Longevity Chronicles-Chapter 97 - 91: Acquiring Another Sword Technique, The Summoning Demon Technique

The spirit platform was wide open, and a horde of demons was upon it.

Tao Qian, however, was calm and composed, as his primordial spirit circulated that stream of immortal spiritual Qi, and he spat out the Nine True Spirit Sound from his mouth.

This was a sound attack divine power that Tao Qian had acquired by chance, which fit incredibly well with the Spirit Treasure Method he practiced. Against demons and malevolent spirits, the Spirit Sound was akin to a catastrophe, let alone the fact that it wasn't the Spirit Treasure Source Qi Tao Qian was utilizing now, but the supremely powerful Nine True Immortal Spirit Qi.

Completely suppressed, the demons had no power to resist.

Boom!

In an instant, the utterly pure and true rhythm of the Spirit Treasure Dao, like a storm, swept out ferociously.

Such power was more terrifying than any previous instance.

The divine powers unleashed by the ten demon lords were utterly shattered, and their very bodies were frozen in place, unable to even circulate their demon thoughts.

In the last moment before being immobilized, their final thought startlingly was: Was the little Daoist speaking the truth? Is he really a Daoist cultivator, and moreover, a disciple who has received the true teachings?

Unfortunately, their regret at that moment was in vain.

Tao Qian then stood up from the spirit platform and shook his head, saying,

"If it weren't for your excessive greed, with that Daoist oath in place, I would have had no means to deal with you."

"Now that the oath has been broken, you can hardly blame me."

As he spoke, Tao Qian still used the Refining God Seal, moving it to hammer the ten demons, slightly higher than the inferior demons, into demon light sugar pills, throwing them one by one into his mouth. With each chill, his primordial spirit began to grow stronger.

Once one comprehended the crux of this Secret Demon Refining God Skill, it was just this simple and brutal.

Of course, if it weren't for Tao Qian's ability to exempt the cost, he wouldn't be able to practice this way; the risk of falling into demonism and mutation was too high.

After doing all this, Tao Qian once again sat back on the spirit platform.

Embracing the Dao Seed as usual, only changing the position, he silently waited.

Don't be disheartened, the second rod, the second net, even if the divine power skills desired aren't obtained, these demon heads can still serve as primordial spirit resources and not be wasted. After all, this is all cultivation... Such thoughts flickered in the depths of Tao Qian's heart.

Perhaps it was his Qi Refinement Realm body that was too tempting, or perhaps the fragrance of the innate Dao Seed was too strong.

Not much later, within Tao Qian's seemingly empty spirit platform,

there were already a dozen different shapes of demon heads silently hiding. There were not only inferior demons but also those of slightly higher rank capable of unleashing divine powers.

They came into the net without any coordination, especially those inferior demons that had no restraint on their desires. As soon as they entered, they couldn't help revealing themselves, chaotically surging forward, all wanting to devour Tao Qian's primordial spirit and snatch his excellent body, to go to the bustling human world and seek the path of cultivation.

Tao Qian couldn't be bothered to talk more, after gauging the right measure, he sealed the secret acupoints and once again unleashed a "Nine True Spirit Sound" at the group of demons.

After freezing the demons, he thaws them again, then randomly selects an inferior demon and hammers it into a sugar pill with the Refining God Seal.

First, a big stick, then a sweet date.

Seeing this scene, these ferocious and evil demons all behaved themselves.

Now when making a deal with the demons, the process was unbelievably smooth.

So, very quickly, another moving, wailing mass of flesh appeared in front of Tao Qian.

The previously disgusting sight, now upon a second glance, seemed much more endearing.

With a heart full of anticipation, Tao Qian began extracting once more.

Unexpectedly, his luck was even worse this time. Until the group of demons separated, Tao Qian had not perceived a complete sensation of a pulse.

That is to say, even if the demon thoughts of this group merged with one another, they couldn't constitute even a slightly complete divine power skill, and naturally, they couldn't condense any sort of alien item.

"Emptied?"

Although he was mentally prepared, faced with such an outcome, Tao Qian still looked disappointed.

He waved his hand and let the group of demons leave.

But completely as expected, when the spirit platform was opened again and the outer realm awareness arose again.

The group of demons that had only endured one beating, like those heavenly demons before, had their hearts once more taken over by inflated greed; most screeched and turned back around to encircle and try to kill Tao Qian once again.

Tao Qian was also very familiar with this process, and after a sigh, he alternated between unleashing the Nine True Spirit Sound and the Refining God Seal.

These demons were only slightly stronger than those he encountered during the previous refining. How could they compete with Tao Qian, who had unknowingly gained several more techniques and whose realm had jumped a whole major layer? No matter how they bared their teeth and claws, unleashing techniques that would scare loose cultivators senseless, they all ended up as cultivation resources for Tao Qian to consume.

In a short while, his primordial spirit had grown considerably stronger.

So it went!

Repeated several times!

Tao Qian's primordial spirit became increasingly robust, but his mood was not particularly good.

Because the past several extractions either resulted in trash or were empty.

And, at this very moment, as Tao Qian who was sitting in meditation on the spirit platform appeared to be entering deep concentration, he suddenly opened his eyes.

Without even a pretense of concealing it, he directly sighed to the hidden demons woven throughout the secret acupoints, this time a good fifty in number, saying,

"All who enter my spirit platform are guests, I can only hope this time you can bring me a stroke of good fortune."

"After all, my Primordial Spirit is nearly satiated, and I must not be too greedy."

No sooner had he finished speaking, Tao Qian did not wait for the group of demons to materialize and respond.

He went through the motions of activating the Spirit Sound Seal with a practiced ease that one couldn't help but pity.

The stronger his Primordial Spirit grew, the more potent the power of both became.

Regrettably, none of this could change fate or blessings.

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As it had been several times before, the demons had no objections to the transaction.

In front of Tao Qian, this time appeared an unprecedentedly large, writhing mass of flesh, infused with disgustingly textured skin, tusks, bloody fluids, and tumors, which along with the light, shadow, and demon fog, brought a chaotic barrage of text and symbols simultaneously to Tao Qian's eyes.

By this point, Tao Qian had somewhat resigned himself to fate.

Thinking to himself, if this attempt were fruitless,

then he would just collect the network and stop fishing for demons, turning instead to refine other techniques for protecting the Dao.

Just as Tao Qian was casually extracting them, he suddenly sensed something.

Could it be that fortune had come back around?

The next moment, he heard the familiar "sizzle" sound not once, but three times in succession.

In Tao Qian's hands, three more objects appeared, each imbued with different Divine Power Skills.

They were a chunk of sticky and blood-soaked intestine, a pale bone whistle, and a footlong tusk that looked so familiar it brought a smile to Tao Qian's face.

In an instant, records and annotations surfaced in his mind.

The intestine carried the technique known as "Yin Demon Intestine Drawing Skill," a particularly cruel Demon Divine Power that was extremely difficult to practice. It required one to first mutilate their own intestines, a process so brutal and painful that even among denizens of the Demon Path, few could bear it—much less Tao Qian, to whom it seemed utterly worthless.

But the following two items, and the techniques they carried, caused Tao Qian to involuntarily reveal his joy.

First was the tusk—everything about it, from its shape and aura to the familiar throbbing sensation, made Tao Qian guess even before his perception was triggered that it must be another technique from the "Secret Demon Sacrifice Body Sword Technique."

And indeed, it was so.

"This new sword technique is called 'Demon Cleansing,'" explained Tao Qian, "and is the most bizarre technique within the Sacrifice Sword Skill as it targets practitioners of the Demon Path exclusively. If practiced to completion and used against Daoist and Buddhist Practitioners, its power is pathetically minimal. But if it is unleashed in response to sensing Demon Thoughts, it possesses an extraordinarily terrifying power."

"Legend has it that the Great Cultivator of the Secret Demon Sect who created the Sacrifice Sword Skill was an exceedingly arrogant being. Dissatisfied after creating the Immortal Slaying Technique, he went on to create this technique with the notion 'As I can slay immortals, so too can I cleanse demons.'"

"When the Daoist and Buddhist factions laid siege to the Secret Demon Sect and breached the Mountain Gate, some powerful Demon Cultivators thought to seize the opportunity and snatch the sect's inheritance. However, they did not anticipate that amidst the remaining Secret Demon Sect Cultivators present was one who had mastered the Sacrifice Sword Skill. Laughing heartily, he turned back amidst his fight against the Great Daoist and Buddhist Cultivators and unleashed a sword strike at the opportunistic demons. That day, the grandiose Sword Intent swept across the lands, afflicting all Demon Cultivators within a thousand miles with calamity."

"Like the Immortal Slaying Technique, this sword technique requires prior cultivation; the longer the Sword Intent is harbored, the more horrifying the power becomes."

"Likewise, falling into my hands, its difficulty can be exempted."

As these thoughts flashed through his mind, Tao Qian didn't hesitate to clap his hands together and learned this new technique, Demon Cleansing.

Completing the third style of the Sacrifice Sword Skill brought Tao Qian immense joy.

Unexpectedly, the first-time-seen pale bone whistle was an even bigger surprise.

Furthermore, the technique it contained also originated from the Secret Demon Sect.

[Record Type: All Heavens Demon Summoning Secret Technique (fragmented books).]

[Record Type: Alien.]

[Record: This Secret Technique comes from the great book "All Heavens Secret Demon Scripture" of the Demon Path, and is one of the three summoning methods in the auxiliary volume dedicated to summoning. After refining this technique, with a mere thought, endless demons from the Outer Realm can be summoned for one's use, be it battling enemies with Demon Control, indulging in demonic pleasures, or utilizing for Cultivation. However, this is only a fragment; the rest, such as the most crucial Control Demon, Resistance, and refine demons methods, and even the critical annotations for mitigating or reducing the cost, are all missing.]

[Annotation 1: This Secret Technique is extremely easy to master; even those with low innate talent can summon Outer Realm demons. However, the key methods for Demon Control and refining are extremely difficult, attainable only by those of great resolve. If one summons a Heavenly Demon but fails to control it, the Cultivator will suffer a backlash and die instantly, which is why this technique has been one of the leading causes of death among Secret Demon Sect Cultivators.]

[Annotation 2: If someone completes the entire technique, they will possess unmatched combat prowess. During the great war, the Major Sect Vajra Temple's monks summoned a hundred thousand Protecting Dharma Vajras hoping to flatten the Secret Demon Sect Mountain Gate, only to be blocked by ten Great Cultivators of the Secret Demon Sect who had mastered this technique. Together, they cast the spell and summoned a million Heavenly Demons, resulting in a grand battle where the sun and the moon lost their shine.]

[Annotation 3: The original technique was complete, but the Secret Demon Sect deliberately split it up, hiding each summoning technique within the Demon Thoughts of various demons in the Outer Realm, while the key methods were concealed elsewhere, attainable only by True Inheritors of the Secret Demon lineage.]

[Annotation 4: It allows for exemption from demonic backlash, but only for Heavenly Demons of equivalent rank, and there is a limit to the number.]

...

When Tao Qian first understood the function of this "Summoning Demon Technique," his eyes nearly lit up with excitement.

Only to have his enthusiasm dampened upon reading the subsequent annotations: The most crucial techniques, whether Control Demon, Resistance, or the annotations for mitigating or reducing costs, were entirely missing.

Although the fourth annotation offered slight reassurance, Tao Qian still felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over him.

At the same time, the third annotation confirmed Tao Qian's earlier suspicion:

"Had the Secret Demon Sect spread the techniques among the Cultivation World while keeping an escape route, always ready to rise again?"

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