Why are all of us who transmigrated at the same time demons?

Shen Ke grabbed Zhang Wei and began to examine his bones.

Zhang Wei felt pain from Shen Ke's roughness, and his lips trembled as he tried to cry again as usual. But when he saw Shen Ke's terrifying smile, he immediately became obedient.

“Not bad, not bad. This bone structure is no worse than this body. It can be used as raw material for repairing the Yin Sha body with the Blood Skull Technique.”

"It seems the plan only went slightly astray, nothing serious."

Shen Ke grabbed Zhang Wei and roughly stripped off his upper body clothes.

Ignoring Zhang Wei's feeble struggles, she bit her finger and used her blood to inscribe demonic talismans on Zhang Wei's fair skin. This was a safety measure, allowing her to control Zhang Wei at any time to prevent further accidents. At the same time, the demonic talismans could modify Zhang Wei's body in advance, making his physique more suitable for the Blood Skull Technique.

"Someone, take the young master away and keep a close watch on him."

At Shen Ke's command, a steward/demon servant who had been placed under a demonic restriction by her entered, head bowed, not daring to look directly at his current master, Shen Ke.

The housekeeper took Zhang Wei away, who was trembling like a little quail.

"If anything happens to the young master, you know the consequences." Shen Ke said in a sinister tone, which made the butler tremble like a leaf. He quickly swore that he would take good care of Zhang Wei and would not let anything happen to him.

Ignoring the housekeeper, who was filled with fear, Shen Ke ordered him to close the door and continued to torture Zhang Xu.

Not only to vent her anger, but Shen Ke also wanted to use torture to cultivate a powerful vengeful spirit through secret methods. Now that she was reborn, she was penniless and had limited means of use. Therefore, the vengeful spirit, a basic material of the demonic path that was readily available and inexpensive, was worth her effort.

It's a pity that the old man from the Zhang family has been dead for several years. Otherwise, by tormenting his beloved son in front of his father, he could have cultivated a pure Father-Son Demon and also gained a pair of vengeful father-son ghosts, thus refining a decent demonic weapon.

Chapter 106 Urban Setting: The Beginner Village is Blocked by the Big Boss

In a secluded room of the Zhang family's residence by the lake, Chen Ke sat cross-legged on a massive white bone throne, meditating with her eyes closed.

Recently, she finally managed to repair the body's aptitude through the Blood Skull Technique, and by torturing the Zhang family members, she created many vengeful ghosts. Combining their bones and metals, she crafted a simple demonic artifact—the Ghost Skull Bell.

This feeling of vulnerability left her with absolutely no sense of security.

Using the Zhang family's wealth and power, she secretly gathered many homeless people from the bottom of society, killed them, and buried them underground along with the collected corpses. She set up an array to artificially cultivate evil spirits for the purpose of practicing the "Seven Evil Spirits Filling the Heavens Scripture".

The surging malevolent energy was absorbed into Chen Ke's body by a profound technique, transforming into a strange power different from martial arts true energy.

In her world, martial arts were not prevalent, and few people entered the Dao through martial arts. Or to put it another way, martial arts were merely a basic method to facilitate cultivators like her to enter the Dao.

They are cultivators who focus on both physical and spiritual cultivation. Before successfully entering the Dao, their foundational cultivation is divided into three stages: physical cultivation to refine life force and spiritual cultivation to refine spirit. These two cultivations can proceed in parallel, but different sects and schools may have different emphases on the order of priority.

The three realms of physical foundation building are: blood coagulation, qi refining, and qi transformation.

Qi and blood are the foundation for entering the Dao. The blood condensation realm is used to temper the foundation, strengthen the muscles and bones, and use secret methods to refine the Qi and blood elixir in the lower dantian.

The Qi Refining Realm involves drawing the Qi of Heaven and Earth into the body, merging it with the Qi and Blood Elixir, and generating one's own unique secret blood.

Once the secret blood elixir is formed in the dantian, the secret blood is transformed into the whole body and circulated through the body's energy channels. After the secret blood is completely transformed, it is refined again. After refining it, it is transformed again. This process is repeated until the whole body is unobstructed and the secret blood is completely transformed, at which point true qi is generated naturally.

Once the physical body has completed its foundation building, true qi will naturally generate without the need to refine secret blood, and the body's energy channels will be open. At this point, true qi can be generated in an instant, but there is still the risk of birth, aging, sickness, and death. One can achieve a lifespan of 120 years.

The three realms of refining the spirit and building the foundation are: visualization, astral projection, and spiritual travel.

Cultivating one's spirit by contemplating the things around one's world. The objects of contemplation can be the gods of heaven and earth, one's ancestral master's sect, or even flowers, birds, insects, and fish. However, the key to contemplation is to choose things with Taoist charm. The best objects to contemplate are the contemplation diagrams passed down by major powers, or the statues and weapons of gods that have been worshipped for many years, or the unique dragon veins and feng shui terrain.

Visualization usually begins only after the blood coagulation stage is completed, when the blood and qi are vigorous and the essence is abundant enough to support the spiritual practice.

In the Out-of-Body Realm, the soul can initially leave the body. At this time, the soul is still a Yin spirit and cannot leave the body too far. It can only be less than a hundred meters away from the physical body and cannot withstand wind and rain.

The realm of spiritual travel is marked by the birth of divine consciousness. The soul does not need to leave the body and can see without the aid of eyes. The spirit can travel hundreds of miles at night and can be called a half-immortal.

Once the spiritual foundation and physical foundation are established, one enters the realm of introspection, calming the mind and spirit, preventing random thoughts from arising and evil influences from invading. In quiet solitude, one can achieve a state where not a single distracting thought arises. The divine consciousness can illuminate the entire body to its utmost perfection. At this point, the qi and spirit unite, and the essence, qi, and spirit are complete. The ancestral aperture is opened, the "Dao nature" is received, and magical power is cultivated. One is then called a human immortal, truly entering the gate of the immortal path.

The cultivation paths of those who attain immortality vary greatly. There are Taoists who cultivate the Golden Elixir through nine cycles, Venerables who cultivate the Nine Consciousnesses, Arhats who master the Three Channels and Seven Wheels to forge an invincible golden body, Demon Saints who cultivate the Path of Demons, and Divine Emperors who cultivate the Path of Gods.

The Golden Elixir Immortal Path pursues ascension, the Nine Consciousnesses Yoga Path pursues the attainment of Buddhahood or Arhatship, and for demons, reaching the Demon Saint realm is the pinnacle; to advance further, one must enter the Divine Path. The Divine Path is divided into the Innate Divine Path and the Acquired Divine Path. Those who follow the Innate Divine Path unite with the Innate Great Dao, while those who follow the Acquired Divine Path absorb all spirits to attain the Dao.

The Six Elements Demonic Sect, from which Shen Ke originated, is a branch of the demonic path with a rather mixed lineage. The demonic sect does not have its own exclusive cultivation method; the opposite of the righteous path is called the demonic sect.

However, the Demonic Sect possesses the Primal Demonic Path, which has a long and ancient history. It is said that the founder of this Primal Demonic Path was originally a sorcerer from ancient times, and every tribe he visited would be destroyed as a result.

Therefore, he was called a jinx and suffered rejection. He became withdrawn and eccentric. After the last tribe that took him in perished, he realized the truth of living towards death. He gathered the fear, madness, anger and other emotions of all living beings before death and cultivated the primordial demon body. He thus established the primordial demonic path.

The original demonic path is based on great terror, great despair, and great destruction. Its cultivation combines the mystical arts, witchcraft, the divine path, and incantations, with the goal of becoming the supreme original demon.

The original demonic path then produced seven peerless demons comparable to the ascension of the Daoist sects, thus the original demonic path was also divided into seven lineages: Blood Demonic Path, Killing Demonic Path, Nightmare Demonic Path, Buddha Demonic Path, Earth Demonic Path, Heart Demonic Path, and Absolute Demonic Path.

The Six Elements Demon Sect inherited a portion of the Demon Slaughter Path, Earth Demon Path, and Heart Demon Path, while the Blood Demon Path, as one of the oldest demonic paths, is something that almost every demonic sect has inherited.

The Six Yuan Fiend Vein, from which Shen Ke originated, mainly blended the Earth Demon Path and the Heart Demon Path, and even absorbed a portion of the Xuanmen Daoist lineage. He himself even cultivated a portion of the Demon-Slaying Daoist methods. Therefore, he could manipulate fiendish energy, but also possessed the magic weapon Tianluo Wanmo Huagai, which directly pointed to the ugliness of people's hearts.

Shen Ke's cultivation progressed very quickly. Her physical body has now entered the Qi Refining Realm and begun to generate her own unique secret blood. Her spirit refinement has also entered the Nascent Soul Realm. Combined with her endless methods and rich combat experience, she can now even fight against a third-rank expert.

Just two months ago, Yang Li, the woman in this body, was merely a wealthy housewife whose martial arts skills were barely at the entry level.

Suddenly, Chen Ke, who was sitting cross-legged on the enormous white bone throne, felt her soul break through an invisible barrier. She could now perceive her surroundings without relying on her five senses. This new perspective was divine sense, a mark of a cultivator who had entered the third stage of the Refining Spirit Realm, the Divine Travel Realm.

Shen Ke opened her eyes, somewhat sighing.

"As expected, the breakthrough in the spiritual realm was achieved first. The meridians of people in this world are ultimately acquired later and are somewhat lacking, which led to the lag in my physical body's realm."

"However, with the power of the Seven Fiends Heaven-Spanning Scripture and its abundant fiendish energy, my physical body's realm should soon reach perfection."

"Once my physical body and soul have been fully established, I can find a way to reclaim what I left behind in my previous life from those so-called celestial beings. In this way, I can use the power of 'true essence' to repair the defects in my meridians and quickly cultivate my magical power."

"My things are not so easy to take." A ruthless glint appeared in Shen Ke's eyes.

Then, following the cultivation practices she had developed in her previous life, she casually scanned her body with her divine sense. This was the advantage of cultivators who had cultivated divine sense; with the right methods, they could use their divine sense to examine the state of their internal body and refine their physical form to perfection.

The result of this scan was a huge shock to Chen Ke.

She discovered some strange little worms inside her body. These worms were extremely small, neither pure flesh nor pure metal, and did not have much energy fluctuation. Before she gained divine sense, she could not have detected their existence at all.

Her mind raced. These insects didn't seem to be puppets used to control her; rather, they seemed to be things used to monitor her. She quickly used her divine sense to expel and crush the puppets from her body.

Even so, Shen Ke's expression was still extremely unpleasant. Was she under surveillance all along? Had her rebirth been discovered by the mastermind behind the worms?

No, her secret absolutely cannot be exposed now. Whoever did it, she must silence them.

Just as Shen Ke was filled with murderous intent, a terrifying aura enveloped the entire Zhang residence. Shen Ke was very familiar with this aura, which greatly alarmed her.

"This is magical power, the power of a human immortal cultivator who has cultivated magical power, and judging from the aura, he is no ordinary human immortal."

"How is this possible? Could it be that the Nine Celestial Beings were the ones who planted the worms in this body? Impossible, how did they know I would be reincarnated in this body?"

Chapter 107 Urban: Speedrun to the Demon Lord

"I only noticed that one of my chess pieces had suddenly become unexpectedly powerful, so I came over to take a look on a whim. I never expected it to give me such a pleasant surprise."

Loran's powerful divine sense swept across the entire Zhang residence, and even the grand array set up by Shen Ke couldn't hinder it in the slightest. Loran read all of Shen Ke's arrangements, along with her inner thoughts.

"You almost jumped off the board and slapped me, the chess player, in the face. Looks like I still have some good luck after all?"

Loran felt a little fortunate. He had been invincible in this world for too long and had become somewhat careless. Otherwise, he should have taken it seriously the moment the spirit worm buried in Chen Ke's body transmitted abnormal data.

Who says "The Return of the Immortal Emperor in the City" isn't an urban novel?

"Fortunately, it's not too late to mend the fence after the sheep are lost."

Having learned his lesson, Lorraine went all out from the start to avoid a disastrous outcome.

Who knows what trump cards this reborn monster from another world has? Let's take him down first, then we can talk about anything else.

The exceptionally pure celestial magical power drew upon the primordial energy of the anime world, transforming it into a massive seal of the Emperor Demon, burning with raging demonic flames, which was then pressed down.

"Divine Power: Fiery Demon Heaven-Burning Seal"

Seeing this, Shen Ke said no more. With her rich experience, she could tell at a glance that the enemy was determined to kill, and words were useless. If she wanted to take a life, she had to fight!

The only chance to survive is to demonstrate your value and make the opponent reconsider whether continuing the fight is worthwhile.

Chen Ke went all out, using the power of her soul to shake the Ghost Skull Bell. One after another, ferocious and resentful faces appeared on the surface of the ancient black bell. These faces opened their huge, dark mouths and emitted extremely sharp sound waves that struck the soul directly.

At the same time, she instantly dissolved all the secret blood in her body with a secret technique, unleashing the strongest divine power she could currently use—the Netherworld Ghost Claw.

Then, Chen Ke activated the restriction, commanding her demonic zombie servants to pounce on the enemy, using their flesh and blood to fight for even the slightest possible opportunity.

With his ability to multitask and employ a variety of methods, the Demon Lord's foundation is indeed extraordinary.

However, the sonic attack of the Ghost Skull Bell could not shake Loran's soul at all. The Flame Demon Burning Heaven Seal, composed of demonic fire, crushed Chen Ke's Netherworld Ghost Claw with overwhelming force, and the demonic fire it emitted easily burned many demonic servant zombies to ashes.

The demonic fire ignited Chen Ke's body, and the terrifying impact tore her flesh apart.

"Heavenly Net of Ten Thousand Demons, protect me as I depart!"

Shen Ke's weak soul was freed from her body. She had already secretly used a secret technique to summon Hua Gai to save her. However, the magic weapon was damaged and she placed it in a place where evil energy gathered in the mountains outside the city to nurture it. It would take time to summon it.

Loran acted too decisively and too powerfully, shattering Shen Ke's physical body in a single move. Now, Hua Gai can only save her soul.

Before Loran's Demonic Fire Seal was laid down, the canopies scattered throughout the world, hovering above the heads of one "protagonist" after another, began to converge. As these canopies, closely connected to the "protagonist," departed, they drained a large amount of the host's vital energy. In an instant, countless "chosen ones" were reduced to cripples.

At this moment, in a crater in the mountains on the outskirts of Linhu City, a tattered canopy transformed into a stream of light and burst out of the crater.

This canopy is five-colored, with the pole resembling a fine yellow jade. However, it is quite obvious that the top of the canopy is damaged, revealing the black top frame, and the pole is also significantly shorter.

During its flight, Hua Gai rapidly gathered Xiao Gai from all directions, its energy constantly surging.

Upon arriving above the Zhang residence, Chen Ke's soul leaped up and merged with the Heavenly Net of Ten Thousand Demons Canopy.

A powerful demonic body took shape with the canopy as its core.

The demon was three zhang tall, its body a deep bluish-black, with red hair flowing down its shoulders, bared fangs, three heads, and eight arms, its muscles bulging and knotted. Of its eight arms, one held a blood sword, another a thunder ruler, one circled the Five Elements Ring, and the third held a skull bell. The other four arms were covered in scales, their fingernails gleaming with a terrifyingly cold light, like blades.

"Although I can use the Heavenly Net of Ten Thousand Demons Canopy to unleash the 'Fierce Essence Demon Body,' granting me magical power, this magical artifact was already in a dilapidated state. In ancient times, it was used to incite internal strife among a group, leading to their destruction, which further diminished its value by several levels."

"I tried every possible method, including using the three poisons of the mortal realm, to repair it and restore it to the level of a low-grade magic treasure. This time, using the 'Demon Body of Fiendish Essence' will likely cause it to fall back to a lower level."

Shen Ke looked at Luo Lan with anger, joy, and greed in her eyes.

"What a powerful physical body, what pure magical power. I never thought that the Five Elements Divine Body proposed by those madmen would actually be realized by you, no... even taken it a step further and made it even more magnificent. You are truly a genius!"

"If I can get your body, then this trip will not have been a loss."

Loran was an expert at possession; how could he not see the information contained in this guy's eyes?

"If you want my body, then come and try!"

Loran made the first move, unleashing another devastating Flame Demon Burning Heaven Seal.

"You little thing, you native to this world, how could you possibly know the profound mysteries of my Six Elements Great Law?"

The enormous demonic body swung the black-patterned blood sword it held, and terrifying killing intent condensed into sword energy, unleashing an extremely terrifying, pale white killing sword aura. This was the "Sword of No Life and Death in the Realm of Suicide" inherited from the Suicide Demon lineage.

The Demonic Fire Seal clashed with the sword energy and gained a slight advantage, which made Chen Ke's expression somewhat unpleasant.

Before, my cultivation level was far inferior to others, so it wasn't surprising that I was defeated in one move. Now that I possess magical power and have even used my trump card, the "Demon Body of Fiendish Essence," why am I still inferior to others?

Is the Five Elements Divine Body proposed by those madmen really that powerful? That it could allow a native of this world to suppress me, a demon lord with an ancient lineage?

Within Loran's liver palace, the Azure Emperor Demon King used the Eight Trigrams to evolve wood energy, giving rise to the power of wind and thunder.

"Supernatural Power: Great Escape of Wind and Thunder"

With speed unmatched by anything in the world, Loran, enveloped in azure winds and golden lightning, closed in on Chen Ke's ferocious and massive demonic form in an instant.

His right hand was enveloped in a layer of white light that trembled and flickered at an extremely high frequency as he threw a punch.

"Mountain Demon Earth-Shaking Seal"

As the Demon Lord of Sha Yuan, Shen Ke had extensive experience in combat. He had encountered enemies like this who were skilled in high-speed close combat before, and he remained completely calm.

He calmly and methodically devised a countermeasure, forming a mudra with both arms and unleashing a powerful and heavy strike.

"Hehehe! You native brat, the thing my Demonic lineage fears least is close-quarters combat!"

While unleashing the demonic close-combat hand seals, Chen Ke also secretly activated the Five Elements Ring on her other hand.

He realized that the wind and thunder power on Loran's body was evolved from wood energy. Since metal overcomes wood in the Five Elements, he focused on activating the metal ring in the Five Elements Ring to imprison Loran's "Wind and Thunder Great Escape".

The idea is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.

When the two struck each other, Chen Ke sensed something was wrong. Loran's "Earth Demon Earth-Shaking Seal" was surprisingly powerful. The air itself was blasted open by the punch, creating terrifying cracks like shattered glass. Chen Ke's arms were blasted into bloody fragments by the force of the shock, which was like a real earthquake.

"Damn it!"

Chen Ke cursed loudly, disregarding the use of the golden ring to imprison the wind and thunder escape technique, and instead gathered the five elements to resist Luo Lan's pursuit.

Just as Loran unleashed another devastating "Earth Demon Earthshaking Seal," three enormous demon generals suddenly burst from the ground, attacking Chen Ke from behind.

Looking at the three demon generals of greed, anger, and ignorance, who were as large as small mountains, Shen Ke could sense that these three demons were very similar to his "Heavenly Net of Ten Thousand Demons Canopy," and that they even subtly restrained this magic weapon.

"How is this possible? What kind of divine power is this? It actually subtly restrains my Six Elements Great Art? Just who is this guy? Could he be an old monster from another world like me?"

No one answered Chen Ke's question. While fending off the attacks of the Thunder Ruler and the Killing Sword, the three-headed demon general opened its blood-red maws. The concentrated power of the three poisons was stripped from the body of the Fiend Yuan Demon and swallowed into its belly as nourishment.