Unlimited priesthood

Chapter 159 Return
"puff!!!"

Shen He stood in front of the Bagua Furnace, repeatedly slicing his wrists to force out his vital essence and blood into the furnace.

Although thanks to the cultivator's physique, the wrist will heal quickly and the lost essence and blood will regenerate quickly, but this is not without cost. Just like the division of human cells, every division and every growth is an overdraft of the body.

What are you overdrawing?
This is the essence of life!

As Shen He repeatedly slashed his wrists and spilled his life essence, the number in the lifespan column on his professional panel began to jump again, consuming life essence like a demonic cultivation technique, causing his lifespan to increase dramatically.

But blood essence alone was not enough, so Shen He also poured in his magic power and even his spiritual consciousness, using the three flowers on top as material and the five elements in his chest as ingredients to forge this demonic weapon.

It can be said that he gave everything except the Great Dao Golden Core, and even depleted some of the Golden Core itself, injecting it into the furnace in the form of true essence and magical power.

The price he paid was that he began to age rapidly, the graying at the roots of his hair spread quickly, and his facial skin became loose and dry, making him look somewhat frightening and even terrifying.

With such an image, standing in front of the furnace, accompanied by weapons forged from the blood flames within, anyone who sees him would exclaim in horror, "What a demon!"

Shen He, however, paid no attention and focused solely on refining the Demon Blade.

Time flies, and forty-nine days have passed in the blink of an eye.

Shen He, with his white hair disheveled, stood before the furnace and finally stopped the demonic blood refining technique.

Inside the Taiji Bagua Furnace, the fire of the five elements was as red as blood, and a weapon was suspended within it as a sacrifice.

The blade is thick and heavy, with a wide spine and a thin edge, resembling a crouching dragon with the power to shatter mountains and break through peaks.

The blade was dark red, burning with demonic fire, like a siege soldier suspended in mid-air, containing the power to burn the heavens and boil the seas.

"Come!!!"

The demonic blade was complete. Shen He said nothing more, only making a gesture with his palm.

"boom!!!"

The furnace trembled instantly, crimson karmic fire surged, and the Three Calamities Demon Soldiers rushed out of the furnace, transforming into a dark red blade of light that headed straight for Shen He.

"puff!!!"

In an instant, the demonic blade pierced through his body, sinking into his chest and abdomen. The Three Calamities Flame ignited, transforming the white-haired, green-robed Shen He into a red lotus demonic shadow.

But soon the karmic fire subsided, and the dark red blade light disappeared into his body. Shen He was unharmed, and his complexion even recovered somewhat.

The Demon Blade Devours Its Master?

How could that be!

These three calamity demon soldiers were forged by his own blood sacrifice. They were not mixed with the flesh, blood, spirit, or soul of anyone else. They were completely under his control. How could they possibly devour their master?

To put it bluntly, even if Shen He were to die now, he could still imbue his spirit and soul into the blade, becoming the weapon spirit of the Karmic Fire Three Calamities Blade.

This is the effect of self-sacrifice: 100% control, at least for now.

In the future...

It will be similar in the future. This Three Calamities Demon Blade is not something that can only be refined once. In the future, it can be refined through killing and forging. Every time someone is killed, the blade can be refined. In any case, the life essence of the immortal is not continuous, which can definitely guarantee the control of this Three Calamities Demon Blade.

Shen He used his spiritual sense to look inward at himself. He saw that the Great Dao Golden Core was firmly located in his dantian, while the left side was a dark red area, which was filled with burning karmic fire. The Three Calamities Demon Soldiers stood in the middle, quietly absorbing true essence and magic power.

The forging of weapons and the bronze and iron furnaces are just the beginning; there will be furnaces of flesh and blood, as well as various kinds of firewood for sustenance.

He's a big grain consumer!

Fortunately, Shen He is wealthy and doesn't care about this.

He sat down again, activated the Immortal Martial Spirit Technique, and restored the Three Elements and Five Qi.

This went on for who knows how long.

Shen He opened his eyes; his white hair had turned black again, and his face had returned to that of a young man.

It's just that my life essence is depleted...

Lifespan: 6985/8000.

Refining the Three Calamities Demon Blade consumed a thousand years of his life essence and exhausted the last life-extending pills he had. The increase and decrease in life-preserving pills offset each other, and his lifespan was already close to seven thousand years.

Demonic arts, truly demonic arts!
But Shen He didn't care. After the Three Elements and Five Qi were restored, he picked up the Five Fires and Seven Feathers Fan to fan the furnace fire and began to forge the Dao-Sacrificing Demon-Slaying Sword.

Compared to the Three Calamities Demon Blade, this Sacrificial Dao Demon-Slaying Sword is no less formidable, requiring cultivators to refine it with the Three Elements and Five Qi, though it appears to be less bloody.

But it's just not as bloody.

Shen He sat in front of the furnace, his body shimmering with spiritual light, which he poured into the furnace in wisps. He then added the remaining fifth-grade spiritual iron, combining it with his own Three Elements and Five Qi to refine the Demon-Slaying Sword.

In this way, after an unknown period of time, Shen He's body gradually became more and more hunched, and he went from a black-haired youth to a white-haired old man. The flames in the Bagua Furnace flickered and the spiritual light flashed, and a sword had already been formed.

The sword light was sharp and cold, its form unseen, only a fierce aura seemed poised to burst forth from the furnace.

Shen He sat before the stove, his head bowed, silent, as if he were already facing death.

suddenly……

"boom!!!"

The furnace trembled, sword light flew into the air, and a sharp beam shot out, stretching more than three zhang in length and width, heading straight for Shen He.

Shen He raised his head and saw a sharp light that pierced his brow and penetrated into his Niwan Palace.

Demonic Blade Forged in Blood, Daoist Sword Sacrificed to God!

Shen He closed his eyes and looked inward with his spiritual sense again. He saw that the Great Dao Golden Core was still in the center of his Qi Sea. On the right, he saw a radiant immortal light and a sword standing upright in the center. It had a nose and eyes, and was full of spirit and soul. It occupied half of the space, but it did not confront the demonic blade head-on. Instead, the Great Dao Golden Core was in the center to harmonize it, and it entered a mysterious state like the Yin and Yang of Tai Chi.

It is the Sacrifice Sword for Slaying Demons!
Like the Karmic Fire Three Calamities Blade, this sword also requires cultivators to refine it, absorbing the Three Elements and Five Qi within the dantian and sea of ​​qi, and even drawing upon the power of the Great Dao Golden Core, in order to step into the "Sacrifice to the Core" sword realm.

This is a gradual and subtle process, unlike the intense Karmic Fire and the Three Calamities, but it nourishes silently and the subsequent consumption is even greater than that of the Karmic Fire and the Three Calamities, truly living up to the name of the sacrificial ceremony.

But Shen He didn't care at all, only looking at the lifespan on the career panel.

Lifespan: 7850/8000.

Seven thousand eight hundred and fifty years old!
Lifespan has reached its limit.

Shen He smiled slightly, remained silent, and closed his eyes to regulate his breathing. Although there were no longer any longevity pills or life-extending spiritual objects, he could still achieve immortality and replenish his life within this blessed land.

There is no need to worry.

……

There is no calendar day in the mountains, and the year is unknown in the cold weather.

Several years have passed, time flies.

"Senior Brother Long Yu, Master is still in seclusion and must not be disturbed!"

"What kind of time is this to be in seclusion? Get out of the way, I have a life-or-death matter to attend to."

"Should I go and announce their arrival?"

"What's the difference between you going and me going to pass it? Get out of the way, don't block the way!"

A commotion erupted, followed by the door being flung open and a fish-like shadow darting inside.

"Master, something terrible has happened!"

Dragon Jade, its golden scales shattered and stained with blood, darted into the house and pounced on Shen He, making a ruckus.

"Master!?"

Several disciples who had been chasing after them stopped in shock, staring at the person in the room with disbelief and uncertainty.

The person in the room was Shen He, but not the Shen He they knew. He had a full head of white hair, looked desolate and forlorn, and his emaciated body was even more frightening. If it weren't for the fact that his face was somewhat familiar, they would never have dared to recognize him.

Not only them, but Long Yu was even more astonished. Looking at Shen He, who was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, his fish-like eyes showed fear and panic: "Master, what...?"

"Um!?"

Before he could finish speaking, Shen He opened his eyes, his gaze flashing with a sharp light, as if swords were crisscrossing, and even more so, a sense of chaos between immortals and demons.

"!!!!!!"

Long Yu's expression changed, and the fish body retreated in horror, even falling to the ground, filled with indescribable shock and terror.

That look in its eyes gave it a feeling, a feeling that it was about to be torn to pieces and made into raw fish slices.

what happened?
How could the owner have changed so much in just a few years?

Could it be that he also practiced some kind of demonic art?
Long Yu fell to the ground, terrified and in a state of confusion.

"Master!"

Several of his close disciples also knelt down, filled with fear and trepidation.

"nothing."

Fortunately, Shen He didn't blame him; he just shook his head and said, "Go down."

"Yes Yes!"

The group wanted to speak, but dared not disobey, so they had no choice but to obey and leave.

He left Long Yu behind and fell to the ground. Although he was startled back to his senses, he was still timid and dared not make a sound.

"How many times have I told you to be so impulsive, and you still haven't changed at all?"

Shen He looked at it without much reproach, only issuing a warning: "If there is a next time, I will punish it severely!"

"Yes Yes Yes!"

Only then did Long Yu realize what had happened. She cautiously approached him, looking at his aged appearance: "Master, what happened to you...?"

"Nothing to do with you."

Shen He didn't say anything more, only looking at its broken golden scales and several wounds that went deep into its flesh and bone: "How did it get injured like this? Where is Yuxiu?"

When Zhong Yuxiu left the island, Shen He was worried, so he asked Long Yu to protect her secretly. Unexpectedly, the two of them were gone for more than ten years. During this time, he sent them a telepathic message to return to the island to avoid the demonic calamity, but they never heard from him.

Shen He wanted to go find them, but he was too busy with other matters to pay attention to them. In addition, the Spirit Control Contract was not broken and Long Yu's strength was no weaker than that of an ordinary Core Formation cultivator, so he held back.

Now that Long Yu has returned in this state, it goes without saying that he must have been attacked.

"Something terrible has happened, Master!"

Upon hearing Shen He's words, Long Yu rushed forward immediately: "You must go and save that little girl!"

"Um!?"

Shen He frowned: "What exactly happened?"

"Master, you are unaware of the truth."

Long Yu swallowed hard, waving her fins as she said to him, "The outside world is in complete chaos right now, full of all sorts of demons and monsters, and a bunch of ruthless evil cultivators. I've protected that little girl through countless life-or-death situations, and I don't know how many attacks we've encountered..."

Shen He glanced at him coldly: "Get to the point!"

Long Yu immediately stood at attention: "That little girl is trapped in an ancient secret realm and can't get out. Master, you must go and save her!"

"Ancient secret realm?"

Shen He frowned: "What ancient secret realm?"

"I do not know either."

Long Yu shook his head: "That girl and I were being chased and fled. Somehow we ended up in that secret realm. After we entered, we got separated and were trapped for more than ten years before I finally crawled out."

"..."

Shen He remained silent for a moment before speaking: "Then what happened to your injuries? Were they also caused by that secret realm?"

"No."

Long Yu gritted his teeth, his face filled with resentment: "That secret realm wasn't too dangerous, except for trapping people. But there was a bunch of bastard demonic cultivators outside the secret realm. They took advantage of my unpreparedness and ambushed me when I crawled out of the secret realm, beating me into this state!"

(End of this chapter)