A night's rest not only relieved his fatigue, but Ming Qi could also clearly feel his control and use of his vital energy becoming more refined. He hadn't expected such frenzied hunting to accelerate his cultivation.
Without hesitation, he drew his sword once again and began a new round of hunting.
The Valley of Despair was filled with countless demonic beasts. Despite Ming Qi's frenzied killing spree, they were still insignificant compared to the vast number of demonic beasts.
As for Dabai and Dahei, the tiger and the wolf, they spent most of their time fighting fiercely together, and Ming Qi didn't bother to pay them any attention. At night, Ming Qi continued his usual meditation.
After five days of this, Ming Qi noticed that Meng Ling had awakened from her slumber.
Powered by the immense blood and qi energy, the Human Blood Demon Harp was finally fully restored. The final step was to transform this immense blood and qi energy into a condensed body. Only then would Meng Ling return to her former form.
Standing on a flat surface in the Valley of Despair, before him stood the seemingly ethereal Meng Ling.
"The blood energy is sufficient. Now I can rebuild my body. You will protect me."
Meng Ling's hands danced gently in the air, causing a surge of rich blood energy to continuously flow from the Human Blood Demon Harp's body, swirling and gathering in the space before her.
"Yes."
After so much hard work, he finally managed to restore Meng Ling to her former form. Ming Qi felt a sense of relief. Seeing Meng Ling begin to rebuild her body, he naturally dared not neglect it. He walked to the side and spread his spiritual consciousness aura, simultaneously activating the Supreme Diagram to amplify it, without reservation. This way, he would be able to instantly detect any fluctuations in Yuan Energy within a radius of over thirty miles.
After arranging everything, he sat there and waited.
The swirling blood energy surrounding the Human Blood Demon Harp began to swirl rapidly under Meng Ling's influence, and soon became extremely dense.
Reshaping a flesh body through the demonic path is a dangerous and lengthy process, but fortunately, Meng Ling had similar experience, and everything was now operating smoothly without any anomalies.
The most crucial point in this process was to eliminate the demonic beast essence within the blood energy. According to the method used by the Human Blood Demonic Harp to shape a body, the blood energy she drew from it must be entirely human, thus avoiding any contamination from the demonic beast essence. However, it was clearly impossible to use large amounts of human blood to shape a body. As a second-best option, demonic beast blood must first be completely eradicated. Otherwise, once the body was shaped, it would likely inherit some of the demonic beast's characteristics.
Meng Ling seemed to have already considered this. After awakening all of her blood energy, she began to manipulate her original soul power to gradually eliminate the demonic beast essence mingled with the vast blood energy.
Vipers, demon wolves, demon tigers, demon leopards, and so on, almost visible to the naked eye, were constantly expelled from the swirling blood energy, roaring and disintegrating into smoke.
At this moment, beneath Meng Ling's ethereal form, the original Human Blood Demon Harp rested atop the massive Calming Stone. From time to time, a cloud of black mist could be seen rising from the harp. Whenever this happened, the heart embedded in the Calming Stone would beat briefly, quickly suppressing the black mist, preventing it from escaping.
Undoubtedly, the Calming Stone played a crucial role during this period. Without it, Ming Qi wouldn't even have dared to channel the collected blood energy into Meng Ling's original Human Blood Demon Harp.
Once the demonic nature fully awakened, the previous Meng Ling would be gone, replaced by a true ancient demon.
Seeing the Calming Stone, Ming Qi couldn't help but recall the story he'd heard at the Fengxian City auction that day about the Saiyan Prince and the Eternal Spring Maiden. Looking at the heart embedded within the Calming Stone, even Ming Qi couldn't help but admire the Saiyan Prince's infatuation.
With the Calming Stone's aid, Meng Ling no longer had to worry about the backlash of her demonic nature, and could instead focus solely on refining her physical body.
Reshaping her physical body would be a magical process. She didn't have to strictly imitate her previous body; she could create the most perfect body she desired. This was why all demons and monsters possessed near-perfect, flawless bodies.
Unlike humans, their physical bodies were fixed at birth. Unless they cultivated to the point of perfect perfection, their physical form could not be altered.
Eliminating the demonic beast essence from the blood energy was a lengthy process. From morning until dusk, Ming Qi finally saw the dense, swirling blood energy become clear and transparent, without a single flaw. No trace of demonic beasts could be seen emerging from it.
Presumably, all traces of the demonic beast essence within the blood energy had been completely purged. Now, the true process of shaping the physical form would begin.
Ming Qi had heard of demons shaping physical forms before him, but he had never seen one so close up before him. Unable to resist curiosity, he cast his gaze over.
Meng Ling, at this moment, lacked a physical form. Rather, she was merely a ball of energy, containing her soul. Therefore, she appeared as a pale red mist, her features only vaguely discernible.
Ming Qi was genuinely curious about how she had perfectly combined this energy with the physical form she had shaped. At night, the Valley of Despair was filled with the cries of demonic beasts. Fearing a potential harassment, Ming Qi radiated his powerful aura, spreading it over a ten-mile radius. This way, even if a demonic beast attempted to approach, it would be instantly scared away.
After a period of churning, the pure blood energy finally began to transform under Meng Ling's control.
The first form took the form of a vague human: head, body, and limbs. However, at this point, every part was still thick with blood energy, devoid of any traces of flesh and blood.
Meng Ling continuously danced her ethereal hands, adjusting this vague form, meticulously crafting every detail from head to toe.
After about an hour, this step seemed complete. Meng Ling's hands retracted, forming strange symbols. Complex patterns could be seen flying out in unison with her gestures, flying towards the vague human form before her.
Chichi!
Gacha!
Strange noises echoed continuously from the blurry humanoid form.
Ming Qi was astonished to see that the humanoid form, originally composed of a uniform mass of blood and energy, suddenly began to sprout skeletons.
The blood-red skeleton, translucent and crystalline like rubies, slowly grew and extended, one section at a time.
From the skull to the sternum, spine, and legs, every bone was a striking blood-red, translucent, round, and smooth, like a crystal imbued with energy.
Skeleton growth!
Ming Qi was truly astonished at this bizarre scene.
He watched Meng Ling completely shape each skeleton piece by piece, barely blinking.
This was a miracle!
With a silent sigh, he pulled a large bottle of wine from his ring.
After the skeleton emerged, Ming Qi suddenly bent his hands, and a small blood-red sphere suddenly ejected. It was seen rapidly merging into the skeletal body, coming to rest at the heart.
Then, Meng Ling, floating in the air, swiftly pounced forward, merging with the unfinished body.
Knowing this was a critical moment, Ming Qi watched intently.
After the fusion, the previously tranquil form began to ripple and tumble once more, rich blood energy clashing and surging, and Meng Ling's painful moans could be heard from within.
"Hold on!"
Ming Qi shouted frantically, but he knew he could do nothing to help. His only support lay in Meng Ling herself. If she couldn't hold on at this moment, not only would all her previous efforts be in vain, but she would also most likely die, her soul shattered and her fate irretrievable.
Amidst the agonizing struggle, Ming Qi watched strands of flesh and blood begin to grow from the skeleton, looking bloody and terrifying.
Seeing this scene, Ming Qi couldn't help but recall the first time he saw Meng Ling in the Valley of Despair. She seemed to be in this exact state. Back then, she was using her zither music to attract demonic beasts to gather their blood and energy. Apparently, she didn't have enough energy to condense her physical form, so she couldn't complete it all at once and had to gather energy while shaping it.
Long blood-red hair, blood-red eyes, pale skin, and a round face—this was what Ming Qi saw next.
It seemed Meng Ling had a particular fondness for the color of blood, choosing both her hair and eyes to be as vibrant as blood.
Her blood-red eyes were wide open, revealing the immense pain she was experiencing at that moment.
A slender, white neck, round shoulders, arms like lotus roots.
The living flesh was growing at a visible rate. After a few minutes, her proud, plump breasts unfolded with boundless allure, like a phoenix reborn from the ashes.
Seeing this scene, it felt like an angel and a demon coexisting, a fusion of temptation and terror that truly sent Ming Qi into a frenzy.
Flesh and blood soon spread to her waist, a slender waist emerging from the swirling blood and energy, followed by a plump, perky butt, and thighs as slender as jade...
Ming Qi's throat felt dry as he watched, so he turned away and gulped down his wine.
Only when he heard a faint sigh did he turn around, his vision blurring.
When he looked again, he saw Meng Ling, draped in a blood-red robe, standing quietly before him.