"Stop sucking! All of you, stop sucking! That's the spiritual energy from the Heavenly Pillar. If we suck it all up, the Heavenly Pillar will collapse, the Upper Realm will fall, and everyone will die!"
"Damn it, you're still absorbing! Do you even know what it means for a pillar of heaven to collapse? You've absorbed all the spiritual energy, you won't even have time to break through to the next level, you'll just die!"
"Think of something! Is there anyone who can think of a solution? This can't go on like the pillar is cracking!"
......
Like addicts, many cultivators began to meditate cross-legged upon learning that the energy pouring out of the Heavenly Pillar was spiritual energy.
When Yan Qingqing arrived, this was the scene she saw.
At her feet were several monks meditating cross-legged, while above her head, a huge rock was falling rapidly.
If she runs a little further away now, she won't get hit.
Out of the corner of her eye, Yan Qingqing glanced at the few fearless cultivators at her feet. She raised her arm high, and a white divine bow appeared in her hand.
"Get the hell out of here if you don't want to die!"
The angry roar of the high-level cultivator, imbued with spiritual power, abruptly pulled the cultivator who was sitting on the ground, meditating and cultivating regardless of life or death, back to reality.
A metallic taste rose in their throats, and the cultivators swallowed the blood. Just as they looked up, ready to unleash a torrent of curses, they saw a massive rock, large enough to crush them into mincemeat, very close to them.
The stone was about to fall on them.
They didn't even entertain the thought of retaliating.
All I heard was a whooshing sound.
The huge rock was instantly struck by an arrow that emitted a white light.
In an instant, they saw the boulder split into countless pieces the size of human heads, which then fell to the ground.
A cultivator's physical body is tough, but it is not resistant to being smashed.
The boulder shattered into stones the size of human heads, which hurt terribly when they hit you.
In an instant, the cultivators who were hit by the stones all covered their heads and fled in all directions, howling in pain.
Yan Qingqing stood in mid-air, her black armor causing her clothes to flutter even without wind, and her high-tied black hair to sway with the movement.
"If you are truly determined to die, then go ahead and suck up all the spiritual energy pouring out of the Heavenly Pillar. When the Heavenly Pillar collapses, none of you will be able to escape."
Human nature is the most vulnerable thing in the world.
Among all the cultivators present, many had said before entering the Dao that they did so to uphold justice and save all living beings.
However, it is they who claim to uphold justice and save the people.
They are the ones who treat human life like dirt and disregard everything else just to improve their own cultivation.
Yan Qingqing admitted that there were some cultivators among them who did not forget their original intentions, but they were too few.
Who wouldn't want to advance quickly? If one could advance to the Tribulation Transcending stage in one go, attract the lightning tribulation, and then successfully pass through the lightning tribulation to ascend to immortality, that would be best.
In this way, they no longer need to fear the scenario where the lower realm is crushed by the upper realm after the pillar of heaven collapses, and no one can survive.
With a mocking expression, Yan Qingqing looked around at everyone. When she saw that some people were still ignoring the advice and cultivating cross-legged, desperately absorbing the spiritual energy from the Heavenly Pillar, she noticed...
Without a second thought, she raised the divine bow in her hand.
"I am not Sheng Ning, who is always soft-hearted and leaves room for others."
"Everyone has to die eventually, so I might as well kill a few people I don't like first. It's better than having to die with a belly full of anger after the Upper Realm falls."
The arrow, with the force of piercing the air, instantly pierced the bodies of the cultivators who were still meditating cross-legged.
The difference between divine artifacts and spiritual artifacts lies in...
The artifact kills people even faster.
Watching those cultivators fall lifeless right before her eyes, Yan Qingqing put away her divine bow and turned to look at the cultivators beside her.
"If I see anyone again recklessly absorbing spiritual energy, kill them."
The simple word "kill" conveyed a strong sense of murderous intent.
The collapse of the Heavenly Pillar was a major event, and all the cultivators who could come rushed to the outskirts of Youyun City.
Regardless of the size of the sect, everyone is now facing the same problem.
"...Since you won't allow me to absorb spiritual energy, fine, then tell me, what method is there to restore the Heavenly Pillar to its original state?"
"Exactly, exactly. If we cultivate diligently a little longer now, we might still be able to ascend to immortality. Look at how badly this Heavenly Pillar is damaged. How can we fix it?"
"Yes, we've been here for seven days, and we haven't come up with a good solution. Are we just going to sit here and wait to die?"
......
I could hear constant chatter around me.
Yan Qingqing's gaze immediately fell on the few cultivators who were talking.
Seeing that they were dressed in earth-yellow sect robes with the words "Overlord Sect" embroidered on them, she raised her divine bow again and looked at them as if they were dead men.
"I didn't stop you from continuing your cultivation. You can continue your cultivation."
"You're right. Anyway, the Heavenly Pillar is going to collapse. You can cultivate as you please, and I'll kill as I please. Nobody will stop anyone. It's fine."
Yan Qingqing's words completely silenced those people.
After looking around, she said in a deep voice, "Inject spiritual power into the Heavenly Pillar."
At first, no one understood what she meant.
After they came to their senses and understood what she said, everyone's eyes widened in surprise.
"Are you crazy? Pouring spiritual energy into the Heavenly Pillar? The Heavenly Pillar is so big, even if we emptied it out, we still couldn't replenish that much spiritual energy!"
"Where did this crazy woman come from? This is utter nonsense! What business is it of a woman to interfere in such a serious matter? Whose family member is this? Take her back immediately!"
"Brothers, if I'm telling you it, everyone should hurry up and absorb all the spiritual energy while we have this little bit of time. Who knows, maybe one of us will get lucky and become an immortal."
“This fellow Daoist is right. Instead of pouring spiritual energy into the Heavenly Pillar, it would be better to use the spiritual energy within it on oneself…”
Everyone was chattering away.
Yan Qingqing stared straight at everyone below.
Qi Wenyao followed his mother, listening to the cultivators below talking one after another, all of them talking about absorbing the spiritual energy in the Heavenly Pillar into their own bodies.
His sword-like eyebrows furrowed, and he was about to speak when he heard his mother speak again.
"So you all don't want to inject spiritual power into the Heavenly Pillar? That's fine too. I can kill you and throw your spiritual roots into the crack in the Heavenly Pillar. It'll be the same."
"You're right. How could a woman like me get involved in something as big as the collapse of the Heavenly Pillar?"
"Since you're so capable, why don't you come up with a good idea to prevent the pillar from collapsing? Let me see what you've got to do with it."
Anyone who knows Yan Qingqing knows that her temper is already at the breaking point.
Unfortunately, those cultivators didn't understand.
At first, when Yan Qingqing nodded in agreement with what they said, they would show a satisfied expression on their faces.
When they heard her last words, everyone's expression changed drastically, and it looked like they were about to start criticizing her again.
A deep voice sounded beside Yan Qingqing and her son.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
