Demon Taming: Start by synthesizing a Lantern Ghost with Divine and Demonic Talents

Chapter 178: The Sword Body Turns

The Lingjiao tribe is the largest Ling tribe in the vicinity.

He ruled over small tribes within a radius of hundreds of miles.

If you want to get the most detailed information about a place, you should definitely find the local experts.

Li Chunfeng, a member of the Dragon Lantern Spirit Clan.

Having just embarked on my journey through the martial world, I didn't have many plans.

He decided to first find a place to stay near the Lingjiao tribe, and then begin to cultivate the basics of the "Nine Revolutions Chaotic Will Sword Body Technique".

This desolate region is rich in spiritually significant places, and he had already found one before sunset.

Snake Mountain Range.

The mountain is towering high, with ancient trees reaching for the sky, providing shade from the sun.

In the southwest, there stands a towering sword-shaped peak, the upper half of which is hidden in the mist and clouds, ethereal and otherworldly.

The tranquil green waters flowing below the mountain, like a jade belt, add a touch of charm and beauty to the towering, majestic peaks.

Li Chunfeng used only his divine sense to conduct a preliminary exploration and discovered that several powerful auras were hidden in this mountain range.

Yet he still chose this sword peak as his place of residence.

This was because the spiritual energy of heaven and earth on this sword peak was so rich that he couldn't bear to give it up.

It's already a level higher than the blessed land of Yulong Island.

Such a place, where the spiritual energy of heaven and earth gathers, is not occupied by any living beings, which is clearly not because the beings of this world have too high a standard.

According to the information held by the Earthly Realm, it was actually the Heavenly Dao of this world that sensed the impending apocalyptic crisis, and the Heavenly Dao's rules activated a self-preservation program, causing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to become increasingly concentrated. Li Chunfeng was no stranger to this situation; it had been the same on Water Blue Star in his previous life.

The greater the apocalyptic crisis, the more opportunities will emerge.

Of course, some exceptionally talented individuals will also emerge, often referred to as "children of destiny." If you encounter such a person, it's best to avoid them if possible.

Therefore, it is not surprising that this Sword Peak is an unclaimed sacred site.

However, the powerful aura within the mountains was not so strong as to frighten him.

On the summit of Sword Peak, Li Chunfeng found a trident-shaped depression, leaned against the trident, and had a wide enough open space in front of him.

He immediately unfurled a battle array and set it up around the area.

Before long, the clouds and mist around Trident Mountain became even thicker, forming a third-order Five Elements Mist Illusion Array.

It has the functions of concealment, protection, and early warning.

Such a complete set of third-order formations would be quite expensive, but Li Chunfeng did not spend a single bit of his cultivation.

For the explorers venturing into this other world, this is just one of the basic standard equipment provided by the official team.

He then set up another array inside the Five Elements Misty Illusion Array.

Fourth-order Spirit Gathering Array.

This set of formations was purchased by Li Chunfeng himself for this trip to the Spirit Realm.

The fourth-order formation cost him over three million Dao power. The moment the formation was activated, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth on the mountaintop became visibly denser.

Li Chunfeng took a deep breath and immediately felt that the speed of the circulation of Qi and blood in his body had increased slightly.

His time was precious; the sixth tribulation was approaching, and he could not slowly fly across to the Eastern Continent to retrieve Mosquito Daoist.

We can only let the mosquito fly slowly on its own for now.

Mosquito Taoist is fast and small, and being an insect demon, he won't be deliberately targeted by the creatures of this world. As long as he doesn't actively venture into dangerous areas, he can travel freely.

This desolate area will be his place of residence for some time to come, so "I'll take good care of it."

Li Chunfeng immediately put his 'architectural skills' to use!
This spell is quite magical; although it's only at the Xuan level, it can easily destroy extremely hard raw materials. Furthermore, it can freely change the shape of the material according to one's will.

In the demon realm, the shape-shifting tanuki are considered "master builders," and they mostly inhabit rivers and swamps. Wherever shape-shifting tanuki appear, all sorts of bizarre structures are bound to appear.

It's fortunate that they haven't studied human architecture; otherwise, if they had infiltrated human territory and used their architectural expertise, they might have actually made something of themselves.

It's not impossible to monopolize the construction industry in a region.

Li Chunfeng simply placed his palms on the ground, and the ground immediately shook violently. A foundation rose up from the earth, and huge stones were divided into neat strips and square stones, with mortise and tenon joint-like grooves and protrusions in the middle.

Then, with a wave of his hand, he used his telekinesis to lift the stone slabs weighing tens of tons, piecing them together like building blocks.

A huge stone house was quickly completed.

Even the traces of the connecting groove in the middle were quickly smoothed out by 'architectural techniques', making the whole thing look as if it was carved from a huge mountain rock.

The process of creating something from nothing is very rewarding.

It fulfilled his childhood wish in his previous life to become an architect when he grew up.

He decided to use wood for the roof, and the material was readily available; there was no shortage of tall spirit trees nearby.

He simply placed his hands on tall spirit trees, and the wood chips flew everywhere as he instantly transformed them into various suitable shapes at will.

Li Chunfeng even meticulously crafted the overall design of the house, not pursuing the architectural style of the Earthly Realm, but making it more in line with the gnarled shape of the Sword Peak.

It didn't take long.

An architectural marvel that seems impossible for humans to create already sits atop the towering Trident Peak.

If this place is discovered by mortals of this world in the future, who knows how many amazing legends will be passed down.

into the night.

Several large red lanterns hung high on the eaves.

A young boy with red lips, white teeth, and horns on his head emerged from the house and went to the door to start a fire and cook. Sometimes he would transform into a beam of light and go out to hunt for food. Each time he returned, he would bring back enormous demonic beasts, which he would cook and enjoy with Li Chunfeng.

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

"The way of heaven is to make up for the excess of damage."

A flash of light appeared inside the room, and Li Chunfeng returned from Yuancheng.

He had just communicated with Han Fan, who was in the Xuan Tian Realm, and obtained the tenth to eighteenth levels of the "Nine Revolutions Chaotic Will Sword Body Technique".

Han Fan has successfully advanced to the third rank.

This person, having accumulated great talent over time, successfully refined the Divine Embryo Pill after obtaining Li Chunfeng's formula. Not only did he condense a Divine Embryo in the path of the Divine Soul, but he also successfully planted a Golden Core in the path of Qi Refining. As for his possession of a method for cultivating the Divine Soul, Li Chunfeng was not surprised. The heavens are vast and full of wonders, and methods of cultivating the Divine Soul are not exclusive to the Earthly Realm.

He had many exchanges with Li Chunfeng.

His knowledge and experience are also quite remarkable.

The divine soul and divine embryo have become one with the Qi-refining golden elixir, which is a remarkable achievement.

Li Chunfeng had a premonition that if they met again, this person would definitely give him many surprises, and he would not be defeated in one fell swoop like last time.

This time, he used a third-tier pill formula, such as the 'Dragon Tiger Divine Refining Pill,' to conduct the transaction with Han Fan.

Perhaps it was the improvement in his cultivation that gave Han Fan confidence, and his arrogance naturally rose. He didn't take the opportunity to make any additional demands and readily agreed to Li Chunfeng's request.

However, since Li Chunfeng has already mastered the basics of cultivation, his desire for further techniques will inevitably be restricted by Han Fan.

There is nothing we can do about it.

The "Nine Revolutions Chaotic Intent Sword Body Technique" is divided into nine chapters from the first to the ninth level, corresponding to the nine major Qi Refining realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core; Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, Void Refining; Body Integration, Tribulation Transcending, and Mahayana.

He discovered that the requirements for spiritual root attributes were not high when cultivating this technique.

The only drawback is the high resource consumption.

He believed that while other Qi cultivators were also practicing Qi, none of them consumed as much energy as he had.

Li Chunfeng's spiritual realm had already reached the Divine Embryo Realm, and since he used his spiritual soul to control his Qi cultivation, his progress was naturally extremely fast.

With his current spiritual strength, once he fully absorbs the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to cultivate his Qi, he can absorb all the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within a radius of more than 6,000 feet.

Every moment, a vast amount of spiritual energy is refined into his body and transformed into his own true energy.

Half a month passed, and he had only reached the ninth level of Qi Refining.

During this period, he fed on the flesh and blood of powerful demonic beasts every day, and also used a lot of source stones to assist in his cultivation. If calculated in detail, these resources should be more than ten times that of a normal Qi Refining Realm cultivator.

This was confirmed after he communicated with Han Fan.

"This is the method to become an immortal, which is naturally incomparable to ordinary Qi cultivation methods. The Qi cultivation stage is for opening up the Qi Sea. Although it consumes more than ten times the amount of Qi Sea compared to ordinary Qi cultivation, once the Qi Sea is opened up, it will be many times stronger than other Qi cultivation stages."

This is Han Fan's statement.

Li Chunfeng, however, thought about what would happen next.

This is only the Qi Refining stage, and it already consumes more than ten times the resources. If the Qi Refining stage goes higher, wouldn't the resource consumption increase exponentially?

He frowned as he thought about this problem.

This is only the case of one person cultivating. If it were the Earthly Realm, with 60 million cultivators refining Qi, the entire world would be drained dry.

Without the Abyss of Boundaries devouring it, the Earthly Realm itself entered the Dharma-ending Age.

"However, it's not just limited to the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. I also have source stones and pills to assist me."

Cultivating in a blessed land with extremely rich spiritual energy is naturally a great benefit.

Source Stones are the currency of the Demon Realm and an important cultivation resource.

However, all he could exchange for were low-level Originium stones used as currency.

It contains many impurities.

It is not easily absorbed through cultivation.

Those high-level demon races need even more advanced source stones, or even innate source stones, for cultivation. According to ancient records, in the era when heaven and earth combined their energies to create all things, the world was in a state of chaos and mist, filled with a dense spiritual energy. Many spiritual beings could absorb the primordial essence of heaven and earth, forming amber-like crystals that contained a vast amount of life essence.

Those that have been preserved to this day are called Primal Origin Stones, which are extremely precious to any flesh-and-blood race.

Some of the finest innate source stones are priceless.

However, from the time of the birth of all things to the primordial era, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth has been replaced time and again, gradually becoming thinner, and innate source stones have almost disappeared.

Even if they exist, they are kept by the powerful.

It is not the beginning of creation, but this world is in the end times, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is still very dense.

The world is a cycle of reincarnation, and perhaps somewhere, the primordial source is being nurtured.

Regardless, having already boarded the pirate ship, Li Chunfeng had no choice but to continue.

At least check if the first transformation of the sword body is effective in improving sword aptitude.

This morning.

The red sun rose through the mist, casting a soft, pale glow that painted the thick fog in the mountains with vibrant colors, flowing gently through the air.

The air was fresh, and dewdrops rolled off the grass and vines. The various teams of the Lingjiao tribe set off from the city in a grand procession, heading to the various small tribes of the Ling clan within a radius of a hundred miles.

It's that time of year again for tax collection.

One of the teams was heading directly towards the area where Sword Peak was located. Upon reaching the vicinity of Sword Peak, this team instinctively slowed their pace.

The spiral horn on the forehead of the leader of the Spirit Horned Clan suddenly began to flash incessantly. He sensed that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth around him was beginning to gather frantically into the mountain, which was not a normal phenomenon.

"Could it be that some great demon is about to break through?"

With their strength, they could do hunting, collecting taxes, and bullying those small tribes.

To meddle in the affairs of a great demon is truly a death wish.

However, he kept the unusual situation in mind and was determined to report it to his clan when he returned.

The journey was uneventful, and by the time we returned, it was already night.

The bright moon hangs high in the sky, its pure light spilling down like gentle ripples on water, draping the nearby mountains in a thin veil.

The tax collection team returned with several truckloads of Originium.

We arrived at the foot of Sword Peak once again.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the mountains suddenly surged and converged towards the summit of Sword Peak.

This extraordinary breakthrough has already attracted the attention of several powerful demonic spirits dwelling in the mountains.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth formed a tide, converging towards the sword peak like a tidal wave, sweeping away all the spiritual energy within a radius of dozens of miles. This naturally caused the surrounding demons and beasts to roar deafeningly, shaking the mountains and causing rocks to tumble.

"Wow!"

A mournful cry of an eagle echoed through the mountains.

Boom! A silver snake flashed in the sky...

The tax collection team was so frightened that they quickly sought refuge away from the mountainous area.

Tonight is destined to be anything but peaceful.

On the summit of Sword Peak, Li Chunfeng was cultivating.

He has reached the peak of Qi Refining and will undergo the first transformation of his sword body today.

We are now entering a critical period.

Hearing the eagle's cry, he glanced up but ignored it. With a thought, his natal flying sword, the Heavenly Capital Sword, flew out and landed in Taiyi's hand.

"Taiyi, Randeng, you two go and deal with it. Don't let it interfere with my breakthrough!"

"Yes, sir! Just wait for the extra meal!"

Taiyi, holding the Heavenly Capital Sword, excitedly leaped into the air, and a lantern floated in front of him, "Eeya eeya~ (Wait for me)!"

Taiyi realized what was happening and quickly turned around to pick up the lamp.

The lamp conjured a rope, which was then hung on the Heavenly Capital Sword.

This form resembles Taiyi Boy carrying a lantern.

Taiyi's movements were as graceful as an immortal's. He used the Heavenly Rank - Cloud Dragon Nine Appearances and in a flash appeared at a very high place, just in time to block a giant eagle that was swooping down from the clouds.

This eagle has no feathers; instead, it is covered in shimmering scales, even its wings are covered in tiny blue scales.

"He who comes is stopped!"

Taiyi has recently made great progress in his research on illustrated novels and has decided to follow the ancient custom of using diplomacy before resorting to force.

Ran Deng gave Tai Yi a strange look, as if to say, "Are you out of your mind?"

But the giant azure-scaled eagle seemed not to hear Taiyi's words. Its eyes were filled with a frenzied killing intent. With a spit, a silver moon-like disc spun rapidly and flew down.

"Hmph, the local demons are so rude!"

With a wave of his hand, a bolt of lightning as thick as a bucket crashed down, shattering the moon disc with a deafening roar.

The massive magical impact caused nearby rocks to explode with tremendous force.

The Lingjiao tribe, who were hiding at the foot of the mountain, were terrified when they saw this scene.

"So powerful! Absolutely too powerful! Where did such a terrifying demon come from?"

……

Trident Sword Peak.

Li Chunfeng embraced simplicity and truth, achieving utmost emptiness and tranquility.

The technique of turning the sword body once is for condensing the sword body.

This step is the entry point into sword body cultivation, and also the most crucial one. The cultivation method is vastly different from the ordinary Qi Refining stage method. It involves exploding the already full Qi Sea, breaking it down and then rebuilding it, condensing a sea of ​​sword Qi from the ruins of the collapsed Qi Sea.

This action is almost like dissipating one's power.

The manual also records, "...this step alone is extremely dangerous, with only one in ten surviving. Those without a firm will must not practice this profound skill."

Dispersing one's internal energy is no easy task; if done poorly, it can lead to the complete severance of all seven meridians and eight extraordinary vessels in the body, and even the dantian (lower abdomen) being pierced.

Anyone with even a basic understanding of martial arts would not do that.

Perhaps most people, upon encountering this great practice and seeing the key to its transformation, would have the thought of giving up.

But Li Chunfeng resolutely continued his cultivation.

Firstly, he had a damaged jade disc authenticated as genuine.

Therefore, the thought of doubt never even crossed his mind.

Secondly, according to his understanding, the more demanding and bizarre the conditions for cultivation, the more astonishing the power of such a technique will be once mastered.

An ancient Qi-refining method at the immortal level can also improve one's innate sword cultivation aptitude. If it were to follow the rules and regulations like other Qi-refining methods, he would be more suspicious.

Now that the Qi Sea is complete, it has reached its limit.

"In addition to the divine soul of the Divine Embryo Realm, I also have a physical body refined to the first stage of the Blood Refining Realm."

"The sword has turned; it's time!"

"Disperse the Qi in my Sea of ​​Qi!"

The dantian opened wide, "Ah!"

Li Chunfeng suddenly let out a roar of extreme pain, the sound shaking the heavens and echoing across the mountain peaks. At this moment, countless strands of blood seeped from his pores, even from his eyes, nose, and ears. This extreme pain was unbearable, even for someone who considered himself a tough man.

He never expected that with his body refined to the first stage of the Blood Refining Realm, practicing this method would cause him such excruciating pain.

immediately.

His powerful physical body began to save itself.

First, the Star Soul Bone begins to shine brightly, constantly generating blood and producing surging vitality.

His strong bones supported his body, preventing him from collapsing into a bloody mess.

Li Chunfeng was also silently reciting the calming mantra, and his powerful soul began to govern his physical body, preventing his true energy from leaking out and being wasted.

After a long while, Li Chunfeng endured the excruciating pain and finally released all the true energy in his body from his Qi Sea. He then began to circulate the first cycle of the Nine Revolutions Chaotic Will Sword Body Technique within his body.

Begin refining the sword body.

Countless strands of true energy began to intertwine and interweave from all directions.

Even at the very beginning, the physical pain had already lessened considerably.

Soon the wonders of the first transformation of the mind technique became apparent. The torn parts of the body seemed to be injected with vitality, and new flesh buds sprouted from the cuts. The flesh buds at the two cuts intertwined and were quickly joined together.

His strong vitality greatly enhances his recovery ability.

After undergoing countless profound cycles, the true energy gradually revealed its sharp edge.

Only at this moment did Li Chunfeng understand why the [Nine Revolutions Chaotic Will Sword Body Technique] was so demanding.

Most people simply cannot withstand it.

The scattered true energy began to gradually reassemble from all parts of the body.

Within the collapsed Qi Sea, an unparalleled sword weapon is taking shape.

(End of this chapter)