Attaining Immortality, Starting From Slaying Demons

A shortcut evolved through demonic means turned out to be even more formidable and flawless than the true Condensation Elixir Method, as if it were tailor-made for me.

In the dimly lit tent, as his excitement settled down, Shen Yi's handsome face gradually became composed.

Perhaps it was due to experiences from his past life that led to a more suspicious nature.

He found it hard to believe that pies fall from the sky.

Precisely because the Skyprowler Yama Devouring Elemental Outer Elixir Method seemed too tempting, it made him somewhat uneasy.

Everything has a price; this logic should apply to most situations.

Even if there really were something flawless... it shouldn't be something a Jiao Demon and a Fox Demon could deduce in a mere two hundred years.

If that were the case, the Condensation Elixir Method would have become commonplace long ago.

Moments later, a soft sigh sounded in the tent.

"Why are you being picky now?"

Shen Yi's eyes flickered with a hint of self-mockery. From Baiyun County all the way here, the black dog, the yellow-skinned creature, the Ape Demon from Dongshan, the fox of the northern cliffs... the young River Demon and the Crocodile Dragon.

If he had played it safe, following a steady and gradual approach, he would have died more than eight hundred times by now.

With his own talent and understanding, he did not have the luxury of playing it safe. He was destined to leave the safety of walls, to plunder lifespan wherever he went.

As soon as you step outside the city, accidents can happen at any time.

On this journey, Shen Yi felt he always played the "last resort" role. The defeat of the Li siblings, the misjudgments of Hong Lei and Zhao Kanglin — they were all life-threatening; it only turned out okay because he could barely cope, transforming peril into safety.

But who would be his last resort?

The Demon-suppression Bureau's power?

Lin Baiwei had almost the strongest backing in Qingzhou, and her cultivation was also at the Complete Jade Liquid Realm. She survived, but in the end, it depended on old man Liu's panic-stricken hit with a stick.

Entrusting one's life to such low-probability events is truly unsettling.

"However, being a bit more cautious is always right."

Shen Yi took a deep breath but didn't immediately pour in the lifespan. For the first time, he carefully reviewed the newly deduced cultivation technique in his mind.

After all, it involved the major event of condensing elixirs, and extreme caution was necessary.

If there really was some hidden danger that could not be resolved for the time being, even if he were reluctant to part with these demonic lifespans, he would have to set them aside for now.

The Skyprowler Yama Devouring Elemental Outer Elixir Technique, with most of its content coming from the Jiao Demon and the Fox Demon, seemed rather arcane, even to Shen Yi.

Lines of text emerged slowly in his mind.

The candle melted bit by bit, and the flickering flame was gradually left the size of a soybean.

Shen Yi's brows furrowed slightly, interpreting the content of the Outer Elixir Technique with the shallow knowledge he had derived from the panel, with great difficulty.

Until at last...

With this wondrous method you forge, and thus you obtain the fierce and cruel Devouring Elemental Precious Tool.

"Forge? Precious Tool?"

Shen Yi opened his eyes, showing a puzzled expression.

He couldn't help but think of the Crocodile Dragon.

The scales on its body were also refined by some method, not only for offense and defense, but when scraped off by the Black Knife, the Crocodile Dragon showed no signs of pain.

So, this Outer Elixir is not related to the realm... and not even to oneself, but is more like a magical artifact?

Another gap in his knowledge.

Shen Yi helplessly raised his eyebrows. His biggest problem was the little time he had experienced after transmigrating, the short period he had spent in cultivation, and the absence of a proper mentorship, leading to his ignorance of many matters.

However, if it were a Precious Tool, then using it would be much more reassuring.

Shen Yi's mind wandered, and the vast demonic lifespan cautiously flowed towards the Skyprowler Yama Technique.

...

[First year, you mobilize the Jade Dew within your body, and begin forging the mysterious Precious Tool depicted in the External Elixir Technique in the Sun Melting Furnace.]

Seeing such a prompt, Shen Yi breathed a sigh of relief.

He continued to watch the changes on the panel, a series of prompts flashing before his eyes.

[Thirty-second year, you are accumulating more Jade Dew...]

[Ninety-eighth year, you gather all the breath that your body's meridians and flesh cannot contain in the sea of qi, refine it in the Sun Melting Furnace, and forcefully solidify it with bizarre techniques.]

[One hundred seventy-second year, you are accumulating more Jade Dew...]

[Three hundred seventieth year, the Outer Elixir begins to take shape, quietly floating in the sea of qi.]

[Six hundred ninetieth year, the Outer Elixir in your body is covered in thick, golden Jade Dew, shining brilliantly, beginning to actively absorb breath.]

[Nine hundred thirty-first year, in the Sun Melting Furnace, the golden light dissipates, revealing the spherical Outer Elixir Precious Tool within, empty and waiting for your nurturing.]

[Skyprowler Yama Devouring Elemental Outer Elixir Technique (Complete)]

[Remaining demonic lifespan: One thousand one hundred twenty-five years]

...

With the emergence of the final prompt, Shen Yi's suspicions were confirmed.

The Outer Elixir Precious Tool was not some obscure reference, but simply meant what it literally said.

The Skyprowler method magically went from uninitiated to complete, which clearly resembles the forging of a tool; therefore, there are no intermediate stages.

His eyes slightly closed, he sank into internal view.

The organs shone brightly, the golden glow of blood plasma rolled, and the Sun Melting Furnace, woven from countless dark red veins, looked like a massive prison, radiating an intense heat.

Within this great prison, a pill as smooth as White Jade quietly hovered.

If he didn't actively control it, the Jade Dew within his body wouldn't flow past it. In this perfectly unified body, it seemed so out of place, completely isolated by the Sun Melting Furnace.

Even after investing more than nine hundred years of a demon's lifespan, there was no change in either realm or strength.

"..."

Shen Yi wasn't disappointed. Instead, he showed a hint of surprise, opened his eyes, and reached out his palm slowly.

The next moment, the White Jade pill actually appeared out of thin air in his palm.

It could even be taken out of the body...

A demon remains a demon; their cultivation is just the result of enduring through their long lifespan, without a clue about the Condensation Elixir Method.

Shen Yi, lips pressed tightly in silence, moved the Crocodile Dragon Beast Origin closer with his other hand, and at that instant, the White Jade pill suddenly erupted with a domineering intent to plunder!

"Wait."

As though suddenly recalling something, Shen Yi quickly moved it away, and re-consecrated it back into his sea of qi.

He almost forgot he still had a chance to comprehend innate abilities from the Beast Origin.

After all, he only needed the cultivation contained within the Fiendish External Elixir.

Placing the Crocodile Dragon Beast Origin into his mouth, his tongue tasted the fishy sweetness, and he opened the panel again.

He poured the demon's lifespan into the Skyprowler method.

[In the first year, you swallowed a Perfect Realm Jade Liquid Tuo Dragon Beast Origin, taking the turbulent, vast demonic power into yourself, moving it along the channels throughout your body, finely digesting its dregs, and finally leading it all into the Fiendish External Elixir.]

[Understanding innate ability: Jade Liquid. Hundred-refined Crocodile Dragon Body]

[Hundred-refined Crocodile Dragon Body: An innate shedding method of the water tribe, your body is amplified, achieving significant breakthrough every hundred years.]

Shen Yi clenched his fist and carefully felt it.

Compared to the Power of the Jiao Demon, the increase this time wasn't as dramatic, the strength increased by roughly thirty percent, barely within the range he could control.

As for the improvement after a hundred years, there was no need to consider it for now.

After getting familiar with his body a bit, he delved into internal view again and then felt somewhat shocked.

He saw that the Outer Elixir had not changed at all, still perfectly round and transparent.

Only under Shen Yi's intense observation did he finally see within the pill a thin layer of Scarlet Fiendish liquid that might as well be non-existent.

"A thousand-year-old Tuo Dragon, with Perfect Realm Jade Liquid cultivation, is that all?"

Shen Yi was somewhat speechless. He then again placed the Jiao pill into his mouth.

After consuming a year of lifespan, he directed the demonic power from it into the Outer Elixir as usual.

[In the first year, you swallowed a Jiao pill...]

Suddenly, his ears rang with a loud boom!

Shen Yi's face changed abruptly as he quickly identified the source of the noise. The Sun Melting Furnace, comprised of countless dark red veins, was now trembling slightly!

Inside this grand prison, the Outer Elixir still remained as quiet as ever.

But the Fiendish Elixir liquid inside had filled up half of it!

Fortunately, although the Sun Melting Furnace was trembling, after a few breaths, it managed to suppress the Outer Elixir once again, albeit with some difficulty.

"Exceeding the limit?"

It was good that it stabilized; otherwise, having invested so much lifespan and Jiao pills into it, if he couldn't suppress the Outer Elixir, he would have to take it out and not use it. That would truly be a painful loss.

Shen Yi looked inward at the Outer Elixir, and using the communication method of the External Elixir Technique, he tried to reach it with his divine sense.

The next moment, he saw the Sun Melting Furnace slowly open.

From the white as jade Outer Elixir, streams of Scarlet Fiendish demonic energy flowed out, adding a deep and gloomy tinge to the surface of the white jade. Blood-red and dripping, the demonic power quickly spread toward his limbs and bones through the pathway given by the Sun Melting Furnace!

"..."

Shen Yi's eyes suddenly opened wide, and his black pupils surged with a bloody color.

His handsome features were calm, not devoid of ripples.

He simply didn't know what expression could properly convey the shock he felt at the moment.

Boiling within his body was a power he had never encountered before, nor could he understand, its restlessness emitting a terrifying aura.

It was as if a colossal beast was breaking free from the dark abyss, revealing its frightening form!

This was the cultivation accumulated over more than three thousand years by the Jiao lord...

Shen Yi slowly extended his hand, his knuckles defined as if they could crush anything in the world!

At the same time.

At the top of Qingfeng Mountain, dawn was faint.

The two Elders of the Condensation Elixir Realm, who had been silently standing behind Chen Qiankun, suddenly looked up in the distance, their eyelids uncontrollably twitching.