short year, hence its nickname "the ghost insect".

"Could it be... that this tree stump is what [Camellia] left behind after her death?"

There are three sacred trees in Cangwu: the parasol tree, the hibiscus, and the great cedar.

Many people have seen the first two, but the latter has never appeared in front of the world; only the branches have appeared in the cultivation world.

This large Chinese toon tree stump is definitely a top-tier treasure.

That decaying and decaying power likely originated from the changes in the laws of time, and was restrained by the tree stump, preventing it from spreading.

If one can master this power and develop the corresponding supernatural abilities, even those at the level of great supernatural powers will be unable to withstand it, and it may even surpass them.

———Opportunity!
Since touching it would be affected by this force, Gu Qing began to look through his inventory.

There are many treasures in the Void Ring, but very few can evade the decaying power of time. As he looked at them, Gu Qing suddenly realized that there was something in his body that could perfectly remove the large Chinese toon tree stump.

Immortal Artifact - Phoenix Blood Pool.

Without any hesitation, the phoenix egg, which was being nurtured and growing more vigorous, was thrown into the Jinyun Secret Realm by Gu Qing, landing in the phoenix nest of the ancient parasol tree.

It shook slightly a few times, and the dissatisfaction was visible to the naked eye!

Gu Qing didn't care at all. With a thought, the Phoenix Blood Pool emerged from the sea of ​​qi and blood in his lower dantian and immediately expanded countless times, like a stone basin.

A large area, including the soil, was dug up, and the Phoenix Immortal Flame was lit. After burning the soil, the perfectly straight and upright Chinese toon tree stump was extracted.

On the tangled tree roots, Gu Qing discovered a large number of cicada shells!

The shell has a neat crack, and all the cicada shells are yellowish-brown. They are immune to the erosion of time and decay, and are safely hooked on the tree roots. There are at least tens of thousands of them.

"baby!"

Gu Qing's eyes lit up, and with a wave of his hand, all the cicada shells fell into his bag. He also threw the large Chinese toon tree stump into the Jinyun Secret Realm, and specially carved out a space to isolate it, so as not to affect the many treasures he had planted in the secret realm.

This cicada molt might be used to forge a new—[Heavenly Shuttle Robe]! (End of Chapter)