Refining the Dao into Godhood: A Tale of the Jie Sect
Chapter 213 - 204: "Creating From the Void, Adding Fuel to the Fire" (Please Subscribe)

Chapter 213: Chapter 204: "Creating From the Void, Adding Fuel to the Fire" (Please Subscribe)

Xuanqing left the "Lifeless Palace" and immediately activated the "Dao Yi Seal," altering his own fate: "From now on, I am the Huiyue Demon Lord!"

In the Demon Realm, everything is determined by strength, and there is no need to worry about repercussions from slaughter. He quickly raised his own realm to the peak of the Taiyi.

The Swallowing Great Dao combined with the Purification Great Dao allowed him to recklessly enhance his realm without worrying about an unstable foundation.

"Refine!"

With a flick of his hand, vast expanses of white lotus phantasms flew out, each lotus landing on the foreheads of the Demon Clan members, instantly desiccating them into mummified corpses.

During this process, his understanding of the Creation Great Dao also rapidly improved: "Every type of creature has minute differences in their life energy within them. The core concept of the ’Elder Mother Rescue Sutra’ is to cast an impeccable demon body for oneself using the blood of myriad spirits!"

This idea coincided perfectly with his own notion of refining multiple paths. In less than ten thousand years, he had mastered this method to perfection.

Moreover, the idea of creating a perfect race even arose in his mind.

"In the Primordial World, one must not mess around, but in the Demon Realm, there is no such taboo. If worst comes to worst, I can just take some time to erase any dark history!"

Xuanqing has always acted on his thoughts. He immediately gathered a vast amount of heavenly materials and earthly treasures from the Demon Realm and, using the Swallowing Great Dao, Creation Great Dao, and the World Purification Great Dao, created a brand new race.

The Devouring Spirit Clan!

With his current abilities, trying to pinch together races such as angels and elves was still out of reach; thus, the race he created was very simple.

They didn’t have much intelligence, nor did they have limbs; they were just oval-shaped spheres who indiscriminately devoured everything.

Xuanqing looked at his creation and frowned, "Why does this Devouring Spirit Clan I created look so much like slimes?"

In terms of appearance, the Devouring Spirit Clan indeed resembled slimes—they could change their shape at will and devour everything—but their strength was incomparable to that of slimes.

Boom!

It seemed that the Demon Realm Great Dao sensed the birth of a new race within the Demon Realm, and the vast demonic fortunes immediately began converging towards Xuanqing.

This fortune was not pure fortune; it also contained a strand of the Demon World Origin Power, strengthening the origin of Xuanqing’s transformation through some inscrutable method.

"Interesting!"

Xuanqing immediately understood that this was the Demon Realm’s reward mechanism, just like the merit evolved by the Heavenly Dao. As long as one contributed to the Demon Path, the Demon Realm would reciprocate and grant benefits to those who had rendered meritorious service.

"If I keep creating races, wouldn’t that mean I could continuously gain the Demon Realm Origin?"

But as soon as this thought arose in his mind, a "Destruction Divine Thunder" suddenly struck down from the heavens of the Demon Realm directly at him.

Boom!

Xuanqing quickly dodged.

And the exasperated voice of Luo Hou instantly resonated in his heart: "Don’t even think about it. If you dare to loot the Demon Realm Origin like that Nuwa woman, I will strike you down right now!"

Hearing this, Xuanqing quickly responded with a forced smile, "Why get angry, Demon Ancestor? I was just thinking about it, and besides, am I not contributing to the Demon Path?"

From Luo Hou’s statement, it seemed that Nuwa had previously done something similar?

"Sigh!"

Xuanqing could not help but sigh. Luo Hou’s control over the Demon Realm was deeper than expected. This meant that his hope of exploiting the Demon Realm Great Dao was fraught with difficulty, and he could even be targeted by it.

Since Luo Hou’s will could intervene with the Demon Realm Great Dao, it meant that no matter what loopholes appeared in the Demon Realm, he could instantly fix them.

He felt that the Demon Realm Great Dao was even smarter than the Primordial Heavenly Dao, firmly held by Demon Ancestor Luo Hou, leaving no opportunity for exploitation.

"It’s best that way!"

The will of Luo Hou snorted coldly and, without waiting for Xuanqing to make a move, vanished without a trace.

Xuanqing breathed a sigh of relief.

Later, he asked around among the creatures of the Demon Realm and discovered that over thirty eons ago, the Demon Realm mysteriously gained many peculiar species. Most of these creatures were annihilated by the Demon Tribulation, and there was a Great Divine Power known as the Creation Heaven Demon.

Without guessing, the so-called Creation Heaven Demon was an incarnation of his mother.

"I wonder if my revered Holy Mother has been blacklisted by Luo Hou?" Xuanqing speculated, "That’s why she shares an alias with The Queen Mother of the West?"

Xuanqing wanted to inquire with Luo Hou, but it was clear Luo Hou didn’t want to bother with him. Perhaps, he just wanted to watch the great divine ability wielders of the Primordial World confront each other.

In the Demon Realm, besides a few whose characteristics were too obvious, the aliases of others were very well-concealed as they did not want to reveal their true identities.

Otherwise, what would you do if you angered a big shot in the Demon Realm and they found an opportunity in the Primordial World to secretly sabotage your original self?

Therefore, actions in the Demon Realm must be carried out with caution and prudence, never allowing others to grab hold of your alias, unless you believe you have sufficient strength to cope.

"It’s time to prepare for the breakthrough to the Daluo."

After Xuanqing had hunted enough members of the Demon Clan, he found a secluded place to enter seclusion again, preparing to break through to the Daluo Golden Immortal Realm with this transformation.

As for the Devouring Spirit Clan, he provided some demon flesh and blood for them to grow rapidly, then let them freely propagate and thrive in the Demon Realm.

He also wanted to see, this kind of race that could just devour and continue to grow stronger, what kind of extent could they reach in the Demon Realm?

The Devouring Spirit Clan seemed harmless, and currently, they had no combat power, but their most significant feature was that they could evolve based on what they devoured.

If they devoured a Heavenly Demon, they would gain some of the Heavenly Demon’s abilities, and if they devoured an Earth Demon, they would possess some of the powers belonging to the Earth Demon.

In the Demon Realm’s constant battles, the Devouring Spirit Clan naturally did not lack food supply. Wherever a major battle erupted, that’s where the shadows of the Devouring Spirit Clan would appear.

Initially, no demon considered this weak creature seriously, seeing them as even more lowly and weaker beings than demon servants, fit only to scavenge for scraps, posing no threat to them at all.

But soon, they discovered something amiss.

These feeble creatures devoured everything—Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, corpses and flesh. Anything imbued with Spiritual Energy was on their menu.

As the devouring continued, many from the Devouring Spirit Clan emerged that were on par with Golden Immortals and even Taiyi, beginning to prey on weaker Demon Clans.

Until one day, a Devouring Spirit accidentally devoured the Physical Body of a Daluo Demon Cultivator and began to frantically consume everything in sight, devouring countless weaker demons.

"Damn it!"

"What kind of monster is this?"

Under the lead of this Devouring Spirit, more and more Devouring Spirits fell into madness, devouring everything; the fallen demons were innumerable in the blink of an eye.

Such disturbances eventually alarmed the Great Divine Power wielders of the Demon Realm. Some attempted to use thunderous methods to exterminate the Devouring Spirits, only to find that they replicated through splitting. Furthermore, with their omnivorous nature, an adult Devouring Spirit could split into thousands in an instant, outpacing any attempts at eradication.

"Who the hell came up with this?"

To achieve Daluo, one must comprehend one’s own Great Dao, and these Devouring Spirits, despite their dangerous replication capability, might at most reach the Taiyi Realm.

Those at the Daluo level of the Demon Clans, or the Great Divine Power wielders of the Demon Realm, naturally didn’t fear the Devouring Spirits, but their subordinate demons suffered greatly!

"How interesting!"

The Blood Demon Daoist showed a schadenfreude expression and even captured a few Devouring Spirits, seeing if he could integrate their mysteries into the Blood Demon Great Dao.

Demon Lord Tongtian exchanged a glance with Primordial Heavenly Demon: "Could this be the work of our junior sister Nuwa?"

"Very possible!"

Supreme Demon Lord slowly spoke: "In the Primordial World, the ones knowledgeable in Creation Skill are just a few; such bizarre creations aren’t something ordinary creatures can research and create!"

In the Lifeless Palace, four figures sat opposite each other, three directing their gaze at one among them: "That’s quite a heavy load of blame to bear!"

These four individuals were renowned figures in the Primordial World, including Nuwa and The Queen Mother of the West as guessed by Xuanqing, the others being Houtu and Taiyuan Saint Mother.

But now, under the guise of "Lifeless Mother," they were stirring trouble in the Demon Realm, evidently forming a coalition of female Great Divine Power wielders.

Nuwa slightly furrowed her brows: "I have no karmic ties with these Devouring Spirits!"

Houtu spoke slowly: "But other than you, who in the Primordial World has the power to create a race out of thin air? It couldn’t possibly be Minghe or Kunpeng, right?"

Clearly, Houtu did not believe Nuwa’s words.

After all, Nuwa’s Evil Corpse Creation Heaven Demons had not infrequently made trouble for the creatures of the Demon Realm.

Whereas Taiyuan Saint Mother was carefully studying a Devouring Spirit: "At its core is the Creation Great Dao, with the Swallowing Great Dao and the World Purification Great Dao as its auxiliary paths. Alas, these creatures lack intelligence, unable to comprehend the Great Dao themselves. Advancing to Taiyi Golden Immortal is already their limit."

The Queen Mother of the West chuckled: "Although they lack intelligence, cultivating through the ’Life-saving Sutra of the Mother’ would definitely result in rapid progress."

Thinking it over, she emitted a stream of divine light, strengthening the Origin Power of the Devouring Spirit in front of her and imprinting the "Life-saving Sutra of the Mother" onto its Primordial Spirit.

Nuwa also had a thought and casually emitted a stream of divine light: "Luo Hou, that guy, is getting stingier and stingier. It’s not so easy to find joy in the Demon Realm anymore! I might as well add fuel to the fire."

With a sweep of Creation Divine Light, the Devouring Spirit suddenly gained the innate skill "Embryo Easy Transformation," allowing it to transform into any object it had encountered.

"I’ll add fuel as well!"

At those words, Houtu also showed a faint smile, casting out the Light of Reincarnation. This bizarre creature instantly evolved the ability to absorb damage.

"Quite interesting!"

Taiyuan Saint Mother also took interest, as a stream of Innate Essence descended. The Devouring Spirit held by The Queen Mother of the West instantly acquired the talent to traverse the void.

Then, with one thought from the four, this Devouring Spirit was cast thousands of miles away, and it began to rapidly reproduce by absorbing the Spiritual Energy of the Demon Realm.

At this moment, Xuanqing had just achieved a breakthrough to Daluo for her Demon Transformation, preparing to research some Demon Path Divine Skills to better disguise her true identity.

Thus, she was unaware that the Devouring Spirits she created had been modified by Nuwa and others, and an unprecedented turmoil was about to sweep through the Demon Realm.

"Creation!"

Xuanqing was engrossed in studying the Creation Great Dao: "Splitting, reproducing, nurturing, all part of creation. Is there a Divine Skill that can directly induce pregnancy?"

As Demon Path Divine Skills are supposed to be more unconventional, she thought of the waters of the Mother-Child River, trying to derive a similar Divine Skill.

"To glare at someone and make them pregnant!"

Then, she shook her head: "No, it should be called the Mother-Child Creation Divine Light."

If employed in combat, the Creation Skill might not be as potent as other Great Daos, but the psychological impact it could have was far greater.

Her keen interest in causing trouble was to witness the methods of Demon Realm Cultivators and the guises of those Primordial Great Divine Ability beings.

She had some concepts about the Demon World Origin and Demon Path’s position, but before that, she wanted to test the waters of the Demon Realm.

Therefore, she planned to cause chaos!

A chaos that would engulf the Demon Realm.

The essence of life, after all, is creation; comprehending the Creation Great Dao meant fabricating something from nothing, creating matter from the void were all within easy reach.

After an unknown period of time, Xuanqing emerged from her seclusion only to find that the Demon Realm seemed to have fallen into chaos.

The Great Divine Ability wielders of the Demon Realm were all acting to exterminate the Devouring Spirits, which in this period had struck terror into the hearts of the lower-rank demons.

A moment’s carelessness could lead to being devoured by the unpredictable, ever-transforming Devouring Spirits, becoming fuel for their growth and advancement.

Seeing this, Xuanqing couldn’t help but frown: "Is this still the Devouring Spirit race I created?"

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