When I woke up, I wanted to go home.

Chapter 121 Qi Lao Dies, Zhu Rong Flees

"Old man, do you think you can just turn the world upside down like this?" Zhu Chongjiu roared, his eyes wide with rage. His hands clenched into fists, and he exuded a powerful aura, as if he were one with the entire world.

Just then, Zhu Chongjiu shouted, "Heavy water of the five elements of heaven and earth, suppress it!" With his roar, the huge ice surface on the snowfield, which had been slightly raised and was surging towards him, began to slowly sink down as if suppressed by some mysterious force.

Seeing this, Qi Lao was startled, but being a seasoned veteran, he quickly regained his composure and unleashed his full power to resist. However, Zhu Chongjiu roared again, his voice echoing through the sky: "You old bastard, behold my Five Elements Fist!"

In an instant, a dazzling white light shot out from Zhu Chongjiu's fist like lightning. Qi Lao, who was fighting Zhu Chongjiu with all his might, didn't even have time to feel the pain brought by this blow before his whole body exploded like a boulder hit by a cannonball. Fragments of flesh and blood flew everywhere, staining the pure white snow red.

The instant Zhu Chongjiu successfully struck Elder Qi, the vast continent, which had been trembling and ravaged by fierce winds and snow, suddenly fell into a deathly silence. All sounds seemed to vanish without a trace, leaving only the snowflakes falling silently, as if time itself had frozen.

After Zhu Chongjiu killed Qi Lao in one blow, Zhu Rong Gongzi, who was standing below, was stunned for a moment, then looked at Zhu Chongjiu with a ferocious expression and said, "Good, good, good...! I didn't expect that you would actually master the Five Elements Body Tempering Technique in just a few months."

But what's the use?

"Today, you will die!"

When Prince Zhurong said this, Zhu Chongjiu sensed something was wrong and rushed towards Prince Zhurong in the blink of an eye, intending to kill him.

However, no matter how fast Zhu Chongjiu was, he was still no match for Young Master Zhu Rong. Young Master Zhu Rong pulled out a crystal radiating a powerful aura from his robes. The instant Young Master Zhu Rong produced the crystal, he tossed it towards Zhu Chongjiu.

After the crystal left Prince Zhurong, a blinding light instantly illuminated the entire Ruixue Kingdom.

Zhu Chongjiu felt his body slowly melting under the intense light. Not only Zhu Chongjiu, but everything in the entire Ruixue Kingdom, people and objects alike, was slowly melting under this light. Even the border barriers of the Ruixue Kingdom, and indeed the entire world, were slowly melting under this intense light.

Just at this critical moment, a cold voice came from the void: "Do you really think I'm easy to bully?"

"You've repeatedly dared to provoke me, or else if I were in trouble, I would have wiped out your entire clan."

As the sound rang out, a black droplet the size of a fist suddenly appeared on the crystal, instantly enveloping it before both the crystal and the black droplet vanished into thin air.

After the crystal and the black water droplet disappeared, the world returned to normal.

At this moment, Zhu Chongjiu knew that it was Senior Shuiying who had made the move.

Once Zhu Chongjiu had calmed his mind, he saw that the young master Zhurong had already ascended to the sky and was using a magical artifact to slowly open a gap in the sky.

Upon seeing this, Zhu Chongjiu roared, "Trying to run? Leave your life behind!"

Upon hearing Zhu Chongjiu's words, Prince Zhurong cursed inwardly, "I've already spared my life, what's the point of running away now!"

Just as Prince Zhurong opened a gap in the sky that only one person could pass through, he excitedly said, "Once I return to the Immortal Lord's Mansion, it will be your death day."

As soon as Prince Zhurong finished speaking, he sensed a life-or-death crisis and released a beam of red light that instantly enveloped him.

With a loud bang, the entire sky trembled. The red light did not shatter, but the young master Zhu Rong inside the red light was struck by Zhu Chongjiu's full force, causing him to vomit blood. Some broken internal organs could even be seen mixed in with the blood.

At the same time, Zhu Chongjiu's all-out attack sent Prince Zhurong flying out of the sky, that is, out of this world.

Through the gap in the sky, Zhu Chongjiu watched as the figure of Prince Zhu Rong vanished in an instant. It was also the first time he had ever seen the world beyond this realm.

Zhu Chongjiu stared blankly at the world outside the sky, and even after the gap in the sky slowly closed, he still hadn't come back to his senses.

At this moment, Shui Ying's voice rang in Zhu Chongjiu's mind once again: "What's there to see? Hurry up and come back to cultivate."

Zhu Chongjiu's thoughts were interrupted by Shui Ying's voice. After sighing, he disappeared from the sky and returned to the Ruins of Return.

When Zhu Chongjiu returned to Guixu and regained his composure, Shuiying appeared before him and said with some displeasure, "You have just merged with the source of the five elements and are at a critical stage of body tempering. You should be making a final push to break through to the end. How can your Dao heart waver at this time?"

Seeing that Shuiying was somewhat annoyed, Zhu Chongjiu first expressed his gratitude to Senior Shuiying for her intervention, which saved the billions of lives in the Cangshen Realm.

After a moment of deep thought, Zhu Chongjiu spoke to Shui Ying with a somewhat solemn tone: "Senior, actually, when I looked at the void of the universe through this sky just now, I felt not only homesickness, but also suddenly realized that this method of elemental law body tempering does not conform to my original intention, and is not what I want."

Shuiying raised an eyebrow slightly, her face showing curiosity, and asked softly, "Oh? Then tell me, what exactly are the discrepancies?"

Taking a deep breath and organizing his thoughts, he slowly began to speak: "According to the Divine Void King and the senior, this so-called Five Elements Source Body Tempering is nothing more than using the power of the five elements in the world to temper oneself, gradually replacing one's original flesh and bones. Then, as one's cultivation level improves and one's understanding of the five elements' laws deepens, one's physical constitution can also be enhanced."

When one's understanding of the Five Elements reaches its peak, it signifies the completion of the Five Elements Source Body Tempering. At that time, one will have become the embodiment of the Five Elements, needing no techniques, but simply by moving one's mind to wield the power of the Five Elements at will. However…” He paused here, looking at Shui Ying and asking, “Senior, am I wrong?”

Hmm! Although there are still many discrepancies in the details, the result is roughly the same. But you haven't said what you think is wrong, or what kind of result you want?

"Senior, please be patient. Let me share my thoughts." Zhu Chongjiu sighed softly, his eyes fixed on Shui Ying. His voice, seemingly calm but revealing unwavering resolve, continued, "However, I do not wish to relinquish my 'human form.' Even if it's merely my physical body transforming into laws, even if it becomes incredibly powerful, I still want to remain a person of flesh and blood!"

Shuiying was deeply moved when she heard this. As Zhu Chongjiu finished speaking, Shuiying's thoughts seemed to drift to a very, very distant time or place.

And so, Zhu Chongjiu looked at Shuiying, and Shuiying looked ahead. After a long silence, when Shuiying turned back to look at Zhu Chongjiu again, Zhu Chongjiu could feel that the way Shuiying looked at him had changed. He couldn't describe the feeling in words, it was just a feeling in his heart!

Zhu Chongjiu, very good!

I believe in you. Just do what you think is right. I will definitely help you if I can!

After saying that, Shuiying's figure disappeared from Zhu Chongjiu's sight once again.

Zhu Chongjiu scratched his head and muttered to himself, "They're leaving already?"

I was originally planning to share my thoughts with you and ask for some advice on cultivation.

Everything is difficult at the beginning, you know?

Hey! Senior Shuiying?

I was just saying, are you really asking me to start this myself?

After failing to receive a response from Shui Ying, Zhu Chongjiu sat down cross-legged again, just about to resume his cultivation, when he suddenly seemed to remember something and his figure vanished instantly into the Void.

After a long while, Zhu Chongjiu returned to Guixu with a hint of sadness and sorrow, and said, "I have avenged the Duke of the Kingdom, but I have also incurred a debt to the entire Ice and Snow Continent."

Let me do my best to make up for it for now!

After saying that, the pitch-black heavy water enveloped Zhu Chongjiu once again.

Just as Zhu Chongjiu began to cultivate again, the outside world underwent earth-shattering changes.