Chapter 1272: Here? Here!
The Dark Serenity God-Assimilating Incantation is a very tyrannical secret magic. It’s strong enough to assimilate the ringsource of a True God!
Xu Qing looked off into the distance, and the fog clouding his mind began to clear. He stopped using the secret magic and instead tried an ordinary collection technique on the corpse. The result was just as he had expected. It didn’t work at all.
So that’s how it is. If I want to collect from a True God, then I either have to rely on the power of the Aurora heaven beyond heaven to collect from the god imprisoned there, or I have to target lower-level gods like Starryeyes. Of those two, the first was half-returned, and thus not complete, while the other is seriously injured, and has dropped in cultivation level.
As for this god corpse, the ringsource is fading after death. The sourcefiends are devouring it, and the motherworld is absorbing it.... That’s why ordinary collection techniques don’t work at all. I can only use the domineering Dark Serenity God-Assimilating Incantation to succeed.
With it, I can counteract the effects of this locale that drains ringsource. And that means I can actually stay here safely. Except, there’s no way the Immortal Paragon just wants me to come here, absorb god corpses, and improve my cultivation level!
Xu Qing’s eyes narrowed. From what he could tell, the Immortal Paragon was the type of person who crafted plans within plans within plans.
I’m probably just one part of the overall plan. Or maybe I’m just here to help! Perhaps my presence here is the mere foundation for something else....
In other words, I probably don’t need to sit around trying to figure out what the Immortal Paragon is planning. I should just wait and see. The truth about his plan will probably be revealed unexpectedly at some point. Unfortunately, I am not fond of arrangements like that!
Xu Qing didn’t like it when his fate was manipulated by others, even if it was the Immortal Paragon himself.
That said, when he assessed the situation honestly, he had to admit that after coming to the Fifth Star Ring from the Revered Ancient mainland, everything he had done had been his own choice. But at the same time, it seemed that the Immortal Paragon had been watching over him, ensuring that he never ran into too much trouble to handle. He had long come to sense that.
Sighing, he focused on absorbing the ringsource, keeping some for himself and giving some to Starfire. After taking enough to counteract the effects of his surroundings, he settled cross-legged to focus on building another stockpile.
A few days later, the god corpse had sunk all the way down into the glacier. As the sourcefiends looked on with their blue eyes, Xu Qing flew up and then sped along over the surface of the primeval motherworld.