Attaining Immortality, Starting From Slaying Demons

[Remaining demonic lifespan: 8,164 years]

As the prompt appeared before his eyes,

Shen Yi was about to open his eyes and exit the introspection when he saw the smile on the Dao Fetus.

He was slightly taken aback but wasn't surprised; he promptly summoned the suppressing power and slapped it twice on the ears, "What's there to smile about?"

Ever since he prepared to leave Tingyang County last time, Shen Yi had realized the importance of innate talent in cultivation.

Whether it's Solidifying Pill or Embrace Pill, regardless of Dao Infant or Yin God,

They were actually doing the same thing.

That is, by using the breath of heaven and earth to nurture a vessel that could contain one's own Divine Soul.

But the breath of heaven and earth is an extremely spiritual entity.

The vessel it condenses can easily develop self-awareness.

And for a cultivator in the Embrace Pill Realm seeking to break through to the Primordial Realm, they must contend with this consciousness for control of the vessel.

This isn't something that can be compensated for with time alone.

The longer the lifespan consumed, the more mature the consciousness in the Dao Fetus will become, to the point where it can eventually completely retaliate against its host.

If it were a Yin God condensed from Incense Willpower, or a Dao Infant nurtured by ordinary breath, perhaps their temperaments would be a lot milder, and therefore easier to manipulate.

But nourishing it with a ferocious demonic power like his own, coupled with the Heaven-Devouring Elixir Devouring that is extremely greedy and possesses a cultivation far more robust than others in the same realm,

As a result, the Dao Fetus will be even more violent.

In other words, with his already mediocre aptitude, Shen Yi was now faced with a difficulty level far beyond that of any other cultivator in the Embrace Pill Realm.

"..."

Shen Yi slowly chewed and swallowed the Dragon Elixir, which was nearly depleted.

[First year, you consume the Dragon Elixir, digesting the impurities within; the talent of the Power of the Jiao Demon is enhanced.]

[Solidifying Pill (Rare). Power of the Jiao Demon]

Having consumed the Demon Cores of six dragons, his bloodline seemed to have broken through a certain barrier.

The sacrifices of the young and old of the Jiao Clan had finally borne fruit.

Shen Yi felt the blood in his body grow hotter, a tightness in his chest making him feel an inexplicable urge to throw a few punches and vent.

His fist clenched subconsciously, soothing his heart.

One must know that after completing the seventh transformation of the Nine Transformations of the Immortal Demon, his physical body had reached an incredibly terrifying level.

And now, the divine skills of the Jiao Clan's bloodline managed to provide Shen Yi with a substantial and tangible enhancement.

That was a great gain indeed.

Indeed, frugality is a virtue.

Once he adjusted his condition, Shen Yi once again channeled the demonic lifespan into it.

After absorbing the cultivation of the Old Jiaolong, the Dao Fetus was fully formed. Now, just one step away from condensing a real Dao Infant, but before taking that step, all preparations must be made.

After all the hard work, he couldn't just end up making the wedding dress for someone else.

The Precious Furnace glowed faintly with dark red veins, as the heavy suppressing force quickly gathered towards the Heaven-Devouring inner core.

[First year, as you watched the Dao Fetus pretending to be asleep, you began attempting to merge your Divine Soul into it. However, just upon entering the body condensed by demonic power, you immediately sensed something amiss. It had grown over thousands of years, far from the naivety of its initial birth, and you started to feel increasingly anxious inside.]

Don't panic, it can't resist anyway.

Shen Yi silently cheered the other party in his mind.

Just go ahead and fight; there's plenty of demonic lifespan available.

As if hearing Shen Yi's thoughts, the text in the panel prompt gradually became more ferocious.

The Divine Soul and the consciousness of the Dao Fetus began a desperate struggle.

Shen Yi had witnessed such a scenario many times before. With every breakthrough in the Nine Transformations of the Immortal Demon, similar conflicts would erupt between demons. Only this time, he himself was the one embroiled in the fierce battle.

[In the 307th year, you faced defeat once again, a vicious mental torture that made you really want to take a rest, even though the consciousness of the Dao Fetus was suppressed, it was still not something you could chew on, fortunately, your divine sense had grown.]

Shen Yi closed his eyes, suddenly feeling refreshed.

The whole world seemed to become a bit more amicable.

So that was it.

The process of fighting for the Dao Fetus with one's divine sense was in itself a form of cultivation, focusing not on the physical body, but on the advancement of the divine soul.

The stronger the opponent, the greater the benefits one would gain.

Thinking in this way, it didn't seem like such a loss after all.

[In the 732nd year, you were like a weary lone wolf, quietly staring at the consciousness of the Dao Fetus, which was nothing more than an immovable piece of fat meat, and you didn't know how many times you had charged at it.]

It had taken only a little over eight hundred years to erase the consciousness of the Azure-faced Lions with dead intent.

Now a comparable amount of time had been used, and the battle had only just begun.

Shen Yi's feeling right now was strangely extreme.

It was as if an invisible hand brutally tore open his skull.

Stuffing in fatigue, pain, despair... all sorts of emotions forcibly.

However, just when he was about to break, he could immediately feel the growth of his divine sense, as if a weak person was slowly but toughly becoming stronger.

Until Shen Yi became completely numb.

Finally, another cue emerged.

[In the 1,790th year, you looked at the torn consciousness of the Dao Fetus, the last wisp of it trembling and pleading for mercy from you, you did not feel very happy, you merely stood beside it, calmly gazing at its face, under the shroud of your eyes, it finally understood who was the true master of this body.]

[Heaven-Devouring Elixir Technique, Great Achievement]

[Remaining lifespan of the Demon: 6,373 years]

The cue that should have appeared when the Dao Fetus was first formed only emerged now.

Shen Yi sat silently on the edge of the bed, not knowing how long it had been, as his eyes gradually cleared.

Inside the inner core within his sea of qi.

The Dao Fetus was connected with crimson blood threads, and this time it truly fell into deep slumber.

Having dealt with the consciousness issue, all that was left was to feed it some Demon Cores to give it the strength to sever those blood threads, and then formally break through to the Dao Infant Stage.

That would mean becoming a warrior of the same realm as Jiang Qiu Lan.

Along with the Nine Transformations of the Immortal Demon and various martial skills.

If she could even return a punch, it would mean Shen Yi hadn't struck hard enough.

"..."

Shen Yi looked towards the wooden door, his eyes filled with eager anticipation.

He had been fighting demons incessantly and had yet to attempt challenging a real warrior.

After such a long time cultivating, he finally felt that he had a fair chance of winning.

But soon Shen Yi's gaze retreated.

Forget it, better to try after the breakthrough.

When the excitement of the breakthrough had faded, Shen Yi lay quietly on the bed, using the Hong Mang to massage his body, in order to relieve the tension he had felt earlier.

At present, the only ones who could threaten him and with whom he had grievances were only the Howling Moon Demon King… and it seemed there was also a fox from Qingqiu.

Although he had been thorough when he took action himself.

But there was no guarantee that they didn't leave behind some sort of bloodline or Precious Tool to pass on a message.
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It was better to resolve these matters quickly.

Otherwise, being on someone's mind all the time just made one feel uneasy.

"Demon Cores, huh..."