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

Chapter 235, Part 234: External Demon, Internal Demon, Twelfth-Grade Black Lotus Treasure
During this time, Taiyi flew back several times and saw that the master was still meditating, so he did not disturb him and continued hunting in the Black Sea.

This was the first time Taiyi had ever seen the sea since he was born.

As a plant undergoing metamorphosis into a dragon, Taiyi's lifespan must be extremely long. Even though it took him over five hundred years to grow to his current state, relative to his entire lifespan, he's still just a little kid. Moreover, for the first five hundred years, he was confined to Fish-Dragon Island, and his knowledge was limited. Only in the last two years, following Li Chunfeng, has he gradually gained some experience of the world.

Very playful.

That's why she was tricked by little Xingling into following her around like a little follower, running around everywhere.

Now that we've arrived in the Black Sea, it truly feels like a dragon entering the ocean.

A tyrannical being, the sea monsters were doomed. He had already devoured and captured many enormous sea monsters, waiting to be used as sacrifices next time.

After finishing his eighth-grade meditation, Li Chunfeng went straight to the tenth-grade black lotus.

He thought it would be difficult, but he underestimated the level of the Heavenly Gang Soul Dao Fruit.

On this day, the Black Sea surged with waves for thousands of miles, like an angry sea god roaring and howling, instantly unleashing a violent power that made all living things tremble.

Li Chunfeng sat cross-legged on the sea, yet the waters remained calm for miles around.

Quietly contemplate and slowly break through the oppressive power of the tenth-grade black lotus.

The feeling of the tenth-grade black lotus is different from that of the eighth-grade black lotus. The yin spirit is concentrated, and the tenth-grade black lotus is visualized in the small inner landscape.

The Yin spirit, with its legs bent, hands embracing its knees, and head tucked between its legs, floated above the tenth-grade black lotus in a posture of returning to its innate state, slowly sinking downwards.

During this period, the tenth-grade black lotus emitted a rich primordial soul aura, which was all devoured by the Yin God.

Gradually, he felt that his Yin spirit had a real flesh and blood sensation, as if it was being enveloped by the energy and soul breath of the tenth-grade black lotus, trying to rebuild his foundation.

The boundary between life and death is becoming increasingly blurred, but Li Chunfeng is able to maintain control.

He didn't want to break through here; he would gain more by breaking through back in the Spirit Realm.

Until it completely broke through the outer shell of the tenth-grade black lotus and went deep inside, the idle thoughts transformed into a large purplish-black cocoon, enveloping the Yin spirit within.

【Derivation Method】Flashing wildly.

Li Chunfeng felt that his inspiration had not been exhausted, so he ignored it and continued to follow his feelings to comprehend and deduce.

The Tenth Grade Black Lotus Technique seems to aim to reshape the Yin Spirit.

He felt as if he was using the energy of a tenth-grade black lotus to give birth to a fetus, an infant!

Moreover, his own spirit was indeed shrinking, transforming into a fetus, fair and tender, chubby, with rosy cheeks, radiating a purplish-black light, leisurely and serene, occasionally stretching out its limbs.

If an outsider saw this form, they would surely feel a sense of peace.

If you gaze at the baby for a long time, you will feel a sense of refuge and want to worship the baby.

A feeling of immense power and lawlessness emanated from the Yin Spirit infant.

Li Chunfeng could not predict the future of this path, nor did he know which direction his understanding of the "Black Lotus Sutra of the Turbid World" would take.

This is an infant conceived by one's own spirit, similar to the sacred embryo of Taoism.

The fundamental scripture he cultivated was the "Black Lotus Scripture of the Turbid World," but the sacred embryo he has now formed carries a demonic nature.

However, Li Chunfeng did not allow this change to continue unchecked. He used the mid-grade Heart Light Heavenly Gang Dao Fruit to enhance himself, so that a faint white light always appeared on the surface of the infant's body.

Outwardly a saint, inwardly a demon.

Nothing more than that!

Gradually, the purplish-black light emitted by the tenth-grade black lotus dimmed.

The baby nurtured inside the black lotus is becoming more and more real. This is because the Yin spirit has been nourished by the primordial soul breath and original energy accumulated by the black lotus over countless years, which has neutralized the pure Yin and increased its power. It is a transformation from the illusory to the real.

The power of the Yin spirit gradually condensed and took the form of an infant during this gradual nursing process.

Like a new life.

As his power increased step by step, the condensation of his infant-like Yin spirit also became more and more solid with each step of cultivation.

Li Chunfeng lost track of time while cultivating, unaware of how much time had passed. Even after exhausting the power of the tenth-grade black lotus, he still failed to break free from its cocoon.

The Yin Spirit fetus, along with the cocoon of light, was ejected; this was the formation protecting the Black Lotus.

If it continues to devour, it will completely destroy this tenth-grade black lotus.

"smell good!"

The Blackwater Serpent stared in astonishment at the cocoon of light, smelling a rich fragrance, as if Li Chunfeng's Yin God cocoon of light were the most delicious dessert in the world, and even it had the desire to devour it.

Then his eyes shifted, gradually regaining their clarity.

"What a strange and seductive power! Behind this alluring fragrance lies a terrifying trap. Once anyone's soul gets close, not only will it not be able to be devoured, but it will also be swallowed by the cocoon of light."

"Hungry!"

An intense, unbearable thirst welled up within Li Chunfeng, and he couldn't wait to devour more energy.

This time, without the Blackwater Serpent leading the way, his Yin Spirit Light Cocoon followed his intuition, rolled up his body, and transformed into a beam of light, soaring deeper into the Black Sea.

The Blackwater Serpent flicked its long tail and followed closely behind.

As expected, the journey attracted countless enormous sea monsters that broke out of the sea, attempting to devour the cocoon of light.

These sea monsters were all enormous and possessed powerful auras. They opened their blood-red maws and swallowed the cocoon of light whole, but the cocoon of light seemed to be illusory, continuing to emerge from their mouths and flying forward without any hindrance.

Since Yin spirits are formless and invisible, how could their devouring power be used to devour them as easily as eating meat?
But the sweet aroma was too tempting, so I lost my senses and swallowed it whole.

"Ow~"

The Yin spirit infant opened its mouth from the cocoon of light and swallowed the rushing soul into its mouth. At the end, a smug smile appeared on its little face.

"It was indeed a trap." The Blackwater Serpent watched all of this silently.

It wasn't until Li Chunfeng, through his own abilities, precisely located the second tenth-grade black lotus in the vast black sea that the truth came to light.

This time, Li Chunfeng devoured it completely in just eight days.

Then came the third tenth-grade black lotus, which was completed in just five days.

The fourth tenth-grade black lotus was completed in just one day.

After this, Li Chunfeng's Yin Spirit Light Cocoon returned to the space between his eyebrows.

In the small inner scene, the Yin spirit infant in the cocoon of light has been nurtured and grown up again. Its limbs kick incessantly, just like a baby that has been in its mother's womb for ten months and is about to come out.

As soon as the Yin spirit moved, a throbbing pain appeared between the eyebrows, like the agony before childbirth, and the head felt as if it were being cleaved by knives and axes.

The barrier between life and death is now reduced to a thin layer of paper, ready to be pierced at any moment.

Once the Yin Divine Embryo has completely emerged from its cocoon, the Tenth Grade Black Lotus Technique will be achieved.

However, this time the pressure on the soul remained the same as before, without the sense of accomplishment that came with the tenfold increase in pressure when the eighth-grade Black Lotus Technique was successfully executed.

This is because he is still suppressing his cultivation level and has not yet broken through to the Yin God Realm.

This time, the limit of the Yin Spirit Realm has truly been reached.

It was a powerful barrier that stretched from the sky to the earth; just looking at it, one felt no urge to cross it.

If anyone dares to say in front of him that the limit of Yin Gods is 100,000 zhang of divine sense, he will spit in their face.

One hundred thousand feet?
Add another zero to this number, and then multiply it by three.

However, the efficacy of the tenth-grade Black Lotus Technique is in no way inferior to that of the eighth-grade technique.

If the eighth-grade Black Lotus Technique still struggles to control a soul with a perception spanning three million feet, then the Yin Divine Embryo achieved through the tenth-grade Black Lotus Technique can be easily controlled.

Li Chunfeng had a vague feeling that this action would reshape the Yin Spirit and condense the Yin Divine Embryo. Once this foundation was laid, it would greatly benefit his future ascent to higher realms. As for what kind of benefit it would be, he did not yet know.

Having condensed the power of two Heavenly Gang Dao Fruits, he is outwardly a saint and inwardly a demon; his essence has long since transcended the Yin God.

At this point, more than a month's vacation had passed, but Li Chunfeng showed no intention of leaving.

He headed straight for an even more powerful black lotus.

Even the massive face of the Blackwater Serpent couldn't help but show a look of surprise. "The twelfth-grade black lotus is different from other black lotuses. Those below the twelfth grade are all located by arrays, and can always be found with effort. But even with the Black Sea Array suppressing it, the twelfth-grade black lotus still possesses extremely strong spirituality and can lurk in the Black Sea. Unless there is a great opportunity, it cannot be seen."

"Has Li Chunfeng been found?"

He soon found out the answer.

Li Chunfeng didn't take any detours at all, heading straight for the depths of the Black Sea, only stopping when he landed over an unfamiliar sea area.

The Blackwater Serpent scanned its surroundings but found no trace of the Black Lotus.

"Taiyi!"

Li Chunfeng called out in his mind, then waited silently.

A moment later, "Roar!"

The Azure Dragon burst forth from the sea, carrying a ferocious and terrifying sea monster a hundred feet long in its mouth, its enormous dragon eyes fixed on Li Chunfeng.

"Sir, it's full! There's no more room!"

Helpless, Li Chunfeng took off the storage ring he had obtained from outside the Star Beast Temple, transferred the contents of the ring into his fingernail, and gave the ring to Taiyi for use.

Taiyi, having just acquired a new storage magic item, happily stored the sea monster inside.

Then he rammed into Li Chunfeng's chest, shouting, "Fusion! Demon Transformation!"

Dragon horns grew on Li Chunfeng's head, and the sea no longer posed any obstacle to him. He plunged into the Black Sea with a powerful leap.

As you continue diving downwards, you'll find an inconspicuous cluster of rocks deep in the seabed.

The rocky outcrops are filled with countless tiny holes, through which swarms of tiny, worm-like marine creatures crawl in and out.

Li Chunfeng's body shrank rapidly, and following a vague feeling, he squeezed into a hole.

Since the Blackwater Serpent couldn't change its size at will, it simply stopped outside and waited, but its senses followed Li Chunfeng to see how he would find the Twelfth Grade Black Lotus.

Then, Li Chunfeng was seen to wander through a series of twists and turns, eventually falling into a pitch-black space. In the Black Water Serpent's perception, Li Chunfeng suddenly disappeared.

It refused to believe in evil spirits and intensified its perception to explore the area where Li Chunfeng disappeared.

After breaking through a void, Li Chunfeng saw this powerful twelfth-grade black lotus.

"Powerful! Profound! Cold! Primordial!"

This was Li Chunfeng's first impression of the twelfth-grade black lotus.

That powerful pressure struck again, and Li Chunfeng was surprised to find that the twelfth-grade black lotus had broken through the array's constraints and transformed this place into its own palace.

Upon seeing Li Chunfeng trespass into its territory, the Twelfth-Grade Black Lotus was enraged and unleashed boundless illusions that attacked Li Chunfeng.

Li Chunfeng had refined his spirit and soul, and his Yin Spirit had already formed a sacred embryo, becoming even more steadfast. Since cultivating the "Black Lotus Scripture of the Turbid World," he had experienced all sorts of illusions, but his mind remained unmoved. This sudden, powerful, and dense illusion was nothing to him.

A lamp appeared above his head, its light illuminating him.

With a wave of his hand, Li Chunfeng used the technique "Drawing a Prison on the Ground" to create a spatial cage that imprisoned the Black Lotus.

Black Lotus was enraged, and an even more powerful illusion descended.

He was instantly transported into an illusion, finding himself deep within a deep trench, where endless sea monsters swarmed towards him. Knowing he couldn't afford to be defeated, Li Chunfeng steeled his resolve, creating countless clones that instantly entered battle mode.

Within the illusion, the battle has already engulfed the entire seabed.

The battle between the two camps intensified, and Li Chunfeng used all his skills to try to wipe out the sea monsters of the Black Lotus camp.

He didn't have many advantages to begin with, but fortunately he had an ace up his sleeve.

Taiyi's experience was demonstrated; he showed off his skills in fighting sea monsters.

When the three forces unite, millions of giant dragons burst forth, churning the seabed into a murky mess.

"Dragon soaring across the four seas" means a true dragon entering the sea, which is a dimensional reduction attack.

The spirit of this twelve-petaled black lotus was conceived in the Black Sea and has never left the Black Sea.

Having finally gained his freedom, he was still too ignorant and his most powerful abilities were limited to the sea monsters in the Black Sea.

In the end, after the shrimp soldiers and crab generals were all killed, they had no choice but to face Li Chunfeng directly.

Outside, the Blackwater Serpent carefully scanned every corner of the space, finally finding a hidden corner of the void from the smallest details.

The thought transformed into a small snake and slithered in.

Then they saw that Li Chunfeng's spirit had left his body and was quietly floating above the twelfth-grade black lotus. His face was calm, but his soul was already engaged in fierce combat on another battlefield.

The Blackwater Serpent knew that Li Chunfeng had reached a critical moment and it could not interfere too much, otherwise it might ruin Li Chunfeng's opportunity.

It can only guarantee that if Li Chunfeng is defeated, it can pull Li Chunfeng's spirit out of the illusion.

As time passed, it watched as Li Chunfeng's Yin spirit gradually sank into the twelfth-grade black lotus.

"Soul Eater!"

The spirit of the black lotus was suddenly overcome with fear and trembled.

Want to escape.

The spatial cage, which had been drawn on the ground as a self-imposed confinement, was smashed open with a loud clang, only holding out for a moment before being breached.

However, it was too late to escape.

It had just escaped the deep sea when it suddenly froze and floated on the surface of the sea.

Li Chunfeng's spirit emerged from the black lotus, revealing a contented expression.

"Sigh~"

The Black Water Serpent's large head emerged from the water, and it opened its mouth to spit out Li Chunfeng's body.

Li Chunfeng's soul returned to his body, and he sincerely thanked him, saying, "Thank you for your help, Senior Xuan She."

"You subdued the twelfth-grade black lotus?"

"The spirit of the Black Lotus is cowardly and afraid of death, and I have already defeated it."

Li Chunfeng glanced at the black lotus floating there quietly, feeling somewhat reluctant. The twelfth-grade black lotus was undoubtedly a treasure. Its other powers were yet to be understood, but its defense alone was unparalleled.

Unfortunately, this is the Black Sea.

Ultimately, the thing wasn't his.

"You're so lucky, you can take it with you!"

"what!"

Li Chunfeng was stunned. "What did you say, senior?"

"Can I really take it with me?"

The Blackwater Serpent nodded, its long eyebrows and whiskers drooping to the water's surface. "There's no need to make a fuss. The twelfth-grade black lotus's ability to break free from the array's constraints is not its own. The Black Sea Array was designed this way from the very beginning. It's not like no one has ever taken it before; you're just the third."

(End of this chapter)