Practice begins with immortality

Chapter 248: Demon Refining

Looking at the inky black demonic energy scattered across the ground, gleaming with a deep purple glow, Wang Bai's lips curled up slightly, revealing a barely perceptible smile. For him, this moment was the perfect time to reap the fruits of victory and claim his share of the prize.

Wang Bai closed his eyes tightly, clasped his hands together, and began to practice the Heavenly Demon Embryo Technique with all his might. Instantly, a powerful pulling force erupted from his body, like an invisible giant hand, tightly grasping the scattered black and purple demonic energy and pulling it into Wang Bai's body at lightning speed.

As soon as these demonic energies entered Wang Bo's body, they seemed to encounter a natural enemy. Under the influence of the furnace body, the demonic nature within the demonic energy was quickly purged and burned into nothingness. Only the purest power remained, which Wang Bo could use.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, a whole day had passed. After a full day of refining and absorbing, the power contained in the demonic shadow that Wang Bo had previously violently destroyed—the terrifying power left behind by the first generation of demons—had now been completely absorbed into his body and completely transformed into a part of his own strength.

At this moment, Wang Bai, who had returned to his original nearly two-meter stature, suddenly had a gray-white shadow ten feet tall appearing behind him! This shadow, like a towering ancient sacred mountain, brought an endless sense of oppression. It was the concrete manifestation of the aura condensed from Wang Bai's own absorption of a large amount of demonic energy.

"My inner world has expanded by a full seven hundred light-years!" Wang Bai was delighted and immersed in the subtle perception of his own growing power. This rapid change made him feel extremely happy and satisfied.

After a short pause, Wang Bai began to think about the future: "If I can devour most of the demonic energy in the Demon Abyss, then to what extent can my foundation be improved?" Thinking of this, he couldn't help but get excited, with eager light flashing in his eyes.

Unable to suppress his inner excitement, Wang Bai set off without hesitation to return to the place where he first discovered the magic shadow.

However, due to the fierce battle that took place before, this place has been completely changed. Everything that once existed has disappeared, leaving only piles of sand and rocks on the ground.

However, this did not affect Wang Bai's plan at all. He quickly cleared a large open space and regarded it as an excellent place for him to concentrate on practicing.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Bai sat down cross-legged without hesitation, adjusted his breathing rhythm, and then used all his strength to mobilize the astonishingly powerful force in his body to attract the endless rich demonic energy in the Demon Abyss.

Afterwards, endless demonic energy poured into Wang Bo's body. Under the influence of Wang Bo's furnace body, the demonic energy was drawn out and burned to remove its demonic intent, finally transforming into pure energy, becoming Wang Bo's own.

At the same time, the meticulous Wang Bai noticed an important issue - about the restriction on the surface of the Demon Abyss.

On the surface of the Demonic Abyss, there was an extremely powerful barrier. This barrier originated from the power of the Heavenly Demon, and it was like an indestructible barrier protecting the Demonic Abyss from intrusion and interference from the outside world.

Because of this restriction, entering the Demonic Abyss was incredibly difficult for many in the past. Aside from the periodic demonic surges, only those with the Holy Eye who had mastered the art of teleportation could freely travel between the Demonic Abyss and beyond.

However, things are different now. Wang Bo has already shattered and devoured the shadow of the demon that is the source of the restriction's power! In this way, the originally unbreakable restriction will gradually lose its supporting power and automatically dissipate.

However, this process wouldn't happen overnight. Based on current estimates, it would take at least a thousand years for this to truly materialize. By that time, Wang Bai would have already completely absorbed all the dense demonic energy within the Demon Abyss and fled.

However, in reality, there was no need to do so. You know, with Wang Bai's own powerful strength, he had absolute self-confidence and could single-handedly sweep across the entire vast demon world, just like the Yuan Tu ancestor of the distant ancient times.

Not to mention the overall strength of the demon world today is far behind that of the ancient times and cannot be compared at all.

A crucial factor is that the current demon world has lost the existence of the Heavenly Demon. It should be noted that the Heavenly Demon is not just an extremely powerful fighting force, but also a symbol of the king who can rule the entire demon world and make all demons willingly bow down to him.

The decline of the Demon Realm began in the distant ancient times. It was after the ancestor Yuan Tu personally slew the second generation of Heavenly Demons that the Demon Realm fell into a long period of division and chaos.

The tribes were constantly fighting and killing each other for various reasons, and there was never any peace.

Not only that, because Patriarch Yuantu had killed many ancient ancestors, the number of top masters and overall combat effectiveness in the Demon Realm today are far less than those in other realms of similar status.

The next thing to talk about is those demon cultivators in the demon world who have transformed into demons through special methods, also known as acquired demons.

All of these high-level demon cultivators are ruthless characters who have experienced countless life-and-death battles and fought their way out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

Compared with the natural demons, they are not only more brutal and insidious, but also have no bottom line and will do anything to achieve their goals.

However, it is precisely this unscrupulous approach that gives them greater potential.

It is worth mentioning that the changes and innovations in the entire demon cultivation system were all promoted by this group of acquired demons.

For example, the Taoist Heavenly Demon was not born a demon, but relying on his own talent and understanding, he created a peerless skill that could make him a Heavenly Demon - the Heavenly Demon Yuantai Jue.

It's no exaggeration to say that if Wang Bo hadn't been there, the Heavenly Demon Taoist would have definitely become the third generation of Heavenly Demon. It could be said that the birth of the Heavenly Demon Taoist was an inevitable choice made by the fate of the demon clan.

Although the acquired demons were strongly suppressed by other races, the ancient ancestors of the demon world, after in-depth observation, realized that as time went by, the natural demons would gradually be assimilated and even replaced by the acquired demons. It was only a matter of time.

This is also the general trend, so 30,000 years ago, some ancient ancestors accepted several ancient ancestors who were accomplished by acquired demons and recognized that they had the same rights as them.

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