Chapter 269: Immortal Mansion Shatters, Ji Qing Succeeds In “planting Demons”, Demon Spirit Tempering Heart Works Wonders!
“Dead… dead…”
Yue Chi Void Immortal could not hide the shock in her heart.
Those were thirty Immortal Seeds.
And they were Immortal Seeds with stronger Strength after being taken over by Demon Spirits.
The result was that they were all slaughtered by Ji Qing alone.
This was not a battle, it was a complete one-sided slaughter.
Ji Qing didn’t even suffer a minor injury.
It was an absolute crushing victory.
Is this still a Virtual Immortal?
Is this still an Immortal Seed?
Yue Chi herself is a Virtual Immortal and an Immortal Seed.
How could she not know the Strength of a Virtual Immortal or an Immortal Seed?
They were very strong, but not outrageously so.
This was truly unbelievable.
“Do you have a Treasure that can resist the erosion of True Immortal level Demon Spirits?”
Ji Qing suddenly asked.
“Yes, it was bestowed by my father…”
Yue Chi replied.
Ji Qing nodded. It was no wonder Yue Chi could be fearless of True Immortal level Demon Spirits, as it was a Treasure bestowed by an Immortal Lord.
“Let’s go, there are many Demon Spirits here.”
After saying that, Ji Qing left the place directly.
Ji Qing and Yue Chi left together, and they later encountered many other Immortal Seeds.
But they were all the same.
They had all been eroded by Demon Spirits and turned into Demonic Immortals.
Ji Qing’s heart stirred, and he thought of a possibility.
It was said that Cloud Terrace Immortal Venerable was skilled in Mind cultivation.
Could it be that he used Demon Spirits to improve his Mind?
This possibility was very high.
Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many Demon Spirits in the Cloud Platform Immortal Mansion; they must have all been Demon Spirits captured by Cloud Terrace Immortal Venerable.
Ji Qing had already obtained what he needed in the Immortal Mansion, so he no longer lingered and left the Immortal Mansion with Yue Chi Void Immortal.
Ji Qing only obtained about 4 Immortal Points this time.
This was equivalent to about forty Virtual Immortal level Demonic Immortals.
Even though those Demon Spirits were True Immortal level, once they took over an Immortal Seed, and that Immortal Seed was only a Virtual Immortal, then if Ji Qing killed a Virtual Immortal level Demonic Immortal, he would only get 0.1 Immortal Point.
As for the Demon Spirits that had not taken over, Ji Qing could only rely on the Demon Spirit Mirror to resist their erosion and could not kill them.
Ji Qing’s harvest this time was already considerable.
When he flew out of the Immortal Mansion, he saw that quite a few Immortal Seeds had also escaped and were all shaken.
“Huh? Only the two of you escaped?”
When Ji Qing and Yue Chi returned before the Immortal Lord, the Immortal Lord’s expression had turned ashen.
He had likely already learned of the events within the Immortal Mansion.
“Yes, only the two of us.”
The Immortal Lord said nothing, but waved his hand, and a ray of light enveloped the two.
“You have not been taken over by Demon Spirits. Stay here well.”
Over the next few hours, more Immortal Seeds continuously escaped.
By the time three days had passed, there was no more movement from within the Immortal Mansion.
The number of Immortal Seeds of the Xu Mi Immortal Sect finally settled at twelve.
In other words, a total of thirteen Immortal Seeds had died.
Over half had been killed or injured!
This was a great loss.
After all, every Immortal Seed that could come was among the most outstanding of the Xu Mi Immortal Sect’s Immortal Seeds.
And now thirteen had been lost at once.
Not just the Xu Mi Immortal Sect; the other two Great Immortal Sects were in a similar state, suffering heavy losses.
“Why were there so many Demon Spirits in this Cloud Platform Immortal Mansion?”
“The Immortal Lords cannot enter the Immortal Mansion. I think only an Immortal Venerable can act to destroy it. Otherwise, if the Demon Spirits rush out of the Cloud Platform Immortal Mansion, the consequences would be unimaginable.”
“These Demon Spirits are actually very precious, it’s just a pity that we cannot enter to capture them…”
Demon Spirits were indeed useful.
They were even very useful.
Especially since the Demon Spirits in the Cloud Platform Immortal Mansion were all True Immortal level.
But it was unfortunate that True Immortals, Immortal Lords, and Immortal Venerables could not enter.
If an Immortal Venerable forcefully entered, the Immortal Mansion might collapse.
“Let’s report to an Immortal Venerable and have them handle it…”
Immediately, these Immortal Lords began to send Communications Talismans to the Immortal Venerables.
“Buzz.”
Soon, three Immortal Venerables appeared.
The faces of these three Immortal Venerables could not be seen clearly, only their terrifying aura could be felt.
“Since the Cloud Platform Immortal Mansion is occupied by Demon Spirits, this Immortal Venerable is useless. The three of us will act together. Whatever we can snatch from the Immortal Mansion before it collapses will depend on our own abilities.”
The three Immortal Venerables reached an agreement.
Previously, they were afraid of the Immortal Mansion collapsing, which would make all their efforts in vain and they would gain nothing.
But now it was different.
Now the Immortal Mansion was occupied by Demon Spirits, and even Virtual Immortals going in would be a dead end.
They could not possibly let the Demon Spirits run rampant in the Immortal Mansion.
In that case, they could only act forcefully.
“Rumble.”
Thus, the Immortal Venerables acted forcefully.
Each extended a hand.
Even the Immortal Mansion left by an ancient Immortal Venerable was easily torn apart.
Immortal Venerables were the most respected among Immortals.
Their Strength was earth-shattering.
These three Immortal Venerables’ actions directly tore apart the Cloud Platform Immortal Mansion.
The moment the Cloud Platform Immortal Mansion shattered, it began to “self-destruct.”
A terrifying Power erupted from within the Immortal Mansion.
It was a Power from ancient times.
It was the residual Power of an ancient Immortal Venerable.
It instantly destroyed the Immortal Mansion.
However, the three Immortal Venerables still managed to snatch a few things from the Immortal Mansion during that instant.
What those things were, no one knew.
Seeing this scene, Ji Qing’s heart trembled.
He felt that he had indeed become a bit complacent in the Immortal Realm during this period.
Especially after he cultivated three Immortal Techniques and believed he could escape calmly even from an Immortal Lord, he became even more complacent.
He felt that no matter how vast the Immortal Realm was, he could roam freely.
But when he saw these three Immortal Venerables act.
Although it was only one blow, this single blow shattered all the pride in Ji Qing’s heart.
That terrifying Power, even a single finger could easily crush Ji Qing to death.
Immortal Venerable!
The most respected among Immortals, truly extraordinary.
Immortal Lords were already very strong, but compared to Immortal Venerables, they were on entirely different levels.
Ji Qing, after all, was not even an Immortal yet.
The difference was too great.
The Cloud Platform Immortal Mansion was shattered, and there was no more Cloud Platform Immortal Mansion.
As for the Demon Spirits within the Immortal Mansion.
They were likely all dead.
Even if they weren’t dead, they would have been captured by the three Immortal Venerables.
“Alright, let’s go back.”
Seeing this scene, the Immortal Lords also felt some heartache.
But it was as it was, and no one could do anything about it.
The Immortal Lords did not ask what the remaining twelve Immortal Seeds had gained within the Immortal Mansion.
After all, it had been agreed that all gains within the Immortal Mansion belonged to the Immortal Seeds personally.
However, every Immortal Seed had a solemn expression.
It was unclear who had made great gains.
Soon, the Immortal Lords escorted the twelve Immortal Seeds back to the Xu Mi Immortal Sect.
The many Immortal Seeds also parted ways.
However, before leaving, Yue Chi Void Immortal and Ji Qing exchanged Communication Talisman methods.
Yue Chi Void Immortal bowed to Ji Qing and said, “Thank you for this trip to the Immortal Mansion, Fellow Daoist Ji. Please rest assured, Fellow Daoist, I will not mention a single word about what happened inside the Immortal Mansion and will never bring you trouble.”
Yue Chi Void Immortal could also tell.
Ji Qing was hiding a lot.
He likely had a Secret.
But she knew even better that it was Ji Qing who had saved her.
No matter how deeply Ji Qing hid, she had to cover for him.
Ji Qing nodded and said nothing more, returning to his Cave Dwelling.
Upon returning to his Cave Dwelling, Ji Qing began to inventory his harvest from this trip.
Not to mention the Medicinal Garden.
Each plant was an Immortal Medicine, and they could continue to grow in Ji Qing’s internal Immortal Mansion, allowing him to cultivate other Immortal Medicines in the future. This was a huge profit!
However, Ji Qing valued the Library even more.
The sudden appearance of so many Demon Spirits in the Cloud Platform Immortal Mansion was not an accident in Ji Qing’s opinion.
It was likely related to Cloud Terrace Immortal Venerable.
Especially the method Cloud Terrace Immortal Venerable used to improve his Mind was likely closely related to Demon Spirits.
If there was a place where these methods could be found, it would undoubtedly be in the Library of the Cloud Platform Immortal Mansion.
And Ji Qing happened to have “moved” the entire Library back.
Ji Qing began to examine the Collection of Books in the Immortal Mansion.
This would take some Time.
After all, there was a large Collection of Books.
Time passed day by day.
Ji Qing spent over three months searching and finally found what he was looking for.
“This is… a method for cultivating Demon Spirits?”
Ji Qing’s heart trembled.
Demon Spirits could be cultivated?
This Cloud Terrace Immortal Venerable, he was truly daring?
Afterward, Ji Qing read carefully.
The more he read, the more shocked he became.
He finally understood why there were so many Demon Spirits in the Cloud Platform Immortal Mansion.
It turned out they were indeed cultivated by Cloud Terrace Immortal Venerable.
Moreover, Cloud Terrace Immortal Venerable could indeed improve his Mind by using Demon Spirits.
Cloud Terrace Immortal Venerable had even created a Method for this purpose.
It was called the Demonic Spirit Heart Refining Art.
This Method was of the True Immortal level.
It could use Demon Spirits to improve the Mind.
Demon Spirits could inherently erode the Mind.
This Demonic Spirit Heart Refining Art worked in this way.
As for Demon Spirits.
The Demon Spirits in the Demon Ruins were contested by the Three Great Immortal Sects.
Yet Cloud Terrace Immortal Venerable had a method for cultivating them.
However, its cultivation method was somewhat appalling.
Raising demons with humans!
What level of cultivator could cultivate a corresponding Demon Spirit.
For example, a True Immortal could cultivate a Demon Spirit at the True Immortal level.
A Void Immortal could only cultivate a Demon Spirit at the Void Immortal level.
An Immortal Lord could even cultivate a Demon Spirit at the Immortal Lord level.
Furthermore, Ji Qing also thought of a question.
Cloud Terrace Immortal Venerable recruited so many disciples, liked to cultivate so many disciples.
Was it truly just for cultivating disciples?
If these disciples were used to cultivate Demon Spirits…
Then, it would be easy to understand why there were so many Demon Spirits in the Immortal Mansion.
“The method of cultivating Demon Spirits must never be leaked, otherwise…”
Ji Qing shook his head.
The harm would be too great.
If those Immortal Sects obtained the method of cultivating Demon Spirits.
It was foreseeable that countless cultivators would become carriers for Demon Spirit cultivation.
Even True Immortals would likely not escape this fate.
However, although the method of cultivating Demon Spirits could not be leaked, Ji Qing himself could use it.
The Demonic Spirit Heart Refining Art actually had a flaw.
That is, it was very difficult to cultivate.
It was almost impossible to achieve Perfection.
Only Cloud Terrace Immortal Venerable, who created this art, had achieved Perfection.
None of his other disciples could cultivate it to Perfection.
Only with the Demonic Spirit Heart Refining Art at Perfection could refining Demon Spirits rapidly improve the Mind.
Otherwise, even with the Demonic Spirit Heart Refining Art at Major Accomplishment, refining Demon Spirits would carry considerable risks, and one could easily have their Mind eroded by the Demon Spirit if not careful.
But for Ji Qing, this was not a problem at all.
He had Immortal Points, so no matter how difficult the Demonic Spirit Heart Refining Art was, he could directly upgrade it to Perfection.
Ji Qing now needed the Demonic Spirit Heart Refining Art at Beginner level.
He also needed a Demon Spirit, or a True Immortal.
It was also possible to cultivate a Demon Spirit with a True Immortal.
In fact, Ji Qing also had a Demon Spirit.
It was the Demon Spirit within the Demon Spirit Mirror.
But he only had one Demon Spirit.
Once the Demon Spirit in the Demon Spirit Mirror was refined, the Demon Spirit Mirror would be useless.
The loss would outweigh the gain.
If he were to try his luck in the Demon Ruins, even if there were Demon Spirits at the True Immortal level, Ji Qing would not be able to capture them.
Demon Spirits were very special.
Ji Qing did not have any means to deal with Demon Spirits.
But if they were cultivated ones, it would be different.
They would naturally be controlled by Ji Qing.
“A True Immortal…”
Ji Qing frowned.
He did indeed need to cultivate a Demon Spirit at the True Immortal level.
But he would not hunt True Immortals specifically to cultivate Demon Spirits.
That would go against Ji Qing’s principles.
However, some True Immortals who had committed countless sins would not violate Ji Qing’s principles.
Ji Qing immediately pulled up the tasks from the Xu Mi Immortal Sect.
Among them, he could see tasks for the Pursuit and hunting of some True Immortals.
These True Immortals had offended some True Immortals of the Xu Mi Immortal Sect, setting aside that for now.
Ji Qing specifically looked for those True Immortals who had committed egregious crimes and spilled rivers of blood.
Ji Qing would not accept the tasks.
But it was fine to quietly capture some of these True Immortals after investigating them.
With Ji Qing’s current Strength, especially having cultivated the Chaos Immortal Trapping Art to Perfection, it would be even easier for Ji Qing to capture a True Immortal alive.
With Ji Qing’s Intelligence capabilities alone, it would be almost impossible to investigate the approximate whereabouts of these True Immortals.
But it was different when he utilized the intelligence of the Xu Mi Immortal Sect.
If he didn’t accept the tasks, he wouldn’t know the specific locations of these True Immortals.
But having a general location would be sufficient.
As for whether these tasks would be accepted by True Immortals of the Xu Mi Immortal Sect?
If Ji Qing captured those True Immortals, causing the True Immortals of the Xu Mi Immortal Sect to fail their tasks, that would be none of Ji Qing’s concern.
Ji Qing filtered through the numerous True Immortal tasks.
He first selected a task for “Sha Luo True Immortal.”
Sha Luo True Immortal, to be precise, was an evil cultivator.
Millions of ordinary people, or cultivators below the True Immortal level, were abducted by him and then cultivated evil techniques.
He had incurred the wrath of both heaven and man.
It was a pity that Sha Luo’s Strength was very high, especially his ability to escape.
Even when surrounded by True Immortals, he had repeatedly escaped.
This Sha Luo True Immortal had recently appeared in the Xu Mi Immortal Domain, primarily appearing in the Yin Mountain area.
“Yin Mountain? Not too far from the Xu Mi Immortal Sect, I’ll go and see if I can find this Sha Luo True Immortal. However, this task seems to have been taken? It’s even been taken for a month, which is not a short time…”
Ji Qing thought, a month’s time, and the task hasn’t been canceled, which means it hasn’t been completed yet.
Since the task hasn’t been completed, he’d go and try his luck.
Moreover, Sha Luo True Immortal shouldn’t be that easy to catch.
Otherwise, after so long, Sha Luo True Immortal wouldn’t still be at large.
Thus, Ji Qing stood up and quietly left his Cave Dwelling once more.
…
On the outskirts of Yin Mountain, a full five True Immortals were searching.
All five wore the attire of the Xu Mi Immortal Sect, clearly all True Immortals of the Xu Mi Immortal Sect.
With such a lineup, and in the territory of the Xu Mi Immortal Sect,
They were basically capable of doing anything.
However, the expressions of the five were not very good.
“It’s been a full month, we’ve been on this task for so long and haven’t found any trace of Sha Luo. Is this News reliable? Or has Sha Luo already escaped Yin Mountain? Or even escaped the Xu Mi Immortal Domain?”
“Sha Luo is cultivating an Evil Cultivation Technique that requires a large amount of Yin Fiend Qi. This person crossed several Immortal Domains to come to the Xu Mi Immortal Domain, wasn’t it all for the Yin Fiend Qi of Yin Mountain? Therefore, I judge that Sha Luo has definitely not left yet and is hiding within Yin Mountain.”
“But we’ve searched for so long without any trace…”
These five True Immortals had all accepted a kill order from the Xu Mi Immortal Sect.
They were here to kill Sha Luo.
Yet, to this day, there was still no trace of Sha Luo.
Some True Immortals even considered abandoning the task.
Rather than wasting time on the task of finding Sha Luo, it would be better to abandon the task and choose another one.
“Hm?”
Suddenly, one True Immortal seemed to sense something.
“There’s Yin Fiend Qi flowing, and it’s quite a commotion. Let’s go and see.”
The five True Immortals immediately followed the flow of Yin Fiend Qi towards its source.
Soon, they arrived outside a valley.
Looking down from above, the valley showed no problems.
Yet, the Yin Fiend Qi continuously flowed into the valley and disappeared without a trace, even beyond their senses.
This was definitely a problem.
“Could it be a Formation?”
“Let me break the Formation.”
Thus, one True Immortal was skilled at breaking formations.
He immediately unleashed an Immortal Technique.
“Rumble.”
The Immortal Technique struck into the valley.
However, the valley did not shatter; instead, it began to vibrate violently.
Ripples stirred in the Void.
Immediately afterward, a great change occurred within the valley.
In the originally tranquil valley, a True Immortal was sitting cross-legged.
Emanating a large amount of Yin Fiend Qi.
It was Sha Luo True Immortal!
“What, Sha Luo is really in Yin Mountain?”
“What kind of Formation is this, to be so ingenious? It fooled us for a month…”
“Sha Luo escaped our search by relying on this Formation, but he couldn’t hide the flow of Yin Fiend Qi.”
“Sha Luo, you cannot escape death today!”
Seeing Sha Luo appear, all the Immortals were overjoyed.
The five True Immortals had accepted the task together to ensure that Sha Luo True Immortal would definitely be killed.
Sha Luo True Immortal’s true strength lay in his ability to survive.
It seemed his Formation was also powerful.
But once discovered, Sha Luo True Immortal was nothing to fear.
The five True Immortals immediately unleashed their Immortal Techniques.
With five Immortal Techniques, even if there was a clever Formation set up by Sha Luo within the valley, it could not withstand the bombardment of five True Immortals’ Immortal Techniques.
“Pfft.”
The Great Formation instantly shattered.
The Immortal Techniques descended into the valley, completely obliterating the entire valley.
However, when they saw Sha Luo True Immortal in the Void, their faces suddenly changed.
Sha Luo True Immortal was not dead yet?
And, judging by his appearance, he was unharmed.
But this was the combined strike of their five True Immortals.
How could Sha Luo True Immortal be unharmed?
“Substitution Technique!”
One True Immortal saw through Sha Luo True Immortal’s reality.
Sha Luo True Immortal had actually used a Substitution Technique at the critical moment, forcefully escaping and nullifying their combined strike.
However, although the Substitution Technique was miraculous, it required a great price to use it once.
How many times could Sha Luo True Immortal use it?
“Buzz.”
Sha Luo True Immortal attempted to traverse the Void.
But the five True Immortals were prepared.
The surrounding Void had been sealed by them, and they had also used an Immortal Treasure, the Sky Net!
Sha Luo True Immortal could not traverse the Void to escape at all.
With such thorough preparations, Sha Luo True Immortal was certain to die!
“Die!”
The five True Immortals attacked again, unleashing five Immortal Techniques, giving Sha Luo no chance to breathe.
“You’ve really prepared thoroughly, but you can’t kill me!”
Sha Luo flicked his finger sharply at his brow.
Instantly, a wisp of golden light appeared from his brow.
“Swoosh.”
The golden light seemed incredibly sharp, instantly breaking through the spatial blockade of the five True Immortals.
Sha Luo instantly plunged into the Space and disappeared without a trace.
“What? Sha Luo still escaped?”
“That last golden light was truly terrifying. It even pierced our Sky Net. What exactly was it?”
“It is said that Sha Luo’s repeated escapes were mostly due to that golden light. As for what it is exactly, no one knows. The current key is to catch up to Sha Luo.”
“Fortunately, I had a backup plan. I placed a tracking Immortal Technique on Sha Luo. As long as he’s not too far away, I can sense him.”
“Alright, let’s continue the pursuit!”
And so, these five True Immortals immediately traversed space and swiftly pursued.
In reality, Sha Luo’s situation was indeed not good at present.
He had not expected to be jointly surrounded and killed by five True Immortals.
However, he had, after all, managed to escape.
“Hmph, tracking immortal techniques, you think I don’t know? It’s just that thoroughly removing this kind of thing requires a considerable amount of time…”
Sha Luo sneered.
He was very calm in his heart.
He had experienced many pursuits; his experience was quite rich.
As long as he wasn’t surrounded on the spot, once he managed to escape the encirclement, he was sure to escape.
This time was no different.
He traversed space to his limit in one go, then broke through the void, preparing to lay a false trail, and then find a way to remove the tracking mark and shake off the five True Immortals’ pursuit.
Finally, he still had to return to Yin Mountain.
Who would have thought that he would eventually return to Yin Mountain again?
However, when he broke through space and prepared to rest.
Suddenly, Sha Luo’s eyes narrowed sharply.
What did he see?
In the distant void, a figure in black, a cultivator whose face he couldn’t discern, was holding a hilt, seemingly waiting for him to break through space and arrive.
“How can this be…”
Sha Luo couldn’t understand how anyone could continuously track him.
And even be so fast?
This was impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
However, no matter how much Sha Luo refused to believe it, his reaction was quick. He turned and fled, intending to traverse space again to escape.
“Hum.”
The next moment, a layer of light enveloped Sha Luo.
Chaos Immortal Trapping Art!
It immediately trapped Sha Luo.
Sha Luo was unable to traverse space and escape immediately.
Sha Luo gritted his teeth and immediately sent out another strand of golden light from his brow.
This strand of golden light was extremely terrifying; even the Chaos Immortal Trapping Art could be broken by it.
Unfortunately, Ji Qing’s blade light was faster.
“Swish.”
Ji Qing unleashed a slash without hesitation.
This slash, combined with the Void Merging Immortal Art, arrived before Sha Luo True Immortal almost instantly.
“Ah…”
Sha Luo True Immortal let out a scream.
He was cut in half by Ji Qing’s blade.
This was still because Ji Qing had held back.
Otherwise, with just this one slash, Sha Luo True Immortal would have died!
However, Ji Qing spared Sha Luo’s life in order to cultivate Demonic Spirits.
This slash only caused Sha Luo to be severely wounded.
Ji Qing flew over and directly sealed Sha Luo, preventing him from mobilizing even a trace of his power.
Then, he threw him into the Immortal Mansion.
“Swoosh.”
Ji Qing instantly traversed space and left.
From the moment Ji Qing made his move to his departure, it had actually only been the time of a single breath.
It was too fast.
So fast that the five True Immortals, following the tracking mark, arrived.
The result was that no one was there.
“The tracking mark has disappeared…”
“To think Sha Luo escaped again, how detestable!”
“We were so close to capturing Sha Luo…”
Unfortunately, everything was ruined now.
With the tracking mark lost, they could no longer track Sha Luo.
This task was declared a failure.
These five True Immortals didn’t notice at all that Sha Luo had been captured alive.
They only thought that Sha Luo True Immortal had removed the tracking mark and escaped again.
After all, Sha Luo True Immortal had repeatedly escaped pursuits; it was already a common occurrence.
At this moment, Ji Qing traversed to an unfamiliar void.
He was very careful.
He continued to add several more layers of seals on Sha Luo within the Immortal Mansion, and then checked if there were any tracking marks on Sha Luo’s body.
Sha Luo looked at Ji Qing, his eyes filled with shock.
“You… you don’t even have an Immortal Spirit Body, yet your power is so terrifying that even True Immortals are no match for you. Who exactly are you?”
Sha Luo was truly shocked.
He had roamed across several Immortal Domains; although he had been fleeing the entire time, he still considered himself knowledgeable.
He had never seen a cultivator as “strange” as Ji Qing.
Clearly not a True Immortal, yet his power was more terrifying than that of a True Immortal.
Moreover, his various methods allowed him to capture Sha Luo so easily, which was highly unusual.
Ji Qing did not waste any words.
Directly using Cloud Terrace Immortal Venerable’s method of cultivating Demonic Spirits.
He directly “planted demons” on Sha Luo True Immortal.
Demonic Spirits were a very strange kind of being.
They were almost impossible to kill.
As long as there were negative emotions, as long as there were issues with the mind, Demonic Spirits would be born.
This was also why, even though Demonic Spirits were universally reviled, they could never be eradicated in the Immortal Realm.
It wasn’t just the Demon Ruins.
Demonic Spirits lived almost everywhere in the Immortal Realm.
Cloud Terrace Immortal Venerable’s “planting demons” method was very divine.
“Planting demons” within a cultivator’s body in a special way.
Demonic Spirits would naturally and gradually grow.
When the Demonic Spirits grew to the True Immortal level, they could be “harvested.”
At that time, Sha Luo True Immortal would also completely die, entirely becoming nourishment for the Demonic Spirits.
“Hum.”
Ji Qing successfully planted a demon on Sha Luo True Immortal.
In the depths of his being, Sha Luo True Immortal felt as if there was a huge shadow in his mind.
He began to feel fear in his heart.
However, the growth of Demonic Spirits also required time.
Ji Qing was not in a hurry.
He would just wait.
Ji Qing sealed Sha Luo again in the Immortal Mansion, and then returned to the Cave Dwelling of Sumeru Immortal Sect.
After returning to the Cave Dwelling, Ji Qing pulled out the task again.
Upon seeing the “Slay Sha Luo” task, he found that he could re-accept it.
This was because the several True Immortals who had accepted this task last time had abandoned it.
Ji Qing knew that those True Immortals abandoning the task was actually related to him.
In fact, Ji Qing had seen several True Immortals besieging Sha Luo at the time.
But his identity was sensitive, so he had remained hidden and observed from the side.
It was only after Sha Luo successfully escaped that Ji Qing pursued Sha Luo.
In terms of traversing space, Ji Qing’s Void Merging Immortal Art was at Perfection, and his comprehension of space was deeper, thus Ji Qing traversed space faster than ordinary True Immortals.
Therefore, the moment Sha Luo broke through space, Ji Qing had actually broken through space one step ahead, catching Sha Luo by surprise, and then capturing Sha Luo alive.
“I wonder how long it will take for Demonic Spirits to be born?”
Ji Qing was also looking forward to it.
After all, this was his first time “planting demons.”
This would definitely take a long time, not something that could be done overnight.
Ji Qing did not wait entirely.
He began to study the Demonic Spirit Heart Refining Art.
Striving to reach the Beginner stage as soon as possible.
Once he reached the Beginner stage, this Demonic Spirit Heart Refining Art could reach Perfection.
Time passed day by day.
One year, two years, three years…
Ji Qing had not expected the Demonic Spirit Heart Refining Art to be so difficult; even reaching the Beginner stage required three years.
But he had, after all, reached the Beginner stage.
Since he had reached the Beginner stage, it would be simple.
“Improve the Demonic Spirit Heart Refining Art to Perfection!”
Three Immortal Points disappeared.
The Demonic Spirit Heart Refining Art then advanced to Perfection.
Scenes appeared in Ji Qing’s mind.
From these scenes, Ji Qing also gradually understood why there was such a large gap between the Great Accomplishment and Perfection of the Demonic Spirit Heart Refining Art.
If the Demonic Spirit Heart Refining Art at Great Accomplishment had a probability of up to 40% of Demonic Spirits seizing an opportunity to enter,
then at Perfection, this probability rapidly decreased to less than 10%.
The Demonic Spirit Heart Refining Art was truly capable of refining Demonic Spirits.
Allowing Demonic Spirits to integrate into the mind, becoming Provisions for Mind Improvement.
“Shua.”
Ji Qing opened his eyes.
“Truly… a genius conception!”
Ji Qing also marveled at the Demonic Spirit Heart Refining Art.
As expected of the unique method created by Cloud Terrace Immortal Venerable, it was indeed very miraculous.
To be able to utilize Demonic Spirits in this manner was truly unheard of.
Now, only the Demonic Spirit was missing.
Ji Qing immediately entered the Immortal Mansion.
After three years, he had to see if his “planting demons” plan had succeeded.
Soon, Ji Qing saw Sha Luo True Immortal.
However, at this moment, Sha Luo True Immortal had completely become an empty shell.
His eyes appeared incredibly vacant.
Because a Demonic Spirit had been born within Sha Luo True Immortal.
This Demonic Spirit had devoured Sha Luo True Immortal’s mind.
Thus allowing itself to grow.
Ji Qing waved his hand.
A Demonic Spirit flew from within Sha Luo True Immortal into Ji Qing’s hand.
This Demonic Spirit was controlled by Ji Qing.
It would not be detrimental to Ji Qing.
If anyone else saw this scene, they would be shocked.
No one had ever been able to control a Demonic Spirit.
Even Immortal Lords and Immortal Venerables, while they could destroy Demonic Spirits, found it almost impossible to control them.
And Ji Qing was now controlling a Demonic Spirit.
Of course, if Ji Qing were to encounter other Demonic Spirits in the Demon Ruins, he still wouldn’t be able to control them.
The Demonic Spirit he could control was only the one born through the “planting demons” method.
Since the Demonic Spirit had been born and had already reached the True Immortal level, Ji Qing could now refine the Demonic Spirit and improve his mind.
Ji Qing was also looking forward to seeing how much his mind would improve after refining a True Immortal-level Demonic Spirit with the perfected Demonic Spirit Heart Refining Art.
With this thought, Ji Qing hesitated no longer.
He immediately performed the Demonic Spirit Heart Refining Art and began to refine the Demonic Spirit.
The Demonic Spirit Heart Refining Art at Perfection Realm allowed Ji Qing to refine Demon Spirits with ease.
Time passed day by day.
One cannot rush the refinement of Demon Spirits.
It also requires time.
One year, two years, three years, four years, five years…
“Swish.”
Ji Qing opened his eyes.
“Mind: Myriad Laws Unstained （ Sixth Realm Fourth Order, Immortal Characteristic ）”
Ji Qing looked at his mind.
It had improved from the Third Stage to the Fourth Order.
It seemed like only a one-stage improvement.
Even with True Immortal level Demon Spirits, the mind could only be improved by one stage at a time.
It seemed not very cost-effective.
But in reality?
Even Void Immortal level Demon Spirits could improve the mind.
The efficiency was just a bit lower.
Perhaps one Void Immortal level Demon Spirit could improve the mind by one stage.
Perhaps more.
But regardless, once one cultivated the Demonic Spirit Heart Refining Art and reached Perfection.
Their mind would definitely be improved.
And it was very stable.
Accumulating slowly, after thousands of years, the mind would reach an extremely high level.
This was truly a heaven-defying Method.
Any Immortal Sect would go mad if they knew about it.
However, Ji Qing currently had no True Immortal captives.
He also had no way to continue cultivating Demon Spirits.
He needed to find a way to capture more True Immortals at once to cultivate Demon Spirits.
“Fellow Daoist Ji.”
At this moment, a familiar voice came from outside the Cave Dwelling again.
Ji Qing opened the Cave Dwelling.
“Fellow Daoist Yue Chi, please come in.”
Ji Qing welcomed Yue Chi in.
Since the incident at Cloud Platform Immortal Mansion last time, Yue Chi had become very familiar with Ji Qing.
She would visit Ji Qing’s Cave Dwelling from time to time.
And after all these years, Ji Qing had indeed not heard any Rumors or News about himself from within Cloud Platform Immortal Mansion.
This also showed that Yue Chi had kept her promise and had not revealed any information.
She was a trustworthy person.
“Fellow Daoist Yue Chi, what brings you here this time…”
Ji Qing asked curiously.
Although Yue Chi visited from time to time, Ji Qing could tell that she seemed to have something on her mind this time.
Yue Chi looked deeply at Ji Qing, then said solemnly, “Fellow Daoist, I investigated and found that you seem to be from the Black Ruins? That Lower Realm once gave birth to Mortal Immortals. It is said that cultivators in the Black Ruins are called ‘Great Emperors’, each with terrifying Combat Power, and they even produced more than one Mortal Immortal. Is it because you haven’t reshaped your Immortal Spirit Body yet that you want to achieve Mortal Immortal in one go?”
Ji Qing’s eyes narrowed slightly.
He did not answer directly but stared at Yue Chi.
It seemed Yue Chi knew quite a lot.
This was normal.
This News could be found if one inquired diligently.
After all, Yue Chi Void Immortal was the Immortal Lord’s Daughter.
It was completely normal for her to find out this News.
However, what did Yue Chi mean by asking in front of Ji Qing?
“Fellow Daoist Yue Chi, what is it that you want to ask? Just say it directly.”
Ji Qing said lightly.
“Fellow Daoist Ji, I just want to know if you can kill True Immortals? This question is very important because it concerns a great Opportunity…”
Yue Chi said with a solemn expression.
Ji Qing quietly looked at Yue Chi Void Immortal.
In fact, Yue Chi Void Immortal already knew the answer in her heart.
But she still came to ask Ji Qing.
She just wanted to hear Ji Qing admit it in person.
After all, what Void Immortal could easily deal with thirty Immortal Seeds as if slicing vegetables?
It was impossible!
Even the most top-tier Void Immortal could not do it.
Only True Immortal Combat Power could achieve this.
Hence, Yue Chi asked this question.
“Fellow Daoist Yue Chi already knows the answer in her heart, why ask again?”
Ji Qing said lightly.
However, this reply caused stormy seas in Yue Chi’s heart, which could not calm down for a long time.
Indeed, as Yue Chi had guessed, Ji Qing truly possessed True Immortal Combat Power.
Moreover, ordinary True Immortals might not even be Ji Qing’s match.
This was simply too insane.
Who would have thought that the unknown and obscure Ji Qing, an Immortal Seed from Xu Mi Immortal Sect, would now cross realms and possess True Immortal Combat Power?
Yue Chi’s excitement gradually subsided.
She had already anticipated this before coming.
Now, she had merely heard Ji Qing admit it in person.
“Fellow Daoist Ji, do you know about the Demon Ruins?”
“I know.”
“There is an Immortal Mansion in the Demon Ruins, also the Cave Dwelling of an ancient Immortal Venerable. By chance, I obtained clues to this Immortal Mansion, but I dare not go. It is highly possible that there are True Immortal level guards within the Immortal Mansion.”
“Originally, I planned to go to that Immortal Mansion after achieving True Immortal, but when I went to observe it last time, I found that its location was moving. If this continues, the Immortal Mansion might disappear completely and move elsewhere, and then I would not be able to obtain the Opportunity from the Immortal Mansion.”
“So I want to invite Fellow Daoist Ji to go together. If we obtain any Treasure, we will split it fifty-fifty.”
Yue Chi Void Immortal said solemnly.
Her growth to this day was also due to Opportunities.
“Demon Ruins?”
Ji Qing’s eyes narrowed slightly.
“If you only need True Immortal Combat Power, with your status, wouldn’t it be a small matter for your father to send a few Immortal Lords?”
Ji Qing asked.
“To be honest, my father has been missing for over a thousand years. It is not uncommon for an Immortal Lord to go missing for a thousand years; perhaps he is in seclusion somewhere, or perhaps he has gone to a very distant place.”
“And my mother also went to look for my father in recent years, and she also went missing… In this situation, even if I found some True Immortals under my parents’ command, I cannot guarantee that they wouldn’t… faced with the temptation of an Immortal Venerable’s Immortal Mansion.”
Ji Qing understood what Yue Chi meant.
He just did not expect that Yue Chi’s father had been missing for over a thousand years, and her mother went missing while searching for him.
This was very abnormal.
And this was Yue Chi’s secret.
“Fellow Daoist Yue Chi, why do you trust Ji Mou?”
“Last time in Cloud Platform Immortal Mansion, you could have killed me after killing thirty Demon Immortals who were possessed by Demon Spirits, but you didn’t kill me…”
Ji Qing understood.
Yue Chi Void Immortal trusted him because of what happened in the Immortal Mansion last time.
However, this was also a good thing.
There were Demon Spirits in the Demon Ruins.
But Ji Qing had the Demonic Spirit realm, so he did not fear ordinary Demon Spirits.
Moreover, an Immortal Venerable’s Cave Dwelling would surely have many good things.
Ji Qing’s Demonic Spirit Heart Refining Art was obtained from an Immortal Venerable’s Cave Dwelling.
“I agree.”
Ji Qing nodded and agreed.
“That’s great! Fellow Daoist Ji, do you need to prepare anything?”
“There’s nothing much to prepare.”
“Alright, let’s depart immediately without any delay.”
Ji Qing nodded, Yue Chi was already a bit impatient.
After all, Immortal Mansions moved.
No one knew if the Immortal Mansion had moved by now.
Thus, the two immediately traversed Space.
Not long after, Ji Qing arrived outside the Demon Ruins again.
He could even see Demon Ruins City from afar.
Both of them had disguised themselves.
No one knew they were disciples of Xu Mi Immortal Sect.
Ji Qing followed behind Yue Chi, flying rapidly.
It seemed they were not far, so Yue Chi did not use Space traversal and could fly.
Soon, the two flew deep into the Demon Ruins.
“We’re here!”
Yue Chi stopped.
However, the dark Demon Ruins were completely empty; where was any Immortal Mansion?
Yue Chi immediately took out a Jade Pendant.
The Jade Pendant sent out ripples.
Unfortunately, no Immortal Mansion manifested.
Yue Chi’s expression changed.
“The Immortal Mansion must have moved again, but there is still the aura of the Immortal Mansion here. It should not have moved far, it’s nearby. We’ll likely need to search for it.”
Yue Chi had not expected it to be so difficult.
The Immortal Mansion had indeed moved.
“Then let’s search.”
Ji Qing remained very calm.
Finding it would be great.
If they couldn’t find it, it wouldn’t matter.
Thus, the two began to search the surroundings.
“Boom.”
Suddenly, a fierce fluctuation erupted.
The expressions of Ji Qing and Yue Chi changed instantly.
How could there be such a fierce fluctuation in such an empty Demon Ruins?
Moreover, this was the fluctuation of a True Immortal!
