Born with the world

Within the formation, another world was created.

A divine light illuminated the heavens and the earth.

Upon the earth, five-element divine light flickered, crystal clear divine radiance shimmered, and Xuanhuang Qi undulated, with the power of creation running rampant.

A spiritual root stood quietly in the center of the grand formation.

Its entire body was made of green jade, and its crystal clear jade leaves exuded vigorous vitality.

The spiritual root was over a hundred feet long, like a heaven-reaching vine, and upon the vine, something was formed.

It was a gourd.

The gourd was a foot long, grayish-white, covered in dense runes, exuding a misty glow, permeated with the aura of ancient times, and as it swayed, it seemed as if the sound of the Dao boomed.

The dense runes were also extraordinary, as if they carried the principles of heaven and earth, expounding the true meaning of the Dao.

Zhong Qing's gaze was instantly drawn to the gourd.

He moved his body and went straight to the front of the gourd.

The gourd was already ripe, and with a gentle touch, it detached directly.

Zhong Qing steadily caught it.

The moment he touched the gourd, he vaguely saw a wondrous sight.

The heavens and earth were hazy, a chaotic expanse, with gods and demons battling, shaking the heavens and earth, a drop of divine demon blood fell from above the sky, crushing mountains and rivers, shattering thousands of miles of earth veins.

Finally, the divine demon blood merged with the spiritual energy of the mountains and rivers, actually giving birth to a new vitality.

That vitality transformed into a tender sprout, absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, devouring the essence of the sun and moon, drinking the creation of the eight directions, and transforming into a spiritual root.

The sun and moon shifted, mountains and seas underwent tremendous changes.

The spiritual root grew through a long period of time, finally transforming into a gourd vine.

The gourd vine grew one-hundredth of an inch in a thousand years, one-tenth of an inch in ten thousand years, one inch in one hundred thousand years, and one foot in one million years!

After reaching one foot, it began to condense this gourd.

After another extremely long period of time, the gourd finally matured.

In an instant, Zhong Qing seemed to witness the process of the gourd from nothing to existence, from the birth of vitality to its maturation.

"What a truly good treasure!"

Zhong Qing examined the gourd in his hand, his eyes revealing traces of surprise.

The age of this treasure gourd could actually be traced back to the era of creation.

Moreover, the moment he touched the treasure gourd, a large amount of information surfaced in Zhong Qing's mind.

This was a sign of a supreme treasure creature choosing its master on its own.

The gourd had a name: Swallowing Sky!

It could hold mountains, rivers, and lakes; it could contain the sun, moon, and stars.

It could swallow all things, returning them to their origin.

The more Zhong Qing looked at this gourd, the more astonished he became.

This function was heaven-defying!

Aside from its capacity, the ability to return things to their origin meant it could refine and purify all energy in the world.

To give a simple example, if he were to kill a cultivator in the future, he could directly use the swallowing sky gourd to refine them into a high-quality, absorbable energy mass.

Furthermore, if this gourd were used to hold wine, it could hold enough wine to last for thousands or tens of thousands of years, never running out.

More importantly, this gourd also had the miraculous ability to suppress destiny.

Generally, the ability to suppress destiny was a function only possessed by ultimate imperial weapons.

And this gourd, naturally formed by heaven and earth, could be said to be the best embryo for refining an imperial artifact.

It was a priceless supreme treasure.

It could be said that if it were released, the entire Central Continent would probably go crazy for it.

Zhong Qing immediately equipped it to his waist.

With this swallowing sky gourd, his original wine gourd could be declared retired.

After the swallowing sky gourd was equipped, its flowing light dissipated, and its brilliance was concealed.

It transformed into an ancient and rustic grayish-white gourd.

Although it was a newly picked treasure, it now looked as if it had been used for a long time, showing no trace of its divine nature.

Zhong Qing clicked his tongue in wonder.

Was this a treasure automatically concealing its brilliance?

But that's good too.

Taking it out like this wouldn't make people covet it.

It matched his low-key and reserved temperament very well.

As the swallowing sky gourd matured and fell, the gourd vine seemed to lose all its essence and spirit, becoming withered, and finally turning into ashes.

Clearly, its purpose was solely to fully ripen the gourd.

Now that the gourd had matured, the gourd vine's mission seemed to be complete, and it dissipated into the heavens and earth.

This was also why many treasures born of heaven and earth possessed an irreplaceable uniqueness.

And with the dissipation of the gourd vine, the surrounding accompanying grand formation began to automatically disintegrate.

Even the entire Mystic Realm Mine began to collapse.

The reason this Mystic Realm Mine existed was entirely due to this gourd vine.

Now, with the gourd vine losing its vitality, the spiritual energy in the Mystic Realm Mine was completely depleted, and the entire Mystic Realm Mine seemed to have had its sinews and bones drawn out.

With a resounding 'boom,' the entire Mystic Realm Mine directly became a ruin.

At this point.

The Mystic Realm Mine existed in name only.

It was completely destroyed by Zhong Qing's own power.

As Zhong Qing walked out of the ruins.

"Master!"

Qilin Xiao Hei and Little Ga immediately came forward to greet him.

Zhong Qing nodded.

"In these few days of my seclusion, there haven't been any problems, right?"

Xiao Hei quickly replied, "Reporting to Master, everything is normal."

"Let's go!"

Zhong Qing began to walk.

Now, the Mystic Realm Mine had no value, it was time to leave!

It was already dusk.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone upon the earth.

Zhong Qing bathed in the light, walking leisurely.

Qilin Xiao Hei and Little Ga followed by his side.

This scene instantly became the center of attention for everyone.

Since Zhong Qing entered seclusion, nearly three days had passed.

In these three days, all the mine slaves in the Mystic Realm Mine had formed a united front.

They were waiting.

Waiting for Zhong Qing to emerge from seclusion.

Simply because Zhong Qing had said that in three days, he could take everyone away.

Of course, in these past few days, there were some who tried to sneak away.

But no matter what methods they used, they could do nothing against the Infinite Mysterious Light Formation that enveloped the mine.

Although the mine slaves had achieved a temporary victory in their previous confrontation with the Phoenix Feather Sect.

They knew that if they couldn't leave early, once the high-ranking members of the Phoenix Feather Sect arrived, every single one of them would not escape the fate of being suppressed and killed.

Therefore, during this period, everyone was anxious and restless.

But they had no choice but to place all their hopes of escape on Zhong Qing.

Now, seeing Zhong Qing's figure, each of them felt both anticipation and apprehension.

Tens of thousands of mine slaves couldn't do anything about that grand formation; could he truly take them away? Escape this purgatory and embrace their—freedom?

The word 'freedom,' for many of the mine slaves, was an extremely luxurious thing.

Since they became mine slaves, many had already resigned themselves to their fate.

This was their first time seeing hope of regaining freedom.

As Zhong Qing arrived.

Everyone's gaze was fixed on him.

"Sir, can you truly take us away?"

Someone asked nervously.

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's gaze fell on Zhong Qing.

Including Liu Yun, who had been sitting in meditation with her eyes closed.

Zhong Qing's gaze remained on Liu Yun from beginning to end.

"Let's go!"

"I'm here to fulfill the promise from three days ago."

At this moment, Zhong Qing gave Liu Yun a different feeling.

In these three days, although Liu Yun had been in seclusion, she clearly perceived all the changes in the Mystic Realm Mine.

She hadn't expected that this man before her could, by himself, drain the entire Mystic Realm Mine dry.

She had to admit in her heart.

This man, at some point, had a mysterious veil draped over him, making it difficult for her to see through him.

But now was not the time to think about such things.

She really wanted to see how Zhong Qing would leave in the end.