I Grind to Martial Saint

The bandits, Martial World Wanderers, and Loose People, however, had their morale greatly boosted.

”Senior Brother… It’s him.”

Fang Qiaoling recognized Han Yuan at a glance.

”To think he was the one who killed the Mountain King in the end.”

Duan Qiantian looked on, astonished.

He knew Han Yuan was terrifyingly strong.

But he never imagined even the Mountain King would fall to Han Yuan’s blade.

Recalling the scene in the ruined temple, Cheng Cang’s face flushed with embarrassment.

After that, the Mountain Ghost Soldiers were still putting up a desperate resistance. However, the major tribes, seeing that the tide was irreversible, scattered and fled. This undoubtedly left the Mountain Ghost Soldiers surrounded and attacked from all sides.

Before long, the Mountain Ghost Soldiers were completely annihilated.

This signified that the Mountain King Temple had completely fallen.

After a night of fierce battle, most of the buildings in the Mountain King Temple had been reduced to ruins. Countless bodies littered the ground, and the blood that flowed from them formed vast pools, creating a scene like a veritable Blood Prison.

The survivors all sat on the ground, gazing at the scene with dazed eyes.

Just then, a ray of golden light tore through the night.

Immense Spiritual Qi began to surge wildly.

”It’s emerging!”

”The Middle Spiritual Land is about to emerge!”

Someone cried out.

”Looks like the timing is perfect!”

Sensing the change in the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, Li Gui smiled faintly.

The ordeal had been arduous, but he had survived.

Now, all he had to do was absorb the Spiritual Qi to nourish his body, and he could live for decades more.

”I think we should deal with these bodies first.”

”The air is thick with resentment. With the Spiritual Qi now emerging, the bodies could easily reanimate if we don’t deal with them.”

Zhou Wuji had once again blindfolded himself.

”Indeed,” Han Yuan agreed.

With them taking the lead, the major Thief Kings had no choice but to organize their men to gather the corpses, transport them outside Ping’an Town, and cremate them.

The Gloomy Hall was one of the better-preserved buildings in the Mountain King Temple.

The Temple Priest’s empty vessel of a body sat with its head lolled, showing no signs of life.

WHOOSH~

Suddenly, the Scattering Spirit Lamp flared to life once more, an eerie sight.

A wisp of black energy flew from the flame and sank into the Temple Priest’s body.

CRACK~

The Temple Priest slowly raised his head, his eyes filled with a wild, tyrannical savagery.

But it vanished in the next instant, replaced by a murky, aged look.

He slowly rose to his feet, picked up the Scattering Spirit Lamp, and vanished from the gloomy hall.

A short while later, the Fat Monk burst in with a large group of people.

”Search the place!”

”We must find that old bastard, the Temple Priest!”

The Fat Monk bellowed.

Aside from dealing with the corpses, there was one person they hadn’t forgotten.

The Temple Priest!

The Mountain King’s bizarre resurrection had occurred, yet this old man had vanished into thin air.

But after the Fat Monk and his men had searched the entire gloomy hall, they still found nothing.

In the end, he could only assume that the Temple Priest had seen the writing on the wall and made a run for it.

Although Han Yuan and the others were skeptical when they heard this, they truly couldn’t find him.

Besides, with the Middle Spiritual Land emerging, they couldn’t possibly waste more time investigating, so they had to let the matter drop.

Once the bodies were cleared from the Mountain King Temple, the concentration of Spiritual Qi there grew even denser.

To prevent outsiders from swooping in and stealing the prize, the several Thief Kings dispatched their men to surround the Mountain King Temple, sealing it off completely.

Of course, those who were already inside the Mountain King Temple were allowed to remain.

As for Han Yuan, Li Gui, and Zhou Wuji, each found a prime location for themselves, and no one dared to disturb them.

The spot Han Yuan found was an undamaged side hall.

According to Ding Zihu, this was the location of a Spiritual Spring, and the Spiritual Qi was more concentrated here than elsewhere.

Han Yuan naturally didn’t understand these principles of feng shui, but he trusted Ding Zihu a great deal, so he chose this spot.

Naturally, Ding Zihu benefited from Han Yuan’s status and was able to cultivate here as well.

’Time to begin.’

Han Yuan’s body had sustained extremely severe injuries. Upon entering the side hall, he found a meditation cushion, sat down cross-legged, and began to use the dense Spiritual Qi to mend himself.

Ding Zihu also quickly found a corner and began to cultivate.

The emergence of a Middle Spiritual Land was a once-in-a-century event.

If not for Han Yuan, he would have had no chance to cultivate here at all.

Therefore, Ding Zihu cherished this opportunity greatly.

Even that creature, the Orange Cat, had shed its usual laziness and was greedily gulping down the dense Spiritual Qi.

Strangely enough, although the Orange Cat had no memories, cultivation seemed to be an innate instinct for it.

For it, as long as it continuously devoured Spiritual Qi, it could rapidly raise its Cultivation.

Han Yuan hadn’t cultivated in a Spiritual Land for a long time.

And this one was a freshly emerged Middle Spiritual Land, no less.

He felt the Spiritual Qi was so dense it was almost intoxicating.

Every pore on his body opened, frantically absorbing the dense Spiritual Qi.

Under the nourishment of such potent Spiritual Qi, the severe injuries within his body began to recover at a rapid pace.

In less than a day, he had miraculously healed completely.

Next, Han Yuan began to prepare to cultivate the Innate Great Demon Scripture.

But before he started, he pulled up his Skill Proficiency Panel.

Host: Han Yuan

Innate Great Demon Skill: Fifteenth Layer (1791/18000)

Azure Heaven Annihilation Saber: Great Success (1263/8000)

Celestial Spirit Divine Fist: Great Success (867/8000)

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His Innate Great Demon Skill had now reached the Fifteenth Layer, just six layers shy of Great Perfection at the Twenty-First Layer.

Once he reached the realm of Great Perfection, he would become an Innate Grandmaster.

Naturally, Han Yuan hoped to use the emergence of this Middle Spiritual Land to cultivate his Innate Great Demon Skill to the Realm of Great Perfection.

It sounded almost unbelievable.

But a Middle Spiritual Land was different from a Lower-class Spiritual Land.

Besides, Han Yuan’s physique was exceptionally strong, enabling him to absorb far more Spiritual Qi than an ordinary person.

The moment he began his cultivation, innumerable streams of Spiritual Qi poured frantically into his body.

Han Yuan focused his Heart Spirit, continuously circulating the Innate Great Demon Scripture to absorb all this Spiritual Qi.

Even his meridians felt the strain as the Spiritual Qi proved too violent, showing faint signs of tearing.

But Han Yuan paid it no mind at all.

One must embrace madness to truly live.

To cultivate the Innate Great Demon Scripture to Great Perfection with such speed—to accomplish this seemingly impossible feat—one had to embrace madness.

This, in fact, was also in accord with the true essence of the Innate Great Demon Scripture.

The Great Demon Gang Essence within Han Yuan’s body surged wildly, placing an immense strain on him.

Yet Han Yuan didn’t falter; if anything, he grew even more reckless.

More and more Spiritual Qi gathered above the side hall, faintly coalescing into a five-colored auspicious cloud, an exceptionally mystical sight.

Three days later, his Innate Great Demon Scripture broke through to the sixteenth layer.

Ten days later, it broke through to the seventeenth layer.

’This won’t do... it’s still not enough.’

’At this rate, the highest I’ll reach is the twentieth layer.’

Han Yuan opened his eyes.

This pace was already astonishing.

But Han Yuan was not satisfied.

He took out an Elixir Pill designed to accelerate cultivation and swallowed it in one gulp.

As a result, dense veins immediately bulged across the surface of his skin, turning a ghastly blue-black that was terrifying to behold.

His sinews, bones, flesh, and organs were all scoured by the rampaging Spiritual Qi and Medicinal Power.

Han Yuan felt as if his body was about to give out.

Under these circumstances, he made an incredibly audacious decision.

’Activate the Demon Whale Transformation!’

The current mix of Spiritual Qi and Medicinal Power was simply too violent.

His current physique truly couldn’t withstand it.

But activating the Demon Whale Transformation would change everything.

In that extreme state, his physique would become stronger and more terrifying, allowing him to withstand the onslaught of the violent Spiritual Qi and Medicinal Power.

Moreover, with this influx of Spiritual Qi to replenish him, Han Yuan felt the Demon Whale Transformation could last for a very long time—perhaps even indefinitely.

This was because activating the Demon Whale Transformation placed an enormous load on the body, rapidly consuming his Great Demon Gang Essence and vital energy, which was why its duration was normally so short.

But with a ceaseless supply of Spiritual Qi to draw upon… Han Yuan believed he could maintain the state indefinitely.

Of course, he had never attempted this before. Success was far from guaranteed; it was all up to fate.

But Han Yuan had always been a man of action.

Without further hesitation, he stood up, marshaled the power within his body, and activated the Demon Whale Transformation!