Translator: AnubisTL
In the Great Wilderness Domain, Li Qing followed the demonic cultivators practicing the blood dao to a remote, desolate region.
He completely concealed his aura, making himself undetectable to anyone in the world.
For a great power at the divine transformation realm to hide his presence while tracking a group of foundation establishment demonic cultivators was truly bullying.
On an unremarkable hill in the wilderness, several figures soon emerged to meet the hastily arriving foundation establishment cultivators.
The greeters cautiously asked, "Did you get everything?"
"Yes, we did. We even have some spirit stones left over from what the sect leader gave us. Look."
They had been tasked with purchasing immortal dao supplies, acting on orders from a great cultivator. Li Qing, hidden nearby, overheard every word of their exchange.
"Keep the remaining spirit stones. As long as the supplies are in order, it's fine."
"By the way, are you sure no one followed you?"
The demonic cultivators who had purchased the supplies swore vehemently, "Don't worry, we're clean. After leaving the walled city by a hundred li, we used Blood Shadow Escape. No one could possibly have tracked us!"
"Good. Come with me. The sect leader needs these urgently!"
With that, the group entered the hill.
A hidden restriction had been placed here, making it nearly impossible for ordinary cultivators to detect the anomaly without special methods.
Buzz!
With a faint tremor in the surrounding rocks, a concealed road materialized within the mountain hollow, leading directly underground.
The group moved with extreme caution, ensuring no abnormalities were present before entering the secret passage. Once inside, they sealed the restriction, causing the hidden road to vanish completely.
Moments later, Li Qing's figure slowly materialized. Instead of following them into the passage, he remained outside, hands clasped behind his back, studying the restriction.
"A remarkably clever restriction, employing illusion magic," he murmured. "Even a cultivator in the nascent soul realm might struggle to break through it."
Without using his divine sense, Li Qing would have found it nearly impossible to detect the restriction with the naked eye alone. Before him stood an ordinary-looking boulder, radiating no hint of its true nature.
Though the restriction was ingenious, Li Qing could easily dismantle it, posing no obstacle to his progress.
Yet he chose not to force his way in. Instead, he suppressed his aura and settled into a meditative posture in a secluded spot outside the mountain hollow.
With his eyes tightly closed, he focused on sensing the strands of his split soul he had sent out earlier.
The secret passage led deep beneath the mountain, revealing a surprisingly large underground palace—a veritable grotto-heaven hidden beneath the earth.
The group entered the underground palace, their faces tense and movements cautious, fearing any loud noise.
"Drop the goods and get out," a voice echoed from the depths of the palace.
The foundation establishment realm demonic cultivators immediately complied, placing their storage bags on the ground before fleeing in haste.
Li Qing, meanwhile, sent a wisp of his split soul to attach itself to one of the storage bags.
Soon, footsteps echoed through the silent palace.
A blood-red wooden puppet emerged from a side hall, its movements stiff and clumsy as it gathered the storage bags and carried them deeper into the hall.
Li Qing's attached split soul observed the scene within the side hall with perfect clarity.
Inside, a gaunt figure in crimson robes stood with arms crossed. His aura was gloomy, and his skin was as pale as a corpse.
This was none other than the former sect leader of the Blood Spirit Sect, the Rakshasa Demon Lord!
Sensing this, Li Qing sneered. He had chosen the right target. These blood dao cultivators were indeed connected to the Rakshasa Demon Lord.
"I almost forgot about this pest," he thought. "If I don't resolve this issue before my ascension, our sect might face an unprecedented threat in the future."
Just as Li Qing was about to strike, he suddenly paused.
"Hmm? A purple qilin? Why does it look so familiar?"
Meanwhile, deep within the underground palace, the Rakshasa Demon Lord was retrieving segments resembling ginseng roots from several storage bags.
Before him, a purple qilin, bound tightly with five layers of restraints, was slowly lowered from the ceiling.
"As expected of the Qilin Bloodline—its foundation is truly formidable. Even after bleeding it three times, it still retains such vitality. Remarkable indeed," the Rakshasa Demon Lord murmured, then inserted the ginseng root segments into the qilin's body.
The qilin's body was covered in numerous scabbed wounds, faint traces of purple blood still visible on their surfaces.
"Yow~!"
As the ginseng roots pierced its wounds, the purple qilin let out a mournful cry and began to struggle violently.
However, it was firmly bound by ropes refined from various spirit metals, making escape impossible.
"Scream all you want. Better yet, summon your master here too."
"A Dragon's Roar Physique born into a female body—hah! The heavens truly played a cruel joke on the Ancient Hua Immortal Dynasty."
"It's a pity I couldn't capture her last time. Otherwise, I could have extracted her origin and refined true blood."
"Combined with your true qilin blood, these two precious bloodlines might give me a sliver of a chance to advance to the Divine Transformation stage!"
The Rakshasa Demon Lord flicked out his crimson tongue to lick his lips, a fervent glint igniting his gloomy eyes.
Soon, the ginseng roots embedded in the purple qilin's body rapidly turned pale purple, having absorbed the creature's essence blood.
"Blood Transformation Great Art!"
Seeing this, the Rakshasa Demon Lord swiftly formed a magical seal and struck the qilin's body with it, causing its vital energy to rapidly wane.
At that moment, a crisp clapping sound echoed through the silent underground palace.
Clap! Clap! Clap!
"Who's there?" The Rakshasa Demon Lord's eyes flashed with a sharp light as his late nascent soul realm aura instantly swept outward.
Boom!
"Heh heh, Fellow Daoist Rakshasa, you truly have a fortuitous destiny! To capture a purple qilin here for bloodletting and cultivation... I must admit, I'm quite envious."
In the side hall of the underground palace, a tall, upright figure stood with a smile, clapping lightly as he strolled in with leisurely steps.
When the Rakshasa Demon Lord recognized the newcomer's face, his pupils constricted sharply, and his body trembled three times.
"Limitless... How is this possible? How did you discover this place, and how did you break in?" The Rakshasa Demon Lord gasped, his previously elated mood plummeting to rock bottom.
Li Qing flashed a brilliant smile, revealing a row of pearly white teeth. "Just now, I saw some demonic cultivators using Blood Shadow Escape. The Blood Path Divine Art looked familiar, so I followed them here."
"As for the restriction outside your underground palace, you didn't think it could stop me, did you?"
Before the words had even finished leaving his lips, the Rakshasa Demon Lord transformed into a streak of crimson light, attempting to flee.
But in the next instant, the entire underground palace was sealed by a sea of spirit fire. The temperature soared, instantly turning the place into a fiery inferno.
Boom!
With Li Qing's divine transformation realm cultivation, allowing the Rakshasa Demon Lord to escape right under his nose would be a disgrace.
"We haven't seen each other in so many years," Li Qing said calmly. "And now you're trying to run before we've even finished talking? That's just plain rude."
Staring at the terrifying spirit fire engulfing the surroundings, beads of cold sweat trickled down the Rakshasa Demon Lord's forehead. He knew that any attempt to force his way through would only result in him being burned to ashes.
(End of the Chapter)
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