273: The strange and evil wheel of life and death

“The situation has changed. Everyone, get ready. We are entering the Secret Realm immediately.”

Elder Yan’s authoritative voice echoed through the flying boat.

The Heavenly Talents of Taiyin Dao Sect, Sun Dao Sect, and Purple Micro Dao Sect looked confused.

However, upon seeing Gu Qing, the most conspicuous person in the field, they instantly understood everything and looked at the Star Dao Sect disciples with pity.

“Junior Brother, good luck to you, hahaha.”

Every time the Immortal Ancient Secret Realm opened, there were Heavenly Talents who didn’t believe in evil, felt invincible, and thought that mere demonic beasts could be easily annihilated with a flick of the hand.

The result, without exception, was that these people were the first to die.

They contributed their strength to those who entered later.

“Senior Brother, we are from the same sect, same origin…”

“Stop right there.”

“In the face of life and death, even if you were my son, there would be no discussion.”

“You… fine, just don’t let me meet you in the Secret Realm.”

“Hahaha, talk to me when you survive and reach the Immortal Ancient Continent.”

“You all just wait for me.”

The Heavenly Talents of Star Dao Sect gnashed their teeth.

The three simultaneously stopped their debate on Dao Law, Xing Yue still wanted more, looking at Gu Qing with eyes full of reverence.

Xi Ling’s beautiful glazed eyes flashed with a complex look; it was her first time encountering a peer whose Dao Law and divine abilities surpassed hers.

Gu Qing being able to reach the top of the Starlight Avenue indeed showed he had some real skills.

“Two Senior Sisters, we will meet again if fate allows.”

Gu Qing smiled as he bid farewell.

“Gu Qing…”

Xing Yue pursed her lips, wanting to speak but hesitating.

Gu Qing shook his head at her, took Chu Yao’s hand, enveloped himself in a layer of protective aura, and stepped into the poisonous mist.

Seeing Gu Qing enter without hesitation, several Sequence True Disciples also followed closely.

It was strange, however, that Pu Jianfei did not follow, but instead stayed closely behind Xing Yue.

Hiss! Hiss!

After entering the poisonous mist, Gu Qing released his protective aura. The white mist seemed to have a spirit of its own, eroding Gu Qing’s protective aura.

However, Gu Qing’s immortal essence was endless; even if he stood still and let the poisonous mist corrode him for decades, it would not be completely eroded.

Gu Qing’s eyes flickered, ignoring the three people behind him.

Following the positioning, Gu Qing quickly arrived at the Secret Realm entrance, crushed the teleportation jade, and a white light enveloped them, instantly teleporting the two into a misty void.

The poisonous mist here was even more intense, corroding the aura a hundred times faster than outside.

Moreover, divine sense was also blocked, corroded by the law-corroding power of the poisonous mist.

Boom!

Gu Qing suddenly punched behind him, and a cloud-like demonic beast was blasted apart with a single punch, turning into poisonous mist that enveloped him.

“So troublesome.”

The mist beast seemed to have no physical form and lacked any hard power.

However, it possessed a heaven-defdefying talent.

It could transform into a sky-filling poisonous mist, enveloping its prey and slowly corroding the living beings.

Moreover, mist beasts were difficult to kill; even if they were killed, they would turn into even more terrifying poisonous mist.

Furthermore, within the range of the poisonous mist, the mist seemed to be sticky with space-time, making it impossible to use any escape techniques.

One could only use the most primitive method: flying with a sword.

Even so, the speed was restricted, less than one ten-thousandth of the usual speed.

Whoosh!

Gu Qing summoned the Profound Fire Treasure Mirror, incinerating all the sky-filling poisonous mist and the poisonous beasts into nothingness.

The unkillable mist beasts and the inextinguishable poisonous mist, under the World-Destroying Profound Light, instantly vanished into nothingness, like the sun shining into the night.

“Gu Qing…” The three Sequence True Disciples showed sinister smiles, their eyes greedily staring at the Profound Fire Treasure Mirror.

With their eyesight, they could naturally tell that this was definitely an incredibly terrifying magical artifact.

That terrifying World-Destroying Profound Light could incinerate all things, as if even space-time itself was burned into nothingness.

With such a terrifying treasure, killing a Profound God would definitely be effortless.

If they obtained it, after attaining the Profound God realm, they might be able to fight You Kui and replace him as the Strongest Profound God.

At this thought, the three instantly forgot their sect’s mission and secretly plotted how to kill their companions and monopolize the Profound Fire Treasure Mirror.

They completely failed to notice that Gu Qing put away the Profound Fire Treasure Mirror and, without looking back, threw out a thunder pearl.

“Hmm?”

The three’s expressions changed drastically. Without thinking, they instinctively threw out the Profound God Secret Treasures given by their sect.

With a thunderous explosion, the entire star river space collapsed, filled with destructive turbulence.

Under the explosion of the four Profound God Secret Treasures, the three died without even a speck of dust remaining, their souls utterly annihilated.

“That was close!”

Chu Yao looked back, still feeling lingering fear.

It was a good thing Zhi Meng gave him the thunder pearl; otherwise, even if Gu Qing had immense power, he wouldn’t have been able to withstand a single-use Profound God Secret Treasure.

It was also fortunate that Gu Qing was decisive enough to throw the thunder pearl upon meeting them, giving the three no chance to react.

If Gu Qing had hesitated even slightly, or chosen to fight the three, their lives would have been uncertain.

But then again, these three were truly unlucky.

As Heavenly Talents with boundless futures, they had endured hardships to attain the immortal fruit of longevity.

They followed with smug satisfaction, only to die so inexplicably.

Thousands of years of arduous cultivation instantly turned to naught.

“Close to what?”

Gu Qing wrapped his arm around her slender waist, pulling her into his embrace, and said in an annoyed tone.

“Star Dao Sect has profound heritage. I pose a huge threat to them, so they will definitely try to eliminate me at all costs.”

“And the most foolproof method is to use a Profound God Secret Treasure, as it’s very difficult to kill someone of the same rank.”

Gu Qing had long guessed that these Sequence True Disciples might have single-use Profound God Secret Treasures.

Moreover, once these people couldn't take him down, they would definitely use them at the first opportunity.

Although Gu Qing was not afraid of Profound God Secret Treasures, and even if he was blasted to pieces, Gu Qing could recover in an instant.

But he had no mind to wrangle with them.

Gu Qing only wanted to finish the fight quickly, kill these few people, then eliminate the rest of the Star Dao Sect, and then search for Myriad Essence and various divine artifacts.

“Hehe, this little woman was just scared, wasn’t she?”

Chu Yao’s delicate hands wrapped around Gu Qing’s neck, her eyes curved, smiling like a seductive vixen.

“Little vixen.”

Gu Qing’s eyes were deep, drawn to the abyss of the north and south poles.

“Don’t mess around, there are still Void Poison Bees here.”

Chu Yao’s expression changed, and she immediately dared not flirt anymore, fearing that Gu Qing would make a mistake.

And just as her voice fell, a buzzing sound was heard.

Turning her head, her scalp instantly tingled.

Dense, overwhelming Void Poison Bees swarmed towards them. Although most were in the Saint Realm, Divine Fire Realm ones were extremely rare.

But there were also thousands of them.

There were a hundred Heavenly God Realm Void Poison Bees.

Such a terrifying swarm of Void Poison Bees, if encountered by the hundred Heavenly Talents of Star Dao Sect, they would only be able to flee.

“Stay away from me.”

Gu Qing’s gaze sharpened, he threw her far away, quickly formed hand seals, and the Dao rhyme of the law of life and death circulated around him.

Since cultivating the Life and Death Wheel, Gu Qing had never used it once.

Now was the perfect time to use it against the Void Poison Bees.

A force of life and death formed a spinning wheel, and as it rotated, it plundered all spiritual energy from the void.

Buzz, buzz, buzz!

The moment they saw the Life and Death Wheel, all the Void Poison Bees let out terrified buzzing sounds, flapped their wings, and then turned around.

It was too late, though.

Once the Life and Death Wheel was formed, it plundered all life force and spiritual energy from the world.

The Life and Death Wheel spanned the void, covering half the sky, vast and magnificent, exuding the power of the cycle of life and death.

The swarm of Void Poison Bees in the void was pulled by a force, flying towards the Life and Death Wheel.

Buzz, buzz, buzz!

The Void Poison Bees frantically flapped their wings, but their vital energy was uncontrollably sucked away, and their strength was suppressed.

The Life and Death Wheel was extremely overbearing. Against those whose realm did not exceed it, it had absolute control, and their life and death were not their own.

This was a mass-killing divine ability.

In less than a moment, except for the hundred Heavenly God Realm Void Poison Bees that flew away, all the others were sucked into the Life and Death Wheel.

They were ground into the power of life and death, and the power of the Life and Death Wheel became even more terrifying, spanning the void, like a celestial wheel covering half the sky, vast and magnificent.

“This…”

Gu Qing looked at the Life and Death Wheel, suddenly stunned.

Only at this moment did he suddenly realize that the Life and Death Wheel was different from ordinary divine abilities; once it was cast, it seemed not to dissipate.

No, to be precise, it would only dissipate after its life and death power was completely exhausted.

But the problem was, the Life and Death Wheel could plunder all spiritual energy in the world; as long as there was spiritual energy and spiritual objects in heaven and earth, it could plunder them, strengthening the divine ability, never stopping.

Even more terrifying was that the Life and Death Wheel had lost control.

It was actually absorbing and plundering his life force.

Gu Qing opened his Dao Pupil and scanned the Life and Death Wheel.

The current Life and Death Wheel seemed to have mutated; it was neither like a divine ability nor a magical artifact, truly bizarre and sinister.

“Am I unskilled, or is the Life and Death divine ability inherently so bizarre?”

Gu Qing watched for a while. Although he saw the essence of the Life and Death Wheel, he had no way to control it.

“Don’t just watch, quickly destroy it.”

Chu Yao’s hair flew, and she circulated her cultivation technique to resist the Life and Death Wheel’s plunder.

Her eyes showed fear. In all her life, this was the first time she had seen such a bizarre and sinister divine ability.

If the Life and Death Wheel continued to strengthen, once its power surpassed Gu Qing’s, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Without Chu Yao’s reminder, Gu Qing also wanted to destroy the Life and Death Wheel.

The Chaotic Undying Halberd soared through the sky like an arrow, piercing through the Life and Death Wheel with one strike.

With a boom, the Life and Death Wheel shattered, and the life and death power contained within it scattered into the void.

Gu Qing circulated his cultivation technique, trying to absorb some of the life force floating in the void.

Indeed, the life force was purified to the extreme, and the physical body could directly absorb it, strengthening the physique and expanding the origin.

“Don’t just stand there, quickly circulate your cultivation and absorb it. Be careful not to absorb the death qi as well.”

Gu Qing reminded her.

“Oh.”

...“Don’t worry, since he dared to come in, he must have made full preparations.” Xi Ling glanced at Xing Yue, who was deeply in love, and couldn’t help but feel speechless.

She had thought Xing Yue was like her, viewing men as nothing, but it turned out not to be the case; Xing Yue seemed to be a love-struck fool.

“I know.”

Xing Yue’s concern was not about that at all.

Instead, she was worried about the Dao Lineage competition.

“Senior Sister.”

Pu Jianfei walked over, his eyes filled with hatred.

He had once worshipped Xing Yue like a goddess, but Xing Yue had debased herself, humbly currying favor in front of Gu Qing.

This made all his previous efforts a joke.

“You want to kill me?”

Xing Yue saw the look in Pu Jianfei’s eyes, paused, and then laughed in extreme anger.

A dog raised by her side dared to bite its owner back.