Night without Borders

Chapter 518 Rebirth Amidst Thunder

"Grandmasters are all dogs, always waiting at the exit." Qin Ming murmured, feeling a deep sense of unease as a stranger in a foreign land.

A month has passed, and the divine grain, black soil, and the giant mouth on the ground have affected thousands of miles of land. At the critical juncture, there are even Grandmasters guarding the area.

It is said that some unlucky experts who went there were stripped naked from head to toe by a grandmaster who was nearing the end of his life and almost went mad, leaving them with only a tattered rag and a miserable state.

Many people were filled with resentment. They waited until the storm subsided before traveling there, hoping to broaden their horizons. However, they were robbed and some even died.

"Forget it, just consider it as being bitten by a mad dog. I heard that even some nobles and core disciples of the Holy Church were not spared."

A group of people poured out their grievances to each other, sighed deeply and wiped away their tears, and then each fled in disarray.

Grandmasters who don't have much time left to live become extremely dangerous and irrational; their lives are on a countdown, and they fear nothing.

The main reason is that some deities have their eyes on that old sheep and are chasing it all the way into the depths of the Night Mist World, making it difficult for others in this world to get their hands on it.

The decaying gods, about to turn to dust, are naturally even more dangerous. Even a grandmaster in his later years would have his eyes become crystal clear upon seeing them, and would no longer dare to go mad.

They dared not snatch food from the mouths of gods. Lacking the courage, they could only wander through these mountains, hoping to find some survivors and the elixir of immortality, intending to turn the entire region upside down.

Qin Ming pondered, "It seems that although Old Sheep has been reborn and regained his youth, he has not immediately recovered his true godhood, otherwise he would not have had to flee like this."

The night was as dark as an abyss, with villages and cities dotting the vast, dark earth like scattered fireflies, shimmering with tiny lights.

Qin Ming looked at the cat-people's village and his own mountain god temple, but they were not close.

Before the chaos erupted in this area, without the bandits blocking their way, Old Orange Cat, Old Black Cat, and the others successfully escaped after harvesting the yellow and silver wheat in the fire field.

They have now returned and were not affected by the disaster.

"Meow, Brother Ape Man has disappeared." Little Sanhua was a little sad, with tears hanging on her eyelashes.

Little Black and White's eyes also reddened as she said, "Was it really Brother Ape who saved us that day, meow? He wasn't killed by the people behind the bandits, was he?"

Qin Ming didn't go to see Little Fox and the others, feeling that the turmoil hadn't completely subsided. Besides, the three of them were still young, and it was too early to teach them the cultivation techniques of a grandmaster of this realm.

Once this land is completely peaceful, when he has free time to visit foreign lands for relaxation, he can also pass on his skills and deliver some divine food.

That day, Qin Ming traveled five thousand miles to build another tall tower in a relatively remote place. Now he was a skilled worker and completed the task in one go.

It's still the rainy season, and just two days later, he was hit by a thunderstorm, with massive lightning bolts mixed with torrential rain pouring down on this barren mountain.

Because the tower attracted lightning, the mountain area was as bright as day, and the trees swaying wildly in the strong wind and the dense rain curtain were clearly visible.

Qin Ming sat quietly in the tower, drawing upon lightning and fire to sever his sins.

"The purifying fire contains a considerable amount of wicked energy and impurities, making it extremely lethal," he couldn't help but sigh.

In a sense, that is karmic fire.

This substance is not suitable for implantation into the Heart Lamp. Qin Ming needs to refine away all negative substances and extract only the spiritual essence from it.

"However, if this karma is refined into weapons and stored, it should be quite powerful when used to strike an opponent at a crucial moment."

Outside Qin Ming's body, a dense, dazzling flame emanated, intertwined with blood vessels and black mist upon closer inspection, as if it were brewing an immeasurable calamity.

With a deafening roar, intense lightning descended, piercing through the flames. The supremely powerful and yang energy began to purify sins, with rolling thunder as if it were burning.

Most importantly, Qin Ming was circulating the "Primordial Thunder Seal," constantly forming hand seals, and page after page of tangible thunder scriptures materialized, drifting into the firelight, making the place incredibly mystical.

Under the cover of night, the tower was dazzling, its lightning and fire reaching the sky.

During this process, Qin Ming himself would occasionally drink thunder medicine and bathe in the electric light, and the vitality of his flesh and spirit would slowly increase.

He keenly sensed that he had developed strong "drug resistance," and the effects of the drug on him were far less than they had been initially.

Soon after, Qin Ming activated the "Eight Scenery Divine Illumination Scripture," but only with the Chaos Force. The wondrous method rippled and constructed an Eight Trigrams Furnace, which shone outside his body.

Next, he used the Primordial Heavenly Light to connect with the real thunder and fire in the night sky, externally refining the Dragon-Tiger Elixir to sever his sins.

After a long while, Qin Ming took out the wood-attribute divine substance he had obtained from that underground world and began to refine it. Although it was entangled with evil energy, it also contained a rich life force.

He stood up and, while tempering himself with lightning and fire, he also practiced swordsmanship. This was the immortal sword intent that was not recorded in the "Scripture of Living in the World".

Wisps of green light rose up, and amidst the thunder and fire, Qin Ming floated up as if ascending to heaven, lifted off the ground by a green leaf.

His Longevity Sword Intent has made very obvious progress.

Now, he no longer doubts that he might actually transform into the legendary immortal body in the future.

The rain poured down, and the dark sky was torn apart by blazing thunder, pouring out a vast expanse of lightning. The tall tower looked as if it might explode at any moment.

Qin Ming changed his cultivation method again and began to practice the "Overturning the Sea Scripture" to temper the water-attribute divine substance he obtained from that red ocean. In an instant, the entire stone tower shimmered, and lightning and water seemed to blend together.

Here, the tides surge, thunder and fire collide with the vast ocean, creating a wondrous sight of a roc spreading its wings and soaring into the sky.

……

On this stormy day, Qin Ming continuously drew upon lightning and fire, refining all five types of divine substances.

He sighed, feeling quite distressed. In order to eradicate sins and leave behind the purest spiritual matter, he used lightning to obliterate seventy or eighty percent of the original matter.

This was indeed a waste, but he thought it was worth it. Why use thunder and fire to refine medicine? Wasn't the goal to achieve purity?
The Purifying Fire and the Life-Giving Energy were far more sacred than before, and there were no longer any traces of blood or black mist lingering around them.

The fact that the thunder and fire had refined medicine and dissolved his sins in one night did not put Qin Ming at ease. In the days that followed, he secluded himself here to cultivate. Whenever there was a thunderstorm, the entire tower would be illuminated by thunder and fire.

Half a month later, he felt that the time was right. Page after page of the "Primordial Thunder Scripture" drifted into the Purification Fire, connecting with the night sky, intertwining with lightning, densely packed.

A moment later, Qin Ming drank a large mouthful of the lightning as if it were water, then swallowed the Purifying Flame potion and sent it into his heart lamp.

He began to operate "The Beginning of Oneness," a top-level scripture he had obtained from Cui Chonghe, which was very suitable for the Heart Lamp realm of the New Life Path.

A single lamp can give birth to all things and illuminate all laws. It can also gather all things and, in turn, use creation to nourish the lamp of the heart.

The Purifying Fire was poured into Qin Ming's Heart Lamp, making it shine even brighter. Mysterious patterns intertwined, and the Southern Bright Fire, the True Fire of the Sun, and the Six Ding Divine Fire automatically merged with it.

At that moment, he clearly sensed that the light was burning all over his body, purifying his flesh and spirit, and gradually improving his physique.

Qin Ming wasted no time and used lightning and fire to temper the wood-attribute life force one last time. A faint green glow rose and filled the entire stone tower.

From afar, in the rainy night, thunder and fire resonated with the life force of immortality, turning the entire tower a vibrant green. Qin Ming used the thunder and fire as water and the life force of immortality as medicine, and began to consume it. The next moment, based on his original six sword techniques, he unleashed the seventh sword intent of immortality.

This is the most direct manifestation of his improved strength.

He seemed to be ascending to heaven on a green cloud, his hair cascading like a green waterfall, almost reaching his ankles. His whole body was full of vitality, and he was getting closer to achieving immortality.

It wasn't until the longevity energy he consumed was replenished into his heart lamp that his hair returned to its original jet-black color after he swung his sword and cut off a section of his long hair.

That night, Qin Ming, amidst the lightning, consumed five substances to replenish his heart lamp, resulting in an unprecedented improvement in his physical vitality and mental state.

Then, his whole body became burning hot, and Daoist energy intertwined with his form and spirit. He began his Nirvana, undergoing a transformation that many people dream of—a complete rebirth.

Even as the thunder and lightning in the sky temporarily subsided amidst the rain, the stone tower continued to glow. Qin Ming was undergoing a transformation, his flesh and blood becoming translucent, his spirit as radiant as the sun, the light of the sky so intense that it made the stone tower almost transparent.

The figure sitting quietly inside the tower continuously radiates a mysterious power, which is slowly melting the tower's body.

This rebirth was intense and rapid, no longer requiring a day or two as in the past. Within Qin Ming's body, the abundant vitality surged like a torrent or a volcanic eruption.

The New Life Path system makes it difficult to achieve Nirvana at every major level, which is a major problem that has troubled many predecessors.

If someone can be reborn in every major realm, their lifespan is destined to be far longer than that of others at the same level, and even the powerful figures in other realms and esoteric sects will be envious and jealous.

Qin Ming has undoubtedly succeeded. From the first realm to the current fourth realm, he has made steady progress, step by step, constantly undergoing great rebirth.

At the same time, he progressed very quickly on this path, living up to the name of the "Realm School" that he later championed.

Qin Ming broke through from the sixth level of the Heart Lamp to the seventh level. Although it was only a difference of one level, it was very different from before.

Because he moved from the middle stage of the Heart Lamp to the later stage.

Previously, he was somewhat wary of the grandmasters of top-tier sects, after all, they came from great sects and ancestral courts, and their foundations were much deeper than those of ordinary fifth-realm experts.

But now that Qin Ming has reached the late stage of the Heart Lamp and undergone a complete rebirth, he is no longer afraid.

For example, Cui Chongxiao's senior brother, Mu Zhuo, was a disciple of Xi Tian, ​​the second most powerful figure in the esoteric sect. When they met last time, Qin Ming was still unsure of his chances.

At that time, he fought alongside Li Qingyun and Meng Zhiyan. If they were to meet again, he would simply step forward himself. What was there to fear?
Qin Ming smiled and said, "No wonder this breakthrough required the use of thunder medicine and longevity herbs, which consumed a lot of energy. My body and spirit were thoroughly cleansed by the power of new life."

He stood up, and every move he made carried a rich Daoist aura, capable of unleashing incredibly powerful techniques in an instant.

As time passed, the rain continued, but the thunder gradually subsided. Qin Ming stepped out of the stone tower, his body and spirit resonating, and the chaotic energy surged as he soared into the air.

In the distance, lightning occasionally streaks across the sky, but it always avoids him as he circumvents the "Primordial Thunder Seal".

If Qin Ming were to be struck dead by heavenly lightning after mastering the Thunder Dao True Scripture, it would be a joke.

In fact, after mastering this skill, he would be even stronger during thunderstorms, as he could draw upon the magnificent divine power of heaven and earth for his own use.

Qin Ming arrived in the clouds and continued to make moves, coordinating with the process of rebirth. His chaotic energy exploded, and the light of heaven mixed with pure yang power, tearing through the night.

In the nearby villages and towns, everyone thought it was a natural release of lightning, completely unaware that a young man was performing a spell.

The thick black clouds suddenly burst open, revealing a dragon's claw, a terrifying sight.

Fortunately, there are no experts in this area, so it won't cause any unexpected events.

A few ordinary people who saw it doubted their own eyes; was that a dragon's claw reaching out from the clouds? The entire night sky was torn apart, and a spectacular sight stretched across the sky in an instant—it was truly terrifying.

Soon after, Qin Ming completed his complete rebirth, changed into clean clothes, left a string of golden footprints in the void behind him, and floated down back to the wilderness.

The rain was still falling, but it was difficult to get close to him. Even from a distance, one would be shaken away by his naturally flowing chaotic energy, as if he were bathed in divine light.

"Thunder medicine is no longer very effective for me." Qin Ming stood in the stone tower, gazing at the rain. His cultivation had improved rapidly recently, but it was a pity that this path of practicing with lightning had come to an end.

At this moment, his newly born eyes could see much farther in the fog-shrouded world, and his perception, power, and extraordinary foundation all increased because of this rebirth.

Qin Ming did not leave but stayed there. He still had things to do and would wait for the next thunderstorm.

Two days later, the thunder waterfall pierced the night sky, illuminating the raindrops with a crystal-clear glow.

Qin Ming took out over a hundred small black swords, each no more than three inches long, all radiating pure yang energy and interwoven with many fine runes.

This is the Five Tribulations Thunder Strike Sword. During the last battle in the capital of the Great Yu Dynasty, Cui Chong relied heavily on it. It is indeed no ordinary item. Its material has undergone at least five tribulations.

Moreover, these small black swords are mixed with many other rare materials.

This is a master-level weapon, and it has the potential for growth.

Cui Chonghe possessed such a set of Pure Yang swords even in the fourth realm, which shows how wealthy he was.

Qin Ming planned to use the thunder and fire to refine his sword again. After all, he was also a sword cultivator with the reputation of "slaying through the thirty-six heavens with one sword". He could not only unleash the Nine-Colored Sword Aura, but also improve his skills in other aspects.

"In the 'Primordial Thunder Script,' there is a method for refining weapons with thunder and fire, and these small swords have undergone thunder tribulations, which fits perfectly."

The main reason is that Qin Ming has several bracelets wrapped around his wrist, containing many master-level trophies, including some rare materials that can be refined into the Thunderfire Sword.

During the subsequent thunderstorms, Qin Ming used lightning to refine swords, incorporating precious materials into more than a hundred small black swords, making them even more extraordinary.

Clearly, he was preparing for a major battle.

Judging from the unusual behavior of those people in the sky, something was clearly about to happen, and he was worried about being affected, so he was improving himself in every way.

After several thunderbolts, Qin Ming had 108 black flying swords suspended outside his body. They all carried pure yang energy and had been tempered by thunder and fire, making them crystal clear. They were engraved with unprecedented thunder seals inside.

Clearly, their power has increased significantly compared to before!

In the rain, with a thought from Qin Ming, more than a hundred small black swords became crystal clear, each engraved with the patterns of lightning in the world. They swiftly pierced through the rain and tore through the sky, densely packed, each with a long tail of light. Their momentum was immense and their power terrifying.

Qin Ming was quite satisfied and said, "The effect is quite good when used in conjunction with the 'Primordial Thunder Script'."

Only then could he be considered to have officially emerged from seclusion.

Overall, he gained a lot in this world, breaking through two realms and acquiring a divine medicine that could extend his life by half, among other things, and was very satisfied.

These achievements and gains have far exceeded his initial goals.

Qin Ming's eyes were deep, his gaze seemingly piercing through the void. He said, "Those opponents of the past, those beings whose cultivation was higher than mine, those beings whom I had to retreat from back then, perhaps should now avoid my sharp edge."

(End of this chapter)