Chapter 729: Chapter 728: The World Serpent
Over five thousand years had passed within the Immortal World when a special fluctuation, like ripples, began to spread.
“She has begun.”
The moment this fluctuation emerged, Qin Changqing knew that the Flowers Celestial Master had started her process of authenticating the Dao.
Qin Changqing braced himself, ready to protect the Dao for the Flowers Celestial Master.
Authenticating the Dao to become a Saint did not take a short time.
This fluctuation was just the Flowers Celestial Master commencing her process of Dao authentication.
A Saint wields the Heavenly Dao, and a Quasi-Saint wishing to seize the Dao all at once is no easy feat. During the Quasi-Saint stage, a lengthy Dao Integration, whereby one’s body and the Dao are united, is to become familiar with the “Dao” they are about to wield.
This process entailed significant risks.
To wield the Dao, tantamount to using the Heavenly Dao for oneself, increased the risks by more than a myraid times, and there was also the threat of backlash.
Therefore, what needed to be done in the early stages of authenticating the Dao was to gradually gain the upper hand.
This also brought about fluctuations on a global scale.
These fluctuations, initially subtle, were only perceptible to powerful beings.
As it happened, many Semi-Saints of the Immortal World had already been alerted.
Quasi-Saints were equally stirred.
Even some Quasi-Saints in the midst of Dao Integration awoke upon sensing the disturbance.
“I didn’t expect her to take the lead. It’s uncertain whether she can succeed.”
After the Celestial Court Master arrived and realized that the one authenticating the Dao was the Flowers Celestial Master, he said.
Whether it be the Immortal World, the Monster Immortal Realm, or the Devil Immortal Realm, it had been a long time since a Saint had emerged.
It was time for a Saint to emerge, but not every Quasi-Saint had the courage to take this step.
Even with the opportunity for enlightenment, without thorough preparation, Quasi-Saints did not dare to rashly attempt to authenticate the Dao.
After all, the consequences of failure were no different from death and the obliteration of one’s Dao.
“Now that the Saints are away, those guys might come to cause trouble...”
The Celestial Court Master looked beyond the Immortal World with a hint of worry.
As time passed, the commotion caused by the Flowers Celestial Master’s Dao authentication grew increasingly intense.
Soon, another Quasi-Saint of the Immortal World, Huo Lie, also woke up.
Beyond Huo Lie, after some years, two more Quasi-Saints awakened.
Within the Immortal World, the number of Quasi-Saints was higher than in the other two realms.
These two Quasi-Saints had also been in prolonged seclusions.
“Qing.”
The Moon God had also ended her seclusion.
She came to Qin Changqing’s side.
Her time in seclusion was also substantial.
Meanwhile, in the Devil Immortal Realm, the Jiuyou Demon Lord, who had also been thrashed by Qin Changqing, had come out.
This individual, along with the other two Quasi-Saints of the Devil Immortal Realm, watched the Immortal World from a distance, their gaze flickering.
They too were uncertain if the one proving the Dao was Qin Changqing.
Generally speaking, if someone in the Immortal World is proving the Dao and the Saints are not around, without Qin Changqing, they would certainly go and cause chaos.
But now, just the thought of Qin Changqing... caused their hearts to involuntarily tighten.
As for them causing trouble... they dared not.
“Let’s wait and see the situation first, to see if anything from the Outer Heaven Realm is drawn here,” the Jiuyou Demon Lord said gravely.
Time continued to pass.
Soon, hundreds of years went by, and the disturbance grew ever larger.
Up in the Ten Heavens, within the Immortal World, the vast majority of Immortals had come, turning this into a grand event of the Immortal World.
Everyone was watching.
Before long, a thousand years had passed.
The Flowers Celestial Master began to move into the second phase.
She had started gradually taking control of the Dao.
This process required her to imprint her mark little by little onto the “Dao” she wished to command, until eventually, she could seize control in one go and pluck the Fruit of the Dao of a Saint.
The turmoil this caused was even greater.
“Qin Changqing, the Monster Immortal Realm and the Devil Immortal Realm are very likely to take action, and something from the Outer Heaven Realm may also be attracted here,” the Celestial Court Master said as he approached Qin Changqing.
The Celestial Court Master’s intuition was not wrong.
Because just over a hundred years later, within the Immortal World, infinite serpent shadows appeared.
After the Chaos Flower was snatched away by Qin Changqing and the Flowers Celestial Master, that great serpent actually followed!
“What is that!”
A Semi-Saint spotted the shadow of the great serpent.
This serpent was so large that even Qin Changqing had never seen its full extent.
Outside the Immortal World at this moment, it seemed as though the shadows were all part of the great serpent.
The serpent was so vast that it seemed as if it could wrap around the Immortal World layer by layer.
This serpent really did bear some resemblance to the world-encircling serpent spoken of by the Ancient Emperor.
The appearance of such a terrifying serpent shadow had already alarmed many Semi-Saints and Saints.
“As expected, it has come!”
Seeing the appearance of the great serpent’s shadow, the Celestial Court Master did not hesitate to take action.
Someone proving the Dao in the Immortal World is naturally good for the Immortal World, and the Celestial Court Master would also carry out the act of protecting the Dao.
However, as soon as he made a move, the Celestial Court Master found that the great serpent was terrifyingly strong.
After his attack fell, the great serpent merely moved its body, easily blocking it with ease.
Not only that, but the serpent continued to approach relentlessly, giving the impression that it was intent on encircling the Immortal World.