A Compendium of One Hundred Demons: My Path to Immortality in a World of Demons and Monsters

The overwhelming Yin energy surged into Xu Yuan's body like a flood bursting its banks, rampaging through his meridians.

However, the [Eternal Hunger Body] operated wildly, devouring all this Yin energy and transforming it into pure divine soul power.

[Devouring Shadow Demon (Mid-stage Ghost General)...]

[Transforming...]

[Soul Strength +32%]

[Changgui Illustrated Guide Completion Progress: 86% → 91%]

[Gained Trait: Shadow Cloak (Can briefly merge into shadows, concealing one's presence for thirty breaths, with a half-hour cooldown)]

Information flooded in like a tidal wave, and Xu Yuan felt a sudden clarity in his mind, his perception range expanding once again.

He opened his eyes and looked at the bone demon.

The bone demon had long lost its previous confidence and turned to flee.

But Xu Yuan was faster.

His newly acquired Shadow Cloak trait activated, and his figure instantly merged into the shadows, appearing behind the Bone Demon in the next instant.

"you---"

The bone demon turned around in shock, only to be struck on the forehead by Xu Yuan.

[Devour!]

[The Bone-Devouring Demon (Mid-Stage Demon General)...]

[Transforming...]

[Qi and Blood Essence +203]

[True Essence Condensation Level Increased...]

[Progress of opening the fifth acupoint "Jiaji": 37% → 89%]

[Gained Ability: Bone Armor (Summons bone armor to protect the body, greatly increasing defense for 30 breaths, with a 30-minute cooldown)]

Xu Yuan slowly withdrew his hand, feeling the surging true energy within his body, and a smile curved his lips.

I'm just one step away from breaking through to the fifth aperture!

He turned to look at Zhou Yuankai.

The latter was slumped on the ground, covered in blood, but his gaze toward Xu Yuan was filled with horror and confusion.

He saw that scene clearly.

But he couldn't understand why the Shadow Demon and Bone Demon, both mid-stage Ghost Generals, were like lambs to the slaughter in front of Xu Yuan, completely powerless to fight back.

This is something that someone in the early stages of Qi Condensation could never do!

"Xu...Xu Yuan, you..."

Xu Yuan glanced at him and simply asked, "Captain Zhou, how is your injury?"

Zhou Yuankai was stunned for a moment, then smiled wryly and said, "I'm not dead yet. Thank you for earlier..."

"No need," Xu Yuan waved his hand. "They're all from the Northern Camp."

Zhou Yuankai was silent for a moment, then suddenly said, "Xu Yuan, I, Zhou Yuankai, am not an ungrateful person. I was petty before, please... don't take it to heart."

Xu Yuan smiled but didn't reply.

In the distance, Meng Hu led the remaining Demon-Suppressing Guards to hurry over.

Seeing the corpses scattered on the ground and the remains of the two enormous monsters, everyone gasped in horror.

"Brother Xu, this..." Meng Hu's voice trembled, "Did you kill all of these?"

"A stroke of luck," Xu Yuan said calmly. "Clean up the battlefield and collect the remains of our fallen brothers."

"yes!"

The demon-suppressing guards began to get busy.

Xu Yuan stood still, and his [Yin Qi Perception] was activated once again.

He has now killed two of the three ghost general-level Yin energies.

However, there was one more thing... the white-clad female ghost escaped.

"You can run away from the monk, but you can't hide from the temple." Xu Yuan's eyes gleamed.

Of the high-level demons kept by Youying Tower, three have now died.

The remaining succubus will likely appear soon.

What he cared about more was—why did Youyinglou deploy so many demons in Yunwu Mountain?

What secret is hidden here?

…………

After cleaning up the battlefield, it was nearly dusk.

Xu Yuan led his team deeper into the Cloud Mist Mountain.

[Yin Qi Sensing] is fully activated, and every step is taken with extreme caution.

After walking for about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, a dilapidated temple suddenly appeared ahead.

The temple is built against the mountain. It is not large in scale, but it exudes an indescribable eeriness.

The temple gate was long since decayed, and a broken plaque hung on the lintel, the characters on it blurred and illegible.

What concerned Xu Yuan the most was that, according to his [Yin Qi Perception], there was an extremely dense Yin Qi slowly pulsating beneath the temple.

At least a late-stage Ghost General!

"Everyone, maintain perimeter security," Xu Yuan said in a deep voice. "I'm going in to take a look."

"Brother Xu, this is too dangerous!" Meng Hu quickly dissuaded him.

Xu Yuan shook his head, and with a flash, he had already entered the temple.

The temple was dimly lit, and a three-zhang-tall statue of a deity was enshrined in the center of the main hall.

The statue had a ferocious appearance, with a blue face and fangs, and its body was covered with countless stone-carved ghost faces. It was clear at a glance that it was not a righteous god.

At the feet of the statue, a woman was sitting cross-legged.

Dressed in white as snow, with black hair hanging down.

It was the white-clad female ghost who had just escaped!

At this moment, she was closing her eyes and regulating her breathing, surrounded by yin energy, clearly recovering from her injuries.

Xu Yuan made no attempt to conceal his presence and slowly walked in.

The white-clad female ghost suddenly opened her eyes, and when she saw Xu Yuan, fear flashed in her eyes.

"You...you actually tracked us down!"

Xu Yuan looked at her calmly: "A succubus kept by the Shadow Pavilion?"

The white-clad female ghost's pupils constricted sharply: "How did you know—"

Before she could finish speaking, she suddenly laughed.

That smile was eerie and chilling.

"Since you know who I am, you should also know that there are something even more terrifying inside this temple."

She raised her hand and pointed to the statue.

Suddenly, the statue's eyes lit up with a blood-red light!

The moment the blood-red light appeared, the entire temple began to tremble violently.

Xu Yuan's gaze sharpened. In his [Yin Qi Perception], the dense Yin Qi beneath the statue was surging wildly, as if something was awakening.

The white-clad female ghost laughed cruelly, and the yin energy around her began to burn.

"I'm not going to live, but you won't leave either!" she hissed. "Master, I'll offer my life as a sacrifice to summon your arrival!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she transformed into a cloud of blood mist and surged into the statue.

The blood-red light in the statue's eyes intensified, and countless fine cracks began to appear all over its body.

"Click—click—"

Cracks spread, and stone chips flew everywhere.

An overwhelming pressure erupted from the statue!

Xu Yuan took several steps back, his expression solemn.

Peak of Qi Condensation? No, stronger than peak of Qi Condensation—but not a true Divine Power Realm.

Half-step into divine power!

The statue exploded with a deafening roar, and a gigantic figure slowly rose from the smoke and dust.

It was a man dressed in a black robe, with a withered face, sunken eyes, and eyes as black as an abyss with no whites.

He was wrapped in countless black chains, each chain ending in a phantom of a demon—a yaksha, a bone demon, a shadow demon, and countless other hideous ghosts whose names he couldn't recall.

"Who... awakened me..." the black-robed man asked, his voice hoarse like a broken gong.

He looked down and saw the mist of blood on the ground.

"Mei'er..." he murmured, "Dead?"

He suddenly looked up at Xu Yuan.

A terrifying killing intent suddenly erupted from those dark eyes.

"Did you kill her?"

Xu Yuan did not answer, but just looked at him quietly.

According to the [Yin Qi Perception], the aura of this black-robed man was much stronger than that of the Guza Shaman.

But there was no fear in Xu Yuan's eyes, only...hunger.

A familiar feeling of hunger surged up in my heart once again!