Master of Strange Dao

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The more Yu Ziqing researched, the more he felt that the demonic cultivation methods seemed to correspond closely to the secret techniques and divine skills of the human cultivators.

As foundational cultivation techniques were researched by humans, various strange secret techniques might have been discreetly adapted from other races.

If the Black Sky Devil God Qi was treated as a secret technique for cultivation, there wouldn't be much of a problem, nor would it affect his foundational cultivation techniques.

His foundation still remained in Body Refinement, coupled with Refining God, taking the path of the Hungry Ghost Dao.

Without Qi Refinement, Yu Ziqing could only use his qi-blood to forcibly refine the egg of that demon; a thread of pure and violent Devil Thought emerging was promptly stuffed between the teeth by the Yin God.

This left only a strand of the purest power, uniquely belonging to the Black Sky Devil.

Within it was a sense of turbulent waves and the roaring of a mighty river; although it contained the Devil's peculiarity, its essence still belonged to the Five Elements.

As long as it did not transcend the Five Elements, theoretically, it remained within the scope of human cultivation.

Of course, one must first ensure no Devil Thought emerged before proceeding.

Cultivating the Black Sky Devil God Qi was fairly simple, matching the demon's cultivation—straightforward, constant expansion, with mystical insights developing naturally later.

That strand of Qi continuously absorbed Yu Ziqing's Kidney Water Qi and qi-blood power, gradually transforming into a jet-black double-headed snake, slithering along the path of Kidney Water Qi between his kidneys.

The double-headed black snake continued to devour, while Yu Ziqing's cultivated Golden Water Yin Escape, refining into his internal organs, also strengthened the Kidney Water Qi.

The two achieved a balance, maintaining the balance of the Five Elements and Six Qi within his organs, thereby continuously refining his kidneys to become stronger.

However, a new issue emerged; the Golden Water Yin Escape did not just cultivate Gui Water Qi, but also Xin Metal Qi. When cultivating, Yu Ziqing had to be exceedingly careful not to accidentally cultivate Xin Metal Qi into his lungs, lest the balance be disrupted.

"Lou Huai, you must diligently cultivate the White Sun Holy Scripture; it is a powerful dharma method created by human sages."

Yu Ziqing patted Lou Huai's shoulder, earnestly advising him.

He even gave him a bunch of pills, which Yu Ziqing had no use for, but were necessary for Qi Refining cultivators, like Qi Nourishing Pills, Nourishing Yuan Pills, and Yellow Bud Pills.

"Can you use all these?"

"I am an incarnation, so I can use them..." Lou Huai silently accepted the pills.

As a demon who loved to figure out his superior's intentions, he naturally understood that Yu Ziqing wanted him to cultivate hard and advance quickly for more inheritance.

He could see that Yu Ziqing favored the Black Sky Devil God Qi.

With the pills in hand, Lou Huai secretly encouraged himself to advance quickly. As an incarnation with the experience gained from Lin Fu for free, reaching the seventh tier was certainly not difficult, and as a demon, getting possessed was not an issue.

Lou Huai was determined, continuously taking pills, intending to pile up to the sixth-seventh tier with the medicine flow.

He was a bit too weak at present; if not for being a demon, able to hide well, he wouldn't have lived to meet Yu Ziqing.

Yu Ziqing, besides daily Body Refinement and Hungry Ghost Dao cultivation, focused on previously digested Heavenly Demon, along with devouring a Yin Devil, raising his Refining God to the Fourth-tier Peak.

He could attempt to rush through for a breakthrough, but with previous experience, he chose to accumulate his foundation, perfect it to flawlessness, reaching a point where water fills a cup till it overflows naturally—the most perfect way, so he wasn't in a hurry to break through.

He lengthened the time, taking things slow.

On another note, Wen Lingyou of the Lihuo Institute had begun to study the Yin Devil, aiming to find a way to allow powerful cultivators to also enter the Yin Devil Domain and awaken there.

He wasn't looking for something special, so how Yu Ziqing understood the Yin Devil or entered it didn't matter to him greatly.

It was like knowing that Yu Ziqing could summon a hungry ghost through some unknown means—knowing it didn't benefit them much as it couldn't be widely adopted.

He sought ways that could be broadly applied, allowing the majority of cultivators to exterminate Yin Devils.

This was the meaning behind much of the research done by the Dao cultivators at the Lihuo Institute.

Publishing it like those low-tier dharma methods would be best.

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In the Abyss, in a perpetually dark, yin-infused place filled with various illusion realms.

A Great Devil slept within one such illusion realm, under him a massive throne composed of countless bones and human skins. In one corner of this throne, a skull cracked open with a line, releasing a trace of demonic Qi which gradually faded away.

The Great Devil sensed something yet merely turned over, continuing his sleep.

He cared little that a subordinate demon had completely dissipated without even escaping with its True Spirit.

There was far less harmony between demons.

Like the Black Sky Devil, violent and murderous, even among the same species, constant fighting was a norm.

Yet war and slaughter between different species were an eternal theme.

Otherwise, a group of hungry ghosts wouldn't have been able to seize control of an Abyssal Rift to the human realm, no demon clan dared approach within a thousand miles.

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