Record of a Demon's Cultivation

Translator: Cinder Translations

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Xing Chang's face was ashen.

He knelt on the ground, pleading desperately.

"Yu Da, I beg you, for the sake of the years we've spent together as master and servant, don't kill me."

Yu Da sneered coldly. "Master and servant? When did we ever have such a bond? I was just a dog under your command, you called me whenever you needed me and dismissed me without a second thought. When did you ever show me a shred of respect?"

Xing Chang insisted, "You're just a low-level rogue cultivator, of humble status and mediocre talent. It was out of pity that I let you stay by my side and even provided you with foundation-building pills and various spiritual materials. If it weren't for that, with your abilities and status, how could you possibly cultivate?"

Yu Da shot back, "I've served you for twenty or thirty years; I've long since repaid that debt."

"Yu Da, I beg you not to kill me. I can give you everything you want—spiritual stones, spiritual treasures, materials, pills, cultivation techniques... Everything the Xing family gave me, I can give to you, just please don't kill me."

Xing Chang crawled to Yu Da's feet, pleading pitifully.

Yu Da kicked Xing Chang away.

How could he let Xing Chang go? After spending over twenty years by Xing Chang's side, he understood the other's true nature all too well.

Xing Chang was a self-important, ultimately mediocre, narrow-minded person.

When the Tide Beast broke through the Four Directions Demon Suppression Array and Yu Da abandoned Xing Chang to flee, Yu Da had already lost his chance for retreat. ṛåɴŐʙΕṣ

Allowing Xing Chang to return alive would only lead to endless pursuit, given his vengeful nature.

"I can open my sea of consciousness and let you plant the Soul Locking Curse on me, so I will forever obey you."

"Please don't kill me, don't kill me."

"I don't want to die."

"Mother, where are you? Please come save your child…"

Xing Chang continued to plead, and before long, he was sobbing uncontrollably.

Snot and tears streamed down his face, covering him completely.

The pretending-injured Song Wen glanced at Xing Chang, surprise lurking in the depths of his eyes.

Xing Chang was actually this pathetic!

Could someone at the late stage of Foundation Building behave this way?

What he had previously said to Xing Chang was half true, half false.

Old Qi had indeed died at the hands of the Tide Beast, but the Tide Beast had also died at Song Wen's hands.

Song Wen had performed a soul search on Old Qi.

In Old Qi's memories, he had obtained a considerable amount of useful information.

Firstly, Song Wen gained a general understanding of the distribution of the cultivation forces in the Chaotic Sea.

The five largest cultivation forces in the Chaotic Sea are three families and two sects.

The three families are: the Xing family, the Jing family, and the Cui family.

The two sects are the Er Qi Sect and Wu Ji Island.

Among them, the Cui family and Wu Ji Island are part of the demonic forces, while the other three are righteous sects.

The righteous and demonic forces in the Chaotic Sea are not as antagonistic as those on the Tianyuan Continent; instead, they maintain close relations.

This is because both the righteous and demonic factions of the human race share a common enemy: the demon race in the waters of the Chaotic Sea.

The demon race frequently invades the inner sea, slaughtering cultivators and mortals while seizing resources and living space.

Especially among the avian demons, they cannot always remain in the sky; they must eventually land.

However, the outer sea has few islands, and the islands rich in spiritual energy are even scarcer, severely limiting the breeding of avian demon beasts.

They desperately hope to invade the inner sea and occupy more islands.

Under the pressure of the demon beasts, the five major forces, along with other cultivation factions in the Chaotic Sea and many rogue cultivators, formed the Star Sea Alliance to resist the demon race.

Secondly, Song Wen learned about Xing Chang himself.

Second.

Song Wen learned about Xing Chang as a person.

Xing Chang came from an extraordinary background and had decent talent, being of the seventh-grade spirit root.

Even in the talented Xing family, he wasn't a rare genius, but he was definitely among the elite.

Xing Chang's biological mother, Shan Yue, was one of his father Xing Gaohan's many concubines.

Shan Yue was beautiful, possessing a grace that could close the moon and shatter flowers. But unfortunately, as a mortal, she lacked the backing of a powerful family, and thus was not favored by Xing Gaohan.

After Xing Chang was discovered to have a seventh-grade spirit root, Shan Yue held high hopes for him, wishing for her son to achieve great things in the Xing family and become a dragon among men.

Relying on her son's success!

With her status as his mother, she would naturally rise in the Xing family.

However, Shan Yue was originally just a prominent young lady among mortals. Once, by chance, she caught the eye of Xing Gaohan and was brought back to the Xing family.

She had not experienced the cruelty of the cultivation world and had a shallow understanding. The ways of the cultured families of mortals, while good for raising Xing Chang, ultimately led him down the wrong path.

Under the support of the vast resources of the Xing family, Xing Chang's cultivation advanced rapidly. By the time he was not yet forty, he had reached the late stage of foundational building.

But having grown up under Shan Yue's care, his character was extremely weak and immature.

As for Old Qi, he was the personal bodyguard assigned to Xing Chang by the Xing family, deeply intertwined with him.

If Xing Chang died, Old Qi would not live long either.

That was why Old Qi was willing to risk his life to protect Xing Chang.

Third.

Song Wen knew about Xing Chang's purpose in hunting the Tide Beast and the use of the Earth Spirit Pill.

TLN: Changing Spirit Pill to Earth Spirit Pill.

The Xing family had a secret technique called "Focused Spirit Stab," which was an exclusive secret method of the Xing family.

"Focused Spirit Stab" is a type of mental attack technique.

It condenses a cultivator's spiritual awareness into an invisible blade to attack the opponent's sea of consciousness.

Practicing "Focused Spirit Stab" requires the Earth Spirit Pill to cooperate in order to unlock its potential.

The flesh and soul of the Tide Beast are the main ingredients for refining the Earth Spirit Pill.

However, Tide Beasts are extremely rare, and most live in the outer sea, making them hard to find.

Xing Chang couldn't afford to hire golden core cultivators and dared not deeply venture into the outer sea to search for Tide Beasts.

He scoured for information about the Tide Beast and finally found out that there was one at the edge of the inner sea.

Thus, this self-important man disregarded Old Qi's warnings and insisted on coming to hunt the Tide Beast.

Song Wen was quite tempted by "Focused Spirit Stab."

"Focused Spirit Stab" is divided into three levels, corresponding to the foundational building, golden core, and nascent soul realms.

Xing Chang did not have the secret technique for "Focused Spirit Stab" in hand.

Going out to hunt the Tide Beast and bringing it back to the Xing family to refine the Earth Spirit Pill was a trial for the family members; only those who completed the trial could receive the first level of the secret technique.

Thus, Song Wen effectively followed the spiritual imprint he had previously left on Xing Chang and traced it all the way.

He feigned severe injury to approach Xing Chang, plotting for the future.

As for Yu Da's appearance, it was beyond Song Wen's expectations.

However, it conveniently provided him with the opportunity to gain Xing Chang's trust.

"Yu Da, Xing Chang is the precious son of the Xing family. If Xing Chang is willing to let you plant the soul-locking curse, so he will be forever obedient to you, then spare his life. This way, you can gain continuous benefits from him. If you kill Xing Chang and seize his storage ring, it would be akin to draining the pond to catch fish," Song Wen said.

Yu Da stared at Song Wen, coldly saying, "Foolish! You think a mere soul-locking curse can control a descendant of the Xing family? You underestimate the Xing family too much."

"Once the soul-locking curse is discovered by the Xing family, do you think they would care about the life or death of a foundational building clansman? They would track the caster of the curse through the soul-locking spell and directly eliminate me."

"Wei Ding, I'm giving you a chance. Kill Xing Chang, and I can let you leave alive."

Song Wen replied, "Yu Da, you think you can deceive me. To cover up the crime of harming Xing Chang, how could you let me live?"

Yu Da said, "You're quite smart, but unfortunately your vision is poor for choosing to follow such a waste as Xing Chang."

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