Longevity: Starting from Refining Gu

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The Netherworld Water surged forward, as if rushing out from the deepest depths of the earth, flowing beneath the ground.

Those countless tunnels were washed away, the Netherworld Water charging endlessly, as if it had no end.

Such power was beyond Chen Qing's imagination.

He had imagined what the power of a peak-level King Gu would be, but never thought it would be so earth-shattering.

With this trend, this Netherworld Water might just fill the entire Nine Nether Abyss thousands of miles deep!

Qing Shan, in desperation, clung tightly to the tip of a giant fish bone, the fish bone drifting within the Netherworld.

Occasionally, Qing Shan fell into the Netherworld, having unknown amounts of Netherworld Water gush into his mouth.

Because Chen Qing was still attached to him, he was not too affected.

Even when resistance was nearly futile, Chen Qing would find a way to pass a wisp of Spiritual Energy to him.

Whenever he wanted to let go of the fish bone due to the intoxicating forgetfulness from the Netherworld Water, a warm power would awaken him.

He would then tightly grasp the fish bone once more, as the earth shattered, and endless caves were crushed like broken wood before the Netherworld.

Between moments of confusion, a warm power flowed into Qing Shan's body, reviving his consciousness, allowing him to grab onto the fish bone drifting on the turbulent Netherworld.

In his daze, it seemed as if Lord Wen, emanating Buddhist light, was reaching out his large hand to him.

"Lord Wen!"

"Lord Wen, protect me!"

It took half a day of struggle; a cave they hadn't walked out of for almost a month collapsed within only half a day by the Netherworld.

The Netherworld Water surged forth, endlessly, filling every part of the Nine Nether.

After half a day of extreme peril, Qing Shan finally relaxed for a moment.

After the Netherworld Water flowed into the Nine Nether Abyss, it became much calmer. He clambered onto the fish bone he tightly held, arriving at a place floating on the Netherworld, untouched by it.

"Did I not die after all?"

"It must be Lord Wen's protection!"

Chen Qing thought to himself, You were right, it really was my protection.

Qing Shan sat atop the fish bone, watching the scenes unfold before his eyes.

The Netherworld Water submerged an entire sect, and after that, the sect fell silent.

Everyone submerged in the Netherworld became carefree, forgetting their current plight, gradually sinking to the bottom of the Netherworld.

Seven days passed, Chen Qing sat in the crevice between Qing Shan's horns, watching the countless deaths before him.

The destiny the fisherman spoke of was indeed gone.

That Netherworld Gu clearly already had a master. The Jiguang Sect had calculated the Nine Nether Goddess bore the Royal Decree.

And this time, Chen Qing truly witnessed what a King Gu was.

The King Gu unleashed its power, enough to level the Nine Nether!

This was no exaggeration.

Three days prior, he witnessed the Evil Heart Ancestor, pursued by countless resentful ghosts, gradually lose consciousness, ultimately sinking into the Netherworld without a sound.

A thousand-year-old monster, too, could not escape, finally falling beneath the Netherworld.

For seven days, the Netherworld continued as if it had no end; its fierce momentum remaining unbroken, as if to cleanse the entire Nine Nether.

It wasn't a bloodbath, the Netherworld kills without shedding blood.

Only bones remained.

Flesh dissolved.

Chen Qing witnessed much over these seven days; those cultivators and monsters didn't lack resistance but couldn't withstand it.

There were mountain-sized monsters struggling in the Netherworld, trying to swim and fly, only to be pulled back down by countless resentful ghosts.

Flesh dissolved, Divine Souls extinguished in an instant.

These seven days, just the deaths Chen Qing witnessed with Qing Shan numbered over sixty in the Mystic Gate Realm, innumerable in Foundation Establishment, and countless in the Qi Refining Realm.

Just this aftermath of the Netherworld flooding the Nine Nether was about to make his Lifebound Gu elevate.

Chen Qing estimated that he just needed to drift along with the Netherworld for a while longer, and his Lifebound Gu would ascend.

Although he didn't understand what kind of great Dao was contained within, the increasingly vigorous fluttering in his chest would not deceive him.

Another ten-plus days passed, and the Netherworld still showed no signs of stopping, massively sweeping across the wilderness.

Turning everything it encountered into bones.

And Chen Qing, too, felt that his Lifebound Gu was about to begin ascending.

After attending a gathering, Chen Qing firmly secured himself in the crevice of Qing Shan's horn, preparing for his Lifebound Gu's elevation.

The night before the end, Chen Qing entered Qing Shan's dream.

"Since you have come to pay me homage, I shall grant you my life-saving item!"

"I have a jade talisman. If you face danger, you can shatter it to preserve your life!"

After speaking, Chen Qing vanished from Qing Shan's dream.

He then tied the jade talisman onto Qing Shan's wrist.

The Lifebound Butterfly in his chest ceased flapping, starting to cocoon and metamorphose.

Fortunately, he only fell into a bodily slumber; his soul remained unharmed.

He could still freely enter and exit the Cloud Platform, attending gatherings, avoiding the need to inform the attendees that he would be in a months-long slumber.

Qing Shan awoke, seeing the jade talisman on his wrist, and firmly believed in the fate between himself and Chen Qing.

"Lord Wen truly is destined with me!"

"So this is what Lord Wen looks like!"

"Truly he has returned to simplicity."

Chen Qing chuckled quietly to himself, ignoring this little bull.

Closing his eyes to sleep, he drifted atop the Netherworld for three whole months before there were signs of it ceasing.

In these three months, the Nine Nether had become a true land of doom, leaving none alive.

Qing Shan, being a Green Bull, survived by regurgitating large amounts of food stored in his stomach.

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