Chapter 1003: 985 Promoted to Saint Lord_1
"Then wouldn't I be taking advantage?" Chu Qin raised an eyebrow and asked.
"Young Master Chu, please don't say that. You saved the entire Earthly Immortal Sect. What's this little advantage in comparison?"
As soon as Qing Yu finished speaking, she took out a piece of Qingyun Jade.
This jade pendant, possessed by both Luo Tianyong and Li Ji, showed they were qualified to enter the Heavenly Venerate Cave!
The next moment, the Qingyun Jade radiated Divine Power, and the waterfall before them abruptly ceased its flow, revealing an ancient stone door!
The material of this stone door was unknown, appearing extremely unusual, and even more so, it was carved with many intricate patterns!
Subsequently, under the command of the Qingyun Jade, the stone door rumbled open.
"Young Master Chu, please enter. I won't disturb you any longer," Qing Yu said.
"Hmm, you go and catch up with Jiu Yin and the others. I don't need company," Chu Qin nodded in agreement.
"Hmm!" Qing Yu nodded her head lightly and without further delay, disappeared from the spot. And Chu Qin, he immediately rushed into the Heavenly Venerate Cave!
The cave was neither too big nor too small, not much different from a natural cavern.
The only extraordinary feature was, terrifyingly, the statue of the Heavenly Venerate within the cave.
This statue was clearly an old man with a long beard, clad in immortal robes, holding a staff, his gaze seemingly very proud, exuding an aura that looked down upon the world, an otherworldly presence of immortal charm!
"This must be the so-called Zhenyuan Celestial Sovereign," Chu Qin murmured to himself as he gazed at the statue.
"Speaking of which, this Zhen Yuan was a worthy opponent. I have never cared much for mortals, but it was only him who once caught my eye!" Just then, an aged voice echoed in Chu Qin's mind, belonging to the Blood Dragon Venerable.
"Blood Dragon Venerable Predecessor, did you know Zhenyuan Celestial Sovereign?" Chu Qin asked in slight astonishment.
"Yes!" the Blood Dragon Venerable nodded, "I had once fought against him."
"Who won?" Chu Qin inquired further.
"Naturally, I did," the Blood Dragon Venerable replied.
Chu Qin grew even more astonished; Zhenyuan Celestial Sovereign was recognized as the peak supreme fighter of the Ancient Era.
He hadn't expected that even Zhenyuan had been defeated by the Blood Dragon Venerable.
It seemed the number one fighter wasn't Zhenyuan after all but the Blood Dragon Venerable.
"In fact, I only won by half a move," the Blood Dragon Venerable continued, "If it weren't for his Heaven-Earth Limitless Primordial Supreme Art not being cultivated to the very last layer, he might not have lost to my Nine Dragons Supreme Law."
"The Supreme Chaos Method?" Chu Qin slightly furrowed his brows.
"Yes, this Zhenyuan Celestial Sovereign, like me, practiced multiple disciplines. He cultivated all the supreme methods in the mortal world, and ultimately, he developed the Supreme Chaos Method, nearly defeating me," the Blood Dragon Venerable sighed, "Unexpectedly, things change, he vanished bizarrely, and I ended up in this neither human nor ghost form, truly a play of fate!"
"Eh, Blood Dragon Venerable Predecessor, didn't you participate in that Primordial battle?" Chu Qin asked, puzzled.
"Of course I participated, and moreover, the Mountain and Sea Sanctuary was the first to join the battle, and I was the first to fall in that war," the Blood Dragon Venerable answered.
"What kind of battle was it, so cruel?" Chu Qin said, astonished.
"You don't need to know this for now, as it easily disturbs your Dao heart," replied the Blood Dragon Venerable. "Knowing too much too soon can lead to overreaching and losing touch with your foundation, ending with learning nothing at all!"
"Hmm!" Chu Qin nodded, agreeing with Blood Dragon Venerable's viewpoint, then sat down cross-legged and chuckled softly, "I should first break through to Saint Venerable, help Xiao Jiu reclaim her body, and then we'll talk!"
After speaking, Chu Qin began to cast aside distracting thoughts, wholeheartedly commencing the practice of exhaling and absorbing primordial energy, refining the Demonic Power he acquired from the Black Serpent Regal Honor.
The process of refinement was extremely monotonous and solitary; Chu Qin continuously cycled the Zhou Tian, following three small cycles with one large cycle, repeating this over and over.
Time swiftly passed, and after Chu Qin had refined the last bit of power from the Black Serpent Regal Honor, his body suddenly shone with bright golden light, the powerful force of Dao principles enveloping him!
Chu Qin immediately gathered all of his Divine Power at the Dantian area of his abdomen, charging at the illusory Dao gate!
"Hum!" Accompanied by a muffled sound, the golden light on Chu Qin's body fully radiated outwards, charging in all directions.
In an instant, the Heavenly Dao sensed it, and the sky which was clear just moments ago, became overcast in an instant, thunder rolling menacingly!
The dark clouds and thunder covered the entire Azure Cloud Divine Mountain, turning the sky above into an apocalyptic Sea of Thunder!
This made everyone shockingly step out of their rooms.
"Goodness, this Saint Venerable's Tribulation. How could it be so terrifying!" Li Ji exclaimed in astonishment at the sight of the sky filled with dark clouds and thunder.
"What do you think, Qing Yu?" Li Ji looked towards Qing Yu.
"To me, not even the Royal Venerate's Tribulation might be this frightening," said Jiu Yin before Qing Yu could speak. "I really wonder if Chu Qin is hiding his true realm."
Qing Yu smiled faintly, her delicate fingers skillfully twirling as if calculating something, but soon a splinter of lightning formed on her fingertip, forcing her to halt her movements.
"Are you alright, Qing Yu?" Jiu Yin hastily called out.
Qing Yu shook her head slightly, expressing surprise, "I can't see Young Master Chu's future."
"Yes, actually, I have tried as well," replied Li Ji. "Chu Qin's future seems as if it's deliberately shrouded by the heavens."
"Could it be that he is the man prophesied by our ancestors," Qing Yu speculated with a slight turn of her beautiful eyes, looking towards the direction of the Heavenly Venerate Cave.
At that moment, as the thunder and lightning above the Heavenly Venerate Cave grew more intense, a bolt of lightning finally struck down.
This bolt of lightning seemed not merely to strike, but rather to pour down like the water of the celestial river descending to the mortal world, giving the impression of a cascade of thunder plunging three thousand feet.
However, in the next moment, the statue of the Zhenyuan Celestial Sovereign in the Heavenly Venerate Cave abruptly burst forth with an ancient golden radiance, quickly shielding the entire cave.
Eventually, the heavenly thunder was forcibly drawn into the golden light, crashing against it.
This certainly was an extraordinary method, as Heavenly Tribulations are not to be interfered by any other. Yet, Zhenyuan Celestial Sovereign managed to forcibly absorb the Heavenly Tribulation, a feat truly regarded as penetrative of heaven and earth!
"Indeed, the Heavenly Tribulation was blocked by the golden light," Chu Qin said, seemingly unsurprised.
"Yes, this Zhenyuan, indeed has some tricks. Even in the Mountain and Sea Sanctuary, there is no one capable of blocking a Heavenly Tribulation for another," said the Blood Dragon Venerable. "Could it be that I've underestimated Zhenyuan?"
"No one in the Mountain and Sea Sanctuary, either?" Chu Qin was immensely shocked. He thought that the tribulations of the Infinite Heavens might be different from those within the inner universe.
It appears he was wrong!