Chapter 635: New Identity · Blood Beast Worry-free, Ninth Placement Slot

For some unknown reason, despite the opponent being merely a newly ascended Void Refinement cultivator of unknown origin, the Green-robed Demon felt a tremor in his heart, as if targeted by some terrifying creature. A sense that the death knell was ringing.

Wang Yu’s expression was cold and serene, but in his mind, he pondered, "New beginnings, new prospects… Everything should have a fresh start!"

The Wei family name could no longer be used. Wang Yu’s original name was also closely tied to the Ice Prison Realm. Considering the karmic calculation abilities of high-level cultivators and the “unnamed” designation actively given by the Great Demonic Heavens, he quickly formed a plan.

The Jade Void Glazed Wall was only at the first stage, with limited effect. Therefore… his gaze towards the Green-robed Demon turned peculiar.

"This Seat Wuyou ascended today and immediately broke through. Are you here to welcome someone, fellow Daoist?"

The latter’s eyes instantly cleared a notch. However, his hidden dark thoughts remained, and new ideas emerged, but then he saw Qing Qing beside him and felt something was amiss. These two should be allies, yet why did this person act so "naive"? Had he not gathered any information about the Demon Cultivation World before ascending?

“No!” As his mind fluctuated, Wang Yu stepped forward, appearing beside the Green-robed Demon. His formerly handsome and refined appearance seemed like a layer of human skin, instantly torn away by the blood-beast hidden beneath. Heavenly Demon Myriad Transformations - Fei!

Monstrous blood qi surged into the sky, and terrifying killing intent swept across the heavens like a tide. It should be noted that "blood qi" and "vitality" are different concepts. The latter only refers to the vitality derived from the physical body, related to physical strength. "Blood qi," however, is the bloody, malevolent energy accumulated from excessive slaughter, utterly evil and sinister. Ordinary demon cultivators simply cannot cultivate such an ability. Combined with the fluctuations created by killing intent, it felt as if one’s chest was ripped open and heart seized, creating a sense of being powerless over one’s own fate. Its deterrent and subjugating effect far surpassed mere realm suppression. It could even scare others to death and easily induce a sense of paralysis in combat, making it difficult to control oneself.

This ability was Fei’s innate talent. This true spirit is a born slaughtering blood-beast, and this is the new identity Wang Yu prepared for himself: an extinct slaughtering true spirit. This "skin" can naturally conceal his past. The nine core slaughtering divine abilities of the Slaughter Sword Scripture point directly to the Slaughter Dao Fruit, which will be his cultivation goal for a long time to come.

The Innate True Demonic Physique talent would be too wasteful if used solely for the Ice Demon Dao, but Wang Yu’s past foundations were all in the Ice Demon Dao, so he wouldn’t abandon them rashly. Moreover, due to his inherent endowment and the assistance of the placement slots, Wang Yu referred to his future path as the Myriad Transformations True Demonic Dao, which was just beginning and had a long way to go before completion. However, concrete preparations and cultivation could now begin.

The first position in "Heavenly Demon Seizing Dao" was Ice Phoenix, corresponding to the Ice Demon Dao. His foundations were already perfect, whether it was the cultivation methods from the Ice Phoenix legacy or the ice-attribute demonic cultivation methods. Five centuries of accumulation had long made him extraordinary, making it certainly no problem to deduce a Dao Integration True Scripture. The second position in "Heavenly Demon Seizing Dao" was Fei, which was the path he was now embarking on. The first six forms of the Slaughter Sword Scripture must be perfected, and simultaneously, he needed to learn the demonic cultivation arts of the Slaughter Dao and Blood Dao, accumulating his foundation to await transformation. For the third position, his target was a Star God, an ancient deity not of the immortal path but still having merits. The Myriad Transformations True Demonic Dao was his fundamental path. This must be understood clearly!

Furthermore, artistic conception, grotto-heaven, and divine abilities were all protective methods, their importance needing to be clearly prioritized as his overall cultivation plan for the next stage.

At that moment, the refined and elegant young man vanished, replaced by Wang Yu in human form, or rather, the blood-beast—Wuyou—formed from Fei’s body. His blood-red hair wildly cascaded to his lower back. A single horn, like a sword, grew from his forehead, barely three inches long, signifying that his Slaughter Dao had not yet fully entered its initial stage, still in Fei’s infancy. A pair of narrow eyes revealed malevolence, while his blood-colored vertical pupils were filled with killing intent and primal bestiality. His claws were covered in a black coating, resembling demonic talons, and his aura was that of a monstrous beast crawled out of a sea of blood.

Even though he had been shocked multiple times, the terrifying killing intent from such close proximity still made the Green-robed Demon tremble uncontrollably. Despite years of cultivation experience, his rational mind and emotions couldn’t suppress the fear of the weak towards the strong, even if he was at Void Refinement seventh layer, and even if the opponent had just broken through to Void Refinement.

Indescribable and inexplicable, but his experience compelled him to make a move no one could have imagined:—Flee!!!

Such an act made Wang Yu burst into laughter. This was exactly the feeling he wanted. He was only now truly perceiving the differences in true spirits, not just in talent and aptitude, but in the very level of life. Fei was even more special. A monstrous beast born for slaughter, it possessed an innate suppression over all living beings, an instinct engraved in its bloodline. The longer he experienced this state, the deeper Wang Yu’s understanding of the Slaughter Sword Scripture became. Previously, comprehending it in a human body always felt like something was missing. Now he knew what it was: beastliness, bloodline! This legacy belonged uniquely to the species; it could serve as a partial reference for his future Dao, but certainly not its entirety.

As for the fleeing Green-robed Demon, he had no intention of pursuing him. After all, his own advancement was far from over; at the very least, he needed to upgrade his Blessed Land into a Grotto-Heaven before he could contend with late-stage Void Refinement cultivators. The Green-robed Demon being scared away was not his fault, but the result of multiple factors combined. For example, this was the Demonic Refining Domain, where cultivators posing as weaklings were countless. Also, Fei’s innate suppression and overwhelming aura of strength made it seem unlike a fox borrowing a tiger’s prestige. In short, scaring away a potential threat was more satisfying than defeating an enemy through brute force, giving him a sense of intellectual superiority he had never experienced.

Wang Yu turned to Qing Qing. "Let’s go, we’ll continue the breakthrough somewhere else."

Qing Qing hesitated for a moment, uncertainly asking, "Brother Wei, you... aren’t human?"

Wang Yu paused, then smiled devilishly. "Qing Qing, you should know whether I am human or not. This is merely a method; fundamentally, I am still human. However... from today onwards, call me Wuyou."

"...Alright. In that case, I'll also choose a Dao name. How about Yinghuo?""As you wish."

With that, he took the lead, transforming into a blood-red light and flying away from this troublesome place of tribulation. Qing Qing, seeing that even his demonic essence’s nature had changed, couldn’t help but doubt his earlier words. But upon reflection, even if he wasn’t human, was she? A Drought Demon was merely an evil entity born from a human corpse; it was already a stroke of luck that she could even awaken her spirit and cultivate. Given that, what was there to worry about? Thus, she no longer concealed her corpse qi, merging with Wang Yu’s escape light, and instantly departed the area.

Several days later, at an unnamed barren mountain. Wang Yu performed a quick divination, and the heavenly omens indicated that this place would be peaceful for the next century. He said, "Let’s cultivate in seclusion here for a while to stabilize our realms and sort out our gains. If you feel ready to break through, you can tell me in advance, and I’ll guard you.""Alright."

Having ascended together and sharing intimacy, coupled with cultivating together for twenty years, they were naturally allies in this Demonic Refining Domain and would not disagree on such arrangements.

In the simple quiet room, Wang Yu immediately opened his placement slots. "Indeed!" With his breakthrough, the ninth placement slot was successfully created. It is said that nine is the extreme number, and for now, the placement slots showed no other changes. He wondered if there would be changes when he eventually achieved Dao Integration.

As his cultivation reached a new stage, his cultivation goals would also change, but five things would remain constant. The first four would still hold the four ultimate artistic conceptions. This would help him complete the fusion process and continue to expand them to the Grand Completion stage. The Slaughter Dao Principle, already at Grand Completion, could now advance towards Perfection. With Fei’s innate talent, it wouldn’t be long before he could step through the gate of the Law of Slaughter Dao. The fifth slot, the Lunar Dao Principle, also could not be moved. After the ninth slot was created, he had four remaining slots he could utilize. Due to the spatial Dao Principle gained from mastering "Heaven and Earth Manipulation," it had to be placed. This was an advantage of the Spirit Refining to Immortal Dao and could not be missed.

Placement Slot 6: Spatial Dao Principle (1.2)[Space: Virtual Aspect/Creation — Increases by 1 every eighty years]

Due to the "Myriad Heavenly Laws," his comprehended Spatial Dao pointed to two Dao Fruits, and the enhancement brought by the realm breakthrough also included a profound increase in comprehension. This effectively integrated the cultivation process of this stage, turning it into a concept similar to "cultivation experience," thereby increasing his acquired comprehension. It was like a high-level cultivator studying low-level divine abilities and secret arts; the speed would certainly be incredibly fast. It wouldn’t be like when he was weak and needed countless years to comprehend; this was the principle of acquired comprehension increase. It came from experience, cultivation experience, and the improvement of various divine abilities and secret arts. It was also the embodiment of the "Dao." The increase of 1 now occurred every eighty years instead of a hundred. The Lunar Dao Principle also benefited, and it was not far from reaching 2, meaning he would soon be able to condense the second Lunar Divine Rune. Breaking through to the Two-Rune Star God Realm, and then the Three-Rune Star God Realm which was comparable to late-stage Void Refinement, would require a Dao Principle comprehension of 5.

As for Placement Slots 7, 8, and 9, he placed the Jade Void Glazed Wall. The "Karmic Changes" divine ability of Void Refinement cultivators was too powerful, and Wang Yu lacked a sense of security. The first layer of this method, "Tribulation Fate Transference to Void," was already perfected. The second layer was named "Three Lives Karma," and as the name suggested, it could use past, present, and future lives as shields. The more karma accumulated, the better the effect of the second layer. He felt that in his current state... the effect would be extremely overpowered! It should be noted that he couldn’t cultivate this secret method himself; it required the placement slot to absorb the obscure heavenly energy to condense "Jade Void Glaze," a unique secret barrier. It was like an invisible glazed wall attached to his Lunar Nascent Soul, neither tangible nor visible, extremely profound. The key to cultivation, besides the difficulty of the secret method itself, was this "heavenly energy." In reality, there was nowhere to absorb it, which was perhaps why the Nine Tribulation Rogue Cultivator perished.

Wang Yu had two other secret methods that required similar special conditions: "Boundless Good Fortune" and "Boundless Mortal Dust." The latter was fine, as "mortal dust qi" was relatively easy to obtain, but the former required "innate fortune qi," which he had truly never even heard of. Slot 8 remained reserved for the rotation of the Myriad Heavenly Laws Wheel. The newly available Slot 9 was for the Slaughter Sword Scripture. Unless there were temporary needs during seclusion, the contents of the placement slots would no longer be randomly changed.

He intended to comprehend alchemy and artifact refining on his own. With the vast resources provided by the Demonic Refining Domain, accumulation was the simplest part. At this stage, spending energy on such skills was not very worthwhile. However, he could delve more into artifact refining, as it was closely related to his combat power.

After this thorough review, Wang Yu’s focus finally shifted to the changes within his body. The Blessed Land, attached to the ninth vertebra, had been completely opened up by the Constructive Wood, and part of the world’s origin was fed back to him, continuously purifying and enhancing the true demonic essence within his body. Based on the intensity of his artistic conceptions, he had no bottlenecks in breaking through to late-stage Void Refinement; he only lacked demonic essence accumulation. Many cultivation resources provided in the True Demon Token’s treasure pavilion specifically served this purpose. They were mostly used within the Blessed Land to perfect the conditions of that realm, thereby giving birth to more world origin, which in turn nourished the cultivator themselves.

In short, managing the Blessed Land was the cultivation method for this new stage.

"Then let's begin the breakthrough!" With a thought, all the resources in his Sea Heart Ring were poured out by Wang Yu. His previous financial power was immense, which meant he had many unhandled spoils of war from Tier 4 and Tier 3. After all, even selling these low-level spirit items wouldn't yield a single Tier 5 spirit item. Now, however, they were proving useful. There were countless ways to manage a Blessed Land, generally following the cultivator's path. For example, the sea of blood evolved from the Slaughter Dao artistic conception: the Blessed Land of other demon cultivators following this path might be a pure world of blood. Its management would require investing spirit items of the same attribute and Dao. This would not only strengthen the Blessed Land Grotto-Heaven but also perfect one's own Dao. One must not forget that most heavenly and earthly spirit items contain incomplete Dao patterns. It is precisely these patterns that give rise to spirit items, and this is also the core essence of Wang Yu’s natural artifact refining. Similarly, this principle applies to cultivation.

To harm heaven and earth to nourish oneself, and when heaven and earth cannot tolerate one, to open up a Grotto-Heaven that can accommodate one’s own Grand Dao, this is the cultivator's path to longevity. True Immortals are eternal; their lifespan is inextricably linked to their Grotto-Heaven. This model is quite similar to the Earth Immortal system Wang Yu learned about from the internet in his previous life. In Wang Yu’s internal Blessed Land, there were almost all kinds of demonic lands. Even the later integrated Five Elements rules were Yin Five Elements, and the resulting flora were mostly Yin Wood. Even the heavenly light evolved from the Five Elements fire was the dim and hazy light of Yin Fire, making the entire world a misty, deep blue state. "Since this is my unique Myriad Transformations True Demonic Dao, after its advancement, this Grotto-Heaven world of mine shall be the Myriad Transformations True Demonic Grotto-Heaven!"

"—Begin!!!" A rumbling tremor echoed faintly in the void. The violent energy from the cosmic sea, guided by the effects of the Void Whale’s stomach and the Constructive Wood, transformed into endless spiritual essence, nourishing his world. It should be noted that one of the strongest methods for a late-stage Void Refinement cultivator is manifesting a "Grotto-Heaven Projection" to overwhelm others with a world. Without a Grotto-Heaven Projection, one is inherently weakened by fifty percent. How could a lower-tier cultivator contend? Therefore, late-stage Void Refinement marks a clear dividing line from the early and mid-stages. This was also the fundamental reason Wang Yu did not engage in combat with the Green-robed Demon. It was like the Law Manifestation of the Soul Transformation stage. If others had it and you didn't, the disadvantage was clear. If they were on the same starting line, apart from insufficient demonic essence accumulation, he could have beaten the Green-robed Demon senseless! This was the chasm formed by realm suppression, one that even prodigies found hard to cross.

With this advancement, Wang Yu would possess the foundational strength to establish himself in the Demonic Refining Domain, making his future actions much more convenient. The True Demon Token could also be utilized most efficiently to rapidly increase his strength. "Right. Since I have already ascended, today marks a new chapter in my cultivation annals: Demonic Cultivation Realm Era, Year 1, Month 1, Day 1!" With that, Wang Yu immersed himself entirely in cultivation.

Three years later...