Chapter 441: Devour

Only half a cup of tea later.

The nearby void began to tremble violently; spiritual energy surged outward like boiling water, and ripples spread through the air.

A beam of blood light arrived in an instant, revealing the massive body of the Blood-Scaled Demon Python.

Upon seeing Qin Ming's figure, the Blood-Scaled Demon Python immediately opened its huge mouth and spewed a breath of blood-colored flame, as if intending to melt space itself, descending overwhelmingly toward his direction.

Qin Ming raised his hand and swept it; the Spirit-Devouring Poison Flame immediately flew out, transforming into a cyan fire phoenix, its flaming wings spreading as it surged toward the blood-colored flames.

The moment the Spirit-Devouring Poison Flame appeared, scorching heat erupted explosively, distorting even the void.

In an instant, it devoured all the flames in the sky, then flew back into Qin Ming's hand.

The two people standing on the Blood-Scaled Demon Python leaped down, hovering in midair opposite Qin Ming.

Blood-Aversion Qishang Mojun fixed his gaze on Qin Ming, feeling slightly astonished in his heart.

To dispel the blood-flame breath of his demon pet so casually was not something an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator could accomplish.

He knew the strength of his demon pet extremely well.

"Eh? It's actually a fourth-grade demon python great beast; compared to the essence blood of late third-stage snake-jiao creatures, using fourth-grade blood to cultivate spirit rice should yield even better results, shouldn't it?"

"And furthermore... I wonder if the blood pearls of two Nascent Soul cultivators could cause the Yin-Yang Profound Vine to grow and advance."

Qin Ming revealed a hint of surprise and said calmly.

Hearing these words, Blood-Aversion Qishang Mojun's expression changed immediately; he asked in a cold voice, "So you are that True Lord Wangyue?"

"From your tone, it seems you were specifically waiting here for us?"

Originally, he had not regarded this newly advanced Nascent Soul cultivator as worthy of attention.

Even though the other party had survived the Earthly Fiend Heavenly Tribulation, having only achieved the early Nascent Soul stage a few years ago, how great could their Nascent Soul divine abilities be? Yet at this very moment, having witnessed with his own eyes the renowned True Lord Wangyue of the Immortal Realm, Blood-Aversion Qishang Mojun formed a completely different opinion.

'Not only is this person's Nascent Soul magic power aura exceptionally profound, but their poison flame divine abilities are also unfathomably deep, showing no fear whatsoever of my demon pet's blood-flame demon fire.'

'Moreover, seeing his calm and indifferent demeanor sends chills through my heart, giving me an indistinct sense of impending catastrophe.'

Blood-Aversion Qishang Mojun's eyes flickered incessantly as myriad thoughts churned within him; no matter how he tried, he could not fathom why things had turned out this way.

"I just heard that you intended to use my primordial soul as fuel for a sky lantern?"

"If you willingly offer the method to break the Blood Ring Curse Seal, we might grant you a quicker death."

Qin Ming said calmly.

"Hmph! Fellow Daoist Qin, you probably do not know that even Elder Li Huo has already died at Blood-Aversion Qishang Mojun's hands, do you? Where does your confidence come from, daring to be so arrogant!" Friend Yousha stepped forward and said with considerable disdain.

Blood-Aversion Qishang Mojun's gaze turned ice-cold: "So you are True Lord Wangyue? Your tone is truly bold; let this Qishang Mojun see whether you truly possess such ability!"

"Your 'Brahma Heavenly Demon Form' has only been cultivated to the third realm, hasn't it? That is indeed quite a pity."

As Qin Ming's calm words drifted out.

Blood-Aversion Qishang Mojun's face across from him changed drastically; abandoning his cold image, he could no longer maintain his composure and cried out in horror, "How do you know the demon technique this Qishang Mojun cultivates? Could it be—"

As he spoke, he involuntarily manifested his three-headed, six-armed demon body, appearing as though facing a great enemy.

"Although I do not know why, it seems my 'Yuan Sha True Demon Body' is slightly superior to yours."

"However, since both have cultivated the pig-fattening technique, naturally we can sense each other."

"But it seems only the higher-grade party can sense the existence of the lower-grade one."

Friend Yousha, listening to the dialogue between the two, felt utterly confused and could not understand the meaning.

Yet he refused to believe it and immediately prepared to unleash his Yellow-Skin Gourd spiritual treasure to employ methods against Qin Ming.

However, in the next instant.

Buzz! A powerful force of the void suddenly expanded, centering on Qin Ming and forming a spatial domain spanning five li!

Friend Yousha and Blood-Aversion Qishang Mojun both instantly underwent drastic changes in expression! Simultaneously, they felt their connection to the spiritual energy between heaven and earth severed—"A Nascent Soul Domain!!"

"You are at mid-stage Nascent Soul?! How is this possible?!"

"No! You only just advanced to Nascent Soul; how could you comprehend such a great void divine ability so soon!"

Friend Yousha lost all composure, his expression filled with disbelief.

Blood-Aversion Qishang Mojun was also terrified in spirit; suddenly he understood why the other party had been so fearless... Once a Nascent Soul Domain was activated, even Nascent Soul teleportation could not escape the range sealed by the void's power.

More importantly, upon hearing the words 'Yuan Sha True Demon Body' from Qin Ming's mouth, everything became clear in his heart.

With the Nascent Soul Domain deployed, Blood-Aversion Qishang Mojun's three-headed, six-armed demon form could no longer be maintained normally and directly shrank by more than half.

But before the two could react.

Qin Ming produced another spiritual treasure in his hand—a blood-colored inkstone—and immediately tossed it upward.

Before their eyes, the world spun wildly, as if heaven and earth had turned upside down.

When they regained their senses, they found themselves within a boundless sea of blood.

Friend Yousha discovered in horror that under the combined suppression of the Nascent Soul Domain and this spiritual treasure's dual domains, his cultivation had been forcibly suppressed to the False Infant level.

His strength and divine abilities could not even reach thirty percent of their original power. "You really did kill the Holy Son, and you have even refined the Blood Pagoda into a spiritual treasure!"

With matters developing to this point, Blood-Aversion Qishang Mojun also panicked.

The invincible aura that had previously looked down upon the world now vanished completely.

Roar! Qin Ming immediately activated his Yuan Sha True Demon Body, transforming into a blood-colored, eight-armed demon ape form, each of the eight hands forming a different seal.

Whoosh! In the next instant.

Qin Ming's figure abruptly disappeared, and when he reappeared, a massive fist shadow had already landed upon the demon form assumed by Blood-Aversion Qishang Mojun.

Under the technique of Void Displacement, Blood-Aversion Qishang Mojun had no time to react to what had happened; half his body was blasted apart by a single punch, turning into a cloud of blood mist.

With Qin Ming's current power of having achieved sagehood through his physical body, anyone he closed in on had only death awaiting them.

He propped up his shattered body attempting to dodge, but Qin Ming's figure emerged from the void once again; a simple, brutal sweep violently shattered Blood-Aversion Qishang Mojun's legs at the knees.

"Ah!"

Within the Nascent Soul Domain, a crimson Nascent Soul flew out from the spiritual platform of Blood-Aversion Qishang Mojun's shattered body, frantically trying to break outward without regard for direction.

Bang! His Nascent Soul seemed to crash against an invisible wall, violently rebounded, leaving his divine consciousness dizzy and disoriented.

Within a five-li range of the Dharma Domain, the power of the void was completely sealed, even surpassing his Blood Spirit Cage Demon Treasure.

Blood Aversion Qishang Mojun seemingly knew that falling into Qin Ming's hands meant certain death; his Nascent Soul revealed a mad expression, beginning to stake everything on a desperate fight despite severe damage to his divine consciousness.

He manipulated that Blood-Scaled Demon Python, twisting its massive body to sweep toward Qin Ming.

But in the next instant, the space around Qin Ming suddenly distorted, and the demon python's attack was actually deflected by the power of the void.

Several consecutive attacks all missed, leaving even the demon python staring in utter shock.

Just then.

With a thought from Qin Ming, the pitch-black demon infant seated cross-legged upon the central lotus platform suddenly flew out.

The demon infant looked exactly like Qin Ming; the moment he appeared, a strange smile curled his lips.

Immediately, he formed a peculiar hand seal with his hands, and a profound black rune ignited between the demon infant's eyebrows.

Instantly, the entire demon infant radiated the aura of an ancient supreme being, with demonic qi surging to the heavens! "How is this possible? A demon infant!"

"Origin demonic qi! You..."

The moment Blood Aversion Qishang Mojun saw Qin Ming's demon infant appear, his face filled with horror, and he cried out in shock.

On his tiny Nascent Soul face, thick fear emerged; his whole being was involuntarily frozen in place, as if restrained by some power. Subsequently, a pitch-black bright light condensed from bottom to top upon Blood Aversion Qishang Mojun's Nascent Soul, identical to the rune on Qin Ming's demon infant.

However, both its size and the brightness of the light were much smaller than those of Qin Ming's demon infant.

The demon infant gazed at the opposite figure with intense longing and excitement, immediately flying out toward Blood Aversion Qishang Mojun's Nascent Soul and inhaling with an open mouth.

"No! What are you doing! No!"

Blood Aversion Qishang Mojun's Nascent Soul felt his cultivation base continuously plummeting, being endlessly sucked into the opposing demon infant's body.

The Nascent Soul was the essence of a cultivator's entire being, condensing a lifetime of cultivation.

Very quickly, Blood Aversion Qishang Mojun's cultivation aura dropped to the late stage of Jin Dan, then to Foundation Establishment, and finally fell to Qi Refining.

The Nascent Soul was sucked until it shrank significantly, becoming extremely blurry and dim, teetering on the verge of collapse.

This also meant that this Nascent Soul Qishang Mojun, who had dominated the Blood Ring Realm, saw hundreds of years of cultivation go up in smoke, turning into a wedding dress for another.

Meanwhile, after absorbing the essence of Blood Aversion Qishang Mojun's Nascent Soul, Qin Ming's demon infant's aura began to skyrocket, instantly growing a size larger.

"I really don't understand why you people of the Blood Refinement Demon Sect are so fond of cultivating the pig-farming technique?"

"However, Blood Aversion Qishang Mojun seemingly didn't realize he was being raised as a pig himself; even he was kept in the dark, suggesting there exists an existence even higher up the food chain."

Feeling his body-refining cultivation surge dramatically within the demon infant, Qin Ming was also secretly astonished; no wonder demonic path practitioners were so obsessed and enthusiastic about cultivating demonic arts.

Such a simple and crude method of plundering cultivation makes it hard for anyone not to become addicted.

The demon infant hugged Blood Aversion Qishang Mojun's Nascent Soul and gnawed wildly, devouring every last remnant of the Nascent Soul.

"The 'Origin Yasha Seed Demon True Scripture' is truly domineering; its main theme is mutual devouring."

While the demon infant devoured Blood Aversion Old Ancestor, the memory information within the other's divine consciousness was also fully acquired by Qin Ming.

It directly ignored the divine consciousness forbidden techniques of the Blood Refinement Demon Sect.

From the memories within Blood Aversion Qishang Mojun's Nascent Soul, Qin Ming also found the method to lift the Blood Ring Curse Seal.

He first cast the Thorn Technique, draining the Qishang Mojun's corpse dry, transforming it into a dark black blood bead brimming with dense blood qi.

"Master, can't you leave me a bit of that Nascent Soul?" The Shi Tian Shu stared wide-eyed at the demon infant, which had devoured the Nascent Soul completely clean.

Qin Ming put away the blood bead and said indifferently, "Aren't there still two others remaining?"

Boom!

Accompanying Blood Aversion Qishang Mojun's death, his Blood-Scaled Demon Python let out a mournful cry, its massive body collapsing to the ground, its aura completely gone.

Obviously, once the master died, it too had to depart alongside Blood Aversion Qishang Mojun, given their divine consciousness connection.

"Qishang Mojun my lord, spare my life!!"

"I am willing to offer a wisp of my Nascent Soul's essential spirit, serving you as my master for this life and the next!"

In the distance, Friend Yousha, manipulated by Yan Laomo using the Blood Refinement Demon Light within the sea of blood, was chased until he fled in panic, clinging to life by a thread.

What shocked him even more was witnessing Qin Ming's demon infant display its power, crushing and killing Blood Aversion Qishang Mojun in just a few moves.

He mistakenly believed Qin Ming was also a demonic path practitioner; otherwise, how could he possess such terrifying strength?

Qin Ming heard that even a dignified Nascent Soul cultivator, when facing a life-and-death calamity, could adopt such a posture.

With an extremely contemptuous expression, he said, "Wanting to be this seat's dog? You are not worthy!"

Immediately, Qin Ming's demon infant formed another hand seal, and the Eight-Armed Origin Yasha Demon Form reappeared.

Following this, Qin Ming, who had been locked onto by Friend Yousha's divine sense, instantly vanished.

Boom! Before he could react, Qin Ming had already appeared at his side, striking a heavy fist that exploded his entire head.

Situated within his Nascent Soul Dharma Domain, Friend Yousha faced Qin Ming, who could freely shift through the void, leaving him utterly powerless to resist.

On his tiny Nascent Soul face, an expression of extreme terror appeared.

Qin Ming was just about to imprison his Nascent Soul.

But just then.

From within his demon infant, a deep longing suddenly arose, exactly like the Shi Tian Shu in the Small Xiao Lingjing, staring eagerly and drooling profusely.

Qin Ming forcibly suppressed this intent; if he allowed the demon infant to devour any more, who knows what mishap might occur.

After all, Friend Yousha had not cultivated the Dao Heart Seed Demon demonic art, so they likely could not mutually devour and fuse.

If they failed to fuse at that time, it would cause major problems.

Immediately, he took a pitch-black jade bottle from Blood Aversion Qishang Mojun's storage bag, based on the other's memories.

This bottle was named the 'Spirit-Stabilizing Treasure Bottle,' capable of imprisoning and storing a Nascent Soul; it was itself a fourth-grade lower-rank demon treasure.

Compared to the previous 'Blood Spirit Cage' used for imprisoning and refining Nascent Souls, this was much gentler.

A Nascent Soul imprisoned by the Blood Spirit Cage would immediately suffer soul dispersion, with its essence becoming part of the cage demon treasure.

This was done to elevate the grade and power of the demonic treasure; this Blood Spirit Cage, when combined with Blood Aversion Mojun's Nascent Soul demonic prohibition secret technique, possessed an immense suppressing effect against cultivators' Nascent Souls.

"According to this Mojun's memories, to forge this Blood Spirit Cage demonic treasure, an unknown amount of killing sins were committed, and a hundred years of resources from the Blood Refinement Demonic Sect were exhausted to gather materials before it could be sacrificed and refined; Blood Aversion Mojun had merely borrowed it from the sect for a short time when descending to this realm."

"If this treasure refines more Nascent Souls in the later stages, its power will become even more terrifying."

Subsequently.

Qin Ming once again cast the Thorn Technique, draining the corpse of You Sha Zhenjun dry, transforming it as well into a blood pearl of the Nascent Soul level.

He then also stored away the storage bag.

With a wave of his great robe, he buried the two dried corpses beneath the Lei Yuanmo date tree to serve as fertilizer.

Immediately after, Qin Ming tossed the entire corpse of the fourth-rank demonic python into the Small Xiao Lingjing.

He kept the demonic python's corpse, intending to use its blood to cultivate and plant Blood Dragon Green Rice.

Shi Tian Shu's eyes sparkled with light; he immediately ran over, looking the corpse of the fourth-rank demonic python up and down.

The overwhelming demonic might emanating from the dead corpse made even him, the Rat King, tremble with fear.

"Master, the demonic python's demon core, hehe!"

He rubbed his small hands together excitedly as he asked.

Qin Ming merely said indifferently, "It is a pity; although this demon core still holds some use, with the death of Blood Aversion Mojun, the demonic soul of the python has already been extinguished."

"Therefore, most of the essence within the fourth-rank demon core has dissipated; even if I gave it to you to swallow, I estimate it would still be unable to help you break through to the fourth-rank realm."

Upon hearing this, Shi Tian Shu immediately felt immense regret: "Alas! Truly a pity; our fate has not yet arrived!"

Seeing his appearance, Qin Ming revealed a faint smile and said to him, "Rest assured, I have already made preparations for your matter."

"Now that the Small Xiao Lingjing contains fourth-rank spiritual fruits like the Nascent-Nurturing Fruit, although your bloodline talent cannot compare to that of the Silver Moon Sky Fox, it has already given you two extra parts of confidence in breaking through to the fourth rank."

"When the time comes, we will travel to the East Sea to visit the rumored Immortal Mansion Grand Assembly and scour for a few treasures for you to use during your Tribulation Crossing."

"Otherwise, with your current cultivation and strength, you would most likely turn into a roasted field mouse under the heavenly might."

Upon hearing this, Shi Tian Shu was immediately overjoyed; he hurriedly ran over to knead and massage Qin Ming's shoulders.

"Only Master considers things so thoroughly; I, Shi Tian Shu, will surely serve Master with military devotion for my entire life!"

Subsequently.

Qin Ming cast spells to rapidly clear all aura traces from the scene; making no further delay, ripples like water waves spread around his body, and then he blurred and vanished from sight. (End of Chapter)