Wasted Spiritual Root to Embark on Demonic Cultivation

His teammate was so weak it was despair-inducing. It definitely was not because he had been careless.

In fact, if the three of them had entered the Immortal Officials’ Medicine Vault together, although they would have been burned by the purple qi divine fire, they could have helped each other, and the chance of survival would still have been quite high.

If it were not for Jade Water Demon Lord being heavily injured by Wang Yu first and having his physical body destroyed.

With his control over gloomy water, he would definitely not have been schemed against by such a simple trap.

It was too late for regrets!

Just as the two were discussing how to deal with the interrogation from the monastery, Wang Yu had already appeared in the interconnected underground waterways of Eastern Extreme Capital. This place was dark and lightless, in a completely sealed state.

It was called an underground waterway, but describing it as an underground dark river was more accurate.

It was only because the flow direction had been artificially altered that it was called a waterway.

Under divine sense scanning.

The width should exceed one hundred zhang, the depth over one thousand zhang. The walls on both sides, built with yin blood stone, were carved with various reliefs that Wang Yu had not recognized.

The ceiling was normal irregular rock, with many bat-like strange beasts hanging upside down.

Wang Yu stood above the dark river, his brows furrowed for a moment, then relaxed again.

“Night Charm Blood Bats…”

This kind of creature was quite rare, existing only in dark places. They had a structure similar to a bee swarm. Individual strength was not worth mentioning, but if they acted in a group, their deterrence was enough to intimidate Nascent Soul cultivators.

“As expected of Eastern Extreme Capital. Even the underground dark river has all kinds of dangers.”

The urgent task was actually to find a place to restore his condition.

Then continue digesting the gains from the Immortal Officials’ Medicine Vault. The supreme-grade spirit pill that broke through the divine sense bottleneck was only one of the harvests. There were other spirit pills that could increase strength.

Moreover, after using Heavenly Demon Myriad Transformations to swallow the Extreme Yin Dragon Infant.

In addition to the explosive increase in physical strength, his demonic essence had also risen along with it. It was perfect to carefully inspect it and test the new ability along the way.

Transformation technique.

Innate Demonic Embryo – Heavenly Demon Myriad Transformations!

He had not used it in the previous battle against Jade Water Demon Lord because he was worried that the new power would be difficult to control, and to avoid missing the opportunity in battle, so he had not employed it.

Now was a good time to experiment. Besides the Water Ancestral Token that could directly teleport him in, it would be very difficult for others to enter the underground dark river. It was perfect for hiding for a period of time, quietly cultivating and increasing his strength.

Above the dark river.

Strange black demonic patterns crawled all over Wang Yu’s body. The aura belonging to the Extreme Yin Dragon King manifested on him. Two dragon horns rapidly grew from his forehead.

Dragon scales like tight-fitting clothing seemed to grow from his skin. Even his feet and hands transformed into sharp dragon claws. A dragon tail extended from his tailbone.

In a short instant, his appearance underwent an earth-shaking change.

The small amount of frozen demonic essence in his body seemed to produce a wonderful combined reaction with the Extreme Yin Dragon body state. Wang Yu’s silver hair turned into ice-blue black strands.

His eyes became vertical dragon pupils, and a faint pressure spread out.

“Huu~”

Exhaling a breath of turbid air, the surging dark river was visibly frozen into frost. A massive piece of floating ice rapidly formed on the river surface.

This feeling of perfect fusion of power let Wang Yu truly understand the power of spiritual-grade aptitude. In the past, he had simply possessed a treasure mountain without knowing how to use it.

It was too wasteful!

Because the Extreme Yin Dragon King was famous for its powerful physical body, in this state Wang Yu’s Body Refinement cultivation received a huge boost, definitely reaching the mid fourth-rank level.

If he added the Demonic Dragon Armor, this life-bound true treasure, the Extreme Yin Dragon body form would definitely display the most violent side of Body Refiners.

And it would perfectly utilize his frozen demonic essence.

Every punch and kick far surpassed before.

After spending some effort to gradually familiarize himself with the power in this form, Wang Yu returned to his original appearance.

The Extreme Yin Dragon body state could not be maintained indefinitely.

It consumed Heavenly Demon Malicious Intent. According to the secret art records, this power could only be absorbed in specific hours of the day by chanting spells, drawing a portion from the Heavenly Demon Realm into the Mysterious Origin Demonic Embryo.

His demonic embryo had long fused with the Nascent Soul.

Therefore, it was actually the Nascent Soul storing this power. Ever since the Innate Demonic Embryo Physique was formed, Heavenly Demon Malicious Intent had changed from rootless duckweed into a power he truly controlled.

He could absorb demonic intent from other cultivators through the demonic seed secret art. After purification and refinement, it could become the Heavenly Demon Malicious Intent power he controlled.

The specific manifestation was the demonic pattern markings on the Nascent Soul.

The deeper the color, the more Heavenly Demon Malicious Intent was stored. The current storage upper limit was enough for him to maintain the form for one hour. As for battle consumption, it was practically zero.

Its core was in the form change, and the main consumption was also there. This was the power of the Heavenly Demon!

Of course.

If Wang Yu could use one Idle Slot to temporarily place the Demonic Embryo Mysterious Origin Curse and absorb while using, without needing to pay attention, he could maintain it indefinitely.

After a long time.

Wang Yu sighed in his heart.

“What a terrifying boost. Using the Heavenly Yin Dragon Pearl this way is not a loss. When I enters the Spirit Transformation realm in the future, the boost from this form will gradually disappear. It is enough for me to dominate for a while.”

Having added another trump card, Wang Yu was in an excellent mood.

While thinking, he dove headfirst into the dark river. Compared to the blood bats hanging at the top of the waterway, the water bottom also contained a large number of dangers. One of them was a creature called Bottom-Dwelling Demonic Fish.

They usually adhered to the rocks at the bottom of the water, merging with them. Their concealment was extremely strong. Their appearance was like giant leeches with sharp spikes, highly poisonous.

Their strength was generally third-rank, with occasional fourth-rank individuals.

They were the most headache-inducing natural enemies in the food chain for those blood bats, and this was only one of the underwater dangers. From this, it could be seen that the ecology of the underground dark river was completely a killing field.

Perhaps it was deliberately arranged this way. Only through a large amount of death could thick yin, fiend, death… and other powers beloved by demonic cultivators be produced.

Wang Yu had no intention of clashing with the “natives” here.

He chose a relatively remote spot, quickly opened a temporary underwater cave dwelling, and directly sat down to circulate his energy and restore his condition.

For the Extreme Yin Dragon body state, he had a more everyday use: maintaining this state while cultivating the Yin Nether Demonic Dragon Art.

The two matched even better, definitely able to greatly improve his Body refinement efficiency. Moreover, the dark river below was thick with fiendish qi. Even the most ordinary profound yin fiendish qi could become an excellent helper for tempering his physical body.

Thus, Wang Yu temporarily cultivated in the underground dark river.

Several days later, he restored his full strength state.

A few traces of surprise appeared in his eyes. About three years ago, he had just broken through to the third layer of Nascent Soul. According to the conversion rate of one hundred strands to one drop of demonic essence, demonic essence could increase by about 540 drops.

But after completing the Heavenly Demon Myriad Transformations swallowing, it had skyrocketed by nearly two thousand drops of demonic essence. Now, the amount of demonic essence in his Qi sea had reached 8860 drops.

It was because during this period he had been running around east and west, with no time to calm down and cultivate properly. Otherwise, reaching nine thousand drops would not have been impossible.

The limit of the third layer of Nascent Soul was twelve thousand drops.

The breakthrough was actually not far away. Even if he only used the Idle Slots to exert force, he could touch the threshold of mid-stage Nascent Soul in at most twenty years. The speed of cultivation was indeed unmatched under the heavens.

He still had the supreme-grade spirit pills found from the medicine vault.

Among them, only one was effective for increasing demonic essence. He did not know its specific name. After refining, it would probably take three years.

The increase was around 1000 drops, very efficient.

In addition, there were ones that improved the physical body, increasing body potential and assisting in tempering the Indestructible Spiritual Bone. There were only two special spirit pills.

Wang Yu felt that if he calmed down and polished for a period of time, it would not be impossible to break through to mid fourth-rank Body Refinement cultivation first.

After all, in these recent adventures, it was the physical body that had gained the greatest benefits.

It had saved him at least several decades of bitter cultivation.

Just as Wang Yu decided to enter seclusion to refine a Heavenly Yin Divine Pearl and further increase his strength.

Eastern Extreme Capital was also in a state of turbulent undercurrents. Several fierce battles at the great cultivator level had broken out in succession. Many residences belonging to princes and nobles within the palace city had been breached.

Some special buildings recorded in ancient texts like the Artifact Nurturing Hall, Imperial Guard Training Grounds, the Twelve Ministries Military Affairs Mansions, Heavenly Fragrance Hall, Pearl Jade Palace, and others, had all been broken into and completely looted.

The “well-known” opportunities inside the palace city were growing fewer and fewer.

With the imperial palace still unopened, most people turned their attention to more unique locations. One such place was the trial ground constructed by the Ancient Immortal Dynasty to select talented individuals — the Celestial Star Tower!

Winds were rising and clouds were surging. Dragons fought and tigers contended.

Everything would be decided in the present!

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In merely half a year, more and more great cultivators had gathered inside the palace city of Eastern Extreme Capital. The number of Nascent Soul cultivators exceeded one hundred, and forces from all sides had fully entered the stage.

The so-called Celestial Star Tower.

Its exterior was a towering six-sided stone pagoda standing a thousand zhang tall, with a total of three hundred floors. Beside it stood the Celestial Star Stone Stele, which recorded the names of the heavenly geniuses from the Ancient Immortal Dynasty era, ranked according to the number of floors cleared and the time taken.

The top position on the Celestial Star Ranking held even greater prestige than the top scorer in the imperial examinations of feudal dynasties. Not only was the status supremely honorable, but it also granted extremely high authority… such as direct entry rights into the Imperial Palace!

A total of one thousand two hundred geniuses were recorded on the Heavenly Star Ranking. Entering the top three hundred was equivalent to passing the imperial jinshi examination and becoming eligible to serve as an immortal official candidate.

Most importantly, the Heavenly Star Tower had no cultivation restrictions.

Whether one was at Qi Refining, Nascent Soul, or even a Spirit Transformation Venerable, all could enter. Every ten floors cleared would grant rewards bestowed by the tower spirit, with no upper limit.

For the majority of cultivators, this place was well worth entering.

There was also no risk of others snatching the rewards first. It was best to fully digest the benefits inside before coming out.

At that moment.

In front of the majestic Celestial Star Tower, a large number of Nascent Soul cultivators stood according to their respective factions. A small number of favored Core Formation juniors had also been brought along so they could benefit from the Celestial Star Tower as well.

During this period, the Blood Reversal Sect had received even more reinforcements.

Ghost Fiend Maiden, Three Corpses Daoist, Thunder Howl Lord, the Three Blood Nether Demons, Ice Soul Fairy, as well as Zhuo Shouqing’s Ancestor Liezu grandfather — the Nascent Soul great perfection expert known as Scorching Sun Old Demon.

A total of eight great cultivators leading the group, along with eleven or twelve ordinary Nascent Souls. The ones Wang Yu was familiar with, Dark Demon Barbarian Lord and Dark Tiger Demon Lord, were both present. Their cultivations had all reached the fourth layer of Nascent Soul, showing that their recent seclusion had yielded significant results.

Most of the Nine Peaks direct disciples were also brought along.

Barbarian Ghost direct disciple Zhou Lingjun, Five Yin direct disciple Tong Du, Gu Poison direct disciple Lu Jue, Evil Sword direct disciple Yan Tianxing, Fierce Nether direct disciple Yin Jiuge. On the other hand, Cold Blood Peak’s true disciple Yan Ling was absent.

The Blood Reversal Sect had strong forces and sturdy horses. Yellow Springs Monastery was not to be outdone.

They had nearly the same number of Nascent Soul cultivators, making them the two strongest factions present. After all, Cloud Ridge Prefecture was their main battlefield.

As the local powers, even though Blood Pill Master and the Yin-Yang Sect Master from the Heaven-Refining Demonic Sect would not easily provoke them and mostly avoided direct confrontation.

If a chaotic battle broke out in the palace city, brains would surely be beaten out of skulls, and it would be easy for others to reap the benefits.

Therefore, both sides were still showing restraint.

In front of the Celestial Star Tower.

The Zhuo Clan’s Ancestor Liezu, the one-thousand-five-hundred-year-old Scorching Sun Old Demon, spoke to “Master Youming,” the leader of Yellow Springs Monastery:

“For the competition over the Celestial Star Tower, we shall each rely on our own abilities. We can settle the accounts from Cloud Ridge Prefecture after leaving Eastern Extreme Capital. What does Fellow Daoist Youming think?”

“Agreed.”

Yellow Springs Monastery follows the Daoist temple hierarchy, and its members commonly bear titles ending in “-zi.” For him to hold the Dao-title “Youming” clearly reflects his exalted standing. He, too, stood at Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul realm..

[TN: -zi as in 子 = Master / Revered Teacher / Adept / Scion]

For them, only Spirit Transformation opportunities were worth fighting over with full effort.

And the Eastern Extreme Capital ruins happened to be one such opportunity.

Half a year was more than enough for the various powerhouses of the Crimson Kite to gather in Eastern Extreme Capital. Those who had not arrived were either hiding in the shadows, at a critical juncture in their cultivation, or entangled in other matters.

For example, the Sect Master of the Blood Reversal Sect was hiding somewhere, lying in wait for Zhuo Shouyun. That fellow had created the Blood Demon Body and was destined to clash with the Sect Master. Since Scorching Sun Old Demon had appeared here, he would not come easily, so as to avoid conflict that could trigger an internal war.

They still had this level of tacit understanding. After all, the continued existence of the Blood Reversal Sect benefited all of them. Otherwise, what was the point of operating the sect?

After the two sides had a brief exchange, they were about to send their cultivators into the Celestial Star Tower when Earthnether Master secretly transmitted a message to Youming. Their gazes gradually locked onto a certain unlucky individual within the Blood Reversal Sect’s group.

It was none other than Yin Gui!

Half a year ago, he had been chased by the Crow Snake Priest until he had nowhere left to run. If not for that Deer Antler Pearl, he would most likely have died at the Crow Snake Priest’s hands.

Fortunately, he still remembered he belonged to the Blood Reversal Sect and had specifically sought out Ghost Fiend Maiden and Three Corpses Daoist to save his life.

Of course, he had paid a hefty price for it.

He had given away two-thirds of the fourth-rank supreme-grade spirit pills he obtained from the Immortal Officials’ Medicine Vault. Although his heart ached, there was nothing he could do.

After that, he had followed the group and gained quite a few benefits, but he had been unable to slip away.

After sensing that he was being targeted, Yin Gui felt uneasy.

Sure enough, Master Youming spoke once more.

“This little friend, I wonder where Supreme Law Profound Pill Demonic Lord is? To accomplish such a major deed without making a single sound is truly impressive.”

Scorching Sun Old Demon turned to look, a puzzled expression in his eyes.

Ghost Fiend Maiden quickly transmitted the full story to him. Since she had rescued Yin Gui, she naturally knew the entire situation.

Regarding the matter of Jade Water’s fall, she had learned about it later when they went to the medicine vault to check the situation (originally intending to rescue Wang Yu) and clashed with Earthnether Master.

Upon hearing that Jade Water had been tricked and killed by Wang Yu, Scorching Sun Old Demon immediately revealed a delighted smile and praised without restraint:

“As expected of someone from my Zhuo Clan. The title of number one in the Crimson Kite’s younger generation is already starting to feel unworthy of him. Hahahaha!”

Someone from the Zhuo Clan?

If Wang Yu were present, he would definitely ask when Jade Spirit City would be returned to him.

Scorching Sun Old Demon unhesitatingly stood up for Yin Gui, all for Wang Yu’s sake. This made the latter feel much more relaxed, and he straightened his back.

As if saying: What can you do to me?

Youming said: “Fighting at this moment would be unwise. This Daoist merely wishes to meet this rising star. Brother Scorching Sun need not be so protective.”

“Meet me? I wonder if I live up to Daoist’s expectations.”

A voice suddenly rang out. Wang Yu’s figure emerged from blue light, his bearing proud and unyielding as he stared straight at Youming without the slightest fear.

“Hahahaha, excellent!”

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