Mortal: Supreme Being of the Ghost Path

Above a pitch-black sea, Qin Han was surrounded by a layer of black flames.

The flames were chilling and sinister, appearing particularly eerie in the night sky.

Meanwhile, on the sea below, a massive black whale, the size of a small mountain, was churning violently, its huge tail slapping against the surface and creating towering waves tens of meters high.

Its body was covered with charred wounds, and wisps of black flames danced and burned at the wounds. No matter how it struggled, it could not extinguish the flames.

Just then, Qin Han's gaze turned cold, and he raised his hand and waved it.

A black pillar of fire erupted from his palm, like a fire dragon, and crashed straight into the giant whale's head.

"boom!"

The pillar of fire pierced through the giant whale's head, exiting from the back of its skull and leaving a trail of black blood mist that spread across the sea surface. Strangely, it continued to burn without any sign of extinguishing.

The giant whale's body suddenly stiffened, and then it tumbled helplessly onto the sea surface.

Qin Han raised his hand and a fist-sized black demon core burst out of the giant whale's body and landed in his palm.

The demon core felt cool to the touch and exuded a rich demonic aura; its quality was excellent.

"The 263rd one."

Qin Han stored the demon core into the cauldron's inner world and took a deep breath.

It has now been seven months since his first retreat.

During these seven months, he hardly left the world inside the cauldron. One day outside was equivalent to dozens of days inside the cauldron, and his cultivation speed reached a terrifying level.

He was able to cultivate the powerful Xuanhun Yin Fire to its peak in such a short time!

Now, when he unleashes this fire alone, it becomes a terrifying weapon of mass destruction. Ordinary Core Formation cultivators would be injured upon contact with it and would have no chance of survival, just like the domineering and unreasonable Heavenly Capital Corpse Fire when Ji Yin first appeared in the original work.

However, Qin Han was not complacent because of this.

No matter how powerful the Mysterious Soul Yin Fire is, it is ultimately just one of the materials used to refine the Asura Sacred Fire.

His true goal is the legendary Ghostly Sacred Flame, so naturally he won't stop there.

"The materials have been collected enough. It's time to go back and refine the 'Yin Gathering Pool'."

Qin Han withdrew his thoughts, his figure flickered, transforming into a black mist, and flew away at lightning speed towards the location of the temporary cave.

It is worth mentioning that half a month ago, Qin Han was cultivating in the world within the cauldron when he suddenly received a message from a communication jade slip.

It was sent by the dark-skinned, thin old man from the Blackrock City auction.

"Fellow Daoist, there is a 'Ganoderma Lucidum' that will be auctioned off in one day. This item is extremely rare; if you miss this opportunity, you may never encounter it again. If you are interested, please come as soon as possible."

Upon seeing this message, Qin Han immediately stopped cultivating.

Cheshire Horse!

Like the Cold-Heart Grass, this item is an essential spiritual material for setting up a Yin-Gathering Pool. After obtaining the Cold-Heart Grass, he specifically asked the dark-skinned, thin old man to keep an eye out for it. He didn't expect to find it so quickly.

Without the slightest hesitation, Qin Han immediately left the world within the cauldron and headed towards Blackrock City.

The competition for the Chicago centaur was fierce at the auction.

Although this item is obscure, it is priceless to those who need it.

Qin Han eventually spent a considerable amount of spirit stones to acquire this item.

However, setting up a Yin Gathering Pool requires not only spiritual materials, but also a large number of demon cores or Yin-attribute spirit stones as an energy source.

Therefore, for the next two weeks, Qin Han worked almost non-stop, hunting monsters frantically in the waters near Qiyuan Island.

From the Foundation Establishment stage to the Core Formation stage, from the surface of the sea to the bottom of the sea, wherever he went, demonic beasts perished.

Half a month later, he had accumulated over a hundred demon cores, enough to set up the Yin Gathering Pool.

……

The world within the cauldron.

Qin Han stood on an open space, pondering for a long time. Finally, he raised his hand and summoned hundreds of demon cores of different colors and auras. They floated in mid-air, densely packed, like stars, shimmering with various spiritual lights.

These demon cores ranged in size from as small as a pigeon egg to as large as a fist. They were black, blue, and red, and there were even a few exotic demon cores with a pale gold hue. Each one exuded a rich demonic aura and trembled slightly in mid-air.

In addition, dozens of strangely shaped Yin-attribute spiritual materials also emerged from the void at the same time.

Some resembled skeletons, were entirely white, and exuded a chilling aura;

Some are like black jade, completely black, with a faint glow flowing on their surface;

Some resembled congealed black blood, slowly writhing in mid-air, emanating a chilling, sinister aura.

some……

Some of these spiritual materials were purchased by him at exorbitant prices from major auction houses and raw material shops in Blackrock City, while the rest were plundered from Xuan Gu's secret cave.

Each one is rare and precious; if placed in the outside world, it would be enough to cause a Core Formation cultivator to break their head.

Qin Han glanced at the treasures floating in mid-air and sighed inwardly.

Without the Creation Cauldron, even if he worked tirelessly for hundreds of years to earn spirit stones, he would never have been able to acquire so many rare Yin Essence.

Some of these things cannot be bought with spirit stones at all. You could say there are no connections or channels to them. Even if you have a lot of spirit stones, you still won't be able to find a seller.

"Fortunately, I don't need to worry about any of this anymore." Qin Han pulled himself out of his thoughts, took a deep breath, and began to set up the Yin Gathering Pool.

As the name suggests, the Gathering Yin Pool is a pool where yin energy gathers.

For ghost cultivators, the significance of the Yin Gathering Pool goes far beyond this.

The pool not only gathers yin energy, but also various yin-attribute spiritual energies such as death energy, ghost energy, and evil energy. After being condensed and purified by the array, it forms an extremely special cultivation environment.

One day of cultivation in this pool is equivalent to ten days outside. More importantly, the Yin Gathering Pool can help ghost cultivators completely purify the impure magical power within their bodies and transform it into pure ghost-path magical power.

And this Yin Gathering Pool is the key to solving this problem for him!

"Let's begin."

With a thought from Qin Han, the sky above the world within the cauldron suddenly changed color.

The originally gray sky suddenly turned dark and gloomy, as if a thick black curtain had fallen from the sky, enveloping the entire sky.

Suddenly, a continuous stretch of black light appeared out of nowhere at the edge of the sky, spreading slowly across the heavens like ink.

Wherever it passed, even space itself became distorted and blurred.

At the same time, the Yin energy within the cauldron suddenly began to surge.

The speed of the surge was astonishing, like a flood bursting its banks, rushing in from all directions.

The concentration of yin energy in the air increased several times in just a few breaths, and it continued to rise at a visible rate.

The black mist surrounding Qin Han surged and churned, greedily devouring the Yin energy in the air as if it were alive.

Within a radius of several hundred feet, the Yin energy was so dense that it was almost solidified, and visible black mist flowed in the air like black rivers.

Strangely, the areas where the Longevity Fruit Tree, Thunder Bamboo, and those rare spiritual herbs and medicines were located were enveloped in a faint white glow, like independent little worlds, completely unaffected by the surge of Yin energy outside.

Qin Han had already adjusted the flow of time and the spiritual energy environment of this area separately, isolating it from the rest of the world within the cauldron.

No matter how turbulent the yin energy outside may be, it will not affect the growth of these precious spiritual plants.

In this way, the first step is completed.

Qin Han's gaze fell on the empty, gray-brown land, and another thought arose.

But then they saw that the ground within a radius of several tens of feet had vanished into thin air, as if an invisible giant hand had forcibly dug a piece away.

Instead, there was a huge pit several meters deep, with a smooth, flat bottom, as if it had been cut by a sharp blade.

At that moment, Qin Han raised his hand without hesitation, and hundreds of demon cores that were floating in mid-air flew towards the top of the giant pit.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The demon cores exploded one after another on the spot!

In an instant, terrifying demonic energy fluctuations, so dense they were almost tangible, permeated the air, with various spiritual lights intertwining and flashing, as dazzling as fireworks.

The demonic essence contained within the demon core was blasted into scattered fragments, churning and surging in mid-air.

However, before these demonic energies could dissipate, the endless black glow from the horizon swept in, like an invisible net, enveloping all the essence of the demonic energy.

Within the black glow, the mixed demonic power was washed away layer by layer and purified and transformed, eventually turning into strands of extremely pure Yin energy, like rivers flowing into the sea, slowly pouring into the giant pit below.

At the same time, Qin Han threw those Yin-attribute spiritual materials into the pit.

However, under the influence of pure Yin energy, the various spiritual materials gradually merged into one, turning into a pool of pitch-black liquid.

The liquid surface was as smooth as a mirror, without a ripple, yet it exuded a chilling aura that sent shivers down one's spine.

Standing at the edge of the pit, Qin Han looked down at the pool of pitch-black liquid, feeling the extremely dense Yin energy contained within it. His usually calm expression couldn't help but show some excitement.

The prototype of the Yin Gathering Pool has now been completed!

Next, he only needs to wait for the yin energy in the pool to completely stabilize before he can enter the pool to cultivate and thoroughly purify the impure magical power within his body.

With this thought in mind, Qin Han withdrew his gaze, and with a flicker, disappeared from the world within the cauldron...