Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

Upon hearing this, Chen Yuan's eyes narrowed, and he asked, "Did this person produce any magical treasures? What kind of supernatural powers did he use?"

Dugu Sha shook his head: "I asked Sun Duo in detail, but he only had a brief encounter with that demonic cultivator. Before he could make a move, the demon broke through his defenses and left. I don't know the details."

"However, according to what Sun Duo saw with his own eyes and what he heard from other elders of the Bear God Sect, the demonic cultivator was shrouded in demonic energy and seemed to be wearing a suit of armor."

"But apart from that, this person did not take out any other magic weapons. He only used demonic energy, and ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators were either killed or injured."

"Even high-level demon generals are no match for this person; his strength is extremely terrifying."

"This matter enraged Xiong Yue, the patriarch of the Frostfire Bear clan, but this demonic cultivator was previously unknown and had not shown any trace since, making him impossible to trace. Several years have passed without any news..."

At this point, he glanced at Chen Yuan discreetly, a hint of doubt rising in his mind.

Sun Duo's description of the demonic cultivator reminded Dugu Sha of the Starfire Immortal before him.

Both of them are incredibly powerful and their abilities are unfathomable.

One could wield that strange white spiritual fire and casually wipe away the blood-veined Gu.

With demonic energy at his side, he was invincible, and even high-level demon generals were no match for him.

Both of them were previously unknown, suddenly appearing out of nowhere, with no one knowing where they came from.

Master Xinghuo is now inquiring about the whereabouts of that demonic cultivator. Could the two be connected?

However, that demonic cultivator went on a killing spree, brazenly making an enemy of the Frost Bear clan, and acting extremely arrogantly.

This Master Xinghuo was much more composed. Although he could freely enter and leave Dragon God City as if it were his own territory, he did not cause any trouble. He could even secretly trade with Ao Ye, like a gentle spring breeze, nourishing things silently.

Dugu Sha still doesn't know how this fellow Daoist Xinghuo learned of his whereabouts and stopped him.

Dugu Sha then recounted all the details he had learned from Sun Duo, including the demonic cultivator's appearance in the Ice Ling Mountains where the Snowmane Lion Clan was located, and his eventual entry into the North Sea from the Frostbone River, without concealing a single detail.

When Chen Yuan heard Dugu Sha mention "battle armor," a strange light flashed in his eyes.

After he finished speaking, Chen Yuan smiled slightly: "Thank you for coming all this way, fellow Daoist. Since that demonic cultivator has vanished without a trace, let's leave it at that."

"Fellow Daoist, you may return to Dragon God City, but please do not spread this matter."

Dugu Sha secretly breathed a sigh of relief and immediately agreed: "I will definitely keep my mouth shut. If you have any instructions, please feel free to give them, and I will do my best to serve you."

Half a month ago, he was meditating and cultivating when the fire lotus mark on his forehead suddenly became warm, startling him from his meditation.

He dared not delay, immediately ended his cultivation, quietly left Dragon God City, and came to a field two thousand miles away, the place where he was captured by True Person Starfire and the Fire Lotus Mark was planted.

Before leaving, Master Xinghuo made a promise to him that if the Fire Lotus Mark showed any unusual activity, he should come here to meet him.

When Dugu Sha arrived, he indeed found Xinghuo Zhenren, who was already waiting there.

Master Xinghuo was as gentle as before, but his tone left no room for doubt. He ordered him to come to Frost Frost City to inquire from Sun Duo about the unusual events that had occurred in the Frost Bear Clan three years ago.

Dugu Sha dared not disobey, and after making the arrangements, he hurriedly left Dragon God City the next day.

Upon arriving in Frost City, Master Xinghuo waited outside the city. Dugu Sha rushed into the city to visit Sun Duo and finally gained something.

After learning of the demonic cultivator's formidable power from Sun Duo, he had been worried that Master Xinghuo would make him continue searching for the demonic cultivator's whereabouts. Now, he was finally relieved and immediately took his leave.

Chen Yuan did not try to stop him. He watched Dugu Sha's figure disappear into the gradually dimming light of day. Then, he turned around, mounted his escape light, and flew westward.

He was now certain that the demonic cultivator who had suddenly appeared and stirred up the storm in the northern border of the Myriad Demon Continent was none other than Old Demon Ren.

Only Ren Laomo's unparalleled demonic skills could make the entire Frost Bear clan tremble with fear.

The armor concealed within the demonic energy must be the Spirit Treasure Mysterious Yin Armor.

It seems he was also affected by the Void Cicada and suffered serious injuries, from which he has not yet recovered.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to escape into the North Sea while being pursued by a group of demon generals and Nascent Soul cultivators.

Chen Yuan is now heading to Frostbone River, the place where Old Demon Ren disappeared, to search for his whereabouts.

The Frostbear clan suffered heavy casualties and has been searching for Ren Laomo's whereabouts for the past few years.

But no news of him has come out, clearly he is hiding very well.

The demon race couldn't find Ren Laomo's whereabouts, but Chen Yuan might be able to as well.

Before Chen Yuan became a deity, Qin Wuyai had suggested that since the situation in the spirit realm was unclear, the five of them should help each other.

If you are scattered in different places due to spatial fluctuations when traversing a spatial passage, you should try to find each other as soon as possible.

No one objected and they all chimed in, but their attitude was rather perfunctory, clearly indicating that no one took it to heart.

At that time, Chen Yuan had not yet received Lu Wangquan's warning to be careful of Qin Wuyai and his two companions.

However, he remained wary of the group and had already decided that once he reached the spirit world, he would immediately flee and never travel with them.

The others probably shared the same idea, but Qin Wuyai ignored it. After gaining everyone's approval, he took out a secret technique and handed it to them.

This secret technique can only be performed by cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage. It allows them to mobilize the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to condense a spiritual energy imprint that can be hidden within the world for several years, making it extremely secretive.

Only those equally skilled in the secret arts can detect the mark within a hundred miles; it is extremely difficult for others to perceive.

Looking back now, this is yet another piece of evidence that Qin Wuyai clearly already knew that the spatial passage did not lead to the spirit realm.

After arriving in this realm, the group still needed to work together to find a way to ascend, hence the use of this secret technique in advance. However, he could not have foreseen that they would encounter the Void Cicada in the spatial passage. How did he guess that the five of them would be separated and need this secret technique to communicate?
However, this secret technique has its limitations. Unless the approximate location of the person who left the mark is known in advance, searching aimlessly is like looking for a needle in a haystack, with an extremely low success rate.

Although Chen Yuan had no intention of associating with them, this secret technique was extremely simple, and he memorized it after only reading it once.

Ren Laomo has also seen this secret technique. It may condense a spiritual energy mark, which can be used to find his whereabouts.

Of course, perhaps Ren Laomo, like Lu Wangquan, believed that he was the only one who had been stranded in this world, while the others had already smuggled themselves into the spirit world and left no trace.

He may have realized that the spatial passage led to this world, thus suspecting the intentions of the others, becoming wary, and daring not to leave any spiritual imprints.

Chen Yuan was in the same situation; after he awoke, he couldn't be sure whether the other four had also come to this world.

He also learned about the rumors of the Tai Xuan Realm from Zhang Xuancang, and suspected that they already knew the truth about the spatial passage. Only he was kept in the dark, which is why he did not leave any spiritual imprint.

Later, Chen Yuan changed his mind and decided to join forces with the others to seek a method of ascension, so that powerful human cultivators could search for their whereabouts without leaving any traces.

If Ren Laomo also thought the same way, Chen Yuan had no choice but to give up.

However, he still wanted to give it a try before proceeding.

Chen Yuan arrived at a height of ten thousand feet in the sky, passing through the fierce winds and avoiding the demon generals and cultivators along the way. In just two days, he arrived at the shore of the North Sea, at the mouth of the Frostbone River.

This is a wide river, several miles wide, winding its way like a giant dragon.

It was the height of summer, and the river was not yet frozen. The muddy yellow water surged and rushed into the deep North Sea.

Looking down from the sky, you can see where the Frostbone River flows into the sea, where the yellow river water and the gray-blue seawater are clearly distinct, creating a very strange scene.

Chen Yuan descended from the sky in a beam of light, flying eastward for more than sixty miles along the rugged reefs by the sea, until he arrived at the ambush site set up by the Bear God Sect, as mentioned by Sun Duo.

He witnessed Elder Qian die at the hands of Old Demon Ren, his flesh and soul completely devoured by Old Demon Ren's demonic energy, which terrified him. He remembered it very clearly.

Chen Yuan stopped, raised his hand to form a hand seal, and chanted incantations. A strange fluctuation slowly spread out.

The sparse spiritual energy of heaven and earth around him surged in and transformed into a five-colored thrush in front of him, with all five colors of blue, white, red and yellow, but it was formed by the condensation of the five elements of spiritual energy.

The thrush let out a melodious cry, circled Chen Yuan a few times, and then flew back, its bright eyes showing a hint of confusion.

Within a radius of a hundred miles, there were no spiritual imprints left by the old demon Ren.

Chen Yuan moved and flew westward, his hands still forming hand seals, while the thrush flapped its wings beside him.

He continued on his way back to where the Frostbone River flows into the sea, with the thrush still circling around him.

Chen Yuan turned and flew eastward for over a hundred miles, with the thrush still following him.

Chen Yuan had no choice but to return to his original spot and then fly north.

He flew for over a hundred miles, but the thrush showed no sign of leaving.

Chen Yuan frowned. Just as he was about to dispel the spell, the thrush suddenly cried out, flapped its wings, and flew off to the northeast.

Chen Yuan's eyes lit up, and he immediately followed.

The thrush was incredibly fast, comparable to a Nascent Soul cultivator, and quickly flew over fifty miles before suddenly slowing down.

Ten feet ahead, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth trembled and condensed into a thrush with equally vibrant colors, but it was shrouded in a faint black aura and let out a slightly hoarse cry.

The thrush flew forward and circled with the thrush shrouded in black mist, as if they were playing and frolicking.

A smile appeared on Chen Yuan's lips. This was the mark left by Old Devil Ren.

However, he cultivated demonic techniques, and when he condensed the mark, it shrouded the thrush in a layer of black mist, making it appear somewhat sinister.

The two thrushes played for a while, then the black-clad thrush suddenly stopped, turned to look north, let out a long cry, and its body disintegrated, turning into colorful light and disappearing.

Chen Yuan rode his escape light and flew north at a moderate speed, so as not to miss any other marks left by Ren Laomo.

After flying hundreds of miles, the thrush let out another cry, flew away, and found another mark left by Ren Laomo.

Following the guidance of the mark left by Old Demon Ren, Chen Yuan sometimes went north, sometimes west, and sometimes turned south.

He flew for over 20,000 miles until he reached a turbulent sea, where he finally stopped.

The mark left by Ren Laomo in this place did not continue to guide Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan frowned, and spread his divine sense, covering an area of ​​two thousand miles.

The places he passed through along the way were extremely desolate, which was obviously intentional on Ren Laomo's part, to avoid the cities established by the North Sea Demon Clan and the Kun God Sect.

This place was no exception; within Chen Yuan's divine sense, there were only a few deserted islands.

The sea was extremely barren; not even a few level-one demonic beasts were found, let alone any trace of Old Demon Ren.

Chen Yuan frowned. The mark left by the old demon Ren broke off here, but his cave was not nearby, which was rather illogical.

He left marks along the way, clearly intending to guide the others, but suddenly stopped here. Could it be that he encountered some accident that prevented him from leaving any more marks?
Chen Yuan was very puzzled, but the mark was broken and left here was useless.

He lowered his hands, and the colorful thrush let out a low, mournful cry before vanishing into thin air.

A cold glint flashed in Chen Yuan's eyes as he prepared to capture a few demon generals in the vicinity to find out the whereabouts of Old Demon Ren.

But just then, a leisurely voice suddenly rang in his ears: "Fellow Daoist Chen, please wait. This old man has been waiting here for quite some time." (End of this chapter)