The twelve heavenly cycles of starlight descended, sword like stars, stars for sword, one sword shattered the void, universe broke, and stars fell.
Qing Ling flicked his sleeve, and a green net spread across the heavens, encompassing the ten directions of emptiness.
But in the next moment, the Black Underworld Child from the north suddenly stretched out a ghostly claw, its dark, sharp tip terrifying as it slashed through the void, aiming for Qing Ling's heart.
Lady Hu San from the south caressed her pipa, the strings a cacophony, their mystic melody shaking the soul.
Only Princess Ling Yao did not make a move.
An old woman behind her could not help but ask, "Princess, if you don't act now, won't you be suspected?"
"It's fine. This person is extremely powerful. Let these three test the waters first. I only need to guard against him escaping. The Innate Spiritual Root, the Purple Nether Lotus, I must have it!"
Qing Ling was instantly besieged by three Taiyi grand cultivators of immense power, falling into a perilous situation.
A thousand bells beneath his feet chimed in unison, their music boundless, a tide of tinkling sounds engulfing the mystic melody of the pipa.
His left palm struck out, and a green vine extended, its massive form flashing with the laws of the wood dao, entangling the ghostly claw and preventing it from advancing or retreating.
The three could not help but feel a flicker of surprise. It seemed this person was not weak either.
Qing Ling surveyed the group and said, "Fellow daoists, the spiritual root has already recognized me as its master. You should retreat. Otherwise, do not blame me for being impolite!"
"Hehe, let this sister see just how impolite this handsome young master can be!" Lady Hu San said with a smile, her clothes half-revealed, her ample bosom enticing, her fair skin incredibly alluring. A red glint flashed from her captivating fox-like eyes.
Qing Ling let out a scoff. His pupils instantly lit up with black and white duality. His soul, powerful enough to approach Da Luo, shattered her illusion in an instant. As his eyes opened and closed, he invoked the Great Dao of Life and Death.
The black pupil was shrouded in death qi, while the white pupil pulsed with life.
Within the Eyes of Life and Death, he sowed the seeds of an era. Beneath the black and white, flowers bloomed!
Lady Hu San instantly clutched her chest, exclaiming in shock, "What did you put in me?"
Qing Ling cast a casual glance and said, "Seeing that sister is naturally alluring, I simply added a touch of splendor, planting a flower in your heart!"
"What! Planting a flower?" Lady Hu San was both shocked and enraged. "How dare you scheme against me, you will die!"
The jade pipa produced a tempest of sound. Her jade hands moved rapidly, and the mystic melody shook the void, causing it to collapse. Even the Black Underworld Child and Xing Ling retreated a few steps.
After all, a madwoman was the most terrifying.
Qing Ling's face, ethereal like an immortal's, merely held a slight smile. He sighed, "Why must it be so!"
With a wave of his hand, a thousand golden divine bells circled his body, resembling countless golden bells ringing violently.
"Ding-a-ling~"
"Ding-a-ling~"
...
Ten million bell tones converged, and countless strands of green silk wove into a cocoon. Ten thousand sounds echoed, and the sound domains clashed.
The pipa sang songs of slaughter, and a thousand bells vibrated, generating a golden heavenly shield. Even though the mystic melody of the pipa was powerful, it could not break through the golden heavenly shield of a thousand layers of echoing bells.
Instead, the more Lady Hu San played, the more chaotic her heart became!
A seed of life and death had been planted in her heart the moment she dared to meet Qing Ling's gaze.
Death qi surged, devouring life. Using her body as soil, her blood as dew, a blood-colored flower bloomed!
It was the convergence of the Dao of Life and Death, the laws of the Great Dao of Life and Death. Life was endless, and life and death were inexhaustible.
The flower's roots had already spread throughout Lady Hu San's heart. The heart, full of blood vessels, was now covered in black flower stems, more vibrant than blood and more delicate than flesh!
Death qi coiled around Lady Hu San's face, and tribulations rose upon her celestial imprint. Between the cycle of life and death, her person, her qi, and her fortune were overturned. Her qi dissipated, her fortune scattered, and tribulations descended!
"Hmph~ What, what is happening!"
Lady Hu San's heart was gone. The flower had fully bloomed within her chest. Her mystic sound was illusory, but life and death were even more illusory.
The jade pipa fell. A colossal jade fox with eight tails plummeted into the魑魅 forest, writhing and rolling on the ground in agony.
Its mournful cries sent chills down everyone's spines. For a moment, no one dared to attack.
Qing Ling smiled. "Sister, do you like the flower I gave you?"
As his words fell, the flesh and blood at the jade fox's heart vanished. A vibrant blood-red flower bloomed, its petals bearing patterns and nine leaves.
The moment the flower bloomed, the jade fox perished.
A primordial spirit ascended. The jade fox looked at Qing Ling in terror, grabbed its pipa, and fled.
On the ground, the blood-red flower's roots rapidly spread throughout the entire fox body. All the flesh and blood disappeared, leaving only a skeleton with a red flower growing from it.
The white of the bones and the red of the flower were extremely striking.
Qing Ling smiled faintly and extended his hand.
The blood-red flower rose on its own and landed in his palm.
"This flower is called the Luo Sheng Flower. It uses flesh as soil, blood as water, life force as nourishment, and death qi as its roots. Planted in the heart, the body will not die until the flower blooms."
Qing Ling looked at Xing Ling, a faint smile on his face. Holding the flower in one hand, he smiled like a blossoming flower and said unhurriedly, "That sister just now didn't even want the flower when it bloomed. Do you want it?"
Xing Ling's heart trembled slightly. Lady Hu San was far more powerful than him, yet she was crippled with a single glance, her body dead. It was impossible not to feel fear.
But he was, after all, a protector of a Da Luo supreme being, and Princess Ling Yao was watching.
"Heh, you evil cultivator, pretending to be a god and playing tricks. Hand over the Purple Nether Lotus quickly, and I'll spare your life!"
Qing Ling knew he was afraid. After all, his innate divine ability was indeed too bizarre.
Since his divine spark had fully matured, his pupils had incorporated the Great Dao of Life, Death, Decay, and Prosperity. Coupled with the power of the Spring God's divine spark, this method was born: one glance controls life and death, one glance plants flowers.
And Lady Hu San was the strongest among them. He naturally chose to eliminate her first to shock the others. As for her primordial spirit escaping, Qing Ling could not help it and had no intention of stopping it.
A Taiyi primordial spirit preparing to break through to Da Luo was difficult to capture and too time-consuming. The current situation was to repel the enemy first.
Qing Ling spread his palm, and the Purple Nether Lotus appeared in his hand. Its thirty-six petals emitted a mystical glow, stirring greed and desire.
"Since you all desire it, you will have to see if you have the ability to take it!"
As his voice fell, the world-encompassing rope rose, and the Divine Bell of Tai Xu vibrated. A massive cocoon of Tai Xu illusion enveloped the sky for ten thousand miles, trapping Black Underworld Child, Xing Ling, Princess Ling Yao, and the old woman behind her.
The Purple Nether Lotus slowly floated in the center of them, while Qing Ling's figure disappeared.
Black Underworld Child's eyes flickered. His ghost claws split into eight, and eight ghostly claws probed forward. They encountered no resistance, as if there were no ambushes.
He instantly flashed forward, intending to snatch the Purple Nether Lotus and run.
But the moment he entered, a thousand golden divine bells appeared around him. The bells' sound vibrated incessantly, and the entire void was imprisoned within.
Black Underworld Child's face turned grim. Death qi surged from his body, attempting to break free from the restraints.
However, Xing Ling was faster. He flashed in, grabbed the Purple Nether Lotus, and prepared to escape.
But amidst the ringing of a thousand bells, his eyes gradually became unfocused. He had sunk into an illusion.
Since he had entered the Tai Xu Illusionary Cocoon, illusions naturally arose in abundance.
The Purple Nether Lotus in Xing Ling's hand dissipated. In the center of the Tai Xu Illusionary Cocoon, the Purple Nether Lotus reappeared in the distance.
Outside the Tai Xu Illusionary Cocoon, Qing Ling sat cross-legged. His powerful soul, comparable to Da Luo, further transformed the illusions within the Tai Xu Divine Bell into a thousand layers of illusion.
At this moment, what the five people saw, felt, heard, and touched were all illusions!