Practice begins with immortality

Li Youying passed through a secret passage and arrived at a basement. At the deepest part, she saw a dark red long knife stuck in the ground.

Upon seeing the long sword, Li Youying could no longer contain his delight. He exclaimed excitedly, "I've finally found it! The Soul-Splitting Demonic Blade!" He then produced the token he had previously used. As it approached the demonic blade, it began to glow faintly red. A moment later, the token transformed into a point of light and merged into the blade, sending the long sword soaring directly into Li Youying's hands.

"What a magic weapon. With the help of the Soul-Splitting Sword of the Demonic Ancestor, I can remove the restrictions in my soul and completely get rid of that old thing!" He said excitedly while stroking the sword.

Li Youying was originally an ordinary man from a small village in Xiyun Prefecture. But at the age of fourteen, his life changed dramatically. A sudden disaster struck the village, and a ruthless demonic cultivator slaughtered everyone except him and a few young children. He did this simply to refine a spiritual weapon. He had spared the descendants simply because they possessed spiritual roots, making them more valuable to the demonic cultivator.

Not long after, the demon cultivator was slain by a disciple of the Ten Thousand Demon Hall, and Li Youying and the others naturally entered the Ten Thousand Demon Hall. There, they underwent a aptitude test, and the results were shocking: Li Youying possessed a Red Refined Spirit Body. This unique physique granted him exceptional talent in the cultivation of the Blood Path and the Fire Path, earning him the honor of being accepted as a disciple by the Blood Soul of the Ten Thousand Demon Hall's Blood Path lineage.

Li Youying was overwhelmed with excitement when he learned that he could become a disciple of a Nascent Soul cultivator. At that time, he naively believed that he had finally escaped his suffering and that his future would be smooth sailing and a meteoric rise to prominence.

However, he soon noticed something was amiss. Although Blood Soul, as his master, taught him how to improve his cultivation, he never mentioned any fighting techniques or experience.

At the same time, Blood Soul also placed strict restrictions on Li Youying's movements, forbidding him from freely wandering the Ten Thousand Demons Hall. This control lasted until Li Youying successfully established his foundation, when it gradually dissipated. However, even then, Blood Soul continued to send people to follow him, ostensibly to protect him but in reality to monitor him.

After years of exploration and observation, Li Youying finally figured out the truth: he was just a human elixir cultivated by the Blood Soul! Once he broke through to the Golden Core Perfection Realm, he would be devoured by the Blood Soul and become the nourishment for his cultivation.

Li Youying was unwilling to become someone else's consumable. So, after achieving his Golden Core breakthrough, he meticulously planned an escape. However, the strength and background of the Nascent Soul cultivators far exceeded his imagination, and his efforts ultimately failed.

When he first began his cultivation, the Blood Soul had already placed a backup plan in the elixirs he consumed. The ingredients in these elixirs had formed a secret barrier within his soul. Using this barrier, the Blood Soul easily recaptured him by sending only Xue Ku. As punishment for his escape, the Blood Soul cast him into the Demonic Fire Cave. Had the Blood Soul not still needed him, he would have been incinerated by the demonic fire.

After that, he also considered giving up cultivation to delay time, but although the Blood Soul didn't care about other things, it kept a close eye on his progress. Li Youying was very sure that if he deliberately suppressed his cultivation, the Blood Soul would kill him without hesitation.

Just when Li Youying felt desperate and was ready to accept his fate, by chance, he captured a Jindan-stage demon cultivator, who was Zhang Wan.

To save his own life, Zhang Wan offered a wisp of his divine essence to Li Youying. Through their conversation, Li Youying learned about the Soul-Splitting Blade. It turned out that Zhang Wan's ancestor was one of the few elders who escaped the extermination of the Demonic Evil Sect. After many migrations, he eventually settled in Xiyunzhou, was accepted into the Ten Thousand Demons Hall, and inherited the Elder's Token. This Elder's Token was precisely the key to finding and approaching the Soul-Splitting Blade.

The Soul-Splitting Blade was the lifeblood of the Demonic Ancestor, a low-grade magical weapon. After the Demonic Ancestor's passing, the weapon was sealed in the basement of the Demonic Sect, becoming one of the sect's most valuable assets.

As a magical weapon and a life-long possession, the Soul-Splitting Blade naturally possesses spirituality. However, only the highest-ranking members of the Demonic Evil Sect are qualified to approach it, as any outsider who attempts to approach will be ruthlessly strangled by it.

Time flies, and the years pass by like a shuttle. Now, thirty thousand years have passed, and the Soul-Splitting Blade's spirituality has been eroded, its perception of the surrounding aura is no longer as strong as before. At the same time, Li Youying holds the Demonic Elder's Order, which allows him to initially control this magical weapon.

"The Soul-Splitting Sword has the ability to cut off the soul and destroy the spirit. As long as I use it to cut off the part of my soul with the tracking restriction, I will be free!" Li Youying said to himself.

He understood the price of doing so: destroying part of his soul would damage his soul's essence. And the Soul-Splitting Blade would also absorb his cultivation while destroying his soul. But...

"If the soul is damaged, you can find rare treasures to repair it. If your cultivation level drops, you can practice to recover. But once you are devoured, you will completely disappear from the world, and there will not even be a chance for reincarnation." He said firmly.

"But before that, I have to kill Xue Ku, the spy!" Li Youying said viciously.

Then he put away the Soul-Splitting Sword and flew out of the basement.