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Chapter 951 Changes in Strength
After hearing the orders from the Demon Star, the old monsters of the Demon Clan did not act rashly. Instead, they lay in wait in the Tianyuan Domain, preparing to make their move when the opportunity arose.

Ren Shui Ancestor simply couldn't understand why, after he had personally sent Ling Yuan Ancestor to his death, a new fusion body had been born so quickly.

And judging from the imposing manner he displayed just now, he is by no means an ordinary person.

His mission of seeking revenge and destroying the Lingmiao Sect in one fell swoop also failed.

This made him grit his teeth in hatred, but in front of the old monsters of the demon race, Ancestor Renshui could not reveal his thoughts.

……

Compared to the others, the most shocked were the elders and disciples of the Lingmiao Sect.

Zhao Xuan stared at the astonishing phenomenon above the herb garden, completely immersed in shock, frozen in place, her mind blank.

Most of the other sect disciples who remained conscious under the pressure of the tribulation were just like her.

Qingluzi was originally determined to fight to the death with the two major sects, but unexpectedly, things took an unexpected turn and someone in the Lingmiao Sect actually succeeded in breaking through to the Fusion stage.

Furthermore, the two combined-level old monsters from Taiyi Sect and Wanshou Valley were also frightened away by this power, leaving Qingluzi stunned for a long time.

The other peak masters of the Lingmiao Sect also gathered around him, all showing expressions of excitement at surviving a calamity.

"Heaven has eyes! Heaven has not forsaken our Lingmiao Sect. A new cultivator at the Integration Stage has actually been born."

"It must be Peak Master Luo, right?"

"I never expected that Peak Master Luo would have such profound foundations, and actually succeeded in breaking through to the Integration Stage in one fell swoop. This is truly a great fortune for our sect!"

The other peak masters were discussing this, but Qing Luzi alone had a furrowed brow, as if he was thinking about something.

After a moment, he interrupted everyone's joy and said, "I'm afraid the one who has successfully advanced to the next level is someone else."

"Before entering seclusion, Peak Master Luo specifically told me that the place he chose for his breakthrough was the Sword Tomb on the back mountain of the main peak."

Upon hearing this, the excited expressions of the rest of the Lingmiao Sect members all froze on their faces.

"Then who could it be besides Peak Master Luo?"

"Could it be that an outsider secretly used the sect's spiritual veins to break through?"

After all, the nine peak masters in the Lingmiao Sect have the highest cultivation levels, and the rest do not have the conditions to break through to the Integration stage.

Qingluzi was also unsure, and for a moment he did not know who had broken through in the herb garden.

After a moment's thought, he said with a wry smile, "It seems we'll have to wait for that senior to emerge from seclusion and summon us before we can find out what's going on."

Therefore, Qingluzi ordered his disciples, "Listen up, disciples! No matter what happens next, you must not approach the Spirit Herb Garden. We will discuss everything after I have finished dealing with it."

"Yes!" The disciples of the Lingmiao Sect were also confused about the situation and could only obey the elders' orders.

But at this moment.

Before the Lingmiao Sect members could even breathe a sigh of relief, a violent spatial fluctuation reverberated outside the mountain gate, and three figures suddenly appeared.

The terrifying aura emanating from two of them was unmatched even by the previous Beiling Ancestor and Chequ Ancestor, clearly indicating that they were powerful Nascent Soul cultivators with even greater cultivation.

When Qingluzi and the others saw the faces of the newcomers, they were all suddenly startled!
As elders of a combined sect, they naturally had some knowledge and recognized the two top figures in the human cultivation world who were famous at a glance.

It was none other than Golden Tortoise and Yin Yangzi, two of the Seven Sons of the Human Race. Beside them was a young man in a green robe at the early stage of the Void Refinement Realm, none other than Cold Crow Venerable.

Just now, Master Hanya heard that the person who has broken through to the Integration Stage is actually Qin Ming!
He was filled with mixed feelings and was still immersed in the conversation between the two bigwigs, unable to come back to his senses.

'We're all ascended cultivators, so why is there such a vast difference between us? Fellow Daoist Qin, breaking through realms is as easy for you as eating and drinking?'

'Without realizing it, we've already fallen a whole realm apart, sigh.'

When Qingluzi and the others saw the two human leaders arrive, they quickly opened the sect's grand formation and welcomed them in.

"This junior pays respects to Senior Golden Beetle."

"Greetings, Senior Yin Yangzi."

"Welcome to the Lingmiao Sect, our two seniors, to take charge of the overall situation."

The peak masters of Qinglu Peak were originally worried about how to deal with the fact that someone was undergoing tribulation within the Lingmiao Sect.

If it's one of their own from the Lingmiao Sect, that's fine, but what if it's someone with ulterior motives?

Even though these peak masters were at least at the late stage of the Void Refinement realm, they were still like ants in front of those at the Integration realm.

Gu Chang'an waved his hand and said casually:

"No need for formalities. I came here to handle some other matters, but I didn't expect to run into this."

"You may all step back and go deal with your sect's affairs."

Qingluzi and the others felt as if they had been granted a pardon and hurriedly bowed and agreed to withdraw.

……

A few days later.

The radiant glow above Cuixu Garden gradually disappeared, and the nine-colored halo in the sky also vanished.

The overwhelming aura of the combined-powerful being gradually subsided.

Gradually, the sky above the herb garden finally returned to calm, and the clouds parted to reveal the sun.

After Qin Ming's breakthrough, his entire demeanor underwent a tremendous change, his aura becoming extremely powerful and enigmatic.
He was like an ancient Chinese toon tree, exuding an aura of time.

Every gesture he made exuded the aura of a powerful figure, radiating both pressure and prestige.

"Congratulations, Master, on your advancement to the Fusion Realm! May your immortal path prosper forever!!"

The Devouring Sky Rat, the Little Silver Fox, the Silver-Winged Frost Bee, and Tian Ling'er all ran out of the Little Spirit Realm, bowing and offering their congratulations to Qin Ming.

These spirit pets, witnessing their master's successful attainment of enlightenment and integration, can be considered to share in the glory.

Qin Ming suppressed his spiritual pressure, stood up, and with a thought, retrieved his natal spiritual plant, the Yanfu Immortal Vine, back into the Desolate Realm.

His natal spiritual plant was a great help this time, not only helping him absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth needed to break through the realm, but also guiding him at the crucial moment, allowing him to successfully overcome the tribulation of the Heavenly Demon's transformation.

"I have successfully broken through to the Fusion Realm today, and this is truly cause for celebration!"

Qin Ming was in a very good mood after breaking through to the Integration Stage. He generously took out some sixth-tier resources and his long-treasured seventh-tier Great Dream Thousand Autumns Demon Wine as a reward to several spirit pets.

The Devouring Sky Rat had long coveted the seventh-tier Great Dream Thousand Autumns Demon Wine, and was extremely excited to finally get its wish today.

What excited it even more was that Qin Ming had broken through to the Integration Stage, and its powerful backer was becoming stronger and stronger.

"Master truly is a chosen one of destiny! With him by my side, I, the little mouse, have a real chance of becoming an immortal or an ancestor!"

After sending his spirit pet away, Qin Ming continued to use the fusion formation to stabilize his newly broken-through cultivation.

After advancing to the Integration Stage, his cultivation level and strength experienced a tremendous leap, far surpassing other cultivators at the early Integration Stage. After Qin Ming completed the unification of his physical body and spiritual body, his primordial spirit and physical body merged into one, and the demonic infant's primordial spirit also completely merged with him, returning to the embrace of his original self and no longer being separate.

However, those in the Integration Stage can cultivate avatars, and powerful individuals can even create thousands of avatars.

However, there are also certain limitations.

An ordinary cultivator who has just advanced to the early stage of the Integration Realm should theoretically be able to cultivate three clones at the Void Refinement Realm, each with a strength equivalent to one-tenth of the original body.

But Qin Ming was different; the power of his demonic infant spirit was almost equal to that of his original self.

Furthermore, he achieved physical integration with the Dao and refined the true form of the Myriad Transformations Heavenly Demon Ruler.

Therefore, even at the initial stage of fusion, he can summon a fusion-level avatar with strength almost identical to his original self.

This is equivalent to having twice the combat power out of thin air.

Once Qin Ming's Myriad Transformations Heavenly Demon Ruler True Body was perfected, it was comparable to the body refinement strength of a late-stage Integration Realm cultivator.

This alone would make him invincible in the Fusion Realm.

Besides.

Using the life-shortening divine power of the Eight Gates Reincarnation Realm, and activating the innate great technique 'Eternal Ashes', cultivators of the same realm became one to ten, and even those in the mid-stage of the Integration Realm could achieve one to five.

Even peak-level powerhouses like the Twelve Demon Stars of the Demon Race and the Seven Sons of the Human Race can be traded one for one.

More importantly, after breaking through the Integration Stage, Qin Ming's natal cultivation technique, "Eternal Azure Emperor Technique," entered the Great Spring Chapter, causing his lifespan to surge, more than doubling.

It possessed a terrifying lifespan of 100,000 years.

If he is determined to fight desperately, coupled with the blessing of the annual rings of his natal spiritual plant.

Such a terrifying full-health kill threshold would even defeat those peak-level Nascent Soul cultivators who had dominated the Spirit Realm for tens of thousands of years.
Therefore, once he advanced to the Integration Stage, he was almost invincible among those of the same realm, not to mention that Qin Ming had other powerful and effective treasures in his possession.

It possesses independent small worlds such as the Lesser Spirit Realm and the Desolate Realm.

It can be said that now, he is basically only vulnerable to some exceptionally powerful cultivators at the peak of the Integration stage, or he might encounter cultivators at the Mahayana stage or ancient true spirits.

As for beings at the Mahayana stage, they are so rare that you could count them on one hand; they are practically unheard of.

"From now on, I'm basically a big shot in the spirit world. I don't have to hide anymore and be chased around like before," Qin Ming said with a sigh.

Even ordinary Nascent Soul stage cultivators, such as the former Lingyuan Ancestor, could control the resources of a region, hold a high status, and become immortals and ancestors.

Qin Ming's current cultivation level and strength need no further explanation.

Moreover, the Spirit Realm is currently experiencing a once-in-hundred-thousand-years calamity involving alien races, and after advancing to the Integration Stage, he has sufficient power to protect himself.

Qin Ming's soul strength has also increased significantly, comparable to a peak Integration Realm cultivator, and can now cover an area of ​​50,000 li.

Therefore, Qin Ming had already discovered Jin Guizi and Yin Yangzi, who had traveled a long way to Tianyuan Domain.

Of course, he was also fully aware of what the Northern Mausoleum Ancestor and the Chequ Ancestor of the Taiyi Sect had done.

In addition, he also discovered traces of demonic activity in the area surrounding the outer perimeter of Beidou Immortal City.
"This feeling of having everything under control is the Fusion Stage."

Qin Ming made a grasping motion with his five fingers, and streams of emerald light, brimming with boundless vitality, gathered from all directions of the spirit herb garden, transforming into clusters of wood-attribute spiritual energy.

With a casual wave of his hand, the rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth fell into the spiritual field, nourishing the spiritual plants there, causing them to grow wildly.

The Integration Stage allows for complete control over the primordial energy of heaven and earth, making its utilization far more efficient than that of the Refinement Stage.

Even before Qin Ming broke through to the Integration Stage, his magical power had already surpassed his current level.

Therefore, after advancing to the Integration Stage, his cultivation level became incredibly stable, unlike other old monsters who spent decades or even hundreds of years stabilizing their realm.

a few days later.

Qin Ming then instructed the Devouring Sky Rat and the Little Silver Fox to burn incense and brew tea, and sent a message to Gu Chang'an and Yin Yangzi.

"Fellow Daoist Gu, please come to Cuixu Garden for a chat."

Gu Chang'an and Yin Yangzi were arranged to rest in a cave by the Lingmiao Sect, and they were prepared to wait here for several years.

However, even these big shots didn't expect that Qin Ming would summon the two of them to the Fusion Stage, which was only a few days after they broke through to the Fusion Stage.

"Hehe! Fellow Daoist Gu, your young friend has quite the airs, actually making this old man personally come to pay him a visit."

"It has been many years since I have met such a young person with such a strong personality."

Gu Chang'an, however, was unconvinced and said calmly, "The fact that you were able to stabilize your newly broken-through realm in just a few days shows that Fellow Daoist Li's true strength is comparable to yours and mine, as you are capable of overcoming the three great calamities."

"Of course, we can be considered as peers."

"Besides, his place is relatively quiet, and I have many things I want to ask him. No one else will bother me but you."

Upon hearing this, Yin Yangzi smiled slightly and nodded, saying, "What Fellow Daoist Gu said is true. Then this old man is also eager to meet this newly promoted fellow Daoist."

Master Hanya sat upright and proper to the side, glancing at the two big shots from time to time.

"No way? Judging from the tone of their conversation, Fellow Daoist Qin, after breaking through to the Integration Stage, is actually comparable to the Seven Sons of Humanity?"

His mind was full of questions, and he hoped that Gu Chang'an would bring him along so he could catch up with Qin Ming.
"Ahem! Senior Gu, would it be convenient for this junior to accompany you?"

Gu Chang'an replied calmly, "Why has your attitude changed again? Weren't you adamant about not coming with me before?"

"This...this...this junior didn't expect Senior Li to break through to the Integration Stage here," Master Han Ya replied with an embarrassed expression.

Gu Chang'an didn't argue with him. With a flick of his sleeve, he took Han Ya Shangren with him and they disappeared into the void as golden light bubbles.

……

After two sticks of incense.

A violent spatial fluctuation came from above the Spirit Herb Garden. After the void twisted, the figures of Gu Chang'an and his two companions emerged from it.

Amidst the horrified gazes of the lower-ranking disciples, they entered the Emerald Void Garden directly.

When Gu Chang'an and his two companions entered, they found that the place was not only unaffected by the three terrifying calamities, but also presented a vibrant and lively scene.

In a pavilion near the medicinal herb field, a man dressed in a blue Taoist robe sat, while several exceptionally intelligent Taoist boys burned incense and brewed tea beside him.

Upon seeing them enter, Qin Ming rose to greet them, a smile on his face, and invited the three of them:

"Fellow Daoist Gu, Fellow Daoist Han Ya, it's been a long time."

"This must be Fellow Daoist Yin Yangzi, one of the Seven Sons of our Human Race, right?"

"Please come inside for a chat."

Gu Chang'an and Han Ya Shangren looked at Qin Ming in front of them and almost didn't recognize him.

(End of this chapter)