148: The black tower beneath the sea

Within the Ancient Time Land, Xu Qing threw the Blood-Clad Skeleton into the Myriad Spirits Altar, and quickly obtained a Small Saint Cultivation.

Although the Blood-Clad Skeleton was once a Great Saint, he had only recovered to the Middle Stage of Small Saint. Even if his Great Saint skeleton was sacrificed, he only obtained Cultivation at Small Saint Perfection.

However, a Small Saint Perfection Cultivation, one that focused on Physical Body Cultivation and the Dao of Blood and Corpses, should not be too far behind others in the same Realm.

He already had a candidate in mind. Soon, Blood Sabre Old Ancestor arrived within the Ancient Time Land.

"Clan Chief, are you looking for me?"

"Mm! Sit down cross-legged!" Xu Qing nodded.

Blood Sabre Old Ancestor was his best candidate. After Wang Changfeng and the other left, Xu Qing planned to make the Wang Family the spokesperson for the Xu Family in the Five Great Territories.

Therefore, two more people were needed for the ten-person team: Blood Sabre Old Ancestor and Qin Huan.

The Cultivation reception was very successful. A moment later, the Xu Family gave birth to its first Saint, a Small Saint at Perfection.

It is worth mentioning that there was no Saint Tribulation.

Strictly speaking, these types of Saints were equivalent to Pseudo-Saints, but their combat power was stronger than Pseudo-Saints, even more powerful than some Origin Saints. Their only drawback was that they had no room for advancement.

"Thank you for your generosity, Clan Chief. Blood Sabre is eternally grateful!"

No amount of words could express Blood Sabre's feelings at this moment. He knelt on both knees and heavily kowtowed to Xu Qing. This was the only way he could express himself now.

Xu Qing did not refuse. After he finished kowtowing, he said, "Let's go! Come with me!"

"Yes, Clan Chief!"

A spatial door appeared, and Xu Qing stepped in, with Blood Sabre Old Ancestor following closely behind him.

When they reappeared, what greeted their eyes was an extremely familiar mountain range.

This was the Xuangu Domain. In just a few months, Xu Qing had returned!

He was not in a hurry to act against Liu Yangsheng. Since that fellow wanted to secretly plot a Breakthrough to the Saint Realm, he must have other tricks up his sleeve. It would not be too late for him to act and reap the rewards after Liu Yangsheng had made his Breakthrough to the Saint Realm.

His Divine Thought spread out, and everything in the Profound Ancient Thirty-Six Domains was normal.

In the following time, Xu Qing walked through various Domain Realms and observed the governance of the Profound Yellow Pavilion and the Profound Yellow Prefecture, feeling extremely satisfied.

Finally, Xu Qing arrived at his destination for this trip, the Tianguan Realm Sea.

The formidable Formations of the past no longer held any significance for Xu Qing now.

Without alarming anyone, he and Blood Sabre Old Ancestor delved deep beneath the Realm Sea.

At first, it was just the Realm Sea, but after delving ten thousand zhang deep into the Realm Sea, where the power of the surrounding Realm Sea was enough to threaten a Divine Emperor, a peculiar giant black building appeared below.

This building resembled an inverted giant tower, covered in various secret runes, continuously drawing power from the Realm Sea.

For some reason, this black giant tower gave Xu Qing a bad feeling.

Xu Qing's eyes suddenly turned black and white.

At this moment, all the secrets of the black giant tower were laid bare before Xu Qing.

The entire black giant tower was a thousand zhang tall, divided into ten layers. The internal space of each layer was very large, and many Nether Race and Yao Race powerhouses were Sealed in the very center of each layer.

In the center of each layer, there was an energy conversion hub. As countless Realm Sea powers passed through these Nether Race powerhouses, while eroding their Origin, they also converted into more refined energy crystals.

These energy crystals contained abundant Life and Creation power, and after layers of conversion, they eventually transformed into energy crystals comparable to Saint Medicine on the tenth layer.

On the ninth layer, he sensed three existences with extremely high Life levels, which he presumed were the three Saints Sealed back then.

However, the aura of these three people was only weakened, at most heavily injured, with no signs of decline at all.

"What a clever scheme!"

Xu Qing felt a little emotional.

No wonder after millions of years, the Zhengyuan Holy Palace had not thought of dealing with these foreign race powerhouses. It turned out they were using them as energy converters.

Saint Medicine was divided into one-grade, two-grade, three-grade, four-grade, five-grade, and six-grade from low to high. The energy crystals on the tenth layer were already comparable to top-grade two-grade Saint Medicine.

Xu Qing walked towards the first layer. Those terrifying Saint Formations were exposed under his Chaos Dao Eye.

Soon, the two arrived in the first layer space. From the outside, it looked to be at most a thousand zhang in size, but inside, it was a completely different world, spanning ten thousand li, with everything looking desolate.

Only in the very center were thousands of hundred-meter-sized mounds, and beneath each mound, several Early Stage Divine Emperor foreign races were Sealed. These foreign races, in addition to the Nether Race, also included the Yao Race.

Moreover, judging by the vitality of the Yao Race, it was clear that the Sealing time was much later than that of the Nether Race. Recalling what Tang Yuan said millions of years ago, these Yao Race members must have originated from that battle.

It is worth mentioning that after so many years, the Cultivation of these foreign races had not fallen. The Formation, while using the power of the Realm Sea to convert energy crystals, left them a trace of energy sufficient to maintain their Life.

These fellows knew how to utilize resources, but it just happened to benefit Xu Qing.

The Zhengyuan Holy Palace would sooner or later have a fight, so Xu Qing had no psychological burden whatsoever.

With the help of the Chaos Dao Eye, he directed Blood Sabre Old Ancestor to Seal the Divine Thought left by the Zhengyuan Holy Palace Saint.

Then, he threw out the Hun Yuan Seal. The next moment, a suction force appeared in the Hun Yuan Seal, acting on the giant tower, which was immediately sucked into the spatial world within the Hun Yuan Seal.

Originally, his purpose for this trip was only to take away the foreign race Saints here to bolster his clan's strength, but upon discovering the secret of the Zhengyuan Holy Palace, Xu Qing naturally would not leave this thing behind.

After all, if he dealt with the three Saints here, they would also be detected.

After doing all this, Xu Qing was not in a hurry to leave. Instead, he created an Emperor-grade illusion Formation, and the black giant tower reappeared. As long as it could successfully deceive the Martial Artists above, it would be fine.

"Let's go, next stop!"

Through the coordinates purchased from the System, a spatial door appeared before Xu Qing.

The two walked in and quickly disappeared.

When they reappeared, they had arrived at the nearest Twenty-One Heavenly Pass Realm. This Domain Realm was similar to the previous Heavenly Pass Realm.

Similarly, there was a black giant tower deep in the Realm Sea, but here there was only one foreign race Saint. Xu Qing used the same method to take away the giant tower.

Just like that, when Xu Qing had taken away twenty-three black towers and arrived at the Tenth Heavenly Pass Realm, he was discovered.

On the tenth layer of the black tower here, a Saint from the Zhengyuan Holy Palace was Cultivating.

As soon as the spatial door appeared, they were discovered.

"Who dares to intrude into the Heavenly Pass Forbidden Ground!"

A voice came from the tenth layer.

Xu Qing remained silent and rushed into the tenth layer space with Blood Sabre Old Ancestor.

"How is this possible? How could you break through the Saint Dao Restriction set by this Saint so easily!"

In the center of the tenth layer space, a middle-aged man in a luxurious black robe with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes looked at Xu Qing and Blood Sabre Old Ancestor in shock.

"How can a mere Restriction stop this Lord?"

Xu Qing chuckled. He glanced at the middle-aged man, a hint of pity in his eyes.

"Junior, you are courting death!"

The middle-aged Saint was furious. With a flick of his sleeve, terrifying Saint Dao power descended.

"Hmph!"

Blood Sabre Old Ancestor snorted coldly, and that terrifying Saint Dao power instantly collapsed.

"Small Saint!!!"

"You... who are you?"

The middle-aged Saint's expression changed. He was only at the Late Stage of Saint, having mastered two-tenths of Origin power. How could he be an opponent for the person in front of him?

"Who I am is not important!"

Blood Sabre Old Ancestor ignored him and quickly made a move to subdue the middle-aged Saint.

It wasn't that the middle-aged Saint wasn't strong, but that Blood Sabre Old Ancestor was too strong, and he was afraid of death, so he was easily subdued by Blood Sabre Old Ancestor.

"This space has been Sealed by me, so you don't need to bother trying to send a message!"

Blood Sabre Old Ancestor's words instantly extinguished the middle-aged Saint's thought of seeking help.

"You are a Saint from the Tang Family, right!"

Xu Qing asked.

The middle-aged Saint initially didn't care about Xu Qing, but now that his Life was in the hands of the two, he had to submit.

"Yes, I... I am Tang Zhengguang, the Ancient Ancestor of the Tang Family!"

The middle-aged Saint honestly confessed.

Xu Qing asked again, "If there are no surprises, the Saints from the other families are in the first nine Heavenly Pass Realms, right?"

"Replying to Young Master, that is indeed the case. The first nine Heavenly Pass Realms all have Saints guarding them!" Tang Zhengguang replied truthfully.

"Nine?" Xu Qing frowned, "Don't your Zhengyuan Holy Palace only have eight Saints?"

Tang Zhengguang quickly said, "No! Six hundred and thirty thousand years ago, the Sheng Family gave birth to another Saint, and the other one is a Guest Elder of the Wen Family!"