Longevity: Starting from Refining Gu

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Separated by thousands of miles, Chen Qing felt a sharp pain in his eyes.

He hurriedly released his own divinity, and the Void Gate hovered above his head, which made him feel slightly better.

"It still makes my eyes sting, the Divine Gu is still here!"

Chen Qing attempted to advance a hundred miles, feeling intensely heated all over.

Even with the Yin Yang Separating Water Pearl, it became useless in the face of the Fire God's divine power.

He opened his eyes and looked ahead; the Wu Kong Lake had completely turned into a Lava Lake.

With just one glance, he felt a stinging pain in his eyes.

He turned his head, "I can't proceed any further. This is the corpse of a true god, and the Divine Gu is still here. Just seeing it makes me feel like I'm burning."

Although he belonged to the Void Gate and had his own divinity, he was still far from a true Void Gate.

The Six Dao Demon God Heavenly Human Dao was also of no help and was useless in the face of a true god.

The Void Gate, without the Divine Gu, was in a fragmented state, and he was himself the second-generation Void Gate, allowing him to enter.

Now approaching this completely unfamiliar god, with no causal connection at all, was purely courting death.

Chen Qing turned and strode towards the Heavenly Barrier Mountain, as the fisherman had said.

The fisherman had killed the War God at Heavenly Barrier Mountain, and he now aimed to retrieve the War God's bones to forge the True One Slash.

After a two-year trek, Chen Qing finally saw the mountain known as the Heavenly Barrier. Legend said that from this mountain, climbing to the peak would allow one to reach the heavens.

But now, the mountain had been sliced in half, the surroundings a scene of ruins.

Everything around seemed to be crumbling and disintegrating, moving towards nonexistence.

Chen Qing landed on a boulder suspended in mid-air due to the stopped time, his gaze directed to the divine corpse on the fragmented Heavenly Barrier Mountain. That divine corpse was immense as a mountain, with rivers of fresh blood flowing.

The headless body still seemed to grasp at something, refusing to fall.

The golden body stood between heaven and earth, chest bare, revealing dense mysterious totems.

At the end of the blood river, the blood turned into small figures, some still transforming, only half formed.

Each figure resembled a giant, standing three meters tall, born a strong man with a robust physique, radiating overpowering vitality.

With the War God dead, the blood turned into Divine Warriors.

Unfortunately, everything froze in this scene, and no numerous descendants of War God appeared later.

Before the War God's corpse, Chen Qing did not feel the intense stinging pain.

"Is it because the Miao God became the second-generation War God, and the War God's Divine Gu fell to the King Gu or another grade?"

The only certainty Chen Qing had was that the War God's Divine Gu had dissipated, gone forever.

Otherwise, he couldn't have reached this place nor approached the War God's divine corpse so closely.

Chen Qing reached into the blood river, scooping up a handful of golden blood, rich with divinity.

He drank a drop, and his own divinity was strengthened once again, gaining enhancement.

"The Netherworld King possibly absorbed part of the War God's divinity, which is why he can move unimpeded near the Divine Palace."

"But it's not clear."

Chen Qing did not absorb a large amount of divinity here. Although it could enhance, it was not pure.

He possessed divinity himself, and directly absorbing the War God's divinity would make his own divinity convoluted.

This was not good.

It was better to master his innate Void Gate properly.

"However, I could use the War God's blood to mass-produce Divine Warriors."

"Enhancing physique; if I suppress the War God's divinity with my own and refine it, giving it to the Dragon Cavalry, their strength would greatly increase."

"I could take some back to try."

"I could even give some to the Miao God, letting Them comprehend the differences between the first War God and Them."

"Using divine blood to strengthen the Dragon Cavalry cannot be hidden from the Miao God, so let's not hide it."

Chen Qing gathered approximately a thousand measures of divine blood, then stopped and continued forward.

The War God's bones, with his current strength, let alone striking a piece, couldn't even nudge a small piece.

The War God's physique was rumored to be the strongest in Ancient Times, and naturally, after ascending the divine position, even more so absurdly powerful.

Chen Qing estimated the Netherworld King only gathered fragments of bones dropped during the War God and the fisherman's battle.

Chen Qing searched for a while, retrieving a piece of shattered War God divine bone, looked at the massive War God body, and thought of more.

No wonder the Netherworld King wanted to make this deal with him; with their current strength, they indeed could not absorb the War God's corpse to enhance their divinity.

But what about after ascension?

After ascension, he and the Netherworld King could leverage the War God, even the Wind God, Fire God, Water God, Earth God's corpses, quickly transforming from newly ascended gods to mature gods.

Chen Qing was puzzled as to how the Miao God, as the second-generation War God, could not know this was not the fisherman's bone but the War God's bone.

That didn't make sense.

The only conclusion was that the Miao God was also concealing the truth of the fisherman's fall.

He clearly knew but never said.

Since the Miao God clearly knew and said nothing, he might as well continue playing along with the Miao God.

After collecting three wagon-sized pieces of the War God's divine bone, Chen Qing prepared to temporarily leave this place.

He didn't intend to wander around like a headless fly, which was far too troublesome.

He planned to leave here and then seek the records about the Land of Ten Thousand Gods. Once he knew the exact direction, exploration would be much easier.

After another three years of traveling, Chen Qing arrived again at the entrance, stepping out of the Age History Book.

The journey through the Age History Book had taken over twenty years, yet in the current world only about twenty days had passed.

He walked out of the small building, and the Northern Deputy Director stationed in front was noticeably surprised for a moment, "You came out?"

Chen Qing smiled, "Suffered some minor injuries, but fortunately, I am strong enough, harmless."

"Please arrange a room, Northern Deputy Director, for I need to recuperate for a while."

Staying in the Northern Headquarters, Chen Qing was assigned an exceedingly luxurious guest room. Although made of ice, it had everything he needed.

After taking a hot bath, Chen Qing soon arranged to meet Xu Yaofeng.

"Brother Xu, I intend to kill Yan Xichao, and I ask for your assistance."

Xu Yaofeng said, "I don't know what you encountered in Kunlun, but I really don't recommend declaring war on the Netherworld King now."

Chen Qing smiled, "No reason, I simply want him dead."

Xu Yaofeng said, "Executing without guilt?"

Chen Qing said, "Easy, arrange a gathering, and I'll use his offense against me as a pretext to kill him on the spot!"

Xu Yaofeng sighed, "If you insist, I'll make arrangements."

To be honest, he couldn't understand Chen Qing's motives at all.

Chen Qing's intent to meet Yan Xichao quickly spread in the Headquarters.

Yan Xichao seemed utterly fearless, heading straight to Xu Yaofeng's residence for the gathering. However, to everyone's shock, Yan Xichao was cut down by Chen Qing as soon as he stepped into Xu Yaofeng's abode.

His corpse was left in Xu Yaofeng's residence, with the head flying out.

The Jiguang Sect's enforcement team quickly arrived, "Southern Deputy Director, why did you kill Yan Xichao?"

Chen Qing spread his hands, "I don't like him."

The enforcement team was evidently at a loss for words at Chen Qing's reason.

Chen Qing raised his hands, "If you want to imprison me, go ahead."

The enforcement team clearly dared not, "Please remain here, Prince Wen. This matter needs to be discussed at the top before a verdict can be reached."

Chen Qing was detained at the Jiguang Sect Headquarters, still in that exceedingly luxurious guest room, with additional guards at the door to prevent his departure.

Due to Chen Qing's sudden assassination of Yan Xichao, the high-level members within the Jiguang Sect urgently convened a meeting.

Xu Yaofeng, being one of the high-level members, naturally participated in the meeting.

To his surprise, three people in the Feather Transformation Realm opposing the Netherworld King stood up for Chen Qing, claiming that Chen Qing acted on their orders, presenting evidence of Yan Xichao's crimes.

Instantly, division and chaos arose between those supporting the Netherworld King and those opposing him, leading to a fierce argument.

Watching the scene, Xu Yaofeng suddenly felt he understood.

Chen Qing aimed to express an attitude, an oppositional stance against the Netherworld King.

Once he showed this stance, the high-level members opposing the Netherworld King would naturally align with him.

Watching the Feather Transformation Realm arguing intensely, Xu Yaofeng couldn't help but think, his brother indeed had deep intentions.

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