“H- how’s that possible?” Ruan Yaozhu stumbled with her words. Under the nine-coloured deer’s pressing gaze, she suddenly changed the topic and smiled. “At this rate, we won’t need any other cultivators. Just he will be enough.”
“No!” The nine-coloured deer objected immediately.

  “Why not?”
“No means no!” A man and woman alone together was far too terrifying.

  “Then forget about it.”
Ruan Yaozhu did not persist with it. She touched her hair pin and sighed slightly, feeling a little apologetic. There was nothing they could not tell each other, but this had to do with his greatest secret, so she could not bring it up without good reason.

  The nine-coloured deer thought, Piece of wood, oh piece of wood, when you lie, you can’t even fool a stranger! Dammit, something must have happened. It’s all that damned Li Qingshan! I won’t give up. I’ll definitely chase him away from here.

  At this moment, they suddenly heard Li Qingshan’s laughter, flagrant and filled with a sense of heartiness.

  ……
When Li Qingshan completely took over the Hundred Herbs garden, he ensured everything ran smoothly very soon and sat down under the golden-leaved bodhi tree again, silently sensing his new powers.

  The new small world was still in a rudimentary form, like a chick just hatched from an egg. Most of it was still a chaotic haze, slowly circulating and culminating into new laws. It still needed a lot of time before it truly took shape. His body was extremely feeble too, nowhere close to when he could spread his wings and soar, so he was unable to measure how powerful he had become.

  However, he was certain that he must have become extremely powerful! That was because right now, he was already very powerful.

  With this power, whether it was taking over the Xuanming dwelling or confronting Chao Tianjiao, it all gave him a little more confidence. Even Demon God Qiongqi did not seem so far away anymore.

  He would be facing these enemies one by one in the end before defeating them!

  The best part was he had finally broken through the bottleneck with the Qilin’s Conventions of Longevity. Like the other transformations, the first layer was actually still very weak. All it did was give him another innate ability, but that was merely the beginning. Once the Qilin Transformation reached the fifth layer, his other suppressed transformations would completely recover immediately.

  Only then would the new small world completely stabilise and take shape. He basically could not imagine how much his cultivation would increase by and how great his power would become when that moment arrived.

  To others, after surviving the fourth heavenly tribulation after so much difficulty, what came next was a lengthy transition period. They needed a very, very long period of accumulation before they had the chance to face the fifth heavenly tribulation.

  This could last a century, five centuries, a millennium, or even a lifetime.

  But to him, this was an opportunity to rise up!

  There might still be a wall up ahead, but he had grown a pair of wings, allowing him to fly over it with ease. It was completely possible for him to undergo the fifth heavenly tribulation within the next three decades.

  That was because he had suppressed himself as a Daemon King for far, far too long. Originally, he could have faced the fourth heavenly tribulation many years ago, but due to various reasons, he stopped there.

  He did not halt and stop advancing. Instead, he constantly made efforts to advance, constantly building up power, such that he suppressed his overall strength by an entire level. In the Human realm, he also found a new source of power, the Heavenly Tome of Liberty.

  This might have played a big reason in the appearance of the two armaments of tribulation lightning. It was as if even the heavens could not permit the existence of a monster like him, wanting to kill him before he grew up.

  However, he still managed to hold off the will of the heavens, surviving the long, dark night and seeing a ray of hope.

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This was not a long, steady period of transition, but an explosive period of rapid growth!

  The next target was the fifth layer of the qilin, the fifth layer of the ape demon, and initial mastery over the Heavenly Tome of Liberty. As long as he achieved these three goals, what was difficult about the fifth heavenly tribulation? What was troublesome about Daemon and Human Sovereigns? Direct disciples would be at his whim!

  What true dragon Ao Xuan? You won’t even have the right to be my mount. What first senior sister Chao Tianjiao? Though, her figure is quite nice, so I can consider her as a mount. And that damned rabbit, drinking my alcohol and kicking me in the face. Unforgivable.

  I’ll crush you all one by one and then face Qiongqi in the Demon domain. How great would that be?

  “Hahahaha!”
Li Qingshan laughed madly. The bodhi tree shook and trembled as his voice echoed through the entire Hundred Herbs garden.

  The cultivators all remarked, “A small man intoxicated by success! He’s just replaced Shen Yushu, so there’s no need to be so complacent!”
No one could understand his thoughts, just like how a finch struggled to understand the aspirations of a swan.

  No, perhaps there was someone.

  In the Hundred Herbs dwelling, Ruan Yaozhu recalled the conversation between Li Qingshan and the demon nascence that occurred in the turbulent ocean.

  …Do you actually think you can defeat Demon God Qiongqi and reach beyond the Nine Heavens?

  She thought of that again and again. Was the Demon God Qiongqi that the demon nascence referred to actually one of the twelve Demon Gods of the Demon domain?

  How can a mere Soul Nascence cultivator become involved with something like that? Even the grand sect master of the Myriad sect, the legendary Elder of Heavenly Tomes, might not necessarily be Demon God Qiongqi’s opponent…
Thinking up to there, she shook her head. No, the great sect master is a True Immortal, but his occupation is not fighting, so he’s definitely not Demon God Qiongqi’s opponent! Even the Zhenwu Emperor might not be able to slay the twelve Demon Gods, yet a mere Soul Nascence cultivator actually wants to confront one? That’s basically absurd.

  However, it was exactly this absurd answer that explained everything.

  Why he advanced so urgently, madly embracing extravagant gambles again and again like he did not care about losing, why he would not back down even when he faced true disciples, even bold enough to challenge them to a duel. His courage and resolve was startling.

  That was because even more powerful enemies and an even more terrifying fate awaited him.

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  It was exactly because of that that such a strange demon nascence had appeared.

  The Heavenly Tome of Liberty definitely was not a trap from the Spirit Reverend of Ocean Returnance, or there was absolutely no need for him to go this far. On top of that, the birth of a new heavenly tome was a major event that alarmed the entire Myriad sect. The Heavenly Tome of Liberty had been added to the ranks of the Myriad Heavenly Tomes a long time ago, free for disciples to choose from.

  Then there was only one explanation. Soul nascences cultivated by the Heavenly Tome of Liberty were easier to lose control. As a matter of fact, losing control might have even been guaranteed when facing the heavenly tribulation, but it definitely would not go as far as to want to destroy itself. Otherwise, just blowing up the soul nascence alone was enough to kill most people. Li Qingshan’s demon nascence had not directly blown itself up exactly because it wanted to kill him.

  That did make sense. Basically all cultivators that made it that far had a very long lifespan ahead of them, so why would they still have a haunt like that? At most, they would be disturbed by their demonic thoughts. It would be very dangerous, but it definitely was not enough to make death a guarantee.

  He clearly possessed extremely great talent and extraordinary bloodlines. It was even very likely for him to live longer than her, yet his greatest haunt was actually wanting to destroy himself. Wasn’t that both absolutely laughable and sorrowful?

  She finally understood why he advanced forwards without any regard. The heavens had given him a fate of certain death!

  And that would probably happen in a only few decades. Just how short was that to cultivators like them? If she had encountered such an absurd matter, she would probably also be laden with worries and burdened with great pressure.

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  When she heard the mad laughter, it instead made her feel a deep sense of sadness, just like how when the will of the heavens toyed with people, it led heroes to the end of their paths.

  She could not help but look up. The sunlight poured in diagonally from above, cladding her in a hazy glow.

  In the Hundred Herbs garden, there was a man and a woman, one in sorrow and one in joy.

  Even if people could not communicate their emotions, they could still resonate.

  However, it was a mystery just who had become whose haunt.