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Chapter 882: The Strongest Below Incarnation
Chapter 882: The Strongest Below Incarnation
January 10th, 2025
A giant five hundred zhang tall stood across the world, its presence so immense that it seemed to touch the heavens and stand firm on the earth.
In comparison, the woman seemed minuscule, like an ant.
However, in this extreme contrast of sizes, the one retreating was none other than Luo Chen.
A person's name, a tree's shadow, it was no wonder that Luo Chen showed fear.
Although Luo Chen had briefly fought three great Demon Emperors alone today, a remarkable feat, he had ultimately defeated them one by one, and even Niu Gui was taken away by his friend, Jiuling Yuan Jun.
But Qing Shuang was different. She had personally defeated three powerful human cultivators in the past.
Even today, when Shen Yuan Zhen Ren saw her, he would do everything to flee at the sight of her.
Luo Chen's gaze swept across the sky, where no one was in sight, then to Niu Gui who had fled thousands of li away, and finally to Jiuling Yuan Jun, who was struggling to stand and retreat. His gaze eventually returned to Qing Shuang.
"Did this woman come here today for that flower, or for me?"
Luo Chen didn't know the answer, and he could only remain silent and wait.
Qing Shuang calmly observed him, and a rare glimmer of appreciation flashed in her eyes.
"You've grown stronger again."
Luo Chen was startled. Could he receive such praise from the strongest cultivator below Incarnation? Indeed!
When they first met, he was merely at the early stage of the Golden Core, and she could have easily crushed him.
Their second encounter was in the Hegemony Domain, where he had gathered everyone's strength and relied on the Soul Devouring Sword's sharpness, even injuring Qing Shuang who was saving Lei Peng.
And this time, right before her eyes, Luo Chen had incinerated the ancient Demon Emperor's son, Huang Man! It wasn't an exaggeration to say that he had become stronger.
But behind this appreciation, Luo Chen's heart trembled.
It meant that she had most likely come for him! Luo Chen's voice turned hoarse, and a rumbling sound escaped his mouth, "Fellow Daoist, I've obtained the flower. What else do you have to teach me?"
Qing Shuang calmly took a step forward, walking towards Luo Chen.
"I was planning to look for you. Now that we've met, let's go to Cangwu together."
Luo Chen's eyes widened in surprise, and without hesitation, he punched out.
As if anticipating Luo Chen's reaction, Qing Shuang also threw a punch.
Her small, fair hand was no match for the giant's hand, which resembled a pillar of heaven.
However, with a single punch, Luo Chen's massive body flew out like a piece of willow fluff.
In terms of body refinement, Luo Chen was no match for Qing Shuang! But he had never intended to compete with her!
Mid-air, Luo Chen's body suddenly shrank, and he flew backward, using the force to his advantage.
Furthermore, he pinched a Daoist technique, and firelight blazed in the air, causing his figure to disappear in a flash.
When he reappeared, he had crossed several li, and then another flash of firelight followed.
Qing Shuang watched this, her calm expression causing her slender eyebrows to raise slightly.
She took a step, and ripples appeared in the void, as if waves were spreading. She reappeared at Luo Chen's previous location.
Two figures, one disappearing in firelight and the other crossing the void, vanished from the Medicine King Domain in an instant.
Crack!
Jiuling Yuan Jun struggled to stand upright, feeling fortunate to have survived.
Looking in the direction where Luo Chen and Qing Shuang had disappeared, his expression was incredibly complex.
Huff...
A gust of wind stirred.
Ling Feng Zi suddenly appeared, gazing at the battlefield, which resembled hell.
White Bone Mountain, Bottomless Pit, and a thousand li of scorched earth, devoid of any vitality.
The air carried a pungent, scorching breath, and in his memory, there was also the vivid image of thundering heavens.
In the end, only Jiuling Yuan Jun remained.
He swallowed, "Where's my senior brother?"
Jiuling Yuan Jun sighed, "I did my best."
He had indeed given it his all.
Trapped in the grand formation for two days, his spiritual power had been significantly depleted.
To prevent Luo Chen from being trapped in a siege by the three demons, he had forcefully activated a secret technique, taking Niu Gui away.
If Niu Gui hadn't been scared off by Qing Shuang, and if Qing Shuang's attention hadn't been solely on the Void Accumulating Flower and Luo Chen, he might have already become a corpse.
However, Ling Feng Zi didn't care about any of that; he was just asking.
"Where's Luo Chen?"
...
The Eastern Six Regions were not arranged in a straight line.
Instead, they were scattered in a well-planned layout, each with its own borders.
Taking the Jade Cauldron Domain as a reference, the Divine Talisman Domain would be the farthest, and the closest neighboring domain was the Hehuan Domain.
The Medicine King Domain was located in the central region, and it was this unique geographical advantage that had made the Medicine King Sect the wealthiest among the six domains in the past.
Luo Chen escaped from the Medicine King Sect using his self-created Fire Escaping Technique, covering a distance of ten thousand li.
He crossed the vast Hehuan Domain in just half a day.
If this speed were to be known, even a Nascent Soul cultivator might be shocked enough to drop their jaw.
But Luo Chen still felt it wasn't enough.
Whoosh...
A flash of firelight appeared, and Luo Chen stumbled, falling from the air.
However, in an instant, he stabilized his body with his powerful physique.
"Wuu..."
By his side, piercing cries echoed.
As far as the eye could see, the land was dark and gloomy, like the Nine Underworlds.
"Have I reached the Jade Cauldron Domain?"
The Jade Cauldron Domain was once the smallest and weakest, and it was the first to be attacked by the Demon Race's army.
Now, it had become a ghostly land! Especially after over a hundred years of development, it was no longer suitable for human cultivation.
As soon as a living person's aura appeared, countless low-level ghosts with condensed Yin energy rushed over.
However, before they could get close to Luo Chen, they were crushed into the most primitive ghost energy by the spiritual power emanating from his body.
Luo Chen paid no attention to these ghosts, but turned his head with a ferocious expression.
The void was calm, as if nothing had happened.
But he knew that the demoness was still chasing him!
"You want me to go to Cangwu?"
"I will never go back to that place!"
Luo Chen's heart hardened, and he took out another jar of Golden Wind Jade Dew to replenish his spiritual power.
He took a step, like an arrow, piercing through the air.
Once his spiritual power had recovered to a certain extent, he disregarded everything and used the Fire Escaping Technique, striving to increase the distance between him and Qing Shuang.
However, the difference in their escape speeds was unimaginable, just like the gap between Luo Chen and an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator.
Just as Luo Chen attempted to change direction towards Tianfan City, his face suddenly changed, and he slashed a sword to the left.
Clang!
In the void, a white fist suddenly appeared and vanished in a flash.
The Soul Devouring Sword remained intact, but Luo Chen's right arm couldn't withstand the immense force, his bones cracking and his flesh exploding.
Sizzle...
The fire reappeared, and Luo Chen disappeared from his original spot.
Qing Shuang emerged from the void, her figure slowly materializing.
She looked at her hand, where a pale sword mark was visible.
"That sword..."
She murmured, then continued chasing Luo Chen, who had changed direction.
One chased, and one fled, covering a distance of tens of thousands of miles.
On the second night of the third day, Luo Chen landed on a desolate plain, his face deathly pale.
His paleness was due to his unrestrained refinement of Golden Wind Jade Dew.
The surrounding environment was white, the reflection of moonlight on the snow-covered ground.
Snowy ground?
Luo Chen looked around, a look of surprise on his face.
This was the Great Snowy Mountain!
Unknowingly, he had been chased to this familiar place.
Or rather, it wasn't that he was running blindly, but that Qing Shuang had been controlling his escape route, intentionally guiding him towards Cangwu Mountain.
"I can't keep running!"
Luo Chen dared not use the Fire Escape Technique again; he had recently created this technique and was not yet proficient in its use.
When he used it, the consumption of his spiritual power was terrifying.
If he continued, his Nascent Soul might collapse after just a few more uses.
Facing the approaching Qing Shuang, Luo Chen had already made up his mind.
"I still have the strength for one more battle!"
He knelt on the ground, placing the Soul Devouring Sword horizontally in front of him. He took out a jar of Golden Wind Jade Dew and, suppressing his natural aversion, guzzled down most of it.
A massive amount of spiritual energy instantly spread out, almost causing Luo Chen to pass out.
Refining spiritual wine in such an unrestrained manner would cause his body to start rejecting it, no matter how robust his physique was.
But he couldn't afford to care!
This batch of spiritual energy would be his last chance to activate the Flourish and Wither Dao Finger.
How could he withstand Qing Shuang's frontal attack?
Luo Chen took a deep breath, and the water droplet pattern on his forehead became clearer.
Buzz...
In the void, ripples appeared.
A woman in a blue robe walked out calmly, her gaze falling on the disheveled man on the snowy ground, bathed in moonlight.
Finally, he stopped running?
...
Black water surrounded the continent, flowing calmly as if one couldn't feel its movement.
A terrifying abyss stretched across the edge of the land, becoming an insurmountable chasm for both humans and demons.
Within this abyss, the strongest sect in the Eastern Wilderness was the Abyss Sect!
At this moment, in an ancient and simple hall, three figures sat in a triangular formation.
In the center was a pool of black water, like a pool of mercury.
Inside the pool, a green light continued to burst forth and was repeatedly suppressed.
Among the three figures, the youngest one spoke with the most aged voice.
"The Heavenly Origin Dao Sect controls the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven, producing countless talents and constantly achieving Incarnation. If we can refine this Qing He Immortal and integrate her into our Abyss Sacred Land, it will undoubtedly become one of the strongest foundations of our sect. At that time, our sect will be able to dominate the Eastern Wilderness and compete with the Heavenly Origin Dao Sect!"
"Senior Brother Yu Ming, what you said is true. Although Qing He Immortal is not as powerful as the ancient Mirage Dragon of the Great Wilderness, she is still alive and a complete original body. By refining her, not only will our sect benefit greatly, but we can also use this opportunity to break through to the late stage of Incarnation, leave this realm, and seek the path to longevity."
It was rumored in the world that cultivators could ascend to the heavens upon reaching the Incarnation stage.
However, these rumors were often exaggerated.
While it was true that Incarnation cultivators could ascend with clouds, it was not entirely reliable. Only those in the late stage of Incarnation could receive the greatest support from the spiritual essence of a realm.
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However, even the best spiritual veins in the Mountain and Sea Realm were only fifth-rank.
Incarnation cultivators could use these veins for daily cultivation without issue, but advancing further was a thousand times more difficult.
But cultivators were incredibly intelligent, and over time, they gradually devised many methods.
Humans were not the favored children of this world; the Mountain and Sea Realm cherished the ignorant beasts more.
Therefore, the Heavenly Origin Dao Sect used the corpse of the Great Wilderness Mirage Dragon to enhance their sect's foundation and improve their spiritual veins. They also created the Heaven Peak, attracting numerous elderly Nascent Soul cultivators to draw upon their spiritual essence during their breakthroughs or Nirvana.
In this era, the Great Wilderness was rarely seen, as most had retreated into the Wild Wilderness.
The Wild Wilderness was a place even powerful beings dared not enter lightly, so it was difficult for the Abyss Sect's Incarnation Sacred Land to replicate the Heavenly Origin Dao Sect's methods.
However, they found an alternative, discovering a way to enhance the foundation of their spiritual land.
If the Great Wilderness was not available, what about the spiritually awakened?
Beasts were the favored children of heaven and earth, but what about the spiritual creatures born from plants and minerals?
Qing He Immortal was one of the rarest spiritually awakened beings in the Mountain and Sea Realm, a unique existence that had even advanced to the fifth rank.
If she were refined and integrated into the Abyss Sacred Land, it would continuously absorb vast amounts of spiritual essence from heaven and earth, greatly benefiting Incarnation cultivators in their understanding of the true meaning of the Dao.
Therefore, after the three old ancestors of the Abyss Sect dealt with the ancient demon emperor Tian, they no longer paid attention to the war between humans and demons. Instead, they returned to the Abyss Sect with most of their disciples and focused on refining Qing He Immortal.
At this moment, the three old ancestors of the Abyss Sect were refining Qing He Immortal while happily chatting, filled with hope for the future.
Suddenly, the Black Marsh ancestor's eyebrows furrowed, and his refining movements slowed for a moment.
Yu Ming, who was in charge of the formation, immediately noticed the anomaly.
"Junior Brother, what's wrong?"
The Black Marsh ancestor's face showed surprise as he pinched a seal, and the result verified his guess.
"The protective divine ability I left on Luo Chen has been activated."
Upon hearing this, the other two found it strange.
Yu Ming asked, "Do you mean he encountered a formidable enemy and was forced to use Incarnation techniques?"
Tian Yuan was curious, "When we were at Bi You Mountain, I took a quick look at that Pill Sect cultivator. His cultivation was profound, and his foundation was solid. Few of his peers could match him. Now, with the reputation of our Abyss Sect backing him, who would dare to attack him?"
The Black Marsh ancestor shook his head, his expression turning slightly grave.
"Regardless of who it is, Luo Chen is my chosen successor for the next Pill Sage. Only he has the potential to refine a fifth-rank divine pill to aid our cultivation."
"Back then, Dan Sheng was deceived by Tian Yuan Dao Zong and left the Abyss Sect."
"Luo Chen, we can't afford any more mishaps!"
As he spoke, he was about to pause his actions.
Yu Ming Lao Zu frowned, "Refining the Qing He Immortal Formula is of utmost importance. It's not even eighteen years yet, how can we easily withdraw?"
Hei Ze Lao Zu hesitated, "But..."
Tian Yuan Lao Zu smiled, "It's fine, I'll go in my incarnate form. Senior Brother, let me borrow Luo Chen's aura for a moment!"
The three Great Ancestors of the Abyss Sect each had their own specialties.
Tian Yuan Lao Zu was the most skilled in the art of external incarnation. When capturing Qing He Xian earlier, it wasn't just Lei Dao Zi and the others who played a role.
Hei Ze Lao Zu breathed a sigh of relief, "Since Senior Brother is going in his incarnate form, it shouldn't be a problem."
He twirled his finger and retrieved Luo Chen's aura, which he had secretly intercepted at Tian Shui Palace. With his own divine guidance, finding Luo Chen's whereabouts wasn't a big issue.
Tian Yuan Lao Zu obtained Luo Chen's aura and with a thought, he threw it outside the hall.
The calm and flowing depths of the Abyss suddenly stirred with waves.
The Abyss Sect disciples guarding the depths were stunned, unsure why the sect's barrier, which had been stable for thousands of years, was suddenly activated.
The next moment, they saw a figure slowly emerging from the depths.
He sucked in the direction of the Tian Ming Palace, as if swallowing something, and with a whoosh, he soared into the sky, leaving the Abyss Sacred Land.
It was only then that the Abyss Sect disciples realized that it was the incarnation carefully nurtured by the Great Ancestor.
However, the battle outside had gradually subsided, and they wondered what could be so important for the Great Ancestor to send his incarnation.
Boom!
After the loud noise, Qing Shuang stood motionless at her original spot.
She slowly retracted her fist and looked at the man shrouded in a blue water screen in front of her, a hint of disgust appearing on her face.
"Is this the method of the person who invaded Cangwu Mountain back then? Is this what you rely on?"
Luo Chen didn't respond. Even with the 'Heavenly Life Water' protective divine ability, each of the man's punches and kicks contained terrifying power.
His proudest achievement, his body refinement realm, was barely holding up under that immense force.
If it weren't for his years of consuming the thousand-year-old Five Temple Immortal Brew for body refinement, even with the protection of a Divine Transformation Realm master's protective divine ability, the counterforce would have been unbearable for his internal organs.
Inside his body, there were still waves of force constantly shaking, trying to dismantle his physical body.
He couldn't suppress it!
Luo Chen's face turned stern, and instead of retreating, he advanced.
He didn't transform into his true form of several hundred zhang, nor did he manifest his usual nine-zhang body.
Qing Shuang wasn't Bai Zu, nor was she Huang Man.
In front of her, the advantage of size meant nothing; it would only make him an easy target.
Instead, agility was more important.
Luo Chen punched out, and Qing Shuang met his punch with her own, neither dodging nor evading.
It seemed like a direct clash, but in mid-air, Luo Chen twisted his waist and kicked out with a single leg like a raging storm.
Qing Shuang lifted her chin and kicked out with her long leg.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Amidst the continuous collisions, there was a burst of roars, and Hei Wang bit out.
Qing Shuang reached out and grabbed Hei Wang, pulling it with both hands.
Ripping...
Hei Wang was torn in two, falling helplessly to the ground.
Luo Chen didn't have time to check on Hei Wang. He stepped on Moon Step and circled behind Qing Shuang, slapping out with a palm.
The illusion shattered, and Luo Chen's palm missed.
Before he could react, the void behind him trembled, and a finger lightly tapped on his back.
Boom!
With just a single finger, Luo Chen stumbled.
The source power within him circulated, but he still couldn't shake off the layers of undulating force.
Luo Chen's expression turned ugly, and he struck out with his elbow, but it missed again.
His light golden eyes scanned the void, but he couldn't locate Qing Shuang's whereabouts.
Suddenly, there was a sound of breaking through the air from above.
Luo Chen raised his sword and stabbed upwards.
Clang!
With the added force of the terrifying power, Luo Chen instantly fell to the ground.
Qing Shuang stood in the void, without any visible support from her cultivation, nor was she accompanied by white clouds and clear winds. She simply stood there, unremarkable in the air.
Looking down at Luo Chen, Qing Shuang shook her head.
"Although you've grown a lot, you still can't hit me, let alone move me. Your resistance is ultimately futile."
On the ground, Luo Chen stood up in a disheveled state.
In all his life, this was the first time he felt so powerless.
Even when he was ignorant and unaware, and Qing Shuang captured him with her Sleeve Microcosm, his feelings weren't as deep as they were now.
Only at this moment, as his cultivation was gradually catching up to Qing Shuang, did he realize just how vast the gap between them was.
No wonder even a powerful cultivator like Shen Yuan would run away at the sight of Qing Shuang.
No wonder the Heaven-Splitting Pass had to use a grand formation to deter Qing Shuang from invading.
No wonder the Abyss Sect had to personally send a Divine Transformation Realm ancestor to dare enter Cangwu Mountain back then.
"Is this the first person under the Divine Transformation Realm?"
Luo Chen wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and looked up, but Qing Shuang had disappeared again.
She hid in the void, appearing and disappearing unpredictably.
Even a cultivator's spiritual sense struggled to lock onto her.
With just her bare fists, she was invincible.
Luo Chen wished his eyes could do more than just dispel illusions. If they could see through space, how wonderful it would be to perceive the spatial fluctuations.
At least he wouldn't be so passive.
But the battle didn't allow him time to think.
Boom!
A punch suddenly appeared from the left.
The blue light shield around Luo Chen began to visibly collapse inward.
Qing Shuang reappeared, but this time it wasn't just a simple punch. She placed her hands on the edge of the light shield, and white light spread.
She was going to tear apart the protective divine ability left by that person! She had the confidence!
She didn't want to prolong the fight with Luo Chen any longer!
However, at this moment, she saw the madness in Luo Chen's eyes.
Whoosh!!!
Blue-white flames suddenly appeared, centered on Luo Chen, and surged towards the outside world.
Qing Shuang was caught off guard and was touched by the Flourish and Wither Divine Flame.
But in an instant, she retreated, and Luo Chen's sword slash missed again.
Luo Chen stumbled, half-kneeling on the ground, his cultivation power empty, and his source power unable to circulate.
Amidst the undulating waves, Qing Shuang appeared again.
Looking at her charred left hand, there seemed to be a hint of admiration on her face, but also a trace of regret.
"It's over!"
(End of Chapter)
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