novelraw Chapter 437 - 252: Dao Heart Demon Planting Technique!
Chapter 437 - 252: Dao Heart Demon Planting Technique!
His cultivation talent was truly not high. The reason he could reach the peak of the Divine Realm was because he cultivated this nearly heaven-defying demon skill.
Cultivating the Dao Heart Demon Planting Technique allows for the condensation of a Demon Seed, enabling him to plant demons in others.
When others are not paying attention, or when they are weak, he can secretly plant a Demon Seed in their dantian.
If the person is below the Late Stage of Gang Condensing Realm, they are likely unaware after the Demon Seed is planted in them.
He usually plants Demon Seeds in martial artists with good cultivation talent but lower strength than his own.
Once these martial artists have raised their martial arts cultivation to a certain realm, he approaches them again, uses the Dao Heart Demon Planting Technique, and extracts the Demon Seed.
After the Demon Seed has been planted in the dantian of the one with the Demon Seed, it will eventually merge with that person’s essence, qi, and spirit.
Once the Demon Seed is extracted by him, it will bring along that person’s essence, qi, and spirit.
The essence, qi, and spirit of a martial artist contain the martial artist’s power.
When the Demon Seed is taken into his meridians, the power of this martial artist merges with his own power.
Thus, his martial arts cultivation increases accordingly.
Since he began cultivating the Dao Heart Demon Planting Technique, more than three hundred martial artists have been planted with a Demon Seed by him, and their power absorbed.
Many geniuses from both the righteous Dao and demon Dao have been planted with Demon Seeds by him.
Then, when these geniuses grow to a certain extent, he extracts the Demon Seed, takes away their essence, qi, and spirit, leading to their demise.
Of course, this heaven-defying cultivation technique also has a major side effect and is not so easily granted.
The martial artist who is planted with a Demon Seed is what the demon sect often refers to as a "furnace".
Once a Demon Seed is planted in a person, his mental will enters the furnace’s sea of spirit, fraught with danger.
His spirit, like a lone boat in a stormy sea, sways with the waves, without roots or reliance, almost certain death.
The thoughts and emotions of the "furnace" will be amplified, affecting him!
Previous cultivators of the Dao Heart Demon Planting Technique, if not careful, were heavily affected by the desires and thoughts of the "furnace", lightly causing qigong deviation with mental trauma and serious physical injuries, or worse, facing complete annihilation with no hope of recovery.
However, he was inherently a person with a heart like stone.
Since childhood, he cared not for those around him nor for life itself.
At seven years old, he picked up a stone and cruelly killed the neighboring child who had taken his toy.
Later, borrowing the guise of a child, he killed countless people.
There were benevolent families who took him in.
After killing this household, he took all their possessions.
There were also constables that investigated the family’s tragic death.
That constable, seeing his youth, let down his guard around him.
Moreover, the constable could not imagine that the person who had murdered a family of over twenty would be a mere child, so he got the opportunity to move in front of the constable and then thrust the dagger hidden in his sleeve into the constable’s stomach.
After killing the constable, he acquired his first martial art from the constable’s body.
Since then, he used extremely cruel methods to kill without count.
Living for nearly four hundred years, his heart has become hard like iron and stone.
He has never touched a woman nor indulged in overly luxurious living.
His life consisted almost entirely of killing and cultivation.
Because of this, his heart rarely experiences joy or sorrow.
The thoughts and emotions of those "furnaces" are seldom able to move his spirit.
Although occasionally causing him to go into qigong deviation, the damage is not significant.
As long as he rests for a while, swallowing treasures of heaven and earth and precious elixirs can restore the mental and physical damage qigong deviation causes.
Therefore, despite planting so many demon seeds, he has not ended up like many past cultivators of the Dao Heart Demon Planting Technique in utter ruin and complete annihilation. Instead, he has lived notably well.
However, even so, he can only plant Demon Seeds in two people at the same time.
Not long ago, one of his furnaces died after he extracted the Demon Seed.
Originally, he had set his sights on the Heaven-Breaking Army and considered that Li Xuanji had the talent to govern a country and indeed intended to support him on the throne.
However, he found that Li Xuanji’s talent was not weak, and his cultivation speed was quite fast.
Moreover, he discovered the martial arts Li Xuanji was cultivating could shorten Li Xuanji’s lifespan, making premature death a real possibility.
He did not want Li Xuanji to die in vain with him gaining nothing.
Thus, he quietly planted a Demon Seed in Li Xuanji’s dantian.
’Young Li Xuanji will probably realize I’ve planted a Demon Seed once he cultivates to the peak of the Gang Condensing Realm.’
’By then, I need not seek him out, he will come to find me.’
’I can then directly take the Demon Seed from him, gaining the power of a peak Gang Condensing Realm martial artist!’
These thoughts swirled in Eastern Prison’s mind.
Although he is currently at the peak of the Divine Realm, as long as he absorbs the Demon Seed.
His essence, qi, and spirit will still improve.
Furthermore, the improvement in essence, qi, and spirit can aid him in breaking through the Divine Realm and advancing to the next martial arts realm—the Tribulation Seed Realm.
’According to intelligence, Li Xuanji should know a mysterious master.’
Eastern Prison thought.
’That person instantly killed several Gang Condensing Realm experts of the Tang Sect, likely already reaching the Divine Realm.’
’However, despite asking young Li Xuanji several times, he remains tight-lipped, claiming his Heaven-Breaking Army has no such person.’
’I just don’t know how to get Li Xuanji to lead me to this person.’
’If I can defeat that person, plant a Demon Seed on him on the spot, and then immediately retrieve it, bringing out that person’s essence, qi, and spirit.’
’I would then gain the power of a Divine Realm martial artist.’
Thoughts racing through Eastern Prison’s mind, he suddenly opened his eyes.
Since cultivating the Dao Heart Demon Planting Technique, he could feel the fluctuations of heaven and earth’s spiritual qi, his senses toward all things being extremely keen.
As such, whenever danger was about to approach, his instinct was far sharper than that of martial artists of the same rank.
’Why do I feel so uneasy right now!’ he contemplated, feeling the constant tremor of the Demon Seed within him, his body seemingly coursing with electric currents.
The next moment, he perceived something that could threaten him coming from the front.
Startled, he jerked to his feet.
At that moment.
Bang!
The stone door to his private room shattered with a deafening crash.
Fragments of stone scattered, and dust churned in the air.
The outside sunlight streamed in, illuminating the dim chamber several degrees.
Through the sun-pierced dust, Eastern Prison saw a figure clad in martial attire, draped in a cloak, and wearing a ghost mask enter.
"Who are you?"
Eastern Prison activated his Demon Seed, channeling power throughout his body, glaring at the intruder, he asked.
"Are you Eastern Prison?"
Su Que continued forward, asking as he did so.
"I am, but I don’t know who you are, sir?" Eastern Prison inquired.
Su Que did not answer Eastern Prison’s question, instead saying, "Reveal the demon skills you know and the location of your collections of demon technique secret manuals and Divine Intent Diagrams, and I will not kill you."
"Who are you really?"
Eastern Prison spoke, suddenly propelling himself towards Su Que, intending to strike first and severely injure the person before him, then plant a Demon Seed.
As he moved forward, his Demon Seed power concentrated entirely on his palms.
Simultaneously, all twenty-four of his organs, the three apertures upper, middle, and lower, resounded in unison, unleashing a tremendous force of Divine Intent, merging with his Demon Seed power.
In an instant, a dense demonic intent descended upon the area.
The stone walls of the chamber, pressed by this demonic intent, revealed cracks one after another.
"Hah!"
With a sharp shout, Eastern Prison thrust both palms toward Su Que!
All the Divine Intent and Demon Seed power, together with the surrounding air, seemed to consolidate into a massive mountain, bearing down on Su Que!
Su Que clenched his right fist, drawing it back, then stamping forward fiercely!
The ground beneath his feet sank sharply.
Then he borrowed strength to punch out.
Seven Injuries Fist!
Rakshasa Kui Divine Skill - Nine Nether Sky Dominator!
Instantly, the combination of the two moves barreled toward Eastern Prison!
This force, like decaying wood, shattered the invisible mountain cast from Eastern Prison’s palms in an instant.
Thereafter, this force, like a meteor, collided with Eastern Prison’s body.
With a thud, Eastern Prison’s entire body flew backward like a sandbag.
Hitting one of the chamber’s walls, it blasted open a large hole, sending him flying out of the chamber.