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Chapter 749 The Curtain Falls and the Gains

Battlefield outside Tianxing City.

The demon leader, Mojuro, and Che Laogui from the underworld are fighting together against Zichen Shenjun, who is wearing purple-gold holy armor.

Mojuro and Zichen Shenjun are old rivals from the Tianji Mountain Range. After several days of fierce fighting, Zichen Shenjun, fighting two against one, did not fall behind and they were evenly matched.

However, just as the battle was reaching its climax...

It seemed that Maguro had received news from the front lines, and his expression suddenly changed drastically!
"how is this possible?"

"That guy Tu Luo actually perished."

After deflecting a magical attack from Zi Chen Shen Jun, he glanced at Che Lao Guai not far away.

Upon receiving the message, Che Laoguai was also shocked, as it meant their connection had been completely severed, leaving them with no possibility of returning to the underworld.
Even with their deep-seated shrewdness, the two were still unable to process this outcome for a while.

They all reacted with a mixture of surprise and anger.

In particular, Che Laoguai was already mentally broken, seemingly having foreseen his future fate.

Zi Chen Divine Lord narrowed his eyes, naturally noticing the abnormality between the two. In a duel between experts, the outcome could often be decided by just a slight flaw.

Taking advantage of their momentary distraction, he unleashed a powerful technique.

The sword-shaped mark between his eyebrows lit up and transformed into a small purple sword about an inch long, which flew out and emitted a star power.

In an instant, countless wandering and twisted sword marks appeared. These fine sword beams, as if they had come alive, moved and struck towards the two people opposite them!

puff!puff!
Under the great divine power of the Purple Star Divine Lord, as the twisted sword marks pierced through his body, the black and gray protective aura around Old Monster Che shattered instantly.

One of his arms was actually severed from his body by the twisted sword threads.

Old Monster Che was almost killed on the spot by a sword. His back was soaked with cold sweat. Then, a thick ghostly mist rose from his body and turned into countless black smoke, fleeing in all directions.

Seeing this, Majutsu Law's cold expression shifted several times before he uttered a single sentence and withdrew.

"Hmph! Consider this incident in Tianxing City as me collecting some interest!"

"Divine Lord Zichen, we have a long future ahead of us!"

After saying this, Majuro immediately gave his subordinates a retreat order, and then disappeared in a beam of demonic light.

With a flick of his sword, the countless starlight sword threads gathered into a small sword, which flew back to his brow and transformed back into a dim sword mark.

He stared in the direction the two had fled, a look of utter disbelief on his face.

Even he, the commander of the Purple Gold Saint Armor, who held the reins of the entire Tianxing City, couldn't figure out why those two were so flustered.

But the next moment.

A golden communication talisman transformed into a stream of light and instantly floated to his front.

Zi Chen Divine Lord reached out and grabbed it in his hand, then began to scan it with his divine sense.

Lean less.

His face first showed surprise, then a rare smile bloomed on his lips:
"Hahaha! No wonder these two old guys were so distraught; it turns out their entire rear area was wiped out!"

"I wonder who it is that could do such a thing."

Zi Chen Shenjun's mood instantly improved, and the gloom that had been lingering over the front lines was swept away.

"In this way, the overall situation is settled."

"With the Erosion Passage destroyed, the Underworld will no longer be able to invade the Spirit Realm."

"This matter is finally coming to an end."

Just as he was preparing to leave this place and head to Tianxing City to oversee the overall situation.

Suddenly, a cluster of scattered Buddhist lights appeared in the nearby void, accompanied by the sound of chanting.

Immediately afterwards, these calming Buddhist lights slowly condensed into a virtuous monk wearing a white kasaya, revealing his early stage of cultivation.

It was none other than the Divine Seal Zen Master who had previously fought against the Eclipse Dragon King.

He is also one of the two Nascent Soul stage experts who are stationed in Tianxing City.

Upon seeing this person descend, the Divine Lord Zichen immediately bowed and said, "Greetings, Senior Divine Seal!"

"Hehe! Commander, there's no need for such formalities. I have to think highly of you. As expected of the Star Palace's prized disciple, you've already made arrangements in the Underworld." Zen Master Shenyin had a kind and benevolent appearance, with a pair of long eyebrows.

His words revealed his admiration for the Purple Star Divine Lord.

Upon hearing this, Zi Chen Shenjun was taken aback and asked in surprise, "Could it be that the destruction of the Netherworld space passage was not arranged by the higher-ups?"

"Huh? Wasn't it you, Commander, who secretly plotted this?" Zen Master Shenyin was also taken aback.

"So who exactly did this? They actually resolved this major hidden danger, the Yellow Springs Devouring Abyss?"

For a moment, the two looked at each other in bewilderment.

……

And the other side.

Qin Ming drove the Boundary-Breaking Shuttle across the vast and boundless starry sky, heading back towards his Little Turtle Peak.

He let the Sky-Devouring Rat control the shuttle, while he returned to the Lesser Spirit Realm and began to tinker with the corpses and storage bags.

Xiao Qing performed a great service today, destroying Ghost Cry Ridge and the Erosion Realm Passage. Qin Ming fed it and rewarded it with many good things, so it happily transformed into the size of a calf and ran off to play somewhere.

To his surprise, the demon cultivator in the late stage of the Void Refinement realm revealed his true form after he died.

It was a strange, green vine-like demonic plant.

Qin Ming never expected that a demonic plant could grow to such a terrifying extent.

If he hadn't mastered his innate ultimate technique, he would have been invincible in the Void Refinement stage.

In the past, if one encountered this demonic cultivator, the only option would be to run away.

Qin Ming had just dug out a cyan late-stage sixth-order demon core from the corpse, as well as a storage bag.

Subsequently.

He was preparing to cast the Thorn spell on the corpse to collect Soul Beads to feed his natal spiritual plant.

next moment.

Before Qin Ming could even make a move, his natal spiritual plant, the Yanfu Immortal Vine, with its jet-black vines resembling tentacles, coiled around the demon cultivator's corpse on the ground. The poisonous thorns on the black vines pierced directly into the corpse, instantly devouring it completely.
This scene was somewhat unexpected for Qin Ming.

There are very few things that one's natal spiritual plant is interested in.

After the Yanfu Immortal Vine devoured the corpse of the demonic plant, it seemed to have gained immense benefits and immediately began to grow quietly again.

Qin Ming immediately used the Thorn Technique on the corpses of the Ma surname cultivator and the several ghost Rakshasa, and obtained several more Void Refinement level Soul Beads.

He directly fed all these soul beads to the Yanfu Immortal Vine, which seemed uninterested in these corpses from the underworld.

Qin Ming buried them all under the Brahma Sacred Tree, filling it with fertilizer.

After obtaining these malevolent corpses, the eerie and sinister Brahma Sacred Tree began to grow rapidly, its roots plunging into them.

Qin Ming's natal spiritual plant, the Yin-Yang Yanfu Immortal Vine, also underwent changes after absorbing the Soul Pearl.

The black vines appeared exceptionally oily, and not only that, the spiritual flowers that originally grew between the branches also produced spiritual fruits that were both gold and silver in color.

The golden words in Qin Ming's vision also changed accordingly:
【Name】：Yanfu Immortal Vine 【Attribute】：Refining Void Mana x5 (Maturity 91%)
【Name】：Yanfu Immortal Vine 【Entry】：Time Flies x5 (Maturity 91%)
【Name】：Yanfu Immortal Vine 【Attribute】：Refined Void Soul Power x5 (Maturity 92%)
After devouring the corpse of a late-stage Void Refinement demon cultivator, it significantly shortened the maturation cycle.

Soon after, Qin Ming will be able to harvest the spiritual fruits and entries mentioned above.

Besides.

Qin Ming also found many rare and precious materials in these people's storage bags, the most important of which was the cultivation resource 'Immortal Jade' for the Void Refinement stage.

They found nearly 1,800 yuan on that demon cultivator alone.

It is easy to imagine that this person was of very high status and position.

Qin Ming also learned the man's identity through some items in his storage bag. The man's name was 'Tuluo Demon General', and he was actually the leader of the demon army this time.
"Among ten thousand troops, I went straight for the enemy general's head. It turns out I'm the one with the greatest merit!" If I could take this man's head to Tianxing City, I wonder how much glory I could exchange for it.
It's probably enough to make Zi Chen Divine Lord move over.

But Qin Ming would naturally not do that, as it would expose his disguise.

The various rare and precious treasures on his body completely refreshed Qin Ming's understanding, making it worthwhile for him to expend 1,200 years of his lifespan to kill this fiend.

"It's a great deal, a real bargain! It's such a fat sheep!"

That cultivator surnamed Ma also possessed many valuable items. After all, he was a late-stage Void Refinement cultivator who had accumulated wealth over tens of thousands of years, all of which had now benefited Qin Ming.

After counting his loot from the storage bags, he put away all the ones he could use.

Other items can be sold or exchanged for resources needed later.

Or perhaps it was a reward given to one's subordinates.

However, Qin Ming's biggest gain from this trip was obtaining the inheritance of the Azure Emperor's cultivation technique.

The "Eternal Azure Emperor Technique" will allow him to cultivate all the way to the Mahayana stage, and he will never have to worry about subsequent cultivation methods again.

Furthermore, he mastered the ultimate technique 'Eternal Ashes', which can be considered his trump card.

After a brief journey, Qin Ming returned to his lair, atop Little Turtle Peak.

As a void vortex appeared above the main peak, a silver shuttle, over ten feet in size, suddenly emerged.

Qin Ming landed in front of the cave entrance and put away the Boundary-Breaking Shuttle with a wave of his hand.

His divine sense enveloped the sacred ground of Little Turtle Peak and found nothing unusual.

Not only that, even the Star Guard Army that was originally stationed in the Southern Wilderness has all withdrawn.

Moreover, Baili Hui and Mo Lingwei are not currently in the spiritual land; they must have gone out on business.

Qin Ming immediately ordered the Devouring Sky Rat to summon Xu Xuan, the head of the Xu family.

The Sky-Devouring Rat obeyed the order and left.

After a stick of incense.

Xu Xuan hurriedly rushed forward and bowed deeply to Qin Ming, saying, "Junior Xu Xuan greets Senior Li!"

"Hmm, no need for formalities." Qin Ming waved his hand, gesturing for him to rise, and then asked, "Has anything happened while I was away from the peak these past few days?"

"Where did Baili Hui and the others go?"

Xu Xuan hurriedly replied with utmost respect: "I heard that the situation in Tianxing City today has suddenly taken a dramatic turn and undergone a huge change."

"Senior Baili and Senior Mo have gone to gather intelligence."

"As for the Little Turtle Peak spiritual land, everything is as usual. Since Senior Li repelled the demons last time, no one else has come to harass us."

Qin Ming nodded slightly upon hearing this, thinking that he thought so too, and then waved Xu Xuan away.

"Well, you go down."

Another half day has passed.

Baili Hui and Mo Lingwei have returned from their mission to Tianxing City to gather information.

They were overjoyed to see Qin Ming return unharmed.

Then, she reported to him in detail everything that had happened during his absence in the past few days, as well as the information she had just gathered.

Qin Ming learned that the allied forces of the demon race and the alien race had suffered a crushing defeat.

However, due to the ruthless methods employed by the demons and the underworld, including self-destruction, even though they achieved final victory, they paid an extremely heavy price.

Furthermore, he learned that several high-ranking officials had perished in the war.

Among them was Qian Yuanzi, an old acquaintance of the Zhitian Hall.

Unexpectedly, this righteous human at the late stage of the Void Refinement realm also failed to survive this calamity.

One can imagine the brutality of war between different races.

Even a high-ranking Refining Void God-King cannot necessarily remain unscathed.

This is just a local conflict. If it were a major calamity involving alien races that occurs every tens of thousands of years, even those at the Integration stage would perish.

"By the way, Master, we also found out that even the Nascent Soul Grandmaster Shenyin, who has been in seclusion in Tianxing City, has made a move this time."

"However, the bloodline innate abilities of that World-Eroding Dragon King are truly unpredictable. It actually managed to hold back the Nascent Soul stage expert, preventing him from dealing with the demon army outside."

"Otherwise, Palace Master Qian wouldn't have perished in the self-destruction of the corpse array. Alas!"

When he said this, Baili Hui also sighed deeply.

After all, Qian Yuanzi was a decent person, and he even visited Xiaoguifeng several times.

After Qin Ming returned, Baili Hui and Mo Lingwei had no idea what he had been up to.

But when the two saw Qin Ming again, they felt that their mysterious master had changed in some way.

Even now, standing in front of him, one can feel a chilling aura of menace.

Although Qin Ming had concealed it, it still made them tremble with fear.

The two couldn't help but exchange a glance.

Qin Ming went out to take care of some business for a few days, and when he returned, the chaos outside had been completely quelled.
A bold idea couldn't help but arise in their minds: Could it be related to the master?

However, even though Baili Hui and his group had a vague feeling about it, they didn't dare to ask any more questions.

Qin Ming naturally didn't say anything more.

They could never have imagined that Qin Ming's trip had actually taken him a hundred years within the Tomb of Time.
Furthermore, he mastered his innate major technique, and his temperament also underwent some changes.

A few days later.

A streak of silver light streaked across the sky and hovered outside Little Turtle Peak.

Two streaks of light flew out from above.

It was Su Yuqing and Yao Tiannan who arrived.

It seems that after the events in Tianxing City came to an end, these two friends were worried about Xiaoguifeng and specially invited him to come and check on things.

But what the two of them saw was Qin Ming looking quite relaxed, enjoying the service of the little silver fox and Tian Ling'er, drinking spirit tea in the pavilion outside the cave.

Then we knew that they were just worrying unnecessarily.

Su Yuqing and Yao Tiannan exchanged a glance and couldn't help but smile wryly.

While the two of them were fighting to the death on the front lines, Qin Ming was safe and sound, living a carefree and happy life.

However, they had also heard about Qin Ming's powerful annihilation of a group of deserters from the demon race, as well as the remnants of the underworld.

Among them were even demons at the Void Refinement stage.

With a smile, Qin Ming invited the two to sit down, served them spiritual tea, and began to chat.

We should also find out what's going on, since they were the ones who led from the front and must know the situation best.

After talking for a while...

Qin Ming suddenly asked the two, "By the way, where is Fellow Daoist Diaoyun Sou? Why didn't he come with you?"

Su Yuqing replied with a strange expression, "This old guy is really lucky. I heard that several Void Refinement Elders have fallen on the front lines of the Yellow Spring Devouring Abyss."

"On the contrary, the old man who fished for clouds escaped with his life, but he was also seriously injured and is currently recuperating in his cave in Tianxing City."

"I see," Qin Ming sighed upon hearing this, then took out a bottle of healing pills he had refined himself from his storage bag and handed them to the two of them.

"This is a small token of my condolences. Please give it to Diaoyunsou. I believe that he will be blessed with good fortune after surviving this ordeal."

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(End of this chapter)