Yuantian Pidao

Chapter 336 The Demonic Ape Takes a Shadow
Above the sea of ​​clouds at the Taiping Sect, Jiang Chen introspected his mind and continuously circulated the Kanli Soul Forging Method, causing the water and fire energies around his body to circulate, forming a complete cycle.

"Young man, let me go! If you're willing to let me go, I can give you all my inheritance..."

Inside the furnace of water and fire, the remnant soul of the demonic ape struggled incessantly.

After more than three years of torment, his essence had weakened considerably. If things continued like this, he might actually be refined alive, which was something he could not accept.

Jiang Chen ignored the demonic ape's wails and directly protected his heart with the Ice Heart Mantra, giving the demonic ape no chance to take advantage.

This demonic ape is most adept at bewitching people. It may appear to be begging for mercy, but once it has a thought, there is a high probability that the demonic ape will find a flaw and thus unknowingly fall into its trap.

Seeing Jiang Chen like this, the demonic ape became truly anxious.

Indeed, over the past few years he had been trying to shake Jiang Chen's mind and bewitch his soul, but this time he was truly afraid. As long as Jiang Chen was willing to let him go, he was truly willing to give his inheritance to Jiang Chen.

Although he had been suppressed by Jiang Chen before, he was confident in his Purple Mansion essence and did not believe that Jiang Chen could really do anything to him. But now he truly felt that his life was threatened.

“Fellow Daoist, I was the Purple Mansion Demon King in my previous life, and I left behind a spiritual mansion outside. If you are willing to cooperate with me, I can give you all the treasures in this spiritual mansion.”

With an increasingly gentle tone, the demon ape increased its stakes.

However, upon hearing this, Jiang Chen's resolve remained unshaken.

"Once I refine you, everything you have will be mine."

Lowering his gaze, Jiang Chen accelerated the circulation of water and fire energies. In an instant, the water and fire energies rose and evolved into the boundless. Within them, the demonic ape suffered greatly and screamed in agony.

The most obvious change was that his body became more illusory, unable to even maintain a basic form, and directly disintegrated into a cloud of black mist. At the same time, after being refined by the two energies of water and fire, strands of pure soul power were generated and naturally integrated into Jiang Chen's soul, becoming a great medicine to nourish Jiang Chen's soul.

A buzzing sound filled the air as his soul power surged, giving rise to a feeling of ethereal bliss. Fortunately, the Ice Heart Mantra suppressed it, preventing Jiang Chen's mind from wavering.

"Back then, in order to severely injure the demonic ape, I tore apart my own soul and used the Spirit Infusion Technique. Now, after refining the demonic ape, not only has the injury to my soul been completely healed, but I have also become much stronger."

"Once I have fully refined the demonic ape, and with the current Kanli Soul Forging Secret Technique, it may not be long before I can reach the second stage of perfection."

Observing the changes in his own soul, Jiang Chen no longer had any doubts about his path to the second tier.

In order to suppress the Heart Monkey, he joined forces with Chen Jingshu, using Chen Jingshu's extraordinary physique to observe the heavens and comprehend the Dao, and took the opportunity to perfect the originally crude Kanli Soul Forging Method, and the path to the second-order divine soul was clear.

Unlike the weight of a first-order divine soul, the path of a second-order divine soul emphasizes quality. Only in this way can it better interfere with reality. Compared with the souls of Dao Foundation cultivators of the same level, the power of a second-order divine soul is all-encompassing.

"By refining my soul, spiritual light will naturally emerge. My second-tier soul will then be perfected. At that time, in terms of the essence of my soul, I may not be much worse than a Purple Mansion cultivator."

"As for the true path to the third tier, we may need to find some inspiration from the demonic ape."

With a thought arising, Jiang Chen continued refining the remnant soul of the demonic ape. As the outer defenses of the demonic ape's remnant soul were breached, its core secrets began to be revealed to Jiang Chen, including the core inheritance of the demonic ape. Possessing the bloodline of the Heart Ape, the core inheritance of the demonic ape was closely related to the divine soul.

"Burning anger, soul-capturing mirror, unpredictable mirror, demonic ape's reflection technique..."

With these profound insights ingrained in his mind, Jiang Chen gained a certain understanding of the inheritance practiced by the demonic ape.

Having awakened the Heart Ape bloodline, the Demon Ape King obtained a portion of the Heart Ape's inheritance, the most important of which was the Demon Ape Reflection Technique. This technique involves visualizing the Primordial Heart Ape to temper one's mind and gain various supernatural abilities. It is said that the Primordial Heart Ape has a special nature and has broken free from the constraints of physical form, becoming unrestrained and able to roam freely in the Sea of ​​Minds of All Spirits. It possesses great freedom and great supernatural powers, making it quite terrifying.

To cultivate the Demonic Ape Reflection Technique, the first step is to cultivate the Unstable Mind Mirror Secret Technique. Through this technique, the originally illusory mind is materialized and transformed into a mind mirror. From then on, the mind mirror hangs high, reflecting the self and constantly being wiped clean to keep it free from dust.

As for other secret techniques and supernatural powers, they are all extensions of this lineage.

Time passed, and after an unknown amount of time, Jiang Chen temporarily stopped what he was doing.

"The Demonic Ape's Shadow Technique is truly a profound and mysterious inheritance."

After finishing his cultivation, Jiang Chen opened his eyes. At this moment, his eyes were deep and his spirit was complete, which was a sign of a great increase in his spiritual power.

"The Demonic Ape Reflection Technique follows the path of nourishing the spirit and soul with true qi, thereby tempering one's mind and obtaining various supernatural abilities. Although the true qi is mediocre and not particularly strong at the Qi Refining and Dao Foundation levels, once one achieves the Purple Mansion, the Mind Mirror enters the Purple Mansion, completely penetrating the body and spirit. By reflecting the physical body with the mind, one can obtain various extraordinary abilities."

"Most importantly, the core of this method is to temper the mind. It does not have such great restrictions on true qi. I can completely simulate the true qi cultivation of the Demon Ape Reflection Technique with Formless True Qi."

"This might have been difficult for me in the past, but now that my Formless True Qi has reached the highest level and has undergone profound transformations, it is not difficult for me to do this."

As the thought crossed his mind, Jiang Chen was quite pleased.

Ordinary formless true qi's simulation of other true qi is merely superficial and does not grasp the essence. However, his supreme formless true qi is different; it is no longer a simple simulation but a transformation, sufficient to reveal the essence of other true qi. Under such circumstances, he can completely cultivate the "Demon Ape Reflection Technique" on the basis of the "Lesser Formless Scripture".

"Although the mind is only a part of the soul, not the whole, if I can refine an extremely powerful mind with the essence of the Demonic Ape Reflection Technique, then I may use this as an opportunity to drive the transformation of my own soul and break through the barrier between the second and third tiers."

In a moment of sudden inspiration, Jiang Chen seized the opportunity for the transformation of his spiritual path.

Thinking of this, Jiang Chen glanced at the demonic ape in the water-fire furnace again. At this moment, the demonic ape's consciousness had completely subsided, and its remnant soul had weakened to the extreme.

"The scales of victory have tipped completely, and there's no point in defending it too tightly. What follows is just a matter of time and effort."

Having discerned the current state of the Demon Ape King, Jiang Chen withdrew his gaze.

At this moment, the Demon Ape King had abandoned everything and concentrated his remaining power on one point in a final struggle to prevent Jiang Chen from completely refining him. However, since things had come to this, it was of little use.

(End of this chapter)