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"Ao!"
In the Buzhou Mountain Range, full of verdant trees, a small beast with black and white fur let out a long howl towards the sky, its voice shaking the heavens.
Li Qingming only felt his body about to burst, the continuous streams of qingliu flowing out from the Qiankun Ruler were stimulating his nerves.
Above Mount Buzhou, dark clouds suddenly gathered densely, spreading over hundreds of thousands of miles.
All the Great Powers in Primordial who had come into being, Hong Jun, Luo Hou, Tian Long, Feng Tian, Lin Tian and the like, all turned their gaze towards the direction of Mount Buzhou, their hearts filled with various thoughts...
The Three Pure Ones at the foot of Mount Buzhou, who were discussing the Dao, simultaneously raised their heads, their faces extremely solemn as they looked at the dark clouds in the sky.
"Eldest brother, could this be?..." Primordial Venerable flicked his duster and spoke.
Laozi nodded and said, "This is the 'Purple Night Divine Punishment'!"
"Tss!" Tongtian sharply inhaled a breath of cold air and said, "What on earth happened on this mountain to actually evoke Divine Punishment?"
Primordial Venerable's expression was extremely grim as he said, "Eldest brother, Qingmingzi is still on the mountain, and this Divine Punishment stretches across the entire Buzhou Mountain Range! I fear..."
"Fear not! Since that elder explicitly pointed out that Qingmingzi is a chance for you, and even for us, The Three Pure Ones, he must have something extraordinary! Before this, aside from his odd speech, Qingmingzi had not shown any peculiarities. Thus, I assert that Qingmingzi will certainly be fine on this trip!" Laozi regained his calm and breezy expression.
Upon hearing this, Primordial Venerable's face brightened slightly.
At this moment, Li Qingming was indeed in grave danger. Although the Qiankun Ruler continued to give him warnings, his mind was also filled with illusions:
Li Qingming opened his sleepy eyes and saw a bright white ceiling. The morning sunlight, shining through the gaps in the curtains, illuminated the beige walls and jolted Li Qingming into full wakefulness. He hurriedly rubbed his eyes and muttered to himself, "Wasn't I climbing Mount Buzhou? Where is this?"
Upon closer inspection, he saw his familiar computer desk, and besides the iMac, there was a calendar. The page of the calendar that was turned open displayed April 12, 2013—the very day he had transmigrated!
Looking at his arms and limbs, Li Qingming was utterly baffled: "What's going on? Could it be that everything that happened was just a dream, a mere figment of imagination?"
"Brother Ming, are you home? It's Xiao Pang!" A sudden shout from downstairs startled Li Qingming.
"I'm here, just woke up! Let me get dressed," Li Qingming said excitedly upon hearing the familiar voice.
"What's up with you today, Xiao Pang?" Opening the door, Li Qingming looked down at Xiao Pang's plump figure and thought, "It's been a long time since we last met, and I have kind of missed this foodie!"
"Brother Ming, my dad's back from America today and wants to invite you over to our place for a meal!" Xiao Pang, wearing slippers, casually walked into the living room.
"Hehe, Luo Hou is back, huh? It's been a while since I've seen him!" A flash of sharpness crossed Li Qingming's eyes.
That fatty, named Luo Shucheng, was the son of the renowned multinational conglomerate's head, Luo Hong, of Luo Group. The Luo and Li families were old family friends, and Xiao Pang and Li Qingming grew up like brothers. When they were young, Li Qingming would lead Xiao Pang in mischief, from stealing chickens and dogs to peeping at beautiful ladies taking baths, they had done it all.
"Hey, isn't it the truth? Even I, his son, have trouble getting a chance to see him. What on earth is he always so busy doing?" Xiao Pang twitched the corner of his mouth and said. "Speaking of which, Brother Ming, you're not getting any younger. Why aren't you finding someone?"
"Hehe, I was about to ask you the same question?" Li Qingming's tone turned slightly colder.
"Oh? Me? I've got no interest in that, no beauty serves me better than a good meal!" Xiao Pang laughed heartily.
Li Qingming swiftly walked a few steps, suddenly grabbed Xiao Pang's neck, and lifting him up, said: "Who the hell are you? What exactly is going on?"
"Brother Ming, what's wrong? What exactly is going on? I don't understand what you mean. Let go, I can't breathe!" Xiao Pang's eyes were filled with panic, his legs flailing wildly.
"Pretend! Just keep pretending! I don't mind killing you right here!" Fierce light gleamed in Li Qingming's eyes.
Xiao Pang's eyes turned icy, a burst of black energy suddenly erupted from his body, freeing himself from Li Qingming's grip. The room also shook and turned into nothingness. Having changed appearance, Xiao Pang said: "How did you see through me!"
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"Xiao Pang's pursuit of beauty is more important than his pursuit of fine food. That's exactly your mistake!" Li Qingming smirked, his expression turning cold.
"Hahaha! Truly, a freak from the Primordial era, as such, you've passed the trial of the heart, enjoy the Purple Night Thunder Punishment slowly! Hahaha" With that, he vanished into thin air.
A tremendous tremor shook the heavens and the earth, and Li Qingming woke up.
"What a trial of the heart!" Li Qingming pondered for a long time, then with his hind paws on the ground, he stood on his hind legs and roared defiantly at the sky: "From now on, I am Li Qingming of this era, also known as Qingmingzi! I hereby sever ties with the past, may the Great Dao bear witness!"
"BOOM CRACK" A purple Divine Thunder, broke through layers of clouds, striking straight down at Li Qingming.
Caught off guard, Li Qingming was charred by the Divine Thunder, inside and out. His fur turned black and wisps of green smoke continuously rose from his mouth.
Li Qingming felt as if a bottle of mixed emotions had been knocked over inside him: "Don't all those transmigration novels say something about severing ties with the past life, and how this life should be something or other? Why the hell am I still getting struck by Heavenly Thunder?"
"CRACK"
Another purple Divine Thunder struck down, and Li Qingming deployed the Qiankun Map; the Divine Thunder hit it and sizzled upon impact.
Perhaps even the Heavenly Punishment was irritated by Li Qingming's leisurely defiance; the thick, ink-like clouds constantly compressed and condensed in the middle, until they covered only a small area.
From within the clouds, lightning shaped like human figures leaped out. Li Qingming's jaw dropped in shock and he thought, "I'm not Ye Fan, this isn't the Heavenly Covering! I've never heard of undergoing a Heavenly Tribulation that requires fighting against numerous Emperors like in Heavenly Covering! Heavenly Dao, I'm done with this bullshit!"
In the time it takes to speak, the humanoid lightning was already upon him. With "Green Bamboo" tightly grasped in his left hand, the Qiankun Ruler held high in his right hand, and the Qiankun Map above his head, Li Qingming braced himself.
"SWISH" "SWISH" "SWISH"
No more, no less, nine figures appeared, each in the shape of a person. All held axe-shaped lightning, stood on purple lightning lotuses, and lightning halos above their heads.
The nine figures formed the pattern of the Nine Palaces, their axes chopping continuously, each blow landing on the Qiankun Map. The Qiankun Map trembled non-stop, flickering on and off.
Although the Qiankun Map is an Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Divine Punishment was an act of the Heavenly Dao. How could an ordinary Spiritual Treasure with stand it? Soon, with a mournful cry, the Qiankun Map flew back to Li Qiming's Dan Tian Purple Mansion.
The axes didn't care and chopped down one after another on Li Qingming's fist-sized body. From a distance, Li Qingming looked like a blossoming sunflower, glistening and gleaming gold.
"I'm done with this bullshit!" Li Qingming roared, swinging Green Bamboo at the humanoid lightning.
"HA!"
'Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms', 'Qiankun Great Shifting', 'Tai Chi', 'Eight Trigrams Wandering Dragon Palm'...
A cornered dog will leap over a wall, let alone a human. Li Qingming wildly launched Body Techniques, Spells, and talismanic magic.
The heavens and earth where Li Qingming stood were left in disarray from the scrambling by Heavenly Thunder and Li Qingming, unrecognizable.
However, it was quite effective; the humanoid lightning was unknowingly scattered by Li Qingming's blows.
As a result, Li Qingming's internally stored Mana was almost depleted.
"I'm damned if I die, but I won't let you have it easy!" Li Qingming's eyes were bloodshot and he looked ferocious as his body suddenly swelled up!
Ten meters...
One hundred meters...
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