In Douluo, Already the Pope, Joined the Chat Group

This would also allow for the maximum utilization of the Divine Spring's healing properties.

After all, both it and the Heaven Swallowing Devil Art originated from the Shrouding the Heavens world, sharing the same lineage.

However, after much deliberation, he dismissed this thought.

The reason was simple: attempting to switch cultivation techniques while in a severely injured state was, well, just a way to hasten one's own death.

Furthermore, as the name Heaven Swallowing implies, the process of practicing this technique would likely cause quite a commotion. Additionally, since the world level of Shrouding the Heavens is higher than that of the Douluo Continent, and its power hierarchy is undoubtedly superior, a decline in his power level would be inevitable after switching to the Heaven Swallowing Devil Art!

Then, the problem arises: if something were to happen to him here, would his "beloved disciple" Bibi Dong, who is so "concerned" about him, not come over to investigate the disturbance?

Clearly, it would be impossible for her not to come and check.

And once she arrived and saw that the old man's level had dropped, she would surely conclude that he was truly severely injured.

In that case, there would be nothing left to say; she would simply take advantage of his weakened state to finish him off.

If it reached that point, to avoid being successfully murdered by his own good disciple, he would inevitably have to seek help from the group.

Admittedly, doing so would save his life.

But what then? As the group leader who was forced to pathetically beg for help from his own disciple, what dignity would he have left in the group?

Therefore, to avoid falling into such an embarrassing predicament, Qian Xunji decisively changed his mind.

Thinking of this, Qian Xunji clicked directly on the Heaven Swallowing Devil Art. Now that his injuries had completely healed, it was time to practice this imperial scripture that made the Ruthless Empress famous.

The Heaven Swallowing Devil Art, an supreme imperial scripture created by the most ruthless person in history, the peerless Empress, melts all the fortunes and physiques of the world.

It slaughters the talents of the world, devours their flesh and origin, and transforms them for one's own use.

Using the foundations of others to forge one's own Indestructible Chaos Body.

It tempers hundreds of scriptures in a furnace, incorporates ten thousand paths into the body, sheds the Dao Fetus from a demonic body, and uses the foundations of others to forge one's own Indestructible Chaos Body, achieving a supreme and flawless Chaos Body with unparalleled physical strength.

Most importantly, the cultivation requirements for this imperial scripture are extremely low; it has no requirements for physique or the concentration of spiritual energy in the world, and even a mortal body can practice it.

The creator of the technique, the Ruthless Empress, was herself a mere mortal, even judged to be a waste with a physique unsuitable for cultivation.

Yet, she relied on this technique to defy the heavens, transforming from a postnatal mortal body into a flawless Chaos Body, shedding her old self to be reborn. She slaughtered all the kings, stood alone above the nine heavens, and finally attained the Dao to become an Emperor, reaching the absolute pinnacle!

Undoubtedly, the Heaven Swallowing Devil Art was a highly suitable technique for Qian Xunji at this moment.

Not to mention, after the conversion by the chat group's rules, a practitioner of the Heaven Swallowing Devil Art in the Douluo Continent could not only devour the origins of others to become stronger, but also absorb the martial souls and spirit rings of others for their own use, compensating for their own deficiencies and strengthening their physical body and potential.

(The former method involves directly devouring flesh, blood, and essence; after being devoured, the victim is reduced to ashes. This method is contrary to the harmony of heaven and easily invites divine retribution, so it requires the blending of several ancient medicinal formulas during the process. The latter method only strips away power without killing, and does not require medicinal blending.)

Such a technique was undoubtedly suitable for Qian Xunji.

Because he was the Pope of the Martial Soul Hall, one of the three top powers on the Douluo Continent, and had countless subordinates willing to work for him.

He could completely justify it under the guise of expanding the influence of the Martial Soul Hall, ordering his subordinates to capture those strong individuals in the world who were unwilling to join the Martial Soul Hall, and then use these soul masters who refused to submit to the Martial Soul Hall to practice the Heaven Swallowing Devil Art.

As for the fact that those soul masters used for his cultivation would become useless husks once he finished?

So what? They were enemies anyway, people who refused to submit to him; what did it matter if they became useless?

Mercy to the enemy is cruelty to oneself!

Besides, didn't he leave them with their lives? He didn't kill them, and he even benevolently planned to set them free, letting them leave the Martial Soul Hall alive!

It is better to live in disgrace than to die, and who knows, perhaps one of them might cultivate back to their original level, or accidentally encounter a stroke of luck and become the protagonist of a "trash-to-treasure" story.

Hmm, then he could harvest them again—secondary utilization, a total profit.

Of course, necessary measures must be taken, such as wiping their memories of this period after the harvest.

This would prevent them from badmouthing the Martial Soul Hall outside due to this tragic experience, which might alert others and make the Martial Soul Hall's capture work difficult, thereby affecting his cultivation progress!

As Qian Xunji clicked on the Heaven Swallowing Devil Art, the voice of the Empress appeared in his mind the next moment.

It was the Dao sound of the Empress, chanting the imperial scripture for him and answering the confusion in his heart.

"Heaven Swallowing Devil Art, tempering hundreds of scriptures in a furnace, melting ten thousand paths, taking all things in heaven and earth as nutrients, to transform into a supreme demonic body and Dao seed."

Silently reciting the essence of the Heaven Swallowing Devil Art in his heart, listening to the Empress's Dao sound in his ears, and with the Jade Pure Bottle containing the Divine Spring hanging from his mouth, Qian Xunji immersed his entire mind and spirit into the practice of the Heaven Swallowing Devil Art.

Following the mental cultivation method of the Heaven Swallowing Devil Art, Qian Xunji began to circulate the power within his body, and according to the records in the technique, he guided this soul power to specific meridians and acupuncture points, then began to circulate it slowly.

As the soul power circulated, a faint light began to flicker on his body—a black color, dark as ink, serene and profound.

At the same time, strands of invisible spiritual energy from heaven and earth began to gather crazily with him as the center, and were subsequently absorbed by his body.

Gathering... absorbing... gathering... absorbing...

Qian Xunji's body was like a bottomless abyss that could never be filled, crazily drawing spiritual energy from heaven and earth, and it seemed there would never be an end to it.