Above the sea’s sky.

Qin Ming saw this and also showed a peculiar expression, guessing that the girl certainly had her eyes on the treasure trove of Cold Crow Ascendant.

As Lan Bing Saintess brushed past Qin Ming, a pair of cold and narrow eyes inadvertently glanced at him.

She showed a hint of suspicion but did not engage with him further, continuing to pursue Cold Crow Ascendant.

In an instant, she vanished without a trace.

Upon seeing this, Master Tianji and the others couldn’t help but be dumbfounded for a moment.

They never would have thought that Cold Crow Ascendant was drawing fire away for them, buying the group time to escape.

"Master Tianji’s words were indeed true; following those two indeed offers a sliver of hope! Hahaha!"

"I just received news that Master Guangling, who ran in the other direction, has already fallen..."

But before he finished speaking, a beam of black light immediately caught up from behind, smashing him and his shield to pieces with a punch.

"It’s just right for you to go down and accompany him in death, hmph!"

Demon Monarch Qishang’s terrifying figure emerged, and behind him were demon wings formed by Demonic Qi.

He held the Nascent Soul of the loose cultivator in his hand, and the small face of the Nascent Soul showed an expression of extreme terror before being consumed whole by Demon Monarch Qishang.

"Master Tianji misled me! Your divination is inaccurate!"

Someone exclaimed in surprise.

Seeing such a scene, Master Tianji and the others were all terrified, each fleeing for their lives.

Qin Ming also felt a slight chill in his heart; he observed that the vitality of Demon Monarch Qishang was unusually strong, something rarely seen in his life.

Even more surprising to him was that the wings behind him seemed to be a very formidable divine technique, with a tunneling speed comparable to the Blood Escape Technique, and in just a few flickers, he caught up to him.

The reason Lan Bing Saintess didn’t bother with them earlier was probably to leave them to the hands of Demon Monarch Qishang.

With this thought.

After confirming that no other Nascent Soul stage demonic cultivators followed behind Demon Monarch Qishang, Qin Ming’s figure flickered a few times, skimming over the sea surface, and then plunged straight into the seawater.

Plop!

Plop!

Demon Monarch Qishang did not chase after other Nascent Souls but focused on Qin Ming, diving into the deep sea right on his heels.

In the water, a Nascent Soul True Monarch was also extraordinarily fast.

In a chase and retreat.

Half a cup of tea’s time passed.

Qin Ming’s figure flickered, arriving at a canyon located ten thousand fathoms deep on the sea floor.

The surroundings were pitch-black and exceptionally quiet.

After scanning with his divine thought to the back, he suddenly unleashed Divine Thought Power comparable to that of a late-stage Nascent Soul, shooting out over ten Godslaying Needles towards his pursuer!

Qin Ming knew that the physical body of his opponent was extremely formidable, so he directly executed the divine technique from within the "Nether Soul Technique."

As Demon Monarch Qishang’s entire being shuddered with fear while chasing, he subconsciously sensed an ill omen in his heart.

Boom!

But before he had time to react, over ten Godslaying Needles fiercely pierced into his Sea of Consciousness.

Just as Qin Ming’s Godslaying Needles were about to pierce into Demon Monarch Qishang’s consciousness and hit his Nascent Soul.

A piece of demon jade in Demon Monarch Qishang’s arms shattered in response.

Simultaneously, within his Sea of Consciousness, a white hazy protective barrier rose, completely shielding his Nascent Soul avatar.

Crack! Crack!

All the Godslaying Needles hit the white Spiritual Light Shield, disbanding and vanishing without a trace.

But under the divine soul attack comparable to a late-stage Nascent Soul, the white shield was shaky, showing several cracks.

One of the Godslaying Needles entered through a crack, striking the Nascent Soul avatar inside.

"Ah!!"

Demon Monarch Qishang clutched his head in pain and howled, but within a few breaths, his mind cleared again.

"Late-stage Nascent Soul Divine Thought Power!"

"How could this kid have such a powerful divine soul?"

He looked at Qin Ming with a flicker of suspicion in his eyes, unsure and unsettled.

In an unexpected sneak attack just now, Qin Ming nearly succeeded.

Demon Monarch Qishang took out a demon treasure that protects the divine soul, shouted angrily, and resumed his pursuit.

The demon wings flashed, and within a few breaths, he was in front of Qin Ming.

Without a word, he directly summoned the Cyan-faced Demon Form, forming a fist to attack Qin Ming.

Even underwater, the speed of his punch shadows was unaffected, reaching Qin Ming in an instant.

Qin Ming’s gaze also turned cold, his whole body transformed into a three-hundred-zhang tall Blood-colored Eight-armed Demon Ape, surrounded by demon patterns and demonic qi, forming different hand seals with eight arms, resembling a Vajra Fury Demon Form.

Roar!

Immediately after.

The Blood-colored Demon Ape clenched its fist, suddenly manifesting a black thunderbolt in its hand, like holding the sun, crossing several hundred zhang, and the terrifying giant fist violently struck towards Demon Monarch Qishang!

Boom! Crack!

In the clash of their punches, a world-destroying aura erupted, clearing seawater within a ten-mile range underneath the sea, forming a vacuum zone.

Countless sea creatures and underwater mountains were obliterated in this confrontation.

An astonishing tsunami rose on the sea surface.

"Primordial True Demon Body!!"

"How is it possible?! How could you possess the Demonic Supreme Body Refining Technique?"

Demon Monarch Qishang’s Qi Blood surged inside him, never expecting that a mere early-stage Nascent Soul young cultivator not only possessed a powerful divine soul but also had body refining divine techniques not inferior to his own.

As he looked at the Eight-Armed Demon Form not far away, his emotions were already in turmoil.

He immediately cast aside any contempt, unleashing mid-stage Nascent Soul Mana, and the Nascent Soul Realm expanded, enveloping Qin Ming completely.

However, the next moment.

Qin Ming’s mana aura continued to climb, and his own Nascent Soul Realm divine technique unfurled as well.

Matching the Nascent Soul Realm of Demon Monarch Qishang head-on.

The collision of the two great Dharma Realms in the Sea Earth Canyon once again formed two circular vacuum areas...

They resembled two giant white spheres rising from the deep sea.

After a long time, the seawater still hadn’t receded.

Demon Monarch Qishang was utterly shocked. When he had just descended to this realm, he was full of confidence, believing that with his formidable strength, apart from confronting Late-stage Nascent Soul and Venerable Divinity Transformation, he could pretty much roam the Human Realm unchallenged.

Yet, after exterminating two Nascent Soul Cultivators, he encountered a tough opponent.

The person before him had a repertoire of divine techniques, whether in terms of their physical body or mana, that was not much weaker than his own Mid-stage Nascent Soul strength.

Qin Ming’s expression remained calm; as long as he was only facing Demon Monarch Qishang, he could still handle it.

He had deliberately lured Demon Monarch Qishang to this location earlier, with the original plan of using the Hook Jade Golden Light Mirror to drain his lifespan and then leaving.

For when Qin Ming first saw Demon Monarch Qishang, he had already used the Yin Yang Profound Mirror divine technique to observe him, and noted he had more than five hundred years of lifespan left.

The Hook Jade Golden Light Mirror, now unlocked to a Tier Four Spirit Treasure level, hugely reduced the lifespan exchange with a Same-tier Cultivator, almost forming a one to ten ratio.

His mana was comparable to Mid-stage Nascent Soul, it would take just fifty years to drain the opponent to death.

However, after Qin Ming saw the physical body of this person, combined with the ’Nine Heavens Cyan Yuan Marvelous Response True Talisman’ he had recently acquired, a peculiar and bold idea suddenly sprang to mind!

"Who are you?! Why are you proficient in our sect’s Demonic Sacred Body?" Demon Monarch Qishang, stabilizing himself after much thought, questioned continuously.

Qin Ming flashed a cold smile, "It doesn’t matter who I am, but I’m interested in your body, and soon enough, I will become you!"

"What?!" Demon Monarch Qishang, shocked and enraged upon hearing this.

Later, he noticed a palm-sized, ancient copper mirror appearing in the hand of the Blood-colored Eight-Armed Demon Form facing him.

The instant this mirror appeared.

Demon Monarch Qishang’s eyelids twitched uncontrollably.

Mysteriously, a dreadful terror seemed about to descend upon him...

"This... this is..."

Qin Ming immediately infused mana into the Hook Jade Golden Light Mirror, causing a torrent of Nascent Soul Dharma Power to surge from within.

He activated the second great divine technique—Ancient Poison Flame, which was refined after the mirror’s ascent to a Tier Four Spirit Treasure.

Instantly.

A streak of golden radiance flickered across the smooth as glass surface of the mirror, and then shone upon Demon Monarch Qishang.

Boom!!

A Three-Colored Celestial Fire suddenly descended, transforming into a giant Griffin, surging forth from the radiance, lunging towards the Lifebound Nascent Soul on the Purple Mansion Spirit Platform above Demon Monarch Qishang.

Fear etched on the face of Demon Monarch Qishang’s Nascent Soul, watching as the Three-Colored Celestial Fire above his head descended instantly, even his divine thought released became foul and was incinerated in an instant.

Moreover, within the flames, there was an inexorable celestial tribulation calculation stemming from the illustrious might of the heavens, sealing his Nascent Soul firmly, an unavoidable doom.

It was even more terrifying than when he first transcended the Nascent Soul Celestial Tribulation.

In terror, Demon Monarch Qishang projected several powerful demon treasures to shield his ebony Nascent Soul.

In the next moment.

The Three-Colored Celestial Fire constituted by the Ancient Poison Flame directly engulfed the Nascent Soul.

Tribulation Fire Devours the Soul!

Demon Monarch Qishang’s Nascent Soul emitted the most harrowing screams, its face twisted, agonized to the extreme.

The raging Three-Colored Poison Flame quickly enveloped and consumed it.

Even the Cyan-faced Demon Form reverted back to its original form.

Under the fiery scalding of the Three-Colored Poison Flame, his demon treasures plummeted down.

Qin Ming, noting that the moment was right, immediately propelled the Demon Infant from the black lotus platform in the Middle Dantian to emerge.

On the little face of the pitch-black Demon Infant, there was also an overjoyed smile; after all, it was the first time executing possession, lacking much experience...

Under the scorching of the Ancient Poison Flame, Demon Monarch Qishang’s Nascent Soul became debilitated and barely alive, its aura withered, about to disperse.

Qin Ming’s Demon Infant dashed into his Purple Mansion Spirit Platform right away, gripping the remnants of the opponent’s Nascent Soul and started devouring wildly.

The Demon Infant formed a peculiar hand seal, then started casting the Possession Technique, completely engulfing the opponent’s Nascent Soul, instantly taking over Demon Monarch Qishang’s physical body.

After the pitch-black Demon Infant devoured the opponent’s Nascent Soul, all of Demon Monarch Qishang’s memories and past encounters were also entirely assimilated.

Furthermore, due to Demon Monarch Qishang’s Nascent Soul being incinerated by the Ancient Poison Flame, there was hardly any resistance.

The possession process by the Demon Infant went exceptionally smoothly and effortlessly.

Additionally, it incarcerated a hint of his divine soul within its belly, ensuring that the Lifebound Soul Lamp he left in the Blood Refining Demon Sect remained lit.

The scenes from this man’s life emerged in Qin Ming’s mind one after another.

After successfully possessing with the Demon Infant, Qin Ming swiftly adapted to the incredibly formidable physical body of Demon Monarch Qishang.

He clenched his fist, then reached out and collected the demon treasures that had fallen to the ground earlier.

Later, ’Demon Monarch Qishang’ flew to meet Qin Ming, revealing a strange smile.

Because Qin Ming’s mana cultivation was already comparable to Mid-stage Nascent Soul, maintaining the Mid-stage Nascent Soul aura of Demon Monarch Qishang was merely an easy task.

Subsequently.

Qin Ming took out the ’Nine Heavens Cyan Yuan Marvelous Response True Talisman’. This talisman, nourished under the Lifebound Spirit Plant Immortal Vine, not only halted the loss of spiritual qi in its incomplete sections but was also mostly restored.

He activated the ancient talisman according to the method provided by Qingyang the Old Demon.

In an instant, a whiff of pale yellow aura flew out from the ancient talisman, landing on the Demon Infant, leaving a void coordinate upon it.

Qin Ming’s plan was simple: using the Demon Infant to possess Demon Monarch Qishang, then infiltrate the Blood Refining Demon Sect to scavenge treasures, moreover, henceforth, he could obtain firsthand intelligence from the higher echelons of the demonic path.

It was simply killing two birds with one stone, without much hassle...

"Hehehe!"

"Did I teach you wrong, kid?"

Qingyang the Old Demon showed a sinister smile.

The Heaven-Devouring Rat scurried onto the shoulder of ’Demon Monarch Qishang’, poking around curiously.

Then.

It displayed a wicked grin, patting the owner on the back eagerly, flattering:

"Master, this move of yours is indeed very clever! Haha!"

"Almost identical, completely undetectable."

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