Da Xuan Martial Saint

Chapter 607: Chapter 360: Fierce Battle with the Heavenly Demon

By the Banks of Weak Water.

After slaying the Eighth Rank Ancient Demon, Chen Mu’s expression remained unchanged, still gazing at the pond of Weak Water. He suddenly spoke lightly, “The Gatekeeper is dead. Won’t you come out now? Must I personally invite you?”

The Gatekeeper?

This statement made Feng Hongsheng’s gaze flicker, and after coming to his senses, he suddenly looked toward that expanse of Weak Water.

Chen Mu wouldn’t act purposelessly. Since he referred to that Eighth Rank Ancient Demon merely as a Gatekeeper, it indicated that within the pond of Weak Water, something even more terrifying was hidden. Clearly, his perception was far inferior to Chen Mu’s, which was why he had not detected it before.

As Chen Mu’s words fell. the entire expanse of Weak Water was still calm, as still as stagnant water.

However, Chen Mu did not wait long; he took a step forward the next moment. Accompanied by the surrounding Power of Heaven and Earth, a thunderous tremor burst forth, unleashing a surging might that shook the secluded wasteland.

Splash!!!

The vast swath of Weak Water exploded, throwing up giant waves spanning dozens of feet.

This splashing of Weak Water finally revealed the hidden entity within it. Even Feng Hongsheng, despite being dozens of feet away, could suddenly perceive the item at the bottom of the lake clearly. However, it remained a patchy mass of Demonic Qi. Compared to the earlier Eighth Rank Ancient Demon, this mass of Demonic Qi was much denser but simultaneously seemed a bit scattered and not adequately solidified.

At the same time,

Feng Hongsheng also eyed, at the bottom of Weak Water, a cluster of stark black Black Lotus!

“Indeed it’s the ‘Dark Soul Lotus.'”

He couldn’t help but inhale sharply.

Dark Soul Lotus!

Among the scarcely found Heaven and Earth Spiritual Items that could enhance the elusive strength of the Soul Heart, it was often born only within Weak Water and that too only within perennially persisting and profoundly dense Weak Water.

The Soul Heart is elusive, and historically, there has been no method to cultivate the Soul Heart. Only by solidifying the will of Martial Arts can one gradually enhance the will’s strength and thereby enhance the strength of the Soul Heart. This is best exemplified by the Marrow Cleansing Realm and Blood Exchange Realm.

While cultivating the Five Viscera and Six Viscera, Martial Artists only need the physical and Qi-Blood foundation. However, to become a Grandmaster in Marrow Cleansing, one must achieve Major Achievement in the will of Martial Arts, which requires sufficient Soul Heart strength to break through the Mysterious Pass.

The Blood Exchange Realm likewise.

Without a powerful enough Martial Arts will, recklessly charging in would result in getting lost within The Power of Heaven and Earth, turning into a living dead.

However, the vast majority of Martial Artists, after solidifying their Martial Arts will to a certain extent, struggle to progress any further. Not everyone can reach the unanswerable state of ‘Heart Like Still Water’ like Chen Mu.

For those whose Martial Arts will is limited and almost unable to elevate further, the exceedingly rare Heaven and Earth Spiritual Item like the Dark Soul Lotus becomes an invaluable opportunity. By nourishing the Soul Heart with it, they might overcome the bottleneck and step into the Marrow Cleansing Realm or even the Blood Exchange Realm or at the very least boost their chances of tackling higher realms.

However,

At the bottom of Weak Water where the Dark Soul Lotus grew, there seemed to be about five or six blooms in total, but most of them were already depleted with only one remaining intact and another half-consumed.

Moreover, along with the majestic Demonic Qi that lingered around the Weak Water, spiriting forth a terrible pressure, Feng Hongsheng had come to understand that this was an Eighth Rank Ancient Demon attempting to digest the Dark Soul Lotus to assault the Ninth Rank Heavenly Demon Realm!

And,

It had almost succeeded!

The surging Demonic Qi and pressure were far stronger than the earlier Eighth Rank Ancient Demon, not on the same level at all, only seeming somewhat sluggish, perhaps due to just having barely broken through.

If given a bit more time to completely absorb and digest the remaining Soul Lotus, it might indeed stabilize its realm, becoming an extremely terrifying Ninth Rank Heavenly Demon, formless and omnipresent, roaming the world!

Exactly at this moment,

The extremely sluggish Demonic Qi at the bottom of Weak Water finally began to gradually converge and coalesce, turning into a serene darkness, akin to an abyss, from within which a heart-palpitating, terrifying pressure gradually spread, even at dozens of feet away, merely looking at its form made Feng Hongsheng feel waves of oppression, as if staring at death and decay itself.

“Heavenly Demon…”

Feng Hongsheng’s eyes revealed a fearful expression.

Although this Heavenly Demon seemed not to have completely stabilized its realm yet, it was ultimately a Heavenly Demon!

In ancient records, during the Ancient Times, Heavenly Demons were terrorizing forces reigning across the world. Perhaps in terms of strength, they might be comparable to Heavenly Monsters, but their methods were perplexing, capable of striking the Soul Heart, moreover gathering and dispersing unpredictably, formless and intangible, almost beyond threat!

If it could advance further, reaching the Tenth Rank, it would be a true ‘Grand Indulgent Heavenly Demon,’ almost nothing, except time, could threaten them. From Primordial Era to the present, the records of Tenth Rank Heavenly Demons that exist were mainly undone by time, with no records of them ever being slain by Martial Artists.

The same goes for Heavenly Monsters.

There are many records of Ninth Rank Heavenly Monsters being slain or captured, but for Tenth Rank Heavenly Monsters, it seems that only Da Xuan, the Emperor who founded the nation through Martial Arts peak achievements, had ever subdued one, otherwise, there were no records of them being killed by human hands in past histories.

For a just emergingly broken through Ninth Rank Heavenly Demon, although still unstable in its realm, it had ultimately reached the Heavenly Demon Realm. Chen Mu might not have entered the Marrow Cleansing Realm and perfected the Martial Body and Domain, but he likely had not yet entered the Blood Exchange Realm.

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