Chapter 310
[Nine Nether Demonic Incense: Allows the acquirer's mind-spirit to naturally emit a mysterious fragrance. This scent permanently nourishes the mind-spirit, granting a natural growth rate of 1 unit per day. (Note: The mind-spirit strength of a healthy adult human has a baseline value of 1.)]
[Cold Palace Demonic Incense: Allows the acquirer's body and mind to evenly release a unique fragrance. All living beings entering its range are subjected to an indiscriminate 30% slowing effect. This effect ignores differences in cultivation realm and relies solely on the target's mind-spirit resistance.]
[Formless Demonic Incense: Allows the acquirer's body and mind to emit a faint, delicate scent. This fragrance enables the acquirer to transform into a formless state, allowing free entry and exit from the Sea of Consciousness and the Heavenly River of Memories.
Notes — Sea of Consciousness: A boundless ocean formed from the convergence of all living beings' consciousness. Heavenly River of Memories: The historical traces once engraved upon the world. They will slowly fade and shatter as time passes, though the process may take an eternity.]
Mhm.
As a cultivator who walked the orthodox path, Lin Hui disliked the sound of the word "demonic." Yet he couldn't deny that the Demonic Incense Sect was the most practical choice by far. If the description was accurate, the sect's Heart Source Demonic Palace resided within the Sea of Consciousness—at the boundary between reality and illusion—with no physical presence in the material world at all. That made it the perfect sanctuary.
Whether for lying low or fleeing a battle, it far surpassed the other options.
Beyond that, the three Demonic Incenses were extraordinary in their own right. The first, Nine Nether, enhanced mind-spirit strength passively, without any need for active cultivation—ideal for his family and loved ones. The second, Cold Palace, inflicted a crippling slowing effect on enemies regardless of their cultivation realm. Undeniably powerful.
The third, Formless, was a divine instrument for escape. Should Lin Hui ever face an opponent he couldn't overcome, he could retreat directly into the Sea of Consciousness.