Anti-Spiritual Energy · Nine Nether
At the northernmost point of the Tai Heng Star, lies the Abyss.
There is no eternal ice here, no continent covered by extreme ice. Instead, there is a demonic abyss of ghostly energy that has been erupting for hundreds of millions of years and will continue to erupt.
However, the indiscriminate eruptions of the Netherworld during the Taiheng era have been effectively contained under the governance of the Great Xia Dynasty.
The solution was to build a 400,000-kilometer-long black Great Wall around the Abyss.
The Great Wall is covered with Rune Chip that can classify and purify the ghostly Death Qi spewed from the Netherworld, then condense it into crystals of ghostly energy, Death Qi, demonic energy, and Curse Qi, which are then handed over to research institutes or sold to cultivators.
"Based on the [Spiritual Energy Genealogy] invented by you, sir, we have written a lower-grade Spiritual Qi version of the [Spiritual Energy Genealogy]. This is our research result!" Rahu Hou, whose cultivation had reached the Earth Immortal Realm but whose daily research routine was more about scientific research than cultivation, opened a chart and presented it to Yang Ning.
"In the ancient Cultivation World, low-grade Spiritual Qi was roughly divided into four types: ghost, death, demon, and curse. However, this classification is not actually rigorous!" Rahu said. "According to our research, low-grade Spiritual Qi exhibits strong corrosive and assimilative properties!"
"For example, a creature corrupted by ghostly energy will become a ghost, and a creature corrupted by demonic energy will become a demon."
Isn't this somewhat similar to Nightmare Energy? Could Nightmare Energy be a high-quality, low-grade Spiritual Qi?
It's not impossible. Spiritual Qi rising becomes Immortal Qi, while descending becomes Nightmare Energy?
"Therefore, we use the parameter of 'erosion degree' to describe low-grade Spiritual Qi. The lower the erosion degree, the less impact it has on living beings; the higher the erosion degree, the greater the impact. Among the four types of Spiritual Qi —death, curse, ghost, and demon— Curse Qi has the lowest erosion degree, followed by Death Qi and death is not clearly defined, but rather a gradual progression!"
Yang Ning nodded. Of course he understood. Between strong acids and strong bases, there are weak acids and weak bases. Between hot water and ice water, there are warm water and cold water.
The Demonic Path Research Institute divided low-grade spiritual Spiritual Qi into 1000 levels according to its degree of erosion. The lowest level of erosion, the Curse Qi, is almost harmless to people, only causing them temporary bad luck. The Demonic Path Research Institute extracted this Curse Qi to refine a lot of misfortune talismans to play pranks on people, which sold very well.
The Nine Nether Ghost Qi, with its erosion level of 1000, is something even a great cultivator in the Spiritual Law Realm dares not touch. Even a mere wisp of it would cause a mortal immortal to suffer. In fact, the Nine Nether Ghost Qi can erode a hole in the inner world of a mortal immortal.
"This is the Nine Nether Ghost Qi we extracted!" Hou Luo handed Yang Ning a jar that was one foot long and 12 centimeters in diameter, with metal ends and a glass middle.
Through the middle glass, you can see an even smaller glass jar inside. There is a third layer of glass pillars within the second layer, which is shaped like a dragon. Inside the dragon, there is a black line that moves like a dragon's tendon within the vessel.
To the naked eye, it looks like three layers of glass with a black line attached.
However, if one were to look closely, one would discover that this is no ordinary glass. Each layer of glass here is covered with Rune Chip with extremely high computing power, making this jar containing the ghostly energy of the Nine Nether Ghost Qi extremely hard. Even if it were to be blasted by a hydrogen bomb, it could withstand it for a few seconds.
Yang Ning was a Great Luo Immortal, and a Nightmare Great Luo Immortal at that, so of course he didn't care about the corrosiveness of the mere Nine Nether Ghost Qi. Instead, he directly took out the Nine Nether Ghost Qi and then used Nightmare Energy to counteract the ghost qi.
"It does have some merit, but not much!" He possessed the most corrosive Nightmare Energy, so of course he looked down on this so-called Nine Nether Ghost Qi.
Moreover, he preferred the theoretical research results within the research institute to physical strength.
After sending Rahu to conduct his research, Yang Ning went to the data room of the Demonic Path Research Institute, turned on a computer, and began searching for information.
In reality, he didn't even need to come here himself; he could have watched it all in an instant using Deep Blue. But since he had become the Great Luo, the pressure of life suddenly disappeared, so life naturally didn't need to be so rushed.
Relaxing a little won't hurt.
"So, the researchers believe that low-grade Spiritual Qi is not actually low-grade, but rather a type of anti- Spiritual Qi corresponding to mid-to-high-grade?"
White vapor, black vapor?
Flipping through the researchers' research materials, it became clear that the scientists at the Demonic Path Research Institute were quite accomplished. Some were trained by Yang Ning using the Spirit Realm, while others were selected from school geniuses after the popularization of education in Great Xia in recent years.
Their research findings not only include theory but also verification, making them almost equivalent to truth.
The researchers also verified this hypothesis.
Following the principle that immortals and demons cannot coexist, they clashed demonic energy of equal corrosive power with Spiritual Qi of equal level, resulting in mutual annihilation.
However, unlike the violent energy release that occurs when matter and antimatter annihilate each other, the annihilation between Spiritual Qi and demonic energy is silent and almost produces an energy explosion.
Why are the sound, light, and electrical effects so impressive when immortal cultivators and demonic cultivators fight?
That's because the purity of the Spiritual Qi everyone is using is insufficient, and the energy levels are different.
It's like trying to insert a sword into a scabbard that doesn't belong to you; it's bound to make a sound.
Based on this verification, we can conclude that there are no superior, medium, or inferior Spiritual Qi in this world; there are only Spiritual Qi and anti- Spiritual Qi!
What's the use of this conclusion?
Of course it's useful, and extremely useful!
In other words, any immortal cultivation method or technique can be seamlessly integrated into the process of countering Spiritual Qi.
The same method of achieving immortality through Spiritual Qi can also be used to achieve immortality through reverse Spiritual Qi.
However, this achievement might only grant Ghost Immortal.
"Sculpt a person first!" Yang Ning dictated, and a life was created.
The second step involves using Nightmare Energy to corrupt the person, instantly turning them into a Nightmare Energy creature.
The third step is to use the Nine Nether Ghost Qi to erode it.
If the Nine Nether Ghost Qi is used first, this person may not be able to withstand the erosion of the Nine Nether Ghost Qi and will die directly.
However, once it is transformed into Nightmare Energy creature, there will be no problem injecting it with Nine Nether Ghost Qi. Nightmare Energy can be perfectly compatible with and exhibit the characteristics of Nine Nether Ghost Qi.
From that moment on, the person was perfectly transformed into a body of Nine Nether Ghost Qi!
Yang Ning was too lazy to think of any more complicated names, so he just called him Jiuyou!
First, draw upon the Netherworld Nine Nether Ghost Qi within the research institute to elevate the Netherworld's cultivation level.
Extracting the Nine Nether Ghost Qi is not easy, but now the entire Arctic belongs to the Great Xia Dynasty, and extraction has been carried out for hundreds of years, so the accumulated amount of Nine Nether Ghost Qi is naturally quite considerable.
Not to mention the spoils from the previous annihilation of the Far North Myriad Saints Alliance.
Yang Ning first poured the National Luck into Jiu You, and then provided him with ample Nine Nether Ghost Qi. He saw that Jiu You's cultivation level was as if he had taken the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir, with each breath bringing him up to a higher realm.
Three breaths later, Jiuyou entered the Qi Refining Stage.
Ten breaths later, Jiuyou entered the Spiritual Law Realm.
Twenty breaths later, he reached the eighth level of the Spiritual Law Realm.
After thirty breaths, the Spiritual Law Realm was perfected, and he became an Earth Immortal!
"Perfect!" Yang Ning looked at the boy in front of him with black hair, black eyes, pale skin, and a slightly submissive demeanor, and nodded in satisfaction.
With a thought, Jiuyou opened his eyes, then transformed into a streak of black light, flying directly out of the laboratory and disappearing into the Netherworld.