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"Apart from verifying longevity’s [One-Heart], the attributes of [Many-Souls] have also become increasingly prominent."
Li Qing observed while walking.
"Kid, are you having fun in the Illusory Realm?"
Just then, a voice suddenly grabbed his attention.
Looking over, Li Qing saw an unkempt old man lying on the ground as if no one else existed.
Uncertain of the other party’s intentions, Li Qing cautiously chose not to respond.
"Hehe, don’t be so tense. Being too constrained is actually bad for you!"
"Just like how you conduct yourself in the Illusory Realm! We lack someone like you among us!"
The old man unabashedly heaped praise on Li Qing.
However, as the old man spoke, Li Qing felt an unsettling sensation that hostile gazes were resting upon him.
"By the way, let me tell you a little secret."
"To have the most fun, it’s not just you whose memories were sealed in the Illusory Realm, but mine as well."
"Only when the Illusory Realm is about to shatter will the true consciousness awaken."
"At that moment, the memories of everyone in the Illusory Realm burst forth at once!"
A hint of intoxication spread across the old man’s face, as though he had indulged in a pot of aged fine wine!
"Two hundred and thirty-six thousand eight hundred times…"
"Two hundred and thirty-six thousand eight hundred times indeed!"
The old man repeated this number.
"Tsk tsk tsk…"
"Your thrill, not one ten-thousandth of mine!"
The old man shook his head and swayed.
Upon hearing the number "two hundred and thirty-six thousand eight hundred," Li Qing was initially taken aback. He didn’t grasp its significance.
But soon he realized something and his expression became somewhat strange.
When he looked again, the sloppy old man had already disappeared.
"This body seems to be that of an Integrative Elder from the Great Taoist Sect back in the day."
Li Qing recalled the memories of the Illusory Realm, pondering to himself.
He continued advancing toward the Sect Main Hall at the very top.
Along the way, Li Qing also heard many arguments.
"Why did you castrate him? Isn’t a normal game start better?"
"You’re objecting now? You agreed to it at first!"
"I think inflicting some punishment is fine. The issue is, why did you give him the [Reverse Ethical Scripture]?"
"You have to test the effects of a newly researched technique. Who knew this kid would be so troublesome. Tsk tsk…"
"Hehe, looks like you did it on purpose."
"This means we can’t use the [Reverse Ethical Scripture] again next time."
"No way, how can we just forbear such a wonderful thing?"
"I object!"
"I also object!"
…
No figures could be seen.
But the voices seemed ghostly, continually emerging near Li Qing’s ears.
It was as if countless figures were all staring at Li Qing, whispering among themselves.
On the surface, Li Qing remained composed, but inwardly he began to feel a chill creeping into his heart.
These intertwining voices, like the endless thoughts within his Spirit Consciousness.
Mind splintering into countless parts.
As Li Qing drew closer to the Sect Main Hall, the voices that rose and fell grew more numerous.
The content of their speech became increasingly frenetic.
Turning into Demon Sound, they pierced into Li Qing’s Spirit Consciousness like needles.
Suddenly, Li Qing stumbled.
He realized his face felt slightly damp and reached up to touch it, only to discover that blood was continuously flowing from both his nostrils and eyes.
The surrounding vision also seemed blurred, unbeknownst to when it had changed.
Li Qing wiped the blood clean, and while his body still had strength, he quickened his pace towards the destination.
But the Demon Sound around his ears did not cease; rather, it intensified even more.
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"Cough cough..."
Li Qing violently coughed out, actually expelling even the fragments of his internal organs from his stomach.
After ascending dozens of steps more, this body ultimately couldn’t hold on.
Under the barrage of countless noisy vibrations, it turned into a pile of mush.
But quickly, as the flesh in the Void squirmed, a new body was about to take shape again.
However, those ubiquitous Demon Sounds seemed to have no intention of letting Li Qing off.
The body hadn’t fully manifested when it was crushed again.
Thus, on this long staircase, an extremely eerie scene unfolded.
A lump of indiscernible flesh struggled upward, climbing with difficulty.
With each crushing, it reappeared.
It seemed that with every reincarnation, the mass of the flesh body was reduced a little.
Although Li Qing never gave up, by the end, only a small, deformed ball of flesh remained, struggling and clumsily tumbling.
Even though it was already so tragic, the surrounding voices showed no sign of weakening.
Instead, they became even more excited. The sounds were shrill, no longer resembling human voices. They were more like meaningless noise from Heaven and Earth.
Just when Li Qing’s last clump of flesh was about to disappear completely,
a Black Sword Phantom suddenly emerged.
It emitted a faint sound of sword’s cry.
In an instant, it suppressed the frenzied cacophony of the surrounding demon gods!
Seizing this fleeting moment, the Black Sword Phantom exploded with speed, turning into a straight line that directly shot into the Sect Main Hall.
Although the doors of the Grand Hall were open, from the outside, the interior of the hall was pitch black.
Like an Abyss, nothing could be seen.
After that moment of silence, endless voices suddenly erupted.
Like the roar of crashing waves, cries of ghosts and howls of wolves!
"I told you he could do it!"
"Hehehe, interesting, interesting!"
"Why intentionally let him go, why? Why not let me grind him into meat paste inch by inch!"
"Stop pretending. Is it fun deceiving yourself?"
...
Contrasting with the noisy and frightening environment outside the Grand Hall,
inside the Great Taoist Sect’s Sect Main Hall, it was extremely quiet.
In the spacious hall, other than the Sect Leader’s seat at the highest point, there was nothing else.
Sister Zhao was sitting there quietly,
like a child, sitting upright with a straight back.
Her hands rested on her thighs.
Her facial expression was also frozen, unmoving.
Li Qing quietly glanced at Sister Zhao.
Her appearance seemed frozen in her teens,
just like what he had seen in the Illusory Realm.
"Greetings to the [Unified Heart Celestial Master]."
Although the atmosphere in the hall was somewhat strange, Li Qing still bowed respectfully.
"What is your purpose here?"
Sister Zhao’s pleasing voice rang out.
It didn’t come from the body on the seat, but from all directions inside the Sect Main Hall.
Li Qing didn’t hide anything and directly said, "I’m here for the Mystic Sky Sect Techniques from the past."
"The Ode to the Conjunction of Heaven and Earth,’ ’Eternal Sole Mantra,’ ’The Technique of Severing Souls and Illuminating the Spirit,’ ’The Scripture of Heaven’s Lament and Earth’s Sorrow’..."
"These scriptures were originally possessions of my Mystic Sky Sect. Today, they should rightfully return to their original owner," Li Qing asserted.
There was a moment of silence within the Grand Hall.
Then Sister Zhao, as if she had heard an extremely funny joke, laughed uncontrollably.
"There are still people from the Mystic Sky Sect alive?"
"And how did you know I once obtained these techniques?"
"Besides these, I have many others. Would you like them too?"
