The Origin of Inner Demons

Chapter 389 The Origin of Inner Demons

Hearing Chang Yuan say this, Gu Fan also realized what was going on.

The three great immortal clans of Qingwei Realm have always been at the Nascent Soul stage, and have never produced a Void Refinement cultivator. Otherwise, they would have unified Qingwei long ago, and there would never be a tripartite situation.

In the eyes of a Void Refining cultivator, there is not much difference between a Nascent Soul cultivator and a Qi Refining cultivator.

As long as a cultivator from the Xuan Yang Sect who has reached the Void Refinement stage is alive, the ancestors of the three clans would never dare to provoke them.

"Perhaps something happened to a Void Refinement cultivator from the Xuan Yang Sect?"

Gu Fan secretly guessed, but then slowly shook his head.

The structure of a sect is not that simple.

A sect with a Void Refinement cultivator in charge will have at least one Nascent Soul cultivator, so how could it be so easily destroyed?

After pondering for a moment without finding a solution, Gu Fan simply put the matter aside and turned his attention to another matter.

"You just said that you cannot accompany me to the Half-Realm. Why is that?"

Chang Yuan picked up his teacup, took a sip, and said in a deep voice, "This brings us to another characteristic of the Source Sea."

"The reason why the Source Sea is also called the Sea of ​​Bitterness is because it gathers all kinds of distracting thoughts of all living beings. If a cultivator stays in the Source Sea for a long time, unless he has a rare treasure to protect him, he will be tainted by it, and thus his inner demons will arise."

"Now you know the value of the Crystal Pure Heart Bamboo, don't you!"

Chang Yuan gritted his teeth.

Why didn't I manage to snag one back then?!

Gu Fan immediately smiled.

With the Crystal Pure Heart Bamboo protecting him, he truly didn't need to worry about inner demons.

But then he thought, "But... if it's only ten days, it shouldn't have much of an impact on you, senior, right?"

The Yan family set the ten-day limit because, given the strength of a Nascent Soul cultivator's spiritual sense, the safe time to resist is ten days. Beyond that, the cultivator's body might be possessed by a demonic possession.

The jade slip emphasizes this matter.

Some cultivators possessed by inner demons still remain in the secret realm, indiscriminately attacking all cultivators, which is also the main risk in the Xuan Yang Secret Realm.

"Ten days is for a Nascent Soul cultivator!"

Chang Yuan shook his head and said, "Within the Origin Sea, it is not true that the higher one's cultivation level, the longer one can resist the invasion of inner demons."

"If we compare the present world to the surface of the sea, then the source sea is the underwater world. Although there is a barrier between the two, they are interdependent."

"The so-called inner demon tribulation is the resonance between the divine consciousness and the source sea, which attracts the distracting thoughts of all living beings and then arouses the divine soul of the cultivator."

"Cultivators in the lower three realms lack sufficient spiritual sense, so they do not need to undergo the tribulation of inner demons when breaking through their realms; however, cultivators in the Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, and Void Refinement realms must undergo the test of the tribulation of inner demons each time they break through their realms."

"Only after merging, when the primordial spirit and the physical body become one, can one initially resist the inner demons, but even then, one will not be able to roam freely in the Origin Sea."

"Once a cultivator enters the Source Sea, they are no longer protected by heaven and earth. It is like lighting a lamp in the dark night, and all kinds of distracting thoughts will rush in."

"If we compare the divine sense of a Nascent Soul cultivator to a candle, then a Deity Transformation cultivator is a bonfire, and a Void Refinement cultivator is a furnace."

"The stronger one's spiritual consciousness, the more distracting thoughts it attracts in sentient beings, and the faster it generates inner demons."

"This is why interdimensional teleportation arrays must have spatial channels for isolation; one of their functions is to isolate the distracting thoughts of all beings!"

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"For cultivators at the Void Refinement stage, every crossing of the Origin Sea is an adventure!"

"This is only the surface of the Source Sea; if we continue to go deeper..."

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Chang Yuan gave a cold laugh and didn't continue speaking.

Gu Fan remained silent for a long time after hearing this, digesting what Chang Yuan had said.

After a long silence, he slowly nodded, then frowned and said, "Even if it's senior..."

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"Even if I am only at the fourth level of cultivation, it won't work."

Chang Yuan interrupted, saying, "Although my divine consciousness has declined, my essence has not changed. Even if only a wisp of my remnant soul remains, I am still a Void Refiner in the Origin Sea."

"Not only that, but because of insufficient spiritual consciousness, it is even more difficult to resist the distracting thoughts of sentient beings."

"Let alone ten days, even half an hour would be dangerous!"

"I understand." Gu Fan nodded and said seriously, "Then please wait for me here, senior!"

Chang Yuan sighed helplessly and looked in the direction the gourd had left: "At this critical moment, the little guy successfully transformed, which is quite timely."

Upon hearing this, a smile appeared on Gu Fan's face.

Three months later, in the Qingxiao Palace.

Gu Fan looked down at a piece of black spiritual material, about the size of a fingernail, on the table, then turned to look at the gourd squatting beside it, and frowned, "Is this your innate divine ability?"

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The gourd nodded suddenly.

Gu Fan stretched out two fingers, picked up the dark spiritual material, placed it in front of his eyes, and slowly infused it with a trace of magic power.

The magical power poured into the spiritual material was like a clay ox entering the sea; not even a glimmer of light appeared.

"hiss""

Gu Fan rubbed his chin and fell into deep thought.

In three months, the gourd had stabilized its realm.

After transforming into human form, he also awakened his innate supernatural power.

Generally speaking, the innate supernatural abilities of demonic beasts are mostly traceable.

Before they take human form, demonic beasts possess innate magical abilities, and most of their innate supernatural powers are related to these abilities, which can be regarded as enhanced versions of their innate magical abilities.

When Gu Fan forged the spirit in the gourd, he hoped to transform it into a spirit body of the five elements.

Bad news, it failed.

Good news, it wasn't a complete failure.

After being forged, the gourd did indeed possess five attributes, but it failed to form a five-elemental spirit body.

This also confirms Gu Fan's conjecture.

Spiritual aptitude is innate, and the key to it is far more complex than simply gathering all five attributes.

Gu Fan originally thought that since the gourd inherited Chang Yuan's bloodline, its innate divine power would most likely awaken the Devouring Heaven Secret Technique.

Although he could devour various spiritual materials before, it was still far inferior to the true Devouring Heaven Secret Technique.

Thanks to Gu Fan's meticulous cultivation, the gourd consumed far more elixirs than Chang Yuan.

Even so, he transformed after Chang Yuan, which shows the difference between them.

Unexpectedly, due to the influence of the Spirit Forging Technique, the Devouring Heaven Secret Technique seems to have undergone some kind of mutation, transforming into a divine power called "Spirit Devouring and Yuan Transformation".

It is no longer a pure act of devouring, but rather the ability to choose what is devoured and condense it into spiritual materials within the stomach.

The jet-black stone in Gu Fan's hand was the first one that the gourd had condensed.

"Can you control the properties of condensing spiritual materials?" Gu Fan suddenly asked.

Hulu scratched his cheek and tilted his head, saying, "That's a bit difficult, but if I want to, the things inside my belly will gradually turn into that shape."

"What were you thinking when you were refining this spiritual material?"

Gu Fan placed the jet-black spiritual material in his palm and asked curiously.

Hulu chuckled: "It's just... I don't want to get struck by lightning again."

Gu Fan understood instantly.

It turns out he was traumatized by the heavenly tribulation!

"So... this seems to be a good material for crafting defensive magical artifacts?"

Gu Fan's eyes flickered, and he decided to give it a try.

Half a month later, a five-foot-long shield, shaped like a snake scale, was suspended in front of Gu Fan.

Gu Fan raised his hand and unleashed a beam of flame. The flame landed on the shield, and most of it was immediately absorbed, with the remaining flames scattering.

But a gray light appeared on the shield, blocking the remaining force.

Upon seeing this, Gu Fan's eyes lit up.

He then took out a thunder talisman, which transformed into a thunder dragon that lunged at the shield.

The Thunder Dragon shone brightly, illuminating the entire Azure Sky Palace with silver light.

But this formidable thunder dragon, when it landed on the shield, was like a mud ox sinking into the sea, not even causing a ripple, and was even less powerful than the flames it had just emitted.

"I see!"

Gu Fan immediately rubbed his hands together excitedly.

The gourd didn't want to be struck by lightning, so the spiritual material condensed inside could absorb the lightning.

Spells of other attributes, while having reduced effects, are still effective.

This means that the spiritual materials he needs in the future can be custom-made!

Of course, the limitations of this supernatural power are also quite obvious.

First, if the gourd uses what it devours to cultivate spiritual materials, it cannot refine the spiritual energy to improve its cultivation level.

Secondly, the gourd can only influence the general direction of the spiritual material, making it difficult to perform precise operations. The more precious the spiritual material, the longer it takes to condense it.

Finally, the goal should not be changed easily.

If you want fire-attribute spiritual materials today and water-attribute spiritual materials tomorrow, all your previous efforts will be in vain.

Gu Fan also had some guesses about the second point.

It is highly likely that the gourd was completely ignorant about weapon crafting and did not understand the properties of spiritual materials, resulting in the gourd acting entirely on instinct.

"It seems we can't let Hulu run wild all day long anymore." Gu Fan's eyes sharpened instantly.

Hulu stood to the side, watching Gu Fan walk back and forth, and showed a bright smile.

Gu Fan was genuinely happy that his innate divine power could help him.

But before he could even feel happy, Gu Fan turned around and said solemnly, "Starting tomorrow, I'll teach you weapon crafting!"

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