Immortality Start with Farming - chapter 770 (Patreon)

Chapter 770: Silverwing Advances, the World-Calamity Plague Moth

Outside the cave abode on the main peak.

Baili Hui, in his dwarf-like form, waited outside with utmost respect.

When he saw Qin Ming emerge, he hurried forward and bowed. “Greetings, Master.”

“Mhm, rise. You came looking for me in such a hurry. Did something happen outside?” Qin Ming asked.

As he spoke, he offered him a seat and let him take his time.

Baili Hui smiled faintly. After sitting down, he cupped his hands and reported, “Indeed. There is an urgent matter I need to report to you.”

“A major incident occurred in the Redwater Wasteland a few days ago. It’s said that the Ancient Insect Valley was attacked by ferocious insects once again.”

“Two Soul Transformation-level ferocious insects even appeared. They severely wounded the Ren Water Ancestor of the Heavenly River Sect, and the sect’s disciples suffered catastrophic losses.”

The moment he finished speaking—

“What?! Soul Transformation-level ancient ferocious insects? Are you sure there’s no mistake?”

Even Qin Ming was shaken by such explosive news.

“How could ferocious insects above the seventh rank enter the human Spirit Domain without a sound and severely injure the Ren Water Ancestor?”

“This is no small matter...”

Baili Hui had clearly anticipated Qin Ming’s reaction. When he first received the information from the Tingyu Tower intelligence network, his shock had far exceeded Qin Ming’s.

The moment he got the intelligence, he rushed back to report it.

“Sigh! Apparently the problem originated deep within that insect valley. There’s an extremely strange void wormhole there. It allows such ferocious insects to ignore the human race’s outer defensive restrictions and descend directly into the human Spirit Domain through the wormhole.”

“Fortunately, it seems the wormhole requires time and a certain power source to activate successfully.”

“After the attack succeeded, the ferocious insects immediately retreated through the wormhole before it closed.”

“Although the two ferocious insects disappeared without a trace, this incident has left a massive hidden danger for humanity.”

“No one expected two such insects to appear at once.”

“It’s manageable in peacetime, but if they descend directly into human territory during a war, the consequences would be disastrous.”

After hearing the explanation, Qin Ming finally understood.

In that case, the insect valley had effectively become a back door for the demon race inside the human Spirit Domain.

The great powers of humanity naturally could not sit still. They would undoubtedly try to destroy the insect valley at any cost.

Unfortunately, they had ultimately been one step too slow. A second void wormhole appeared within the valley.

An unprecedented insect tide then erupted and surged toward the Redwater Wasteland, tens of times larger than before.

There was simply no stopping it anymore.

After hearing Baili Hui’s report, Qin Ming’s brows knitted tightly.

Although he had anticipated something like this, he had never expected the situation to deteriorate so severely.

Fortunately, it had been discovered early. Otherwise, the consequences would have been even more unimaginable.

Now that humanity was prepared, they would naturally exterminate the insects and destroy the wormholes.

Besides that, Baili Hui also told Qin Ming another unexpected piece of news.

“Oh, right, Master. I also heard that the Heavenly River Sect’s Ren Water Ancestor was gravely injured, nearly losing his life. He was poisoned by one of those ferocious insects and is desperately searching for miracle medicines.”

“But injuries of that level can’t be healed by ordinary spiritual treasures. I heard he’s even gone looking in Celestial Star City.”

Qin Ming nodded.

After rewarding him with some spirit stones and medicinal pills, he sent him away to continue monitoring developments.

The human race had already begun assembling armies of cultivators and dispatching them to the Redwater Wasteland to exterminate the insect swarms.

The flames of war, which had only recently died down, were burning once more.

Standing atop the main peak, Qin Ming gazed out over the sea of clouds and sighed.

“It seems the demon race is about to become restless again.”

…

Two years later.

Qin Ming and Tian Ling’er were tending spirit plants while Xiao Qing napped in the spirit lake.

Suddenly, a vast fluctuation of demonic power echoed through the Small Spirit Realm. A massive cloud of spiritual energy gathered like a gigantic funnel and poured into the direction of the Devour-Spirit Rat’s cave abode.

The process of heaven and earth essence entering the body lasted nearly half a day.

When the phenomenon finally dissipated, an extremely arrogant laugh rang out from the cave.

“Hahaha! Fifth-rank Great Perfection!”

“I finally did it!”

Inside the cave, the Devour-Spirit Rat stood with its hands on its hips and laughed toward the sky.

At this moment, the excitement of successfully advancing once again was beyond words.

The next instant, its figure vanished.

When it reappeared, it was already standing before Qin Ming. Covering its mouth with one paw, it coughed lightly and said casually,

“Master, I have not failed your expectations. I have broken through to Fifth-Rank Great Perfection. I am now only a single step away from the realm of a sixth-rank Beastgod.”

“In the future, I can continue fighting on your behalf.”

“Mhm, not bad. The sixth-rank demon fruit I gave you wasn’t wasted,” Qin Ming said with satisfaction.

“From today onward, continue cultivating diligently and do not become arrogant.”

“There’s no need to fight on battlefields. Just focus on farming for me.”

“Hehe! Yes! I shall obey Master’s teachings!” The Devour-Spirit Rat was now completely obedient to Qin Ming.

When Xiao Qing saw it emerge, she transformed into the size of a small calf and happily ran over to rub against it in congratulations.

Not long after the Devour-Spirit Rat’s breakthrough—

Another powerful fluctuation erupted from the enormous beehive attached to Qin Ming’s Natal Spirit Plant, the Yama Immortal Vine.

“They’ve been asleep for several decades. Are those spirit bees finally done advancing?”

Qin Ming released his Divine Sense and inspected the interior of the hive.

To his surprise, every one of the tens of thousands of spirit bees had undergone a dramatic transformation.

Their auras had increased severalfold, and besides their gold-and-silver spirit markings, each now bore a twisted rune-like mark.

It resembled a ghostly face.

“Ghostface Spirit Bees?” Qin Ming remarked in surprise.

The same was true of Silverwing. However, the change in her aura was even greater.

She had already reached Fifth-Rank Great Perfection, yet showed no signs of stopping. Instead, she continued climbing toward the realm of a sixth-rank ferocious insect.

Even the newly advanced Devour-Spirit Rat froze at the sight.

“Third Brother’s luck has really exploded!”

“That insect nest and those eggs must have been something extraordinary!”

The moment it finished speaking—

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

Beneath the black vines, the gold-and-silver Ghostface Spirit Bee swarm emerged like a vast cloud of insects, radiating a terrifying aura.

Even the Devour-Spirit Rat felt its scalp go numb.

With a thought, Qin Ming summoned several bees closer and grabbed one for inspection.

He discovered that these Ghostface Spirit Bees had grown noticeably larger, and their mouthparts were now lined with razor-sharp teeth.

The twisted rune on their bodies, resembling a ghostly face, had only just begun taking shape and remained somewhat dim.

He then tossed them a sixth-rank ore of exceptional hardness.

The bees devoured it instantly, reducing it to powder.

Their biting power was astonishing.

Clearly, after inheriting the water-and-fire immunity of Qin Ming’s Natal Spirit Plant and absorbing the essence of those insect eggs, they had also gained part of the mature insect eggs’ mysterious abilities.

The current Ghostface Bee swarm was even more terrifying than the Iron-Devouring Fire Ant swarm Qin Ming had seen in the insect valley.

“These insects have completed a perfect mutation and advanced from infancy into their growth stage.”

“If this swarm attacks, even ordinary Void Refinement cultivators wouldn’t be able to withstand it.”

“If they can be raised to full maturity, they’ll likely become even stronger.”

“Besides farming, they can now be used in battle as well.”

With a wave of his hand, Qin Ming attempted to send the advanced bees back into the hive.

However, they ignored his command.

Just as Qin Ming found this strange, the enormous hive suddenly flew into the open sky on its own.

Then, before everyone’s astonished eyes, countless gold-and-silver runes poured endlessly from within the hive, releasing a heart-stopping fluctuation.

Qin Ming had felt a similar aura once before while escaping the void insect nest through the wormhole.

Yet the aura emanating from this hive now was even more terrifying.

As the gold-and-silver runes intertwined, the hive began swelling larger and larger.

Eventually, it expanded to several thousand zhang in size, standing quietly within the Small Spirit Realm like a small earthen mountain.

Even Qin Ming could not understand this sudden development.

Rumble!

In an instant, the Small Spirit Realm darkened.

Black tribulation clouds descended from the heavens, carrying the destructive aura of heavenly tribulation.

The phenomenon shook the heavens for thousands of miles.

“A sixth-rank heavenly tribulation. Silverwing is about to complete her final breakthrough.”

“I didn’t expect it to come this quickly.”

Caught completely off guard, Qin Ming immediately swept up the Devour-Spirit Rat and the others with his sleeve and retreated to observe from afar.

He had no idea how terrifying Silverwing’s sixth-rank tribulation would be.

Originally, he had ventured into the insect valley searching for alchemy materials.

Who would have thought Silverwing would obtain such a heaven-defying opportunity there?

She had advanced two major levels in succession and surpassed the others, becoming the first to approach the sixth-rank realm.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

The gigantic hive began splitting apart.

Countless cracks spread across its surface.

Finally, the entire hive shattered and collapsed.

Suddenly—

A terrifying aura belonging to an ancient primordial ferocious insect descended upon the space.

Had this happened outside, it might have attracted the attention of the great powers of Celestial Star City.

Fortunately, the breakthrough was occurring inside the Small Spirit Realm.

Even Qin Ming secretly broke into a cold sweat.

He was no longer certain whether Silverwing would remain under his control after advancing.

The Devour-Spirit Rat, whose confidence had soared after reaching Fifth-Rank Great Perfection, now hid behind Qin Ming and trembled.

“M-Master…”

“Third Brother... she hasn’t mutated into something else, has she?”

“I’m sensing something wrong.”

“She doesn’t feel gentle anymore.”

“What I feel instead is... violence, destruction, the urge to devour everything...”

Qin Ming frowned.

His own feelings matched the Devour-Spirit Rat’s exactly.

As the dust cleared, Silverwing finally emerged from the broken hive.

The moment Qin Ming saw her true form, his pupils contracted sharply.

Before everyone’s eyes stood a primordial ferocious insect thousands of zhang tall.

Its terrifying aura had unmistakably reached the sixth rank.

Silverwing’s appearance had changed completely.

She now resembled a colossal beetle.

Only her gold-and-silver markings and six wings remained from her former appearance.

Her void-thorns had vanished from sight.

At that moment—

A dual-colored purple-and-gold tribulation lightning descended from the heavens!

Boom!

The terrifying lightning struck Silverwing directly.

Yet in the face of such a dreadful sixth-rank tribulation, her massive body did not move in the slightest.

She simply allowed the lightning to bombard her.

Even Qin Ming found it unbelievable.

Then an astonishing scene unfolded.

The heavenly tribulation, powerful enough to instantly annihilate Void Refinement cultivators, struck the ancient insect.

The gold-and-silver armor covering her body emitted a crystalline radiance and effortlessly absorbed every trace of the lightning.

Was this really the same frostbee that had once needed the protection of Qin Ming’s Natal Spirit Plant just to survive a second-rank tribulation?

“This is terrifying. Third Brother is using the sixth-rank heavenly tribulation to temper her body...”

As a descendant of an ancient true spirit bloodline, the Devour-Spirit Rat could see what was happening.

As the might of heaven intensified, the tribulation clouds became even more violent.

It was as though the heavens sought to erase a being that should never have existed.

Countless bolts of tribulation lightning rained down simultaneously.

Their power rivaled Qin Ming’s Five Elements Heavenly Punishment Tribulation.

The Small Spirit Realm became a sea of lightning.

Fortunately, after being fused and upgraded through the Treasure of the Immortal Abode, it had evolved into a miniature world.

Otherwise, such a tribulation would have instantly destroyed it.

Qin Ming’s cultivation and divine abilities were now exceedingly powerful.

With a gesture, he cast a Yuanji Divine Radiance barrier to protect the spirit fields and spirit plants from the tribulation’s aftershocks.

The tribulation lasted several days before the dark clouds finally dispersed unwillingly.

Qin Ming stared at the gigantic primordial insect before him, a rare hint of caution appearing in his eyes.

Then he discovered something alarming.

The Forbidden Seal Binding he had placed within Silverwing using beast-taming techniques had completely vanished.

Yet the spiritual connection between master and servant remained intact.

That uncertainty was precisely what made him uneasy.

Looking at the imposing primordial insect before him, Qin Ming could not help thinking:

‘Is this really still my beloved little bee?’

Then—

Silverwing’s enormous body began shrinking.

In the blink of an eye, she transformed into a silver-haired young woman.

Her features were exquisitely beautiful, as if carved from jade.

She possessed a graceful figure and flawless appearance.

However, her eyes and demeanor carried an indifferent detachment toward all things, with a faintly absent-minded quality.

Walking before Qin Ming, she gave a slight bow.

Her voice was even colder than Blue Ice Saintess’s.

“Thank you, Master, for granting me this fortune.”

“However, I now have an extremely important matter to attend to. I must leave for a time.”

“My offspring will need Master to watch over them.”

Qin Ming had not expected such a drastic change in Silverwing after her advancement.

She was actually planning to leave.

Clearly, she now possessed intelligence nearly equal to that of a human.

Not only could she transform freely, but something mysterious seemed to have awakened deep within her soul.

Qin Ming immediately asked,

“What matter do you need to handle? Do you need my help?”

The silver-clad woman shook her head gently.

“Do not worry, Master. I will not abandon you. Once my business is complete, I will return.”

As she spoke, she glanced back at Qin Ming’s Yama Immortal Vine.

Without that strange black vine, she would never have obtained such fortune.

Then she said no more.

Her figure blurred and instantly vanished from the Small Spirit Realm.

Even Qin Ming’s Natal Spirit Plant, the black vine, made no attempt to stop her, proving her words were true.

Silence filled the air.

Qin Ming and his companions could only stare at one another.

The Devour-Spirit Rat was the first to recover.

“Good grief! I knew it!”

“Master, you never should’ve let Third Brother eat random things. Look what happened! What if she’s planning to betray us and run away?”

Little Silver Fox and Tian Ling’er blinked repeatedly.

They had been completely suppressed by Silverwing’s aura and could hardly speak.

Even they felt the Devour-Spirit Rat’s words sounded somewhat reasonable.

The Blackwater Crocodile Demon King had always been closest to Silverwing.

The two had spent the longest time together.

Seeing Silverwing undergo such a dramatic transformation and then leave, its eyes filled with mixed emotions.

Qin Ming smacked the Devour-Spirit Rat on the head.

The more he listened, the angrier he became.

“Who are you calling a traitor?”

“Even a born rebel like you never ran away from me. If Silverwing chose to do this, she probably has her own reasons.”

The Devour-Spirit Rat scratched its head and forced a grin.

“I was just saying. Third Brother felt like a completely different person just now. It was terrifying.”

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