At the heart of the mountain range, Huo Yuan and his two companions looked at the elder before them.
Huo Yuan's gaze fell on the dark pool, a fanatical glint in his eyes. He asked, "After this, will we all have the Demon Seed within us?"
Elder Si Xuan nodded and said, "You will become true disciples of the Yuan Sect."
Huo Yuan only learned after the Sect Competition that his sect had actually been in contact with the Yimo for a long time.
Before us lies the Demon Transformation Pool, created by the Yuan Sect using the unique features of the Otherworldly Demon Domain Realm and the methods provided by the Yimo.
They were brought here after they broke through to the Life Profound Realm.
Huo Yuan's first reaction upon learning this was fear. Why would his sect collude with the Yimo? They all knew that the Yimo were the enemy of all people on the continent.
If word gets out, Yuan Sect will definitely become the public enemy of the entire Eastern Xuan Region.
When he finally found his master, Tian Yuanzi, and inquired about him...
Tian Yuanzi told him that the Yimo were merely beings of a higher order, and that Yimo immortality was their true power.
Even Hua Chen, whom Huo Yuan admired, had been implanted with Demon Seed, which was the foundation of his reputation in the Chaotic Demon Sea.
Tian Yuanzi told him that if they didn't implant the Demon Seed, Perfect Life Profound Realm would be their limit.
Breaking through the Death Profound Realm isn't easy; it involves rebirth from death, and one wrong move can lead to death.
However, the existence of the Demon Seed allows them to be nearly immortal, and they will inevitably break through the Death Profound Realm.
Moreover, the Demon Seed does not affect their cultivation on ordinary days, and can even save their lives in critical moments.
Faced with such temptation, Huo Yuan and his two companions finally agreed.
Indeed, each refinement was painful, but they could also feel the power within it.
As long as the Demon Seed is gathered, one can achieve immortality!
As soon as Huo Yuan and his two companions stepped into the Demon Transformation Pool, the pitch-black liquid clung to their bodies as if it were a living thing.
Huo Yuan groaned, feeling as if his skin and flesh were being scraped by a red-hot iron brush, the pain causing the veins on his forehead to bulge.
"I held back."
Elder Si Xuan said calmly, " The Demon Transformation Pool cleanses the physical body, Demon Seed seed to take root. Everyone has to go through this process."
Huo Yuan gritted his teeth and nodded. Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the other two people beside him. One was pale, while the other was relatively steady, but his cheeks were taut.
If Senior Brother Hua Chen has taken this path, why can't Huo Yuan follow it?
And underground at this moment.
Fang Yi was beginning to use his Origin Energy to construct the Great Five Elements Spacetime Collapse.
Moreover, this time it was more discreet than what he had used before.
If he used it to fight enemies, then naturally he would use whatever was most powerful.
But this time it was truly used for alchemy.
At the very least, we must not alarm those two Death Profound Realm for the time being, relying on their control over spatial power.
And Yama Golden Body merged into the earth.
Furthermore, he had already sensed that the Otherworldly Demon Qi of this mountain range was being drawn by some kind of force.
Like dragons drawn to the earth, they surged madly towards the place he sensed Huo Yuan and the others were in.
This is used as a cover-up.
Fang Yi 'Great Five Elements Spacetime Collapse and slowly condensed into a pill furnace.
Fang Yi sensed the Otherworldly Demon Qi within the mountain range surging towards Huo Yuan and the others.
He immediately began to activate the alchemy furnace, and a terrifying suction force erupted, frantically vying for the power of these Yimo.
The Yimo corpses inside the furnace were crushed into pure energy, and thumb-sized pills sprayed out from the furnace opening.
He opened his mouth and inhaled; the pill dissolved instantly upon entering his throat, and a torrent of scalding energy flowed into his dantian along his meridians.
The Yimo melts upon entering the mouth.
"Cool."
He licked his lips; there were at least several thousand Yimo corpses buried underground.
Although each one contains less power than the True King beneath the Great Desolation Tablet, it has the advantage of being plentiful and satisfying.
At this moment, Fang Yi is inside his body.
Two primordial vortexes slowly rotated, and a third vortex had already taken shape, needing only one last breath.
At the heart of the mountain range, within the Demon Transformation Pool.
Huo Yuan was completely submerged in the pitch-black liquid, his skin and flesh sizzling as it was corroded.
He gritted his teeth. According to the usual procedure, the power of the Demon Transformation Pool should have started pouring into his body at this time.
For the Demon Seed seed to take root, a large amount of Yimo Power is needed to cleanse the physical body.
Each refinement was a painful transformation, and he had experienced it three times, having long since figured out the pattern.
But something's not right today.
"What's going on...?"
Huo Yuan glanced down at the pool water. The black liquid was still the same black liquid, but the power penetrating into his body was noticeably less.
He waited a while longer, and the Yimo Power that should have surged forth like a tide began to recede slowly.
Huo Yuan quickly looked up and shouted, "Elder, it seems there's a problem!"
Elder Wang Su, who was guarding the Demon Transformation Pool, had been sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed. Hearing the shout, he opened his eyes, frowned, walked to the edge of the pool, and dipped his hand into it to sense the power. Soon, his expression changed slightly, and he said, "Something's wrong. Why is the power of the Yimo constantly decreasing?"
Wang Su pulled his hand back, his fingertips still stained with black liquid. He shook his hand and wiped it on his robe.
"This Demon Transformation Pool is connected to the earth's veins, Yimo Power is drawn up from the depths of the earth. In theory, the power accumulated from these thousands of Yimo corpses should be enough for you to refine your power more than ten times over."
"But this power is flowing outwards, not towards you."
Huo Yuan climbed out of the pool, his body dripping with black water. "Elder, this has never happened before, has it?"
Wang Su shook his head.
"I've been guarding this place for decades, and this is the first time I've encountered something like this."
He paused, then dipped his hand into the pool again, this time his brow furrowing even more.
"The rate at which our strength is being depleted is accelerating."
Chen Ling and Li Lei climbed out of the pool as well. Chen Ling couldn't help but ask, "Elder, could there be a problem with the earth's veins?"
Wang Su ignored him.
Zhao Kui.
Wang Su took out a communication jade talisman from his sleeve, crushed it, and whispered, "Something's happened inside the mountain. Go down and check it out. I'll stay here and keep watch."
Another outpost in the mountains.
Zhao Kui was sitting cross-legged, regulating his breathing. His whole body was deathly still, and even the stone beneath him was stained grayish-black.
He opened his eyes the instant the jade talisman shattered, unleashing the full power of his Death Profound Realm cultivation.
An aura of desolation spread outwards from him, instantly causing the vegetation within a hundred feet to wither and turn black.
"Is someone causing trouble underground?"
Zhao Kui snorted coldly, and his entire body transformed into a streak of gray-black rainbow light, rushing into the mountain range.
The rocks blocking his path melted away like wax melted by a red-hot iron when they encountered the deathly aura surrounding him; he didn't even bother to avoid them, crashing straight through them.
The Yuan Sect has set up numerous formations in this mountain range in order to extract the Yimo power of this mountain range.
Zhao Kui was one of the people who set up the formation.
Knowing where you can go and where you can't.
Without even stopping, they weaved left and right through the gaps in the formation, plunging deeper into the earth.
The deeper they went underground, the denser the Yimo Power became, and Zhao Kui's expression grew increasingly grim.
He discovered that the deeper he went, the thinner the Yimo Power became.
This isn't right.