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Chapter 474: Chapter 283: Corpse Refining (Added for book friend 171021102948988)_2

Under the state of Corpse Refining, the Spirit Lake within his body disappeared, and when he faced the round moon, due to the day’s cultivation results, he found that the Supreme Yin and Supreme Yang inside his body could not achieve balance while in the state of Corpse Refining.

The Corpse Refining body actively attracted the Yin Cold Energy between heaven and earth into itself, to compensate for the imbalance caused by the lack of balance between Supreme Yin and Supreme Yang.

Outside Ten Thousand Sword Peak, Elder Yue stood in the air; due to the Mountain Protection Array, he was unable to sense the situation inside the formation.

For Ten Thousand Sword Peak, he was determined to have it.

He knew much more secrets than the other Golden Core Elders in the sect; he knew there was a very high chance that Elder Jian had already entered seclusion to attempt breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm.

He also knew about the agreement between Elder Jian and Ancestor Lu. It wasn’t a matter of if Elder Jian failed to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm, even if Elder Jian succeeded in advancing to a Nascent Soul Cultivator, he would not stay in the Senluo Sect.

And if Elder Jian broke through to the Nascent Soul Stage, Ten Thousand Sword Peak would no longer be of use to Elder Jian.

That is to say, the only competitor he needed to deal with for the ownership of Ten Thousand Sword Peak was Elder Jian’s disciple, Li Yuanba.

Now with Elder Jian in seclusion, and Ancestor Lu also in seclusion, he just needed to ensure not to harm Li Yuanba’s life, even if he seized Ten Thousand Sword Peak, it would merely be an internal conflict within the sect, and his ancestor above him would be able to protect him.

Refining Ten Thousand Sword Peak into a magical treasure would make him strong enough to replace Elder Jian as the strongest cultivator at the Golden Core Stage, which he believed would also be beneficial for the sect.

After weighing the benefits and losses, Elder Yue made his decision.

Of course, he wouldn’t dare to lay a hand on Li Yuanba within the confines of the sect, but his previous arrangements had not been successful.

Upon hearing that Li Yuanba had returned to the sect, he personally came to Ten Thousand Sword Peak, hoping to meet Li Yuanba and try to persuade him to relinquish Ten Thousand Sword Peak voluntarily through a transaction of benefits.

Elder Yue cast a spell, yet received no response.

He expanded his Divine Thought and discovered that the array of Ten Thousand Sword Peak was fully activated, showing just how vigilant Li Yuanba was about his own safety.

“Eh, why is there Yin Cold Energy gathering?” His Divine Thought sensed the change in the Yin Cold Energy, and he could not help but express his surprise in a murmur.

As far as he knew, Elder Jian’s disciple Li Yuanba was a pure Sword Cultivator with extremely high talent.

Elder Jian selected his disciples based on their talent, and over the years, although the Senluo Sect had taken in many disciples with Sword Cultivation talent, these disciples, due to their origins in the Demon Sect, had learned some Demon Cultivation Techniques, and thus failed to catch Elder Jian’s favor.

It was not until Li Yuanba appeared, mastering Sword Intent at the early-stage of Foundation Establishment and primarily mastering the pure Sword Cultivation Technique, that he was chosen as a disciple by Elder Jian.

“Could it be that Li Yuanba is cultivating a demon technique?” Elder Yue speculated with malign intent.

Thinking further, he realized it might indeed be possible. Li Yuanba had been attacked multiple times while traveling; especially the last time, he had enlisted the Loose Cultivator Niu Ziru to make a move, yet mysteriously, Niu Ziru vanished without success.

It is possible that Li Yuanba, sensing danger and finding the Sword Cultivation Technique too slow, chose the demon technique instead.

The Demon Cultivation Techniques progress rapidly, especially with sufficient talent and resources, they progress much faster compared to Buddhist or Taoist techniques.

Moreover, the power of the Demon Cultivation Techniques is extremely strong, especially in their unfathomable and unpredictable nature, which makes them incredibly difficult for enemies to defend against.

Thus, even some cultivators of the Righteous Path, upon obtaining the Demon Cultivation Techniques, couldn’t resist the temptation and actively studied them to enhance their own combat capabilities.

And in dangerous situations where their own combat capabilities were insufficient, the Demon Cultivation Techniques became the reluctant choice for many cultivators.

With this realization, a cold smile appeared on Elder Yue’s face.

“If that’s the case, I’ll grant you your wish!” He murmured to himself softly.

He took out his Identity Jade Disc and then, utilizing his authority, controlled the Sect Formation to channel a large amount of Yin Cold Energy towards Ten Thousand Sword Peak.

The Senluo Sect was a Demon Sect, many of its cultivators practiced demon techniques, which often required the assistance of Yin Cold Energy, hence the sect had a formation specifically designed to provide Yin Cold Energy.

This formation transformed the Spiritual Power emitted by spirit veins into Yin Cold Energy, which was then directed through special channels to different caves that required Yin Cold Energy.

Elder Yue wanted to accelerate Li Yuanba’s progress in demon cultivation. He knew very well that the Yin Cold Energy in demon techniques conflicted with the Sword Intent of sword cultivators. Once Li Yuanba succeeded in demon cultivation, his identity as a True Inheritor of sword cultivation would be at risk.

He mobilized a massive amount of Yin Cold Energy, which he could command, and directed it towards Ten Thousand Sword Peak.

After all, this act was not considered an attack but could rather be seen as a form of care for the younger generation.

Li Yuanba had not anticipated such an event. While his corpse was fully engaged in absorbing Yin Cold Energy, suddenly, a vast amount of Yin Cold Energy surged towards him.

The cultivation of his corpse state was inherently an instinctive act of absorption, beyond his control.

It was only because he had the Taiji Dao Body that both his human state and his corpse state could autonomously absorb energy to maintain balance; otherwise, without a Corpse Refining Cultivation Technique, such cultivation effects in his corpse state would have been impossible.

He realized something was amiss but it was already one step too late—the vast amount of Yin Cold Energy had been fully absorbed into his Corpse Refining Body.

The refining body, already close to reaching four meters in height, expanded once more due to the overwhelming amount of Yin Cold Energy. If not for his robust corpse refining body, it might have burst under the pressure.

In his fiery red eyes, a look of terror was evident. He tried to revert to his human state, but the overwhelming Yin Cold Energy within him prevented this transformation.

What was more terrifying was that the Yin Cold Energy continued to pour in relentlessly; his corpse refining form kept on absorbing it.

He tried to interfere with the changes inside his body, but the corpus of the refined corpse was entirely different from that of a human. Human cultivation techniques were utterly useless for the Corpse Refining Body.

He now regretted not having sought out a Corpse Refining Cultivation Technique.

During his two years in the Senluo Sect, he indeed found some corpse refining cultivation techniques, but they were of low grade and poor quality—simple techniques summarized by Demon Cultivators while refining corpses.

Since the rate at which his corpse state absorbed Yin Cold Energy was satisfying, he hadn’t bothered looking for a Corpse Refining Cultivation Technique.

The Yin Cold Energy thrashed about within him. His powerful physical constitution in the corpse state allowed him to endure this tumultuous energy.

A wildly explosive idea began to expand rapidly within Li Yuanba’s heart; he felt an urge to charge into battle recklessly.

Soon, he realized that this was due to the excessive accumulation of Yin Cold Energy influencing his mind and spirit.

He quickly gathered his spirit, allowing his mind to clear, reducing the influence of the Yin Cold Energy.

He hoped that the incoming Yin Cold Energy would soon cease. In a little while, it would be daytime when the Yin Cold Energy naturally diminishes, and perhaps then he might survive this ordeal.

With his spirit cleared, his body withstood multiple strikes from the Yin Cold Energy, reaching the pinnacle of Iron Corpse Peak, his body shimmering with a silver glow.

Li Yuanba’s unintended actions allowed his Corpse Refining Body to instinctually cope with this unexpected event.

The Yin Cold Energy, after countless collisions within him, transformed every bone, muscle, and inch of skin into silver, greatly enhancing his defensive power.

Once the resilience of the corpse form met certain criteria, the Yin Cold Energy began to gather towards his heart.

Above his heart, Yin Cold Energy collided fiercely; before one collision ended, more energy gathered from all over his body slammed into it.

This onslaught, if his Corpse Refining Body had been even slightly weaker, would have completely shattered it.

Perhaps it lasted a moment, or thirty minutes, or even two hours. Under the state of a cleared mind, Li Yuanba lacked any concept of time; he only felt a void-like substance forming above his heart.