Legend of the Great Sage (Chapter 701-Chapter 833)

Li Qingshan smiled happily. As long as his strength could completely recover, even facing third heavenly tribulation Daemon Kings and Soul Nascence cultivators would not be a problem if he had Cloud Dream marsh as a foundation! Of course, it would still be best for him to flee if he was up against those on par with the Ten Daemon Kings.

Although the Water God Seal had not expanded too much in size, who knew how many times more powerful the energy in this region of water was compared to the many rivers and lakes in the Ruyi commandery. From the perspective of a water god, his rank was worlds apart.

Li Qingshan flew back, passing through resplendent beams of sunlight that poured through the cracks in the clouds.

Gazing at this, Ru Xin also felt rather excited for a moment, but she soon shook her head. “This guy!”

Li Qingshan arrived before her and passed the Water God Seal to her generously. “You can play around with it for a few days first! Don’t forget to leave behind your aura. That way, even if you run into second heavenly tribulation enemies, you can still kill them!”

Ru Xin gazed at the Water God Seal and could not help but be drawn in by its deep, bright glow. Suddenly, she raised her head and glanced at Li Qingshan, becoming surprised. “You still haven’t left!?” She waved her hand with a smile. “Then I’ll be going first!” She turned around and made her way into the marsh, snickering to herself, “Men sure are easy to fool!”

The corner of Li Qingshan’s eyes twitched. Even burning bridges would normally take a little longer than that, and what she said at the end was a little too loud, wasn’t it? He blocked her way in a flash and smiled obscenely, “Do you know what this is called where I’m from?”

“What’s it called?”

“It’s called having a sugar baby! Normally, the woman has to pay a certain price!” Li Qingshan licked his lips.

“Really? Then what price do you need me to pay?” Ru Xin took a step forward with a wide smile as if she knew Li Qingshan would not do anything to her.

Li Qingshan studied her up and down and said helplessly, “Forget about it. I’ll let you off this time. I’m going!”

Ru Xin leaned forward, bringing her beautiful face up to Li Qingshan’s. Li Qingshan’s breathing halted. Right when he thought something was about to happen, all he heard was a whisper by his ear, “Come back soon!”

Her gentle breath tickled his skin, filled with mischief. Li Qingshan pushed her away in exasperation and took off into the air. He glanced back from afar, and she had already become tiny, still standing on the shore of the marsh. If he stayed for a moment longer, he really might lose control and end up doing something!



“Is he afraid that I’ll leave here alone?”

Ru Xin looked at the Water God Seal in her hands. Even if it were just for the sake of this precious Water God Seal, she would not leave Cloud Dream marsh without good reason. And, as long as she remained in Cloud Dream marsh, she would be half-of-a-master of Cloud Dream marsh. She could use the Water God Seal freely, and there would not be a lot of people that could harm her.

The meticulousness and thoroughness he showed really did not resemble him, but since this was the case, she would properly cultivate for a while!

Li Qingshan sent Xianghua Zi and Xianghua Lu back to Fragrant Flower market and stayed for a few more days before leaving. As for what he did, only he knew. However, he still ended up seeing Xianghua Hong. In order to prevent this loyal disciple who had been brainwashed by the Heart Cleansing Technique of Clear Ripple from overhearing anything, Ru Xin had sent her away beforehand, so she was very fortunate and escaped the disaster unscathed. Afterwards, the White Lotus cult had sent her back.

Li Qingshan stretched his back and sniffed himself. He still seemed to be smelling like flowers. The arms of women really are the bane of heroes!

At this moment, the smell of sulfur invaded his nostrils. A stream of black smoke rose up from the horizon, and an unending chain of volcanoes appeared. This was where he had undergone nirvā?a rebirth!

Li Qingshan’s eyes narrowed, recovering their sharpness. He would definitely be breaking through to the second layer of the phoenix this time!





Chapter 740: Second Layer of the Phoenix, Letter by Flying Sword | Legend of the Great Sage




Li Qingshan flew towards a crater that was currently erupting, passing through the sulfurous smoke and throwing himself into the scorching-hot magma. It swallowed him and kicked up a great, dazzling splash.

The volcano stopped erupting. Before long, the sky began to rain again.

A group of barbarians appeared at the bottom of the mountain. The old leader barbarian called out, “Boys, move fast! Don’t fall into the pits of fire and get roasted!”

“Alrighty!” the barbarians answered back loudly. They all carried a bamboo basket on their back, scouring the ground carefully.

If Li Qingshan had been conscious back then in the stone egg, then he would have discovered the barbarian that had picked him up was among them. He was much more mature now, and he had gained a son over the years. Although it was good news, the burden on his shoulders did become much greater. The barbarian who found the Asura Field was not so fortunate. A venomous snake had bitten him to death a year ago in the jungle.

The life of mortals was always a mixture between life and death, day in and day out. A few years was a very large part of a person’s life. Recalling what happened a few years ago was already a very distant matter.

But to cultivators that forgot about the concept of time when they cultivated in seclusion, did time weigh heavily or was it diluted? Probably nobody could answer that question!

Li Qingshan flapped his phoenix wings and constantly ventured deeper. The fire spiritual qi became denser and denser, but the influence from the underground magnetic field grew stronger and stronger too. The circulation of his daemon qi began showing signs of sluggishness, and he could not even open his sumeru ring anymore.

Although I have some of the phoenix’s bloodline, I still can’t dive into the depths of the magma like the Golden Cicada Spirit King. Legend has it that there are many earth bubbles deep within the mantle, which are far more powerful and dangerous than something like divine lightning when they explode!

Diving too deep was instead detrimental to cultivation, so Li Qingshan floated back up to an appropriate depth. He spun around, and the flames of the earth revolved around him, turning into an egg. He took out the pills he had purchased from Gu Yanying from the sumeru ring and ingested them one by one, practising the second layer of the Phoenix’s Scripture of Nirvā?a.

In the depths of Cloud Dream marsh, it became extremely dim. The Water God Seal shone faintly, and the surroundings were tranquil.

“I should be able to maintain a basic balance like this!”

Ru Xin held the heart of the fire devourer, Zhu Lie, and murmured to herself. She gently cast away her legs, which suddenly turned into a blue fish tail. She swam towards even deeper depths.

The sun and moon interchanged in the sky. Time passed.

Slivers of fire spiritual qi merged with Li Qingshan’s body, converted into pure cultivation. With the experience from practising the first layer of the Phoenix’s Scripture of Nirvā?a, he actually found the second layer a little easier in comparison.

Actually, the first two layers of each transformation were the foundations, so they were not particularly difficult. When Li Qingshan first began practising the transformations of the ox, tiger, and turtle, everything had progressed very smoothly too.

The Phoenix’s Scripture of Nirvā?a conflicted with the Spirit Turtle’s Method of Sea Suppression and had been suppressed, which was why it seemed particularly difficult. Now, he had already grasped the basics of merging water and fire, and he understood how to control the spirit turtle. He could prevent it from influencing the phoenix too much, so it obviously became easier.

During the process, he gradually grew larger too.