New concept of the mysterious way to ascend to immortality

Chapter 276 Bloodline Inheritance

The Tiger Demon, positioned in the central palace, lay prostrate on the floor where the 'vein patterns' were expanding and multiplying unchecked, enjoying the new 'Shadow Aura (Death Aura Version)' that was constantly growing within the 'Nine Palaces Array' and was of the same origin as the [Shadow System].

Taking a deep breath, and with a large amount of 'death energy' added to the surrounding air, the silky and cool [Yin Spirit Energy] entered its seven orifices, circulated in its lungs, and was quickly refined, merging into its blood oxygen to nourish the [Tiger Demon]'s entire body.

He felt that his [Changgui. Supernatural Power] could function normally in the past by relying solely on [Shadow Pollution], just like eating only rice and noodles for every meal, which provided the necessary nutrients for survival.

But at this moment, after breathing in the [Shadow Aura] mixed with death energy, it felt like all the meat, eggs, milk, vegetables, and fruits had returned! Essential vitamins that the human body cannot synthesize were being fully ingested.

This has had a remarkable effect on the growth and development of the [Boss Template], making it more balanced and healthy.

"wonderful!"

The Tiger Demon lay sprawled on the cold floor, its pure yang body completely oblivious to the dampness and chill. All it felt was relaxation and comfort, and it couldn't help but prop itself up in a cat-like stretch.

As the [Insect Pillar] spreads and proliferates, the 'stone blood vessels' transport the [Shadow Pollution] flowing inside and circulate throughout the entire cave. This [Shadow Aura] gradually merges with the hall, giving it new life and becoming an extension of the [Tiger Demon's] will, an 'external limb' outside the body.

That sense of control arose spontaneously. It was already the de facto master of this "cave dwelling," but only within this limited space of a few dozen square meters.

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Tiger Demon's biggest feeling at this moment was that his 'Nine Palaces Magic Array', which was the size of a fingernail, was completely different from the feeling he had when he opened up the 'Shadow Magic Domain' in the [Feathered World].

In the bubble world, he was suddenly hijacked by the [Shadow Dream Hole] he had just acquired. Under the call, seduction, urging and coercion of the 'bubble world will', he was forced to adapt to a lower dimension from a higher perspective.

The Shadow Domain was created very easily.

This time, Tiger Demon lost the blessing of [Shadow Dream Hole] and no world will appeared. Apart from having a higher 'pollution concentration and death aura', this mountain range offered no positive help.

From beginning to end, it received no external assistance and was not affected by any external forces. It relied entirely on its own efforts to select a location and deploy the [Insect Pillar Suppression Stone] array, and the opening speed of the magic domain was also very slow.

Once the 'stone blood vessels and root systems' spreading throughout the cave expanded to 60 square meters, the maximum radiation area of ​​the 'Nine Palaces Formation' gradually reached its limit. There was no possibility of it expanding indefinitely, spreading across the entire mountain, and being instantly refined by the [Shadow Tiger Demon].

As the saying goes, you reap what you sow. Tiger Demon quickly figured out that the effective area of ​​its [Nine Palaces-1 Formation] should be around 64 square meters.

To further expand the territory, more [Suppressing Stones] must be invested to upgrade and expand the magic array. When the Tiger Demon refines enough 'human pillar sacrifices,' a qualitative change will occur on both sides, permanently altering the territory's attributes. Gradually, it will transform from a [Magic Array] into a [Mountain Lord's Domain] → [Blessed Land] → [Cave Heaven] → and eventually connect the realms of life and death, dividing Yin and Yang.

Although this process is arduous and slow, every inch of the mountain covered by the radiation of the [Insect Pillar Suppressing Stone] now has 'vascular roots' growing inside, connected to the tiger demon's hands and feet, and 100% under its control and influence.

This feeling of being down-to-earth, of fighting for every inch with blood and sweat, is completely different from the feeling of hastily cultivating the [Shadow Domain] in the underground world.

The latter is more like a puppet, with no sense of participation and no real power, easily sidelined and only able to receive dividends; while the shabby little cave dwelling at this moment is under its absolute control! It is sacred and inviolable private property.

This sense of security and fulfillment is like the heavens sending 100,000 celestial soldiers and generals, yet they can't possibly collect a single penny of tax from my little plot of land. Even the heavens themselves have no right to take ownership of this land (this mountain) from me.

How much of the Shadow Domain in the World of Feathered Ascension truly belongs to oneself?
Now, looking back and carefully comparing the two feelings of being a [Lord of the Law Domain], it vaguely judged that its ownership of the [Feathered World. Shadow Law Domain] had fallen below 40%.

Its greatest contribution was providing the World Will with a design template for the [Shadow Domain]; through it, the World Will added the [Shadow System, Nightmare System (Dream Hole), Insect Cultivation System (Insect Pillar), Kunlun Immortal Path (Root Network)].

Upon returning to the [Feathered World], Yuan Zhu realized that the [Law Domain] was gradually being sidelined and replaced by the captain.

This was not the captain's subjective decision, but rather because he was unable to provide new value to the 'Foam World'. On the contrary, the captain brought more 'new systems and new technologies', greatly optimized the [Law Domain], and brought more opportunities to the [Ascension World].

Thus, the 'fate' of the bubble world began to favor each other.

But the [Mountain Lord's Domain] is completely different now; from beginning to end, there is only the trace of [Tiger Demon]. It was created from scratch, with absolute control and the ability to customize its layout at will.

Do whatever you want.

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After the eight [Insect Pillars] had almost burned out, the '0th Phase Foundation Project' of [Mountain Lord's Domain] was also nearing its end.

Tiger Demon yawned comfortably and reopened his eyes.

Without the assistance of a higher-dimensional 'infinite energy' like the [Shadow Dream Hole], its progress in opening up its [Law Domain] is destined to be slow, relying entirely on core materials like the [Law Domain Suppressing Stone].

Each [Insect Pillar Town Stone] is like a self-powered [Battery + Charging Station].

First, it contains the 'contamination system' and 'life energy' of the [Shadow Demon Insect] before its death. Now that it has been inserted into the ground and a magic array has been set up, it has been immediately activated, instantly reaching its ultimate sublimation and unleashing all its potential.

Thus, a large number of 'stone blood vessels and root veins' began to meander and proliferate from the lower part of the [Insect Pillar]. This was their only eruption in their lifetime, releasing the life force and flesh accumulated by the [Shadow Demon Insects] to infect and parasitize the mountain.

The eight [Insect Pillars] are not many, and the effect of the magic array is mediocre. Compared to a villa or mansion, it's at most like creating a rough outline of a 'bathroom' in a cave.

However, its appearance signifies the official commencement of the [Mountain Lord's Domain]. From then on, the Tiger Demon can continuously move and install [Insect Pillars] to create living rooms, bedrooms, and more, allowing the [Domain] to grow larger and larger, eventually transforming into a [Mountain Lord/Mountain God].

Based on the knowledge constantly being stimulated within the bloodline inheritance (abnormal spiritual root), it only needs to move 36 more insect pillars from the haunted house and use the concept of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Generals to strengthen and upgrade the Nine Palaces-1, thus creating a low-end version of the Mountain Lord's Domain, namely the first phase of the project.

Further on, by bringing in 72 more [Insect Pillars], completing the superposition of the [Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends] for a second expansion, and linking them with the [Thirty-Six Heavenly Generals] to form the [Heavenly General and Earthly Fiend Formation], the [Dharma Domain] can be completely perfected. It will draw upon the local 'polluted energy' of the mountain range to form a complete 'spiritual energy' cycle, gradually nurturing [spiritual veins]. This is Phase 2 of the project. At this point, Phase 0 is just a bare single room; Phase 1 is equivalent to an ordinary residence with its own water and electricity system; Phase 2's [Dharma Domain] is like a small detached house, highly integrated with groundwater resources and the surrounding environment, qualified to challenge for the position of [Mountain Lord].

However, Phase 2 is still not the limit. In the Tiger Demon's 'bloodline inheritance,' the true [Mountain Lord's Domain] requires an endless stream of corpses (sacrifices) to be built. The [Suppressing Stones], regardless of quality, are required in extremely large quantities.

Ultimately, he sacrificed himself with countless offerings, and his immeasurable remains (suppressing stones) pierced through the realms of Yin and Yang, carving out his own 'Cave Heaven Realm' and becoming a true [Earthly Deity/Mountain God]. (A lower-tier version of [Lord of Mount Tai])
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Once the eight [Insect Pillars] have completely burned out, and with the help of the newly formed [magic circle], they begin to draw 'death energy' from the surrounding environment in reverse, using the basic function of the [Shadow Insect Pillars] to extract the pollution from the [Shadow Layer] and automatically recharge their mana.

Today's 'expansion work' is now completely finished. The [Insect Pillar] has entered hibernation maintenance mode to begin repairing this small cave.

The Tiger Demon rose from the ground, condensing a large hand with the power of shadow, and grabbed the White Bone Scholar who was sitting at the end of the cave.

With a 'splat!' it threw the 'Skeleton Lich' clad in a wizard's robe into the center of [Nine Palaces-1], directly mobilizing the power of the magic array to suppress it!

Tiger Demon wasn't sure if the [White Bone Scholar] still had the potential to rise from the dead. What if the other party had left a backup plan in the inheritance account left on the [Moon], and after sensing its arrangements in the human world, Tiger Demon usurped it, completely corrupted and occupied it... and suddenly activated some backdoors remotely, making this corpse come alive and cause a lot of destruction? That wouldn't be good.

So the remains of the [Lich] were suppressed and marinated with [Shadow Aura].

It (the Tiger Demon) clearly sensed that this [Lich Remains] was itself a high-quality 'contaminated material (heavenly treasure)', even higher in quality than [Kunlun Immortal Zombie, Knight Armor].

With its current level of power, it couldn't even refine this skeletal 'Changgui'. Therefore, using the [Prototype of the Law Domain] to prepare the ingredients in advance and impregnate them with contaminants was a precautionary measure.

The Tiger Demon suddenly spoke up: "Huh? I've also obtained some of the Mountain Lord's cultivation knowledge from the [Abnormal Spiritual Root]."

As the Tiger Demon officially took its first step out of the Dharma Domain by lying in the sand in its cave in Yinshan, a large amount of bloodline knowledge about the Tiger Demon's growth and cultivation began to emerge from its Aberrant Spiritual Root.

It learned a great deal of array formation knowledge from the [Cultivation Universe] without being taught, as well as the 'Corpse Refining Method' unique to tiger demons.

In the bloodline inheritance of the Tiger Demon, special emphasis is placed on hunting down cultivators and demons with magical power, and preserving their 'corpses' as intact as possible, so as to refine the [foundation stone (suppressing stone)] for opening up Ayu.

It's likely that the tiger demon is an evil and heretical sect, lacking any lineage or tradition, and lacking access to materials for crafting weapons. Therefore, its methods are very unorthodox; it never uses the tiger demon's own organs (teeth, claws, tail) for crafting weapons. Instead, it targets other demons and enters the path of cultivation by "dissecting corpses," thus forging the [array foundation].

As they became more and more skilled in this operation, they began to frequently poison and harm evil human cultivators. They refined [Suppressing Stones], which were then used to act on behalf of Heaven and increase their merits. They then used countless corpses to build up [Mountain Lord's Domain], where evil energy and death aura filled the sky, piercing through the Yin and Yang realms, commanding a million soldiers, and establishing their own rule over the underworld.

Thus, this bloodline inheritance passed down to it a great deal of knowledge about the selection, processing, and refining of the [Human Pillar Suppressing Stone].

It should be noted that the 'spiritual root attributes, cultivation level, talent potential, and cultivation techniques' of the [Human Pillar] in life will be given unique additional attributes to the [Law Domain] after the [Suppressing Stone] is refined after death.

Therefore, unifying the attributes of [Human Pillar] as much as possible can maximize the additional potential of [Law Domain].

Simply put, after breaking through to the level of [Mountain Lord] and gaining some strength, the tiger demon joined forces with other demon kings to secretly attack a 'wicked sword sect', engaging in a double-cross.

The tiger demon and the other demon kings divided the spoils of war, and specifically selected a large number of the corpses of demonic cultivators who had refined 'White Bone Flying Swords' in their lifetimes, taking them back to their lair to refine 'Human Pillars'.

Not only that, it also took away the corresponding 'Demonic Sword Cultivation Techniques' and a number of survivors. Afterwards, the Mountain Lord first refined the survivors into [Chang Gui]. Then, he arranged for the Chang Gui to search far and wide for death row inmates, teaching them the 'Demonic Sword Techniques' for training, and then reusing them once they achieved some success.

After a series of operations, its [Mountain Lord's Domain] gradually acquired additional [Sword Cultivation Attributes]. Within the domain's ley lines, materials such as 'Bone Sword Embryos' began to grow, which were then traded with other cultivation sects.

The details of the bloodline inheritance, including the specific [Demonic Sword Cultivation Techniques] collected by the tiger demon during its lifetime, are completely blank, having long been deleted by the [Immortal Scripture] as junk information.

However, it inherits the corresponding concepts well. Adapting to local conditions, when reopening the [Mountain Lord's Domain] on Duling Star, it's best to choose [human pillars] from the same 'contamination system' from the very beginning.

For example, if a large number of [Holy Light type ability users] were turned into [human pillars] from the beginning, then the future [Mountain Lord's Domain] would, within the framework of the [Shadow System], give birth to a large number of rare and precious materials with 'Holy Light and Shadow attributes'?

In this light, it's somewhat like a "Disease Garden" that produces "Disease-related crops".

Similarly, if Yuan Zhu had not been to the [Feathered World] and instead chose [Disease-Contaminated Monsters] as the talisman stone early on, then it would be best to unify the material of the 'talisman stone' in order to maximize the unique 'Disease-Contaminated Attribute'.

If you use a lot of random and miscellaneous [Suppressing Stones] to expand the area during the formation process.

The advantage is that the [Law Domain] can more easily accommodate various 'external polluting energy sources'. The disadvantage is that it cannot uncover any unique 'additional attributes' at all; the [Law Domain] itself has no additional features.

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At this moment, Tiger Demon also realized that his territory, which entered the Dao through the [Insect Pillar], carries the potential characteristics of the combination of 'Insect type, Kunlun, Knight' (given away for free).

Since the [Suppressing Stone] is mainly composed of 'insect-based pollution (magical insects)', the plant attributes of 'Kunlun' are not obvious. This results in the proliferation of these abnormal tissues into 'stone blood vessels', giving the entire stone hall a fleshy, living texture.

This is a characteristic of the [Shadow Pollution. Alienation and Abnormality Tissue]. It is somewhat like an inorganic version of fungal carpet, and somewhat like the 'blood vessels' evolved from flesh and blood tissue. It also inherits the characteristics of plant roots, taking root and spreading into the interior of the rock strata to extract the 'aura of death'.

As for the bonus traits of the 'Insect-type, Kunlun-type, and Knight-type', the current 'rough single room' is too weak to be fully realized. He needs to persistently use [Insect Pillars] to expand the room's capacity before these traits can be gradually discovered and revealed.

Snake: "The Shadow Domain of the Feathered World is truly a blessed land. We must parasitize the captain, cling to his leg, and frantically suck his blood to get a large number of free 'Insect Pillars' from the Shadow Domain!"

Tiger Demon: "Long live the captain! May good people live a long and peaceful life! I wish [Furry King] great success and renewed glory in [Feathered World]!"

(End of this chapter)