I Can Accumulate Proficiency, Starting from Alchemy
Chapter 2044 - 906: Yin Demon Prohibition, Ashen Nine Refinements

Chapter 2044: Chapter 906: Yin Demon Prohibition, Ashen Nine Refinements

The Cangyun storm lasted for a full month.

A month later, the storm ceased, and after the swirling divine light dissipated, the various divine beings continued their excavation and search for divine stones. They searched for another year before retreating to the entrance of Suyun Mountain.

During this period, the divine beings of Taichu did not encounter the Yin Demons again.

This operation to search for Cangyun Divine Stones lasted a year and one month. From past experience of searches between the two realms, it was found that after this period, there were essentially no more Cangyun Divine Stones within Suyun Mountain.

Upon returning to the entrance of Suyun Mountain, when the cultivators of the Tiaoist Spirit Chaos World ambushed again, Han Yi was shocked to find that the original 387 had dwindled to just 379, missing eight cultivators.

Before setting out, all cultivators knew that they needed to return to the base camp a year after the Cangyun storm dissipated.

So, the only possibility for the cultivators who did not return was that they had fallen within Suyun Mountain.

This had already been over a year since they arrived at the Cangyun Divine Sea.

However, Han Yi knew that the timing of the Cangyun storm was unpredictable and without any regularity. It might erupt twice within ten years or once every several thousand years.

Thus, if they were fortunate, the boundary war lasting ten thousand years might only require entering the depths of Suyun Mountain four or five times, significantly reducing encounters with Yin Demons.

Of course, correspondingly, the number of Cangyun Divine Stones obtained would also decrease.

In the previous boundary war, nearly half the cultivators fell. It could be inferred that they had experienced multiple Cangyun storms over the ten-thousand-year period, with nearly every cultivator encountering Yin Demons, resulting in substantial casualties.

After returning to the entrance of Suyun Mountain, the divine beings dispersed. Elder Taichu of the Taichu Divine Race gathered everyone for a meeting, led by Dongfang Xiao, to exchange experiences from this search for Cangyun Divine Stones and the encounters with Yin Demons.

During the meeting, Dongfang Xiao asked Han Yi to speak about how to deal with Yin Demons.

Han Yi pondered for a moment and said:

"The strength of a Yin Demon’s physical body is considerably weaker than a divine body, yet their attack methods combine strength and divine soul, making them a well-rounded adversary."

"Thus, to kill a Yin Demon, if not by overwhelming their divine body, one must overpower them with divine techniques."

"As for whether they can be slain, that depends on handling the situation on the spot."

Han Yi had considerable firsthand experience in dealing with Yin Demons; they were more like beings in the Tiaoist Spirit Chaos World, existing between divine and heavenly sovereigns.

The strength of this Chaos Demon Clan was weaker than divine beings but stronger than heavenly sovereigns. They did not tread the path of proving the Tao through force, but their Yin Demon techniques were more profound and even outclassed the heavenly sovereigns who mastered soul cultivation.

The first Yin Demon Han Yi killed had unleashed Yin Demon techniques on a high-level elder, nearly causing that elder to fall into demonization.

Therefore.

When facing Yin Demons, the best approach for divine beings is to use overwhelming force to crush them in the shortest time, while heavenly sovereigns should guard against the Yin Demon techniques and use their heavenly venerate skills to gradually eliminate them.

The divine beings listening all showed thoughtful expressions.

In this boundary war, only three elders of Taichu clashed with Yin Demons, whereas Han Yi had slain seven, making him the most experienced.

"Moreover, the core of a Yin Demon is the demonic soul. Finding the demonic soul will greatly simplify the task."

"This, everyone is already well aware of."

The divine beings were not too surprised; the boundary war had continued until now, and the experiences had been thoroughly summarized. Previously, other great divine clans from Ancestral God Star had participated, and their strategies to deal with Yin Demons were largely applicable to the divine clan as well.

A moment later, the divine beings dispersed, and Han Yi returned to his palace.

He reviewed his haul this time, a total of 130 pieces of Cangyun Divine Stones, with the best one having more than 180 facets.

In addition, there were weapons and treasures left behind by the seven fallen Yin Demons.

With a flip of his hand, a dark, pitch-black soul banner appeared. This soul banner was from the highest demon body Yin Demon he had slain.

That Yin Demon’s realm was at the peak venerable level, but it was no match after his Wan Ming Tome found the demonic soul, and with just a few hits, it was killed.

In the soul banner, demonic shadows loomed, and sinister souls floated. If a Dao Realm cultivator gazed upon it, they would be enslaved by the soul banner.

From the soul banner, a green-eyed demonic soul cackled and emerged, darting towards Han Yi’s divine body.

"Old Liu is dead, it’s my turn to become the master of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner."

"Kid, this physical body is mine now."

Just as the demonic soul was about to enter Han Yi’s body, a hand timely grabbed and held it.

The demonic soul’s ferocity surged, but the hand seemed to extinguish all its arrogance. Its previously proud voice instantly turned horrified.

But with just a light pinch from the hand, the demonic soul turned to ashes and vanished.

The previously fluttering soul banner became stiff and unmoving, though the noisy sounds within persisted.

"What a terrifying powerhouse, this guy is even scarier than Old Liu."

"I thought we were free after Old Liu died, but now we are doomed."

"Pretend to be dead, just pretend to be dead."

Han Yi looked at the soul banner, his eyes gleaming. Within his body, in the vast Wanming Space, an ancient black book lay open, with nether qi swirling around it.

This ancient book was the Wan Ming Tome.