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Chapter 118: Essence Refinement: Immortal-Demon Nine Transformations
Chapter 118: Essence Refinement: Immortal-Demon Nine Transformations
【In the 793rd year, the Tuolong has shown you its transformation six times, finally awakening your innate talent and wisdom, revealing an unimaginable path in your mind.】
【In the 830th year, the Ape Demon's words ring true. Without experiencing true life and death, how can one truly comprehend the Life and Death Zen! But the death need not be yours. By harnessing the vitality to tame demonic energy, capturing and confining demons within yourself, and then using the intention of death to subdue them, repeatedly nine times... This is the Essence Refinement: Immortal-Demon Nine Transformations!】
【Remaining Demonic Lifespan: 2,548 years】
【Essence Refinement: Immortal-Demon Nine Transformations (Treasure): Uninitiated】
Shen Yi looked at the panel with some surprise, his gaze fixed on a term he had never seen before.
If he understood it as the meaning of "treasure," why hadn't it appeared before?
Not to mention, the Quadrant True Energy is the Commander's Ultimate Technique, ranked as a superior skill, and with the addition of Blood Vortex Power, it transforms into the Heavenly Vortex Blood, making it even more powerful. Could it not be considered a treasure?
"Hmm."
Shen Yi calmed his mind, feeling increasingly intrigued by this newly discovered Essence Condensation martial art.
He channeled the remaining Demonic Lifespan into the Sun Melting Cauldron.
Unexpectedly, he encountered a problem even before starting.
【Year 1: You carefully read through the Body Tempering Technique you personally deduced, but it's like a skilled cook without ingredients.】
Shen Yi suddenly realized and reached into the Silver Bell, retrieving the Juvenile Dragon Pill and the Tiger Demon's Beast Core from the Jade Dew Realm.
To capture and confine demons, one must first have demons to capture.
He vigorously activated the Sun Melting Cauldron, first suppressing the Outer Pill to prevent the demonic energy from being taken away.
Only then did he swallow the Beast Core and the Dragon Pill one after the other.
【Year 2: According to the martial art's instructions, you begin to use the demonic energy within the Tiger Demon's Beast Core to nurture your flesh... The violent Tiger Demon's power instantly tears your body from the inside out, but fortunately, a radiant light appears, soothing the demonic energy and repairing your body.】
【Year 8: The Tiger Demon's power is exhausted and completely absorbed by you. You consume another Dragon Pill, but the two demonic energies do not merge, reducing the efficiency of demon subjugation.】
Seeing this, Shen Yi wasn't overly concerned.
Even if only one-fifth of the original energy remains in the Dragon Pill, it's not something a mere Beast Core at the Jade Liquid Perfection stage can contend with.
Initially, when the Tuolong's Beast Core was absorbed by the Celestial Demon Outer Pill, that tiny bit of extra demonic energy was like a drop in the ocean.
Sure enough, in the next prompt, the demon subjugation efficiency returned to normal.
【Year 12: Aside from refining the demonic energy, your habitual frugality leads you to digest the impurities in the Dragon Pill as well, slightly enhancing your innate Serpent Demon Power.】
But it was still very slow...
The Celestial Demon Outer Pill could instantly devour the demonic energy, but if one were to refine it into the flesh, the speed would be vastly different.
Shen Yi remained patient, knowing that the same power stored in a treasure would be more beneficial than in his body.
【Year 320: You completely subdue the Dragon Demon's power, confining it within yourself, thus completing the Immortal-Demon First Transformation.】
【You are a Dragon Immortal, the ruler of the Wide River. The hundred-zhang-high terrifying waves are your throne, and the treacherous undercurrents are your bed. You stride through the rivers and seas, treading on the waves, and can even dive into the depths to overturn the rivers and seas.】
【Essence Refinement: Immortal-Demon Nine Transformations Initiation】
In an instant, an unparalleled power surged into his body.
Boom! Shen Yi's forehead veins bulged, and he slammed into the mountain wall behind him. The remains of the Tiger Demon were pulverized into a bloody mess, and the entire hilltop trembled twice.
It was as if the Serpent Demon Power, the Hundred Refinement Crocodile Dragon Body, and the Life and Death Zen Body's strength were instantly channeled into his limbs and bones.
"Merely the initial stage of this technique surpasses all my previous cultivation!"
This was a body tempering technique comparable to a Martial Immortal's Essence Condensation Realm—
"Hmm..."
Shen Yi's breathing quickened as he leaned against the mountain wall, his muscles twitching uncontrollably.
He seemed to sense something and abruptly lifted his sleeve, revealing a golden dragon tail pattern extending towards his shoulder.
As time passed, and he finally gained complete control over this power, the pattern gradually faded into his skin and slowly disappeared.
Shen Yi looked up at the sky.
Torrential rain poured down, soaking the entire hilltop.
Without using his cultivation, he quietly gazed at the horizon, and suddenly, the rain mysteriously avoided this area.
"Summon wind and rain?"
Although the scene before him was far from reaching such a level, Shen Yi was certain he had mastered a power beyond that of mortals.
He silently pursed his lips and took out two Tiger Pills, his last remaining savings, intending to use them to supplement the Celestial Demon Outer Pill.
But just the first transformation could rival a Juvenile Core Martial Immortal... No, it wasn't just a match; it might even be slightly superior.
If he could achieve minor mastery, what kind of astonishing effects would it bring?
By then, perhaps he wouldn't need to rely on the outer pill to possess the strength he had just displayed.
【Remaining Demonic Lifespan: 2,228 years】
【In the first year, you prepare to attempt the second transformation, but before that, you must first use the power of death to erase the remaining consciousness within the dragon power.】
Seeing the prompt on the panel, Shen Yi rolled up his sleeve again and gently touched the now-invisible dragon tail pattern.
Only by completely severing the remaining divine soul within could this power truly belong to him.
【In the seventy-second year, under the torment of death, you heard an unwilling dragon's roar gradually dissipating into the air. You didn't pay much attention and took out the Tiger Pill, swallowing it. With the Immortal-Demon body after the first transformation, you coexisted harmoniously with the violent demonic energy, and the efficiency of your progress increased.】
According to his previous experience, the cultivation contained within the Tiger Pill was five times that of the remaining Dragon Pill.
It would take approximately... 1,500 years?
For humans, this was an astronomical number, but the Immortal-Demon Nine Transformations were clearly not something a Martial Immortal should master. Confining demons within one's body and seizing their innate abilities, what kind of 'Martial Art' was this?
Shen Yi paused for a moment, hoping that this so-called efficiency increase was indeed genuine.
【In the six hundred and thirty-first year, you completely refine the Tiger Pill, completing the second transformation...】
【You transform into a Mountain Lord, patrolling the hundred beasts. Your tiger spirit shakes the mountains, invulnerable to all tricks, and malevolent creatures avoid you. Your radiant eyes discern ghosts and gods, driving souls and spirits as you roam the four wastelands.】
As both a Dragon Immortal and a Mountain Lord, each completed transformation brings new innate abilities.
This time, Shen Yi was prepared, clenching his fist.
The surging power that flowed into him was far greater than the previous time, but its impact on his mental state was much less.
"Not enough..."
Shen Yi's eyes flickered as he carefully compared the current state with the power he had displayed when using the Celestial Demon Outer Pill.
It was still a bit lacking.
A Core Formation Realm demon could easily overwhelm a Juvenile Core Realm one. Even with his current physical body, he still couldn't reach the level of killing a Tiger Overlord with a single palm strike.
Without relying on the Celestial Demon Outer Pill, he was only slightly inferior to the Dragon Lord of Qingfeng Mountain.
"Do I need to complete the third transformation to achieve minor mastery?"
Shen Yi looked down at the remaining Tiger Pill in his palm and sighed slightly.
It probably wasn't enough.
(End of Chapter)
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