Although Daoist Wuchen was equivalent to someone at qi refining perfection, the Heart-Settling Abbey he belonged to was a foundation establishment-level faction.
Moreover, he was among the abbey's most senior members, the abbey master's own junior brother.
Thus, among the inheritance he left behind, only tangible items such as dharmic instruments and talismans were relatively meager; his scriptures, cultivation methods, and knowledge could be considered abundant. He had not only a complete cultivation method for the [nether gathering realm], but also the corresponding spells.
After tossing Di Yang an [Imitation Soul-Calming Bell], Chu Mo took possession of Daoist Wuchen's entire collection.
Two things caught Chu Mo's interest: a nether gathering realm cultivation method called the "Yin-Devouring Body-Nourishing Method," and the complete version of "Paper Folding into Soldiers."
Yin-devouring, body-nourishing... Recalling the method's contents, Chu Mo thought silently, I thought Daoist Yin Yan was an exception. But now it seems that foundation establishment-level cultivators in the Eternal Night Sea are all like that.
The first cultivation realm was called the yin-nourishing realm. Practitioners absorbed yin-type spiritual qi, then subjected it to repeated tempering to condense a strand of "profound yin" known as origin yin qi.
Upon reaching the perfection of yin-nourishing, they swallowed this strand of origin yin qi in one gulp to break through to the "nether gathering realm." Using it as a medium and conduit, they continuously gathered the "netherworld power" omnipresent throughout the Eternal Night Sea to cultivate.
"In the nether gathering realm, one can bind souls, commune with spirits, and gain a lifespan of three hundred years," Chu Mo murmured.
Setting aside the strength of the nether gathering realm, its lifespan alone was actually only one-third longer than that of qi refining cultivators.
Moreover, after a nether gathering realm Daoist died, he would inevitably become a malevolent