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Qin Ming immediately said to Huo Linzi, "A few days ago, when I went to deal with that violent ape at Immovable Mountain, I accidentally discovered a junior who possesses the bloodline of a Qilin."

"This boy is quite to my liking. Do you have a Bloodscale Sacred Stone that can awaken the True Scale Bloodline?"

"He's going to join my demon court army, so I'll let him borrow that stone then."

Upon hearing this, Huo Linzi's face turned extremely ugly, and he said with a wry smile, "Brother White Ape, you don't know this, but the Bloodscale Sacred Stone can only be used a limited number of times."

"Generally, only the most outstanding younger members of the clan, those with extremely pure bloodlines, are qualified to use this sacred object."

"For someone who is not of our race, this..."

Qin Ming suddenly understood and then said to him, "It's not too late for you to meet him first. If he is promising, it wouldn't be a bad idea to let him join your demon army."

"This good stuff didn't go to outsiders."

Huo Linzi thought about it and agreed, then nodded and said, "Very well, since that's the case, I'll take a look and see."

He was also quite surprised, as he had hardly ever seen a junior whom the White Ape Demon Commander regarded so highly.

A few days later.

With a "let's give it a try" attitude, Bai Lin Demon Lord came to the Suspended Sky Holy City to listen to Qin Ming's words and see if there was any chance to change his fate here.

But as soon as he entered the city, he was taken away to another place by a group of soldiers dressed in red armor.

Not long after.

These demon subordinates led him to a secluded cave dwelling, where only a boy-like cultivator dressed in a red robe was present.

However, when Bai Lin Demon Lord saw the person in front of him, he was immediately taken aback.

His cultivation aura was so low that it was like a bottomless pit, just like the white ape demon general we had seen before.

"So you are that young man named Bai Lin?"

"Could it be that you and the White Ape Demon General are acquainted? Why would he specifically speak up for you?"

Bai Lin Demon Lord also snapped out of his daze and immediately cupped his hands in greeting, saying, "Greetings, Senior. This is the first time I have met Lord Bai Yuan Demon Commander. We have never interacted before."

Huo Linzi frowned upon hearing this, then waved his sleeve and said, "It doesn't matter whether it's related or not. I heard that you have the bloodline of the True Lin and want to use the Blood Lin Sacred Stone, but whether it's worth it depends on the situation."

"Our clan's sacred artifacts are incredibly precious. They are made from the bones of our ancestors after their spirits have ascended to immortality. They carry the hope for the continuation of our clan and we cannot afford to waste any opportunity."

“If it weren’t for the White Ape Demon General speaking up for you, you would never have had the chance to stand here in your life.”

Subsequently.

As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Lin Demon Lord felt a blur before his eyes, and Huo Linzi opposite him had disappeared.

He was startled, and when he came to his senses again, Huo Linzi's hand was already on his head, not allowing him to move an inch.

Originally, Huo Linzi only wanted to examine the boy's bloodline and aptitude, but soon a look of surprise appeared on his calm and composed face.
His pupils then suddenly dilated.
Huo Linzi withdrew his hand and looked at Bai Lin Demon Lord with an extremely incredulous expression, saying, "Where exactly did you come from?"

The White Scale Demon Lord looked completely bewildered, utterly clueless.
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the other side.

After Qin Ming's demonic infant spirit returned to its cave in the main city of the demon race, it cast a barrier to isolate it.

After using the Heavenly Demon Possession technique to possess the body of this violent ape, he gained access to its memories from its previous life.

We also discovered some clues.

"The reason why this mutated Mountain-Moving Ape is so brutal and bloodthirsty, and able to rapidly advance to the sixth-order perfect realm, is because it consumed a kind of demonic flower."

"This caused them to lose their true selves and gradually fall into demonic ways."

With this thought in mind, he formed a profound hand seal, and the "Demon True Power Technique" within his body began to circulate.

A phantom image of a thousand-armed demon appeared behind him, mobilizing a wisp of true demonic energy and injecting it into the body he had recently possessed.

Suddenly.

Driven by the true demonic energy, golden demonic patterns appeared on the surface of the body, radiating a terrifying aura.

Qin Ming's gaze was sharp as he probed the location of the Violent Ape Demon Core with his divine sense. He saw that around the earth-yellow demon core, wisps of blood-red demonic energy lingered, clinging tightly to the core like maggots clinging to it.

The moment his true demonic energy entered his body, these originally unbreakable and eerie blood-red demonic energies seemed to have met their ancestor and were so frightened that they immediately collapsed.

Then, scrambling to escape their physical bodies, these blood-red demonic energies eventually transformed into a worm about an inch long, trying to flee this place.

A hint of disdain flashed in Qin Ming's eyes. With a casual flick of his wrist, he grasped the worm formed from the blood-red demonic energy in his hand.

"It has actually developed its own consciousness. This demonic method is quite ingenious. It seems that this was not caused by accidentally eating the demonic flower, but by human intervention."

His demonic infant spirit cultivated a very special technique, and he immediately saw through it.

"Could there be something wrong with that place?"

Upon considering this, Qin Ming immediately set off for the place where the ferocious ape had consumed the demonic flower.

Now his body refinement cultivation has reached the late stage of Void Refinement. His physical speed alone far surpasses that of ordinary demon cultivators and is comparable to the speed of a feathered demon in the Integration stage.

He disappeared from the cave and was flying towards the outside of the demon race's main city when he encountered two people and immediately stopped.

Huo Linzi, beaming with joy, approached Qin Ming with Bai Lin Demon Lord by his side. He bowed and said:

"Hehe! Brother White Ape, where are you headed?"

"Thanks to your recommendation, I managed to snag a promising talent! Hahaha!"

"I'll definitely treat you to a good meal another day to express my gratitude."

Meanwhile, the White Scale Demon Lord knew that he was only able to meet a powerful demon like Fire Scale Child because of the latter's influence.

For him, this was already a life-saving grace.

Bai Lin Demon Lord also bowed deeply to Qin Ming and said gratefully, "This junior thanks the Demon General for his guidance."

Qin Ming waved his hand and turned to Huo Linzi, teasingly saying, "Brother Huo Lin, didn't you look down on this kid?"

"Why are you treating it like a treasure now?"

Huo Linzi, however, did not take it to heart and said with a happy expression, "The concentration of True Lin bloodline in this kid's body is somewhat beyond my imagination. Hehe! It is even much stronger than some of the direct bloodline members of my clan."

Upon hearing this, Qin Ming looked at Bai Lin Demon Lord with considerable surprise.

He immediately offered him some words of encouragement, and then replied to Huo Linzi's question:

"After dealing with that tyrannical ferocious ape, I discovered some traces of demonic energy contamination and am preparing to investigate the clues myself."

"What? Is the demonic energy pollution related to the demon race?" Huo Linzi frowned upon hearing this and immediately said, "Even so, I will go with you."

Qin Ming waved his hand and said, "No need, Brother Huo Lin, go and attend to your business. I can handle this."

"Alright, feel free to call us two old folks if you need anything." Huo Linzi nodded, then took his leave with Bai Lin Demon Lord.

Qin Ming vanished, following the memories of the Tyrant Ape, and arrived at a secluded valley in the Immovable Mountains. This place was located in a remote area rarely visited by people, and had been concealed by special means.

However, such restrictions seem incredibly naive to Qin Ming now.

He reached out and pressed down into the void below. Several runes entered the restriction, and an invisible force disintegrated, revealing the original state inside.

Immediately afterwards, Qin Ming used his divine sense to scan the area and discovered a place where demonic flowers were growing.

After he landed, he found that the place was covered with piles of corpses, forming a huge pit. In the center of the pit, several strange blood-red demonic flowers were growing wildly.

"It seems that the monstrous ape uses the flesh and blood of living beings to nourish these demonic flowers."

"Little did they know that these demonic flowers could control and influence the mind."

However, what puzzled Qin Ming was that he didn't know where these strange demonic transformations came from, nor could he find their source.

He stood there for a moment, pondered, and then with a wave of his hand, destroyed all the blood-red demonic flowers, leaving only one as a sample.

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A few months later.

The Spirit Realm of the Human Race, near Little Turtle Peak.

A spatial fluctuation emanated from the void, accompanied by the emergence of countless runes, and a silver shuttle appeared in mid-air.

"After wandering around in circles from the ancient demon realm, we've finally returned."

Qin Ming put away the flying shuttle, revealing a look of deep emotion as he gazed at his little tortoise-like peak.

With just a quick glance, he knew that nothing serious had happened during the decades he had been away.

The Devouring Rat and the Little Silver Fox also emerged from the Little Spirit Realm, revealing long-lost expressions of excitement.

Suddenly.

Two streaks of light flew out from inside, revealing Baili Hui and Mo Lingwei respectively. Upon seeing Qin Ming return, they immediately bowed and greeted him.

"Welcome back, Peak Master!"

Qin Ming nodded in satisfaction, "You two have done a good job managing the mountain, but... where is Fairy Yue Lingyan?"

The little silver fox's initial excitement at finally seeing her mother vanished.

"Well, Master, please allow me to go back and explain it to you in detail."

Baili Hui and Mo Lingwei exchanged a glance and immediately returned to the main peak, recounting to him the events that had occurred on Little Turtle Peak over the years.

When Qin Ming heard that Yue Lingyan's fox bloodline had attracted the attention of the powerful fox clan of Qingqiu and caused the neighboring Wan Hua Saint Lord to retreat in fright, he also showed a thoughtful expression.

"It seems that making a good relationship with the Holy Lord of the Flower Spirit Clan was the right choice."

"If even the Golden Beetle couldn't handle it, its original cultivation level must have been at least at the Mahayana stage."

In addition, the real Golden Beetle also stayed at Little Turtle Peak for quite a long time in order to find his precious spirit pet.

However, Qin Ming already knew about this from his clone.

He also imparted some cultivation experience to Yue Lingyan.

After a period of cultivation, relying on his original bloodline advantage, his cultivation level also greatly improved.

"Fairy Yue Lingyan said a few days ago that she found an opportunity to break through and went out for a trip," Baili Hui said.

The little silver fox asked, "Did Mother say where she went?"

She was still quite worried about his safety.

Baili Hui said awkwardly, "She said she would be right back, but she didn't tell us the specific place."

Qin Ming nodded and then asked the two of them to leave.

After Baili Hui and Mo Lingwei left the main peak, they immediately began to communicate in secret.

"Fairy Lingwei, have you noticed that our master seems different this time since his return?"

"I have only ever felt this kind of feeling with the old man Jin Guizi."

Upon hearing his words, Mo Lingwei also felt that Qin Ming had become even more unfathomable since his return. With a complicated expression, she said, "You mean the Peak Master? But that's impossible, isn't it?"

"Yes, I think so too. He probably cultivated some great supernatural power again." Baili Hui nodded.

He also felt that no matter how high one's talent for cultivation was, it was impossible to touch the threshold of the Integration Stage in such a short period of time.

In the spirit realm, the Nascent Soul stage and the Void Refinement stage are considered a watershed moment for all cultivators.

The gap between the Void Refinement stage and the Body Integration stage is a true chasm. Even among the most gifted and talented individuals, very few can successfully cross this threshold.

The human race has seventy-two great spiritual domains, and the number of cultivators at the Void Refinement stage is not small. However, on average, there are only one or two cultivators at the Integration stage in each domain.

The Integration Stage represents the pinnacle of combat power in the Spirit Realm, serving as a reliable asset for one's clan.

After returning to Little Turtle Peak, Qin Ming spent some time carefully tending to his spiritual plants and resuming his life of farming and cultivation.

His trip to the ancient demon realm was quite fruitful, and the resources he gained were enough to allow him to transition to the Integration Stage.

Qin Ming continued to cultivate the "Eternal Azure Emperor Technique". After a period of cultivation, he had filled three of the 360 ​​acupoints in the Void Refinement stage and was steadily progressing towards the perfection of the Void Refinement stage.

The Taiyi Void Rice in the Lesser Spirit Realm will soon ripen again, at which time another batch of magic power attributes can be harvested.

"Next, we need to plan for the integration stage."

"Above all other cultivation techniques, I have the 'Eternal Azure Emperor Technique' to support me."

"The Seven Emotions and Six Desires Tree, designed to resist the tribulation of inner demons, has been planted, and its spiritual fruit is about to ripen. Furthermore, the True Spirit Five Extremes Mountain and the Nine Transformations Tribulation Pill serve as means to resist the heavenly tribulation."

"However, it's still not stable enough. Who knows what unpredictable things might happen when we break through to a higher realm? We still need to make more preparations."

In addition, Qin Ming also consulted with Qingyang Old Demon about some things regarding breaking through to the Fusion Stage.

The Refining Void stage is when the primordial spirit becomes ethereal, gradually comprehending the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, and being able to easily manipulate the primordial energy of Heaven and Earth.

The Integration Stage is another major leap in the life level of cultivation, a deeper fusion with the Great Dao Laws that one has comprehended.

Once the breakthrough is achieved, lifespan increases by tens of thousands of years, and supernatural powers become even more powerful, to the point where words can be instantly commanded.

Therefore, such a level cannot be achieved overnight.

……

Just as Qin Ming's true form returned to normal cultivation.

On the demon race's side, however, an undercurrent began to stir again.

(End of this chapter)