167: Death of a Hairball

In the palaces in the clouds, while Jin Hua and the others were steadily improving their strength, Qing Yang was somewhat anxious.

The reason was also simple: because this evolution was an unprecedented path, Qing Yang didn't know if he could succeed.

For this, Qing Yang specifically sought out Qingtian, hoping he could offer some valuable advice.

However, Qingtian only gave Qing Yang one sentence.

That was, life and death are predetermined, and he was also powerless.

Currently, Qing Yang's own strength in the Inner Realm was at the early Thirteenth Order, but his combat power was already comparable to the peak Thirteenth Order, and could even contend with Fourteenth Order experts.

Such powerful combat strength also indicated that if he were to start ascending again, more resources would be needed.

Fortunately, the Flowing Land now had a stable income, so when Blood Dragon returned a few days ago, Qing Yang had him bring back the energy of fifty Thirteenth Order Bone Beasts in preparation for the next ascension.

When Qing Yang was only one month away from returning to the Blue Star Surface, Hong Zong, as expected, finally broke through to the Thirteenth Order.

In addition, because Bai Rou Rou was born in the Inner Realm and had no tenfold restriction, he also broke through to the Thirteenth Order not long after Hong Zong did.

At this moment, all of Qing Yang's forces in the Inner Realm had uniformly reached the Thirteenth Order.

The later the stage of strength, the resources required increased by dozens of times.

So when everyone had advanced to the Thirteenth Order, the resources from the five Flowing Lands in Bei Guan City were clearly becoming insufficient.

For this, Qing Yang could only immediately have Hong Zong return to Bei Guan City while also adjusting the resource allocation.

That was to first let Bai Rou Rou and Jin Sheng fully break through to the Fourteenth Order.

Jin Sheng, needless to say, as the public spokesperson for Qing Yang's forces in Bei Guan City, his increase in realm strength would indeed grant him much more influence.

As for Bai Rou Rou, it was purely because he consumed fewer resources and advanced faster.

On this day, when Qing Yang finally reached the moment of the one-year mark, Qingtian had also already prepared the mysterious runes.

Because this matter was of great importance, both Qing Yang and Qingtian were extremely serious about it.

Walking into the mysterious runes, after Qing Yang nodded solemnly to Qingtian, energy also emanated from Qingtian's body, beginning to shoot towards Qing Yang's bone body.

These bursts of energy were like heartbeats, powerful and vigorous, and at the same time, they made Qing Yang's thoughts sink deeper and deeper amidst the "thump-thump-thump".

At a certain moment, as a sudden sense of being pulled upwards appeared, Qing Yang instantly woke up and felt the warmth of the sun shining down.

"Did I come up?" Qing Yang muttered to himself.

However, when Qing Yang's consciousness returned and he opened his massive black-gold dragon eyes to look around, he was stunned.

He saw Ba Qing, Xuan Ming, Little Luan, Yin Li, and the others all gathered around Qing Yang.

Not far away, Emperor Yao stood with his hands behind his back, smiling, looking at Qing Yang, seemingly showing off something to the numerous Divine Beasts.

One second.

Two seconds.

Three seconds.

As time slowly passed, but Qing Yang did not return to the Inner Realm, Qing Yang became anxious.

So, Qing Yang quickly said to Emperor Yao in the distance, "Senior, I believe I can evolve one more time."

As soon as he said this, Emperor Yao, who had been smug, was suddenly taken aback.

Then, as if he had thought of something, his eyes suddenly narrowed, and he immediately nodded heavily at Qing Yang.

In this interval, Qing Yang also looked at Ba Qing and the others.

Now, Ba Qing, Xuan Ming, and Little Luan had actually forcefully broken through to the Fourteenth Order after digesting and absorbing all the zhen crystal.

Because he didn't know the strength of the strongest individuals among the various factions on Blue Star, Qing Yang had no comparison and wasn't sure if their advancement was fast or slow.

In the distance, a black and white Taiji pattern had slowly appeared in Emperor Yao's eyes, as if he was doing something.

As the Taiji pattern slowly reversed in Emperor Yao's eyes, Qing Yang's entire soul once again felt that sensation of seemingly being pulled out in the next second.

Just then, Ba Qing quickly said to Qing Yang with a mournful expression.

"Qing Yang, it's all my fault, I was too eager to let everyone break through. Mao Qiu died, he died in the United States, just three months ago. When he died, it was because he was breaking through to the Fourteenth Order,

He was ambushed by a black-gold bat Fierce Beast. By the time we rushed over, Mao Qiu's aura, which had just broken through to the Fourteenth Order, was still lingering, but Mao Qiu's entire body had no bones left, like a pile of mud."

At this moment, while Qing Yang was enduring his soul being pulled away, upon hearing Ba Qing's report, he immediately said in shock, "What? Mao Qiu he..."

Before he could finish speaking, Qing Yang watched his consciousness suddenly and rapidly get pulled away, drilling into the water pool passage beside him.

...

Inner Realm, in Yunding Palace.

"Buzz~"

As a faint soul flame suddenly appeared in the center of the mysterious runes, Qingtian, Jin Hua, Bai Rou Rou, and the others all widened their eyes and looked at Qing Yang.

In contrast, Qing Yang, at this moment, immediately went to the already prepared Bone Beast energy. While absorbing the energy to strengthen himself, he quickly emitted faint energy and said.

"Have Hong Zong, Blood Dragon, Jin Sheng, and the others all return here, quickly, it's extremely urgent!"

Mao Qiu died while breaking through to the Fourteenth Order on Blue Star. According to the rules of Blue Star and the Inner Realm, Mao Qiu came down with his own Bone Body.

This is also why Ba Qing said that when they found Mao Qiu's body, it was like a pile of mud.

Fourteenth Order, remembering past events, possessing a Bone Body, although very strong in the initial stage, in a chaotic place like the Inner Realm, it's hard to guarantee that problems won't arise.

So the top priority now is to find Mao Qiu by any means necessary.

There are one hundred and eight passages. The Flowing Land where one arrives differs depending on which passage is used.

Fortunately, there was Qingtian, this old antique. After a rough calculation, he immediately said to Qing Yang, "The general direction of your companion should be towards the West Faction, but exactly which Flowing Land in the West Faction is unclear."

Because they could sense Qing Yang's urgency, Blood Dragon and the others only took a few days to arrive at Yunding Palace.

Afterwards, after Qing Yang explained the situation to everyone, he didn't hesitate to personally go with them to the West Faction to search for Mao Qiu.

For this, Shidian also chose to go with Qing Yang and the others, and directly took Qing Yang's Bone Body, which he still couldn't fully control, into his own body.

As all of Qing Yang's forces in the Inner Realm were on their way to the West Faction, Qing Yang finally had time to observe his Bone Body from the last evolution.

He saw that this time, the giant dragon Bone Body not only had the previous seven colors but also appeared in three additional colors: gold, black, and white.

The Seven-Colored Bone had directly evolved into the most perfect Ten-Colored Bone Body.