He was invincible from the beginning of the Heaven-Covering Era.

The immense shockwave spread to all directions of the temple, and countless ferocious beasts were reduced to dust by this attack, but they had no time to calculate it.

The number of ferocious beasts here was too large. Now, under their intimidation, the remaining beasts dared not attack them anymore and could only kneel on the ground, trembling.

After passing through the eleventh and twelfth ancient temples, they arrived at the thirteenth ancient temple.

It was no longer dark; instead, it was filled with light, a sacred and peaceful atmosphere, as if we had entered a world of light.

Ahead stood a colossal stone statue, hundreds of feet tall, radiating a soft light. Dozens of runes were inscribed on it, each resonating with the Dao.

"This is a secret technique for commanding various strange beasts. It is quite extraordinary and may have been created by the Feathered Emperor." Dao Qingling glanced at it a few times and then memorized the symbols.

"The Feathered Divine Dynasty once cultivated God-Slaying Insects. This secret technique should be the method they used to control the God-Slaying Insects," Zhou Qing said, then silently memorized it.

Dozens of symbols, each extremely complex, are composed of hundreds or thousands of interwoven lines, directly resonating with the Dao of heaven and earth, mysterious and unpredictable.

After noting it down, Zhou Qing quickly deduced more than a dozen symbols, his face showing some surprise.

These symbols are surprisingly difficult to comprehend, and the more runes one inscribes, the more difficult it becomes. Although one has memorized them, it is not easy to completely master the art and inscribe all dozens of runes.

"Let's continue our cultivation after we return to the ancestral temple," Zhou Qing said with a helpless smile.

Then he flew up and came to the slightly open mouth of the statue, and took something out of it.

"This treasure chest is actually made of five-colored iron essence, which is a divine material of the same grade as the Great Luo Silver Essence." Dao Qingling flew up and looked at the treasure chest in Zhou Qing's hand.

It was a square foot in size, radiating auspicious light and showering down various colorful clouds, so dazzling that people couldn't open their eyes. The box itself was a rare treasure, and even saints would fight for such divine material, let alone what was inside.

"No, there's something dangerous in the box!" Dao Qingling's eyes narrowed, and she immediately noticed something unusual.

This treasure chest, forged from five-colored iron, resembles a honeycomb with many small holes. Inside, there seems to be a brilliant rain of light, like some kind of small insect, but it exudes a terrifying aura.

Moreover, it's not hard to see that there are spatial order chains inside this box, like a small world, much larger than imagined, and who knows how many alien insects it contains.

If they all escaped, they would form a dense, countless golden cloud covering the small world.

"boom"

As soon as Dao Qingling finished speaking, a golden rain of light burst forth from the hole, endless and shimmering with golden radiance, like runes, covering the thirteenth layer of the small world.

They revived, each one as dazzling as a magic lamp, emitting a clanging sound—the sound of light colliding, like the vibration of metal.

If you look closely, you'll find that it's actually a golden cloud made up of tiny insects. Each insect is as long as a finger, as if it's wearing golden armor, and its shell is so hard that even powerful beings can't cut it.

Their bodies are covered with tiny golden scales, resembling a small dragon, except that they don't have horns.

"Are they really God-Slaying Insects? It's a pity I haven't mastered those spirit-dispelling talismans yet, so I can't command them to return to the treasure chest." Dao Qingling shook her head, a look of regret on her face.

The number of these God-Slaying Insects is truly enormous; even a living fossil-level expert could only handle a few dozen at most at a time.

And there are far more than a hundred million God-Slaying Insects here. Even a thousand living fossils combined would be driven away by these God-Slaying Insects.

If possible, who wouldn't want to obtain these God-Slaying Insects? If they were nurtured for thousands of years, who knows what terrifying Insect King might be born among them? If a pure-blooded Ancestral Insect were to be raised, that would truly be a great fortune.

"I have comprehended a few of those spirit-controlling talismans. Although their effects are relatively small, with my cultivation level, I can control these weak god-slaying insects," Zhou Qing said confidently.

At this moment, the golden cloud formed by the God-Slaying Insects was attacking their defenses, but neither of them cared.

If they hadn't wanted these God-Slaying Insects, the Supreme Emperor Weapon would have killed them all with a single tremor. How could they possibly have broken through the Supreme Emperor Weapon's defenses? The two of them didn't take them seriously at all.

Zhou Qing stretched out a finger and traced lines in the air, quickly outlining thousands of lines that transformed into a rune, resonating with these god-slaying insects.

The movements of the God-Slaying Insects slowed down, and a small portion of them even gave up their attack.

Zhou Qing keenly noticed that the God-Slaying Insects that gave up attacking were the ones with the lowest cultivation level. This made him realize that the number of Spirit Control Talismans inscribed on them was likely related to the cultivation level of the God-Slaying Insects they controlled.

Sure enough, as he inscribed the second, the third, and gradually more than a dozen runes, all the God-Slaying Insects stopped attacking and began to obey his commands.

"I see. The more runes are inscribed, the higher the level of this secret technique."

If all dozens of runes are inscribed, then it is truly pure.

He could also control the Blood Ancestor Worms. Although he had only inscribed a dozen or so so far, it was more than enough for these God-Slaying Worms, whose highest cultivation level was no more than that of a Great Power.

After Zhou Qing understood the secret, he ordered the God-Slaying Insects that covered the entire small world to return to the Five-Colored Iron Essence Treasure Chest.

Zhou Qing then put the treasure chest away, and the two continued flying towards the next small temple world.

The fourteenth and fifteenth levels each contained dangers of varying degrees, but they forcefully overcame them, eliminating all dangers and even obtaining many valuable items.

They acquired quite a few sacred materials of the Five-Colored Iron Essence from the fourteenth to the thirtieth level. These should probably have been tributes, but they have all been taken away by them.

"These last six temples are a bit eerie, but there's nothing too scary about them. Just don't get frightened," Zhou Qing said casually as he stood in front of the stone gate of the thirty-first temple.

The stone gate was tightly closed, and it seemed as if there were primordial beasts inside, as if it were connected to the underworld, exuding a strange aura.

Zhou Qing punched the stone gate, which exploded open, revealing a dark world with the sound of rain. It was like a real world, with blurry figures moving in the night rain.

Seeing the situation here, Zhou Qing couldn't help but laugh. It was truly unbelievable that the Four Great Divine Dynasties and the Yao Guang Holy Land were afraid of the dangers inside.

They hadn't even gone inside to see it, yet they felt the aura of a single stone gate made them realize how terrifying the final six levels were. All those supreme imperial weapons in their hands had become mere decorations, and they even had the audacity to claim they were borrowing the power of the world.

Well, in the end it turned out to be a false alarm. Instead, it attracted many forces that wanted to compete with it for the opportunity. It was true that the power of the chosen one's destiny had bewitched their minds, and their plans ultimately came to nothing.

"boom"

Several streaks of crimson lightning intertwined, illuminating the night sky. They saw several squads of soldiers in ancient armor, carrying black iron halberds and spears, patrolling the area.

Here, divine chains of order permeate the void, so their divine eyes should be able to ignore the darkness and see through the entire small world, but at this moment they are powerless, no different from ordinary mortal eyes.

Zhou Qing and Dao Qingling flew through the air without concealing their presence, yet no soldiers dared to stop them.

"I really don't know how they did it. Although these heavenly soldiers look like living things, it is obvious that they do not have souls. What surprises me is that these heavenly soldiers are all powerful beings. It is indeed completely different from the situation in the post-ancient era." Dao Qingling's expression showed a strange look.

The powerful beings who could be called overlords in the post-ancient era could only serve as heavenly soldiers in the Feathered God Dynasty more than 200,000 years ago. On their journey, they encountered several heavenly generals wearing even more terrifying armor, all of whom were kings.

The powerful become soldiers, and the kings become generals. Modern cultivators cannot even imagine that kind of glory, but that is the reality. The cultivation conditions before the ancient times were much better than they are now, and becoming a powerful being was much easier.

Each of these formations is a celestial army formation composed of five hundred powerful beings. This is what a true imperial-level divine dynasty should look like. The current divine dynasties are far weaker than during the time when the Great Emperor was alive.

“Don’t worry about them. They’ll ignore us when they encounter powerful people, because there’s something even more powerful deep inside the ancestral temple. These heavenly soldiers will let us pass on their own,” Zhou Qing said.

They soon saw the next small world, where the palace shone brightly, standing out against the dark, rainy night, like a sacred celestial palace that opened the path to the heavens, illuminating all directions.

The thirty-second minor world has no heavenly soldiers, only heavenly generals, ranging from kings of the first heaven to half-saints, it is extremely terrifying.

The only weakness might be that these celestial generals are all traveling alone and have not formed a square formation; otherwise, they would be too terrifying for powerful beings.

Upon reaching the thirty-third level, there were many more good things here. Zhou Qing immediately spotted an altar with a piece of very tempting immortal material on it.

There was a vibrant green object, dreamlike and ethereal, with a life force flowing through it, crystal clear and beautiful, many times more beautiful than the most perfect chalcedony in the world.

It was sealed within a divine source, flowing with an extraordinary aura, as if it did not belong to this mortal world. It was clearly a divine object, full of vitality, with teardrops hanging on its surface.

Immortal Tears Green Gold! Although it's only the size of a fist, it's enough to forge a weapon. Just this one item alone makes the trip worthwhile.

Chapter 299 God-Slaying Insect

Within this thirty-third layer of temple miniature world, there is also a stone tablet inscribed with: Thirty-three Heavens.

At the center of this small world, an ancient building radiates endless light, and a sacred aura emanates from it from afar.

In front of the magnificent palace stands an altar, covered with grooves of blood. It is unknown how many years it has existed, and now it is difficult to know what they were worshipping.

What Zhou Qing is currently most concerned about is the fist-sized piece of Immortal Tear Green Gold on the altar.

It is flawless, fresh and green, as if it can breathe, inhaling and exhaling the essence of heaven and earth, its entire body covered with tear stains, like the tears of a fairy.

This is a sacred relic exclusively for the Great Emperor, extremely rare in the world, and one can never have too many of it.

After putting away the piece of Immortal Tear Green Gold, Zhou Qing's gaze turned to the four perfectly round stone spheres around him.

“There’s a strong sense of life here; there might be living creatures here,” Dao Qingling frowned.

This is stone, and it's even sealed with divine essence. Ordinary people can't see through it at all, but they are not ordinary people.

Zhou Qing's Source Techniques were earth-shattering; as the sixth-generation Source Master of this era, he naturally couldn't fail to see the secrets within these four stone spheres.

Dao Qingling wields the ultimate imperial weapon of the Divine Continent Dynasty, which embodies the unparalleled natural Dao of the Divine Continent Emperor. It possesses an extremely powerful insight into life force, and even the stone skin of the divine source cannot hide it from her.

“These are four God-Slaying Insects. What might be a great calamity for others is a great opportunity for us.” Zhou Qing nodded.

"click"

The four perfectly round stone spheres were cracked, revealing four pieces of divine source, which sealed four divine worms that coiled like dragons, filling the inner space.

Before anyone could react, the four pieces of divine source cracked open with a "crack" sound, and the divine worm that had coiled up like a snake mountain came to life in an instant. It stretched out its body and was a full foot long!

These were many times longer than the god-slaying insects we had seen before. They resembled four small, hornless dragons, radiating golden light and instantly unleashing a terrifying aura that swept across the sky.

With just four divine insects, their movement was like a massive army charging forward, causing the thirty-third level of the temple's small world to tremble violently, as if it were collapsing.

Zhou Qing inscribed more than a dozen spirit-controlling runes in the air, which were useful, but not very effective, and could not completely control the four god-slaying insects.

Zhou Qing had no choice this week. He had only glanced at the secret technique, and he needed to cultivate it to a higher level to fully control the four God-Slaying Insects.

However, he was not without options.

Zhou Qing sat down cross-legged on the spot, chanting incantations, which carried a mysterious and unpredictable power.

This force changes destiny and influences the mind, similar to the Great Emperor Ruthless's Scripture of Salvation. However, compared to the Scripture of Salvation, which requires years of chanting, Zhou Qing's Great Dao of Destiny is much more domineering.

These four god-slaying insects were only at the level of half-saints, and their physical bodies were far inferior to Zhou Qing's. In less than a quarter of an hour, Zhou Qing stood up.

"receive!"

The four semi-saint god-slaying insects flew into the five-colored iron essence treasure chest and instantly became the four most terrifying insect kings in that small world, causing countless god-slaying insects to retreat wherever they went.

"With these four God-Slaying Insects and that massive swarm of lower-level God-Slaying Insects, you'll probably be able to..."

"We can cultivate a god-slaying insect with the cultivation of a saint." Dao Qingling sighed.

The God-Slaying Insects are cultivated in a manner similar to raising Gu poison; they grow stronger by devouring their own kind and other life forms.

We already have four god-slaying insects at the semi-saint level. As long as any one of them gains the upper hand and devours the other three, how far away can a god-slaying insect at the saint level be?

Zhou Qing smiled and said, "There are more than just god-slaying insects with the cultivation of a half-saint here; there's more to it than meets the eye."

Zhou Qing looked at the stone palace below the altar, which was only a little over a meter high. Without hesitation, he kicked it away.

"boom"

The stone palace opened, and a burst of blazing golden light rushed out, startling Dao Qingling.

"Such a large God-Slaying Insect must have the cultivation of an ancient sage, or at least be close to it if it's not a pure-blooded ancestral insect!"

Inside the stone hall, which is one meter high, there are two god-slaying insects, each over a meter long, coiled like dragons, several times larger than the four from before.