Li Tianwei sat cross-legged, carefully sensing the spiritual energy and Resentment Force within this region.
It had to be said that although the spiritual energy and Resentment Force here were somewhat weak, the power contained within them was exceptionally compatible with him, just like the feeling he had experienced during his previous "enlightenment."
That was why Li Tianwei believed this place was a Proximity to the Dao Land.
As the name implied, a Proximity to the Dao Land lay close to the Heavenly Dao, allowing one to more clearly comprehend the power of heaven and earth and attain Dao intent through enlightenment.
This place possessed precisely such qualities. Li Tianwei had never expected such a fine place to be occupied by the Demonic Sect Land. What a waste.
If possible, Li Tianwei felt he could set up an array here. In the future, he could travel back and forth through both sides and come here to cultivate.
At this moment, the system within Li Tianwei's consciousness remained silent.
It truly wanted to complain. What Proximity to the Dao Land? This place was entirely the result of the major demonic sects. Endless slaughter, countless living beings falling here, all kinds of Evil Qi and malicious thoughts piling atop one another, fermenting for who knew how many years—this had made the entire Demonic Sect Land extraordinarily suited for demonic cultivators.
However, because there were too many Evil Thoughts and resentful energies, cultivators who trained here would inevitably be affected to some degree.
As for why Li Tianwei had such a feeling, the system had reached an answer through scanning.
It was because Li Tianwei's Dao intents and all kinds of unorthodox spells were suited to cultivation in the Demonic Sect Land.
Yet in Li Tianwei's eyes, this very situation made the place a Proximity to the Dao Land.
The system had no choice but to concede. It had to, after all—Li Tianwei really had killed two Nascent Soul Evil Demons while still in the Foundation Establishment Realm. That made the system seem utterly useless, didn't it?
Am I really about to be carried to victory? Did I trigger some guaranteed minimum?
The system questioned its own existence. Even a system made of data could not help but doubt itself when faced with Li Tianwei's circumstances.
Li Tianwei continued breathing in and out, absorbing energy. The spiritual power around him and his aura alike grew ever more vast and majestic.
Li Tianwei felt that if he used Heavenly Absolute Yin Fiend again, he would gain even greater assistance within this region.
If any cultivators of the demonic sects had been here and learned of Li Tianwei's thoughts, or seen him absorbing the spiritual energy of the Demonic Sect Land so openly and without restraint, they would probably have thought him mad.
After all, even demonic cultivators did not dare to absorb all this spiritual energy so boldly.
Ever since the spiritual energy of the Demonic Sect Land had evolved into energy suitable for demonic cultivation, it had contained endless Resentment Force, as well as the stray thoughts left behind by every kind of living being that had once died here.
To describe it, demonic cultivators had a term for the spiritual energy of the Demonic Sect Land: it was as though evil spirits lurked within it.
Formed from countless stray thoughts, if one absorbed it without any precautions, then according to the words of those demonic cultivators who had done so in the past, this spiritual energy would continuously guide you, leading you all the way into evil paths until you suffered qi deviation.
Demonic cultivators used cruel methods and feared no collapse of their Dao Hearts. They could cleanse themselves with living beings to strengthen their own cultivation.
Yet such rapidly increased cultivation would affect their minds, and even the difficulty of surviving tribulation would be several times greater than that faced by righteous cultivators.
Even so, they were still exceedingly afraid of falling into demonic deviation. This was not the same as a righteous cultivator degenerating into a demonic cultivator and losing his mind.
It was another kind of mutation altogether—supreme torment from body to soul, with countless stray thoughts invading the heart.
At that moment, you might even believe that you were no longer an immortal cultivator, but an ordinary person: an old farmer tilling the fields, a maid sent away as part of a dowry. All kinds of mortal stray thoughts would be enough to shatter everything. It was no different from death.
That was precisely why the spiritual energy of the Demonic Sect Land had to be filtered through arrays and protective measures before it could be absorbed.
Yet it was precisely because of the peculiar nature of demonic sect spiritual energy that, compared with the spiritual power of righteous lands, it was far more violent—but also far denser.
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Righteous cultivators needed Spirit Gathering Arrays to concentrate spiritual energy and improve cultivation efficiency, while demonic cultivators set up Thought-Cleansing Arrays to remove the peculiarities from the spiritual energy of the Demonic Sect Land before cultivating.
Therefore, Li Tianwei's unrestrained absorption naturally drew out the so-called "evil spirits" within the spiritual energy of the Demonic Sect Land—the concentrated stray thoughts of countless living beings that had died there.
The transformation he sensed in Heavenly Absolute Yin Fiend also seemed to have been affected by that spiritual energy.
The dense Evil Thoughts continuously battered Li Tianwei's Spiritual Platform. Sensing this familiar feeling, Li Tianwei's eyes lit up.
He did not feel that there was the slightest problem.
"Just as expected of a Proximity to the Dao Land. It's already taking effect so quickly."
Without hesitation, Li Tianwei increased the speed of his absorption.
The spiritual energy around him surged into Li Tianwei's body at an astonishing speed.
At the same time, the Fission Qi Gathering Method activated. In an instant, the already violent spiritual energy of the Demonic Sect Land became even more berserk, and even the so-called evil spirits within it grew stronger.
At that moment, it yearned—yearned to erode Li Tianwei and turn him into its sustenance.
Thus, under its influence, the spiritual energy possessed evil spirits. Driven by them, the endless spiritual energy outside rapidly gathered toward the region where Li Tianwei stood.
Meanwhile, that violent disturbance had already drawn the attention of some people.
"This is definitely some evil treasure, or perhaps some spiritual object entering the world."
At that moment, the two of them stared excitedly into the distance and sped toward it.
Meanwhile, Li Tianwei's cultivation continued, but this time was different.
The strangeness within the spiritual energy continuously invaded, heading for Li Tianwei's Spiritual Platform.
Li Tianwei then continuously stuffed it into Heavenly Absolute Yin Fiend. He could clearly feel that as it continuously fused with this spiritual energy, Heavenly Absolute Yin Fiend, which had Divine Ability as its foundation, was constantly transforming.
"And you still say this isn't a Proximity to the Dao Land? Even Heavenly Absolute Yin Fiend, which was formed from the foundation of my Prison Heaven Divine Ability—something I comprehended through insight into heaven and earth—is reacting to it."
"Doesn't that prove that heaven and earth possess such a Dao?"
"Maybe it can even evolve into a Divine Ability!"
After witnessing the power of the Prison Heaven Divine Ability, Li Tianwei discovered that it was far stronger than Dao intent. If he had to compare them, Divine Abilities were like profound mysteries, while Dao intent remained a passive enhancement. Each had its own benefits.
"Come on! Let me see just how far you can transform."
Li Tianwei muttered as he completely settled into cultivation.
The stray thoughts within the spiritual energy also continued invading and growing stronger. After all, they could cover the entire Demonic Sect Land, even if they possessed only the instinct to erode and kill cultivators.
Now that Li Tianwei had taken them in, Li Tianwei had to die.
"Die... die..."
The stray thoughts in the spiritual energy continued pouring in, bombarding his Spiritual Platform.
Yet Li Tianwei's Spiritual Platform, already covered in mottled colors and filled with destructive ripples, stood firm without falling.
If one were to observe it, beneath the Spiritual Platform was the supreme Dao foundation Li Tianwei had condensed during Foundation Establishment. Strange circular radiance and the Three-Leaf Round Fan continuously revealed five colors, looking utterly wicked and utterly bizarre...
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