82: Chapter 82: Taking on both immortals and demons

"Please guide me, Senior."

Xiao Ran immediately sat down cross-legged.

The Ten Thousand Poisons Demon Venerable raised his hand and pointed, sending a streak of green light into Xiao Ran's forehead.

In an instant.

Xiao Ran felt his Divine Soul being pulled into a green world.

Then, ten thousand types of poisonous power surged from all directions.

Bone-corroding poison, soul-eroding poison, emotion-extinguishing poison, luck-ruining poison, dao-damaging poison... each one aimed directly at a Cultivator's most fundamental weaknesses.

For an ordinary Cultivator, being tainted by even one could cause their Divine Soul to dissipate.

But Xiao Ran's Guixu Body, along with his Divine Soul, possessed a devouring nature!

"Devour!"

Within his Divine Soul, the power of Guixu operated spontaneously, transforming into countless tiny vortices.

In an instant, it devoured and converted the incoming poisonous powers one by one.

The poisonous power was converted into pure nourishment for the soul, causing Xiao Ran's Divine Soul to become even more solid.

After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

Xiao Ran opened his eyes, his gaze clear; his Divine Soul's strength had increased by thirty percent!

"As expected, even your Divine Soul has a devouring effect."

The phantom of the Ten Thousand Poisons Demon Venerable let out a soft breath, as if some long-standing matter had been resolved.

Back then, when he saw the previous owner of the Myriad Dao Guixu Body from a distance, a competitive thought arose in his heart.

His poisons were said to be capable of poisoning all things.

One poisons all things, the other devours all things.

If the two were to clash, which one would erode the other?

The Ten Thousand Poisons Demon Venerable had no answer.

Because he had never competed with that person, but now he had obtained the answer from Xiao Ran.

"The Guixu Body is inherently a comprehensive transformation from the Physical Body to the Divine Soul."

"Thank you for your help, Senior."

Xiao Ran stood up and bowed.

The Ten Thousand Poisons Demon Venerable gave him a deep look as his phantom began to dissipate.

"Kid, you have more potential than I imagined."

"But remember, don't bite off more than you can chew."

As the words fell, the phantom vanished completely.

The ten thousand poison bead and the Ten Thousand Poisons True Scripture on the altar flew towards Xiao Ran automatically.

Xiao Ran reached out and caught them.

The ten thousand poison bead felt warm to the touch, containing a terrifying Origin of poison within it.

The Ten Thousand Poisons True Scripture was a supreme tome recording the Ten Thousand Poisons Demon Venerable's lifelong insights into the Dao of poison.

"The first Legacy is in hand."

He placed the two items into his storage ring.

Now was not the time to contemplate Cultivation Techniques; the priority was to head to the next Legacy site.

...

Over the next three days.

Xiao Ran began a frantic sweep.

He did not touch the legacies of his three fellow disciples, nor did he touch the targets of the four from the Immortal Path.

Instead, he specifically chose those that were ownerless or whose inheritors had long since perished, leaving only ruins and legacies.

For the second location, he went to the Blazing Flame Demonic Cave in the northwest of the battlefield.

Guarding this place was the remnant soul of the Burning Heaven Demon Venerable; the trial was to endure the burning of the Nine Nether Demon Flame for one hour.

Xiao Ran's Guixu Body devoured and converted the demonic flames.

Not only did he pass the trial, but he also gained a trace of fire resistance for his Guixu Body.

From this, he obtained the Burning Heaven Demonic Technique and the magic weapon, the blazing flame demon banner.

Before the Burning Heaven Demon Venerable dissipated, he murmured, "Back then, that old monster used this Physique to swallow the Yao Race's True Solar Fire..."

The third location was the Profound Ice Demonic Abyss in the southwest of the battlefield.

The trial of the Ice Demon Venerable was to dive to the bottom of the ten-thousand-foot demonic abyss and retrieve his natal magic weapon, the ice soul demon sword.

The bottom of the demonic abyss was extremely cold, capable of freezing even space itself.

Xiao Ran protected his body with the Guixu Demonic Light, devouring the cold energy and easily retrieving the demonic sword.

Thus, he obtained the Profound Ice Demonic Code and the ice soul demon sword.

The fourth location was the Thunder Demonic Palace on the southeastern edge of the battlefield.

The trial of the Thunder Prison Demon Venerable was to bathe in ninety-nine heavenly thunders within the Nine Heavens Thunder Pool.

Xiao Ran stood in the center of the thunder pool, his Guixu Body frantically devouring the power of the heavenly thunders.

Not only did he pass the trial, but his Physical Body also reached a new level after being tempered by the lightning.

This time, he obtained the Thunder Prison Demonic Scripture and the magic weapon, the thunder shock demon drum.

The Thunder Prison Demon Venerable was completely stunned by this scene.

"This Physique is so perverted; a mere Golden Core at Great Perfection dares to swallow heavenly thunder? No wonder that person back then dared to withstand the Nine-Nine Immortal Tribulation..."

The fifth, sixth, seventh...

Xiao Ran was like an untiring treasure hunter.

In three days, he swept through eleven Demon Venerable legacies!

Every Legacy's trial was as good as non-existent before the Guixu Body.

The guardians of each Legacy seemed full of wariness and awe toward the previous owner of the Myriad Dao Guixu Body.

Through their descriptions, the image of the previous owner of the Myriad Dao Guixu Body gradually became clear in Xiao Ran's mind.

That was a truly invincible existence, a monster revered by the Immortal, Demonic, and Yao Races alike.

He was known for devouring all laws, once turning the tide of a local battle single-handedly, later transcending this world and disappearing without a trace.

And Xiao Ran was walking a similar path.

On the evening of the third day.

Xiao Ran stood before a shattered immortal palace.

This was the Legacy ruins of the Floating Cloud Immortal Venerable.

Yes, you didn't see it wrong; this was an Immortal Path Legacy.

In theory, an Immortal Path Legacy should be incompatible with his attributes as a Demonic Path Cultivator.

But the Guixu Body... was not a picky eater.

"Let's try an Immortal Path Legacy."

Xiao Ran stepped into the immortal palace.

The phantom of the Floating Cloud Immortal Venerable appeared, a white-haired old man with an immortal and sage-like demeanor.

Seeing Xiao Ran, he was first stunned, then said in surprise.

"A Guixu Body... and a demonic Cultivator."

"Little friend, are you planning to take both the Immortal and Demonic Paths?"

"This Junior just wants to see what mysteries the Immortal Path holds."

Xiao Ran said candidly.

The Floating Cloud Immortal Venerable's trial was to decipher Three Thousand Daoist Scriptures, requiring the interpretation of the core Profound Truths of the three thousand scrolls within the immortal palace within three hours.

This was almost impossible for other Cultivators.

But Xiao Ran's Guixu Body could forcibly devour the Daoist Rhyme within the scrolls, directly understanding their essence.

Two hours later, Xiao Ran passed the trial.

Naturally, he obtained the Immortal Path Legacy, the Floating Cloud Immortal Art, and the Immortal Artifact, the floating cloud immortal pendant.

"The Guixu Body truly is unreasonable. Back then, that person relied on this Physique to switch between Immortal and Demonic Cultivation Techniques at will, beating the Yao Race until they questioned their very existence..."

The Floating Cloud Immortal Venerable murmured softly.

He didn't know whether it was good or bad for his Legacy to be taken by a Demonic Path Cultivator.

But he couldn't stop it.

This ruin was once an Ancient Battlefield; they were merely Cultivators who had died in battle long ago.

In that battle, both the Human and Yao Races used all their means, and the situation was too horrific to witness.

To the point that the mighty experts who died in that battle could not reincarnate or perform Possession... their current phantoms were just a sliver of power Origin created before the great battle to leave behind a Legacy.

They only looked intimidating, but in reality, they had no power at all.

Therefore, he could not stop Xiao Ran.

The twelfth Legacy was in hand.

By now, Xiao Ran had collected twelve legacies.

Eleven from Demon Venerables and one from an Immortal Venerable.

His storage ring was piled high with Cultivation Technique tomes, Magic Treasures, and demonic artifacts.

The Guixu Body was also continuously strengthened through one devouring trial after another, and his cultivation had already reached the Golden Core Great Perfection.

And it was as perfect as it could possibly be.

If he hadn't been suppressing his Realm while participating in the trials, he could have reached the Nascent Soul Realm long ago.

"Changsheng and the others haven't finished yet."

"Should I digest the legacies here and Breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm in one go?"

Xiao Ran sat cross-legged on a mountain peak, thinking to himself.

After all, no one here would disturb his Breakthrough.