Cube-like Supernatural Powers: Longevity Begins with Qi Refining

Chapter 90 Ritual: Walking the Dragon (Part 2)

In an instant, Cao Hui was sent flying by the long staff that was neither metal nor wood. He flew horizontally across the water vein to the sky, then fell into the water, splashing up wave after wave.

The tiny snake scales on its body burst open one after another, and the thick, long, and sturdy scales were also covered with cracks, from which streaks of golden blood oozed out.

The water veins, which had just been purified, became murky again and smelled of blood.

The difference this time was that the smell of blood did not come from other beasts, but from Cao Hui himself. He was injured by this blow, and if it had been any more severe, it might have touched his very essence and interrupted the process of [Ritual: Walking Dragon].

"roar!"

A roar erupted from Cao Hui's mouth, shaking the clouds and rain in the sky. Resonating with the thunder, strands of orange light, like starlight, emanated from the depths of his body, covering his wounds and accelerating his self-healing.

This is a special secret technique that utilizes the power of bloodline, and it is one of the foundations that Cao Hui has accumulated over 500,000 years of seclusion.

This bloodline technique mimics the healing effect of the Orange Light Authority on the body, achieving 70% of the effect that Cao Hui could achieve by directly using the Orange Light Authority on himself.

Strands of orange-yellow starlight flowed from the ten-thousand-foot-long serpent's body, slowly forming a pattern of celestial and terrestrial Dao, drawing upon the Qi of heaven and earth across millions of miles, connecting with the orange light Dao between heaven and earth, and borrowing its power.

In the next instant, the serpent's body grew tenfold, and a colossal serpent towering into the clouds emerged from the earth, shaking the mountains and rivers for millions of miles.

This method of leveraging the Qi and Dao of Heaven and Earth to rapidly expand one's own body is also a result of Cao Hui's accumulated experience during his 500,000 years of quiet cultivation.

"Splash..."

""

Cao Hui peered down from the horizon, raised his sharp teeth that emitted wisps of orange light, and lunged at the ape whose fur was a deep blue mixed with blood red.

"Well done!"

"It's a good idea to stretch your muscles before eating!"

The ape with deep blue fur mixed with blood red roared to the sky, and wave after wave of earth vein energy and fire vein energy surged and boiled, drawing on some of the power of the earth and fire elements to bless its body.

With a single step, he leaped into the air, transforming into a gigantic ape amidst the orange starlight emanating from Cao Hui's mouth. He brandished a black staff, neither metal nor wood, that expanded in sync with his body, and aimed it towards the heavens.

"boom!"

One terrifying force after another erupted between Cao Hui and the giant ape, shattering pieces of the earth, breaking mountains, and shaking sacred mountains. This forced the totems that guarded these mountains to use the energy of incense to stabilize their respective mountain ranges and anchor their divine domains.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

The earth trembled repeatedly, one after another.

Each such violent upheaval was a collision between Cao Hui and the giant ape, a clash between different worlds, and a power struggle between different ways of the world.

The swirling winds in the sky grew even stronger.

The raindrops falling from the sky became even more intense.

The rolling rocks on the earth became even more ferocious.

The lava gushing from the earth became even more frenzied.

It was as if heaven and earth were about to shatter in this great battle, repeating the cycle of earth, water, wind, and fire.

This celestial phenomenon, resembling the arrival of the apocalypse, directly affected the environment within a radius of millions of miles.

Without the protection of powerful immortal beings and the protection of the totem divine realm, mortal beings can no longer survive in this area. Even immortal beings who have undergone three or even four transformations feel a chill in their hearts and are doing their best to get away from this place.

"The battles between the top totems are truly terrifying..."

2

On a sacred mountain, a slightly clumsy badger sighed softly, its face turning slightly pale.

He squatted atop the sacred mountain, wielding his authority, drawing upon the principles of heaven and earth, and scattering the accumulated incense offerings to continuously solidify his territory and divine domain.

However, despite their best efforts, the mountain range and divine realm where this totem resided remained unstable, drifting in the wind and rain, and swaying in the molten lava.

Those with a few connections began to call upon their friends and relatives, inviting other members of the pantheon to come and help them suppress their territories and stabilize their divine domain.

At this moment, even the distant Qingqiu Mountains were filled with a stream of azure light, which flowed along the earth's veins and the course of the Qingqiu Mountains, connecting to form a celestial array, transforming into a great array to stabilize the divine mountain and anchor the divine realm.

At the highest peak of Qingqiu, Su Jiu gently swayed his tail, watching the giant snake, which was 100,000 feet long, and the giant ape, which was 10,000 feet long, fight each other. He sighed with admiration.

He murmured softly, "This celestial phenomenon, this earthquake, this terrifying destructive power..."

'

"Perhaps it's not much different from a local battlefield of the totem wars in the Nanshan mountain range hundreds of thousands of years ago?"

You Su is the third generation of Qingqiu totem. He was not born during the totem war. Most of his direct information about that war came from the inheritance of his bloodline.

However, this knowledge and information from the bloodline is very vague. The ancestors seemed to be wary of this totem war, and dared not leave even the slightest bit of specific information in the bloodline.

The first and second generation totems of Qingqiu were not superior in terms of combat power compared to other totems of the same realm, otherwise they would not have settled on the edge of the Nanshan mountain range.

You Su's gaze shifted slightly; he wanted to mobilize the power of Qingxiao's authority to deduce the secrets of heaven.

But before he could even deduce what was happening, a mysterious feeling exploded within his consciousness, stopping all his subsequent actions.

"This is a secret matter involving more than one powerful totem within the Nanshan mountain range. Delving into this matter will lead to negative consequences and unnecessarily attract hostility."

You Su's gaze sharpened slightly as he looked towards the Chaoyang Mountains.

I wonder how that bull totem views this matter.

The Chaoyang Mountains were still a landscape of rolling lava. The turmoil that extended to this mountain range only made the environment, which was uninhabitable for mortals, even more severe.

Relatively speaking, the impact is not significant.

As you can see, Chi Yan, the totem of the Chaoyang Mountains, has not even shown his head, nor has he gathered even a wisp of the Qi of Heaven and Earth, or a trace of the power of the Dao of Heaven and Earth.

At the top of the canopy of the Mountain and Sea Tree within the Abundant Divine Realm.

Xiong Zhou's projection made no move whatsoever, nor did it use the projection to invoke the power of abundance or activate the power of the divine realm.

The aftershocks of the battle between Cao Hui and the giant ape were largely blocked by the Qingqiu Mountains and Chaoyang Mountains before they reached the fertile land. Less than 20% of the remaining power was completely calmed down by the inherent characteristics of the Mountain and Sea Wood as soon as it entered the Divine Realm.

The branches and leaves of the Mountain and Sea Tree swayed slightly, and the spirituality and the aura of authority emanating from Xiong Zhou resonated slowly.

This tender little seedling, still growing, seemed to be stirring with a bit of excitement, wanting to move around as well.

"call?"

[Little Ruomu, what you want to ask is, who will win this great battle?]

Xiong Zhou glanced at the mountain and sea beneath his feet, his expression one of surprise.

He really didn't expect that this guy had this side to him.

Judging from this, you seem to be looking for an evenly matched opponent for a big battle?

"call."

[Of course, the giant ape will win.]

The swaying branches of the Mountain and Sea Tree paused slightly, as if it could hardly believe it.

Does the fact that their master said this mean that Cao Hui, the orange-light totem, failed in his attempt to cross the dragon?

Xiong Zhou sensed Shan Hai Ruo Mu's emotions and softly explained, "Woo."

[First of all, below the Phoenix, Cao Hui, with his orange-light totem, is indeed at the fifth level of the Refinement God realm, a top-tier level.]

"Waaah."

However, with the authority over heaven and earth restricted, Cao Hui could no longer be considered a totem wielding that authority during this corresponding period.

"Waaah."

[That giant ape was clearly a ferocious beast, and also a totem wielding power over some kind of earth-shattering calamity.]

One has been weakened, even significantly, while the other is still at their peak. Anyone with a bit of combat experience can tell who will ultimately win.

Cao Hui is able to fight the giant ape now only because he has access to a large amount of Qi from heaven and earth.

However, to compete with someone who holds the power and authority over heaven and earth, to restore the balance of heaven and earth, and to manipulate the ways of heaven and earth...

Ordinary Tai Li disciples without special abilities cannot compete with any being who holds the power of heaven and earth in either of these two aspects, let alone Cao Hui, who currently only possesses the rudimentary form of a cultivation system and is at the third stage of the Immortal Realm.

"call."

[However, there's something you might be mistaken about, Little Ruomu.]

"call."

[The battle between Fellow Daoist Cao Hui and this giant ape will not affect the success or failure of the Dragon-Walking Ritual.]

The tree, seemingly puzzled, swayed gently, its branches trembling with confusion. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth that resonated with the illusory image of the bear boat seemed to be filled with bewilderment.

Xiong Zhou grinned.

"call."

[When Fellow Daoist Cao Hui traversed the dragon, he triggered an external calamity, not the three calamities brought down by the will of Heaven and Earth.]

"call."

[External tribulations, besides confronting them head-on with force, can also be avoided.]

"Waaah."

[Now, it all depends on whether Fellow Daoist Cao Hui can react in time.]

With a hint of anticipation, Xiong Zhou looked towards the distant battle.

If Fellow Daoist Cao Hui can successfully cross the dragon vein, connecting the earth's water vein array with the East Sea and achieving a complete connection in terms of destiny, thus creating a local world, he, as the initiator, will also be able to share in the opportunity and fortune.

Suddenly, Xiong Zhou's eyes lit up. A sudden surge of excitement made him see a celestial python glowing with a hint of orange light deep within the water veins.

This is Cao Hui.

He was taking advantage of the subtle moment when strange phenomena covered the surrounding area, rivers were churning with silt, the world was in chaos and conflict, the power of the Dao of Heaven and Earth was fluctuating, and many totem perception tools were limited, and he was dragging all sorts of mysterious things from different water veins closer and closer to the fertile land.

Without any adversaries interfering, Cao Hui's progress, though limited by the various burdens he carried, was still steady, bringing the [Ritual: Walking the Dragon] to its conclusion.

As for "Cao Hui," who was fighting the giant ape in the sky.

The giant ape seemed to sense something was wrong as well, and activated some kind of bloodline technique. A vast, dark blue flame burned fiercely on its body, and its aura surged.

A giant ape with a deep blue coat and blood-red fur, standing ten feet tall, wields a black club that is neither gold nor wood, and roars angrily.

"die!"

"boom!"

The black staff struck the head of the 100,000-foot-long giant serpent, splashing out streaks of golden blood, shattering the skull and obliterating the consciousness within.

In an instant, the entire 100,000-zhang-long giant serpent fell from the sky, its life force continuously declining and weakening until it transformed into... a tattered snake skin.

Upon seeing the snake molt, so tattered it couldn't be any worse, how could the giant ape not realize it had been tricked?

"roar!"

The giant ape roared loudly, and any living being that heard it could clearly feel its shame, anger, and savagery.

"This...this old snake is really cunning..."

"No wonder it's an ancient snake that survived the totem wars hundreds of thousands of years ago; its trickery fooled even me!"

"That old bastard, he actually fooled us all?!"

"Where is that old bastard now?!"

On the nearby sacred mountain, one totem after another sighed and activated their own powers, radiating them outwards to directly cleanse the chaotic and slightly disordered Dao of Heaven and Earth.

A few breaths later, the strange phenomenon of heaven and earth, which seemed to be about to rebuild the earth, water, wind and fire, was calmed down by the joint efforts of hundreds of totems, erasing all the disorderly aftershocks that interfered with perception.

"That old snake is in front of Qingqiu and Chaoyang!"

A totem cried out loudly, and a beam of power converged into a strong light, shining far and wide over a water vein flowing into the fertile fields.

Cao Hui's shrunken figure was now completely exposed.

"roar!"

The giant ape roared, swinging its black staff, which was neither metal nor wood, aiming straight for Cao Hui, trying to stop him from advancing.

However, this action came a little too late.

Cao Hui moved with a leisurely air, gently flicking his tail as he swam directly into the fertile land, arriving at the bountiful divine realm, and entering a well-ordered pixelated river with stone embankments on both sides.

Meanwhile, the heavens changed, and Cao Hui's external tribulation had passed.

"bump!"

The black staff, neither metal nor wood, did not enter the Abundance Divine Realm. Instead, it was stopped outside the realm by a shield composed of abundance.

This attack, brimming with malice, failed to cause the slightest ripple; all its power was absorbed by the [Lv.6] level.

The divine realm of different levels was spontaneously resisted.

"Splash..."

""

The sound of water filled the air, and soon Cao Hui had approached the mouth of the East China Sea, swam past the Shan Hai Ruo Mu, and successfully entered the coastal area of ​​the East China Sea.

A mysterious and peculiar Daoist aura began to emanate from the giant serpent, connecting the water vein array on its body, as well as various other mysterious and profound things, with the East Sea, forming a unified whole.

One after another, streaks of water light stretched from the orange-light divine sea to this place, forming a vast array that slowly merged into the world, like a long anchor anchored into the mountains and rivers, making the laws and principles of heaven and earth in the surrounding area even more orderly.

The ethereal Taoist music rose from the void, echoing to the shallow waters of the East Sea, reflecting a phantom of a gate that resembled ten thousand dragons coiled around it.

Xiong Zhou's pupils contracted slightly; he recognized the projection of this portal.

It is very famous in the "Refining World".

It is called:

【Longmen】