Qinghe Immortal Clan.

Previously, we took a relatively safe route to the east.

The hurricanes they encountered along the way were significantly smaller in both number and intensity, and the group did not face much danger along the way.

Fearing pursuit from the demon race behind them, Song Qingming and his companions did not want to risk searching eastward slowly, and simply chose the shortest direction at random.

Unexpectedly, the storm here is significantly more powerful than before.

Although the three were late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, they still felt some pressure as the fierce hurricane struck from the sea, and had to slow down the speed of their flying boat.

For several days in a row, the sea was filled with either hurricanes or torrential rain, and from time to time, monsters appeared all around with the storms.

Fortunately, Song Qingming and his two companions possessed profound cultivation, allowing them to easily escape unscathed even when faced with an attack from a Nascent Soul demon beast.

The three of them continued on their way despite the storm, forcibly crossing most of the "Wind and Dark Strait".

Just as the flying boat was about to approach the "Zhongyuan Immortal Continent", several powerful black hurricanes suddenly rose up on the sea ahead.

Countless seawater was split and swept up by the hurricane, rising directly into the air hundreds of feet high like a water dragon.

A series of strange, displaced formations appeared from top to bottom, as if the seawater had been cut in half in mid-air by some mysterious force.

"This is?"

Upon seeing this somewhat astonishing scene, all three of them had a slight change in expression.

Before Wang Zhixing could ask anything, Yang Kaishan, who was standing to the side, looked panicked and quickly said, "Oh no, it seems that what's ahead is the legendary Eye of the Sea Demon."

This monster can easily tear apart space and create spatial rifts.

"Get away from this seawater quickly, or we'll be torn apart by those spatial rifts."

After Yang Kaishan finished speaking, he immediately turned the flying boat around to avoid the oncoming torrents of water.

Although it was the first time Song Qingming had heard the name "Eye of the Sea Demon," his expression turned somewhat solemn upon learning that the seawater ahead had been torn apart by a spatial rift.

Spatial rifts are powerful and dangerous restrictions that arise in places where the interface space is unstable.

These restrictions are invisible and colorless, making it difficult for cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage to perceive their existence.

If they encounter each other head-on, whether it is a cultivator's physical body or a nascent soul, they will be easily torn apart by the crack. It is also an extremely dangerous thing for a nascent soul cultivator to run into it.

Seeing the seawater rapidly approaching the airship, Song Qingming and the other two immediately used magic to urge the airship to accelerate and turn around to bypass the water column in mid-air.

Just as the airship turned, a loud bang suddenly came from the water ahead.

Before Song Qingming and the others could react, a huge golden figure suddenly shot into the sky from below the sea, splashing up a spray of water hundreds of feet high.

The next moment, a golden dragon as tall as a mountain suddenly appeared in front of Song Qingming and the other two.

The golden dragon was ten thousand feet tall, and from a distance in the sea it looked like an island floating in mid-air, radiating dazzling golden light.

In comparison, the airship the three of them were on looked like an ant or a mosquito.

After so many years of cultivation, this was the first time Song Qingming and his companions had ever seen such a colossal creature. They stared wide-eyed, speechless for a moment.

Although they couldn't yet sense the other party's specific cultivation level, just based on its enormous size, which far exceeded their understanding, it already surpassed all the demon cultivators the three of them had ever seen.

At this moment, Song Qingming immediately realized that the "golden dragon" in front of him was probably far beyond the scope of a Nascent Soul cultivator.

"Could this be a Nascent Soul Demon Saint?"

While Song Qingming and the other two were still in shock, the "golden dragon" ignored them and raised a giant claw to slash across the front of them.

Several golden streaks of light flashed past, tearing open the void in front of them, from which two bronze figures emerged and shot straight into the sky.

Seeing the two bronze-colored flying insects about to flee into the void, the golden dragon suddenly changed its form and blocked their path, raising its giant claw to slap them back into the sea.

Upon seeing this, the two "bronze flying insects" also vigorously flapped their wings and released a beam of black light, which actually lifted the golden dragon's giant claw directly into the air.

The impact of the collision shattered the water columns on the surrounding sea surface, and even the nearby clouds and seawater seemed to be suddenly overturned by a tremendous force.

"Everyone, be careful!"

Feeling the powerful aftershocks rushing towards them, Song Qingming and the other two on the airship, who had no time to dodge, quickly put together a protective shield to block in front of them.

But to their surprise, the moment they came into contact with the aftershocks, the protective shield that Wang Zhixing had erected was suddenly cut in two by an invisible force.

The next moment, Wang Zhixing had no time to dodge and was sent flying backward.

"Fellow Daoist Wang!"

"Oh no, it's a spatial rift!"

Song Qingming originally wanted to use magic to save the other party, but unexpectedly, the protective shield on his body also became abnormal.

With a loud "bang!", the protective shield in front of him shattered in mid-air.

Just then, Song Qingming produced a white jade plate, which transformed into a white ball of light that engulfed him and Yang Kaishan beside him.

Then, the white light disappeared, leaving only an empty flying boat suspended in mid-air.

But in just a moment, the flying boat was torn apart by the spatial rift in the aftershocks, turning into pieces that fell from mid-air.

When the white light reappeared, it was already several miles away on the sea.

Song Qingming and Yang Kaishan were enveloped in white light, and a three-inch-tall Nascent Soul figure appeared beside them, bearing a striking resemblance to Wang Zhixing.

"Fellow Daoist Song, thank you so much for saving my life!"

The three of them were just standing not far from the center of the battlefield when, unexpectedly, a terrifying spatial rift was also mixed in with the aftershocks of the battle between the two demons.

Caught off guard, Wang Zhixing's physical body was destroyed by a spatial rift in the aftershocks of the battlefield in just a moment.

If Song Qingming hadn't reacted in time and used the "Sacred Star Disc" to save the opponent's natal nascent soul, Wang Zhixing would probably have already perished on the battlefield.

"Fellow Daoists, now is not the time to talk. Let's leave here quickly first."

Seeing that the golden dragon in mid-air was still fighting with the "bronze flying insects", Yang Kaishan immediately suggested that everyone flee the place.

But before the three could cast their spells and leave their original positions, a terrifying aura suddenly erupted from the battlefield in mid-air ahead, followed by several aftershocks spreading in all directions.

Faced with the powerful aftershocks striking again, the group, fearing the spatial rift would reappear, dared not continue casting spells to escape.

Song Qingming had no choice but to grit his teeth and activate the "Sacred Star Disc" to continue resisting the powerful magical fluctuations that were rapidly approaching from the center.

After several loud booms, Song Qingming and his two companions, under the cover of the "Sacred Star Disc," plunged directly into the sea and quickly disappeared from the surface.

Just as Song Qingming and his two companions disappeared, the golden dragon in mid-air seemed to have noticed their presence and glanced at them with some surprise.

"They were actually able to block the spatial rift; these human cultivators are quite interesting."

Although this golden dragon was as big as a mountain, its voice was very soft and feminine, like that of a woman.

Just as Jinlong turned his gaze away, the two "bronze flying insects" beside him took advantage of his distraction and immediately flapped their wings to release a black crack, heading straight for Jinlong's location.

Upon seeing this, the golden dragon immediately used magic to dodge the attack.

Seeing that the two "bronze flying insects" were trying to escape by tearing open the void again, the golden dragon immediately spat out a beam of crimson spiritual light, which directly shattered the void rift that had just opened in front of it.

"Hmph! Whether you like it or not, I'm going to catch you today."

After muttering something to himself, Jinlong ignored the people who had just disappeared and turned his attention back to the "bronze flying insect" that was trying to escape.

In an instant, the two sides once again engaged in an earth-shattering battle on the sea.

Although the two "bronze flying insects" could manipulate strange supernatural powers and create spatial rifts, their cultivation level was still slightly inferior to the golden dragon in front of them.

Half a day later, the two seriously injured "bronze flying insects" finally exhausted their magic power and were defeated by their opponent, imprisoned in a golden cage.

The golden dragon then transformed into a woman in a golden robe, standing in mid-air.

Seeing that the two "bronze flying insects" in front of her seemed to have lost their ability to resist, the woman in the golden robe instantly showed a hint of satisfaction and cast a spell to take them back into her hand.

But just as the woman in the golden robe was casting her spell, the two "bronze flying insects" trapped in the golden light suddenly began to struggle violently, and an astonishing black aura burst forth from their bodies.

"what!"

Sensing something was amiss, the woman in the golden robe immediately raised her hand and released a beam of golden light, controlling one of the "bronze flying insects" and quickly calming it down.

But before the woman in the golden robe could cast another spell, black spiritual light suddenly emanated from the other "bronze flying insect," and in an instant, the insect's body swelled several times its original size.

With a loud "BOOM!", the "bronze flying insect" exploded in mid-air, almost destroying the golden cage on its body.

Seeing this sudden scene, the woman in the golden robe, who had no time to stop it, also frowned slightly.

Unexpectedly, this "bronze flying insect" was so stubborn that it would rather die than be subdued.

Watching the corpse fall from mid-air, the woman in the golden robe quickly cast a spell to collect the other "bronze flying insect" and put it into the porcelain bottle she had prepared.

"What a pity, we finally found them, and now we've wasted one of them."

After muttering something softly to herself, the woman in the golden robe transformed into a beam of golden light and vanished from her spot, heading straight for the heavens above.

".."

Several days after the battle ended, a white light appeared on the sea below the battlefield, and two figures carefully walked out from it.

Looking at the now completely silent battlefield, and above which floated the corpse of a "bronze flying insect".

Song Qingming and Yang Kaishan, who was standing next to him, finally breathed a slight sigh of relief.

After the group hid in the sea, they didn't actually go far, but rather hid in a deep abyss hundreds of miles away. Only after realizing that the battle on the sea had ended did Song Qingming and the other two leave the abyss and return to the surface.

Looking at the lifeless remains of the "bronze flying insect" not far from the sea, Yang Kaishan said with lingering fear, "The dragon race has always lived in the depths of the outer sea, and few true dragons at the transformation level would approach the human race's territory."

Unexpectedly, we ran into a dragon demon saint in the Xuanming Strait. We are really unlucky.

"What a pity, my superior-grade Green Bamboo Flying Boat was destroyed here for no reason."

"Alas, Fellow Daoist Yang, we are already incredibly lucky to have survived."

With that person's supernatural powers, if their target hadn't been this demonic insect, and not us, the three of us would probably be dead already.

Compared to Yang Kaishan, who lost a top-grade flying boat, Wang Zhixing, whose physical body was destroyed, seemed to take things more in stride.

The three of them had stumbled into this place by mistake, thinking they had encountered the "Eye of the Sea Demon" that Yang Kaishan had mentioned. They never expected to run into a battle between Nascent Soul cultivators.

Fortunately, the other party's gaze was not on them, which gave Song Qingming the opportunity to use the "Sacred Star Disc" to escape and save the lives of the three.

Otherwise, given their current cultivation level, they would have absolutely no chance of survival if they faced a Nascent Soul Demon Saint head-on.

Not only Yang Kaishan and Wang Zhixing, but Song Qingming, who was standing to the side, was also still feeling lingering fear.

For the three of them, being able to save their lives was already extremely lucky.

"What exactly is this thing? How could it possibly contend with a Nascent Soul cultivator? Do you two recognize it?"

Wang Zhixing, the Nascent Soul cultivator standing on Song Qingming's shoulder, looked down at the "bronze flying insect" corpse and asked Yang Kaishan a question with a hint of curiosity.

Upon hearing this, Yang Kaishan paused for a moment, then shook his head.

"I have cultivated for many years, but I have not studied spirit insects much. I wonder if Fellow Daoist Song knows any?"

"I have never heard of any spiritual insects in the cultivation world capable of tearing through space?"

Seeing that Yang Kaishan and Wang Zhixing were both looking at him, Song Qingming also indicated that he had never seen them before.

In the cultivation world, there are many strange and unusual things. Even if Song Qingming and his companions are Nascent Soul cultivators, it is impossible for them to recognize every kind of spiritual insect.

Moreover, the thing before them actually possessed the supernatural power to tear through the void and fight against Nascent Soul cultivators. In my memory, there were only those ancient spirit insects that had long since disappeared from this world.

However, these were all things recorded in ancient books, and could not be used as evidence. For a while, the group was unable to confirm the identity of the spirit insect in front of them.

Seeing that none of the three recognized what was in front of them, they weren't too surprised.

Just as they were about to leave, Song Qingming, who was standing to the side staring at the corpses below, spoke again:

"Fellow Daoists, I would like to take this back for further study. Please wait a moment."

Having witnessed Song Qingming's manipulation of the "Seven-Colored Illusionary Butterfly" before, Yang Kaishan and his companion knew that the other party must have some knowledge of spirit insects.

Hearing that Song Qingming wanted to take away the corpse of the "bronze flying insect" below, he didn't seem too surprised and immediately nodded.

Before long, Song Qingming flew up alone to the top of the "bronze flying insect".

After glancing at the corpse of the demonic insect below, Song Qingming was about to raise his hand to cast a spell when a voice transmission suddenly entered his ear, causing him to immediately stop what he was doing.

"Young friend Song, as I was right before, it really is a Sumeru Heavenly Mystery Insect. This creature has the ability to tear through space, which will be useful to us in the future."

Be careful when you put it away later; don't damage his body.

"Senior Qu Bai, no matter how powerful this spirit insect is, it is already beyond saving. Do you possibly have a way to bring it back to life?"

Upon hearing Song Qingming's question, Qu Bai, lying in the "Sacred Star Disc," replied with some disdain:

"Don't worry, kid. Although this insect is dead, I still have a way to refine it into a demon puppet."

Although he cannot unleash his full potential from before birth, he can still control most of the supernatural powers within him.

With this insect's help, we'll definitely save a lot of effort when we sneak into the space interface.

Unfortunately, the Sumeru Heavenly Mystery Insects need to be in pairs to unleash their full power, and the other one must have been captured by the golden dragon from before.

"If you can manage to snatch that one too in the future, our chances of successfully smuggling into the interdimensional space will definitely increase significantly."

"Senior, that's a Nascent Soul True Dragon! You don't really expect me to snatch it from it, do you?!"

Upon hearing Qu Bai's suggestion, Song Qingming recalled the enormous figure of the golden dragon from that day and couldn't help but shake his head.

In the world of cultivation, the dragon race, which lives in the deep sea, has always been recognized as the strongest and most mysterious race.

It is said that although the number of deep-sea dragons is small, they pay great attention to their bloodline, and the true dragons in the clan have strength no weaker than that of Golden Core cultivators even in their infancy.

The entire Deep Sea Dragon Clan not only possesses numerous Nascent Soul experts, but also far more than one Divine Transformation Demon Saint.

Throughout the tens of thousands of years of history of the "Huayang Realm," very few people, whether human sects or other demon races, have dared to provoke them.

Let alone Song Qingming, whose current cultivation level is only at the Nascent Soul stage, even if he had the opportunity to cultivate to the Divine Transformation stage in the future, he might not have the courage.

Seeing that Song Qingming was quite wary of this, Qu Bai laughed and said, "Hehe! What's the rush, kid? I didn't say you had to go now."

The golden dragon came here specifically to capture the Sumeru Heavenly Mystery Insect, probably in preparation for smuggling itself into the upper realm.

If you ever reach the Nascent Soul stage in your cultivation, you might actually have a chance to run into her.

But it's too early to talk about that now. Let's pack up and leave this place quickly.
"Lest you run into some old monster along the way and drag me down with you."

"Senior, I've been quite careful on this journey, but unfortunately, I've just had some bad luck?"

Hearing Qu Bai complain, and recalling the many troubles he had encountered in recent days, Song Qingming sighed helplessly.

Originally, this trip to the "Northern Underworld Immortal Continent" was only intended to obtain a portion of "Jade Purity Spirit Liquid" to prepare for his future breakthrough to the Nascent Soul realm.

Who would have thought that so many dangerous accidents would be encountered along the way?

Just when he was about to return to "Zhongyuan Immortal Continent", he suddenly encountered a battle between a Nascent Soul Demon Saint and was almost caught in the crossfire and lost his life.

This luck is truly both laughable and lamentable.

At Qu Bai's prompting, Song Qingming raised his hand and used magic to lift it from the sea surface, then carefully placed it into a prepared empty "spirit beast bag".

Once Song Qingming finished his work, the three of them immediately boarded his "White Bone Flying Boat" and transformed into a streak of white light, quickly leaving the sea.

".."

"Zhongyuan Immortal Continent" is a cave dwelling in Xuantian City.

Song Qingyu, dressed in green, was sitting cross-legged on a green futon, with a flying sword emitting blue light floating not far in front of her.

The surrounding spiritual energy swirled rapidly before slowly merging into the blue flying sword, while a dazzling burst of spiritual light flashed continuously above it.

Just as Song Qingyu was concentrating on using her natal flying sword to absorb the surrounding spiritual energy, she suddenly sensed a fluctuation of spiritual energy coming from outside the cave.

The next moment, Song Qingyu, with a somewhat regretful expression, immediately stopped casting the spell, stored the "Xuanming Golden Light Sword" into her body, and stood up.

Upon opening the barrier at the entrance of the cave, a graceful figure in white robes was seen standing outside; it was Li Xuanyi, who had just emerged from seclusion.

"Qingyu, there is a small auction in the market today, and Fellow Daoist Xiao has just sent a message to invite us."

You promised to come with me last time, but I haven't seen you come out yet, so I had to come here to ask you.

Upon hearing what Li Xuanyi said, Song Qingyu suddenly remembered what she had promised and looked apologetic.

"I've been in seclusion for so long that I almost forgot about this. I'm so sorry."

Senior sister, I've recently gained some insights into cultivation techniques and would like to stay and continue my seclusion to see if I can break through the bottleneck of the fifth level of the Nascent Soul stage.

I won't be attending this auction. If I run into Fellow Daoist Xiao and the others, please give them my regards, Senior Sister Li.

"Oh! So that's why you've been in seclusion for so long and haven't come out yet. It turns out you're about to break through your cultivation level."

Your talent for cultivation is truly no less than my husband's; I can't compare.

"It won't be long before you catch up with Senior Sister Bai, and you might even advance to the late Nascent Soul stage."

Upon hearing that Song Qingyu intended to go into seclusion to break through his cultivation level, Li Xuanyi nodded immediately, her tone tinged with envy.

Upon hearing this, Song Qingyu immediately replied, "At least Senior Sister has Seventh Brother's help, but I'm all alone and can only rely on myself."

"Look at what you're saying. Over the years, we've supported each other. How come you're all alone now?"

".."

After exchanging a few jokes, Li Xuanyi gave Song Qingyu a few more instructions before turning around and leaving the cave to go to the market town at the foot of the mountain.

Meanwhile, Song Qingyu returned to her cave immediately after seeing Li Xuanyi off.

After sitting cross-legged, Song Qingyu took out a calming talisman and affixed it to her arm, immediately casting a spell to quickly adjust her state.

Just as she was about to continue meditating and cultivating, an unusual sensation suddenly appeared on her body, interrupting her spellcasting.

Once again, Song Qingyu's cultivation thoughts were disrupted. With a hint of helplessness on her face, she was also inexplicably displeased.

A moment later, Song Qingyu raised her hand and cast a spell, taking out a sound transmission talisman from her "storage bag".

Once she saw the message displayed on the talisman in her hand, Song Qingyu's previously somewhat unhappy expression suddenly turned to surprise.

"Could this communication talisman be from him?!" (End of Chapter)