Two Worlds: Demonic Cultivator with His Zombie Materials-Chapter 42 - 41: Soul Capturing and Ghost Control, Commanding Yin and Yang

Chapter 42: Chapter 41: Soul Capturing and Ghost Control, Commanding Yin and Yang

One step, two steps, three steps...

The baby lying on the crib’s edge grinned, its expression filled with evil desires that belied its innocence. Sharp fangs had somehow sprouted from its slightly open mouth, adding to its eerie appearance.

However, Zheng Yi seemed oblivious to the baby’s transformation, moving as if controlled by invisible strings, reaching out as if to embrace it.

Yet in the next second, Zheng Yi suddenly halted in his tracks.

The infant’s sinister smile froze, and it let out an anxious call. Its scarlet eyes flickered with eerie ripples as invisible spiritual power surged toward Zheng Yi.

"Are your tricks all used up?"

"Your reputation doesn’t do you justice, Blood Embryo Ghost Infant, truly a forbidden technique that drifted out from the Netherworld Dao centuries ago..."

"I didn’t expect that even unborn, you would possess such skills, capable of enchanting techniques. With my Middle Stage of Qi Cultivation, I nearly succumbed to you."

"Fortunately, my Lifebound Spiritual Artifact, the Soul-Catching Banner, and the Cyan Profound Fiend backlash from Black Evil Technique protected me. Otherwise, anyone else might have been lured by you into sacrificing themselves and freeing you."

Zheng Yi spoke slowly, no trace of confusion or bewilderment left in his eyes.

He was completely clear-headed, without any sign of being bewitched or influenced.

His sharp gaze fixed on the Ghost Infant within reach, a murderous intent pervading Zheng Yi’s heart.

No wonder it’s said that once born, it can achieve the minimum threshold of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator. Even before birth, it possesses such deceptive methods—an exceedingly cunning ghost being.

The Qi Family’s century-long plan, secretly constructing a Flesh and Blood Demon Pool, using the Nine Yin Gathering Evil Extinction Array to nurture the Blood Embryo Ghost Infant, sacrificially offering countless humans and animals. The blood, flesh, and souls of numerous miners and cultivators brought this Ghost Infant close to birth.

But despite being only one step away, it couldn’t break through the Blood Egg. Thus, when Zheng Yi appeared, the Ghost Infant attempted to use enchanting skills to manipulate him into self-sacrifice, allowing it to consume Zheng Yi’s blood, flesh, and soul, gaining it one step closer to birth.

This Qi Family is ruthless, no wonder Zheng Yi sensed the abnormality in Heaven and Earth Spiritual Power when he first arrived.

This Black Iron Ore Vein’s location is peculiar, with a hidden subsidiary vein underneath.

There should at least be a completed Spirit Vein present, otherwise it couldn’t sustain the operation of the Nine Yin Gathering Evil Extinct Meridian Array.

Now it seems, everything aligns with previous speculations.

A century ago, the Qi Family concealed the existence of this subsidiary Spirit Vein. When they secretly arranged the Nine Yin Gathering Evil Extinction Array, they drained the Spirit Qi from the vein, turning the area barren.

The Qi Family’s century-long efforts all focused on the birth of this Ghost Infant. Once refined, it would effectively mean having a Foundation Establishment Cultivator oversee them.

Though this Blood Embryo Ghost Infant’s quality only equates to the lowest Foundation Establishment Cultivator’s strength.

But Foundation Establishment is still Foundation Establishment.

By then, the Qi Family’s power would significantly increase, granting them more choices.

Even if the Soul Catching Sect noticed their setup and turned hostile, the Qi Family would have plenty of options.

In the Demon Realm, Demon Dao Cultivators face fierce competition, adhering to survival of the fittest, not relying on others’ mercy, with strength reigning supreme.

As long as the Qi Family controls a Ghost Infant, even more eerie and terrifying compared to a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, the Soul Catching Sect, knowing the truth, would likely take a lighter approach.

Without exaggeration, the Qi Family endured humiliation just for this Ghost Infant comparable to Foundation Establishment.

Exhausting nearly two or three family generations over a hundred years, countless resources, a Spirit Vein, and the karmic backlash of the ancestral curse, resulting in the scattering of the soul, even sacrificing the family’s last three High Tier Qi Cultivation Stage cultivators, allowing no failure.

But human calculation cannot surpass divine will. Merely Zheng Yi, a River Crossing Fierce Dragon, and Qi Lin’s unexpected betrayal thwarted the Qi Family’s century-long efforts.

If the Qi Family ancestor knew this, even as a ghost, they might seek Zheng Yi for revenge.

Of course, he won’t have the chance.

Being the bloodline ancestor and mastermind, the immense karmic backlash from the Blood Fiend already caused his soul to scatter, preventing reentry into reincarnation.

A century of planning ended in vain.

"Truly a monstrous being, so fierce before even being born. What if you were actually born?!"

"Even unborn, a typical Middle Stage Qi Cultivation cultivator might truly struggle against you..."

"Just your unlucky day, meeting me, do you think you can escape my grasp?"

Zheng Yi’s face remained stern, his expression solemn, with cyan ethereal flames rolling atop the Soul-Catching Banner in his hand.

Endless Yin Fiend Qi enveloped the skies, and at that moment, he unleashed the full might of his Lifebound Spiritual Artifact.

Spiritual Qi frenziedly surged from within Zheng Yi, and the Soul-Catching Banner’s surface rippled with intricate red blood lines, interwoven to form ninety-nine Soul Capturing and Ghost Control Yin Demon Grand Talismans, as gusts of Yin Wind stirred, revealing sinister Yin Soldiers and Fierce Ghosts.

"Eeek!"

Truly a forbidden ghost of unparalleled nature, the Blood Embryo Ghost Infant, though far from being born, displayed some intelligence even within the womb.

Feeling the lethal danger emanating from the Soul-Catching Banner in Zheng Yi’s palm, the Blood Embryo Ghost Infant curled up fearfully.

Straining to appear harmless, it emitted rapid babyish sounds, retracting its sharp teeth and claws, feigning an innocent baby-like demeanor.

Soul Capturing and Ghost Control, Master of Yin and Yang!

Of a different kind, their heart must differ.

Heed! Take heed!

Zheng Yi vividly recalled a stone tablet erected at the Soul Catching Sect’s Inner Sect entrance, inscribed with words that deeply resonated with him.

Due to frequent dealings with ghosts, encountering countless bizarre varieties of them, whether their lives were tragic, forced into death, or dismembered and slaughtered, every ghost’s death experience was exceedingly harrowing.

Yet whatever a ghost says is not to be believed.

This has become the first iron rule of the Soul Catching Sect.

No matter how tragic a ghost’s former life was, when dealing with them, one must be unsparing.

Because once transformed into a resentful spirit, spawning Yin Qi, they are no longer who they were in life, becoming a different race.

Of a different kind, their heart must differ.

This understanding was concluded through countless cultivators’ experiences over generations.