Yuantian Pidao

Chapter 422 The Eye of the Inner Demon
As the days passed, the turmoil within the Wuchang Sect intensified. Xuan Jiaozi became incredibly popular, attracting widespread attention. Everyone was waiting for the day he would attempt to become a true disciple.

Under these circumstances, Jiang Chen did nothing but observe coldly.

Inside the cave, the Devouring Intent manifested, and Jiang Chen silently circulated the Soul Devouring True Demon Art.

At this very moment, deep within his soul, an abyss manifested, within which countless demonic thoughts roared and churned, trying to break free.

However, a dark star hung high in the sky, casting a dim light that enveloped the entire abyss, giving the demonic thoughts no chance to escape.

In fact, demonic thoughts dare not touch the dark radiance. Once enveloped by the dark radiance, demonic thoughts are likely to be bound and devoured.

As Jiang Chen continued to circulate the Soul Devouring True Demon Art, the light of the Dark Star grew brighter and brighter, as if it were illuminating the entire abyss.

Sensing this change, the demons let out piercing screams, stirring up billowing black mist in an attempt to block the reflection of the dark star.

However, before the demonic thoughts could actually stir up a black mist tide, a pair of eyes appeared outside the abyss, their pupils like bright light, illuminating all illusions.

Seeing the truth clearly, a few ripples appeared in Jiang Chen's heart.

"Although the Six Qi Techniques are only the foundation of the Primordial Qi, each one is extraordinary in its own way. It just depends on whether the cultivator can grasp its true meaning."

With a sudden thought, Jiang Chen pushed the power of Dark Star to its limit.

In the next instant, countless beams of light transformed into swords, tearing apart the black mist formed from demonic thoughts.

Without the protection of the black mist, and facing the strangulation of the ghostly light, the demonic thoughts became increasingly vulnerable.

As time passed, more and more demonic thoughts were strangled and devoured.

Taking in all these changes, Jiang Chen continuously verified his own secret technique.

Among the legacies left by Mo Yuan is a secret method for refining demons, which is the Demon Refining Soul Light, and is compatible with the Abyss of Demonic Thoughts.

After mastering this secret technique, Jiang Chen had some insights and tried to combine his own sword dao understanding with this demon-refining soul light, which eventually gave birth to this dark sword light.

"This sword light is newly formed and is still somewhat rough, but in terms of the efficiency of refining demons, it surpasses the Demon Refining Soul Light."

"Inner demons are unruly, but only the light of a sword can slay them."

As the thought crossed his mind, Jiang Chen was quite satisfied with the secret technique he had created.

He didn't inherit much from the sword path, but he successively mastered the sword light differentiation and sword energy thunder sound, and even achieved the extremely rare unity of man and sword in the Sanzu Mountain secret realm.

His swordsmanship is so high that not only can he not compare with ordinary cultivators, but even among true sword cultivators of the same realm, few can match him.

"This sword is specifically designed to slay demonic thoughts, so let's call it Demon Slayer."

After a moment's thought, Jiang Chen named the secret technique he had just discovered.

Although this sword cannot kill others, it can kill the user. In terms of its profoundness, it actually surpasses ordinary sword techniques.

"Perhaps I should seek out some superior sword techniques."

A thought suddenly occurred to Jiang Chen.

The Wuchang Sect is revered in Yu Huan Continent, and most practitioners cultivate magic and spells; there is no true major sect of swordsmanship.

Of course, what's lacking is top-tier swordsmanship inheritance. There are swordsmanship inheritances at the Purple Mansion level, and even those at the Celestial Phenomenon level aren't entirely absent.

Just as Jiang Chen made his decision, a large number of inner demons were annihilated, with only a few escaping into the depths of the abyss.

Seeing this, Jiang Chen stopped the pursuit.

The demonic thoughts were strange; this time, it seemed that most of them had been wiped out, but in reality, they were just some stragglers.

The truly bizarre and powerful ones have long been hidden. If Jiang Chen were to try and finish them off in one fell swoop, he would easily expose a weakness, giving those demonic thoughts an opportunity to seize. "It's barely enough."

With a sudden thought, Jiang Chen activated his secret technique to devour all the demonic essence.

In an instant, a strange power surged toward Jiang Chen's eyes.

Upon noticing this change, Jiang Chen immediately used the Mind Mirror to suppress himself and reflect the various changes within himself.

After confirming that nothing unexpected had happened, Jiang Chen unleashed his powerful spiritual energy and began to fully restrain the strange power, suppressing it entirely within his eyes.

As this strange power continued to flow in, Jiang Chen's eyes were tempered and began to undergo wondrous changes.

Unbeknownst to Jiang Chen, tears of blood streamed down his face.

Jiang Chen ignored this completely.

Suppressing demons in the abyss, refining demons in the eyes—these are two corresponding secret techniques.

The former is the suppression of demonic thoughts, while the latter is the application of the power of demonic thoughts.

After all, while the power of demonic thoughts is ferocious, it is indeed strange and powerful.

Having suffered greatly from demonic thoughts, Mo Yuan created the Heart Demon Eye secret technique in order to turn harm into benefit.

Unfortunately, although the idea of ​​the Eye of the Heart is very good, its prerequisite is to cultivate the Abyss of Demonic Thoughts and suppress a sufficient number of demonic thoughts.

This single step stumped Mo Yuan, and it is precisely because of this that the Heart Demon Eye remains only a theoretical method to this day, and even Mo Yuan, its creator, has not yet mastered it.

And so, after an unknown amount of time, with his tears of blood dried, Jiang Chen quietly opened his eyes.

In an instant, streaks of crimson lines appeared in his eyes, like a blooming spider lily, eerie and ominous.

"These Demon Eyes of the Heart have been initially cultivated."

With a casual swipe, a circular light reflected in the mirror, and looking at the pair of eerie eyes in the mirror, Jiang Chen's heart stirred slightly.

The Eye of the Heart Demon originates from the power of demonic thoughts and is most adept at stirring up and giving rise to inner demons, causing others to fall into nightmares.

In some ways, the power of the Mind Demon Eye is similar to the Chaotic God Technique, but the Mind Demon Eye is more mysterious and harder to detect.

Although the Chaos God Technique is domineering and can disrupt people's minds and hinder their cultivation, it is actually quite obvious. As long as one has some attainment in the realm of the soul, one will basically not be affected by the God-planting technique, at most suffering temporary injuries.

The Inner Demon Eye, however, works silently and subtly, causing people to fall under its spell without them even realizing it.

"The combination of the two secret techniques, 'Inner Demon' and 'Disorder of the Spirit,' might have an effect greater than the sum of its parts."

As his thoughts raced, Jiang Chen's mind drifted away, and various ideas surfaced in his head.

It seemed as if he wanted to create a completely new secret technique based on the Mind Demon Eye and the Chaotic God Technique, but in the end, something was still missing, and all his ideas turned out to be empty illusions.

"No rush, no rush. What I need to do now is digest the inheritance and strengthen my own foundation. I haven't mastered either the Heart Demon Eye or the Chaotic God Technique yet. They still have potential to be explored."

With a sudden thought, Jiang Chen pulled himself back from his thoughts and turned his attention back to the practical problem.

"With these eyes, the plans might go more smoothly from here on out."

A dark glint flashed in Jiang Chen's eyes as he turned his gaze beyond Diancui Mountain.

With the secret technique mastered, the tide has risen, and the opportunity he has been waiting for is almost here.

With that in mind, Jiang Chen sent out a message.

(End of this chapter)