A place of verdant mountains and clear waters, untouched by human presence.
Mountain ranges stretched on and on, encircled by emerald waters.
A white-robed figure tore through the sky.
Jiang Yuechu descended, landing steadily atop a solitary peak.
Without taking much notice of the surrounding scenery, she picked a flat boulder at random and sat cross-legged.
Then she closed her eyes and drew her awareness inward. As her breathing gradually deepened and slowed, her aura grew faint and elusive.
Only a single panel appeared dimly within her mind.
[Current Dao Cultivation: 1,037 Dao Essence]
Looking at the words on the panel, Jiang Yuechu barely hesitated.
"Let's record that demon first."
The next moment.
Without hesitation, she willed the heavy demon corpse out, dragging it into the open and slamming it onto the level ground before her.
Its enormous body occupied nearly half the mountaintop.
Jiang Yuechu raised her eyes. The illustrated compendium silently appeared behind her, its scroll slowly unfurling as a desolate aura instantly filled this stretch of heaven and earth.
As her Dao Cultivation drained away, mist surged from the compendium, completely enveloping the demon corpse on the ground.
Within just a few breaths, the demonic body dissolved entirely in the mist.
[Successfully performed Shadow Tracing on the Golden-Scaled Earth-Crouching Lizard. Obtained a demon's gift.] ["Supreme Merit Scripture" (Perfection)]
Jiang Yuechu raised an eyebrow at the emerging words. She paid no attention to the demon's name, looking straight at the line beneath it.
"Supreme Merit Scripture?"
Soon, a vast flood of information poured directly into her mind.
About an incense stick's worth of time later.
She forced down the swollen sensation in her head, a trace of surprise appearing on her face.
She had not expected this reward to be another cultivation method.
And