The bustling crowd of immortals dispersed. Li Qing followed the Sea God Palace Master to the sea god statue. Before they could get close, a huge pressure came over, causing Li Qing to be unable to breathe.

The Sea God Palace Master seemed to be indifferent to this. He walked in front of him and led the way. Li Qing could only forcefully withstand this enormous pressure and clench his teeth to keep up.

After a while, the Sea God Palace Master suddenly turned his head and revealed a look of surprise, “Your strength is far stronger than I imagined. You were actually able to walk a hundred feet away from the statue by yourself. I thought that you would soon be unable to hold on.”

“Palace Master, don’t make things difficult for me. I can’t hold on any longer. Please help me.” Li Qing smiled bitterly.

“Brat, you’ve really hidden it deep enough. I’m afraid that those ten Demon Saint inner pills have a lot to do with you, right?” The Sea God Palace Master stared at him.

“How can I have such ability? Palace Master, please don’t tease me anymore.” Li Qing said without changing his expression.

“Forget it, since you refuse to tell me, I won’t probe you anymore. Anyway, the Sea God Palace is located beneath the sea, so what if there are one or two peerless geniuses?” A rare expression of loneliness appeared on the Sea God Palace Master’s face.

She did not say anything else. Turning her head, she saw a water drop pattern between her eyebrows suddenly emitting a dark blue light, illuminating the sea god statue.

The sea god statue immediately emitted a faint blue light, sprinkling down. It was exceptionally beautiful. Li Qing felt that his entire body was wrapped in a cool energy, and the pressure around him disappeared.

“Let’s go, let’s go in!” The Sea God Palace Master led the way.

Not long after, they arrived at the feet of the sea god statue. Not far away, there was a white platform that looked like an altar and was carved with complicated patterns. It was simple and unadorned.

The Sea God Palace Master waved his sleeve. Li Qing could only feel a powerful force coming from his body. His entire body involuntarily flew forward and landed on the high platform.

“Sit down!” She said.

Li Qing could only sit down honestly.

A faint blue light shone from between the Sea God Palace Master’s eyebrows, shining on the Heart of the Sea God hanging around the statue’s neck. An azure halo spread out, and the tides outside the sea began to surge, forming blue ribbons of light that flickered with dazzling light.

Li Qing knew that the Heart of the Sea God on the statue was the real Dao Artifact hanging there. The Sea God Palace Master was activating the power of this precious treasure!

Those blue ribbons of light seemed to continuously surge over from the depths of the endless sea and converge on the Heart of the Sea God. Finally, they turned into a transparent water ball and slowly fell down.

The place where he landed was the high platform where Li Qing was sitting.

In the next moment, Li Qing was drowned by this water ball.

He only felt a refreshing aura flowing through his body, rinsing through every corner of his body, eliminating all the dirt and negative aura on his body because of the fruit karma.

It was as if he had taken off a shackle, and his entire body felt extremely relaxed.

Not only his body, but also his soul had been washed away by this current. Strands of black impurities had been washed out of his sea of consciousness, leaving only the purest part behind.

Before this, his soul had already absorbed a large amount of soul power left behind by the Demon Ancestor due to the effects of the Divine Evolution Pearl, and his sea of consciousness was almost saturated.

There was always a limit to soul absorption, and it was impossible for it to expand indefinitely. After saturation, it was already stagnant, and it did not make a breakthrough as Li Qing had imagined.

However, under the baptism of the sea god, due to the removal of most of the impurities, Li Qing’s soul naturally began to shrink slowly, becoming pure and refined, no longer as bloated as before.

After the soul shrunk, there was a portion of space left. Then, it continued to absorb the Demon Ancestor’s soul power and replenish it.

This newly absorbed portion of soul power was once again washed away by the water current, and the impurities were slowly removed, becoming incomparably pure.

From beginning to end, Li Qing’s soul was like refined iron, continuously absorbing the Demon Ancestor’s soul power, continuously refining it, and constantly growing stronger.

Just like this, when the strength of his soul reached a certain limit, a sudden explosion rang out in his sea of consciousness. Li Qing only felt his soul rapidly transform, like a new life form that broke through a shell. The transparent light gradually condensed into a solid body, and the outline was clear and complete.

In the end, he transformed into a human form!

“This is” Li Qing stared blankly at the figure in his sea of consciousness.

Generally speaking, souls have no form. If a person’s soul had turned into a physical body, it meant that he had condensed a primordial spirit!

“I actually cultivated my primordial spirit?” Li Qing stared blankly at this scene, his heart filled with shock.

Only Void Realm experts could condense their primordial spirits! And Li Qing was only a Xiantian expert!

I’m afraid this has never happened in history.

This primordial spirit was shockingly identical to Li Qing’s true body!

Anyone’s Primordial Spirit Body was roughly the same as their main body. Primordial Spirit could be said to be a bridge to communicate with the heavens and the earth. It was precisely because of Primordial Spirit that Void Realm experts were able to control the power of heaven and earth!

“Only by comprehending the unity of heaven and man and the fusion of the fleshly body and the Heaven and Earth Dharma can I give birth to a primordial spirit. However, I have yet to comprehend the unity of heaven and man and have yet to fuse with the Heaven and Earth Dharma Phase, yet I have given birth to a primordial spirit in advance. This order is reversed.” Li Qing’s expression was very strange. “Then when I truly break through to the Void Realm, what will happen when I condense my primordial spirit?”

“Forget it, let’s not think about this anymore. It’s not a bad thing anyway. When I truly break through to the Void Realm, everything will be revealed!” Li Qing did not think too much.

…

Three days later, the sea god baptism finally ended.

After constant rinsing, Li Qing’s body and primordial spirit were as bright as new, as pure as a newborn baby. Everything that had happened in the past had disappeared due to the fruit karma. If he were to cross the Primordial Divine Tribulation Fire in his current state, the difficulty would definitely be greatly reduced.

No wonder those Void Realm experts wanted to compete for the qualifications to be baptized by the sea god. This was related to the advancement of the path of cultivation. No matter how much they paid, it was still worth it.

The Sea God Palace Master said, “Alright, you can come down.”

Li Qing walked down the platform and bowed to the Sea God Palace Master, “Thank you, Palace Master!”

The Sea God Palace Master carefully stared at Li Qing for a while and said in surprise, “Why do I feel a wisp of primordial spirit aura from you?”

Li Qing was shocked, but there was no expression on his face. He calmly said, “Perhaps I have just been baptized, so my aura has changed. The Palace Master must have seen wrongly.”

“That’s right. It’s impossible for a Xiantian expert like you to have the aura of a primordial spirit. I was overthinking it.” The Sea God Palace Master did not doubt this, because it was impossible for this to happen. No one would believe that a Xiantian expert would give birth to a primordial spirit in advance. This had never happened in history.

Li Qing praised and said, “The Sea God Palace has a treasure like the Heart of the Sea God. Isn’t it easy to cross the Void Tribulation Fire?”

“A sea god baptism requires several decades of ocean power. Do you think it can be activated at any time?” The Sea God Palace Master shook his head. “Moreover, even a pure primordial spirit might not necessarily be able to overcome the Void Tribulation Fire. It mainly depended on one’s own strength!”

“Looks like there’s no shortcut to cultivation.” Li Qing sighed and then asked, “I have a question. Since fruit karma and primordial spirit impurities can increase the power of tribulation fire, isn’t it very difficult for Diabolism experts to survive?”

The Sea God Palace Master nodded his head, “It is indeed quite difficult for a Diabolism expert to survive the tribulation fire. Otherwise, why is there such a small number of Diabolism experts in the world that have been suppressed by the Righteous Dao for so long?”

“So this is the reason!” Li Qing suddenly realized that it was no wonder that the further he went, the fewer top experts there were in Diabolism.

“The path to Diabolism was originally like this. In the early stages, one’s cultivation speed was extremely fast and one’s combat strength was even stronger. However, in the late stages, if one wanted to overcome the calamities of the Void Realm, they would be much weaker than the Righteous path experts!” The Sea God Palace Master said, “In fact, not to mention Void Realm experts, even Dao Realm experts are the same!”

“Didn’t a Dao Realm expert undergo a heavenly tribulation?”

“The power of heavenly tribulation is related to fruit karma. Heavenly tribulation is originally brilliant righteous energy, and repelling evil demons is Diabolism’s nemesis. The difficulty of crossing the heavenly tribulation will definitely be much greater!”

“The road to Diabolism is really difficult!” Li Qing whispered to himself, “Those Diabolism experts still dare to come out and cause trouble for all living beings. Aren’t they afraid of being tainted with the karma of all living beings?”

“Actually, there are many ways to avoid karma in this world, just like the baptism of a sea god like me. Of course, the experts of Diabolism will also look for various ways to avoid calamity.” The Sea God Palace Master said, “Moreover, the restriction of fruit karma on Void Realm experts is actually not that great!”

“Oh? Why?”

“Because Void Realm experts do not necessarily need to cross tribulation flames! Only when you increase your strength, for example, if you want to rise from Void Realm Level 1 to Void Realm Level 2, will you be able to activate the tribulation flames in your body and burn your primordial spirit. If you do not wish to increase your cultivation, you will naturally be safe and sound.”

“That’s why!”

“Because fruit karma is truly a deterrent to Dao Realm experts! What Dao Realm experts need to cross is a heavenly tribulation. Every thousand years, regardless of whether you want to cross it or not, once the millennium expires, a heavenly tribulation will naturally descend. If you fail to cross it, you will die!”

“No wonder there are so many Void Realm experts in this world, but none of them can be found in the Dao Realm!” Li Qing finally understood.

The Void Realm experts would also have to overcome tribulation, so the restrictions they would have to face were much smaller! As long as he didn’t raise his cultivation, tribulation flames wouldn’t descend, his life would be safe, and he would be free for five hundred years.

Perhaps this was also a warning from heaven and earth. The stronger one was, the more restrictions they would have to face in order to avoid destroying the lives of the common people!

The destructive power of a Dao Realm expert was more than a hundred times greater than that of a Void Realm expert!