Earth Fiend Held Wondrous Power; Lavish Gifts in Exchange for True Teachings!

Nurturing baleful intent had worked!

Meng Chuan stood and clapped his hands, shaking the loose soil from his palms.

He surveyed the "four acres of fertile fields" around him. This was the "Baleful Nurturing Pool" he had created in his Inner World.

It was dedicated to activating the Earth Fiend Precious Body's [Nurture Baleful Intent] effect, turning other baleful energies buried here into precious earth fiend energy.

Meng Chuan extended his perception, rooting his awareness deep within the soil.

Chen Zhiming's impure gang-baleful energy had merged with the small amount of fire baleful energy he had later "borrowed" from the cultivation room.

The transformation was completed at that moment.

Meng Chuan beckoned lightly, and a thin glow spread across the Baleful Nurturing Pool.

A transparent granule precipitated out of the soil and landed in his palm.

After sniffing it briefly, Meng Chuan understood.

This was a granule of earth fiend energy.

It was only the size of a grain of rice, taking on a dull yellow-brown hue against his palm.

Its texture was neither metal nor jade, and it was heavy—over a hundred times heavier than a grain of rice.

To Meng Chuan, it felt more like a crystal condensed to the utmost limit.

He examined it carefully. An ocher halo seemed to circulate within the tiny granule, carrying the dense, stable aura unique to the earth.

Touching it with his perception and using the "Baleful Identification Incantation" Master Dingguang had taught him, Meng Chuan gleaned more information. This tiny granule of earth fiend energy is like a speck of light, containing powerful, extreme energy. The vast majority came from... the conversion of a few strands of innate fire baleful energy. They provided the purest, most readily converted [raw material].

*The gang-baleful energy from Chen Zhiming left barely any traces