[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-steady-cultivation-starting-with-the-perk-work-h":3,"chapter-steady-cultivation-starting-with-the-perk-work-h-steady-cultivation-starting-with-the-perk-work-h-chapter-197":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Steady Cultivation: Starting With the Perk “Work Hard, Rest Hard”",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},601837,849,"Chapter 202: Called a Devil by Demons","steady-cultivation-starting-with-the-perk-work-h-chapter-197",197,"\u003Cp>After dealing with one opponent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he gained wasn't just soul essence and system entries, but an entire complete realm sea!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A realm sea could nurture great existences like Primordial Ultimate Great Luo Golden Immortals or even Supreme Gods—its value naturally went without saying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He even speculated that a single realm sea could only nurture a limited number of Primordial Ultimate Great Luo Golden Immortals, possibly just one!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, with coordinates to three realm seas, Su Yuan had more choices. This would provide immense assistance in his future cultivation path—these benefits were truly enormous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This realm sea is called the Abyss Realm Sea in the system interface, meaning the protagonists here aren't the multiverse, but the Abyss! If this world has a path to supremacy, it should be within the Abyss!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yuan gazed toward the direction of the Abyss, pondered briefly, and decided to go explore the Abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He set up a demon summoning array in an ordinary world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fifteen minutes later, a demon was summoned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yuan said to it: \"I am your summoner! You may return now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon froze in confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The summoning array dissolved, and the demon returned along the summoning connection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yuan waited a moment, then immediately sensed a thread of mental consciousness extending from the deepest parts of the realm sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a thought, Su Yuan's consciousness traversed along this connection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On a dark continent, a demon roared in anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, a sky demon passing overhead dove toward it, instantly tearing the demon apart and swallowing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But soon, the sky demon's vicious eyes showed confusion—the demon corpse contained surprisingly little power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky demon disdainfully spat out the body fragments, spread its wings, and immediately departed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shortly after, at the original location of the corpse, a demon inheriting ninety percent of the previous demon's power reformed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yuan experimentally moved his new body, looking curiously at his front claws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This demon was only at second tier, equivalent to Earth Immortal realm. With ninety percent inheritance, Su Yuan also reached Earth Immortal realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yuan's main body separated a wisp of soul that merged into this mental incarnation. In an instant, this incarnation transformed into his avatar, gaining qualification for advancement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yuan looked up at the sky—the blood-red clouds reflected endless killing intent. Each glance made the killing desire in his heart grow stronger. This world was truly insane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Su Yuan contemplated, a demon nearby seemed to notice him and quickly pounced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the demon leaped to bite, Su Yuan's body deftly sidestepped, then used his claws to pierce through the demon's scales and extract its heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon looked back in shock, the killing intent in its eyes gradually fading as life drained away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yuan looked at the heart in his hand, his body instinctively signaling a desire to devour it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yuan shook his head—he had no interest in raw demon hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A new demon mental incarnation appeared atop the fallen demon corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heart in his hand instantly lost vitality, its power remotely returning to this demon incarnation's body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This demon incarnation shook its head, then looked at Su Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two versions of himself stared at each other, both demons grinning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One remained a mental incarnation, not converted to an avatar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One avatar was sufficient—he could always convert more later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Additionally, demon bodies seemed to possess special evolutionary traits—they could grow simply through killing and devouring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With enough killing and consumption, their strength would increase. Thus, demon mental incarnations could apparently grow independently without needing conversion to avatars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Su Yuan contemplated, the demon incarnation beside him walked toward the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yuan's avatar also headed in another direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, Su Yuan encountered another second-tier demon and easily killed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A second demon incarnation rose from the ground and continued hunting further away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Su Yuan's avatar absorbed Abyssal Qi from the Abyss to elevate its realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before long, Su Yuan noticed the first demon incarnation had found enemies. After battle, the demon incarnation easily prevailed, gaining a third demon incarnation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, in a short time, Su Yuan had over thirty demon mental incarnations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at that moment, one mental incarnation perished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power that belonged to that incarnation remotely merged into Su Yuan's demon avatar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This significantly advanced the strength of Su Yuan's avatar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yuan frowned toward that location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Instant Transmission.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, he appeared at the spot where the demon incarnation had just perished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sky demon was picking at the demon's remains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Su Yuan appear out of nowhere, the sky demon immediately turned and attacked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yuan flashed, instantly appearing above the sky demon's head. With a claw strike infused with Metal Law at the tips, he easily tore open the sky demon's skull, extracting and crushing a demon core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yuan opened his hand, letting demon core fragments fall toward the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before they hit the ground, the sky demon's corpse reassembled into a new sky demon incarnation that spread its wings and flew into the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This Abyss is truly bizarre—so many Immortal realm demons encountered so casually!\" Su Yuan exclaimed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had just soul-searched and discovered the sky demon's memories were extremely brief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had hatched from a demon egg, immediately fighting and killing other demon spawn after birth. Through constant devouring, it broke through to late second-tier sky demon level in merely a century.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And such demons were countless in the Abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bizarre Abyss!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yuan marveled, then divided his consciousness to control mental incarnations to kill further afield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half a day later, Su Yuan's mental incarnations had spread throughout a nearby mountain, where he saw a demon fortress on the distant plains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the mountain vantage, the fortress appeared massive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yuan felt capturing this fortress would indeed require considerable effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, inside the fortress, a demon lord paced irritably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ordered to attack the Divine Plane again? I just finished one battle!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the demon lord level, they weren't controlled by killing urges anymore, but the Abyss Will forced them to kill, invade, and plunder!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once or twice was manageable, but repeated missions risked eventual failure—and that meant annihilation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even resurrection methods left in the demon castle were useless because once weakened, demons would immediately attack, denying recovery opportunities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, he was deeply troubled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm just a tool of the Abyss Will!\" the demon lord sighed gloomily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then immediately ordered his army to prepare for assault on the Divine Plane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After his departure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yuan's demon incarnations continued rapid expansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yuan discovered that even without devouring demons, the first demon incarnation's strength increased through killing alone—advancing from early second-tier to mid second-tier!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This progression speed was terrifying!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seemingly, some will reward killing behavior—any killing activity brought benefits!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This place is practically heaven for me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yuan couldn't help but laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One mountain after another fell under Su Yuan's mental incarnations. Ten days later, his mental incarnations numbered eight million.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless demon incarnations simultaneously paused, then charged toward the demon fortress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon lord, freshly returned from the Divine Plane, rested wounded and battered in his castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, he felt ground vibrations. Puzzled, he exited to look into the distance—and saw endless demons attacking from all directions!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Panic immediately gripped him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dammit, was intelligence leaked? In my severely wounded state, I'll certainly die if forced to fight now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He panicked briefly, then quickly noticed the attacking demons, while numerous, were mostly lower realm.The most update n0vels are published on n͟o͟v͟e͟l͟f͟i͟r͟e͟.net\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, his confidence surged, and he immediately commanded his demon legion to suppress them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Squadrons of demon soldiers poured from the fortress's eight gates, clashing with the invading demons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon lord observed the battle from the castle's highest point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon initial contact, the demon army displayed astonishing combat power, overwhelming the invaders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon lord relaxed significantly—the casualty ratio was remarkably favorable at one to ten: one ally lost per ten enemies killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But soon he noticed something wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The slain demons dissipated like smoke, while his fallen soldiers stood up again within one breath after death—and attacked their former comrades!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are these undead?\" the demon lord wondered aloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Undead were special products of the Netherworld, capable of spawning skeletons from corpses, easily creating skeleton swarms—a quantity-over-quality race.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the battlefield transformation only resembled skeletons because these resurrected demons still had flesh and blood, and their combat power didn't seem significantly diminished like skeletons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon lord immediately sensed trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the eight million demons were quickly eliminated, the battle continued—now the castle's enemies were their former allies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These allies' strength seemed reduced by ten to twenty percent, but their combat skills improved exponentially, easily overwhelming intact demon soldiers!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the enemy numbers grew during fighting until even demons showed terrified expressions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Devils! These demons are devils crawled up from hell!\" the demon lord screamed.\u003C\u002Fp>",1480,"2026-05-30T17:32:16.605Z","2026-06-01T04:31:47.954Z",1,"novelbin.me","126ec6fd7c0f0f19ad5bb33858f797996f84a0cfc3ad9a3b50d22dd6e79d3415","steady-cultivation-starting-with-the-perk-work-h-chapter-198","steady-cultivation-starting-with-the-perk-work-h-chapter-196",640,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsteady-cultivation-starting-with-the-perk-work-h-cover.jpg"]