The second type of demon seed strengthened itself by feeding on the vitality within a cultivator's body. Once it had grown to a certain point and decided that the cultivator no longer held any value, it would invade their sea of consciousness directly and tear it to pieces.
The third type of demon seed was also the most dangerous. Its danger extended beyond the host; it was a disaster for the cultivator's family and friends as well.
It already possessed a consciousness of its own. After entering someone's body, it would settle deep within them and conceal itself completely. It could subtly alter their temperament. Demons were mostly savage and cruel by nature, and cultivators infected with this type of demon seed would gradually change in that same direction.
The most frightening thing was that such cultivators could not be identified overnight, because the seed concealed its own demonic nature. Nor would it pour demonic qi into a cultivator's body like the first type, allowing others to detect it from the outside. In other words, these cultivators appeared no different from normal people. It would only make the shadows in their hearts and their negative desires swell ever further. Once those emotions swelled to a certain point, there was no telling what might happen.
With this type of demon seed, it was bad enough if an ordinary cultivator became infected. The true fear was that it might infect a sect's senior leadership, which would deal an almost devastating blow to the entire sect.
Fortunately, the demon seeds infecting those two Azure Tide Sect disciples were of the first type, which was also the easiest to detect.
Of course, all three types of demon seed shared one trait: there were very few ways to purify them. At the very least, neither