Chapter 631: Chapter 504: Demon Ruins
Thunder Accumulation Mountain Range.
The ’Celestial Star Extinction Demon Light’ emitted by the 72 Celestial Stars Grand Array pierced through the distant starry sky, landing precisely where Qin Ming had just been.
Like a giant black sword cleaving the heavens.
The terrifying power obliterated everything below...
This was the full force of a Tier Five Array!
Its power rivaled the divine power of a Venerable Divinity Transformation, yet without the backlash of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi.
As the billowing dust cleared, the face behind the mask of the Heaven-Reaching Hatred Demon Monarch showed extreme disbelief.
"Actually managed to escape."
"This person’s divine techniques... have reached such a level..."
As the words fell.
In his hand, a dark golden rhombus-shaped crystal crumbled into a pile of powder that slowly scattered into the air.
Such a Top-Grade Demon Crystal is unique to the Blood Realm, comparable to Top-Grade Spirit Stones in the Cultivation Realm, and only it can power the terrifying 72 Celestial Stars Grand Array of the Demon Sect.
Not far away, Lan Bing Saintess, her cold eyes fixed on the broken Power Puppet Demon Form on the ground, showed an unusual expression of disturbance on her icy face.
"Didn’t expect that there would be such hidden cultivators from the Human Realm..."
"Actually shattered the Celestial Punishment Demon Puppet..."
"Southern Wilderness Moon Gazing True Monarch... Elder Qishang couldn’t gain an advantage from this person, likely due to his hidden true strength."
"Otherwise, he definitely wouldn’t be an opponent for this person."
Even the Heaven-Reaching Hatred Demon Monarch chose to flee when faced with this person...
"Celestial Hatred Grand Elder, why did you..."
Behind the mask, the eyes of the Heaven-Reaching Hatred Demon Monarch flickered, even as a late-stage Nascent Soul Cultivator, he felt a deep unease and dread, showing profound concern.
"This person’s divine techniques are peculiar, I have an inexplicable intuition, if I had not escaped just now, I would surely be dead..."
As the words fell, Lan Bing Saintess was stunned.
If the Heaven-Reaching Hatred Demon Monarch, the number one Demon Nascent Soul, said something like this, doesn’t that mean... Moon Gazing True Monarch’s divine techniques are nearly unrivaled within the Nascent Soul Realm?
"Celestial Hatred Grand Elder, Thunder Accumulation Mountain has been taken, what’s the next step?" Lan Bing Saintess asked, adjusting her mood.
The Heaven-Reaching Hatred Demon Monarch replied indifferently, "Advance according to the normal plan."
"I didn’t expect the Southern Wilderness to have such a troublesome opponent..."
But in the next moment.
Both the Heaven-Reaching Hatred Demon Monarch and Lan Bing Saintess received urgent messages from the Blood Refining Demon Sect.
"It’s unexpectedly a critical message from the ancestor..."
Lan Bing Saintess furrowed her brows as she read the content.
Both demon monarchs’ expressions changed dramatically simultaneously!
"What?!"
"Demon Monarch Qishang has fallen!"
...
Moon Island, within the Cave Mansion.
A point of golden light emerged spontaneously from the void, growing rapidly, soon forming into golden runes.
The void trembled violently, and as the light converged, Qin Ming’s figure appeared.
"Almost got overturned, what level of array attack was that just now?"
"Could this really still be a technique from a late-stage Nascent Soul capable of such divine technique? It had a trace of Heaven and Earth Power, it could even be considered a Divinity Transformation technique."
Qin Ming looked incredibly grim, thankfully his Body Refining Divine Technique offered supreme defense; although the array power affected him slightly, he was not injured.
The Heaven-Devouring Rat patted its chest with lingering fear, "These demonic path cultivators truly lack martial ethics, resorting to such a great weapon when overwhelmed."
"Only the master’s divine techniques are powerful enough, anyone else would have been obliterated..."
Subsequently.
Qin Ming didn’t dwell much on it and entered the Little Spirit Realm.
Yue Lingyan had awakened from Qin Ming’s Four Seasons Divine Light and the Ganlin Pill’s healing.
She was affected by Lan Bing Saintess’s Ice Soul Demon Light, her breath was weak and she needed time to recover.
Thanks to Qin Ming’s Four Seasons Divine Light, the injuries would have taken years to heal otherwise.
Little Silver Fox saw her mother awake, feeling relieved and easing her anxiety.
"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Qin, for your rescue." Yue Lingyan braced herself and stood up from the grass.
Qin Ming quickly supported her, "Fellow Daoist Lingyan, no need to be polite, let’s talk after you recover."
"Alas! It’s such a pity about Fellow Daoist Gushan..."
Upon hearing the news of Demon Saint Gushan’s fall, Yue Lingyan felt quite saddened.
"Fellow Daoist Gushan was besieged by Heaven-Reaching Hatred Demon Monarch and demon puppets, and even he couldn’t match them, unfortunately perishing."
"But as for Fellow Daoist Qin... How did you escape from the demonic hands?" Yue Lingyan didn’t remember much after fainting.
She had personally witnessed the terror of that Power Puppet Demon Form, even the physical body of the Demon Saint Gushan couldn’t withstand it for long.
"Just luck, Fellow Daoist Qin had a life-saving talisman." Qin Ming glossed over the incident.
"I didn’t expect the Demon Sect’s scheme to be so grand this time. Now that Thunder Accumulation Mountain has fallen, I must return to the Fox Race to lead the situation."
Yue Lingyan said, struggling to get up in a hurry to leave, as she was still worried about matters within her clan.
"Fellow Daoist Lingyan, in your current state, it’s likely you’ll only end up in seclusion to heal even if you go back. Why not let me help you recover fully before returning?" Qin Ming suggested.
Yue Lingyan knew that Qin Ming’s words made sense, so she nodded lightly, "Then I’ll trouble Fellow Daoist Qin."
Immediately, Qin Ming used the Four Seasons Divine Light to continue helping her heal her injuries.
A few days later.
Yue Lingyan was radiant, her injuries completely healed.
Even she couldn’t quite believe she had recovered so quickly.
"Fellow Daoist Qin’s divine technique is truly miraculous, with such a wondrous effect on healing injuries." Yue Lingyan said gratefully.
Qin Ming modestly replied, "I’ve cultivated a rather unique cultivation technique, it’s just convenient to use now."
"Additionally, it also has something to do with Fellow Daoist Lingyan’s constitution, making the healing process much more effective."
Subsequently.
Yue Lingyan impatiently returned to deal with her clan’s affairs, bidding farewell to Qin Ming as she left.
Upon leaving, the Little Silver Fox was reluctant to part but was left with Qin Ming, as the Beast Roar Mountain Range was invaded by the Demon Sect, while Moon Island was comparatively safer.
Seeing off Yue Lingyan.
Qin Ming returned to his cave mansion and took out the Demon Pill of the Demon Saint Gushan.
He had discovered when he first obtained it that there seemed to be a remnant of the Demon Saint Gushan’s consciousness still within the Demon Pill.
Qin Ming immediately channelled a strand of Four Seasons Divine Light into it, and bright yellow demonic power appeared on the Demon Pill, releasing a shrunken version of the Mountain Giant Ape Demon Soul. Its aura was extremely weak, akin to a candle flickering in the wind, ready to extinguish at any moment.
The Heaven-Devouring Rat observed and sighed deeply, "Brother Gushan! Alas!"
"Do you have any unfinished business?"
Qin Ming looked at the once formidable Mountain Giant Ape Race Demon Saint, feeling a mix of emotions.
The remnant soul of the Demon Saint Gushan appeared dejected, feeling intense grief and indignation at the extinction of the Mountain Giant Ape Race by the Demon Sect.
Once a powerful Demon Beast Royal Race, now on the brink of demise at his hands...
"Fellow Daoist Qin..."
"This is the way of the heavens for me, I only hope that if any of my clan managed to survive, you and Fellow Daoist Lingyan could look after them."
Qin Ming slowly nodded, having a favorable impression of the Demon Saint Gushan, who advocated for peace for the survival of the Demon Race and chose to join forces with the Human Race to fight the Demon Sect.
He was indeed a Demon Saint of meticulous vision and a broad heart.
Besides, the Demon Race Scripture he practiced had some ties with the Mountain Giant Ape Race.
After a period of silence, the remnant soul of the Demon Saint Gushan said to Qin Ming:
"Besides, I have a small proposal... It’s not really a transaction, just a little hope of mine..."
Qin Ming was somewhat surprised: "Brother Gushan, please speak, if it’s within my capabilities, I will strive to do it."
"I’ve observed that the body refining divine technique cultivated by Fellow Daoist Qin is extraordinary, it can withstand even that Tier Four Top-Grade Demon Puppet. You have likely cultivated our ’Celestial Demon Refining Form Strategy’ to the Great Success Realm, haven’t you?"
"However, if your physical body wishes to break through further, it will require our clan’s ’Celestial Demon Qi’." The Demon Saint Gushan said.
Upon hearing this, Qin Ming became intrigued because it seemed that he finally had a clue about the Celestial Demon Qi he had been desperately searching for.
Thus he asked, "Could it be that Brother Gushan has news of the Celestial Demon Qi?"
"Correct, our Mountain Giant Ape lineage descends from the Ancient Demon Realm, a grand realm like the Spirit Realm and the Demon Realm." The Demon Saint Gushan continued, "The Celestial Demon Qi is located in a demon ruins beneath the Thunder Accumulation Mountain."
"All I ask is that once Fellow Daoist Qin obtains it, if there’s hope of advancing to Divinity Transformation, you could help my clan slay a few more Demonic Cultivators to console my kin."
"There is nothing more I ask for."
"The demon ruins can only be opened with someone from our clan, so bring me there at that time, and I can consider it as returning to my roots..."
After saying this, the aura of the Demon Saint Gushan grew increasingly weaker, returning to the Demon Pill, seemingly unable to sustain much longer.
Qin Ming, after hearing him out, sighed.
Yet, the Celestial Demon Qi finally had prospects.
"Alas! Brother Gushan..."
The Heaven-Devouring Rat continued to sigh, as a fellow member of the Demon Race, its feelings were naturally more profound than Qin Ming’s.
Similar to Yue Lingyan, witnessing the fall of a Great Demon Saint stirred feelings of sorrow and empathy for one’s own race.
After a brief period of recovery, Qin Ming left the cave mansion.
"Master, should we go retrieve that Celestial Demon Qi next?" The Heaven-Devouring Rat, having finished mourning, inquired.
After a brief contemplation, Qin Ming said, "The Celestial Demon Qi is beneath the demon ruins at Thunder Accumulation Mountain, currently occupied by the Demon Sect. It’s not advisable to attempt retrieval recklessly, we must wait for the right opportunity."
Recalling the terrifying power of the Demon Sect’s grand array was not a pleasant memory.
Next, the Demon Sect will undoubtedly make significant movements.
However, Qin Ming was not too worried, after a fierce battle, he had a clear understanding of his current strength.
As long as he continued to cultivate on Moon Island, once he reached the late-stage Nascent Soul, even a Divinity Transformation Ancestor wouldn’t be able to touch him.
