Dao Ye is going to ascend

Chapter 699 The Shadow Demon Body's Huge Gains: Aiming for Number One! (Two Chapters Combined)

Thousands of demonic shadows intertwined, like clouds and waterfalls, forming a giant cocoon that enveloped the light of thunder and fire.

"She really swallowed it!"

Duan Tianyi, who was half-hidden underground in the distance, felt a chill run down his spine.

Those are two high-level mysterious places, especially the Xuan Yin Thunder Pool. Even though it is damaged, it is still of the essence of the fifth realm. Ordinary fourth-realm cultivators would not dare to make a move on it.

Although the Great Sun Divine Ape Mountain was not in the fifth realm, it was not badly damaged and still had the power to kill people in the fourth realm.

And that demonic cultivator actually dared to swallow two whole!

Aren't you afraid of stuffing yourself to death?

Duan Tianyi muttered to himself, then quietly slipped underground and within a few breaths had already entered the Cloud Demon's Strange Land.

Compared to two years ago, the changes in this mysterious and treacherous place are terrifying.

When he was first captured, this strange place only had Black Cloud Dao Soldiers and thousands of demonic shadows. But now, with a single glance, he saw thirteen types of Dao Soldiers, including Black Cloud Dao Soldiers.

They are all Dao soldiers at the third realm!
Let alone a cultivator at the fifth level of the Divine Palace, even a cultivator at the seventh or eighth level of the Divine Palace would surely die without a burial place if they dared to break into this place.

"This demonic cultivator's progress is terrifying..."

Duan Tianyi wiped away a cold sweat, pretended to be calm, and went up to the Nine-Story Tower. In a corner, Wang Xuandao had recovered from his injuries, but still dared not move.

There's no other reason than that this nine-story tower gathers the elites of the Cloud Demon Realm. Although there are only twenty-three Dao soldiers, they are all at the fourth realm!
In addition, there were also illusory figures, their aura almost identical to that of the demonic cultivator, yet even more bizarre and ferocious...

"you?"

The moment Wang Xuandao saw Duan Tianyi, he knew what he was thinking, and his expression tightened as the former grabbed his shoulder:

"go!"

Without any hesitation, Duan Tianyi suddenly activated his escape technique, intending to take this opportunity to flee this demonic cave, but suddenly felt a pain in the back of his head.

"You idiot!"

Wang Xuandao couldn't help but slap him: "You didn't even recognize the 'Stabilizing Void Dao Soldier'?"

"what?"

Duan Tianyi was startled, and then realized that his escape technique was ineffective. By the time he realized what was happening, his body was already frozen in place.

The twenty-three fourth-realm Dao soldiers all looked over, their indifferent and ruthless gazes making the hairs on the two men's heads stand on end.

"escape!"

Duan Tianyi roared, divine light bursting from his body, and pushed Wang Xuandao out of the Nine-Story Tower: "Go!"

"Fat!"

Wang Xuandao gritted his teeth and unleashed his magical power.

His realm was similar to Duan Tianyi's, but he had already refined two strands of golden nature, and used them all for the Lesser Heavens Escape Technique. After escaping the influence range of the Fixed Void Dao Soldier, he instantly escaped from the strange land.

"Boom!"

In the blink of an eye, a distant roar resounded.

The surging clouds formed from countless demonic shadows rolled and moved, dragging the giant cocoon of lightning and fire behind them. Before long, they landed on the nine-story tower.

"Roar!"

The giant cocoon trembled, and faint thunder and roars could be heard.

"Cross-border absorption is indeed troublesome."

With one hand pressing down on the giant cocoon to suppress the restlessness within, and relying on his complete control over the demonic shadows through his Shadow Demon Body, Li Yuan could clearly sense the two strange places within.

The ruined Five Realms of Mysterious Lands, the Mysterious Yin Thunder Pool, and the relatively intact Four Realms of Mysterious Lands, the Divine Ape Mountain.

It took nearly two years, and after countless attempts to provoke a clash between the two sides, he finally seized the opportunity and swallowed up the two strange places.

"Swallowing is not easy, and digesting is not easy either."

Li Yuan could feel the countless demonic shadows he used to devour these two strange lands constantly dissipating.

Of course, each demonic shadow swallowed at least one bite before it disappeared.

"Next, it will be a war of attrition."

Li Yuan remained calm; the Shadow Demon Divine Skill was least afraid of a war of attrition.

In the past year or so, he has not only been scheming against the Xuan Yin Thunder Pool, but has also swept through a large number of second and third realm strange lands, and refined countless demonic shadows.

With a slight thought, he sensed the demonic domain within the Shadow Demon's body.

Compared to when it was first forged, this demonic realm has expanded by more than ten times. Within it, demonic shadows intertwine like clouds and mist, and each of them has forged at least one shadow magic power shadow.

Beneath the demonic mist lies a vast, deep pool spanning hundreds of miles, containing the Shadow Demon Water, formed from the impurities he had absorbed from countless monstrous beasts.

This spell, which he mastered after advancing to the third realm of Shadow Demon Body, is extremely powerful. He used it to extinguish a third-realm monster land. Monsters and monster soldiers alike were instantly destroyed upon contact, and it was exceptionally ferocious.

hum~
Li Yuan sat cross-legged, one hand pressing on the giant cocoon. Every time a demonic shadow was killed, another would immediately take its place.

This process was repeated, and in less than half a day, a piece of the Mysterious Divine Ape Mountain in the Four Realms had been torn off, and the scattered divine patterns had barely formed a spell.

"Great Sun God Ape Transformation!"

Within his mind, divine patterns converged, and Li Yuan focused his mind to perceive them.

This is a rare body-refining technique. When activated, it can transform into an extraterrestrial beast called the "Great Sun Divine Ape," which can absorb and exhale the pure Yang energy of heaven and earth. When combined with elixirs, it can strengthen the body.

The extent of its growth is equivalent to the level of its magical restrictions.

If one can refine one hundred and eight layers of magical restrictions, the cultivator can gain the power of a fifth-realm Great Sun Divine Ape!
“You, the Lord of the Ghost Land, should not have reached the full level of cultivation in your lifetime, but you must have at least reached the eighty-first level, otherwise you would not have been able to rival that Xuan Yin Thunder Pool.”

Li Yuan's eyes were very bright.

Body Refining Spells are among the most difficult spells to master. Once activated, they consume mana extremely quickly, and ordinary cultivators at the third realm would absolutely not be able to maintain a body comparable to the Great Sun Divine Ape at the fourth realm for an extended period.

But he is different!
More than a year ago, his Shadow Demon Body had already accumulated 810 strands of Shadow Magic Power, the quality of which was no less than that of Kunpeng Magic Power.

After another year of frantic devouring, although limited by his original cultivation level, he still possessed 810 strands of magical power, but the quality had already reached the level of six-tenths of superior-grade magical power.

Moreover, each of the thousands of demonic shadows he cultivated possessed at least one or two strands of shadow magic power, which, when accumulated, amounted to hundreds or thousands of times greater than his original body!

"After swallowing this Divine Ape Mountain, my Shadow Demon Body will be almost equivalent to a cultivator at the fourth level of Body Refinement!"

"At that time, even if I cannot refine the Profound Yin Thunder Pool, I will still be qualified to enter the core battlefield!"

"If only the Profound Yin Thunder Pool could also be refined..."

Li Yuan's mind was racing as he planned the path to his Shadow Demon Body, while also taking stock of his gains.

The belly of the Blood Phoenix is ​​an invaluable treasure for the Shadow Demon.

In just over a year, Li Yuan himself made rapid progress, his speed comparable to that of an innate Dao body, but the gains from the Shadow Demon Body were far greater than those from his original body!
"Om~"

As soon as Li Yuan had a thought, the mind of the Shadow Demon suddenly brightened, and divine restrictions composed of divine runes flowed and intertwined like a tide.

These divine restrictions either converge in groups of three or five, or in streams of eleven or twelve. The most complex ones even have thirty-six divine restrictions, flowing like great rivers.

Over the course of several years, the Shadow Demon God had amassed a total of eighty-one spells, with each spell having at least forty layers of restrictions!

This was a selection he had carefully chosen from the various strange and wondrous places he had devoured, encompassing attack, defense, escape techniques, immobilization, mental focus, transformation, and body refinement.

He stuffed those spells with low magical restrictions, incomplete divine restrictions, and weak power into the bodies of the thousands of demonic shadows in the Shadow Demon Realm, and the number of them was hundreds or thousands of times greater than this!
"Even without a spiritual form to use, in terms of individual combat strength, the Shadow Demon Body probably already surpasses the original body..."

Feeling the numerous spells within his mind, Li Yuan gave an objective assessment.

It possesses nearly a thousand times the magical power of a cultivator at the peak of the ninth level of the Divine Palace, eighty-one highly restricted spells, and thousands of demonic shadows at its disposal.

He felt that among all the opponents he had fought, only Kizaru was worthy of a battle.

"Even if it swallows the Divine Ape Mountain, Senior Brother Kizaru is no match for the Shadow Demon Body!"

Li Yuan opened his eyes with satisfaction.

His gains didn't stop there. Besides magic, he also nurtured the Cloud Demon Realm to the point where it was no less powerful than an ordinary fourth-realm demon realm.

The four realm Dao soldiers on the Xialou Tower are only a part of it; there are still dozens more hidden inside the Xialou Tower.

"Dao, fellow Daoist..."

Duan Tianyi had already collapsed to the ground. He had been suffering and anxious for half a day, and he really couldn't take it anymore.

"What's the matter?"

Li Yuan glanced at him.

Wang Xuandao was able to escape because the shadow of the latter contained the demonic shadow of two heads and three realms.

"Old Wang has escaped!"

Duan Tianyi couldn't help but remind him.

"and then?"

Li Yuan didn't take it to heart.

Although he had not entered the core battlefield during his two years of exploration, he had already learned through the Demon Shadow that there were many outside cultivators hiding on the other side of the battlefield.

Letting Wang Xuandao out was naturally a way to find out the truth.

"What then?"

Duan Tianyi was stunned. This demon's attitude was completely unpredictable, but the more unpredictable it was, the more terrified he became.

"By the way, are there many herdsmen in Tian Shi Yuan?"

Li Yuan inquired.

"Wha, what?"

Duan Tianyi was a little confused by the demon's train of thought, but dared not not answer: "No, not much."

"so."

Li Yuan was no exception, asking the fat Taoist about information about the herdsmen.

Shepherds are an ancient profession, and many holy lands and sects in various realms have such cultivators, but there are relatively few in the outside world.

Simply put, a shepherd needs at least one planet to graze on.

There are indeed herdsmen on Dongxuan Mountain, but they are all senior brothers who want to follow the path of herdsmen to become true disciples. Li Yuan does not think he can command them.

'Could this demon possess a life-giving star?'

As Duan Tianyi answered, he couldn't help but let his mind wander.

"It has a herdsman tradition."

After a series of questions and answers, Li Yuan already had a clear understanding of the situation.

Although I don't believe that his ancestors truly originated from the Nine Ministers of the Divine Dynasty, he should be qualified as a shepherd.

"Fellow Taoist, you..."

Duan Tianyi couldn't contain his curiosity: "You asked the herdsmen, is it because there is a life-bearing star?"

Li Yuan did not answer him.

"Fellow Daoist, I can help you herd the people!"

Thinking he had tacitly agreed, Duan Tianyi was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "You only need to give me one life star, even if it only has a million people, at most a hundred years, I will definitely be able to raise 30 billion..."

"coming!"

Li Yuan suddenly spoke.

What's coming?
Duan Tianyi was startled, and then heard a familiar yet terrifying cry:
"Wow!"

The Blood Phoenix Cries!
As Duan Tianyi's heart trembled, thousands of demonic shadows rose into the air from the Cloud Demon Realm, intertwining like mist and dragging the entire realm into shadow.

"Boom!"

The next instant, the void trembled.

The blood-red sky suddenly split open with a huge hole, and a terrifying shockwave rolled in, blowing the strange lands into the air like straw.

"That thieving bird is devouring the strange land again!"

Duan Tianyi cursed under his breath, gripping the deck of the ship tightly. He felt the entire strange place trembling violently, as if it were about to disintegrate at any moment.

"hold head high!"

Suddenly, a dragon's roar resounded.

Li Yuan looked up and saw a dark yellow earth dragon soaring into the sky amidst the raging winds, flying towards the large hole in the sky, enveloped by layers of divine light.

"Some cultivators are trying to take this opportunity to escape!"

Upon seeing this scene, Duan Tianyi almost forgot his fear, but then, with a 'crack', the earth dragon and the cultivator inside its belly exploded in the void.

"This is……"

Li Yuan's gaze sharpened. In the instant the earth dragon shattered, he saw a fleeting trace of divine runes disappearing in the void, seemingly a highly concealed 'array restriction'!
"The Blood Phoenix's magical abilities before its death? Or did someone place a divine restriction within its body?"

Li Yuan's mind raced, and the Cloud Demon's treacherous hiding place became even deeper.

"call!"

After an unknown amount of time, the raging winds finally subsided.

Li Yuan gazed into the distance and faintly sensed fluctuations in the void, as if someone had emerged from the void and then quickly vanished without a trace.

"Ok?"

Although they were far apart and it was only a very short moment, Li Yuan did not think he had seen wrong.

"It seems that this is a formation deliberately set up by someone..."

Li Yuan was already certain of what was going on, but he was curious about what the person who set up the formation was planning.

The fact that this person could set up such a large formation inside the Blood Phoenix clearly wasn't due to the Blood Phoenix itself...

"Perform a sacrificial ceremony? Or..."

Li Yuan was on tenterhooks. The Shadow Demon's huge gains from this trip had not yet been returned, and he couldn't afford any mishaps.

"Let's observe further. If anything seems amiss, we'll leave immediately!"

……

"Woo~"

Divine light flickered in the void.

Lingji Monk walked slowly through the void, looking down at the various strange places. Before long, he had passed through the core battlefield, which had been temporarily calmed by the cry of the Blood Phoenix.

"So far, everything is going smoothly, except for the offerings..."

For a moment, the monk Lingji stopped and looked at the blood-red volcanic cluster not far away.

It was a small volcanic cluster covering less than a hundred miles, but unlike a typical volcanic cluster, it was a burning volcano.

The crimson flames flickered intermittently, with endless divine runes flowing within them. Faintly, one could see that at the very center of the interwoven runes was a large crimson cocoon.

"The Undying Divine Phoenix..."

The monk Lingji felt a stirring in his heart.

The Ten Primordial Fiends were all colossal demons who had given birth to Dao Fruits. Each of them possessed unfathomable power, and even stealing just a wisp of it would be an unimaginable blessing.

pity……

Suppressing his greed, the monk Lingji calculated with his fingers and couldn't help but frown:

"Is the flesh and blood of monsters inferior to that of living beings? It seems we need to let that beast devour another batch of monster lands, otherwise, once the flesh and blood of living beings follow, we'll lack the life force of life and death..."

As soon as a thought crossed his mind, his figure shattered like light and shadow.

Before long, the Blood Phoenix let out another high-pitched cry, the crimson sky cracked open, and the black hole was filled with rolling waves of air like a celestial river flowing down, with one strange object after another falling into the battlefield.

"boom!"

Li Yuan, who was focused on the sky, did not notice the fluctuations in the void. It seemed that what he had seen before was his illusion. With a thunderous explosion, a strange land of the third realm fell a hundred miles away.

"Using a Blood God as a formation to devour countless strange lands—if this is a sacrifice, it's a grand one. If it's not a sacrificial ritual, it means there must be something beyond imagination in that core battlefield..."

Li Yuan gazed at the core battlefield for a long time before turning his attention to the surrounding treacherous terrain:
"Regardless of whose scheme it is, we'll take as much as we can."

"As for what's inside that core battlefield..."

……

"call!"

"Suck!"

On the Qi gathering platform, Li Yuan slowly finished his practice, and all his magical powers increased.

"The ratio of Kunpeng's magic power to Black Emperor's magic power is three to one. If all of them are exchanged, it would be enough for about eighty-one high-grade magic powers."

Li Yuan made his own calculations.

The Chaotic Body greatly enhances the practice of cultivation techniques, and in just three months, he has barely managed to gather eighty-one high-grade mana.

Of course, this will consume all of your mid-grade mana.

"We can try to awaken the Chaos Body now. As for regaining the Metal element, we'll wait until the Battle Rankings are finalized!"

Li Yuan's plan is very clear.

After entering the inner chamber, all the creations bestowed by the master were of the highest quality, but refining them required a great deal of effort.

The Chaos Body amplifies all kinds of spells and even mana, but this is not without loss; he is now consuming nearly twice as many elixirs as before.

He absolutely cannot abandon the Battle Ranking.

"Om~"

As soon as Li Yuan had this thought, golden light slowly rose in his mind like the sun, radiating a dazzling brilliance that seemed to illuminate his very soul.

"Enlightenment, Chaotic Body!"

"boom!"

The golden sun plunged into the sea of ​​the heart, its dazzling divine light reaching directly to the cultivator's very essence.

Li Yuan concentrated intently, and vaguely, he seemed to see again that dark abyss that gave birth to the chaotic physique, where the golden essence fell, but was nothing more than a wisp of golden light.

But at that moment, an indescribable sense of satisfaction suddenly welled up in his heart.

It was as if hands and feet that had been missing for countless years had grown back.

"boom!"

The golden light vanished in an instant.

"Is this it?"

Li Yuan focused his mind to perceive.

After a wisp of golden essence fell into his origin, he did not notice any changes in himself. He tried to practice his cultivation techniques and use his magic, but he felt that the improvement was negligible.

Compared to the enlightenment of spells and magical treasures, this is a huge loss!

"If it weren't for Master's guidance, even if I had the thought to enlighten the Chaos Body, after putting in a wisp of golden essence without success, I'm afraid I wouldn't have put in a second wisp."

Li Yuan didn't feel he had lost out; on the contrary, he felt fortunate.

Without guidance, he himself probably wouldn't have thought of such a thing at all.

"It's alright. It's only a little over seven hundred strands of high-grade mana. Even if it's just for a sliver of a chance to reverse one's innate destiny, it's worth it!"

With a sigh of relief, Li Yuan took out the Knowledge Ball.

First, as usual, enter the Weitian Martial Arts Arena to find Kizaru and verify his own fighting techniques.

Over the past year, except for the most crucial few days of nurturing the Chaos Body, he would seek out Kizaru to hone his combat techniques whenever he made any progress.

But he suffered a hundred defeats in a hundred battles, and never even managed a draw.

……

"Whoo~"

A day later, Li Yuan, who had fought Kizaru nineteen times, withdrew from the Weitian Martial Arts Competition. Even with his current level of cultivation, he felt quite tired.

"Senior Brother Kizaru is indeed a formidable opponent!"

Despite his exhaustion, Li Yuan was in high spirits.

The Chaos Body's enhancement and restraint over all laws, along with the perfection of the Kunpeng True Form, made him feel for the first time that he was evenly matched with Kizaru.

"Eighteen losses and one draw!"

Reviewing the nineteen fierce battles just now, Li Yuan truly felt the power of the Chaos Body.

He still mainly used the same few spells; the fifty or sixty spells he learned later were far from sufficient in terms of their level of restriction to participate in a battle of this intensity.

However, once the Chaos Body has acquired all kinds of spells, it has a great advantage over spells of the same kind.

Although it was far from reaching the legendary Chaos Saint Body's 'invulnerability to all laws' level, the power of the various Five Elements spells used by Kizaru was greatly reduced.

"When the Five Elements spells are applied to me, it's as if six or seven layers of magical restrictions have been removed out of thin air!"

After nine fierce battles, Li Yuan had a clear understanding of his current combat strength. As long as Lin Yue did not condense nine strands of golden essence, he would have a chance to win!

"To be on the safe side, we should prepare the Military Command Register."

Li Yuan swallowed the elixir, recovering his energy while adjusting his control over the weapon.

Out of fear of the Taixu Divine Mirror, the objects he chose to control were either the Xuan Teng Snake Sheath or the Azure Thunder Dragon, which either enhanced his cultivation level or added to his innate talents.

The effect of this technique is difficult to detect, but it still significantly boosts his combat power. He used it when fighting Kizaru.

"call!"

Half a day later, before nightfall, Li Yuan opened his eyes and felt that his energy and spirit had returned to their peak. Only then did he take out the Knowledge Ball and enter the Battle Hall.

Before the battle, he replied to messages from many of his senior brothers, and then sent a message to Feng Xiuqi.

Only then did he click on Lin Yue's challenge.

Over the past year, Lin Yue has challenged him to a duel nine times.

"Accept the challenge!"

As soon as Li Yuan had this thought, the starlight beneath him enveloped him and carried him into the battle arena.

……

……

Demonscale City, located in the southeast of Tian Shi Yuan, is one of the five major cities.

This city covers an extremely large area, encompassing not only mountains but also vast sea areas and thousands of islands.

The Demon Scale Academy is located on a huge immortal island in the sea, where giant trees form forests, spiritual herbs provide shade, and various spiritual beasts frolic and play.

"call!"

On the island by the sea, a young man dressed in a black robe sat fishing.

He was very tall, nearly three zhang tall, with a well-proportioned and strong physique. On his black robe was embroidered a qilin with crimson eyes.

"Om~"

In a flash, the Sphere of Knowledge trembled. Lin Yue casually pointed at it, and light and shadow intertwined in his eyes, revealing a handsome cultivator dressed in a black robe.

"Lin Daozi".

Lin Yue bowed with his hands clasped in greeting.

"The Battle Ranking will be finalized in a month or two. If he wants to accept the challenge, he should have already shown up."

Lin Yanlong's voice was deep.

"Not yet ready to fight."

Lin Yue glanced at the Battle Hall and shook his head: "Although this fiend has some skills, his victory over Chao Xuanlong was somewhat by luck. I'm afraid he wouldn't dare to accept the challenge."

"not necessarily."

"Ok?"

Seeing Lin Yanlong's confident words, Lin Yue frowned slightly: "Lin Daozi, please forgive my bluntness, but even if those eight thousand miles came from outer regions, why do you care so much?"

"It's not just the outer realms..."

Lin Yanlong used some secret technique, so his voice didn't come from the Sphere of Understanding, but rang directly in Lin Yue's mind:

"This person is highly likely to be from one of those Daoist sects..."

"Ok?"

Lin Yue's expression changed slightly, and a hint of displeasure appeared in his eyes: "Then you want me to challenge him?"

"That's why I asked you to challenge him."

Lin Xinglong's voice echoed in his mind: "Your headmaster is also aware of this matter."

"This……"

Lin Yue suddenly regretted accepting the challenge to fight at Ba Wanli.

The conflict between the Weitian Dao Sect and the holy lands of various domains is not something he can meddle in...

But at this moment, his general knowledge sphere suddenly trembled, and his expression changed accordingly:
"Eighty thousand li have accepted the challenge!"

(End of this chapter)