Chapter 320: Shadow of the Abyss Elixir!

Along with the Shadow Creatures growing rapidly larger and stronger.

Deep beneath the Yinying Zhicheng, a small Earth Palace appeared.

Inside the Earth Palace.

The Spirit Transformation sect leader of the Ghost King Sect, who had already become one of the Shadow Creatures.

Had by this time transformed into a black humanoid ghost shadow, constantly oozing thick, dark fluid.

It was suspended high in the Earth Palace, fused with a massive amount of black-gray crystals extending down from above.

While unable to move, the Shadow of the Abyss power and Essence Spirit and Qi within its body were being continuously extracted into the Yinying Zhicheng on the surface.

Forming individual Shadow Orbs invisible to the naked eye.

These Shadow Orbs became a catalyst for those ghost shadows to achieve breakthroughs in their evolution.

Saving them the vast amount of time usually spent consolidating and seeking opportunities after entering a bottleneck period.

And beside this Ghost King Sect leader, who had become a dry cell battery for the Yin Shadow Pasture.

At the two centers of the array operated by the Earth Palace's nether formation.

The two Spirit Transformation cultivators, the sect leader of the Black Mountain God Sect and the sect leader of the Divine Fire Sect.

Were likewise imprisoned there by heavy secret restrictions, helplessly having their Dharma Power and even Divine Soul fluctuations extracted.

Unlike the Ghost King Sect leader, whose consciousness was already compromised.

These two sect leaders were still clear-headed, yet they were secretly lamenting their current circumstances.

They could feel that this strange formation, combined with the suppression from above—which seemed to be a Yuanling of the same origin as the Ghost King Sect leader—

Let alone them, two Spirit Transformation Initial Stage cultivators in a state of severe injury.

Even top-tier experts at the Spirit Transformation Middle or Late Stage would be unable to escape this Forbidden Land.

After realizing their situation.

They took advantage of the gap when Su Ping was transferring them from the Sun Moon Star Chart.

Risking their lives to send out a message, expressing their willingness to submit.

Who would have thought that after they sent this message, it would actually surprise Su Ping quite a bit.

It was as if he were somewhat surprised that these two Spirit Transformation cultivators could still actively send messages.

Consequently, they did not even have the chance to continue expressing their intent to surrender or to offer secrets as conditions for exchange.

Before they were hit with layers of additional restrictions.

Thoroughly reduced to prisoners who did not know what tomorrow would bring...

The only thing that gave them a bit of peace of mind was that, for now, they should still be useful.

Being imprisoned here, providing Essence Spirit and Qi while having a bit of blood drawn from time to time.

Their lives were not in danger, which at least meant there was still a chance for the future!

It was not that Su Ping did not want to accept the surrender of these two Spirit Transformation cultivators.

But he suffered from having no means to fully control them, and most importantly, he could not trust them.

And he was reluctant to just kill off Spirit Transformation captives.

Thus, he simply used the knowledge he had learned from the Shadow Gem to use them as dry cell batteries and catalysts for this Yin Shadow Pasture.

Su Ping felt that once his own main body reached the Spirit Transformation Realm, and his Blood God main body became stronger, allowing him to forcibly control the Divine Soul of a Spirit Transformation Great Ability, he would then consider taking these two sect leaders in as tools.

Inside a building in the Yinying Zhicheng.

Following the sound of frantic biting that had lasted for a long time, the curtain finally fell.

The distorted and blurry outer wall of the building was violently broken open.

Immediately, a giant beast resembling an ancient one-horned dragon rushed out from the hole in the building.

And soon, with a boom, it landed in a parabolic arc, using a body comparable to a heavy-duty crane to crush a bus-sized Shadow Creature directly into powder!

The black powder had not even flown out for half a second.

Before it was all sucked into the body of this one-horned ancient dragon beast.

Causing the Shadow of the Abyss mist it emitted to have tiny tentacles vaguely waving within it.

This one-horned ancient dragon let out a strange sound representing joy.

And driven by instinct, it praised the Creator in the sky.

Su Ping could feel the massive faith these Shadow Creatures were pouring toward him.

In a short time, there were already hundreds of thousands of them that had preliminary intelligence and could generate Incense Divine Power.

This number naturally could not compare to the humans of the Water Blue Star.

But compared to humans with complex and changing minds.

These Shadow Creatures were much simpler; each one was almost a fanatic among fanatics.

The Incense Divine Power provided by one Shadow Creature was comparable to ten thousand devout believers under normal circumstances.

And their faith power often asked for nothing in return.

It was simply the raw material source of Incense Divine Power that the Incense Divine Path lineage dreamed of.

Of course, the premise was being able to purify the corrosion of the Shadow of the Abyss power, which was hidden in every thought and every wisp of mist of these Shadow Creatures, and was more terrifying and harder to detect than the toxicity of incense.

Otherwise, even if the Incense Fire God Sect happened to discover this point by chance and could not help but want to use it to carry it forward.

They would also, before long, find themselves transformed into Shadow Creatures, and then... become the pathfinders for the Lord of Shadows to invade the world!

It could be said that only Su Ping, who had Purification Potion and countless sources of power to ward off evil and subdue demons—and among them, there was no lack of quality that would not be lower than the Abyss—could operate in this way.

Su Ping summoned the Salvation Heavenly Venerable Dharma Image and had it stay on the top floor of the tallest building in the Yinying Zhicheng.

The Dharma Image accepted this massive amount of faith power without refusal, crazily devouring and refining it.

The Dharma Idol did not refuse this massive power of faith, crazily devouring and refining it.

Su Ping felt a stir in his heart and found the few Shadow Creatures that performed the best.

Following the method provided by the Shadow Gem, he took out the Spirit Herb.

Because it was the first time.

Su Ping only used a one-hundred-year-old Spirit Herb.

After wrapping the Spirit Herb in Divine Power, he gently sent it into the bodies of those Shadow Creatures.

Very quickly, the Shadow Creatures that obtained the Spirit Herb had their auras change one after another, becoming increasingly irritable and formidable.

A one-hundred-year-old Nine-Leaf Grass was planted into a Horned Ancient Dragon.

As it resonated with the Nine-Leaf Grass within its body.

The Horned Ancient Dragon accelerated its pace of hunting for prey and feeding.

Until it rushed into a supermarket and swallowed all the ghost shadows inside in one breath.

Only then did the Horned Ancient Dragon lie down satisfied in the supermarket lobby.

Its entire body gradually transformed into a pool of pitch-black, viscous Black Swamp.

Afterwards, on this swamp, a Spirit Herb grew that was similar in shape to the Nine-Leaf Grass, but its color had changed to black-gray.

This Spirit Herb was no longer limited to breathing in and out Spirit Qi.

Having mutated through the sacrifice of the Horned Ancient Dragon, a Shadow Creature, it had already begun to absorb the thin Shadow of the Abyss in the space to strengthen itself.

Su Ping's figure teleported and appeared above this Black Swamp.

The spiritual light on his body made the Nine-Leaf Grass growing on the swamp feel uneasy.

In the swamp, strands of shadows spread out.

However, before these shadows could get close to Su Ping, they spontaneously retreated.

As the creator who used the Shadow Gem to set up this pasture.

This pasture was equivalent to a super-large, high-grade Array.

Su Ping was the Array master of this high-grade Array.

Although, due to his cultivation being a bit low at the moment, he could not yet make the entire pasture move according to his will with a single thought.

He was still able to directly control the Shadow of the Abyss in specific areas to give instructions to the Shadow Creatures.

As Su Ping's Divine Sense descended.

The Black Swamp that should have been protecting the Nine-Leaf Grass suddenly brushed away.

Revealing the mutated Nine-Leaf Grass rooted in the ground.

Su Ping was thus able to manifest a Supernatural Arm without any obstruction and easily pulled out the Nine-Leaf Grass, bringing it before himself.

After observing it carefully for a while, Su Ping summoned Baiyuan Yaohuang over.

Baiyuan Yaohuang had the strongest physical body on Su Ping's side.

Its cultivation was also the most profound, and in terms of cultivation experience, even Black Dragon Ao Li could hardly compare.

After all, it could be considered the most senior Yaohuang.

It was just a pity that it failed to preserve its original body during the battle of the Ten Thousand Mountains back then.

Now it was equivalent to being reincarnated and reborn in a smaller vessel.

That was why it had been unable to go further after entering the Biyuan World.

Like Qingyuan Zhenren or the young Abbot, breaking through the bottleneck in one go to become a Nascent Soul powerhouse!

Baiyuan Yaohuang entered the Yinying Zhicheng.

After sensing the surrounding environment, it felt a slight shock in its heart.

This eerie place even made it harbor the thought that it must escape immediately.

Fortunately, Baiyuan Yaohuang had already established absolute trust in Su Ping.

It did not make any extreme reactions.

"Try this."

"It is only a one-hundred-year-old Nine-Leaf Grass!"

Su Ping gave the mutated Nine-Leaf Grass to Baiyuan Yaohuang.

Baiyuan Yaohuang looked at this Nine-Leaf Grass, which was slightly different from what it remembered.

Without hesitation, it swallowed it in one gulp.

Having witnessed Su Ping's miraculous healing abilities, Baiyuan Yaohuang was no longer worried that any side effects would leave it beyond rescue.

After swallowing the Nine-Leaf Grass and practicing its arts for half an incense stick of time.

Baiyuan Yaohuang opened its eyes, which were flickering with light.

It looked at Su Ping and said:

"Master!"

"I only used half an incense stick of time to completely digest the medicinal power of this Nine-Leaf Grass!"

"This is too miraculous; under normal circumstances, after that medicinal power integrates into the whole body, it would take at least half a month to be fully absorbed."

"During this period, due to different physiques and different arts, some medicinal power would always be wasted."

"But now... it is as if that medicinal power is actively merging with my entire body."

"Furthermore, I can vaguely feel that the strength of my Divine Soul and Divine Sense, as well as the refinement of my Nascent Soul, have all improved."

"Too miraculous! Is this something a one-hundred-year-old Nine-Leaf Grass can do?"

"I once ate a five-hundred-year-old Nine-Leaf Grass... apart from the medicinal power being more robust, it did not have these miraculous effects!"

Baiyuan Yaohuang sighed repeatedly.

As Su Ping listened and silently analyzed, he could also see that while Baiyuan Yaohuang digested that Nine-Leaf Grass.

His body had also been contaminated and cursed by the Shadow of the Abyss.

This contamination was extremely concealed; it seemed that even the Demon Emperor White Ape had failed to discover it.

Even though he had the blessing of the Blood God Power, the status of a Dharma Protector, and the Blood-colored Chain wrapped around his Divine Soul.

He still could not detect the infiltration of the Shadow of the Abyss curse.

It was evident that this power had maxed out its concealment attribute.

Fortunately, while it was well-concealed, it was at a disadvantage in terms of quantity.

Su Ping fed the Demon Emperor White Ape a bottle of Purification Potion, which purged the Shadow of the Abyss curse from the Demon Emperor White Ape's body.

He then sent the Demon Emperor White Ape back.

Su Ping proceeded to the second experiment.

He arrived at another location that had transformed into a Black Swamp.

Growing in this Black Swamp was a Di Yuan Flower that also appeared blackish-gray.

The flower bud had swollen to nearly the size of a large cart wheel.

Dark mist overflowed from the gaps in the petals.

It permeated the street, attracting passing ghost shadows, which came to the vicinity of the Di Yuan Flower in the Black Swamp like moths to a flame.

Then, they were stuck by the shadows suddenly extending from the Black Swamp, dragged into the Black Swamp, and became nutrients for this Di Yuan Flower.

This Di Yuan Flower was also at the one-hundred-year mark.

This was also the current upper limit for Spirit Herbs that Shadow Creatures could assimilate and mutate.

Otherwise, Su Ping would not need to continue the experiment to see if Abundant Spirit Water was useful for mutated Yin Shadow Spirit Medicine.

Wouldn't it be simpler to directly cultivate five-hundred-year or one-thousand-year top-tier Spirit Herbs and throw them in to cultivate?

Su Ping exchanged for Abundant Spirit Water.

When the Abundant Spirit Water appeared at Su Ping's fingertips.

Su Ping could feel it.

The entire Yinying Zhicheng trembled slightly because of it.

That was a tremor from inexplicably sensing the aura of a natural enemy.

Su Ping looked at the Abundant Spirit Water, which was almost indistinguishable from an ordinary water droplet.

He couldn't help but speculate on the identity of the big shot behind what this object represented.

From the memory fragments felt from that alchemist, he could know.

The Abundance Supreme, who served as the background for the Abundant Spirit Water, was also a top-tier big shot with an unfathomable background.

Drop by drop, the Abundant Spirit Water fell onto the Di Yuan Flower.

Soon, the Di Yuan Flower began to grow at an abnormal, rapid speed.

The time during this was extremely short; the rapidly growing Di Yuan Flower had no time to devour other energy to replenish its consumption.

It was as if every drop of Abundant Spirit Water unreasonably and directly supplemented the material conditions required by the Di Yuan Flower for one year, and then shortened the year-long growth process to the blink of an eye.

And each drop was exactly one year, no more and no less.

It did not matter that, normally, the nutrients required by a Spirit Herb grow greater year by year.

Especially the five-hundred-year Di Yuan Flower, which was already as tall as a five-story small building.

It still only required one drop of Abundant Spirit Water to increase by another year.

This, it seemed, was simply a concrete manifestation of Rule Power acting directly on the source code!

Fortunately, Su Ping used the Abundant Spirit Water behind everyone's back; at most, only Sister Theresa, who was a natural Spirit Body, knew.

Otherwise, it would surely shock some Cultivators into fainting!

After the Di Yuan Flower reached the five-hundred-year mark.

Su Ping stopped using the Abundant Spirit Water and, through the experiment, discovered another advantage of Yin Shadow Spirit Medicine.

These Yin Shadow Spirit Medicine had powerful vitality.

Even without the care of a relevant Spirit Body, there was no need to worry that the Spirit Herb, after being forcibly upgraded, would suddenly encounter problems because the surrounding environment could not support its current level of growth.

"It's not that delicate; this is a good thing."

Su Ping nodded slightly, and then a large hand appeared behind him.

It crushed the outer shell of the Di Yuan Flower in one go!

Immediately, the large hand loosened, and the truly edible part of the Di Yuan Flower was taken away by Su Ping.

Returning to the Pot Heaven.

Su Ping swallowed it into his mouth.

The second after it melted in his mouth, a surging medicinal power struck!

It made Su Ping feel as if every meridian and every cell of his were soaking in a hot spring.

Then the medicinal power took the initiative to enter them as if it were free, filling in tiny defects that had not been discovered before.

His Dharma Power became increasingly smooth and interconnected.

His Golden Nascent Soul also opened its eyes, grinned, and continuously swallowed the medicinal power that was simply too much, more than his meridians and cells could hold.

The Golden Nascent Soul's Golden Light became a bit brighter.

The Three-Colored Divine Light in its eyes also transformed from one inch outside the body to one inch and three feet!

"It strengthened the Three-Colored Divine Light divine ability?"

After Su Ping felt this wonderful use.

While overjoyed in his heart, he immediately decided.

The remaining few cultivation points were also his, and they should all be cultivated by himself to produce Yin Shadow Spirit Medicine to eat!