Gou in the world of comprehension

Chapter 1461 The Origin of Evil Spirits
The enormous golden Buddha's palm vanished into thin air, along with the Buddha's light that had been flowing throughout the surrounding thousand miles, receding like a tide, leaving only a gray space cleansed by the Buddha's energy.
Although the sky still appeared gray and gloomy, it had lost its previous malevolent aura and gained a rare clarity.

Su Fan withdrew his fingertips, dispelling the Buddhist and Taoist divine power. The enormous golden Buddha phantom floating behind him also turned into specks of golden light and dissipated into the air.

Almost at the same instant the golden Buddha phantom disappeared, the "Blood Shadow Divine Descent Array," which covered a radius of over a hundred miles and exuded a strong bloody stench, finally stopped operating, and the churning gray mist within the array gradually subsided.

Only then did Su Fan's tense shoulders relax slightly, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After this battle, he absorbed all the massive fragments of divine souls sacrificed by the "Blood Shadow Divine Descent Array," his sea of ​​consciousness was so stretched that it almost exploded, and the strength of his divine sense increased several times out of thin air.

Su Fan was well aware that this surge in divine sense concealed a great hidden danger.

The countless fragments of divine souls he devoured all came from native monsters in the realm of evil spirits.

Despite the continuous purification by the "Blood Shadow Divine Descent Array," the evil energy contained within is by no means easy to deal with, and there will certainly be many troubles to come.

Su Fan had no other choice but to keep it in mind and try to resolve it after returning to "Xin Guangtian".

He secretly rejoiced that he had received the secret hall inheritance at the "Guangfa Daozong" and cultivated the "Qingfeng Mingyue Zhaoshen Xixin Baolu".

He then spent several months in "Lishui County" to immerse himself in the world and cleanse his mind, thus solidifying the foundation of his soul.

Otherwise, if he had devoured so many strange soul fragments from the evil spirit realm at once today, he might not have been able to withstand the backlash from that malevolent energy.

There was also the Vajra Transcending Calamity Great Sun Wheel Sutra that the evil Buddha Old Wang had passed down to him, which he had previously felt was not very useful.

But who could have imagined that it would have such an unexpected and miraculous effect today?

If it weren't for this technique secretly protecting his soul, after absorbing a large number of strange soul fragments and being ambushed by a lord-level monster from the evil spirit realm, he would probably have already been corrupted by evil energy and transformed into a monster without mind.

Even with the protection of two major cultivation techniques, Su Fan dared not be careless in the slightest.

The sudden surge in his spiritual sense seemed like an incredible stroke of luck, but he knew in his heart that this unrefined spiritual sense was mixed with too much evil spirit residue, which was definitely not a good thing.

Anyway, I'll be busy when I get back. I need to thoroughly cleanse these surging spiritual energies and remove any evil or malevolent energy from them.

Just as Su Fan was pondering, the huge crater in the distance, created by the golden Buddha's palm, suddenly caught his attention.

With a swift movement, he swept across more than ten miles like a streak of light, instantly landing at the bottom of the deep pit.

Su Fan crouched down and picked up a small, jet-black crystal from the scattered rubble.

The moment his fingertips touched the crystal, a bone-chilling cold surged into his body, as if trying to freeze his soul.

Su Fan's expression changed slightly, and he quickly withdrew his hand. He then took out a jade bottle engraved with sealing runes from his storage ring and carefully put the pitch-black crystal inside.

This jet-black crystal must be the primordial relic left behind by the evil spirit lord who was annihilated by the golden Buddha's palm.

Before he could think about it, a sharp pain suddenly came from his fingertips at the soul level.

Su Fan raised his hand and saw a faint gray shadow swirling around his fingertips.

It was the evil mark left on him by the evil spirit aura when the evil spirit lord attacked him earlier.

The mark was unexpectedly activated when it came into contact with the jet-black crystal.

At this moment, the evil spirit mark was still faintly hot, as if countless tiny fragments of spirits were restless within it, trying to break free of its restraints and burrow back into the depths of his soul.

Su Fan immediately activated his divine sense to scan the mark. Even though the yang energy of the Yang Earthly Fiend within his body continuously enveloped the mark, he was unable to completely erase the trace of this evil spirit mark.

The evil spirit realm is indeed quite strange; even such a tiny trace of evil spirit mark is so difficult to deal with.

Su Fan frowned, then, without further hesitation, circulated the Yang-Yang Earthly Fiend Power within his body, forcibly expelling the remaining wisp of evil spirit mark from his body.

But as soon as this wisp of evil spirit mark dissipated into the air, the gray-black spirit fragments within seemed to gain their own consciousness and suddenly flew off in a distant direction, as if they were being firmly attracted by a stronger evil spirit power.

Su Fan looked in the direction the spirit fragments had drifted, and his divine sense suddenly spread out, instantly capturing an unusually strong evil spirit fluctuation.

This wave was stronger than any previous evil spirit lord, and it carried a primal, pure sense of destruction, as if it emanated from the very root of the evil spirit realm.

Just then, a thought from Old Dragon Li Gao suddenly appeared in Su Fan's mind.

"That's the origin of evil spirits. Legend has it that all the strange creatures in the evil spirit realm were created from the origin of evil spirits. Kid, hurry over! This is an incredible opportunity; if you miss it, you'll never have another one..."

"Senior, is this evil spirit essence very precious...?" Su Fan quickly asked in his mind.

"The realm of evil spirits will give birth to primordial objects containing the power of the core spirit of the realm. These treasures can not only evolve the spirit of evil spirits, but can also be refined by cultivators to nourish their souls."

The old dragon's thoughts continued to flow.

"But you must remember, if you get too much, your mind will be corrupted by the evil spirit's essence, and you will eventually be transformed into a phantom monster without any independent consciousness. You must not be careless..."

Upon receiving Lao Long Li Gao's explanation, Su Fan instantly understood.

The strange and evil spirits he encountered in "Xihe Town" were actually manifestations of this kind of creature.

The "monster" in the terms "demon," "ghost," and "monster" that people often talk about refers to this kind of strangeness.

The supernatural is essentially a "creature born of transformation," completely different from living beings born from the womb, eggs, or moisture; it belongs to the category of illusory beings.

Their formation has many causes: they may be inanimate objects that, through special circumstances, slowly develop intelligence.

For example, a scarecrow placed in a place with extremely heavy yin energy may be a dead spirit that remains in the world due to extreme emotions such as resentment and unwillingness, and is tainted by evil energy.

It could also be the bones buried underground, or jade artifacts from the dead, which, over a long period of time, absorb death energy and resentment, eventually transforming into something strange.

Regardless of their original form, once these things are contaminated by evil spirits, they will transform into evil spirits and monsters.

The cultists in the mortal world use sacrificial arrays to communicate with the lords of the evil spirit realm, willingly allowing themselves to be corrupted by evil spirit energy and transforming into bizarre and evil creatures.

These cultists, who actively create bizarre beings, can ascend to the realm of evil spirits through sacrificial arrays if they cultivate to a certain level.

And the source of all these evil spirits comes from the origin of the evil spirit realm.

Su Fan understood that the reason why the Evil Spirit Realm was so mysterious and attracted so many top-level experts was probably because of this source of evil spirits.

Su Fan wasn't one to suffer losses; if he didn't find anything while out, he considered it a "loss."

Now that we've encountered such a "treasure trove"—the very source of evil spirits—how can we leave empty-handed?

If we can really get some items that are the essence of evil spirits back with us, then this trip to the evil spirit realm will not have been in vain.

Thinking this, Su Fan no longer hesitated, and his figure suddenly disappeared from the spot. His figure swept across hundreds of miles like lightning, swiftly chasing after the wisp of evil spirit mark.

After unleashing more than ten Blood Escape Techniques in succession, he had already appeared thousands of miles away.

At this moment, Su Fan clearly sensed that the aura of the evil spirit mark was coming from a giant peak shrouded in black spiritual mist in front of him.

The giant peak was formed entirely of dark-colored spiritual energy, and thick, grayish-black spiritual mist constantly seeped from the crevices of the mountain.

When this spiritual mist landed on the ground, it could instantly condense into tiny, ethereal phantoms, like fleeting, miniature evil spirits, twisting and writhing on the ground.

At the very top of that dark, colossal peak, a swirling, gray-black aura was faintly visible, emanating a chilling, malevolent energy.

Su Fan was overjoyed; that must be the source of the evil spirits' origin.

"Hs...hs..."

Just as Su Fan was about to approach the giant peak, a series of shrill and ear-piercing screechs suddenly came from afar, as if countless monsters were roaring at the same time.

At the same time, the ground beneath his feet suddenly trembled violently, this time more intense than ever before, causing even the surrounding space to become unstable and subtly distorted.

Even more terrifying, tiny black cracks appeared in the distant sky, from which countless gray light spots shot out and instantly transformed into bizarre shapes upon landing.

Some resembled armored behemoths, others faceless ghosts, surging densely towards the giant peak.

Seeing Su Fan head straight for the source of evil spirits completely enraged the many evil spirit lords in this dimension.

For the realm of evil spirits, the place of origin of evil spirits is like the spiritual veins of the cultivation world, the "lifeblood" upon which they depend for survival.

Su Fan's actions clearly indicate that he wants to dig up the "root" of this dimension; how could they not go crazy?

In an instant, endless strange creatures surged in from all directions, densely packed like an overwhelming tide, fearlessly rushing towards Su Fan.

These bizarre creatures came in various shapes and sizes; some had gaping maws full of fangs, spewing out black mist carrying a corrosive odor.
Some of them had skin as white as bone, were only about one meter tall, had empty and sinister eyes, and had exaggeratedly large heads, like deformed infants.

Others have dozens of tentacles covered with barbs that gleam with a ghostly green poisonous light.

In the blink of an eye, Su Fan was surrounded by countless evil spirits and monsters, leaving no gaps. His figure was about to be completely covered by the monsters.

Seeing the crazed, bizarre creature lunging at him, Su Fan curled his lips into a cold smile, his eyes showing no fear.

"Rumble..."

With a sudden, muffled hum, a blazing red halo burst forth from Su Fan's body.

Like a blazing sun that suddenly explodes, it sweeps across the surroundings with the power to incinerate everything.

Wherever the incredibly hot crimson halo passed, the air was instantly ignited, emitting a sizzling sound.

The countless strange creatures gathered around Su Fan were instantly reduced to ashes before they could even scream under this extreme heat.

In the blink of an eye, all the strange things within a thousand miles vanished without a trace, leaving only a patch of scorched black ground.

The power of this "Purifying Red Lotus" was astonishing even to Su Fan himself.

The terrifying destructive power of this divine power was almost comparable to the legendary nuclear weapons of the previous life, and it practically had the effect of a "world-destroying weapon".

He immediately realized that this was because his divine sense had increased several times over. The stronger his divine sense, the greater the power of his supernatural abilities.

Who cares about the aftereffects? I'll just kill my fill first.

But the next second, even more strange creatures surged in from all directions, their numbers so overwhelming it was despairing.

They were like a boundless gray tide, instantly filling the thousand-mile area that Su Fan had just cleared out again.

"The might of the true dragon..."

Without a second thought, Su Fan immediately activated the divine power of the True Dragon Clan.

Suddenly, a vast and boundless dragon's might, carrying a sharp and fierce aura, descended from the sky without warning.

The already gloomy space, under the oppressive force of this terrifying dragon's might, seemed to be forcibly dragged into a dark abyss by an invisible hand, instantly becoming pitch black, so dark that one could not see their own hand in front of their face.

That terrifying dragon's might formed a visible, violent hurricane. The swirling storm air was like countless sharp blades, scattering everything within a radius of over a thousand miles.

"Boom...bang..."

Under the crushing force of the dragon's might, the densely packed monsters collapsed and shattered almost simultaneously, turning into a sky full of scattered gray-black spiritual mist.

In just a moment, Su Fan's surroundings became empty again, all the strange creatures that approached were shattered into pieces by this terrifying dragon's might.

With his divine sense surging several times over, Su Fan's casual use of any divine power at this moment could achieve the terrifying effect of "world-destroying power".

If I were to face a master at the Integration Realm now, not only would my physical body be completely crushed, but my spiritual strength would also be almost unmatched.

"Whirlwind Slash..."

"Dragon and Elephant Steps..."

"Pure Lotus of the World..."

"The might of the true dragon..."

Next, Su Fan stopped holding back and unleashed a variety of wide-area destructive supernatural abilities.

Each burst of supernatural power was like the detonation of a high-yield nuclear bomb, with terrifying energy waves sweeping in all directions.

The area within a thousand miles around him, which had just been filled with strange creatures, would be instantly and completely cleared away by his supernatural powers. This cycle repeated itself, and no strange creature could ever get close to him within a thousand miles.

While using his divine powers to clear away the strange phenomena around him, Su Fan flew swiftly toward the distant, dark-colored giant peak.

Just as he was less than a thousand miles from the giant peak, a dark, ethereal figure suddenly emerged from the distant black mist, carrying a suffocating sense of oppression, and rushed straight towards Su Fan.

It was a gigantic, bizarre spirit resembling a centipede, over ten thousand feet long, its enormous body almost obscuring half the sky.

Its body was covered with hundreds of scarlet spiritual compound eyes, each radiating a bloodthirsty light and capable of shooting out a gray soul ray.

These rays, when they strike the ground, can instantly melt a bottomless, gigantic cavity, even slightly distorting the space itself through corrosion.

(End of this chapter)