Master of Strange Dao

Normal cultivators in the Refining God stage practiced at midnight, when yin qi was at its peak and yang qi at its weakest.

They attempted to expose the Yin God to the outside world, accepting the baptism of heaven and earth's spiritual energy, as well as the Moon Essence.

Once they slowly adapted and could withstand it, they would then attempt to let the Yin God fully cross the boundary into the out-of-body state.

The cultivation of the out-of-body realm was actually a gradual process. When the Yin God solidified like a physical entity and could emerge in daylight, bathing in the Great Sun's brilliance without harm, this stage of cultivation was considered complete.

However, Yu Ziqing's approach was a bit different, as he cultivated the Hungry Ghost Dao.

The conditions for leaving the body were already met long ago.

But Yu Ziqing was rather greedy; he wanted to see if, after advancing to the Fifth Tier in Refining God, he could awaken another divine skill.

The first divine skill was a typical Late Period ability: the stronger the power, the stronger the divine skill. Only in the Fourth Tier, the retribution divine power was rather ordinary.

When it was first practiced, it borrowed power from judgments to directly sentence a one-yuan term.

Afterwards, Yu Ziqing was reluctant to use it, finding it hard to downgrade from extravagance.

Imposing a retribution of a hundred or so years was not as satisfactory as directly killing someone; it was not interesting.

So Yu Ziqing wanted to awaken another practical divine skill, ideally one suitable for both early and late stages, capable of growth.

He hoped for a more aggressive divine skill, as his protective layers were already quite excellent, but he lacked offensive techniques.

In future battles, it might not always be possible to engage in close combat every time.

What if he encountered a sword cultivator skilled in the art of flying swords? They could kite him from hundreds, even thousands of miles away.

With a hopeful and greedy heart, Yu Ziqing began the process of advancement.

The process was simple enough, allowing the Yin God, which had grown to match his own size, to step out and truly begin an independent cultivation.

This step was very easy for him.

As night fell, the sky was clear, and it was the day of the year when the moon was at its fullest and brightest.

Yu Ziqing sat in the wilderness. With a thought, the Yin God opened his eyes, like a newborn, curled into a ball, transformed into a stream of light, and flew out from his forehead.

Suspending above his head, it slowly stretched out its body.

The Yin God, as if lying on the ground, extended one middle finger, horizontally suspended there, maintaining the posture Yu Ziqing had when he first died of starvation.

This posture, while somewhat odd, was actually the most orthodox and standard cultivation posture as determined by the heavens.

Moonlight poured down like water.

On the other side, Yang also gave up other activities tonight to focus on cultivation.

Yang told Yu Ziqing that tonight was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, not only being the fullest and brightest moon of the year, but it also happened to be the Gengshen day.

According to the Demon Clan's calendar, today was also the day when the Moonlight might produce the Emperor's Liquid.

Tonight, with a cloudless sky and stars retreating, the celestial phenomena were as perfect as they could be.

Therefore, today, Emperor's Liquid would inevitably fall. All demon clans, all cultivators, and races that needed to borrow moonlight for cultivation would set other matters aside to focus on their practice.

Missing tonight means the next time the three auspicious days fall on the same day will be a long time from now.

Yu Ziqing's Yin God was extremely powerful, and if he wished to advance to the out-of-body realm, the first time he received the moonlight baptism, as long as he could withstand it, his starting point would be the strongest, with countless benefits in the future.

Yu Ziqing waited quietly; tonight, the entire world seemed to fall silent.

It was as though the chirping of insects and birds had vanished.

Conflicts had decreased significantly.

Beasts and insects, as long as they possessed some spiritual wisdom, had sensed the unusual moonlight, and they were all waiting.

After today, the days of sharply increasing demon species and alien species numbers would follow.

Perhaps the demon clan would produce many sons of the heavens, who would become the mainstays of the demon clan in hundreds or thousands of years.

As midnight passed, the moonlight grew even stronger, even without cultivating, Yu Ziqing could feel how pure power greatly benefited common cultivators.

By 12:45 AM, the descending moonlight reached its peak strength, forming golden lines emanating moonlight, dropping from the sky.

Olive-shaped glowing fruits began to appear sparsely on the golden lines, like fruits slowly growing on a tree.

These glowing olives were the renowned Emperor's Liquid, regarded as a Holy Object by the demon clan.

When the Emperor's Liquid slowly drifted down from the sky, the first droplet naturally fell upon the Yin God, which absorbed it, officially beginning the cultivation.

In an instant, Yu Ziqing felt a cold power mixed with warmth silently spreading throughout the Yin God's body.

That heat was even stronger than facing the blazing sun at noon.

Yu Ziqing's heart shuddered; no wonder Yang said the benefits were endless if one could endure it, though it was a bit challenging, the opportunity was rare and best not to miss.

He had previously believed that the moon in this lunar world did not reflect sunlight. In past days, moonlight never possessed scorching power within it.

However, the accumulated Emperor's Liquid today was entirely different, a rare creation with its outer yin and inner yang, a divine object blending yin and yang harmoniously.