Cultivation starts from devouring the Dao fruits

The Nascent Soul of Hawk Extinction had just left its body when it was pierced through by a claw from the severely injured White Ghost Emperor, who then stuffed it into his mouth and began to chew voraciously.

Zhao Yu thought to himself, "Ancient demons at the Divinity Transformation stage are still too strong! If there were two such ancient demons, I might not be able to hold them off. If three were to attack, I would certainly be doomed! The main reason I was able to kill Hawk Extinction is that the Three Tribulations Thunder God Spear, this Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasure, is incredibly powerful!!"

The Three Tribulations Thunder God Spear, a Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasure, was a treasured artifact that Zhao Yu had forged after numerous remarkable adventures, utilizing countless Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures from the Blue Sky Sea and devouring Dao Fruits for its refinement.

The physical constitution of human cultivators is far inferior to that of the Monster Race and the Demon Clan. They rely on various powerful magical treasures to contend with and stay on par with the Monster Race and the Demon Clan.

Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasures are the most pinnacle and powerful magical treasures in this realm, naturally possessing the ability to combat adversaries beyond one's own level.

Although Hawk Extinction seemed overwhelmingly powerful, it was in fact just an ordinary ancient demon at the first level of Divinity Transformation, naturally unable to withstand the mighty power of the Three Tribulations Thunder God Spear.

If Zhao Yu were to become a Divinity Transformation cultivator and activate the Three Tribulations Thunder God Spear, he could vanquish Hawk Extinction with a single strike.

"If no one from the Upper Realm descends, this realm will surely fall under the rule of the Demon Realm. I must prepare early! The True Essence Demon Lord I killed possessed a secret technique, the Raise Demon Great Technique! It can cultivate a personal demon lord, and the carcass of Hawk Extinction is perfect for use as material for the Raise Demon Great Technique!"

Zhao Yu glanced at the corpse of Hawk Extinction, collected its body, and flew straight toward the direction of the Blue Sky Sea.

The Great Chu Empire is sure to be a target of the Demon Clan in the future, but the Demon Path cultivators in the Blue Sky Sea were almost all wiped out by Zhao Yu; that place should be able to maintain peace for a while.

Inside the study of the Danling Sect Headquarters, Li Xianjiao was deeply engrossed in handling various affairs amidst piles of documents. Enjoy exclusive content from My Virtual Library Empire

"Uncle, you're back!"

Li Xianjiao suddenly looked up, saw Zhao Yu enter the study, surprise flickered in her eyes, and she got up proactively, throwing herself into Zhao Yu's embrace.

Zhao Yu said, "You've worked hard! Has there been any movement from the Demon Clan in the Blue Sky Sea during this period?"

Li Xianjiao replied, "Yes! Demon Path cultivators built altars on some remote Spirit Islands and held sacrifice ceremonies. However, I sent people to destroy the altars and eliminate those Demon Path cultivators as well as the Demon Clan members that appeared."

After unifying the Blue Sky Sea, all the Spirit Islands were incorporated into the sphere of influence of the Danling Sect, making the lives of those Demon Path cultivators even more difficult.

Every time those Demon Path cultivators barely started acting, they would be suppressed by Nascent Soul Cultivators dispatched by the Danling Sect, suffering heavy casualties and never posing a major threat.

After Zhao Yu shared his experiences in the Great Chu Empire with Li Xianjiao, she became even more vigilant towards the Demon Path cultivators.

After a night of spring breeze, Zhao Yu went into the Quiet Room and took out the demon carcass of Hawk Extinction.

Following the secret techniques recorded in the Raise Demon Great Technique, Zhao Yu slowly began to divide a sliver of his own soul.

The instant the sliver of soul was successfully severed, Zhao Yu felt a surge of excruciating pain, but he gritted his teeth and implanted that sliver of soul into the demon carcass of Hawk Extinction.

A small bulge appeared on the carcass of Hawk Extinction, concealing within an ancient demon connected to Zhao Yu's soul.

Zhao Yu brought out the Soul-Nourishing Wood and placed it beside him, absorbing the mysterious power released from the wood, and operated the method for nurturing the soul recorded in the Raise Demon Great Technique, nourishing his own soul. Then, he activated the devouring of the Dao Fruit to aid the demon lord residing within the carcass of Hawk Extinction in absorbing the power of the demon carcass.

Each day the small bulge on Hawk Extinction's body grew larger, and after three months, it turned into a huge black egg, one Zhang in size, covered in countless mysterious demonic patterns.

Crack!

The black egg suddenly cracked open, and from within emerged an ancient demon with an eagle's head, bat wings, a scorpion's tail, and its body covered in a layer of pitch-black scale armor, bearing an eight-parts resemblance to Hawk Extinction and radiating a fearsome aura comparable to the Nascent Soul Mid-Stage Peak Level.

"Eagle-headed Scorpion-tailed Demon."

"Bloodline Quality: Supreme Grade."

"Cultivation Level: Fourth Order Middle Grade."

Zhao Yu's eyes flickered with a hint of satisfaction, "Good! You shall be called the Eagle Demon Emperor!"

The Eagle Demon Emperor raised its head to the sky and let out a piercing scream, filled with exhilaration.

Zhao Yu stayed in the Quiet Room, handing over the Nascent Soul demon corpses he had obtained to the Eagle Demon Emperor to devour, and then used the Dao Fruits that were devoured to enhance the bloodline quality of the Eagle Demon Emperor.

In the Demon Clan, strength was respected and bloodline was valued. The more powerful the demon bloodline, the greater the strength it possessed. There were very few among the Demon Clan powerful enough to break the shackles of their bloodline.

A year later, the Eagle Demon Emperor had devoured all the demon corpses in Zhao Yu's possession, its bloodline finally undergoing transformation to reach Supreme Grade.

If the Eagle Demon Emperor wanted to evolve quickly, it could only devour ancient demons. However, the demons in the Blue Sky Sea were not a significant threat. After careful consideration, Zhao Yu decided to head to the Great Chu Empire.

Upon Zhao Yu's return to the Great Qian Empire, he saw demons running rampant everywhere, leaving the land desolate—as if it were a Demon Domain. In those places where altars had once been constructed, numerous space rifts allowed many demons and demon clan cultivators to pour out and descend into this realm.

Of course, most of the demons and Demon Clan cultivators that emerged from those spatial rifts possessed strength below the Golden Core Stage. Nevertheless, for the Great Qian Empire, these demons and Demon Clan cultivators were nearly invincible monsters because almost all of the empire's righteous Nascent Soul cultivators had left.

Zhao Yu flew straight to the Great Chu Empire and, seeing it unchanged, he breathed a sigh of relief before arriving outside the Primordial Spirit Immortal City headquarters of the Hundred Flowers Tower.

By that time, Primordial Spirit Immortal City had already deployed a powerful barrier, and like a city on high alert, many cultivators were patrolling within.

"Senior, please stop and show your identity!"

As Zhao Yu approached Primordial Spirit Immortal City, a Golden Core cultivator called out loudly.

"I am Daoist Stone, a Guest Elder of the Hundred Flowers Tower! This is my token!"

Zhao Yu waved his hand, and an elder's token flew into the hands of that Golden Core cultivator.

"So it is Daoist Stone. Please wait a moment, senior. I must report to my superiors!"

Having verified Zhao Yu's token, the Golden Core cultivator gave a distant bow to Zhao Yu and turned into a beam of Escape Light towards the city.

It wasn't long before True Monarch Qingyun appeared at the city gate.

True Monarch Qingyun said, "Elder Stone, the Demon Race is deceitful and adept in the art of transformation. There is a regulation inside the tower that all individuals entering and exiting the city must be inspected by the Demon Revealing Mirror, we hope for your understanding!"

Zhao Yu nodded slightly, "I understand!"

True Monarch Qingyun directly took out the magical treasure, the Demon Revealing Mirror, and shone it upon Zhao Yu. A beam of light fell upon him, triggering the Mana within Zhao Yu, causing an immediate outburst of the Emperor's Thick Earth Scripture's Mana fluctuation.

True Monarch Qingyun finally relaxed, revealing a smile, "Elder Stone, please enter the city!"

Zhao Yu then stepped into Primordial Spirit Immortal City.

Zhao Yu asked, "Is the situation very bad? Why such stringent defenses?"