Chapter 318: Invaders

“Perhaps I can have the two of them comprehend the Path of Obsession, and then when I borrow Senior’s power and perform Body Integration with them, their insights can also be used by me.”

Lin Jing discovered that being a Beast Master was truly a good profession; paths that didn’t suit him could be learned by his Pet Beasts instead.

As long as the Pet Beast learned it, it was effectively the same as him having learned it himself.

“That is the only way.” Ghost Bride Tang Ling also felt that this approach was the best choice at the moment.

“Let’s go.” She looked toward a pagoda ahead, shrouded in grey, gloomy Ghost Qi.

Once an important location for Buddhism, it had now been completely occupied by ghosts. In fact, besides the Ghost Bride, the Ghost City hid countless other ghosts. However, due to the Ghost Bride’s strength, these ghosts would all lie dormant and dare not show themselves whenever she appeared.

And right now, they were about to meet their doomsday. In order to create a quiet cultivation environment for Lin Jing,

under the instructions of the Thunder Dragon Old Ancestor, the Thunder Dragon Prodigies pulling the carriage flew directly to various parts of the Ghost City. Within the Ghost City, the Ghost Bride stood at the top of the pagoda, closed her eyes, and continuously emanated her thoughts. Within these intense thoughts, the Path of Obsession she had mastered was contained.

Different levels of the pagoda became cultivation spots for Lin Jing and the others. Even if they only touched a sliver of the Void Profound path at the very edge, the Pine Leaf Squirrel and the others would have their hearts strongly affected.

Manifesting in them, this meant the Ghost Bride was using her path to eliminate the obsessions of the Pine Leaf Squirrel and the Ice Soul Gu.

“Sigh—”

Sitting cross-legged on the pagoda, the Pine Leaf Squirrel in its Daoist robe looked solemn, its expression constantly changing. Its mind and brain were undergoing a fierce internal battle, feeling as though it was slowly losing its obsession with stockpiling goods.

Suddenly, at one moment, it actually felt that stockpiling a vast amount of resources was meaningless, and it kept denying its actions over the years.

One of its greatest wishes in Cultivating was to possess a super-large storage space and fill it with items, yet now, it suddenly didn’t know what the purpose of doing so was.

The Ice Soul Gu was in the same situation, starting to wonder if its competitive spirit was too boring. The Pine Leaf Squirrel and the Dragon Carp were both Rare Beasts that had inherited an Immortal’s Divine Ability. Although it was a Strange Gu created by the Gu God Sect, in the end, it was merely a crystallization of the wisdom of Mortal Gu Cultivators, a creation of the Lower Realm.

Under such circumstances, not being able to beat the Pine Leaf Squirrel and the Dragon Carp was normal. Compared to other life forms in the Tian Yuan World, it was already very strong. There was no need to compete with the Pine Leaf Squirrel and the Dragon Carp, and maintaining the status quo was fine. ——

The obsessions of both parties were being destroyed.

However, the Ghost Bride was not releasing her thoughts to destroy the Pine Leaf Squirrel and the Ice Soul Gu; the main purpose of doing this was actually to help the Pine Leaf Squirrel and the Ice Soul Gu strengthen their own obsessions.

If the Ghost Bride went all out, the Pine Leaf Squirrel and the Ice Soul Gu would have their Dao Hearts damaged in an instant and lose the motivation to Cultivate. But now, the Ghost Bride controlled her power well, limiting her influence to a level slightly weaker than the obsessions of the Pine Leaf Squirrel and the Ice Soul Gu.

This way, it could keep the Pine Leaf Squirrel and the Ice Soul Gu in a state of internal resistance. As long as the two of them were firm and guarded their original hearts, their obsession for stockpiling goods and for being the strongest would be strengthened.

Eventually, this obsession would subsequently influence their combat and cultivation, having a positive, promoting effect on them.

“An Opportunity to comprehend the path of a Void Profound Cultivator, huh? This time, the Dragon Carp shouldn’t be missing out on an Opportunity. After all, it has the Demon Emperor accompanying it, cultivating in the Burial Immortal Volcano; its Opportunity this time should be the greatest.”

“I wonder how it is doing.”

Lin Jing looked toward the direction of the Burial Immortal Volcano and could sense that the Dragon Carp had not yet broken through to the Nascent Soul Stage.

After that thought, his whole body was suffused with golden light. He had the Mystic Art Spirit Mushroom manifest the fluctuations of the Imperishable Golden Body upon him, intending to study the Imperishable Golden Body right here.

Several months later. Burial Immortal Volcano.

On a volcanic crater, the Demon Emperor sat cross-legged. Inside the volcano, countless white flames flowed like a river. A small carp was struggling within it, rolling arduously, letting the flames scorch its body.

The Demon Emperor’s Divine Sense remained fixed on the Dragon Carp. Through the exterior, she saw that outside the Dragon Carp’s demon core, countless Bloodline Power had begun to condense into an illusory image of a small carp.

“Has it reached the Phantom Infant Stage?”

The Phantom Infant Stage is a transitional phase between the Golden Core and the Nascent Soul. At this time, the Nascent Soul has not yet fully formed, but it already possesses some of the power of a Nascent Soul.

“After refining this Burial Immortal Fire, its Bloodline strength should be able to ascend to the Ancestor Realm.”

Through sensing the Phantom Infant power of the Dragon Carp, the Demon Emperor made her judgment.

For the Human Race and Yao Beasts, forming a Nascent Soul actually involves two different methods due to their different species.

When a Yao Beast forms a Nascent Soul, the demon core does not shatter. Instead, through Bloodline Power, it relies on the demon core to form a Demon Infant shell outside the demon core to protect it.

As for Human Race Cultivators forming a Nascent Soul, the True Qi condenses and takes shape within the Golden Core, eventually drilling out of the Golden Core, breaking the shell, and giving birth to a Dao Infant.

Both methods have their advantages. A Yao Beast’s Nascent Soul has a stronger pressure effect; its demonic might can suppress lower-level or even same-level Cultivators with a single thought without consuming much, like a king among beasts, inspiring fear.

Therefore, Nascent Soul Stage Yao Beasts are also called Demon Kings.

Human Race Nascent Soul Cultivators do not have such strong pressure, but they can combine the Nascent Soul with True Qi to cast the Nascent Soul Dharma Idol. The Nascent Soul Dharma Idol is like a burly divine armor that envelops the Cultivator, with both attack and defense far exceeding the Cultivator themselves. Cultivators can even rely on the Nascent Soul Dharma Idol to cast Spells, amplifying the power of the Spells!

The Demon Emperor’s gaze was burning. Just as she was pondering when the Dragon Carp, which had activated its Ancestral Blood, could grow to the true Demon Ancestor Realm and become a great general of the Demon Court, she suddenly raised an eyebrow and looked outside the Tian Yuan World.

At this very moment, not only her, but every Cultivator on the Tian Yuan Continent who had reached the Dao Seeking Realm sensed a strange phenomenon, as if the boundary wall of the Tian Yuan World had been subjected to some kind of impact!

“To think—it is this fast?”

In the direction of the Ancient Kingdom, the Second Generation Ancient Emperor narrowed his eyes and looked toward the heavens, ripples rising in his heart.

Several years ago, the Lord of the Demon Court brought intelligence, informing the many Dao Seeking powerhouses of the Tian Yuan World about the ambitions of the Heavenly Devil Sect. To cope with the invasion of a powerful enemy, the Tian Yuan World ushered in a Golden Age, hoping to use ten thousand years, or perhaps several thousand or several hundred years, to prepare and strengthen the foundation of the world.

But who would have thought, only a few short years had passed, and the Second Generation Ancient Emperor could already feel that someone wanted to cross the boundary wall and descend upon the Tian Yuan World.

Although it looked like the other party had ended in failure, this was still a bad omen.