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

Chapter 364 The Second Level of the Yama Sutra
"boom!"

Chu Xiu's divine soul power was incredibly strong, and the attacker's divine soul was also incredibly powerful. When the two collided, a strong energy fluctuation was immediately released, causing the Inheritance Immortal Stele to tremble violently!
The ghosts that were in seclusion nearby all sensed something was wrong and got up in surprise to look around.

Inside the Immortal Stele, Chu Xiu was also surprised, not expecting that the other party's soul was so stable.

However, this is not surprising. The creatures in the Hundred Ghosts Furnace all possessed powerful souls far exceeding those of their peers. Although Chu Xiu had cultivated the first level of the Yama Scripture, his soul strength was still far from reaching the level of a demigod, so it was normal for him to encounter an opponent.

However, because Chu Xiu concentrated his strength and took the opponent by surprise, he gained a slight advantage in this exchange and destroyed most of the sword formation formed by consciousness.

However, the opponent's will was extremely powerful. This time, the opponent simply did not expect that he had such a powerful divine soul guarding the outside, which caused him to suffer a hidden loss. In reality, the opponent's strength was by no means weaker than his, and might even have surpassed it.

Furthermore, Chu Xiu had never cultivated any techniques for fighting with his soul, so in a real fight, he would most likely be no match for him. Therefore, after gaining the upper hand, he decisively broke away from the stone tablet and returned his consciousness to his physical body.

Why use your weaknesses to attack the enemy's strengths?

Once the identity of that phantom is found and it is killed in reality, the causal point in this stone tablet will naturally still belong to him.

If the other party is just a wisp of remnant soul residing in the stone tablet, then Chu Xiu is even less afraid; he can slowly wear the other party down to death.

Having succeeded in one strike, Chu Xiu did not delay at all and returned to the present world with all his consciousness.

He opened his eyes and saw a huge stone tablet in front of him. Ancient inscriptions were carved on its rough surface, as if it were a sculpture that had existed here since time immemorial. No one could have imagined that it contained another world inside.

The stone tablet trembled slightly due to Chu Xiu's earlier exchange with the mysterious phantom. Although it only lasted for a short time, this sudden change caused the nearby ghosts to whisper in surprise.

Suddenly, a thunderclap resounded in the sky without any warning!
The deafening thunder, seemingly carrying immense divine power, caused all the ghosts to prostrate themselves on the ground, their bodies trembling like sieves!

Chu Xiu looked up and saw a huge, blurry face looking down expressionlessly at the masses below.

Chu Xiu felt a chill run down his spine, realizing that this was most likely the illusory figure in the stone tablet. Unwilling to start a conflict now, he lowered his head and concealed his presence.

A majestic gaze descended from the sky, sweeping over each of the ghostly creatures below. Finally, seemingly finding nothing, it slowly disappeared after letting out a cold snort.

The moment it disappeared, the ghosts below all breathed a sigh of relief.

The aura emanating from that phantom was so terrifying that these ghosts couldn't muster the slightest thought of resistance.

Chu Xiu's expression was also solemn. He knew that the blurry face was not just powerful, but like his Yama Sutra, it possessed the supernatural power to suppress ghosts! Judging from the aura emanating from it, it was definitely no weaker than his current Yama Sutra!
"Could this be the Ghost King from two thousand years ago?"

"If that's true, then he has cultivated here for two thousand years. I wonder how powerful he has become."

Chu Xiu even felt that the other party had not shown their full strength!

The divine power that suppressed the ghosts did not seem to be the result of natural cultivation; rather, it seemed to be some kind of extremely profound inheritance!

A thought suddenly flashed through his mind: if even ordinary ghosts could obtain the profound technique "Reversing Yin and Yang" from the Inheritance Immortal Stele, what could the phantom residing in the stele obtain?
Then consider the vast number of causal points within the Immortal Stele.
"This Inheritance Immortal Stele is no ordinary object! The secrets hidden here are probably far greater than I imagined!"

Thinking of this, Chu Xiu's heart skipped a beat.

This was not fear, but a hint of excitement mixed with tension. Secrets usually mean opportunities, and thinking of the stone bead in his arms that was similar to the power of the abyss, Chu Xiu valued the secrecy of this place even more.

Of course, any opportunity requires sufficient strength to be qualified to seize it.

It's time to put all those causal points we've accumulated to good use.

But before that, he first summoned the four members of the Celestial Machinery Guild.

What did you see in that stone tablet?

"Reporting to Senior, we have discovered a cultivation technique that can reverse the death energy within our bodies!"

"Senior, you're absolutely right! There really is a way to save us in this stone tablet!"

Chen Lengqiang was excited, and his face was flushed compared to before.

Chu Xiu asked them to recite the cultivation technique, but they couldn't explain it clearly. Chu Xiu didn't make things difficult for them. He had experienced the stone tablet and knew that it was a kind of profound understanding. The body of an awakened person is extremely complex, and the cultivation technique is difficult to explain in words.

Without further hesitation, he left the city and found an empty cave. After setting up a simple array to dispel the yin energy nearby, he sat cross-legged in the center.

Start adding points!
Including the newly acquired causal points from exploration, Chu Xiu's total causal points now exceed three million.

His choice, naturally, was to continue cultivating the "Yama Sutra".

With his current strength, he wouldn't be afraid to fight a demigod head-on, but he lacked confidence in defending against the mental attacks of the ghosts in this place.

There are far too many supernatural powers and secret techniques at the spiritual level, including direct mental attacks, illusions, misperceptions, and so on. These powers are extremely difficult to defend against, and even those with strong souls can easily fall victim to them if they do not understand these techniques.

Chu Xiu originally thought that his previous preparations were sufficient, but now it seems that the phantom in the stone tablet is not just an ordinary heroic spirit, so he still needs to be more careful.

Without further thought, Chu Xiu began cultivating the "Killing Ghosts and Slaying Souls Yama Scripture." A massive amount of causal points appeared around him and began to burn, like clusters of bright green fireworks!

The "Scripture of the Demon-Slaying and Soul-Cutting Yama" refers to the underworld officials.

The biggest difference between Yin Messengers and Ghost Soldiers lies in the word "supernatural powers".

The ghost soldiers only have the ability to ignite the Yin Candles, and this ability has no offensive power; it merely creates a special Yin-energy illusion to assist the ghost army.

But as the supreme inheritance of the Demonic Sect, and a fundamental technique known for its "fierceness," how could it possibly lack offensive methods?

This Yin-Yang Realm has four powerful supernatural abilities!
These four supernatural powers are derived from the magical artifacts possessed by the underworld officials in mythology, namely the Black and White Impermanence, and the Ox-Head and Horse-Face.

That's why this realm is called the Underworld Messenger!

These four supernatural powers are [Soul Hook], [Ghostly Cry], [Netherworld Chain], and finally, [Soul Suppressing Token]!
Once the [Soul Hook] skill is mastered, one can condense their soul into the [Soul Hook Scythe], which can directly snatch away a person's soul. It is an extremely domineering mental attack skill.

Some creatures have incredibly strong physiques, but lack spiritual strength. Once the [Soul Hook] is unleashed, no matter how strong your physique is, it will directly hook out your soul!

Like the Heavenly Dragon he faced in Peach Blossom Spring, whose physique was so incredibly powerful that Chu Xiu had to self-destruct all his ghost army just to barely stop him.

However, if one possesses the [Soul-Hooking] supernatural power, one can instantly kill them with a mere wave of the hand!

The second supernatural power is the "Ghostly Cry" which works in conjunction with the "Soul-Snatching" power.

Once mastered, one can condense the [Ghost Cry Staff], which can annihilate all souls with a single blow. It has an extremely strong ability to suppress and destroy spirits, making it a divine power specifically designed to counter ghosts!
This is exactly what Chu Xiu needs right now. If he could master the [Ghost Cry] divine power, he would have directly stormed into the stone tablet and fought against that phantom.

The two supernatural powers that followed were even more extraordinary than the last. When he mastered the [Nether Chain], he could connect with thousands of ghosts and lend his own supernatural powers to his ghost subordinates, greatly enhancing the abilities of the ghost army.

The 【Soul-Suppressing Decree】 corresponds to the word "Soul-Slaying" in the 【Scripture of the Demon-Slaying Yama】. From then on, powerful souls can be sealed in the Soul Decree. Each sealed decree can be transformed into Chu Xiu's divine soul power!
In a sense, it is about devouring and killing other souls to strengthen oneself!
The mastery of each supernatural power not only provides extremely powerful skills, but also greatly enhances the physical strength of Chu Xiu's divine soul!

Of course, a mere three million karmic points are definitely not enough to fully cultivate this second level.

Chu Xiu was content with mastering the [Ghost Cry] technique and possessing powerful means to subdue ghosts.

Once his mind was made up, he stopped thinking and devoted himself wholeheartedly to cultivation!

As time passed, under the influence of the causal point, his soul rapidly changed. Chu Xiu began to visualize the magical artifacts from which these supernatural powers originated. Under the influence of the inheritance, a series of visualization diagrams containing many mysteries entered his mind.

From the image of the Black and White Impermanence to the soul-snatching scythes they wield, and even their specific cultivation methods.
Chu Xiu felt that his soul was gradually changing again. From a ferocious mass, it now seemed to have been tainted by the "divine aura" of those in power, as if he were a noble and supreme being who ruled over all ghosts in the world. His soul, arranged together, even seemed to form a pitch-black hook!

[Consuming 1689232 Karma Points, the supernatural power "Soul Hook" has been successfully cultivated!]

[Spirit +15742!]

As the notification sound rang out, Chu Xiu felt a thunderous boom in his mind, and his soul underwent a complete transformation.

His aura became unfathomable, and the original straightforward and terrifying ferocity completely subsided, replaced by a chilling fear.

It's like he's transformed from a ferocious beast into a treacherous official with a hidden knife in his back and a forced smile.

Although he had concealed his malevolent aura, he could clearly sense that the ghosts within the soul banner were even more afraid of him.

"I wonder just how powerful this [Soul-Hooking] ability is."

"Hopefully, we won't ever need to use it."

Chu Xiu let out a long breath and opened his eyes.

He did not continue cultivating. The consumption of the second level of the Yama Scripture was much greater than he had imagined. Now that most of his karma points had been used up, it was impossible for him to complete the second level.

This is normal, though. Normally, anyone who has reached the second level should be a Nascent Soul cultivator. He is currently just a Pseudo-Core cultivator, and reaching this level is something unimaginable in the past.

In the days that followed, Chu Xiu spent his time in the cave consolidating his cultivation and familiarizing himself with his newly acquired supernatural abilities.

At the same time, he finally finished refining all the previously stored divine soul and flesh.

Originally, these souls were enough to give birth to a third ghost king, but unfortunately, the battle with the murderous ghost caused too much damage, so in the end, they only managed to replenish the losses and increase the power by about half a percent.

As for the Hellfire Corpse, it was refined into its complete form.

Unfortunately, the only rank is Heroic Spirit.

There's no other way. If you could just find any demigod's corpse and refine it into a demigod-level Hellfire Corpse, wouldn't this demonic path be invincible?

A true demigod-level infernal demon corpse must have a very suitable body, supplemented by various spiritual materials and countless pieces of flesh and blood, in order to be refined. Once refined, it becomes an existence that is almost invincible among those of the same level.

In order to improve his combat power, Chu Xiu started refining directly, which meant that the process was flawed from the start.

Even so, the Hellfire Corpse still possesses extremely terrifying combat power, crushing the domains of its peers, possessing physical strength no weaker than that of a demigod, and top-tier divine abilities that come with the Hellfire Corpse!
In terms of overall combat strength, it is comparable to the lower-ranked Horned Demon Warriors!
Previously, the Hellfire Corpse could only provide support, but now it can truly stand alone against a demigod!
This is the mystery of the demonic path's inheritance!

The restoration of the Ghost Legion and the creation of the Purgatory Demon Corpse have added two more demigod-level combatants to Chu Xiu's forces, which has put him at ease.

Calculating the time, it was about time, so Chu Xiu returned to Youcheng.

The young girl, Jiang Miaoyin, was waiting for him at the city gate. At this time, half of her arm had been invaded by death energy, indicating that she had gone to some dangerous place to take risks.

As soon as she saw Chu Xiu, she eagerly took out a pile of Yin Stones as if to claim credit.

Chu Xiu glanced at it; it weighed about seven jin. Given Jiang Miaoyin's strength, the fact that she could obtain so many Yin Stones showed that she had gone to great lengths.

Without any hesitation, he raised his hand to accept it, and immediately injected a golden embryo essence into Jiang Miaoyin's body, dispelling the death energy within her.

Seeing this, Jiang Miaoyin secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Although she knew that Chu Xiu would most likely not abandon her, the feeling of being eroded by death energy and gradually becoming a living dead was too terrifying, and she couldn't help but have wild thoughts.

"Stay near Youcheng for now. We'll leave once I've finished crafting the magic weapon," Chu Xiu said.

Jiang Miaoyin nodded repeatedly.

Chu Xiu said no more and walked towards the deepest part of the celestial palace.

When he arrived, the ghostly beings from the celestial palace, who had been waiting for him, warmly led him into a large hall.

At this moment, there were already thirty-three ghosts sitting inside.

These ghostly creatures, though all at the King rank, each possessed an extremely powerful aura!

Even among King-rank monsters, the differences between them are enormous. If classified according to the Abyss Monsters, they can be divided into Ordinary King-rank, King-rank Elite, and King-rank Leader.

Most Awakened Ones are at the level of King-rank elites, while the top-ranking Kings can reach the level of King-rank leaders.

But there is another kind of king, even stronger than the leader! That is, beings of extremely high status, like Asura.

Descendants of gods, SSS-level awakened beings, or direct descendants of powerful clans with numerous hidden strengths, like Jiang Miaoyin, all fall into this category.

Chu Xiu didn't know what these kinds of beings were called, so he simply categorized them as strong leaders.

Of the thirty-three ghosts here, the weakest is the leopard ghost that Chu Xiu saw a few days ago, which, even with the help of many props, only managed to climb one-third of the way up the sacred mountain.

Even so, the aura emanating from him was definitely at the level of a King-rank leader.

The remaining ghosts numbered more than ten, and some even reached the level of powerful leaders!
This is simply unbelievable. Could there really be so many beings here whose status is close to that of gods?
These ghosts, despite their great strength, were all incredibly humble and polite. When they saw Chu Xiu enter, they all came up to greet him warmly.

Chu Xiu remained calm and returned the greetings in turn.

After chatting and observing for a while, he also noticed some clues.

According to these ghosts, it seems that no matter how long one cultivates, one cannot become an immortal unless one enters the Penglai Wonderland!
Some of these ghosts have even cultivated here for over a thousand years, yet they remain at the King level, only having cultivated their soul bodies to be incredibly solid.

This gave Chu Xiu a somewhat absurd idea.

These ghosts seem to be exactly the same as me!
Climbing the sacred mountain is equivalent to participating in a trial.

If one tries to break through on their own without going through the trials, they will be met with the malice of the abyss, and no matter how strong their cultivation is, their breakthrough process will be forcibly terminated!

Then he thought of the aura he sensed on that strange stone bead, an aura exactly the same as the one from the abyss.
Chu Xiu vaguely felt that he seemed to be very close to some secrets.

However, he is still separated from these secrets by a veil, and someone needs to help him uncover it.

"boom!"

Just as he was pondering this, the door was pushed open again.

A large, strangely shaped ghost with a long tail dragging behind it walked in.

He is currently the highest-ranking agent below the immortals in the Celestial Palace, and one of the ten Celestial Envoys.

It glanced at everyone, and after confirming that everyone had arrived on time, it nodded in satisfaction.

"The Immortal Lord has arrived."

it says.

(End of this chapter)