Chapter 949: Heavenly Enlightenment (7000 Bonus)

Inside the Cave Abode.

Aaron sat cross-legged, quietly contemplating the *Bloodthirsty Strange Book*, a secret record of the Demonic Dao.

In this world, the Demon Sect possesses Nine Great Heavenly Demon Inheritances, seventy-two Outer Paths, and three hundred Separate Transmissions... The *Bloodthirsty Strange Book* is merely a cultivation method from the 'Hundred Birds Temple', one of the three hundred Separate Transmissions; it truly cannot be considered top-tier.

Even among demonic arts, it ranks as third-rate!

To practice this method, one must use the Heavenly Demon Secret Incantation to refine forty-nine exotic bats, then feed them with one's own flesh and blood, ensuring a connection of heart and mind.

Once the timing is right, the practitioner must swallow all these bats, then bury themselves in a pitch-black cave for seven days and seven nights, during which they must not hear the sound of thunder.

After seven days and seven nights, one can transform into a Demon Bat and break out of the cave, naturally mastering the ability to transform into a bat and being able to spew poisonous smoke and mist.

'Quite a shortcut, and it has many weaknesses... No wonder it can only be considered low-tier.'

Aaron was startled.

"Unlike the previous bat-transformation secret techniques, this volume of the Demon Scripture deduces part of the power of the Netherworld Blood Sea directly from the divine abilities of the Nine Nether Blood Sea Demon Bat. It can transform into a Blood Sea Great Array, summoning the true Netherworld Blood Sea to descend, within which are countless Rotten Immortals, Bone-Eroding, Yellow Springs, Azure Heaven, and Netherworld Poisonous Qi. It can even refine countless Blood Sea demonic creatures and Blood God Children... It is said that once the array is set, even a True Immortal will turn into pus and blood!"

"That's not right, I don't even have a Primordial Spirit yet!"

Aaron let out a long sigh, murmuring in a low voice.

The profound and mysterious aspects of this Demon Scripture are not even inferior to the Nine Great Heavenly Demon Inheritances!

In some respects, it even exceeds them!

"No... I've reached the limit!"

"If one seeks it through magic, even if one only obtains one ten-thousandth of the ancestor's power, once transformed, it is a fierce creature of the Primordial Spirit level, capable of ranking as one of the Four Great Strange Fierce Beasts of this world..."

In the darkness, he did not know how much time had passed.

'It turns out that without realizing it, I've courted death in a big way...'

Reciting the full honorific name of a high-level existence is dangerous, so he only recited half; this is also a small trick to avoid attention.

"Could it be that that Jiuyao Xuanmi Dijun sensed me through the Demonic Dao cultivation method?"

"No... I clearly don't have the Tower Spirituality, so why has my wisdom suddenly increased so much?"

If he hadn't been experienced in manipulating his Divine Sense to digest memories, he might have already rolled his eyes from being overwhelmed.

"Once the Blood Sea Great Array of the middle volume is refined, even a Primordial Spirit Loose Immortal will meet with disaster!"

Aaron calmed the restless Dharma Power in his body and began to recall the scripture he had finally comprehended, immediately feeling that every word was a gem.

"This is... the Apocalypse Tribulation?!"

The Primordial Spirit in this world is too large; regardless of whether they are righteous or demonic, as soon as one attains the status of a Primordial Spirit Loose Immortal, they are immediately noticed.

Regarding the corruption of such high-level existences, Aaron is quite adept at dealing with it, with plenty of experience!

"Indeed, I have not yet reached the Primordial Spirit stage, so I will not suffer the Heavenly Tribulation, Human Tribulation, or Life Tribulation of the local cultivators..."

"Great Supreme High Void Upper Ultimate Nine Luminaries Profound Mystery Emperor!!"

When this honorific name was comprehended, Aaron's body suddenly dispersed, turning into a pool of blood!

Endless knowledge surged down.

The Netherworld Blood Sea!

This sea of blood even showed signs of turning the void into reality; blood waves surged to the heavens, and Heavenly Demon secret sounds constantly emanated from within, seemingly calling Aaron... to enter the Demon path!

Affected by this, his skin began to turn bright red. Beneath the skin, crystalline beads of blood were condensing, and something was stirring, seemingly about to break out of his body...

Subsequently, a circle of white Light descended, purifying everything.

Aaron thought for a moment and continued to contemplate this demonic art.

Upon realizing this, he could feel more information in the darkness washing down like a waterfall.

'But for me, it's not really courting death. The Apocalypse Tribulation is actually my muse...'

Suddenly, these scenes were submerged again by a sea of blood. This sea of blood carried various auras of decay, chaos, and Destruction... as if it were a collection of all the sins in the world.

"Even if one practices the art of bat transformation, Red Blood Bats are divided into many types... They possess a trace of Ancient bloodline, which can be traced back to the Ancient Reverse Blood Dragon Bat... The required technique is also very simple, it's just changing forty-nine bats to three hundred and sixty-five, and one must engrave all of them with Heavenly Demon True Seals, preferably with a few dragon-blood hybrids among them..."

"Then why, when I contemplated techniques like the Hunyuan Profound Light Qi before, did I not receive a Heavenly Enlightenment? Why did it only suddenly appear when I comprehended the demonic art?"

The next moment, that pus and blood condensed, forming limbs and a torso, carving out eyebrows, eyes, a mouth, and a nose on the face... and it returned to the appearance of Fang Yu!

"Jiuyao Xuanmi Dijun... is it?"

"The origins of the Nine Great Demonic Legacies of this world are quite suspicious..."

"As for the cultivation method, it is simple: one only needs to collect essence blood, offer sacrifices to the Nine Nether Blood Sea, call for its descent, and be granted a divine ability seed... This book can be named—*Blood Sea Demon Scripture*, divided into the upper volume *Blood Sea Heavenly Book Thirteen Chapters*, the middle volume *Blood Sea Great Array Thirty-Three Volumes*, and the lower volume *Heavenly Demon Blood-Transforming Divine Ability Ninety-Nine Paths*... It can be called all-encompassing, allowing one to cultivate from the entry level all the way to the grave."

"The Ancient Reverse Blood Dragon Bat... actually, it's nothing much. If the bloodline continues upward, it can reach the Primordial era, becoming the Nine Nether Blood Sea Demon Bat... It is the mount of a great power in the Blood Sea, feeding on the blood of True Dragons and True Phoenixes..."

Suddenly, he had a brilliant realization of the profound mystery, instantly understanding several bottlenecks, and felt that the path ahead was suddenly wide open.

And Aaron's stature is too small; previously, he couldn't even attract attention... but the Demonic Dao cultivation method has some inextricable connection with that Jiuyao Xuanmi Dijun. His contemplation of the demonic art is equivalent to actively communicating with the other party, so obtaining a Heavenly Enlightenment is a logical outcome.

"The Apocalypse Tribulation, which local cultivators fear most, is actually... a treasure for me?"

'This doesn't quite match what I previously deduced, that my opportunity lay in the Demonic Dao?'

"It is not a tribulation native to this world... but appeared along with an existence that suddenly appeared beyond the Nine Heavens... Will all Immortals suffer this tribulation?"

"But the Apocalypse Tribulation is different!"

"What's more... I don't know anything about Ancient and Primordial exotic beasts... Did the Heavenly Dao of this world inspire me directly?"

"The name of that existence is..."

Aaron did not notice that when he comprehended these secret techniques, countless heavenly flowers fell and golden lotuses sprang from the earth around him, forming a strange scene.

"However, even if I am contaminated, it doesn't matter... At worst, I will sacrifice to the main body, obtain the Secret Source Power, and purify everything..."

"Furthermore, even the lower volume's Heavenly Demon Blood-Transforming Divine Ability encompasses many demonic arts such as the Blood Shadow Sword Technique, Blood God Child, Blood Escape Divine Ability, and Reverse Blood Dragon Bat Transformation. Once one slightly masters a single divine ability, one can contend with Profound Light and Golden Core cultivators..."

"The top-tier *Blood Sea Heavenly Book* points directly to the Tribulation Immortal. If one completes the cultivation of all thirteen chapters before Ascension, one can even attain a top-tier Heavenly Demon Dao Fruit—comparable to a Daoist Golden Immortal?!"

Within the pus and blood that Aaron had turned into, a thought emerged.

And the *Bloodthirsty Strange Book—Nine Nether Blood Sea Demon Bat Chapter* that he had previously deduced also moved simultaneously. Countless Heavenly Demon seals flew down, falling into Aaron's sea of consciousness, once again innovating this strange bat-transformation technique, and a brand new scripture began to take shape...

"How did I, by just casually comprehending a scroll of Demonic Dao text, end up comprehending a Demonic Art comparable to the True Disciple level of the Emei sect's foundational teachings?"

Aaron patted his own cheeks: "I didn't expect... that I would have such aptitude for the Demonic Dao? Perhaps... I took the wrong path, and I was naturally meant to be the Demon Lord of this world?"

(End of chapter)