Demon Shadow's demonic energy attacks were vicious and difficult to handle. Anyone else, even a Seventh-Level Spirit Emperor, would probably have found them a headache, but this demonic energy was nothing to Huo Hai.
After undergoing a complete transformation, a Spirit Venerable already possessed world force and began to understand and explore the essence of the world. Such a crude application of spiritual power was far too clumsy before a Spirit Venerable. Even Huo Hai could directly control the demonic energy Demon Shadow unleashed. With a mere thought, the vicious demonic energy became a docile kitten.
Huo Hai studied the demonic energy before him, slowly probing it. "Such concentrated demonic energy. If it hadn't been obtained through mass slaughter and torture, it shouldn't be this chaotic. What a pity. It seems you've already reached your limit."
With his current abilities, Huo Hai could see the essence of this demonic energy at a glance. In fact, he had previously found quite a few methods for cultivating demonic energy among the major sects. Demonic energy represented chaos, a force completely opposed to spiritual energy.
Since ancient times, many people had succumbed to demonic corruption. Quite a few predecessors who had done so had retained some reason rather than becoming insane, and thus had conducted some research into methods of cultivating demonic energy. Yet demonic energy still represented chaos and evil. No one who succumbed to demonic corruption could remain completely clearheaded in the end. They all walked the path of pure destruction and devastation.
Moreover, demonic energy was extremely infectious. The emergence of a powerful demonic energy cultivator could easily corrupt many Spirit Masters and create demonic beasts. Most demonic beasts could never grow particularly powerful, but there were always exceptions.
Whenever a high-level demonic beast appeared, it brought chaos in its