Cultivating To Immortality

Just as the Golden Armor Crab's demon core burst out of its body, Fang Hong, who had long been prepared, suddenly moved, transforming into a blood-red escape light, instantly catching up to the golden light.

Although the demon core's escape speed was decent, it was still a bit slower than Fang Hong's escape speed. Soon, the Golden Armor Crab's demon core was caught in Fang Hong's hand.

"Ah..."

On that golden demon core, a small golden crab was struggling in pain. It was precisely the Golden Armor Crab's innate demon soul, completely captured by Fang Hong, letting out a heart-wrenching scream.

"Human. You killed me, the Golden Armor Crab Clan will not let you off." The great Demonic Beast was inherently arrogant, and even though it had been captured, it was still threatening Fang Hong.

Fang Hong, however, merely smiled faintly, ignoring it completely. He took out a jade bottle spiritual artifact and sealed the demon core and demon soul inside. These were all excellent materials for alchemy and artifact refining.

Fang Hong transformed into an escape light and quickly flew back to the desolate, uninhabited small island.

He landed in the rocky area at the center of the island, his gaze fixed on the enormous corpse of the Golden Armor Crab.

Little Rainbow also flapped its wings and flew back, steadily perching on Fang Hong's shoulder. Its wings flapped slightly, looking particularly arrogant.

"Well done. Little Rainbow, you're getting stronger and stronger." Fang Hong reached out and gently stroked its small head, a relieved smile appearing on his face.

Hearing its master's praise, Little Rainbow chirped a few times happily, its tail gently wagging, showing off its achievements.

Next, Fang Hong began to "process" this giant golden crab.

First, he collected its Level 8 demon blood, and then, he collected some of the hard shells on its body. These were all rare and precious artifact refining materials.

After collecting the materials, Fang Hong then used the demon gourd to absorb the corpse, refining it into a Level 8 spirit pill.

Having completed all this, Fang Hong returned to his Immortal Cave, satisfied.

Hunting the Golden Armor Crab was just the beginning. Next, he planned to launch a large-scale "Sea Sacrifice" operation.

He wanted to slaughter all the high-level great Demonic Beasts in the sea, feed them all to the demon gourd, and refine them into spirit pills to aid his cultivation.

...

Back in his Immortal Cave, Fang Hong walked into a secret chamber deep within the Immortal Cave, sat down cross-legged, and began to deal with the next matters.

Fang Hong raised his hand and released the Golden Armor Crab's demon soul.

"You... what do you want to do to me?" The Golden Armor Crab's demon soul looked at Fang Hong in terror, an undisguised fear in its voice.

"I want to know information about the great Demonic Beasts of the Sea Race," Fang Hong said calmly, "such as the Golden-winged Bird, Turtle Demon, and Dragon Clan. If you are willing to cooperate and tell me truthfully, I can spare your life."

"Hmph. Cunning human."

The Golden Armor Crab's demon soul snorted coldly, glaring angrily, "Do you think I'll believe your nonsense? I will never betray my own kind, not even in death."

Hearing this resolute refusal, Fang Hong's lips curled into a cold smile.

"Heh heh heh... I knew you'd say that. Since you won't speak, then I'll just have to do it myself and search your soul and refine your spirit."

"Soul Searching and Spirit Refining." When the Golden Armor Crab's demon soul heard this, it began to struggle, trying to destroy its own soul body to seek release.

However, under Fang Hong's powerful Divine Sense control, it didn't even have a chance to self-destruct, being firmly held in place, unable to move.

Fang Hong took out seven silver needles, intending to perform the "Divine Soul Reading with Seven Ghosts" that he hadn't used in a long time.

"This is the Divine Soul Reading with Seven Ghosts. Anyone whose soul is read will surely die. You will suffer the pain of your soul burning, as if falling into endless underworld, in unbearable agony." Fang Hong held the silver needles, his face expressionless.

According to the old rule, before performing the spell, he would first intimidate the target, making it easier.

Unexpectedly, the Golden Armor Crab's demon soul responded with a cold snort.

"Do as you please. My demon race has no cowards."

Seeing that the other party showed no fear, Fang Hong's expression darkened, and he said no more. He had no choice but to directly perform the spell. He pierced the silver needles into the Golden Armor Crab's demon soul, silently recited the incantation, and began to read its soul.

"Ahhh..."

As the spell was cast, the Golden Armor Crab's demon soul continuously let out mournful screams.

Its soul began to burn little by little, in excruciating pain. Streaks of memories transformed into red lines, passing through the silver needles into Fang Hong's glabella, gradually being absorbed and analyzed by him.

The Golden Armor Crab's will was far more tenacious than ordinary souls. It desperately resisted amidst the intense pain, but under the endless torment of the "Divine Soul Reading with Seven Ghosts," it ultimately retreated steadily.

...

Two days and two nights passed, and Fang Hong finally breathed a sigh of relief, slowly opening his eyes.

At this moment, he had already read most of the Golden Armor Crab's memories, completing the soul search.

Looking at the Golden Armor Crab's demon soul again, it was now dim and ethereal, seemingly on the verge of dissipating at any moment.

But miraculously, it had not completely collapsed.

Fang Hong looked at it, a hint of surprise in his eyes. As expected of the soul of a Level 8 great Demonic Beast, it actually survived the Divine Soul Reading with Seven Ghosts without completely dissipating.

The Divine Soul Reading with Seven Ghosts was not a very profound soul-searching method. The higher the level of the soul, the more difficult it was to read, and the memories read were not entirely complete.

This made Fang Hong realize that if he wanted to read the memories of higher-level cultivators, he would have to find other profound soul-searching methods.

Although the Divine Soul Reading with Seven Ghosts had some flaws, Fang Hong still learned a lot of useful information from this soul reading.

First and foremost was the information about great Demonic Beasts that he cared about most. In the Golden Armor Crab's memory, he knew of two great Demonic Beast lairs, belonging to a Level 9 Turtle Demon and a Level 8 Golden-winged Bird, respectively.

Fang Hong smiled. He was not unfamiliar with these two great Demonic Beasts; he had encountered them in the Dragon Palace last time, especially that Level 8 Golden-winged Bird, which had even chased him frantically.

That Level 9 Turtle Demon was powerful, and with Fang Hong's current strength, he wasn't completely confident he could take it down. Therefore, he decided not to disturb it for now.

Fang Hong immediately set his sights on that Level 8 Golden-winged Bird. Last time, it had chased him quite miserably in the Dragon Palace. Now that he had advanced to Nascent Soul, it was time to settle the score with it.

In addition to information about great Demonic Beasts, Fang Hong also learned about the location of the Golden Armor Crab's lair and some things about the demon race in the sea.

Fang Hong now knew that there were four great royal clans in the sea: the Dragon Clan, the Golden-winged Bird Clan, the Eight-Clawed Clan, and the Whale Clan.

The so-called royal clans were groups with a Demonic King in charge. To be called a Demonic King, it should be the legendary Level 10 Demonic King, whose strength could rival a Late Stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

Besides these four great royal clans, there were other strong races, such as the Turtle Demon Clan, the Golden Armor Crab Clan, the Shrimp Clan, and so on.

Having learned this information, Fang Hong also knew how he should act. He would start by hunting Grade 8 Demon Beasts and gradually kill his way through the entire demon race.

Fang Hong put away the Golden Armor Crab's demon soul, then got up and left the Immortal Cave, flying towards the Golden Armor Crab's old lair, preparing to thoroughly plunder it, as there were many good things inside.

Five days later, Fang Hong arrived at an unfamiliar sea area. He stood high in the sky, looking down at a large island below, spanning several hundred li.