Chapter 118: Immortal-Demon Nine Shedding (Big shots, beg for first subscription~)

【In the year 793, the Crocodile Dragon had shown you its shedding for the sixth time, finally awakening your innate talent and wisdom; an unimaginable path suddenly surfaced in your mind】

【In the year 830, the ape demon was right — without experiencing true life and death, how could one comprehend the true Zen of life and death! But the one who dies need not be yourself; use vitality to tame demon power, capture demons and bind them within yourself, then subdue them with the intent of death; with the aid of the Hundred-Refined Crocodile Dragon Body, repeat nine times… This is the Immortal-Demon Nine Shedding!】

【Remaining Demon Lifespan: 2,548 years】

【Nascent Core · Immortal-Demon Nine Shedding (Rare): Not Yet Initiated】

Shen Yi looked at the panel with some surprise, his gaze fixed mainly on that term he had never seen before.

If it meant "treasure" as he understood it, then why had it never appeared before?

Not to mention anything else, the Four Harmony True Gang was originally the Regional Commander's ultimate art, ranked among the upper grade, and with the addition of Blood Fiend power it transformed into Heavenly Gang Blood Fiend, making its might even greater by a margin — could that still not count as a treasure?

"Hoo."

Shen Yi steadied his mind, his anticipation for this complete Nascent Core martial art he was encountering for the first time growing ever stronger.

He channeled the remaining demon lifespan to pour into it.

He hadn't expected to run into a problem before even beginning.

【In the first year, you flipped through this body-tempering method you had personally deduced, but truly the clever housewife cannot cook without rice…】

Shen Yi suddenly reacted, reaching into the silver bell to take out the Blackback Blackback Jiaolong Embryo Pill and the Jade Liquid Realm tiger demon beast essence.

To bind demons within oneself, one naturally had to first have demons to bind.

He drove the Sun-Melting Treasure Furnace with full force, first firmly suppressing that outer pill to prevent the demon power from being snatched away.

Only then did he swallow the beast essence and the Blackback Blackback Jiaolong pill in sequence.

【In the second year, following the martial art's description, you began using the demon power within the tiger demon beast essence to nourish skin and flesh… the violent tiger demon power instantly tore your body from the inside out; fortunately, Bai Guang surged forth, soothing the demon power while repairing your body】

【In the eighth year, the tiger demon power was exhausted and fully absorbed by you; you swallowed one of the remaining Blackback Blackback Jiaolong pills, but the two streams of demon power did not merge, lowering the demon-subduing efficiency】

Seeing this, Shen Yi was not particularly worried.

Even though the aura within the Blackback Blackback Jiaolong pill was only one-fifth of its original, it was still not something a mere Jade Liquid Completion beast essence could rival.

One must remember that when the Crocodile Dragon beast essence had been absorbed by the Heavenly Demon outer pill earlier, that little bit of extra demon power was like a drop in the bucket — a puddle beside the great sea.

Sure enough, in the next prompt, the demon-subduing efficiency returned to normal.

【In the twelfth year, besides refining demon power, your habitual frugality led you to fully digest even the dregs within the Blackback Blackback Jiaolong pill; the talent of Blackback Blackback Jiaolong Demon power received a slight enhancement】

But it was still very slow…

The Heavenly Demon outer pill could devour demon power clean in an instant; to refine it into the flesh, the speed was worlds apart.

Shen Yi was not impatient — the same power placed within a treasure was far less practical than placing it within the body.

【In the year 320, you had completely subdued the Blackback Blackback Jiaolong demon power, binding it within your body, completing the first Immortal-Demon Shedding】

【You are the Blackback Blackback Jiaolong Immortal, sovereign of the broad rivers and long streams; hundred-zhang-tall terrifying waves are your throne, the perilous undercurrents are your bed; you tread the waves through the rivers, and can dive into the abyss to churn seas and overturn rivers】

【Immortal-Demon Nine Shedding Initiated】

In an instant, an incomparable power surged into his body.

Boom!

Shen Yi's forehead veins burst forth as he slammed violently into the mountain wall behind him; the tiger demon's remains were crushed into bloody foam, and the entire hillock trembled twice.

The force equivalent to combining the Blackback Blackback Jiaolong Demon power, the Hundred-Refined Crocodile Dragon Body, and the Life-and-Death Zen Body was instantly poured into his limbs and bones.

Merely at initiation, it had already surpassed all his previous accumulations!

This was a true body-tempering method comparable to that of a Nascent Core Realm martial artist—

"Hah…"

Shen Yi breathed rapidly, leaning against the mountain wall, every muscle in his body spasming and twitching.

He seemed to sense something, suddenly flipping up his sleeve to see gilded Blackback Blackback Jiaolong tail markings extending toward the back of his shoulder.

As time passed, after he could finally fully control this force, those markings faded into the flesh and slowly vanished.

Shen Yi raised his head to look at the sky.

A torrential downpour came pouring down, drenching the entire hillock.

He did not channel his cultivation, simply watching the horizon quietly; suddenly, the rain avoided this place at an eerie angle.

"Summoning wind and rain?"

Though the scene before his eyes was still far from reaching such a level, Shen Yi was certain he had grasped some ability that did not belong to mortals.

He pressed his lips in silence, then took out two more tiger pills — these were his last reserves, intended to be left for the Heavenly Demon outer pill as replenishment.

Yet merely the first shedding could rival an Embryo Pill martial artist… no, not merely rival — perhaps even surpass by a little.

If it could reach minor completion, what astonishing effect would that bring.

By then, perhaps he could possess the strength he had just displayed without relying on the outer pill.

【Remaining Demon Lifespan: 2,228 years】

【In the first year, you prepared to attempt the second shedding, but before that, you had to first use the intent of death to erase the residual consciousness within the Blackback Blackback Jiaolong power】

Seeing the prompt on the panel, Shen Yi rolled up his sleeve again, lightly touching the vanished Blackback Blackback Jiaolong markings.

Only by completely severing the remnant soul within could this power truly belong to him.

【In the year 72, under the torment of the intent of death, you heard a reluctant dragon's roar gradually dissipating into the air… you paid it no heed, taking out a tiger pill and swallowing it; with the Immortal-Demon body from the first shedding, you got along fairly well with the violent demon power, and progress efficiency improved】

Based on prior experience, the cultivation contained within the tiger pill was five times that of the remaining Blackback Blackback Jiaolong pill.

The time required would be roughly… fifteen hundred years?

For a human, this was simply an astronomical figure, but the Immortal-Demon Nine Shedding was clearly not something a martial artist should master — binding demons within the body and seizing their innate divine abilities, what kind of "martial art" was this exactly?

Shen Yi pondered for a moment, only hoping that this so-called efficiency improvement was truly an improvement.

【In the year 631, you had completely refined the tiger pill, completing the second shedding…】

You transform into the Mountain Lord, patrolling all beasts; a tiger soul shakes the mountains, myriad evils cannot invade, all wickedness gives way; your blazing eyes discern ghosts and gods, driving souls and commanding the lost to wander the four wilds.

Both Blackback Blackback Jiaolong Immortal and Mountain Lord, each completed shedding brought new innate divine abilities.

This time, Shen Yi had prepared in advance, clenching his palm into a fist.

The surging force that poured in again far surpassed the last time, but the impact on his state of mind was much smaller.

"Not enough..."

Shen Yi's eyes flickered as he carefully compared in his heart the gap between his current state and the full power of the Heavenly Demon External Elixir before.

Still a little short.

A demon of the Elixir Formation Realm holds a crushing advantage over a demon of the Nascent Elixir Realm; even now, relying solely on his physical body, he still could not reach the level of killing the Tiger Demon Chief with a single palm strike.

Without using the Heavenly Demon External Elixir, he was roughly at a level slightly inferior to the Dragon Lord of Qingfeng Mountain by half a move.

"Does it require completing the third transformation to be considered a minor success?"

Shen Yi lowered his gaze to the single Tiger Elixir remaining in the palm of his left hand and sighed slightly.

It should be not quite enough.

(End of this chapter)