Cube-like Supernatural Powers: Longevity Begins with Qi Refining

Chapter 33 The Ancient Remnant Soul That Suffered Repeated Attacks

The biting cold spread throughout my body.

A deep-seated hatred is gnawing away at one's perception of the outside world.

In a very brief instant, Xiong Zhou's inner world was invaded.

On that pixelated plain where babbling rivers flow, magma surges underground, metallic minerals are nurtured, and golden wheat grows.

Xiong Zhou's solidified consciousness could clearly see streaks of blood light originating from nothingness, then collapsing into semi-transparent phantoms, pouring out cruelty, bloodlust, chaos, madness, and hatred, turning the sky above the Pixel Plains into a rich crimson hue.

"What a peculiar interior..."

"Having cultivated profound foundations on two different paths..."

"As the vessel for my rebirth, you've passed the test!"

The translucent, blood-red phantom laughed loudly and, without saying a word, reached out to grab the partially sealed Saint Dao Path, which had materialized in mid-air above the Pixel Plain.

He intends to begin on this vibrant and energetic path of sainthood, to completely possess and transform this selected young body into his own.

In the blink of an eye, the deep crimson light stained the path of the saint, which was interwoven with emerald green and bright yellow, with a gray-black color, and an eerie and ominous aura began to spread wildly.

"Oh, not only does it possess the abundant authority of the Path of Enlightenment stage, but also a fragmented, calamity-type special authority?"

The translucent, blood-red phantom's eyes widened suddenly, its extremely malevolent pupils revealing a hint of unexpected joy.

He temporarily relinquished the power of abundance and instead began to erode the flawed power of heaven and earth, which was called "Calamity".

"I was still thinking about how to deal with the Three Calamities after their resurrection, but this incomplete special authority of calamity is just in time!"

"In this life, I will surely attain immortality and settle accounts with all those traitors who betrayed me!"

The translucent, blood-red phantom looked at Xiong Zhou, who was standing not far from him, and grinned maliciously.

"As for your consciousness, once you successfully live another life, you will become nourishment for my progress!"

"This is a blessing!"

The laughter of the translucent, blood-red phantom stopped abruptly.

He suddenly noticed that Xiong Zhou's expression was extremely strange.

The initial tension seemed to have vanished, and the fear and dread that should have been there were absent. Even the actions that should have been taken to stop him were not taken.

What appeared on his face instead was astonishment, shock, and...admiration?

Just like changing faces, Xiong Zhou's facial expressions are very detailed and easy to understand at a glance.

At this moment, even though the thoughts of the semi-transparent blood-red phantom could not be understood using ordinary logic, a strange hesitation and confusion gradually emerged in his heart.

With a look of admiration, Xiong Zhou gave him a thumbs up and said, "Although I don't know who you are or what your name is."

"However, to be able to seize the calamity and power projection of Senior Sister Baiyu on my path to sainthood, you are definitely an extraordinary powerhouse."

"Whether in life or after death."

What does that mean?

What happened to your so-called Senior Sister Baiyu?

He couldn't understand the translucent, blood-red phantom that was constantly eroding Xiong Zhou's path to sainthood.

It's just a broken piece of calamity-type authority, what could be wrong with that?

At its peak, obtaining this item only required a trip to a certain place.

The power of calamity is not something so special that even those who have attained immortality must pay attention to it.

If he weren't not yet truly resurrected, and if he weren't going to need it during his resurrection, he wouldn't be paying much attention to it.

Also, talking about "before death" and "after death" is very unlucky.

The translucent, blood-red phantom blurred for a moment, and an unnamed fire was born from nothingness, beginning to scorch the mind.

His pupils, his face, became even more brutal, even more ferocious.

The crimson phantom had decided that once fully resurrected, it would devour the mortal being that provided its body alive to appease its conscience.

The translucent, blood-red phantom, brimming with a multitude of thoughts, cast an even more distorted gaze upon Xiong Zhou, its face and expression displaying extreme brutality.

Suddenly, he realized he couldn't wait any longer.

The translucent hand, stained with black blood, reached out again, pulled at Xiong Zhou's Saintly Path, pulled out the projection of the Calamity Authority, and stuffed it directly into the scarlet maw, swallowing it whole.

Xiong Zhou's own vital energy, carrying strands of life force, began to be controlled, and some flowed uncontrollably into the translucent blood-red phantom.

"I want to live again!"

"I want to settle all scores!"

One after another, the laws of heaven and earth began to converge, reflecting a vast sea of ​​lightning within this underground cavern. This lightning shattered the liquid death energy and corpse energy, coalescing and condensing into a lightning vortex shaped like a giant eye.

Purple lightning flashed above Xiong Zhou's location. Heaven and earth were instinctively about to unleash divine punishment on this remnant soul that had gathered earth-shattering calamity energy and attempted to resurrect itself, severing its life force.

Suddenly, heaven and earth froze.

Within the inner world of Xiong Zhou, a translucent, blood-red phantom with hands stained with black blood opened, its entire body frozen in mid-air.

Deep within the consciousness of this translucent, blood-red phantom, a ferocious tiger-shaped totem phantom silently coalesced and roared.

The Heavenly Fiend Authority, condensed from the Azure Sky Realm, was instantly applied to him, and the terrifying fluctuations of the law caused the entire world to tremble several times.

"What do you want with my authority?"

"What do you want to do to my God?"

The cold and stern voice of Baiyu Yuanjun echoed in Xiong Zhou's inner world. This undisguised sharpness and killing intent affected the laws of heaven and earth in the Azure Sky Realm and directly controlled the three calamities that were about to be descended.

"kill!"

As soon as the word was uttered, the lightning vortex, shaped like a giant eye, began to shrink, transforming into a fierce golden beam that crashed down from the sky, penetrating the inner world of the bear boat and striking the translucent blood-red phantom.

Without a sound or any aftershock, the ancient remnant soul that had attempted to possess the bear boat vanished into nothingness.

Only a trace of blood-red Dao essence and true meaning remained in the original place, accompanied by a bit of abundant power, which strengthened the ancient laws.

The tiger-shaped totem projection reappeared from nothingness and manifested on the pixelated plain.

Senior Sister Bai Yu stared coldly at Xiong Zhou, who was giving a dry laugh, and snorted softly.

There will be no next time.

Xiong Zhou coughed lightly as he watched the tiger-shaped totem phantom dissipate again.

He quickly whispered his explanation, "Senior Sister Baiyu, this wasn't me cheating. You should talk to the senior brothers in charge of the affairs outside the heavens."

"This was just that ancient, remnant soul, oblivious to its own mortality, trying to seize the power of the Calamity and Fiend, only to be attacked and killed by Senior Sister Baiyu who crossed over from another realm..."

The tiger-shaped totem phantom, which was about to dissipate, paused, glanced coldly at Xiong Zhou, and did not linger.

Only wisps of Daoist chanting remained, echoing leisurely across this pixelated plain.

"That's a remnant soul that possesses the Dao runes of immortality; it's not so easy to die."

"He's in the Azure Sky Realm; he won't perish so easily."

Xiong Zhou was immediately stunned.

The Heavenly Power, which is even more terrifying than the Power of Calamity, has not been completely destroyed after this attack.

The indestructible Dao patterns of the Undying Holy Body are so powerful, how come they are not completely dead?

Xiong Zhou immediately turned his attention outward from the inner world and looked towards the center of the Yin land.

A blood-red beam of light shot into the sky, and the heavy death energy and corpse energy spread once again.

A vast, seemingly enraged thought swept in from afar, pinpointing Xiong Zhou's location. A slightly more transparent, blood-red phantom rapidly approached.

"You can't escape!"

"You can't escape my grasp!"

"You will become the vessel for my resurrection!"

One after another, ferocious roars approached from afar, their immense killing intent and malevolent aura engulfing Xiong Zhou's senses and giving him a terrifying sense of suffocation.

Senior Sister Baiyu was right; this ancient remnant soul has not yet died.

Xiong Zhou swallowed hard, summoned the Earth and Wood Heavy Sword, and sprinted towards the rock wall not far away, striking it with the sword.

"Bang...bang...bang...bang..."

Sword light flashed everywhere, and the rock walls turned into pixelated blocks that fell away, quickly forming a passage leading to the surface.

At the same time, Xiong Zhou picked up the fallen pixel block and used it to block the path behind him, trying to buy time.

In less than half an hour, under the pressure of this translucent blood-red phantom, Xiong Zhou rushed from the deep underground yin land to the surface at a speed close to his own limit, and ran wildly in one direction.

As Xiong Zhou ran, he complained, "This is outrageous. Even Senior Sister Bai Yu couldn't kill this ancient remnant soul in one blow."

"What exactly are these Undying Dao Patterns originating from the Undying Holy Body? Are they really that monstrous?"

After glancing at the sky, Xiong Zhou spread his inspiration outwards, resonating with the heavens and earth of the Azure Sky Realm, and activating his bloodline power.

Xiong Zhou suddenly looked in a certain direction. A surge of inspiration told him that running in that direction might lead to a way to deal with this ancient, remnant soul.

"This direction seems to be the area where the original inhabitants of the Azure Sky Realm live and thrive?"

Xiong Zhou hesitated for a moment.

If he runs that way, he will undoubtedly be deliberately leading this ancient remnant soul to a place where many living beings breed and live.

Then, the region where the original inhabitants of the Azure Sky Realm live will definitely be struck by a man-made disaster caused by him, which may wipe out all life.

After a few seconds of hesitation, the translucent, blood-red phantom reappeared in front of Xiong Zhou, raised its translucent hand stained with black blood, and once again knocked on the crown of his head.

"The power of that calamity-inducing authority has been exhausted; it's impossible to unleash that power again anytime soon!"

"You will surely become my vessel!"

Everything you have will belong to me!

The biting cold spread throughout my body for the second time.

A deep, dark hatred coursed through Xiong Zhou's senses, causing him to howl in pain.

The translucent, blood-red phantom re-entered the inner world of the bear boat, arriving at that extremely peculiar pixelated plain.

This time, he no longer started with the path of the saints, but began to take control of Xiong Zhou's body.

The existence of that calamistic power left an indelible, chilling shadow in his mind, which was truly terrifying and horrifying.

The translucent, blood-red phantom, its scarlet gaze sharpening, looked at Xiong Zhou's Qi Refining Path and lunged straight at him.

"A bloodline of a demon, or rather, the bloodline of an auspicious beast that is not good at killing... Heaven is on my side!"

"This unexpected turn of events means you have absolutely no chance to resist!"

In an instant, a terrifying gray-black color, carrying a strong sense of eeriness and misfortune, began to erode the Qi Refining Path, where emerald green and bright yellow intertwined and the Five Elements cycle had already been formed.

Xiong Zhou blinked, his expression subtle.

This ancient, remnant soul wants to start with my bloodline power?

And it went so directly into the Abundant Path formed by the intersection of the Earth Path and the Wood Path.

In less than a few breaths, a terrifying change occurred on Xiong Zhou's path of Qi cultivation.

One after another, the dazzling threads coalesced into a net, directly lifting up the translucent, blood-red phantom whose face had changed drastically and who had lost the ability to struggle and was forced into a semi-dormant state, and pulling it higher into the sky.

"Splash..."

One after another, ripples resembling water waves, like a dreamlike and dazzling reflection of the void sea, rippled out concentric circles of patterns high above the pixel plain.

"Boom!"

A sound similar to the tautness of a fishing line arose, and the translucent, blood-red phantom vanished without a trace.

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The Hundred Flowers Immortal Sect.

Xiong Yuanmo squatted by the river, occasionally scattering "bait" with anticipation in his eyes.

Suddenly, the fishing line tightened.

"Hey!"

"There's fish!"

"Hehehe, after hanging it for so long, finally a fish has taken the bait!"

An excited smile appeared on Xiong Yuanmo's face. He quickly reeled in the fishing line, and with a strong pull of his arm, he dragged the "fish" out of the water.

"Um?"

Xiong Yuanmo's expression changed.

What he saw biting the "fishhook" was not a fish, but a remnant soul that had just been revived and emerged from a grave.

Following the "fishing line," Xiong Yuanmo touched it and immediately saw his son, who was already laughing out loud.

Xiong Yuanmo's face darkened. He grabbed the translucent, blood-red phantom and crushed it to pieces, leaving not a trace.

"It's you again, you little brat..."

"Hiss...this isn't right, is it?"

"You inherited my bloodline, so you should have good luck and be able to bring prosperity to your family. Why do you seem to be the one bringing me bad luck now?"

When Xiong Yuanmo looked into the fish basket, he saw that there wasn't a single fish, only some random, useless things.

For example, a large flying ship sunk in the void sea, a broken sword with most of its blade chipped off, a shattered array plate leaking wisps of innate energy...

"No, it must be because the feng shui of this location is bad."

"I'm going to move to a different spot, re-bait the area, and cast my line."

Xiong Yuanmo slung the fishing rod over his shoulder, lifted the fish basket, and slowly walked along the river into the distance.

"Next time, I'll definitely be able to get a big truck!"

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Azure Sky Realm.

Xiong Zhou's smile gradually faded.

He could sense that although his father had hoisted the remnant soul up, it had reappeared in this world and was now fixated on him, determined to fight to the death.

Xiong Zhou took out a small flying boat from his storage bag, boarded it, and immediately piloted it, flying in the opposite direction from the life of the original inhabitants of the Azure Sky Realm.

He still has something to fall back on.

Even if the safety net doesn't work, it's just a ranking competition of true disciples.

It's really not worth it to obstruct his thoughts.

Xiong Zhou believed that he had the right to be so willful.