Chapter 662: Chapter 523: The Beginning (Part 2)

Upon reaching the Tier Four High-Grade level in the Hundred Skills of Cultivation, only a Divinity Transformation Sect in the Cultivation Realm could cultivate such proficiency.

Both Qi Xiaoyu and Qin Ming could be considered exceptions.

After all, without complete inheritance, relying solely on one’s own exploration, it is very difficult to cultivate a skill to such a high-level realm.

Hua Tianxiong agreed, and after finishing the business, he was about to take his leave but was stopped.

"Friend Hua, please wait."

Hua Tianxiong showed a look of confusion, turned around, and cupped his hands to ask, "Elder Qi, is there anything else you need me to relay to the master?"

He saw Qi Xiaoyu take out a set of an array board and hand it over, saying, "This Milo Celestial Array is a Tier Four Top-Grade Array, integrating both attack and defense. It is the culmination of my life’s effort, a token of my mind. Please help me deliver it to Fellow Daoist Qin."

"Then I thank Elder Qi. I will definitely deliver it." Hua Tianxiong’s eyes lit up as he stepped forward to take the array board.

It wasn’t hard to see that Qi Xiaoyu did not want to owe Qin Ming such a huge favor.

The matter was settled.

Qi Xiaoyu personally saw Hua Tianxiong out of the valley.

Afterwards, he took out the Heaven-Continuing Pill, and a trace of delight appeared on his ghastly pale face.

"Who would have thought! Just when one believed the Immortal Dao was at an end, hope emerges once more..."

...

After Hua Tianxiong returned to Wangyue Island, he reported truthfully to Qin Ming and handed over the Tier Four Top-Grade Grand Array.

Qin Ming received the Milo Celestial Array. His gaze lingered on the array board for a long time, and he softly said, "This Qi Xiaoyu is indeed a remarkable person, to willingly give away such a top-tier array..."

"It seems, just as he said, his limitation in reaching only a Tier Four High-Grade Array Master was due to materials restraining his advancement..."

"If given a larger domain to freely exhibit his talents, what would become of him then?"

"Such an exceptionally talented individual is certainly worth befriending."

Subsequently, Qin Ming walked out of the Cyan Wood Pavilion.

He performed a divine technique, dismantling the original Tier Four Defense Array on Wangyue Island.

Immediately after, according to Qi Xiaoyu’s arrangement, he directed his Nascent Soul Dharma Power onto the array board, one after another, chess pieces transformed into meteors, distributed across the entirety of Wangyue Island according to a set path.

Buzz~

Countless black and white mysterious runes began wandering above the Spirit Island, forming a colossal stellar light curtain, creating a vast and boundless grand array in an instant. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

It was as if an entire cosmic starry sky had appeared above Wangyue Island.

Mo Lingwei, Hua Tianxiong, and the others on the island gazed up, endlessly awestruck by this spectacular scene.

Qin Ming then took some High-Grade Spirit Stones out of the storage pouch and placed them into the array core.

After arranging the array, he handed two chess pieces to Hua Tianxiong and Mo Lingwei. With these, they could control the Milo Celestial Array freely.

"This Tier Four Peak Attack and Defense Array, its divine techniques can compare to those of a Late-Stage Nascent Soul Cultivator. Unless a Venerable Divinity Transformation comes knocking, this place is as secure as a fortress."

"However, activating the attack divine technique requires a massive amount of High-Grade Spirit Stones. Use it as your measures allow." Qin Ming reminded with a few words.

"Yes, we shall heed the Isle Master’s instructions!"

Hua Tianxiong and Mo Lingwei were equally exhilarated, never expecting to command such a mighty grand array one day!

"Master, there is one more matter I need to report. During my visit to Elder Qi, while passing through the border of West Nether, I discovered traces of numerous Demonic Cultivators seemingly gathering on a large scale, likely preparing for action."

"Hmm, I am already aware. This bout of battle between the Righteous and Demonic Dao, the conflict is highly likely to extend to the Southern Wilderness."

"It’s likely inevitable. Continue to have Wei Wuya closely monitor the defense line of the Southern Wilderness." Qin Ming nodded and instructed.

...

Three months later.

The full force of the Demonic Dao’s offensive swept towards the Cultivation Realm.

Even the borders of the Southern Wilderness Cultivation Realm saw a breach of several large Immortal Cities, with a trend of pushing further inward.

Moreover, even Vast Sea Immortal City endured fierce attacks, bringing with it a Nascent Soul Demon Monarch.

Master Vast Sea Nalan Xi had no choice but to seek help from Wangyue Island, to which Qin Ming immediately dispatched the Heaven-Devouring Rat to resolve the crisis.

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The Southern Wilderness Cultivation Realm is already like this, and the other major cultivation realms are even more trapped in water and fire.

Cities have been broken, countless cultivators reduced to demonic blood food, their life souls extracted to forge artifacts, with scenes like these endlessly playing out.

Inside the Cyan Wood Pavilion.

Qin Ming was browsing the latest intelligence, a thick pile of reports forming a small mountain on his desk.

In short, there was no good news, all reports were of frontline defeats in various countries.

"It shouldn’t be like this, should it?"

"The Nascent Soul Old Monsters of the Human Realm are trapped in the Primordial Extreme Mountain, but aren’t the old demons of the Blood Realm the same?"

"How could such a large change in the battle situation occur?"

Qin Ming murmured in confusion as he finished browsing an intelligence report.

At this moment.

From outside, Mo Lingwei hurriedly entered the great hall. After decades of training, besides her immortal aura, she now also carried a spirited vigor.

"Reporting to the Isle Master, according to accurate intelligence from scouts, a large group of elite demonic forces has been found gathering on the outskirts of Wei Country, belonging to the Demonic Sects of the Blood Realm: Longevity Temple, Infinite Mountain, and Ghostly Palace, numbering in the hundreds of thousands, led by the Hundred-Eyed Daoist of the Longevity Temple, targeting our Spirit Nest Islands."

"Oh? They actually came for us?" Qin Ming showed a look of astonishment, "It seems the demonic forces are coming in force!"

Below, both Mo Lingwei and Hua Tianxiong were unsettled upon receiving this intelligence.

Yet at this moment when Qin Ming learned about it, he appeared completely unconcerned...

Qin Ming naturally knew some information about this ’Hundred-Eyed Daoist’, through the memories of the Demon Monarch Qishang, he learned that the latter was at the Mid-Stage Nascent Soul cultivation.

The reason the other party is called the Hundred-Eyed Daoist is because of his cultivation of divine techniques associated with gathering the power of evil eyes, refining various eyeballs containing bloodline divine techniques, and transplanting them into his own body.

The Demon Monarch Qishang had also seen him several times before, and was thoroughly disgusted by his solitary appearance.

Qin Ming wasn’t panicking precisely due to confidence in his current strength.

With recent significant progress in body refining divine techniques, having mastered the Second Layer of the "Demon-Monster True Power Technique", his sheer physical strength alone could crush a Late-stage Nascent Soul.

Adding to that, his lifebound spiritual treasure’s power had greatly increased, and he had a reserve of five thousand years of lifespan.

Not to mention Late-stage Nascent Soul, even if Divinity Transformation came, if pushed to the limit, Qin Ming could still contend by sacrificing lifespan, potentially taking out his opponent...

The key is, Qin Ming guessed that the Divinity Transformation Demon Venerable from the Blood Realm had also entered the Primordial Extreme Mountain, naturally not being able to come out quickly.

Thus, he wasn’t panicked at all.

In the face of Nascent Soul Level strength, no matter how many demonic cultivators there are, numbers would be ineffective.

Moreover, the opposing forces were merely assembling an army, not yet showing an offensive stance, indicating they were quite wary of the Southern Wilderness’s strength.

On Wangyue Island, there is now a Tier Four Top-Grade Grand Array for protection, purely based on which those demonic cultivators are nothing to fear.

...

While they were talking.

Far off at the junction of the Southern Wilderness and the East Sea coastline, countless demonic battleships towered, with numerous demonic camps stretching out below, poised for battle.

On a black demon ship, a thousand feet in size, three Nascent Soul Demon Monarchs stood quietly.

One short and plump Firework Daoist and another middle-aged man with a gloomy aura, his face covered in intricate line patterns, resembling closed eyelids, the last was a rugged copper-skinned monk.

"Hundred-Eyed Old Monster, I heard even Fellow Daoist Six Desires fell in the Southern Wilderness Cultivation Realm’s True Monarch Wangyue’s hands, with our combined strength, we probably can’t take him down!" The Firework Daoist, also of mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivation, reminded, "Otherwise... should we wait a bit more? The Celestial Hatred Demon Monarch has already escaped from the Primordial Extreme Mountain, how about we join forces with him first?"

The other monk with bronze skin also smilingly agreed: "Fellow Daoist Huo Ming’s words, I also find quite agreeable, Celestial Hatred Demon Monarch told us not to rush, why not wait a bit?"

The middle-aged man called the Hundred-Eyed, with a rather disdainful expression, said: "You two are also renowned mid-stage Nascent Soul fellow practitioners of the Blood Realm, since when have you become so timid?"

"Can’t the three of us handle just him?"

"True Monarch Wangyue’s reputation, isn’t really worthy of such strength, I will naturally have to personally experience it, coincidentally, my Hundred-Eyed Vengeful Spirit Divine Technique is about to advance to the Thousand Eyes Realm, just missing a pair of Nascent Soul Level spiritual eyes, and some resentment to complete it..."

Upon hearing this, the other two beside him were greatly taken aback: "What?! Your lifebound demonic treasure has already been refined to the Thousand Eyes Demon Eye Realm?"

"Doesn’t that mean, Fellow Daoist Hundred-Eyes, you’ve already touched the threshold of Late-stage Nascent Soul?"

"Precisely!" the Hundred-Eyed Daoist replied with a sinister smile.

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