"If you wish to fight, I, You Kui, will accompany you to the end."
You Kui's voice was leisurely, making it impossible to discern his emotions, yet the overwhelming momentum showed his attitude.
"Elder You Kui speaks of what? We are both pillars of the sect, how could we kill each other? Please withdraw your divine abilities."
Jing Hong said with a pleasant smile.
"If you dare to harm Gu Qing even a little, I will never rest until you are all dead."
You Kui's gaze was icy, his divine might overwhelming the world, and the killing intent from the starry sky law manifestation made countless disciples' faces turn pale, feeling as if their bodies were about to explode.
"Fine!"
Jing Hong's smile instantly vanished as he coldly spat out a single word.
He knew that You Kui was determined to protect Gu Qing, even going so far as to threaten to massacre Star Dao Sect disciples.
But could You Kui really protect him?
Jing Hong sneered in his heart.
Let You Kui be arrogant for now, when the Ancestral Immortal King emerges from seclusion, it will be You Kui's time of death.
"Whoosh!"
The moment You Kui retracted his law manifestation, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, showing expressions of having survived a catastrophe.
So terrifying.
Just watching the excitement, and almost losing their life to the underworld.
But then again, that You Kui could single-handedly suppress Star Dao Sect, truly worthy of being the Strongest Profound God. We cultivators should be like him.
Countless people looked up at the divine You Kui with reverence in their hearts.
"Why?"
Cheng Yang roared at You Kui, his eyes filled with unwillingness and hatred.
Although You Kui had given him treasures and carefully guided his cultivation back then, he hadn't protected him like he protected Gu Qing, and wasn't even willing to take him as a disciple.
If You Kui had protected him so resolutely back then, he would never have chosen to betray.
After all, having the protection of the Strongest Profound God was absolutely a great opportunity that would allow him to smoothly attain the Profound God realm.
You Kui glanced at him indifferently, as if looking at an ant.
"Boom!"
Cheng Yang was blown up again.
His soul was crushed by Gu Qing, and the Solar Divine Fire burned fiercely.
With a raised hand, he collected all of Cheng Yang's treasures.
"Ahhh..." Cheng Yang let out a miserable scream, his soul twisting as he looked at Gu Qing, shouting sharply.
"I curse you to die a horrible death."
"???"
Gu Qing was stunned, this was the first time he had been cursed.
"Don't understand?"
"Hahaha..."
Cheng Yang laughed, his eyes filled with desolation.
"To think of me, Cheng Yang, in my life, fighting against heaven, contending with others for fate, experiencing countless life and death trials, thinking that ascending to the Immortal Realm would be like a dragon returning to the sea, just as I was about to make my move and create new glory, who would have thought I would be treated like a dog."
"And you, a young boy, what right do you have to win the favor of the peerless duo? What right do you have to get the protection of the Strongest Profound God? You clearly have done nothing."
"Heaven is unfair!"
Gu Qing listened quietly, then said with disgust: "You are despicable, sinister, vicious, and selfish. Your very bones exude a foul stench, like a cockroach in a gutter. A creature like you should have its soul burned for a hundred million years."
"You..." When his true nature was exposed, Cheng Yang's hateful eyes showed a trace of panic.
But before he could retort, Gu Qing sealed his soul and threw him to Li Wencai.
"Take good care of him."
"Alright, I will definitely lose sleep and forget to eat, taking good care of him."
Li Wencai was overjoyed.
He hated Cheng Yang to the core, and now that Cheng Yang was in his hands, he would naturally day and night torment him without rest.
"No..." Cheng Yang, sealed in the pearl, was terrified.
Death wasn't scary, what was scary was being unable to die.
"Damn it, another set of supreme treasures lost." The majestic features of the Great Elder showed a hint of distortion.
He didn't care if Cheng Yang lived or died, he was just a dog he had raised, if he was gone, he could find another.
But the Seven Star Sword was a supreme treasure he had refined with countless resources, with infinite power.
A complete set of divine artifacts was several times more precious than seven individual divine artifacts.
Even with his immense wealth, he couldn't afford such a great loss.
The other elders looked at Gu Qing with sinister eyes, a sense of unease rising in their hearts.
Gu Qing was growing too fast.
He broke through three realms just by climbing the Starlight Path, and his divine abilities were perfect and complete. Even when Cheng Yang unleashed the divine-grade Seven Star Sword Formation, he could be killed with a single punch.
This strength was simply unprecedented.
If Gu Qing became a Sequential True Disciple and received the resources of Star Dao Sect, his growth would only be faster.
Perhaps in a few hundred years, he could break through to the Profound God realm.
Gu Qing's gaze fell on Jing Hong as he smiled: "Sect Master, I wonder if I am qualified to be a Sequential True Disciple?"
"Naturally, but..." Jing Hong paused, shaking his head.
"But what?" Gu Qing asked.
"Your talent is extraordinary, it would be a waste to make you a Holy Son, perhaps only a Divine Son would be worthy of you, but you have just joined the sect and have made no contributions to the sect, so I cannot make an exception and appoint you as Divine Son."
Jing Hong's words were already very clear, telling Gu Qing to hand over the opportunity and blessings left by Star Saintess, betray the lower realm dao lineage, and embrace the Immortal Realm.
Otherwise, let alone being a Divine Son, he wouldn't even be a Sequential True Disciple.
After a moment, Jing Hong continued: "Making contributions is not something that happens overnight, you should go back and think about it, and also ask your master and uncle for their opinion. Don't forget to participate in the Ancient Immortal Secret Realm in three days."
He didn't expect Gu Qing to hand over the opportunity left by Star Saintess.
However, even if Gu Qing really handed over the opportunity and blessings left by Star Saintess, he still wouldn't let Gu Qing go.
After all, Gu Qing was too heaven-defying, there was absolutely no problem in attaining the Immortal King realm.
And there were Zhi Meng and Jiang Yu, who attained the Profound God realm in just a few hundred years. This was absolutely an unprecedented existence.
If the three of them were allowed to grow, and what if they also attained the Immortal King realm? Then what would happen to their Immortal Realm local forces?
What if Gu Qing treated them the way he treated the lower realm dao lineage, exterminating them all?
Therefore, these three absolutely could not be left alive.
The struggle between dao lineages had always been a matter of you die or I live, until death.
You Kui looked deeply at Jing Hong, sneering in his heart. Digging a wall in front of him, if it were someone else, he would naturally be worried.
After all, Cheng Yang's betrayal was right before their eyes.
But the target was Gu Qing, You Kui would rather Li Wencai betray him than believe Gu Qing would betray.
After all, with him and the peerless duo protecting Gu Qing, and having received the inheritance of Star Saintess, unless he was crazy, he would destroy his own path and do something that goes against his dao heart.
Besides, with Gu Qing's intelligence, how could he not see through Jing Hong's calculations?
"Fine."
Gu Qing smiled and said "Fine."
This old fox Jing Hong, his abacus beads were practically bouncing on his face.
Wanting the inheritance of Star Saint Mother and also wanting their service together, it was simply a dream without waking up.
Gu Qing couldn't be bothered to waste his breath with him.
Whether or not he became a true successor of the sequence wasn't important.
What he wanted was the entire Star Dao Sect.
After he got the divine artifact in the Ancient Immortal Secret Realm, once he was free, he would change the sect leader and completely purge the Star Dao Sect.
The Star Dao Sect would be inherited by him.
He, Gu Qing, was the true Star Orthodox Sect.
"Junior brother, I'm going to a Heaven's Pride banquet, you go back first."
Chu Yao wanted to stay for the Heaven's Pride banquet to gather some information and make some friends.
After all, the importance of information was self-evident, and those who lose the Dao have few helpers, while those who gain the Dao have many helpers.
There was no harm in making more friends.
However, these trivial matters could be left to her alone; Gu Qing only needed to focus on his cultivation.
"Alright, don't push yourself too hard."
Gu Qing thought for a moment, put more than a dozen mid-grade immortal pills and a million jin of immortal source into a storage ring, and handed it to her.
He didn't like socializing, but he also knew the benefits of it.
Chu Yao had just ascended to the Immortal Realm, so she probably didn't have much money.
Chu Yao didn't refuse either, smiling as she took it, and with a sweep of her divine sense, shock appeared in her eyes.
There were too many top-grade immortal pills.
To know, each top-grade immortal pill was a priceless treasure.
"Senior brother Gu, wait for me."
Seeing that Gu Qing was about to leave, Zuo Yu'er hurriedly chased after him.
"What's this not-so-smart female protagonist doing following me?" Gu Qing was a bit puzzled.
He brought her into Zilian Peak and asked, "Miss Zuo, do you have something to find me?"
Zuo Yu'er's palm-sized little face was flushed red, seeing Gu Qing's unparalleled handsome face and incomparable temperament up close, it made her heart pound.
Hearing Gu Qing's words, Zuo Yu'er quickly said, "I'm here to thank senior brother and Zhimeng sister."
"The defense against chaotic time flow flying boat that Zhimeng sister gave us was very helpful."
As she spoke, she anxiously took out a storage ring and held it out with both hands in front of Gu Qing: "This is a small token of my appreciation, senior brother please don't dislike it."
Gu Qing swept it with his divine sense; there were several hundred thousand immortal spirit medicines and two heavenly divine artifacts inside.
Unexpectedly, Zuo Yu'er was actually a little rich woman.
To know, these things added up could surpass the total assets of ten Heavenly God Realm experts.
Gu Qing accepted it.
Gifts that came to the door, there's no harm in taking them.
But Gu Qing didn't take it for nothing; he gave her a bottle of Heavenly Soul Pills.
"Top-grade Heavenly Soul Pills."
Zuo Yu'er's beautiful eyes widened, she rubbed them, looked again and rubbed again, as if she couldn't believe this was really a top-grade immortal pill.
After confirming again and again, Zuo Yu'er had to accept the fact that Gu Qing might not be an immortal pill master, but a mid-grade immortal pill grandmaster.
Thinking of this, Zuo Yu'er happily thanked him: "Thank you, senior brother."
"It's nothing."
"By the way, why do you call me senior brother?"
Gu Qing frowned, looked her up and down, and thought with a frown.
He didn't think about it carefully just now, but now that he recalled, Zuo Yu'er's attitude toward him seemed a bit off.
Calling him senior brother as if they were from the same school.
"Senior brother, actually... actually my biological father is You Kui."
Zuo Yu'er spoke shyly, her big eyes blinking as if they could speak.
Her features were exquisite, her skin like porcelain white, emitting a charming luster, her figure slender and graceful yet full and prominent.
Her temperament was clean and pure, like an innocent girl who knew nothing of the ways of the world.
Zuo Yu'er's apricot eyes seemed to contain starlight, sparkling as she looked at Gu Qing.
With this relationship, could she get close to Gu Qing in the future?
"What?"
Hearing this, Gu Qing's expression was surprised.
Not because he was surprised that You Kui had a daughter, but that the strongest Xuan God's daughter actually had someone else's surname?
"Yu'er is indeed my daughter."
You Kui walked out of the void, his expression helpless.
Although his Dao companion had parted ways with him, although she had become a Dao companion with someone else, although their daughter also took someone else's surname.
But Zuo Yu'er was indeed his biological daughter, no doubt.
This time letting Zuo Yu'er come, first was to let her see the world and make connections with the inheritors of immortal great teachings.
Second was to let Zuo Yu'er enter the Ten Thousand Star Pool to wash her aptitude, making her foundation even stronger.
Of course, the most important reason was that You Kui wanted Zuo Yu'er to give birth to a Small Heavenly Star Physique for him.
His master Gu Qing probably had no hope for this lifetime.
But being Gu Qing's father-in-law, it was still worth considering.
"Oh."
Gu Qing looked at You Kui, his eyes meaningful, but after thinking about it, he didn't ask.
After all, asking if someone had been cuckolded was a bit impolite.
But since Zuo Yu'er was You Kui's daughter, Gu Qing gave her another bottle of top-grade Heavenly Soul Pills and a Burial God Pill.
You Kui had always protected his path, and with You Kui's reputation as the strongest Xuan God, his affairs had gone so smoothly.
He had to repay the favor a bit.
After exchanging communication methods with Zuo Yu'er, Gu Qing smiled and said: "In the future, if junior sister needs to refine any immortal pills, feel free to come find me."
"Thank you, senior brother."
Zuo Yu'er held the jade bottle, deeply moved.
Although she didn't lack cultivation resources, no one would say they had too many top-grade Heavenly Soul Pills.
After all, no one would complain about having too strong a divine soul.
Moreover, top-grade Heavenly Soul Pills had no pill toxins.
It could be said that top-grade Heavenly Soul Pills were like divine artifacts, enough to make heaven's pride prodigies fight over them.
And the Burial God Pill was even more precious.
This was truly a legendary divine artifact.
One could break through a realm, with no side effects, and would even improve one's foundation aptitude.
"You're welcome, just small trinkets, you cultivate well, we'll meet again when we have time."
To him, immortal pills were as many as he wanted, making them perfect for giving away.
Just with the immortal spirit medicines Zuo Yu'er gave him earlier, he could refine a pile of immortal pills.
After speaking, Gu Qing entered a cave mansion, closed the formation, entered the Ruyi Space, and took out the Creation Green Lotus Cauldron.
After imprinting it with his divine soul mark, Gu Qing couldn't contain his joy: 'An Immortal King artifact, and it still contains Jiang Yu's divine power. With just a single thought, I can activate the power of the Creation Green Lotus Cauldron. One smash from the Profound God and anything dies.'
With this ultimate killing weapon, he could wreak havoc in the Immortal Realm.
As for Immortal Kings...
It didn't matter. He Ni would take action.
Immortal Kings could tear through space and cross realms.
Thinking of this, Gu Qing scanned with his Dao Pupils. Considering Jiang Yu's generosity, this should be more than just an Immortal King artifact. It might even be an Immortal Emperor's divine artifact.
It's even possible it could be a Chaos Treasure.
As expected, the Creation Green Lotus Cauldron had a hidden prohibition barrier. If it weren't for his Dao Pupils that could see through all illusions, he really wouldn't have discovered it.
'Hmph, my wife is truly old and cunning, full of schemes.'
Although he complained with his words, it sounded more like showing off.
A treasure containing the Great Dao of Creation, possessing unparalleled attack and defense, as well as enlightenment effects, and it could refine all things with infinite wonders.
With such a treasure, Gu Qing only mentioned it a few times while holding Jiang Yu's snowy white thigh and got it. Tell me, besides Jiang Yu, is there any other soft meal in this world that's as fragrant? No.
By holding onto Jiang Yu's thigh, Gu Qing had chosen the right path, straight to the pinnacle of the Great Dao.
After looking at it for a while, Gu Qing put away the Creation Green Lotus Cauldron, adjusted his mindset, and began to comprehend the Chaos Star Dao Sutra.
This was an unparalleled cultivation method that pointed directly to the Great Dao.
And it wasn't an Immortal Dao cultivation method, but a Primordial Divine Dao cultivation method.
Immortal Dao cultivation methods train the qi, absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, comprehending the wonders of heavenly laws.
Divine Dao cultivation methods refine the spirit, swallowing all things, strengthening the physical body, and nurturing Great Dao laws.
The difference between the two was enormous, each with its own wonders.
Moreover, the Chaos Star Dao Scribe also recorded many methods for nurturing innate star divine abilities.
...
You Kui looked at the top-grade Heavenly Soul Pill and top-grade Buried God Pill, feeling his head buzzing.
Wasn't Gu Qing a peerless genius with the bearing of an Immortal Emperor?
How could he also be an Immortal Pill Master?
This wasn't right, not right at all.
He racked his brain but couldn't figure out how Gu Qing managed to rapidly improve his cultivation while also focusing on alchemy.
Thinking of this, You Kui couldn't help but ask: 'Yu'er, did you make a mistake?'
'I think I made a mistake too, but Senior Brother is truly a genuine Immortal Pill Grandmaster.'
Zhu Yu'er's eyes were filled with admiration as she looked at You Kui and asked: 'Dad, how many mid-tier Immortal Pill Grandmasters do you think there are in this world?'
'Do you think these top-grade Immortal Pills were given to him by them?'
'Impossible.'
You Kui shook his head subconsciously.
Mid-tier Immortal Pill Grandmasters were counted in the vast Immortal Realm, guarded by numerous powerful beings at all times.
Let alone giving Gu Qing Immortal Pills, Gu Qing wouldn't even have the chance to meet them face to face.
So, Gu Qing was really a mid-tier Immortal Pill Grandmaster?!
Upon arriving at this guess, You Kui was stunned.
'Then that settles it?'
Zhu Yu'er rolled her eyes and happily put away the Immortal Pills.
'Yu'er.'
You Kui hesitated to speak.
'What's wrong?'
'Is he good to you?'
'Very good, better than you.'
'Then... that's good.'
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