The Secret Way of Immortality

Ren Qing used the prison in his abdomen to collect residual souls, which was much more efficient than the Dragon-Snake Spine.

Against ordinary residual souls, the aberrant mouth only needed to generate suction to sweep them away, while the beast ghosts were slightly more troublesome due to their thick skin.

But in the end, they were all confined in separate prisons.

In just a few minutes, Ren Qing collected as many as a hundred residual souls, even more than some jailers earned in an entire night.

The other jailers were green with envy.

Most importantly, Ren Qing didn't intend to stop at all.

Soon, the jailers tacitly surrounded him.

They first approached Ren Qing, but still maintained a certain distance from each other warily, preparing to strike.

The jailers' methods were more like impotent rage, trying to force Ren Qing to give up, lest their interests be damaged.

It was evident that their alliance was not strong.

Yu Dachuan's expression was somewhat playful. In his opinion, Ren Qing would definitely compromise.

After all, no one could gain an advantage against the combined forces of many jailers, unless they could deter them with thunderous means...

Ren Qing raised his arm. The separated soul in the Non-Action Dojo made the same movements, and the primary and secondary souls together influenced the consciousness within.

The ability to enter dreams was displayed.

The besieging jailers only felt a sudden drowsiness arise in their minds. Before they could react, Ren Qing turned into a blur and arrived in front of them.

A punch!!!

The jailer fell onto the distant street.

From the perspective of others, he was completely stunned and allowed Ren Qing to attack, which was simply unbelievable.

"You..."

The skinny jailer's expression turned gloomy. Soon, he also took a punch to the abdomen and had to curl up and faint on the ground.

After Ren Qing's Ghost Shadow possessed him, he turned into a blur and shuttled through the night.

When he stopped again, the nearby city area had formed a vacuum zone, and no jailer dared to approach.

Ren Qing was slightly regretful.

After using dream entry only once, the consciousness in the Non-Action Dojo had completely disappeared.

However, trying to forcibly pull others in was still very effective against those jailers whose cultivation was inferior to his.

But Ren Qing didn't dare to take the risk. After all, both the Blind Taoist and the Immortal Lord had demonstrated similar abilities.

Occasionally, he could attribute it to the Twin Nightmare Demon's ability, but frequent use would easily reveal clues, and he was afraid of losing big for small gains.

Ren Qing's goal had been achieved. He quickly cleared the surrounding streets, and the number of imprisoned residual souls soon exceeded a thousand.

Even if a giant beast soul appeared, it was still no match for him.

Wan Qi muttered to himself, "What kind of illusionary spell is that? Rumor has it that the Great Dream Master is behind Ren Qing. Could it be the Dream Butterfly Technique..."

Yu Dachuan also wisely did not intervene, obviously feeling apprehensive.

Ren Qing collected more residual souls than expected and left without hesitation.

Compared to his gains, the other jailers combined were only half a pound, making it clear that this wave was a complete profit.

After Ren Qing returned to the inn, he immediately had Ghost Shadow begin to digest the residual souls.

And Ghost Shadow's absorption of residual souls inevitably allowed the Heavenly Dao Worm to obtain some nourishment.

This was unavoidable. Before the Heavenly Dao Worm hatched, the relationship between the two was more like mutually beneficial.

The Ghostless Shadow technique soon showed a tendency to advance to the Ghost Envoy realm.

Ren Qing closed his eyes tightly and carefully felt the process of the technique gradually transforming.

He was immersed in seclusion, but An'nan Town the next day was surging with undercurrents.

Because of the threat posed by Ren Qing, many jailers inevitably began to cooperate with each other, fearing that they wouldn't even get the soup.

Yu Dachuan and other powerful jailers couldn't gain an advantage alone.

Moreover, they began to suspect Ren Qing's intentional or unintentional actions, and it was very likely that the spell had already produced an imperceptible influence.

Alertness naturally greatly increased.

Ren Qing focused on cultivation.

The previous few advancements were either through consuming lifespan or through the Land of Underworld Feathers, and the risks were minimized.

Ren Qing was naturally more cautious this time. In addition to guiding Ghost Shadow to break through the bottleneck, he also had to suppress the Heavenly Dao Egg.

Ghost Shadow constantly expanded and shrunk, its aura became extremely unstable, and even the inn experienced a slight earthquake.

Ren Qing quickly took Ghost Shadow into the Non-Action Dojo, and the commotion disappeared.

Huang Ziwan and the other looked at Ren Qing's room with their mouths open. Just now, an extremely terrifying aura seemed to flash by.

These days, the other party had been elusive, and they didn't know what he was doing.

However, it had already alarmed the innkeeper, and Huang Ziwan had to take the silver to apologize with a smile.

Inside the Council Hall, Ghost Shadow transformed into a five-meter-tall black mud monster. It used its body to hit the walls, trying to eliminate the pain brought about by the alienation.

But obviously it didn't work much. Advancing to the Ghost Envoy realm required a long period of time.

Ghost Shadow sent a thought to Ren Qing, saying that it felt hungry in its stomach.

Seeing this, Ren Qing threw the residual souls to Ghost Shadow separately, and the latter bound the prey with its body like a python, and then gradually devoured them.

Just when Ghost Shadow's situation was getting better and better, an inexplicable aura enveloped the Council Hall, and a figure appeared on the lotus leaf.

Ren Qing's mouth twitched. Obviously, the Heavenly Dao Child was attracted by Ghost Shadow.

Just as he was about to withdraw from the Non-Action Daoist Temple, the Heavenly Dao Child had already slowly walked into the hall.

The Heavenly Dao Child's face was full of calmness, completely different from his previous crazy state, and the characteristics of his soul resembling a cow and a sheep had also been alleviated.

He came to Ghost Shadow and examined it, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.

After hesitating for a moment, Ren Qing said, "Master Ancestor..."

The Heavenly Dao Child glanced at him out of the corner of his eye, turned his head and continued to stare at Ghost Shadow silently, but his expression was a little more indescribable.

Only then did Ren Qing confirm that the Heavenly Dao Child had briefly regained consciousness.

The Heavenly Dao Child was now as if he was immersed in memories, as if he saw countless possibilities for the Non-Action Daoist Temple from Ghost Shadow.

But unfortunately, it was still destroyed in the end. It could be seen that being able to survive under the attack of the Heavenly Dao Worm and the Supreme Heavenly Demon was already not bad.

Ghost Shadow re-transformed into the size of a human figure.

It successfully advanced to the Ghost Envoy realm, that is, the "Yin Ghost Demon Shadow", and its body could already cover the entire Council Hall.

And as long as it was in the dark, Ghost Shadow could endlessly restore itself.

As for the Netherworld Art, although it had reached the Great Perfection of the Qi Refining Stage, Ren Qing didn't give the Heavenly Dao Worm a chance to break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage at all.

Ghost Shadow sealed the Heavenly Dao Egg, cutting off its absorption of nourishment.

The Heavenly Dao Child nodded towards Ren Qing, and his soul had a few more signs of collapse, and black hair grew from the surface of his skin.

He turned his head and walked out of the Council Hall.

Ren Qing subconsciously asked, "Master Ancestor, what is the Beast Pen Method?"

The Heavenly Dao Child stopped, turned his head one hundred and eighty degrees to the back, and his dark pupils exuded a chilling gaze.

"Supreme Heavenly Demon..."

"One begets two, two begets three, and three begets all things. The Supreme Heavenly Demon is one of them..."

His voice became increasingly unfamiliar, mixed with strange intonations, like a bleating goat.

"We are all Supreme Heavenly Demons."

The Heavenly Dao Child's soul completely alienated, and a giant black goat stood at the entrance of the Council Hall, and the entire Non-Action Dojo shook.

The sky seemed to be cracking a gap, but in the end it gradually subsided.

Ren Qing's separated soul returned to the main body, and a layer of fine cold sweat appeared on his forehead, and a feeling of exhaustion and weakness surged into his heart.

[The Entering God Art was created by the Supreme Heavenly Demon. Cultivation requires using the body as firewood to ignite the spiritual flames of the soul, and absorbing the wreckage of the Heavenly Demon. Abandoning the body and refining the soul can complete the cultivation.]

[After absorbing the wreckage of the Heavenly Demon, one's own soul will also permanently lose a part, using this to construct the Supreme Heavenly Demon.]

Ren Qing suddenly realized what kind of existence the Supreme Heavenly Demon was, and his breathing couldn't help but become heavy.

I'm afraid that as long as one masters the Beast Pen Method, as the realm improves, the soul will gradually approach the appearance of a black goat.

This is completely irreversible.

Each cultivator of the Beast Pen Method is like a component that makes up a computer.

The Supreme Heavenly Demon should not have a true body, because any cultivator who cultivates the Beast Pen Method is a part of the Supreme Heavenly Demon.

Ren Qing guessed that all souls share the same consciousness, and each person is like a large number of personalities split from schizophrenia.

According to the previous life, this is a collective consciousness.

The reason why the Non-Action Daoist Temple named the area east of Xiangxiang "Beast Pen" is not only because it resembles a black goat, but also because for the Supreme Heavenly Demon, living beings are like livestock.

The Heavenly Dao Child relied on being in the Non-Action Daoist Temple to barely maintain his sanity, but it was obvious that his lifespan was exhausted and he would not live long.

At that time, the soul will inevitably shed the remaining humanity and completely transform into the black goat "Supreme Heavenly Demon".

Currently, Ren Qing's map has only been partially completed. What kind of existences are there on the vast continent?

Speaking of which.

The Heavenly Dao Child is at least a cultivator in the Yang God realm, parasitized by a Heavenly Dao Worm above the level of a separated soul, and will inevitably break free after death.

His soul will also return to the Supreme Heavenly Demon, and the two forces will act on one person at the same time. Will they fight...

Ren Qing sighed helplessly. It seemed that he had to transfer all the resources in the Non-Action Dojo to the prison in his abdomen within three or four years.

Lest it all be in vain in the end.

He opened his eyes and found that the room was extremely dark, and it was obvious that several hours had passed.

Ren Qing quickly realized that the Night Parade of a Hundred Ghosts had already begun.

Standing at the window and looking out, the streets were full of walking beast ghosts, and the jailers were frantically fighting to obtain resources.

And in the direction of the Other Shore Flower Field, the vines formed by Mu Yi had disappeared.

All the roots of the Other Shore Flowers were intertwined, and in the eyes of the separated soul, they were like an indescribable object made up of flesh and blood remains.

The jailers had fallen into madness.

Even if they were exhausted, they would recover by absorbing the bodies of beast ghosts. Unknowingly, some jailers had been affected by the residual souls.

Ren Qing was fortunate that he had Ghost Shadow digest the residual souls.

Ghost Shadow had no soul, so it was not affected by the residual souls at all. At most, it just broke its stomach, leading to indigestion.

Ren Qing had no intention of courting death, just looking out through the window.

The incomparably gorgeous Other Shore Flowers seemed to be in full bloom, but it still felt like something was missing.

Ren Qing observed An'nan Town from the perspective of an outsider. Those jailers were like poisonous insects in a Gu pot, competing for deadly resources.

Only Wan Qi came back to his senses, feeling the black hair growing on his arm, knelt on the ground and muttered to himself, "The Night Parade of a Hundred Ghosts shouldn't be like this..."

Water Gourd stood on the high ground of An'nan Town's buildings, enjoying the doomsday-like scene.

Thanks to Doctor Winter and Heath's Ice Tea for the rewards.