Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

As soon as Chen Yuan finished speaking, the gazes of the Yuanying cultivators in the hall changed subtly and moved to Taoist Du Kun.

Even Yan Zhang, who was sitting in the main seat, had a glimmer of surprise in his eyes.

Master Shen of the Tiangang Sword Sect had a gleam of light in his eyes, and his gaze was fixed on Chen Yuan, looking him up and down.

Taoist Du Kun's expression changed, he snorted coldly, looked at Chen Yuan with resentment, lowered his head slightly, and avoided everyone's sight.

A few years passed, and the battle between Chen Yuan and Taoist Du Kun had spread among the Nascent Soul cultivators in Donghua Continent.

Everyone knows that Chen Yuan once easily cut off one of Taoist Du Kun's arms.

But they didn’t know Chen Yuan before and only saw him for the first time today.

After Chen Yuan sat down, the Nascent Soul cultivators behind him stood up one by one and introduced themselves.

Among them was an elder of the Demon Yuan Palace named Mo Daoyu, who was in the early Nascent Soul stage and attracted Chen Yuan’s attention.

This person should be the only Nascent Soul cultivator in Donghua Continent besides him and Xiao Mingyuan.

Among the thirty Nascent Soul cultivators in the hall, there are not many demonic cultivators like Mo Daoyu. There are only seven of them, and most of them are righteous cultivators.

As the Demon Realm expands, the five major demon sects will be the first to bear the brunt.

Among the Nascent Soul cultivators who entered the Demon Realm for the first time, the majority were Demon Sect elders.

Among the cultivators who had fought against the monsters before, most of them were cultivators of the magic path, and the four great elders of the Xuan Sect were mainly in charge of the formation.

After everyone had spoken one by one and remembered each other's appearance and name, Daoxuan spoke again: "All of you Daoists are either the elders of a major sect, or the masters or supreme elders of various factions. You are responsible for the rise and fall, honor and disgrace of your sect."

"Now that the Demon Realm is expanding, it threatens the entire Donghua Continent's cultivation world. As cultivators, we have an obligation to help."

"Tomorrow when we enter the Demon Realm, please ask Fellow Daoist Xiao from Jiangxian Mountain, Fellow Daoist Mo from the Demon Yuan Palace, and Fellow Daoist Chen from the Lingyun Sect to lead the way and clear out the low-level monsters."

"Other Daoists, deal with the monsters above the Nascent Soul stage. If there are too many low-level monsters, then help Daoists Xiao, Mo, and Chen."

Chen Yuan, Xiao Mingyuan, and Mo Daoyu immediately clasped their fists in salute and responded verbally.

Others also agreed. In front of the great monk, ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators did not dare to put on airs.

No one was surprised by this, as his physique was suitable for dealing with monsters.

Sect Leader Shen looked very surprised. He was one of the few people in the hall who had never heard of the name Chen Yuan.

But he knew that Xiao Mingyuan and Mo Daoyu were both body cultivators. It was already surprising that the Lingyun sect had produced another Nascent Soul cultivator after Xuan Yuanzi. How could this person be a body cultivator?
At this time, Daoxuan gave a few more instructions, asking everyone to be careful in the Demon Realm, and then everyone dispersed.

Sect Master Shen had been keeping an eye on Chen Yuan's movements. After he walked out of the main hall, he came to Chen Yuan and bowed, "Fellow Daoist Chen, do you have time to chat?"

Chen Yuan smiled slightly and returned the greeting: "Fellow Daoist Shen, please."

With a flash of light, the two flew towards Yingke Peak and landed in front of Chen Yuan's cave.

After entering the cave, they sat down as host and guest.

Sect Master Shen said, "I have been away from the sect for more than 20 years and have never returned to Qi. Today I learned about my friend's birth of a baby. It is a great honor to have a successor, Daoist Xuanyuan."

"May I ask what the current situation is like in Qi's cultivation world? Has our sect encountered any misfortunes?"

Chen Yuan revealed the details of how the Ziyang Sect suppressed the Tiangang Sword Sect, the Lingyun Sect, and the Mingyin Valley in an attempt to seize the Yuyang Mountain mineral vein after Sect Leader Shen left. He also briefly recounted how he participated in the Six Sects Alliance and defeated Taoist Du Kun.

Sect Master Shen was furious and slammed the stone table heavily: "Du Kun actually attacked the younger generation of our sect. This is really too much!"

Chen Yuan advised: "Fellow Daoist, calm down. Now we need to focus on the overall situation. We can talk about personal grudges later."

Sect Leader Shen said coldly: "Du Kun must have felt that the Demon Realm was dangerous, and that Shen couldn't go back once he came to the Demon Realm, so he dared to act recklessly."

"Once the matter in the Demon Realm is settled, Shen will go to the Ziyang Mountains in person to seek justice!"

He looked angry for a long time before he calmed down and bowed to Chen Yuan: "Thank you for helping us to secure the share of the Yuyang Mountain mine. I will definitely reward you handsomely in the future."

Chen Yuan smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Shen, there is no need to be polite. The Ziyang Sect has repeatedly suppressed our sect. I took action to protect our sect's share. Joining forces with your sect will benefit both sides."

"As far as I know, our sect leader, Taoist Dukun, Daoist Bai from Guiyuan Sect, and Daoist Ling from Wanshou Mountain were all trapped there. Only Daoist Fellow escaped."

"The nine major sects are asking all of you to enter the Demon Realm together. Are they trying to suppress Qi's cultivation world?"

Sect Master Shen sighed, "Fellow Daoist Chen, you don't know that in the agreement reached between the six sects and the Blood Spirit Sect and the Joyous Alliance Sect, the six of us must help them with all our strength and eliminate the threat from the Demon Realm before we can return to Qi."

"Since arriving in the Demon Realm, we have been fighting monsters. We will not be refused if they allow us to enter the Demon Realm."

Chen Yuan frowned: "The four great Xuan Sects have already returned the treasures sent by the Demon Sect, so they just let the Demon Sect do this?"

Sect Leader Shen sneered, “If the Four Great Xuan Sects could really stand up for the righteous cultivators, they wouldn’t have allowed the Demon Sect to invade the Five Kingdoms just for a few treasures.”

"When you enter the Demon Realm this time, fellow Taoist, please be careful and protect yourself first."

"It was only because of my good luck that I was able to escape. Unfortunately, Fellow Daoist Di from Mingyin Valley died at the hands of the monster. I wonder how the other fellow Daoists are doing now."

Chen Yuan bowed and said, "Thank you for your reminder, my Taoist friend. Before I left the sect, the master's life lamp was still intact, but I don't know how the other Taoist friends are doing."

"As for Taoist Du Kun, there is nothing unusual, and Taoist Du Qing should be fine too."

The original purpose of his trip was to obtain the Nine-bend Yellow Sand. He would only attack low-level monsters and would never take the initiative to show off.

Chen Yuan then carefully inquired about the situation in the Demon Realm, as well as the characteristics and strength of the monsters, and Master Shen told him the truth.

"The Demon Realm is filled with pure demonic energy. The spiritual energy is thin and all things are withering. I have to use my true essence to protect myself from time to time. I can't absorb spiritual energy to make up for it. My true essence consumption will increase a lot..."

"The demonic energy will also corrode cultivators and monsters, transforming them into monsters without intelligence. They have red eyes and are extremely ferocious. After death, a black crystal can be found in their bodies. It is composed of pure demonic energy and is deeply loved by demon cultivators..."

Chen Yuan's heart moved. Master Shen's description reminded him of the Demonic Origin on Jueling Island.

There is also demonic energy lingering in the Demonic Source, but it is much thinner and far from being as pure as in the Demonic Realm, and the spiritual energy is also very rich.

The Demonic Source is filled with magical beasts that have no intelligence and have magic cores in their bodies, making them very similar to monsters.

It was not until late at night that Master Shen said goodbye and left. Before leaving, he and Chen Yuan agreed that they would take care of each other after entering the Demon Realm.

……

The next morning, Chen Yuan left the cave and came to the Blood Shadow Palace. Other Nascent Soul cultivators came here one after another, gathered together, and talked in low voices.

Ever since Chen Yuan came to the Demon Realm, Master He's attitude towards him has improved a little, but it is still lukewarm.

He knew that Chen Yuan did not come to save Xuan Yuanzi, but for the benefits promised by Tian Xuan Sect, and he was still dissatisfied with him.

Chen Yuan didn't care about it at all. He just said hello to Master Tang Jiu, Song Ming, Master Tong, and Xiao Mingyuan, and agreed to take care of each other after entering the Demon Realm.

Everyone waited for a while, and four great monks came together, still led by Daoxuan.

At Daoxuan's command, everyone rode their lights, left the mountain and flew towards the formation in the distance.

The formation was not far from the Blood Spirit Sect's mountain gate, only about a hundred miles away, and it would arrive in a moment.

Just like last time, this time the team was led by four great monks, accompanied by thirty Nascent Soul monks and two formation masters.

The two formation grandmasters are elders from the White Crane Sect and the Blood Spirit Sect, with Elder Fan from the White Crane Sect being the most prominent.

His attainments in formations are even deeper, second only to Elder Zhou of the Tianxuan Sect, and he is well-known in Donghua.

Before this, he had been stationed at the gate of the Blood Spirit Sect and had never fought with monsters. This time, the nine major sects were going all out and vowed to wipe out the source of the demonic energy, so he would no longer stay behind.

Two formation masters took out formation plates and flags, and first set up a small formation outside the ancient formation, covering an area of ​​several miles in radius, including a group of Nascent Soul cultivators, and then carefully opened a passage on the formation curtain.

The next moment, the dark demonic energy rushed out like a flood that broke through a dam, hitting the small formation and making a shocking loud noise.

Chen Yuan injected some true energy into the Void Escape Robe. A silver-white light flowed and spatial fluctuations were faintly heard. The oncoming evil spirit was like a spring breeze and dissipated.

Others also showed their magical powers, forming colorful light shields on their bodies to resist the impact of the demonic energy. They easily resisted the impact of the demonic energy, and even the demon cultivators were no exception.

Although the demon cultivators practiced magic techniques, they were still human after all, and their foundation was spiritual energy.

If you allow the ownerless pure demonic energy to enter your body, over time, the demonic energy will corrode your body and turn you into a monster without intelligence, living a life worse than death.

Only Mo Daoyu of the Demon Yuan Palace did not cast any spells. Instead, he took a deep breath of the demonic energy, slightly closed his eyes, and looked relaxed. He was extremely conspicuous and attracted everyone's attention.

He was wearing a sleeveless black suit, his arms were bulging with muscles, as hard as rocks and as strong as an ordinary person's thigh. With a seven-foot-tall body, he looked like a fierce bear, standing out from the crowd.

When Chen Yuan saw him like this, he remembered Xiao Mingyuan's introduction of this person.

It is said that Mo Daoyu has demon blood in his body. He has been extremely powerful since childhood and has excellent physical talents. After practicing physical cultivation techniques, he was like a fish in water and successfully conceived a baby when he was over 300 years old.

His martial arts required the absorption of a large amount of demonic energy. After appearing in the Demon Realm, his cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds, and it seemed that he was not far from the middle stage of the Nascent Soul.

Xiao Mingyuan and Mo Daoyu had sparred with each other several times, the most recent one being more than 40 years ago. The two fought for four days and four nights, and Xiao Mingyuan won by one move.

But if the two of them fought again, Xiao Mingyuan would not be very confident.

Under the impact of the demonic energy, the small formation trembled a few times and seemed to be about to collapse. The two formation masters immediately changed their spells and injected true energy into the formation, finally withstanding the impact of the demonic energy.

Elder Fan breathed a sigh of relief, and the magic spells in his hands changed repeatedly and hit the array plate. The array plate shot out a beam of light and landed on the array curtain. The light changed several times, and the passage finally stabilized.

"The passage can only last for a hundred breaths. Fellow Taoists, please quickly enter the Demon Realm!" Elder Fan reminded.

Daoxuan took the lead, and flew into the Demon Realm with a flash of light. The other three great monks lagged behind by half a step. Everyone did not dare to neglect and followed closely behind.

In less than thirty breaths, everyone entered the Demon Realm.

The two formation masters changed their spells in their hands again, and the passage on the formation curtain slowly closed. The flag of the small formation suddenly lit up, and a layer of light green mist emerged out of thin air and spread in the formation.

The dissipated dark evil energy met the light green mist, making a "hissing" sound and quickly dissipated.

After all the evil spirits disappeared, the two formation masters put away the formation plates.

Elder Fan nodded to Daoxuan, who then turned to look at Chen Yuan, Xiao Mingyuan, and Mo Daoyu: "Thank you three Daoists for clearing the way. We only need to deal with low-level monsters. As for monsters above the Nascent Soul stage, other Daoists will handle them."

"Leave it to me, Xiao." Xiao Mingyuan clasped his fists and bowed, then came to the front of the crowd.

Mo Daoyu's expression was quite arrogant. He just grinned and flew away.

Chen Yuan's eyes flashed, he bowed to Daoxuan, followed the two silently, and flew forward.

The place chosen by Elder Fan had the thinnest demonic energy, and opening a passage there would not put too much pressure on the ancient formation.

Therefore, there are not many monsters here, and after everyone entered, they were not attacked by monsters.

When Chen Yuan spread out his spiritual sense, he encountered great resistance and could only cover an area two thousand feet around him.

Because the demonic energy is constantly attacking the ancient formation, the interior of the Demon Realm is not as dark as it looks from outside the formation, but it is a little dim, which is quite similar to the Demonic Origin.

However, the demonic energy lingering around him became even denser, as if he was trapped in a thick gray-black fog. Even with the eyesight of a cultivator, he could only see a hundred feet away.

Chen Yuan and the other two came about a hundred feet in front of the crowd, several dozen feet above the ground, and they were moving slowly, searching for the monsters ahead.

The other Nascent Soul cultivators followed behind, keeping alert in all directions.

Soon a group of monsters flew up. They were the same strange birds with eagle bodies and bear heads that Chen Yuan saw when he arrived at the Blood Spirit Sect's mountain gate, but their aura was stronger. They were level seven monsters.

The strange bird had blood-red eyes and was covered in messy black feathers. It opened its bloody mouth and rushed straight towards Chen Yuan and the other two.

Just as Chen Yuan was about to step forward, Mo Daoyu shouted, "Leave these mixed-feather birds to me, Mo!"

He flashed and rushed forward. His two arms suddenly swelled up and turned into two black devil arms. His palms turned into a pair of blood claws, which looked extremely ferocious.

He rushed to a strange bird at an extremely fast speed, stretched out two black magic arms, grabbed the two wings of the strange bird with a pair of bloody claws, and tore it in half with a sudden force.

Flesh, blood, and internal organs scattered all over the place, and a strong smell of blood filled the air.

"Haha, that's great!" Mo Daoyu laughed and rushed towards the next strange bird.

There were about fifteen or sixteen strange birds in this group. They were angered by Mo Daoyu and gave up Chen Yuan and Xiao Mingyuan and rushed towards him.

This was like hitting a rock with an egg. The sharp beak of the strange bird pecked at Mo Daoyu, but could not even leave a wound.

There was also a strange bird that opened its mouth and spit out a sharp blade made of demonic energy, but it was easily crushed by Mo Daoyu's demonic arms and bloody claws.

It only took him a few dozen breaths to tear the entire group of strange birds into two halves, with blood, flesh and internal organs scattered all over the ground.

Mo Daoyu retracted his pair of magic arms and bloody claws, lowered his escape light, found the magic cores of this group of strange birds, and collected them all.

He flew back into the sky, looked at Xiao Mingyuan and Chen Yuan, and said in a rough voice: "We will take turns to fight. If we encounter monsters again, please help us, fellow Taoists."

Xiao Mingyuan nodded slightly: "Just follow what Daoist Mo said."

Chen Yuan's gaze paused on Mo Daoyu's arms and he nodded.

Mo Daoyu grinned, seeming extremely satisfied with the two's reactions.

The three continued to fly forward. As they went deeper into the Demon Realm, they encountered more and more monsters, but they were all monsters below the Nascent Soul stage and their strength was strengthened.

Chen Yuan and Xiao Mingyuan took action one after another and easily killed these monsters.

Like Mo Daoyu, Xiao Mingyuan also displayed a magical power. His skin turned red and when he attacked, there was a raging fire, which easily burned the monster into charcoal.

This is a fire spirit body forged in the magma of the earth's fire, which is extremely powerful in restraining monsters.

When Xiao Mingyuan visited Chen Yuan, he mentioned this kind of magical power, which was the secret of Jiangxian Mountain.

It was also from Xiao Mingyuan that Chen Yuan learned that body cultivation techniques are divided into three categories.

One is to imitate the demon race, strengthen the body, and display the demon beast's innate magical powers. "Demon God Art" is one of this type.

The second is to infuse the body with demonic energy, strengthen the flesh, and display all kinds of strange demonic powers. Mo Daoyu is like this, and Wang Lin's skills should be of this kind as well.

The third is to follow the laws of nature, using the power of thunder and fire, strong winds and cold ice to temper the body and master various supernatural powers. Xiao Mingyuan practiced this kind of technique.

In ancient times, these were common knowledge among physical practitioners, but now few people know about them.

The inheritance of Jiangxian Mountain is complete, and Xiao Mingyuan knows it very well.

This was not a secret, and he told the truth because he wanted to exchange the King Kong Apricot from Chen Yuan.

When it was Chen Yuan's turn to take action, he did not use any magical powers. He just relied on his strong body to kill the monster, so his momentum was much weaker.

But Mo Daoyu and Xiao Mingyuan did not dare to look down on Chen Yuan in the slightest.

It seemed easy for them to deal with monsters, but this was in the Demon Realm, and the monsters were fearless and ruthless. It would take a lot of effort to defeat them without using their magical powers.

Chen Yuan doesn't need to use any magical powers to easily deal with level six or seven monsters, which shows that his physical body is stronger than the other two.

Mo Daoyu put away his arrogant look, and Xiao Mingyuan's attitude towards Chen Yuan became closer.

They all knew that Chen Yuan had the shortest time to form a fetus, but his physical body was the strongest, so they naturally took it very seriously.

Chen Yuan did it on purpose. It is not a good thing to hide one's weaknesses all the time. It can also reduce the consumption of true energy and deal with possible accidents.

Since spiritual consciousness could only be spread out a few thousand feet at most, everyone dared not escape too fast in case they suddenly encountered monsters that would be difficult to deal with.

One day later, the group advanced tens of thousands of miles and encountered more and more low-level monsters. Chen Yuan and the other two kept taking action and harvested a large number of low-level magic cores.

Most of the other Nascent Soul cultivators just stood by and watched. There were no Nascent Soul monsters harassing them, and the low-level monsters did not swarm over them. They did not need to take any action as they were dealt with by Chen Yuan and the other two.

Only a few monsters that came from all around were killed by them, but it did not consume much true energy.

If they were asked to deal with those low-level monsters, the energy consumed would be at least several times more than it is now. After advancing thousands of miles, they would need to stop and restore their energy.

We passed several cities along the way, all of which had turned into dead cities. The streets were filled with corpses of mortals with expressions of extreme pain.

They could not withstand the erosion of the demonic energy, but a few strong mortals were transformed into monsters. Their aura was similar to that of Qi-refining monks, and they wandered in the dead city like zombies.

But once they meet, they will rush towards each other regardless of everything and fight until one of the monsters dies.

The other monster found the magic core in its body and swallowed it in big gulps. Its wounds slowly healed and it continued to wander around the city, looking for the next monster. It would not stop until it died at the hands of other monsters.

All the trees that the crowd saw along the way were withered and desolate.

Only a very small number of them have adapted to the evil spirit. Their branches have turned gray and black, twisted and hideous, and covered with strange patterns, like arms reaching out to the sky, intertwined with each other, making people shudder.

Wherever the devil's domain goes, it is hell on earth.

Gu Zu frowned and said, "The last time I and my fellow Taoists entered the Demon Realm, we traveled thousands of miles. The monsters we encountered along the way were ten times more, and there were also Yuanying monsters harassing us. These monsters are too weak, and their numbers are much smaller."

Yan Zhang's eyes narrowed. "It seems that the monsters are concentrating their strength to deal with the Taoist friends trapped in the Demon Realm. We must speed up and rush to the center of the Demon Realm as soon as possible to rescue the Taoist friends."

Daoxuan pondered for a moment and nodded slowly: "Fellow Daoist Yan's words make sense. If we delay, something bad will happen. We can't waste time on the road. What do you think, Fellow Daoist Chu?"

Chu Xiao said calmly: "Everything is up to you, fellow Taoist. I will just deal with the monsters."

Daoxuan then turned around and said to everyone, "My fellow Taoists, the fewer monsters that harass us, the more monsters we will have to deal with our trapped fellow Taoists. We can no longer be stingy with our true energy consumption and must rush to the depths of the Demon Realm as soon as possible."

After saying that, he took the lead in speeding up and flew forward.

The others followed one after another. Xiao Mingyuan and Mo Daoyu also heard Daoxuan's instructions and breathed a sigh of relief.

Although physical cultivators are good at long battles, the constant fighting with monsters will consume a lot of true energy.

Only Chen Yuan didn't care about it. When he killed the monster, he didn't use any magical powers. He also refined Kunpeng's true blood and absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth at a speed more than twice that of the cultivators of the same level.

Although the spiritual energy in the Demon Realm is thin, it is enough to make up for the consumption of his flying and activating the Void Escape Robe, and his true essence is extremely abundant.

Everyone worked together to deal with the attacking low-level monsters, and their escape speed increased a lot. In just half a day, they traveled more than 10,000 miles and arrived at the depths of the Demon Realm.

The demonic energy here is more refined and condensed together, making the fog much thinner and can be seen thousands of feet away.

But his spiritual sense was further compressed. When Chen Yuan spread out his spiritual sense, it could only cover an area of ​​a hundred feet around him, which was not as good as the range of visual vision.

The group encountered more and more monsters. Except for the four great monks, other monks had to take action so that their advancement would not be slowed down. However, no monsters above the Nascent Soul stage appeared.

It wasn't until everyone entered a mountain range that the number of monsters increased dramatically and swarmed over them.

Gu Zu's expression became serious: "A few hundred miles ahead is where our sect's Elder Zhou has set up a large formation and the trapped fellows are defending."

"Fellow Daoists, please be careful. There may be Nascent Soul monsters among these low-level monsters. Some Daoists were caught off guard and died in the monster's sneak attack before!" (End of this chapter)