Heavenly Demon Evil Lightning

A crude gravestone stood on the ground. As he approached it, that strange and ominous feeling once again shrouded his heart, leaving him unbearably stifled.

The gravestone recorded the deceased's life story. After reading it, Xiao Le could not help but marvel at the legend.

This was not the resting place of that expert, but a site for passing down cultivation arts. Before his death, the expert had been a wandering cultivator struggling through life. He had lived an ordinary half-life, but after obtaining a cultivation art by chance, he rose to legendary heights. He battled prodigies, fought ancient clans, became a Saint, and was known as the Heavenly Demon Saint. Unfortunately, at the height of his power, he encountered misfortune and died young.

And that misfortune had been caused by this cultivation art. It was called the Heavenly Demon Ancient Scripture, a rankless cultivation art—truly without rank. It devoured the spiritual energy of all things to strengthen its user.

The Heavenly Demon Saint had specifically explained on the gravestone that this cultivation art defied the natural order, damaged one's fortune, easily invited heavenly punishment, and brought misfortune upon its practitioner. Only those blessed with immense fortune could offset the trouble caused by such misfortune.

At the mention of immense fortune, Xiao Le's first thought was Xiao Yan. On the Battle Qi Continent, who could compare to Xiao Yan in fortune? The protagonist's halo—a fortune-type entry of rainbow quality!

Unfortunately, Xiao Yan had his own path to walk. Xiao Le then thought of Ya Fei. Her gold-quality [Attract Gold, Gather Wealth] was likewise a fortune-type entry. He believed the misfortune of the Heavenly Demon Ancient Scripture could not harm her. Besides, Xiao Le was here. If it came down to it, he could just give Ya Fei the downloaded protagonist's halo he used himself.

Xiao Le smashed the gravestone, and a white scroll and an ancient-looking token fell onto the ground. Picking them up, he discovered that they were the Heavenly Demon Ancient Scripture and the activation token for the Heavenly Demon Sacred Realm, the true inheritance site of the Heavenly Demon Saint.

According to the gravestone, before his death, the Heavenly Demon Saint had not wished for the Heavenly Demon Ancient Scripture to remain in the world. Perhaps he had found it a pity, so he left behind this nearly impossible jade-stair trial. Once time eroded the jade stairs away, the Heavenly Demon Ancient Scripture and the Heavenly Demon Sacred Realm would no longer appear in the world.

The matter was not yet over. That Heavenly Demon Evil Power was merely a wisp of power emanating from the Heavenly Demon Saint's Sacred Blood. Though the Heavenly Demon Sacred Blood was not essence blood, it was still a priceless treasure.

Eight Extremes Collapse smashed into the jade stairs. If Medicine Elder found out he was using Eight Extremes Collapse to dig a hole, he would definitely beat him up.

As the jade stairs shattered deeper and deeper, the power of that strange aura emerged once more, devouring the battle qi Xiao Le had painstakingly recovered.

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At last, after resting whenever he was tired and smashing away again once he had recovered, who knew how much time had passed before a drop of profound black blood floated before Xiao Le. The battle qi within his body drifted uncontrollably toward the blood.

Xiao Le hurriedly reached out and grabbed the blood.

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Black · [Heavenly Demon Evil Power]

Purple · [(Depleted) Heavenly Demon Sacred Blood]

Xiao Le deliberately split the Heavenly Demon Evil Blood into two portions for downloading and purification, obtaining two portions of Heavenly Demon Evil Power.

The Heavenly Demon Sacred Blood was severely depleted. Most of its essence had long since leaked away. If not for the Heavenly Demon Evil Power devouring the vital essence of living beings and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to sustain the Sacred Blood, it might have become useless long ago.

With everything settled, Xiao Le no longer cared about the eerie atmosphere of the cave and began sorting through his gains.

The Heavenly Demon Ancient Scripture, Heavenly Demon Sacred Blood, [Heavenly Demon Evil Power], as well as several pill formulas left behind by treasures obtained from the jade stairs, a drop of medicinal beast essence blood, a lightning-element Earth-rank high-grade movement technique, Thunderclap Lightning Flash, and a lightning-element Earth-rank high-grade battle technique, Five Forms of Lightning. Everything else had turned into nourishment. It pained him terribly, but the sight of that intensely purple entry energy put Xiao Le in an excellent mood.

When he stepped out of the cave, it felt as though a lifetime had passed. His heart-pounding adventure was over, and taking advantage of this training trip, Xiao Le decided to continue honing his practical combat skills.

One month later.

Deep within the mountains, a black shadow darted through the woods like a ghost. Before long, it revealed itself as a black panther-like Magic Beast. With agile limbs, it prowled nimbly through the forest. It was a first-rank Magic Beast, a Shadow Panther.

The Shadow Panther stared fixedly at a shabby figure not far away. Though the person was dressed in tattered clothes, his youthful face revealed his young age. At that moment, the boy was unaware that the Shadow Panther had targeted him.

"Whoosh!"

The Shadow Panther shot toward the boy like an arrow loosed from a bow. The boy's ears twitched, peach-colored lightning flickering over his hand. Without even looking back, he threw a punch to meet it.

"Awooo!" With a miserable cry, the Shadow Panther died on the spot.

The boy revealed the eyes hidden beneath his messy hair. It was Xiao Le. After dealing with the Shadow Panther, nostalgia filled his gaze as he murmured, "It's time to go back!"

On the streets of Wutan City, Xiao Le was still dressed like a vagrant. Before he even reached the Xiao Family, the guards stopped him. After all, even Xiao Zhan would not recognize Xiao Le without taking a close look.

"Xiao Le?" By coincidence, Xiao Yan was returning from outside. He carefully examined Xiao Le and asked tentatively.

"Brother!"

"Damn!" Xiao Yan could not help blurting out a curse. Pointing at Xiao Le's attire, he teased, "Is this some fashion trend I don't understand?"

"I didn't bring enough clothes, so I ran out of things to wear. I had no choice but to dress like this." Xiao Le felt embarrassed as well.

Xiao Le headed straight for the hot spring in the back mountain, asking Xiao Yan to bring him a clean set of clothes. He eagerly jumped into the spring and began washing himself.

After changing into clean clothes, he felt refreshed from head to toe. He told Xiao Yan and Medicine Elder about his experiences during this training trip, then described that strange power.

"Oh, right, Medicine Elder. That power split into a bolt of lightning and a flame, perfectly suited for my brother and me. But I'm worried that we'll be drained dry by that power during the refinement process. It should be no weaker than a Heavenly Flame, since it's a wisp of a Dou Saint's power." Xiao Le looked at Medicine Elder expectantly. He had long coveted that power. With a fragment of the protagonist's halo, he refused to believe he could not handle even a wisp of power.

"Based on what you described, that wisp of power has long since been depleted. I should be able to suppress it, so there is no need to worry. Still, it would be best to make some preparations." Medicine Elder gave Xiao Yan a list of spiritual herbs, all rich in spiritual energy and extremely mild in medicinal properties.

Xiao Yan moved quickly. Medicine Elder refined the herbs into medicinal liquid and mixed it into the hot spring. Once everything was ready, he had the two enter the water and sit down.

They sat cross-legged in the middle of the water, back to back.

"Here we go!"

A sinister gray-black bolt of lightning appeared within Xiao Le's body, while a gray-black flame appeared within Xiao Yan's. The instant they emerged, the lightning and flame began devouring the battle qi and vital essence within their bodies.

Fortunately, Medicine Elder had long been prepared. His formidable soul power immediately suppressed the lightning and flame, while he controlled the medicinal power in the water to enter their bodies, replenishing their losses and filling the two gaping mouths.

Once he sensed that the lightning and flame had stabilized, Medicine Elder quickly guided the battle qi within their bodies, pushing the flame and lightning through their meridians.

The process went smoothly until they reached their battle qi vortices. The flame and lightning suddenly abandoned the medicinal power and lunged straight at their vortices. Feeling the battle qi within their vortices vanish at a terrifying speed, the two panicked.

"Steady your minds. Leave it to me!" Medicine Elder's voice rang directly within their hearts.

The two immediately calmed down. The influx of medicinal power became forceful. Empowered by Medicine Elder's soul, the medicinal power transformed into blade-wielding warriors and began battling the lightning and flame.

At the same time, it continued replenishing the losses in their battle qi vortices.

In the end, it was merely residual power eroded by time. Medicine Elder finally defeated and completely refined it, merging it into their vortices. Xiao Le's originally peach-red vortex was dyed gray-black, with only a faint peach-colored glow remaining to prove the lingering presence of the Peach-Scented Flower Lightning.

As the Heavenly Demon Evil Blood was refined, a powerful force surged forth and merged into the vortex without the slightest obstruction. This was the feedback of the Heavenly Demon Evil Lightning.

Without needing Medicine Elder's reminder, Xiao Le and Xiao Yan, both Dou Practitioners, knew to suppress the growth of their vortices, only allowing breakthroughs once they could no longer hold them back.

Three-star Dou Practitioner, four-star Dou Practitioner, five-star Dou Practitioner...

To prevent the two from advancing too quickly and damaging their foundations, Medicine Elder used his soul power to help them suppress their vortices, forcibly pushing their cultivation back down to four-star Dou Practitioner.