Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

With all three demon generals dead, the demon generals of the three royal families naturally could not escape their fate either.

After killing Kun Chenglie, Chen Yuan and his three companions did not stop there. Instead, they split up and continued to pursue the fleeing demon generals of the three clans.

For a Nascent Soul cultivator to deal with a demon general is like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

However, in order to prevent these demon generals from escaping back to their clans and spreading the news of the deaths of the three demon commanders, which would cause changes in the ascension passage, the four of them had no choice but to go through the trouble of personally taking part in the battle.

Led by Chen Yuan and his companions, the human Nascent Soul cultivators split into several groups and wiped out all the demon generals who came to rescue the Blood-Eyed Serpent Clan.

After Ao Cang's death, the three demon generals lost all fighting spirit and scattered to escape.

But compared to the speed of the four, the demon general seemed so slow.

Even though several demon generals were incredibly fast and escaped thousands of miles away, they couldn't escape the divine sense of the Nascent Soul cultivators and were eventually caught up. Not a single one escaped.

Faced with the enraged human Nascent Soul cultivators, apart from Ao Qingsong who turned against them, not a single demon general survived.

These once high and mighty royal demon generals, whose hands were stained with the lives of countless humans, could only die tragically at the hands of the human cultivators they despised most, their corpses reverting to their original forms and laid out in the Crimson Ridge Mountains.

Under the supervision of powerful cultivators such as Cui Yuheng, these Nascent Soul cultivators collected demon beast materials, demon cores, and mustard seed rings from the corpses of demon generals.

Ao Qingsong, who was seriously injured, was placed in a cave to recuperate.

Chen Yuan and his companions arrived at the Spirit Serpent Palace. After the Blood-Eyed Spirit Serpent clan was wiped out, this place had become their meeting place.

Apart from the four people, there were no other cultivators in the hall. Chen Yuan, Lu Wangquan, and Cangsong Daoist looked at Qin Wuyai, whose appearance had changed drastically, and their eyes all revealed a hint of wariness.

Daoist Cangsong slowly spoke: "I wonder if we should continue to address you as Fellow Daoist Qin, or if we should change our form of address?"

Qin Wuyai smiled slightly: "What do you mean by that, Fellow Daoist Cangsong? I, Qin, will never change my name or surname."

Lu Wangquan narrowed his eyes: "Then please explain, Fellow Daoist Qin, where did that illusory divine soul come from?"

"After merging with it, why were you able to master the power of the Refining Void Divine Soul, and why did your appearance change so drastically?"

"Which face do you truly wear, fellow Daoist?"

Qin Wuyai said calmly, "This is my business, and it seems to have nothing to do with you three fellow Daoists."

Chen Yuan stared at Qin Wuyai and said, "Under normal circumstances, we would naturally not pry into your secrets, fellow Daoist."

"Now that we have successfully killed five demon generals, we must ascend to the upper realm and return to the spirit realm according to your method. The road ahead is treacherous, and we must cooperate sincerely."

"If you cannot explain this clearly and convince us, please forgive me for not being able to continue."

Lu Wangquan replied, "I feel the same way."

The Taoist Cangsong said, "This humble Taoist will advance and retreat together with Fellow Taoist Lu and Fellow Taoist Chen."

At this moment, Qin Wuyai's aura had been completely suppressed, making him no different from an ordinary person.

After killing Kun Chenglie, the pressure of his Void Refinement Realm disappeared, and he returned to the level of the mid-stage Nascent Soul Realm.

Otherwise, Chen Yuan and the other two would not have dared to continue sharing a room with Qin Wuyai.

Otherwise, if he were to unleash another soul storm, only Chen Yuan could withstand it; with Cangsong Daoren and Lu Wangquan's frail bodies, they would only face certain death.

Meeting the wary gazes of the three men, Qin Wuyai pondered for a moment before saying, "Very well, I didn't want to bring up such old matters, but since they concern the grand plan of ascension, I will no longer conceal them."

“That illusory image of a divine soul is none other than the divine soul power that I, Qin, personally separated back then.”

"Back then? May I ask how many years ago?" Chen Yuan asked, an unbelievable thought surfacing in his mind.

Qin Wuyai said, "Forty thousand years ago."

A deathly silence fell over the hall; it was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

The three stared intently at Qin Wuyai, whose eyes revealed a hint of vicissitude. He slowly said, "I am not a cultivator from the human realm. Rather, I descended to this realm at the request of the Tai Xuan Sect to help human cultivators resist the demon army. My Dharma name is... Danxuzi."

Daoist Cangsong opened his eyes wide: "Fellow Daoist... are you the founding patriarch of the Taiming Sect?"

Qin Wuyai shook his head and smiled: "I am only a Nascent Soul cultivator now, and I am not worthy of being called 'senior' by Fellow Daoist Cangsong. Please just call me fellow Daoist."

"That's right, the Tai Ming Sect is the sect that I founded."

Chen Yuan said, "Then, in the past forty thousand years, the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Tai Ming Sect..."

Qin Wuyai nodded: "Fellow Daoist Chen is right. All the past leaders of the Taiming Sect were actually incarnations of me."

The hall fell silent once more. Chen Yuan let out a soft breath, and many of his doubts were resolved.

He finally understood why Qin Wuyai knew so much about the Upper Realm, why he knew that the passage beneath the bottomless abyss led to this realm, and why he recognized the mysterious Void Cicada at a glance.

Lu Wangquan murmured, "So, Fellow Daoist Qin... has already begun planning to cross the spatial passage beneath the ten-thousand-foot abyss and come to this world?"

Qin Wuyai glanced at Chen Yuan and smiled, "That's right, but this spatial passage was forcibly opened up by the Kunyu Demon King."

"Qin was unaware of the spatial markers and entered rashly, only to get lost in the void." "Back when Qin transformed into Qingya Zi, he once explored the spatial passage with Kunyang, but he was also unable to find the direction. He tried several more times afterward, but all to no avail, and has been waiting until now."

"Qin's lifespan is almost over, and he has already resigned himself to his fate. He simply decided to show his true name to the world. However, he never expected to meet Fellow Daoist Chen. Only then did he cross the spatial passage and finally achieve his wish after ten thousand years of planning."

Daoist Cangsong frowned and said, "If we hadn't met Fellow Daoist Chen..."

Qin Wuyai said calmly, "I am a cultivator from the Spirit Realm. Even if I die, I will die on my way back to the Spirit Realm."

"Before passing away, Qin will enter the spatial passage to try his luck."

Daoist Cangsong shook his head: "Without a spatial beacon, it is absolutely impossible to reach this realm."

Qin Wuyai smiled, neither confirming nor denying.

Chen Yuan asked, "Why didn't Fellow Daoist Qin return to the Spirit Realm back then? Instead, he used an alias to establish the Tai Ming Sect and even separated his own soul from his body?"

Qin Wuyai sighed softly: "That great battle back then was too brutal. Although our human race won in the end, it was a Pyrrhic victory. The world was shattered, spiritual energy was weakened, and all three ascension channels were destroyed."

"Of the five Void Refinement cultivators, only Qin survived, and he was seriously injured, almost losing his cultivation level."

"Fortunately, the spatial passage that the five of us opened when we arrived was not destroyed, but it has become extremely unstable under the strong attack of the Kun Fish Demon King."

"Shortly after the battle ended, Qin quickly stabilized his injuries and immediately returned to the Spirit Realm, taking with him three Nascent Soul cultivators who were unable to ascend."

"But we had only been inside for a short time when the spatial passage suddenly collapsed, and all three Nascent Soul cultivators died."

"Qin's injuries were aggravated as a result, and he completely fell to the Nascent Soul stage. With no other choice, he had to return to the human realm."

"At that time, Qin's strength was reduced to one-hundredth, and his path back to the Spirit Realm was cut off. Naturally, he dared not show himself in front of people and hid to recover from his injuries."

"Once Qin recovers from his injuries, he will only be at the Nascent Soul stage, but his soul will still be that of a Void Refinement cultivator."

"Seeing that the secret technique for sealing cultivation was about to fail, I had no choice but to extract most of my divine soul power, refine it into a dragon pearl, and seal it inside."

A hint of doubt flashed in Cangsong Daoren's eyes again: "If the records in our sect's books are correct, in that ancient war, the demon race only had three demon kings, while our human race had five Void Refinement cultivators. Why did we lose?"

Qin Wuyai said, "The three fellow Daoists should know that, under the restrictions of the laws of heaven and earth, cultivators at the Void Refinement stage are not allowed to descend to the lower realms."

"And once a cultivator's cultivation reaches the bottleneck of the Void Refinement stage, they will ascend on their own even without an ascension path?"

All three nodded. This was a secret for low-level cultivators, but common knowledge for Nascent Soul cultivators, and it was recorded in many ancient texts.

Qin Wuyai said, "Back then, the human realm was too powerful. Under the leadership of the Tai Xuan Sect, it conquered all the heavens and myriad realms."

"In just a few thousand years, it has brought thirteen realms under its control, causing the demon race great suffering and prompting the demon king of the upper realm to descend and deal with the human realm."

"However, under the restrictions of the laws of heaven and earth, after the Demon King descends into the world, he must seal his cultivation. His strength is above the Nascent Soul stage, but below the Void Refinement stage."

"In order to maximize their strength under the constraints of the laws of heaven and earth, among the three demon kings of the demon race, the White Ape Demon King and the Kun Fish Demon King are both descendants of true spirits."

"And the true blood in his body is the Zhu Yan True Blood and Kunpeng True Blood that Fellow Daoist Chen refined."

The three looked at Chen Yuan, who was quite fortunate. The ancient war had shattered the world and weakened the spiritual energy, causing the human realm to decline and the path to ascension to be cut off. But for him, it was a blessing in disguise.

The three types of true spirit blood he refined were all obtained from the demon army.

Without this great battle, even if he had obtained the mysterious jade pendant, he would not have been able to cultivate the "Nine Revolutions of True Spirit".

Lu Wangquan's eyes flashed, and he asked, "Fellow Daoist Qin is now integrated with the divine soul, so his strength must have recovered quite a bit. If he can continue to use the power of the Refining Void Divine Soul, our journey back to the Spirit Realm should be much smoother."

Qin Wuyai said, "I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint Fellow Daoist Lu. The Dragon Pearl Secret Technique that I obtained in the Spirit Realm was incomplete, and my Void Refinement Divine Soul was difficult to maintain for long under the restrictions of the laws of heaven and earth. After this battle, it has dissipated on its own. I can only exert the strength of the mid-stage Nascent Soul stage."

Lu Wangquan looked regretful: "That's a pity..."

But everyone knew that Lu Wangquan was not as regretful as he appeared, because Chen Yuan and Cangsong Daoren shared the same thought.

If Qin Wuyai could unleash the same strength he had against Ao Cang at any time, there would be no need for him to join forces with the three of them, and they would not feel comfortable joining forces with Qin Wuyai.

Daoist Cangsong still had some doubts: "Why hasn't Fellow Daoist Qin's cultivation recovered in the past forty thousand years?"

Qin Wuyai sighed: "The human realm is in ruins and spiritual energy is scarce. I have tried my best, but my cultivation can only be restored to the peak of the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm. It is difficult to make any further progress."

The three were finally relieved. Qin Wuyai's words were probably true; otherwise, he wouldn't have needed to use his Refined Void Divine Soul to deal with Ao Cang.

Qin Wuyai naturally knew what the three were thinking, and smiled slightly: "I am no longer a Void Refinement cultivator, and these old matters are insignificant."

"Right now, Qin and the three fellow Daoists only wish to enter the Spirit Realm."

"Only by working together can we overcome all obstacles and achieve our goals."

Chen Yuan's eyes flashed: "What Fellow Daoist Qin said is very true. However, we know nothing about the situation in the Upper Realm. We still need Fellow Daoist Qin to enlighten us."

Qin Wuyai laughed and said, "This is easy to discuss. Once we have wiped out all eight royal families and seized control of the ascension passage, I will speak frankly and without reservation." (End of Chapter)