Spring and autumn had passed, and another year had passed. Li Qing’s long-awaited January had finally arrived.

Li Qing had long waited beside the primeval stone, wanting to see with his own eyes the strange phenomenon of the primeval stone opening.

Just as the first ray of sunlight shone on the Primeval Stone, a drastic change suddenly occurred. The Primeval Stone emitted a dazzling white light that was brilliant and soared into the clouds.

Bathed in this peculiar light, it was as if he was immersed in an endless ocean. Li Qing felt a burst of comfort all over his body. It was like drinking rain and bathing in the spring breeze. An extremely comfortable feeling surged in his heart, causing him to be intoxicated and unable to extricate himself.

This light continued for an unknown amount of time before it gradually dimmed down. As the light dissipated, many strange and mysterious patterns suddenly appeared on the smooth surface of the primeval stones. They were densely linked together, seemingly in a mess, but they also showed a strange harmony, as if the heavens and earth were the most reasonable, causing one to be intoxicated with them.

These strange and mysterious patterns contained shallow Laws of Heaven and Earth, Grand Dao Laws, which were intuitively displayed for others to observe and emulate.

Even if he couldn’t comprehend Primordial Emperor Occult, looking at these profound patterns and comprehending a trace of the power of Laws could still benefit him greatly.

Normally speaking, a high-level item like the Laws of the Grand Dao was something that could only be imagined and could not be expressed. It was extremely profound, but this stone was actually able to display it intuitively. It had to be said that the Primeval Stone was truly a magical stone, and it was unknown how the Primeval Emperor had created it back then.

Due to the layers of formations placed around them, the primeval stones did not shine out, so naturally, no one would notice the abnormal situation here.

To comprehend Primordial Emperor Occult, one needed comprehension and luck. Even if Li Qinggui was a Void Realm expert, he might not be able to comprehend it.

“There should be enough time for one month. Furthermore, my current situation is much better than before. I was able to comprehend it back then, but there is no reason why I cannot.”

Li Qing observed the stone. A few days had passed, and he had completely studied the patterns within it. He remembered clearly that there were no mistakes at all.

Immediately after, he took out the string of Bodhi Pearls and immediately entered an ethereal state of mind, increasing his comprehension greatly.

With the help of this string of Bodhi Pearls, the effect was very remarkable. Very quickly, it felt like Li Qing’s spiritual sense reached the core of the Primeval Stone through analyzing layers of secret runes.

It was as if he was in another space-time. Inside, there was a chaos, radiance, and a figure appearing from within. He pointed towards Li Qing from afar.

Boom!

A white light shot out from the primeval stone and hit Li Qing between his eyebrows, entering his mind.

“Things went so smoothly this time, and I managed to comprehend Primordial Emperor Occult so easily.” Li Qing slowly closed his eyes and began to receive the information contained in the white light.

This information was incomparably huge, and when he first accepted Primordial Emperor Occult, he might not be able to withstand it. But now that he had reached the Void Realm, his divine sense was more than a hundred times stronger, so he naturally easily accepted it.

The information inside was quickly absorbed by him, and the contents were all clear to his mind.

“Heavenly Evolution! A secret technique that enhances the primordial spirit!” Li Qing slowly opened his eyes. A faint light flashed in the depths of his eyes.

As expected, it was one of the three great secret arts of the Yuan Emperor! And it was exactly what he needed! This time, he definitely made a lot of money.

The patterns on the primeval stones slowly disappeared, turning back into an ordinary stone.

Not long after, there was a cracking sound. Countless cracks appeared on the surface of the stone and immediately turned into powder.

This Primeval Stone had completely completed its mission and disappeared from the world.

“After cultivating this Heavenly Evolution Technique, one’s primordial spirit can quickly become stronger! Unlike ordinary Void Realm experts, it takes too long to slowly cultivate!”

“This Heaven Derivation Art was actually created by the Yuan Emperor after learning the Immortal Soul Saint’s Immortal Soul Technique?” Li Qing was very surprised.

‘”According to the contents, the Soul Saint’s Immortal Primordial Spirit Technique is too extreme. It is impossible to pursue immortality. Therefore, the Yuan Emperor has taken a step back. He does not pursue the Immortal Primordial Spirit, he only seeks to increase the strength of the Primordial Spirit!”

“Therefore, the Immortal Primordial Spirit Technique and the Heavenly Evolution Technique can be considered to be of the same origin, but their emphases are different.”

“The Yuan Emperor must have tried to cultivate the Immortal Primordial Spirit Technique back then, but it should have failed. He felt that this path would not work, so he created the Heavenly Evolution Technique.”

“However, I haven’t tried to cultivate the Immortal Primordial Spirit Technique yet. If others don’t succeed, it’s not impossible for me to do so. I still need to continue collecting the Spirit Evolution Pearl. At worst, it will be a failure, and there won’t be any loss.”

In the following period of time, Li Qing began to cultivate the Heaven Derivation Technique. In the depths of his sea of consciousness, the purple sun emitted endless brilliance, illuminating every corner of the world.

Rumble!

Within the purple sun, there seemed to be some sort of metamorphosis. The wisps of primordial spirit material at the core were constantly splitting apart, spawning, and becoming larger and larger.

A few days later, Li Qing opened his eyes with a look of surprise on his face, “The Heavenly Evolution Art is indeed worthy of its reputation. In just a few days, my primordial spirit has undergone a visible change!”

At this rate, after accumulating over time, how powerful would that primordial spirit become!

The stronger his primordial spirit was, the greater his chances of surviving the Primordial Tribulation Fire. This also meant that Li Qing would no longer have to worry about this problem in the future, as long as he raised his cultivation.

…

After Li Qing finished cultivating, he stood up and swept his divine sense across the entire Liu Clan’s mansion. He saw that the square was very lively.

At this time, the Liu Clan was holding their annual competition. All the Liu Clan members gathered in the central square to watch the competition between the younger generation disciples.

The clan competition was basically normal. Every clan would find a time in the next year to supervise the cultivation of every young man.

Just like when the Heavenly Saber Tribe held their annual ritual, they would also hold a Saber Drawing Conference afterwards, the main purpose of which was to test the strength of the young people.

Of course, there were only so many disciples of the Liu Clan, and there weren’t many of them. Basically, everyone knew their roots, so it was easy to test whether they were geniuses or not.

The other purpose of this competition was to compete for honor and the distribution of family resources.

There were only so many resources. Whoever allocated the most and whoever allocated the least had to have a basis.

Originally, before Li Qing and Liu Ke’er returned to the Liu Clan, the Liu Clan was in decline and was unable to protect themselves, so the clan competition had not been held for a long time.

The situation was different now. The Liu Clan had taken on a completely new look and had the aura of a large power. Naturally, they had to pick up these rules and cultivate as many geniuses as possible.

Resources should be tilted towards geniuses. As for those idiots, they shouldn’t waste resources.

When Li Qing walked out, there was a fierce battle on the arena. The two young men, who were only fifteen or sixteen years old, were competing. Their strengths were both at the Houtian sixth layer.

Speaking of which, to be able to reach the Houtian sixth layer at the age of fifteen or sixteen was already pretty good. He could barely be called a genius.

Li Qing’s appearance instantly attracted everyone’s attention. Many young people couldn’t help but breathe a little faster, wanting to perform well in front of Li Qing.

Right now, the most important person in the Liu Clan was not Father Liu, nor was it Liu Ke’er, but Li Qing!

The strength of a triathlon master-level figure who was able to refine artifacts, concoct pills, and forge talismans was even more unfathomable. Combined with the Four Symbols Sealing Formation, even Void Realm experts could be suppressed. Such a figure was a first-class figure in the Cloud Continent.

It was all thanks to Li Qing that the Liu Clan was able to have such a glorious situation! These youths naturally wanted to perform well in front of Li Qing. Perhaps he would be happy to give them some rewards, or even accept them as disciples.

On the arena, when the two outstanding disciples saw Li Qing, their faces instantly lifted. Their movements couldn’t help but increase a bit, showing their best state.

“Aren’t the descendants of the Liu Clan too shabby?” Li Qing looked around and looked at all the juniors. Basically, there weren’t many outstanding figures.

The total number of young boys and girls under the age of 20 was only 30. The person with the highest cultivation was a Houtian seventh layer, but his aptitude wasn’t that good.

Most of them were crooked melons and dates, barely above average, and there were less than ten of them in total.

Of course, one didn’t have to pay attention to talent in the path of cultivation. Diligence and fortune were also indispensable. If someone obtained a supreme inheritance, they might immediately turn over and become dragons and phoenixes amongst humans.

Just like Li Qing, he was just an ordinary person back then. After obtaining the Heavenly Saber, he entered the Eight Desolate Sect and his life started to change too much.

If one were to say how good Li Qing’s aptitude was, one might not necessarily see this. It could only be said that he was above average. Logically speaking, it would be very difficult for him to achieve such an accomplishment.

The reason why the salted fish was able to turn over was mainly because of the Demon Ancestor’s inheritance. After some transformation, its body had become a unique existence of the Saint Grade, Xiantian, from ancient times to modern times.

Li Qing’s gaze landed in the corner, on a thin young man who looked around fifteen years old. “En, what’s wrong with that child?”

“I don’t have any cultivation, but I have a tremendous amount of vitality in my body.”

“Logically speaking, one’s aptitude shouldn’t be bad, but the meridians in one’s body are blocked, making it impossible to cultivate True Qi.”

“I understand. So that’s how it is!” Li Qing checked with his divine sense for a long time before he realized.

When the people in the corner saw that Li Qing had been looking over, they were all flattered. They immediately regained their spirits and displayed their best mental state.

“Behave better! Li Qing is looking at this place!” Someone hurriedly said.

Beside him stood a little fatty with an excited expression on his face. He thought to himself, “Could it be that Li Qing has taken a fancy to me and wants to take me as his disciple? It must be true. Li Qing must be looking at me. The younger generation here only has me and the trash next to them. It can’t be looking at that trash, right?”

The little fatty glanced at the thin young man beside him with a look of disdain in his eyes. That fellow’s trash name was well known in the entire Liu Clan. His meridians were naturally blocked and he was unable to cultivate true energy. In this lifetime, he could only be an ordinary person.

“Son, wait a moment, you must behave better. Let Li Qing see your talent. Perhaps he will accept you as his disciple if he is happy!” The middle-aged man beside him said excitedly.

He was only a side branch of the Liu Clan, so his status was low, so he was placed in a corner. Now that the opportunity for salted fish to turn over had come, how could he miss it?

“Don’t worry, father, I won’t disappoint you!” The little fatty revealed a confident expression.

Time passed quickly. One young man after another went on stage to compete. Li Qing sat there quietly and watched their performance. There was not much difference from what he had expected.

It was a bit disappointing, but it was normal. After all, the Liu Clan’s revival was too short. How many outstanding figures could they pick?

After a few decades, the Liu Clan’s population would flourish, and the chances of geniuses appearing would greatly increase.

That little fatty also went on stage. His cultivation at the fifth level of the Houtian realm was pretty good at his age. However, Li Qing only glanced at it, but he was not interested and did not pay attention to it.

The skinny young man in the corner didn’t go on stage. After all, he didn’t have any cultivation base. Wasn’t going up there looking for abuse?

After the clan competition ended, the final results were announced. All sorts of rewards were given, and this grand gathering was coming to an end.

At this moment, Li Qing pointed and asked, “What is the identity of that young man?”

The scene immediately quieted down.

Everyone turned their gazes to the corner, wanting to see who Li Qing was referring to.

The little fatty revealed an ecstatic expression. He immediately stood up and said respectfully, “Greetings, Uncle Li Qing. My name is Liu Hongzhi!”

Li Qing shook his head, “I’m not talking about you. It’s the young man behind you.”

“What? Didn’t you say me? This… I…” The little fatty’s heart panicked and he stammered.

“Still not retreating?” Father Liu waved his hand impatiently.

“Yes! Yes!” The little fatty quickly retreated, his face filled with shame and cold sweat.

“Li Qing, are you referring to the Heavenly Plains next to you?”

“That’s right, it’s him.”

“Tianyuan, why don’t you stand up?” Father Liu said.

The skinny young man revealed a surprised expression. He did not understand why he was suddenly called out by Li Qing. He immediately said in fear, “Tianyuan greets the Patriarch and greets Uncle Li Qing.”

“Li Qing, why did you call him out? He is a famous waste of our Liu Clan.” Father Liu whispered.

“Famous trash? That’s because you have no eyes!” Li Qing sneered.

“Isn’t that so? What’s so special about him?” Father Liu was confused.

“Where are his parents? Why are they standing alone in the corner?” Li Qing asked.

“Both of his parents died, and his mother died in childbirth. His father went outside when he was three years old to find spiritual medicines to treat his illness. Unfortunately, he died in the mouth of the demonic beast.” Father Liu said.

“That’s why!” Li Qing nodded.

This thin and weak young man’s physique could be said to be extraordinary. If one looked closely, it would be the same as the physique of another famous figure.

This type of physique was known as the Evil Spirit Body!

Of course, it wasn’t actually called the Evil Spirit Body, but the Heavenly Spirit Body. It was only because of that person that many people despised it.

This person was the Great Evil King!

The Great Evil King’s physique was a Heavenly Spirit Body, and his natural cultivation speed was extremely fast.

The reason why the Great Evil King could be called the number one genius in history was partly because of his extremely intelligent mind, and partly because of this Heavenly Spirit Body.

According to the situation of normal people, the first step of cultivation required a step of feeling qi.

Humans weren’t born to sense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

The process of cultivation was actually to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into one’s body, and then convert it into one’s own true energy. However, to cultivate, one must be able to sense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, so that you can absorb it.

Back then, Li Qing had asked Zhao Tiezhu about this matter. It took him more than a month to break through the first obstacle on the path of cultivation.

The Heavenly Spirit Body, on the other hand, did not need to go through the process of sensing Qi, because they were naturally able to sense the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth, which was incomparably compatible with the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth, so their cultivation speed was incredibly fast.

However, the Heavenly Spirit Body also had one disadvantage, and that was that the speed at which spiritual energy gathered was too fast. If there was no time to guide and clear it, it would cause the meridians to become stagnant and unable to cultivate.

Right now, this young man had encountered such a situation. When he was young, he did not understand these dao of the sect, so much so that he now looks like this.

The reason his mother died in childbirth was precisely because of the Heavenly Spirit Body. Even his father died while searching for spiritual medicines for him. It could be said that his parents’ death was related to him, so many people regarded him as the Heavenly Fiend Lonely Star.

“May I know what’s so special about Liu Tian?” Father Liu asked.

Li Qing pondered for a moment and didn’t say anything about it. He said, “This matter should be kept a secret for the time being. Because of special reasons, it is not appropriate to announce it. I will see what happens in the future.”

The Heavenly Spirit Body was also known as the Evil Spirit Body. Because of the Great Evil King, its reputation wasn’t very good. Li Qing didn’t say it out loud because he had a protective mind.

On the other hand, if this matter were to spread out and be known by the people of the Evil King Sect, it would inevitably cause trouble for them.

Li Qing waved his hand and sucked the young man in front of him. Before the other party could react, he took out a pill and stuffed it into his mouth. He said, “The next process will be very painful. Hold on!”

Immediately after, Li Qing stretched out a hand and placed it on Liu Tianyuan’s shoulder. Gungun True Essence entered his body and began to open the blocked meridians in his body.