Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

In the dead of night, a jade disc hangs high in the sky, its moonlight like water, pouring down and spilling over the mountains, treetops, and majestic palaces, immersing the entire Silver Moon Mountain Range in a hazy, clear glow.

The long howls of wolves echoed through the mountains, desolate and lonely.

Atop the steep mountain peaks, one can vaguely see giant, silver-white wolves howling towards the sky.

The bright green eyes were clearly visible in the night, like two will-o'-the-wisps flickering, sending chills down one's spine.

Tonight, the moon is at its fullest, its bright light illuminating the darkness—a time most favored by the Howling Moon Silver Wolf clan.

Legend has it that the Howling Moon Silver Wolf has the bloodline of the True Spirit Heavenly Dog, and since the Heavenly Dog can devour the sun, it can naturally also devour the moon.

Although the Howling Moon Silver Wolf clan does not have the ability to devour the sun and moon, it can absorb the power of moonlight to temper its physical body.

No one knows whether the legend is true or false, but the Wolf God Cult established by the Howling Moon Silver Wolf Clan uses the Heavenly Dog as its deity.

The Silver Wolf Clan of Howling Moon is nocturnal, especially fond of the night of a full moon, which adds a touch of mystery to the legend.

However, such legends can only fool those ignorant slaves.

The other seven royal families all scoffed at this.

The entire demon race originated from the true spirit, but after a long period of reproduction, their bloodlines have long since diverged into countless forms.

Only a very few exceptionally gifted individuals, whose bloodlines revert to their ancestral form, inherit a trace of true spirit bloodline, and master the power of true spirit, are qualified to be called descendants of true spirits.

If all the Howling Moon Silver Wolves possessed the Heavenly Dog bloodline, each Howling Moon Silver Wolf would be invincible among its peers, having already annihilated the other seven royal clans and unified the Myriad Demon Continent.

As for refining the power of moonlight, it's not entirely untrue, but it's certainly an exaggeration.

The essence of the sun and moon, as spoken of by the demon race, is also called the Emperor's Dew. The human race calls it the power of the stars in the heavens. It is extremely yang and strong, and is a sacred object for tempering the physical body.

The sun, moon, and stars that all the heavens and myriad realms can see are actually just illusions. The real sun, moon, and stars are on par with the celestial realm, and only immortals can ascend to them.

To draw upon the essence of the sun and moon for one's own use, one must communicate with the very essence of the sun, moon, and stars—an impossible task.

Especially since the lower realm is separated from the sun, moon, and stars by the upper realm, it is even more difficult.

Even the Demon General couldn't draw down the essence of the sun and moon, let alone ordinary Demon Generals and those low-level demon beasts that hadn't yet taken human form.

Although the Howling Moon Silver Wolf clan is extremely compatible with the Moon Star, they can only draw upon a wisp of moonlight to temper their physical bodies on the night of a full moon.

While it has some effect, it's only slightly better than nothing, equivalent to nourishing a demon's body with spiritual energy for seven days.

Even so, the power of moonlight is still a sacred object for body tempering. Even if it is a hundred or a thousand times less concentrated than the true essence of the sun and moon, it is still superior to all the spiritual herbs for body tempering in the world.

The moonlight power drawn by the Level 1 Howling Moon Silver Wolf is equivalent to seven days of spiritual nourishment.

The moonlight power drawn by the level 10 Howling Moon Silver Wolf is equivalent to seven days of spiritual nourishment.

The demon race has no shortage of lifespan. Over time, the physical bodies of the Howling Moon Silver Wolf clan are often stronger than those of other demons of the same level, and their cultivation progresses faster.

Although the bloodline of the Howling Moon Silver Wolf is inferior to that of the Flood Dragon and Kunpeng clans, and even somewhat inferior to that of the Frostfire Bear.

However, with the help of this innate supernatural power, the strength of the Howling Moon Silver Wolf clan has always remained at the top among the eight royal clans, and the lineage of the Demon General has never been interrupted.

In order to ensure that no full moon night is missed, a large array is set up around the Silver Moon Mountains, so that there will be no clouds in the sky on the nights in the middle of each month.

Every Howling Silver Wolf can bask in the moonlight.

The lower-ranking clansmen who have not yet taken human form retain their original nature and like to lie on the giant rocks on the mountaintop to absorb the power of the moon.

The demon generals who had already taken human form, along with their mixed-blood offspring, preferred to draw down the moonlight and then return to their caves to refine it.

Deep within the Silvermoon Mountains, atop a thousand-foot-high peak near the ancestral peak, lies the cave dwelling of Yin Lu, the fifth elder of the Howling Moon Silver Wolf clan.

In the cultivation room, Yin Lu sat cross-legged, silently refining that extremely thin, yet equally precious, wisp of moonlight power.

This wisp of moonlight power can only be drawn down by the innate divine ability of the Howling Moon Silver Wolf clan.

Moreover, it must be refined before dawn, otherwise it will dissipate on its own.

Therefore, the middle of each month is also the most peaceful time for the Howling Moon Silver Wolf clan.

Unless they are in grave danger or at a critical juncture in their cultivation, all Howling Moon Silver Wolves will draw upon the moonlight to refine and temper their physical bodies.

As a high-ranking demon general, Yinlu's speed in refining moonlight far surpassed that of the lower-ranking clansmen who had not yet taken human form.

It would take them a whole night to barely refine it, but Yinlu only took half an hour to completely absorb this wisp of moonlight power.

He slowly opened his eyes, lowered his head slightly, gently clenched his fist, feeling his body slightly strengthened, and sighed softly, "If every day were a full moon night, how wonderful that would be..."

Each time he refined the power of the moonlight, a faint sense of thirst would surge from the depths of Yinlu's bloodline, as if urging him to draw down more of the power of the moonlight.

Yinlu also yearned for the power of the moonlight, or even the true essence of the sun and moon, to temper his physical body. But even the clan leader could not draw down the essence of the sun and moon, so he could only sigh in vain.

Yin Lu shook his head, forcibly suppressing the thirst surging through his bloodline, closed his eyes, and prepared to continue meditating and cultivating.

The Howling Moon Silver Wolf clan has five high-ranking demon generals. He ranks last among them, has the least seniority, and the lowest cultivation level. He has been a high-ranking demon general for less than a thousand years.

For a great human cultivator, a thousand years is a difference between life and death.

However, even with relentless hard work, Yin Lu's cultivation level could only increase slightly, and he was still extremely far from reaching the peak of a high-level demon general.

Yinlu didn't know whether the demon race or the human race was superior or inferior.

The demon race has a long lifespan and is born with a powerful bloodline. They possess immense strength, and once they reach a certain level of cultivation, they can naturally master innate supernatural abilities.

Humans have short lifespans and weak bodies, so they must cultivate techniques to improve their cultivation level. They need Foundation Establishment Pills to establish their foundation, and when forming their Nascent Soul, they must also overcome the Yin Fire Tribulation and the Heart Demon Tribulation. There are limitations everywhere.

Even a pseudo-spiritual root cultivator can cultivate faster than a royal beast of the same level.

Those cultivators with exceptional talent, possessing earth or heaven spiritual roots, are far inferior to even the purest royal beasts. Perhaps only the legendary descendants of true spirits can rival them.

However, the stronger the bloodline of the demon race, the more difficult it is for them to have offspring, and their numbers are far less than those of human cultivators who possess earth and heaven spiritual roots.

Such a rapid cultivation speed also makes it easier for the human race to produce high-level cultivators.

The entire Howling Moon Silver Wolf clan has only five high-level demon generals, and the total number of mid-level and low-level demon generals is less than fifteen.

The Wolf God Sect, established just over two thousand years ago, already has more than twenty Nascent Soul cultivators, including three Grand Cultivators.

This is because the Howling Moon Silver Wolf clan controls a large amount of cultivation resources, and many Nascent Soul cultivators in the Wolf God Sect have exhausted their lifespans; otherwise, there would be even more Nascent Soul cultivators.

Yinlu occasionally envied the human race's cultivation speed, and was even somewhat wary of it.

Humans seem to be naturally very compatible with the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, making them suitable for cultivating immortality, progressing at an astonishing rate, and possessing a strong reproductive capacity.

If left to develop unchecked, it will eventually surpass the demon race.

Fortunately, the ancestors of the demon race had foresight. By enslaving the human race, and with the loyal human slave Wang Shouyi establishing the Dragon God Sect, the resistance of human cultivators was greatly weakened.

Sending human cultivators to suppress other human cultivators was a stroke of genius.

Those who stubbornly resisted could only eke out a living in the cracks between the various royal families.

The beast tide, composed of only a few low-level demonic beasts with mediocre bloodlines, was enough for them to fight with all their might to barely protect the city, and they were unable to cause any significant disturbance.

If it weren't for the concern that killing all these human cultivators would allow the rebels to hide within the cult and become even more difficult to deal with, the various royal families would have already wiped them out.

However, these stubborn human cultivators were not entirely useless; their tragic fates made the slaves of the various royal families even more loyal.

Shen Jibai, who had secretly sided with the Howling Moon Silver Wolf clan, was captured by Yin Lu after the clan leader intervened and planted the Blood Silk Gu.

Sometimes, when it was inconvenient for the clan to deal with the demon generals of other royal families, they would ask Shen Jibai to take action, which solved many problems. All he had to give in return were some treasures.

Yinlu thus made a significant contribution, and the clan leader rewarded him with elixirs and spiritual herbs, greatly improving his cultivation and giving him hope of reaching the realm of a demon general.

The clan's five high-ranking demon generals, the First Elder and the Second Elder, are already over eighty or ninety years old, with less than two thousand years of lifespan remaining, and have long since lost any hope of becoming demon generals.

Only the Third Elder and the Fourth Elder still have the potential to become Demon Generals, while Yin Lu, although having the lowest cultivation level, is the youngest and has the greatest potential.

If Shen Jibai can achieve more merits, Yin Lu, as his contact, will also rise in rank and get closer to the Demon Commander.

Therefore, he also valued Shen Jibai highly, often interacted with him, and did not pressure him too much, lest he reveal his weaknesses and lose this extremely useful piece.

Just two years ago, Shen Jibai visited Yinlu, but his words seemed to have ulterior motives, and he was trying to find out about the various royal families.

However, Yin Lu was meticulous and did not reveal any flaws, instead giving Shen Jibai a warning.

However, he did not doubt Shen Jibai. This man had a blood-thread gu planted in his body and would never dare to have any intention of betraying him, otherwise he would surely die.

Yinlu was never worried that the Blood Silk Gu would be silently wiped out.

Even the Demon General was powerless against the Blood Silk Gu, let alone those few poor cultivators of the human race. They couldn't even detect the existence of the Blood Silk Gu in Shen Jibai's body.

However, about half a month ago, it seems that a slave of the Wolf God Cult reported that the two human cities in the Green Forest Swamp were suddenly on high alert, as if they were guarding against something.

Although the city lords of these two human cities are only early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, just in case, it's still necessary to have Shen Jibai investigate...

Before Yinlu entered meditation, one last thought flashed through his mind.

But just as he was about to forget everything else and completely enter a meditative state, a gentle voice came from outside the cultivation room: "Master, the Silver Power Demon has come to visit and is waiting outside the mansion. Would you like to see him?" (End of this chapter)