Chapter 201: Immortal-Demon Eight Transformations, Condensing the Dao Infant

At the Sixth Transformation, he had forcibly captured a Bai Lu of the Embracing Elixir Realm.

So much so that the demons and monsters the body could contain afterward were a full tier stronger.

By the normal route, this Minor Demon King was already the limit the Nine Immortal-Demon Transformations could bear; after completely subduing it, this body-tempering method bearing the "Rare" affix would probably reach the level of being unrivaled beneath a Demon King.

After all, it was only a Condensing Elixir body-tempering method.

But now it was different. If Shen Yi's guess was right, he might truly be able to capture a Demon King within his body.

Forcibly pushing the Condensing Elixir body-tempering method to the level of the Hunyuan Realm.

Thinking of this, Shen Yi swallowed the demon core and mobilized the demon-demon lifespan.

He watched the lifespan rapidly decrease.

A hint of anticipation rose in his heart. The augmentation such majestic demon power brought to the body went without saying; probably only by adding together the previous seven immortal-demons could one barely match the Minor Demon King.

What Shen Yi truly wanted to know was just what miraculous innate talent this bull demon possessed.

Why hadn't he seen the other party use it during their earlier clash?

He calmly watched the prompts on the panel. Ever since his last death-grapple with the Dao Embryo, his powerful divine sense could already perfectly perceive the most minute changes in his body.

How demon power condensed into an immortal-demon, and how the consciousness within it was born.

Derivations and changes spanning several thousand years were now manifesting one by one within his body.

Shen Yi didn't know what use these sensations held, but accumulating more experience was always a good thing.

Obviously, the Jiao Demon and Tuo Dragon of back then were truly too low in both realm and vision.

Their line of thought was correct, but they used the clumsiest method.

Using vitality to tame demon power, waiting for them to naturally take shape, then slowly nurturing consciousness… every transformation was essentially watching a demon grow from birth to maturity; no wonder it was so slow.

He just didn't know where to obtain higher-grade martial arts.

【Year eight thousand six hundred, a Blood-Transforming Demon Bull takes shape within your body. You tamed it with vitality for several thousand years, yet still failed to wash away the demonic qi upon it; it cannot be called an immortal-demon, it remains a demon.】

【Blood-Transforming Demon Bull: devours living beings, offers flesh and blood to the five viscera, transforms essence into demonic blood, bathes itself, forges the demon body, casts demonic bone, to prove the supreme throne of the Demon Sovereign.】

【Immortal-Demon Eighth Transformation】

【Remaining demon-demon lifespan: seven thousand five hundred seventy-three years】

A transformation repeated many times, long since utterly familiar—and yet another change had appeared.

Shen Yi's heart skipped a beat. He clearly felt a sudden surge of murderous intent flood into his mind. Fortunately, his divine sense had long been tempered and was far more resilient and powerful than before, so it was not greatly affected.

He continued mobilizing demon-demon lifespan to settle it once and for all.

Another nine hundred-plus years spent.

At last, he used the death-intent to completely erase the demon's consciousness.

Truly "the original broth dissolves the original food"… the lifespan gained from the Minor Demon King was almost entirely spent on it once again.

"So what exactly is its divine ability?"

Shen Yi stared at the prompt on the panel. Devouring living beings? What demon doesn't eat people?

With the aid of his divine sense, he quickly regained control over this body that had received a tremendous boost. If the bronze mirror shone on him once more, he would presumably handle it with far greater ease.

He stood up, suddenly remembering something.

He struck the silver bell with his palm.

Suddenly, a massive Bai Lu corpse appeared inside the room.

He had originally wanted to use the Minor Demon King to test it, but the other party was simply too large; this courtyard couldn't even hold it.

Shen Yi stared at the Bai Lu on the ground, then suddenly opened his mouth as if by instinct.

The next moment, this Embracing Elixir Realm Demon Lord rapidly shriveled, its flesh and blood all turning into a crimson liquid that solidified in an instant, finally becoming a fingertip-sized drop of blood that flew into his mouth.

He savored the fishy-sweet scent filling his mouth.

Shen Yi sank into inner-vision.

Sure enough, that drop of blood was now suspended within his qi sea, and at a speed visible to the naked eye, it changed from its original crimson to pitch black.

Forge the demon body, cast demonic bone?

According to the divine ability's description, this thing should be usable to temper the viscera and bones.

But Shen Yi did not do so. Although the Minor Demon King's body was sturdy and fierce, compared to other demons it held nothing particularly stunning.

At this moment, he distinctly sensed a very familiar taste upon this demonic blood… wasn't this simply a liquid demon core?

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth was absorbed by demons and transformed into demon cores, yet it also nourished their bodies; only, merely devouring demon flesh could not strip it out.

This Minor Demon King's divine ability was precisely the method of converting part of the spiritual energy for its own use.

Blood-Transforming Demon Bull—so that was what it meant.

No wonder it could reach such a level of cultivation in just over nine hundred years.

One must know that this heaven and earth is utterly impartial.

Although ordinary commoners did not practice cultivation methods, spiritual energy still existed within them. Though faint beyond measure, they won by sheer numbers. Other demons also ate people, yet could not absorb it all so completely without any loss.

If the Minor Demon King had truly occupied Outside Qingzhou and devoured city by city, that growth speed would simply be unimaginable.

Shen Yi reopened the panel.

His Dao Embryo had originally been only a step away from breaking through to the Dao Infant, and he had been fretting over finding a demon core. This was truly a pillow delivered the moment sleep came.

Judging purely by perception, this drop of demonic blood was in no way inferior to the Bai Lu's demon core.

【Year one, you absorb the demonic blood and begin attempting to condense the Dao Infant…】

Last time, relying on the old Jiao Dragon's demon core, he had already pushed his progress to the final step, and the consciousness within the Dao Embryo had been thoroughly subdued.

The moment this drop of demonic blood merged into the Dao Embryo—

It opened its eyes, slowly tore free the blood threads connecting it to itself, then rose, sat cross-legged, and stacked its palms before its lower abdomen.

At this step, the Dao Embryo had fulfilled its final mission.

Shen Yi's powerful spiritual sense poured in, seized the last wisp of its consciousness, and forcibly merged with it.

【Year 320, you have successfully condensed a Dao Infant and brought it under control】

【Tiannan Dan Shi Method complete】

【Remaining demon lifespan: 6,323 years】

In an instant, Shen Yi felt as if he possessed two bodies; opening his eyes, he saw the unremarkable room.

Closing them and opening them again, the scene before him became entirely different.

Within the hazy, distorted vision was a great prison shrouded in eternal darkness, with crimson-glowing veins spreading overhead, pressing down so heavily one could barely breathe.

Under that thick, suffocating pressure, Shen Yi hurriedly withdrew the suppressive force of the Slain Hunyuan, and only then did things ease somewhat.

He stood up and tried knocking on the semi-transparent shell.

Thud thud.

He then tried punching and kicking for a while, only to find the shell even harder than he had imagined.

"Once I shatter this inner core, I'll be in the Hunyuan Realm?"

The Tiannan Dan Shi Method had already been cultivated to its end; what came next was simply accumulating power.

Shen Yi's spiritual sense returned to his main body.

Accumulating power was no great problem—just feed it more; he just suddenly thought of a question.

Nurturing both the Dao Infant and the Yin God at the same time.

If the Dao Infant shatters the inner core... the Yin God is still at the seed stage now—wouldn't it just die outright?

"It's time to go back and check on Old Man Chen."

(End of chapter)