Chapter 405 (2/2)

A Deity avatar was similar to a Qi avatar.

One one became a Deity, they could send forth a Deity avatar to move for them. Once its energy ran out, it would dissipate, while the tiny soul-strand embedded within it would as well.

Once Xue Ying had obtained detailed information about the situation, Xue Ying and Chao Qing left the ancient temple hall side by side.

“You really plan on going, Dong Bo?” Chao Qing was somewhat worried.

“Don’t worry, I’ll make sure to cultivate an avatar technique first. I’ll only leave once I’ve finished cultivating it,” Xue Ying replied. Even though he’d already cultivated an avatar technique, it had been kept a secret due to Crimson Rock Mountain’s ‘if a Crimson Rock Disciple doesn’t have a grade one true meaning, or is not a World Deity, they are forbidden from cultivating avatar technique’ rule. If he were to prematurely expose that he’d cultivated an avatar technique, he wouldn’t be able to explain it.

Currently, only Crimson Rock knew that he’d cultivated an avatar technique.

If you cultivate an avatar technique, you’ll have to split your soul in two, which will cause an impact on your cultivation.” Chao Qing sighed. “Ai… Yun Hai has been taken to toil in a mine, yet we can’t save him.”

Chao Qing still thought that it would best for Xue Ying to cultivate until he was stronger.

Cultivating an avatar would lead to his cultivation becoming slower; this made Chao Qing feel extremely indebted to Xue Ying. Emperor Purple Thunder also felt some guilt; it was just that if Yun Hai wasn’t saved, he’d most likely be tormented to death.

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“Only my avatar will be going; I’ll be getting an avatar technique first,” Xue Ying said. If he wanted to conceal the fact that he already had an avatar, then he had to conceal it from everyone. He needed to make everyone believe that he was sending a Deity avatar to the Deity World in order to get an avatar technique.

“I still don’t have enough strength… If I was strong enough, I would also cultivate an avatar technique and go with you.” Jing Qiu then said, “Even though I’m not a disciple of Crimson Rock Mountain, I believe that your senior apprentice brothers would be willing to teach me an avatar technique.”

“Jing Qiu, with you strength, it won’t be long until you become a Deity,” Xue Ying replied.

It was true.

Mountain Lord He, Si Kong Yang, and the others were all unable to become Deities, and he’d had to reconstruct bodies for them to continue cultivating within Crimson Rock Mountain. However, Jing Qiu was different. When she’d forcefully controlled the Star Pagoda, despite her soul almost dissipating, her perception had become much, much higher through doing so. Even though she had to be rescued afterward, her perception was still much higher than it had been. She had now cultivated another grade two true meaning to the pinnacle of the stage three realm and even vaguely felt that she’d break through soon.

“En. When I become a Deity, I’ll cultivate an avatar technique so that I can travel the Deity World alongside you.” Jing Qiu nodded and smiled.

The morning sun rose.

A star-blue robed Xue Ying gazed down at the Xia Clan world from high up in the vast sky.

“Going to the deity world?” Xue Ying’s mood was somewhat complex.

Originally, he’d planned to peacefully cultivate until the eve of the God Palace’s Myriad Flower Feast and then set off. However, it seemed that he was setting off three hundred years in advance.

“I’ll take a look then. What exactly is the Deity World like? I’ve heard many legends, but I’ve never actually seen it.” Xue Ying’s heart was moved.

Weng!

He made the entire Xia Clan World reject his avatar, and a wave instantly enshrouded him. He instantly felt like he was being ejected! This was the entire material world sending him out.

The scenery in front of him fluctuated, and a vast, starry expanse appeared.

“This is the Deity World?” Xue Ying said, standing in the midst of the starry sky as he gazed at the distant stars. The starry sky was boundlessly vast, and only the extremely distant sun shone where he was, albeit through the obstruction of the endless distance between him and it. On the opposite side of him, the Moon Star’s clear yet cold radiance shone.

As he stood by himself in the midst of the starry sky, Xue Ying visually estimated that the closest star was over ten billion meters away. Furthermore, he could tell that it was most likely desolate.

“The Deity world is simply too large.” Xue Ying silently gasped.

There was an uncountable number of stars in every star field, yet the number of them that could bear life was extremely low.