Furthermore, this being's temperament was close to nothingness, devoid of joy, sorrow, anger, or fear.
Moreover, the Tianjun Salamander clan was clearly concealing its strength. Who knew how powerful Hongjun's good corpse was when it hid its abilities?
In this era, who, besides Hongjun, knew or could comprehend the method of severing three corpses?
Even the ancestor of the Dragon clan could not fathom the profundity of the three corpses technique, where severing one corpse was akin to creating two independent and unrelated existences?
The three corpses were profoundly mysterious, their realms obscure. Only the true self of the one who severed the corpses knew their true strength.
Let alone others, even Qing Ling, who knew the trajectory of the Primordial World, would never have suspected that the great cave master of the Tianjun Salamander clan was Hongjun's good corpse, a clone of Hongjun, if not for what happened today.
As for others, they didn't even know about the three corpses technique, so guessing it was even more out of the question.
Qing Ling's snake gall was trembling. If the Dao Ancestor knew he had seen through his identity, he would surely die.
After all, the Dao Ancestor was the most powerful being in the entire Primordial World, no, in the entire Chaos and Primordial Heavens, second only to Pangu!
Such a being could kill him a thousand times over with just a glance.
Killing with a glance truly existed in the Primordial World.
After all, his "Eyes of Life and Death" could create everything with a single glance, let alone a being like the Dao Ancestor?
However, Qing Ling did not die, not because he was lucky, but because this three corpses body of the Dao Ancestor was the good corpse, the embodiment of the Dao Ancestor's good thoughts, and thus possessed emotions.
The Heavenly Dao was emotionless, but Hongjun was emotional.
Qing Ling swept his tail across the five chicks beside him, his vertical pupils staring coldly at them.
The five newly hatched chicks were utterly confused. Why did their mother look so different from them and give them a chilling, inexplicable sense of dread?
Qing Ling, who had intended to swallow a few of the chicks, instantly lost the thought after recalling Hongjun's gaze.
What was the difference between his looking at the chicks and Hongjun looking at him?
Since Hongjun had spared his life, regardless of the reason, it was still an act of goodness.
Therefore, Qing Ling twisted his body, crawled out of the tree hole, and left without looking back.
This time, he rushed to Xi Mountain non-stop. The Supreme Black Nether had already been suppressed beneath Tianjun Mountain. While killing a Great Luo Golden Immortal might be difficult, suppressing one was not.
After Qing Ling left, within the divine mountain of Tianjun, the twelve cave masters surrounded the divine treasure of Tianjun, each sitting with closed eyes, receiving the empowerment of the divine power of Tianjun.
The great cave master opened his eyes and looked at the suppressed Supreme Black Nether in Tianjun.
That little snake was quite interesting. It had just delivered a Supreme Great Luo to him, which would help him comprehend the Heavenly Dao and advance.
By resolving this karma for him, he was also resolving the karma of him delivering this Great Luo to him.
Hongjun's good corpse extended a finger, and the divine treasure of Tianjun before him seemed to rewind time. The suppressed Supreme Black Nether within instantly vanished.
In the distance, at the foot of Buzhou Mountain, on a branch of its foothills, within Yujing Mountain, an old Daoist in gray robes reached out and held a Netherworld Dao Realm in his palm.
It was precisely the Great Luo Dao Realm of Supreme Black Nether!
Hongjun murmured, "Fellow Daoist, I shall use you to test and deduce the connection between the Heavenly Dao and the Great Luo Dao Realm!"
...
Eastern Wasteland.
In a vast swamp, toad croaks echoed everywhere, and salamanders dwelled. This was the border between the Spiritual Toad clan and the Salamander clan. Most of the beasts here were below the Earthly rank, and they regarded each other as food to satisfy their fleshly needs.
The aquatic plants were lush, several feet tall, resembling a forest world.
On the shallow water, a vibrant green snake slithered forward in an S-shaped motion.
As long as he passed this swamp, he would enter the territory of the Toad clan.
Once there, he would directly burrow underground and accelerate back to Xi Mountain. On the land of the Salamander clan, Qing Ling had always been afraid to transform into human form, so he had crawled in his snake form for over a decade, and even with his "Shrink the Ground to an Inch" technique, he was exhausted.
At this moment, the sunlight was just right, and the shallow water was comfortably warm. Submerging in the water helped alleviate his fatigue from the journey. Qing Ling's eyelids grew heavy, and his swimming slowed.
Ahead, a gray toad had submerged its body in the muddy water, its camouflage almost perfect with the mud. Its large eyes watched the approaching green "living thing," and its long tongue was already gathering strength.
As the green object drew closer, the giant toad's long tongue gathered more and more force.
When it was half a zhang away, the giant toad suddenly opened its mouth, and its scarlet tongue shot out like an arrow, hitting the green figure with pinpoint accuracy.
"Crack!"
The giant toad felt as if its tongue had struck a divine stone. It was incredibly hard, and the recoil left its tongue numb.
The green "object," however, was completely unharmed.
Qing Ling slowly opened his eyes, came to his senses, and became enraged. He immediately swung his snake tail and leaped into the air, using the air for leverage to flick his tail at the giant toad.
"Slap!"
A crisp impact sound echoed, leaving a red imprint on the giant toad's head. The giant toad was stunned, momentarily dazed by the blow.
Qing Ling quickly transformed into human form, looking helplessly at the giant toad.
If he hadn't fallen asleep just now, this giant toad would have used its tongue!
Then would he have been kissed by a toad?
I'm not clean!
Qing Ling flicked his hand, throwing the giant toad into a group of giant salamanders.
The giant toad pulled its head out of the mud and looked up. A group of salamanders were staring at it, even sticking out their tongues and licking their lips as if they saw delicious food.
The giant toad trembled, shrinking back into the mud, warily observing the surrounding pack of wolf-like beasts.
...
In the distance, Qing Ling emerged from the swamp. With a flick of his "Heaven-Measuring Rope" technique, he soared into the sky and into the layer of the Nine Heavens' Gale, releasing the formidable aura of a Taiyi cultivator. This instantly startled several Golden Immortal venerables who were about to pursue him, forcing them to retreat.
It wasn't that he was being ostentatious, but that some people couldn't wait any longer!
Qing Ling ascended further and further, reaching the second heaven, the boundless ice and snow domain.
The Dao patterns on his forehead lit up, and the World of Withered Prosperity and Life and Death opened. A giant egg covered in cracks was thrown out from the death realm.
This giant egg was, naturally, the Taiyi's divine sense, the Phoenix clan's holy son, whom he had used to escape the pursuit of nine Taiyi cultivators, to be reborn, erase his marks, and recuperate!
He was supposed to have been born long ago, but Qing Ling had suppressed him for 770,000 years with death energy, trapping him in the eggshell, unable to be born or die. Anyone would find this unbearable!
Therefore, Qing Ling had arrived in this cold and extremely frigid second heaven in advance, waiting for the Taiyi divine sense to be born.
The cracks on the giant egg instantly shattered, and flames erupted everywhere, a sea of fire surging into the sky. The scorching heat even melted some of the ice.
However, in the face of this heavenly power, human strength was insufficient.
The flames disappeared, and from the occupied body, the soul of the Phoenix clan's holy son, Taiyi, slowly emerged, looking at Qing Ling with an extremely gloomy expression.
Qing Ling smiled faintly and said, "Congratulations, fellow Daoist, on your rebirth through fire!"
The flames in Taiyi's eyes flickered, but they carried a chilling murderous intent.
"I have never been suppressed before! You are the first, and you will be the last!"
Qing Ling's face remained smiling as he changed the subject, "Make the fire even hotter. It's really quite cold in this second heaven."