Powerful Great Cultivators, in the early stage they are quietly sacrificed by the Celestial Demon; in the late stage they are chased everywhere and sacrificed. Once the Celestial Demon devours everything, it sheds its disguise of this world, leaps back into the Sea of Suffering, and drifts to the next world, descending again through sacrifice, and further enhancing through devouring.
However, all this is still just his speculation, after all, he is currently in a tiny entry-level Cultivating Profound area, and in this world, there are second-level, third-level, and even fourth-level existences like the world itself.
Although he is a strong figure in the world before his eyes, in a larger world he is nothing; he is not yet qualified to accurately predict the future trajectory and can only rely on this frog-at-the-bottom-of-the-well’s glimpse to make a small prediction, to give himself some direction.
Moreover, the "Nine-Child Demon Mother" is still searching for him everywhere.
Others do not know his true background, but the "Nine-Child Demon Mother" knows it through the earliest Deceitful Demon Monk.
The Celestial Demon has no soul, only a causal thought, but he... has a soul.
In short, he... is the best host.
Plop...
A cluster of snowflakes fell from the branch of the Bosatsu Shaka, revealing the pitch-black body of the branch, far surpassing the previous concentration of the Netherworld’s Qi seeping out of the branch, transforming into strands of black flowing through the Yin Mansion Sacrificial Array.
Song Yan looked at this Netherworld’s Qi, pondered slightly, and took out once again the Ancient Purple Mansion Realm corpse of the Killing Demon Monk, silently musing: ’With the Bosatsu Shaka, the corpse before me, and the incomplete simulated state of the "Netherworld Corpse Demon Corpse Refining Secret Technique" as the target, refine the Netherworld Corpse Demon.’
[In the first year, you vaguely understood the "Netherworld Corpse Demon Corpse Refining Secret Technique," and it is not complicated after all, still an extended application of the Corpse Burial Skill. Previously at the Puppet Sect, you obtained the "Corpse Burial and Refining Skill," which advocated for corpses to absorb the Profound Qi of Feng Shui, adjusted with special herbs. As a more advanced corpse refining, the Corpse Demon requires ample Netherworld’s Qi, but as a Divine Infant level corpse, there are minimum requirements for the concentration and generation speed of the Netherworld’s Qi, and now your Bosatsu Shaka barely meets the minimum requirement for refining Corpse Demons.]
Suddenly, the "Netherworld Corpse Demon Corpse Refining Secret Technique" on Song Yan’s panel turned from "(Extremely Incomplete) (Simulated State)" to "(Not Yet Entry-Level)."
Song Yan continued to deduce and mutate.
After spending a lot of lifespan and two deductions, perfectly mutating the "Netherworld Corpse Demon Corpse Refining Secret Technique," it turned into "External Corpse Demon Corpse Refining Secret Technique."
The "Netherworld Corpse Demon" has no intelligence, no Divine Soul, only instinctively chasing life, slaughtering life; even if Song Yan refines it, it would immediately backfire against him, wielding a blade and chasing him to kill, with his current power, he truly can’t defeat a well-conditioned Netherworld Corpse Demon.
And to be able to keep the "Netherworld Corpse Demon" under control is impossible, much less make the "Netherworld Corpse Demon" an "Outer Body Incarnation," which is pure nonsense.
It’s just that the existence of Bosatsu Shaka makes everything possible.
The core item needed in the "External Corpse Demon Corpse Refining Secret Technique" is "a piece of branch plucked from the Bosatsu Shaka that you refined."
Bosatsu Shaka has an unimaginable affinity with Netherworld’s Qi.
You cannot control the Netherworld Corpse Demon, but Bosatsu Shaka has potential.
So, you can completely control the Netherworld Corpse Demon through the branch of Bosatsu Shaka, making it your Outer Body Incarnation. Similarly, if someone discovers the secret within and shatters the Bosatsu Shaka branch hidden in the Netherworld Corpse Demon, the Netherworld Corpse Demon will completely lose control.
Upon realizing that he could successfully refine the Netherworld Corpse Demon and even form an Outer Body Incarnation, Song Yan was overjoyed.
The "Outer Body Incarnation" was something he had stopped pursuing after the "Hundred Forms Divine Control," but he never expected to continue this time.
So, he acted immediately, placing the Killing Demon Monk’s corpse in the Yin Mansion Sacrificial Array.
Without starting the array, no refinement occurs; when the Nether Tree enwraps, no refinement occurs either.
With a thought, the Nether Tree perceptively extended its roots, wrapping around the Killing Demon Monk’s corpse, simultaneously infusing the corpse entirely with Netherworld’s Qi.
Song Yan then placed his hand on a small forked branch of the Nether Tree, transmitting his thoughts again.
"Little Nether, I’ll break a small segment."
As soon as the thought fell, the Nether Tree hissed, wrapping its roots around the branch head, as if unwilling to let him break it.
Song Yan transmitted his thoughts: "I need to grow stronger, or we’ll all die. I need your tree branch."
Having said this, he reached his hand out, attempting to peel away the wrapped roots of the Nether Tree.
However, the Nether Tree sprouted roots, wrapping his hand, moving it away.
Song Yan extended his hand.
The Nether Tree then put his hand back.
After several cycles, Song Yan found it somewhat amusing, but surely he wouldn’t use force on a tree, would he?
At this moment, sensing his helplessness, the Nether Tree reluctantly peeled off a small section of the wrapped forked branch, then pulled Song Yan’s hand over.
Song Yan said, "This bit isn’t enough."
The Nether Tree retreated a loop.
"Still not enough."
The Nether Tree continued to retreat.
Man and tree tugged back and forth.
Finally, with a "crack," Song Yan snapped off an entire section of the forked branch, then, looking at the demon monk’s corpse before him, suddenly exerted force, tearing open a piece of chest flesh, firmly pressing the forked branch in, until it was embedded and the meat closed over, then he withdrew his hand.
He could feel the branch connecting to the Netherworld’s Qi surrounding the demon monk’s corpse, while his Divine Sense also slowly diffused through this branch to the entire demon monk’s corpse.