Demonic Cultivation: Devouring Ten Thousand Demonic Beasts
Chapter 49: The Body of A Saint

Chapter 49: The Body of A Saint

"I am Shangguan Yue Ling, disciple of the Mysterious Sun Sect. Today, I humbly bring my junior brother, Bai Langtian, to pay his respects to Elder Guo."

...

Beside her, Langtian quickly stepped forward, doing the same. He pressed his hands together, his posture stiff but sincere.

"I am Bai Langtian," he said. "It is an honor to pay respects to Elder Guo."

And then... he fell silent and remained in that bow, as though waiting for the elder to acknowledge him—waiting for permission to rise.

But no answer came.

Only the soft rustle of air, and the distant ripple of water in the pond.

It was Yue Ling who gave his arm a gentle nudge and whispered with a small smile,

"Junior Brother, Senior Gu has already passed. You don’t need to wait for him to excuse your bow."

Langtian straightened quickly, and scratched the back of his head in embarrassment.

"Oh heavens, I forgot!" he laughed softly. "It’s just... he looks so alive!"

He turned his gaze back to the man sitting upon the lotus and let out a long, slow breath.

"Senior Sister... I still can’t believe it. Elder Guo... even in death, how can his body remain so whole... and so dignified?"

Truly!

The body of this elder was not only flawless, entirely untouched by decay or rot unlike any corpse one would expect, but it also radiated a powerful glow, purified the demonic energy, and even exuded a subtle fragrance!

A gentle lotus scent lingered throughout the cave, blending seamlessly with the fragrances of countless rare flowers and sacred herbs.

"Could this be... the legendary Saintly Being Realm?" he murmured.

In the path of cultivation, a cultivator gradually ascends step by step, progressing through various stages.

For every three minor realms, one breaks into a major realm.

- The Core Formation Major Realm (With Body Tempering, Qi Refinement, Core Condensation minor realms)

- The Primordial Ascension Major Realm (With Primordial Embryo, Primordial Body, Primordial Spirit minor realms)

- The True Being Ascension Major Realm (With True Embryo, True Body, True Spirit minor realms)

And only after that comes the Saintly Being Ascension Major Realm — (With Saintly Embryo, Saintly Body, Saintly Spirit minor realms).

Among the three stages of the Saintly Being Ascension Major Realm, only the highest at the Saintly Body Stage, it would grant a cultivator the ability to preserve their physical form even in death. Not only does the body remain incorruptible, it also emits radiant light and releases pure spiritual energy and Dao essence that can last for thousands of years without fading.

This miraculous phenomenon is known as Saint’s Body Radiant Repose.

Langtian turned slightly toward Yue Ling and spoke:

"Senior Sister, now I understand... No wonder you never buried him, even knowing he had already passed."

For cultivators who have reached the Saintly Body Stage, burial or cremation is not recommended anymore. Simply because there’s no point, because the body cannot decay anymore.

In fact, burying them could even be considered a grave offense—an act of desecration against a saint’s remains!

And thus, their sects or clan will keep the Saint’s body, allowing the radiant light from their lingering spiritual essence to shine upon the land, creating an ideal cultivation environment for disciples. Many have broken through bottlenecks simply by meditating beneath such sacred light.

But that also leads to another problem.

Because the body of a saint is very, very valuable. People are literally willing to kill for it and steal the corpse.

"There’s also another use for this deceased saint’s body though," Yue Ling added gently.

"Hm? There’s another... use?" Langtian asked, curious.

Yue Ling didn’t answer immediately. Instead, she knelt down and reached toward a small flower blooming from the ground.

It was a delicate blossom, pure white like fresh snow. Shaped like a chrysanthemum, it had nine slender petals surrounding a golden center. And surrounding the flower are countless sparkles, creating such a magical appearance.

"Junior Brother... do you recognize this flower?" Yue Ling asked.

"Huh?"

Langtian blinked, confused.

’We were just talking about Elder Guo... why is she suddenly bringing up flowers?’ he thought.

But the moment he laid eyes on it, his thoughts shifted.

"Oh! Isn’t that the Nine-Leaf White Spirit Flower in the legends?"

Legend has it, the Nine-Leaf White Spirit Flower originated from the Spirit Realm. While considered nothing more than a wildflower up there, in the Mortal Realm, it’s revered as a divine treasure, so rare and powerful that even without refining it into a pill, its effects are already astounding. For mortals, even those on the brink of death, consuming just one petal could bring them back from the edge.

And for cultivators, it will not only heal injuries but also aids those at the Core Condensation Realm in breaking through to the Primordial Embryo Realm. Not only does it greatly increase the success rate of breaking through, it also helps stabilize the energies within the newly formed embryo, and can even awaken some unique properties of that Embryo, making it even stronger!

In fact, any cultivator aiming to advance to the Primordial Embryo Realm must ideally prepare as much of these flowers as possible. When combined with ninety-nine other spiritual herbs, they are refined into the Primordial Nine-Leaf Pills.

But then...

"Senior sister, this... how is this possible?"

Langtian quickly cut himself off, because knowing about this flower, he started doubting himself.

"Am I hallucinating? Or... could I be mistaken? Is this really the Nine-Leaf White Spirit Flower?"

After all, in his thirteen years of cultivation, Langtian had only ever seen illustrations of the flower in the advanced texts. He had never once laid eyes on the real thing. As far as he knew, it was said to be extraordinarily, unbelievably rare, and of course, expensive as hell.

And yet... not only was there one blossom here in front of him.

There were dozens others just like it.

No—hundreds!

They were all spreading across the ground before him, swaying gently in the spiritual breeze, as though simply waiting to be picked.

Seeing his stunned expression, Yue Ling chuckled softly, eyes curving with delight.

"No, you’re not mistaken." she said. "You’re absolutely right. This is the Nine-Leaf White Spirit Flower!"