Having been given a second chance at life, I choose to join the Demonic Sect!

Cao Meng formed a hand seal, and the three illusory images of the sun behind him transformed into three rays of sunlight that bolstered the Golden Flame Demon God.

"Roar!"

With the combined power of the three great rays of sunlight, the phantom of the Golden Flame Demon God roared and its body swelled up again, reaching more than two hundred feet in length!
The surging innate Geng metal power emanating from Cao Meng transformed into a giant sword in the hand of the Golden Flame Demon God.

"cut!"

As Cao Meng unleashed his sword strike, the Golden Flame Demon God also unleashed his own, a strike carrying the power to destroy the heavens and the earth, aiming to shatter Dan Chen!

Dan Chen manipulated his dharma form to strike down with a palm, easily breaking Cao Meng's attack, and said triumphantly:
"Boy, your technique is incredibly powerful, but your own cultivation level is too weak!"

Cao Meng's fatal weakness was his low cultivation level. No matter how powerful a technique is, it still requires a sufficient supply of spiritual energy.

Don't let Dan Chen's calm exterior fool you; he's inwardly cursing.

"Damn it, this kid's Solar True Fire actually suppresses the Primordial Spirit and True Spirit!"

The true fire of the sun is extremely yang, strong, and extreme, while the primordial spirit and true spirit belong to yin. As a result, Dan Chen, who is in the state of the primordial spirit and true spirit, is restrained and even his connection with the primordial spirit and true spirit is somewhat diluted.

Cao Meng had already made his move, and Shi Shi was not to be outdone. She unleashed the Myriad Soul Snow Banner with all her might, using the power of corpse energy and frost.

The Myriad Souls Snow Banner suddenly emitted a bright black light, and black snow began to fall. The black snow transformed into several black dragons that attacked Xiang Danchen.

Dan Chen formed a hand seal, conjuring a phantom image of a large cauldron to resist the black dragon's erosion.

Hong Qi, who was hiding behind, took out a handful of fifth-tier talismans and used them without hesitation. The talismans transformed into heavenly thunder, earthly fire, wind, ice, and sword energy, forming a barrage of firepower.

Although Princess Hongqi is a little weak, she is rich and has plenty of talismans!
Princess Hongqi never plays support; she only plays damage dealer!
"Protruding!"

At this moment, Dan Chen's face looked as if he had eaten excrement.

What normal person throws talismans away by the handful?

Hongqi: This princess is a fox, not a human!

Dan Chen felt a chill run down his spine as he looked at Hong Qi's overwhelming firepower.

He originally thought that Hong Qi, this fourth-tier demon beast, was just a minor character, but it turns out that she was the real threat!
Cao Meng was not happy at all that Hong Qi had become the main damage dealer, because this pink-haired fox was burning money!

It may seem like she's burning her own money, but this pink fox is her own pet mount, so the money is still her own!
Doesn't this pink fox know how to save a little money?

"System, open the attribute panel..."

After exchanging blows with Dan Chen, Cao Meng realized that his current cultivation level was insufficient, so he immediately summoned his system to prepare for a quick and decisive attack.

Host: Cao Meng!
Cultivation level: Nascent Soul Stage 9! (Each level up in the Nascent Soul stage costs 50,000 mid-grade spirit stones!)

Physique: Ten-Day Sacred Body (Triple Yang!) (Upgradeable with ten million mid-grade spirit stones!)

Innate Metal Body (Great Completion) (One hundred million mid-grade spirit stones, can be upgraded!)
Occupation: Rank 3 Refiner (100% success rate for Rank 3 Spiritual Weapons)
(100,000 mid-grade spirit stones, upgrade possible!)
First-Class Spiritual Cuisine Master (100% success rate for first-tier spiritual cuisine)
(One hundred mid-grade spirit stones are needed for an upgrade!)
Balance: 28 million mid-grade spirit stones! (Low-grade spirit stones will be automatically converted to mid-grade spirit stones at a ratio of 100:1)
Cao Meng's attribute panel has been updated; it has automatically upgraded from a low-grade spirit stone unit to a mid-grade spirit stone unit.

At the same time, Cao Meng also discovered a new way to make money, which is the exchange rate between spirit stones!

In the Eastern Region Dao Continent, one mid-grade spirit stone can be exchanged for one hundred low-grade spirit stones, but one hundred low-grade spirit stones may not be enough to exchange for one mid-grade spirit stone; you need to add some more to get the same result.

However, Cao Meng's immediate priority was to invest in his cultivation to see if he could reach the Nascent Soul stage. He didn't have time to spare, so he decisively upgraded his cultivation.

"Ding! After deducting 50,000 mid-grade spirit stones, your cultivation level has increased to the half-step Nascent Soul stage."

"Friendly reminder: Each minor realm in the Nascent Soul stage requires 250 million mid-grade spirit stones. The host currently has 23 mid-grade spirit stones in balance, which is insufficient to advance to the next Nascent Soul stage!"

Upon hearing the quote from the system, Cao Meng was furious. That lousy system had increased the price by fifty times!

Two and a half million mid-grade spirit stones would be equivalent to two hundred and fifty million low-grade spirit stones! That shady system is too greedy!

……

At this moment, Dan Chen was in a bad situation. Under the barrage of talismans from Shi Shi and Hong Qi, he was not getting any advantage.

"Old man, take this!"

After Cao Meng's cultivation level was raised to the half-step Nascent Soul stage, his power increased greatly.

Cao Meng, wielding the Liuhong Sword, charged towards Dan Chen, switching between the techniques of "One Sword Separates the World," "Sword Demon's Fury," and "Three Thousand Starfalls."

"What kind of freak is this kid? He actually improved his cultivation level during the battle?"

After noticing Cao Meng's improved cultivation level, Dan Chen couldn't help but curse inwardly.

The main reason Dan Chen cursed inwardly was that after Cao Meng's realm improved, the opponent's Solar True Fire became even more powerful, and its restraining effect on him became stronger.

While Dan Chen was distracted, Hong Qi seized the opportunity and took out the Heavenly Fox Divine Bell hanging around her neck.

As soon as the Heavenly Fox Divine Bell was unleashed, it emitted a resounding bell sound, and a terrifying spiritual shockwave struck Dan Chen directly.

"what!"

The impact of the Heavenly Fox's Divine Bell on Dan Chen's soul was like a Five Elements sword piercing through his primordial spirit, causing Dan Chen to let out a heart-wrenching wail of pain.

"Cao Meng, the fragments!"

Seeing that Dan Chen's primordial spirit was injured, Shi Shi knew this was a good opportunity, so she asked Cao Meng for something.

Shishi's burial items consisted of two things: the Ten Thousand Souls Snow Banner used to refine the Snow Maiden, and a broken sword.

The fragments of the broken sword were still being blown away in Cao Meng's storage ring.

"Take it, Shishi!"

Cao Meng didn't know what Shishi wanted those broken sword fragments for, but he still handed them over to her.

"Congeal!"

After obtaining the shattered sword fragments, Shishi unleashed them with all her might.

With the help of corpse energy and frost power, the pile of fragments reassembled and condensed into a spirit sword, although the cracks on it were still clearly visible!

"One sword separates the worlds!"

Shishi summoned her spirit sword and unleashed the "Sword Separates Worlds" technique, using the power of ice and snow and the energy of ten thousand years of corpses to create a world-shaking force, slashing at the Dharma image on Dan Chen's body.

"boom!"

The spirit sword in Shishi's hand could not withstand this terrifying power and shattered again, returning to its original fragmented form.

Dan Chen's Dharma form was also cleaved apart by Shi Shi's sword, leaving his primordial spirit and true essence extremely dim.

Dan Chen was defeated. The best damage dealer was undoubtedly Shi Shi, and the best assister was undoubtedly Hong Qi. As for Cao Meng, he was just a bystander!

"What kind of skill is it to gang up on the few with numbers!"

Dan Chen was very dissatisfied with his defeat to Cao Meng and his group, which consisted of one person, one corpse, and one fox.

It's one thing for three to fight one, but to rely on talismans, treasures, and advanced techniques to bully an old man like myself is a loss of martial ethics and a moral decline!
"Old man, as long as you surrender, I promise I won't kill you and I'll spare your disciple Xiao Huohuo!" Cao Meng looked at the heavily injured Dan Chen and began to persuade him to surrender.

Cao Meng is not afraid of anything now, except for Dan Chen's self-destruction and dissipation of his primordial spirit and true spirit. If the other party self-destructs and dissipates his primordial spirit and true spirit, they will suffer a huge loss.

The pink-haired fox used so many fifth-tier talismans before, and the only way to recoup its losses is to capture Dan Chen and sell him to the Soul Refining Sect.

"hehe!"

Dan Chen sneered. Did he really think he was as stupid as his foolish disciple Xiao Huohuo?
Back then, I also struggled and struggled in the Eastern Region Dao Continent before I finally reached the Refinement Void stage.

If he surrenders, he will definitely not have a good end. He will either be refined and devoured or made into the evil spirit of the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.

As for Cao Meng's statement about letting Xiao Huohuo go, can the words of a disciple of a demonic sect be trusted?

Dan Chen unleashed several bursts of spiritual energy, forcefully breaking through Cao Meng and the others' encirclement, and arrived beside Xiao Huohuo.

“My disciple, your master has been ambushed by them. Now, we can only turn the tide by working together and fighting with our backs to the wall.”

Although the situation is very unfavorable now, Dan Chen still has a way to break the deadlock, or even to turn the tables on Cao Meng and his group.

However, this method of breaking the deadlock requires Xiao Huohuo's cooperation, otherwise it is easy to backfire. Of course, Xiao Huohuo will also have to pay a huge price!

In this situation, Dan Chen has no choice but to fight to the death.

"Master, what's the plan?"

Upon hearing that there was a way to break the deadlock, Xiao Huohuo immediately inquired about it.

"Huo Huo, the reason I am no match for them is because I do not have a physical body and cannot exert much of my strength!"

The main reason why Dan Chen cannot unleash his full power is that he does not have a physical body, so his combat strength is only one-hundredth of what it used to be. If he had a physical body, he could unleash much more power.

"Huo Huo, I need to borrow your body to kill them. Only in this way can I rescue your father and avenge your grandfather!"

In order to persuade Xiao Huohuo to lend him her body, Dan Chen even said he would help her rescue Xiao Yuanzheng and avenge him.

"This……"

Xiao Huohuo hesitated when he heard that Dan Chen wanted to borrow his body.

He was afraid that once he lent it out, it would be gone forever. After all, Dan Chen was now in the state of a primordial spirit and true spirit. He was afraid that the other party's words were just an excuse to deceive him and thus possess his body!

Dan Chen saw Xiao Huohuo's concerns and advised her:
"Huo Huo, don't worry. If I wanted to possess you, I would have done so long ago. Why wait until today!"
Even if I were to possess someone else's body, I would at least want to possess someone at the Nascent Soul stage. Besides, I'm not used to using other people's bodies!

Dan Chen really didn't intend to possess Xiao Huohuo at this time. They were fighting now, which was not the best time to possess her at all.

Even if you're going to possess someone's body, you should at least find a quiet place where you won't be disturbed!

Moreover, Xiao Huohuo is only at the sixth level of the Golden Core stage, which is too low!
"Master, please come!"

Xiao Huohuo gritted his teeth and made a decision: he chose to believe Dan Chen.

"Huo Huo, open your mind, let our minds be one at this moment, master and disciple!"

Dan Chen gave Xiao Huohuo a few instructions and then directly entered the other's body.

Dan Chen banished Xiao Huohuo's soul to the deepest part of his sea of ​​consciousness and sealed it away to prevent the other party from fighting him for control of the physical body at a crucial moment and thus ruining everything!
After Dan Chen gained control of Xiao Huo Huo's body, his strength recovered to the half-step Void Refinement stage, but this came at a price, with side effects!
Of course, Dan Chen wouldn't be the one to pay the price; he's not stupid. Xiao Huohuo would naturally bear the consequences.

As the saying goes, "It takes a thousand days to raise an apprentice, but only one day to use him!"
As for the cost and side effects, Xiao Huohuo will naturally find out in the future!
"You juniors, you just ambushed me. Today I will make you pay the price!"

Dan Chen felt the long-lost sensation of his physical body and at the same time uttered harsh words to Cao Meng and the others.

As a dignified Void Refinement stage elder, he was actually attacked and defeated. Dan Chen couldn't swallow this insult, and today he would make Cao Meng and his group pay the price.

Seeing that Dan Chen had taken control of Xiao Huohuo's body, Cao Meng also pulled out his trump card.

"Old man, do you really think you can be afraid of me just because you have a physical body?!"

Cao Meng, holding the prayer beads given to him by the old Living Buddha, angrily cursed Dan Chen, showing no respect for him whatsoever!
Back then, this string of prayer beads was used to physically liberate Huiyong's primordial spirit. Huiyong was the founding patriarch of Jinfo Temple and a powerful being in the Integration Stage.

He simply refused to believe that Dan Chen, a mere Void Refining stage cultivator, could have an eternal lifespan compared to a Body Integration stage cultivator!

"Old dog, this princess has plenty of talismans. Believe me or not, I'll blast you to smithereens!"

Hong Qi pulled out a handful of fifth-tier talismans. As long as the other party was still ignorant, Princess Hong Qi wouldn't mind letting them understand what firepower coverage was!

"You juniors of the Joyful Union Sect have gone too far! Today, I will teach you a lesson!"

Just as Dan Chen was about to make his move, a loud shout rang out:
"Junior members of the Hehuan Sect, do not panic, I have come to your aid!"

A black-robed old Taoist priest led four cultivators into the battlefield, surrounding Dan Chen. As soon as they entered the battlefield, they immediately manifested their Dharma forms.

The old Taoist priest in black robes who was leading the group had a Dharma body that was actually nine hundred feet long, undoubtedly a ninth-level Nascent Soul cultivator!
His four subordinates were all Dharma bodies, each over three hundred feet tall, and all at the third level of the Nascent Soul stage!

"A member of the Soul Refining Sect!"

The weapons of the five black-robed Taoist priests were all unique spiritual artifacts of the Soul Refining Sect—the Soul-Sealing Locks. Everyone present guessed that the five black-robed Taoist priests came from the Soul Refining Sect.

A thousand years ago, Dan Chen's physical body was killed by a powerful member of the Soul Refining Sect, but his primordial spirit escaped.

Dan Chen is not only a Void Refinement stage expert, but also a sixth-order alchemist. His primordial spirit and true spirit are inherently stronger than those of other Void Refinement stage experts of the same level. Moreover, Dan Chen does not have any top-tier forces behind him.

The Soul Refining Sect would not easily let go of such a high-quality prey as Dan Chen. After years of investigation, the Soul Refining Sect discovered that Dan Chen might have escaped to Thousand Island.

Therefore, the Soul Refining Sect recruited the Chu family, a top-tier power on Thousand Islands Island, as their informants, and had the Chu family help the Soul Refining Sect search for Dan Chen's whereabouts on Thousand Islands Island.

Some time ago, based on the report from the Chu family, the Soul Refining Sect obtained some clues.

So a few days ago, the black-robed elder, Hun Wuji, arrived at Qianyu Island with four hall masters of the Soul Refining Sect who were at the third level of the Nascent Soul stage.

To avoid alerting the enemy, they stayed at the Chu family's residence to conserve their strength.

When Dan Chen made his move, the five members of Hun Wuji arrived, but they remained silent and observed from the shadows.

Hun Wuji wanted to use Cao Meng and the others to test the waters and see how much Dan Chen's strength had recovered.

Secondly, he wanted to see what level Cao Meng, the future pillar of the Hehuan Sect, was really at.

Now that Dan Chen has a physical body, the situation has changed, and Hun Wuji has no choice but to show himself with his men in preparation for capturing Dan Chen.

"Your Soul Refining Sect has wronged me so badly, and you still won't let me go. Today, I will kill you and the people of the Joyful Union Sect together!"

Upon seeing the people from the Soul Refining Sect, Dan Chen was consumed by rage and became somewhat frenzied.

Dan Chen believed that he had never offended the Soul Refining Sect back then, but the Soul Refining Sect attacked him without distinguishing right from wrong!
Soul Refining Sect: Weakness is the original sin. If you have no backing, who else will we kill if not you!
"Cough, cough, cough!"

"Dan Chen, I have no objection to you killing people from the Soul Refining Sect!"

"But if you want to kill someone from my Hehuan Sect, you're courting death!"

A cold female voice echoed from the void, followed by a woman in a palace-style feathered dress tearing through space and appearing. (End of Chapter)