Demon Cultivator in Abyssal Era

Nonetheless, it was already astonishing enough; Qingyunzi witnessed the soul-chasing life-stealing lightning being casually collected by Chu Xiu with a mere wave of his hand, so astonishing it seemed his eyeballs would fall out.

He had inherited parts of scattered memories from ancient cultivators, though fragmented and incoherent, yet they originated from an upper-level being. Thus, even though he was no match for Chu Xiu, he always held a vague sense of superiority, which at this moment was entirely obliterated.

After a long while, he lightly coughed and said, ”On this journey, my eight companions were all lost. I wonder if this fulfills the condition, fellow Daoist?”

What he feared now was Chu Xiu witnessing the horror of the tribulation and backing out at the last moment, which would result in an absolute loss.

Moreover, without the eight immortals resisting the tribulation beast together, Penglai might only hold out a few more years before being breached.

Fortunately, after a slight contemplation, Chu Xiu spoke up, ”I will try my best, but if the power of the tribulation exceeds expectations, don’t blame me for breaking the formation and leaving.”

Hearing this, Qingyunzi sighed softly. If Penglai were breached, these awakened ones could leave leisurely, but he had nowhere to go. At this moment, Qingyunzi was filled with regret, but he had no other choice but to pin his hopes on Chu Xiu.

Next, Chu Xiu gave Qingyunzi a ball of Immortal Qi to heal the four members of the Celestial Mechanics Guild.

This ball of Immortal Qi was approximately one-sixth of the total.

The remaining Immortal Qi, Chu Xiu naturally kept with him for emergency purposes.

After completing all this, he signaled the others to leave, needing time to explore ways to deal with the tribulation.

Everyone obeyed, Qingyunzi took a few steps, then turned back and said, ”Those fellow Daoists devoured by the tribulation may have left some relics, fellow Daoist can go and investigate.”

He actually didn’t want Chu Xiu to gain any advantage, but knew that the stronger Chu Xiu became, the greater the chance of seizing the Tribulation Pearl.

Chu Xiu didn’t say more and merely nodded, then his figure swayed and entered the depths filled with mutated death Qi.

He spread out Demonic Qi, isolating the surrounding mutated death Qi, and traveled to the place where the immortals had perished, immediately surprised to find a ground littered with Cause and Effect Points.

Chu Xiu seemed to gain some understanding of where the Cause and Effect Points in the Inheritance Immortal Stele came from.

”Whether it’s the Tribulation Pearl or that pitch-black lightning, it seems to devour objects and then converts them into Cause and Effect Points.”

Chu Xiu waved his large hand, collecting all nearby Cause and Effect Points, and a crisp prompt sounded in his ear.

[Item Acquired: Cause and Effect Points *1638521]

”Oh?”

Chu Xiu raised an eyebrow with some surprise, gathering over 1.6 million Cause and Effect Points in one go!

Meanwhile, a large number of Dharma Artifacts refined by the eight ghost creatures were scattered around, along with the precious materials they carried.

Usually, slaying eight heroic spirits, even if they’re the most purely abundant abyssal creatures in dropping Cause and Effect Points, never amount to this number, showing more than double the usual count.

Chu Xiu felt as if he had touched upon some essential secrets.

Nonetheless, he didn’t dwell on it, as more urgent matters were at hand.

Raising his hand to collect the Cause and Effect Points and Material Magical Artifacts, his gaze turned toward the giant death Qi vortex in the distance.

After shooting out that pitch-black lightning, the death Qi vortex seemed to have shrunk a little. Although still immense, Chu Xiu felt the terrifying aura within had notably weakened compared to before.

”Even that pitch-black lightning previously, I fear even I would find it hard to withstand. If hit by it, even if not dead, I’d be heavily injured!”

And such an injury is not in the traditional sense of losing a couple of limbs or spitting blood, but rather an extensive collapse of the body, a heavy injury considered fatal even to High Tier Awakened!

Now that the death Qi vortex had been somewhat depleted by Qingyunzi, Chu Xiu still dared not advance recklessly.

Even with only half the previous power, he still didn’t want to withstand it head-on.

With a thought, the Myriad Filth Returning Origin Bag appeared in his hand.

Chu Xiu intended to use this treasure to absorb the mutated death Qi, further weakening the central vortex’s power, while also seizing the chance to delve deeper into researching the operational mechanism of the tribulation to see if a countermeasure could be found.

However, Chu Xiu didn’t rush to open it but instead sat cross-legged and initiated a perfect refining on this artifact!

Previously, Chu Xiu used it to absorb a significant amount of death Qi cascading from the Death Qi Waterfall.

But as a secret treasure included in the supreme inheritance of Demon Dao, its true strength lies not merely in this, but in refinement and purification!

As the perfect refining was initiated, the death Qi stored in the Myriad Filth Returning Origin Bag started to seemingly burn spontaneously, rising into a bizarre black flame! The Myriad Filth Returning Origin Bag also began to swell violently, its body continuously trembling as if it might explode at any moment!

Chu Xiu’s brow twitched, knowing that the death Qi was too potent; refining such a high-tier Qi put immense pressure on the Myriad Filth Returning Origin Bag, immediately concentrating on the refinement.

But fortunately, with the assistance of [Perfect Refining], Chu Xiu’s control ability reached near perfection, making the refinement dangerous-free yet thrilling.

A day later, a drop of black liquid so dense it seemed to devour all light, incredibly viscous, appeared in the Myriad Filth Returning Origin Bag.