The Moth Demon King rarely showed himself, and the cultivation world knew little about the Great Dao he cultivated.
His ability to seal people inside cocoons, digest them, and devour them was in fact an innate divine ability of his demonic nature, not the power of his Great Dao. What he truly commanded was the Spirit-Extinction Great Dao.
Wood among the Five Elements was likewise divided into yin and yang. Yang Wood was called Longevity, representing the vitality of Wood; it could absorb the breath of living beings between heaven and earth and extend one's lifespan. Yin Wood was called Spirit-Extinction, representing the killing intent of Wood; it could generate virulent spiritual poison and plunder the lifespans of all living beings in the world.
Simply put, the power of the Spirit-Extinction Great Dao was "poison."
Yang Wood nourished the body with spirit; Yin Wood killed with poison.
At the levels of Dao Inquiry and Heavenly Origin, there was basically no poison that could still take effect. Unless certain spiritual medicines were specially refined to specifically counter a particular Great Dao or cultivation art.
A strange poison effective against every powerful cultivator was almost nonexistent.
But the Spirit-Extinction Great Dao was an exception.
The purple venom generated by the Moth Demon King could corrode and scorch even the physique of the martial monk Qu Hu if it touched him, making prolonged contact impossible. Combined with his innate divine ability, once he sealed someone within a cocoon, this poison could break them down at astonishing speed. That was precisely how he had attained his current cultivation.
As the abbot of Chonglou Temple and the imperially appointed State Preceptor of the current dynasty, Qu Hu's cultivation was formidable even among those of the eighth realm. At the very least, he was far beyond