Night without Borders

Chapter 576 External Demons Become a Driving Force

Pure Land, a vital area of ​​Dayu, has "veins" distributed in the void, demonstrating the transformation from disorder to order and sorting out the rules of heaven and earth.

Qin Ming sat quietly, questioning his own conscience and exploring the path ahead; his mind was more active than ever before.

This place is also known as Daoist Land, which is the foundation for the future formation of the Earthly Immortal Dynasty.

It's very difficult for ordinary people to enter; even direct members of the royal family need to report and make an appointment in advance. Qin Ming was able to come here to meditate because Yao Ruoxian had put in a good word for him.

Qin Ming used the land to cultivate, and his complex thoughts went from disordered to orderly, as if they had been purified.

Breaking through the Grandmaster level is naturally extremely difficult.

Profound knowledge and rare medicinal herbs are both indispensable. Sometimes, even life-or-death battles are necessary, requiring external forces to break through that solid and unbreakable barrier.

Qin Ming had just broken through two levels in the Crimson Forest and the Silver River Gorge, and only a few days had passed. Naturally, he did not expect to achieve this overnight and reach the fifth realm in one fell swoop.

He came here to clarify his mind, to deduce the path ahead, and to see if he had the conditions to break through the major hurdle.

The Grandmaster level is like an insurmountable barrier, blocking many geniuses.

Even some immortal and divine beings have been repeatedly tempered and lingered for a long time, unable to make progress. They need to cultivate dragons and tigers internally and undergo blood tribulations externally before they can achieve the Grandmaster position.

The masters of the world, after gathering all the necessary materials, either achieved their status through battles or through years of arduous practice.

Deep within the sacred ground, in the brass incense burner, wisps of fragrant smoke rose gently. As Qin Ming smelled the "tranquil incense," his mind gradually became more peaceful than ever before.

Undoubtedly, Qin Ming's consciousness was highly purified, and in that moment of mental clarity, it was as if a celestial bridge had been built, leading to the future and reaching the other shore.

This is a terrifying divine insight that can help one avoid danger in advance when calamity strikes, and can also help one achieve sudden enlightenment, allowing consciousness to be sublimated to the extreme, briefly crossing the bridge to the other side, and looking ahead to the future.

Of course, achieving mental clarity is extremely difficult and is mostly triggered by chance. But Qin Ming has now taken advantage of the special environment to systematically induce this state and successfully entered it, even intending to remain in it for a long time.

His consciousness was pure and untainted by worldly dust, and the fire of his mind blazed brightly. He was using his special divine sense to simulate the path of a grandmaster breaking through a barrier.

Qin Ming witnessed various phenomena, his inner body merging with the dragon and tiger, his outer body refining his flesh and organs, his essence, energy and spirit becoming perfectly unified, his heavenly light, consciousness and divine wisdom condensing, and then collapsing, just as he was about to forge the supreme golden elixir, it broke open again, pouring into his limbs and bones.

"Hmm, it's feasible. If I can overcome all the external conditions, I can become a grandmaster. But... it exploded in the end."

Qin Ming frowned deeply. He had accumulated enough strength to be terrifying, and he was already capable of attempting to break through to the fifth realm. However, his physical body would disintegrate upon breaking through.

His heart sank, and he said, "Is the True Form Tribulation really that terrifying? I've just broken through the barrier, and I'm already facing it."

That's understandable, after all, he has integrated many true essences, and when a grandmaster transforms, it's about mastering all the energies and forging the true form.

In this process, there is an inherent tendency for all things to converge into one.

The combination of all the techniques he practiced was truly terrifying.

Even the founding patriarch, traversing the path of rebirth, would find it difficult to avoid this calamity in the fifth realm.

The fifth realm is crucial, as it will establish the main path for the future. For example, the Six Imperial True Forms, the Tathagata True Form, and the Jade Purity True Form all truly appear at the beginning of the fifth realm.

Qin Ming's body glowed, his pure Yang consciousness surging. He stood on the Other Shore Immortal Bridge, gazing ahead, striving to maintain this special state and conduct his second deduction.

"I won't die after the explosion; I'll be able to reassemble my true form, but I'll be severely injured," he sighed, analyzing the situation carefully.

He made full use of this rare opportunity and began the third simulation.

With a whoosh, Qin Ming withdrew from his limited moment of mental clarity. He took a deep breath. During his three True Form Tribulations, he had been torn apart by a rain of blood and his mental field had been shattered. The experience was terrifying and the pain unbearable.

In his final simulation, Qin Ming realized that the crux of the problem was that he had broken through the barrier too hastily. He had been too eager for quick success. If he had spent a few more months refining his skills, things wouldn't have turned out so badly.

At that moment, he thought of those masters of silk calligraphy who had exploded.

"If you don't explode it once, you can't even say you've practiced Chaos Force," Qin Ming said with a self-deprecating laugh, guessing that the patriarchs would probably agree with him.

That being said, if it can be avoided, who would willingly harm their own essence?

Then he remembered Jin Bang's advice when he was at Yinhan Gorge, which encouraged him to patiently hone his skills, calm down, and refine himself to the best possible state.

Qin Ming decided to return to Shuangshu Village and quietly lie low for several months, devoting himself to fully comprehending the Hunyuan Jin and striving to reach the most flawless and harmonious state of the fourth realm.

"I need to isolate myself from the world for a while!"

He believed that if he broke through the barrier again then, it wouldn't be as disastrous.

The perfect harmony and completeness that comes naturally is the supreme realm he pursues. Breaking through too easily or hastily will be detrimental to the future and will needlessly deplete his potential.

As for the powerful medicine needed to break through the barrier, Qin Ming has a large sum of money. If he were to seek it out, he might be able to gather the necessary amount.

"However, the Supreme Blood Battle has just ended, and various medicinal herbs are in extremely short supply. There are very few rare and precious medicines circulating in the market, which is also a problem."

After careful consideration, he concluded that these factors should not hinder his progress.

If all else fails, Qin Ming thinks he can borrow medicine by "scanning his face" and probably raise enough money.

If he were willing to swallow his pride, all the major ancestral temples on Xinsheng Road, as well as Taixu and the Dayu royal family, would probably lend him medicine.

When Qin Ming thought of these large organizations, he couldn't help but think of the sage. That old monster was unfathomable and had "sown seeds" widely in the heavens, which was truly frightening.

"Furthermore, have all the other founders who mastered Chaos Force on the Path of New Life truly died completely?"

If there are other people still alive, then the road to a new life will not be so simple.

……

Cheng Sheng sighed, "Brother Qin, this is a test of the heart, a clarification of the path ahead. Is he really going to enter the fourth realm? It's too fast. In the past, he was one or two major realms lower than us."

Pei Shuyan nodded, also feeling quite moved. Thinking back to those days, Qin Ming was just a minor cultivator in their eyes, completely on a different level from them.

In just a few years, junior cultivators have already surpassed them.

Bai Meng's mouth moved, but he held back. He felt that at the crucial moment, he could still keep his mouth shut and keep the secret.

In fact, after the Supreme Blood Battle ended, on his way back from the outer realms, Pei Gong almost stumbled upon the truth.

Unfortunately, when Yu Gensheng, Qin Ming, and Tang Yushang were fighting against the powerful warriors of the Traveler Civilization, Pei Shuyan fainted from the pain and was carried away by Bai Meng.

Yao Ruoxian had doubted Qin Ming's true level of mastery more than once, but when she thought about it rationally, she felt that she was overthinking it. Who in the world could become a grandmaster in just a few years?

Qin Ming left the Pure Land, immediately bid farewell to everyone, and prepared to return to Shuangshu Village for seclusion. He did not intend to leave Black and White Mountain unless he firmly grasped the opportunity to become a Grandmaster.

Pei Gongdao said, "Brother Qin's combat strength is already higher than ours, and now he is about to break through a major barrier. If we don't work harder, we will be surpassed even in terms of cultivation level."

He made up his mind to undergo rigorous training and return to the secluded land to break through the barriers.

Cheng Sheng nodded and said, "The path of new life, reaching the fourth realm at the age of twenty-something, these elements combined are truly a great achievement that will shake the world, and all the patriarchs of the past have to take notice."

Bai Meng was extremely frustrated and wanted to say, "You're wrong. Brother Ming is a whole level higher than you all estimated."

He could already imagine the cataclysmic upheaval that would ensue when Ming Ge was exposed in the near future.

He felt that among the people in front of him, only his sister could stand shoulder to shoulder with Ming-ge.

Of course, if he could break the curse left by his ancestors, he would also have a chance to follow. At present, Tang Yushang felt a great sense of crisis. She wanted to win a match and surpass Qin Ming at all times, but she really couldn't.

She made up her mind to fight hard this time and completely sever the first set of bloodline shackles in her body.

As for the second set of bloodline shackles that appeared after being baptized by the rain of light, they became a powerful driving force for her to rise up, and she would break them sooner or later to unleash her full potential.

Qin Ming quietly returned to Shuangshu Village and officially began his seclusion to make final preparations for becoming a Grandmaster.

He was in a state of enlightenment in the Black and White Mountain region, unmoved and as steady as a rock, but an "evil wind" was blowing in the outside world, stirring up all kinds of "storms".

In just a few days, rumors flew everywhere.

"Have you heard? The mysterious expert who 'slashed through the thirty-sixth heaven with one sword' on the dueling stage back then might actually be Qin Ming."

This news truly shocked everyone.

The key point is that some celebrities are also talking about it, which amplifies the impact.

Under these circumstances, all sorts of heated discussions and uproar ensued.

It is precisely because of this that a variety of friendly, malicious, and conflicting "external factors" have emerged and converged on the territory of Black and White Mountain.

However, the Beast God is infamous and is also known as the peerless sword immortal, making all parties wary of him. So far, no one dares to force their way through.

In this tense atmosphere, Qin Ming remained unmoved. In just two days, he felt that his Chaos Energy had become more harmonious.

He was surprised; the progress was much faster than he had imagined.

“Truly perfect and flawless, it won’t take several months.” He was full of confidence.

At the same time, he was researching a wonderful method to transform a wisp of primordial energy into Taiyi, the realm of martial arts, and a sword, without damaging his own origin.

After all, he brought out three physical bodies from Changsheng Ridge, all of which were Dao bodies and divine embryos. Apart from exploring the True Form Tribulation, they should be put to good use in daily life, otherwise it would be too wasteful.

Some outsiders are worried about Qin Ming.

Some people are waiting for him to get into trouble, hoping to see some bloody fun.

It's fair to say that this is a very sensitive time.

Qin Ming had heard about it. Ask him to prove it himself? Then he only had one word: Get lost.

However, if the opportunity arises, he would like to make a brief statement so that his "innocence" is not tarnished out of thin air.

Under this immense pressure, he found that his progress had accelerated. He even felt that he had an exceptionally high tolerance for stress and was well-suited to seclusion in such a harsh environment.

The external storms made him more resilient, taking one step at a time to continuously improve his own strength and solidify the foundation of his terror.

External factors arose one after another, and could even be called external demons. For Qin Ming, these storms were all demons that hindered his path.

With various evil winds blowing fiercely and storms rising frequently, once there are many external factors, all kinds of people will naturally appear.

Just now, as many people suspect that Qin Ming is Yi Jian, the various techniques he has practiced have also been pondered, and have even attracted the attention of a small group of people.

The most attention-grabbing aspect is the silk calligraphy.

In fact, the inheritance of Chaos Energy in this world cannot be broken. Ancient texts should be sealed in the major ancestral temples of the New Life Path.

However, this scripture, which was considered to have serious hidden dangers, was treated as a "demon scripture" by later disciples and was buried in the dust of history.

The Pugong lineage has always continued this tradition, and one can even become an apprentice to them.

However, some people delve deeper and believe that the silk manuscript of the Qin lineage more than 900 years ago may have been somewhat unusual, and therefore they are particularly concerned about it.

They believe that Qin Ming's ability to embark on his journey on his own, without being guided by anyone, may be related to this somewhat unconventional scripture.

This claim circulated within a small circle.

Even though Qin Mingyuan was far away in Black and White Mountain, someone warned him to be careful and pay attention.

Qin Ming chuckled. His family's heirloom silk scroll was incomplete, with half of it torn off. If it weren't for his resonance ability, he wouldn't have been able to see the whole thing.

Moreover, he primarily studied the refined version recorded in the temple.

The claim that family-inherited silk calligraphy is special is a completely unfounded rumor.

Do those people really think that once they get their hands on the silk scroll, they can embark on their own journey and master the perfect Chaos Force?
Qin Ming's lips curled up in a slightly cold smile.

"Yes, I'm progressing quickly again. External pressure is what drives me forward." He was very satisfied with the results of his hard work.

This topic has been a constant topic of discussion.

Even some celebrities are talking about it now.

"I heard that Qin Ming's silk scroll once fell into the hands of the Cui family. They must have made a copy, right? That family also possesses that kind of secret book."

"Hmm, I see. I wonder if we could borrow it from the Cui family?"

"I think it's not a big problem."

At this moment, the Cui family was shocked by the rumors circulating outside. From top to bottom, they felt as if the sky had fallen. If Qin Ming were to strike with his sword, it would be truly unimaginable.

What kind of prodigy did they miss back then?
They had a winning hand, but they played it terribly.

In this era, even the most powerful forces, such as Xingchen Mountain, Lei Ze Palace, and Huang Family, were not qualified to regard Yi Jian as a "discarded pawn," but the Cui family did just that.

"I think...it's unlikely!"

"This is simply unbelievable, I don't believe it."

"What if it's him?"

After those last words were spoken, everyone in the Cui family fell silent.

In recent days, Cui Chongxiao's expression has become increasingly cold. He believes the rumors are unreliable, but his mood is getting worse and worse.

Her condition was almost like that of someone suffering from "postpartum depression".

Within Qin Ming's body, the meridians of the Black and White Mountain resembled a great dragon, and the various acupoints were like celestial lakes. Light and rain emanated from his body. At this moment, he stood under the Black and White Twin Trees, his sleeves fluttering in the wind and snow, as if he were about to ascend to immortality.

"Perhaps it's time to consider cultivating that sacred substance." His expression was solemn. He decided to try it out now, and once he reached the Grandmaster realm, it might become a significant force.

He had made various preparations for the fifth realm, wanting to do his best.

He has been studying and analyzing some ingenious methods and techniques. For example, he has been diligently exploring and constantly seeking new paths to transcend the realm of the Nine-Colored Sword Demon.

In these last few months, he needs to hone himself and master various protective techniques so that after entering the Grandmaster realm, he can not only cope with the True Form Tribulation, but also further raise his upper limit.

I had already written the leave request form today, but I deleted it at the last minute. I felt that writing a short note as a transition was better than directly requesting leave.

(End of this chapter)