Focusing on the Key Points

After waiting for a moment, the Blood Bead, as if playing, continued to spin erratically in the air.

Chen Ming didn't humor it and shouted, "Come out now!"

The Blood Bead paused, stopped, and ceased its spinning.

"Crack~Crack~"

Cracks appeared all over the Blood Bead.

With a "whoosh," it shattered into powder.

"Huh?"

Chen Ming exclaimed in surprise, not expecting that what was reborn was still the Red Spirit Worm, with no change in its appearance at all.

"How could this be?"

"Something's wrong!"

Chen Ming sensed carefully and discovered the anomaly.

It turned out that the Red Spirit Worm had been reborn, but because the Root Qi was missing, its transformation was incomplete.

However, that Root Qi was on Chen Ming.

The Root Qi was the foundation for Chen Ming to perform the Hundred Thousand Eight Thousand Insects Secret Method.

For the Red Spirit Worm to complete its transformation, it needed to consume that Root Qi.

If Chen Ming were to strip the Root Qi of the Hundred Thousand Eight Thousand Insects Secret Method from his body, he himself would no longer be able to freely wield the miraculous powers of the Hundred Thousand Eight Thousand Insects Secret Method.

But the Red Spirit Worm, after all, was created by Chen Ming's own Demon Refining Method. No matter how it transformed, it would be completely loyal to Chen Ming and controlled by him.

Completing the Red Spirit Worm was, in essence, completing his own divine abilities.

Although he couldn't directly wield the divine abilities of the Hundred Thousand Eight Thousand Insects, he could still do so through the Red Spirit Worm as a medium.

Chen Ming was also a decisive person. Once he made up his mind, he acted without hesitation.

His magic power circulated, stripping the Root Qi of his Hundred Thousand Eight Thousand Insects Secret Method from his body.

The Root Qi of the Hundred Thousand Eight Thousand Insects appeared and, under Chen Ming's control, landed on the Red Spirit Worm's Brow.

The petal-like mark on the Red Spirit Worm's Brow flashed, and its body stiffened.

A crack split open on the Red Spirit Worm's back.

A red light shot out from the crack, and a baby crawled out from within.

The infant grew as the red light dissipated, and as soon as it saw the daylight, it began to grow.

In a short while, it transformed into a red-clothed boy.

The red-clothed boy stood up and bowed to Chen Ming, saying, "Red Spirit greets True Person. Thank you, True Person, for fulfilling me!"

This red-clothed boy was transformed from the Red Spirit Worm, and it had actually become a demon and taken human form.

Although he had the appearance of a boy, he had absorbed numerous Incense and Fire Thoughts, which contained complex human emotions, making his intellect very mature.

"Good, this is also your fortune!"

"You once protected my path, and now that you have taken human form, it is also an opportunity!"

Chen Ming looked at the Red Spirit Boy. His aura and strength were similar to Qing Ling's. He could conjure poisonous smoke and Myriad Poisonous Insects, and perform the divine art of the Hundred Thousand Eight Thousand Insects Secret Method.

But when he wasn't using his divine abilities, he was a handsome and refined immortal boy.

Chen Ming retrieved the Spirit Devouring Jar and refined it with his Spiritual Sense and magical power, integrating the Golden Light Divine Flame and Great Yin Demonic Water Lightning, two divine abilities, into it.

The aura of the Spirit Devouring Jar immediately surged, and it began to exude the presence of a Magic Treasure.

"This Spirit Devouring Jar is your dwelling place, and you have a deep connection with it. Since you have taken human form and do not have a Magic Tool, you shall wield the Spirit Devouring Jar!"

Chen Ming handed the Spirit Devouring Jar to Red Spirit, bringing things to a satisfactory conclusion.

Red Spirit knew the origin of his birth and understood that Chen Ming had sacrificed his own secret method to achieve his current state.

He never expected to receive the Spirit Devouring Jar as well; it was truly a tremendous opportunity.

However, Red Spirit was not one to be coy. His very existence originated from Chen Ming.

With the Spirit Devouring Jar, his strength would increase, and he could better protect Chen Ming's path.

"Yes, I will not fail True Person's trust!"

Red Spirit held the Spirit Devouring Jar, his face solemn.

"Alright, like Qing Ling, you are both my disciples. You must get along well in the future!" Chen Ming instructed.

"Yes, True Person!"

Red Spirit and Qing Ling, two boys transformed from demons, responded in unison.

One held the Spirit Devouring Jar, and the other held the Mother-Child Void Breaker Sword. They followed behind Chen Ming as they left the Grotto-Heaven Dojo.

As soon as Chen Ming's figure materialized, the Grotto-Heaven Dojo transformed into a branch and fell into his hand.

"Hmm?"

The Creation Lotus Platform in Chen Ming's sea of consciousness suddenly emitted a beam of light.

He shook the branch in his hand, and an object fell out.

It was the insect molt left behind when Hong Ling transformed.

Under the illumination of the Creation Lotus Platform's radiance, the insect molt transformed into a blood-colored bead, falling into Chen Ming's hand.

Holding the blood bead, Chen Ming sensed the information transmitted from it.

It turned out that when the insect molt was illuminated by the Creation Lotus Platform, it turned into a blood bead, becoming a Divine Ability Magic Tool. It was connected to Chen Ming's aura. As long as he used his Spiritual Sense to activate it, Chen Ming could utilize the various techniques possessed by the Hundred Thousand Eight Thousand Insects Secret Method.

Seeing Chen Ming manifest, Situ Yuelan no longer hid her presence.

"Congratulations, fellow Daoist, on your great progress in strength!"

Situ Yuelan flattered him verbally, but upon seeing Hong Ling behind him, she couldn't help but be stunned.

She herself was a cultivator in the Spirit Condensation Realm, formed by the fusion of divine ability sentience and memory. Seeing Hong Ling, she had some guesses.

"Fellow Daoist Situ, why are you staring at my young attendant?"

Chen Ming smiled slightly, put away the blood bead in his hand, and said.

Situ Yuelan's expression was solemn. "If I'm not mistaken, this Red-clothed Boy is the sentience born from a divine ability, isn't he!"

"That's right!"

Situ Yuelan sighed and said, "As expected. Fellow Daoist Xuan Mingzi, do you know what you've missed!"

Situ Yuelan's words made Chen Ming even more confused.

"I thought you understood, but I didn't expect you to not know!" Situ Yuelan's tone was filled with regret.

"Oh, why do you say that?" Chen Ming asked.

Situ Yuelan said faintly, "To break through to the Spirit Condensation Realm, what is needed is for the divine ability to give birth to sentience!"

"No matter how many divine abilities you have mastered or how powerful they are, you are still just revolving within the Contemplation Realm!

Only when the divine ability gives birth to sentience, is suppressed and becomes the foundation, and the divine ability is condensed and refined, turning the virtual into reality, can you step into the Spirit Condensation Realm!"

"Fairy Caiyi achieved the Spirit Condensation Realm by suppressing her divine ability sentience and condensing it into a Colorful Feather Luan Bird!

She established the Chayi Sect and nurtured the Seven-Colored Clothes under her command in the Contemplation Realm, not just to have people work for her. The fundamental reason was to have the Seven-Colored Clothes under her command weave colorful clouds using secret methods to nurture the Colorful Feather Luan Bird!"

"Your divine ability gave birth to sentience, and you didn't suppress and refine it. Instead, you stripped away the Root Qi of the divine ability, causing the divine ability to transform into a demonic boy!

This, this, this I have never seen anyone do this before!"

"You've abandoned the path to achieving the Spirit Condensation Realm!"

As Situ Yuelan's voice fell, the Red Spirit Boy immediately knelt on the ground with a "plop." "Please, True Person, refine me and help me achieve Spirit Condensation!"

"Red Spirit was born to protect the True Person's path. How can I hinder the True Person's Dao path? I still beg the True Person to refine Red Spirit and achieve Spirit Condensation!"

Chen Ming flicked his hand with a branch, and the Red Spirit Boy stood up, unable to kneel any longer.

"Thank you, Daoist Situ, for informing me of the Spirit Condensation Secret."

"But I have my own method to achieve the Spirit Condensation Realm. You don't need to worry about it!"

After speaking, Chen Ming turned to the Red Spirit Boy and said coldly, "Red Spirit! You were born from my divine ability. Since I created you, I naturally had considerations! How can my affairs be decided by you!"