Chapter 115: Danyun Realm Gods and Demons

By I Eat Tomatoes

"Dantian." Meng Chuan introspected his Dantian at that moment. The Dantian and the Sea of Consciousness are similar spaces, seemingly infinitely small yet infinitely vast.

The Sea of Consciousness is where the primordial spirit and soul reside. The Dantian, on the other hand, is where true qi and true essence gather. The Dantian's importance is no less than that of the Sea of Consciousness; in fact, many early demon gods couldn't even perceive the Sea of Consciousness, making the Dantian their primary concern! If the Dantian is destroyed, the path of cultivation is severed! Seventy percent of their strength comes from true essence, so they naturally attach immense importance to their Dantian.

"My Dantian is much larger than before," Meng Chuan observed internally.

After his body was reshaped by the nine heavenly lightning bolts, his Dantian naturally underwent changes as well.

The Dantian space was now far more expansive, with a considerable amount of residual heavenly lightning power shimmering and circulating. At the center of this Dantian space was a misty white "Origin Core." As the Origin Core naturally absorbed, it effortlessly drew in more true essence. Even wisps of heavenly lightning power were absorbed, causing a small amount of lightning power to appear on the Origin Core's surface, and the Origin Core itself was expanding. After all, with a much larger Dantian space, it could accommodate significantly more true essence than before.

"I must condense the Dan Cloud. An ordinary 'Origin Core' simply cannot withstand this much true essence," Meng Chuan clearly understood.

Many outer disciples accumulate merits to gain access to the Demon God Blood Pool. For them, undergoing the life-and-death trial to reshape their demon god body carries relatively lower risks. The true danger lies in condensing the Dan Cloud! Their demon god bodies are generally of mid- or low-grade, making the reshaping process less difficult. Of course, some still fail and their bodies collapse. However, the majority of outer disciples who fail do so in the process of condensing the Dan Cloud.

If a semi-formed 'Dan Cloud' collapses, the terrifying force directly obliterates the body, resulting in instant death.

The Dan Cloud Meng Chuan was about to condense was naturally more complex and formidable than those of ordinary outer disciples. However, his cultivation realm was also higher; he had reached the 'Saber Intent Realm' over a year ago.

"Let's begin."

With a thought, Meng Chuan immediately began actively absorbing the power from the Demon God Blood Pool. Within his Dantian space, these energies, mixed with heavenly lightning power, started to form "true essence." Every wisp of true essence flickered with tiny electric serpents. Over time, the original true essence within his Dantian also transformed, and the heavenly lightning power was increasingly absorbed. In just a moment, his Dantian was entirely filled with dense, lightning-flickering true essence, which surged like a vast ocean throughout the Dantian space.

A rumbling sound echoed.

Under the guidance of his Saber Intent, countless wisps of true essence transformed into tiny saber glows. Having reached the Saber Intent Realm, the saber glows condensed from true essence were now far more solid and significantly denser.

Such high-density saber glows had already surpassed the true essence he possessed in his mortal state.

All of them rotated and converged in an orderly fashion, moving from the outside inward, toward the central Origin Core! They continuously merged into the Origin Core, making the heavenly lightning power within it increasingly concentrated.

Converge! Compress! The density at the center steadily increased. When the compressed density reached a critical threshold, there were two possible outcomes:

One outcome was an uncontrollable, direct explosion! The demon god body would be shattered to pieces!

The other outcome was a controlled explosion, where the explosive force was contained to form the Dan Cloud.

The 'Lightning World-Annihilating Demon Body' was far stronger than ordinary mid- or low-grade demon god bodies. Coupled with Meng Chuan's profound foundation, the true essence within his Dantian at this moment was ten times more robust than that of others at the same level. This also made the condensation of the Dan Cloud considerably more challenging.

Even though he had reached the Saber Intent Realm early, Meng Chuan remained extremely cautious, focusing intently as he awaited the moment the threshold was reached, fearing any mistake.

Suddenly, a voice sounded in his ear: "Meng Chuan, integrate the power of your primordial spirit into your true essence. Your control over true essence can increase by more than tenfold, making the condensation of the Dan Core much more certain."

Meng Chuan suddenly realized.

He had been meticulously following the methods described in the Demon God cultivation techniques to condense the Dan Cloud, fearing any oversight. The techniques had not mentioned using the 'power of the primordial spirit' to assist in condensing the Dan Cloud. However, with a moment's thought, it became clear: the power of the primordial spirit could greatly enhance control over the physical body and true essence, increasing strength by several times and naturally improving the precision of control even more.

Instantly, with a thought, the power of his primordial spirit merged into every wisp of saber glow.

Every wisp of saber glow became incredibly clear. He felt as if he had transformed into countless saber glows, each one like a soldier, forming a vast army performing battle formations.

"This formation is clearly too crude." With his control enhanced by more than tenfold, Meng Chuan immediately identified the problem. With a thought, the countless rotating saber glows made subtle adjustments. The slight changes in the distance between each wisp of saber glow instantly made them much more rhythmic! His previous guidance by Saber Intent was not wrong, but it was only macro-level control. Now, with more meticulous micro-level control, the effect was immediately much better.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle."

The moment the saber glow vortex reached its limit, there was no "explosion" as described in the secret texts, which would have required guiding the explosive force to form the Dan Cloud.

Instead, with a very soft 'pop,' the 'Origin Core' at the heart of the saber glow vortex shattered. Some true essence surged outward, but in the Origin Core's original place, only a highly condensed 'light point' remained, a thousandth of its original size. This light point was dazzling, like a brilliant star! This 'light point' also naturally generated an invisible gravitational pull, causing the true essence vortex to rotate naturally with the pull, forming a beautiful Dan Cloud. Even the scattered true essence was attracted back into the vortex.

The Dan Cloud rotated, and the central 'light point' illuminated in all directions, causing external energies to naturally condense into ultra-high-density true essence. This true essence then surged into the Dan Core vortex, continuously rotating and converging toward the core.

Over time, this central 'light point' would gradually grow larger.

The next qualitative change would mark a breakthrough to the 'Indestructible Realm.' However, one's cultivation realm had to be sufficient; otherwise, a forced breakthrough could cause the light point to shatter, resulting in complete destruction and death.

Of course, generations of senior demon gods had long since figured out all the conditions required for breakthroughs; one had to reach sufficient strength before attempting them.

"I succeeded. With the assistance of the primordial spirit's power, condensing the Dan Cloud was much easier," Meng Chuan sighed in relief.

"Body reshaped, Dan Cloud condensed."

Meng Chuan sensed his own body.

His physical strength was vast and mighty, his Dantian expansive, and his true essence pure! Even his 'Sea of Consciousness' was broader, and the 'primordial spirit' within it was slowly growing larger.

"The physical body is like a vessel. The larger the vessel, the more water it can hold. The stronger this body, the more true essence it can contain in the Dantian, and the more expansive the primordial spirit will become in the Sea of Consciousness," Meng Chuan understood slightly. The physical body, true essence, and primordial spirit were all extremely important and deeply interconnected.

Meng Chuan, who was sitting cross-legged in the Demon God Blood Pool, had been completely bald. His hair had turned to ash under the nine heavenly lightning bolts.

But now, the power of the Demon God Blood Pool was causing his hair to grow.

"Hurry up and get out! Don't waste the Demon God Blood Pool's power just to grow a few strands of hair," the Venerable couldn't help but exclaim. Simultaneously, the green liquid within the Demon God Blood Pool rapidly receded. Ordinarily, when no one was undergoing a breakthrough, the Demon God Blood Pool remained dry. As for where the green liquid was usually hidden? That was naturally a secret! It was a treasure that Yuanchu Mountain protected with its life.

Meng Chuan immediately leaped out and donned the robe laid out nearby. A touch of shame appeared on his face, as his hair had already grown two inches long. He promptly bowed and saluted: "Disciple just broke through and inadvertently absorbed a bit more of the Demon God Blood Pool's power."

"It's fine, it's fine," the Venerable said, not minding much. After all, that last bit he absorbed was less than one ten-thousandth of the entire breakthrough process.

Meng Chuan was still quite excited at this moment, having truly become a demon god.

He had also reached the first realm of a demon god: the Dan Cloud Realm.

"Thank you, Master, for your guidance. It is because of your wisdom that this disciple could condense the Dan Cloud so easily," Meng Chuan said gratefully.

The Venerable nodded and said, "Meng Chuan, the power of the primordial spirit is extremely important in the mid to late stages of demon god cultivation. For example, when breaking through realms, like from the Great Sun Realm to the Dark Star Realm, the true essence breakthrough is incredibly difficult. However, the power of the primordial spirit can increase true essence control by tenfold... only then can one hope to reach the Dark Star Realm. Without the primordial spirit, even if your saber mastery realm is several times higher than that of a Dark Star Realm expert, you still won't be able to break through. In the future, you must also dedicate effort to cultivating your primordial spirit."

The main reason he valued Meng Chuan was his primordial spirit.

"This disciple understands," Meng Chuan nodded.

"Mm." The Venerable's figure then dissipated, having departed.

Meng Chuan stood by the Demon God Pool, feeling the surging power within his body and the exceptionally pure true essence. He was filled with emotion and boundless ambition.