101: Chapter 102 Four Paths Transform into Four Demons

From the shadows, Shen Moyan could see clearly through his Xiyi Perspective.

Within his mind, the memories regarding Immortal Master Yin He were blurring bit by bit; this was the dissipation of Karma.

"The Demonic Sect's true inheritance, the incarnation of the Four Demons..."

Shen Moyan's thoughts raced.

The Four Demons were the Heavenly Demon, the Yin Mo, the Affliction Demon, and the Death Demon.

The first step: the spawning of the Affliction Demon.

Yi Shukuang revealed Immortal Master Yin He's secret, causing the latter to scramble to silence him. This bred distress and invited the Affliction Demon.

The Affliction Demon disturbed Immortal Master Yin He's mental judgment.

It caused his judgment to become sluggish and deviated.

It was precisely this deviation that prevented him from noticing the even more fatal crisis that followed.

The second step: the Yin Mo's infiltration.

Although Yi Shukuang's Physical Body was destroyed and his Purple Mansion shattered, the core essence of his primary cultivation, the Yin Mo Dharma Body, was formed from the five aggregates. During the previous clash, he had used the power of the "Aggregate of Sensation" to silently transfer his consciousness onto Immortal Master Yin He like a seed.

The Physical Body was merely a vessel; as long as the Yin Mo was not destroyed, the True Spirit would endure forever!

The third step: the Karma of the Death Demon.

When Immortal Master Yin He killed Yi Shukuang, this "killing Karma" became like the firmest chain of Karma, briefly binding the destinies of the two together.

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Demons are born from Karma.

If you kill me, you must become me.

And finally, the Heavenly Demon's thought-snatching.

At the moment when Immortal Master Yin He's Divine Abilities were exhausted and the dust settled, his defenses were at their weakest.

Using the formless and substanceless power of the Heavenly Demon, it manifested within Immortal Master Yin He's Karma, and with the aid of the other three demons, it directly invaded his Divine Soul.

This was not a simple Possession, but a higher-level replacement of existence.

"What a move, the [Heavenly Demon Seed of the Sixth Heaven of Desire]!" Shen Moyan's heart surged with excitement.

For a Divine Ability of the Demonic Path, how could the word 'demon' possibly suffice?

Yi Shukuang used the Four Demons he cultivated to forcibly overwrite, devour, and replace everything belonging to Immortal Master Yin He.

Including his appearance, cultivation, memories, and Karma... From then on, Immortal Master Yin He no longer existed in this world; there was only Yi Shukuang, who had seized everything from him!

It was as if a reflection in a mirror had replaced the person outside, or as if the moon in the water had replaced the moon in the sky!

"Truly worthy of being a Demonic Sect true disciple."

At this moment, Shen Moyan suddenly recalled what Zheng Quan had said back then.

The Six Hells Slaying Heaven Demon Venerable cultivated the Immortal Path, Demonic Path, demonic dao, and Divine Path simultaneously, with none of them conflicting.

Moreover, he had single-handedly brought the Six Hells Demonic Sect into the top three of the Twenty-One Immortal Orthodoxies, becoming a sovereign of revival.

"Four Demons... four pathways... I see!"

Shen Moyan's pupils constricted slightly as a massive wave of shock rose in his heart.

"The Immortal Path corresponds to the Affliction Demon."

Cultivation in the Immortal Path focuses on refining the heart and comprehending the Dao to transcend distress.

Yet, on the path of cultivation, Heart Demons sprout in abundance; the Affliction Demon is the ultimate manifestation of this "Affliction Obstacle"!

"The demonic dao corresponds to the Yin Mo."

Cultivation in the demonic dao focuses on refining the form and storing the essence to strengthen the Origin.

Demonic creatures breathe in the sun and moon, tempering their physical bodies and Divine Souls, seeking the ultimate sublimation and transformation of life.

This coincides perfectly with the essence of the Yin Mo, which governs the five aggregates of "form, sensation, perception, volition, and consciousness" to nourish, strengthen, and transform its own existence!

"The Divine Path corresponds to the Death Demon."

Cultivation in the Divine Path focuses on faith and Karma, seeking an immortal and indestructible golden body through belief.

Deities collect faith and form deep Karma with their believers; the life and death of mortals have a significant impact on them.

How similar this is to the rules represented by the Death Demon, such as "death," "life," and "karmic retribution"!

As the saying goes, there are three stages of death for a person.

The first is physiological death, the second is social death, and the third is ultimate oblivion.

If forgotten, faith dissipates, and thus the god naturally dies.

"The Demonic Path, of course, is the Heavenly Demon!"

Cultivation in the Demonic Path focuses on the self and the true, manifesting all things.

Yi Shukuang ultimately used the power of the Heavenly Demon to complete the replacement of existence, formless and substanceless.

"Immortal, Yao, God, Demon... four paths cultivated together, without conflict!"

"Slaying Heaven... means attacking the Dao, using one's own power to integrate four completely different Great Daos and make them correspond."

"This is the Dao He inscribed! He opened four unprecedented and terrifying pathways, allowing the Four Demons to manifest!"

"This Six Hells Slaying Heaven Demon Venerable truly was a worthy enemy of the Xuanhuang Emperor Lord in the past!"

Shen Moyan was incredibly shocked.

"No wonder he could stand above the rest and bring the Six Hells Demonic Sect into the top three of the Immortal Lineages!"

As a true disciple of the Demonic Sect, Yi Shukuang had clearly received a portion of the Demon Venerable's inheritance.

Although he was far from the Demon Venerable himself, he could already preliminarily utilize this bizarre method of merging the four paths!

"Then my copy of the Primordial Demon Heavenly Book..."

Shen Moyan had a premonition that as long as he completed the Primordial Demon Heavenly Book, he would naturally be able to recreate the Demon Venerable's glory.

Yi Shukuang, having replaced Immortal Master Yin He, laughed heartily. In his wild joy, he seemed to want to verify something; he flipped his hand, and another object appeared in his palm.

"As expected! The qingming pearl was in his hands... no, it's in my hands now!"

It was a pearl the size of a pigeon's egg, perfectly round and deep green in color.

Inside the pearl, clouds and mist seemed to flow, occasionally manifesting phantoms of a vast sky and a reversing galaxy.

Through the Xiyi Perspective, it emitted a mysterious Dao Rhyme of "space," "containment," and "grotto-heaven."

At the very moment his mind was completely immersed in wild joy and his vigilance toward his surroundings had dropped to its lowest point...

Shen Moyan, who had been hiding nearby, moved!

Shen Moyan stepped out with the Azure Wave Stillness Step, his figure like a melting shadow, sliding silently out from the ruins.

His speed was at its limit, stirring up not even a hint of wind or Spiritual Qi fluctuations.

Yi Shukuang's laughter hadn't even subsided when he sensed a phantom flashing past.

"You..."

Sensing a trace of Devilish Qi on the newcomer, Yi Shukuang was about to say something.

Innate Divine Ability Prototype: What is Written in an Instant is Eternal!

Supreme treasure? The qingming pearl?

I'll take that!

In this eternal time, Shen Moyan pinched the pearl with two fingers.

Then he took out several stacks of Explosion Talismans and threw them in front of Yi Shukuang.

Before the Divine Ability ended, he leaped and vanished into the teleportation array gate.

Time resumed its flow.

Boom!

The Explosion Talismans detonated, and the teleportation array was destroyed once again.

Dust and smoke rose everywhere.

Yi Shukuang's eyes flickered. As the smoke from the explosion cleared, he was completely unharmed.

However, he felt his palm lighten; the qingming pearl he had just taken out had vanished without a trace!

"What?!"

The wild laughter on Yi Shukuang's face instantly froze, replaced by shock, fury, and disbelief.

He turned his gaze toward the teleportation array, but unfortunately, it had already been destroyed.

"No!—"

Yi Shukuang let out a heaven-shaking roar, and the terrifying pressure of the Peak Purple Mansion erupted.

"You little thief! I've memorized your wondrous rhyme aura!"

"Just you wait, I will definitely find you!"

...Seven Stars Prefecture.

In a deserted valley, a flash of spiritual light appeared.

[Current Lifespan: 720 years]

"This single activation of the Divine Ability actually cost me sixty years of my life!"

Shen Moyan's face was deathly pale, and he was bleeding from his seven orifices.

As the dizziness and tearing sensation of the spatial teleportation gradually faded, Shen Moyan fell heavily onto the hard stone surface. He felt a sweetness in his throat and couldn't help but spit out another mouthful of blood.

He forced himself to sit up and look around.

This was a long-abandoned ancient teleportation array located deep in a secluded valley, where Spiritual Qi was thin and few people ever ventured.

It must have been a place chosen by Immortal Master Yin He.

He looked up; the sky was an unfamiliar color, and the arrangement of the stars was vastly different from that of Feiguang Prefecture.

Shen Moyan reapplied the nine songs seal to his hand and reconnected to the Nine Songs Net.

His Divine Sense sank into the Nine Songs Net, and a vast flow of information poured in.

As soon as he entered the net, Shen Moyan was drawn to a forum where the click-through rate was skyrocketing.

"...Unbelievable! I heard the entire Langya Prefecture was almost smashed to pieces!"

"Not just Langya! The neighboring Cangwu Prefecture was also affected. The Boundary Sea at the junction of the two prefectures was reportedly swept empty by a single sword strike!"

"My god! In the face of such beings, Gui Zang True Monarch is probably like an ant, right?"

"More like less than an ant! I heard that dozens of True Monarchs in the nearby prefectures were heavily injured and fled just from the aftershocks of the battle, and some unlucky ones were directly annihilated in body and soul!"

"What happened next? Where did those two beings go?"

"Supposedly... they really got into it! They fought all the way toward the 'Four Seas and Eight Desolations' occupied by the Yao Race! They want to take the battlefield beyond the borders."

"Right now, in the Four Seas and Eight Desolations, those Yao Emperors are having a massive headache. The Yao armies on the battlefield didn't have time to retreat and were all shaken to death by the aftershocks."