Wasted Spiritual Root to Embark on Demonic Cultivation

Chapter 475

A phantom of a snow fox stretched lazily in midair.

Its seven tails looked almost real, releasing a faint, delicate fragrance that seemed capable of stirring the deepest desires in a person’s heart. Even though Snowjade belonged to the snow fox clan.

The innate seductive power of fox blood was still an overwhelming force that could not be hidden. Her life-bound demonic treasure, the Heavenly Fox Robe, in its mirror form, was a divine-sense type magic treasure known as the “Mirror of Charm.”

It could reflect the object of a person’s deepest carnal desire. It was a rather specialized demonic treasure, extremely effective when used in the right situation.

At this moment.

Thunderclouds gathered in the sky. Wang Yu and Dou Zhao stood high in the distant sky, watching Snowjade’s tribulation from afar. A trace of envy flickered in her eyes.

“Master, if I want to cultivate to Sister Snowjade’s realm, how long will it take?”

Wang Yu seriously calculated for a moment before estimating.

“At least five hundred years.

“With your Heavenly Spirit Root aptitude, you could form your core in a little over a hundred years. You might reach peak Core Formation in a little over two hundred years. Then spend another three hundred years solidifying your foundation and gathering resources before you have a chance to break through to Nascent Soul.”

Dou Zhao immediately looked a bit dejected upon hearing this.

After all, asking a girl not yet fifty to look at five hundred years naturally felt far too long. Even Foundation Establishment cultivators could not live that long.

Seeing her fall silent, Wang Yu smiled.

“This speed is already not slow. If you can cultivate the Demonic Embryo Secret Art to completion, your master can capture some Heavenly Spirit Root humans and beasts for you, gather all five elements of Heavenly Spirit Roots, and forge a acquired Demonic Embryo Physique.

“Then perhaps you could break through to Nascent Soul in just over three hundred years. In the future, refining a Nascent Soul Pill for you would be a mere wave of my hand.”

This was the path Wang Yu himself had walked.

It was just that without another acquired Demonic Embryo Physique, Dou Zhao could not return to the innate state. Forcing it was not impossible to attempt.

It would simply require a considerable number of “genius consumables.”

It would be quite troublesome, but if he hunted across Taihu, he might accidentally complete it. Treating human lives as cultivation resources, Wang Yu’s demonic nature was laid bare.

Although Dou Zhao had long known about this, when it truly came to using other people’s lives to achieve her own success, she still felt a layer of separation and discomfort.

Especially the term “humans and beasts,” which was the favorite insulting phrase of the demon race.

Wang Yu did not dislike this kind of kindness.

Once upon a time he had been the same. As long as she faced enough hardship and difficulty, she would eventually transform.

Unlike Snowjade’s “family-raised” cultivation plan, Wang Yu’s plan for Dou Zhao involved providing her with the best techniques, divine abilities, and secret arts. He would also supply some cultivation resources.

But not all of them.

After guiding her for a period, she would need to fight for resources herself, just as he had once done, traveling to the ends of the earth, where had he not been?

Blackbone Mountain, Spider Mountain, Stone Lake City, Black Mountain Demon Land, Withered Leaf Marsh, Jade Spirit City, Eastern Extreme Capital… too many places.

Snowjade had always stayed by his side, and the knowledge she gained from him was enough to open her mind. But Dou Zhao, as an independent person, could not exist merely as a dependent.

While master and disciple were conversing, Snowjade had already passed the first six lightning tribulations.

The aura of a shape-shifting great demon became increasingly distinct. At the same time, the abnormal phenomena caused by the tribulation finally attracted cultivators from both righteous and demonic sides of Kuangmei Mountain.

Wang Yu’s expression stirred.

“Fellow Daoists have arrived. Zhao’er, go inside the human seed bag and hide for now.”

“Alright.”

Dou Zhao felt a little regretful that she could not watch the complete tribulation process, but she still swiftly hid inside the treasure.

A moment later.

Several streaks of light arrived, split into two camps. One side wore primitive clothing, adorned with totems, hanging bones, feathers, fangs, and other decorations.

They were Nascent Soul priests from the Nether Mountain Sect, three in total, all at early stage. They had come together because they were relatively close.

The other side consisted of Nascent Souls from the Azure Cloud Sect and the Blazing Sun Sect. The early-stage Azure Cloud Sect Nascent Soul wore a daoist robe embroidered with yellow cloud patterns. His face showed obvious signs of old age, a cultivator nearing the end of his lifespan.

The one from the Blazing Sun Sect was at mid-stage Nascent Soul. He wore a blazing robe embroidered with the Fusang Divine Tree. His red hair stood on end, floating upward as if defying gravity, stirring waves of heat.

This uniquely styled cultivator was quite famous — the [Tangyang Demon Lord] of the Blazing Sun Sect.

Even Wang Yu knew of him because of his bizarre background, which had spread widely throughout the Ice Prison Realm. He was a hybrid born from a Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Blazing Sun Sect who raised fire crows and a first-rank fire crow that had not yet achieved transformation.

He was born with a pair of crow-feather wings. He was innately able to cultivate a mixed demonic spiritual power, capable of wielding both demonic treasures and magic treasures simultaneously. His nature was vicious and bloodthirsty.

He had once been rejected by the Blazing Sun Sect due to his bloodline. Later, due to his astonishing potential, he was taken as a nominal disciple by the Blazing Sun Dao Lord. After being purified through an ancient Buddhist secret method, he remained in the Blazing Sun Sect until today.

Wang Yu narrowed his eyes, sizing up this peculiar being. His divine sense had already pierced through the rather mediocre concealment technique, seeing Tangyang Demon Lord’s true realm.

“Sixth layer of Nascent Soul…”

Such half-human, half-demon beings were quite rare in the cultivation world. Only when both human and demon reached Nascent Soul (fourth rank for demons) was there an extremely low chance of producing offspring.

But such offspring usually suffered severe defects and had extremely short lifespans, making survival difficult.

Only a tiny minority of individuals, like Tangyang Demon Lord, possessed extremely powerful aptitude — surpassing Heavenly Spirit Roots yet falling short of spiritual-grade.

Human and Beast unions violated ethics and propriety. In Taihu, they were unacceptable to society. In the Crimson Kite, however, they were commonplace.

This Tangyang Demon Lord was actually a demonic cultivator seed.

Wang Yu was rather curious about what Buddhist secret method had been used to purify him. Having studied Buddhism himself, the moment the other party appeared.

His gaze locked firmly onto him.

This made Tangyang Demon Lord extremely uncomfortable. He glared back viciously and said coldly:

“Who is this tribulation-passing demon cultivator to you? Why is she breaking through in Kuangmei Mountain? And who are you?”

Wang Yu turned his head toward the three Nether Mountain Sect priests.

The three had felt something was wrong the moment they arrived, but Wang Yu’s concealment technique was too high-level, and the distance was too far. They had not dared to confirm earlier.

Now that he had turned around, that face immediately caused their hearts to jolt.

Ever since the Eastern Extreme Capital incident, Wang Yu’s cooperation with the Yellow Springs Monastery Lord to toy with the Crimson Heaven Demon Venerable had spread far and wide. He had long broken free from the shackles of the “younger generation” title.

Who would not feel fear upon seeing him? Who would dare not be afraid?!

This was a truly audacious person, a purebred demonic cultivator who acted exactly as he pleased.

The silence of the Nether Mountain Sect priests.

Immediately drew the curiosity of Tangyang Demon Lord and that old cultivator. The look of “terror” they saw was unmistakable.

“So, you are a demonic cultivator, and quite famous in the Crimson Kite… Have you done something so extraordinary that others could only dream of it?”

Tangyang quickly deduced from the three priests’ reactions.

The old cultivator beside him, upon hearing this, had his already deeply wrinkled face almost crumple into a ball. Unlike Tangyang, who paid no attention to worldly affairs.

Based on the above deduction and recent events.

Combined with the famous demonic cultivators in the area.

A name suddenly leaped into his mind, but before he could speak it, Tangyang Demon Lord said.

“No matter who you are, as long as it is something a demonic cultivator wants to do, this lord will stop it. The more you want to do it, the more I will break it and destroy it.”

“Fire Crow Flame Feather Sword Wings — Burning Heaven Style!”

Relying on his outstanding cultivation and combat power far surpassing those of the same rank, the three early-stage Nascent Soul Nether Mountain Sect priests were not taken seriously by Tangyang Demon Lord at all.

The moment his life-bound magic treasure appeared, he went straight for the kill.

His life-bound magic treasure had quite the backstory. It was a part of his own body. Refining shed body materials into a life-bound demonic treasure was a habit and tradition of the demon race.

It allowed him to craft the demonic treasure most suited to himself.

When Tangyang Demon Lord formed his core, he directly severed his innate crow wings and refined them using the Blazing Sun Sect technique into a special sword-wing magic treasure. It resonated perfectly with his bloodline and possessed extremely strong power.

Paired with the fourth-rank technique inherited from Blazing Sun, the Burning Heaven Sword Canon!

The moment this move was unleashed.

Crimson flame feather swords swept across the sky like a grand storm, rushing toward Wang Yu in rapid, dense succession.

Although Wang Yu was only at the fifth layer of Nascent Soul, the number of late-stage Nascent Soul great cultivators he had fought exceeded the fingers on one hand. Tangyang Demon Lord’s sword move was strong, but.

In his eyes, it had many flaws.

“A flashy but empty thing.”

After giving his evaluation, Wang Yu reached out and grasped at the air. Since reaching late fourth-rank Body Refinement, this was the first time he had displayed the power after his Silver Blood Divine Marrow surged.

The terrifying Force Domain shaped into a giant hand.

It was as if he held the entire space in his palm. With the rapid contraction of the Force Domain, the sky-full of crimson flame feather swords collapsed inward like a singularity.

They twisted and converged at a visible speed.

Space itself trembled violently. In the blink of an eye, the grand offensive that swept the sky was condensed into a golden sphere in Wang Yu’s palm.

He casually threw it back.

“Boom!!!”

A scene like a nuclear explosion suddenly occurred. An astonishingly massive mushroom cloud rose into the air. Countless rocks shattered and vanished.

With Kuangmei Mountain’s scale, this section of the mountain range showed a clear crater. One could see just how exaggerated the power of this move was.

To put it bluntly, if such an extremely condensed product exploded in Water Cloud Immortal Capital, everyone in the entire city would die without exception.

This was the tyrannical strength of a pure Body Refiner.

A body full of divine strength, combined with the sole ability Force Domain, could produce destructive power that surpassed the average level of late-stage Nascent Soul.

In the heat waves and dust, the three Nether Mountain Sect priests, who were only affected by the aftershock, escaped first. Although they were all disheveled, they were not the main targets and had not suffered heavy injuries.

As for the main targets, Tangyang Demon Lord and that unknown old cultivator…

The former’s life-bound magic treasure was severely damaged, which backlashed onto his main body, causing quite severe injuries. If not for his inherently strong fire resistance.

He might have died from that single slap.

The unknown old cultivator was even unluckier. He was from the Yellow Cloud lineage of the Azure Cloud Sect. Due to exhausted potential and old age, he was not in the core circle.

Dragged down by Tangyang, his physical body was burned into charcoal. Only his Nascent Soul remained gasping. It hurriedly tried to escape.

At the same time, he screamed: “He is the Supreme Law Profound Pill Demonic Lord, the existence who toyed with the Crimson Heaven Venerable and still walked away unscathed. Tangyang…”

Before the word “escape” could even leave his mouth, a spinning Glazed Ice Pagoda suddenly descended from the sky. Under the extreme cold power, his Nascent Soul was directly collected.

The gap between the two was too great. A Nascent Soul that had lost its physical body had worrying combat power and no possibility of resistance.

Wang Yu strolled through the dust cloud. Moonlight flashed in his eyes as he precisely locked onto Tangyang Demon Lord’s position.

“Stop struggling. You are worth more than six thousand drops of demonic essence. For a high-value gift package like you, this lord has always taken full care.”

In Wang Yu’s eyes, Tangyang was already a moving Blood Nascent Pill.

Because the two mid-grade Blood Nascent Pills he had taken earlier were refined from mid-stage Nascent Soul gatekeepers, the increase in demonic essence only reached the lower limit of six thousand drops.

Tangyang was at the sixth layer of Nascent Soul. He could provide at least seven to eight thousand drops. This was the difference brought by material quality. If a great cultivator’s Nascent Soul was the main material.

Refining a high-grade Blood Nascent Pill could easily produce ten thousand drops per pill. It would just take longer to stabilize and solidify the foundation afterward.

Since Tangyang had delivered himself to the door, Wang Yu had no reason not to accept.

Moreover, he was already very close to the sixth layer of Nascent Soul, only lacking eight thousand drops of demonic essence. Once he digested these two Blood Nascent Pills, breaking through to the sixth layer would be effortless.

Afterward, accumulating to the peak of the sixth layer, he could swallow the last Heavenly Yin Divine Pearl to break through to late-stage Nascent Soul.

Do not forget that this thing was not a traditional Nascent Soul breakthrough spiritual item.

It also had miraculous effects for breaking through the late-stage bottleneck. Otherwise, Yin Gui would not have specifically gone to a place like Eastern Extreme Capital to search for it. Wang Yu’s own cultivation path was arranged even more clearly than Snowjade’s.

There would be no oversights.

In the field.

Tangyang Demon Lord secretly activated a technique, only to discover that the Nascent Soul teleport shifting art had no effect. The space was as hard as steel and could not be broken through.

The ferocious nature deep in his heart completely erupted under the pressure of life and death. He suddenly raised his head and let out a long howl. Several fourth-rank magic treasures flew out from his body.

Bird-beak-shaped demonic treasures, two wind-and-fire wheels, a long spear wreathed in flames — all the strongest and most proficient items in his hands.

After operating them with a secret art, dense cracks appeared on these magic treasures. Wang Yu instantly transformed into aurora light and fled upward.

This scene, he had witnessed back when he was at Core Formation.

Some cultivators cultivated self-destructive secret arts. At the moment of death, they chose to self-detonate in an attempt to drag their opponent down with them. Self-detonating magic treasures was a relatively milder type.

Back then, Wang Yu had suffered from it. Although he had not encountered such opponents for a very long time afterward, he still remained vigilant against this move.

Once bitten, twice shy. No matter how much time passed.

This lesson had still been learned.

Self-detonation secret arts were not easy to cultivate. Others did not have the Idle Slots to directly feed back successful experience. If something went wrong during cultivation.

The magic treasure could be re-refined after disintegration, but if the physical body disintegrated, one would be in real trouble. It would be extremely difficult to continue the path in this life.

Therefore.

Even among demonic cultivators, very few madmen cultivated self-detonation secret arts. Demonic cultivators had many bizarre survival methods. There was no need for this one.

After smoothly dodging the self-detonation of the three magic treasures.

Wang Yu suddenly accelerated. He stepped into the air with one foot. It was as if the air condensed into a pale giant foot that stomped down fiercely. Tangyang Demon Lord immediately revealed a look of despair.

His life force was extinguished. His Nascent Soul was collected into the Glazed Pagoda.

The battle ended rapidly. The gap between late-stage and mid-stage Nascent Soul was like a heavenly chasm. Without special environmental assistance, even a heavenly genius could not cross ranks to kill.

Right at this moment.

The tribulation ended. A seductive, tender voice sounded beside Wang Yu’s ear.

“Master~”