Under Hun Changqing's greedy gaze, Xing Su, with a beautiful smile, moved gracefully to the black disc. Then, under Xing Su's control, dazzling starlight surged in her hand.
Xing Su slowly raised her hand and gently stroked the disc. Instantly, the disc also erupted with dazzling starlight, reflecting the light in Xing Su's hand. Then, within the shimmering starlight, a spatial passage appeared.
After the spatial passage appeared, Xing Su withdrew her hand. At this moment, Hun Changqing also stepped forward, his eyes gleaming as he stared at the passage, his face filled with excitement. His heart was churning with turmoil; this was the legacy of a Dou Di!
Moreover, it is very likely the only Dou Di (Battle Emperor) relic on the entire Dou Qi Continent, besides the well-known Tuoshe Ancient Emperor among the eight clans. Hun Changqing couldn't even imagine what crazy things the ancient races of Zhongzhou would do if they knew the meaning of this spatial passage.
"Let's go, let's go in and take a look."
Xing Su found Hun Changqing's excited appearance somewhat amusing, but when she saw the spatial passage, although she didn't lose her composure, her beautiful eyes were also filled with a strange light.
Although she already knew that there were things left to her by her ancestors in this space, the Morning Star Ancient Emperor hadn't specified what they were, and Xing Su didn't know either. So, at this moment when the truth was about to be revealed, Xing Su was also a little excited.
Hun Changqing nodded after hearing Xing Su's words, and then the two walked side by side into the spatial passage.
After a period of dizziness from the familiar displacement, the scene before them changed. What met their eyes was now a pitch-black void. Clearly, the Morning Star Ancient Emperor hadn't modified this space in any way; it was simply a place to store things.
When Hun Changqing fully recovered from the dizziness, he could finally see clearly what was in this void. There weren't many things in the void, a far cry from the mountains of resources and seas of pills Hun Changqing had imagined. There was only a strangely shaped lid, a stone box, and the enormous corpse of a python, tens of thousands of feet long.
Upon seeing the python, Hun Changqing's pupils contracted sharply. Looking at the python before him, he felt an overwhelming sense of insignificance.
Although the python was dead, the innate imperial aura it carried was indelible, untouched by death or time. At this moment, the python's corpse emanated a profound imperial might, like the might of heaven itself, carrying a wild and desolate aura that swept towards Hun Changqing. Upon sensing this aura, Hun Changqing's heart pounded uncontrollably.
"This...this..."
Hun Changqing swallowed hard, his face filled with utter shock, and stammered incoherently.
"This should be the tenth-tier powerhouse of the Nine Netherworld Python who died at the hands of my ancestor. Although my ancestor defeated this tenth-tier magical beast, he also suffered a severe injury that was completely incurable. That's why he left the Soul Clan at that time and left this cave here.
Since my ancestor was already on the verge of death, he naturally didn't have the energy to prepare the tenth-tier magical beast's corpse. That's why my ancestor was able to leave the tenth-tier magical beast's corpse here."
At this moment, Xingxiu, who was standing next to Hun Changqing, also showed a look of shock when she saw the python corpse. However, she immediately connected the python corpse with the patriarch of the Nine Netherworld Python who fought against it, as recorded by her ancestor, and explained to Hun Changqing.
Upon hearing Xing Su's words, Hun Changqing couldn't help but swallow hard. Although he had prepared himself for the awe-inspiring sight before entering this space, the sheer shock of witnessing the corpse of a Dou Di expert before him was still unparalleled, causing his heart to race uncontrollably. When he learned that
it was the corpse of a tenth-tier Nine Netherworld Python, his eyes gleamed with an overwhelming greed. His Yin Soul Banner was forged from the corpse of a Nine Netherworld Python.
If he could use this tenth-tier Nine Netherworld Python's corpse to reforge his Yin Soul Banner, Hun Changqing couldn't even imagine the amplification that the corpse and its imperial might would provide to his Taiyin True Qi and Yin Demon. With imperial might, his Yin Soul Banner could even be considered a half-step imperial weapon!
The thought that he might soon possess a semi-Emperor artifact as his natal magic weapon made Hun Changqing feel as if he were dreaming, a sense of unreality washing over him. He was so overwhelmed by this sudden, immense joy that his head spun, and his vision blurred.
"Is this python corpse useful to you? You should be able to sense that there's no magic core within it, right?"
Xingxiu, noticing Hun Changqing's unusual state, asked curiously. While the corpse of this tenth-tier magical beast was unprecedented in the Dou Qi Continent's ten thousand years of history, its magic core had been absorbed and refined by her ancestor ten thousand years ago to heal his injuries.
On the Dou Qi Continent, the corpses of magical beasts are generally used to forge magical core weapons. Although this magical beast is an unprecedented tenth-tier magical beast, because it lacks a magical core, the weapon forged from it will have significantly reduced power without the enhancement of the magical core. It might even be inferior to a magical core weapon forged from the magical core of some ninth-tier magical beasts. Xing Su couldn't understand why Hun Changqing was so interested in this python's body.
Hearing Xing Su's words, Hun Changqing also came back to his senses from his daze, suppressing the strange emotions in his heart, and smiled at Xing Su.
"I can naturally sense that there is no magical core in this python's corpse, but it doesn't matter. I have other uses for this python's corpse, and I don't need that magical core."
Xing Su nodded thoughtfully upon hearing this, and Hun Changqing, looking at Xing Su's extremely beautiful face and overwhelmed with excitement, directly reached out and cupped Xing Su's face in his hands, saying with an excited smile.
"I have a great use for this python body, Xingxiu. You truly are my lucky star. Since we're in this state now, I won't thank you yet. I'll 'reward' you properly later!"
With that, Hun Changqing cupped Xingxiu's face and gave her a French kiss. His other hand unconsciously reached behind her and squeezed her hard a few times.
Over the past year, Hun Changqing knew every part of Xingxiu's body intimately. Even the slightest, unconscious movement could render her defenseless.
Caught off guard by Hun Changqing's sudden attack, Xingxiu's eyes widened, and a blush crept up her fair face at an alarming rate. Then, she felt her body go weak, and that familiar feeling of desire surged within her once more, her heart trembling wildly.
After a moment, Hun Changqing turned his head away and saw Xingxiu's beautiful eyes, now brimming with tears and slightly dazed. Her pretty face was rosy and radiant, like a perfectly ripe peach, making one want to take a bite and savor its sweetness.
Looking at Xingxiu in this state, Hun Changqing glanced at his own hand, which had somehow wandered behind her.
Hun Changqing knew he was in trouble and stopped, fearing that if things continued like this, things would escalate to the point where Xingxiu would drag him into a fierce battle. Xingxiu clearly had little resistance to that kind of thing.
Hun Changqing, however, had no time for such thoughts. His entire attention was focused on the tenth-tier python corpse. His earlier actions were purely spontaneous; he swore he hadn't had any ulterior motives.
Then, seeing Xing Su's slightly resentful expression, Hun Changqing withdrew his groping hand, coughed awkwardly twice, and chuckled at Xing Su, saying,
"Xing Su, I'll go collect this python corpse first."
With that, he flashed to the enormous python corpse, which resembled a colossal mountain. Sensing that even though the python had been dead for some time, it still faintly emanated a vast, chilling aura and a strong imperial might, a smile involuntarily crept onto his lips.
His eyes flashed with a burning light as he reached out and gently stroked the python's scales, which gleamed with a sharp, cold light. Hun Changqing was extremely satisfied with the material he had used to refine the Yin Soul Banner.
Although with his current strength, it was impossible for him to refine this python corpse, which still retained the aura of an emperor, into material for the Yin Soul Banner, once he advanced to the Half-Saint level and possessed a trace of Saint-level power, he could begin the initial processing of the python corpse.
At that time, with his Half-Saint cultivation and this half-step Emperor-level weapon, he would dare to try his hand at defying the Heavens and defeating True Saints. With the combat power of a Dou Sheng, he could be considered to have gained a voice in this Dou Qi Continent.
After excitedly imagining this in his mind, Hun Changqing took out an extremely exquisite storage ring. The space inside this storage ring was enormous, and it had maintenance measures applied by a Dou Sheng-level expert, which was just right to preserve this enormous python corpse. This storage ring was specially made for Gu Xun'er by the ancient clan. He took it from her when he first brought her to the secret chamber. After careful examination, they found no special markings left on it, so Hun Changqing simply requisitioned it.
But thinking about it, it makes sense. The ancient clan probably never imagined their young lady's personal storage ring would one day be taken by someone else, so they didn't bother with any special methods, ultimately benefiting Hun Changqing.
After storing the python corpse in the ring, Hun Changqing carefully placed the exquisite ring into another storage ring, then placed the ring containing the python corpse into yet another storage ring, and finally put the ring within a ring back into his own personal storage ring.
This python corpse was far too important. Although he carried it close to his body, he was still some distance from becoming a half-saint, and he couldn't guarantee that nothing unexpected would happen on the journey. Therefore, it was never too much to be cautious about protecting the python corpse.
After putting away the storage ring, Hun Changqing's eyes were full of satisfaction. He unconsciously rubbed the storage ring, which he had set on his slender middle finger, with his thumb.
Then Hun Changqing turned around and found that Xingxiu had moved to another location, took out a pitch-black earthen jar, and placed the lid of the other object in the void, which looked to be made of the same material as the earthen jar in Xingxiu's hand, on top of it.
As soon as the lid was closed, a cloud of black mist instantly rose from the earthen jar, and an indescribable, incredibly eerie, twisted feeling swept out from the jar.
This strange feeling instantly sent a chill down Hun Changqing's spine. He glanced at the jar in Xing Su's hand, a hint of apprehension flashing in his eyes. He guessed it was some kind of powerful weapon left to Xing Su by the Ancient Emperor Chenxing.
At the same time, Hun Changqing secretly resolved to be more careful in the future, avoiding provoking Xing Su unnecessarily, and absolutely forbidding her from knowing about his other women.
Otherwise, if Xing Su were to become angry and lose her reason as before, her cultivation, now approaching that of a Super Dou Zun, combined with her superior bloodline power and this terrifying jar, could directly suppress him, leaving him with nowhere to turn for help.
Hun Changqing walked over to Xing Su, who was now beaming with joy, happily playing with the intact black clay jar in her hand, and subtly examined her.
Although the earthenware pot's workmanship was undeniably crude, almost as if it had been made by a novice clay craftsman, the closer Hun Changqing got, the more he could feel the oppressive aura emanating from it.
"Ahem, alright, stop playing around. There's a stone box over there; let's see what good stuff it contains."
Hun Changqing coughed lightly at Xing Su, who was happily fiddling with the pot, hoping to distract her with the stone box and get her to put the damned pot away. The aura emanating from it was making him extremely uncomfortable.
Xing Su's expression shifted upon hearing this. She turned to look at the stone box, nodded to Hun Changqing, and finally put away the pot that had been so daunting to him.
Hun Changqing breathed a sigh of relief. After calming himself, he focused his attention on the stone box. He was very curious about what was inside. The two items left by the Morning Star Ancient Emperor had satisfied both Hun Changqing and Xing Su, so the contents of this stone box should not disappoint them either.
Hun Changqing and Xing Su walked to the stone box together. Hun Changqing looked at the seemingly ordinary stone box, which had nothing special about it. After hesitating for a moment, he slowly reached out and tried to open it. With a gentle touch, the stone box opened without any resistance. The ease with which Hun Changqing opened it surprised him.
However, Hun Changqing didn't think too much about it. This place was originally only for Xing Su to enter. The Morning Star Ancient Emperor wouldn't leave something in such a place and then set up a restriction to trap his own descendants. It was just that such an easy treasure hunt made Hun Changqing a little unaccustomed to it.
As the stone box opened, Hun Changqing and Xing Su's gazes fell upon it. Inside were only two crystal-clear, rhomboid-shaped stones, seemingly made of crystal.
However, neither of them sensed the slightest energy fluctuation from these stones. This discovery caused them to frown. They couldn't believe that the Ancient Emperor Chenxing would store such useless stones in this space, let alone preserve them in a stone box.
Hun Changqing reached out and picked up the rhomboid stone. The moment his hand touched it, he instantly felt an incredibly strange sensation emanating from the stone and spreading throughout his body.
This feeling was mysterious and inexplicable. After experiencing this sensation, Hun Changqing's eyes flashed with a sharp light, further confirming the stone's extraordinary nature. He quickly grabbed it, releasing his soul power to envelop the stone.
As Hun Changqing's soul power probed into the stone, he instantly felt his soul spinning, an incredibly nauseating sensation rising from his very core, making him want to vomit. Hun Changqing knew what this feeling was.
It was the backlash from soul power probing something far more powerful than itself. This made Hun Changqing secretly think that it was indeed worthy of being something left behind by the Morning Star Ancient Emperor; even soul probing couldn't overcome it. Just as
Hun Changqing was about to sever his soul power and stop probing the strange stone, he suddenly felt the scene before him rapidly changing. Then, a picture slowly appeared before Hun Changqing's eyes.
The scene before Hun Changqing was a desolate land. The sky was chaotic and devoid of light, the land was pitch black, and everything was constantly cracking and collapsing. This collapse stretched for countless billions of miles, like the scene of a cataclysmic disaster.
Moreover, this cataclysmic scene lasted for an unknown period, seemingly eternal, bringing destruction to this vast land every moment.
However, at some unknown time, an extremely intense beam of light appeared in the previously chaotic sky. This beam instantly pierced the endless chaos and darkness of the heavens, pouring light completely onto the dark earth.
This scene was like the endless, deep darkness finally welcoming the dawn, and the land, once filled with death and despair, seemed to finally welcome the glimmer of hope.
Instantly, the constantly cracking and sinking earth began to heal itself, as if completely cured by the beam of hope. A kind of energy began to surge forth from the earth, bringing life to the entire land the moment it appeared. The once desolate earth regained its radiance, and all things began to gradually revive.
As all things revive, the vast land no longer bears any trace of its previous desolation. The energy that restored the land also ceased its surging at this moment, leaving only a trace of this mysterious energy between heaven and earth.
Although the initial surge of energy had ceased, another wondrous energy appeared between heaven and earth. While not as profoundly mysterious as the previous one, this energy allowed the newly revived creatures on this land to grow even faster.
Upon witnessing this scene, Hun Changqing's pupils contracted sharply. He was intimately familiar with this new energy—it was Dou Qi! So, was this the origin of the entire Dou Qi Continent?
If so, then the energy that had first appeared, though vanished, yet still lingered on the Dou Qi Continent, was… Origin… Qi!
Moreover, Hun Changqing was completely familiar with the profound aura of Origin Qi that appeared in the previous scene; in fact, he had just felt it—the same profound sensation that had permeated his entire body when he first touched that rhomboid stone.
As if struck by a sudden realization, Hun Changqing raised his hand, staring blankly at the rhombus-shaped stone lying quietly in his palm. For a moment, he felt as if he couldn't breathe; the shocking news left him utterly unable to calm down. A low murmur escaped his slightly parted lips:
"Origin Qi…or rather…Primal Emperor Qi?!"