Dao Ye is going to ascend

Chapter 706 Amazing Gains, Spell Combination (Two-in-One)

The Fire Phoenix Furnace has the ability to refine treasures and demons.

The Xuan Yin Thunder Pool is different; it is a purely killing object that contains only 'Xuan Yin Thunder'.

For cultivators practicing the 'Mysterious Yin Thunder Scripture,' this thunder is no less important than the natal spiritual plant in the Azure Emperor's Longevity Scripture, possessing the wondrous function of tempering the body and generating thunder water.

Externally, it employs an extremely ruthless and decisive method of killing.

If this Thunder Pool hadn't suffered heavy damage in the core battlefield and its Xuan Yin Thunder hadn't been completely exhausted, even if the Great Sun Divine Ape had some restraint over it, it wouldn't have been able to contend with it.

"Om~"

Strands of profound Yin energy flowed out from the black cocoon and entered the Shadow Demon's body, with faint black lightning crackling around it.

Li Yuan focused his attention on sensing.

The energy drawn from the Thunder Pool converged within the Shadow Demon's 'Shadow Demon Domain' and transformed into a three-zhang-square Thunder Pool in the 'Shadow Demon Deep Pool'.

Within the Thunder Pool, the dark, murky water churned and churned, its energy spreading out, causing large swathes of demonic shadows to flee in terror.

Six years have passed, and even though refining the Thunder Pool and Divine Ape Mountain consumed a great deal of demonic shadows, the sheer number of demonic shadows in this Shadow Demon Realm is enough to make one's scalp tingle.

This retreat was like the churning of the Black Sea.

"Woo~"

The Thunder Pool trembled slightly, drawing in the Shadow Demon Water formed from the various strange creatures devoured by the Shadow Demon Body.

This water has the power to erode all things and all laws; even divine treasures will be defiled if they come into contact with it. However, for the Xuan Yin Thunder Pool, it is an excellent resource.

There is no other reason than that the Shadow Demon is purely Yin, and the Profound Yin Thunder Pool also belongs to this category.

Therefore, the combination of the two not only did not harm the Thunder Pool, but because it absorbed the Shadow Demon Water, the 'Mysterious Yin Thunder' gestating in the Thunder Pool became even more terrifying.

"The compatibility between the Shadow Demon Divine Art and the Profound Yin Thunder Scripture is too high!"

Li Yuan was satisfied.

For cultivators who practice the Profound Yin Thunder Scripture, nurturing the Profound Yin Thunder is an extremely troublesome and tedious process, but the Shadow Demon Body has the ability to devour all things and can provide a continuous supply of Shadow Demon Water.

When necessary, the countless demonic shadows accumulated in the Shadow Demon Realm can also 'sacrifice themselves for lightning', instantly transforming into even more Xuan Yin Lightning for him.

In theory, the Xuan Yin Thunder contained in this Xuan Yin Thunder Pool, which is at the fifth level, is a technique of cultivators at the fifth level!

"I can't handle the massive amount of mana required to activate the Profound Yin Thunder Pool beyond my level, but the Shadow Demon Body can!"

Li Yuan continued to tally the spoils.

Six years have passed, and the quality of the 810 strands of mana in the Shadow Demon's body is still not as good as that of high-grade mana, but the mana he has accumulated is too much.

Currently, there are at least several thousand third-tier demonic shadows that have cultivated 810 strands of magic power, and countless first and second-tier demonic shadows that contain several or dozens of strands of magic power.

It's no exaggeration to say that his magical power is as vast as the sea.

"In this way, with the Xuan Yin Thunder Pool and the Great Sun Divine Ape Transformation, even a fifth-realm cultivator can fight against him in a short time!"

Li Yuan had anticipated this.

Even if other cultivators at the third realm who practice the Shadow Demon Divine Art had such abundant resources, they would not be able to defeat a cultivator at the fifth realm.

However, thanks to the blessing of the Pure Yang Treasure Tree, Li Yuan already possessed the fifth level of the Shadow Demon Divine Art.

"Boom!"

After a long time, accompanied by a thunderous roar, the black cocoon held in the Shadow Demon's hand shattered, and the remaining Yin Thunder energy was swallowed into the Shadow Demon Domain.

"Therefore, only one last step remains before we can begin exploring the core battlefield!"

Li Yuan stood up, and streaks of demonic shadows flowed into the shadows, heading towards the core battlefield. He himself, in control of his shadow demon body, walked towards the dark corridor.

The last thing he needed to do was, of course, return the spoils of the Shadow Demon body to his main body.

……

Woo~
In the darkness, Li Yuan walked slowly.

The long, dark corridor was pitch black. Even after changing his control gear and enhancing his senses, he still couldn't see what lay beyond the invisible barriers on either side.

"Chichi~"

In the darkness, the incense burned fiercely, the only light in the room.

Any living being or external object that wants to survive in the Netherworld must consume incense offerings, even a Daoist temple like Dongxuan Mountain.

However, this portion of the consumption occurred at Dongxuan Mountain.

"After a cultivator cultivates the Dharma Heaven, the amount of incense they need will increase significantly. The reason for this is that the Dharma Heaven needs incense every moment it exists in the Netherworld."

Li Yuan hurried along, his mind sorting out various matters related to cultivation.

The long corridor was very long. In the past, the Shadow Demon carefully walked for more than ten days to scout the way. After that, Li Yuan was not careless either. It took him two days to reach the end of the corridor.

"Woo~"

Across the void, Li Yuan saw the crimson 'sky curtain' that was sometimes trembling.

He looked out into the distance, and all he could see was chaos. All sorts of strange creatures were fighting fiercely and colliding with each other.

Within six years, the Shadow Demon Body had not only been refining Thunder Pool Divine Ape Mountain, but had also devoured a large number of low-level monsters. However, it could not withstand the Blood Phoenix sending in a large batch every now and then.

"If this place isn't secretly plotting something, it truly is an unparalleled treasure trove for the Shadow Demon..."

Li Yuan stopped and watched.

Over the past five years, he has also heard some messages related to the Blood Phoenix, but these are limited to the Blood Phoenix itself and contain no information about the people plotting in the shadows.

Without even thinking, he knew that the person's concealment technique must have been cultivated to an extremely high level.

"At least a seventh-realm cultivator!"

Li Yuan cautiously activated the Turtle Breath Concealment and Azure Emperor Evolution, concealing his aura. Before long, he saw a faint, almost imperceptible shadow drifting towards him.

That was his shadow.

Across the void, the person and the shadow seemed to completely overlap.

"Wow!"

The next instant, Li Yuan heard the sound of water. At first, it murmured like a stream, then it gushed like a waterfall, and finally, like a flood bursting its banks, it surged into his heart and mind!
Divine runes, divine restrictions, magic!
One door, two doors... thirty doors, eighty doors!

In the blink of an eye, the number had exceeded 150, and it was still pouring in.

"Boom!"

Within the Niwan Divine Realm, a deafening roar resounded, causing the boundless ocean to boil and surge like towering waves.

"roar~"

"Wow~"

The nine true forms were all startled by the movement and looked up. They saw countless wonders intertwined on the vast ocean, complex and mysterious, causing the divine realm to tremble violently.

"roar~"

A strange sight trembled and transformed into a thousand-foot-long black dragon, which roared to the sky, stirring up the wind and clouds.

This is the 'Dragon Technique' obtained by the Shadow Demon Body. It originally had only nine layers of magical restrictions, but now it has nearly sixty layers of magical restrictions!
"Wow~"

The Golden-Winged Roc leaped into the sea, transforming into a giant Kun, which stirred up even more terrifying storms and waves, swallowing it whole.

"hold head high!"

"Roar!"

"Zheng~"

Not only the Demon Dragon Technique, but also hundreds of wondrous sights reverberated.

Freed from the suppression of the Shadow Demon's body, the spells shone with divine light, manifesting as dragons, mountains and rivers, longswords, divine blades, and flying rings, wreaking havoc in the divine realm.

"Suppression!"

With a single thought, Li Yuan unleashed his nine true forms, and even the ten little golden crows in the Sun Nest rose into the air, intending to suppress these magical wonders.

The mystic vine reacted quickly, using one long vine to stuff the ten little creatures into the nest. Immediately, thousands of branches and leaves unfurled, transforming into countless long vine chains.

Whipping, binding, and suppressing all sorts of spells that surged in!
For a moment, the divine realm trembled violently. Even though he was prepared, Li Yuan still frowned, sat cross-legged in the corridor, and focused his mind to suppress the turmoil.

The Shadow Demon's gains were immense.

Even those that are fed back to the original body are the best of the best, and their number far exceeds three hundred. They not only include the Five Elements, Yin and Yang, body refining, divination and so on, but also have extremely high levels of restrictions.

If Li Yuan hadn't possessed profound knowledge and a Chaos Body, swallowing so many spells in one go would have likely caused him to suffer a qi deviation on the spot, had it not been for him.

There's no other reason than that even if a cultivator at the third realm cultivates the nine spiritual forms, they can only accommodate a maximum of eighty-one spells!
Even the Shadow Demon Body needs other shadow demons to share the burden; it cannot all be gathered into one's own body.

"Om~"

"Om~"

Suddenly, a radiant light appeared in the long corridor, and various magical emanations emanated from Li Yuan's Niwan acupoint, reflecting and creating various wondrous scenes around him.

It took Li Yuan three whole days to calm the shock and conflict of the magic in the Divine Realm.

He focused his mind and sensed that his Niwan point was throbbing. The Five Extremes Temple and the Nine True Forms all became bloated, as if they had eaten too much, and they all lay on Xuan Teng Island.

The Xuan Teng tree was bound by hundreds of spells, and it would sway occasionally, with even its roots exerting force to suppress the many 'wild spells'.

"Woo~"

Strands of demonic shadows seeped out from the void, landing at Li Yuan's feet and intertwining to become his shadow.

These are eighty-one third-tier demonic shadows, each having cultivated eight hundred and ten shadow magic powers, and each storing eighty-one relatively complete spells.

"call!"

Li Yuan let out a long breath, feeling as if he had eaten too much.

At this moment, the Shadow Demon flicked his finger.

Then, countless demonic shadows, intertwined like a dark cloud, surged one after another into the long, dark corridor.

With a sweep of his mind, Li Yuan detected approximately 8,300 first and second-tier demonic shadows. Although they contained little magical power, they also stored a large number of spells.

They are just more incomplete, with most of them being barely pieced together from a few divine runes.

Enveloped by the demonic shadows were twenty-three Dao soldiers who resembled humans but lacked facial features; these were the 'Suppressing Dao Soldiers' of the Four Realms.

"Om~"

With a wave of his hand, Li Yuan transformed the twenty-three Zhenfa Dao soldiers into a bracelet, which landed in his palm.

Having devoured so many strange lands, the Shadow Demon has accumulated no fewer than two hundred types of Dao soldiers, but most of them either lack a clear path to advancement or have insufficient potential.

The only thing he valued was this squad of Zhenfa Dao soldiers.

"The Great Sun Divine Ape Transformation and the Profound Yin Thunder Pool must be left to the Shadow Demon Body. Although they may be lost, it is worth the gamble."

Instead of taking stock of his spoils, Li Yuan was planning his next move after transforming into the Shadow Demon.

Master Li was also very interested in what the supposedly powerful seventh-realm expert had gone to great lengths to obtain, and even if he couldn't get his hands on it in the end, he still wanted to investigate.

At least, we can try to suppress the Blood Phoenix as a last resort.

Anyway, he had already memorized both spells. Even if he lost them, he could simply collect the divine runes and cultivate them himself later.

"Go."

With a thought, Li Yuan turned and left in his Shadow Demon form. Before long, he had disappeared into the shadows and headed towards the core battlefield in the far distance.

He himself turned back.

...A great find!
Inside the bamboo building, Li Yuan slowly opened his eyes:
"No wonder the Ruins of Guixu are extremely dangerous, yet countless cultivators still rush to it one after another, unafraid of death."

"The harvest is amazing!"

Sensing the swelling of his Niwan Divine Realm, even someone as composed as Li Yuan couldn't help but want to burst out laughing.

"Om~"

He reached out and took out the spell-suppressing bracelet. With a gentle turn, he felt the surrounding void tremble suddenly, and even the various spells boiling within his body quieted down.

The Daoist soldiers who suppress the law are superior Daoist soldiers, and their rank is much higher than that of the White Bone Demon.

With a gentle toss, Li Yuan produced a 'buzz' sound, which transformed into twenty-three guardian soldiers, each as tall as a person but without facial features.

"Oh!"

The two gourd soldiers that were dozing on Li Yuan's shoulders cried out in surprise and fell to the ground.

"Gourd sword energy".

Upon hearing Li Yuan's command, the two little gourds shook their bodies, trying to release gourd sword energy, but they managed to hold it in until their little faces turned red, and only then did a wisp of green smoke emerge from the gourd mouth.

"This, what is this?"

The two little gourds were somewhat shocked.

"Suppressing Law Enforcement Soldiers".

Li Yuan tried to activate the spell, but the twenty-three guardian soldiers stood in formation, and an invisible force of confinement seemed to sever the connection between the divine runes and heaven and earth.

“Your natal spiritual plant, natal spiritual beast, and fire seed are unaffected.”

Li Yuan tried various methods and found that only his innate abilities rooted in the three great scriptures remained unaffected. Naturally, he could also use the Demon Refining Sword and the Great Luo Banner.

Even so, he was quite satisfied.

"The number is a bit small. If there were eighty-one Zhenfa Dao soldiers in formation, even a fourth-realm cultivator would be at my mercy."

With a wave of his hand, Li Yuan recalled the Zhenfa Dao soldiers, nodded in satisfaction, and then closed his eyes to begin sorting out his gains.

"Om~"

With a slight concentration, Li Yuan sensed the numerous demonic shadows that had transformed into his own.

With eighty-one third-tier demonic shadows at the core and over eight thousand first- and second-tier demonic shadows on the surface, he felt a torrent of magical power as powerful as a river.

As the Lord of Shadow Demons, he naturally wielded shadow magic power with ease. Apart from not being able to use it to nurture his natal magic weapon, he had no problem using it to cast spells and refine ordinary magic weapons.

"Wow~"

Li Yuan focused his mind and carefully sensed it.

He felt that the divine patterns within the 'shadow' were as vast as the sea, with various spells shining brightly and emitting a complex yet enormous aura, which made him somewhat dazzled.

Few of these spells are complete, and even those that are complete are not of a high level of restriction.

But it is also a huge amount of resources!
"These magical restrictions can be used to combine spells, to refine spiritual treasures, or at the very least, to nourish military training grounds!"

"With so many spells, if just a portion of them were refined into magical artifacts, my current control combination could be upgraded..."

Li Yuan planned out the uses of the spells in his mind, and after taking stock of most of them, he entered the Niwan Divine Realm.

"Om~"

Within the divine realm, all colors intertwine, and as far as the eye can see, there are countless shimmering waves of magic, dazzling and magnificent.

These three hundred-plus superior spells were the Shadow Demon's greatest gain from this trip. A quick glance revealed that none of the spells had a restriction level of less than fifty!
"The gains from exploring the hidden realms are immense. So many high-level and forbidden spells. Let alone ordinary cultivators, even I would not be able to master them in less than several hundred years."

Li Yuan looked down at the divine realm, sensing all kinds of magic.

"Wow!"

A moment later, with a thought from Li Yuan, the Mysterious Vine Tree, the Rebellious Fate Turtle, and the Nine True Forms trembled all at once, 'spitting out' all the binding and devouring spells.

The spells, having been suppressed once, appeared much more docile, yet they still scattered and flew about, occasionally colliding and emitting loud explosions that shattered large swathes of ocean water.

"Om~"

At this moment, under Li Yuan's gaze, the Five Extremes Temple radiated divine light, with five colors intertwining and spreading like thousands of chains, drawing back the corresponding Five Elements spells to the temple.

As for the various spells outside the Five Elements, they were suppressed again by the Mystic Vine Tree.

Li Yuan landed under the Xuan Teng tree, sensing the tremors of the Qingdi Temple. One after another, wood-based spells intertwined within it, like clouds and mist, engulfing the statues.

"Most of them are mid-grade spells."

Li Yuan was not surprised by this.

After all, the Shadow Demon has not yet begun to explore the core battlefield, so the outer areas are mostly ordinary monster territories.

However, he didn't care.

The rank of spells is divided into three grades: upper, middle, and lower, depending on the number of divine restrictions they contain. For example, the Demonic Ox Technique and the Demonic Dragon Technique are lower grades, while the Wood Element Escape Technique and the Water Element Body Fixation Technique are middle grades.

High-grade spells include those containing multiple divine restrictions, such as Xuan Gang Heavy Water, Kunming Myriad Armor, and Taiyin Sword Qi, and most of them originate from major-level cultivation techniques.

However, unlike fundamental laws, spells can be combined.

"Of the three paths to becoming a true disciple in Dongxuan Mountain, one is reserved for cultivators who create their own methods."

Theoretically, if one could combine divine runes and divine restrictions to create a spell that would be approved by one's master, one could also advance to the level of a true disciple.

Li Yuan strolled slowly. He had read too many books about combining spells, but he hadn't practiced many spells before, not even enough for his own use, let alone for combining them.

But things are different now.

"The best way to fully utilize the gains from this exploration is naturally a combination of spells!"

Li Yuan never intended to follow the path of creating the true lineage of magic, but he was extremely interested in combinations of spells.

Because all top-tier spells originate from the cultivator's own combinations.

"The gains from this Shadow Demon Body are more than enough to allow me to combine multiple top-tier spells, and it's even possible that I could gather nine!"

As early as when he learned that the Shadow Demon had gained a great deal from this trip, Li Yuan had already begun to plan for it, and now was the time to put it to the test.

"There are countless spells, but at their core, they can be categorized into nine types!"

"Attack, Protection, Immobilization, Summoning, Body Refinement, Celestial Secrets, Escape Techniques, Healing, Qimen Dunjia..."

"Based on the Five Ultimate Scriptures and the Nine True Forms, nine top-tier spells corresponding to nine categories are combined, and seventy-two superior-grade spells are used to assist them..."

"With such a foundation, even if the Five Dragon Immortals' origin divine embryo is an innate Dao body, I might still be able to defeat them!"

……

Using others as a mirror is a habit that Master Li has cultivated for a long time.

At first, he used Wan Zhuliu as a mirror, and later, he used Kizaru as a mirror, which greatly helped him avoid making mistakes.

And that Origin Princess is undoubtedly the top-tier 'Human Mirror'.

"Five Dragon Immortals..."

Recalling the battle five years ago, Li Yuan couldn't help but feel a surge of fighting spirit.

For five years, he devoted himself to practicing his magic, honing his fighting techniques with the Yellow Ape every day. After countless battles, he could win even without using the Prison Suppression Divine Power.

But he still has no confidence whatsoever regarding the Five Dragon Immortals.

"Once I've digested what I've gained this time, I'll fight the Five Dragon Immortals again!"

After a long while, Li Yuan withdrew from the Divine Realm, took out his disciple token, and went to the Scripture Pavilion to borrow a large number of books on spell combinations in preparation for refining spells.

……

After sending most of the important gains back to the main body.

Li Yuan divided his attention and controlled the Shadow Demon body to begin exploring the core battlefield.

"boom!"

Far away, the earth-shattering collision exploded, and even the aftershocks shattered many strange places tens of thousands of miles away.

Li Yuan gazed intently into the distance.

After countless battles, most of the strange lands were either swallowed up or shattered and swallowed up. Now, in the core battlefield, there are only three strange lands at the peak of the fifth realm.

One of them is like a mountain, with a sheathless divine sword stuck on it. It can transform into thousands of strange soldiers, which are extremely fierce. The Xuan Yin Thunder Pool was mostly destroyed by it.

The remaining two mysterious sites are two deep pools.

A pool of azure blue, like the sky, harbors nine ferocious ice dragons. When the nine dragons dance together, they can unleash 'Ice Soul Divine Light'. Most of the strange places in the core battlefield are frozen by that divine light and dragged into the deep blue pool.

The other divine pool is extremely small, more like a well. It doesn't use its power much, but the other two strange places are quite wary of it, and it is the most dangerous of them all.

"Recently, the Blood Phoenix has stopped devouring the strange lands, so I'm afraid the outcome will be soon..."

Carefully stealthy in the shadows, Li Yuan unleashed countless demonic shadows, which flew towards the core battlefield from all directions and angles.

"boom!"

The battlefield was filled with booming sounds, sometimes sword light shot out in bursts, sometimes ice crystals shattered wildly, and most of the shadow demon bodies, even those hidden in the shadows, were shattered by this terrifying aura.

Over the past few years, Li Yuan had tried many times, but he had always been quite restrained. Now that he had reaped most of the rewards, he had nothing to worry about.

"Om~"

With a thought, more demonic shadows spread out, heading towards the treacherous areas outside the core battlefield, either devouring them or leading them towards the core battlefield.

He waited patiently.

Months later, accompanied by the roar of an ice dragon, hundreds of strange lands within a radius of tens of thousands of miles were frozen. At this moment, a wisp of demonic shadow finally ventured into the core battlefield.

"That is……"

Li Yuan focused his mind to perceive.

At the very center of the clash between the three strange lands, there sat a burning volcano, with endless divine patterns flowing and intertwining inside and outside the volcano.

Inside, one can vaguely see the shadow of a phoenix.

"This is the Blood Phoenix's Dharma Heaven?"

"It's nurturing offspring? No... this aura is more like the Blood Phoenix itself..."

"It's more like... a transformation?!"

Li Yuan's mind raced, and he seemed to vaguely grasp the purpose of the person plotting against the Blood Phoenix.

Something more precious than this evil god, the Blood Phoenix, is naturally only the legendary 'Undying Divine Phoenix,' the source of the Blood Phoenix lineage...

"If this Blood Phoenix can transform..."

Li Yuan's eyes lit up immediately.

The moment the thought crossed my mind, a familiar booming sound rang out.

Li Yuan looked in the direction of the sound and saw that the crimson sky had split open again, and billowing waves of air were gushing out from the dark hole, just like countless times before.

But this time, besides the strange places, there are also people!

"That is……"

Li Yuan, gazing into the distance from the shadows, suddenly focused his gaze.

Among the hundreds or thousands of cultivators who filed in, he keenly spotted a 'familiar face':
"Xuan Daozi?"

(End of this chapter)