Inquiry about immortality

Chapter 2574 Fate and Destiny

A sound like a heartbeat echoed from inside the cave, each beat causing the surrounding area to resonate with it, and even the fiery currents were stirred.

The source of the tremor, the ball of Nanming Li Fire, was constantly expanding and contracting, and the fluctuations were extremely violent. When it contracted, it was almost condensed into a single flame, and when it expanded, it was like blowing air, as if it wanted to explode.

'Boom! '

'Boom! '

'Boom! '

……

When the frequency of the pulse reached its peak, it suddenly stopped, and the aura within the Nanming Fire seemed to be brewing something.

Suddenly, a loud bang rang out, like the cracking of bones, or like a deity striking the heavens. At first, it sounded like a silkworm exhaling, fine and low, then like a red carp leaping in the waves... until the ninth bang, just like a giant whale swallowing the sea!

The moment the ninth sound rang out, that aura seemed to finally break through a certain boundary and complete its final transformation!

'boom! ’

A surge of air burst forth from the flames, stirring up the surrounding fiery currents. The firelight flickered and danced, creating a bizarre and fantastical scene. Amidst the raging fire, the phantom of a divine bird appeared.

Its shape is neither that of a phoenix nor a luan, but rather a more slender form. Its entire body is covered in flowing flames and condensed feathers, and when it spreads its wings, they resemble fiery clouds obscuring the sky. Each feather seems to be inlaid with a red crystal fire symbol, scattering countless sparks.

The divine bird treads on the burning wind, its three long tail feathers trailing in the air, with fire essence at the end of each tail feather, and rosy clouds rising from it.

'Bah! '

The divine bird lowered its beak, its sharp beak opening and closing like a red lotus just beginning to bloom, emitting a clear cry that first sounded like gold foil being torn apart, then like a furnace bursting open, its voice shaking the world.

With just this one cry, it can attract thousands of birds to pay homage; the divine bird's demeanor is no less than that of the phoenix.

The fire wings spread out, causing the sea of ​​fire to boil and condense into billions of firebirds. If this were outside, the rivers within a radius of a thousand miles would probably be upside down, ancient trees would be charred, and the land would be a barren wasteland before the water vapor could even evaporate.

This divine bird seems to be neither a bird nor a creature of the air, but rather a manifestation of the laws, the master of fire essence!

This is the true form of the Vermilion Bird. Previously, the Vermilion Bird only appeared as an ordinary firebird and rarely revealed its true form. Now, it finally shows the splendor of the sacred bird of the Holy Race! Judging from its momentum and aura, it is obviously different from before. In a short period of time, it has broken through the realm barrier, surpassed the Void Refining Realm, and entered the Integration Realm!

Zhuque, Qin Sang, Xiao Qilin, and Tianmu Butterfly refined the Qilin's essence together, but Zhuque ultimately won first place.

After thousands of years of scheming and enduring humiliation while following Qin Sang, he finally received a rich reward and became a Demon Saint, taking another step closer to returning to his peak!

That clear cry contained boundless joy, as if it was venting the bitterness brought on by the great loss of cultivation, which it had to suppress, and as if it was announcing its return to the world!

The divine bird spread its wings, almost taking flight, but ultimately did not fly away. Its eyes remained closed, but at this moment, its eyelids trembled slightly, and a glimmer of divine light flashed through the gaps.

Given the Vermilion Bird's usual temperament, it would likely have flaunted its great gains, but it did not do so. Instead, it closed its eyes, concealing its divine light, and restrained its aura, folding its wings together.

'Swish! Swish! Swish!'

The surrounding Nanming fire gathered around it again, enveloping it once more, while the blazing torrent surged forth once more!

The Qilin's essence propelled the Vermilion Bird to become a Demon Saint in one fell swoop, yet it wasn't completely exhausted; the blazing currents seemed inexhaustible. The Vermilion Bird clearly hadn't reached its limit, and it wouldn't let such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity slip by, continuing its frenzied absorption. The divine bird that had just appeared seemed like an illusion, but the Southern Bright Fire was noticeably deeper and more composed than before, and its speed of absorbing the blazing currents was also faster!

……

Amidst the blazing currents, there are three whirlpools of varying sizes; one belongs to the Vermilion Bird, and the other to the Little Qilin.

Faced with the impact of the blazing current, the little Qilin was the most stable and peaceful of the three.

Even for someone as powerful as the Vermilion Bird, refining the Qilin's essence was not without its challenges. The little Qilin, however, had been lying on the ground asleep from the beginning, completely unaware of the impacts and troubles encountered by the Vermilion Bird and Qin Sang. After the Qilin's essence entered its body, it was as if they had become one.

Strangely, at the beginning, despite the influx of so much heat into his body, the little Qilin's cultivation level did not improve at all, while Qin Sang and the Vermilion Bird both improved to some extent.

wrong!

The little Qilin was not entirely unchanged; its cultivation level actually regressed instead of progressing. Unbeknownst to it, the Qilin essence was improving its foundation, causing its cultivation level to regress to the early stage of the Void Refinement realm.

It's unclear whether the little Qilin was born with deficiencies because it was hatched from the Qilin Origin Seed and all the essence of the Qilin Origin Seed was extracted by Qin Sang and Zhuque, or whether Qin Sang's approach to raising the little Qilin went wrong, causing problems with the little Qilin's foundation and consuming so much Qilin essence to rebuild its foundation.

Soon after, the little Qilin's cultivation finally stopped declining, and then it became unstoppable, soaring like a rocket, advancing by leaps and bounds, almost without any pause, breaking through the realm barrier and returning to the mid-stage of the Void Refinement realm.

Soon, the little Qilin returned to its previous peak and did not stop, only its speed slowed down slightly. The Qilin's essence continued to steadily and firmly push its realm upward until it reached the peak of the mid-stage of the Void Refinement Realm.

The next barrier was like snow melting in the blazing sun, breaking through in an instant before the little Qilin!

Late stage of virtual refining!

And the improvements are still ongoing.

Finally, the little Qilin's cultivation reached an astonishing peak of the Void Refinement stage, standing at the same level as Qin Sang, only one step away from the Integration stage!

Throughout the process, the little Qilin maintained the same posture, its expression serene and calm.

At this point, the little Qilin finally encountered a bottleneck, its cultivation level stopped increasing, and it was stuck at the threshold of the Integration Realm. However, the little Qilin did not stop absorbing the Blazing Current; in fact, the speed at which it absorbed the current increased.

If it were Qin Sang, absorbing so much Qilin essence without being able to refine it would probably have caused her to explode and die. But the little Qilin was different; in fact, its aura became increasingly stable.

Immediately afterwards, the little Qilin's fur began to dance, leaving trails of crimson light in its molten fur. These crimson streaks intertwined and merged, forming a halo of radiant light around the little Qilin.

The little Qilin was completely unaware of all this, and was sleeping soundly in the glow of the sunset.

The crimson glow grew thicker and thicker, layer upon layer, until the outline of the little Qilin was barely discernible. Eventually, even the outline disappeared, as the thick glow enveloped the little Qilin, forming a cocoon of light.

Surprisingly, the little Qilin did not break through the Fusion Stage on the spot, but instead transformed into an egg again!

The Qilin egg floated silently among countless blazing currents, still absorbing the essence of the Qilin. As more and more of the essence of the Qilin merged in, the Qilin egg formed a thick eggshell, the surface of which shimmered with a deep luster.

The absorption showed no signs of stopping; no matter how much Qilin essence came, it accepted it all without hesitation!

……

The Vermilion Bird and the Little Qilin each have their own destiny, and the Heavenly Eye Butterfly is no exception.

The Heavenly Eye Butterfly received its inheritance in the Insect Tomb, comprehending the Soul-Devouring Ghost Flame and gaining the ability to control fire, which helped it successfully refine the Qilin's essence. However, although the Heavenly Eye Butterfly comprehended this ability later, Qin Sang did not value it, but rather valued the Heavenly Eye Butterfly's ability to control lightning.

At first, the Heavenly Eye Butterfly faced immense difficulties, enduring unimaginable pain with each refinement of a stream of blazing energy.

The Soul-Devouring Flames floating on the butterfly's wings are a reflection of her. As the Soul-Devouring Flames are washed by the crimson fire, the blue in the spiritual fire becomes lighter and lighter, and is gradually replaced by crimson.

When the blue color completely disappeared, the Tianmu butterfly successfully passed through the most painful stage.

The crimson flames floating on the butterfly's wings were almost indistinguishable from the fiery currents. What started as a small flame gradually transformed into a ball of fire enveloping the Heavenly Eye Butterfly. As the spiritual fire grew stronger, the Heavenly Eye Butterfly's cultivation also began to increase.

Back in the Demon Realm, Tianmu Butterfly had already broken through to the late stage of the Sixth Transformation. Later, she wandered the Demon Realm with Qin Sang, and then secluded herself for over a thousand years, further improving her cultivation. Now, the benefits of refining the Qilin's essence are manifesting in Tianmu Butterfly, and she is beginning to advance towards the peak of the Sixth Transformation.

Of course, compared to the Vermilion Bird and the Little Qilin, the Heavenly Eye Butterfly's improvement speed is somewhat slow.

However, a unique change also occurred in Tianmu Dieye.

After receiving the inheritance in the Insect Tomb, every time Tianmu Butterfly used Soul Devouring Ghost Flame, her whole body would be enveloped in blue flames, and her two heavenly eyes would resemble fiery pupils. However, if someone looked into her eyes, they could see that lightning was constantly flashing deep within her heavenly eyes!

Just now, I could vaguely see lightning in the third eye, but now, a change has appeared in the third eye on the right.

Deep within the Heavenly Eye, amidst the thunder, a single point of crimson light suddenly appeared.

It was as if a small world was contained within the Heavenly Eye, where thunder and fire erupted, and a fire lotus gradually bloomed amidst the thunder!

As the crimson light grew stronger, fire and lightning intertwined, and then the lightning was gradually overshadowed by the crimson light, transforming into a fiery eye.

Left eye: Thunder; Right eye: Fire!

The moment the Fire Eyes were born, the Heavenly Eye Butterfly's ability to control fire suddenly leaped to a new level. Its eyes darted around, and the surrounding floating crimson flames were swept by the crimson light, attaching themselves to the butterfly's wings and continuing to solidify and grow stronger.

Tianmu Butterfly's cultivation level also rose accordingly, and following Little Qilin, it successfully reached the peak of the sixth transformation realm!

At this point, Tianmu Butterfly, like Little Qilin, has encountered a critical juncture. Unless it can break through to the seventh transformation in one go, it will not make any further progress.

In the end, the Tianmu Butterfly failed to do it!

She was awakened by a start, and had not yet fully comprehended the opportunity given by the Void Butterfly. Moreover, even though this advancement in her realm was due to the precious Qilin Origin, it was not something an ordinary person could do by forcibly breaking through without any period of accumulation.

The Heavenly Eye Butterfly did not forget its mission. It awoke to protect its master. The Heavenly Eye Butterfly released the Crimson Fire, and streams of flame flowed to every corner of Qin Sang's body, even spreading to his body and forming a fire coat to share the impact of the blazing flow.

At the same time, Tianmu Die did not give up on this opportunity and continued to try her best.

Although his cultivation level could not advance, the firelight emanating from his fiery eye became increasingly dazzling. The extremely dense firelight transformed into thin streams of fire, and the depths of the fiery eye were as red as blood, even comparable to the lightning accumulated in the thunder eye over the years!

……

As Qin Sang entered the dream, the dream seed aura on his body began to gradually weaken.

As time passed, the aura of the Dream Seed faded, indicating that the power of this extraordinary treasure was being depleted.

Before the dream's aura could dissipate, Qin Sang seemed to be startled awake and voluntarily broke free from the dream.

"Success!"

Qin Sang's eyes gleamed with excitement. The power of the Dream Seed was far greater than she had imagined. No wonder those powerful beings of the Otherworld race were fighting over it.

In his dream, he experienced countless reincarnations and lost count of how many years had passed. He cultivated with the help of the Qilin's essence in his dream and finally deduced a spiritual cultivation technique based on the "Fire Seed Golden Lotus"!

This was the first time he had deduced such a complete and profound cultivation technique. Mastering this technique to its peak would allow one to cultivate a sixth-grade lotus platform and advance their cultivation to the late stage of the Yang Spirit realm!

Qin Sang had long realized that if she wanted to become an immortal, she could not rely on other people's cultivation methods forever, and sooner or later she would have to create her own cultivation method.

Both "Ziwei Sword Scripture" and "Heavenly Demon Refining Form" are among the top-tier works in the Spirit Realm, but Qin Sang encountered troubles during his cultivation, such as questioning the Mahayana Killing Path and the disappearance of his Destiny Star.

Only the techniques you create yourself are the most suitable for you!

As one's spiritual level rises, especially when it comes to the realm of Tao, there will always be differences between the techniques of others and one's own.

Qin Sang had no idea that her self-created cultivation method actually originated from the path of spiritual cultivation.

"what?"

Back in reality, Qin Sang immediately noticed the changes in herself. Not only had she begun cultivating the new "Fire Seed Golden Lotus," but the sixth lotus petal was also about to grow on the lotus platform!

This relies on one's own instincts, and it seems to be even faster than cultivating in dreams.

Is this the true power of the Dream Seed?

Qin Sang was also shocked, but quickly realized that even if the Dream Seed was strong, it could not be so heaven-defying, and the Qilin Origin also played a role in this.

He had even underestimated the true nature of the Qilin.

The Qilin's origin is the purest and most authentic power. Before, I didn't know the method and only experienced its ferocity. But when I comprehended the technique and got a glimpse of the beginning, the power of the infusion truly manifested!

Realizing this, Qin Sang was overjoyed and immediately began to fully activate the new "Fire Seed Golden Lotus".

On the lotus platform, between the five lotus petals, a strange light flickered, and a tender bud-like petal quietly grew out. At the same time, Qin Sang entered the late stage of Yang Shen!

……

Consumed by the three whirlpools, the mighty torrent finally began to show signs of weakening.

Most of it was forcibly absorbed by the vortex where the Vermilion Bird was located, and a small portion flowed into the little Qilin's body. Even Qin Sang and the Heavenly Eye Butterfly combined couldn't match their combined strength. But this portion of Qilin essence was enough to push them to the peak of their current realm!

Qin Sang hadn't expected that she would be able to cultivate to the peak of Yang Shen here in one go. The cultivation she gained from this 'forced growth' might not be very stable, and the techniques she deduced on the spot might also have problems. These all need to be resolved and resolved later, but the gains were far beyond her imagination.

When the sixth lotus petal on the lotus platform was fully formed, Qin Sang noticed that Chi Liu's power had greatly declined and he was unable to stabilize his cultivation. Seemingly anxious about something, he flashed to the side of Zhu Que.

"Quick! Take me back!"

Qin Sang shouted urgently.

'boom! ’

Through the Southern Bright Fire, Qin Sang saw a pair of golden eyes, supremely majestic, cold and ruthless, their sharp gaze piercing like a sword, causing him to tremble and involuntarily retreat.

Is this the Vermilion Bird?

Qin Sang was utterly shocked. The Vermilion Bird at this moment was probably more than just at the early stage of the Fusion Realm! (End of Chapter)