Cultivation: From Servant to Revered Immortal

With a flip of his palm, a foot-long short blade appeared in his hand, and then he slowly infused it with mana,

formed a spell with one hand, and his figure flickered,

the next moment, he suddenly appeared in front of Old Demon Yulu and stabbed without hesitation!

Puff!

The sound of metal piercing flesh was heard as the Extreme Blade pierced through the elder’s forehead and exited the back of his head!

Hit by this lethal strike, the old demon instantly awoke, looked at Zhou Xun who was close at hand, and sensed his head nearly reduced to mush,

his eyes widened in disbelief, he opened his mouth to say something,

but nothing came out, and then his sight faded to black and he fell silent.

Seeing this, Zhou Xun finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He reached out and took the storage bag hanging from the elder’s waist, attaching it to himself.

Then he prepared to store the old demon’s corpse in the storage bag,

when suddenly,

an unexpected change occurred!

Zhou Xun’s expression drastically changed, and he immediately formed a spell, disappearing from where he stood!

"Boom!"

Almost simultaneously, the elder’s body suddenly exploded, accompanied by an extremely powerful force spreading in all directions. If Zhou Xun hadn’t reacted quickly, he would have been affected by this attack.

At such close proximity, even if Zhou Xun had activated the Golden Jade Plate in advance, along with the Seventh Layer Body Refining Technique, he would likely have been seriously injured.

Immediately after, a black light flew out from the blood mist at a speed nearly comparable to Zhou Xun’s instant teleportation,

the black light shot straight into the late-stage Core Formation Blood Demon Child engaged in battle nearby.

Then the Blood Demon Child’s radiance grew dramatically, a burst of red light scattered,

creating a gap in the encirclement of the five Blood Demon Children in an instant,

and the late-stage Core Formation Blood Demon Child swiftly "whooshed" through the gap, turning into a beam of blood light, disappearing in an instant.

On the other side, Zhou Xun suddenly appeared in the air hundreds of meters away, staring with his mouth agape at everything happening before him.

From the elder’s body exploding, to it entering the Blood Demon Child and swiftly leaving, it all happened in a single breath.

Looking at the almost imperceptible blood light, Zhou Xun sighed inwardly.

How could he not recognize this as the Blood Escape Technique recorded in the Blood Demon Scripture, but he didn’t expect that when used by the Blood Demon Child, its speed could be increased to such an extent.

Simultaneously, the technique of the old demon’s body exploding, and the Golden Core turning into a black light entering the Blood Demon Child’s body, wasn’t documented in his copy of the Blood Demon Scripture either.

"Truly, as expected of a disciple of one of the three great Demon Sects, the Blood Refining Sect, the means of preserving life indeed are formidable!"

"When encountering people from these powerful factions in the future, I must exercise utmost caution and never be careless!" Zhou Xun marveled.

At the same time, he developed a keen interest in the incomplete copy of the Blood Demon Scripture lying in his storage bag.

Previously, he had underestimated this cultivation technique!

He also recalled the late-stage Core Formation Blood Demon Child summoned by the old demon earlier, and Zhou Xun became thoughtful.

Based on the late-stage Core Formation level of that Blood Demon Child, the refinement of its corpse must require at least a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator.

But that fundamentally makes no sense,

the old demon possessed nothing more than a Core Formation Stage cultivation, where did he obtain a corpse of such a powerful cultivator?

It’s known that once a cultivator reaches the Nascent Soul Stage, they’re exceedingly hard to kill.

Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators have a preliminary contact with Void Power, and after the Nascent Soul emerges, they possess the ability to instant teleport, at incredible speeds,

even late-stage Nascent Soul Cultivators find it hard to give chase.

With such miraculous escape techniques,

it’s easy to defeat a Nascent Soul Cultivator but killing them is extremely difficult,

and once a Nascent Soul emerges, the remaining body remains active, it’s easy to destroy, but refining it into a Blood Demon Child is impossible.

Only the bodies of True Monarchs left behind after their Nascent Souls are annihilated can be refined into Blood Demon Children.

But such materials, even Nascent Soul Cultivators don’t have enough, how could a Core Formation Demon Cultivator have access to them?

Therefore,

Zhou Xun had a bold guess that Old Demon Yulu’s Blood Demon Child wasn’t refined immediately to the late-stage Core Formation level,

but rather cultivated over a long period to reach this standard.

This aligns with the common knowledge in the Cultivation Realm’s Corpse Refining Lineage.

Ordinary corpse refinements can advance step by step, from Iron Corpse to Copper Corpse, then to Flying Demon Corpse and so on,

there’s no reason the Blood Demon Child would have to remain stagnant forever.

"Looking at it now, my copy of the Blood Demon Scripture only contains the technique for sacrificial refining, not the method for nurturing it!"

"If I could obtain the Blood Demon Child nurturing technique, like Old Demon Yulu, and nurture these Blood Demon Children to the late-stage Core Formation, even to the peak,"

"then the five Blood Demon Children could unleash a combinatory secret technique, perhaps they could rival Nascent Soul Cultivators!"

This wouldn’t consume mana, and could offer an active means to confront enemies,

equivalent to having a Nascent Soul Stage fighter by his side, thus, even facing True Monarch of Profound Control, he would have the power to battle.

Thinking of this, Zhou Xun couldn’t help but cast his gaze to the storage bag he had just obtained from Old Demon Yulu, ready to open it and inspect it,

suddenly several escape lights flew towards him from a distance, at the forefront was Jiang Wanning, who had just parted ways with him, so Zhou Xun stopped his actions.

This place was only five hundred miles away from Cuihu Mountain, the commotion caused by their battle had naturally been discovered by nearby cultivators and thus reported to the Jiang Family.

The news quickly reached Jiang Wanning’s hands.

Zhou Xun had just left, when the direction he left from erupted in a great battle, how could she not know who it was, so she brought two family elders and flew over without hesitation.

"Fairy Jiang, what are you doing here!" Zhou Xun waved his hand, putting away the "Four Symbols Demon Suppression Array" below, and then went up to meet them.

Looking at the lingering spiritual power aura and the devastated area.

Jiang Wanning showed urgency, concerned, she said:

"Young Master, are you alright!"

"Just now, I heard the report from my clansmen that there was a Core Formation Cultivator engaging in magical combat here, and guessed it was you at once, so I rushed over!"

Hearing this, Zhou Xun couldn’t help but be moved.

"I’m grateful for your concern!"

Jiang Wanning, being only at the Foundation Establishment Stage, was obviously incapable of meddling in such a level of magical combat, yet she came without hesitation,

it truly was commendable!

"Young Master, who was that?" Jiang Wanning pointed to the traces of combat before them,

"Old Demon Yulu, unfortunately, he escaped!" Zhou Xun couldn’t help but lament,

"By the way, this person is from the Blood Refining Sect, having suffered a setback here, he will definitely retaliate, your Jiang Family can’t stay here anymore,"

"not even within the Chaotic Domain, you must leave quickly!"

Zhou Xun said, and added a reminder.

"Thank you, Young Master, Wanning understands!" Jiang Wanning nodded, the old demon not dead and being from the Blood Refining Sect, their Jiang Family indeed had no choice but to go into exile.

Jiang Wanning instantly made up her mind,

"Just... after leaving this place, will I still see you in the future?"

"If fate allows, we will meet again, Fairy Jiang, farewell!"

Zhou Xun glanced at Jiang Wanning, smiled slightly, then lightly leapt onto the back of the Earth Element Beast.

The Earth Element Beast’s wings fluttered gently, accompanied by a breeze, speeding away.