Chapter 964: Beyond Time

Chapter 964: Beyond Time

Zi Qing, the Crown Prince of Violet and Cyan, spoke in a soft tone. He wore a violet robe and had long, violet hair that swayed gently behind him. His pale, violet eyes were focused on Xu Qing, who was bound tightly in his hand of fate. His facial expression was tender and caring. He looked exactly like the perfect older brother that Xu Qing remembered from Peerless City.

“Isn’t it possible that’s what really happened?” he said softly. His voice seemed to merge with the wind and dissipated into the ancient past. It was almost like it was supposed to be buried in time, back in Peerless City. “I mean no harm, lil’ bro. This hand of fate is a gift from me to you. It’s formed from the last bit of destiny aura from the Sovereign Kingdom of Violet and Cyan.”

As the words left the crown prince’s mouth, the huge hand of fate rumbled and turned into a violet dragon that pulsed with destiny aura.

“And the reason I came here today is to take you home. I already pulled the Sovereign Kingdom of Violet and Cyan out of the netherworld. It’s settled in place in the Heaveneater Region, along with countless citizens and government officials. They’re waiting for me. Once I’m back, I’ll ascend the imperial throne and become the Emperor of Violet and Cyan.

“You, as my younger brother in this life, are bound deeply to me by karma. That’s why I want to take you back with me. The moment I become the Emperor of Violet and Cyan, then you can inherit Revered Ancient’s ancient title of Crown Prince of Violet and Cyan. That title was once the ultimate expression of glory, and I’m prepared to pass it on to you.

“Once you take it, I can command the destiny aura of the Sovereign Kingdom of Violet and Cyan, blessing you with it so that you can ignite your godfire. You can then surpass your current cultivation base and become a god. Can you accept that, lil’ bro?”

Zi Qing’s voice filled heaven and earth like thunder, shaking the surroundings. His words pulsed with a sensation of fate, confirming that what he was saying was true, and corroborating the determination in his heart. Everything he had just said was true and real. Heaven and earth had borne witness to that.

In fact, as Zi Qing spoke, he reached up and touched his forehead as if to extract something, although nothing appeared. However, when he extracted that invisible thing, he suddenly seemed to have lost something very important. It was his title. His name. He had extracted the name of Crown Prince of Violet and Cyan and added it into his words. Now he waited to hear Xu Qing’s decision.

At the moment, Xu Qing had a violet dragon of destiny aura coiled around him, roaring with heaven-shaking, earth-shattering might. All he had to do was nod his head, and it would merge into him. With its help, he could ignite godfire and become a god.

The cultivators who could see what was happening were reeling.

Down in the residence, Erniu looked stunned. Then he gritted his teeth and shouted, “You can’t trust him, Ah Qing. He’s lying!”

Xu Qing looked at Zi Qing in front of him. The crown prince looked back at him with a tender expression. They were the only two people in the air above the imperial palace. The surroundings rippled and distorted.

The rumbling from the abyssal gate was still audible, and the two beams of light were still sending out powerful mutagen everywhere. However, the rumbling wasn’t getting any louder. In fact, it was starting to diminish. Clearly, the empress and the five zombie gods were succeeding.

The incense stick’s worth of time was almost up.

Yet the Crown Prince of Violet and Cyan didn’t seem anxious at all, either in his expression or his tone of voice. It was as if this decision of Xu Qing’s was the most important thing in the world to him. Within time, he had seen countless images, most of which concluded with Xu Qing accepting the name and becoming the new Crown Prince of Violet and Cyan. In a few of them, Xu Qing refused, but those were in the minority.

The conclusion was foreordained, and that was him offering the gift and Xu Qing accepting it. Zi Qing’s gaze was soft as he looked at Xu Qing.

Xu Qing said nothing for a long moment. Truth be told, Zi Qing’s offer had caught him by surprise. As he looked him in the eyes, his mind filled with memories of childhood. After that long moment passed, Xu Qing didn’t state his choice.

“I don’t believe you,” he said grimly. “In fact, I have a little speculation that I’d like to confirm. Back during that brutal section of time in which I was ripped to shreds, isn’t it true that, afterward, something very, very unusual happened?

In the very middle of the formation was a 30,000-meter-tall giant made of mercury. The giant lay prone, and its face was an exact replica of Xu Qing’s face. Located on the forehead of the giant was a drop of Xu Qing’s blood.

Hovering in midair above the giant in a cross-legged posture was Master Seventh. The wind blew, stirring his white hair. He seemed particularly dignified, and his expression was one of unprecedented seriousness. Right at the time that Xu Qing chose to self-detonate, his eyes opened.

“Activate the formation,” he said. “Stimulate time!”

The hundreds of thousands of cultivators shouted their acknowledgement. In the dome of heaven, Flame Phoenix spat out dazzling light. And Master Seventh pulsed with a profoundly ancient aura. That ancient, boundless aura seemed like a measuring stick to use on time itself.

“The supreme star altar adapts unended.

“Expel the ancient, bind the modern, gods protected, spirits defended.

“Wisdom, sensibility, rationality and purity; the heart befriended.

“Three spiritual souls eternal, the physical soul distended.

“My apprentice is stable; reverse the Yellow Springs; hasten as if by laws amended!”

Having said that, Master Seventh pushed his left hand down toward the silver giant. At the same time, he put his hand in front of his chest, performed an incantation gesture, and continued speaking.

“The world is free, filthy energy out of sight.

“The deceitful darkness sways the distant light.

“The surrounding gods make me free of fright.

“Treasures and talismans speak to heaven so bright.

“In millennia past lived he named Zi Qing; he died on this spot and meditated before death; his last energy is now commanded by the Summer; Immortal guides the energy to this spot; hasten as if by laws amended!”

Master Seventh’s eyes seemed full of anger, and each word he spoke boomed like thunder.

As it turned out, he was attempting to extract the Crown Prince of Violet and Cyan’s last bit of energy that he breathed out in the moment of his death! He would extract it from time and from all things!

1. The incident with Chu Tianqun seeing something inside of Xu Qing was in chapter 465. ☜