Every time he was seriously injured, he would stop immediately. His injuries healed quickly. With the consumption of pills, he recovered from severe injuries in three days. Therefore, he would train his escape art—while on the edge of life-and-death—every three days. He worked hard every time, trying to last longer. This was a method to squeeze his potential out of him.
Meng Chuan had only tried it once. He bandaged his wound behind Qiyue’s back and consumed pills.
Saber art, reading, and escape art. By training like this, I believe my willpower will reach the Six Desires baneful aura refining threshold in five to six years.
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Meng Chuan and Liu Qiyue arrived at Grotto-heaven Pavilion, their seating arrangement had changed.
“Senior Brother Xue Feng has passed the Nine Mystical Caves. He has already left the mountain.”
“Senior Brother Xue Feng has been on the mountain for nearly twelve years. He reached the Great Solar realm with a perfected Black Sand Fiend Body. He completed the Nine Mystical Caves test after reaching the Great Solar realm. Senior Brother Xue Feng’s Nine Mystical Caves test was really difficult.”
“Senior Brother Xue Feng’s current strength is at the peak of Great Solar Godfiends, right?”
This morning, Grotto-Heaven Pavilion was filled with discussions. They were discussing King Calm Sea’s fifth son, Xue Feng.
“Senior Brother Xue Feng has left?” Meng Chuan was astonished.
“It sounds like he left yesterday.” Liu Qiyue was also surprised. News didn’t spread quickly if the disciples didn’t convene.
Meng Chuan was shocked. Xue Feng only left the mountain after becoming a Great Solar Godfiend? The Nine Mystical Caves test sure was difficult for Xue Feng!
Most inner sect disciples left the mountain after becoming Indestructible Godfiends. It was the same for Jadesun Palace Lord at Eastcalm Prefecture. Most disciples only had a chance of reaching the Great Solar realm after 30 to 50 years of cultivation due to their lacking talent.
It was impossible for Archean Mountain to support them for 30 to 50 years.
The Supremacy’s lecture was the same as before. The disciples carefully listened and raised questions about their cultivation.
Soon, the lecture ended. The disciples dispersed.
Liu Qiyue went to Marquis Heavenstar and trained her archery skills. Meng Chuan carried the two history books and was about to go to the library. At this moment, a voice sounded in his ears. “Meng Chuan, come and see me in the inner courtyard.”
Meng Chuan was taken aback. He stayed in Grotto-Heaven Pavilion. After the other disciples were gone, he entered Grotto-Heaven Pavilion’s inner courtyard.
In the inner courtyard, Meng Chuan saw the Supremacy.
“Master,” greeted Meng Chuan respectfully.
“Chronicles of North Wind?” The Supremacy glanced at the book in Meng Chuan’s hand and laughed. “Are you reading history books now?”
“Reading can broaden one’s horizons and increase one’s insights. It will also temper one’s heart and will,” said Meng Chuan.
“Haha…” The Supremacy laughed. “It looks like you have a plan for tempering your heart and will?”
“I’m still far from refining the Six Desires baneful aura,” reported Meng Chuan respectfully. “My plan will take five to six years. I can’t be anxious. I want to use the time to cultivate my saber art and escape art. Reading is to improve my willpower.”
The Supremacy smiled and shook his head gently. “Training an escape art while on the edge of life and death is too extreme. There’s no need to cultivate it. Reading? You can do so in the future, but you have to manage your time.”
Meng Chuan was stunned. His plan had been changed by the Supremacy? His will would improve slower.
“Tempering one’s heart and will can’t be rushed,” said the Supremacy with a smile. “As for refining the Six Desire baneful aura… I forgot to tell you something. Six Desires baneful aura is terrifying. When a mortal refines Six Desires baneful aura with lacking willpower, they might be controlled by their desires. However, Six Desires baneful aura is only slightly special. It poses a great threat to mortal souls, however, it can’t affect a Regis Godfiend’s Essence Soul at all.
“Although you are mortal, you already have an Essence Soul. Six Desires baneful aura’s influence on a mortal’s Essence Soul is much weaker than on a mortal without an Essence Soul.
“As long as you can reach the Darkness Altar’s summit, you will be able to refine Six Desires baneful aura. Your Essence Soul will help you maintain clarity of mind,” said the Supremacy.
Meng Chuan was stunned. He was pleasantly surprised!
“But why didn’t the notes regarding the Lightning Devastator Fiend Body mention this?” Meng Chuan could not help but ask.
“Haha, how many mortals have Essence Souls?” asked the Supremacy with a smile. “Ever since the Lightning Devastator Fiend Body was created, you were the only mortal with an Essence Soul.”
The Supremacy smiled and said, “Alright, you know about it now, at least. Go ahead and complete the Ninth Refinement.”
“Yes.” Meng Chuan respectfully retreated.
He turned around and left excitedly. He quickly came to his senses. Master didn’t say anything about this before. He only told me about this three months after I first entered the Pit of Bewilderment. Was it intentional?
Chapter 111 - Not Enough Baneful Aura?
Meng Chuan also understood his master’s good intentions.
He exerted enough pressure on him, allowing him to focus on tempering his will. One’s willpower was extremely important, even in the later Godfiend realms. After all, many Marquis and even Regis Godfiends visited the Pit of Bewilderment when they returned to Archean Mountain. That was enough evidence.
“I’m here to swap these two books.” Meng Chuan’s heart surged with excitement, but he still went to the library and looked for two new history books.
Studying also relaxed his mind and spirit. It increased his insight, so he needed to keep at it.
After obtaining two new books, Meng Chuan returned to his cave abode.
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Inside his cave abode chamber.
After closing the chamber, Meng Chuan took out a red porcelain bottle he had hidden. His eyes were filled with anticipation. Time to begin the Ninth Refinement!
He was in a bathing pool during every Eighth Refinement session because he needed to heal from his injuries and wasn’t concerned if he was disturbed. However, if his Essence Soul couldn’t withstand the Six Desires baneful aura, it would attack his mind and affect his sea of consciousness. Although he could barely maintain his clarity of mind, it was safer to cultivate in a sealed chamber to prevent any accidents.
Come on.
Meng Chuan gently pulled open the bottle’s stopper and took a deep breath. His Quintessential Essence drew out a red baneful aura wisp—which entered his body through his nose.
Meng Chuan didn’t bother executing a body-tempering saber art because it was only used to guide and aid the body refine baneful aura. However, when it came to refining baneful aura with the Essence Soul, there was no need for such saber arts.
Whoosh.
His body didn’t absorb the Six Desires baneful aura wisp when it entered his body. It was extremely difficult for the body to absorb the Six Desires baneful aura. Even if he used a body-tempering saber art, he would still be unable to absorb Six Desires baneful aura if he hadn’t comprehended Saber Intent.
Instead, Meng Chuan stood motionlessly.
Let the Essence Soul absorb it first before letting the body absorb it.
After Six Desires baneful aura entered his body, it quickly wrapped around his Essence Soul. The faint red threads swirled around his Essence Soul and constantly tried to penetrate it.
Six Desires baneful aura originated from a human’s heart. Once it invaded one’s body, it would automatically attack their soul. If one’s will wasn’t strong enough
, they would be controlled by their desires completely. Weak mortal souls were the easiest to control. The stronger one’s Essence Soul or will was, the harder it was for the Six Desires baneful aura to control them.
Meng Chuan did not use the Power of Essence Soul to block it. He allowed the Six Desires baneful aura to penetrate his Essence Soul and change his body completely.
Mmm? All sorts of desires arose in his heart.
He stood in a garden. From afar, his father, mother, and Qiyue were there. His father was laughing jovially. His mother looked identical to the time she taught him how to draw. Qiyue was carrying a few dishes over. Everyone smiled while shouting, “Chuan’er, come and have dinner.” Meng Chuan really wanted to go over. He wanted to reunite with his family. However, he maintained his clarity of mind and understood that it was all fake.
Soon, the scene dissipated.
Many beauties appeared in front of him. They were extremely enchanting. They only wore thin veils. They were many times more tempting than renowned courtesans in brothels. They clung to Meng Chuan as they enticed him. Sexual desires were naturally possessed by the human body. As he absorbed Six Desires baneful aura, his desires became extremely tempting. Meng Chuan could only endure it.
After the scene dissipated, he found himself in the wilderness. Behind him, demon monarchs were frantically chasing him. Some were on the ground, while others were in the sky. They circled and attacked him.
A strong sense of fear and despair surfaced in his heart. He wanted to live. His desire to live was extremely strong—it was an instinctive desire. His desire to live wanted to drown his consciousness.
I’m refining Six Desires baneful aura. These are all fake. They’re fake. Meng Chuan forcefully resisted his desires. His consciousness was constantly being drawn into different scenarios.
His desires nearly eradicated his rationality and almost caused Meng Chuan to collapse. Once he collapsed, he would be controlled by his desires completely.
However, Meng Chuan’s willpower was insane. His will was over 50% stronger than that was required to reach the Darkness Altar’s summit. He resisted the different desires’ repeated attacks. Some were emotional desires, physical desires, and his goals. All kinds of desires had different effects, but Meng Chuan managed to withstand the attacks.
Whoosh.
Meng Chuan exhaled and regained his senses. He saw the chamber when he opened his eyes. The wisp of Six Desires baneful aura had fused with his Essence Soul completely.
Now, I’ll begin body-tempering with the baneful aura. The nine refinements’ goal was to temper the body. The first eight baneful auras had fused with his body completely. Only the Six Desires baneful aura was required to be absorbed by the Essence Soul first. After this, the body could begin absorbing the baneful aura. This would lead to a balance between body and soul. After everything was balanced, he would be able to attain a perfected Lightning Devastator Fiend Body in the Godfiend Blood Pool.
Inhale! He inhaled another Six Desires baneful aura wisp. It entered his sea of consciousness immediately. However, this time, he used the Power of Essence Soul to prevent it from penetrating his Essence Soul. Then, he executed the body-tempering saber art with his Saber Intent.
The saber art allowed him to exert greater physical strength, causing his body to absorb the Six Desires baneful aura faster and deeper. He slowly absorbed the baneful aura—his Quintessential Essence enveloped his body and prevented the baneful aura from leaving his body. He took ten minutes to finish refining it.
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Meng Chuan’s Essence Soul absorbed three wisps of Six Desires baneful aura, and his body absorbed six wisps. The ratio of one-to-two was the best ratio mentioned in notes regarding the Lightning Devastator Fiend Body. The Lightning Devastator Fiend Body manual, on the other hand, didn’t mention such a thing. It only told the reader to absorb as much as baneful aura they could.
His body could withstand six wisps of Six Desires baneful aura maximum, but his Essence Soul was far from reaching its limits. However, a bottle of Six Desires baneful aura only contained nine wisps.
Absorbing a bottle of Six Desires baneful aura a day is very fast. Meng Chuan wasn’t anxious about finishing the Ninth Refinement.
The next day, Meng Chuan arrived at the Treasure Repository and met Elder Yi again.
“You refined Six Desires baneful aura?” Elder Yi looked at Meng Chuan in shock.
Obtaining the first bottle of Six Desires baneful aura meant that Meng Chuan had completed the Eighth Refinement. Obtaining the second bottle meant that Meng Chuan had completely refined the first bottle of Six Desires baneful aura. It was simply too difficult for mortals to refine Six Desires baneful aura. The requirement on one’s willpower was too high!
There were two difficulties in refining Six Desires baneful aura. Firstly, it was difficult for the soul to absorb Six Desires baneful aura—it required insane willpower. Secondly, even if one’s willpower was insanely high, they could barely maintain clarity of mind when absorbing the Six Desires baneful aura. Due to this, the body-tempering saber art’s effects would be weak. Typically, one could only refine the baneful aura after reaching Greater Mastery of Intent. With these difficulties, a perfected Lightning Devastator Fiend Body expert would only appear once every few centuries.
“Alright, this is the second bottle of Six Desires baneful aura.” Elder Yi’s eyes were filled with anticipation. Meng Chuan just needed time to complete the Ninth Refinement. Soon, a perfected Lightning Devastator Fiend Body would appear.
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“This is the third bottle.” Elder Yi could see the baneful aura in Meng Chuan’s body with a single glance. He gave him a new bottle. “You are quite fast. You can refine one bottle a day?”
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“This is the fifth bottle.”
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“This is the tenth bottle.”
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“You’ve already finished 50 bottles of Six Desires baneful aura. Meng Chuan, there are many people on the mountain waiting for you to attain a perfected Godfiend Body.” Elder Yi was rather expectant.
Since Meng Chuan collected a bottle of Six Desires baneful aura every day, news spread very quickly. Many people on Archean Mountain knew that Meng Chuan was refining a bottle of Six Desires baneful aura a day. After more than two hundred years, a perfected Lightning Devastator Fiend Body would appear again.
Among the disciples who had not left the mountain, Meng Chuan was in the limelight.
Excluding Meng Chuan, there had only been one disciple with a perfected transcendent-grade Godfiend body in the past twenty years. That was Xue Feng. Xue Feng had a perfected Black Sand Fiend Body. In Archean Mountain’s public ranking of Godfiend body cultivation difficulty—ignoring the Dragon Divine Body and Phoenix Divine Body, which required an awakened bloodline—five of the other ten transcendent-grade Godfiend bodies had the highest cultivation difficulty. The Lightning Devastator Fiend Body was one of them.
In Archean Mountain’s history, for the five transcendent-grade Godfiend bodies with relatively low cultivation difficulty, a perfected Godfiend body could be seen every ten years. As for the five with higher difficulty, a perfected Godfiend body appeared once every few decades. They were far rarer.
The Dragon Divine Body and Phoenix Divine Body depended purely on luck. An awakened bloodline meant definite success. There was no hope without an awakened bloodline.
As a result, the other disciples were very impressed by Meng Chuan—who was able to cultivate the Lightning Devastator Fiend Body to perfection. He naturally became the focus of attention. Many disciples came to chat with him at every Dao Exchange. They tried to get to know him. After all, they might request Meng Chuan’s help in the future.
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Seventieth bottle, eightieth bottle… Meng Chuan finally received the ninetieth bottle.
That night, Meng Chuan refined Six Desires baneful aura.
He wasn’t very excited, but rather puzzled.
I’ve refined 90 bottles of Six Desires baneful aura completely. According to the one to two ratio, my body has absorbed 60 bottles of baneful aura and my Essence Soul has absorbed 30 bottles of baneful aura… However, I haven’t completed the Ninth Refinement. Meng Chuan stood in the chamber, feeling somewhat perplexed and helpless.
I can sense that my body has absorbed Six Desires baneful aura to the limits. What’s lacking is my Essence Soul. My Essence Soul doesn’t seem to have absorbed enough baneful aura, and is far from reaching its limit. According to past seniors’ notes, 90 bottles is usually the limit. Even those with heaven-defying talent would only absorb a few more bottles.
But I think my Essence Soul is still far from my limit. Don’t tell me I need a few dozen more bottles?
Meng Chuan was helpless. It was one thing to take a handful more bottles since he could say that his body was a little special. However, receiving dozens of bottles made it obvious that there was a problem.
Meng Chuan felt helpless…
The next morning, Meng Chuan didn’t go to Thousand Sabers Cavern. Instead, he went to Grotto-Heaven Pavilion to visit his master.
Chapter 112 - Nine Refinements Completed
Translator: CKtalon Editor: CKtalon
“Lord Meng Chuan, please follow me.” Grotto-Heaven Pavilion’s old steward had become much warmer towards him. The Supremacy had guided several geniuses. Most geniuses with extremely high talent would be given individual guidance. The old steward usually didn’t pay much attention to Meng Chuan, but he knew—along with virtually all of Archean Mountain—that Meng Chuan was about to attain a perfected Lightning Devastator Fiend Body—something that could only be seen once every few centuries. How rare was that? The last person who accomplished this was Marquis Sea Return two centuries ago. Unfortunately, he was killed during a special mission.
Transcendent-grade Godfiend bodies were all excellent, but they excelled in different things.
The Lightning Devastator Fiend Body represented extreme speed. It was extremely useful for humans at critical moments.
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