Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

"So, Liu Qing, you've actually chosen the path of strength?"

The Jade Emperor exclaimed in surprise, but Liu Qing did not explain, for the Great Dao of Power was merely one of his own paths.

The Panlong Eight-Tone Cone emitted a trembling, mournful cry. Although the previous strike had shattered the power of heaven and earth within a radius of ten thousand miles, the backlash had also overwhelmed the Panlong Eight-Tone Cone.

Although the Panlong Eight-Tone Cone has evolved to the superior grade of the Innate Realm, it is still somewhat powerless against the top experts of the Three Realms.

It couldn't keep up with the growth of Liu Qing's strength.

"After this battle, I will use the Wanlong Palace to accelerate time and, with the spirit treasure refining method of Daoist Duobao, elevate you to the top-grade of the innate level. Don't be sad, you will always be my guardian spirit treasure."

Faced with the dejected Panlong Eight-Tone Cone, Liu Qing had no choice but to patiently comfort him. What he said was true; after this battle, Liu Qing planned to promote the Panlong Eight-Tone Cone to a higher rank.

Using the Taoist Duobao's method of refining spiritual treasures, the Panlong Eight-Tone Cone's ability to devour, and the various innate spiritual materials accumulated in the Duobao Pagoda, the Panlong Eight-Tone Cone can be upgraded to a higher grade once again.

Having grown accustomed to the Panlong Eight-Tone Cone, he didn't want to switch to any other spiritual treasures. Besides, the Panlong Eight-Tone Cone was dedicated to killing and warfare, a rarity in the Three Realms. Currently, it was just that its grade was not up to par. Once its grade was improved, it would definitely become Liu Qing's number one killing and protective spiritual treasure.

Liu Qing couldn't bear to use the Panlong Eight-Tone Cone anymore, so he put it away.

Since the killing magic weapon could no longer be used, Liu Qing let out a dragon roar, manifested the true form of a five-clawed golden dragon, and pounced on the Jade Emperor.

The five-clawed golden dragon, with a body spanning ten thousand feet, was already extremely powerful, and was further enhanced by the seventh stage of the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique.

This allows Liu Qing to disregard the Haotian Sword of the Haotian Emperor in defense, and in offense, he is comparable to the Great Luo Realm Perfection.

The Jade Emperor unleashed a sword beam ten thousand feet long, striking Liu Qing without even scratching his skin.

Liu Qinglong reversed his tail and used his tail whip talent to smash down, causing the space along the way to shatter into pieces like powder. The chaotic energy was compressed and exploded, accompanied by the roar of the Great Dao, as it crashed down fiercely.

The Jade Emperor's strength was already partially restrained by the Sun and Moon Wheels, and now that he saw Liu Qing's five-clawed golden dragon body coming to kill him, he hurriedly manipulated the power of heaven and earth within a radius of ten thousand miles to block it under the dragon's tail.

boom.

The power of heaven and earth was dispersed by the dragon's tail.

The dragon's momentum was undiminished, and it lashed out at the Jade Emperor again. The Jade Emperor hurriedly used the Jade Emperor's sword to slash back, but it was knocked away by the dragon's tail. Fortunately, the force carried by the dragon's tail was finally neutralized.

At this moment, the Jade Emperor no longer held Liu Qing in contempt. Liu Qing proved with his own strength that even a Perfected Undying Realm cultivator could overpower a Perfected Great Luo Realm Jade Emperor.

Liu Qing let out a joyful dragon roar that resounded throughout the three realms. Then, the dragon's tail reversed and lashed out again. Helpless, the Jade Emperor had no choice but to try to manipulate the power of heaven and earth to resist.

However, controlling the power of heaven and earth requires consuming magical power. The Jade Emperor had used his full power twice before, consuming a large amount of magical power. Now, he wanted to use it for the third time, but his magical power was not enough. He could only gather the power of heaven and earth within a radius of five thousand miles, which was half of what he had used before.

This is the difference between following the path of strength and not following the path of strength. Liu Qing follows the path of strength, and his attacks rely on the power of his physical body, which is almost inexhaustible. However, the Jade Emperor does not follow the path of strength, and his physical power is limited. He can only use his magical power to manipulate the power of heaven and earth to resist.

Normally, things would be fine, but now they are facing a life-or-death battle. One side is consuming its magical power and has less and less control over the power of heaven and earth, while the other side is using the power of its physical body, which does not deplete its magical power and is almost limitless. After only a few head-on clashes, the Jade Emperor was terrified.

The Jade Emperor wanted to borrow the power of the spiritual treasure, but unfortunately the Jade Mirror was fixed in place by the Sun and Moon Wheel, and could only barely resist. He also had to dedicate a portion of his own power to block it.

The Haotian Sword could indeed attack, but Liu Qing had cultivated the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique to the seventh revolution, and with the defense of the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, it was completely ineffective, rendering the Haotian Sword useless.

After considering all these factors, the Jade Emperor had no other choice but to continue expending his magical power and gathering the power of heaven and earth to resist.

However, as his magical power was depleted, the gathered power of heaven and earth became less and less, and it was no longer enough to defeat Liu Qing, this brute who relied on the Great Dao of Power.

With each exhilarating dragon roar, Liu Qing used the Jade Emperor as a nail, striking him repeatedly with its dragon tail, causing the Jade Emperor's imperial blood to splatter, his dantian to tremble, and his physical body to show signs of disintegration.

The fear in the heart of the Jade Emperor grew ever heavier.

If this happens a few more times, Liu Qing will surely shatter his physical body, and he might even risk being completely destroyed, body and soul.

As the Jade Emperor slashed down with his sword, Liu Qing extended his dragon claw, seized the Jade Emperor's sword, and then lashed out with his dragon tail again.

The Jade Emperor, disregarding the need to recall the Jade Sword, formed hand seals and unleashed all his magical power to manipulate the forces of heaven and earth to resist.

Unfortunately, he didn't have much magic power left in his body, and this time he only managed to gather the power of heaven and earth within a radius of three thousand miles.

The shield wall formed by the power of heaven and earth within a radius of three thousand miles was easily shattered by Liu Qing, and the enormous force carried by the dragon's tail continued to smash towards the Jade Emperor.

The Jade Emperor tried to escape, but the supreme innate spiritual treasure, the Sun and Moon Wheel, suddenly surged with the power of the sun and moon, shattering the Jade Emperor's mirror and firmly immobilizing him.

Meanwhile, Wanlong Palace appeared beside the Jade Emperor at some unknown time and used its ability to alter time to slow down the flow of time around the Jade Emperor. With the two magical treasures working together, the Jade Emperor was no longer able to escape.

The Jade Emperor's pupils shrank suddenly. Looking at the falling dragon tail, he cried out, "My life is over!"

Just then, Yaochi Jinmu, who was locked in battle with the East Sea Dragon King and the West Sea Dragon King, disregarded her own injuries and forcefully unleashed her cultivation, sending the two dragon kings flying and heading straight for them.

boom--

Liu Qing's dragon tail crashed down.

When the Jade Emperor looked at the Queen Mother of the West, whose body had been shattered by the dragon's tail, he felt a sharp pang in his heart.

"Mother Jin, Mother Jin, why are you so foolish?"

"My lord, no, my senior brother is not worth your sacrifice!"

At this moment, the Queen Mother of the West was left only with her divine soul. She had just desperately taken Liu Qing's attack, and not only was her physical body shattered, but her divine soul was also seriously injured, becoming extremely illusory.

Clearly, the Queen Mother of the West was no longer able to fight after being struck by Liu Qing.

Yaochi Jinmu gave a bitter laugh: "Senior brother, we have been together since our teacher enlightened us from the chaos. Now, countless eons have passed, and I have long regarded you as my closest and dearest person."

"I've already lost our daughter Longji, I can't lose you too!"

"Senior brother, run! Junior sister will self-destruct her soul shortly to buy you a chance to survive."

With tears in his eyes, the Jade Emperor listened to the dying words of the Queen Mother of the West. He felt his heart, which had long been cold for the sake of power and the Great Dao, shatter into pieces.

Perhaps I shouldn't have joined forces with Buddhism, shouldn't have coveted the fortune of Journey to the West, shouldn't have dreamed of becoming the Heavenly Emperor forever, and even more so, shouldn't have become enemies with Yu Yu Dao Ren, Liu Qing, and the Jie Sect.

It's a pity it's too late.

He caused the physical body of his junior sister, who had accompanied him for countless eons, to be completely destroyed and her soul to be severely injured, putting her not far from death.

"Escape? Where can you escape to?"

"Junior sister, I was wrong. I don't want to run away anymore. I just want to protect you. Let's die together!"

The Jade Emperor, holding the Queen Mother of the West, stood up and looked at Liu Qing.

"You won—"

Having said that, his body swelled violently, and with a loud bang, he exploded. Liu Qing wouldn't let him escape. Having used all his methods, he had no chance of winning. His junior sister, who had accompanied him through countless eons, was about to die, and the Jade Emperor didn't want to live alone either, so he embraced the Queen Mother of the West and self-destructed.

As the ruler of the Heavenly Court and the Great Heavenly Venerable of the Three Realms, he may be defeated, but he cannot wag his tail and beg for mercy, much less abandon his lover to live alone.

This self-destruction did not diminish the dignity of the Great Celestial Venerable.

Liu Qing pointed at the Scripture of Talking About the Earth, covering the location where the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother of the West had self-destructed. He activated the maximum power of absorption, gathering their almost shattered souls and collecting them into the Scripture of Talking About the Earth.

Liu Qing also put away the Haotian Sword and Haotian Mirror and threw them into the Lesser Thousand Worlds.

After the self-destruction of the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother of the West, Buddhism, the Chan Sect, and the Heavenly Court joined forces, only Buddhism and the Chan Sect remained.

Liu Qing took a step forward and arrived in front of the Buddha.

The supreme innate spiritual treasure, the Sun and Moon Wheel, enveloped the Buddha, while the five-clawed golden dragon's body tore through space with its claws, unleashing a destructive force as it attacked the Buddha.

When the Holy Mother of Wudang saw that the senior disciple of the sect leader had come to help, her eyes flashed with ferocity. She then attacked the Buddha Tathagata with the Wudang Sword, the Nine Dragons Divine Fire Cover, the Golden Bell, and the Human Seed Bag like a tidal wave.

Having witnessed how the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother of the West were defeated by the sect leader, the Holy Mother of Wudang was naturally willing to cooperate and wanted to send the Buddha Tathagata back into the cycle of reincarnation.

The Buddha's pupils contracted sharply. Seeing the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother of the West fall, and now the Holy Mother of Wudang was holding back most of his fighting power, plus the terrifying Liu Qing, his heart sank, and he felt that his chances of survival were slim.

Liu Qing first used the Sun and Moon Wheel to immobilize the Buddha, then threw out the Myriad Dragons Palace to change the flow of time around the Buddha, making the Buddha, like the Jade Emperor, unable to resist or escape in the chaotic time that was constantly accelerating or slowing down.

Liu Qing's arrival cut off the Buddha's escape route.

"Amitabha--"

The Buddha's mournful chant seemed to foreshadow his own impending doom.

Ignoring the Three Immortal Maidens' Hunyuan Golden Cauldron, Golden Dragon Scissors, and Dragon-Binding Rope, the Ancient Buddha of the Burning Lamp poured all his magical power into the coffin and launched a fierce attack on Zhao Gongming.

Although Zhao Gongming possessed the spiritual treasure borrowed by Liu Qing, its grade was ultimately too low and it had not been refined, thus its power was weak. This made Zhao Gongming the weakest link in the battle among the four siblings, and he was knocked away by a single blow from the Ancient Buddha of Burning Lamp.

After breaking free from the encirclement of Zhao Gongming and his three siblings, Dipankara Buddha suddenly tossed his natal spiritual treasure, the coffin.

"Tathagata, leave quickly!——"

The coffin was a top-grade innate spiritual treasure. Driven by the ancient Buddha Dipankara, it arrived near the Wanlong Hall and then suddenly exploded.

Although the self-destruction of the coffin did not damage the main body of the Wanlong Palace's spiritual treasure, it did shatter the Wanlong Palace's ability to alter the flow of time around the Buddha.

With the restriction of the Ten Thousand Dragons Palace on altering the flow of time temporarily removed, the Buddha immediately tore open space and escaped into chaos.

Liu Qing never expected that Dipankara Buddha, a powerful being who had attained enlightenment in the primordial world, would willingly sacrifice his own natal spiritual treasure and his own life for the sake of Tathagata Buddha.

He joined Buddhism halfway through his life, yet he sacrificed himself for the Buddha, the founder of Buddhism. No matter how you look at it, this doesn't seem like Dipankara's style.

But the result actually happened.

Liu Qing secretly lamented that he had let the Buddha escape, like letting a tiger return to the mountains. He thought of chasing after him, but the Buddha had already fled into the chaos and was difficult to locate.

Furthermore, the Buddha was well-versed in the method of hiding Mount Sumeru in a grain of sand; he could hide himself in any grain of sand. If the Buddha were determined to hide, he would not be able to find him.

Liu Qing glared fiercely at the Dipankara Buddha. The Sun and Moon Wheels instantly froze him, and the Myriad Dragons Palace altered time, leaving him with no way out.

Then it flew over and its dragon claws fiercely tore at the Dipankara Buddha.

Just now, Dipankara Buddha had taken a blow from the Three Immortal Maidens' magic weapon in order to save Tathagata Buddha, and was already seriously injured. Now that Liu Qing has made his move, Dipankara Buddha can no longer resist.

Adding to the chaos, Zhao Gongming and the Three Immortal Maidens came to pursue them, and the Holy Mother of Wudang also came to attack with her sword. In just a moment, the Ancient Buddha of Burning Lamp had his physical body shattered, his soul obliterated, and his name completely erased from the Three Realms.

Dipankara Buddha was the most hated person by all the immortals of the Jie Sect, except for Dipankara Buddha. In Liu Qing's hands, not even his soul imprint could be left.

After the body and soul of the Dipankara Buddha were destroyed, the twenty-four Sea-Stabilizing Pearls became ownerless again and were taken into Liu Qing's possession.

Zhao Gongming looked at him pitifully, wanting to ask for it, but dared not open his mouth.

The authority of Daoist Duobao had been deeply ingrained in Zhao Gongming's very being.

Unable to bear seeing Zhao Gongming's pitiful state any longer, Liu Qing waved his hand and returned the twenty-four Dinghai Pearls to Zhao Gongming.

Although each of the twenty Sea-Stabilizing Pearls is a high-grade spiritual treasure, and together they form a top-grade innate spiritual treasure, Liu Qing, with his current wealth, no longer has any interest in them.

Why not use the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl to acquire a henchman who will obey your every command in the future?

"Gongming thanks the sect leader for the reward."

Zhao Gongming was overjoyed. He had regained his protective spiritual treasure. In just a moment, he refined it again, and after refining it, he felt his combat power increase many times over.

"Senior Brother, please rest aside and watch me take down that scoundrel Guang Chengzi for you!"

Zhao Gongming lunged at Guang Chengzi, and the Three Immortal Maidens thanked him on behalf of their brother and quickly followed, joining him in attacking Guang Chengzi.

Zhao Gongming pointed to the twenty-four Sea-Stabilizing Pearls, and they fell like meteorites, crashing one after another towards Guang Chengzi.

puff--

Guang Chengzi's physical body could no longer withstand the attack and was shattered by the Dinghai Pearl.

Liu Qing followed the gaze and frowned. Zhao Gongming, the Three Immortal Maidens, and the Golden Spirit Mother also noticed something amiss.

Guang Chengzi's physical body is too weak, isn't it?

Even if Zhao Gongming regained the Dinghai Pearl, his combat power was still inferior to Guang Chengzi's. How could he possibly shatter Guang Chengzi's physical body without him being able to react in a single blow?

Liu Qing was most sensitive to the soul, so he used the True Scripture of Earth to search for it, but he did not find Guang Chengzi's soul.

Looking again at the shattered body, it had already turned from flesh and blood into scraps of paper.

It turns out to be a method of using a substitute puppet.

That makes sense. With the Jade Emperor, the Queen Mother of the West, and the Dipankara Buddha all fallen, why would Guang Chengzi stubbornly fight Liu Qing to the death?

It is estimated that as early as when the Jade Emperor was defeated and had no choice but to self-destruct, Guang Chengzi realized that he was in danger, secretly used the substitution puppet technique, and escaped alone.

Even his fellow disciples, such as Chi Jingzi, Taiyi Zhenren, and Daoxing Tianzun, were not notified.

Perhaps he planned to have Chi Jingzi and the others keep Liu Qing occupied for him. (End of Chapter)