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"It seems that you've come well-prepared this time! However... hehe, for you lofty folks used to looking down on others, lowering yourselves must be quite the challenge. But I am a demon! What harm is there in enduring momentary humiliation? Purple-Gold Immortal, you underestimate me too much!"

"I just wonder, once I've refined the True Immortal bloodline within Tan Shuchang's body and extracted the essence of the immortal source from his soul, will you regret it then?"

"After all, this is pureblood!"

Secluded Spring Blood Demon snorted coldly, then, without killing a single person, left the county city.

He worried that if he made a move, Tan Shuchang would notice.

The capabilities of purebloods are truly wondrous; under dual True Immortal bloodlines, it's quite easy to give birth to even more powerful bloodline Divine Skills.

He had to be extremely cautious!

By this point, Secluded Spring Blood Demon had also ended his confrontation across the void...

Of course, it wasn't entirely a confrontation across the void.

After all, the Purple-Gold Immortal did indeed exist and had indeed passed down methods, sending a girl named Hong Yan to deal with him. To ensure this stubborn-as-a-donkey girl could succeed, he even spared no effort to send his personal sword across realms.

In summary, the process was all wrong, but the result was completely right.

...

The Secluded Spring Blood Demon's method of concealing himself and then slowly recovering proved to be very effective. Tan Shuchang, despite relying on numerous "Blood Gods," was unable to find him.

"The last time I saw him was over half a year ago. In such a short period of time, unless someone could match me, it would be difficult to achieve this level of cultivation."

"So, is he the reincarnated entity of the Secluded Spring Blood Demon?"

Tan Shuchang thought of those words his former "Senior Sister" had said.

He then couldn't help but shake his head slightly.

What a pity for that ambitious youth. I wonder if he ever managed to get his revenge?

Although if he is the reincarnated entity of the Secluded Spring Blood Demon, then essentially the demon and the youth are no different. But in terms of thought and character, they are completely different individuals.

After that, Tan Shuchang returned to the strange game world.

And the moment he returned to the Snake Desire Realm, he found that there were quite a few powerful ghosts in his Snake Desire Realm.

"Roughly two hundred..."

Tan Shuchang took one look and knew the origins of these fierce ghosts—they were the ones who had successfully possessed bodies and returned to life. After being forcefully summoned back to the strange game, they had shed their human forms and reverted to their original ghostly states.

Originally, there were no fewer than six hundred of such ghosts, but now it seemed that the strange game world had distributed them across three realms.

At this point, Tan Shuchang discovered that this fundamentally Ghost Heavenly Way-like strange game had assigned him a task, instructing him to cultivate as many Yin Gods as possible.

"Cultivate more Yin Gods?" Tan Shuchang was a bit surprised.

Because when he had communicated with the King of Darkness previously, he had mentioned that players invited by the strange game, when facing ordinary ghosts, were more likely to die than survive. Just one slightly formidable ghost could sweep away a whole bunch of players. Explore more at empire

"Could it be that the players to be invited next will be quite different from the ordinary human players from before? Perhaps they will be stronger in terms of ability?"

Tan Shuchang considered this possibility but didn't pay it much attention. After all, the Yin Gods here were still not enough to satisfy his appetite.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Immediately, he widely disseminated the nine levels of the "Tenfold Ghost Law" except for the last one.

To ensure these ghosts would practice these nine levels, Tan Shuchang branded the Ghost Law Dharma Seals on stones, then scattered them around.

This was him impersonating the Heavenly Book.

Besides, he took away one ghost and personally taught it the "Tenfold Ghost Law," which greatly increased the ghost's power.

He then deliberately let the ghost go.

And this ghost, believing it had escaped through its own abilities, gained a great boost in confidence. It leveraged the nine levels of techniques to defeat all the ghosts in the Snake Desire Realm, one by one.

There were even several ghosts that nearly had their souls torn apart when this ghost transformed into a red-dressed specter.

The Snake Desire Realm was thus thrown into chaos.

This vengeful ghost was like a catfish causing the pond of the Snake Desire Realm to churn violently. Meanwhile, all the vengeful ghosts in this realm who had resurrected through possession of corpses started showing signs of advanced murder rules.

After all, the number of vengeful ghosts that possessed nine of the ten layers of "Ghostly Divine Skills" was not small.

Tan Shuchang also secretly paid attention, and whenever he found a resurrected vengeful ghost at risk of being destroyed, he would promptly intervene, rescuing that ghost.

Such ghosts were full of potential, merely suffering a temporary setback, and there was no need to eliminate them outright.

And under Tan Shuchang's careful cultivation, plus the constant guidance from the Death-speaking Yin God, a vengeful ghost finally succeeded in upgrading its murder rule.

In the desolate and dim Snake Desire Realm, ghostly fires burned out of thin air.

Eerie whispers came from all directions.

"Grievances..."

"Hardships..."

"Farewells..."

The voices were mournful, but an invisible pressure of the Ghost Path descended with them. A streak of silver-red color, like a setting sun's rainbow, pierced through half of the Snake Desire Realm's sky.

This was a powerful vengeful ghost, whose murder rules had been upgraded, creating a Yin God space equivalent to a Dharma Realm!

"My name, Resentment."

This Yin God declared its own true name.

Upon its declaration, all the ghosts submitted.

At this moment, the Death-speaking Yin God arrived, conveying the Greedy Venerable King's decree, inviting the Resentment Yin God to practice in the Snake Desire Palace until the sinister game invited players again, at which time it could leave the Snake Desire Palace.

Upon hearing this, the Resentment Yin God did not hesitate for a moment and immediately agreed.

Firstly, the Snake Desire Palace represented the laws of greed, which was greatly beneficial for the cultivation of such Yin Gods, helping to stabilize their Yin God space.

Secondly, it was because the King's ferocious reputation was too great, having overthrown the Greedy Venerable King and taken his place; who would dare to defy such a king? Especially since they were in the Snake Desire Realm, where the king's authority was immense.

There was also a third point, which was the task of nurturing Yin Gods in the sinister game that the Resentment Yin God had received upon successfully upgrading.

Thus, this newly born Yin God had no doubts whatsoever about the message from the Death-speaking Yin God.

After all, no matter how it looked at it, that King would not strike at it!

Therefore, the Resentment Yin God paid the price for its confidence and blind faith in the sinister game.

After lifting the lotus twice, Tan Shuchang's cultivation had reached eight hundred and ninety-two years!

And the spirit of fire essence in his hand had completed its transformation through this process, fundamentally turning into ghostly fire, with its spirit beginning to turn demonic. However, since the nurturing was not yet complete, Tan Shuchang did not release it.

"Gaining insight into 'Others' Transformation Sutra', I've achieved one Divine Skill." Although this ancient method was essentially about cultivating an incarnation, it often referred to transformation within it, naturally differing greatly from common methods of cultivating incarnations.

The common method usually requires separating a sliver of one's own soul or consciousness, which is why such incarnations, once they are away from the original body for too long, would start to flee or develop other intentions.

The stone ball vengeful ghost incarnation of the Death-speaking Yin God was one such case.

However, "Gaining insight into 'Others' Transformation Sutra', I've achieved one Divine Skill" was different; during nurturing, it caused the spirit of the fire essence to identify itself as part of Tan Shuchang!

So, to outsiders, this incarnation appeared to have no connection with Tan Shuchang, but the fire essence spirit would identify as an incarnation, spontaneously seeking out the original body and doing everything beneficial for it.

It completely spared Tan Shuchang from needing to control it with divided attention.

"Your Majesty, one of the vengeful ghosts I have nurtured has finally succeeded in upgrading its murder rule!" The Death-speaking Yin God joyfully reported to Tan Shuchang at this time.

Upon hearing this, Tan Shuchang also rejoiced.

After all, even if this Yin God could help him lift the lotus only once, he would be able to comfortably cross the nine-hundred-year threshold. By then, he could obtain another one of the fateful opportunities nurtured by the Jiawu Realm!

Immediately, Tan Shuchang ordered the Death-speaking Yin God to usher it into the Snake Desire Palace.

Days of being spoon-fed were indeed enchanting.

However, Tan Shuchang was soon informed that his meal was gone.