Above the Sumeru Spirit Garden, with an unwilling roar.

That enormous green face gradually disappeared in the sky, returning to tranquility.

Subsequently, Qin Ming waved his hand, retracting the Great Derivation Celestial Star Map into his body.

Qin Ming cautiously released his Divine Thought, scanning the entire Spirit Garden, finding that the nearby area had returned to normal, and that shadow had disappeared without a trace.

It was likely just a Divine Technique manifestation.

Under the combined force of his two Spirit Communication Treasures, it was heavily injured and fled in panic.

Qin Ming took out a Spirit Recovery Pill and ingested it, restoring some of the mana he had expended.

Just this alone triggered a backlash from the Interface Power of the Human Realm, costing him several years of lifespan, but it was insignificant to him.

Qin Ming could feel that the person who attacked him across several regions was most likely the person who had defected from the Spirit Realm.

However, for some reason, although his cultivation was strong, he seemed to be trapped inside, unable to come out.

Seeing this situation, Qin Ming did not rush to leave.

After restoring some mana.

He continued to let the Heaven-Devouring Rat break the restrictions within the Sumeru Spirit Garden, transplanting all the remaining Spirit Medicine into the Little Spirit Realm.

After a bout of high-intensity Divine Technique display, the Heaven-Devouring Rat was extremely fatigued, its Demonic Power nearly exhausted.

In a flash.

While it was breaking a restriction light barrier, a stone wall behind it suddenly cracked open, revealing a small Cave Mansion...

The Heaven-Devouring Rat retracted the black Forbidden Profound Light it was emitting and cried out to Qin Ming, "Master, there seems to be something inside here."

Qin Ming followed the sound and looked over, first releasing his Divine Thought to investigate, confirming that there was no danger in the Cave Mansion.

Only then did he enter with the Heaven-Devouring Rat.

Upon entering, he found this was merely a temporary Cave Mansion of the Spirit Realm bigwig, Master Fire God.

It seemed he opened this simple stone cave just to tend to the Spirit Field and occasionally reside here.

Thus, the Cave Mansion was not large, almost entirely visible at a glance, with simple furnishings of stone beds and chairs, and nothing else.

The Heaven-Devouring Rat sniffed around and suddenly its expression changed, its eyes lighting up.

It pointed at the eastern stone wall, saying, "Master, there seems to be something hidden behind this..."

Hearing this, Qin Ming was stirred, using his powerful Divine Thought Power to penetrate through the wall.

The sturdy stone wall surface instantly fell away, revealing the interior.

There, in a small stone cave only a few feet across, quietly lay a palm-sized jade box.

And outside it was shrouded in a purple restriction seal.

Qin Ming immediately instructed the Heaven-Devouring Rat to break the outer restriction.

The Heaven-Devouring Rat once more exerted itself, using Forbidden Profound Light to break that light barrier.

Perhaps the restriction outside the jade box was too formidable, as even the Heaven-Devouring Rat exerted great effort before successfully breaking it.

Afterward, it sat down, panting heavily.

"What grade of restriction is this? It must be above Tier Five, even I almost failed to break it."

Qin Ming raised his hand and summoned the jade scroll into his hand.

This jade scroll was hidden so secretly, and appeared to be something Master Fire God valued.

Qin Ming immediately infiltrated it with his Divine Thought for a brief glance and discovered that it recorded a method of refining a High Tier treasure.

From collecting spiritual materials to the complete refining process, all were recorded in meticulous detail.

And this treasure was specially designed and refined by Master Fire God when he advanced to the Void Refining Stage as a unique tribulation-defying treasure.

Because once a cultivator reaches Divinity Transformation, they must undergo terrifying Great Celestial Tribulations. Without tribulation-defying treasures, no matter how vast the cultivation or Divine Techniques, it is hard to survive.

Every breakthrough of a Small Realm in the Void Refining Stage also challenges terrifying Celestial Tribulations, dreaded by everyone.

This is why such powerful defensive treasures exist.

But treasures like this require incredibly precious materials, and even in the Spirit Realm, they are hard to obtain.

Not to mention refining them completely.

Qin Ming hadn’t expected such a windfall on this venture, as he completely scavenged the Sumeru Spirit Garden.

"This place is not one for long stays, once we find a method to unlock the inner restriction of this Immortal Mansion Treasure, we’ll come back for further exploration."

"This Immortal Mansion Treasure, forged by seizing the fortune of the world, will be mine once my cultivation is sufficient."

With that, Qin Ming lifted the Heaven-Devouring Rat from the ground and threw it into the Little Spirit Realm.

Then.

He retrieved once more the Nine Heavens Cyan Yuan Marvelous Response True Talisman and a small piece of Profound Crystal, directly activating the ancient talisman.

Countless golden talismans emerged, enveloping Qin Ming completely, and with a flash of brilliance, he vanished from the spot.

...

Qin Ming traveled back and forth between the Southern Wilderness Moon Island and the Void Profound Abyss of the East Sea with incredible swiftness.

Such is the speed of having an ancient talisman of the Spirit Realm.

Following.

Qin Ming returned to the Spirit Island and then resumed researching Tier Five Pill Formulas.

He sought to maximize the value and efficacy of the numerous Tier Five Spirit Medicine obtained from the Sumeru Spirit Garden.

As for Tier Five Pill Formulas, over the years in the Human Realm, Qin Ming pillaged and collected several ancient formulas.

Next.

He tasked Mo Lingwei and Hua Tianxiong with gathering auxiliary materials for refining these Tier Five Spiritual Pills.

Years ago, Hua Tianxiong also broke through to the early-stage Nascent Soul, causing a stir in the Spirit Nest Islands.

Meanwhile, Xiao Xun remained in seclusion, and Qin Ming had already gathered other spiritual materials for refining the Divinity Transformation Ointment.

Having previous successful experience, he managed to refine a portion of the Divinity Transformation Ointment and handed this Ancient Divine Medicine to her.

Despite Xiao Xun’s Star Palace inheritance and her century-long honing of the Nascent Soul perfection state, she dared not casually attempt to achieve Divinity Transformation without more than seventy percent certainty.

She aimed to perfect her mental state and Divine Power Enlightenment to a flawless state.

Qin Ming agreed with her stance because he had experienced it himself and knew well the perils of attempting Divinity Transformation; any slight misstep could be eternally damning.

Time flew by, and seasons changed.

In the blink of an eye, another decade passed.

During this period, Hua Tianxiong and Mo Lingwei efficiently collected all the spiritual materials Qin Ming required and handed them to him.

He then commenced another seclusion to cultivate, not only enhancing the Divinity Transformation Power through the ’Crimson Spirit Pill’ but also attempting to refine two other rare Spiritual Pills suitable for the Divinity Transformation Stage.

These were the ’Profound Yuan Concentration Pill’ and the ’Heart Inquiry Pill.’

The former likewise enhances mana cultivation, while the latter stabilizes the mental state during Divinity Transformation, preventing Heart Demon invasion.

With a two-pronged approach, Qin Ming’s mana cultivation advanced steadily.

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