Chapter 388: Limitless Demon Emperor Palace

"Thinking too far ahead."

Shen Yi shook his head; without any array formations, even the Thousand-Foot Demon Emperor alone would be enough to give him a hard time.

Not to mention the Bai Hong Demon Emperor, whom even the Jin Chi Nine-Striped Tiger feared deeply.

He could only take one step at a time.

With this thought, Shen Yi looked around; finding that the Jin Chi Demon Emperor had indeed left, he turned his fingertip threads green, used the Year Wood to communicate with the spiritual energy, and set up a delicate, small breath-concealing array.

The Xu family's things are still quite useful.

Having made preparations, Shen Yi looked at the panel and quickly exchanged for a Demon Origin.

In the next moment, the just-deceased Xuan Ming Spider Emperor gradually began to take shape.

【Great Demon Emperor (Damaged): Xuan Ming Spider Emperor】

Looking at the opponent's damaged body, its eyes were not even vacant; it possessed no consciousness whatsoever.

Shen Yi sighed, stopped being stingy, exchanged for two Origins at once, and fed them over decisively.

【Remaining Demon Lifespan: 33,000 years】

Under such generous treatment, the word "Damaged" on the panel's prompt slowly vanished.

"Xuan Ming pays homage to my Lord."

The Xuan Ming Spider Emperor looked at Shen Yi with fear; after its consciousness was restored, it naturally recalled the events of thirty thousand years ago: "My Lord is wise, having slain Xuan Ming; this is truly wisdom surpassing all past and present!"

"..."

Shen Yi narrowed his eyes slightly and looked over calmly.

The first words out are sarcastic, are they?

As if sensing the master's change in expression, the Xuan Ming Spider Emperor, though puzzled, hurriedly expressed its loyalty: "Grateful for my Lord's great grace; I do not know what orders you have, but Xuan Ming will not decline even if facing death ten thousand times."

Shen Yi withdrew his gaze and did not rush to have the opponent begin the deduction immediately.

After all, forcibly deducing the Return to Emptiness methods while at the early stage of Soul Transformation; anyone could think of how dangerous that would be.

If something went wrong then, this is the heart of the Thousand Demon Cave; there would be no strength left to escape.

"Have you ever seen the Limitless Demon Emperor Palace?"

"Replying to my Lord..."

The Xuan Ming Spider Emperor was clearly much more intelligent than other demons; with just one sentence, it deduced the master's thoughts: "Is it that while cultivating this method, you have always been unable to enter the door?"

Before Shen Yi could respond, it quickly continued: "The General Nanyang Sect is too arrogant, completely failing to consider my Lord's situation. Methods like the Dao Palace require first creating a visualization image in the sea of consciousness; this is basic, yet it was not written in the cultivation technique, delaying my Lord's important matters. The General Nanyang Sect deserves death ten thousand times!"

"..."

Shen Yi's eyes held a bit more empathy.

Starting from the Qingzhou White Cloud Observatory back then, he had always felt that these cultivators did not know how to speak properly, always liking to say half and hide half.

He nodded slightly: "Enough, how is the visualization image created?"

"Replying to my Lord, according to the different techniques, the specific methods also differ; for example, this Limitless Demon Emperor Palace emphasizes transmitting the Dao to the people, where everyone becomes a dragon, achieving the supreme Dao Palace."

The Xuan Ming Spider Emperor said earnestly: "Entering the world for a thousand years, observing the hundred forms of all living beings, only then is the Limitless Demon Emperor Image formed."

"Tsk."

Upon hearing that "thousand years," Shen Yi instinctively frowned.

Leaving aside the gap in comprehension between himself and other cultivators.

The panel contains no mortal world for him to enter; does he have to personally enter the world? But he has cultivated for only two and a half years so far; would this casually span a thousand-year period be too long?

So-called distant water does not quench immediate thirst.

He is waiting to use it now; the Thousand Demon Cave will not give him that much time.

"Xuan Ming understands!"

The Xuan Ming Spider Emperor seemed to see the master's concerns and spoke again: "The visualization image, actually, is not that strict; think again, is there any living creature you are particularly familiar with? Transmitting the Dharma to them... can greatly save time."

Living creatures, transmitting the Dharma.

Combining these two words, Shen Yi's gaze suddenly flickered.

He already has one ready-made inside his body!

Where in the world is there a better fit than those Nine Immortal Demons? He is familiar with these demons to the bone; as for transmitting the Dharma, they achieved transformation entirely by relying on the Nine Demons Transforming into Demons Great Art.

"Come in."

Shen Yi casually pressed the Xuan Ming Spider Emperor into the panel and activated the demon lifespan to begin the deduction.

【First Year: You released the Nine Immortal Demons from your body; they stepped through the sky, turning the horizon into a terrifying scene of demons running rampant. The Xuan Ming Spider Emperor felt quite shocked; if not for your words, it would have thought this was the Dao Palace.】

【Three Hundred Sixtieth Year: With the help of the Xuan Ming Spider Emperor, you directly skipped the thousand years of entering the world and successfully began constructing the visualization image in the sea of consciousness; this is an extremely long process.】

Shen Yi adjusted his breathing.

This seems to be the first time his efficiency in cultivation has surpassed other cultivators.

【Four Thousand Three Hundredth Year: You successfully created an Immortal Demon Transforming into Demon Image in the sea of consciousness; the technique underwent a mutation.】

【Return to Emptiness (Rare). Limitless Demon Emperor Palace: Not Entered】

Actually, without the panel's prompt, Shen Yi had already seen the nine demons vividly alive in his sea of consciousness.

He saw them in various postures, displaying an attitude of listening intently to the Dharma, surrounding his divine soul in the middle.

Like a hermit sage, enlightening a hundred beasts.

【Nineteenth Thousand Year: You successfully evolved the prototype of the Limitless Demon Emperor Palace and began trying to master the first Dharma technique, Ten Thousand Demons Paying Homage; within the Limitless Demon Emperor Palace, all the spiritual energy of heaven and earth turns into demonic power, the only Dharma in the world.】

Shen Yi shifted his mind away from the panel.

In the instant the prompt leaped up rapidly, he also sensed the change.

With his cultivation at the early stage of Soul Transformation, he can perceive the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within a hundred li.

In the past, they were like unconscious wandering things, obeying the commands of the spells, gathering into various methods.

But at this moment, Shen Yi realized he had seemingly granted them life.

Turning these drifting things into conscious beings, clustering within a ten-zhang radius.

"Is this the Dao Palace?"

Shen Yi froze for an instant; within his perception, this ten-zhang radius had severed from heaven and earth, becoming a zone isolated from its surroundings.

And as the demonic lifespans dwindled, this area continued to expand gradually.

Only when it reached roughly sixteen zhang did the change finally cease.

【Thirty-one thousandth year: You mastered the Dao Art of Ten Thousand Demons Paying Homage and attempted to grasp the second Dao Art, but suddenly realized the embryonic form of the Dao Palace was too faint—your path had reached its end…】

【Killed Fanxu (Rare): Infinite Demon Emperor Palace: Entry】

【Remaining demonic lifespan: Two thousand years】

"..."

Shen Yi dismissed the interface and raised his gaze to this expanse of heaven and earth.

He could feel he now possessed a territory entirely his own.

Is this the taste of Killed Fanxu?

Shen Yi's emotions showed no change, yet a strange greed surged from deep within his heart.

As if stemming from the cultivator's innate instinct, a desire to claim more.

He instinctively wanted to test the Dao Palace, but after scanning the surroundings, he quashed the thought.

For now, he should first gather medicinal herbs, then seek an opportunity to leave.

(End of Chapter)