Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

The Bloodtooth Domain is vast, containing twenty-eight demon king caves, with the Shenyuan Cave being just one of the most inconspicuous.

The Demon King of the Primordial Origin had a high level of cultivation, having advanced to the mid-stage of the Void Refinement realm ten thousand years ago. However, since it was located next to the Thunder Mountain Cave and the Corrosion Wood Cave, it could only be subordinate to the two great demon kings.

According to the rules set by the Great Sages, regardless of their cultivation level, anyone who opens a cave dwelling can compete for the territory of other demon races.

Only through the survival of the fittest can the fierce and courageous spirit of the demon race be cultivated.

Only through fierce battles and bloody fights can true powerhouses emerge to confront the human race of the spirit realm.

But demon kings are different. Demon generals are everywhere, and demon commanders are not difficult to advance, but to cultivate to the level of demon king is as difficult as ascending to heaven.

Each demon king is a key force in the war between the two realms, representing a true leap from pawn to player.

It is no longer possible for demon kings to fight each other at will, otherwise the demon saint would definitely intervene.

Powerful beings like the Thunder Mountain Demon King and the Wood Erosion Demon King would not casually attack ordinary demon kings. They only had one thought: to break through to the Demon Saint realm and carve out their own territory.

For this reason, although the Shenyuan Cave is adjacent to the caves of the two great demon kings, they have lived in peace for tens of thousands of years.

The recent war between the Wood Erosion Demon King and the Thunder Mountain Demon King has not affected the Shenyuan Cave.

The fact that these two demon kings went to war naturally received the approval of the Bloodtooth Demon Saint.

Or rather, the Bloodtooth Demon Saint would not arbitrarily interfere in the battle between these two demon kings.

The Bloodtooth Demon Saint has been a Demon Saint for over 200,000 years, but his cultivation has remained stagnant at the early stage of the Integration Realm. It is said that his lifespan is nearing its end, and he will pass away in another 10,000 years.

The lifespan of demons is exceptionally long, even surpassing that of humans in the spirit realm, but there is ultimately a limit.

The higher one's cultivation level, the closer one gets to the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth. Different paths lead to the same destination, and the smaller the difference in lifespan between the demon race and the human race becomes.

Human cultivators at the Fusion Realm can live up to 200,000 years, while demon cultivators can live up to 300,000 years.

Only Mahayana cultivators and demon saints are not bound by lifespan, but they are still subject to certain limitations and cannot achieve immortality; otherwise, they would not need to seek ascension to the immortal realm.

Bloodtooth Demon Saint's path to enlightenment has ended, while Wood-Eating Demon King and Thunder Mountain Demon King still have a chance to advance to the Demon Saint level. They have their own confidence and do not obey Bloodtooth Demon Saint's orders in everything. When the two sides start a great battle, Bloodtooth Demon Saint can only let it go.

However, if the two demon kings were to annex other cave dwellings without cause, such as the Shenyuan Cave Dwelling which was ruled by low-level demon kings in the Void Refinement stage, the Bloodtooth Demon Saint would not stand idly by.

Under the intimidation of the Demon Saint, the Shenyuan Cave was able to avoid the ravages of the great battle and remained peaceful.

As the battle became increasingly stalemate, the demon general of the Canyuan Cave felt even more at ease.

But beneath the calm surface, undercurrents are surging.

The Yanhuang Cave is adjacent to the Leishan Cave and the Shimu Cave. The cave master, Yanhuang Demon General, is quite famous under the command of the Canyuan Demon King. He is a mid-level demon general and has a third-grade spiritual treasure weapon in his hand, so his strength is not bad.

Although Yanhuang Cave was very close to the battlefield, it was not affected by any incidents except for some low-level demon beasts and demon generals who fled into Yanhuang Cave in a panic.

These demon generals and low-level demon beasts will also retreat quickly and will not stay for too long.

Therefore, since the war between the two demon kings began, the Demon General Yanhuang has only sent some demon generals to patrol the border. If any of the demon beast armies under the command of the two demon kings cross the border, they are politely sent back to avoid any misunderstandings.

Two years ago, the Demon General Yanhuang suddenly sent one of his demon generals to a demon general's cave, which was only a few hundred thousand miles away from the battlefield.

The decree issued by the Demon General Yanhuang was to guard against attacks from the low-level demon beasts that had scattered from the two cave dwellings, and the other demon generals did not suspect anything.

Although the demon generals under the command of the Yanhuang Demon General had doubts about whether the low-level demon beasts from the two caves would cross tens of thousands of miles, they dared not question the decree of the cave lord.

Kuiyu Demon General is a low-ranking demon general who is not very noticeable among these demon generals.

He was ordered by the Demon General Yanhuang to patrol this place and not allow a single low-level demon beast to enter the Fangwei Mountain Range behind him.

But more than two years have passed, and he has not seen a single low-level demon beast that has escaped.

But he had no complaints about this tedious job; on the contrary, he hoped it could continue indefinitely.

The Demon General Yanhuang was extremely generous to the demon generals he sent here, bestowing upon them a Body Tempering Pill every year, enough to compensate for decades of his arduous cultivation.

He was originally a wild demon who was lucky enough to successfully transform into human form, but his bloodline was mediocre, and for thousands of years his cultivation level had remained stagnant at the low-level demon general level.

Not only was he unable to establish his own cave dwelling, but he was also not valued under the command of the Yanhuang Demon General. He spent his days running around, only able to exchange for a few pills and spirit stones to slowly improve his cultivation.

He had no complaints about this; when he first advanced to the rank of Demon General, he had also been ambitious.

He diligently cultivated day and night, nourishing his physical body with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, hoping to advance to the intermediate and advanced ranks of demon general.

Deep down, he even harbored a slight ambition to reach the realm of a demon general.

But when Kui Yuyao absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to nourish her body for several years in a row, only to find that she had only slightly improved and that most of the spiritual energy had been wasted, this ambition of hers quietly dissipated.

His bloodline was too mediocre; it was already a stroke of luck that he was able to survive the tribulation of transformation.

Each time a demon general absorbs a wisp of spiritual energy from heaven and earth, their physical body will be strengthened.

He could only barely strengthen his physical body by absorbing hundreds of strands of spiritual energy from heaven and earth, and the speed of strengthening was getting slower and slower.

The potential contained in his bloodline has been exhausted. Unless he refines the Body Tempering Pill and directly tempers his physical body with pure and violent spiritual energy, he will never be able to reach the threshold of the intermediate-level demon general, let alone break through to the demon commander realm, if he just continues to cultivate step by step.

However, the Body Tempering Elixir is extremely precious. Demon generals are everywhere in the Demon Burning Realm, especially low-level demon generals, who are as numerous as hairs on a cow. Every Body Tempering Herb is a rare treasure.

For a low-ranking demon general, obtaining a bottle of thousand-year-old body-tempering elixir is even more difficult than for a low-ranking demon commander, who would find it more challenging to obtain a bottle of three-thousand-year-old body-tempering elixir.

Kuiyu Demon General is just a wild demon with mediocre strength and no clan support. Obtaining the Body Tempering Pill would be as difficult as ascending to heaven.

He had once pinned his hopes on a vague and uncertain opportunity, but he wasted hundreds of years without finding a single one, and even nearly died several times, so he had to give up the idea.

He no longer dared to hope for another chance to reach the Demon General realm, or even a high-ranking Demon General. He only hoped to advance to the mid-ranking Demon General, open his own cave, and rule a territory.

But he knew very well that with his mediocre bloodline, becoming a mid-level demon general was an impossible task.

Gradually, Kuiyu Demon General's cultivation began to slacken.

He no longer used all the spirit stones and pills he had accumulated to improve his cultivation. Instead, he used them to exchange for beautiful human female cultivators for his pleasure, and they even had several mixed-blood offspring.

For some unknown reason, before he took human form, he had mated with other demon beasts of his kind many times and had several pure-blooded descendants.

But after he transforms into human form, when he looks at those other demonic beasts of his kind who have not yet transformed, he feels a sense of disgust from the bottom of his heart and never wants to mate with them again.

On the contrary, it was the human women who aroused the great interest of the demon general Kuiyu. He vented his primal lust on their beautiful and delicate bodies, temporarily forgetting the troubles of his stagnant cultivation.

However, he dared not be too reckless. The physical bodies of human cultivators were too weak, and the price of human slaves was extremely high. The more beautiful the female human cultivator, the higher the price.

A female cultivator at the Foundation Establishment stage simply cannot withstand his onslaught; she would need at least the Core Formation stage cultivation to barely manage to have some fun with him, and he would not be able to bear the loss.

Even though those few human female slaves at the Core Formation stage had become much clumsy and more and more like puppets after decades of having their souls restricted, General Kuiyu still cherished them greatly.

Those mixed-blood offspring inherited his mediocre bloodline. Although they were born with human form, they could only cultivate to the level seven demon beast at most, with no hope of transcending the tribulation.

Although they can cultivate human techniques and break through the shackles of bloodline, they do not possess high-level human techniques and are unwilling to spend precious top-grade spirit stones to buy Nascent Soul stage techniques for their mixed-blood offspring.

Kuiyu Demon General merely entrusted these few mixed-blood offspring with the management of his barren territory spanning tens of thousands of miles.

This is the dwelling place bestowed upon the demon generals by the Demon General Yanhuang. Although it is somewhat barren, it has some cultivation resources and some low-level demon beasts, which is better than nothing.

Kuiyu Demon General had accepted reality. He thought that his life would be spent like this, and that he would either die on the battlefield of the war between the two worlds or in the battle between Yanhuang Demon General and other demon generals.

However, the Demon General Yanhuang suddenly dispatched his demon generals to guard this place, and bestowed upon them a body-tempering elixir every year, which gave the demon general Kuiyu hope of advancing to the intermediate-level demon general and opening up a cave.

If this mission had lasted longer, and the Demon General Yanhuang had bestowed a few more Body Tempering Pills, the chances of Demon General Kuiyu breaking through to the intermediate-level Demon General would have been much greater.

Kuiyu Demon General was also well aware that Yanhuang Demon Commander's claim of blocking the entry of low-level demon beasts from the two cave dwellings was just a pretext.

This place is still tens of thousands of miles away from the battlefield, and it is impossible for low-level monsters to flee that far.

Moreover, the task of these demon generals is to guard the Fangwei Mountain Range behind them and prevent any demon beasts from entering it.

This majestic mountain range has no spiritual veins and is desolate and barren, but the Demon General Yanhuang has set up a large array around the mountain range.

Kuiyu Yao has been here for more than two years, and can only stay on the outer edge of the mountain range. He is strictly forbidden from stepping into the depths of the mountain range.

He secretly guessed that the Demon General Yanhuang must have discovered some rare treasure in this majestic mountain range, which was why he attached such importance to it and did not hesitate to send more than twenty demon generals and nearly ten thousand level-five or higher demon beasts to guard this place.

But whatever treasures are in the Fangwei Mountains, they have nothing to do with him, a low-level demon general.

He only hoped that this treasure would be born slowly, or even remain in the Fangwei Mountains forever.

In this way, he can stay here for a few more years and refine a few more Body Tempering Pills.

Kuiyu Demon General felt a surge of emotion, but his face remained extremely serious. He slowly flew through the air, spreading his divine sense to carefully observe all the movements within a hundred miles.

Suddenly, several dim streaks of light descended from the sky and headed towards the Fangwei Mountains.

Kui Yu Yao Jiang's heart tightened, and he braced himself to meet her.

He flipped his hand and took out a talisman, secretly crushed it, and notified the demon general guarding the great formation, cursing inwardly why his luck was so bad.

His greatest hope is to get through these next few years safely, and preferably without any mishaps.

These streaks of light were clearly heading towards Fangwei Mountain Range. If they harbored malicious intent, he, a low-level demon general, would be powerless to resist them.

However, Demon General Kuiyu dared not stand idly by. Demon Commander Yanhuang was extremely strict in managing his subordinates, and if he were found to have neglected his duties, he would be severely punished.

He faced the streaks of light, channeling his demonic power and remaining on guard, shouting, "Who goes there? This is the most important place in my Yanhuang Cave, and outsiders are not allowed to enter!"

The streaks of light stopped, revealing five figures.

Upon recognizing the leader's face, Kuiyu's expression changed, and she clasped her hands in a respectful bow: "Kuiyu greets the Commander-in-Chief. I was unaware of your arrival and dared to block my path. I beg your forgiveness..."

This man was tall and imposing, wearing a fiery red cloak. He was none other than the master of the Yanhuang Cave, the Yanhuang Demon General!
Kuiyu Demon General secretly lamented in his heart, why did the Lord of the Palace have to conceal his aura when he came to this Fangwei Mountain Range?
He was blocking the Lord's path, which was an offense against the Lord's authority. He only asked that the Lord not take back those few Body Tempering Pills. He was willing to accept any punishment other than that.

Kuiyu Demon General was uneasy and looked terrified, but Yanhuang Demon Commander only glanced at him indifferently and said in a deep voice: "Patrol diligently and do not allow any demon beasts to enter Fangwei Mountain Range."

Kuiyu Demon General felt relieved and quickly agreed, stepping aside to make way for him.

With a swift movement, the Demon General Yanhuang flew towards the Fangwei Mountain Range. Demon General Kuiyu dared not unleash his divine sense, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw that the others had followed. They all possessed profound auras, yet their demeanor was extraordinary.

What impressed Kuiyu Demon General the most was the burly man in black standing next to Yanhuang Demon General.

This person was surprisingly young and extremely handsome, even more so than his most beloved human concubine, which made him marvel inwardly.

When Yanhuang Demon General and his group arrived outside the great formation that enveloped Fangwei Mountain Range, some high-ranking demon generals who had received notification from Kuiyu Demon General had come to check. Upon seeing that it was Yanhuang Demon General, they immediately opened a passage and welcomed the five people into the formation.

The group continued deep into the mountains and stopped on an inconspicuous low hill.

A grayish-white spatial rift, several meters in size, hangs several meters above the waist of this low mountain.

Strands of black light swirled and shifted within the spatial rift, like vortexes, devouring all light and exuding an aura of deathly stillness.

An array was set up around the spatial rift to completely conceal the spatial fluctuations it emitted, preventing any of them from escaping.

A middle-aged man with black hair standing beside Yan Huang stared at the spatial rift, clicking his tongue in amazement: "I never imagined that the spatial passage leading to that fragment of the interface would appear in such a desolate mountain range, so close to the Thunder Mountain Cave."

Yanhuang Demon General laughed and said, "Fellow Daoist Tieyi is absolutely right. If Fellow Daoist Qiyan had not told me, I would not have known that there would be a spatial passage leading to the fragment of the interface here."

Another burly man in yellow robes smiled slightly: "I also happened to pass by this place and accidentally sensed a spatial fluctuation, thus discovering this spatial passage."

"After examining several other treasures, it was finally confirmed that it connected to a fragment of an interface."

"It's just a pity that the space passage was not stable at that time, which is why we had to wait so many years."

"Now that Fellow Daoist Beiming has emerged from seclusion, and the five of us are gathered together, we will surely be able to eliminate that giant skeletal lizard and enter this fragment of the interface." (End of Chapter)