Chapter 1823: Seize Body, Seize Fortune! Editor: Atlas Studios

Inside and outside the Purple Green Kingdom’s imperial palace—

Crown Prince Purple Green sat upon the dragon throne, while Xu Qing stood in the plaza outside the grand hall.

Their gazes met across the distance.

Xu Qing still remembered their last encounter—in the human imperial capital, at the moment of his death.

And the time before that—in the rain-soaked forests of Yinghuang Province, where Crown Prince Purple Green had held Lord Sixth’s severed head.

Scene after scene flashed through Xu Qing’s mind as their eyes locked.

But unlike before... this time, Xu Qing’s gaze was calm.

At such close proximity, he could clearly sense Crown Prince Purple Green’s cultivation—only at the Divine Platform realm.

Back in the human imperial capital, Crown Prince Purple Green had used the Empress’s ascension as his own ritual to step into the Divine Platform.

Yet it seemed that over the years, he had halted his progress.

He remained at Divine Platform.

But Xu Qing didn’t let this breed carelessness. He understood all too well—with Desolate’s fragmented-face statue present here, cultivation realms were irrelevant.

Crown Prince Purple Green’s schemes and methods, his layered machinations, all pointed to ambitions far grander than mere cultivation!

Thus, facing Crown Prince Purple Green’s words, Xu Qing spoke lightly:

"My divine form—whether fused with myself or brought here—if it appears before you..."

"Can a body forged from Desolate’s flesh still belong to me? That remains unknown."

Inside the grand hall, seated upon the dragon throne, Crown Prince Purple Green’s smile grew even gentler.

"Clever little brother. Let me see if your preparations are sufficient."

As his warm voice echoed, Crown Prince Purple Green raised his right hand and lightly pointed at the heavens.

With this gesture, the sky rumbled, waves of turbulence erupting as a massive vortex abruptly manifested, rotating with thunderous force.

It swallowed all the black mist of the Sky Devouring Region.

Within the vortex, an image coalesced—

Mount Morning Glow!

The scene was crystal clear. Inside Mount Morning Glow sat a cross-legged figure radiating dense divine aura—Xu Qing’s divine form!

Around it, intricate and dense arrays were fully activated, unleashing terrifying suppression.

Outside the arrays, beyond Mount Morning Glow, figures could be seen encircling it—Zhou Zhengli, Star Ring, and the others.

All sat in meditation, hand seals formed, channeling their full power to amplify the mountain’s arrays.

The suppression intensified exponentially.

But this wasn’t the focal point. The true force restraining Xu Qing’s divine form was... Old Master Seventh!

Seated atop Mount Morning Glow, Old Master Seventh enveloped the divine form with his own power.

Everything had been stable—until Crown Prince Purple Green raised his hand.

The moment of summoning—

Xu Qing’s divine form shuddered violently!

Its eyes snapped open—

Revealing golden light tinged with corruption.

As if... it was no longer Xu Qing!

Immediately, terrifying power erupted from the divine form, lashing outward to shatter the arrays, striving to break free from the mountain and answer the summon.

The force was staggering. Upon contact, the arrays showed signs of decay and collapse.

Zhou Zhengli and the others reinforcing the arrays trembled violently.

Zhou Zhengli vomited blood. Star Ring did the same.

Xie Lingzi, Li Mengtu, Yuanshan Su—all suffered blood streaming from their orifices as their minds reeled.

On the verge of failure—

Old Master Seventh snorted coldly. His right hand pressed down on the mountain, channeling Profound Earth’s power to isolate it!

Then his left hand produced an object—

A mirror fragment!

The gift from Immortal Lord Mi Ming, imbued with his Ordinance Law’s might.

With this, combined with Profound Earth’s power, Mount Morning Glow was sealed—preventing the divine form’s escape.

While this might not last indefinitely, it withstood Crown Prince Purple Green’s first summoning attempt.

This was one of Xu Qing’s many preparations before coming to the Purple Green Kingdom.

He had long deduced one truth:

Given Crown Prince Purple Green’s profound connection to Desolate, a body forged from Its flesh would inevitably harbor vulnerabilities in his presence.

Thus, Xu Qing knew he had to properly suppress his divine form before confronting Crown Prince Purple Green—to prevent unforeseen consequences.

But keeping the divine form sealed meant forgoing fusion, denying him the pinnacle of immortal-divine synergy.

So all he could wield was his immortal form.

This was why he had secluded himself—to break through!

Yet decades of secluded cultivation, even while fully absorbing the Brilliant Heaven God Race’s enshrined light, hadn’t sufficed for true ascension to Immortal Lord.

His Ordinance was sufficient, but the origin essence required for a Summer Immortal’s ascension was immense.

As for that mysterious light—after decades of absorption, it was almost drained.

Though residual origin essence remained, it was intrinsic to the light’s nature as a key—

Inaccessible to external forces.

Thus, Xu Qing emerged—choosing to face Crown Prince Purple Green head-on.

Now, as Mount Morning Glow stabilized within the summoned vortex above—

Xu Qing, standing in the palace plaza, suddenly looked up.

His eyes blazed with intensity as he swept a hand toward the sky.

The heavenly vortex’s roars intensified, then shuddered—

Forced into reverse rotation!

Simultaneously, Xu Qing’s cultivation erupted, shaking heaven and earth as late-stage Summer Immortal aura engulfed the entire Sky Devouring Region.

This external power completed the vortex’s reversal in one decisive motion.

His gaze locked onto Crown Prince Purple Green as divine syllables resonated:

"Seize!"

The instant this command echoed—

In the human imperial capital within Wanggu, a grand ritual had already been prepared.

Gathering all of the human race’s power, with the Empress as its core, the ceremony activated.

A brilliant light shot skyward from the capital, streaking toward... the Sky Devouring Region.

At the same time, sensing the human race’s ritual, every major region across Wanggu ignited their own prepared ceremonies.

Each mobilized their entire race’s strength.

Beams of radiant light pierced the void, converging like meteors upon the Sky Devouring Region’s skies.

All of this took a long time to describe but in reality, it was completed in an instant.

The beams of light from the myriad races broke through the void and appeared in the sky of the Sky Devouring Region like meteors.

There, they fused—

And within that light, the figures of Wanggu’s Heavenly Daos materialized.

The Ancient Spirit Emperor. Xu Qing’s Heavenly Dao child.

Intertwining with the light, they unfolded across the Sky Devouring Region’s firmament, forming a gargantuan mirror!

Its surface faced downward, reflecting the region’s mountains, rivers, and all within—

Naturally including the Purple Green Kingdom and its palace!

Under this reflection, amid the vortex’s reverse suction, the entire Sky Devouring Region grew indistinct.

Strands of fortune manifested as wisps of gray qi, rising to be absorbed by the mirror!

As the Sky Devouring Region blurred, the mirror’s reflection sharpened rapidly!

This was—

The Heavenly Daos manifesting to plunder the kingdom’s fortune!

Xu Qing had united all races’ power to forge a mirror of Wanggu above the Sky Devouring Region—

To seize the Purple Green Kingdom’s fortune!

This was part of his plan.

While Crown Prince Purple Green sought to steal his divine form, Xu Qing would use his half-share of the Purple Green Kingdom’s fortune as bait to seize Crown Prince Purple Green’s remaining half!

Within the Sky Devouring Region’s palace, seated upon the dragon throne, Crown Prince Purple Green observed these events, his smile deepening as he nodded approvingly at Xu Qing.

"Amusing."

"My little brother has truly grown up."

"He even knows to fight his elder brother for the family’s inheritance now."

"But tell me..."

"Do you know just how vast our family’s fortune truly is?"

Crown Prince Purple Green chuckled softly.

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