After his battle with the Giant Demon Clan Old Ancestor, Qin Hao found a place and entered the Chaos Bead to begin secluded cultivation.
It had to be said that the Chaos Bead was truly a fine treasure.
Not only could it increase the flow of time for him, but it could also let him hide inside it.
Earlier, Qin Hao had hidden within the Chaos Bead Space and thus deceived the Giant Demon Clan Old Ancestor's senses.
Without the Chaos Bead, he absolutely could not have caught his opponent off guard and killed him.
Qin Hao sat cross-legged, preparing to refine the Pseudo Immortal Treasure Sky-Opening Axe before him.
Any magic treasure, Pseudo Immortal Treasure, or even Immortal Treasure had to be refined anew and imprinted with one's own Divine Sense Imprint in order to unleash its power and wield it as easily as one's own arm.
"Whoosh!"
The moment Qin Hao's divine sense landed on the Sky-Opening Axe, it was directly repelled by a force emanating from it.
Having reached the level of a Pseudo Immortal Treasure, the Sky-Opening Axe had clearly already given birth to an Artifact Spirit.
However, he was not overly worried, because spiritual entities were what he feared least.
"Extreme Realm!"
Qin Hao snorted coldly as Extreme Realm Spiritual Sense began to surge madly from his eyes.
Streams of crimson lightning continuously roamed over the Sky-Opening Axe.
Qin Hao's expression remained indifferent as he asked, "Will you acknowledge me as your master yourself, or shall I erase your consciousness and condense a new artifact soul?"
"Buzz, buzz!"
As though it sensed a dangerous power within the Extreme Realm Spiritual Sense that could destroy all spiritual entities, the Sky-Opening Axe hesitated briefly before giving up resistance and allowing Qin Hao to refine it.
With Qin Hao's current cultivation, it would still take a long time to refine it completely.
"Let's see what treasures are in the Giant Demon Clan Old Ancestor's storage bag!"
Taking advantage of the interval, Qin Hao retrieved the Giant Demon Clan Old Ancestor's storage bag and began inspecting it.
"Is he really this poor?"
With a sweep of his divine sense, he found only a few dozen Immortal Jades inside the Giant Demon Clan Old Ancestor's storage bag, fewer than he himself possessed.
There were over a hundred Supreme Grade Spirit Stones, though, slightly more than his own.
There were not many magic treasures either, because for the physically powerful Giant Demon Clan, their own bodies were stronger than ordinary magic treasures.
"This is..."
Qin Hao took out a red Jade Bottle containing half a bottle of blood.
This blood gave Qin Hao the impression that it was somewhat stronger than the blood within Lei Ji.
Clearly, the Ancient God bloodline contained within it was also more concentrated.
The other two items also drew Qin Hao's attention.
One was a Black Wooden Staff with a cluster of black flames on it.
Qin Hao sensed that there was likewise an Artifact Spirit within the Black Wooden Staff.
However, compared to the Sky-Opening Axe, this magic treasure was far inferior.
This Black Wooden Staff should have been the Giant Demon Clan Old Ancestor's personal magic treasure, so naturally it could not compare to Lei Ji's Ascension-stage Pseudo Immortal Treasure, the Sky-Opening Axe.
The final item was a rusty Golden Wheel.
Qin Hao poured spiritual energy into the Golden Wheel, only to find that his spiritual energy was instead repelled.
"I won't open this thing for now!"
Qin Hao directly put away the Golden Wheel.
Having read the original work, he naturally knew what was inside.
Within the Golden Wheel was a remnant soul.
That remnant soul was the remnant soul of the Immortal Remnant Clan's Third Ancestor from when he possessed a Human Race body.
That remnant soul contained Lustful Intent.
This Lustful Intent was also a means of dealing with Vermilion Bird Country Liu Mei.
"Now, it's time to raise my cultivation!"
Qin Hao patted his storage bag, took out several Supreme Grade Spirit Stones, and began absorbing the spiritual energy contained within them.
Huofen Kingdom.
War God Temple.
Qin Hao's figure appeared here once more.
At present, his cultivation had already risen to the peak of early Deity Transformation.
If not for the fact that his Killing Artistic Conception had yet to break through, Qin Hao could have raised his cultivation to mid-stage Deity Transformation.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, Qin Hao gazed into the distance.
His gaze pierced through the void, and he saw a flowing light racing madly toward the War God Temple.
The figure within the flowing light was Wang Mazi.
Above Wang Mazi's head was a huge Execution Mark.
Behind Wang Mazi, an Elder in green robes followed at an unhurried pace.
"A Deity Transformation Cultivator... that should be Duanmu Ji, right?"
Qin Hao guessed inwardly.
"Whoosh!"
Very soon, Wang Lin flew into the War God Temple's mountain gate.
When he saw Qin Hao in the sky, he unexpectedly sat down cross-legged and began meditating and breathing exercises.
It was as though he firmly believed Qin Hao would help him.
"The Demon Cultivation Sea really can temper a person!"
Qin Hao glanced at Wang Mazi and found that he had already formed his core.
Once the Ten Thousand Demons Hundred Day Execution Order condensed a cultivation core, he would be able to advance to late Core Formation.
[ Ding! ]
[ The strongest Artifact Refining Reactor currently detected in the War God Temple is ninth-grade. The host has obtained a tenth-grade Artifact Refining Reactor! ]
"A tenth-grade Artifact Refining Reactor?"
Qin Hao's thoughts stirred.
The War God Temple's Artifact Refining Technique automatically surfaced in his mind.
This Artifact Refining Technique had not been created by the War God Temple's Progenitor. Rather, it had been discovered together with the Divine Dao Art.
According to its records, first-grade Artifact Refining Reactors were the lowest, while tenth-grade ones were the highest.
Wang Mazi had encountered a Desolate Beast Skull in the Demon Cultivation Sea and refined it into a ninth-grade reactor.
Now that Wang Mazi had returned to the War God Temple, he had naturally triggered the system once again.
The green-robed Elder, Duanmu Ji, arrived at the War God Temple without concealing his aura in the slightest.
That terrifying Deity Transformation-level aura immediately drew the attention of the War God Temple's Cultivators.
Numerous Nascent Soul Ancestors appeared. When they saw that Qin Hao had returned, they immediately sighed in relief.
Previously, they had sensed a Giant Demon Clan expert suddenly appear and pursue Qin Hao.
Now, it seemed that Qin Hao had escaped danger.
Song Ming questioned, "Who are you, and why have you barged into my War God Temple?"
Duanmu Ji was about to rebuke him when he suddenly spotted Qin Hao.
"Peak early Deity Transformation?"
After sensing Qin Hao's cultivation, Duanmu Ji's expression changed slightly. He smiled and clasped his hands. "I am Duanmu Ji, lord of Seven Plum City in the Inner Sea of the Demon Cultivation Sea. Greetings, fellow daoist!"
"Duanmu Ji, lord of Seven Plum City?"
Upon hearing this name, several Nascent Soul Cultivators changed expressions.
Huofen Kingdom bordered the Demon Cultivation Sea, so they naturally knew its circumstances.
The Demon Cultivation Sea was filled entirely with bloodthirsty Demonic Cultivators, while the Inner Sea was even more chaotic and terrifying.
Duanmu Ji was known as the Eight Extremes Demon Lord, which was enough to show how overwhelming his murderous reputation was.
"The Eight Extremes Demon Lord, is it?"
Though Qin Hao knew the answer, he asked, "Why have you come here instead of staying obediently in the Demon Cultivation Sea?"
Duanmu Ji pointed at Wang Lin and said, "I came here for him!"
At this, the Nascent Soul Cultivators all turned to look at Wang Lin.
Judging by his clothes, he was clearly a disciple of their War God Temple.
He had now actually reached Core Formation.
Most importantly, there was the enormous Execution Mark above his head, radiating scarlet blood light.
Song Ming cried out, "Is that the Ten Thousand Demons Hundred Day Execution Order?"
Such a treasure was extremely rare.
Could it be that a disciple of their War God Temple had killed a descendant of the Eight Extremes Demon Lord?
At this thought, everyone's expressions darkened.
"Sorry,"
Qin Hao said indifferently, "He is a member of my War God Temple. I cannot hand him over to you."
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