Chapter 757 - 598: Brahma Demon Sacred Tree
Chapter 757: Chapter 598: Brahma Demon Sacred Tree
In front of Qin Ming, the Demon Jujube Tree had fully absorbed the ancient demon corpse, and after sixty years, it had drained all the nutrients within.
It finally broke through the Tier Four Top-Grade level.
After all, that Rock Demon was a bona fide mid-stage Divinity Transformation Demon Venerable, and a native of the Ancient Demon Realm.
Its fattening effect was evident, directly triggering a mutation in the Demon Jujube Tree.
The pitch-black branches twisted, suddenly sprouting dark leaves with a metallic sheen, interwoven with demon patterns.
Liquid demonic qi was flowing through the leaf veins, bizarrely revealing a ’卍’ symbol under the moonlight.
Qin Ming could sense that the Demon Tree harbored two completely different powers, yet they were strangely fused together.
Soon after.
The entire Demon Plant began to grow wildly, pure demonic qi swirling around its branches and leaves, emitting a rustling sound as if chanting from a Brahma Demon hymn.
When the Demon Jujube Tree ceased its growth, it gradually bloomed with over a hundred dark flower buds, exuding tendrils of demonic qi like black lotuses.
The demonic qi grew increasingly dense.
In the sky above the Little Spirit Realm, a gigantic phantom of a Demon God appeared, its features indistinct.
Just by looking at its aura, it was evidently extraordinary!
Simultaneously, in Qin Ming’s vision, three golden entries refreshed:
[Name]: Brahma Demon Sacred Tree [Entry]: Divinity Transformation Qi Blood x5 (Maturity 2%)
[Name]: Brahma Demon Sacred Tree [Entry]: Time Flies x5 (Maturity 3%)
[Name]: Brahma Demon Sacred Tree [Entry]: True Demon Qi x1 (Maturity 2%)
Qin Ming was taken aback by the sudden change before him.
"It actually directly refreshed ’True Demon Qi’!"
"Brahma Demon Sacred Tree..."
"If this Demon Plant matures, the Demon Infant’s cultivation could advance significantly again..."
Even Qingyang the Old Demon within the Blood Massacre, and Lan Bing Saintess atop the Star Sea Divine Vine, were drawn over by the commotion of the Demon Tree’s advancement.
"This... such terrifying and pure demonic qi, it might even rival the Ancient Demon Realm? Master, what kind of Spirit Plant have you cultivated?" Lan Bing Saintess looked at the twisted, eerie Demon Tree with a look of astonishment.
With her knowledge, it wasn’t hard to judge that this tree’s origin is definitely not simple.
Even Qin Ming was somewhat surprised.
For hundreds of years, this Demon Jujube Tree had been fattened by being fed all sorts of ghostly and demonic corpses, and finally, with the influence of the Lifebound Spirit Plant, it had indeed advanced into a High-Tier Demon Tree.
Qingyang the Old Demon, as an experienced Demonic Cultivator, evidently recognized this Demon Tree, exclaiming, "Isn’t this the Brahma Demon Sacred Tree?"
"Friend Qin, have you stumbled upon another great fortune?"
"What do you mean by that?" Qin Ming couldn’t help but ask, "Could it be, Old Ghost, you know of this Demon Tree?"
Qingyang the Old Demon said, "Of course, this Brahma Demon Sacred Tree is said to only exist in a few perilous places in the Ancient Demon Realm, being a Tier Five High-Grade Demon Plant, it’s quite renowned in the Demon Realm."
"It is said that the origin of this Demon Tree is a fallen demon variant of the Utpala Tree from the Buddha Country. During the Celestial Demon War tens of thousands of years ago, it was mutated into its current form by being irrigated with the blood of three thousand Arhat Golden Bodies by the Brahma Temple Ancestor."
"Its jujube pulp essence can greatly enhance demonic cultivation, and if paired with the ’Ten Thousand Forms of Selfless Celestial Demon Freedom True Skill’ I taught you, your Physical Body Refinement cultivation will reach an unimaginable level, and you’ll likely soon break through to the next realm."
"Not only that, the jujube seeds ground into powder are the core material for crafting the ’Soul-Devouring Demon Sword’, which specifically breaks the primordial spirit defenses of cultivators above the Divinity Transformation stage, collecting and devouring primordial spirits with tyrannical power!"
"Each primordial spirit harvested would double the power of the Soul-Devouring Demon Sword, making it a rare Great Divine Technique."
"Even in the Ancient Demon Realm, few have succeeded in crafting it."
"This type of Demon Sword requires immense Divine Soul Power to practice, as it needs to be nurtured in the Demon Infant using Secret Techniques for a long time."
"If the divine soul isn’t strong enough, it will be corroded and countered by the residual primordial spirits in the Demon Sword."
Qin Ming and Lan Bing Saintess listened intently from the side.
"A Tier Five High-Grade Demon Plant?"
"Soul-Devouring Demon Sword?"
"Then this must be a Tier Five Spirit Communication Treasure, right?" Qin Ming asked.
Qingyang the Old Demon chuckled, "Friend Qin, you might not know, Spirit Communication Treasures are exceedingly rare, and the Soul-Devouring Demon Sword isn’t entirely a Demon Treasure, but a cultivator’s Great Divine Technique."
"After all, it requires the coordination of the Soul Refining Technique to be fully crafted."
"From how you know it in such detail, you must have the method to craft this Demon Sword?" Qin Ming asked.
Qingyang the Old Demon gave a strange smile, "In the final three Chapters of the Demon Technique I passed to you, there is, hehehe!"
Qin Ming recalled it and indeed found the crafting method for the Soul-Devouring Demon Sword in the ’Ten Thousand Forms of Selfless Celestial Demon Freedom True Skill’.
"So it turns out this Demon Sword Divine Technique is your signature skill, Old Ghost," Qin Ming couldn’t help but say.
Qingyang the Old Demon also smiled warmly and said, "Isn’t this a coincidence? It means Friend Qin has quite the affinity with this Demon Technique of mine!"
He stroked his beard, seemingly very satisfied with this personal disciple...
In the days that followed.
Qin Ming began to ripen the demon jujubes on the Brahma Demon Sacred Tree.
With the ripening entries he had gathered over the past decades, the growth of this Demon Tree accelerated.
A few months later, all the dark flower buds on the Demon Tree bloomed, emitting a peculiar fragrance.
What surprised Qin Ming was that the nest of Spirit Bees on the Lifebound Spirit Plant: Life and Death Profound Vine all flew to the Brahma Demon Sacred Tree to harvest nectar.
These Spirit Bees, while collecting nectar, absorbed several strands of pitch-black Demonic Qi.
Qin Ming did not intervene, quietly waiting for any changes to occur.
Subsequently, he simply sat cross-legged under the Demon Tree, as the Demon Infant began to form seals, cultivating the Demon Technique.
According to Qingyang the Old Demon, this Cultivation Technique can be cultivated continuously to an extremely profound level, and when he breaks through to a Great Realm, the next stage’s Chapters will appear in his mind.
...
A several months later.
Xiao Xun returned once to the Outer Sea’s Celestial Edge Sea Pavilion, where he found some clues regarding the runes on the three Guiding Tokens.
Inside Cyan Wood Pavilion.
"Although all three Guiding Tokens belong to the Human Race, they correspond to different Ascension Platforms in the Spirit Realm. There’s probably a reason for this,"
"I speculate that the ascension locations of Bingyi Ancestor and Master Fuyao must have undergone a major change; otherwise, they wouldn’t have perished so directly," Xiao Xun gradually explained.
After hearing this, Qin Ming frowned and said, "That’s strange. Could it be that the Guiding Platform in the Upper Realm has been destroyed?"
At this point, Qingyang the Old Demon also agreed, saying, "I feel it’s highly likely, given the frequent wars among the races in the Spirit Realm."
"Could it be that the Human Race has encountered another alien invasion?"
"After all, the major powers of the Human Race usually control the Ascension Platforms in the Spirit Realm; smaller powers don’t qualify."
After hearing what Qingyang the Old Demon said, Qin Ming and the others felt this was very likely.
The original location of the Human Race’s Guiding Platform in the Spirit Realm could have been occupied or destroyed by aliens.
Fortunately, the Cloud-Fishing Elder succeeded in ascending, indicating that his side was still fine.
However, Qin Ming was in no hurry, as he planned to cultivate to Divinity Transformation Perfection and ascend on his own, completely avoiding these issues.
’If it doesn’t work out, when the Demon Infant breaks through to Mid-Stage Divinity Transformation, I’ll possess a Demonic Cultivator in the Blood Realm to explore the path.’ Qin Ming thought privately.
But other people were different; they didn’t have his level of strength.
The future Divinity Transformation Cultivators in the Human Realm will still face high mortality when ascending through this Ascension Platform.
This plan is almost as detrimental as the Demon Race’s strategy.
Therefore, when Qin Ming reaches the Upper Realm, he’ll need to investigate the exact cause.
Otherwise, it will be challenging for Xiao Xun and others.
Subsequently.
Qin Ming lived in seclusion with Xiao Xun on Wangyue Island, cultivating and farming, with their cultivation realms progressing steadily.
On this day.
Qin Ming, together with the Heaven-Devouring Rat, was pruning the peach tree branches on Spirit Island.
Suddenly, he heard Lan Bing Saintess secretly transmitting a message to him saying:
"Master, although the Star Sea Divine Vine has helped me stabilize my Divine Soul these past sixty years, if I don’t reshape my body soon, breaking through to Divinity Transformation will be uncertain, and my Ice Phoenix Bloodline will thin out."
Upon hearing this, Qin Ming laid down his work and said calmly to her, "Over the years, I’ve been keeping an eye out for suitable Demon Birds with a True Spirit Bloodline, but such Demonic Beasts are incredibly rare, not even in the Outer Sea."
"Although the Peacock Saintess in the Beast Roar Mountain Range possesses a True Spirit Bloodline, you should understand that I can’t lay a hand on her."
"Otherwise... we’ll have to settle for something less?"
Lan Bing Saintess sighed upon hearing this, saying, "I’ve long expected this, so it can only be this way."
"It’s a pity we’re in the Human Realm, not the Blood Realm, and the inter-realm connections have long been closed. Otherwise, it’s rumored that in Infinite Mountain, they’ve been secretly raising a Demon Bird with a trace of the ancient True Spirit ’Nine Nether Nether Sparrow’ bloodline. If I could obtain its body and bloodline, I could instantly break through to Divinity Transformation."
"Nine Nether Nether Sparrow? Is it really such a True Spirit Bloodline? It’s said this Demon Bird’s bloodline power inherently contains Space Divine Techniques, and those with concentrated bloodlines can even control Space Laws, traversing the vast starry sky and freely traveling the Three Thousand Great Realms. But I only heard of it; I don’t know if it’s true or false," Qingyang the Old Demon said, slightly amazed.
Hearing this, Qin Ming looked extremely peculiar and said to Lan Bing Saintess, "Why didn’t you say this earlier?"
"Um... Master, the Blood Realm is incredibly distant from the Human Realm, and without a Void Passage, saying anything wouldn’t have mattered," Lan Bing Saintess was stunned at first, then explained.
Qin Ming let out a light chuckle upon hearing this, then took out an ancient talisman from his storage pouch.
"This talisman is called the Nine Heavens Cyan Yuan Marvelous Response True Talisman. Except for the Three Thousand Great Realms, any small realms marked by this talisman can be reached instantaneously..."
"During the great battle between good and evil, my Demon Infant once used this talisman to secretly plunder the treasuries of the five major sects in the Blood Realm, including Infinite Mountain, but we didn’t find the Demon Bird you mentioned."
Upon hearing Qin Ming’s words, Lan Bing Saintess was equally astonished, never expecting him to have ventured to the Blood Realm for plundering.
The Demon Sect lost at his hands; it truly wasn’t unjust.
But when she heard that Qin Ming had a way to go to the Blood Realm, an unusual excitement appeared on her face.
"As I heard from the Supreme Elder only once, that Demon Bird isn’t in Infinite Mountain but secretly raised in another location in the Blood Realm, a place called ’Endless Demon Abyss,’ which is also controlled by Infinite Mountain."
Upon hearing this, Qin Ming decided immediately, "Alright, then I’ll take you to the Blood Realm."
As Xiao Xun was in seclusion, he didn’t disturb him, letting Mo Lingwei convey the message instead.
Subsequently.
He directly activated the ancient talisman, as radiant gold runes surged, enveloping Qin Ming entirely, and in an instant vanished from Wangyue Island.
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