The god's finger emitted a buzzing sound. After Its divine sense swept across the flesh of the sun, It ignored Xu Qing's Golden Crow and headed straight for the painting old man, pressing against his forehead.
A brutal divine sense erupted from the finger, as though It couldn't wait any longer. The madness and killing intent were overflowing so much that if Its body still couldn't be drawn, Its anger would destroy the surroundings in an instant.
The old man felt an intense chill of death and spoke loudly.
"No problem, chosen god. I'll draw your body now!"
As he spoke, the old man hurriedly took out his brush and hooked it toward the flesh of the sun's corpse where Xu Qing was. Immediately, a wisp of qi and blood spread out from the flesh and gathered in front of the old man's brush tip. It was as though it had turned into paint and ink. After he dipped his brush in it a few times, he quickly drew at the side.
With a few strokes, the outline of a body was roughly formed.
After noticing this scene, the violent intent from in the god's finger subsided a little, transmitting an intense desire. It didn't bother with Its surroundings and focused all Its divine sense on the outline of the body formed by the old man.
"Lord Heaven's Selection, you can fuse your divine sense into it. As I paint, it will gradually fuse with this body from the start. This is a method I specially thought of for Lord Heaven's Selection over these few days. It can greatly increase the success rate and reduce rejection."
The old man quickly spoke. Perhaps due to the toll of painting or to emphasize his efforts, his appearance had transformed significantly, losing the elegance he once possessed. Instead, madness gleamed in his eyes, and his hair was disheveled.
The god's finger instantly fused Its divine sense into the outline of the body. As the old man drew, the fusion deepened and the body slowly became clearer.
Xu Qing was extremely anxious. He knew that he didn't have much time left. Once the old man finished drawing the body, the outcome would be completely out of control.
This was especially so since he didn't trust that old man. The other party's cooperation earlier was clearly intentional. Although he didn't know the exact motive, it was ultimately malicious.
'I have to finish the Golden Crow's advancement before this old man finishes painting…' Xu Qing gritted his teeth and checked the progress of his Golden Crow's 100th tail.
This last tail was extremely important. It was only halfway formed, and was progressing slowly.
"Faster!" Xu Qing roared inwardly.
The Golden Crow also sensed Xu Qing's anxiety and crazily absorbed the flesh of the sun's corpse, even refining and devouring the Smoke Race members who had yet to completely fuse.
Just like that, the time it took for an incense stick to burn passed.
The scene here looked extremely bizarre from afar.
An old man with disheveled hair and bite marks all over his body was painting crazily with bloodshot eyes. What he was painting was a body that was thousands of feet long.
Right now, the skeleton of this body had been drawn and flesh was forming. It looked bizarre and shocking.
It also emitted the energy fluctuations of the sun, especially as the divine sense of the god's finger fused into it. There was also divine might spreading out and the intent to revive appeared.
Xu Qing's eyes were closed and he didn't move at all. However, the area of the sun's flesh he was in withered rapidly.
This withering was partly because of Xu Qing's absorption and partly because the old man used it to paint.
Further away, the stone lion dragged the head and was carefully moving away from here. Very soon, it encountered a restriction and couldn't go any further. It started panicking immediately.
"These two fellows are throwing the blame to the other party. I saw it… Heavens, my eyes, this is too terrifying!"
A strange glint appeared in the eyes of the head. It activated its ability to see what the future was like. However, with just a glance, it wailed silently.
"They're all dead, all of them are dead…" The head was about to cry. It felt that it was so unlucky and even began to miss the time when it was in the Prison Department. At this time, the Golden Crow finally formed its 100th tail.
In that instant, the Golden Crow was clearly excited and wanted to rush into the sky and let out a cry. However, Xu Qing immediately restrained it!
The Golden Crow felt like it was strangled.
It could only obediently return to Xu Qing's body and enter his Fifth Heavenly Palace.
Xu Qing's Fifth Heavenly Palace was formed by the emperor cultivation art Golden Crow Refines All Life. With the return of the Golden Crow, its shape suddenly changed. It no longer had the appearance of the Golden Crow but the figure of a youth.
This youth wore an emperor's robe and crown. His appearance was unmistakably that of Xu Qing. However, his body wasn't made of flesh and blood but was filled with endless magic power and the Golden Crow's… Dao Nascent.
Although he still looked blurry and was only in the embryonic stage, the moment he appeared, a fluctuation that far surpassed the Golden Core realm erupted from the Fifth Heavenly Palace.
Violent fluctuations filled Xu Qing's sea of consciousness. As the Golden Crow advanced to the third level, the Fifth Heavenly Palace couldn't be called a Heavenly Palace anymore.
It transformed into a hotbed that contained the Dao Nascent!
To a certain extent, this palace was the Nascent Soul realm. However, because Xu Qing's other Heavenly Palaces hadn't reached this stage yet, his realm at this moment was… the fake Nascent Soul realm!
The increase in his combat strength was also earth-shattering. Xu Qing sensed the restriction in the void. It was formed by countless transparent chains. He could sense the subtle changes in the divine power in the surroundings. It was the figures of countless tiny worms.