Chapter 614 399: Sacrificial Demon Lotus
Wuwuwu~~~
Invisible black smoke howled up from the mountains below, spreading across a vast expanse of sky. As Chen Ku passed through, he felt an inexplicable chill.
In the next instant, graceful women appeared before him, pressing themselves against his body.
"This is not good... It's devil thought, and so strong that just passing above it, I am affected by the devil thought permeating from this Demon Cave Mountain Range."
Realizing he was influenced by devil thought, Chen Ku immediately activated the Fourteen Realms mental method "Supreme Heaven Heart Technique" passed down personally from Xiong Ying of the Mountain-Lifting Heavenly King.
The cultivation of martial arts, the techniques and divine skills, is to maximize the power of one's force, but it's also inseparable from the mental state. The Supreme Heaven Heart Technique is a mental method that allows the cultivator to control the 'Mountain-Lifting Force'.
Once cultivated, the mind becomes like a Saint's, aligned with the heavenly heart, without any issues of mental state.
Sure enough.
As Chen Ku activated the Supreme Heaven Heart Technique, a vast heavenly will surged in his heart. Watching the women that appeared before him, he punched without hesitation.
With a single punch, a gust of wind howled.
An unassailable, supreme, and yang-gang will, unwavering like a mountain, reverberated within the punch's wind, immediately shattering all the women formed by the devil thought before him.
Soon after, his vision cleared slightly.
He still saw demonic Qi roaring towards him from below.
Subconsciously, Chen Ku thought of those terrifying legends in the Five Elements Mountain Range: people went mad after seeing certain things and even gouged out their eyes.
"This place is evil, I'd better take a detour."
Chen Ku was thinking of avoiding this Underground Demon Cave area, but as his body kept retreating, he observed more of the environment below and found it similar to the Demon Saint Cave on the Ancient Battlefield of the Three Kingdoms.
"Could there be a Demon Saint Statue below?"
He certainly didn't dare to personally go down to investigate.
This was reality, not the Ancient Battlefield, and there were no teachers from the school to guard it; nobody could guarantee what lies beneath. Merely the devil thoughts rising from the Demon Cave were enough to affect him...
But an idea sparked in Chen Ku's mind.
"Although I can't go down to explore, I can use the Six-Eared Macaque's ability to listen for any ancient secrets below."
Perfect timing.
He had a 'Yin God Fruit' of Divine Medicine Level at hand.
After mastering the Taiyin Technique, the Yin God Fruit's purpose was limited to transforming one into an Eighth Realm Yin God; it was better to use its vast primordial Qi to let the Six-Eared Macaque investigate.
This was also the highest-level Treasured Medicine Chen Ku could consume presently, having reached the divine level.
Whoosh!
His body quickly retreated tens of li, ensuring he wouldn't be affected by devil thought, then transformed into the Six-Eared Macaque's form, tilting his head back to swallow the Yin God Fruit.
Gulp!
Transformed into the Six-Eared Macaque, the instant Chen Ku swallowed the Yin God Fruit, he felt the macaque's digestive system was different from any other transformation or any creature.
His six ears were like natural black holes that swallowed all primordial Qi.
The primordial Qi he devoured didn't go into his dantian, meridians, or flesh but instead rushed towards his six ears.
In an instant, Chen Ku's six ears glowed faintly.
This meant he had entered the world of sound, running his ears to listen. From a unique perspective, he could distinctly see that within a two-thousand-li radius there were actually three golden messages!
"Three golden messages? Could it relate to Fifteen Realm ancient secrets in this two thousand li area?"
Chen Ku attempted to listen to one of the golden messages using the primordial Qi provided by the Divine Medicine Yin God Fruit, but regrettably, the golden messages were like a copper wall, impervious and unable to be decoded into understandable information.
Next, Chen Ku continued to observe carefully.
He found there were nine red messages beneath the first golden messages and fifteen purple messages beneath the red ones…
But to think there were so many precious messages within a two-thousand-li radius, they could be from the present or possibly related to certain secret histories from the Ancient Era.
Chen Ku tried to seek the content of the second-level red messages as a lesser goal.
Boom!
He wasn't psychologically prepared to understand the 'crimson red' second-level information but casually picked one, and when he listened carefully, he surprisingly understood it.
In a moment, ancient voices were instantaneously translated in his mind into comprehensible information.
[In the Ancient Era, the Emperor ruled the world, stabilized the four poles, and all the ancestors created the Tao, with Immortals, Taoists, Martial Artists, Demons, and Gods…
The Emperor disappeared after dividing the world for three thousand years, plunging the world into chaos.
Various systems competed fiercely, establishing Marquis Countries, and of them, the Demon Country was the path of Demon Cultivation led by the Demon Ancestor, bringing forth three emperors to establish the three great Demon Countries: Heavenly Demon Country, Earth Demon Country, Human Demon Sect.
Heavenly Demons enter the mind, formless and shapeless, free and unrestricted, like air and thought, existing in the hearts of all beings, feeding on the devouring of thoughts, becoming the highest achievers among demons.
Earth Demons enter with the body, possessing immense blood Qi and formidable physique, dwelling underground, feeding on the devouring of flesh and blood, as a rarity among demons.
Human Demons primarily practice demon skills, nearer to the Martial Practitioner's path and the most common type of demon clan, mostly establishing Demon Sects.
...
Three thousand years ago, during the great war against the Tao, Buddha, Immortals, and demons, the alliance of the three major Demon Countries declared war on the world.
After one battle, the three Demon Countries fell like rain, and all the strong perished.
Here, a 'Heavenly Demon Altar' was left behind,
along with a ritual for the altar and the 'Sacrificial Demon Lotus' needed to initiate the ceremony, which is currently located fifty li east in a mound three inches high...
...]
This long piece of information tells the past of this area and reveals to Chen Ku a ceremony to worship the Heavenly Demon King beyond this realm, as well as the exact location of the Sacrificial Demon Lotus.
According to the ancient secrets heard by the Six-Eared Macaque.
This "Heavenly Demon Altar" can be used to communicate with the Great Sky Demon King, who becomes formless and enters the realm called 'Desire Realm' upon reaching the Fifteen Realms. Demonic cultivators below the Fifteen Realms only need to offer sacrifices to perform the ritual and communicate with the Demon King.
After enjoying the offering, the Great Sky Demon King might even reciprocate the main ritualist.
Three thousand years ago.
When the three Demon Countries faced off against the Immortal, Buddha, and Tao Countries, they attempted to perform a grand ritual here. They planned to obtain the power to defeat a Fourteen Realm Quasi-Emperor of the Buddha Country through the self-sacrifice of a hundred thousand Demon Cultivators.
They indeed succeeded.
A Fourteen Realm Quasi-Emperor of the Buddha Country was slain here.
After hearing this highest level red message so far.
Chen Ku suddenly opened his eyes.
"Huh? The Six-Eared Macaque's realm has improved?"
He exclaimed in surprise, noticing that after consuming the Yin God Fruit in the form of the Six-Eared Macaque, its Demon cultivation had unexpectedly increased from the Sixth Realm to the Eighth Realm.
Although this increase in strength is negligible for Chen Ku's current combat power, it seems to subtly reveal a direction for the evolution of the Six-Eared Macaque's cultivation:
"Is it just eating fruit? The better the fruit, the faster the cultivation grows?"
Chen Ku reverted to his original form, touching his chin.
He looked towards a place fifty li away.
Having heard such an ancient secret, there's no reason not to fetch that so-called 'Sacrificial Demon Lotus.'
However,
being cautious, he certainly couldn't risk going there himself.
Directly, he selected an insignificant Seventh Realm pangolin-like Demon from among the many slain Demons suffused with Evil Qi, attached it to the Transformation Diagram, completely cultivated it, and blew a breath...
Hoo!
A creature covered in gray scales, like an earth dragon, whose body seemed armored, the Seventh Realm Strange Beast was transformed by Chen Ku. It nodded at Chen Ku's true form before digging towards that little mound fifty or sixty li away.
At the speed of this Seventh Realm pangolin Strange Beast, it reached the place in just the time for a cup of tea.
Chen Ku waited from a distance, murmuring:
"Could something have gone wrong?"
Even if something did, he could afford to sacrifice a pangolin avatar.
Thinking so.
After another cup of tea's time.
Crash~~
Suddenly, the soil before Chen Ku was overturned, spreading away to reveal a pangolin clutching a basin-sized black lotus platform in its mouth. The platform was adorned with numerous symbols; just looking at it could induce dizziness, as if it contained heavenly secrets.
"This is the 'Sacrificial Demon Lotus' from back then, capable of hosting the 'Heavenly Demon Altar' ceremony."
Upon seeing this Demon Lotus.
Chen Ku's mind recalled the process of the sacrificial ritual he had heard:
On a pre-arranged altar,
holding the lotus, he would walk seven steps toward the six positions representing the six Heavenly Demons, chanting praises along the way:
Infinite Yama Sky Demon, Infinite Freedom Sky Demon, Infinite Doushuai Heavenly Demon, Infinite Longevity Demon, Infinite Degree People Demon, Infinite Great Power Sky Demon
After completing this ritual.
If any of the Demon Kings showed interest in the sacrifice, they would appear to enjoy it, take the offering away, and grant the main ritualist a certain reward.
At this moment, Chen Ku stared at the Sacrificial Demon Lotus in his hand, repeatedly going over the ritual in his mind, thinking:
"This is not just a ritual; it also seems like a method to secretly plot against someone. Just need to lure them to the Heavenly Demon Altar, then secretly initiate the ceremony to feed them to the Demon King. And now, this Underground Demon Cave holds a Heavenly Demon Altar that has existed for three thousand years, so... I just need to lure that old man Jin here, and I'll have the opportunity to take him out through the ritual."
Considering the option of escaping from his hand, surely leaving a future threat, according to Chen Ku's usual habits, it's better to seize this moment to finish him off absolutely.