Tianhai Fairy Journey

Chapter 1632 Black Nether Advancement
Eastern Star Xuanhai Northern Territory.

Headquarters of the Xuan Shi Chamber of Commerce.

What was once a bustling and prosperous trading place is now deserted.

During their interactions, they rarely saw Nascent Soul demon cultivators; most were low-level rogue demon cultivators.

Outside the massive central demon island.

A figure in black robes slowly descended and entered the core area of ​​this demonic realm.

"Brother Blood Tiger didn't go to the front lines either?"

Inside the market, two Golden Core demon cultivators unexpectedly met, and both were quite surprised.

The tall, bald, middle-aged man wearing a Taoist robe with a blood tiger pattern also asked in surprise, "Why didn't Brother Wu go either?"

"I recently sensed the opportunity to break through to the late Golden Core stage, and I plan to advance before entering the front lines!"

Another demonic cultivator surnamed Wu spoke up to explain.

"What a coincidence, I'm also planning to go into seclusion to break through to the late stage of the Golden Core realm!" The Blood Tiger Demon Cultivator shook his head and said, "However, I have no intention of going to the front lines."

"The front-line battlefield has gathered almost all the power of the entire Demon Realm and the Eastern Star Profound Sea cultivation world, making it a cataclysmic event. In such a battlefield, even we are as insignificant as ants."

The demonic cultivator surnamed Wu asked in surprise, "But the Four Symbols Demonic Sect has offered many opportunities to advance to the Nascent Soul realm in this battle. Brother Blood Tiger, are you really not tempted?"

"Although this is a brutal war, it is also a fortuitous opportunity."

The Blood Tiger Demon Cultivator shook his head: "It would be a lie to say I'm not tempted, but for me, the danger outweighs the opportunity."

Could it be...?

In an instant, the demonic cultivator surnamed Wu seemed to realize something, and a strange light flashed in his eyes.

This was not the Blood Tiger True Man he knew. The other party had always acted in a more extreme way than him. How could he possibly miss such a crisis and opportunity, unless the other party had already found a new opportunity to break through to the Nascent Soul realm?

"It must be related to that sudden outbreak of demonic tide. The other side may have discovered something."

Thinking of this, a sense of greed arose in the heart of the demonic cultivator surnamed Wu.

"His cultivation is a step behind mine. As long as I can reach the late stage of the Golden Core realm first, I can look for opportunities."

Just as the two Golden Core demon cultivators were scheming against each other.

A young figure in black robes slowly walked past the two of them.

"In comparison, the influence of chambers of commerce is more able to subtly integrate into the grand scheme of things!"

A faint smile appeared on Li Qing's lips.

In the foreseeable future, the Xuan Shi Chamber of Commerce will surely become the largest chamber of commerce in the demonic path, deeply intertwined with the overall trend of demonic revival. Whether it is the current Eastern Star Xuan Sea or the Inner Star Sea, or even the demonic faction of the Xuan Nan Continent, the Xuan Shi Chamber of Commerce will be present.

"The Four Symbols Demonic Sect has now completed its plans and is awaiting the final battle to allow the Heavenly Demonic Flower seeds to take root, sprout, and quickly reach maturity."

Thinking about this, Li Qing couldn't help but feel a little amused.

The scene he had envisioned back then is finally about to unfold.

He and the demon each commanded their respective camps, working together and plotting against each other.

In a moment, a black demon palace came into view.

The magical runes and restrictions dissipated automatically, and the demonic body stepped out with a smile on its face.

"Greetings, Your Excellency!"

Li Qing walked into the main hall with a smile: "The time has finally come for us to join forces in this battle."

"A mature Sky Demon Flower, that's quite interesting."

Inside the main hall.

The demon's lips curled up slightly, and he chuckled: "According to the Four Symbols Demon Sect's plan, once that Heavenly Demon Flower seed reaches maturity, its strength will probably be comparable to that of the Demonized Great Dao Tree back then, almost reaching the limit of power in this world."

"This is also the source of their confidence; the cultivation world of the Eastern Star Profound Sea, led by the Yuanji Palace, would likely find it difficult to contend with them."

Normally speaking, the Four Symbols Demon Sect's plan this time can be described as meticulous. Once they severely damage Dongxing Xuanhai, they can expand and swallow up more of Dongxing Xuanhai's sphere of influence.

They underestimated him, the 'traitor'.

Behind him stands the true, unparalleled powerhouse himself. Although the mature Heavenly Demon Flower is strong, it is still not qualified to compare with the true master.

"Compared to that Celestial Demon Flower, I am more curious about how the Four Symbols Demon Sect mobilized the ancient demonic power hidden in this world!"

A profound meaning appeared in Li Qing's eyes: "If I can help you master such techniques, their value will be no less than the magic crystal hidden inside that Heavenly Demon Flower."

"If this operation can kill two birds with one stone, that would be perfect."

The demon slowly said, "That's true."

"However, based on my investigation, it is unlikely that it was not the Four Symbols Demon Sect's own strength, but rather that it relied on the methods of powerful demonic beings from outside the realm."

"Currently, demonic tides have suddenly broken out in several areas of the Northern Demon Realm, which is likely related to the schemes of the Four Symbols Demonic Sect. The Chamber of Commerce has sent people to investigate, but they have not found anything."

Li Qingjing sat in the main hall, a thoughtful look in her eyes.

Since taking action this time was inevitable, he had to consider how to end it. After killing the Heavenly Demon Flower and seizing the Demon Crystal, should he take the treasure and retreat, or should he severely damage the entire Four Symbols Demon Sect in one fell swoop?

"Through these years of cooperation, your relationship with the Four Symbols Demonic Sect has become increasingly close, and they are also your best channel to contact the demonic forces outside the realm!"

Li Qing pondered and said, "If we really want to completely cripple the entire Four Symbols Demon Sect, it doesn't seem to be the best solution."

"In that case, the Four Symbols Demonic Sect will have little chance of making a comeback in the short term and will be forced to retreat. This will also be detrimental to your future plans for the opportunities behind the Four Symbols Demonic Sect!"

"The best outcome of this move is to further weaken the Four Symbols Demon Sect, forcing them to rely on you more, while also preserving some of their strength so that their ambitions are not shattered."

The demon's smile grew even brighter: "What I said is true!"

"We need to weaken the Four Symbols Demon Sect, but we also can't really cripple them. In this way, if the Four Symbols Demon Sect has any ambitions again, they will have to rely on my power even more."

"Only in this way can we gradually extract the maximum value from the Four Symbols Demonic Sect."

The Four Symbols Demon Sect, still ambitious and vain in their desire to devour the cultivation world of the Eastern Star Profound Sea, is unaware that their fate has already been decided by a few words from two figures.

This cataclysmic event that swept across the entire Eastern Star Profound Sea is about to be completely rewritten.

"Now all that's left is to investigate the extraterrestrial methods used by the Four Symbols Demonic Sect!"

A cold smile appeared in the demon's eyes: "I hope the Four Symbols Demon Sect's method is some kind of treasure, as that would be the simplest and most troublesome."

After reaching an agreement.

A large amount of eerie black ghostly mist surged out from the main hall, and a black ghostly figure that looked somewhat illusory and deep twisted out.

"Black Nether greets its master!"

After the Ghost King Hei Ming appeared, he knelt down and bowed, a hint of excitement and agitation showing in his eyes.

"Just one last step?"

Li Qing looked at Hei Ming.

A vast and profound pressure, faintly visible yet ever-present, flowed out intermittently, clearly indicating that Hei Ming was on the verge of breaking through to the peak of the late fourth-tier realm. This was the main purpose of his personal appearance here: to help Hei Ming complete his final breakthrough.

Once Hei Ming successfully advances, he will have a true late-stage Nascent Soul peak combatant under his command. In addition, as the root and foundation of the Tianyou Ghost lineage, his strength will be among the strongest in the same level.

"Black Nether has failed its master's training and is still stuck at a bottleneck, unable to advance!"

Hei Ming immediately kowtowed: "I beg Master to punish me!"

This is the last time!

Li Qing waved gently.

Three wisps of black soul mist flew out instantly. Even with layers of restrictions and seals, one could still feel the pressure emanating from each of the three wisps of soul mist, which was at the peak of the late Nascent Soul stage.

"Thank you, Master. Hei Ming will certainly not let you down!"

Black Nether gazed greedily and excitedly at the three clumps of soul mist.

Its instincts told it that this was the opportunity for promotion it had been waiting for.

If even the divine souls of three Nascent Soul stage experts at their peak cannot help it complete its advancement, then it truly has no right to continue following its master.

the other side.

call!call!
The three wisps of soul mist surged continuously, each condensing into a different ferocious face—the three peak late-stage Nascent Soul experts who had fallen at Li Qing's hands.

"You actually dare to attempt to feed ghosts with our souls! Such perverse actions will surely incur the backlash of Heaven and Earth!"

The Grand Elder of the Hunyuan Sect was the first to regain his senses and roared angrily: "How dare you, a cultivator, collude with the demonic path! You are intolerable to the cultivation world!"

"Qingxuan True Lord, spare my life! I beg you, fellow Daoist, to release my soul into the cycle of reincarnation!"

The last patriarch of the Zhou family, who fell to Li Qing, began to plead desperately.

"Why are you so persistent, fellow Daoist!"

Li Qing said calmly, "Since you've entered the cycle of reincarnation, why bother with these things? Without entering the Great Dao, you're no different from an ant!"

Even if one actively disperses their soul, it only adds a tiny bit of possibility. To truly awaken in the next life is undoubtedly a mirage. Only by truly entering the realm of divine transformation can one have a sliver of chance to awaken in the next life.

"When the body dies, the karmic cycle dissipates!"

As Li Qing's calm voice faded.

The Black Nether erupted instantly, opening its massive maw to swallow the three struggling and pleading wisps of soul mist.

The demon then activated the large array hidden within the hall.

Rumble!!

A deep passage instantly formed, leading to the place where the demon body meditated.

Deep in the sea, at the headquarters of the Xuan Shi Chamber of Commerce.

Above the azure sea.

The rolling demonic clouds transformed into layers of seals that enveloped the heavens and earth.

Woohoo! Woohoo!
A series of painful yet exhilarating roars shattered the silence of heaven and earth.

Black Nether stood suspended in mid-air, with vast ghostly mist continuously gushing from its body, transforming into a boundless ghost realm.

call!call!
The increasingly surging ghostly mist continued to condense, as if liquefying, becoming more and more sinister and terrifying.

As Hei Ming continued to refine the three Nascent Soul late-stage peak level divine souls, the aura around him grew stronger and stronger, and a faint, late-stage peak level fourth-order pressure began to emanate.

Boom! Boom!
The black body began to expand at a visible speed, from several feet to more than ten feet, and then to several tens of feet. The enormous ghostly body grew larger and larger, as if it wanted to stretch out the entire world.

at the same time.

The enormous ghostly body gradually became illusory and distorted, and ancient, deep ghostly patterns rapidly manifested.

The outer perimeter of the Demon Island.

Li Qing and his demonic form stood in mid-air, watching the Ghost King Hei Ming's ascension in the distance.

"It won't be long before my forces are strong enough to overwhelm the Four Symbols Demon Sect!"

As if he had thought of something, the demon grinned and said, "Besides Hei Ming, the other one, Zang Quan, is also about to advance. At that time, the Four Symbols Demon Sect will probably be asking to cooperate with the Xuan Shi Chamber of Commerce."

"Burial Fountain!"

Upon hearing this, a peculiar smile appeared in Li Qing's eyes.

That fellow Daoist from the Burial Spring is now essentially 'working' under the two of them. Not only does he have to obey the Demon Body's orders, but he will also participate in the Earth Yang Alliance's actions in the future.

"Besides Black Nether, the next one with the best chance of breaking into the late-stage peak of the fourth tier is Blood Spirit Flood Dragon!"

The Blood Spirit Flood Dragon is now approaching the peak of the late fourth stage, but due to its special cultivation path, it needs to continuously devour the power of the True Dragon bloodline to advance, thus making it difficult to complete the final advancement.

Since slaying the ancient dragon whale within the sea race, Li Qing has not encountered any other powerful demon race members with true dragon bloodlines.

Therefore, the Blood Spirit Dragon's advancement could only be delayed again and again.

"Let's make arrangements after Zhenhaizhu recovers!"

Li Qing's eyes flickered slightly.

He already had a plan in mind – the Golden Demon Kingdom.

If we want to help the Blood Spirit Flood Dragon advance, we can only place our hopes on the Golden Demon Kingdom.

However, Zhenhai Pearl has not yet recovered, and he lacks his most important trump card. If he rashly ventures into the Golden Demon Kingdom, he will find it difficult to deal with the Golden Sun Dragon Lord if he is forced to attack.

"With the Blood Spirit Flood Dragon's cursed dragon bloodline, once it reaches the late-stage peak, its strength far surpasses that of Black Nether. Coupled with its unparalleled physical defense among its peers, its true combat power is infinitely close to the level of a Great Cultivator."

Just then, a tremendous change occurred once again in the dark and ghostly realm in the distance.

call!call!
But then Hei Ming suddenly roared to the sky, and a series of booming sounds came from his huge ghost body. The divine soul aura of the three Nascent Soul stage peak cultivators had completely dissipated, obviously having been completely refined by Hei Ming.

Whoosh!Whoosh!
On the enormous ghostly body, the ancient and profound ghostly patterns that had been condensed spontaneously detached and descended from the sky, like thousands of dark tentacles extending continuously, covering the entire ghostly realm.

The ancient, thick ghost patterns resembled endless, ghostly pythons, constantly traversing every corner of the space between heaven and earth.

The massive black ghost body gradually dissipated, merging with each ancient and thick ghost pattern.

call!call!
The vast power nurtured within the immense dark ghost realm began to be devoured by ancient ghost patterns.

The immense pressure unique to the late-stage peak of the fourth rank gradually solidified.

In the distance, the world had long since transformed into a realm interwoven with endless ancient ghostly patterns, resembling a raging torrent of ghostly pythons, constantly twisting and writhing, filled with gloom and eeriness.

At that very moment.

Thick, ghostly patterns shot into the sky, instantly tearing the heavens apart and creating a deep, dark void rift that cleaved the earth.

The vast and desolate icy ghost mist transformed into a torrent, continuously descending from the unknown world behind that void rift; it was the primordial power of the Heavenly Ghost Realm, summoned and activated by Hei Ming.

call!call!
A vast and pure torrent of ghostly mist continued to fall, being devoured by countless ancient ghostly patterns. The aura of darkness was also increasing at a visible rate.

Rumble!!!
With a resounding tremor, the overwhelming pressure of the late-stage fourth-order peak erupted, enveloping the heavens and earth.