The process of growing stronger was intoxicating, especially since refining a Level 9 Soul Engineer brought Jiang Hai far more than an increase in soul power.
However, after cultivating for eight hours, Jiang Hai did not immediately begin another session.
After returning the Level 9 Soul Engineer's corpse to the biochemical tank, Jiang Hai ate some dry rations and headed straight to the archive, where he casually opened a volume of research materials and began reading.
From beginning to end, Jiang Hai had never intended to study the Demon Body. The power displayed by the demon blood made it clear to him that the Demon Body's strength far exceeded his imagination and was nowhere near something he could touch at his current level. Jiang Hai suspected that Divine Finger, already a Level 9 Soul Engineer, had chosen to replace his own blood with the blood inside the Demon Body not only because he was approaching the end of his life, but perhaps also because he had fallen under its influence.
The name Demon Body truly fit. Even if this really was the corpse of a god, it had to have been an evil god.
That pure evil aura still left Jiang Hai shaken even now. Even the Bronze Coffin he trusted could not refine it; its very essence had already surpassed mortal power. Fortunately, the flame of civilization could refine it. Otherwise, Jiang Hai truly would not have dared to cultivate using the Level 9 Soul Engineer's corpse.
The evil aura in the demon blood was terrifying. Even though the flame of civilization could refine it, Jiang Hai did not dare use it to cultivate for too long. Those savage impulses still filled him with dread. Even if the flame of civilization could refine them, spending too long in that