Arc 34The Devouring Method

Great Emperor Meng Yu defeated the King of Immortality but was swallowed by Dark Living Beings during the Great Dark Brawl. Lin Yu then uploaded a ranking of cultivation techniques, revealing the Devouring Method and prompting cultivators across worlds to seek, imitate, or debate it as they anticipated stronger entries and possible contact between realms.

  • Great Emperor Meng Yu completed his transformation, overcame the King of Immortality, and killed him, but Dark Living Beings surged into the Perfect Immortal Realm and swallowed Meng Yu.
  • After Meng Yu vanished into the nine heavens with the pursuing Dark Living Beings, Lin Yu registered as a video creator and uploaded a ranking of the ten greatest cultivation techniques.
  • The ranking began with the Empyrean Reincarnation Method in tenth place, whose six black holes and destructive power awed viewers across worlds.
  • The video showed a cultivator absorbing power from piles of corpses, leading viewers to fear the art might target their races before it revealed the technique as the Devouring Method, ranked ninth.
  • The video explained that the mortal Devouring Great Emperor had created the method to absorb others’ spiritual power, physiques, and bloodlines, prompting debate over its dangers and appeal.
  • The Yao Clan empress and the demon beast king considered how the method could use their many corpses, while the demon beast king ordered a subordinate to pursue or recreate it.
  • Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi decided to develop a similar method for the Immortal Realm, while Empyrean Immortal Venerable obtained fragments and concluded the Devouring Method alone had not made Great Emperor Ruthless powerful.
  • The Jade Water Pavilion’s ancestor admired Ruthless’s path from mortality to power and hoped to meet her when travel between the Immortal Realms became possible.
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Ch. 826brimming with confidence

Viewers mocked the Immortal King for confidently challenging Great Emperor Meng Yu, who had just become an Immortal. The Immortal King’s attack instead strengthened Meng Yu, and their clash left viewers expecting a swift victory for him.

  • Viewers and outside-world powerhouses mocked the Immortal King’s confidence as he approached Great Emperor Meng Yu.
  • The Immortal King attacked Meng Yu with a finger strike powerful enough to threaten heaven and earth.
  • Meng Yu emerged from the smoke unharmed by the strike and absorbed its power as nourishment while completing his transformation into an Immortal.
  • Meng Yu and the Immortal King collided in a burst of golden light, and the Immortal King realized Meng Yu was growing stronger by absorbing his power.
  • Viewers were stunned by Meng Yu’s strength and began to expect him to win the battle sooner than they had imagined.

Ch. 827The paths of gods and devils, both for my use

Great Emperor Meng Yu fought the Immortal King above the nine heavens, but after a fierce exchange he was struck backward. As the cultivators feared he had lost, Meng Yu declared that he would wield both the paths of gods and devils.

  • Great Emperor Meng Yu and the Immortal King clashed, while the Perfect Immortal Realm’s major powers tried to stabilize the realm against the damage.
  • Great Emperor Meng Yu drew the Immortal King above the nine heavens so their battle would not destroy the Perfect Immortal Realm.
  • The Immortal King created a universe in his palm and tried to crush Meng Yu with the space around him, but Meng Yu broke free and charged back into battle.
  • After hundreds of exchanges, the Immortal King struck Great Emperor Meng Yu and sent him flying backward, alarming the watching cultivators.
  • Great Emperor Meng Yu laughed and proclaimed, “The heavens as my furnace, my body as the Immortal seed! The paths of gods and devils, both for my use!”

Ch. 828A Prolonged Battle

Great Emperor Meng Yu continued battling the King of Immortality and attempted a risky fusion of two immortal paths to overcome his disadvantage in a prolonged fight. The King of Immortality recognized the attempt and remained confident that he could win by wearing Meng Yu down.

  • Cultivators watching the ranking video voiced overwhelming support for Great Emperor Meng Yu, while the King of Immortality watched anxiously despite claiming she would return to secluded cultivation.
  • Great Emperor Meng Yu and the King of Immortality continued clashing, and their attacks threatened the Perfect Immortal Realm despite magical artifacts helping protect it.
  • Great Emperor Meng Yu split into black and white forms representing divine and demonic immortal paths, then began merging them to strengthen himself.
  • Great Emperor Meng Yu chose the dangerous fusion because he feared losing a battle of attrition to the more experienced King of Immortality and wanted to protect the Perfect Immortal Realm.
  • The King of Immortality recognized Meng Yu's plan and decided to prolong the battle until Meng Yu ran out of strength.

Ch. 829Fusing Dao Techniques

Great Emperor Meng Yu began fusing two Dao techniques to break the stalemate with the King of Immortality, forcibly raising his strength despite the danger of Qi deviation. As the fusion advanced and his power surpassed the Undying Immortal Emperor’s, Meng Yu and the King of Immortality prepared to clash again.

  • Lin Yu recognized that the King of Immortality had been dragging out the fight and realized Great Emperor Meng Yu needed to change his approach.
  • Great Emperor Meng Yu used an unconventional method to fuse two Dao techniques, risking his body and soul to increase his strength.
  • The cultivators watching the ranking video saw Meng Yu’s power surge, while the Undying Immortal Emperor realized Meng Yu had surpassed him.
  • An Immortal Realm expert in a forbidden land of life exclaimed that Meng Yu had completed seventy percent of the fusion.
  • Great Emperor Meng Yu and the King of Immortality shouted and prepared to strike as their battle continued to threaten the collapsing world.

Ch. 830Battle Against Tianjie

Great Emperor Meng Yu faced Tianjie after his battle with the King of Immortality had weakened him, while the King of Immortality kept his distance. Meng Yu fought through the heavenly tribulation, which eventually dispersed and revealed him still standing.

  • Tianjie gathered over Great Emperor Meng Yu, and the King of Immortality retreated in fear of the heavenly tribulation.
  • Great Emperor Meng Yu attacked the approaching Tianjie, hoping to overcome the trial and grow stronger.
  • The Nine Heavens Divine Lightning struck, and Great Emperor Meng Yu charged into its blinding light.
  • The King of Immortality stayed back as the battle raged within the lightning, wary that intervening might help Meng Yu.
  • The heavenly tribulation dispersed, revealing Great Emperor Meng Yu's majestic figure.

Ch. 831The Passing of Great Emperor Meng Yu

Great Emperor Meng Yu defeated and killed the King of Immortality after overcoming Tianjie, but the King’s death triggered the Great Dark Brawl. As the Dark Living Beings invaded the Perfect Immortal Realm, they surged over Great Emperor Meng Yu and swallowed him.

  • Great Emperor Meng Yu emerged victorious from Tianjie and charged at the King of Immortality.
  • Great Emperor Meng Yu overwhelmed the King of Immortality and killed him with a final blow.
  • The Heavenly Dao mourned the King of Immortality’s death, and a terrifying sound announced the Great Dark Brawl.
  • Cultivators recognized that Dark Creatures were invading, while Great Emperor Meng Yu sensed another outside force approaching the Perfect Immortal Realm.
  • The Dark Living Beings surged toward Great Emperor Meng Yu and swallowed his figure.

Ch. 832Making a Video

After Great Emperor Meng Yu disappeared while fighting the Dark Living Beings, cultivators mourned his death. Lin Yu then registered as a video creator on the Great Thousand Myriad Daos Video Website and began considering what to make.

  • Great Emperor Meng Yu roared free of the Dark Living Beings’ encirclement and flew into the nine heavens, with the beings pursuing him until both vanished from the footage.
  • Cultivators mourned Great Emperor Meng Yu and discussed how the Dark Living Beings had overwhelmed him.
  • Natives of the Land of Darkness declared that Great Emperor Meng Yu was finished and would have to submit or lose his soul.
  • Lin Yu decided to combine the Primordial Rankings with the video website and to make a video himself.
  • Lin Yu registered as a video creator after reviewing the website’s rules and revenue system, then wondered what video to make.

Ch. 833Ranking the Ten Greatest Cultivation Techniques

Lin Yu created and uploaded a ranking video about the ten greatest cultivation techniques in fantasy worlds, and the website recommended it to cultivators in other realms. In the Primordial Immortal Realm and Green Water Immortal Realm, Meng Hongyun and an old man received the video, with the old man projecting it for his sect to watch.

  • Lin Yu planned a video designed to attract viewers and used the Hongmeng System to organize its storyline and information.
  • Lin Yu finished a video titled "Ranking the ten greatest cultivation techniques in the fantasy worlds" and submitted it to the Great Thousand Myriad Daos Video Website.
  • Lin Yu fell asleep while the website reviewed his video, then woke to find that it had passed review and been uploaded.
  • Meng Hongyun noticed a slight ripple in the sky and received the website's recommendation for Lin Yu's video.
  • An old man in the Green Water Immortal Realm received the same recommendation and projected the video across his sect for the disciples to watch.

Ch. 834Jade Water Pavilion's Attention

The Jade Water Pavilion patriarch showed his disciples a video ranking the greatest cultivation techniques across fantasy worlds, drawing a crowd eager to see whether their sect would appear. Powerful beings across many worlds also sensed the video's unusual force, and its opening scene shifted from serene beauty to an ominous storm.

  • The Jade Water Pavilion grand elder projected the Great Thousand Myriad Daos Video Website and its cultivation-technique ranking video for the disciples.
  • Jade Water Pavilion disciples debated the video's bold claims, while word spread and more than half the sect gathered at the grand hall.
  • The Jade Water Pavilion patriarch hoped the ranking might feature the sect's renowned cultivation techniques.
  • Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi and the Primordial Patriarch sensed the video's power and focused their attention on it.
  • The video began with a peaceful landscape and music, then thunder, dark clouds, and terrifying waves of power overtook the scene.

Ch. 835Lost in Thought for a Long Time

A video showing six black holes and catastrophic destruction overwhelmed the Jade Water Pavilion disciples, forcing their founding master to rouse them from its mental effects. The disciples resumed watching with newfound reverence, while the founding master wondered whether the influence came from the technique in the video or the Great Thousand Myriad Daos Video Website; Lin Yu was pleased that viewership kept rising.

  • Six black holes appeared in the video, and their terrifying energy fluctuations drew the Jade Water Pavilion disciples into a mental state that left them helpless.
  • The Jade Water Pavilion's founding master struck out and shouted for the disciples to wake, breaking them free of the scene.
  • The disciples thanked the founding master and reflected on the gulf between their strength and that of a peerless powerhouse.
  • The founding master warned the disciples to watch and reflect, then pondered whether the mental influence came from the technique or the Great Thousand Myriad Daos Video Website.
  • Lin Yu was happy as the video's viewership continued to rise.

Ch. 836The Tenth Cultivation Technique

Lin Yu’s ranking video revealed the Empyrean Reincarnation Method as the tenth-greatest cultivation technique, while viewers across the fantasy worlds reacted to its power and ties to reincarnation. The Jade Water Pavilion’s founding patriarch noticed a brief reference to the Supreme Hall and wondered whether it was the technique’s origin.

  • The Jade Water Pavilion’s founding patriarch marveled that the Great Thousand Myriad Daos Video Website transmitted spiritual power fluctuations across realms.
  • A voice in the Purple Empyrean Immortal Realm identified the power as carrying the essence of reincarnation and called it troublesome.
  • Lin Yu’s video ranked the Empyrean Reincarnation Method tenth, describing its six black-hole formation and destructive power.
  • The Jade Water Pavilion disciples reacted with awe and debated whether they could cultivate the technique.
  • The founding patriarch spotted the name Supreme Hall in the video and wondered if it had produced the Empyrean Reincarnation Method.

Ch. 837A Power Not to Be Underestimated

The Empyrean Reincarnation Method sparked debate across several Immortal Realms, as cultivators weighed its value and the threat posed by the Supreme Hall. The discussion ended with viewers speculating over whether the method could grow even stronger.

  • The Jade Water Pavilion's founding ancestor admired the Empyrean Reincarnation Method and regretted never having learned it.
  • A junior brother dismissed the method, but his senior brother argued that it could greatly strengthen low-cultivation cultivators and warned him not to underestimate the Supreme Hall.
  • Cultivators in the Three Thousand Great Daos Forbidden Land questioned the method's place in the rankings and decided to keep watching.
  • Powerful cultivators in another fantasy world mocked the method, compared it unfavorably with their own, and called for another search for the Supreme Hall.
  • Viewers debated whether the Empyrean Reincarnation Method could continue to grow in power.

Ch. 838The Ninth Cultivation Technique

The cultivators waited for the ninth-ranked cultivation technique, while the patriarch of the Demon Crow Race regretted that the video had revealed too little of the Empyrean Reincarnation Method. The next segment began with a starry sky and a horrifying cascade of corpses, provoking the Demon Emperor’s fury.

  • Cultivators across the fantasy worlds speculated about the next technique and the rewards the video might bring.
  • The patriarch of the Demon Crow Race regretted losing his fleeting insight into the Empyrean Reincarnation Method and hoped a later technique would reveal more about reincarnation.
  • The video shifted from darkness to a silent starry sky, then revealed countless corpses falling and piling into heaps.
  • The Demon Emperor and members of the Demon Beast Race erupted in anger at seeing their kin among the dead, while other cultivators urged the Demon Emperor to calm down.

Ch. 839The Power of Corpses

Lord Demon Emperor warned the Demon Beast Race that the ninth-ranked cultivation art might threaten them after a video showed heaps of their corpses. The next scene revealed that the art used corpses rather than targeting demon beast bloodlines, leaving the race relieved as viewers debated its power.

  • Lord Demon Emperor erupted in anger at the sight of demon beast corpses, then listened as a subordinate explained that the dead came from another world.
  • Lord Demon Emperor urged his people to focus on the cultivation art and warned that the corpses could indicate it targeted the Demon Beast Race.
  • Demon Beast Race cultivators feared that other viewers might discover a method for killing them, and watched anxiously for the video to continue.
  • The video showed waves of power, and the Demon Beast Race realized the cultivation art targeted corpses rather than their bloodline.
  • Viewers discussed how the art might use the energy in corpses and speculated that it could work against any race.

Ch. 840The Bizarre Mountain of Corpses

The video revealed a vast field of corpses and an ordinary person absorbing the power and resentment within them, causing his surrounding presence to grow terrifying. The cultivators watching realized the ninth-ranked cultivation method might let weaker practitioners grow stronger, though its nature remained unknown.

  • The video pulled back to show corpses of many races covering mountains and plains, leaving viewers to speculate about the ninth-ranked cultivation method.
  • The camera focused on a cultivator sitting among the corpses as power flowed from them into him.
  • The watchers saw that the cultivator remained an ordinary person even as the field around him grew more powerful and oppressive.
  • Weaker cultivators considered changing methods to gain strength, while stronger cultivators worried about abandoning years of practice.
  • The cultivator's presence overwhelmed weaker disciples watching projections of the video across various worlds.

Ch. 841Crooked and Unorthodox Arts

Cultivators across the fantasy worlds reacted with disbelief as the video showed a cultivator gaining immense strength by absorbing spiritual power from corpses. The ninth-ranked method had not yet been revealed, but its apparent practicality fascinated some viewers and outraged orthodox cultivators.

  • Viewers debated how consuming spiritual power from corpses could create such tremendous pressure, while many dismissed the practice as a risky, inefficient unorthodox art.
  • The Jade Water Pavilion patriarch realized the scenes were only building up to the ninth-ranked method and considered whether it might be useful to him.
  • A cultivator in the Wilderness Immortal Realm welcomed the method’s apparent reliance on corpses, which were plentiful in his world.
  • Members of a prominent orthodox sect condemned the list for including an unorthodox art and questioned how it could rank above orthodox methods.

Ch. 842The Devouring Method

A video ranked the Devouring Method ninth among the fantasy world’s greatest cultivation techniques, revealing that its creator was a woman called the Devouring Great Emperor. The technique’s ability to devour spiritual power, physiques, and bloodlines left cultivators wondering whether the figure was connected to someone in the ancient forbidden ground.

  • The ancient supreme being and other powerhouses recognized a familiar presence in the video and worried that the website was exposing their past.
  • Cultivators outside the forbidden ground speculated that the figure might be one of its inhabitants in a previous life and wondered whether more techniques from their world would rank.
  • The video revealed the cultivator as a woman with the face of a former unparalleled beauty, then named the technique the Devouring Method and ranked it ninth.
  • The video explained that the Devouring Great Emperor had been a mortal who created the technique to grow stronger by devouring others’ spiritual power, physiques, and bloodlines.
  • Cultivators with ordinary bloodlines realized the technique might let them acquire new bloodline powers and increase their strength.

Ch. 843An Outrageous Cultivation Method

Cultivators reacting to the Devouring Method on the Great Thousand Myriad Daos Video Website realized it could be practiced by anyone and absorb power from corpses. A righteous sect’s patriarch worried that its allure would tempt young cultivators, while the elders warned that their bodies might not withstand its power and noted it could only devour corpses without life force.

  • Cultivators marveled that the Devouring Method required no cultivation and could absorb power, bloodlines, and cultivation methods from corpses.
  • Viewers concluded the ranking video described real cultivation methods because it lacked the label used for fictional videos.
  • A white-haired patriarch and the elders of a renowned, upright sect worried that their young disciples would be tempted by the Devouring Method.
  • The elders warned that a cultivator’s body had limits and that practitioners might become tools of the method.
  • The elders noted that the Devouring Method could only absorb power from corpses that no longer contained life force.

Ch. 844The Allure of the Devouring Method

Cultivators in several realms considered the Devouring Method’s immense power and the danger of needing corpses to cultivate it. The chapter left the senior brother wondering whether the Great Thousand Myriad Daos Video Website might one day connect or merge the separate fantasy worlds.

  • Several old men concluded that the Devouring Method could drive cultivators to kill for corpses and eventually consume its practitioners, and they were relieved that the video did not reveal how to use it.
  • The Jade Water Pavilion's ancestor compared the Devouring Method with his pavilion’s secret technique and admitted he would be tempted to learn it despite its dangers.
  • In the Ancient Immortal Realm, the junior brother fantasized about using corpses to grow powerful, while the senior brother recognized that the method could lead to widespread slaughter.
  • The senior brother warned that cultivators should not assume their world was strongest and speculated that the video website might connect the separate fantasy worlds or even cause them to merge.

Ch. 845Each with Their Own Thoughts

After discussing the possibility that fantasy worlds might fuse, two cultivators became eager to meet and compete with experts from other worlds. The Yao Clan empress and the demon beast king then considered how the Devouring Method could help their corpse-rich races grow stronger.

  • The senior brother argued that the Great Thousand Myriad Daos Video Website's knowledge of multiple worlds meant they might fuse, and his junior brother grew alarmed before becoming excited about facing other worlds' experts.
  • The Yao Clan empress realized that the Devouring Method could make use of the many corpses her warlike people produced, but lamented that she did not know how to practice it.
  • The demon beast king, inspired by the Devouring Method, ordered a subordinate to pursue it or develop a similar cultivation method.
  • The subordinate agreed, recognizing that the method suited the Demon Beast Race and could help it grow stronger.

Ch. 846The Power of Spirit

Lin Yu’s video introducing the Devouring Method became an instant hit, drawing cultivators eager to learn how to practice it. As the discussion continued, Taishang Laojun considered whether the technique’s harm to a fantasy world could leave lasting consequences.

  • Cultivators across the Great Thousand Myriad Daos Video Website praised the Devouring Method and demanded its cultivation method.
  • Lin Yu kept his private messages disabled and was pleased that his ranking video had become popular within hours.
  • Taishang Laojun’s attendants questioned whether practicing the Devouring Method could harm a cultivator’s spirit.
  • Taishang Laojun said the technique’s effects might relate to the Great Dao within Tianjie and noted that fantasy worlds were vast and numerous.

Ch. 847We Can Make the List Too

Taishang Laojun warned that the Devouring Method harmed the world’s natural essence, while cultivators across several realms reacted to its ranking. In the Big Dipper Immortal Realm, viewers recognized its creator as the Ruthless Great Emperor and began arguing that their own techniques deserved a place on the list.

  • Taishang Laojun told his gate attendants that the Devouring Method could cause unexpected harm to the world.
  • A young-looking cultivator at Ancient Moon Mountain Manor watched Lin Yu’s ranking video and hoped the Great Thousand Myriad Daos Video Website could help him reach other fantasy worlds.
  • Ancient cultivators in the Big Dipper Immortal Realm recognized the figure in the video as the Ruthless Great Emperor.
  • Big Dipper cultivators praised the Ruthless Great Emperor and argued that techniques such as the Solitary Great Method and the Nine-Meter Sky-Overwhelming Method could also make the rankings.

Ch. 848Endless Fantasies

After the Ruthless Great Emperor was identified, cultivators discussed the Devouring Method’s power and dangers. On Mount Kunlun, Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi cautioned True Immortal Tianyu that they could not obtain or safely cultivate the technique, but said it had inspired him to develop a comparable method of their own.

  • Cultivators envied the Devouring Method and argued over whether their own techniques could match it, while acknowledging that its consumption of an immortal realm’s power could trigger a Great Dark Brawl.
  • True Immortal Tianyu urged Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi to obtain the Devouring Method and use it to strengthen their sect’s disciples.
  • Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi warned that they could not access the technique and might not be able to cultivate a method from another world safely.
  • Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi said the technique had inspired him to develop a similar peerless method in their own world.

Ch. 849Utter Nonsense

Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi and True Immortal Tianyu discussed creating an Immortal Realm technique modeled on the Devouring Method, while Empyrean Immortal Venerable and other experts examined the technique and debated Great Emperor Ruthless's strength. The chapter left the experts comparing the power rankings of their different worlds.

  • Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi proposed creating a technique like the Devouring Method for the Immortal Realm despite not having the original method.
  • True Immortal Tianyu suggested testing the new technique on lesser cultivators, and Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi agreed.
  • Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi decided to keep watching the rankings, noting that stronger techniques would follow the Devouring Method.
  • Empyrean Immortal Venerable obtained fragments of the Devouring Method and concluded that Great Emperor Ruthless's strength did not come from the technique alone.
  • Other experts discussed Great Emperor Ruthless's title and debated how the Great Emperor Realm compared with the ranks in their own worlds.

Ch. 850Expectations for the Cultivation Method

The Jade Water Pavilion’s disciples debated whether Great Emperor Realm or Saint Realm experts were stronger while watching the discussion of the Devouring Method. Their ancestor reflected on Ruthless/Great Emperor’s accomplishments as a mortal and anticipated a future when the Immortal Realms could connect.

  • The Jade Water Pavilion’s disciples argued over whether Great Emperor Realm or Saint Realm experts were stronger and wondered if the Devouring Method could help them reach the Great Emperor Realm.
  • The Jade Water Pavilion’s ancestor admired Ruthless/Great Emperor for creating the Devouring Method while mortal and considered how others might underestimate her.
  • The Jade Water Pavilion’s ancestor reflected on how many ordinary beings could never begin cultivating, while Ruthless/Great Emperor’s method offered another path to strength.
  • The Jade Water Pavilion’s ancestor hoped to meet Ruthless/Great Emperor and anticipated that travel between the Immortal Realms would someday become possible.
Arc 34 of 48
Arc 34 of 48