Immortality from Taming Elephant

The demonic thought coral felt an instinctive urge to devour the aura that permeated the valley.

"Could it be that there’s something special in this valley that can promote the growth of the demonic thought?" Xu Guang pondered.

He carefully sensed and discovered that the pervasive killing sharpness in the valley, although different from pure fire element demonic thought, seemed to harbor a treasure that could promote the growth of the demonic thought coral.

Could it be... that I should use this place to elevate the demonic thought coral to the level of the Peak of Second Nirvana?

"Let’s go in and take a look, proceed with caution." Xu Guang transmitted to General Wei, while enhancing the effect of his Illusionary Demon Garb to the extreme, assimilating his own aura, blood energy fluctuations, and even presence with the ferocious and sharp environmental fluctuations at the edge of the valley as much as possible.

One man and one elephant quietly stepped into the strange valley.

As soon as they entered, the temperature plummeted.

It was not true cold, but a chill originating from the level of the divine soul.

This was a unique domain formed over the years as countless blades drank blood and the aura of slaughter accumulated, capable of directly corroding the will and blood vitality of living beings.

But this was the Fire Domain, with the divine soul cold, yet the body constantly experienced the heat of the Fire Domain.

It was like being caught between ice and fire.

The ground beneath them was no longer the fiery red rock layers but a peculiar ground of a gray-white color, as hard as iron and covered in fine scratches.

Stepping on it produced a dull "clang" sound, as if walking on a massive metal plate.

The dark gray mountain walls on both sides of the valley looked even more terrifying up close.

The deep grooves varied in width, with the widest spanning several feet across and the thinnest as fine as a hair, but without exception, they exuded an incomparably sharp artistic conception, as if these marks were left not by natural forces but by an unparalleled divine weapon or an attack imbued with an extreme sharpness rule.

In the air, those tiny, sharp flickering lights became clear.

They were fragments of weapon souls, congealed from the essence of the fierce killing sharpness!

They floated and swirled silently, occasionally colliding with each other, emitting a barely audible yet eardrum-piercing sharp clink.

Xu Guang protected himself with the Five Emperors Dharmabody, the five-colored chaos light shield flowing on his skin, blocking the invisible sharp aura outside, with subtle ripples occasionally appearing on the shield’s surface.

General Wei crouched low, the power of the Ancient Elephant emanating from his body, forming a heavy earth-yellow aura, with his trunk swinging vigilantly.

Having moved less than a hundred feet, a sudden change occurred!

A scarlet light spot abruptly brightened in an inconspicuous pit on the gray-white ground ahead.

Immediately after, the scarlet light rapidly expanded, stretched, and distorted, in the blink of an eye transforming into a hazy figure standing about a foot high, entirely composed of dark red mist and concentrated killing intent.

This figure had no facial features and its outline was rough, yet it held a massive shadow of an extremely solid, chilling great saber.

The blade was narrow and perfectly curved, flowing with tangible scarlet blood light at its edge. A fierce, resolute, and unstoppable saber intent erupted, locking onto Xu Guang!

Xu Guang’s pupils contracted.

These soul figures were different from those he had seen before; the demonic thought power within them was more pure, even giving Xu Guang the feeling that they were entirely composed of demonic thought power.

To ordinary people, these soul figures would undoubtedly be incredibly dangerous, not to mention—

Their extremely pure demonic thought alone would be enough to give anyone a headache, but...

Xu Guang’s heart flickered with a hint of joy; for him and the demonic thought coral within him, these were rare supplements!

Before Xu Guang could think further, that blade soul figure moved!

There was no roar, no extraneous movements, just a simple and direct two-handed strike, slashing down towards Xu Guang’s direction.

Boom!

A terrifying saber aura, condensed to its extreme, several feet wide, and scarlet as blood, tore through the air. As it passed, the tiny air blades floating in the sky were all absorbed and merged into it, the saber aura’s power escalating, carrying a dreadful will to sever everything and annihilate vitality, arriving in an instant.

The power of this strike had astonishingly reached the level of the early Second Nirvana! Moreover, its saber intent was pure and domineering, far surpassing the ordinary cultivators of the same level!

Xu Guang didn’t dare to be careless, the Five Emperors Reincarnation Seal instantly condensed in front of him, the Chaos Seal rumbling forward to meet it head-on,

Clang!

The blade force collided with the Chaos Seal, erupting in a loud clash of metal!

The violent shockwaves swept around, scraping away a thick layer of the ground, revealing the harder metallic bedrock beneath.

The Five Emperors Reincarnation Seal trembled violently, its light flickering, but it steadfastly blocked the sudden strike.

Xu Guang’s figure swayed slightly, but his eyes lit up.

It wasn’t due to the power of that strike, but at the moment of collision, he clearly sensed an intense, almost trembling pleasure and desire emanating from the demonic thought coral within his sea of consciousness!

The pure demonic thoughts scattered from the fading weapon souls were absorbed by the demonic thought coral with an alarmingly high conversion efficiency.

It was as if the two originated from the same source.

"These weapon souls... are a great supplement to the demonic thought coral!"

This confirmed Xu Guang’s earlier guess.

At the same time, perhaps disturbed by the prior commotion, more scarlet lights flared up one after another from the depths of the valley ahead.

One, two, ten, dozens... a dense multitude of weapon souls began manifesting from the ground, rock walls, and even the void!

Their forms varied; some wielded knives, some held swords, some carried spears, and some bore shields... although unclear, the weapon shadows in their hands were incredibly solid, each exuding a unique yet equally fierce and brutal intent.

In the blink of an eye, over a hundred weapon souls densely packed, blocking the path of Xu Guang and General Wei. The killing aura surged skyward, dyeing the lead-gray sky above the valley with a layer of blood-red.

General Wei let out a deep, warning roar, nine emerald dragon heads emerging from his body, ready for battle.

Xu Guang scanned the multitude of weapon souls, most emanating auras ranging from the First Nirvana to the early stages of the Second Nirvana. However, seven or eight particularly tall weapon souls stood out, their imposing presence like mountains. The restrained glow of their weapon shadows seemed even more dangerous, clearly reaching the mid to late stages of the Second Nirvana!

Normally, when faced with such a number of bizarre weapon souls, Xu Guang might have chosen to avoid confrontation.

But at this moment, feeling the almost greedy desire emanating from the demonic thought coral and the palpable sense of growth after absorbing the residual power of the weapon souls, he changed his mind.

"Ah Wei, let’s charge in!" Xu Guang said in a deep voice, his eyes brimming with battle intent.

Before he finished speaking, he had already taken the lead and charged out!

The Five Emperors’ Dharma Body phantom manifested behind him, the Green Emperor wields time, the Black Emperor controls water, the Red Emperor burns the sky, the White Emperor splits the sky, and the Yellow Emperor carries the world. The Five-Colored Divine Light intertwined, transforming the ten yards around him into a nascent domain of Five Elements’ rotation, a chaos-beginning territory—a Holy Domain in its initial form!

The weapon souls stepping into the domain suddenly paused, as if caught in an invisible quagmire. Their attacks, driven purely by killing intent and weapon aura, were disrupted and suppressed by the Power of the Five Elements.

Xu Guang drew his bronze Long Sword, wrapped in the Red Lotus Karmic Fire, his figure flitting through the crowd of weapon souls like a phantom.

Where the sword light arose, red lotuses bloomed!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Each dissipating weapon soul released pure demonic thoughts into the air, seemingly capable of being reborn, immortal and undying.

But the demonic thought coral in Xu Guang’s sea of consciousness swayed joyously, absorbing all the scarlet mist laden with the essence of annihilation effortlessly, like a whale drinking water!

It seemed to strip away the immortality of these spirit shadows.

The demonic thought coral grew at a visible rate!

The dark purple branches became thicker, with more forked dragon-horn-like protrusions. Its color deepened toward a deeper purple, the Dragon Scale patterns on its surface becoming increasingly clear and vivid, even beginning to emit a faint, sharp aura as if capable of slicing through the Divine Soul.

Xu Guang could feel his total demonic thoughts rapidly increasing, his control over the Demonic Thought Power becoming more meticulous and precise.

The original abilities of the Unmarked Demon Garment were Enhanced; now he could even manipulate the demonic thoughts in the air and consequently ignite malefic fire.

What delighted him more was the fact that the demonic thought coral’s growth seemed to bring him new abilities.

"Exhilarating!" Xu Guang shouted loudly, his sword momentum growing more fierce.

These weapon souls had no intelligence, but in this valley, they were supposed to be immortal. Yet the demonic thought coral could neutralize them.

Xu Guang fought with increasing courage, the feedback from the demonic thought coral’s growth invigorating his blood and elevating his state rather than diminishing it.