Wasted Spiritual Root to Embark on Demonic Cultivation

Chapter 442

Beside the underground palace water channel.

The silver spatial chains formed a net pouch. Wang Yu lifted it in front of him and stared deeply at the Heavenly Yin Water Pool trapped inside.

Once separated from the stability of this place’s feng shui layout, this thing would completely collapse in at most a few years. Yet it could also capture all the Heavenly Yin Divine Water and Heavenly Yin Divine Pearls in one go.

The only drawback was that, due to its own spatial properties, it could not be stored inside the Seaheart Ring at all. He could only carry it temporarily, and the Lock of Heaven absolutely could not be relaxed.

A moment later, Strands of divine sense flew out from the water pool, bringing out all the spoils he had just obtained.

The main prize was the Water Ancestor Token!

It was a square token with a pointed base, entirely light blue, patterned with wave-like ripples that resembled auspicious clouds and surging waves at the same time. Just looking at it gave the feeling of being the source of all waters under heaven.

He knew very well that this was because almost all water-related odd formations in the mystical arts of feng shui had been condensed into this tiny token. If used in combat its effect might be ordinary, but in terms of functionality it was an absolutely powerful supreme treasure.

Of course, this did not include heavenly formations.

What the Water Ancestor Token possessed was a Water Ancestral layout formed through the efforts of countless generations after the ancient era.

Its rank was extremely high, which was also why it could open the Heavenly Yin Water Pool. As for power, the user had to infuse it personally.

However, its main function was to guarantee success whenever he arranged any water-related feng shui odd formation.

As an inherited heavy treasure of the ancestor of earth masters’ lineage, there were still the Earth, Fire, and Wind Tokens whose whereabouts were unknown. Now that he had obtained this heavy treasure, Wang Yu used a feng shui secret art to fuse it into his own feng shui compass and placed it in the north.

In an instant, the entire feng shui compass was wrapped in the same wave patterns.

Wang Yu’s expression showed sudden understanding.

Everything about the Si River Heavenly Yin Formation and the full layout of the underground palace was transmitted into his mind. The reason the three Core Formation cultivators had moved so quickly now had a perfect explanation.

Looking at it this way, the Yin Gui Demon Lord was truly a huge scapegoat.

The key to the hidden place had already been in his hand, yet because he did not know the feng shui secret arts he could not activate the Water Ancestor Token’s true effect, and the situation had ended up like this.

The lair of the Extreme Yin Dragon King was inside the Heavenly Yin Water Pool.

Even the eight layers of shed skin, from weakest to strongest, had all been collected inside that Core Formation cultivator’s storage ring.

A massive harvest!

In a good mood, Wang Yu slung the Lock of Heaven net pouch over his shoulder and flew outward.

Collecting the entire Heavenly Yin Water Pool had not taken long.

But the Yin Gui Demon Lord could not withstand the siege of so many Nascent Souls. With the Heavenly Yin Water Pool as its core gone, the Si River Heavenly Yin Formation had officially collapsed.

Four water channels now floated on the surface.

Everyone had returned to the underground palace through them, so the moment Wang Yu emerged he saw the Yin Gui Demon Lord being brutally beaten.

Among this group were six Nascent Soul cultivators: two at mid stage and four at early stage. The Extreme Yin Dragon King was being jointly restricted inside a large net by one mid-stage and two early-stage cultivators.

The remaining Core Formation cultivators were using feng shui formations to suppress the Extreme Yin Dragon King’s power, while the other one mid-stage and two early-stage cultivators were besieging the Yin Gui Demon Lord.

Wang Yu’s appearance made the Yin Gui Demon Lord’s eyes light up.

“Fellow Daoist, save me!”

Gui Water Yin Thunder suddenly erupted. The yin thunder mud pool surged back like a tidal wave, creating a brief opening that allowed him to join Wang Yu. His gaze immediately locked onto the net pouch on Wang Yu’s shoulder.

He transmitted via divine sense, “Heavenly Yin Water Pool?”

Wang Yu nodded. Black lightning gradually lit up around his body.

He had only subdued the Black Demon Thunder a short time ago, but its power was in no way inferior to Gui Water Yin Thunder. The two had somewhat similar properties, yet they were ultimately two different kinds of lightning.

Activating the Black Demon Thunder with wind-and-thunder technique to strengthen himself, Wang Yu’s speed soared. His offensive methods would now also fuse the power of Black Demon Thunder, further increasing his normal combat strength.

Although the name of the Supreme Law Profound Pill Demonic Lord was quite well-known, he still belonged to the younger generation and had not been active in the Crimson Kite cultivation world for long.

Therefore, not many people recognized him, especially these veteran Nascent Soul experts. How could they take a rising star they had barely contacted to heart?

The full emergence of Eastern Extreme Capital had given all the Nascent Souls of the Crimson Kite the most direct stage for collision. Strength would be revealed the moment they clashed.

Wang Yu had locked onto the restricted Extreme Yin Dragon King.

According to the information he obtained from the Water Ancestor Token, the reason the ancestor of earth masters had left behind an Eroding Yin Python back then was not for any so-called tomb suppression.

It was precisely for a special species like the Extreme Yin Dragon King.

Wang Yu had been misled by the ancient texts. Although ancients loved using this beast to guard tombs, the Ancient Immortal Dynasty was the very beginning of this realm’s cultivation civilization.

Most of the Blood Reversal Sect’s ancient records concerned the upper ancient era, with very little information about the primordial era. Whatever existed was only fragments from the very end of the primordial period.

Simply put, even among the ancients themselves, there are differences in era.

The ancestor of earth masters had raised the Extreme Yin Dragon King to use the effects of the Heavenly Yin Divine Water to nurture a Heavenly Yin Dragon Pearl. The same arrangement existed in three other places.

In total there were four Heavenly Yin Dragon Pearls. The original plan was to kill the dragons and take the pearls for the ancient Human Emperor of that time to cultivate with.

According to the feedback from the Water Ancestor Token, gathering all four Heavenly Yin Dragon Pearls would allow a feng shui odd formation to assist peak Nascent Soul cultivators with water, yin, or ice attributes to break through to Spirit Transformation.

It could also help Spirit Transformation cultivators break through realm bottlenecks, whether from early to mid stage or mid to late stage, with excellent effect!

Unfortunately, before they could be fully nurtured, the ancient immortal dynasty was destroyed for unknown reasons. The ancestor of earth masters went mad and disappeared during the celestial phenomenon of the Nine Stars in a Line.

The matter of the Heavenly Yin Dragon Pearl involved a Spirit Transformation opportunity.

Compared to that, the effect of the Heavenly Yin Divine Pearls was much weaker. At this moment Wang Yu stared at the net-bound Extreme Yin Dragon King with burning eyes.

He licked his lips.

“Fellow Daoist Yin Gui, how about we first kill those Core Formation feng shui masters?”

The Yin Gui Demon Lord was stunned, then replied with a sinister smile.

“I was thinking the exact same thing.”

The Heavenly Yin Water Pool was now in Wang Yu’s hands. If he still wanted the Heavenly Yin Divine Pearls, they could simply continue their previous cooperation. Having been beaten all the way here, he naturally wanted to beat them back.

Otherwise the pent-up frustration in his chest would be hard to vent.

As for whether they could win, they would only know after fighting.

Because the enemy had split into two groups, the one mid-stage and two early-stage cultivators restricting the Extreme Yin Dragon King could not act for the time being. The real enemies they needed to face were only three. The Yin Gui Demon Lord transmitted via divine sense.

“That peak mid-stage Nascent Soul is the ancestor of the Nether Yin Demon Gate in You Prefecture. Leave him to me.

“The other two early-stage Nascent Souls are the ancestor of the Earth Travel Sect, Cold Bone Old Demon, and the guest elder of Yellow Springs City, Ghost Wood Daoist. Can you handle them?”

The Earth Travel Sect was similar to the Gui Water Demon Palace, both first-rate forces under the five great demonic sects, only located in You Prefecture and subordinate to Yellow Springs Monastery.

Yellow Springs City was, as the name suggested, the headquarters of Yellow Springs Monastery.

Both were people from Yellow Springs Monastery. Although Wang Yu had never seen them before, they still belonged to the high-end forces of his old opponents. If he could kill them, he would!

The situation was tense and the Yin Gui Demon Lord had no time to introduce the two’s specialty divine abilities. Wang Yu did not mind much.

Both he and the Yin Gui Demon Lord were now flashing with pitch-black lightning.

At first glance, they looked as if they came from the same sect.

The Black Demon Thunder was fine and dense, while the Gui Water Yin Thunder was thick and viscous like mud. Although both were black lightning, the forms they displayed were completely different.

“Crackle!”

Lightning flashed. Wang Yu attacked without hesitation.

The Yellow Springs Great Hand Seal flew straight at their faces. Cold Bone and Ghost Wood were stunned for an instant, almost unable to figure out what background Wang Yu had. Was he really not one of their own?

The Yellow Springs Great River transformed into a hand seal that pressed down. Even though it was only a third-rank divine ability, under the enhancement of demonic essence it still carried considerable deterrent force.

Cold Bone Old Demon clapped his palms together.

A gigantic skeleton enveloped him completely. Its two long bony arms collided heavily with the Yellow Springs Great Hand Seal. Ghost Wood Daoist seized the chance to provide support from the side.

He summoned his life-bound magic treasure, the Profound Ghost Wooden Mallet, and smashed it fiercely from the flank. Mallet-type magic treasures were extremely rare. This mallet looked exactly like a city-ramming log, with a pitch-black profound ghost sitting atop it.

Screeching as it dove forward, Wang Yu narrowed his eyes.

Silver Blood Divine Strength erupted together with Black Demon Thunder. With a thunderous boom, he forcefully sent the Profound Ghost Wooden Mallet flying backward. Ghost Wood Daoist’s expression changed dramatically.

“A fourth-layer Body Refiner?!?!”

At the same time, Yin Gui was locked in combat with the ancestor of the Yin Demon Sect. On the surface they appeared evenly matched, but in reality Yin Gui Demon Lord held the upper hand. His endless torrent of yin thunder was extremely effective at countering the old man’s techniques.

If nothing unexpected happened, he would be able to defeat his opponent within half an hour at most.

On Wang Yu’s side, he also held a clear advantage.

With a flip of his hand, the Blood and Flesh Demonic Sword appeared in his palm. Ice Chi Pill Flame and Black Demon Thunder coiled around the blade in turns. Fire and thunder intertwined and clashed, releasing an even more violent force.

Then came the Yellow Springs Bone-Burial Curse Sword!

This divine ability came from the Yellow Springs Earth Resentment Puppet. After years of painstaking research and study, Wang Yu had already gained a basic mastery of the Yellow Springs Dao.

If he wanted to impersonate a direct-line disciple of Yellow Springs Monastery, there would be almost no flaws.

Ghost Wood and Cold Bone confirmed they had never seen Wang Yu before, but the others did not know the situation. Especially the three people responsible for restraining the Extreme Yin Dragon King.

They had already begun to hesitate. When they looked at each other, they could see the doubt in one another’s eyes.

The question was: What exactly were the people from Yellow Springs Monastery doing?

The Heaven-Supporting Bone Sword suddenly swelled dramatically. The Yellow Springs curse power had extremely high compatibility with his frozen demonic essence. Or rather, the essence of the Yellow Springs Dao was also a variant of the water attribute, sharing very similar properties with ice and cold concepts.

Dual-cultivating Yellow Springs Dao techniques was perfectly suitable for Wang Yu.

He could unleash their full power.

“Who exactly are you?!?!”

Nearly split in half by the Yellow Springs Bone-Burial Curse Sword, Ghost Wood Daoist slapped the yin pouch at his waist. Five vicious ghosts flew out rapidly, linking together to form a Ghost Spirit Shield.

Cold Bone Old Demon seized the moment to rise up. The skeleton giant covering his body produced an ancient mirror and shone it directly toward Wang Yu.

The Yellow Springs Earth Resentment Puppet suddenly appeared, taking the mirror’s reflection in Wang Yu’s place. It immediately countered with two even more skillful Yellow Springs Great Hand Seals.

“This—”

“What the hell is going on?!?!”

Afraid that his treasure would be tainted by the Yellow Springs power, Cold Bone Old Demon dodged using an escape technique, only to discover that Wang Yu had somehow already shaken off Ghost Wood Daoist.

A punch flew out. The brute force was earth-shaking.

Yellow Springs Fist!

After reaching perfection in the Ten Directions Frozen Demon Fist, he could control ten different divine abilities and turn them into fist techniques. This was extremely suitable for displaying Body-refinement power and could make up for the usual shortcoming of Body Refiners having limited techniques.

This was the first time he had truly used it in actual combat.

The Yellow Springs Fist not only fused his full Silver Blood Divine Strength, but also carried the power of Yellow Springs. It was extremely difficult to block with magic treasures. The best way to resist it was with divine abilities.

Caught off guard by this sudden strike, Cold Bone Old Demon’s skeleton giant took a heavy blow. In an instant it shattered into a pile of white bones and rapidly dissipated.

Cold Bone Old Demon no longer cared about his treasure being tainted.

He hurriedly summoned his life-bound magic treasure, the White Bone Yin Fire Shield, to completely block the aftershock of the Yellow Springs Fist. For a moment, both of his opponents had hidden inside turtle shells.

Wang Yu finally bared his fangs.

The Blood and Flesh Demonic Sword blazed with red light. The Dao intent that only late-stage Nascent Soul great cultivators could master suddenly appeared. Within the blood sea phenomenon, an eight-armed Asura King rose to its feet.

The powerful will of Asura Dao intent, “slaughter all living beings and battle the heavens and earth” — shook everyone’s minds.

Blood Slaughter Heart-Butchering Sword!

A single line of blood light split the sky. This blood line that pierced heaven and earth was like the most magnificent treasure in the world, drawing everyone’s gaze.

Immediately after, their hearts trembled.

They had already fallen into an illusory realm of mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Their Dao hearts suffered a massive impact, and their minds became somewhat unclear.

The real target was none other than Ghost Wood Daoist.

The Ghost Spirit Shield formed by the five ghosts’ transportation technique shattered like paper upon contact. The blood sword sliced through it and, with unstoppable momentum, severed Ghost Wood Daoist’s physical body in half.

The Soul-Extinguishing Death Light followed right after, plunging Ghost Wood’s Nascent Soul into agonizing torment. Wang Yu pulled out a brilliant black lightning bolt.

Reaching into it, he extracted Ghost Wood’s Nascent Soul and in just a few moves integrated it into the Glazed Iceheart Pagoda, making it the fifth Nascent Soul material in his possession.

The entire exchange happened in the blink of an eye. The situation had flipped from disadvantage to a fatal trap almost instantly. The speed of his defeat was shocking, and Wang Yu had truly gone for the kill.

He attacked with lethal intent.

“Ghost Wood!”

“Daoist Ghost Wood!”

“Damn it…”

Cold sweat poured down Cold Bone Old Demon’s face. Ignoring the current situation, he turned and fled toward the outside of the underground palace.

Yin Gui Demon Lord was overjoyed. Wang Yu’s strength far exceeded his expectations. Even he was not confident he could take down an early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator in just a few moves.

He could not help feeling fortunate that his cooperation with Wang Yu had gone smoothly.

Meanwhile, his opponent, the ancestor of the Nether Yin Demon Sect, furrowed his brows tightly. The current situation was very unfavorable for them. Such a large group of people had actually failed to suppress just two opponents.

It would be humiliating if word got out. While he was thinking of countermeasures…

Wang Yu had already turned his attention to the three people restraining the Extreme Yin Dragon King. Since Cold Bone had fled, chasing him would only bring more loss than gain. In the short term, he could not use the same method to kill another person.

Therefore, Wang Yu’s goal had always been the Extreme Yin Dragon King.

Seeing his cold, stern gaze turn toward them.

The mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator responsible for binding the Dragon King immediately snorted coldly: “Since you want this thing, then take it!”

He retracted and released his demonic essence. The large net transformed into a small handkerchief and flew back into his sleeve. The other two used their magic power hand seals to fling the Extreme Yin Dragon King toward Wang Yu.

They sneered repeatedly, seemingly wanting to see how Wang Yu would handle this Extreme Yin Dragon King.

The Yellow Springs Earth Resentment Puppet suddenly moved. It grabbed the Extreme Yin Dragon King’s tail with a Yellow Springs Great Hand Seal and fiercely slammed it toward Wang Yu.

The Feng Shui Compass expanded with the wind. The Water Token embedded in the northern position suddenly shot out a beam of spiritual light. No matter how the Extreme Yin Dragon King struggled, it was useless.

It became weak and powerless, as if it had encountered its natural predator.

As a cultivation resource raised by the ancestor of earth masters for the ancient Human Emperor, the Water Ancestral Token was its natural counter. Activating the hidden method within it allowed one to easily obtain the true treasure.

Heavenly Yin Dragon Pearl!

The Dragon King’s body transformed into a small ball of flesh and blood. Though it appeared no larger than a fingernail, the power it contained was terrifying enough to make even Nascent Souls gasp.

With the item in hand, Wang Yu ignored the shocked gazes of the crowd.

He also paid no attention to Yin Gui Demon Lord still bitterly fighting the ancestor of the Yin Demon Sect. Using the Aurora Escape Technique’s three thousand phantom bodies, he instantly shot out in all directions and fled.

Without the trouble of the Extreme Yin Dragon King, even if he summoned the Thunder Corpse again, he would still be fighting three opponents at once. According to the bucket theory, the puppet and Thunder Corpse could handle early-stage Nascent Souls.

He could also exchange blows with that mid-stage Nascent Soul.

But the problem was that he had now become the target of everyone present. This was Eastern Extreme Capital after all. There was truly no need to fight to the end. Not only was victory uncertain, but if more people joined the fray… the outcome would be hard to predict.

Retreating bravely when the tide was high was not necessarily a bad thing.