Divine Blood Sect

Song Wen searched Wanrou's soul to understand Shi Shou's daily character, his close relationship with the cultivators in the sect, and most importantly, whether Shi Shou knew the female cultivator stationed in the Foundation Establishment Transmission Hall.

Song Wen went to great lengths to get close to Chen Feihe, all in order to obtain the Elder's Token from him. Now that he has killed Shi Shou, he naturally has the Elder's Token.

This is why Song Wen did not devour Shi Shou's soul; once Shi Shou's soul dissipated, the wisp of soul energy left in the Corpse Demon Sect would also dissipate.

Once the Corpse Demon Sect learns of Shi Shou's death, his elder's token will naturally become useless.

Actually, it would have been best to search Shi Shou's soul, but Song Wen didn't even have time to use the Binding Soul Technique before Shi Shou, seeking his own death, burrowed into his Sea of Consciousness.

Moreover, Song Wen's soul power is not much stronger than Shi Shou's. Although Shi Shou's soul is currently trapped in his Sea of Consciousness and has lost consciousness, if he forcibly searches for his soul, he will surely be Shi Shou.

Once Shi Shou regains consciousness, although he cannot escape his Sea of Consciousness, he can disintegrate his soul on his own, which would be a great loss.

Wanrou, however, was different. Her soul power was weak, so Song Wen could search her soul at will.

Through Wanrou's memories, Song Wen roughly learned that Shi Shou was usually an extremely cold and aloof person who rarely interacted with other cultivators except for his dao companion Wanrou.

But that's normal; among demonic cultivators, there are few who aren't cold and aloof.

After all, there are too many demonic cultivators who betray their masters, kill their disciples, and murder their friends; how many demonic cultivators dare to truly befriend others?

This gave Song Wen the possibility of disguising himself as Shi Shou and entering the Foundation Establishment Realm Transmission Hall.

After Wanrou's soul was forcibly searched, her soul was damaged, her mind became scattered, and she was like someone with dementia.

Song Wen looked at the woman in front of him with some pity.

This was the only truly kind person Song Wen had encountered since he began cultivating immortality, yet he was betrayed by his closest dao companion.

Song Wen shook his head, suppressing the somewhat ridiculous thought in his mind.

While Shi Shou was indeed cold-blooded and ruthless, Song Wen knew he wasn't a good person either. The only thing that made him superior to Shi Shou was that he had no close relatives in the world, so he couldn't possibly betray them.

"Perhaps, from the moment I was transported to this world, I was destined to be alone for the rest of my life."

Song Wen felt a pang of sadness.

But he didn't hesitate at all when he struck. With a sudden burst of force, Wanrou's head exploded, and she instantly died.

Song Wen originally intended to spare the poor woman's soul and let her be reincarnated.

But he suddenly realized that a demonic cultivator could not be so merciful.

He realized that, at the moment he killed Shi Shou, his mindset had subtly changed.

Previously, the threat of Shi Shou forced him to cultivate without a moment's rest, and nothing could shake his determination to become stronger.

The moment Shi Shou died, the sense of urgency in his heart suddenly dissipated, and his vigilance also decreased.

"We must never let our guard down. Now that we've embarked on the path of immortality and demonic cultivation, where is there any peace and tranquility? There will only be deceit and treachery, with danger lurking everywhere!"

"To survive in this Cultivation World, one must always be on thin ice and extremely cautious."

Song Wen's gaze hardened and turned cold, Wanrou's soul was instantly devoured.

He began to deal with the nine bodies. Of the nine, only Shi Shou had a storage ring on his hand; the others did not have Storage Bag on them, which must have been confiscated by Shi Shou.

Song Wen put Shi Shou's storage ring into his pocket, piled the nine corpses together, and burned them to ashes with a raging fire.

Then he cast a whirlwind spell, scattering the ashes.

Next, he activated the Cold Moon Blade to destroy the array patterns on the ground until a layer of rock was scraped away before Song Wen was satisfied.

Song Wen turned to look at the two Corpse Puppet beside him.

His own pseudo-second-tier Corpse Puppet was no longer human-shaped.

Half of his head was rotten, one of his arms was torn off, one of his legs was broken, and his chest cavity was empty. However, the injuries were not too serious, and were even better than he had expected. He could recover after refining it again.

Shi Shou's second-tier Corpse Puppet stood there completely unharmed.

When Song Wen was captured by Shi Shou, it was just after nightfall. By the time he returned to his cave abode, it was already dawn.

Upon entering the cave abode, Song Wen arrived at the Corpse Baleful Well, where wisps of Corpse-Baleful Qi emanated from the well.

Now, the Corpse-Baleful Qi in the well is no longer sufficient for Song Wen's cultivation needs, so he has to buy all the Corpse-Baleful Qi he needs for cultivation.

Song Wen climbed down the well opening. After going down several meters, Song Wen pushed against the stone wall, and a two-inch square stone was moved aside.

A tiny niche appeared before Song Wen, and inside the niche was a cyan ring, which was Ying Ni's storage ring.

This niche was where Song Wen used to store his Essence Blood, Law Artifact, pills, and Cultivation Method obtained from the secret realm. These items were not yet ready to be sold, and most of the Spirit Stone were also temporarily stored here by Song Wen.

Storage rings and Storage Bag do not emit spiritual energy fluctuations when not in use. In addition, the well is covered by the Corpse-Baleful Qi, so unless someone goes down into the well to check carefully, it is difficult to find the niche.

On the way back, Song Wen had already looked through Shi Shou's storage ring.

The true text of the <Corpse King Blood Refinement Art> was found, recorded in a palm-sized blood-red token.

The <Corpse King Blood Refinement Art> contained in the Crimson Token is a complete Cultivation Method from Qi Refinement to the Golden Core Realm. In other words, Song Wen will not need to worry about Cultivation Method before reaching the Nascent Soul Realm.

There are no other Cultivation Method besides these.

The Law Technique and Secret Method that Shi Shou cultivated were all obtained from the Transmission Hall of the Corpse Demon Sect. In order to prevent the leakage of the Cultivation Method, the Transmission Hall used disposable Jade Slip for transmission.

To Song Wen's surprise and disappointment, Shi Shou did not possess any offensive magical Spirit Artifact; his only Spirit Artifact was the small shield he had used during his battle with Song Wen.

Even the flying sword that Shi Shou used when he controlled the sword was only a high-grade magic Law Artifact.

When Song Wen was coerced into entering the Corpse Demon Sect by Shi Shou, the spaceship he had been on was nowhere to be found. It was unknown whether Shi Shou had sold it due to financial difficulties in recent years, or whether the spaceship was never his to begin with.

Perhaps he borrowed it from the sect and returned it after completing the mission.

The small shield is called the Turtle-Snake Shield. It is unknown where Shi Shou obtained it. It is of extremely high quality and is a mid-grade Spirit Artifact.

With Song Wen's current cultivation level, he is still not strong enough to truly activate the Turtle-Snake Shield. Song Wen estimates that he will need to be at least in the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage to truly unleash some of the Turtle-Snake Shield's power.

This may explain why, when Shi Shou fought against Yu Song Wen, he could only use the Turtle-Snake Shield- Turtle-Snake Shield to simply defend, without unleashing any of its power or displaying any unusual phenomena.

Aside from these items, the storage ring contained only regular items such as pills, Spirit Stone, and Cultivation Resources.

Song Wen took out some of the pills and Corpse-Baleful Qi he could use, and left the rest in his storage ring.

After placing the storage ring in the niche, Song Wen returned to the cave abode above.

Picking up the blood-red token that recorded the <Corpse King Blood Refinement Art>, Song Wen began to carefully examine the contents of the Cultivation Method.

From beginning to end, every single word.

He was worried that Shi Shou had tampered with the <Corpse King Blood Refinement Art> he had been practicing, so he dared not be careless in the slightest.

After finishing reading the Qi Refinement chapter, Song Wen felt relieved.

The previously practiced <Corpse King Blood Refinement Art> was fine, except that it lacked content on truly refining the Corpse-Baleful Qi.

Upon closer examination, Shi Shou had Song Wen cultivate the <Corpse King Blood Refinement Art> in order to absorb Song Wen's spiritual power and Essence Blood to improve his cultivation level. Naturally, he would not have tampered with the Cultivation Method.

According to the opening outline of "The Corpse King Blood Refinement Art", Song Wen learned that "The Corpse King Blood Refinement Art" was inherited from a High Antiquity sect called "Divine Blood Sect".

This was a sect that Song Wen had never heard of before, and it must have long since disappeared into the annals of history.