Chapter 474

This divine ability, just hearing about it, requires killing—and killing many living beings. How many lives would be doomed if one were to perfect it?

Like Fang Yu and Fang Han, though they also plunder the essence of heaven and earth, they have restraint; they do not descend into the mortal world to target ordinary people, nor do they indiscriminately slaughter the innocent to extract souls, blood, or essence for their cultivation.

Therefore, they are all righteous practitioners, followers of the Xiandao.

"Whoever cultivates the demonic path can avoid accumulating sin? The more killing, the stronger the demonic art."

Yan muttered, "Look at the divine abilities he cultivates—Demon Soul Binding Banner, Vengeful Ghosts Slaying Divine Method, Mother-Child Heavenly Ghost Body, Primordial Spirit Sword Qi, Yinming Purple River Cart—none of them were forged without slaughtering millions of living beings."

Yan listed these demonic divine abilities, and everyone's brows furrowed at the hearing.

Because the cultivation of each demonic divine ability is monstrous, requiring the selection of specific groups from the mortal world, subjecting them to all manner of torment before even a chance of success—like the Vengeful Ghosts Slaying Divine Method, whose very name reveals its cruelty; it cannot be achieved by mere accidental death.

When Yan revealed the divine abilities cultivated by the Ghost Emperor, he unveiled a horrifying, blood-soaked picture of the demonic path.

Fang Yu, Fang Han, and Star Cloud Baby all felt a chill run through their hearts upon hearing these cultivation methods.

Compared to these demonic figures, the disciples of the Taiyi Men sect—Zhao Zhao Xuanyi, Song Song Weiyi, the True Person of Fortune and Blessing, the True Person of Destiny—seemed as innocent as well-behaved children; they were merely cunning, venomous, arrogant, and haughty, but not cruel.

Even the disciples of Taiyi Men must descend into the mortal world to undergo trials and accumulate merit.

But the demonic path had truly reached a point of utter inhumanity—no cruel, torturous method was beyond their imagination.

Especially when they needed to absorb malevolent energy, sorrowful energy—how could ordinary people naturally possess such energies? So they inflicted all kinds of torment to force such energies forth.

"Younger brother, the Huangquanmo Sect's cultivation of these arts cannot avoid annihilation. When you inherit the Huangquanmo Sect, you don't have to make them good people, but you must stop them from doing such inhuman things. The essence of demonhood should not be this indiscriminate slaughter of the innocent."

Fang Yu spoke.

"Brother Yu is right. When I one day take control of the Huangquanmo Sect, I will change it. The essence of demonhood should not be like this."

Fang Han nodded, then turned his gaze to the Nine Ghosts' Primordial Spirit.

"This Nine Ghosts' Primordial Spirit has amassed such great karmic debt. If I absorb it, I fear I will inherit some of the Ghost Emperor's karmic energy, affecting my own fortune and destiny. But if I discard it, it would be a pity."

Fang Han, gazing at the Nine Ghosts' Primordial Spirit, seemed torn—then his tone shifted: "Regardless, I have made a great vow to subdue the Huangquanmo Sect and guide them back to the righteous path, preventing further slaughter. This is itself merit. To refine the Nine Ghosts' Primordial Spirit is acceptable."

Thus, Fang Han resolved to cleanse the divine abilities within the Nine Ghosts' Primordial Spirit and refine them into his own.

"..."

Fang Yu and Star Cloud Baby both blinked.

Holy hell, can you even say it like that?

Fang Yu found it amusing.

With his current realm of 6th Stage of Divine Abilities, Return to Oneness Realm, though he had cultivated ninety-nine divine abilities, he could not fathom fortune, celestial fate, or karmic threads—these involved past, present, future, and infinite transformations.

Only cultivators nearing immortality might grasp some shifts in destiny.

Of course, he had cultivated the Blessing Art, which granted him slight intuition.

Blessing, blessing, blessing—within it naturally arose a sense, akin to a sixth sense, a heart-mind awakening.

To truly comprehend these, one needed a very high realm; only truly adept cultivators understood how to seek fortune and avoid misfortune—seizing great gains when fortune favored them, hiding safely when it did not.

Some supreme beings always acted in accordance with the laws of heaven and earth, always existing at the peak of destiny's intensity—such people were terrifyingly boundless.

At any time, such people seemed invincible.

Fang Yu pondered these matters and summoned two more Heavenly Manifestations.

One was the Ancient Fallen Great Heavenly Demon King; the other was an Elder of the Xueyingmo Sect—both were 9th Stage of Divine Abilities, Heavenly Manifestation, one rank below the Ghost Emperor.

Previously, Fang Yu had dealt with the Jin Xian Bandits; now he began handling these two.

"Star Cloud Baby, watch closely, learn well, comprehend deeply—break through the Heavenly Man Realm soon. This realm isn't hard—it's just a sudden awakening."

Fang Yu said to Star Cloud Baby.

Star Cloud Baby's current cultivation base was still the Yin-Yang Realm—this realm was insufficient; he must break through to the 5th Stage of Divine Abilities, Heavenly Man Realm. Nourishing him with divine abilities from the two Great Heavenly Demon Kings would be enough to rapidly elevate his cultivation.

Winning over Star Cloud Baby was also a subtle move.

"Big Brother Fang Yu, I am cultivating hard, but breaking through the realm seems truly difficult."

Star Cloud Baby blinked.

"If so, then observe me carefully. My primordial talisman holds countless mysteries—if you gain even a sliver of insight, you may break through to the Heavenly Man Realm."

Fang Yu thought for a moment, his mind stirring, and summoned his primordial talisman.

It instantly expanded, towering several zhang high, casting down a domain space filled with countless talismanic runes.

Star Cloud Baby was instantly enveloped within it.

Among them, a divine ability formed from a willow leaf had truly become a willow leaf, its surface etched with intricate patterns.

This was the Willow God's Divine Art from the Perfect World, now cultivated by Fang Yu to this level.

When Fang Yu was still at the 4th Stage of Divine Abilities, Yin-Yang Realm, he too had struggled greatly with breaking through to the 5th Stage, Heavenly Man Realm—after all, breaking through the realm is not something you can simply declare and achieve.

Before the breakthrough, nothing made sense; after it, arrays were everywhere in the void.

The world Fang Yu now saw was not the same as, nor accessible to, the world Star Cloud Baby saw—so to comprehend, he needed something else.

The willow leaf formed by the Willow God's Divine Art was that something else.

"What is this? A willow leaf—it seems strangely profound."

Star Cloud Baby, upon seeing the Willow God's Divine Art, indeed felt its profundity. He sat on the ground, deeply contemplating, while in the void, strange phenomena arose: celestial conch shells blared, and divine drums thundered.

Within the sound of the conch and the drum, Star Cloud Baby sank into the Realm of Dao Comprehension.

Gradually, he seemed to grasp something.

Suddenly, voices issued from Star Cloud Baby's mouth.

"I was born lazy, a dream spanning a thousand years. Suddenly I comprehend the Heavenly Man's wonder—future starry sky, Great Dharma King!"

Star Cloud Baby had, indeed, begun his breakthrough.