Chapter 74: Human World Ghost Domain

After several days of seclusion, time passed in a rush.

One day, Li Heng returned from his state of seclusion and opened his eyes; a flash of divine light seemed to flicker, illuminating the dark room, and his heart was extremely calm, with a white glow emerging in the empty room.

This time in seclusion, his harvest was quite abundant.

Having practiced the "Pure Yang Soul Refining Secret Technique" for several days, he had successfully caused his soul to be infected with the supreme Yang intent of the Great Sun Dharma Image, and it was currently slowly shedding its Yin quality, transforming toward a Yang Spirit.

This process is a task of grinding water, not to be rushed.

As for the "Outline of the Blood Exchange Realm."

Relying on that assimilation method, he was evolving his bloodline with the extraordinary fluctuations emitted by the Great Sun Dharma Image, slowly transforming into an extraordinary being. Li Heng estimated that as long as he could reach a critical point of assimilation, the Blood Exchange Realm would also be achieved naturally.

By then, although his constitution could not be called a Great Sun Divine Body, it could be called a Great Sun Spirit Body; standing there, he would likely be able to restrain Evil Demons and Weirds.

A single drop of his blood would likely be enough to suppress and kill a Resentful Soul!

He had also received information from his divine path avatar; the Great Sun Visualization had reached fifteen percent, and the Boundless Earth Visualization had reached nine percent, nearing the critical point.

He felt thoughtful; should one say it is worthy of being a Yin Demon Primordial Fetus? It was extremely compatible with this Boundless Earth. Only a few days had passed, and it had jumped from two percent to nine percent?

Of course, part of the reason was also that the grade of this Boundless Earth Visualization Diagram was far inferior to the Great Sun Visualization Diagram, making it easier to visualize.

Moreover, this speed would likely not continue indefinitely; the further one goes in visualization, the higher the difficulty will only become.

Because of visualizing the Boundless Earth, the divine path avatar itself was also vaguely in harmony with the earth, unexpectedly able to bypass the restrictions of the sealing array and connect its Qi with the surrounding Earth Veins.

It did have a bit of the flavor of a local Earth God.

Li Heng withdrew the thoughts in his heart.

Currently, the divine path avatar was still sealing that female Great Demon; until the remaining value of the female Great Demon was squeezed dry, it was better not to move rashly. Now he only needed to quietly develop and visualize.

With a movement of his mind, he intended to have his soul leave his body.

At this moment, the sunlight was warm and pleasant, not a thunderstorm day, so there was no need to worry about heaven-sent thunderbolts injuring his soul.

His own soul had already been stained with a bit of Pure Yang quality, so it could be considered to have Innate-level divine abilities, allowing for a short period of soul departure to move within four or five zhang of his surroundings.

"Pop."

Li Heng's soul left his body, feeling as if it had passed through some thin membrane, and it was already suspended above his body. Then, the feeling of freedom from breaking the barriers of nature followed, as if he were unconstrained, able to fly to the heavens and burrow into the earth.

But he knew this was merely an illusion of the soul leaving the body.

If one truly believed in this so-called feeling of freedom, the connection between the soul and the body would become weaker and weaker, until it was completely severed, becoming a lonely wandering ghost.

Li Heng felt some emotion in his heart.

The "Pure Yang Soul Refining Secret Technique" came from a formal Daoist scripture, so it was fortunate that these matters were recorded. If it were an ordinary person relying on heterodox paths to have their soul leave their body, they would be cheated to some extent.

Thinking oneself floating like an immortal?

In reality, one would only become a lonely ghost. Even being invaded by the Yin Qi existing in Heaven and Earth, falling into becoming a Weird.

Li Heng looked at his surroundings from the perspective of his soul, his face showing gravity. Because besides the normally existing Heaven and Earth Origin Qi, there was also a kind of grey, misty fog.

This kind of fog gave people a feeling of coldness and evil chill.

It was precisely the Yin Qi that created countless Weirds!

At this moment, this Yin Qi was entangling with the Yang Qi between Heaven and Earth, neutralizing each other, and it had not caused too much impact on the Present World. It was just that the balance seemed to be slowly being broken...

This Yin Qi was a bit too thick, wasn't it? He even felt that the concentration was constantly increasing, as if it were leaking into the Present World from some immeasurable domain...

He murmured to himself in his heart, feeling thoughtful.

This was the big commotion that Meng Lingyun had mentioned back then; now he had seen a bit of its essence. It was no wonder the Demon Suppression Division was in a state of panic, not even bothering with the Sanshan Gathering...

If these Yin Qi were truly allowed to overwhelm the Yang Qi, it would likely directly destroy the balance of the Present World, letting the human world fall into a Ghost Domain...

His pupils shrank, and he felt some shock in his heart.

If it were truly like this, then that was more than just a big commotion.

That was simply a disaster of the apocalypse!

Li Heng shook his head, feeling that he needed to make plans early; he must become stronger as quickly as possible. Otherwise, relying solely on his bit of Sun True Fire, he could not burn away all this Yin Qi.

The soul returned to the body, re-entering the Present World.

He gently exhaled a breath of turbid air, stood up, and intended to head to the mission hall to understand information, hunt Weirds, and obtain Source Power. Only with Source Power could he protect himself during the Great Tribulation!

He did not really trust the dynasty or the Government... just based on that previous attitude of slacking off, he would be thankful enough if he didn't run away; how could he rely on the people of the officialdom...

Li Heng had no self-awareness of being an official.

Leaving the small courtyard where the breeze brushed the willows, he wove through the Demon Suppression Division. He was an efficiency enthusiast, and the routes he planned were usually the shortest, so he quickly arrived at the Merit Hall.

The Merit Hall was bustling with people coming and going, talking to each other from time to time; there were many more people than the last time Li Heng came. He was a bit surprised; had they recalled all the Demon Exorcists on outside missions to defend Bei'an City?

Had the surrounding countryside truly already been reduced to abandoned pawns?

Without much emotion, he walked straight to the bulletin board to continue browsing the various information and missions posted on it.

"A butcher in the South City turned into a pig overnight. It wasn't until the second day, when his apprentice slaughtered him, that he revealed his true form."

"In the slums of the North City, infants cry and laugh at night; ten people have already died, their corpses half-crying and half-laughing, rising as corpses at night, crying and laughing in unison with the infants' voices. Note: This mission requires traveling in a group."

"In the East City night market, there is a wonton stall; those who eat there will surely die. Note: This mission is primarily for investigation; act according to your ability."

"In the West City, there are shadows of Yin soldiers..."

Li Heng looked through them all and gasped. Because these missions were directly plastered all over the bulletin board, dense and numerous; one could imagine how thorny the current situation was.

All four city districts had erupted with Weird events... how to put it? The residents there were in dire straits.

Fortunately, there were no Weird events in the Inner City yet; otherwise, according to Li Heng's estimation, with the nature of the Government, they would likely just abandon the city and run away, then call it "nothing can be done" to make it sound nice.

Withdrawing his distracting thoughts, Li Heng intended to take on some major cases.

With his current strength, as long as an Innate did not appear, he could fight a Half-step Innate, though he would have to pay a small price. Therefore, he had no fear of these Evil Demons and Weirds.

Unless there was truly an Innate-level Weird in Bei'an City.

But this was almost impossible; if there were truly an Innate-level Weird, the Bei'an City Demon Suppression Division would have long since been annihilated. The Demon Suppression Division here did not have an Innate Grandmaster sitting in command!

Wait, this is...

He looked toward a corner of the notice board, where there was a very inconspicuous mission, yet it was written in blood-red characters, as if warning ordinary people to stay away.

"South City, Self-Immolating Flower Boat reappears, investigate!"