Building a sect from scratch.

"fart!"

With a furious roar, the veins on Si Yang's forehead bulged, and the second bolt of tribulation lightning struck down at that moment.

Zhang Can was far away this time and only suffered some superficial injuries, while Immortal Siyang was still unharmed, although his aura seemed to have become somewhat unstable.

The scattered Nine Nether Demons fared much worse. When the heavenly lightning struck, it came in clusters, almost wiping out all the nearby Nine Nether Demons. Subsequently, one after another, the Nine Nether Demons that had escaped from the Nine Nether Passage were struck dead by the scattered heavenly lightning. Their corpses were scattered all over the ground, and the peculiar stench, mixed with the lingering smell of sulfur, made Zhang Can's nose and eyes water.

Soon, the corpses on the ground disappeared one after another, leaving behind many remains, but new Nine Nether Demons continued to rush out to their deaths. They had no intelligence, nor did they understand life and death; they simply fled from the Nine Nether Realm based on instinct.

The second Nine Netherworld passage was quickly opened by Immortal Siyang, and more Nine Netherworld Demons escaped. Then, the surrounding area of ​​several hundred meters became a lightning zone, with heavenly lightning constantly falling and striking all kinds of Nine Netherworld Demons.

Zhang Can had to retreat several hundred meters to barely avoid that dangerous area.

The plan of Immortal Siyang did have some effect. The speed at which the heavenly lightning condensed in the tribulation clouds could not keep up with the speed at which it was released. Only then did Zhang Can realize that Immortal Siyang was not trying to make the Nine Nether Demon take his place in the tribulation lightning, but rather using it as a delaying tactic to prolong the time it took for the tribulation lightning to form!

Moreover, since Zhang Can only had the cultivation of a Golden Core cultivator, he was unable to withstand the pressure of the tribulation lightning and those scattered heavenly lightning bolts. He had to keep his distance from Immortal Si Yang, which also prevented him from keeping a close watch on Si Yang so that he could find a way to delay him in time.

Seeing Zhang Can forced to retreat a considerable distance, Immortal Siyang glanced at him contemptuously, then began to form hand seals—this time he planned to create a new grotto-heaven to hide in!

What incredible cultivation! After enduring two bolts of heavenly lightning and opening two Netherworld passages, he still has the energy to create a small cave world!

Zhang Can couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement. As expected of a cultivator with exceptional talent, even Fang Xianyu in the first playthrough couldn't achieve such a level of cultivation without the system's help before he cultivated his immortal body!

However, opening up a small world is not so easy. It not only consumes a great deal of cultivation, but also requires the preparation of many rare and precious materials in advance.

The simplest way is to use the essence of the five elements to assist in this process. The so-called essence of the five elements refers to some special natural treasures that have the attributes of the five elements. In the terms of Earth, they are "renewable resources".

For example, there are spiritual spring veins that can accumulate spiritual spring water over many years, various spiritual fire seeds that can be reflected in the small world by the changes of the sun and moon in the Guixu Realm, as well as the Breath Soil that can stabilize a piece of land, and the Jianmu seed plant that can grow all kinds of trees, and so on. When these natural treasures are put together and arranged in a spiritual array, they can form an "ecosystem", which is a world of its own, making it twice as effective for cultivators to open up their cave worlds.

Of course, there are other methods, but those methods are much more complicated and not feasible for Immortal Siyang in the short term.

The essence of the Five Elements is relatively easy to collect. For example, while it's difficult to obtain things like Breath Soil and Jianmu seed plants directly, other substitutes can be used. Even if the Five Elements are not fully prepared, a small world can still be constructed. However, this small world may be unstable, but it is still quite feasible for the Immortal Siyang to use as a refuge.

As expected, Zhang Can immediately saw the spirit fire seed of the Purple Star Heavenly Fire that Immortal Si Yang took out, and also took a bead formed from a spiritual spring vein. He actually planned to use just these two essences of the five elements to open up a small cave world!

Are we really going to waste all our energy points to kill that old scoundrel Si Yang?!
Zhang Can was heartbroken and hesitant, feeling utterly helpless.

"Do you remember... the skeletons you found at Si Yang's hiding place?"

Suddenly, a familiar voice rang in his ears. Zhang Can looked in the direction of the voice and saw a somewhat ethereal figure, none other than Jun Chou, who had not appeared for a long time.

"How will you be here?"

Jun Chou seemed somewhat unstable, much like a signal that was intermittent. Not only was his figure flickering, but his words were also broken: "The Ziwei Sect... that fragment is in Si Yang's... spiritual palace. I can sense it... so naturally... I can come over."

Why did he hide the mirror shards in his spirit palace?

"The Mysterious Mirror... can nurture a soul, even a fragment... Back then, the fox demon hid there... hoping to find a chance to revive..." Jun Chou spoke haltingly, but the general meaning was not difficult to understand: "Si Yang must also be doing this... to nurture his soul... He has dozens of remnant souls within him..."

"What!?"

Zhang Can was greatly surprised upon hearing this.

The old scoundrel Si Yang has dozens of remnant souls inside him!?
He is crazy! ?

Just like in the cultivation novels of the Blue Star Realm, the cultivation in the Guixu Realm has the concept of "body snatching".

The so-called "body snatching" refers to the act of a soul without a physical body taking over the body of another person, driving away or devouring the original soul of the body.

Logically speaking, this method seems to achieve the goal of "immortality" and can also give many second-generation cultivators and immortals with poor aptitude better bodies. It should be very popular in the Guixu Realm. However, in fact, this method is not only condemned by everyone, but also hardly used by anyone.

The fundamental reason lies in its extremely low success rate. If successful, one can certainly turn a bicycle into a motorcycle, but if one fails, one will suffer the annihilation of both body and soul. Therefore, even second-generation immortals with powerful backers would not easily use this method to defy fate—it's unnecessary, really unnecessary. It's better to honestly live a life of ease and wait for death, relying on rare and precious herbs to prolong life or slowly improve one's physique.

Therefore, based on this principle, for cultivators who are essentially living in their own bodies, allowing other souls to enter their bodies is also an extremely dangerous matter. This not only means that everything they do is exposed to the eyes of another soul, but also that over time, the other soul becomes increasingly compatible and intimate with their body. Who can guarantee that the foreign soul won't suddenly erupt, intending to take a gamble and devour them?
How could a selfish and self-serving being like Immortal Siyang possibly allow so many souls to coexist within his body?
You should know that relying on the physical body to nourish so many souls also means spending more resources and cultivation to maintain the health of one's physical body and the strength of those souls!

Otherwise, even a weak soul can be devoured by a powerful soul without the soul even realizing it!

One body with two souls is outrageous enough, but one body with multiple souls is simply beyond imagination!
Zhang Can asked, "How could this be!?"

"Ugh……"

Jun Chou sighed softly.

This matter is not a secret on the path of cultivation; it's just that so much time has passed that it has been forgotten, which is why he can tell it.

He continued, "This is also related to... the ethereal Golden Immortal..." (End of Chapter)