Evil Immortal!

Meng Yuan calmed down and observed carefully.

But the result made his heart sink!

These demonic energies formed canopies of mutated tumors, with most of them rooted in his heart, lungs, spleen, stomach, liver, gallbladder, and other internal organs, as well as deep in his bone marrow. However, a small portion, about 20%, had spread to the Niwan Palace between his eyebrows.

The Niwan Palace, also known as the Purple Mansion, is the upper dantian of cultivators and the abode of the soul!

In other words, a small part of the malformed sarcoma was actually connected to his soul!

As we all know, the soul is the most core, the most important, and also the most fragile thing a cultivator possesses!

Even slight damage can result in mild cases of being confused and mentally impaired, or severe cases of the soul being scattered and the body and spirit being extinguished!

Meng Yuan had a sudden thought and began to contemplate himself.

In a daze, he saw the divine soul in the Purple Palace.

His soul was a small, humanoid phantom radiating purple light; judging from its outline, it was a miniature version of Meng Yuan.

A dozen or so thin strands of corrupted demonic energy took root in his soul, and part of his soul had been tainted black, occupying about one-tenth of the whole.

Throughout, these corrupting demonic energies remained deeply hidden, and Meng Yuan had never discovered them before.

He didn't even realize it when he broke through to the Purple Mansion Realm.

It wasn't until now, when he deliberately stimulated the malformed sarcoma, that its true nature was revealed.

This shows just how strange and troublesome this corrupting demonic energy is!

Meng Yuan frowned, and decided to control a wisp of Purple Cloud True Fire to burn away a strand of corrupt demonic energy rooted in his heart and lungs.

Under the scorching heat of the Purple Cloud True Fire, this wisp of corrupted demonic energy, thinner than a strand of hair, began to writhe wildly like a black worm, clearly sensing the danger.

Meng Yuan felt a sudden jolt in his heart, followed by intense pain. His lungs felt unusually heavy, his breathing became rapid, and he experienced a desperate feeling of suffocation, as if his lungs were filled with sewage.

For a moment, intense pain, oppression, dullness, and suffocation almost overwhelmed Meng Yuan.

Meng Yuan gritted his teeth, enduring the torment while circulating his Purple Yang True Qi to alleviate the pain.

However, the stubbornness of the corrupting demonic energy exceeded Meng Yuan's expectations.

The Purple Cloud True Fire, capable of melting gold and iron, and even turning refined gold and iron mother into molten iron, was surprisingly helpless against the Fallen Demonic Qi for a time.

It took a full cup of tea to burn before this wisp of corrupting demonic energy was finally burned away and expelled from Meng Yuan's body.

However... there were more than a hundred strands of similar corrupting demonic energy, like the aerial roots of an old banyan tree, taking root in various parts of his body!

Meng Yuan hesitated for a moment, but ultimately withdrew the Purple Cloud True Fire.

If the sarcoma is only rooted in the internal organs and bone marrow, even if it causes some suffering, Meng Yuan is confident that he can eradicate it completely with a little more time.

But the soul is unlike anything else; it is the most mysterious and fundamental element of a cultivator, extremely important, but also extremely fragile!

Even the slightest damage can lead to irreparable consequences!

Meng Yuan did not want to take any risks.

Moreover, he underestimated the pollution within himself, or rather, overestimated the Purple Cloud True Fire!

The Purple Cloud True Fire is currently only at the minor completion stage. If it were to be upgraded to the major completion stage, it would be able to easily remove these corrupt demonic energies!

"Boy, how about it... Your true fire is indeed powerful, but you and I are one. At most, it can only severely injure me, but it can't eliminate me at all!"

The distorted tumor, resembling a shriveled orange, now twitched slightly. Some charred bits of flesh on its surface peeled away, vaguely revealing a deformed human face filled with tendons and blood vessels, a hint of smugness in its expression.

"Besides, you should have already sensed it, right? Your essence and vital energy are being devoured and stolen by me. Soon, I will be able to recover completely, without any damage... On the contrary, you will suffer a great loss of vital energy and reap the consequences of your own actions, hehe..."

As it spoke, it stared intently at Meng Yuan, seemingly wanting to see Meng Yuan's unpleasant expression.

However, Meng Yuan's performance was somewhat unexpected.

Despite realizing that his vital essence was being devoured by the mutated tumor, Meng Yuan remained calm and composed, his eyes thoughtful, as if he were pondering something.

He even had time to take out a peach wood plug and plug the mouth of the deformed tumor again.

"Fortunately, I didn't place all my hopes on the Purple Cloud True Fire. In that case, let's start the second plan!"

Meng Yuan's expression shifted rapidly. After a long silence, he took a deep breath. "No matter what, we must eliminate the mutated sarcoma tonight!"

To solve the deformed sarcoma, he naturally couldn't only prepare the Purple Cloud True Fire as a solution.

Besides the Purple Cloud True Fire, he also had a backup plan, just in case.

The solution is to cut out the mutated tumor, or rather, the contamination within his body, and refine it into a clone of himself!

The Zixia True Fire method was originally relatively conservative, but it was also quite safe and secure.

But his second method was somewhat dangerous.

The prerequisite for refining the mutated tumor into an avatar is that he must first completely remove all the pollution from his body, including the polluted part of his soul. Because it involves the soul, if he is not careful, he will either become a mentally challenged cripple or his soul will be scattered!

Meng Yuan did not intend to do this unless absolutely necessary.

But now that things have come to this, since the Purple Cloud True Fire is no longer effective, he can't care about anything else.

No matter how dangerous this backup plan is, it still has a chance of success, especially since Meng Yuan has made ample preparations!

For example, during the day, he exchanged for Dragon-Tiger Marrow-Nourishing Pills, Crimson Thunder Talismans, and Mind-Clearing Pills at the Demon Suppression Division's Hall of Merit...

However, Meng Yuan is still missing one last thing—a method for refining clones!

He had planned for this long ago.

He immediately got up and left the training room.

......

Soon after, Meng Yuan arrived at a secluded courtyard in the northwest corner of Linjiang City.

On the surface, the courtyard was inconspicuous, but Meng Yuan knew that it was a stronghold of the Ten Thousand Evils Cave.

There are some array formations and restrictions set up here for concealment, so unless a cultivator with expertise in array formations is able to detect something, under normal circumstances, no one will notice anything unusual about this place.

Meng Yuan moved swiftly, streaking past a faint purple light, flying over the wall and landing in the courtyard.

As his cultivation level improved, he could freely use most of the ordinary spells and escape techniques recorded in the "Purple Sun True Fire" except for a few top-tier supernatural abilities such as the Purple Cloud True Fire and the Pure Yang Sword Technique.

"Stop right there! Who are you?!"

However, as soon as Meng Yuan landed in the courtyard, he alerted some people.

Several people were immediately alarmed and surrounded the area, shouting and slashing at it with their knives.

"It seems the Beggar Demon isn't here..."

Meng Yuan ignored the group, scanned the courtyard with his divine sense, and found no powerful auras concealing themselves. He felt a slight sense of relief. "That's good, though. Since he's not here, things will be much easier!"