The teleportation stone tablet activated, and a strange power surged from it, instantly enveloping Lu Qing, carrying him through space and into the depths of the Void Realm.
The surrounding light rapidly receded, gradually distorting into streaks of flowing light.
Lu Qing felt as if he had been cast into an invisible river, flowing forward along a predetermined trajectory at an astonishing speed, far exceeding the limit of his own Space Teleportation.
Lu Qing silently sensed this strange power, attempting to analyze its essence.
His Divine Thought permeated it, tracing the patterns of the power, but he found that the deeper he went, the more chaotic it became.
That power contained some Law he couldn't comprehend, as if it came from a higher level of heavenly Laws.
At his current Realm, he still couldn't see through the essence of this power.
It was clear that the Witch Race Great Power who refined this stone tablet back then was more than one level higher than him in Realm.
However, Lu Qing was not surprised.
One must know that the Witch Race Great Power was an existence capable of creating a Secret Realm space.
While his current attainment in the Great Dao of Space was quite profound, he was still far from being able to create a Secret Realm space comparable to a Small World.
The gap between them was self-evident.
The strange power emanating from the stone tablet carried Lu Qing through layers of the Void Realm, rapidly heading towards a peculiar space hidden deep within the Void Realm.
Along the way, Lu Qing once again saw the strange sights of the Void Realm he had witnessed before.
In the distance, a golden temple floated in the Void Realm, emitting a faint Buddhist light.
The temple's outline was indistinct, and countless tiny runes circulated around it.
He could feel the sacred and solemn aura, but he couldn't see the full appearance of the temple, as if it were obstructed by an invisible barrier.
Further away, there was an unnamed island, floating alone in the Void Realm.
There seemed to be trees, buildings, and figures moving on the island.
But everything was blurry, as if seen through a veil.
There was also that mysterious creature whose full form was hard to glimpse, its colossal figure slowly swimming in the Void Realm, shaped like neither fish nor Dragon, emitting a faint blue light all around its body.
Its size was astonishingly vast; Lu Qing couldn't even see its entire form, only a small part of its body.
He had seen these strange sights during his last visit.
Back then, his Cultivation was still shallow, and he only felt shock.
Now that he was a Dao Integration Realm expert, seeing these again still filled him with awe.
Moreover, he became increasingly certain that these strange sights were not illusions, but genuinely existed.
But enveloped by the mysterious power, he still couldn't explore or touch those strange sights.
That power firmly protected him, only traveling along the predetermined path, not allowing him any deviation.
"It seems the mysteries deep within the Void Realm are far more numerous than I imagined."
Lu Qing thought to himself.
He dominated the star-filled sky outside; it was not an exaggeration to say he was the foremost person in his Home World's star-filled sky, but that was only because Dao Transformation Realm experts did not appear.
On the path of Cultivation, there were still too many existences far beyond his imagination.
Each of these strange sights hidden deep in the Void Realm contained unfathomable secrets.
Lu Qing withdrew his gaze, no longer pondering.
He waited quietly, letting the power carry him forward.
Time lost its meaning in the Void Realm.
After an unknown period, the stone tablet suddenly vibrated, breaking through a spatial barrier with him.
The view instantly opened up.
A familiar scene came into view, which was precisely the Witch Race Trial Secret Realm from before.
The stone tablet spun once and returned to Lu Qing's hand.
He put away the stone tablet; this stone tablet could be used three times in total, and including this time, it had been used twice, leaving one last chance.
"Hmm? This fluctuation... is Lu Qing back?"
The moment Lu Qing stepped into the Trial Secret Realm, the Mysterious Existence in the peculiar space sensed it.
He immediately understood that Lu Qing had returned.
Currently, the Trial Secret Realm was hidden deep within the Void Realm, its location constantly shifting, making it impossible for even a Dao Transformation Realm expert to find it.
Only the stone tablet in Lu Qing's hand could bring him back here.
"Did Lu Qing encounter some irresistible danger again?"
The Mysterious Existence thought, and his Divine Thought extended towards the direction from which the fluctuation came.
The next moment, he was greatly astonished.
On the other side, as soon as Lu Qing put away the stone tablet, he released Little Yan and Xiao Li from the Li Huo Cauldron.
Little Yan looked around curiously as soon as she came out: "Brother, have we arrived?"
Xiao Li also stood quietly by, with a hint of anticipation in her eyes.
Lu Qing was about to answer when he suddenly felt a spatial power sweep towards them.
The power was gentle and familiar; he understood that this was the work of that Senior, so he did not resist, allowing it to carry them into that peculiar space.
Space shifted, and the scene before his eyes changed again; he returned to that peculiar space.
"Indeed, it’s a spiritual sense clone..."
The voice of the Mysterious Existence rang out, filled with unconcealed shock.
"Lu Qing, it hasn't been long, and you've already achieved the Dao Integration Realm!"
How much time had passed since Lu Qing last left the trial space?
Not even a hundred years, but when he returned again, he had already entered the Dao Integration Realm?
More importantly, Lu Qing's Clone gave him a profound and unfathomable feeling.
His Divine Thought swept over Lu Qing, but he found that he couldn't see through his true foundation at all.
The power contained within that spiritual sense clone made even him, an ancient existence who had lived for countless millennia, feel a trace of trepidation.
The Mysterious Existence felt utterly shocked.
He had existed for an incredibly long time, experienced the great war between the Witch Race and the Human Race, and witnessed countless world-shaking Geniuses.
Which of those peerless Great Powers who rose during the ancient era wasn't astonishingly talented?
But he now felt that even those people would pale in comparison to Lu Qing's Cultivation speed.
"I was fortunate enough to Break through a while ago, Senior, please don't mock me." Lu Qing said humbly.
"You're still the same." The Mysterious Existence was somewhat speechless.
He had originally thought that Lu Qing had encountered some danger again and was forced to use the teleportation stone tablet to enter the Secret Realm for refuge.
Now, seeing his calm and composed demeanor, he probably misunderstood.
This young man probably came specifically to see him.
"Senior, this Junior has come in this time because I have something I wish to ask you."
Lu Qing didn't beat around the bush; after a brief exchange of pleasantries, he directly asked.
"Oh? What do you wish to know?" The Mysterious Existence’s mind stirred slightly.
"This Junior wishes to ask Senior, where did the Witch Race go after their defeat back then? Are they still in this world?"
The Mysterious Existence had not expected Lu Qing to ask about this matter.
He fell silent for a moment, seemingly weighing something.
After a while, he slowly spoke: "Why do you suddenly ask about this?"
Lu Qing didn't conceal anything; he briefly recounted what had happened outside.
Killing the Vice Temple Master and Temple Master of Black White Temple, entering the Dark Demon Abyss to see the remnant soul of Great Power Xuanhua, learning about the crisis of the world passage about to collapse, and his plan to go to the other world for help.
Among them, he emphasized the origin of the Dark Demon Abyss and the urgency of the world passage completely opening in a hundred years.
After listening, the Mysterious Existence fell into a long silence again, and the light in the peculiar space seemed to dim a few shades.
After a good while, he let out a long sigh.
"So that's how it is... is the Heavenly Demon Realm invading again?"
"Senior also knows about the Heavenly Demon Realm?" Lu Qing immediately asked.
"Naturally." The Mysterious Existence's voice deepened, "Speaking of which, when the Heavenly Demon Realm first invaded back then, I even fought against them."
He paused, seemingly recalling that distant past.
"That battle was quite tragic. The power of those monsters was completely different from the Cultivators of our world. Their power of darkness could suppress the Great Dao Laws, greatly reducing our strength."
Lu Qing nodded, deeply understanding.
The Mysterious Existence continued: "Don't you want to know where the existence who created this Secret Realm went? I can tell you now, he left with that group of Human Race ancient sages back then to stop the invasion of the Heavenly Demon Realm."
"It was like that." Lu Qing was surprised, "But weren't the Witch Race and Human Race..."
"Indeed, the Witch Race and Human Race were mortal enemies back then." The Mysterious Existence interrupted him, "But that existence was not like that; his vision had long transcended the conflict between the two races.
In his eyes, both the Witch Race and the Human Race were living beings of this star-filled sky, all his subjects.
So when he saw the Heavenly Demon Realm invade back then, he resolutely took action, helping the Human Race kill all those invading monsters."
Lu Qing fell silent.
He thought of Great Power Xuanhua and those ancient sages, remembering the sacrifices they made to protect this star-filled sky.
Whether Human Race or Witch Race, when facing external enemies, there were ultimately people who could put aside hatred and fight side by side.
"What about the remaining Witch Race?" Lu Qing asked again.
"I'm not afraid to tell you." The Mysterious Existence's voice carried a hint of complex emotion, "Back then, after our Witch Race lost the great war between the two races, the few surviving Ancestral Witches took the remaining clansmen, riding our Witch Race's supreme treasure, and following the memories in their Bloodline Legacy, broke through the Universe wall and went to an unknown world."
"Legacy memories?" Lu Qing was startled, "Senior, didn't you say that your Witch Race's Ancestral Witches were born with heaven and earth?"
"Indeed." The Mysterious Existence said, "But strangely, within our clan's Bloodline Legacy, a mysterious coordinate is hidden.
This memory of coordinates can only be awakened after Breaking through to the Ancestral Witch Realm.
This matter was told to me by that great existence after he achieved the Ancestral Witch Realm."
"There's such a thing?" Lu Qing's heart tightened.
Ancestral Witches born with the world, whose Bloodline also contained another Legacy memory, and it was about a mysterious coordinate—this felt wrong no matter how he thought about it.
"You also find it strange, right?" The Mysterious Existence gave a wry smile, "In fact, that great existence, after Breaking through to the Ancestral Witch Realm, began to doubt the true origin of our Witch Race.
Were we truly born with this heaven and earth? Or did we come from somewhere else?"
He paused, then continued: "Unfortunately, even the Twelve Ancestral Witches couldn't explain where this Legacy memory came from.
And after they left with their clansmen, they never returned.
So I don't know where that mysterious coordinate leads."
"Never returned, huh..." Lu Qing murmured.
He suddenly remembered something, and his heart stirred, asking: "Senior, in the outside world, over a hundred thousand years ago, there was an exotic beast expert who called himself 'Ancestral Dragon.' Is there any connection with your Witch Race?"
"What? Ancestral Dragon! Are you sure?"
Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, the Mysterious Existence's emotions suddenly fluctuated violently, and the light in the space flickered accordingly.
"Yes, it was called Ancestral Dragon." Lu Qing nodded, "Legend says it had nine sons and was once an existence famous throughout the star-filled sky. Unfortunately, eighty or ninety thousand years ago, it suddenly disappeared and has never reappeared since."
During this period, Lu Qing accompanied Little Yan and the others on their travels through the star-filled sky, and also tried to search for traces of the 'Ancestral Dragon.'
The result was that the entity had already vanished from the star-filled sky a long time ago.
Even its nine sons had also disappeared without a trace, never reappearing, and no one knew where they went.
"Could it be my Witch Race's surviving clansmen? But that shouldn't be..." The Mysterious Existence's voice was full of doubt, "'Ancestral Dragon' is the name of an Ancestral Witch from our clan who has already fallen. If it were other clansmen, they wouldn't dare to impersonate this name!"
But to say that the 'Ancestral Dragon' Ancestral Witch was resurrected, he also found it hard to believe.
After all, the other Ancestral Witches had confirmed that the 'Ancestral Dragon' Ancestral Witch had truly perished, body and soul, and it was absolutely impossible for him to be resurrected.
"Lu Qing, are you sure that exotic beast called 'Ancestral Dragon' truly disappeared?" The Mysterious Existence asked.
"It should be correct." Lu Qing said, "I searched extensively and even used divination techniques, but found no trace of it.
With my current attainment in divination, if it were still in this world, no matter how deeply hidden, I should be able to find some clues.
The result was nothing, the greatest possibility is that it has already left this world."
"That's a pity." The Mysterious Existence sounded somewhat regretful.
Since it was no longer in this world, it meant there was no way to verify some of his conjectures.
Lu Qing, however, had some vague guesses. He recalled that Suan Ni, one of the 'Ancestral Dragon''s nine sons, had left a drop of true Blood in his Home World, creating the Dragon Turtle race.
And after Xiao Li and Little White absorbed the two drops of true Blood refined by that Primordial Spirit Realm Dragon Turtle, their Cultivation of the Witch Race Cultivation Technique 【True Dragon Nine Transformations】 could be described as uniquely blessed.
There was likely a significant connection here.
However, Lu Qing did not voice these conjectures; these matters could not yet be verified, and speaking them would only add to the trouble.
He changed the subject and said: "Senior, in a few years, this Junior will cross that world passage and go to the other world to seek aid from the ancient sages. After this journey, I don't know if I will have a chance to return, so I specifically came in to bid you farewell."
The Mysterious Existence fell silent for a moment, and the light in the space seemed to soften a few shades.
"I didn't expect the safety of the world to fall on the shoulders of a young child like you." His voice carried a hint of emotion.
He recalled that when Lu Qing first entered the Secret Realm, he was only at the Golden Core Realm.
At that time, Lu Qing was merely a Junior with some potential in his eyes.
In the blink of an eye, not many years had passed, and he was already in the Dao Integration Realm. Now, he was even to bear the heavy responsibility of saving the entire world.
Such a change made him sigh with emotion.
"Unfortunately, with your current Realm and strength, I can no longer provide you with any help here." The Mysterious Existence said with some regret.
"Not at all." Lu Qing quickly said, "The help Senior gave this Junior back then was already more than enough; if not for that, this Junior would not have achieved what I have today."
"However, when you go to the other world, you might encounter that great existence. At that time, you can ask him to bestow the latter half of the 【Ten Thousand Tribulations Undying Heavenly Witch Body】 to complete your Cultivation."
Lu Qing's heart stirred.
He didn't mention that he had already created his own Cultivation Technique and walked a path unique to himself, but instead asked: "Senior, may I know the name of that Senior now?"
He still didn't know how to address the great existence who created this Secret Realm.
"That great existence is named 'Ji.' Remember it well."
"Ji..." Lu Qing silently repeated the name, engraving it firmly in his heart, then nodded, "This Junior remembers, thank you, Senior."
In the following days, Lu Qing, Little Yan, and the others stayed in the Secret Realm space for a few days, accompanying the Mysterious Existence for a while.
During these days, they sat in that peculiar space, listening to the Mysterious Existence recount some ancient tales.
Tales about the great war between the Witch Race and the Human Race, about the invasion of the Heavenly Demon Realm, and about that great existence named 'Ji.'
Little Yan listened with great interest, and Xiao Li also listened quietly.
And during these few days, when the Mysterious Existence learned that Lu Qing had entered the Dao Integration Realm by simultaneously Fusing nine Great Daos with his Divine Thought, he was even more shocked and his mind was greatly stirred.
He repeatedly confirmed it several times before he dared to believe it was true.
"Nine Great Daos..." He murmured, "Such a terrifying Genius can actually be born in this world."
Even after Lu Qing and the others bade farewell and left, his mind had not fully calmed down.
"Perhaps he really can find the Master."
Looking at the Secret Realm that had returned to peace, the Mysterious Existence finally sighed faintly.
That sigh echoed in the empty space, lingering for a long time.
