Immortality begins with becoming a master weapon refiner

"---furious!
"So what if there's one more fourth-rank official? You have no idea how powerful I am."

"Destiny has ordained you? I'll shatter your destiny!"

The Heavenly Demon Emperor, seemingly having his defenses breached, roared and unleashed a unique innate divine power never before seen.

Those among the demon race with powerful bloodlines possess several innate special abilities to varying degrees. This technique is also called the "Innate Divine Power," which is integrated with the bloodline and grows in sync with the demon race's strength, without any fixed grade differences.

Even a simple fireball, once it reaches the fifth rank, can shatter mountains and break peaks, burn the sky and boil the sea!
The wicked dragon's innate supernatural power is not even recorded in the history of Cangwu, with only a few words describing it.

This being is inherently evil and is the sworn enemy of the dragon race.

Vast plumes of black smoke obscured the sky and earth, transforming into the shape of a real dragon with blood-red eyes, scales, horns, whiskers, claws, and a tail... looking just like a real dragon!
However, its body bore numerous signs of being gnawed, its resentment soaring to the heavens, and its eyes filled with bloodlust.

Ninety-nine enormous, dead dragons emerged together, their roars echoing through the heavens, as if monstrous dragons were rising from the sea.

"Innate Divine Power - Vengeful Dragon's Reversal of Fate, Transform into an array!"

Against fate?

Gu Qing narrowed his eyes. These ninety-nine black smoke dragons were undoubtedly the same kind that the Heavenly Demon Emperor had devoured, used to cultivate their own unique evil power.

At this moment, Long Hai separated and stood at the four corners of heaven and earth, surrounding Gu Qing and Immortal Lord Da Meng. He turned his head and said.

"Immortal Lord, I will take charge of this battle. You go to the side and recover from your injuries."

Without a moment's hesitation, the Great Dream Immortal Lord withdrew and also withdrew the Dream-Not-Dream Realm. This was out of trust, as Gu Qing had grown up under his very nose.

He couldn't predict how strong he would be after the breakthrough, but he was certain he wouldn't be weak.

"Want to go?"

Seeing this, how could the Heavenly Demon Emperor let go of the already seriously injured Immortal Lord Dream? With a low shout, a large number of black smoke dragons rushed over in an instant, and wherever they passed, they were cleaved into dust by the black and red lightning-shaped evil power.

Behind it was a terrifying scene of mountains of corpses and seas of blood, as if it were burdened with the sins of world destruction, its karma extremely dense.

This was a perfect match for Gu Qing's major.

"Heavenly Will Demon-Slaying Sword, go!"

Fate's will is like a knife, severing the proud and arrogant; on the path to immortality, one can only sigh at the alluring and enchanting.

Karma is the situation that Heaven detests the most. As Gu Qing's cultivation has advanced further, the essence of his natal spiritual treasure has also undergone a half-step transformation, but it needs time to slowly catch up with Gu Qing's pace.

Guided by the will of Heaven, they carried out the task of slaying demons and eliminating evil.

This moment.

"In this vast and chaotic world, people fear me as if I were the heavens!"

The sword light struck as if the very heavens had descended, and the black smoke and remnant dragon that had surrounded the Great Dream Immortal Lord were reduced to ashes with a single sweep of the sword light.

Going against fate? Going against fate my ass!

"How can it be!"

The Heavenly Demon Emperor looked at Gu Qing in disbelief, his fingers trembling as if he were going mad.

"Heaven's Will... How did you manage to refine Heaven's Will into your natal spiritual treasure? This is impossible!"

Gu Qing raised an eyebrow. Logically speaking, it was indeed impossible. After all, the so-called will of Heaven was the will of the Heavenly Way, which itself was inaudible, intangible, formless, and omnipresent.

Let alone capturing His will and refining it into a spiritual treasure controlled by cultivators.

The Heavenly Demon Emperor would never know that among the many great opportunities Gu Qing had obtained in the Mountain and Sea Realm, there was not only a primordial deity who willingly sacrificed himself to merge with the Lesser Heavenly Dao, giving him a personality and a physical form.

Otherwise, there would be no way that such a non-compliant spiritual treasure could exist below the third rank; its essence is too high to deal with!

His innate divine power suffered a crushing defeat the moment it was revealed. Gu Qing had no interest in playing along any longer, and his physical body transformed into a celestial Dharma form!
This time, it was due to the application of the laws of creation and life.

Gu Qing did not transform into a towering, 30,000-foot-tall demon god. Instead, he maintained his original size and used the [Battle Divine Power - Three Heads and Six Arms] technique to transform into a demon god form more suitable for combat.

Holding a sword, waving a flag, and with fists like knives, he fiercely pounded towards the Heavenly Demon Emperor.

This is a condensed form of a dragon's head, a human body, and phoenix wings.

His physical strength increased more than a hundredfold. This punch caused the heavens and earth to lose their light, the sun and moon to lose their color, and all laws to fall silent. Only his two fists shone brightly in the heavens!

Naturally, Gu Qing comprehended the Law of Force. This was a kind of enlightenment gained from brute force reaching its limit. It was as if the law was inscribed in his body instinctively, without the need for comprehension or effort.

Relying solely on natural growth, Gu Qingyi suddenly realized that although his physical body was clearly very strong, he had never comprehended the laws governing the physical body, which he had initially thought was due to insufficient comprehension.

It now seems that the mind is unsettled and the will is insufficient.

Physical supernatural powers are not the path of the spirit, but the path of the mind. In fact, they are two different paths, both of which can lead to the ultimate!

Unbeknownst to him, Gu Qing used the physical supernatural power, True Dragon Nine Claws, turning his fist blade into claws and fiercely plunging them into the body of the Heavenly Demon Emperor, right before the other's horrified eyes.

"Sizzle—"

The evil dragon's sinful body was torn in two evenly along its bones, the force of which was controlled with terrifying skill!
For cultivators at this level, the destruction of their physical body is not considered death.

Soon, the Heavenly Demon Emperor's primordial spirit rushed out, its appearance identical to its normal form. However, in its attempt to escape, it collided head-on with Gu Qing's second divine sense technique.

Chaos Divine Millstone!

A gigantic millstone, as vast as the stars, was born from chaos, instinctively absorbing everything around it and grinding it into fine powder.

Its tempering of the primordial spirit and divine consciousness is quite brutal.

"---No!!!"

With a bloodcurdling scream, when the Heavenly Demon Emperor emerged from the Divine Mill, he felt completely disoriented, the world was shrouded in darkness, and he knew nothing more.

The three treasures of essence, energy, and spirit: when essence is destroyed and spirit is lost, only a breath remains to sustain one.

Gu Qing did not hesitate. He used the great divine power of "Devouring Heaven and Earth" to twist and tear it apart inch by inch, and then used the peerless divine power of "Creating Life Thunder" to erase the possibility of him turning into a ghost due to resentment.

Completely and cleanly exorcised!

The corpse and all the treasures were put into the cave world. There was only one thing that Gu Qing was still puzzled about: among the many immortal treasures used by the Heavenly Demon Emperor, only the "Demon Emperor's Seal" was still on his person.

Both the "Ancient Emperor Bell" and the "Heavenly Demon Lamp" were missing, and the Heavenly Demon Emperor used them very few times throughout the entire story.

Immortal treasures possess spirits and the will to freely choose their masters.

Could it be that they don't recognize the form of the evil dragon? There's no rush to confirm that. With the demon race defeated and all their top experts killed in battle, the Eight Desolate Lands will now belong entirely to the human race. There's plenty of time to slowly reclaim them.

"The younger generation is truly formidable! Impressive!"

The Great Dream Immortal stepped out into the void. In a short time, his injuries had only been partially relieved and were far from being fully healed. The most serious injury was to his Dao.

Most of these trials come from the "sages and saints obstructing the path" stage of the tribulation of creation, where one suffers greatly. What appears to be a calm and peaceful scene is actually extremely dangerous.

Gu Qing smiled.

"Humans have won."

"Let this news be brought to the human race throughout the four seas and eight wastelands, and the whole world will rejoice!"

"Yes, it's a time for universal celebration!" (End of Chapter)