A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

After Duan Rong devoured and digested the spirit of this ancient animal hide manual, he felt as if he had been practicing this sect's secret technique for many years.

He quickly entered the state of mind for the three gates of the Six Wonders, whether it was the counting method, the following method, or the stopping method, and penetrated them one by one with almost no obstacles.

Here, Duan Rong sat cross-legged on a futon, his palms facing the sky, like an old monk in deep meditation. His face, which had been initially gentle, began to change, becoming as still and unmoving as a withered tree or rock, without sorrow or joy.

In about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Duan Rong had passed through the first three gates of the Six Wonders Gate and entered the Observation Gate.

At this moment, his consciousness had entered a state of deep meditation. Therefore, his body was like a withered tree or rock, completely lifeless.

Sitting at the stone table, Chu Wushang looked at Duan Rong's withered appearance and knew that he had entered the meditative state of the Guan Sect.

Chu Wushang's hands trembled slightly as he wove the bamboo strips. He found it hard to believe that Duan Rong could understand such a complex and unpredictable sect secret technique with just a casual glance.

But now, Duan Rong has actually entered the meditative state of the Guan Sect within the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, just as Chu Wushang said earlier, it's easier said than done.

Although Duan Rong understood the secret technique, it was only by interpreting the text. If he could truly enter the meditative state, that would be a different matter.

Duan Rong not only entered the meditative state, but he did so in the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

This was beyond Chu Wushang's understanding, and even beyond his imagination.

But Duan Rong had no time to spare, and he paid no attention to Chu Wushang's shock. His divine sense had completely merged into the meditative state of the Guan Sect.

This is a boundless world, where the sky is like crystal, colorful light flows like water, and melodious chanting fills the sky, as if merging with the glow of the sunset...

Duan Rong sat cross-legged in the center of the lotus pond on the earth, completely still.

He slowly opened his eyes, and the clear blue sky and the sound of chanting filled the air as it flowed through his heart, bringing him a sense of peace and clarity.

The lotus pond where he sat cross-legged seemed endless, stretching towards the distant horizon...

As the chanting began, lotus flowers bloomed, emitting white light, red light, and blue light, endlessly layered upon layer.

In the shimmering light of blue and white, Duan Rong's face was serene and gentle, and lotus leaves and lotus flowers surrounded him.

The secret method states that "lotuses bloom, and blue-white light shines in the pond," which signifies the complete stability of the meditative state of the Guanmen.

Next, Duan Rong will use twelve wonderful techniques to force out the inner demons deep within his heart in this meditative state.

Duan Rong quickly formed hand seals and murmured incantations.

As his lips opened and closed, the originally overwhelming chanting transformed into his incantations. It began as a soft murmur, but soon grew faster and faster, like a sudden downpour on banana leaves, and finally resounded throughout the heavens like the thunderous sound of heavenly drums.

As the incantation ended, the chanting of the Buddhist hymns ceased. Suddenly, the sky, which had been like flowing, colorful glass, began to show cracks as dense as a spider web, and these cracks became increasingly numerous.

Then, as if the sky had collapsed, shards of glass fell with a crackling sound, shattering the lotus flowers in the pond.

After the crystal-clear sky peeled away, a pinkish hue, like peach blossoms, appeared. Within this sky, ethereal music drifted... soft and gentle, like seductive moans...

The color of the sky and the music stirred a restlessness in Duan Rong's heart.

Then, countless delicacies began to appear in the sky, their alluring colors and enticing aromas filling the space...

Duan Rong was slightly taken aback. He had always thought that he was indifferent to food, and that he would only occasionally drink a bowl of sour mushroom soup cooked by Zhu Xiaoqi.

But the first type of inner demon that emerged was the demon of appetite.

At this moment, the countless delicacies and delicacies began to float and swirl around Duan Rong...

Duan Rong glanced at the roast suckling pig floating by and couldn't help but swallow hard. But the next moment, his eyes suddenly sharpened, and he turned back with a focused expression.

Countless delicacies passed by, but Duan Rong could only swallow his saliva; his mind did not truly wander.

But at that moment, the clear water in the pond beneath Duan Rong suddenly transformed into fine wine, its rich, intoxicating aroma filling the air.

Duan Rong's heart skipped a beat.

In the instant his mind was captivated, the lotus flowers in the pond suddenly transformed into graceful bodies, swaying their waists and emitting sweet, seductive laughter.

"Your Majesty..."

"Owner……"

"Ah, hahaha... Come here... Your Majesty..."

A seductive voice, like a silver bell, lingered in Duan Rong's ears.

The seductive cries and the swaying of her waist caused Duan Rong's mind to waver, and a surge of heat began to rise in his lower abdomen.

A pool of wine and a forest of meat, the air thick with the aroma of wine, and rows of exquisitely beautiful bodies...

Duan Rong may no longer be as attached to food, but he still retains that lingering fondness for fine wine.

If it were just the root of his craving for fine wine on its own, it wouldn't be enough to shake his mind. But when his inner demons appear, they amplify his remaining greed infinitely...

The aroma of wine filling the pool at this moment is proof of this.

For Duan Rong, lust has always been a hurdle. Although he is devoted to the Dao and finds women troublesome, he still finds it difficult to control himself when lust arises.

If that weren't the case, why did he often engage in sexual relations with Lü Qingzhu and Xiao Yu? Was it merely because he wanted to share his affections equally? The truth is, he still harbored greed within his heart.

Not to mention him, even Lü Yinlin, who was at the Nascent Soul stage, hadn't fully passed this test.

As the saying goes, food and sex are human nature.

More importantly, the appearance of this inner demon completely unleashes the deep-seated human desire for food and sex.

A veritable paradise of wine and meat. Those vibrant, writhing bodies, those breathtakingly beautiful faces, their bare feet dancing gracefully on lotus leaves and amidst the wine...

And the aroma of wine wafted upwards...

Who can hold onto this?!
Duan Rong was also unable to control himself; in fact, his entire body began to burn...

What he didn't see was that far behind those graceful bodies, on the distant horizon, lotus flowers and leaves were withering in large swaths, the once clear pond water turning a dark black and emitting a foul stench...

Duan Rong's forehead was covered in cold sweat, his whole body was burning hot, and cold sweat was gushing out.

Suddenly, more than a dozen naked young men and women appeared around him as he sat cross-legged, and they began to make love in the pool, creating waves of red...

Duan Rong could no longer restrain himself. His tightly closed eyes suddenly snapped open, and he stared intently at the couples making love. His eyes were bloodshot, and his face was contorted, as if he were about to pounce on them at any moment...

Lust gnaws at the heart!
The instant he opened his eyes, the lotus leaves beneath him withered and turned black, and the once fine wine transformed into foul-smelling black water… and the men and women tumbled and made love in the black water…

Just as Duan Rong was about to lose his focus and break his technique, a sliver of clarity appeared in his mind. Suddenly, his eyes flickered, and the fifth technique of the Six Wonders Sect began to activate.

A cool sensation rose in Duan Rong's heart, the redness in his eyes faded, and the burning sensation in his body gradually subsided.

Duan Rong sat cross-legged again on the withered lotus leaves and black water.

At that very moment, the bodies, the delicacies, and the men and women making love in the black water slowly disappeared.

Duan Rong let out a soft breath!
But the moment the wine pool and meat forest disappeared, Duan Rong, who had just entered meditation, suddenly opened his eyes. The cold sweat on his forehead had not yet faded when he looked up at the sky above him with fear.

A chilling killing intent surged across the sky!
The overwhelming killing intent converged and condensed towards Duan Rong!
The sky was filled with sword shadows, as if they had solidified!
A matter of life and death!
Duan Rong felt a chill run through him, because the killing intent was so real, enveloping his mind.

Suddenly, countless sword shadows appeared, shooting towards him like a hail of arrows piercing his heart!

Duan Rong trembled as if he were being shaken!

Because in his mind, which was shrouded by inner demons, these were not just sword shadows, but real killing intent!
Each one could strangle him!

At this moment, countless sword shadows descended from the sky!

Because there is no hindrance, there is no fear. But is there any person who is not afraid of death?

To truly understand life and death—how easy is that!

I ask the people of the world, which is greater: the desire for life or the desire for sex?

The fifth technique of the Six Wonders Sect, the Transformation Technique, was activated once again, but the cool sensation that rose in his heart was no longer enough to withstand the overwhelming killing intent!
Duan Rong was teetering on the brink of collapse, his mind on the verge of breaking!
At that moment, without further hesitation, he activated the Purification Method, the sixth technique of the Six Wonders Sect.

His body was immediately enveloped by a soft, pale white light, and under that light, Duan Rong's swaying body instantly stabilized.

The fifth technique of the Six Wonders Sect, the Turning Method, and the sixth technique, the Purification Method, were activated together. The coolness that rose in his heart and the soft white light that enveloped his body corresponded internally and externally, finally stabilizing Duan Rong's mind.

It's just a triple demonic realm; they've already revealed all their trump cards.

The intoxicating feast of food and lust, coupled with the life-or-death struggle of lust, created a triple demonic realm and a triple desire, which led Duan Rong to unleash all the techniques of the Six Wonders Sect.

At this moment, Duan Rong finally understood why there was such a mysterious sect technique, and why most cultivators who had condensed their inner demons would be trapped at this juncture for several years, or even more than ten years.

Simply forcing out all the demonic thoughts lurking in one's heart is already so difficult. Let alone breaking through them completely?

Although the secret method is wondrous, human desires are like an abyss, unfathomable!

Overcoming inner demons is easier said than done!
The mere presence of the three demonic realms was enough to make Duan Rong teeter on the brink of collapse.

Duan Rong let out a long sigh of relief; his back was soaked with cold sweat.

In that brief moment, he was gripped by the raw fear of death. And that fear, amplified and prolonged by his inner demons…

The sword shadows that filled the sky had just faded away when the surrounding environment changed again.

The sky turned a deep, blood-red color. The pond beneath them, except for the foul-smelling black water within a ten-foot radius, was now bubbling with blood-red foam, the foam itself reeking of blood…

As blood bubbles appeared, the pool water a meter away began to turn into thick blood...

Corpses began to float to the surface in the blood, among them bones, heads, and severed limbs...

Mountains of corpses and seas of bones, a scene of bloodshed everywhere!
Duan Rong's eyes narrowed; he knew what kind of inner demon this was!
Lu Yinlin's notes record that mountains of corpses and seas of bones represent the lust for slaughter!
The deepest, most primal desire to kill in the human heart!
However, unlike what was recorded in the notes, there was no blood or bones appearing within a ten-foot radius around Duan Rong; instead, the black water remained unchanged.

This actually shows that he has a deep-seated aversion to killing. That's why the demonic realm appeared, but did not get close.

This aversion was actually evident when he killed for the first time in this world; he hated killing. It was a genuine aversion stemming from the depths of his heart.

Because of this deepest aversion in my heart, I cannot get close to this mountain of corpses, sea of ​​bones, and surging blood.

This contrasts sharply with the scene in the previous demonic realm, where young men and women made love in the black water near him.

The fact that he could get close to the demon meant that the inner demon had completely enveloped him, leaving no room for detachment.

Therefore, lust was actually Duan Rong's deepest desire. The effectiveness of this sect's secret method lies in understanding one's own desires and inner demons.

The scene was filled with mountains of corpses, seas of bones, and churning blood. The danger before one's eyes was incredibly bloody and terrifying. If one were a bloodthirsty person, they might even go mad and self-harm when faced with such inner demons!
However, his aversion to killing clearly protected Duan Rong. Although the demonic realm before him was terrifying and bloody, Duan Rong did not fall into it. Moreover, the coolness rising in his heart and the soft white light around him further stabilized his mind.

The mountains of corpses and seas of bones piled higher and higher. Not only did bodies emerge from the sea of ​​blood, but the blood-red sky also began to rain down severed limbs and blood...

Duan Rong, however, remained unmoved, like a high monk in deep meditation.

Even at the very end, the black water within a ten-foot radius around him still did not turn into blood.

This shows that this inner demon has not been able to corrupt him at all.

Just as the piles of corpses resembled towering mountains, with heads and limbs floating in the pool, the fourth level of inner demons, the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​bones, had reached its limit.

The next moment, all of this collapsed!

Compared to the debauchery and the endless sword shadows, Duan Rong overcame this fourth inner demon relatively easily. Even without the protection of the Transformation Method and the Purification Method, the aversion he felt deep in his heart was enough for him to overcome this inner demon.

The pungent stench of blood receded, and the countless corpses vanished, but then, suddenly, black mist filled the sky! The fifth demonic realm had arrived!
Above the black mist, a faint divine pressure descended.

In that instant, Duan Rong's heart trembled, and he stared intently at the black mist that permeated the sky.

The black mist billowed and churned, and then a colossal deity, as large as a mountain, sat cross-legged atop the black mist.

This deity is like a god or demon descending to earth!
The god slowly opened his eyes, looking down upon all living beings from the black mist and clouds, his eyes revealing an empty indifference.

The moment the god's gaze fell upon Duan Rong, Duan Rong's heart trembled!
According to Lü Yinlin's notes, he instantly knew what kind of inner demon this was.

A deity in the clouds, an idol to be worshipped!
Although people kill insanely, they are also filled with baseness in their hearts.

In truth, arrogance and inferiority are two sides of the same coin. If one did not harbor deep-seated inferiority, how could one be arrogant?
Gods in the clouds, idols to be worshipped! What needs to be broken is the base inner demon in one's heart!

Just as Duan Rong's mind trembled, the white light surrounding him flashed, and a cool feeling welled up in his heart. The celestial deity finally dissipated slowly under the operation of the Dharma Gate and the Purification Dharma Gate.

However, this dissipation was not the elimination of inner demons; it was merely that, under the protection of the sect's secret techniques, the oppressive aura of the celestial deity failed to completely engulf Duan Rong's mind.

This sect's secret technique wasn't originally meant to destroy these inner demons; it merely allowed them to surface one by one, and when they did, it protected the cultivator from mental damage. This is what is meant by forcing out inner demons.

As for overcoming inner demons, there is another way. (End of Chapter)