A Pawn's Passage

Sage Qingwei gifted Qi Xuansu a Xuan Jade of Immortality and had thoughtfully granted him three days of leave, which was ample time for him to fuse with it.

More importantly, this Xuan Jade of Immortality had already been activated, saving Qi Xuansu the trouble of seeking divine power to merge with it.

That was why Qi Xuansu called Sage Qingwei generous for helping him to the very end. Since the major gift was already given, there was no point in nitpicking over small details. Sage Qingwei was unlike some people, who would only make it troublesome before giving something to Qi Xuansu.

Of course, Qi Xuansu would never admit that he was silently complaining about Madam Qi or failing to appreciate her kindness.

After ending his conversation with Madam Qi, Qi Xuansu calmed himself slightly and immediately began preparations to fuse the Xuan Jade of Immortality.

For every manmade Banished Immortal, the number of Xuan Jade they could fuse varied according to their cultivation. For instance, Li Changge’s current upper limit was five, so when Sage Qingwei said Li Changge had more Xuan Jade than he could use, it was neither boastful nor an exaggeration but a simple fact.

Qi Xuansu’s situation was the exact opposite of Li Changge’s. He was severely lacking in Xuan Jade, having only four. This was because, unlike Li Changge, who had fused five at once, Qi Xuansu had done so one by one. As a result, his earliest Xuan Jade of Life and Xuan Jade of Death had long been completely “digested,” leaving two empty slots. Now he had three open slots. If Qi Xuansu had enough Xuan Jades, he would already be well on the road toward the Zaohua stage.

This was the unreasonable advantage of the manmade Banished Immortal. Before immortality, they were utterly unmatched. Even natural-born Banished Immortals were no match for them, let alone any other lineage.

However, when it came to divine power, Qi Xuansu had been incredibly lucky. His first Xuan Jade of Life, obtained at Yulan Temple, had been activated with Wu Luo’s divine power. Later, his Xuan Jade of Death, obtained at Cuowenbu, had been activated with the divine power of the Ghost Kingdom. Afterward, the Xuan Jade of Divinity was activated using the divine power of the True Lord Taiyin that was left behind by Zhang Wuhen and at the Wuxing Mountain left behind by True Lord Ziguang.

These four divine powers had all affected Qi Xuansu to varying degrees. True Lord Taiyin’s divine power and True Lord Ziguang’s divine power had directly altered his Spiritual Statue, transforming it into the Taiyin Ziguang Spiritual Statue, also called the Star Moon Spiritual Statue.

This alteration of his Spiritual Statue also affected his Spiritual Body, and even his entire Shaman lineage, setting Qi Xuansu on an unconventional path with little precedent to follow.

Next was the Ghost Kingdom’s divine power, drawn from the Pingtian Crown on the Emperor Willow. This divine power did not change his Spiritual Statue but gave him the ability to communicate with and locate the Ghost Kingdom. This was why he could wreak havoc in Ise Province while the Ise-jingu was powerless to stop him.