The Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed originated from the Divine Fetus. After several days of study, Chen Mu gradually comprehended its wondrous uses.
According to his insights, as long as the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed was planted within a living creature, it could coexist with its host.
Once the host died, the mature Spiritual Seed could be collected, bringing back the host’s lifetime of experiences and insights to strengthen itself.
And once the Spiritual Seed was successfully implanted, under its influence, the host would subconsciously recognize the seed’s owner, although they wouldn’t blindly obey, backstabbing or rebellion was absolutely impossible.
"Hiss... that fierce?!" Chen Mu couldn’t help but feel shocked.
"Is the Cloud Mirage Celestial Demon that powerful?"
"How come I have never heard of it before?"
...
Thousand Lanterns City, around the round table.
"It is not uncommon for demonic gods from beyond to parasitize and plunder." Shen Yan spoke calmly, "But few of them become significant. After all, they attract too much hatred, making it difficult for them to survive.""The key issue is that it’s hard for them to secretly parasitize."
"If the host body is too fragile and struggling to survive, how can it support a parasite? If it’s too powerful, it’s easy to be detected, targeted and driven out, which also makes it unsuccessful."
Chen Mu scratched his head upon hearing this.
The Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed was extremely fragile, and to successfully implant it, the host must voluntarily consume it. If there was any resistance, the Spiritual Seed would crumble and disappear.
As for voluntary consumption...
According to previous insights, the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed was not a parasitic Demon Seed; it relied on the host to grow but also seemed to bring some benefits to the host. However, what those benefits were, he himself could not ascertain. To others, it simply looked like a parasitic Demon Seed; who would willingly consume it?
"No wonder the Cloud Mirage Celestial Demon is virtually unknown; the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed seems formidable but is actually quite useless." Chen Mu shook his head.
But as he shook his head, he suddenly paused.
Voluntary consumption...
The Yama Emperor’s Command?
Hiss...
It seems not impossible!
...
Two days later, Thousand Lanterns City.
Perhaps because the Divine Fetus was not complete, Chen Mu observed numerous times but could not gain more insights from the Divine Fetus.
"To know more, the only way is to carry out a practical operation and give it a try," Chen Mu narrowed his eyes.
Just after watering the vegetable garden and ready to walk towards the round table, Shen Yan suddenly stopped in his tracks.
Why is this guy smiling so sinisterly?!
His body tensed up immediately, and he turned to walk towards his own room.
But just as he lifted his foot, he uncontrollably turned back and strode over to the round table.
"Sit." Chen Mu spoke with a smiling face.
"I might not sit, I still have something to do..." Shen Yan didn’t finish his sentence before his body obediently took a seat at the round table.
Looking at Chen Mu’s smiling face, he suddenly felt a chill on his scalp.
He recalled the topic discussed two days ago and felt his hairs stand on end.
"You... your Heavenly Demon Yin Divine True Form, does it really have the ability to parasitize and plunder?"
"Heavenly Demon? What kind of lousy Demon God is that?" Chen Mu chuckled, "My Yin Divine True Form is from the Cloud Mirage."
"Besides, my Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed is symbiotic, not only harmless, but also has many benefits."
"Come... swallow it." Chen Mu lifted his right index finger, and a pearl the size of a needle tip appeared, floating above his fingertip.
The pearl was jade white, semi-transparent, with a sparkling white light, resembling a tiny pearl as small as a speck of dust.
In a flash, Shen Yan thought of Thousand Lanterns City and the Divine Power Method Chen Mu used to control his body.
How could a Yin Spirit who had just entered the Enlightened Heart Realm possess such a complex and multifaceted Divine Power?
Does this bastard’s Divine Power really have that vile ability to parasitize and plunder?
Doomed!
...
Shen Yan resisted intensely in his mind, yet his body had already reached out and pinched the tiny pearl, throwing it into his mouth like eating a peanut.
He felt utterly disheartened. After three hundred years of cultivation and achieving a state of Perfection in his Divine Fetus, was he now doomed to be the making of another’s future?
Done for!
All is lost!
After lamenting for quite some time, he regained his senses, yet he did not notice any peculiar changes.
"Failed?" He asked with a face full of hope.
"It shouldn’t have?" Chen Mu couldn’t help scratching his head, "I operated according to the manual."
"Haha! That worthless Heavenly Demon truly is a lousy Demon God!" Shen Yan was overjoyed.
Chen Mu’s face darkened.
"Go and tend to your vegetables!"
Unconcerned, Shen Yan’s face was filled with smiles, "I diligently cultivated for three hundred years, my Divine Fetus already reached Perfection. My Primordial Spirit is flawless and intact; how could your fragile Demon Seed possibly parasitize successfully?"
So the Spiritual Seed was too weak to deal with this three-hundred-year-old ghost?
"Sigh, it truly is useless." Chen Mu sighed inwardly.
"How about, let me try?" Shi Dechun, who had been observing all along, suddenly spoke up.
Shen Yan, who was just now taking delight in catastrophe, instantly showed a stunned face: "Are you out of your mind?"
Chen Mu also looked at Shi Dechun in surprise.
What madness had gotten into this old man?
"Brother Chen didn’t say," Shi Dechun said, unconcerned. "This thing is all benefit and no harm, so what’s the harm in trying?"
"You believe him just like that!" Shen Yan couldn’t understand.
"What do you know!" Shi Dechun said with scorn.
"Brother Chen is the one I pulled from the River of Oblivion. We’ve come all this way together. How could you understand our deep friendship? How could he possibly deceive me?" He spoke with conviction, yet he couldn’t help but sigh internally.
Thousand Lanterns City, mind control divine ability, two different bodies, a dharma that can eavesdrop from miles away, and today’s Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed—I know too much.
"You really are reliable, old Shi!" Chen Mu burst into hearty laughter.
Without explaining further, Shi Dechun also laughed and reached out, cheerfully tossing a Spiritual Seed into his mouth.
Only by accepting this thing can one truly be considered one of us!
The Nether Demon Heaven is so dangerous; whether or not Chen Mu will take me with him depends entirely on his mood. If I’m not considered one of his own, it would be easy for him to cast me aside in Thousand Lanterns City, and I would undoubtedly perish.
He glanced at Shen Yan again, who looked ill, and sneered inwardly.
This fool, alive for three hundred years in vain. If you’re not one of us, how could Brother Chen ever let you leave Thousand Lanterns City!
Noticing Shi Dechun’s gaze, Shen Yan’s mind raced, and he suddenly understood the crux of the matter.
Does this old man think he knows too much and fears being silenced?
This isn’t some trust born from friendship; this is literally handing over one’s allegiance!
He couldn’t help but stiffen.
I know quite a lot myself, and even if this bastard in front of me doesn’t kill me, he will certainly confine me to death within Thousand Lanterns City!
Shen Yan’s face instantly turned as pale as paper.
...
How naive Chen Mu is, oblivious to the cunning thoughts of these two old foxes.
Right now, he is fully concentrating on experiencing the change within the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed.
As the Spiritual Seed merged with him, a secret connection linked Shi Dechun and the True Form of Heavenly Demon. Feeling that familiar link, Chen Mu was startled.
"The United Heart Curse? Can it be possible?"
He discovered that the connection formed by the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed was exceedingly similar to the shared sensation of the United Heart Curse.
"Can the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed also replicate someone else’s Secret Techniques?" Chen Mu was overjoyed.
The United Heart Curse, when practiced to higher levels, can yield the Seven Souls Return to Origin Secret Method, burrowing the host’s Divine Power, and duplicating the other’s Secret Techniques. He had obtained seven Secret Techniques from the Wu Mountain siblings, which still served him well.
"If it really possesses the ability of the Seven Souls Return to Origin, once I spread this Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed... Hiss!"
He immediately began to try.
However, upon trying, he found no change in that slender connection.
Forget about duplicating Secret Techniques, he could not even remotely sense Shi Dechun to borrow his five senses for investigation.
"Tsk... Wishful thinking," Chen Mu lamented with regret.
But Shi Dechun suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "The Dew Harvesting Spell, the Flight of Flame Scripture, the Safe Heart Sutra, the Netherworld Guide, the Three Paths Curse. In less than a year in the Netherworld, Brother Chen has already mastered so many Dharma methods?!"
"You truly are gifted!"
For a moment, Chen Mu was flattered and a little confused.
Wait, how do you know I know these Secret Techniques?!
Recalling certain experiences with the United Heart Curse, he suddenly had a bad premonition.
"You can see which Secret Techniques I know?"
"Yeah," Shi Dechun was also full of surprise.
"Whenever I think about it, a pitch-black sky appears in my mind, and on it hang five stars. Each star represents one of the Secret Techniques you’ve mastered."
"Eh? I seem like I can also learn these techniques!" Shi Dechun immediately rejoiced and tried to touch the stars.
Almost at the same time, a strange sensation transmitted from Chen Mu’s brow chakra.
Without hiding his reaction, he summoned the image of his Divine Fetus in the form of a bald young boy. As his consciousness sank into it, he immediately felt a faint pulling force emerging at his brow.
That feeling, akin to the United Heart Curse, returned.
Could it be...
Chen Mu started feeling increasingly uneasy.
He didn’t resist that pulling force but, following its direction, compressed and gathered his Yin Spirit Divine Power. At once, numerous silver threads, each as long as a pinky finger, began appearing before his eyes.
The silver threads, resembling silver fish swimming at the bottom of the sea, were still at times and moving at others. Then, following that pulling force, they dived into the void before his brow and vanished without trace.
Then, Shi Dechun suddenly let out an ecstatic shout. Immediately after, an energy signature that Chen Mu was all too familiar with manifested around him.
The source of the River of Oblivion?! Enjoy new stories from
The Three Paths Curse?!
Activated by thought alone?
And it’s the peak-practiced Three Paths Curse?!
Since when could Shi Dechun ever execute the Three Paths Curse?!
Chen Mu was completely stunned in place.
This is bad!
I’ve become an experience pack again!
When he originally used the United Heart Curse to perform the Seven Souls Return to Origin, he had encountered the reverse situation of being granted Secret Technique experiences. Now, seeing Shi Dechun’s reaction, how could he not understand what was happening.
He thought he had obtained a mighty divine ability in the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed, yet before reaping any benefits, he had copied his own Secret Techniques and spread them out.
What is this situation?
The cheat turns out to be myself? Yet it helps others but not me?
Fuck!
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