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Chapter 531: Chapter 312 Heavenly Demon

Just as Li Shiming exited from the One Layer Heaven, a shadowy figure appeared out of the void and pounced towards him.

Even though his Divine Thought detected the shadowy figure, he was still unable to evade it, for the speed of the shadowy figure was too fast, faster than when he used “Step by Step Lotus.”

It was as if in a single thought, the figure had pounced onto him.

At the very same moment, his body withdrew from the One Layer Heaven.

“Hehe!” Li Shiming heard a grating laugh inside his head, a laugh filled with arrogance, extreme excitement, and a cruelty towards life that shouldn’t belong to any normal being.

“Who is it?” Li Shiming shouted sternly.

Spiritual Power surged within him, and he fully activated the “Vajra Body Protection Divine Skill” and the “Sword Demon Secret Manual,” bringing his body’s defense to the utmost extreme.

In his hands, he also held a “Sumeru Mustard Seed Array Plate,” ready to protect himself with it at the first sign of trouble.

Beneath him was the monastery, and his actions were enough to sustain him until the arrival of a Sect Elder.

Soon enough, he discovered that the enemy was not outside his body, but within his own soul.

Turning his inner vision, he sensed the shadowy figure that had pounced on him and then disappeared. He saw a familiar yet horrifying silhouette.

This familiarity did not come from him but from his clone, Li Yuanba, who, when he had joined the Senluo Sect, had once endured the trial of the Heavenly Demon Inquiry.

What Li Shiming sensed in his soul was indeed a Heavenly Demon.

This Heavenly Demon came from beyond the heavens and was lucky enough to break through the perimeter of the Thirty-Three Heavens and enter into the One Layer Heaven.

Even Golden Core cultivators rarely entered the Thirty-Three Heavens.

Li Shiming’s understanding of the Thirty-Three Heavens was limited, mostly derived from not entirely accurate texts.

The monastery and the vast majority of Golden Core cultivators were extremely secretive about the Thirty-Three Heavens, with few detailed descriptions, and they would not lightly venture into the Thirty-Three Heavens.

There were countless warnings passed down through generations, and the dangers therein were kept secret due to some taboo.

In fact, it’s Heavenly Demons that are the greatest danger within the Thirty-Three Heavens. Heavenly Demons are blocked by the Thirty-Three Heavens, and very few can break through into its inner realms, let alone break through again into the mortal realm.

But ‘very few’ does not mean ‘none.’ Sometimes, spatial rifts created by cosmic changes allow Heavenly Demons to break through the barriers.

Li Shiming was not lucky. According to his master, Elder Su, his karmic fortune was just too profound.

This fortune wasn’t entirely beneficial, as evident from him, a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator, encountering a powerful being in the Fake Infant Stage during one of his rare outings—an event which also counted as karmic fortune.

Today, it was just a whim that made him want to take a look inside the Thirty-Three Heavens.

Who could have imagined that such an action during the span of thirty minutes could lead to an encounter with a Heavenly Demon.

Heavenly Demons could not easily break through the Thirty-Three Heavens to enter the mortal realm.

However, as Li Shiming was exiting the Thirty-Three Heavens, the Heavenly Demon entered his body, using it as a vessel to successfully enter the mortal realm.

After entering the mortal realm, the Heavenly Demon did not leave Li Shiming’s body.

Heavenly Demons come to the mortal realm to attach themselves to cultivators with deep potential, controlling them to become their puppets.

The prodigious depth of Li Shiming’s potential was immediately discovered by the Heavenly Demon after it entered his body.

The excessively young body possessed the cultivation of a Half-step Golden Core. Not to mention, his body contained the complete Five Elements Spiritual Power and even had the attribute of thunder and lightning, while his body was also the rare Purity Body.

Li Shiming’s Taoist Body was so outstanding that upon entering it, the Heavenly Demon felt as ecstatic as if it had hit the jackpot.

Even when Heavenly Demons have the chance to enter the mortal realm, without a cultivator’s body as a container, they would be eradicated by the Heaven and Earth Rules.

The time granted by the Heaven and Earth Rules for a Heavenly Demon to stay in the mortal realm is very short. It’s not easy for a Heavenly Demon to find a suitable vessel in such a brief time, so how could it possibly give up Li Shiming’s perfect Taoist Body.

That laughter was a display of the Heavenly Demon’s immense delight. Following its laughter, the Heavenly Demon prepared to devour Li Shiming’s soul, to make him its puppet.

Upon sensing the Heavenly Demon, Li Shiming immediately understood his predicament.

In the Cultivation World, many legends circulated about Heavenly Demons.

Some legends say that if a cultivator’s state of mind has issues, regardless of cultivation level, they might align with a Heavenly Demon, and once a connection is established, the Heavenly Demon will descend into the cultivator’s soul, turning the cultivator into a devil.

Other legends claim that a devil possessed by a Heavenly Demon would continue to kill and rapidly increase their strength.

Regardless of which legend, they all illustrate the terror of Heavenly Demons.

In a flash of thought, Li Shiming mobilized the IBMz15, and Buddhist chants resounded from the depths of his soul.

The appearance of Buddhist chants only caused the Heavenly Demon’s actions to pause momentarily, before it continued with the intent to devour his soul.

“It’s not enough!” Li Shiming knew these measures were not sufficient to affect the Heavenly Demon.

A huge ethereal figure manifested behind him, a true embodiment of the “Vajra Body Protection Divine Skill.”

Out of the many cultivation techniques he had practiced, this was the only one capable of manifesting a true embodiment.

Of course, the main reason for this was that not all cultivation techniques could manifest a true embodiment. Only those related to faith could possibly summon existences that were either genuinely real or constructed by collective belief into being through true embodiment.