Chapter 126: I Have an Eternal Vine

When the black vine touched the Ten Thousand Trees Mother Qi,

it lunged at it like a starving tiger, devouring and absorbing it without hesitation.

Immediately after,

the black vine began to grow wildly again, its aura undergoing transformation.

Around the vines, waves of dark light began to radiate.

Whirrrr! The entire black vine kept growing, rising until it reached fifteen feet before halting.

In an instant,

the eye-like structures on the vine's surface shifted shape, transforming into twisted purple runes.

The toxic thorns also turned from transparent to ethereal.

Absorbing that single thread of Ten Thousand Trees Mother Qi, the entire plant underwent an unimaginable transformation in an instant.

Soon after, dozens of gray flower buds formed along the vine.

Each the size of a fist, shaped like skulls.

The entire black vine had clearly advanced again, becoming vastly different from before.

Immediately, a rich essence of plant life, like a gentle stream, arced through the air and surged into Qin Ming's body.

Qin Ming felt a vast vitality returning to nourish him.

He quickly sat cross-legged beside his life plant, activated the Ancient Wood Eternal Life Scripture, and began to cultivate.

Tiny specks of light orbited around Qin Ming.

A strand of green luminescence, composed of plant essence, formed a ribbon linking the black vine to Qin Ming.

Like countless green meteors, they pierced into his chest.

In an instant,

Om~ a faint blue shadow appeared behind Qin Ming, shimmering with azure light.

The shadow's features were slightly blurred, yet unmistakably resembled Qin Ming's face.

It mirrored his posture exactly, eyes closed in meditation.

It lasted for a long time.

Finally, Qin Ming slowly opened his eyes.

The blue shadow behind him dissolved into his body.

"Just that one act pushed the cultivation progress of the Supreme Wood Body by a full tenth." Qin Ming's eyes gleamed with excitement.

He could clearly feel his affinity with plant life and his control over surrounding spiritual plants had greatly increased.

His understanding of wood-element spells had also doubled.

At that moment,

Qin Ming gazed at his life plant, where dozens of gray skull-like buds had newly spawned four golden terms: 【Name】: Eternal Vine 【Term】: Weak Lifespan ×5 (Maturity 2%)

【Name】: Eternal Vine 【Term】: Space-Time Leaf ×5 (Maturity 3%)

【Name】: Eternal Vine 【Term】: Blood Essence ×1 (Maturity 2%)

【Name】: Eternal Vine 【Term】: Great Five Elements Scripture (Maturity 2%)

【Blood Essence】: A concentrated essence formed when a plant absorbs vast quantities of blood.

【Great Five Elements Scripture】: An advanced variant of the High-Level Spirit Rain Scripture; can manipulate specific Five Elements spiritual energy. When applied to plants requiring such energy, it increases yield and shortens maturation time to some degree.

"Eternal Vine!"

"Even its name changed—it's truly advanced."

"The effect of Ten Thousand Trees Mother Qi on spiritual plants far surpasses even the ripening terms or blood pearls."

Qin Ming's face lit up—he hadn't expected four new powerful terms to spawn.

Without hesitation, he tossed all five remaining threads of Ten Thousand Trees Mother Qi into his life plant.

Boom! As the five threads were absorbed, the Eternal Vine erupted into wild growth again.

After a stick of incense burned out,

a colossal tree, over thirty feet tall, resembling a monster covered in massive tentacles,

appeared before Qin Ming's eyes.

Standing beneath it, he felt utterly tiny.

Following this, an even more vast torrent of plant and tree essence converged into a river, like a Milky Way, surging into Qin Ming's body.

Boom! The blue shadow behind Qin Ming reappeared, solidifying further, its features gradually sharpening.

Slowly, it became nearly identical to Qin Ming.

As the Ancient Wood Eternal Life Scripture flowed, mysteriously,

Qin Ming himself seemed to transform into an ancient tree—silent, weathered, as if boundless temporal power descended upon him.

As if enduring endless cycles of decay and renewal, oceans turning to fields, time turning in circles.

The blue shadow behind him grew larger, finally stopping at thirty feet tall.

Long moments passed.

Qin Ming opened his eyes, his face alight with joy! Through this cultivation, he had advanced the Supreme Wood Body's progress by another five-tenths—he was now close to achieving the true Supreme Wood Body.

A sudden insight struck Qin Ming; he casually formed a hand seal and pointed.

Above his head, a green vortex appeared, and countless icy wood thorns shot down like rain onto the ground he indicated.

Bang! Bang! Bang! This was the Arrow Rain Spell—the most difficult group-damage wood spell to master.

Its destructive power was immense.

Qin Ming had barely practiced it, yet suddenly, countless wood-element insights filled his mind, and he could cast it effortlessly.

At the same time,

the dozens of gray skull-shaped buds fully bloomed, seemingly on the verge of ripening.

"Hmm… could this be too conspicuous?" Qin Ming looked up at his life plant.

The moment he thought this,

the entire Eternal Vine turned ethereal, merging with the air—its presence invisible to the naked eye and undetectable even by Qin Ming's spiritual sense.

Had he not been soul-linked to it, he would have thought it vanished.

"It can hide like this? That's a tremendous relief!" Qin Ming couldn't help but praise.

After this experiment, Qin Ming realized Ten Thousand Trees Mother Qi was no ordinary thing.

No wonder elite second-rank spiritual botanists like Zhuang Xiran craved it so desperately.

It seemed he should seek more of it whenever possible.

But this substance only appeared within the Verdant Illusion Realm.

With his Supreme Wood Body cultivation now past halfway, Qin Ming felt his stagnant magic power base beginning to stir toward breakthrough.

He immediately took out the Five-Color Rice, built a simple stove, and boiled a large pot.

After eating the Five-Color Spirit Rice, he swallowed a Spirit-Storage Pill.

Dual-pronged approach!

He then activated the Ancient Wood Eternal Life Scripture, waited for the pill's power to dissolve, and began circulating his magic power through the Heavenly Cycle.

No wonder it was a second-rank spirit grain—the Five-Color Spirit Rice's magic power boost was substantial.

Additionally,

Qin Ming clearly sensed that spiritual energy flowing through his meridians was now converted into magic power far faster.

During cultivation, the flow of magic power within his meridians became smoother.

It instantly burst through several previously blocked points.

His meridians had also widened significantly, becoming tougher and more resilient.

Boom! Everything unfolded as naturally as water finding its course.

A torrent of magic power, like countless rivers pouring into the sea, converged into his dantian.

Forming a pale green mist-like ocean.

Qin Ming's body radiated a powerful surge of magic power, resonating with heaven and earth.

At this moment, his magic power base finally reached Qi Refining Stage Nine!

Only one step remained before Qi Refining Completion.

The long-awaited Foundation Establishment drew ever closer.

Though the magic power in Qin Ming's dantian had not yet liquefied,

its volume and depth now rivaled that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Huh～ Qin Ming stabilized his new realm, slowly exhaling.

Then he stood, a quiet confidence filling his heart.

His current magic power, combined with his body refinement, could now match an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator in strength.

He no longer needed to run from enemies.

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