Chapter 267

【You carefully observe the Specter of Resentment with your divine sense, and uncover a hint of demonic mystery!】

【You... uncover a hint of demonic mystery!】

With his powerful divine sense sweeping through, Zhang Taixuan discovered that the Grudge Demon of the Kikyo world had an exceptionally peculiar bodily structure—it existed in an ionic state.

When gathered, it takes form as a demon; when dispersed, it becomes mere vapor.

After death, it vanishes into smoke and clouds, leaving not a trace.

In fact, such demons are not born solely from resentment—intense regret, intense love, and other emotions can also give rise to these demons.

"No wonder legends say gods fear the seven emotions and six desires; once tainted, they risk falling into reincarnation," Zhang Taixuan mused. "This must be a law. In some mythic worlds, the seven emotions and six desires are forces that rapidly grow under the laws of heaven and earth, influencing the mind."

You cannot simply avoid such things.

This is a law. This is the Dao!

It is also science.

Cultivation must also follow science.

With this law in place, most gods in this world cannot reverse it—they can only submit.

Unless one becomes a being capable of reversing the laws of heaven and earth.

In Kikyo's world, extreme emotions manifest as demons—this is the same type of law's product.

【You comprehend the essence of emotional demons, and your divine sense observes the deepest core of emotional demons.】

At the deepest core of the Grudge Demon, its body reveals a bizarre structure—tiny points shimmering like starlight, occasionally dispersing, occasionally coalescing.

In every one of these starlike points lies the demon's will.

Zhang Taixuan gently tore off one fragment of the demon's structure, and in the next instant, he felt a profoundly dark light rise before him, reaching to engulf him.

But before the light could draw near, the resentful energy vanished into thin air.

He was simply too strong.

This trace of resentful energy could not even hold its form before him.

"So weak!"

Zhang Taixuan sighed, and restrained himself, releasing only a thread of mental energy no stronger than that of an ordinary person to touch the resentful energy.

This time, the resentful energy did not vanish immediately.

It lingered in empty space for several breaths, then disappeared.

Zhang Taixuan retracted the minuscule fragment of mental energy he had separated, and instantly, a surge of information filled his mind.

It was the illusion triggered when the resentful energy contacted his mental energy.

It was an endless hell, where the spiritual body wandered, enduring countless trials.

Or else, it plunged into an endless beautiful dream, intoxicating and hard to leave.

Roughly a century passed before this trial ended.

Such memories, if touched by an ordinary person, would drive them mad—but to Zhang Taixuan, who had reached the Saint realm, they were nothing.

In his consciousness sea, the Great Radiance Spell Seal appeared, alongside the supreme immortal embryo, the Primordial Spirit forged from Yin and Yang—his spirit had long been refined to its utmost limit.

This force, akin to a heart demon, was for him like a speck of dust falling onto an infinite spiritual pure land—he did not even need to notice it; his mind-sea naturally surged, great waves rising and scattering the dust.

"This thing is nearly useless to me. Sigh～!" Zhang Taixuan mused. "For an ordinary person, absorbing grudges could indeed temper the will and strengthen the Dao heart."

Of course, such a thing is perilous.

Spiritual cultivation is the most terrifying of all.

It is far more dangerous than Primordial Spirit cultivation!

One misstep, and your personality changes utterly—like being possessed by a heavenly demon. It is absolutely not something to be tried lightly.

"I still need to visit Kikyo—this law is quite interesting."

He opened the chat group.

Zhang Taixuan: "@Kikyo, are you free?"

Su Xiao: "Wow, Brother Taixuan is going to make a move on Kikyo!!"

Anya: "【Watching the drama】What move?"

Kurogane: "Wow, so does that mean there's another wedding? Time to hand out candy!"

Zhang Taixuan: "What are you all talking about? I'm just curious about how emotional demons form—I want to go learn more about it."