Chapter 111

Chapter 111: Not Enough Baneful Aura?

Meng Chuan also understood his master’s good intentions .

He exerted enough pressure on him, allowing him to focus on tempering his will . One’s willpower was extremely important, even in the later Godfiend realms . After all, many Marquis and even Regis Godfiends visited the Pit of Bewilderment when they returned to Archean Mountain . That was enough evidence .

“I’m here to swap these two books . ” Meng Chuan’s heart surged with excitement, but he still went to the library and looked for two new history books .

Studying also relaxed his mind and spirit . It increased his insight, so he needed to keep at it .

After obtaining two new books, Meng Chuan returned to his cave abode .

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Inside his cave abode chamber .

After closing the chamber, Meng Chuan took out a red porcelain bottle he had hidden . His eyes were filled with anticipation . Time to begin the Ninth Refinement!

He was in a bathing pool during every Eighth Refinement session because he needed to heal from his injuries and wasn’t concerned if he was disturbed . However, if his Essence Soul couldn’t withstand the Six Desires baneful aura, it would attack his mind and affect his sea of consciousness . Although he could barely maintain his clarity of mind, it was safer to cultivate in a sealed chamber to prevent any accidents .

Come on .

Meng Chuan gently pulled open the bottle’s stopper and took a deep breath . His Quintessential Essence drew out a red baneful aura wisp—which entered his body through his nose .

Meng Chuan didn’t bother executing a body-tempering saber art because it was only used to guide and aid the body refine baneful aura . However, when it came to refining baneful aura with the Essence Soul, there was no need for such saber arts .

Whoosh .

His body didn’t absorb the Six Desires baneful aura wisp when it entered his body . It was extremely difficult for the body to absorb the Six Desires baneful aura . Even if he used a body-tempering saber art, he would still be unable to absorb Six Desires baneful aura if he hadn’t comprehended Saber Intent .

Instead, Meng Chuan stood motionlessly .

Let the Essence Soul absorb it first before letting the body absorb it .

After Six Desires baneful aura entered his body, it quickly wrapped around his Essence Soul . The faint red threads swirled around his Essence Soul and constantly tried to penetrate it .

Six Desires baneful aura originated from a human’s heart . Once it invaded one’s body, it would automatically attack their soul . If one’s will wasn’t strong enough, they would be controlled by their desires completely . Weak mortal souls were the easiest to control . The stronger one’s Essence Soul or will was, the harder it was for the Six Desires baneful aura to control them .

Meng Chuan did not use the Power of Essence Soul to block it . He allowed the Six Desires baneful aura to penetrate his Essence Soul and change his body completely .

Mmm? All sorts of desires arose in his heart .

He stood in a garden . From afar, his father, mother, and Qiyue were there . His father was laughing jovially . His mother looked identical to the time she taught him how to draw . Qiyue was carrying a few dishes over . Everyone smiled while shouting, “Chuan’er, come and have dinner . ” Meng Chuan really wanted to go over . He wanted to reunite with his family . However, he maintained his clarity of mind and understood that it was all fake .

Soon, the scene dissipated .

Many beauties appeared in front of him . They were extremely enchanting . They only wore thin veils . They were many times more tempting than renowned courtesans in brothels . They clung to Meng Chuan as they enticed him . Sexual desires were naturally possessed by the human body . As he absorbed Six Desires baneful aura, his desires became extremely tempting . Meng Chuan could only endure it .

After the scene dissipated, he found himself in the wilderness . Behind him, demon monarchs were frantically chasing him . Some were on the ground, while others were in the sky . They circled and attacked him .

A strong sense of fear and despair surfaced in his heart . He wanted to live . His desire to live was extremely strong—it was an instinctive desire . His desire to live wanted to drown his consciousness .

I’m refining Six Desires baneful aura . These are all fake . They’re fake . Meng Chuan forcefully resisted his desires . His consciousness was constantly being drawn into different scenarios .

His desires nearly eradicated his rationality and almost caused Meng Chuan to collapse . Once he collapsed, he would be controlled by his desires completely .

However, Meng Chuan’s willpower was insane . His will was over 50% stronger than that was required to reach the Darkness Altar’s summit . He resisted the different desires’ repeated attacks . Some were emotional desires, physical desires, and his goals . All kinds of desires had different effects, but Meng Chuan managed to withstand the attacks .

Whoosh .

Meng Chuan exhaled and regained his senses . He saw the chamber when he opened his eyes . The wisp of Six Desires baneful aura had fused with his Essence Soul completely .

Now, I’ll begin body-tempering with the baneful aura . The nine refinements’ goal was to temper the body . The first eight baneful auras had fused with his body completely . Only the Six Desires baneful aura was required to be absorbed by the Essence Soul first . After this, the body could begin absorbing the baneful aura . This would lead to a balance between body and soul . After everything was balanced, he would be able to attain a perfected Lightning Devastator Fiend Body in the Godfiend Blood Pool .

Inhale! He inhaled another Six Desires baneful aura wisp . It entered his sea of consciousness immediately . However, this time, he used the Power of Essence Soul to prevent it from penetrating his Essence Soul . Then, he executed the body-tempering saber art with his Saber Intent .

The saber art allowed him to exert greater physical strength, causing his body to absorb the Six Desires baneful aura faster and deeper . He slowly absorbed the baneful aura—his Quintessential Essence enveloped his body and prevented the baneful aura from leaving his body . He took ten minutes to finish refining it .

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Meng Chuan’s Essence Soul absorbed three wisps of Six Desires baneful aura, and his body absorbed six wisps . The ratio of one-to-two was the best ratio mentioned in notes regarding the Lightning Devastator Fiend Body . The Lightning Devastator Fiend Body manual, on the other hand, didn’t mention such a thing . It only told the reader to absorb as much as baneful aura they could .

His body could withstand six wisps of Six Desires baneful aura maximum, but his Essence Soul was far from reaching its limits . However, a bottle of Six Desires baneful aura only contained nine wisps .

Absorbing a bottle of Six Desires baneful aura a day is very fast . Meng Chuan wasn’t anxious about finishing the Ninth Refinement .

The next day, Meng Chuan arrived at the Treasure Repository and met Elder Yi again .

“You refined Six Desires baneful aura?” Elder Yi looked at Meng Chuan in shock .

Obtaining the first bottle of Six Desires baneful aura meant that Meng Chuan had completed the Eighth Refinement . Obtaining the second bottle meant that Meng Chuan had completely refined the first bottle of Six Desires baneful aura . It was simply too difficult for mortals to refine Six Desires baneful aura . The requirement on one’s willpower was too high!

There were two difficulties in refining Six Desires baneful aura . Firstly, it was difficult for the soul to absorb Six Desires baneful aura—it required insane willpower . Secondly, even if one’s willpower was insanely high, they could barely maintain clarity of mind when absorbing the Six Desires baneful aura . Due to this, the body-tempering saber art’s effects would be weak . Typically, one could only refine the baneful aura after reaching Greater Mastery of Intent . With these difficulties, a perfected Lightning Devastator Fiend Body expert would only appear once every few centuries .

“Alright, this is the second bottle of Six Desires baneful aura . ” Elder Yi’s eyes were filled with anticipation . Meng Chuan just needed time to complete the Ninth Refinement . Soon, a perfected Lightning Devastator Fiend Body would appear .

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“This is the third bottle . ” Elder Yi could see the baneful aura in Meng Chuan’s body with a single glance . He gave him a new bottle . “You are quite fast . You can refine one bottle a day?”

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“This is the fifth bottle . ”

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“This is the tenth bottle . ”

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“You’ve already finished 50 bottles of Six Desires baneful aura . Meng Chuan, there are many people on the mountain waiting for you to attain a perfected Godfiend Body . ” Elder Yi was rather expectant .

Since Meng Chuan collected a bottle of Six Desires baneful aura every day, news spread very quickly . Many people on Archean Mountain knew that Meng Chuan was refining a bottle of Six Desires baneful aura a day . After more than two hundred years, a perfected Lightning Devastator Fiend Body would appear again .

Among the disciples who had not left the mountain, Meng Chuan was in the limelight .

Excluding Meng Chuan, there had only been one disciple with a perfected transcendent-grade Godfiend body in the past twenty years . That was Xue Feng . Xue Feng had a perfected Black Sand Fiend Body . In Archean Mountain’s public ranking of Godfiend body cultivation difficulty—ignoring the Dragon Divine Body and Phoenix Divine Body, which required an awakened bloodline—five of the other ten transcendent-grade Godfiend bodies had the highest cultivation difficulty . The Lightning Devastator Fiend Body was one of them .

In Archean Mountain’s history, for the five transcendent-grade Godfiend bodies with relatively low cultivation difficulty, a perfected Godfiend body could be seen every ten years . As for the five with higher difficulty, a perfected Godfiend body appeared once every few decades . They were far rarer .

The Dragon Divine Body and Phoenix Divine Body depended purely on luck . An awakened bloodline meant definite success . There was no hope without an awakened bloodline .

As a result, the other disciples were very impressed by Meng Chuan—who was able to cultivate the Lightning Devastator Fiend Body to perfection . He naturally became the focus of attention . Many disciples came to chat with him at every Dao Exchange . They tried to get to know him . After all, they might request Meng Chuan’s help in the future .

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Seventieth bottle, eightieth bottle… Meng Chuan finally received the ninetieth bottle .

That night, Meng Chuan refined Six Desires baneful aura .

He wasn’t very excited, but rather puzzled .

I’ve refined 90 bottles of Six Desires baneful aura completely . According to the one to two ratio, my body has absorbed 60 bottles of baneful aura and my Essence Soul has absorbed 30 bottles of baneful aura… However, I haven’t completed the Ninth Refinement . Meng Chuan stood in the chamber, feeling somewhat perplexed and helpless .

I can sense that my body has absorbed Six Desires baneful aura to the limits . What’s lacking is my Essence Soul . My Essence Soul doesn’t seem to have absorbed enough baneful aura, and is far from reaching its limit . According to past seniors’ notes, 90 bottles is usually the limit . Even those with heaven-defying talent would only absorb a few more bottles .

But I think my Essence Soul is still far from my limit . Don’t tell me I need a few dozen more bottles?

Meng Chuan was helpless . It was one thing to take a handful more bottles since he could say that his body was a little special . However, receiving dozens of bottles made it obvious that there was a problem .

Meng Chuan felt helpless…

The next morning, Meng Chuan didn’t go to Thousand Sabers Cavern . Instead, he went to Grotto-Heaven Pavilion to visit his master .