Chapter 391: Second Nascent Infant

"Kid! That's about enough, right! Stop hesitating and do it!"

Baji Laomo glanced down at Zhang Nuo, feeling that the time had come, but Zhang Nuo was slow to open the 'Rest Meridian'. He secretly guessed in his heart that he might still be indecisive!

Actually, Zhang Nuo had no intention of backing out; it was just that once the 'Rest Meridian' was opened, a massive amount of Demonic Qi would instantly surge into his body, and he had to find a way to calm his mind to proceed with the condensation of the Second Demon Infant. This was easy to say, but difficult to do.

Having opened the 'Rest Meridian' twice before, Zhang Nuo understood the pain involved deeply, especially the moment the massive amount of Demonic Qi surged into his body, which felt as if his entire body were being pierced by countless steel needles!

Gritting his teeth, Zhang Nuo raised his eyebrows slightly; one could never escape what had to be faced. Since he had chosen this path of advancement, he had to endure it no matter how great the difficulties he encountered!

"Rest Meridian! Open!"

Following Zhang Nuo's muffled shout, the Rest Meridian within his body suddenly became violent, and at the same time, the Demonic Qi within a radius of nearly a hundred miles surged wildly toward Zhang Nuo's Cave Abode!

Chunyangzi, who was inside the Sword Box, shifted his thoughts rapidly, manipulating the Nine Dragon Sword Case to release all the Spiritual Qi it had previously absorbed, building a semicircular barrier on the outer perimeter of the 'Demon Sealing Array'! This barrier, composed entirely of Spiritual Qi, blocked most of the Demonic Qi from the outside!

However, a portion of the wildly surging Demonic Qi was still able to rush in. Baji Laomo stared with one silver eye, taking all of this in. His lower jaw moved slightly, and with a 'click', his upper and lower teeth collided. Immediately afterward, eight streams of Demonic Qi shot out from his silver eye, each firing onto the eight array pillars of the 'Demon Sealing Array'!

The next moment, the demonic patterns on the surface of the pillars flickered, and with a burst of black light, the Demonic Qi rushing toward Zhang Nuo was reduced once again. Despite this, a significant amount of Demonic Qi still instantly rushed into Zhang Nuo's body!

With his mind slightly shaken, Zhang Nuo immediately activated the 'Inner Scene Art', pushing his Divine Sense to the maximum, struggling to guide the Demonic Qi that had rushed into his body into his dantian!

Using the tempered Demonic Qi within his body as a foundation, he manifested the appearance of a Nascent Soul, while simultaneously extracting the power of the source of life from the 'Pure Nether Divine Tree', beginning to continuously merge it into the virtual Nascent Soul above his Divine Sea!

This process seemed simple, but the injection of Demonic Qi and the power of the source of life required a specific ratio; the slightest mistake would immediately break the balance between the two, leading to failure in forming the infant!

The condensation of the Second Nascent Infant was very different from the Shou Dan Jie Ying; Shou Dan Jie Ying utilized one's own soul power to load the primordial spirit, whereas the Second Nascent Infant was a completely heaven-defying act, forcibly splitting the primordial spirit in two, which was equivalent to turning one person into two living people!

Likewise, the Second Nascent Infant also required the support of the power of the source of life to allow the primordial spirit to merge into it. Ordinary cultivators, if their cultivation was insufficient, simply did not have enough power of the source of life to provide to the Second Nascent Infant. This was why most cultivators who wished to cultivate a Second Nascent Infant were at the Nascent Soul Late Stage, or even the Great Perfection Stage of the late stage.

Some Nascent Soul cultivators could never condense a Second Nascent Infant in their entire lives! Zhang Nuo was vastly different from them. First, he possessed the 'Pure Nether Divine Tree', a Divine Tree that could provide vast and pure power of the source of life, which could almost infinitely supply Zhang Nuo with the power of the source of life. Second, Zhang Nuo practiced the 'Eight Extremes Demon Veins' Demonic Arts, which on the surface seemed only to be able to instantly increase a cultivator's Demonic Arts strength, but in reality, it also tempered the cultivator's body very well!

Furthermore, the massive Demonic Qi gathered by the Demonic Arts themselves was something even treasure lands like the Purple Mansion Immortal Cave could not compare to. With sufficient power of the source of life, combined with a formidable physical body and the continuous flow of Demonic Qi, it could be said that Zhang Nuo had over a seventy percent chance of success in condensing the Second Nascent Infant this time.

However, the thing that gave Zhang Nuo the most headache was the splitting of the primordial spirit. This thing, hidden deep within the soul, was originally one entity; trying to forcibly split it was not a simple matter. But Zhang Nuo was not particularly worried about this point, because he had one thing that other body cultivators did not have! That was the 'Hell Butterfly'!

At this time, the 'Hell Butterfly' had been nourished by the powerful power of the source of life within Zhang Nuo's body for several months. Although it had not fully recovered its own strength, it was still no problem to draw the soul out from the first Nascent Soul and then force out the primordial spirit!

Although the Demonic Qi around Zhang Nuo was being blocked by the combined efforts of Chunyangzi and Baji Laomo, it was still becoming increasingly dense, which made Zhang Nuo, who was carefully condensing the Nascent Soul, feel a tightness in his heart!

Now the Demonic Qi within his body was growing at a terrifying speed. Although it was much slower than opening the 'Rest Meridian' under normal circumstances, for him, who was condensing the Demon Infant, this speed had already exceeded his range of control!

With the 'Inner Scene Art' constantly running, Zhang Nuo kept his brain clear at all times. He had to discard all distracting thoughts and focus on condensing the body of the Second Demon Infant!

But saying is one thing and doing is another; with a massive amount of Demonic Qi continuously surging into his body, even a cultivator who used Demonic Arts as a foundation could not withstand this kind of impact!

A series of explosions came from within his limbs and bones, and the skin exposed on Zhang Nuo's body gradually turned black!

"Faster! Faster! This old man can't hold on anymore!"

Chunyangzi inside the Nine Dragon Sword Case said this almost through gritted teeth. The momentum of the Demonic Qi brought by the 'Rest Meridian' was terrifying; it was definitely not something Chunyangzi, in a state of a Remnant Soul, could withstand for long!

Baji Laomo, below the Sword Box, was no better off than Chunyangzi. Within his single silver eye, black light flickered incessantly, and his jaw, devoid of any flesh or skin, made a 'clattering' sound of collision!

And at this moment, Zhang Nuo was even more miserable than them; on one hand, he had to withstand the pressure of the Demonic Qi flooding his body, and on the other, he had to carefully condense the body of the Second Demon Infant!

One could see that at his dantian, a pitch-black Nascent Soul was gradually taking shape, and inside the belly of the Nascent Soul, there was a black round pill emitting an eerie light!

The external Demonic Qi surged into his body in large quantities, while the Demonic Qi within his body was rapidly transmitted into the body of the Second Demon Infant. Like a relay, the Demon Infant gradually began to condense small hands and feet, just like a newborn baby, and the black round pill in its belly emitted an even more eerie black light!

Zhang Nuo had been looking inward at his dantian. Once he saw the Demon Infant take shape, his heart felt a slight joy. It seemed the first step was completed, and next was the second step: splitting the primordial spirit into two and injecting one part into the Second Demon Infant! With a slight movement of his Divine Sense, the first Nascent Soul flashed into the dantian.

The Nascent Soul blinked its pair of small eyes, looked at the already-formed Second Demon Infant in front of it, and could not help but reveal an expression of joy on its face. Then, the Nascent Soul beckoned with its small hand, and a black light flashed rapidly to its front—it was the 'Hell Butterfly'. This butterfly flapped its wings, which had not yet fully recovered, and let out a faint, light chirp from its mouth!

Following this light chirp, a stream of Spiritual Light suddenly erupted from the top of the first Nascent Soul's head. The moment the Spiritual Light erupted, the Nascent Soul's pair of small eyes also slowly closed!

Then, that stream of Spiritual Light hovered above its head, as if wanting to escape. The 'Hell Butterfly' flapped its wings, and immediately two streams of Yin Qi, faint as if they didn't exist, wrapped the Golden Light within them! Zhang Nuo's entire body moved as if struck by lightning, and his pitch-black face actually turned deathly pale!

One must know that what the 'Hell Butterfly' had trapped was his soul! The slightest mistake would result in soul damage, and by that time, let alone the Second Demon Infant, even the first Nascent Soul might not be preserved!

The black butterfly continuously vibrated its wings, and waves of weak Yin Qi fluctuations were emitted from it. It seemed to be doing an extremely delicate job. Before long, beads of sweat as large as beans fell from Zhang Nuo's head like raindrops! Splitting a soul was far more painful than he had imagined.

The Spiritual Light, wrapped in the Yin Qi, twisted and changed constantly, as if it did not want to be separated, but facing the Hell Butterfly, which specialized in absorbing souls, it had no way out!

Just at this moment, the Hell Butterfly suddenly let out a long cry, and then opened its small mouth. An invisible fluctuation was emitted from its mouth, instantly passing through the middle of the Spiritual Light!

Of the Spiritual Light split into two, one part quickly drilled back into the body of the first Nascent Soul. As soon as it entered the body, the Nascent Soul's two small hands clutched its head, and it began to moan lowly, its small face full of pain. The remaining stream of Golden Light flashed and disappeared into the Demon Infant! The next moment, it vanished into the black round pill within the Demon Infant's body!

The moment the soul was split in two, Zhang Nuo felt as if he had been sliced by a thousand knives. That pain came from the depths of his soul and could not be resisted by willpower! He let out a miserable shriek! His tightly closed eyes suddenly snapped open, and lines of blood almost occupied every position in his eyes out of thin air!

"Ah~!"

Zhang Nuo pinched a Dharma seal with both hands and looked up, letting out another long howl. The sound shook the entire Cave Abode, and even Baji Laomo and Chunyangzi above his head felt as if their hearts and gall were splitting!

However, the next moment, the light in Zhang Nuo's eyes vanished, and his head hung down heavily, leaving only the Dharma seal pinched in his hands to mechanically freeze there!

"Old Demon! Didn't you say it would be fine? He's fainted now, what do we do?"

Chunyangzi became anxious the moment he saw Zhang Nuo's state. If the person had fainted, how could he continue to circulate his cultivation technique!

"What are you panicking about! The soul has been split in two; it would be a ghost if he didn't faint! You and I just need to guard the flow of Demonic Qi; as for the rest, he will solve it himself!"

After saying this in a huff, Baji glanced downward, but in his heart, he was secretly praying: Zhang Nuo, you must succeed! Otherwise, Chunyangzi would surely grind his bones into dust!