OUTSIDE OF TIME

Chapter 1519: Flashy

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

On the square of the Immortal Arts Hall, Xu Qing, who was sitting there, frowned slightly. He sensed his surroundings and his gaze finally landed on the bone cauldron.

At that instant earlier, for some reason, a strange feeling rose in his heart. It was as though something that belonged to him had appeared.

However, the feeling was blurry.

It was also difficult to sense the source.

‘What’s going on?’

Xu Qing pondered.

He couldn’t figure it out no matter how he thought about it, so he buried this matter in his mind and continued to stare at the cauldron.

‘Eldest Senior Brother should be succeeding soon. I wonder what method he is using to reverse refine that Great Elder.’

‘This cauldron should be the key.’

After this matter is over, the date of the Empress opening Great Emperor Nether Flame’s seclusion place will be approaching.’

A dark glint flashed in Xu Qing’s eyes.

He was aware that his cultivation realm was stopped by this body. For this, he had thought of many ways. Right now, there were only two ways that could work.

One was the white dust he had prepared and the wish mask.

However, this was an alternative method.

The second was the opportunity to increase his cultivation in the Great Emperor’s seclusion place.

“I hope that the Great Emperor’s seclusion place really has nutrients that can allow me to break through!”

“If it still doesn’t work, then after leaving the Demon Feather Holy Land, I have to return to the Nanhuang Continent immediately to enter seclusion. I will rely on the wish mask to condense a clone and use the white dust to erase the karma.”

With such thoughts in mind, time slowly passed.

In the square, just like Xu Qing, regardless of whether it was the envoys or those immortal masters, they were all staring at the cauldron with different thoughts.

Anxiety slowly rose in the hearts of the immortal masters from both sides.

Some hoped that the Great Elder would succeed, while others hoped that Yue Dong would win.

Regardless of who succeeded in the end, it would represent… that the East Demon Feather Immortal Arts Hall had chosen this generation’s Great Immortal Master.

The sense of anxiety inside the cauldron was even more intense than outside.

The Great Elder was anxious, struggling, and roaring while continuing to attack Erniu.

Erniu’s head collapsed and gathered again and again. He was equally anxious.

However, his anxiety revealed more madness.

“I’ll kill you, I’ll kill you, I’ll kill you!”

Erniu gritted his teeth.

The five elemental substances—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—that he spat out were melting and enhancing the refining process. Meanwhile, under his will, the entire cauldron was intensely boiling and burning from within.

The intent of refinement became more and more astonishing.

To the Great Elder, this was a life-and-death situation.

He gradually couldn’t hold on any longer.

Especially when Erniu used all kinds of ancient methods. Regardless of whether they were useful or not, he took them all out.

There were some ancient incantations that even the Great Elder didn’t understand and was shaken.

For example, at this moment, he had already shattered the other party dozens of times in a row. Moreover, the bones and dust were scattered, and his flesh and blood were destroyed. However, they still gathered and formed Erniu who let out a crazy roar.

“The Great Dao was born naturally, from the limitless to the ultimate. The Dao is hidden in the formless, from the ultimate to the heavens and earth. The Dao manifests in the tangible, hence… the intention of the Dao, come to my being!”

As Erniu chanted an ancient incantation, a mysterious power instantly appeared in the cauldron.

Just as the Great Elder’s heart was shaken, this mysterious intent instantly disappeared, as though it was an illusion.

It was as though the person chanting the incantation didn’t have the strength to display it. Or perhaps… had incanted wrongly.

“This isn’t working? It’s fine, 1 still have more!”

Erniu’s expression distorted as he let out another low roar.

“From yin and yang arise the five elements; within the five elements, one nature is conceived. This nature, governed by creation, takes form to establish heaven and earth. Thus, the human body is understood. This is the refining of the five elements. Refine for me!”

Erniu roared.

At the next instant, a different mysterious intent appeared again. The Great Elder’s heart rumbled again, and even the premonition of death appeared in his mind.

However, very soon, the intent dissipated.

The Grand Elder’s face turned pale, and his heart pounded with fear. His doubts about the true origins of this enemy had greatly diminished, and he now believed that the enemy was very likely indeed the giant sin.

Only with this identity could he shout out such an ancient incantation that he had never heard of but vaguely contained terrifying might.

“I can’t let him continue!!”

The Great Elder gritted his teeth fiercely. As he resisted the refinement from the cauldron, he quickly stepped forward and attacked Erniu.

Amidst the rumbling, Erniu’s head collapsed.

When he formed again, his declining state was also revealed.

After all, his recovery after the collapse wasn’t infinite. At this moment, the gathering speed was getting slower and slower.

However, the degree of madness soared.

“I don’t believe it, old thing. Let’s see if I’ll kill you first or if I’ll refine you first!”

Erniu roared. During the intervals between life and death, his voice rang out intermittently and heart-rendingly.

“Radiant and resplendent, the sun rises in the east. Those who hear this curse shall die; those who encounter it shall perish!”

Although the incantation was poisonous, it was… ineffective.

“One severs the path of the heavenly plague, two severs the gate of the earthly plague, three severs the road of humanity, four severs the door of spirits, five severs…”

“Call upon the stars in the morning, summon the immortals at dusk. The divine turtle embodies virtue, commanding thousands of spirits. Left and right assistants, stand before the altar. Follow my command and go… F*ck, 1 forgot the rest!”

“Dim and obscure, heaven and earth are born together. Dispersed, they become energy; gathered, they take form. Ancestor of the five elements, essence of the six shells!”

As Erniu went crazy, rumbling sounds continued to ring out from the cauldron. Mystical intents would appear one moment and disappear the next. It was the same for the feeling of killing and the might of refining.

This method had already tortured the Great Elder’s mind to the extreme.

He even suspected that this damn person in front of him was doing this on purpose.

As for the refinement of the cauldron, it became increasingly intense. It burned his body, his soul, and everything else.

“Damn it, why hasn’t the First Ruler Mountain opened the cauldron?!”

The Great Elder was anxious. His hair was disheveled and his eyes were red as he rushed toward Erniu again.

Erniu stared fixedly at the Great Elder and let out a wild roar.

“The art of the fallen Fang clan, the way of heaven ends. Three and five become one, sun and moon together perish!”

“Dark night, I summon the messenger of death. Descend into this cauldron, devour the flesh before me!”

“Moon Flame Divine Technique, those who see me shall be blind, those who hear me shall be deaf!”

“The Dao of ghosts is ancient, further from the divine, closer to spirits. Now I recall my true name, so let it be known. First, knowing the ghost’s name, evil dares not approach; second, shouting the ghost’s name, all spirits shall vanish, including heavenly and earthly ghosts; third, calling the ghost’s name, ten thousand ghosts heed the command!”

“Ancient Spirit Race’s method, enter the obscurity, spread the path with breath. Anyone who dares to scheme against me shall suffer its consequences.”

“I possess a decree: favor to those who are loyal, enmity to those who are treacherous. Those who fall under the latter shall undoubtedly face death!”

Erniu went crazy.

At this critical moment, he used all the incantations he could remember. This included Dao techniques, divine techniques, immortal arts, nonhuman race techniques, and even ghost techniques.

There were also the methods he had secretly developed.

Now that it had erupted all at once, the shock and torture it brought to the Great Elder of the Immortal Arts Hall was incomparably intense.

The rumbling continued in the cauldron. The Great Elder’s breathing was hurried and there was even a moment when confusion rose in his heart.

This was because he had never encountered such an opponent in his entire life…

If all these spells were effective, it would be fine, but some of them were actually ineffective. However, when he let his guard down, suddenly one of them became effective.

It was impossible to guard against and extremely exhausting.

At that moment, Erniu’s voice was still echoing.

“Green represents the eastern wood, red represents the southern fire, white represents the western metal, black represents the northern water. Metal, wood, water, and fire correspond to the four seasons’ winds, combined into a cauldron, with earth added in the center.”

“Refine! Refine! Refine!”

“Refine for me!!”

The nine-colored fire in the cauldron instantly soared. After adding Erniu’s eternal fire, it became ten-colored and churned with a terrifying momentum.

As the flames swept out, Erniu’s head burned on its own without needing the Great Elder to do anything. The Great Elder also let out a wail as his flesh continued to disintegrate.

However, Erniu was laughing wildly.

“Want to refine me? Come, come, come! In my lifetime, I haven’t seen many who are braver than me!”

Ten hours later.

In the square and outside the cauldron, when anxiety filled the minds of the Yun family’s young master and the immortal masters, and when their respective uneasiness and killing intent were about to rise again…

The cauldron that continued to tremble suddenly emitted a deafening boom.

As soon as this sound rang out, the envoys from the various Ruler Mountains, who had their eyes closed while waiting, immediately opened their eyes and focused their gazes.

Xu Qing was among them. There was a hint of anticipation in his eyes. The instant he looked over… the rumbling of the cauldron became even more intense.

At the next instant, the lid of the cauldron was suddenly lifted.

Ten-colored flames erupted from within and headed straight for the dome above the square. They gathered there and formed a fire vortex that spread in all directions.

At the same time, a blurry figure slowly rose into the air from the open cauldron!

The moment he completely walked out, his blurry state turned clear. It was Yue Dong, who was wearing a long red dress!

Her long hair fluttered in the wind and she looked extremely beautiful. The flames in the surroundings seemed to be dancing for her.

All the immortal masters in the surroundings were incomparably shocked. This was because they saw that behind Yue Dong, the middle-aged, youthful, and adolescent selves of the Great Elder appeared.

As for the Great Elder’s main body, there was no sign of it.

It was as though he had been devoured and replaced by Yue Dong!

At this moment, Yue Dong opened her eyes.

The instant she opened her eyes, everyone’s emotions were like the strings of a zither, plucked by an invisible force.

That was the Six Thieves Delusions Immortal Art!

As the emotions spread, Yue Dong coldly waved her right hand. Immediately, the cauldron below rose into the air and became smaller and smaller. Finally, it became the size of a fist and floated on Yue Dong’s right hand, rotating slowly.

The pressure was spreading.

Xu Qing’s heart calmed down. At the same time, he confirmed that the cauldron should have some connection with his eldest senior brother’s previous life. He was about to retract his gaze when he suddenly frowned and stared at Yue Dong’s forehead.

Although everything was normal there, Xu Qing kept feeling that there was something extremely familiar hidden there.

It was as though they came from the same source.

At that moment, the Yun family’s young master took a deep breath. His eyes were gentle and filled with infatuation. He immediately bowed to Yue Dong and spoke loudly.

“Greetings, Great Immortal Master!”

The immortal masters who supported Yue Dong also came back to their senses. All of them bowed excitedly. Yue Dong’s success meant that they would be the dominating power in the Immortal Arts Hall.

As for the immortal masters who belonged to the Great Elder, they felt bitter now and understood that the situation was set. Hence, they had no choice but to lower their heads and greet her as well.

Only the ten envoys didn’t need to bow. However, out of respect for the new Great Immortal Master, everyone stood up and nodded slightly at Yue Dong. Yue Dong slowly spoke.

“Thank you all for coming to witness the ceremony. Now that the formalities are over, please feel free to go as you wish.”

“However, it would be best if one person stayed behind.”

Her gaze swept over and finally landed on Xu Qing. A hint of coldness rose in her eyes.

“Xue Chenzi, it’s time to settle the matter between us.”

When Xu Qing heard this, his expression was calm. He glanced at Yue Dong’s forehead and calmly spoke.

“I was thinking the same thing..”