Repaying Kindness with Enmity, Lord Yunqi!
After everything is done--
Qin Minghan breathed a sigh of relief. He had originally thought it would be a tough battle, but he hadn't expected to defeat the strongest dragon-blooded half-demon so easily...
Just then, Li Shan Dunkong.
He handed the Five-Colored Puppet Bead back to Qin Minghan, and also handed over two jade bottles, one containing three Golden Core...
The other one contained the remnant souls of the three Ye Clan Golden Core cultivators.
Qin Minghan captured a person and forcibly searched their soul, hoping to obtain information about the place, but unfortunately, the soul search failed...
That soul was placed under a restriction; if it were forcibly searched, its spirit would disintegrate on its own!
"It seems there really is a secret!"
"Even the clan's Core Formation Ancestor has set up a restriction on himself, clearly indicating that he doesn't want outsiders to know the truth about this secret realm..."
Qin Minghan was making plans in his mind.
As for the other two remnant souls, the situation is likely similar; only Nascent Soul Realm Soul Dao cultivator could probably break this restriction...
The only option is to take it back to the Lineage.
To find out everything now, the only way is to pry open the mouth of that dragon-blooded half-demon...
Thinking of this...
Qin Minghan then used the power of the Dao Law to empower the dragon-blooded half-demon, gradually disintegrating its body from the outside in...
At the same time, he ordered Li Shan, "The rest is up to you."
"Remember, leave no survivors of the Ye Clan family."
"As for the others in this realm, for now, the priority is to control them while awaiting further changes to the plan..."
"Also, gather all available information, find the core of the secret realm, register all spiritual objects and store them in the vault, and keep your hands clean..."
Upon hearing this—
Li Shan understood immediately, and then quietly withdrew to continue directing the army of cultivators to sweep across the entire secret realm. Putting everything else aside...
This place is incredibly vast!
With tens of millions of square kilometers under its control, a complete sweep would likely take several years, not to mention the Ye family cultivators...
There are still tens of millions of mortals, as well as some celestial slaves who serve as servants!
Whether to kill or spare them remains to be seen and will require careful consideration.
The worst outcome is being used as food, a blood slave, or a consumable...
In better circumstances, it would be used as a livestock farm for grazing, given the population of tens of millions...
It's practically a natural pasture!
A few days later--
When the body of the dragon-blooded half-demon was completely drained by King Wood Dao Principles and gradually disintegrated, its flesh and blood vanished like dust...
And it was at this moment that the mutation occurred!
A faint ray of light flashed and instantly entered Qin Minghan's mind, clearly indicating an attempt to seize his body and thus revive him!
Just as the white light penetrated deep into Qin Minghan's sea of Divine Sense...
Then a phantom image of a blue emperor appeared, standing in the center of the sea of consciousness. Immediately afterwards, white spiritual light transformed into a seven-colored, plump dragon...
Then it will devour that illusory image of the emperor!
Unfortunately, before he could make a move, a pair of dark gray eyes slowly opened behind the cyan emperor's phantom...
Those eyes, seemingly calm and still for eternity, appeared to look down upon all living beings!
Immediately following, an extremely powerful surge of spiritual energy...
In an instant, the seven-colored fat dragon was annihilated!
Only fragments of memories and a massive amount of Nascent Soul level soul debris remained...
Qin Minghan, however, turned misfortune into blessing. The fragments of his Nascent Soul level soul greatly enriched his sea of Divine Sense, which can be described as a great fortuitous opportunity!
It also absorbed the memories of the seven-colored fat dragon, allowing it to know everything about the Immortal-Seeking Island.
The only pity is--
Deep within his mind, Qin Lu had given him three chances to save his life, and he had already used two of them, which pained him greatly...
You must know, that was a life-saving technique bestowed upon me by Qin Lu.
Even a mere wisp of Qin Lu's soul would be enough to deal with most threats, even if Nascent Soul cultivator were to arrive in person and try to kill Qin Minghan...
Those are extremely difficult things!
What's more, it was a remnant soul that had existed for who knows how many years; a single glance was enough to reduce it to ashes...
Things have come to this point--
Qin Minghan didn't have much to regret; at least he had gained a lot from the trip...
This Spirit Ascension Secret Realm alone is enough to make up for all the losses. If it were integrated into the Fourth Heaven, then all the sacrifices along the way would be worthwhile...
Naturally, it's not worth mentioning!
Qin Minghan then gradually dissected the seven-colored fat dragon's memories. After sorting them out, the general cause of the events...
That would require tracing back to more than 20,000 years ago.
This seven-colored fat dragon was originally a member of the White Dragon Clan...
Later, due to a bloodline mutation, he left his tribe and wandered the world alone, eventually surviving until his lifespan was nearly over...
Breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm!
He styled himself the Demon Emperor Yunqi and created this secret realm seventeen thousand years ago, naming it the Immortal-Seeking Secret Realm...
Unfortunately, after living for more than 10,000 years, he finally died of old age 8,000 years ago.
After his death, his original intention was to cultivate a prodigy with exceptional talent, hoping to use him to seize a body and be reborn, thus controlling the entire Human Race of the secret realm...
Naturally, he became the perfect experimental subject for the Demon Emperor Yunqi!
It's such a pity--
His cleverness backfired; the genius he chose became the founding ancestor of the Ye Clan family, eventually becoming a Golden Core Peak Stage cultivator...
Knowing that he was being targeted, that ancestor of the Ye Clan had planned his escape long ago!
After becoming powerful, he revisited the place, only to find that the Dragon King Yunqi's Nascent Soul had nearly dissipated, and he was ultimately captured by the Ye Clan Ancestor...
But what can they do against a Nascent Soul?
Therefore, the only option was to seal his Nascent Soul remnant into a living vessel, simultaneously stealing his Dragon Qi and soul while using him as a puppet puppet...
And so it continues until now, the lingering remnants of the Nascent Soul, which should have long since dissipated, have ultimately been desecrated without any scruples by the Ye Clan Lineage...
Constantly extracting value from oneself!
Knowing everything, Qin Minghan could easily conclude that neither of them were good people; they were both acting out of self-interest...
One who plotted to take another's body ended up being countered...
The Ye family is audacious and reckless, imprisoning the remnant spirit of a Nascent Soul cultivator in an attempt to uncover the secrets of the Nascent Soul and thus help their Lineage transform into Nascent Soul Aristocratic Clan!
In Qin Minghan's view...
Both sides are birds of a feather, rotten to the core. If it weren't for their arrival, the Demon Emperor Yunqi would probably have been imprisoned for who knows how many more years...
The first thing he did upon regaining his freedom was to repay kindness with enmity...
They intend to possess another's body!
He deserved to be killed by Qin Lu's glare, his soul scattered!
But it's better that he died. Having learned the whole story, Qin Minghan also knew the greatest secret of this secret realm...
That was the physical body of the Demon Emperor Yunxi!
His remains have been hidden in a special spatial interlayer within the Immortal-Seeking Secret Realm...
For so many years, the Ye family has been searching in vain. The reason they have kept the remnant spirit of the Demon Emperor Yunqi imprisoned is that they hope he will reveal the location of his remains!
The Nascent Soul Dragon Demon's body already belongs to the pure-blooded dragon race...
This level of physical body is the essence of Nascent Soul Demon Emperor's life, a veritable walking treasure trove, and the most exquisite gem!