Chapter 214: Reshaping the Demon Soul

Towering mountain ranges encircled the area, green grass swaying in the gentle breeze.

His peace had been disturbed by Jiang Yuanhua.

Shen Yi simply rode a cloud out of the city and arrived at a stretch of wilderness outside Qingzhou.

Though the grass was not as soft as bedding, it had its own charm.

He savored for a moment the hard-won tranquility.

Shen Yi opened his panel, his gaze sweeping over the entries in the martial arts column one by one.

Apart from the demon and monster martial arts, the rarest among them were the Carefree Wind-Riding Art, the Yin-Yang Dragon-Tiger True Intent, and the Heaven-Devouring Tiannan Dan Shi.

These were already the most top-tier martial arts one could access in Qingzhou.

But for the him of now, their effect was already negligible.

Only after truly breaking through to the Hunyuan Realm did Shen Yi come to understand what Jiang Qiulan had said back then—why there was nothing he wanted within the immortal sects.

Actually, the reason was not hard to guess.

Take himself, for example—he had forged his Dao Infant with demonic power, while Jiang Qiulan had achieved Hunyuan through the Profound Ice Seven Sha Sword Intent.

A path suited to one was not necessarily suited to the other.

The Yin Gods were different; they were all condensed from incense and wish-power, which was why there was a traceable pattern to follow.

"Exceptional comprehension."

Shen Yi looked at the over twenty thousand years of demon-monster lifespan and suddenly felt a little uncertain.

Enough, why overthink it—take it one step at a time.

At least for now, there was still a direction for improvement.

Thinking of this, Shen Yi gritted his teeth, and ten thousand years of demon-monster lifespan vanished in an instant.

【Demon-Monster Origin: Can reshape a demon soul, serve at one's side, be enslaved for eternity, never attain transcendence, endure all the sufferings of the world, in order to protect its master's supreme Dharma】

【Quantity: One】

【Remaining Demon-Monster Lifespan: Ten Thousand Four Hundred Years】

Watching the numbers change, Shen Yi's heart suddenly twitched, and his earlier ease quickly faded.

If his guess was right and this thing could really be used to cultivate the Yin God alongside, fine; but if he guessed wrong…

He cleared his throat and hurriedly drove away this ridiculous thought.

"Is it used the same way as a demon-monster crystal?"

Shen Yi turned his gaze to the Demon-Monster Origin, just hesitating over which martial art to place it into, when a large cluster of phantoms suddenly appeared in his sight.

A fox formed from minced flesh, a flood dragon with only half its body remaining, a Slain Hunyuan with no head…

So, within the panel, he had been deducing martial arts with this sort of "thing"?

Though Shen Yi felt some discomfort, he did not react too strongly—after all, he had done all this with his own hands.

What stood before him should be the so-called resentful obsessions of demons and monsters.

As for whom to use this Demon-Monster Origin on, Shen Yi hardly hesitated at all—such a vast amount of lifespan, only a Demon King was worthy to enjoy it.

The gap in strength between Howling Moon and the Bull Demon was far too obvious.

"Reshape the demon soul."

The moment Shen Yi's thought stirred, the panel prompt unfolded before his eyes.

【Having endured ten thousand years of tribulation, dissolving the resentment in one's heart, comprehending its master's supreme grace, only then may one reshape the soul of a past life】

In that brief prompt, a faint, almost imperceptible wail drifted through Shen Yi's mind.

Along with the sound, a void shadow slowly appeared before him.

Then it gradually solidified into a Bull Demon thirty zhang long, which slowly transformed into a human form.

The entire process was very slow.

While waiting, Shen Yi took out the Bull Demon's corpse, slightly opened his mouth, and the massive body instantly shriveled; demonic blood leapt from the husk and surged toward his mouth.

A full eighty-six drops of demonic blood were stored in his qi sea.

Only at this moment had the woman just finished condensing her upper body; she stared blankly at the youth, her gaze unfocused, no emotion in her eyes.

As time passed, a Lady Qinghua long skirt swayed gently across the grass, her bare feet hovering about three inches above the ground.

A new line of text appeared beneath the description of the Demon-Monster Origin.

【Demon King: Lady Qinghua】

A tight, intimate connection suddenly appeared within Shen Yi's divine sense.

In Lady Qinghua's clouded eyes, it was as if an invisible brush had lightly touched down, and in an instant a trace of spiritual light appeared.

As if waking from a memory.

Her graceful, voluptuous figure bowed reverently: "Qinghua pays respects to my lord."

Before the words had faded, Lady Qinghua vanished from the spot entirely.

Shen Yi waved his hand, and she reappeared looking somewhat bewildered; another wave, and she vanished again at once.

"It can even do this."

It could actually be recalled into the panel.

Shen Yi summoned her out again and tried touching the tight connection in his mind with his divine sense.

The next moment, Lady Qinghua's face went deathly pale, and she dropped to her knees without hesitation: "My lord, spare me!"

After confirming that he held complete control over her, Shen Yi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, she was the one meant to attempt merging with the Yin God—this was no small matter.

But before that, he still wanted to try something else.

"Do you still remember who you are?"

Upon hearing this, a fleeting daze passed through Lady Qinghua's eyes. After thinking carefully for a long while, she answered, "Qinghua was once a Demon King under the Thousand Demon Caverns, the wife of the Blood-Transforming Demon Emperor. Now I serve as my Lord's Dharma Protector, and would die ten thousand deaths without regret."

"Tell me every demon lair you know of." Shen Yi now only wanted to recoup the ten thousand years he had spent.

Lady Qinghua deliberated again for a moment: "The Blood-Transforming Demon Emperor resides in the Nineteenth Cave of the Thousand Demon Caverns. The Hundred Spirit Demon King resides in the One Hundred Ninety-Seventh Cave of the Thousand Demon Caverns. The Nine-Headed Green Sparrow Demon King resides in the Thousand Demon Caverns…"

"Hold on." Shen Yi cut her off. "I mean the kind outside, where one lives alone."

Qinghua was briefly stunned, then said timidly, "Me."

Shen Yi raised an eyebrow: "…"

Lady Qinghua hurriedly explained, "The Blood-Transforming Demon Emperor once kept me under extremely strict control. Resentful in my heart, I left the Thousand Demon Caverns to find a secluded cave abode, settled down to raise my children in peace. I only had maidservants and guards by my side. They would report my movements to the Demon Emperor on schedule, to prevent me from making contact with any Demon King outside the Thousand Demon Caverns…"

Shen Yi furrowed his brow slightly, catching something off: "You came to Outside Qingzhou this time without bringing any guards?"

"I brought two personal maidservants who carry my sword and hold my parasol. I bestowed cloaks and cloud-riding treasures upon them, and had them wait outside, monitoring the demons of Qingzhou on the side, seeking news of the Howling Moon Demon King's whereabouts, watching how Howling Moon would react. If the situation looked wrong, they were to return at once to the Thousand Demon Caverns to find the Blood-Transforming Demon Emperor."

Qinghua recounted everything in detail, not daring to omit the slightest thing: "They are linked to me heart-to-heart through a secret art. After Qinghua was slain by my Lord, they should have already gone back by now."

Shen Yi listened, then slowly closed his eyes.

Seeing this, Lady Qinghua said softly, "My Lord's divine powers are vast, you cultivate the supreme method — there is no need to worry about the Blood-Transforming Demon Emperor."

"Speak plainly."

"It devoured the sole registered disciple of True Person Xuanjian Nie Jun, and has now been hunted for over three years, unable even to return to the Thousand Demon Caverns. Escaping won't be easy — perhaps it's already been slain, one cannot say for certain." Lady Qinghua offered in consolation.

Perhaps?

Shen Yi opened his eyes, his palm slowly settling onto the hilt at his waist. Only the cool touch of Qianyuan could let him calm his heart a little.

He took Qinghua back in again.

Then he opened his panel and poured the demons' lifespans into the Heaven-Devouring Tiannan Dan Shi Method.

【First year, you attempted to merge Lady Qinghua into the Yin God, and fought a bloody battle with the gradually maturing consciousness of the Yin God...】

(End of this chapter)