At the same time, on a towering mountain in the west, an ancient scroll, which had been dim and dull, suddenly began to shimmer with light. It was also an auspicious light. The scroll depicted a creature that looked like a deer, with a single horn on its head, its body covered in shimmering scales, and a large tail like a cow's tail.
Suddenly, a Qilin flew out, its body radiating auspiciousness, solemn and majestic, seemingly capable of bringing happiness and health to everything in the world.
It was about to fly out of the picture, and a terrifying power emanated from its body. The mountain trembled instantly, and a golden figure appeared in an instant. He looked at the Qilin totem in front of him, frowned, and waved his hand.
Countless ancient runes suddenly lit up around the totem, and the power of confinement swept out, binding the flying Qilin with countless iron chains.
The golden figure moved its hand, and the iron chains tightened instantly, about to pull the Qilin back. But at that moment, a dazzling light suddenly burst forth from the Qilin's body, and its eyes flashed with a brilliant light. Then, it began to struggle violently.
Splash splash... boom boom boom... crack...
The taut iron chains began to vibrate violently, and ripples of energy spread outwards. Then, several iron chains snapped.
The golden figure's expression changed instantly. "How is this possible? This is a seal personally set by the Goddess herself! How could this be?"
The golden figure said in disbelief. The next second, a powerful force emanated from his body. He then waved his hands, sending two streams of power towards the runes surrounding the totem. The dense runes immediately emitted a dazzling light, and the chains binding the main Qilin were instantly reinforced. A stronger dragging force emanated from the Qilin, causing it to stagger. However, the Qilin continued to struggle desperately.
ah………
At this moment, Qi Pingping, whose eyes were closed, let out another scream. The binding force on his body suddenly became much stronger. The veins on his chubby face and neck were bulging. He was also struggling desperately to break free from the binding force.
Gu Yu and his group watched this scene with worried expressions, but they could only watch helplessly.
ah…………
Qian Duoduo roared again, and a powerful auspicious force erupted from his body once more, causing the binding force to loosen slightly.
At the same time, the Qilin on the mountain also snapped several iron chains in an instant, and the golden figure was forced back a few steps by a force.
His expression changed drastically at that moment. What was going on? He had been guarding this thing here for decades and had never seen it struggle like this before.
If this thing were to break free from its confinement, what would become of it?
Thinking of this, a primordial spirit suddenly appeared behind the golden figure. The primordial spirit emitted golden light, and suddenly two streams of power entered the dense runes. Instantly, countless dense golden chains appeared and swept towards the Qilin, immediately enveloping it.
"Suppress it!" the golden figure shouted. No matter how much the Qilin struggled, it was slowly dragged back by the chains. However, just as the Qilin was being dragged back to the totem, two golden energies suddenly emanated from its eyes. The two golden energies flew into the sky in an instant and disappeared without a trace.
In the end, the Qilin was pulled back into the totem, and the totem, under the suppression and confinement of countless dense runes, returned to its original dim and lackluster state.
At the same time, the binding energy on Qi Pingping suddenly intensified, and the auspicious power on his body immediately receded, compressed back by the binding energy.
Everyone who witnessed this scene frowned deeply. They all knew what this meant: Qi Pingping had failed, and they knew the consequences of failure: he might die, or he might fall into a deep sleep and never wake up again.
"Duoduo!" Gu Yu shouted hoarsely upon seeing this scene. He couldn't allow such a thing to happen, but what could he do? It was all his own fault. If his cultivation were so powerful, how could this have happened? "It's because your elder brother is incompetent that I've harmed you."
"Gu Yu." Seeing Gu Yu blaming himself, Ri Jiu walked to his side and took his hand.
"Qi Pingping..." Everyone looked gloomy. Who could have imagined that things would turn out like this?
Just as everyone was grieving, two golden lights appeared. They came from the sky, directly breaking through the golden bubble barrier, passing through the gate of Kunlun Source Gate, and flying into the Kunlun Source Gate world, heading towards Qi Pingping's location.
At the same time, the old man guarding the Kunlun Source Gate also frowned as he looked at the two golden lights.
"Such a familiar power, is this the power of the Qilin totem?" The old man suddenly realized the origin of the two powers. "The Qilin totem! It's Pingping. Could it be that Pingping pulled the Qilin totem back? That shouldn't be the case. Then what's going on?"
The old man's face showed confusion. He never expected that the old man guarding the gate of Kunlun Yuanmen would be a member of the Qi family.
Two forces instantly entered Qi Pingping's body. Qi Pingping, who had been dormant, suddenly shone with auspicious light, and his body instantly floated into the void. This sudden scene stunned the grieving crowd. Clearly, no one knew what had happened or why two forces were flying towards Qi Pingping.
"There's hope." Long Yuan said upon seeing this scene. "I didn't expect that the Qilin totem would actually unleash two of its own source power. Although it still can't free Qi Pingping from the restraints, Qi Pingping won't have to fall into a deep sleep or die."
"That's wonderful!" Gu Yu exclaimed excitedly upon hearing Long Yuan's words.
At this moment, Qi Pingping was bathed in auspicious light. Although the restraints on his body were still blocking something, they seemed to be unable to suppress Qi Pingping in the face of this auspicious light.
Boom boom boom………………
Rings of energy emanated from Qi Pingping's body, and his figure appeared thinner in front of everyone, transforming him into a handsome man.
This left everyone speechless, unable to believe their eyes. How could this be?
"Big brother, I'm not actually that fat. I'm very handsome, much more handsome than you." Gu Yu recalled what Qian Duoduo had told him back then. This fat guy really wasn't lying.
Every fat person is a potential star; this perfectly describes Qi Pingping right now.
Buzzing...
Qi Pingping's cultivation level is constantly improving. His aura has reached the point of unity of essence, energy, and spirit, and he is just a hair's breadth away from condensing his primordial spirit.
Just then, the power of the two golden lights was exhausted, and the binding force swept out again, causing Qi Pingping's body to become fat again.
Thump... Ouch...
The chubby boy fell directly to the ground and cried out in pain.
Seeing this, everyone exchanged smiles, their previous sadness vanishing.
"Big brother, thank you, thank you everyone." Qi Pingping, rubbing his backside, walked up to everyone and said.
Looking at Qi Pingping in front of us, to be honest, if Qi Pingping really became thinner and more handsome, everyone would feel a little uncomfortable.
"Duoduo, no, Pingping, congratulations." Gu Yu patted the chubby boy on the shoulder and said.
"Pingping, you've really turned misfortune into blessing this time. Congratulations!" everyone said at the same time.
Although Qi Pingping did not reach the Chi Realm, he stepped from a high-level martial artist to the state of unity of essence, qi and spirit in one breath, which was already quite good for him. If it weren't for that restriction, Qi Pingping would probably already be at the Chi Realm. No, if the Qilin totem hadn't been restricted, Qi Pingping might already be at the King Realm or even the Emperor Realm.
Once an inheritance contract is established with a totem, one's cultivation will advance by leaps and bounds. Of course, the price is that one can never break through to the God Realm. But from ancient times to the present, how many people have been able to reach the God Realm? Even breaking through to the Emperor Realm is difficult. If it is said that an inheritance contract is established with a totem, probably everyone would be willing to do so. After all, not everyone is Gu Yu.
"Pingping, when I become powerful one day, I will definitely help you get back the Qilin Totem," Gu Yu said firmly.
"Thank you, brother." Qi Pingping felt a warmth in her heart. Regardless of whether Gu Yu could retrieve the totem, Gu Yu's sentiment was enough.
"Let's continue onward, searching for the Dragon Marrow and the Thunder Dragon Pearl," Gu Yu said. By this time, everyone's strength had increased, even though they had only been in the Kunlun Origin Gate for a day.
Gu Yu and his group set off again. They had been traveling for two days without encountering any danger; it could be said that their journey had been smooth sailing.
“What’s that ahead…” Gu Yu looked ahead and saw a white area filled with white divine energy, without a trace of black demonic energy.
"Let's go." Everyone was overjoyed at the sight. If they could cultivate in this area for a few days, their progress would be rapid.
"Wait a minute, I feel like there's something wrong with this place." Gu Yu said, looking at the eager and itchy crowd. He felt that this white area was too peaceful. Logically speaking, this kind of area should be of great benefit to them, and also to the other surviving species of Kunlun Source Sect, such as the cockroach monster and the rat monster.
But this place was unusually calm. Something was definitely amiss. There must be something fishy going on here.
"Then what should we do?" Zhang Huangling asked Gu Yu.
"Hmm?" Gu Yu hesitated for a moment. "I'll go in and take a look first. You all wait here. If anything seems amiss, escape immediately. I'll use the God-Slaying Array to escape."
"Okay." Everyone nodded. With the God-Slaying Array Plate, Gu Yu was basically safe from even the Emperor Realm. However, if they followed him, they would only be a burden to him.
"Be careful," Ri Jiu said to Gu Yu.
"Hmm!" Gu Yu nodded, and then he moved and entered the white area. As soon as he entered, he felt that there was a lot of divine source power around him, in clumps, which affected his vision. He released his primordial spirit perception and carefully sensed his surroundings.
"No threat?" Gu Yu frowned. Was he overthinking things? He hoped so. If everyone cultivated here, it would be twice as effective with half the effort.
“Gu Yu, I sense the aura of my kin.” At this moment, Long Yuan suddenly said. He flew out of Gu Yu’s body and began to absorb the surrounding divine source power.
"The aura of a fellow clan?" Gu Yu frowned. A fellow clan of Long Yuan, isn't that a dragon? There are dragons here? Weren't all the dragons dead?
“Hmm! It might be the corpse of a dragon, or something left behind by a dragon?” Long Yuan said.
"Something left behind by a dragon? Dragon marrow?" Gu Yu's expression suddenly brightened. One of their main purposes in coming to Kunlun Source Gate was to obtain dragon marrow.
“I don’t know.” Long Yuan shook his head. “The divine source power here is too obstructive and affects my perception too much. However, Gu Yu, this divine source power is also of great help to my recovery.”
"Oh!" Gu Yu nodded.
"Alas! It's a pity I don't have a physical body." Long Yuan said at this moment, "If I had a physical body, with the abundant divine source power here, I might be able to return to my peak in ten years."
"Returning to his peak after ten years?" Gu Yu blinked. If Long Yuan returned to his peak, with his cultivation at the peak of the Heavenly King level, who in this world could be his opponent?
“So, we have one more thing to do this time, which is to help me find a complete dragon corpse,” Long Yuan said.
"A complete dragon corpse?"
“Hmm!” Long Yuan nodded. “Of course, this is probably even more difficult than finding the Thunder Dragon Pearl. Back then, during the great battle between the two gods and demons, the most powerful dragons stood at the front. Under their combined power, no one could leave behind a complete dragon corpse. As for the other dragons, even if they kept a complete dragon corpse, after years of weathering, the dragon corpse would turn into bones.”
"Huh!" Hearing Long Yuan say that, it seems there's no way to find it at all.
“Gu Yu, this is my only hope, so we have to try our best,” Long Yuan said.
At this moment, Long Yuan absorbed several balls of divine source power, and his cultivation seemed to have recovered considerably, now very close to the King Realm.
"I will do my best," Gu Yu said. Along the way, Long Yuan had helped him a lot. If it weren't for Long Yuan, it would have been very difficult for him to fill his 108 blood apertures. Moreover, many times, without Long Yuan, Gu Yu would have died long ago.
“Hmm!” Long Yuan nodded upon hearing Gu Yu’s reply. “Gu Yu, let’s move forward. I can sense the presence of our kin just ahead.”
"Okay!" Gu Yu replied, and then carefully walked forward.
"Gu Yu, don't go any further, it's dangerous," Long Yuan suddenly said at this moment.
"Huh?" Gu Yu was taken aback and immediately stopped in his tracks, looking at Long Yuan.
In terms of perception, Long Yuan far surpasses him.
"Too late! Sigh! It's all my fault." Long Yuan suddenly sighed.
"Hmm?" Gu Yu looked around after hearing Long Yuan's words, but he didn't see any threat, which left him completely baffled.
“Back then, even the weaker dragons in the Dragon Clan possessed the combat power of a three-horse fin. At that time, there were countless Kings and Emperors among the Dragon Clan, and as for demigods, there were an absurd number of them. Apart from our twelve Dragon Gods, the Dragon Clan had over a hundred True Gods alone,” Long Yuan suddenly said.
"So powerful?" Gu Yu's expression changed upon hearing Long Yuan's words. He knew of the dragon race's strength, but he hadn't expected that the dragon race's true gods would include the twelve dragon gods. The twelve dragon gods were all Heavenly King-level beings, and there were also hundreds of true gods among them. No wonder they could intimidate all races in other worlds. Most races didn't even have a single true god; for example, the Minotaur race only had one demigod, which was already considered quite powerful. And what did a hundred true gods mean? But what did this have to do with the danger Long Yuan mentioned?
“Gu Yu, it is precisely because of the power of the Dragon Clan that the Dragon Clan’s world is full of restrictions. Although the great war between the two gods and demons destroyed many restrictions, some restrictions still remain. In fact, due to the forced destruction, many restrictions have merged together,” Long Yuan explained.
"Wait! Could it be..." Gu Yu suddenly realized something, his body tensed up, and the God-Slaying Array Disc appeared in his hand, ready to unleash the Ten Directions Shift.
These kinds of restrictions are far more terrifying than cockroach monsters or rat monsters. Dragon restrictions! They might have been left behind by some true god. Even a true god of the same level would probably be unable to escape if trapped, let alone Gu Yu.
"It's no use." At this moment, Long Yuan saw Gu Yu take out the God-Slaying Array Plate and wanted to rely on the Ten Directions Shift, so he directly stopped him, saying, "If all thirty-six grooves of the God-Slaying Array Plate are filled, you might be able to leave here by relying on the Ten Directions Shift, but there are only three now, so it won't work."
"Huh?" Gu Yu was completely dumbfounded. He couldn't even escape using the Ten Directions Shift technique...
"Alas! The restrictions on this place seem to have been left by a true god of my dragon race." Long Yuan then revealed a shocking piece of news, which immediately made Gu Yu wilted like a frostbitten eggplant.
What I feared most has come to pass; it really is a restriction left by a true god. Does that mean he's doomed?
"Long Yuan, do you have any way to break this restriction?" Gu Yu suddenly thought of something. Long Yuan was the leader of the twelve dragon gods of the dragon race. He might be able to break the restriction left by the dragon race.
"Sigh!" Long Yuan shook his head, which immediately plunged Gu Yu, who was full of hope, into despair once again. "As you know, dragons love treasures and shiny things, so the restrictions on each of us dragons are different. They are basically designed to prevent theft, and even to prevent theft by our own kind. We have put a lot of effort into the restrictions."
"Huh! You guys steal from your own people?" Gu Yu asked incredulously.
"Of course, back then I... cough cough!" Long Yuan suddenly realized something and hurriedly coughed twice. How could he, the mighty Zhen Tian Dragon God, do such a thing?
"You stole it?" Gu Yu asked, frowning as he looked at Long Yuan.
"No, absolutely not, how could I do such a thing?" Long Yuan hurriedly denied.
"So you mean there's treasure here?" Gu Yu suddenly thought of something. Judging from Long Yuan's words, the main purpose of their restrictions was to protect treasure.
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