Martial Arts Domination: Start with the Dragon Elephant Prajna Technique
Chapter 627 - 452: The Merit Scroll Transforms Again!

Chapter 627: Chapter 452: The Merit Scroll Transforms Again!

"Do not return to the Thirty-Three Heavens!"

As Qi Liushan uttered these words, a hint of uncontrollable fear surfaced in his eyes.

Qin Zheng’s gaze hardened, and then he asked again, "What exactly happened in the Thirty-Three Heavens all those years ago?"

"And..."

"How did you come to be contaminated?"

Hearing his question, Qi Liushan responded gravely, "A great war! It was a great war that swept through the Thirty-Three Heavens!"

"Powerful beings fell like rain, the heavens and earth collapsed anew, Great Luo beings were like ants, Taiyi beings like dust, countless lives perished in that battle."

"Although I was fortunate enough to survive under the protection of my master, in the end, he could not escape the purge."

"In the last moment, my master sent us, his Sect Disciples, out of the Thirty-Three Heavens, and only then did I descend to this land."

"However, during the process, my mind was chaotic, my reason collapsed, and the Pollution Qi took the opportunity to invade my body, rendering me half-dead."

Qin Zheng’s eyes flickered upon hearing this, as numerous thoughts emerged and interwove in his mind.

When he previously visited this place, although Qi Liushan had been contaminated, he still retained his memory and had informed him about the fall of Heavenly Master Sa from the Heavenly Court.

Now, combining what the other party had just said, an answer gradually surfaced in Qin Zheng’s mind.

Heavenly Court!

After the great war, the Heavenly Court must have been the victorious side, and thus re-established order in the Thirty-Three Heavens.

And Heavenly Master Sa was originally one of the Heavenly Court Immortals; after the reestablishment of the Heavenly Court, he continued to hold his position as an Immortal God.

However, he must have discovered something, or done something, to be ’purged’ by the Heavenly Court a million years later, to be directly cast down.

So, that being said, the great war that swept through the Thirty-Three Heavens back then might have been initiated by one from within the Heavenly Court!

The side that gained the most from the post-war benefits would likely be the culprit behind the war!

Before the ancient war, the Heavenly Court was already the highest power of the Thirty-Three Heavens, occupying the Upper Nine Layers of Heaven and Earth, and nominally in charge of the entire Thirty-Three Heavens.

There really was no need to instigate such a war that would sweep across the Thirty-Three Heavens.

Unless it was related to the Pollution Qi!

The invasion of Pollution Qi into the Heavenly Court led the Immortal Gods in charge to launch such a war recklessly.

As Qin Zheng pondered this, he also recalled the pollution warning from the Merit Scroll when he once refined the statue of an Immortal God, and his speculation became increasingly convincing.

He was inclined to inquire Qi Liushan about matters of the Heavenly Court, but remembering the eruption of Pollution Qi from Qi Liushan during his last inquiry, he suppressed that thought.

Although the Pollution Qi has been purified now, matters of the ’Heavenly Court’ seem not to be recalled or mentioned lightly, for fear of inciting trouble.

So after pondering for a moment and looking at Qi Liushan, he continued to ask, "Does the Pollution Qi in your body have a connection with the Thirty-Three Heavens?"

Hearing such a question, Qi Liushan naturally understood and, after thinking for a while, he nodded slightly and solemnly said:

"That war from years ago erupted so suddenly that many powerhouses didn’t even have time to think before perishing in the battle."

"I am but of Great Luo Level, and surviving that battle was also due to the protection of my master — I don’t know much."

"Now that I think about it carefully, the source of that war may indeed have something to do with the Pollution Qi!"

Having experienced that great war and been invaded by Pollution Qi, these two insights converged in Qi Liushan, sparking an immediate thought.

Could it be that the war was initiated because the Pollution Qi had contaminated that one in the Heavenly Court?

Connecting this with his memories of the Heavenly Court’s reestablishment after the war and the various behaviors of that individual, a chill of horror and despair suddenly surged in his heart.

But when his gaze fell upon the young man in the Gold-Patterned Profound Robe before him, a sliver of hope and vitality emerged.

"The method you used to extract the Pollution Qi, is the price paid significant or not?"

He asked with some expectation.

At this moment, Qin Zheng’s mind was occupied with thoughts about the connection between the Heavenly Court and Pollution Qi, and upon hearing the question, he refocused and replied, "An equivalent exchange."

A Merit Treasure Crystal was needed to purify a strand of Pollution Qi, which was essentially an equivalent exchange.

However, Qi Liushan’s heart sank; although he did not understand the meaning of ’equivalent exchange,’ he could sense the difficulty it entailed.

The cost of extracting the Pollution Qi was incredibly high!

Moreover, depending on the amount and severity of the Pollution Qi in the contaminated person, the price to pay would vary.

If that individual had indeed been contaminated, reviving him and extracting the Pollution Qi from his body would be an impossible task for a Great Luo, or even a Primordial Chaos being!

Only someone above Primordial Chaos, who has transcended the Tao Realm, might barely manage to do it.

Thinking this, the hope that had just kindled in his heart swiftly faded.

The Tao Realm is exceedingly rare!

The Tao Realm beings of the entire Thirty-Three Heavens can be counted on two hands throughout history!

How could he believe that the being before him, who was merely in the Great Luo Realm, could ascend straight to Primordial Chaos and then achieve the Tao Realm?

With a myriad of thoughts flooding his mind, and after but a fleeting moment, he sighed deeply in his heart and abandoned the recent notion.

"Regardless of how you came from the Thirty-Three Heavens to this world, remember not to go back."