Chapter 130: Magic Fetus Formation, Spirit Root Seizure

The completion of the Demonic Embryo Profound Origin Secret Incantation meant that his goal of defying fate and changing his destiny was about to be achieved. Body refining and foundation building could be put on hold for now.

"It's finally done."

At this moment, Wang Yu's face revealed uncontrollable joy.

After nurturing Wang Wu for several years, he was finally going to use him. With dual spirit roots and the effect of the placement slot, he couldn't imagine how much his cultivation speed would soar.

Calming his mind, his spiritual sense sank into his body to check its condition.

Indeed!

The spirit root, which had originally been clumped together, was now completely covered by black and red demonic patterns. It no longer resembled a root.

Instead, it was the Profound Origin Demonic Embryo!

Based on the five-element inferior spirit root, it was a transformed demonic spirit root aptitude.

The five-element attributes were still present, and even the mutated Yin and Ice water spirit roots Wang Yu previously had reverted. After shrinking, they were contained within the Profound Origin Demonic Embryo, as if transforming into the Five Qis in the Chest, sinking into complete dormancy, but not disappearing.

The improvements and induced mutations from cultivating the "Cold Blood Art" and "Corpse Demon Secret Art" had also not vanished. Instead, they appeared on the exterior of the Profound Origin Demonic Embryo.

Ice-blue and black-grey, two slightly incomplete runes were imprinted on the embryo's surface. They were gradually disappearing, transforming into nourishment for the demonic embryo.

After careful observation, Wang Yu discovered.

The Profound Origin Demonic Embryo had a peculiar appearance, closely resembling a coiled infant. It was quite similar to the legendary Nascent Soul, except its face had no features.

Possessing it, Wang Yu gained the aptitude for any demonic cultivation method. It was completely different from orthodox "spirit roots."

The so-called act of seizing others' aptitudes was to absorb their spirit roots to nourish the Profound Origin Demonic Embryo. The stronger the demonic embryo, the higher his demonic cultivation aptitude!

Therefore, the spirit root attributes of the seized individual didn't matter. The Profound Origin Demonic Embryo accepted all, able to consume any.

"So that's how it is."

While contemplating, Wang Yu entered the stone chamber. Wang Wu, bound by chains and dressed in rags, knelt on the ground, trembling uncontrollably upon hearing footsteps.

His eyes were filled with fear. Seeing this, Wang Yu couldn't help but show a satisfied smile.

To perfectly seize another's spirit root, kinship was merely the first requirement. According to the process, one also needed to plant a "demonic thought," constantly eroding the target's sanity until they were completely corrupted.

In a manner mimicking a Heavenly Demon's soul possession, everything of the target would be devoured.

Whether the demonic thought succeeded and the time needed to catalyze the corruption were both considerable. After all, the survival instinct of living beings is difficult to defy. If their psychological defenses were broken down beforehand, it would be much easier.

Therefore, over the past few years, he had used every means to torment Wang Wu, thoroughly breaking his will, all to facilitate today's action.

Of course, only he knew how much personal vendetta was mixed in.

The closer Wang Yu got, the more violently Wang Wu trembled.

When Wang Yu gripped his chin, forcing his head up, Wang Wu trembled like a sieve.

Fear had penetrated to his very bones!

"Good. Look into my eyes."

Wang Wu involuntarily looked up. The moment their gazes met, Wang Yu's eyes turned completely black, and he uttered a few strange syllables.

An invisible demonic thought quickly took root in Wang Wu's Sea of Consciousness, rapidly absorbing a large amount of negative emotions to grow stronger. Wang Yu also whispered.

"Relax your mind and body. Don't resist."

"Relax... you'll be free soon."

"No more suffering, no more torment. You can sleep soundly, just give everything to me~"

Wang Wu's expression relaxed, but his eyes widened.

The black, representing demons, bloomed in his pupils like swirling darkness, completely taking control of the man's mind and body.

In less than an incense stick's time, a completely broken Wang Wu surrendered everything of himself, finding complete liberation from the endless sea of suffering.

The foundation laid beforehand determined the efficiency of this moment.

Forming a hand seal, Wang Yu took a deep breath and continued to utter strange, inhuman syllables. A rustling sound filled his ears, as if some multi-legged creature was crawling in the darkness. The malicious thoughts of the Heavenly Demon were not without side effects; human cultivators who wished to utilize them had to withstand the erosion of their inner rationality.

Previously, relying entirely on feedback from the placement slot, Wang Yu himself had experienced almost no pressure.

Now performing it himself, he could not avoid this influence. However, his mastery of the secret incantation, at the completion level, was enough to make him immune to this erosion.

This showed how much pressure others cultivating this secret incantation had to bear. Rashly using it before achieving completion would too easily lead to backlash.

A moment later.

The illusory sounds in his consciousness reached their peak. In reality, Wang Wu's body was shriveling at a visible rate, as thin black threads emerged from his pores, eventually converging into the shape of a pill.

It swiftly entered Wang Yu's body.

At the location of the spirit root aptitude, which existed within his body yet could not be found within his flesh and blood, the dark Profound Origin Demonic Embryo received the nourishment.

It immediately burst forth with black and red demonic light. The runes on its surface rapidly grew, and two new spirit root rune-marks were generated.

One red, one green, representing the Fire Spirit Root and Wood Spirit Root.

At a visible rate, they were being devoured by the Profound Origin Demonic Embryo.

A long while passed.

Wang Yu suddenly opened his eyes. Although his aura hadn't changed, the feeling he exuded was completely different.

After a moment of careful perception, Wang Yu laughed unrestrainedly.

"This is a dual spirit root, a top-grade spirit root! Finally... I finally have this ticket!"

He looked at the withered corpse before him. With a light touch, it turned into dust scattered across the floor.

"Dust to dust, ashes to ashes. Our grievances are over."

Several days later.

After experiencing the exhilarating sensation of cultivation with dual spirit roots, it nearly sent him to heaven; the speed was simply boundless.

In the past four years, he had refined four improved versions of the supreme-grade Cold Blood Pills, increasing his spiritual power by 60 strands. His consumption of this pill had essentially reached its limit, as his body had already developed some resistance to the Cold Blood Pills.

With the two placement slots in effect, his spiritual power increased by 115 strands, while self-cultivation added 3 strands. The total increase in spiritual power was 178 strands.

Adding to his original 404 strands, he now had 582 strands.

This was a truly rapid advancement!

He was only 118 strands of spiritual power away from the 700 needed for the ninth level of Qi Condensation. Originally, this would have taken several more years.

But... everything was different now.

The top-grade aptitude represented by the dual spirit roots caused the amount of spiritual power Wang Yu could gain daily from cultivation to skyrocket, far exceeding his previous improvements and bringing about earth-shattering changes.

Foundation Establishment Completion cultivation method, top-grade aptitude, and constant feedback from the placement slots.

The efficiency of a single placement slot had increased to "50 wisps/day," meaning two slots provided "100 wisps/day." What was it before? It was "8 wisps/day."

This speed increase was more than tenfold. Using "wisps" was not intuitive enough; converting it, it was "1 strand/day." This meant he only needed 118 days to advance to the ninth level of Qi Condensation.

Only four months.

This speed was superior among dual spirit roots but slightly inferior to heavenly spirit roots. After all, the difference between second and first was also a qualitative leap.

In comparison, his original cultivation speed was like a joke.

It was no wonder that the cultivation world regarded aptitude as so important.