Record of a Demon's Cultivation

Translator: Cinder Translations

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Song Wen quickly activated the "Longevity Technique" to calm the chaotic magical power in his dantian.

Three hours later.

The magical power from the "Longevity Technique" gradually returned to tranquility.

Song Wen then operated the "Corpse King Blood Refining Technique" to soothe the turbulent spiritual power from the "Corpse King Blood Refining Technique."

One hour later.

The spiritual power from the "Corpse King Blood Refining Technique" also returned to calmness.

Both powers reformed into two swirling vortices, continuously rotating within the dantian.

Song Wen opened his eyes.

His gaze was filled with gloom.

The golden core formation had failed!

The reason for the failure was that the balance of the two spiritual power vortices had been disrupted.

What was strange, however, was that the magical power from the "Longevity Technique" in his dantian did not revert to spiritual power due to the failure in condensing the pill; it remained as magical power within the dantian.

This was completely different from what was described in the experiences of previous practitioners in the Beastmaster Sect.

The process of condensing a core is divided into three steps.

First, the spiritual power is transformed into magical power.

Second, the magical power condenses into a golden core.

Third, one must pass the heart tribulation to advance to the golden core realm.

Any failure in any of these steps would cause the magical power to revert to spiritual power.

Even if the second step was successfully completed, and the golden core was condensed, if one failed to pass the heart tribulation, the best outcome would be that the golden core would disintegrate, and one's cultivation would regress to the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage.

In Song Wen's current situation, he had completed the first step, with the spiritual power from the "Longevity Technique" now transformed into magical power.

"What stage does my current realm represent? Is it the 'false core stage? Half a gold core stage?"

Song Wen pondered to himself.

After reviewing the entire core condensing process, a bitter expression appeared on Song Wen's face.

The two spiritual power vortices in his dantian were pulling against each other. To condense the core, he must merge the two into one before proceeding to condense the golden core.

The "Longevity Technique" and the "Corpse King Blood Refining Technique" originated from the "Corpse King's Transformation Technique."

Cultivating the "Corpse King's Transformation Technique" would allow him to fuse the two spiritual power vortices in his dantian into one.

However, the "Corpse King Blood Refining Technique" had not been cultivated for many years; he was currently only at the initial stage of Foundation Establishment. He needed to cultivate it to the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage to match the realm of the "Longevity Technique" before he could practice the "Corpse King's Transformation Technique" and condense the golden pill.

Having clarified the path of cultivation ahead, Song Wen exited his cave and rested for several days to alleviate the frustration from his failed pill condensing before entering closed-door training again.

He acquired a large amount of corpse demon spiritual materials from Fang Pengyi, enough for him to cultivate from the initial stage to the peak of Foundation Establishment several times.

The only thing lacking was blood essence.

If he could obtain a large quantity of blood essence to consume, directly absorbing the vitality from others, the speed of cultivating the "Corpse King Blood Refining Technique" would increase significantly.

After betraying the Corpse Demon Sect and entering the righteous cultivation world, he had killed numerous cultivators.

He absorbed the blood essence from these cultivators, but he did not dare to cultivate the "Corpse King Blood Refining Technique" in the righteous cultivation world, resulting in the blood essence having no place to go. He had forced out most of the blood essence from his body and stored it away.

However, the blood essence currently in Song Wen's possession was insufficient for him to reach the peak of Foundation Establishment.

Time passed.

In the blink of an eye, ten years had gone by.

With ample blood essence and corpse demon spiritual materials, Song Wen cultivated the "Corpse King Blood Refining Technique" to the late Foundation Establishment stage.

At this point, he had exhausted all the blood essence he had, significantly slowing his cultivation speed.

After a year of arduous practice, the progress of the "Corpse King Blood Refining Technique" only slightly improved.

Song Wen estimated that at his current cultivation speed, it would take at least thirty to forty years to cultivate the "Corpse King Blood Refining Technique" to the peak of Foundation Establishment.

One day.

Song Wen finished his closed-door training and exited the cave.

He saw the Feiyun Beasts hunting sea beasts.

Song Wen's mind suddenly flashed with inspiration.

"Perhaps I can capture some sea beasts to provide blood essence for consumption. Although the blood essence of beast-kind is not as potent as that of humans, as long as the quantity is sufficient, it can still help my cultivation advance quickly."

Looking at the vast ocean, Song Wen did not rashly attempt to capture a sea beast.

The chaotic sea was divided into the inner and outer seas.

There were no obvious boundaries between the inner sea and the outer sea.

The inner sea was closer to the continent, with numerous islands, frequent human activity, and humans occupying a dominant position, while the beasts were relatively weaker.

The outer sea, on the other hand, belonged to the deep-sea region, with few islands and little human activity; it was the domain of various powerful sea beasts.

It is worth mentioning that the area of the outer sea is countless times larger than that of the inner sea.

The island where Song Wen was located was on the edge of the chaotic sea and was part of the outer sea.

He had been cultivating on this island for sixteen years without encountering any dangers.

However, this did not mean that the waters below the surface were safe.

Perhaps lurking somewhere in the nearby deep sea were third- or even fourth-level sea beasts.

Song Wen dared not recklessly dive into the water to capture sea beasts.

He turned his gaze to the Feiyun Beasts that were preying on the surface of the sea.

These Feiyun Beasts could be useful laborers.

But how to enslave them posed a challenge.

After pondering for a moment, Song Wen decided to first send two Sacred Gu to infiltrate the nests of the Feiyun Beasts to gather information about their situation.

The nests of the Feiyun Beasts were constructed from branches and leaves, resembling giant bird nests, built on a hundred-foot-high cliff on the western side of the island.

There were hundreds of nests, housing over a thousand Feiyun Beasts of various sizes.

At the top of the cliff was a huge bird's nest about two zhang wide, the largest of all the nests.

In this bird's nest lived only one Feiyun Beast.

It was ten feet long, with a wingspan of nearly thirty feet, making it the largest and strongest among the Feiyun Beasts.

This Feiyun Beast possessed early second-level strength, being the only one in the group to have advanced to the second level.

At that moment, a peak first-level Feiyun Beast flapped its wings and flew towards the top of the cliff.

In its claws, it held a fat sea fish over a foot long.

Flying above the largest bird's nest, it released its grip.

The sea fish fell, landing in the largest nest, causing it to tremble as if it would collapse.

The early second-level Feiyun Beast raised its claws and slashed at the fish's belly.

The fish was immediately cut open, revealing its crimson innards.

The second-level Feiyun Beast opened its sharp beak and probed into the fish's belly.

After a bout of tearing, the fish's innards were pulled out.

The Feiyun Beast feasted, devouring the most vital part—the fish's innards.

With a gentle scrape of its claws, the fish's carcass rolled out of the nest and fell towards the cliff below.

From the nests below, dozens of Feiyun Beasts flew out.

Some were larger, some smaller, including the one that had caught the fish, and they began to compete for the fish's remains.

About fifteen minutes later.

Another Feiyun Beast captured a prey, a huge crab.

The crab was also thrown into the nest of the second-level Feiyun Beast.

However, for some reason, the second-level Feiyun Beast did not eat any part of the crab and simply tossed it off the cliff.

Once again, this attracted many first-level Feiyun Beasts to fight over it.

The second-level Feiyun Beast was clearly the king among this group of Feiyun Beasts.

All prey captured by the Feiyun Beasts had to be offered first to the second-level beast, with the remaining parts given to the other Feiyun Beasts.

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