Chapter 1248: Borrowing Luck and Swallowing Heavenly Thoughts
“Empty words, how can I prove it?”
Even though Xu Ke had already felt that familiar aura on the other party, the Xuanhuang Evil Thought that was sealed behind his back was too important. If it was entrusted to a wrong person, it would definitely cause unimaginable calamity.
This was also the reason why Xu Ke had always been sealed by himself alone even after so many years.
He really couldn’t find anyone who was both capable and trustworthy.
Seeing Xu Ke being so cautious, Li Fanping had actually rejected him.
Nor was he angered, and his laughter echoed continuously.
“It’s not that I should prove it to you, but you should see the truth!”
With Li Ping’s words, the top of the Palace of the Holy Emperor’s Throne, and even the sky of the Great Enlightenment Small World seemed to be torn apart.
Xu Ke’s vision returned to the Xuan Huang Realm in an instant, and one scene after another surfaced before his eyes.
Where the endless night was, stars of golden light emerged from nowhere. In the Sea of Darkness, a burst of invisible waves was set off.
In the boundless sea, channels of golden chains crisscrossed across, like a giant net. Within the golden net, shrill, unwilling, resentful wails echoed. A consciousness was slowly worn out. And in the golden center, the Faceless Saint Emperor stood out of the void, his aura was fierce.
In a rather desolate state, a strong force of heaven and earth was imposed on the Faceless Saint Emperor. Beside him, an inky, pitch-black figure loomed. Although they were empty in front of them, it caused Xu Ke to instinctively feel uneasy.
……
These subtle flashes of images all illustrated the close connection between this Faceless Saint Emperor in front of him and the Xuanhuang Heavenly Dao.
And Xu Ke’s increasingly fierce resistance from the coffin behind him, which seemed to be impatient to return to the Xuanhuang Evil Thought, also basically made this judgment clear.
However, for some reason, Xu Ke’s heart was still somewhat hesitant.
“Perhaps, I’ve stayed with this Xuan Huang Evil Thought for too long, and I’ve unknowingly been affected?” Xu Ke was suddenly startled in his heart.
The image of the Faceless Saint Emperor was simply too positive. So much so that Xu Ke, who was on the opposite side of the fence from him at the moment, couldn’t help but doubt himself.
“The Xuanhuang Evil Thought has been sealed for far too long. It’s already on the verge of exceeding the limits of what an ordinary cultivator can grasp. And as He is one with the existing Xuanhuang Heavenly Dao, if He were to suddenly return, I’m afraid that even the Heavenly Dao itself would have to undergo unpredictable and extreme changes as a result.”
“The only way to return the Dao to Heaven is for me to suppress it first, and then slowly grind out all the evil thoughts. During this process, I’m afraid I’ll still need some help from you.” After a moment of stalemate, Saint Emperor Li Ping spoke again.
As soon as these words came out, two very different reactions appeared at the Holy Emperor Throne.
Xu Ke was pleasantly surprised.
The coffin board behind him, on the other hand, after being quiet for a little while, was vibrating even more frantically.
Li Ping even vaguely saw the gaze on the pale figure’s face that was a hundred times more resentful than before.
“You and follow me.”
Li Ping did not urge Xu Ke to hand over the Xuan Huang Evil Thought, but instead brought it to a location above the Great Enlightenment Small World.
“Can you feel that there is something different here?”
“The fluctuation of the Xuanhuang Evil Thought has been suppressed, it can barely be felt. Not only the Xuanhuang Evil Thought, but also the small world here, as well as the Xuanhuang Heavenly Dao itself ……,” Xu Ke’s eyes flashed with a trace of astonishment.
“This is where the eye of the [Heaven and Earth Ten Thousand Spirits Formation] is located. This array seals heaven and earth, not to mention the world idea, even if a True Immortal descends, it can also withstand one or two.” Li Ping said in a flat tone.
In his memory perception, this formation could indeed block the descent of a True Immortal for a few moments.
And although Xu Ke had lived for a long time, he had never really seen what the power of a True Immortal actually was. So there was no doubt in Li Ping’s words.
“With this formation in place, even if it is released directly, it will not be able to get out of its trap.”
Xu Ke also knew a little bit about formations.
The more he observed, the more alarmed he became.
This Heaven and Earth All Souls Formation was indeed as mysterious as Li Ping had said.
“If I had this formation back then, I wouldn’t have had to personally suppress it for thousands of years.” Xu Ke couldn’t help but feel a bit of a trance in his heart as he was shaken.
After visiting the Great Formation of All Souls, Li Ping brought Xu Ke to Lord Yin again.
It was like a schoolhouse, full of young children who were studying seriously. An innocent face pulled Xu Ke’s thoughts back to the small broken temple in Ningyuan City a thousand years ago. The picture of that year, and the scene in front of him appeared to overlap a little, Xu Ke could not help but be slightly dumbfounded.
As for Lord Yin’s reaction, it was somewhat frightening.
He, who was in the middle of teaching the children to learn, suddenly came to a complete standstill.
After a momentary pause, he stood up abruptly and looked dead at the coffin behind the license.
After his body trembled in a gust, it unexpectedly split apart directly from his body. Revealing the always hidden, other self.
In his four eyes, they were all filled with unprecedented greed.
Xu Ke frowned slightly, the eyes that viewed prey in general made him very uncomfortable.
What concerned him even more was the manifestation of the Xuanhuang Evil Thought in the coffin behind him.
It was strange.
Steeply calming down, the cursing and compelling sounds that had been surfacing in Xu Ke’s ears disappeared once again.
But unlike before in the Heaven and Earth All Souls Formation, the Xuanhuang Evil Thought itself was unaffected.
Instead, it was like it had been startled and subsided on its own.
A moment later, the Xuanhuang Evil Thought once again continuously tapped the coffin board, manifesting its presence.
But in Xu Ke’s eyes, this was more like a bluff.
Li Ping’s body stood between Lord Yin and the Xuanhuang Evil Thought, which caused both of them to return to normal.
Shangren Yin’s body, which had been torn apart from it, rejoined as he grinned, “I never thought that the hallowed Xuanhuang Heavenly Dao would actually have a part of it that would fall to such a state?”
“If those brothers of mine knew about this, I’m not sure how happy they would be.”
Lord Yin said, smacking his lips, “I’ve eaten quite a lot of garbage-like World Specters. This complete World Specter, I haven’t tasted it yet. I wonder what exactly the flavor is.”
Xu Ke sniffed and was horrified in his heart.
However, he heard Li Ping’s voice transmission introduce the origin of this Lord Yin.
“The World Specter left behind by the devouring of the Xuan Huang Realm has great admiration for Mr. Bai?”
Initially, Xu Ke still had some misgivings, but after seeing the white rib bone that Shangren Yin treasured, there were no other superfluous thoughts in his mind.
Even if it was just the same as a normal person, an even more ordinary looking rib.
But Xu Ke knew with just one glance that it belonged to Mr. Bai.
Mr. Bai’s face with a smile reappeared in front of Xu Ke’s eyes, only to shatter abruptly in the blink of an eye.
Only this white rib remained.
Xu Ke was suddenly overcome with grief.
And after Shangren Yin learned of Xu Ke’s special relationship with Mr. Bai, he also put away his previous fierce look and became calm.
Only his eyes continued to sweep over the decaying coffin from time to time.
“With Daoist Yin here, if it escapes from the heavy restrictions, it will at most end up as a meal on a plate.” Li Ping said indifferently.
Xu Ke, whose emotions had calmed down somewhat, was considered to have finally believed in the identity and plans of this Faceless Saint Emperor at this moment.
The moment the obsession in his heart was put down, Xu Ke only felt unprecedentedly relaxed.
“I’ve already persevered for so long, so next, let the Xuanhuang Realm come on its own.” Xu Ke thought in this manner.
“What, are you interested in Him as well?” Lord Yin looked at Li Ping with some surprise.
Li Ping briefly recounted what had happened in Luo Yan Prefecture earlier, then said, “He has helped me a lot.”
Lord Yin shrugged, “Then I won’t rob it from you. Even if I eat it, at most, I’ll be satiated and still have to drain it out.”
Li Ping was silent and did not answer.
“That silver needle ……,” Shangren Yin suddenly showed Li Ping an image.
“Does it look like this?” Li Ping nodded, “What? Have you seen it?”
“It seems like I have some impression, but it was a long time ago.” Lord Yin squinted his eyes, recalling something.
“Right, a long time ago, I once saw it in this place. But it wasn’t me at that time, it was a part of the residual memories that I had once swallowed. So the specific details, but I can’t remember much. If you are interested, you can go here to look for it, and you might get something.”
Lord Yin transmitted a location to Li Ping.
It seemed to be the World Specter that still had a faint sense of his original body. The location that Supreme Person Yin had conveyed was surprisingly directly where the precise location of the present-day Xuan Huang Realm was located.
“I see. Let’s finish this matter first. With my current strength, even if I did discover something, I’m afraid it would be difficult to look deeper.” Li Ping did not make any evasions, but said very frankly.
“The Xuanhuang Realm, indeed, has too many bulls, ghosts, and snakes.” Lord Yin let out a low hum.
Li Ping looked at Xu Ke at this time, “Fellow Daoist Yin and I, we had previously planned to gather and bury Mr. Bai’s scattered bones in the ground. After this matter, if you are willing, you can assist us.”
Xu Ke naturally agreed without hesitation, even his voice trembled a little, “Good, good.”
Having successfully convinced Xu Ke, the caretaker, the next step was to release and absorb the Xuan Huang Evil Thoughts.
Although Li Ping had absolute confidence, he was not careless.
Rather, he was well prepared.
The next day, a piece of news spread throughout the entire Sacred Dynasty.
Seven days later, the Supreme Saint Emperor would descend with grace.
Any people who prayed sincerely within these seven days would be rewarded by the Holy Emperor.
The more sincere the heart, the more generous the reward.
Praying to the Holy Emperor was already a mandatory lesson for the people of the Great Enlightenment, and now that the Holy Emperor had made it clear that there would be rewards coming down, how would the people dare to be negligent?
Thus, within only half a day after the Holy Order was conveyed, Li Ping felt that the Qi of the Holy Dynasty Great Enlightenment had condensed like never before.
Even the power of qi formed by the [Heaven and Earth Qi Canon] within his own body had a hidden tendency to metamorphose from purple to gold.
“This method only has a momentary effect and shall not last long.”
“If you go back on your word, you will also suffer a backlash, and even a fall in realm is not impossible.”
Li Ping felt his strength continue to climb towards the peak, but his heart was very calm.
The golden source power was drawn out, and all the people were condensed in one heart.
The Heaven and Earth Ten Thousand Spirits Grand Formation then slowly operated.
It obscured all contact with the outside world.
At this moment, not only was it impossible to observe the existence of the Great Enlightenment Small World from the Xuan Huang Realm. Even Daoist Hundred Flowers, who was close by in the Five Elements Great Cavern, had suddenly lost her sense of the Great Enlightenment Small World.
If Li Ping had not informed her in advance, Hundred Flowers was afraid that she would have mistakenly thought that the Great Enlightenment had suffered some horrible calamity.
The process of devouring the Xuanhuang Evil Thoughts still had to block the Xuanhuang Heavenly Dao from the outside.
Otherwise, something unpredictable might happen.
Seven days passed by in a flash.
Li Ping’s state had reached its peak during the seven days of brewing and preparation.
At this moment, in the eye of the All Souls Grand Formation, Mr. Yin, Xu Ke, and Yi Shu, stood on three legs.
Li Ping, on the other hand, was sitting in the center of the three in the air.
Yi Shu, as a part of the Tai Diffractive Dao Transformation Stone, was naturally keenly aware of this unusual change that had occurred in the Great Enlightenment Small World.
Taking the initiative, he came to the door to inquire.
As for Li Ping, he had nothing to say and directly told the plan of devouring the Xuanhuang Evil Thought.
After a brief moment of dumbfoundedness, Yi Shu immediately offered to participate in helping as well.
He even took the initiative to suggest that in the future, the cooperation between the Tai Yan Sect and the Great Enlightenment of the Holy Dynasty might be further deepened.
After pondering for a moment, Li Ping still agreed to Yi Shu’s request.
He had invited these three people for nothing more than a show.
In the Heaven and Earth All Souls Formation, everything was within his grasp.
It was just a matter of this Yi Shu being honest, but if there was any movement, Li Ping could refine it with a single thought.
With the Xuanhuang Evil Thought, he could devour it.
“Formation, rise!”
Li Ping shouted in a cold voice.
The three people in the formation only felt that the sky suddenly became chaotic.
From time to time, purple star points flashed through it.
It was as if they had entered the endless void and left the world of real existence.
All three of them were aghast.
Li Ping at this time flicked his finger towards the rotting wooden coffin that lay beside him.
There was no violent sound of destruction.
The wooden sealing layer dissipated like a black smoke.
A figure changed from blurry to clear and appeared in the formation, in front of Li Ping.
It was different from the resentful appearance that Li Ping had seen before.
What was in front of his eyes at this time was certainly no different from the Mr. Bai in his memory.
Smiling slightly, he asked, “Are you going to eat me?”
There was no resentment in his eyes, instead, he was relieved and relieved.
“Mr. Bai?!” It was Xu Ke who was the first to hold back and shouted in shock.
It wasn’t that Xu Ke didn’t have enough determination, it was really that this figure was too similar to Mr. Bai.
Li Ping was unmoved and nodded his head indifferently, “Not bad.”
“To be able to unite with me, you can be considered to have died a worthy death.”
Just a simple sentence made the originally cloudy and light-hearted Xuan Huang Evil Thought’s face suddenly freeze.
“What are you?!”
The Xuanhuang Evil Thought couldn’t disguise itself and screamed out of character.
He swiftly transformed into a black gas and lunged towards Li Ping.
But in front of Li Ping, it was as if there was an infinite distance.
No matter how hard He tried, He was simply unable to get closer.
“Noisy.”
“When you are united with me, you will know what I am.”
Li Ping glanced at the Xuan Huang Evil Thought.
A brilliant force descended from the sky.
It bound the black smoke that the Evil Thought had transformed into at once.
“All Spirits and All Business, Great Grinding Wheel of Heaven and Earth!”
Li Ping softly chanted under his breath, and a purple-golden vortex was slowly generated above the heads of the crowd.