Yinshan Record

Chapter 280 A Life Worse Than Death: Blood Refining to Summon the Soul (Part 1)
Its divine power was awe-inspiring.

In this situation, Su Che could only use these four words to describe it.

Lu Wu, who evolved from the Taiyi Ximu Divine Restriction, possessed some of the essence of the ancient times. Su Che knew he could never replicate that ancient yet powerful method of channeling energy.

No, the cultivators of this world probably wouldn't do it that way. This method of channeling energy is too inefficient and clumsy, yet it is truly too powerful.

This is a way that is unique to these ancient, naturally different species.

Lu Wu.

I really don't know what kind of heroes those people were who slaughtered all those living beings.

Su Che shook his head.

Within the Taiyi Ximu Divine Forbidden Zone, Lu Wu, who had just awakened from the ground, glanced at the armored giant who had been blasted into a bloody mess, his figure gradually fading away.

The nine shimmering, five-colored tails gradually dimmed, and the mottled fur slowly turned transparent, leaving only those eyes, coldly and ruthlessly gazing upon all things.

Su Che understood that the Taiyi Ximu Divine Restriction was like a spring, and the power it displayed mostly came from the accumulation of his opponent's strength.

The attack that Lu Wu manifested was by no means a true display of the power of this primordial alien species; it was merely the release of power that had been accumulating within the Taiyi Ximu Divine Restriction for a long time.

This power came from the armored giants, from Huang Kou, and from the Zhongshan Society members who had been sealed here before.

Now, this power has finally been completely dissipated through the earth-shattering attack of Lu Wu, and the ancient alien species that has lost its fundamental support can only dissipate as well.

In the dense forest transformed by the Taiyi Ximu Divine Forbidden Zone, all was quiet except for a man covered in blood who lay slumped on the ground, blood slowly seeping out from the gaps in his armor.

Su Che appeared in the dense forest and slowly walked forward, only to hear him muttering to himself.

Upon closer inspection, I found that he was talking non-stop.

"Good, good, good..."

The armored giant lay there, his body, blasted into mincemeat by the primordial energy of heaven and earth, already turned into a thick soup, slowly seeping out through the gaps in his armor, which shimmered with cloud and thunder patterns.

"I never imagined it would fall into your hands."

The armored giant laughed, "Good, very good. As expected of the reincarnation of the ancient Azure Emperor..."

Su Che didn't want to listen to the so-called story of the reincarnation of the ancient Azure Emperor, so he went straight to the point and asked directly.

"who are you?"

"I... I'm just a nameless person."

Think it through before you answer.

Su Che looked at the armor he was wearing.

This is quite a strange object. Even though this armored man is so badly injured, the armor looks completely undamaged.

Does it really matter who I am?

The armored giant looked at Su Che; his left eye had turned into a mass of flesh, while his right eye was a blood-red mess.

"The only truth in the world is that the winner takes all. I've fallen for your scheme, so you can do whatever you want with me."

"Well, he's a tough guy."

"I'm not a tough guy, I just can't say anything," the armored man said to Su Che.

"Can't we talk about it?"

"You don't know the art of weapon crafting, do you?"

Refining weapons?

Su Che certainly knew some of it; when Yu Lizi passed on his teachings, he had talked about the art of weapon crafting.

Even though the armored giant only had one eye left, he could still see Su Che's expression.

"Have you ever heard of the so-called 'blood-drawing-soul' technique in the demonic sect's weapon-forging methods?"

Blood draws the soul?
Su Che had seen it in the Imperial Guard's library before, but he only knew the general idea.

The so-called "blood-drawing soul" refers to an extremely special weapon-refining technique. Its origin is unknown, but because it is considered immoral, it is mostly used by the demonic sects and a group of evil cultivators who are somewhat related to them. To discuss this "blood-drawing soul" technique, one cannot avoid the concept of weapon spirits.

The so-called "spirit of a ritual implement" refers to a small, naturally formed spirit within a ritual implement after long-term cultivation by a practitioner, or through chance encounters, or intentional guidance.

According to the current rules of the cultivation world, once a spirit is generated, it can be called a magic weapon.

Generally, the use of ritual implements requires the owner to handle them, which leads to two fundamental problems.

First of all, a person's energy is always limited, and if one is to handle multiple ritual implements, it is inevitable that one will neglect one thing and fail to do another.

Secondly, it is easy to achieve twice the result with half the effort. The conflict between the nature of the magic weapon and the master's magic method is secondary. If it is a treasure left by the predecessor, it often has the deep imprint of the previous master. Even if the same magic method is cultivated, the difference in understanding and interpretation of the law will affect the effect of use.

This is also the most important issue regarding ritual implements.

However, the spirit of the artifact perfectly solves this problem. Its intelligence arises spontaneously, so the master doesn't need to be distracted. The spirit originates from the artifact itself, and its spirituality is based on the nature of the artifact itself, so there's no need to consider conflicts between different methods.

Just like Chang Le is the spirit of the Azure Emperor's Treasure Garden, as long as he is there, even if Su Che has not cultivated the supernatural powers and magic of the Azure Emperor lineage, he can still control the Azure Emperor's Treasure Garden as if it were his own arm.

If the Yinquan Nine Bends magic artifact falls into the hands of outsiders, it will be extremely difficult for someone who does not understand the Yellow Heaven Path and the Zhou Jue Yin Tian Secret Manual to use it well.

But how easy is it to make a magical artifact generate a spirit? Not only does it require first-rate supernatural powers, but also the right conditions and careful planning at every step.

That's why the word "treasure" appears in the phrase "magical treasure".

Magical treasures are hard to come by, and spiritual artifacts are even harder to create, but some people have come up with other ideas.

Innate spirits are rare, but what if an already formed spirit were added during the forging process, allowing the two to merge into one?
Therefore, each school has its own attempts. Among them, the Blood-Tracing Soul Method is rumored to be a method proposed by a senior master of the Southern Demonic Sect based on the Demonic Sect's blood sacrifice technique.

During the forging process, a large number of living beings are first taken out as human sacrifices. On the one hand, this is to pay homage to the Lord of the End of Dharma in the outer void and obtain his magical power. On the other hand, it is to fuse these souls into one and forcibly establish a connection with the magical artifact.

The spirit of a living being is used as the spirit of the vessel.

In fact, the Xuanmen and Buddhist sects also have similar methods. However, the similar methods of the famous and orthodox sects are all applied to oneself. It is common for Xuanmen disciples and Buddhist disciples who are about to die to use similar weapon-refining techniques to maintain their souls on one or two magical artifacts.

However, even within the demonic sects, only petty villains would use methods like the Blood-Drawing Soul Technique, which involves forcibly slaughtering living beings, sacrificing them to the heavenly demons, and enslaving the souls of all living beings for eternity.

Magical artifacts made using this method are all insidious and evil, and are contrary to the principles of Heaven and Earth.

For example, the so-called Nine Demon Mother-Child Sword involves selecting a woman and using a secret method to make her pregnant, resulting in nine children in one litter.

Then, just before giving birth, she killed all nine fetuses inside her womb. At this time, she used a secret method to lure out the nine-headed infant ghost, which devoured the mother's soul. The nine-headed infant ghost devoured most of the mother's soul and then summoned the Lord of the End of Dharma from beyond the realm to bless her, transforming the mother's remaining soul into a Yin demon.

The demon is attached to its child, and the child craves the mother's soul. This arouses the malevolent energy within, causing the nine Yin swords to gather and disperse without form. This malevolent energy is innate and is a magical weapon to destroy the opponent's foundation.

Legend has it that there was a powerful figure in the Southern Demonic Sect named Du Baisheng, who possessed a magical artifact called the Manjusaka Palace, which was used to sacrifice 666 young girls to the Lord of the End of the Nine Heavens.

The sacrificial method was extremely cruel. First, the tongues and eyes of a group of young girls were cut out, their hands and feet were severed, and they were thrown into a poisonous pool to be bitten by poisonous insects. Then, their bodies were dismembered inch by inch for seven days and seven nights, which attracted the blessing of the Lord of the End of Dharma from beyond the realm, transforming them into Yin Demons. Then, these Yin Demons were used as the spirits of magical artifacts.

Normally, these demons can provide pleasure for Du Baisheng, but when used against an enemy, they become a deadly weapon of the demonic sect, brimming with resentment.

Although powerful figures within the Demonic Sect had already concluded that the Blood-Tracing Soul Technique was too far removed from the Demonic Sect's supreme method of "Transformation at Will," and was therefore inferior.

However, because this method is so useful, as long as one is vicious enough to bully a few good people, one can forge a remarkable magical artifact. Not to mention within the demonic sect, there are many people in the entire cultivation world who use this method.

Imagine if a mortal enemy, someone who had killed your father or stolen your wife, fell into your hands. Who could refuse to use this blood-drawing soul technique to torment him?

"You mean?"

Su Che looked at the armor on the burly man's body; the cloud and thunder patterns flashing on it exuded the flavor of authentic Xuanmen thunder magic.

If the great man hadn't specifically mentioned the evil technique of Blood-Trapping Soul, Su Che would have even suspected that the armor came from someone in the Divine Firmament Sect.

Combining the techniques of the Xuanmen (Taoist sect) with the secret arts of the Momen (Demon sect)?

Su Che looked at the armored giant in front of him, no wonder he seemed so confident.

Perhaps for this person, life was already worse than death.

"My soul has long been connected to this armor using the blood-drawing soul technique. As long as I die, I will completely transform into the spirit of the armor."

The armored giant grinned menacingly.

"What do you think life and death mean to me?"

(End of this chapter)