Dabai now possessed the strength equivalent to that of a Martial Saint, and his speed was remarkable, covering a hundred miles in the blink of an eye.
From afar, Ming Qi spotted the Dikui Demon Fox slowly approaching them.
The Dikui Demon Fox wasn't walking fast, clearly still recovering, but when she saw Ming Qi, she was completely stunned.
Seeing that the Dikui Demon Fox was fine, Ming Qi felt relieved. This trip to the Demonic Spirit Realm had been a huge success. He had located Dabai and the Dikui Demon Fox. While they might have different paths to follow in the future, at least they knew where they were. With Ming Qi's strength, reaching the Demonic Spirit Realm was only a matter of time.
It took a long time for the Dikui Demon Fox to react. Finally confirming that Ming Qi had indeed arrived in the Demonic Spirit Realm, it was filled with joy and delight.
"The Wolf God is dead. You shouldn't encounter any difficulties in the Demonic Spirit Realm now."
Ming Qi prepared to leave; he had more important matters to attend to.
"Are you leaving?"
The Di Kui Fox Demon asked gloomily.
Ming Qi nodded, thought for a moment, then activated his Nirvana Divine King Technique to create two Nirvana Talismans and handed them over.
"These are two Nirvana Talismans. They can revive the dead with a trace of your soul, but they can only be used once." Ming Qi handed the Talismans over and slowly ascended into the air.
"I'm leaving now. I'll visit you again when I have the chance."
As he spoke, Ming Qi's figure vanished into the air.
Although he had obtained two World Axis scrolls, he still couldn't find any trace of the Galaxy Power. He needed to obtain more World Axis scrolls. The place Ming Qi planned to visit next was even more remote; simply traveling through the void would take a year.
That place, called Qujing by Honglian, was a vortex lost between worlds.
Because the journey was too long, Ming Qi knew he wouldn't be able to reach the destination in a short time. Therefore, he simply slowed down and focused on refining the Wolf God's divine seal and divine body. Both contained immense energy, and their complete refinement would significantly enhance his strength.
Ming Qi had no precise direction or route, so he re-evaluated his position after each step, stopping and starting frequently. Whenever he encountered a lost ruin in the void, he would linger for a while. Partly because he wanted to visit Meng Ling within the Supreme Map, and partly because he wanted to search the lost ruins for any treasures lost in ancient times.
Time slipped by unnoticed. Six months after leaving the Demon Spirit Realm, Ming Qi had completely refined the Wolf God's divine seal and divine body, leaping directly to the fifth level of the Martial God Realm. This surge in strength gave Ming Qi immense confidence. The Qu Realm was rife with dangers, many of which contained strange and mysterious entities not found in any other world. Without sufficient strength to back him up, he simply wouldn't dare to enter.
Thanks to frequent route corrections along the way, Ming Qi arrived at Qujing within a reasonable timeframe, even arriving a few days early.
Along the way, Ming Qi had repeatedly speculated on what exactly Qujing was. According to Honglian, Qujing and the Beast Soul Heavenly Mausoleum were of the same nature: worlds lost in the interstices of the Realm of Order, unsupported by the forces of order. Such worlds ranged in size, and it was difficult to pinpoint them.
However, the situation before him still surprised Ming Qi. Qujing was a planet on par with the vast world of Tianhuang. Furthermore, a hazy, indistinguishable nebula enveloped the world. Despite the considerable distance, Ming Qi could still sense the powerful force within.
"This place seems far more dangerous than the Beast Soul Heavenly Mausoleum!"
After a quick glance, Ming Qi made his judgment.
He possessed a medium to enter the Warp World, which could be used to open a spatial passage. He wasn't worried about that. His concern lay within the Warp World. Such a vast world must inevitably harbor powerful creatures, which directly impacted his ability to find the World Axis and, once found, capture it.
But after a moment's reflection, Ming Qi no longer hesitated. Now that he was here, there was no reason not to enter. Since he had to enter, there was no reason to hesitate. What was bound to happen would eventually happen, and the dangers would eventually be faced.
Thinking of this, Ming Qi immediately used his divine power to communicate with the medium, and a void passage opened before him.
Though determined to enter, Ming Qi remained cautious. Before stepping into the void passage, he concentrated his divine power and recorded the current time, hiding it in his mind. He also channeled a strand of divine power to freeze the time outside the Warp World. The nebulae surrounding the Warp World were too strange, and he worried they would become an obstacle to his entry.
Stepping into the void passage, the feeling of losing time returned, a familiar one. He closed his eyes and waited to pass through the passage into the Warp World.
This journey wasn't long. Of course, without a concept of time, there's no distinction between long and short.
As Ming Qi leaped out of the void passage, the scene suddenly darkened, and he found himself in a karst cave.
As he emerged, a host of pale, poisonous creatures from the underground quickly swarmed toward him. Ming Qi wasn't afraid of them, but a quick glance revealed a number of bones scattered nearby, which looked like human skeletons.
"Humans already exist in the Qujing world."
The sight of the skeletons made Ming Qi realize that the search for the world axis here would be much more difficult.
Avoiding the poisonous creatures, Ming Qi began searching for a way out of the cave. As he walked, he activated the time hidden in his mind and checked it. A glance at the time brought him to a sudden halt, and he broke out in a cold sweat!
In this short period of time traveling through the void, a hundred years had already passed!
A hundred years passed in the blink of an eye. Ming Qi's first thought was about the current state of the Tianhuang world. If Wuji's words were true, then the Tianhuang gods were stealing the Tianhuang origin. After a hundred years, the Tianhuang origin might have been completely stolen.
"Xiaojiu, come out!"
Thinking of the seriousness of the consequences, Ming Qi immediately called out to Xiaojiu.
Xiaojiu had been clinging to Ming Qi's robe in the form of a lotus flower. Upon hearing Ming Qi's call, she immediately materialized.
"I want to see the Supreme!"
Ming Qi bluntly explained that the current situation jeopardized the effectiveness of his search for the world axis. He needed to immediately understand the extent of the Tianhuang world.
Xiaojiu nodded dazedly, and then a dot of cinnabar between his eyebrows began to emit a red glow.
After a short while, Xiaojiu spoke: "What do you want from me?"
"Supreme Lord, what is the current state of Tianhuang?" This was Ming Qi's greatest concern.
"Less than one-tenth of Tianhuang's essence remains, but I've protected the last of it, so no one can get close."
Hearing this, Ming Qi felt much more at ease. As long as Tianhuang wasn't completely destroyed, everything he did still had meaning.
"I'm in Qujing now. I will quickly find the World Axis and the power of the Galaxy."
Ming Qi replied simply, then continued to search for his way out.
To find the World Axis, he must first reach the surface.