Forge your destiny into a sword, slash your soul and ascend to immortality

Chapter 183 The Art of Devouring Ghosts: Selection of Imperial Sons

In the "Great Dark Heaven," Mo Pin'er, wearing a lace-trimmed bodice, was fast asleep in her newly built "Ink Palace."

Her new palace is quite magnificent, covering an area of ​​over 5,000 acres. Even the paving stones are made of grade nine Yin Spirit Jade, a specialty of the Great Black Heaven, making it the epitome of luxury.

Jing Qian hasn't been able to take care of her lately either. With the emperor far away and the mountains high, Mo Pin'er has fallen into complete depravity, spending her days eating and sleeping.

But one day, while she was sleeping soundly, she suddenly felt a huge foreign object forcefully enter her body.

"Hey!"

She gasped in surprise and quickly sat up, looking inward at herself.

Something completely incomprehensible happened abruptly!
After years of refinement, she had become one with the universe, approaching the state of a ghost body where yin gives rise to yang. For some reason, she completely broke free from her own control.

An unknown force was rampaging through her body, violently altering her ghostly form.

Her meticulously sculpted body is perfectly proportioned—any more or less would make her look plump, any less would make her look thin. It has curves in all the right places: a defined waist, hips, and shapely hips. It is a masterpiece of her absolute perfection and confidence.

But at this moment, under the influence of this external force, she expanded rapidly like a balloon.

Even more strangely, the [Life Essence] power within her body suddenly surged several times over, quickly exceeding a thousand [Golden Root Life Essence].

Within her sea of ​​consciousness, a whole host of unfamiliar [destinies] appeared, as if they had been forcibly inserted into her.

Mo Pin'er was already half-mad; she transformed into a terrifying giant demon the size of a mountain of flesh, letting out a frenzied howl.

Her strength naturally increased dramatically!

But she couldn't accept it at all, and was even terrified.

Meanwhile, inside the Tower of Babel, Jing Qian was also examining the first ghost he had created.

Based on Mo Pin'er, it incorporates a large amount of [Ghost Seal], [Destiny], and [Life Element].

As the first experiment, Jingqian was undoubtedly quite successful.

After all, Mo Pin'er's strength had doubled as he had planned.

However, the ghost that was sculpted was really too ugly!
At this moment, the most beautiful woman in the Great Black Heaven was writhing wildly on the ground like a twisted worm as thick as a water vat.

Jing Qian glanced at it once and his sanity plummeted. He quickly withdrew his divine sense.

Then, he pulled out all the small components he had inserted into Mo Pin'er's body.

Mo Pin'er then stopped the deterioration of her physical body and began to slowly recover to her original state.

When she returned to her original body, she was completely naked, and all her clothes were bursting at the seams.

But she couldn't care less about anything else!

She was still immersed in the immense terror she had just experienced, unable to extricate herself, and the profound trauma she had suffered was too great to heal in time.

Just then, her [flesh worm] had a sudden inspiration and quietly approached, saying:
"Master, it turns out we are of the same kind!"

"I was wondering why you were so kind to me..."

Before it could finish speaking, Mo Pin'er flew into a rage, raised her jade fist, and began to smash the [Flesh Worm]'s forehead with a series of blows.

"Get out of here, mom!"

She kicked and punched the "meat worm" out of her palace and locked herself inside alone.

Just as she had predicted, the alien power that had just disappeared from her body quietly reappeared.

She collapsed to the ground instantly, and her physical body began a new round of evolution.

There's no way around it, Jing Qian on the other side is getting a little addicted to the game!
Having learned from his first experience, he summarized many successful lessons and was about to test them on Mo Pin'er again.

Who knows how addictive the joy of sculpting figurines can be?

Not long after, Mo Pin'er's second form was fully realized.

This time, she managed to retain her human form, but her skin was covered in festering sores, oozing with deadly poison and malice, making her look extremely terrifying and formidable in combat.

However, she became even uglier...

Mo Pin'er truly lives up to her title of "Immortal Ghost," possessing extraordinary talent. Her acceptance of the "Ghost Script" is exceptional, making her the best potential candidate.

Using her as a model, Jing Qian created over fifty cool skins for her, each one more powerful than the last!
Later, even Mo Pin'er herself finally realized where her misfortune came from.

His resentment finally found an object to curse.

The existence of someone as despicable as Jing Qian completely overturned Mo Pin'er's imagination.

Later, after her desperate resistance, Jing Qian finally agreed to let Mo Pin'er participate in his build.

It wasn't until the sixtieth time of making the figurine that Jing Qian finally achieved a passable result with the full assistance of Mo Pin'er.

Without losing any of her beauty, Mo Pin'er's realm remained unchanged, but her strength increased more than threefold.

She successfully ascended from a celestial being known as "Zhong Shenxiu" to a "world-shaking wonder"!
Jing Qian gained a great deal from this process, and felt that he had a completely revolutionary understanding of the [exorcism] lineage!
And this third step, the "typing" process, has now reached a certain stage of progress.

As he accumulates experience, his ability to recreate ghosts will double in the future.

It allows you to forge a stronger demon using fewer components.

This process of "writing" is a process of optimizing and adjusting his own ghost resources.

Within the new system, the three thousand highly intelligent geniuses who would not normally assume combat responsibilities have no need to keep so many resources on them.

Jing Qian only provided these ghosts with the most basic resources to maintain their stable form, allowing them to barely operate the [Worldly Solution] and complete their own tasks.

Besides, he wouldn't waste any extra [White Fang Life Essence], truly squeezing every last drop out of him.

All the resources gathered from these ghosts became the raw materials for him to create powerful ghosts like Mo Pin'er and the Soul of Baxia.

After completing the skin-changing upgrade of Mo Pin'er, he poured all the remaining resources into the [Soul of Baxia] body.

This dragon turtle spirit doesn't care much about appearance.

The key point is that it's a new member and has no emotional connection with Jing Qian. He completely disregarded what the [Soul of Baxia] thought and created a system that best enhanced its power, following his own ideas.

Jing Qian didn't keep a single component; he piled them all into the body of the [Soul of Baxia].

This dragon turtle has also successfully completed an advancement, reaching the level of the [One-Character Stele].

In this world of cultivation, ghosts are a unique kind of magical beings.

They have no limitations on lifespan or destiny, and theoretically, one can accumulate a large number of [destiny attributes] to increase magical power.

Unfortunately, naturally grown ghosts have weak foundations, and it is extremely difficult to find enough suitable "fate elements" for them to be refined.

Under the secret techniques of the [Exorcism] lineage, one can extract the [Destiny] from other ghosts and gather it into a core ghost, thereby artificially and significantly enhancing the ghost's strength.

The Soul of Baxia gathers a massive amount of Fate from three thousand great demons, greatly increasing its strength.

Then, Jing Qian raised his hand and activated the fourth step of refining the [Exorcism] lineage, the so-called "Devouring Ghosts"!

The [Soul of Baxia] was disassembled once more and cleverly integrated into Jing Qian's body.

Instantly, countless [Ghost Script] appeared on his back, while the [Destiny] gathered on the [Soul of Baxia] and all the [Immortal Spiritual Qi] cultivation entered his middle dantian and were perfectly stored.

Thus, Jing Qian had completely mastered the most powerful supernatural ability of the [Exorcism] lineage.

This is a new divine ability after the complete evolution of the [Possession Technique], called the [Demon Devouring Technique], which can completely contain all the power of a great demon within oneself.

This [Soul of Baxia] excels at physical defense and is almost one of the most perfect ghosts to fit Jing Qian's system.

After it was attached to his body, it not only greatly increased Jing Qian's physical strength, but also added seven strands of Golden Immortal spiritual energy from the Baxia Soul, greatly increasing his magical power!

This is the most stable cultivation path of the [Yanfu Dao] ghost-exorcising lineage: capturing ghosts, dismantling ghosts, refining ghosts, and finally letting a powerful ghost possess the body, bringing about a leap in combat power.

At this moment, Jing Qian's physical strength, magical cultivation, and energy recovery rate were completely indistinguishable from a ghostly [One-Character Stele].

If he hadn't already used the [good corn] to refine the [Golden Immortal Spiritual Energy], this would be the moment of absolute qualitative change in his cultivation and magical power.

Even so, the secret techniques of the [Exorcism] lineage have undoubtedly created a completely new path for improving one's strength.

Right now, the number of ghosts he has subdued is still too small. Once the number of ghosts he has accumulated increases significantly, Jing Qian's cultivation level will skyrocket without limit!
With such cultivation, reflecting on one's own realm of improvement will bring tremendous convenience to cultivation.

Jing Qian's path to the pinnacle of cultivation in the [Yanfu Dao] has now been fully opened!

Whether it's suppressing billions of ghosts, gathering the power of all living beings, and advancing to the position of [Lord of the Hungry Ghost Path], or refining extraordinary great ghosts, devouring them, and advancing to the position of [Lord of the Asura Path], both can allow him to directly enter the first-grade realm!
With such cultivation, combined with the Pure Yang Sword Dao, one's offensive prowess would undoubtedly be unparalleled in the world.

With the road to heaven now open, Jing Qian dared not waste a single second.

He then opened the blue crystal gate in front of him, fished up a fourth-grade insect demon, and activated the final divine power of the Book of Life and Death.

He used the physical strength of his "One-Word Stele" to sit on top of the insect demon's head.

Then, using his finger as a pen, he turned to a blank page of the Book of Life and Death and began to write rapidly.

【Jade Biting Insect Demon】

[Rank: Fourth Grade]

Lifespan: 520 years

[Destiny Number: 8.9 taels]

……

He's using the power of the [Eternal Eye of Moment] to tell the insect demon's fortune!

Using a first-grade divine eye to do such a trivial matter is a waste of talent; it could easily reveal the insect demon clearly.

Once its information is recorded in the Book of Life and Death, its body and soul are no longer under its control!

After Jing Qian finished writing, he slashed out with his sword and killed the insect demon.

His physical body was devoured by the Tower of Babel, transforming into the Sacred Demon, which was then absorbed by Jing Qian.

Its soul went straight into the Book of Life and Death, transforming into a ferocious demon of the fourth rank!

With a wave of his hand, Jing Qian dismantled the evil spirit into parts, and its magical power, destiny, and ghostly inscriptions were all incorporated into the Book of Life and Death.

He has finally mastered a reliable method for refining ghosts!
This further increased the cost-effectiveness of him secluded himself in the Tower of Babel.

If you catch a demonic insect, you can decompose it into [Fire of Evil], [Destiny Ghost], and Lifespan, which it will perfectly absorb without wasting a single bit.

His cultivation efficiency was increasing rapidly, which made him even more and more engrossed.

It wasn't until one day, when [Eyeless] returned from outside, that Jingqian's focused time of cultivation was interrupted.

[No Eyes] summoned Jing Qian to his side and said:
"I have no money. I have already made arrangements for matters within the Celestial Empire. A new round of selection for the Imperial Academy will begin in three months."

"You need to go and participate as a member of the Su family and be ultimately selected."

"The reward for passing this year's selection of the Imperial Princes is the opening of the Fire Source Hall, allowing all the newly selected Imperial Princes to replenish their Fire resources."

“This will greatly benefit your cultivation. I put a lot of effort into making this arrangement, so don’t waste it.”

Jing Qian was secretly surprised to hear this. This "Eyeless" was clearly the number one wanted criminal of the "Boundless Heavenly Dynasty," yet he had so many connections within the dynasty.

He had long wanted to visit the Fire Source Hall. Even the mighty Su Clan, known as the "Hundred Veins of the Tower," had to expend resources and maneuver slowly to plan it.

[No eyes] You got things done so easily?
Jing Qian then spoke up:
"Master, leave this selection to me; there should be no surprises!"

What do you need your disciple's cooperation with?

[The blind man] will never do good deeds for nothing; he must have something in mind for himself!
Then [Eyeless] spoke again:
"After you are promoted to [Guozi], immediately go and knock on the door of [Dongming Palace], pay homage to [Egao Shangdi], and ask for the position of [Guogong]. With your intelligence, this hurdle should be no problem for you."

Upon hearing this, Jing Qian immediately felt a slight toothache.

Being a "Guozi" (Imperial Prince) was very attractive to him, after all, with the rise in status, the resources of the Celestial Empire that he could access would increase dramatically.

However, the position of "Duke" requires one to personally meet the Empress in person, which undoubtedly carries a much greater risk!

(End of this chapter)