The Golden Lotus

Liang's vertical eyes widened in surprise as he turned his head to look behind him. A translucent golden figure appeared in his sight. Liang let out a sigh of relief when he saw that and contempt flashed through his eyes. He sneered, "To think that a mere soul imprint would talk to me like that."

The golden figure was stunned for a moment before laughing in anger. "It seems like you do have some guts". As he said that, his eyes flashed, and a massive divine consciousness erupted from him.

Liang felt a wave of suppression engulfing him, his eyes flashed with surprise. For a soul imprint to be so powerful, clearly the cultivation of the person who left it is far from him.

Liang's vertical eyes flashed with a dark crimson light. Many crimson dark runes began to glow on his golden scale. He opened his mouth and let out a deep, guttural roar that resembled a dragon roar. The raw energy emanating from it crackled in the air, causing the golden figure to take a step back involuntarily.

Once the suppression force disappeared, he opened his mouth, and his Void core began to revolve at a terrifying speed. A massive suction force erupted, pulling any kind of energy or Qi around him. Soon, the golden figure began to turn into small particles before disappearing into the golden serpent's mouth.

With a smirk, Liang spoke, "Seems like you're not as impressive as you thought, little soul imprint."

Suddenly, his expression changed. He closed his eyes and looked inside his Dantian. A frown appeared on his face as he realized that something was wrong. He spotted a golden figure standing beside his void core.

A small golden serpent suddenly appeared above the void core, looking at the golden figure gloomily.

The golden figure turned his attention from the void core to the golden serpent and said with amusement, "To think that such a little worm like you managed to cultivate the void Qi and even condensed a Void Core."

Liang looked at the golden figure with a gloomy expression. It seems that the void core power has no effect on him.

Suddenly, a thought came to his mind, and soon, a slit appeared on his glabella. A golden Palace could be seen inside the slit space, The door of the golden palace was opened, and a translucent golden serpent appeared. With lightning speed, it arrived at the Dantian, the two serpents stood beside each other. Shortly, they began to merge, and a bigger serpent with translucent golden scales appeared.

The golden figure was surprised to see that. Soon, his expression changed as the serpent opened its mouth. He could feel himself being pulled inside the serpent's mouth, and this time, it was different. "I advise you not to do that. If I die, my main body will notice it. At that time, you will surely die no matter how powerful you are or where you would escape."

The golden serpent opened its mouth wider, and the pulling force increased. Soon, the golden figure's body began to turn into small golden particles before being sucked inside the serpent's mouth.

The serpent that came out of the palace was his soul form. It is the source of consciousness and Divine Sense. Its shape differs from one cultivator to another. Usually, after its formation, it doesn't leave the cultivator's palace.

When he couldn't devour the golden figure, he concluded that the void core couldn't absorb soul energy. So he then decided to try his soul form. Fortunately for him, it worked.

The serpent's body began to glow with a Powerful light before turning back into two serpents again. Shortly, each one dissipated separately.

Liang's eyelids fluttered open, and although the slit on his forehead vanished, a deep furrow remained between his brows, betraying his inner turmoil. He pondered for a moment before his gaze settled on the golden lotus. With a deliberate motion, he opened wide and swallowed it whole.

Contrary to expectations, the lotus wasn't consumed by the voracious Void core within him. Instead, it serenely hovered above the void seed. In a short while, the lotus began to wilt, shrinking until it was no more than a tiny seed. From this seed, delicate roots sprang forth, reaching out to caress the void seed. Upon contact, the void seed fragmented into myriad runes. These runes vanished without a trace as soon as they touched the roots, leaving nothing behind.

A pang of loss struck Liang as he realized the Void seed had vanished. Yet, almost immediately, a vast expanse of void Qi began to fill his being, setting his senses alight with confusion. Closing his eyes to probe this anomaly, he discovered, to his amazement, that the source of the void energy was the golden lotus seed within him.

The golde loutes seed must have somehow acquired the void seed abilities after consuming it.

The amount of void Qi he now possessed was beyond his wildest dreams.

Liang closed his eyes and steadied his breathing, feeling the energy coursing through his veins.

With a smile on his lips, Liang began to concentrate on the golden lotus seed above his Dantian, slowly feeling the void Qi within him growing stronger with each passing moment.

The golden scales on his body began to glow with a purple lustre, and his body increased in size until it reached 60 meters. The spikes on his back turned golden.

With a burst of energy and power, Liang opened his eyes and stretched out his massive serpent body.

With a grin on his massive serpent face, Liang turned around and drifted in the air, The void around him began to distort, and the serpent disappeared.

***

Meanwhile, Bai Shun and Mi Ling's expressions turned ugly upon witnessing Li Wei's death, which would complicate the battle more.

Drunken Sword was about to summon more Sword Rays when something suddenly happened. The whole Forbidden Ground began to shake, and something happened that was not taken into account. The giant black lotus began to wilt and quickly fell from the mountain, destroying everything in its path. The violent tremor forced the three of them to move away each to one side. Suddenly, they noticed that the poison Qi in the air began to decrease, even the sky itself after it was covered with dark clouds, some light began to pass through it.

Mi Ling looked around and started to have a bad feeling. She looked at Bai Shun and muttered through a voice transmission, "Be careful, I don't feel like what happens next will be in our favour."

Bai Shen was about to answer her when his eyes widened. He looked around him in confusion. The space around them began to distort. Suddenly, a massive golden serpent with scales that shone with a violet lustre appeared in the air out of nowhere.

His eyes bared down on them, and soon, his sight caught the severely injured Drunken Sword Lord.

The golden serpent slithered towards Drunken Sword with unimaginable speed. Drunken Sword's eyes flashed with fear for the first time when he saw the serpent in front of him. Leaving him with no time to react, the serpent swallowed him whole, leaving no trace behind.

Bai Shen and Mei Ling were stunned.

The serpent looked at the two of them and was about to attack them too.But he suddenly felt something wrong inside him. Ignoring the two cultivators, he turned around and floated towards the Forbidden Ground exit with an unimaginable speed.

Bai Shun was about to follow the serpent, but Mi Ling looked at him and raised her hand, indicating for him to stop.

"What's it? Why did you stop me?" Bai Shun looked at her in confusion.

Mi Ling didn't answer. Instead, she pointed with her finger towards a certain area. Bai Shun followed her with his eyes, and soon, surprise flashed through them, and a smile appeared on his face.