Exploring Immortality Cultivation

Wang Qi had witnessed for the first time the devastation caused by the Heart Demon Curse Power.

Indeed, it was not merely suppressed; if it had been just a matter of suppression, even a Divine Separation Stage Cultivator could have done it.

He clearly felt a Heart Demon Curse invade the other's body, only to be annihilated by a terrifyingly powerful Demon Essence.

"Without a doubt, a pinnacle Great Demon of the Mahayana Level," Wang Qi remarked as he looked at the octopus, saying, "Impressive."

He had originally thought that the Demon Clan had virtually no resistance to the Heart Demon Curse, but to his surprise, the octopus had outright exterminated the Heart Demon Curse Power.

"Cultivation is the sublimation of the essence of life."

Every individual, regardless of the level of their Spirit Wisdom or race, has a path to ascend. The process of cultivation is the sublimation of life's essence, the transformation of life systems. By the Mahayana Realm, one is only half a step away from turning life into an entirely open System and acquiring eternal Negative Entropy. At this level, living beings often acquire certain special properties,

such as thought becoming mana, mana becoming thought, merging heart and strength into one.

"Record the data from just now. That's the highest-level individual that the Heart Demon Curse could infect in a short time," Wang Qi instructed Jarvis while observing the purple octopus through the Yellow Robed King.

"Senior Sister Mi, can we apply for a Heavenly Sword strike from the space-based platform now?"

"There are already three Heavenly Swords and seven streams of Extinction Sword Qi aimed at that octopus. However, I don't recommend you do that right now," Senior Sister Mi seemed to have quite high authority to be able to disclose this kind of information.

The octopus showed no signs of going berserk. Soon, Wang Qi heard a telepathic message: "Not bad at all. Your talent is truly strong among our clan. But this is the Holy King's territory, and you should know to restrain yourself."

It seemed that the half-human, half-tentacle monster appearance of the Yellow Robed King had indeed deceived the Great Demon, making it mistake the Yellow Robed King for an octopus Transformation. For the Demon Clan, the pinnacle is about the Mahayana Realm. No one has heard of the Demon Clan ascending, not even the powerful Dragon Clan. Therefore, Great Demons of the Mahayana Realm often value their clan much more than the Human Clan does—so long as the clan survives, it's much easier to find natural allies.

After receiving the warning from the Great Demon, the Yellow Robed King truly did seem to restrain himself quite a bit. He didn't release any more poison and earnestly "devoured" all the poisoned Transformation Demon Creatures, then just floated quietly there, occasionally emitting a sharp, shrill laugh.

Like a madman.

After the Yellow Robed King devoured dozens of Transformation Demon Creatures, the surrounding Sea Demons kept their distance. There were also a couple of newly Transformed, low-Cultivation Sea Demons that came over to greet him. Wang Qi didn't care what they were thinking—after all, Sea Demons were enemies—so he simply "ate" them all.

Feeling the Heart Demon Curse System grow stronger once again, Wang Qi sighed inwardly. The mana of the Heart Demon System could now stably counter a Divine Separation Ancient Method Practitioner, but his own reaction speed couldn't keep up. This was like a game where the character's speed has no limit, but a person's hand speed is always finite. If he didn't use traps, he couldn't actually defeat any Divine Separation Cultivators—even their speed was unmatchable.

If it were a regular cultivator, the current thought would probably be "I must go into seclusion and train hard after this," but Wang Qi was thinking...

"We still need more technology..."

"The Heart Demon Curse is a first-rate weapon against Low-Level Cultivators, but against High Order ones, its effectiveness weakens. Divine Separation Cultivators can resist it, Body Integration Cultivators can suppress it, and Mahayana Cultivators can expel and eradicate it. I'd wager that True Immortals wouldn't even care."

"It makes sense, too, last time Lu Wan and Shu Rongrong broke free from the Heart Demon Curse right after awakening their memories from past lives. Not to mention Zhao Qingfeng, who could counter and control the Heart Demon Curse. If Elder Feng hadn't planned to use this Heart Demon Curse to deploy the Divine Plague Curse Technique, the Shenzhou People Clan might have been in trouble."

"Moreover, the most frightening aspect of the Heart Demon Curse is how it silently infects every individual in a group through the 'Human Dao System.' But the Demon Clan is so chaotic, and the connections between Demons are very weak, so after infecting so many Demons, there's still no sign of it spreading. If it were a True Immortal who has severed all ties to achieve a solitary Self, the Heart Demon Curse would struggle to even affect them."

"Although Senior Sister Mi says that any Divine Spirit whose thinking is based on logic would be affected by the Heart Demon Curse, the degree of impact varies. The Divine Plague Curse Technique, on the other hand, is purely Mathematical and even Immortals can't ignore it."

"The Divine Spirit System and the Divine Plague Curse Technique actually come from the same source. Perfecting the Yellow Robed King and the Wanxiang Diagram is also a major way to enhance the Divine Plague Curse Technique."

...

He who had always challenged beyond his Realm now treated the concept of "Realm" as nothing. With sufficient techniques and methods, even Nebula Creatures could be slain for you to see—of course, how many years it would take to reach "sufficient" was unknown.

After suppressing another batch of demons from the Demon Clan, Wang Qi didn't say much more and began to perfect the Path Rank and deduce the diagrams.

His cultivation method within him had begun a new round of optimization.

Unexpectedly, Wang Qi had just been considering the issue for around half an hour when an inexplicable demonic power rushed towards him. The Dao Heart Pure Yang Mirror on the surface of the body of the Yellow Robed King suddenly burst forth with brilliance but failed to fully block the assault. This surge of demonic power almost dispersed the form of the Yellow Robed King. The "Dragon Clan Made" artifact within the body of the Yellow Robed King vibrated violently, warding off the strike. Wang Qi frowned, and the Netherworld Fire Spell surged out, morphing into a humanoid monster with an octopus head and rotten wings, shielding the "malfunctioning" Yellow Robed King. The Netherworld Fire Spell was an amalgamation of the resentful poison of human hearts. This monster seemed to carry a distorted and mad scream at all times.

—By the way, seeing this form, the old octopus grew even fonder of this "kin."

"Damn it, who is it? Who dared to disperse the Yellow Robed King?" Wang Qi noticed that the Yellow Robed King's Path Rank had been disrupted by powerful forces and was almost unable to manifest. This force was powerful enough to brutally kill any Transformation Stage Demon Beast.

Divine Power Stage, this was equivalent to a powerful Demon Beast of the Divine Separation Stage.

A woman with orange skin, bald, and without external ears floated above Cthulhu. This woman's waist was slender, and from the perspective of the Human Clan, quite well-proportioned, except she was flat-chested. Additionally, her neck seemed excessively long.

Seeing this female demon approaching, the group of Transformation Stage Demon Beasts nearly exploded in panic, fleeing in all directions, trying to distance themselves from this terrifying Demon Creature. Meanwhile, many other demons from the Demon Clan revealed expressions of schadenfreude.

This woman was a Mirage Demon, known as Huan Ji, an old Great Demon of tens of thousands of years, and also a famous dominator in the sea. Her Illusion Technique was exceptionally powerful, far surpassing the racial limit. However, what made her more famous was not her strength, but her "dumb luck." It was said that when she was undergoing Transformation, she originally wanted to take human form and then go ashore to experience the bustling human world and the complexity of human hearts, incorporating it into her Illusion Technique. This method was entry-level common knowledge within the Human Clan's schools of Illusion Technique but was considered a remarkable heritage among the Mirage Clan. However, her Transformation skills failed her, resulting in her current appearance. Unexpectedly, this appearance appealed to the aesthetics of the Dragon Clan, and she was abducted by a Dragon that happened to pass by, serving as an object of pleasure for several days. Coincidentally, that Dragon's Main Study was the Fog Demon Path. This female Great Demon was also extraordinary; after spending several days with that Dragon with unusual tastes and observing its cultivation, she also gained some understanding of the Fog Demon Path.

Although it was just a superficial understanding, that depended on what kind of superficiality. A single fur from the Ancient Divine Beast Qilin was worth more than countless pig bristles. With the Dragon Clan's inheritance of several billion years, even a mere hint of the Fog Demon Path was extremely terrifying, vastly surpassing the Mirage Clan's heritage by countless times. This Great Demon decided against further Training or Transformation; she directly burrowed into an ocean trench, mastered her formidable abilities, and then came out again.

However, since then, she had delusional thoughts of being captured by the Dragon Clan again to have fun and perhaps gain a bit more heritage, so she maintained this appearance for tens of thousands of years.

Wang Qi was unaware of the Great Demon's history, but from the reactions of the people around him, he realized what was happening. He looked up at the strange Mirage Demon, confused.

The Mirage Demon spoke, "A yellow octopus? Is this your Original Form or Battle Form? Was it you who killed my daughter?"

The so-called Battle Form was neither the Original Form nor the human or Dragon Form but a combat shape the Demon Beasts figured out for themselves, the one most suited for fighting. Typically, Demon Beasts that stole Human Clan heritages had Battle Forms akin to human shapes; most Demon Beasts' Battle Forms were their Transformation shapes. However, some without heritage had non-human Battle Forms.

At this moment, Huan Ji was so enraged she was close to madness. Her daughter was also her Disciple.

Wang Qi recalled the Mirage Demon that he had just suppressed. He was quite straightforward. He directly replied, "Yes, it was me."

"Very well, prepare to meet your end."

The eyes of the Mirage Demon immediately turned a sea blue, with pitch-black centers as if the depth of her eyes could differentiate light and darkness. The abyss-like pupils seemed to lead to unknown places. Just now, she had thought that the Yellow Robed King was merely an ordinary Transformation demon, not even possessing a human form. Little did she know, when her demonic power hit the body of the opponent, a tremendously powerful retaliatory force was born.

And furthermore, the "Yellow Robed King" hadn't even reacted!

This meant the other party didn't actively defend themselves; they relied on passive defenses to block her attack and even launched a counterattack! This slightly surprised her, making her feel that things were a bit tricky. Thus, she didn't hesitate to use her Absolute Skill.

If Wang Qi knew what the female Great Demon was thinking, he might just have laughed out loud.

He hadn't reacted because he genuinely couldn't react in time. If he relied on Jarvis's computational power to fully accelerate his Consciousness, he could barely keep up with a Divine Separation Stage that was caught off guard and had their Strength greatly suppressed; or by using the Cave Heaven Comparison Ruler, he might compete with a newly ascended Divine Separation Stage. But his natural reaction couldn't withstand a surprise attack from a Divine Separation Stage.

This Mirage Demon was also exceptionally strong among the Divine Power Stage Demon Clan. If she had used her own Demon Essence to bombard Wang Qi instead of employing her Illusion Technique, it's likely that within a few strikes the Divine Spirit Road Rank of Wang Qi would experience lag. However, the Heart Demon Curse happened to be the bane of Illusion Techniques and True Intent.

In the end, the foundation of her Cultivation was merely a shoddy understanding of the Fog Demon Path.

And as it happened, Wang Qi had just received the entire heritage of the Fog Demon Path.

Thus, she met with tragedy.

Deep under the sea, the tentacle-headed green monster roared loudly: "Lalaiye awaits your dream!" (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, we welcome you to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your votes or monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile readers, please visit m.qidian.com to continue reading.)