Mortal: Even with a Heavenly Spiritual Root, I still have to try and get my hands on the Little Gree

Regarding the banner surface of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, Mu Yu considered many materials, even thinking of refining the Spirit Eye Jade into the banner surface, or the leaves of Golden Thunder Bamboo.

But in the end, Mu Yu chose an even more bizarre material—a cultivator's nascent soul.

As for the reason, a cultivator's nascent soul is an extremely special material, and using it as a banner to contain a living soul is naturally the best choice.

Another reason is that Mu Yu currently has quite a few Nascent Souls, and he doesn't plan to refine a second Nascent Soul. He will most likely keep them to feed spirit beasts.

Instead of doing that, it would be better to refine it all and make it into a banner.

Given the unique nature of the Nascent Soul body, if this banner can truly be made, it will undoubtedly possess limitless potential.

However, refining a nascent soul into materials is not an easy task; it requires the addition of many other materials.

The first thing to be refined was Miaohe's nascent soul.

At present, Miaohe's nascent soul is only sealed by Mu Yu. Although it has undergone a soul search, it still has self-awareness.

Theoretically speaking, Myo-ho is still alive.

A nascent soul in this state is definitely not suitable as a material for refining. Mu Yu needs to completely erase all the divine soul within Miao He's nascent soul, and then use infant fire to burn away all its impurities.

The step of erasing the divine consciousness was something I had already accumulated enough experience with when I was refining the Five Elements Spiritual Infant. Moreover, this time I didn't need to maintain the Five Elements attributes for the Nascent Soul, so it was done much faster.

Miaohe's soul completely vanished, and the magical power contained within her nascent soul, as well as the traces of Miaohe's past cultivation techniques, gradually disappeared under the refinement of the infant fire.

Gradually, Miaohe's nascent soul formed a product resembling a pill.

If swallowed at this moment, it would be a great tonic for a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Occasionally, some demonic cultivators or unorthodox cultivators like to use this method to enhance their cultivation.

However, this method of improving cultivation has great hidden dangers. Only monsters or ancient demons, who rely on their extremely strong bodies and do not care about the purity of their magic power, can ignore those troubles and even swallow nascent souls directly without any problem.

Setting aside the elixir-like product, Mu Yu took out the nascent soul of the Mulan mage who possessed the Myriad Soul Banner from his storage bag and continued refining it.

Next up was the sword cultivator's Nascent Soul stage...

Finally, there were the four elders of the Yinluo Sect.

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After spending some time, Mu Yu successfully refined all the Nascent Souls in his possession.

The next step is to extract threads from the refined essence of these nascent souls and weave them into cloth.

During this weaving process, Mu Yu continuously infused various restrictions into it, and occasionally added auxiliary materials containing spatial power, such as Void Stones.

In fact, this banner is already considered a rare treasure.

After several months of work, Mu Yu finally finished making the banner for the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

Next are the other parts of the Myriad Soul Banner, which can be made from Soul Nourishing Wood and some Spirit Eye Tree.

With the soul-nourishing effect of the Soul-Nourishing Wood and the spirit-gathering effect of the Spirit Eye Tree, this treasure, once refined, will naturally enhance the soul within the Soul Banner.

In addition, the banner was crafted using the nascent souls of several Nascent Soul cultivators...

Of course, the most important thing is that it needs a living soul. What kind of soul banner is it if it doesn't have a soul?

Taking out a tattered Ghost Banner, Mu Yu did not hesitate at all and immediately used magic to destroy the treasure's restrictions.

After the restrictions within the magical artifact were destroyed, the hundreds of thousands of souls imprisoned within the Ghost Banner were released.

In an instant, Mu Yu's entire cave was engulfed by the howling of ghosts and wolves. The overwhelming ghostly and yin energy even caused the Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword within Mu Yu's body to automatically release some evil-repelling divine lightning to protect its master.

"Having been tainted by the aura of evil spirits, you have been completely severed from the cycle of reincarnation."

"And having spent so much time within the Demon Banner, one's intelligence must have been completely worn away long ago."

"So, there's nothing for me to pity."

"Rather than let you vanish into nothingness, you'd better become my treasures."

"In the future, I will use this treasure to help you destroy the Yinluo Sect."

"In that case, I suppose this can be considered revenge for you."

Mu Yu looked at these living souls and murmured something.

He wasn't saying these words to these living souls, but to himself.

Mu Yu can accept killing, and he can accept using living souls to refine magical artifacts, but he must always stay clear-headed and understand what he can and cannot do.

These are neither good nor evil; they are simply the self that Mu Yu needs to maintain.

Mu Yu didn't want to end up becoming a completely different person after cultivating immortality.

After saying a few simple words, Mu Yu took out the Soul-Suppressing Bowl magic weapon and put all the living souls into it.

These Soul-Suppressing Bowls were crafted by Mu Yu when he was in the Core Formation stage. Each Soul-Suppressing Bowl can only hold less than 100,000 spirits.

Finally, Mu Yu took out six Soul-Suppressing Bowls, which were enough to fill one of the living souls contained within the Ghost Banner.

That's right, a single Ghost Banner requires the sacrifice of hundreds of thousands of living souls, in addition to the living souls of hundreds of cultivators.

These living souls, residing within the Ghost Banner, had long been tainted by the unique ghostly aura contained within it.

Therefore, in order to inject them into the Myriad Souls Banner, Mu Yu needs to refine these living souls again.

With hundreds of thousands of them, it's impossible for Mu Yu to refine them one by one; that would keep him busy forever.

In such situations, the power of the formation is needed.

Finding a deserted open space, Mu Yu set up the Nine Nether Soul-Capturing Array, the same array that forcibly pulled the Great Evolution God Lord out of the puppet.

This formation can summon the legendary Netherworld energy unique to the underworld, which can be used to refine these living souls.

Meanwhile, due to the large number of living souls, Mu Yu also built another formation to raise Gu.

The specific process is quite crude: first, cleanse with the Nine Netherworld Demonic Qi, then put those living souls into another formation to make them kill each other, and finally only a little over a thousand living souls are left in a Soul-Suppressing Bowl.

Mu Yu refined the Myriad Souls Banner. Although the so-called "myriad souls" is mostly a figurative term, he only needs 10,000 souls to enter the Myriad Souls Banner.

After all, too many would be difficult to control, and too few would weaken the power of the Myriad Soul Banner.

Therefore, although the Myriad Souls Banner crafted by Mu Yu can store millions of living souls, it will trigger the Gu-raising mode as soon as the number of living souls exceeds ten thousand.

Mu Yu doesn't care if that soul survives; he only needs the strongest ten thousand.

It took more than a year for the soul within the first Ghost Banner to be completely consumed.

Then came the second and third poles...

The processing speed of the inner souls within the latter two Ghost Banners was much faster, but it still took nearly two years.

Thus, after more than three years of hard work, all the living souls within the three Ghost Banners were dealt with.

Next, these living souls were refined into the Myriad Souls Banner.

In this step, Mu Yu specially adjusted the restrictions to keep the effective combat power within the entire Ten Thousand Soul Banner at exactly ten thousand.

As for the extra ones, Mu Yu adopted the method of raising Gu. In the future, the living souls absorbed into the Ten Thousand Soul Banner will either become food or replace one of the ten thousand slots on the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.

After a fierce battle, only ten thousand souls remained within the entire Ten Thousand Soul Banner, gradually being refined by the restrictions and completely merging with the banner.

Thus... Mu Yu's Ten Thousand Soul Banner was finally completed.

Next, the task is to awaken the demonic nascent soul and then refine the Myriad Soul Banner into a natal magic weapon.

Since the Nascent Soul of the Demonic Path lacks essence and blood, the ritual for recognizing the Ten Thousand Souls Banner as its master was still performed by Mu Yu himself.

The remaining steps involve deeply binding oneself to the nascent soul, allowing the energies of both to merge and reach a state where they share both prosperity and adversity.

Thus, Mu Yu now possesses two natal magic weapons.

There is actually no limit to the number of natal magic treasures, but because each person's energy is limited, only one natal magic treasure can be forged.

Moreover, having too many natal magic treasures not only involves nurturing and refining them, but also the possibility of damaging them.

It is important to know that one's natal magic treasure is connected to one's mind and spirit. Once the natal magic treasure is damaged, the cultivator will also suffer considerable harm.

Therefore, naturally no one would deliberately seek out trouble by crafting multiple natal magic treasures.

As for Mu Yu, with a demonic nascent soul nurturing and cultivating the Myriad Soul Banner, having an extra natal magic weapon doesn't really matter.

In any case, the original entity merely completed a recognition ceremony.

Even if the Myriad Soul Banner, Mu Yu's natal magic treasure, were truly destroyed, the damage would only affect the vital energy of the demonic nascent soul, and would not have much to do with Mu Yu's physical body.

After his natal magic weapon fully recognized him as its master, Mu Yu put the demonic nascent soul into a special state, allowing it to autonomously nurture and refine the Myriad Soul Banner while in a semi-sealed state.

In this way, it won't be a waste of time before obtaining the method to undo the Soul-Sealing Curse.

However, it seems there won't be a time when we can take out the Myriad Soul Banner to fight the enemy.

As for when the problem of the Soul-Sealing Curse can be resolved, that depends on luck.

The inner core of the ancient fire toad beast in the Fallen Demon Valley could forcibly break the Soul Sealing Curse, but Mu Yu could not guarantee the specific effect.

If you're lucky, with the help of your innate ability to avoid misfortune and seek good fortune, you might be able to completely break the Soul-Sealing Curse.

If you're unlucky, you might only be able to resolve part of it.

But it doesn't matter, we'll still go to Da Jin.

The eighteen Ghost Banners of the Yinluo Sect must always be collected.

That old devil Qian must be killed too...

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After completing the crafting of the Myriad Souls Banner, Mu Yu emerged from seclusion and spent about half a month in tender companionship with Zi Ling.

During the past two weeks, the two traveled to many places together, and occasionally they needed to relax on their path of cultivation.

Afterwards, Mu Yu went to Yunmeng Mountain alone and found the Fire Dragon Boy, exchanging two level-seven fire-attribute demon cores for some guidance on swordsmanship.

Mu Yu originally wanted to exchange an eighth-level fire-attribute demon core for the ancient sword sect's inherited sword cultivation technique, but the fire dragon boy refused.

Seeing this, Mu Yu did not insist, but asked the Fire Dragon Boy about the matter of sword energy turning into silk.

Thus, several months later, the day arrived when the Fallen Demon Valley was about to open.

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In the northern part of Dongyu Kingdom, in Changzhou, in the Wanling Mountains, lies the location of the Fallen Demon Valley.

This place is shrouded in miasma year after year, and this miasma is very special, possessing the unique ability to block the detection of cultivators' divine sense.

Therefore, this place is a dead end for cultivators from Dongyu Kingdom.

Even when the miasma recedes and becomes very thin every fifty years, most cultivators only dare to search for spiritual herbs near the Wanling Mountains. Very few cultivators nearing their end go to the Fallen Demon Valley.

Compared to the outermost layer of miasma, the countless spatial rifts within the Fallen Demon Valley are the most dangerous feature.

Even a Nascent Soul stage cultivator would face great danger in the face of those densely packed spatial rifts.

So, apart from a few cultivators with limited lifespans who go there in search of a glimmer of hope, this place is usually deserted.

But now, the area around the Fallen Demon Valley is unusually lively.

Because the Ghost Spirit Gate has found a way to enter the interior of the Fallen Demon Valley, they can skip the entrance area with the densest spatial rifts.

Months ago, the Ghost Spirit Sect had already begun selling tickets to enter the Fallen Demon Valley.

It can be said that even without considering the gains from entering the Fallen Demon Valley, the Ghost Spirit Sect could make a fortune just from ticket sales.

And all of this, of course, is thanks to Marquis Nanlong.

Although Marquis Nanlong secretly sold the map to enter the Fallen Demon Valley, the Ghost Spirit Sect's method of skipping the entrance to the Fallen Demon Valley was not recorded on the map.

Rather, it was personally directed and arranged by the ancient demonic fragment hidden within the painting of the Venerable Cangkun.

Of course, the Ghost Spirit Sect did not know that it was a fragment of an ancient demon's soul, nor did they know that the place they were about to go was a trap.

Mu Yu certainly wouldn't kindly remind them; she simply informed Linghu Patriarch, Han Li, Nangong Wan, and others about the appearance of the Ancient Demon, telling them to be careful.

As for Zi Ling and Xin Ruyin... Mu Yu will bring them along this time, but he won't let them act alone. He'll let them leave after he gets the Spirit Candle Fruit from the Ghost Spirit Sect.

Although the Fallen Demon Valley is difficult to enter, it is easy to leave. There are teleportation arrays that connect to the outside world at regular intervals within the valley.

These were probably left behind by those ancient cultivators when they tried to escape this battlefield.

"Fellow Daoist Mu, so you've come too!"

After exchanging a few pleasantries with the Ghost Spirit Sect members, Wei Wuyai came to Mu Yu's side.

Since the news of Mu Yu killing the Yinluo Sect Master spread, the so-called three great cultivators of Tiannan have been rumored by some people to be the four great cultivators of Tiannan.

Mu Yu truly enjoyed the same treatment as a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator in the eyes of others.

This situation has significantly boosted the overall influence of the Nine Nations Alliance.

Therefore, Wei Wuyai was very happy to see Mu Yu.

After all, he had no reason not to like someone who wouldn't compete with him for power and could even bring benefits to the Nine Kingdoms Alliance.

As for what happens after Mu Yu advances to the late Nascent Soul stage...

It's estimated that Wei Wuyai's lifespan had already run out by then, so he wasn't worried about that kind of thing.

"Fellow Daoist Wei, is your journey for the treasures behind the Blood Curse Gate, or for the legendary Spirit Misty Garden?"

"As far as I know, Lingmiao Garden does exist in Fallen Demon Valley, but there is no accurate route; it has long been trapped in the spatial turbulence."

"In this Fallen Demon Valley, Fellow Daoist Wei will probably only be able to find the ancient demons that are sealed away."

Mu Yu revealed the information to Wei Wuyai without any psychological burden, completely disregarding his changing expression.

Wei Wuyai was naturally shocked by these reports, but even if they were true, he would still have to try them out before he was satisfied.

"No wonder neither the Venerable Zhiyang nor the Old Demon Hehuan came; it turns out they already knew about this."

"Truly worthy of being a great sect with a long and distinguished history..."

Wei Wuyai said as if with a sigh, then changed the subject and asked meaningfully:

"However, this route was given by the remnant soul of the Cangkun Venerable. Even without the legendary Lingmiao Garden, it shouldn't be a trap, right?"

Faced with Wei Wuyai's probing, Mu Yu smiled but did not continue speaking.

Seeing this, Wei Wuyai seemed to be thinking about something, but did not press the matter further.

Soon, Wang Tiansheng and others from the Ghost Spirit Sect had set up the corresponding teleportation array.

This teleportation array is enormous, spanning a hundred zhang in width once set up. It appears capable of teleporting a large number of cultivators into the Fallen Demon Valley at once.

Just as the formation was completed, Saintess Mulan and the divine master surnamed Mulan Zhong arrived at the scene, preparing to enter the Fallen Demon Valley to explore for treasures.

After all, the Mulan people are really poor now that the border war is over!

At present, Tiannan and Mulan are partners, so no one would stop them from going to the Fallen Demon Valley.

"I am Wang Tiansheng, the sect leader of the Ghost Spirit Sect. There's no need for further words."

"The path to the Fallen Demon Valley is now ready. Those of you who possess the Fallen Demon Token may enter the formation to be teleported into the valley."

"Therefore, the formation is quite costly to set up, so the number of people who can be teleported is limited. Those who do not have the Demon-Slaying Token should not try anything else."

"At the same time, although this teleportation array has become relatively stable, the environment in the Fallen Demon Valley is so complex that the destination after teleportation is not fixed."

"Therefore, if any fellow Daoist is unlucky enough to be teleported into a spatial rift or some kind of powerful restriction, then you can only blame that fellow Daoist for not having enough good fortune."

"Our sect takes no responsibility for this."

"If any fellow cultivators are unwilling to take the risk, you may leave now."

After speaking, as if to demonstrate the effect of the teleportation array they had built, an elder from the Ghost Spirit Sect surnamed Zhong, along with Wang Chan and her husband (not Yan Ruyan), walked into the center of the array and began the teleportation.

Next up are the next batch of Ghost Spirit Sect cultivators.

Seeing this, everyone present understood that although the teleportation array was a hundred feet wide, it could only teleport three people at a time.

How to put it? It really has a sense of absurdity, like using a cannon to kill a mosquito.

After waiting for several more teleportations, Mu Yu received a minor auspicious sign and then decisively led Zi Ling and Xin Ruyin into the formation.

This scene surprised Saintess Mulan, who was about to step into the teleportation array, but she wisely stopped and waited for the next teleportation.

Regardless of whether the news that Mu Yu killed the Yinluo Sect Master is true or false, Mu Yu's achievements in the border war alone are enough to make the Mulan people wary.

Not to mention, every month a large number of spirit stones are being transported from Huangfeng Valley to the Mulan people to trade for materials.

Unless Goddess Mulan suddenly goes mad, she wouldn't offend Mu Yu over such a trivial matter.

He turned back and smiled at Saintess Mulan, then Mu Yu disappeared in a flash of white light.

Chapter 109: Forging the Myriad Soul Banner and Entering the Fallen Demon Valley. Updated! Read Now: