Slaying Demons: Starting with Upgrading my Calligraphy-Chapter 489 - 430: Thunder Pond!

"Coming right up with Dao Soldier?"

Seeing the Thunder Dao Virtual Shadow emerging from Qi Xiu’s right palm, "Daoist Yunxiong’s" expression changed drastically.

Dao Soldier!

The direct manifestation of the power of the Great Dao, also a formidable strength mastered by a Dao Expert after Dao Embodiment!

Using the power of the Great Dao to transform into a magical treasure weapon, its might akin to the arrival of the Great Dao itself.

For those below the Dao Body Realm, it possesses crushing destructive power.

"Is it not allowed?"

Holding that Thunder Dao Virtual Shadow, Qi Xiu’s eyes were filled with azure light. The terrifying Thunder Light kept flowing down from the palm, condensing into a tangible form, shattering the void, and shaking Qiankun.

It seemed to faintly penetrate through this world.

Gazing heavily at the Dao Soldier in Qi Xiu’s palm, a wisp of black light emerged in "Daoist Yunxiong’s" eyes, unveiling the brilliance and seeing upon this Thunder Dao Weapon seven marks like thunder and lightning, containing the majestic patterns of ancient Thunder Magic Dao Charm.

Seven Marks Dao Weapon!?

The corner of his mouth twitched, Daoist Yunxiong’s body was tingling.

Trouble, faced with a tough opponent.

A True Monarch of the Dao Body Realm embodies the Dao; based on one’s cultivation, talent, aptitude, and practices of True Scripture, the Dao Soldier evolved from the power of the Great Dao is different.

The criteria for judgment is based on the Dao marks manifesting on the Dao Soldier.

One mark is the weakest, nine marks the strongest!

And the Thunder Dao Weapon in Qi Xiu’s hands is indeed a Seven Marks Dao Weapon!

"Reveal your true form and obey my decree, this True Monarch can give you a swift end."

Holding the Thunder Law Dao Weapon, Qi Xiu’s stature suddenly became imposing, eyes overlooking indifferently, lips lightly parted, his voice like thunder roaring, shaking the heavens and earth, a boundless pressure suddenly bore down, causing the deck under "Daoist Yunxiong" to creak as if straining under the weight.

Facing suppression akin to heavenly might, "Daoist Yunxiong’s" form bizarrely faded like paint, in a blink turning into a wholly black, slender-limbed, octopus-like strange being.

"How did you uncover me?"

This strange being’s voice became sharp and hazy, as if speaking through countless layers of gauze.

"Even if told, you wouldn’t understand."

Ignoring the strange being, Qi Xiu naturally wouldn’t reveal that the Observing Qi Skill directly observes the world’s Qi changes.

Although it had mimicked Daoist Yunxiong’s Qi breath to perfection,

No matter how much it simulated, it could never emit the Qi of a "person."

"So stingy, I’m about to die anyway, why not enlighten me a bit before I go."

Spreading its hands, the strange being’s tone was aggrieved, seemingly thinking its last request before dying couldn’t be fulfilled.

"You... hmm?"

Just about to speak, Qi Xiu suddenly noticed something, flipping the palm of his left hand, a dazzling mirror light shone all around, revealing beneath this strange being a fine black line hidden in the void, creeping towards him.

"Seeking death!"

Gaze turning cold, the Thunder Law Dao Weapon in Qi Xiu’s right hand instantly solidified.

It was a Thunder Pond missing a corner, surging violently, terrifying thunder boiling within this Dao Soldier, its surrounding void blurred by the contained power, a wisp of pure Thunder Path’s aura was reviving.

"Incomplete Dao Soldier?"

Seeing the Thunder Pond in Qi Xiu’s hand, the strange being trembled.

What path does this guy tread?

An incomplete Dao Soldier achieved the Seven Marks level.

If completed, it might reach Eight Marks, or even... Nine Marks!

The Thunder Pond thrown high, the brilliant Thunder Dao Soldier suddenly expanded; layers of terrifying thunder power instantly condensed into a towering stone monument, inscribed with four celestial words:

Thunder Pond Forbidden Land!

Boom---

The monument coalesced in an instant, crashing down!

In a moment, the surrounding void was nailed down, the strange being struggled hard yet couldn’t escape the heavenly suppression, only to helplessly watch the monument descend.

Bam!

The monument heavily pressed onto the strange being, radiating millions of dazzling Thunder Light.

Single-handedly performing Daoist Incantation, Qi Xiu’s expression was calm, softly commanding:

"Infinite heavens, Thunder Pond Refine Dharma!"

"Rise!"

Endless thunder shone brighter than Taiyang, steady despite imperfection, the Thunder Pond slowly descended, trapping the strange being at its center, the roiling thunder water penetrated his body without leaving even a pore untouched.

"Ah!"

Bellowing an unbearably horrific scream, the strange being shivered as if in convulsions, the erosion of the Thunder Pond’s water gradually refining it.

Like a compressor, it continually erased anything useless to Qi Xiu, leaving only the purest essence.

Thunder Pond!

Thunder Dao Seven Marks Dao Weapon.

After Qi Xiu cultivated the [Innate Thunder Dao Treasure Strategy] to the Ninth Realm, he successfully embodied the thunder, thereby deriving the Dao Soldier he wielded.

And the core divine effect of this Thunder Pond is: Refinement!

Even the most stubborn entities, when falling into this Thunder Pond, will be dissolved by the endless thunder liquid, eradicating all useless elements, leaving only what Qi Xiu desires.

Just like now.

Under the refinement of the Thunder Pond, the strange entity’s body continues to shrink, its struggles becoming weaker and weaker.

The octopus-like body has also disintegrated and vanished, leaving only a wailing, pained head persisting.

"You... dare to trespass on my master’s vehicle... there will be... no return!"

The head was gradually being corroded by the thunder liquid, as the strange entity strained to raise its neck, casting its final curse at Qi Xiu.

"Your master himself was buried in Haiyan, a broken ship can hardly turn the sky."

With a light chuckle, Qi Xiu flicked his sleeve and shot out a divine light that pressed the strange entity’s head entirely into the Thunder Pond. After a few bubbling sounds, a stone with kaleidoscopic radiance, hexagonal in shape, like a crystal diamond, flew out of the Thunder Pond.

Reaching out to grasp this diamond-like stone, Qi Xiu observed it intently.

Within the crystal-clear diamond, countless scenes of time like fine dust flickered continuously, numerous as the stars in the sky.

This stone is the store of the strange entity’s memory thoughts.

After the Blood-Stained Realm condenses into the soul and transforms into the divine soul, the next step is to condense thoughts.

The divine soul undergoes the tempering of heart fire, condensing into a crystalline existence like diamonds, containing the purest divine soul power, which can ensure the divine soul is not harmed by other forces, isolates distractions, and even shares some of the divine soul’s pressure.

At the same time, thoughts can store similar to memory, insight, and experience.

Some powerful old cultivators in the Divine Soul Realm, before dying, would transform a lifetime of cultivation insights and experiences into [Dharma Thoughts].

An ordinary cultivator could instantly gain a lifetime of insights from its original owner if they can refine these [Dharma Thoughts].

The effect is very similar to capturing a Dharma Spirit.

But Dharma Spirits are difficult to tame and not easily subdued by force.

Meanwhile, most old cultivators’ [Dharma Thoughts] left behind have no usage restrictions.

The only drawback is that once merged with [Dharma Thoughts], the person who merges will never surpass the original owner’s realm in their lifetime.

Because merging [Dharma Thoughts] is, in reality, retracing the old path.

The original owner’s framework and constraints will firmly lock the person merging, making it impossible to make any progress in a lifetime.

The thought in Qi Xiu’s hand is the memory thought retained after he refined the strange entity and removed all its impurities and powers.

This thought contains all its memories.

With it, this mysterious Black God Venerable reveals much more before Qi Xiu.

Holding the memory thought single-handedly, Qi Xiu’s brow flashed open, a large hand suddenly stretched out and grabbed it, retracting into the ancestral aperture between his brows.

Ordinary cultivators wanting to probe the memory within this thought.

Can only refine it.

But memory is vast and intricate, and recklessly absorbing the memory of other beings poses tremendous risks for cultivators.

Because memory encompasses not only information and content but also the original owner’s emotions.

Once these things blend into the cultivator, they will inevitably affect their temperament.

Yet if not refining the thoughts, one must draw out the memory from the thoughts bit by bit, inspecting each part.

This process is lengthy and complicated.

Far from being the work of a single day.

But Qi Xiu is different; the soul skills he cultivates are the supreme Dharma Gate of the Middle-Aged Demon Sect’s Hell Dao, [Yama’s Golden Chapter].

The expertise of the Hell Dao in the Divine Soul path, even the supreme Sky Demon Sect of the Demon Path would feel inferior.

And being revered as a supreme Dharma Gate, [Yama’s Golden Chapter] naturally possesses incomprehensibly profound and wondrous powers.

In the ancestral aperture between his brows, within Yama’s Great Hall.

Qi Xiu’s divine soul, sitting on the throne, gripped that memory thought with one hand and immediately exerted force.

Crack!

With a crisp sound, the extremely hard Divine Soul thought was forcibly crushed by Qi Xiu, turning into a handful of crystal-clear, radiant sand.

Swoosh—

With a wave of his hand, the boundless sand turned into a rainbow and abruptly fell among the tens of thousands of residual souls before Yama’s Palace.

He was to disperse the memory within this memory thought to these residual souls, letting them bear the side effects of refining the memory.

Soon, the memory thoughts, divided into tens of thousands of parts, were successively refined, filtered, and selected through the tens of thousands of residual souls, extracting the most useful memories.

A hint of colorful radiance flashed across his eyes as Qi Xiu slowly caressed the Golden Cry Jade Beads on his wrist.

"So, this strange entity is called the Peeping Heart Demon章, its strength merely in the Blood-Stained Realm, yet its innate divine marvel allows it to mimic the aura and appearance of the seen persons seamlessly, even Dao Experts can’t perceive it.

And this demon possesses a skill called [Heart-Piercing Needle].

Being pricked by it would instantly halve the power even of a Dao Expert.

This Peeping Heart Demon章 is the first line of defense of this Black God Venerable. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Once encountered, although not fatal, it will cripple half of the battle power."

Knowing now the identity of the strange and octopus-like entity, Qi Xiu becomes even more curious about this ancient giant ship.

While silently organizing the memories of the Peeping Heart Poisonous Miasma, Qi Xiu slowly strides toward the cabin entrance.

The cabin, black as ink yet faintly emanating divine exotic treasure light, resembles a sacred site in an ancient bay.

Dangerous, yet containing boundless treasures!

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