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Chapter 118: Immortal Demon's Nine Sheddings
Chapter 118: Immortal Demon's Nine Sheddings
(793rd year) A giant softshell turtle has demonstrated its transformation to you for the sixth time, finally unlocking your innate talent and wisdom, and an unimaginable path suddenly appears in your mind.
(830th year) The monkey demon's words ring true. Without experiencing the true cycle of life and death, how can one truly comprehend the Zen of life and death? But it need not be your own death. By harnessing the vitality to tame demonic energy, capture and confine demons within yourself, and then use the intent of death to subdue them. With the help of the giant softshell turtle's tempered body, repeat this process nine times... This is the Immortal Demon's Nine Sheddings!
Remaining demon's life force: 2,548 years
Condensing Pills: Immortal Demon's Nine Sheddings (Rare): Not yet initiated
Shen Yi looked at the panel with surprise, his gaze fixed on the unfamiliar term.
If he understood it correctly, it meant "treasure," but why hadn't he seen it before?
Aside from that, the Four Harmonious True Yang was already a high-level technique, and with the addition of the Blood Evil power, it became the Supreme Yang Blood Evil, increasing its power even further. How could it not be considered a treasure?
"Huh."
Shen Yi calmed his mind and felt a growing anticipation for this first complete Condensing Pill martial art.
He channeled the remaining demon's life force into it.
Unexpectedly, he encountered a problem before even starting.
(1st year) You flip through this body-tempering technique derived from your own deductions, but even a skillful cook cannot make a meal without rice...
Shen Yi suddenly realized and reached into the silver bell, taking out the young Flood Dragon's Core and the Beast Origin of the Jade Liquid State Tiger Demon.
To confine demons within oneself, one must first have demons to confine.
He urged the Melting Sun Treasure Furnace with all his might to firmly suppress the outer Elixir and prevent its demonic energy from being taken away.
Only then did he swallow the beast origin and the Flood Dragon's elixir one by one.
(2nd year) According to the martial art's instructions, you begin to use the demonic energy within the Tiger Demon's beast origin to nourish your flesh... The violent energy of the Tiger Demon instantly tears your body apart from the inside out, but fortunately, a white light surges forth, soothing the demonic energy while repairing your body.
(8th year) The Tiger Demon's power is exhausted and completely absorbed by you. You consume a pill made from the remaining Flood Dragon's Elixir, but the two types of demonic energy are incompatible, reducing the efficiency of demon subjugation.
Seeing this, Shen Yi wasn't too worried.
Even if the aura within the Flood Dragon's Core was only one-fifth of its original amount, it was still far beyond what a mere beast origin at the Jade Liquid State could contend with.
After all, when the giant softshell turtle's beast origin was absorbed by the Heaven Demon's Outer Pill, that tiny bit of excess demonic energy was like a drop in the ocean.
As expected, in the next prompt, the rate of demon subjugation returned to normal.
"(12th year) In addition to refining demonic energy, your habitual thriftiness leads you to digest and absorb even the remnants of the Flood Dragon's Elixir, resulting in a slight enhancement of your innate Flood Dragon's demonic power."
But it was still very slow...
The Heaven Demon's Outer Pill could instantly devour demonic energy, but if one wanted to refine it into their flesh, the speed was vastly different.
Shen Yi remained patient and unhurried. The same amount of power would be more beneficial if stored within a treasure instead of his body.
(320th year) You completely subjugate the Flood Dragon's demonic energy and confine it within yourself, completing the first shedding of the Immortal Demon's Nine Sheddings.
You are a Flood Dragon Immortal, the monarch of vast rivers and wide lakes. The terrifying hundred-foot-high waves are your throne, and the treacherous hidden currents are your bed. You can stride through the rivers and dive into the deep abyss, causing tidal waves to turn the river upside down.
Immortal Demon's Nine Sheddings: Initiated
In an instant, an unparalleled power surged into his body.
Boom! Shen Yi's temples throbbed, and he slammed into the mountain wall behind him. The remains of the Tiger Demon were crushed into bloody foam, and the entire hill trembled.
It was as if the power of the Flood Dragon's demonic energy, the giant softshell turtle's tempered body, and the Zen of life and death were all combined and channeled into his limbs and bones in an instant.
"Heh..."
Shen Yi breathed heavily, leaning against the mountain wall as his muscles twitched and convulsed.
He seemed to sense something and suddenly lifted his sleeve, revealing the golden-hued Flood Dragon tail pattern extending towards his shoulder.
As time passed and he finally gained complete control over this strength, the pattern disappeared beneath his skin and slowly vanished from sight.
Shen Yi lifted his head and looked up at the sky.
The pouring rain drenched the entire hill.
Without manipulating his cultivation, he quietly watched the horizon, and suddenly, the rain avoided this place at a bizarre angle.
"Commanding the wind and calling forth the rain?"
Although the scene before him was far from reaching such a level, Shen Yi was convinced that he had gained some sort of ability that didn't belong to mortals.
He remained silent, lips pursed, and then took out two Tiger Pills, his last savings, intended for supplementing the Heaven Demon's Outer Pill.
But just the first transformation was enough to rival a Condensing Pill warrior... No, it wasn't just comparable; it might even be slightly superior.
If he could achieve minor success, the results would be astonishing.
By then, perhaps he wouldn't need to rely on the external pill to possess the strength he had just demonstrated.
【Remaining demon's life force: 2,228 years】
【In the first year, you prepare to attempt the second transformation, but before that, you must first use the intent of death to erase the remaining consciousness within the Flood Dragon's power.】
Seeing the prompt on the panel, Shen Yi rolled up his sleeve again and gently touched the vanished Flood Dragon pattern.
Only by completely severing the residual spirit within would this power truly belong to him.
【In the 72nd year, under the torment of the intent of death, you hear an unwilling dragon's roar slowly dissipating into the air... You pay it no heed and take out a Tiger Pill to swallow. With the Immortal Demon's body after the first transformation, you get along fairly well with the violent demonic energy, and the progress efficiency increases.】
According to his previous experience, the cultivation contained in the Tiger Pill was five times that of the remaining Flood Dragon Pill.
The time required would be... about 1,500 years?
For the human race, this was an astronomical figure, but it was clear that the Immortal Demon's Nine Sheddings was not a technique meant for warriors. Imprisoning demons within one's body and stealing away their innate abilities—what kind of "martial art" was this?
Shen Yi pondered for a moment, hoping that this so-called efficiency boost would indeed be a significant improvement.
【In the 631st year, you completely refine the Tiger Pill and complete the second transformation...】
【You become a Mountain Lord, patrolling the hundreds of beasts. Your tiger aura shakes the mountains, immune to all deceit, and evil spirits stay away. Your dazzling eyes discern ghosts and gods, driving souls and making the 'chang' travel the four wastelands】
Being a Flood Dragon Immortal and a Mountain Lord, each time a transformation is completed, new innate abilities are acquired.
This time, Shen Yi was prepared and clenched his fist.
The surging power that flowed into him was far greater than the previous time, but the impact on his mental state was much lesser.
"Not enough..."
Shen Yi's eyes flickered as he carefully compared the current state with the gap between the Heaven Demon's Outer Pill's full display.
Still a bit short.
A demon at the Condensing Pill realm could crush a demon at the Embryonic Pill realm. His current physical body, without the aid of the Heaven Demon's Outer Pill, was still not enough to kill the tiger demon boss with a single palm strike.
Without relying on the Heaven Demon's Outer Pill, he was probably at a level slightly inferior to the Flood Dragon Lord of Green Peak Mountain.
"Do I need to complete the third transformation to achieve minor success?"
Shen Yi lowered his eyes to look at the single Tiger Pill left in his left palm and sighed softly.
It was probably not going to be enough.
(End of Chapter)
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