The Crimson Blood Cave Mansion had shed its former disorder after Yun Ce's thorough reorganization, replaced by solemn order. Outside the main hall, the guards attended to their duties, their auras steady. Throughout the cave mansion, the guardians and guards who had received cultivation resources shut themselves away to cultivate, the spiritual energy around them growing denser by the day. Yun Ce's combination of kindness and authority had won these demon cultivators over completely. Everyone was seizing the time to grow stronger, preparing for the Nine Sha Hall's retaliation.
Inside Yun Ce's private cave dwelling, spiritual energy had gathered into a mist, far denser than anywhere else in the Crimson Blood Cave Mansion. He sat cross-legged on the Cold Jade Bed, a faint glow swirling around him. Two lustrous Nascent Souls floated before him. One was deep purple, wreathed in the domineering might of a dragon: Di Tong's Void-Piercing Realm late-stage Nascent Soul. The other was crimson, wrapped in a dense, bloody demonic aura: Cha Hong's Void-Piercing Realm early-stage Nascent Soul. Though both had lost their intelligence, they still radiated immense power, slowly revolving under the pull of Yun Ce's spiritual sense.
Di Tong's Purple Sha Flood Dragon Nascent Soul holds pure, domineering demonic power, while Cha Hong's Crimson Blood Water Python Nascent Soul has deep reserves. If I fuse and refine them, they should be enough to help me break through the shackles of the Emptiness Realm. Yun Ce formed a spell with his fingers. The spiritual energy around him surged, turning into two streams that flowed into the Nascent Souls. Ever since he had begun cultivating the Hongmeng Stellar Art, his aptitude seemed to have improved imperceptibly. He could feel the difference clearly after every session of cultivation.
Refining the Nascent Soul of a demon beast was no