Blood Realm, deep within the forbidden place of the Blood Refining Demon Sect.

On a high stone platform, several Golden Core Demonic Cultivators stood respectfully.

In front of the platform was an endless abyss, with lightning and thunder, and terrifying void storms roaring, faintly revealing some black stone peaks rising amidst the bottomless pit.

"He is coming! Prepare to welcome the Demon Monarch’s return!"

The Golden Core Demonic Cultivators immediately turned solemn, bowing in greeting towards the front.

Buzz~

All of a sudden.

A fierce wave rippled through the void, a black vortex appeared abruptly on the high platform, followed by a flash of blood-colored runes around it.

As the blood-colored light flashed on the Guiding Platform, several figures with powerful auras instantly appeared on the platform.

They were Demon Monarch Qishang and Crown Prince Xuan Ce with their entourage.

"Disciple respectfully welcomes Demon Monarch Elder Qishang’s return!!"

Following the few Golden Core Demonic Cultivators in front, a large group of Demon Sect disciples behind also paid their respects with utmost reverence.

Demon Monarch Qishang remained expressionless, nodding slightly as he glanced at the dark and oppressive sky, feeling the rich demonic energy around him.

He thought to himself: ’This is the Blood Realm...’

...

Meanwhile.

In the Eastern Domain of the Blood Realm, a boundless desert erupted with fierce sounds of magical battles.

Hundreds of Dharma Ships from the East Sea Cultivation Realm hovered in the air, led by over a dozen thousand-foot-long cross-border Spiritual Ships, exuding a suffocating sense of oppression.

The desert was strewn with corpses, all of them Demonic Cultivators from the Blood Realm.

"Reporting to the Great Elder, the vanguard of the demonic forces has been completely cleared out ahead!"

The ancient and rigid face of True Monarch Canghe narrowed his eyes coldly and immediately ordered, "Pass down the order to continue northwards and rendezvous with the Ice God Hall of the Northern Cold Cultivation Realm."

"Yes!"

At this moment.

Another Nascent Soul True Monarch from the Star Palace on the deck couldn’t help but say, "Elder Canghe, are we really going to cooperate with the Ice God Hall? Those folks are notoriously arrogant and difficult to communicate with."

"Hmm... Our visit to the Blood Realm this time is not only for the plan to besiege Wei to save Zhao but also for another major task: to find the Ascension Platform leading to the Spirit Realm for our ancestors, or suitable void nodes..."

"The ancestor of the Ice God Hall shares the same intention and has already reached a consensus with the ancestor of our sect."

"Alas! I didn’t expect it to be for this matter..." The Nascent Soul Elder sighed, "Since the decline of the Ancient Cyan Origin Sect, it’s been thousands of years without an Ascension Cultivator from the Human Realm."

True Monarch Canghe’s gaze deepened, contemplating as he nodded at the distance.

Logically speaking, when Human Realm cultivators reach the Divinity Transformation Stage, they would be at their peak, facing rejection by the realm’s power.

To pursue deeper cultivation, Ascension is the only path. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

And the gateway is through the Ascension Platforms left by the Spirit Realm in the Human Realm to ascend to the Spirit Realm.

Once in such a grand realm like the Spirit Realm, with its abundant Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, there is no concern of realm rejection, and one could even strive for realms beyond Divinity Transformation.

Of course, in ancient times, there were also supreme powers who ascended directly without an Ascension Platform by the strength of their bodies.

But to do so requires a tremendously high cultivation level, at least achieving Divinity Transformation Perfection to dare such an attempt.

Generally, unless in desperate circumstances, Divinity Transformation Ancestors would not opt for this.

Because falling into Void Turbulence, even a Venerable Divinity Transformation, would only meet a path of annihilation.

However, after the ancient great war, the Ascension Platforms left by the Spirit Realm in the Human Realm were either destroyed or their exact locations unknown.

Coupled with several occurrences of realm convergence over the millennia, Celestial Demon Tribulations descended, invading and polluting the Human Realm with demonic energy, causing the Spiritual Qi of the Human Realm to wither...

So much so that many Divinity Transformation Cultivators were stuck at the early stage, without a viable path forward.

Forcing Human Realm’s Divinity Transformation Ancestors to seek out other solutions...

...

In the Cave Mansion on Wangyue Island of the Southern Wilderness Cultivation Realm.

Qin Ming manipulated the Spirit King Cauldron in his hand, as a tri-colored Ancient Poison Flame flew underneath, swirling continuously.

With a point of the Pill Technique in his hand, a radiant vision of dragon roars and tiger growls blossomed from the Spirit King Cauldron.

An exotic aroma of pills instantly filled the entire Cave Mansion.

Three snow-white Spirit Pills appeared with sixteen Dao Patterns, emitting an astonishing Pill Halo, glowing brilliantly.

The Spirit Pills seemed to possess spirituality, attempting to escape the Alchemy Furnace.

Qin Ming casually gestured, and the three Tier Four High-Grade Spirit Pills fell into his hands.

"Didn’t expect this Dragon Ascending Pill to be so difficult to refine, I wasted dozens of spiritual materials to produce just three..."

Qin Ming looked at the Spirit Pills in his hand, feeling a bit of sigh.

In order to refine these Dragon Ascending Pills, he exhausted all the Ripening Entries in his Sea of Consciousness.

Just when he thought these spiritual materials would all be consumed in vain, he finally succeeded in refining three.

Not exactly a fruitless effort.

As for the spiritual materials for the Dragon Ascending Pill, Qin Ming had acquired the primary Spirit Seed during the Immortal Mansion Grand Assembly.

The remaining auxiliary materials were quickly gathered by the Four Nations Alliance and the Hua Tianxiong’s merchant guild.

After Qin Ming took over the Southern Wilderness, certain cultivation resources were naturally gathered by those beneath him.

The Dragon Ascending Pill, as a Spiritual Pill to enhance Mana Cultivation during the Nascent Soul Stage, was several times more effective than the Primordial Pill.

After all, as a Tier Four High-Grade Spirit Pill, its refinement difficulty and low pill formation rate exceeded Qin Ming’s imagination.

At the same time, after this round of alchemy, the Spirit King Cauldron once again yielded a strand of Essence of Wood.