Of course, the changes weren't over yet. Yi Tianxing's body refinement cultivation continued to soar, and the number of source true blood drops was rapidly increasing. The immediate issue before him was:
Which body refinement technique should he choose next?
A crucial decision—one that couldn't be taken lightly.
Thankfully, he had long made preparations.
The Great Yi Scripture Pavilion had already amassed an enormous collection of cultivation techniques. It included:
Top-tier Eternal World manuals
Powerful body-refining demonic techniques from the Eternal Night Realm
This made the Scripture Pavilion arguably the most comprehensive library in existence.
Some of the collected demonic body cultivation methods included:
"Nine Nether Cold Tide Physique"
"Black Hell Demonic Sutra"
"Blood Moon Demonic Physique"
Each could forge terrifying demonic war bodies.
From the battlefields of gods and demons, many techniques had also been retrieved.And thanks to trade with the Underworld, manuals like:
"Yanmo Golden Body"
"Ten Thousand Ghosts Demonic Sutra"
"Yellow Springs Ghost Emperor Sutra"
were acquired too.
With Great Yi's ever-deepening rule, even folk cultivation techniques were submitted en masse to the pavilion.Now, he had every elemental attribute imaginable at his disposal.
This time, Yi Tianxing chose:
"Nine Yang True Canon" – a supreme technique reborn under the will of the Heavenly Dao itself.
Within this Canon was a body refinement art:
🔥 Nine Yang Immortal-Searing Technique
It used the power of Nine Suns to temper the flesh, forging a supreme, pure-yang war body.
At its peak, one could become the Nine Suns incarnate, burning the heavens and boiling the seas. Even gods and immortals could be seared into ashes.
Yi Tianxing activated the art, and the method entered his mind.
He visualized the accompanying refinement diagram: the Nine Yang Immortal-Searing Diagram.
It displayed nine blazing suns orbiting a godlike figure.
The suns spewed true solar fire, which burned away impurities from his body.
Each burn reduced him to ashes—then from those ashes, new life sprouted, reborn.
The cycle of annihilation and rebirth led to limitless transformation.
The sun, after all, embodies both destruction and creation.
Within this backflow state, all comprehension accelerated.Top-level arts like this had a refinement visualization diagram at their core.The moment it was visualized, internal body refinement could begin.
Soon, in his seventh green cauldron, a figure appeared—bathed in the glow of nine suns.
The power of the sun began infusing his blood and flesh.
With his refinement art chosen, Yi Tianxing's body strength, qi and blood, and source true blood soared even faster.
Yet outwardly, no major phenomenon was visible. His entire body was cloaked in divine radiance, impenetrable to the eye. One could only sense his terrifying rise in strength.
But it was clear—he was now immobile, deeply entrenched in his transformation.Even Xuanhuang City's full power could not be mobilized.It simply hovered in the void—unable to move or respond.
Meanwhile, the backflow continued…But the attacks from the Heavenly Demon Realm clearly weren't going to stop and wait.
Across Great Yi, every Immortal City was protected by the Xuanhuang Barrier, each glowing with tangible radiance.
Suddenly, enormous demonic claws slammed down from the swirling void above—viciously smashing into the shields.
With each strike, thunderous booms echoed—like the earth splitting apart.Whole cities trembled violently, buildings shook like eggshells struck by giant claws.The barrier's light dimmed at an alarming rate.
The Earth's dragon veins couldn't replenish the spiritual energy fast enough.
The depletion vastly outpaced recovery—the blow was too strong.
"Not good! These attacks from the Heavenly Demon Realm are too terrifying. Even the Xuanhuang Barrier can't hold!"
"Brothers and sisters in the city, it's our time to stand! We live and die together!"
"Bring it on! We're citizens of Great Yi—fearless to the end!"
Crack!!!
Just then, the Xuanhuang barrier dimmed to its limit—light nearly extinguished.
But at that very moment, it suddenly burst forth with a radiance ten times, even a hundred times more powerful.
🔆 A final, blinding explosion.
💥 The entire barrier detonated—and the shockwave slammed into the giant demonic claw.
The claw disintegrated midair, falling apart with a demonic howl—then fragmented into thousands of monsters that rained down upon the city.
These were Heavenly Demon Insects.
The claw itself had been composed of countless demonic insects, fused together to create a force strong enough to break the barrier.
Now that it was shattered, the barrier's final safeguard activated:
The remaining energy, drawn from the Earth's dragon veins, exploded with 10x to 100x destructive force, annihilating the attackers as a last line of defense.
The price: it depleted a chunk of the dragon vein's essence, requiring a full year to recover this power.
The result: a lost trump card.
The insects landed and transformed into a variety of grotesque demon forms:
Evil-eyed monstrosities
Skeletons
Demonic tigers, beasts with claws, fangs, and multiple limbs
Thousands of bizarre and horrifying shapes
There was no end to the variation.
These were the true forms of Heavenly Demons, and they immediately attacked the civilians.
One monstrous eye-demon locked onto a middle-aged chef in the city.
With a piercing glare, it released a black demonic beam, paralyzing the chef with fright.
The monster lunged—planning to invade his eyes and possess his body.
But—
Shing!!
A shining cleaver appeared in the chef's hand.
In one clean stroke, he sliced the eye-demon in half.
He grinned viciously:
"What, you thought I was here to cut vegetables?I make a living with a knife, demon. You stare at me, I'll chop you!"
Without hesitation, he charged toward more demons, cleaver in hand.
To him, these monsters were just living ingredients—waiting to be dissected.
"Kill! Let these bastards know—to us chefs, they're just meat that walks!"
"Blacksmiths! Grab your hammers—crack their skulls!"
"Seamstresses! Take your scissors—stab them dead!Think we're easy prey? No way! We won't let Great Yi lose face!"
The entire city responded.
The once-calm atmosphere shifted instantly—fury surged.
Each civilian's eyes glinted with ferocity.
A tide of righteous bloodlust erupted from within.
In Great Yi, there were no ordinary citizens.
Well—except for children, who were immediately hidden and protected:
Sent to academies or classrooms, safeguarded by their teachers.
The rest? All cultivators.
Tempered daily by the Eye of the Sun and Eye of the Moon,Their flesh and soul were far stronger than average.
Faced with monsters, they felt no fear—only fury.
They dove into the slaughter without hesitation.
Some civilians were injured—inevitable in war.But every city had no shortage of elite powerhouses.
From bounty hunters to wildland veterans, most had combat experience.
In Great Yi, there was an old saying:
"If you've never been a hunter, never stepped into the wild,never slain a ferocious beast—you're not a true citizen."
Meanwhile, even Xuanhuang City was struck by a giant demonic claw.
But—
As the claw landed, a terrifying divine radiance surged out,shattering the claw instantly, vaporizing the demons before they could even enter.
Yet above the city, the vortex remained, and more giant claws began to emerge…