"I'm not worried. With the Five Elements Mixed Yuan Immortal Infant within me, even if I were to succumb to demonic transformation, controlling myself should be quite easy…"

With this in mind, Wang Mu decided to comprehend the Wuji Treasure Book.

The main issue was the Evil Qi wreaking havoc in his body. Although it seemed to have been sealed by a Sword Intent, it was undoubtedly Heroine Yan's handiwork.

But this murderous aura, the demonic evil condensed by the Shadow Hong Saber over a thousand years, wasn't so easily dispelled.

With this Evil Qi present, the Demon Skill in my Sea of Consciousness is practically like Demoness Mu, stripped bare, trying to seduce me.

It's too enticing.

Wang Mu immersed himself in comprehension.

During his immersive comprehension, Wang Mu deeply sensed that the Wuji Treasure Book truly had something to it.

It was called a Demon Skill, and a Demon Skill it truly was.

The power of this Demon Skill lay, first and foremost, in its requirement to shatter one's own Spirit Root.

That's right. After shattering the Spirit Root, one had to use various wonderful methods for body refining, condensing the shattered Spirit Root within oneself to form an Infinite Spirit Vortex.

And the Infinite Spirit Vortex was a powerful foundation capable of directly plundering the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy.

Note, it *plunders*.

Plundering, meaning to seize by force.

The Cultivation Methods of Righteous Sects mostly involved Spirit Roots assisting Cultivation Techniques, harmonizing with the Spiritual Energy between heaven and earth for natural absorption.

If one forcibly absorbed it, this would often conflict with the Cultivation Technique, leading to cultivation deviation and demonic transformation.

The Wuji Treasure Book was comparatively simple and brutal.

Once the Infinite Spirit Vortex was cultivated, anything containing Spiritual Energy could be converted into the purest form of Spiritual Energy.

It could be said to forcibly seize any Spiritual Energy between heaven and earth.

This continued until the Infinite Demon Body was cultivated.

Upon reaching this stage, with a single thought, one could even cause a living person to explode into a mass of Spiritual Energy and directly absorb it.

Magic Artifacts, resources, Spirit Stones—everything in the world could be absorbed at will.

"This is so damn brutal…"

Wang Mu thought to himself. Continuing this method of Cultivation is certainly fast.

But absorbing too much will inevitably lead to karmic repercussions, making it easy to develop Heart Demons. And the Heavenly Tribulation one must endure will also be exceptionally powerful…

It is indeed powerful.

Moreover, once one begins this Cultivation, it's extremely difficult for ordinary Cultivators to control.

Once the Demon Body is formed, one's disposition will change.

Just imagine, relying on this method of Cultivation year after year, absorbing all things and converting them into your own Spiritual Power.

Unconsciously, you would develop the delusion of being the supreme authority, invincible under the heavens.

In just a few decades, you might even cultivate a Golden Core, or perhaps a Nascent Soul.

You'd be immeasurably stronger than those Heavenly Prides of the Righteous path.

A change in disposition, like an untamed wild horse, would very easily lead to problems.

If it weren't for the suppression by the Ascension Realm in the Nine Provinces, who knows to what extent this Cultivation Technique alone would have allowed the Demon Path to flourish?

"Piao Miaoxu intends to use such a treacherous scheme to disrupt my Cultivation…"

Wang Mu thought to himself, "Unfortunately…"

The Wuji Treasure Book places great emphasis on Constitution.

To withstand the baptism of various types of Spiritual Energy, one must forge a strong Constitution…

"After cultivating the Infinite Demon Body, I will then cultivate the Prajnaparamita Holy Scripture. By using the Demon Body to nurture the Buddha seed, I can cultivate the Divine Demon Body…"

"The process might be somewhat arduous…"

No matter. In any case, I'm not only cultivating these two methods.

The other Cultivation Techniques can be cultivated concurrently.

"The Evil Qi in my body can be eliminated and directly absorbed after I cultivate the Wuji Demon Scripture…"

After some planning, Wang Mu had a strategy in mind.

"They should be done talking by now, right?"

Wang Mu no longer heard any conversation.

He figured it was about time for him to wake up.

"HMM..."

Wang Mu slowly awakened.

"Dongfang Mu, you're awake?"

From nearby, Ying's clear voice sounded, "How is it that... you're weaker than you were a thousand years ago?"

"..." Wang Mu.

Nonsense.

You're all high-level characters from back then.

My character was deleted, and I transmigrated here, basically starting over as a new, low-level character. With a thousand years lost, how could I possibly compare to you high-level players?

Wang Mu shook his head.

Heroine Yan... seemed... to have left.

"Your Taoist couple..." Ying said, "she left. She said she still has matters to attend to and is waiting for you outside."

Wang Mu remained silent.

"What did she say to you?" Wang Mu asked.

Ying shook her head. "She didn't say much, just some things concerning you..."

"Things about me?"

"She said you are deeply loyal and righteous, willing to risk your life to save even a stranger. She said she wasn't mistaken about you."

"..." Wang Mu.

I don't believe it.

"Oh, right..." Ying pondered for a moment. "The item I gave you, it seems you've lost it?"

If the main character was deleted, of course its equipment would be gone too.

Wang Mu coughed lightly, just as he was about to explain.

Unexpectedly, Ying said,

"I don't blame you."

"If that item is gone, it must mean you encountered some life-threatening difficulty, right?"

"Perhaps... you've even died once before?"

"Coming to see me this time... it must have been very difficult for you, mustn't it?"

At this, Ying paused, a rare smile gracing her lips.

"Your Taoist couple told me about the circumstances when I emerged..."

"You've been through a lot..."

Hearing this, Wang Mu felt a warmth spread through his heart.

Truly befitting a pure Dark Guardian.

No explanation was even needed.

"What else did she tell you?"

"Many things," Ying replied. "She said that a very, very long time has passed in the outside world... She explained that the reason you didn't come looking for me for so long was because you also disappeared for these thousand years, something happened to you, and you only reappeared recently."

"I don't blame you. You never broke your promise."

Wang Mu was stunned. Is Heroine Yan speaking up for me? he thought.

"And..."

"What else..."

"Your Taoist couple in the outside world... it isn't what I imagined..." Ying's voice dropped a few tones. "Your relationship with her is like the one my father and mother had..."

"You knew each other a thousand years ago... Oh, no, you had already pledged your lives to each other back then."