An invasion from the Abyss? I, a demonic cultivator, laughed.

Chapter 363 Inside the Immortal Stele
"boom!"

Chu Xiu unleashed a punch, instantly sending the ghostly general flying over a hundred meters away, leaving a plow mark on the ground.

Pure yin energy cannot condense into a soul, so most ghosts actually have a physical form, that is, a ghost in a soul form. They can still be injured by physical attacks, only the damage will be much lower.

The yin energy here is so dense that the souls of almost every ghost have become completely materialized.

Of course, ghosts are ghosts after all. They have a special internal structure and do not have the various organs inside their bodies like normal creatures. They mostly only have a few most important cores inside their bodies.

At this moment, after being punched by Chu Xiu, the tall general ghost's chest cavity was completely caved in, looking like a flattened tire.

Despite suffering such a severe injury, it seemed completely oblivious, its blood-red, venomous eyes fixed intently on Chu Xiu without moving!

Even though there was a huge difference in their strength, the look in their eyes, filled with deep hatred, still sent a chill down Chu Xiu's spine.

Before this, the ghost had always been very gentle and kind.

Everything changed when he saw that stone bead!
Chu Xiu's gaze turned solemn, and with a leap, he caught up with the general ghost that was flying backwards.

This punch was naturally the result of Chu Xiu holding back; otherwise, he could have easily shattered Chu Xiu's entire soul body.

He was curious about what had caused this change.

"calm!"

Golden flames ignited in Chu Xiu's eyes, attempting to calm the ghost back down.

However, this mental suppression, which could even briefly intimidate powerful heroes, had no effect on this ghost for some reason. Without a moment's hesitation, it pounced on Chu Xiu the instant it hit the ground!

"Chuck! Chuck! Chuck!"

The demonic energy transformed into sharp blades, severing the ghost's limbs, but it still thrashed about, mobilizing the surrounding yin energy in an attempt to get close to Chu Xiu and tear at his neck with its teeth!
This scene made Chu Xiu frown deeply. After a slight hesitation, Chu Xiu still used demonic energy to end the ghost.

Even as he died, the ghost stared intently at him. Chu Xiu could clearly sense an undisguised and deep-seated hatred emanating from it.

But how is that possible? How could such a small stone bead undergo such a drastic change?

Chu Xiu frowned. At this moment, the ghosts responsible for guarding the area ran over from afar, looking at the general ghost whose soul had been completely scattered in shock, as if they had never seen such a scene before.

"Fellow Daoist, what is this?"

Chu Xiu was silent for a moment, then flipped his wrist, and the stone bead reappeared in his palm.

"Do you know?"

Chu Xiu stopped before he could finish speaking.

He looked at the several pairs of eyes around him that were gradually turning red and sighed softly.

This time he didn't ask any more questions. His demonic energy surged forth, devouring all the ghosts in front of him.

These ghosts can also drop experience and karma points, and quite a lot of them.

However, Chu Xiu didn't show much joy; instead, he kept pondering the strangeness of the stone bead.

After a long while, he let out a long sigh and decided to return to Youcheng first.

These ghosts go mad when they see the stone bead; perhaps only an immortal can answer his questions.

However, just as he was about to put the stone bead away, his expression suddenly changed again.

This stone bead cannot be stored in the storage space!
After thinking for a moment, Chu Xiu put the stone bead into his bosom, then, following the instructions of the ghosts in the Immortal Palace, lit the guiding lamp, closed his eyes, and took forty steps backward.

When I opened my eyes again, all I saw was a pile of shattered souls.

Chu Xiu pondered for a while, as if he understood something. This time, he even completely withdrew his divine sense and completely blocked out his perception.

He didn't even need forty steps; after only twenty-eight steps, he felt his body lighten, as if the surrounding environment had changed.

The dense aura of death dissipated considerably.

Opening my eyes, the towering sacred mountain that seemed to pierce the clouds appeared before me.

This made Chu Xiu look thoughtful.

After pondering for a while, Chu Xiu did not enter the city. Instead, he chose a place outside the city, sat down cross-legged, took out some recovery items, used them, and then meditated to recover his depleted strength.

This place was quite strange, and Chu Xiu planned to keep himself in top condition at all times to deal with any possible changes. At the same time, he didn't want to attract too much attention. Killing so many carrion eaters in such a short time would be hard to avoid.

However, it seems he was overthinking it.

Three days later, Chu Xiu, in perfect condition, entered the Immortal Palace and submitted the mission.

The ghostly creature in the celestial palace did show an extremely shocked expression, but it showed no malice and had no intention of reporting to its superiors.

He merely showed admiration and respectfully gave Chu Xiu the reward he deserved.

He killed nearly three hundred carrion eaters and two dead souls this time, which yielded nearly one hundred catties of Yin Stones.

The reward for drawing the map was even more astonishing. Perhaps no one had ever expanded the map so much at once, directly obtaining an astonishing 160 jin of Yin Stones.

A total of 260 jin of Yin Stones were collected, while the total stock of this celestial palace was less than 200 jin. As a last resort, they had to draw upon celestial palaces in other rings.

Chu Xiu seized the opportunity to suggest that materials of equivalent value could be used to offset the Yin Stones. The ghosts here were so genuinely kind that they had no ulterior motives and agreed without a second thought.

Chu Xiu then directly selected materials from the Immortal Palace's treasury, gathering most of the materials needed to refine the [Myriad Impurities Return to Origin Bag] in one go.

Currently, only the most crucial main material, the [High-Level Spirit Beast Stomach], is missing.

But this item is the most crucial because the [Myriad Filth Returning to Origin Bag] needs to be able to fuse various poisonous gases and be tough enough. The best material is naturally the stomach of a high-level spirit beast.

However, this item is extremely difficult to find in this furnace of a hundred ghosts, since the bodies formed by ghosts are all kinds of strange and varied, and basically none of them have organs with functions similar to a stomach.

However, since Chu Xiu had decided to refine this item, he naturally wouldn't ignore the issue of the main material. There are many substitutes for the [Myriad Filth Returns to Origin Bag], as long as they have similar effects.

Chu Xiu is still selecting items, but he wants to refine them to the highest possible quality. He doesn't just see this item as a means of escaping; with so much death energy here, if he can refine a high-quality [Myriad Filth Returning to Origin Bag] and absorb and refine it, he will have another powerful trump card.

Chu Xiu glanced at the materials; he had already selected all the other materials according to very high standards, but even so, there were still more than 120 jin of Yin Stone left.

This made him sigh once again that the world of the Hundred Ghosts Forge was truly abundant in resources and a great treasure land.

After hesitating for a moment, he used another twenty catties of Yin Stone to exchange for some spiritual items to restore his magical power.

At the bottom of this furnace of a hundred ghosts, it is already extremely difficult to avoid the invasion of yin energy, so naturally one cannot slowly meditate to restore magical power.

Like Jiang Miaoyin, if it weren't for Chu Xiu, even if she ignored the erosion of death energy, she could only last three to five years at most before exhausting all her recovery items, running out of magic power, and dying from the entry of yin energy into her body.

And this is all under the premise that she doesn't move around recklessly, doesn't fight with anyone, and stays obediently in a place with low yin energy concentration.

If he were to go to some holy land or blessed land, or the four most dangerous places that Chu Xiu had been to, he might not even last a few days!

Exploring in such a place is extremely taxing for Chu Xiu!

Although Chu Xiu had previously taken advantage of the Blood Pool and stocked up on many recovery items in his storage space, he didn't need to worry too much in the short term. However, it's always better to be prepared.

At the bottom of this Hundred Ghosts Furnace, there are not many spiritual items that can restore magical power. Only the flesh of some ghost beasts that follow the "body refining" path and spiritual herbs and fruits containing strong vitality can do so.

Moreover, each of these things contains extremely strong Yin energy, which only Chu Xiu's physique can withstand.

"In a few days, the immortal will descend to earth to preach, and at that time he will also exchange valuable items with us."

"If the collection here does not satisfy you, fellow Daoist, you may ask the immortal in a few days. He will surely be able to obtain what you need."

"That's what the ghost from the celestial palace said."

Chu Xiu nodded, put away the materials and Yin Stone, and left the Immortal Palace.

Over the next few days, Chu Xiu decided to spend all the newly acquired and previously accumulated causal points to maximize his strength in preparation for the upcoming mountain climb.

He left Youcheng, intending to find a secluded place to cultivate in seclusion.

As he passed the inheritance stele, he saw four members of the Celestial Machinery Guild sitting cross-legged nearby, seemingly engaged in some kind of cultivation.

Chu Xiu walked over with some curiosity, intending to ask the four of them what they could see by looking at the stone tablet.

From what we can see, they seem to have obtained a cultivation technique? But this technique seems to be quite different from the one practiced by the ghosts.

Could this stone tablet really be able to intelligently adjust its influence based on the user?

Curious, Chu Xiu approached the four people, about to ask a question, when his expression suddenly changed.

For some reason, the stone bead in his arms began to get slightly warm after it got close to the stone tablet!
The stone tablet in front of us also emitted a special kind of fluctuation.

Chu Xiu had a strange feeling that the stone bead in his arms and the inheritance immortal stele in front of him were like two incompatible objects, confronting and vying with each other!
This left Chu Xiu unsure of what to do. Should he quickly leave with the stone bead? Or should he wait and see, or should he directly bring the stone bead and the immortal tablet into contact, forcing them to fight each other?
Before Chu Xiu could make a decision, a barely perceptible "pop" sound rang in his ears. He felt as if some kind of "barrier" had melted away near the stone tablet.

Chu Xiu subconsciously looked at the stone tablet, and in that instant of eye contact, hundreds of thoughts suddenly appeared around him! These thoughts were chaotic and disordered, like a huge whirlpool, trying to drag his consciousness into an unknown abyss!

However, Chu Xiu's soul was now incredibly strong, and he had many protective measures. Even dead souls couldn't do anything to him, so it was impossible for him to fall for it so easily. He immediately guarded his spiritual platform, letting those thoughts pull at him, but his own consciousness remained as steady as Mount Tai, unmoved.

After a few breaths, the pulling force gradually weakened and posed no threat to Chu Xiu.

Chu Xiu, on the contrary, became curious.

Although he didn't know what had happened, he could vaguely sense that this seemed to be a great opportunity to explore the mysteries of the Inheritance Immortal Stele.

He looked around and saw that no one else seemed to have noticed the abnormality of the stone tablet. So he simply sat down cross-legged like the other ghosts who were cultivating, and then sent a portion of his mind to explore the depths of the vortex.

His consciousness accelerated in the vortex, faster and faster, until one instant, Chu Xiu suddenly saw a blur before his eyes, and his consciousness entered another space.

This was an empty place. All around him, under his feet, and even in the sky, there was nothingness. Only countless points of light floated in the air, as if he were surrounded by the starry night sky.

Chu Xiu's consciousness cautiously probed towards a point of light. Before it even touched it, the point of light seemed to be attracted by something, automatically levitating over and smoothly merging into Chu Xiu's consciousness.

This startled him, but the next moment, he stared wide-eyed with a mixture of surprise and delight!

A notification sound appeared in his mind.

[Item Obtained: 1 Causality Points]

These countless points of light suspended in the air are actually countless points of cause and effect!

Chu Xiu took a deep breath and looked around in shock. The light spots almost filled the entire space, and it was impossible to count how many there were. Just the ones he could sense were no less than a million!
This Immortal Inheritance Stele actually stores a massive amount of causal points!

"What exactly is this."

This discovery naturally delighted Chu Xiu, but at the same time, it deepened his doubts.

However, he knew that no matter how much he pondered, he wouldn't be able to figure it out, so he decisively stopped worrying and began to quickly collect the causal points inside the stone tablet.

[Item Obtained: 1 Causality Points]

[Item Obtained: 1 Causality Points]

Chu Xiu's consciousness expanded very quickly; in less than a quarter of an hour, he had gained over 100,000 causal points!
The speed at which these causal points are acquired would probably leave even the Heavenly King speechless!

The causal points within this immortal stele are boundless, and it's impossible to know how many still exist!
This filled Chu Xiu with immense joy; he had never expected to encounter such an opportunity.

However, just as his consciousness was expanding and sweeping through the causal points around him, a blurry phantom suddenly appeared in the void not far away.

The next instant, a thought filled with shock and anger exploded in Chu Xiu's mind!

"Who are you? How could you possibly get in here?!"

The thought was like a raging storm, causing Chu Xiu's own thoughts to begin to crumble! He was greatly alarmed. Although this was only a wisp of his thought, it was by no means something that could be done by an ordinary mental attack, let alone just a single thought.
He immediately contracted all his consciousness and rushed towards the exit he had come from, but the phantom seemed unwilling to let him go so easily!

In the surrounding void, thousands upon thousands of sharp blades suddenly appeared out of thin air. These blades formed a sword array, flying and spinning up and down, like a series of meat grinders, rolling towards Chu Xiu's consciousness, trying to crush it to pieces!
This scene caused Chu Xiu's expression to darken suddenly. He had already cultivated the first level of the Yama Sutra, and even in the unfamiliar spiritual realm, he was no longer afraid of others!
His main consciousness rushed directly into the Immortal Stele, like a raging beast, directly clashing with the sword formations from all directions!

(End of this chapter)