By now, Lu Xiaotian had collected the Primordial Spirit essences of six Body Integration Realm demons—three at the Integrated Body Early Stage and three at the Integrated Body Middle Stage.
Beneath the sea breeze, endless white cottonwood blossoms rolled in layer upon layer of floral waves. Against the azure sky and sea, the sight was breathtaking.
A blood-red orb floated before Lu Xiaotian. Inside, the Primordial Spirit essences of eight different demons repeatedly intertwined and merged. Demons formed directly with blood astral force were less effective than demons whose Primordial Spirits he had personally hunted down. After all, one was a simulation, while the other involved working with the real thing.
Through years of repeated experiments, Lu Xiaotian had found that cultivating this art with the Primordial Spirits of demons he had hunted himself seemed more effective than using those obtained from others by various means. When he refined the souls of demons he had personally slain, their Primordial Spirits seemed to feel an added measure of submission, reverence, and fear toward him, strengthening his own imposing aura.
By contrast, even the boost to his combat strength from Primordial Spirits he had obtained through trades was less than that from the ones he had hunted himself.
The only drawback was that personally hunting these demons built up killing intent, which he had to deal with every so often. Otherwise, as it accumulated, it would inevitably interfere with his cultivation.
That was with Lu Xiaotian's Primordial Spirit far stronger than those of cultivators at the same level. For an ordinary Integrated Body Middle Stage Cultivator, the impact on their cultivation would be even more severe.
Still, this discovery was ultimately a good thing for Lu Xiaotian. During the repeated merging and soul refinement, he had found that using the Primordial Spirits