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Chapter 290: The merit is complete! The third refinement of Yin Shen! (Subscribe)

At this point, in a sense, Chen Yan has already broken through to the stage of refining the spirit and returning to the void, becoming a genuine Yin Shen cultivator.

But in fact, the process of breaking through the spirit and returning to the void has not yet ended.

Because...even though the inner demon has been destroyed, the outer demon is still there.

Looking at the foreign demons that kept attacking the protection circle of the Dragon Sparrow Sword and the Thunder Department Dusi Seal, a sharp light flashed in Chen Yan's deep eyes.

With a thought, a crack quietly appeared on the barrier of thunder and fire.

Sensing the opportunity and being attracted by Chen Yan's breath, the demons, who had been hungry and thirsty for a long time, rushed in through the crack without thinking, but what greeted them was a deep purple thunder.

Ah, a shrill scream sounded. The divine thunder in the Tiangang magical power 'Mastering the Five Thunders' was designed to defeat foreign demons. Coupled with the suppression of the Dragon Sparrow Sword and the Thunder Department Seal, once these demons fell into the encirclement of the five-colored sea of ​​thunder, they had no way to escape and could only suffer in it.

Huh, the demonic energy dissipated. As time passed, more and more demons were melted in the sea of ​​thunder and turned into nothingness. As these demons died, little by little white sand emerged and kept falling into Chen Yan's Yin Spirit.

This little bit of white sand is called [Star Soul Crystal], so named because it sparkles like a star.

It is also called soul crystal, which naturally means that this thing has great benefits for the Yin spirit.

In fact, this is true. To some extent, the effect of Star Soul Crystal on Yin Shen cultivators is no less than that of Earthly Evil Yin Vein, or even better.

Whether one can surpass people of the same realm at the Yin Shen stage and the amount of star soul crystals absorbed are also an important factor in determining whether the Yin Shen is inherently powerful.

People with strong strength and profound background can resist the invasion of foreign demons while killing a large number of foreign demons, thereby obtaining a large number of star soul crystals and greatly strengthening their Yin God.

What about those monks who are weak and have poor foundation?
It is very difficult for these people to resist the invasion of foreign demons. It is already very difficult to resist foreign demons and prevent them from invading the sea of ​​souls, let alone killing a large number of foreign demons and thus refining star soul crystals to strengthen the Yin God.

Why are Yin Shen cultivators from top forces generally stronger than independent cultivators?
That's why.

Needless to say, Chen Yan's foundation is very solid, even more solid than those geniuses who came from top forces.

These foreign demons are a disaster for ordinary cultivators, but to Chen Yan, they are no different from fertilizers. They are all "food" to strengthen his Yin Spirit.

In this way, more and more foreign demons swarmed towards Chen Yan's soul sea from the cracks, one after another, and these demons did not have much wisdom.

All of these foreign demons were nothing but evil thoughts and resentment, and they were attracted by Chen Yan's breath and were extremely hungry and thirsty. Even though some demons kept dying, the subsequent demons continued to squeeze into Chen Yan's sea of ​​soul through the crack.

Above the soul sea, more and more star soul crystals merged into Chen Yan's Yin Spirit, and a sense of satisfaction quietly emerged in Chen Yan's heart.

"The Star Soul Crystal is indeed a precious cultivation resource that is not inferior to the Earthly Evil Yin Vein. Generally speaking, cultivators will only encounter it when they have a major breakthrough. They can only experience it a few times in their lifetime. It is a rare opportunity."

A few ripples arose in Chen Yan's heart, and a hint of joy appeared on his face.

Previously, in order to refine his soul into a Yin God, Chen Yan consumed nearly 1,300 strands of Yushu Kan Lei Sha.

Although there is still half of Yushu Kan Leisha, after Chen Yan breaks through the spirit refining and returns to the void, the subsequent cultivation will require the use of the Disha Yinmai.

Therefore, for Chen Yan, every bit of Yushu Kan Leisha that can be saved is a bit.

Right now, the Star Soul Crystal has to some extent replaced the role of Yushu Kan Leisha, and is constantly strengthening Chen Yan's Yin Spirit.

In just half a quarter of an hour, Chen Yan felt that his Yin Spirit had grown a lot stronger. If he were to refine the Earthly Evil Yin Veins, it would require at least two or three hundred strands.

Refining the external demon for half a quarter of an hour is equivalent to refining two or three hundred strands of the Earthly Evil Yin Veins!

All of a sudden, Chen Yan looked at the foreign demon outside the barrier of thunder and fire with his eyes shining.

These are not external demons, they are clearly moving evil spirit veins!

Or the top one.

At this moment, Chen Yan wished that there would be as many foreign demons as possible.

As his thoughts turned, Chen Yan continued to refine the external demon.

Ten thousand, twenty thousand, thirty thousand...

The number of demon heads seemed endless. When he had refined 100,000 demon heads, Chen Yan's soul sea expanded further, covering a hundred miles of sea area. The entire soul sea radiated a bright light, like a sacred residence.

It was at this time that Chen Yan, who was refining the devil like refining elixir, opened his eyes above the soul sea.

"You really can't bear it?"

Sensing something, a cold smile appeared on Chen Yan's face.

There are a large number of foreign demons, and naturally there are some powerful ones among them.

And these powerful foreign demons are the real culprits who devoured and killed the Yin Shen cultivators who had just broken through!
Buzz! The soul sea vibrated, and suddenly the demonic energy rose. A huge snake head squeezed in through the crack in the moonlit sky. Its head was covered with tumors, as big as a small hill, and its eyes were lavender, filled with greed.

The demon is invisible and looks like a ball of pitch-black smoke. However, the demon that can transform into a real form is extraordinary and can be called a Yin Demon, comparable to the Yin God Zhenren who has refined his spirit and returned to the void among the cultivators.

Hissing, a strange hissing sound shook Chen Yan's soul. Twisting its body, the demon snake was about to follow the crack, break through the barrier of thunder and fire, and truly drill into Chen Yan's sea of ​​soul.

But at this moment, the Dragon Sparrow Sword and the Thunder Department Seal vibrated at the same time.

"Wow!"

"Roar!"

There seemed to be the cry of dragons and the roar of thunder beasts.

In a trance, the two emitted magical light, making the originally shaky thunder and fire barrier as solid as a mountain again, trapping the snake demon.

The next moment, Chen Yan took a step forward and his Yin Spirit arrived above the sea of ​​soul.

Like a purple red sun hanging high in the sky, overlooking the world, Chen Yan's expression was indifferent as he met the snake demon's angry gaze.

Although the snake demon was well hidden and knew how to be patient, Chen Yan had already discovered traces of its existence. It just had not shown itself.

The snake demon was looking for the best opportunity to escape, and Chen Yan was happy to take advantage of this opportunity to refine more demons.

Chen Yan put his fingers together and pointed the sword at the demon snake that was unable to break free, and slashed it lightly.

Buzz, a sharp purple aurora bloomed, there was a flash of sword light falling from the sky, accompanied by an angry hissing, the huge head of the demon snake fell down with a bang, fell into the sea of ​​thunder and was annihilated into sand.

At the same time, the crack in the thunder and fire barrier quietly closed up, leaving no trace of a flaw.

"Boom-"

The soul sea shook, the severed head regenerated, the demon snake twisted its body hundreds of feet long, and slammed heavily into the thunder and fire barrier.

Standing above the Soul Sea, Chen Yan watched this scene silently.

The Yin Demon is strange and extremely difficult to kill. If Chen Yan put it into the sea of ​​soul and let it occupy the main field, he would have some confidence, but there is no need for this. This is enough now.

The star soul crystals transformed from the bodies of a hundred thousand foreign demons and some of the Yin Demons are already the limit of what he can currently bear. The Yin God is like armor worn on a person, the stronger the better, but the person's ability to bear it must also be considered.

At this time, Chen Yan's Yin Spirit had grown to the limit of what his body could bear, and continuing to grow would only backfire. The most important thing was that Chen Yan would not underestimate the demonic calamity just because he had two immortal embryos. There were too many variables in letting a Yin Demon enter the soul sea, so Chen Yan did not need to take the risk.

"ended."

With his yin spirit full, Chen Yan let out a sigh of satisfaction yet regret.

Needless to say, he was satisfied. From this moment on, Chen Yan had achieved the state of refining the spirit and returning to the void, becoming a genuine Yin God master!

Unfortunately, if he wants to refine so many external demons again, he will probably have to refine his spirit and return to the void, break through the void and merge with the Tao, and achieve the state of Yang God before he can meet them again.

However, those 100,000 foreign demons at least saved Chen Yan tens of thousands of Earthly Evil Yin Veins!

It’s a bloody profit!
The most important thing is the strength of Chen Yan's Yin Shen at this moment. Chen Yan closed his eyes and sensed it carefully:

"With my current Yin Shen strength, it is probably about the same as those Yin Shen cultivators who rely on mid-grade Earthly Evils to break through to the second or third level of Yin Shen. As for those casual cultivators who use low-grade Earthly Evils to break through to the fourth or fifth level of Yin Shen, they are not as good as me..."

Chen Yan opened his eyes, his eyes full of surprise.

There is no doubt that he made a fortune in this way. These 100,000 foreign demons not only saved Chen Yan tens of thousands of Earthly Evil Yin Veins, but also saved Chen Yan decades of practice time, which instantly eliminated the gap between him and other Yin God cultivators!

Thinking of this, Chen Yan's eyes suddenly flashed with a cold light:
"Ghost Crying Gate..."

It is said that the leader of the Ghost Crying Sect is a cultivator who has reached the third level of Yin Shen refinement and has returned to the Void Realm. It is not known what grade of Earthly Evil he used to break through, but Chen Yan guessed that it was of mid-level quality at most.

If it was of medium quality, Chen Yan thought to himself that even at his current state, without the benefit of the Dragon Sparrow Sword Immortal Embryo, he would be able to face off against the Ghost Crying Sect's leader who had undergone the third level of Yin God Refinement.

At this point, Chen Yan's purpose of traveling to the other world a year in advance has been successfully accomplished.

During this trip to the other world, Chen Yan gained a lot.

The Dragon Sparrow Sword and the Thunder Department Seal were both promoted to Immortal Embryos. Although the latter's grade dropped again, as long as the power of thunder is sufficient, it is only a matter of time before it returns to the Immortal Embryo.

The Dragon Sparrow Sword was promoted to an Immortal Embryo, and with the addition of storing nearly a thousand strands of Qianyang Lihuo Evil, it could transform into a dragon sparrow to defend against the enemy, which gave Chen Yan a trump card to resist the powerful enemy of Yinshen Jiulian.

The promotion of the Thunder Department's Dusi Seal to an Immortal Embryo also gave birth to the half of the Dao Fruit Jiuxiao that was originally sealed in the Thunder Department's Dusi Seal. As long as the time is ripe, Chen Yan will be able to refine this half of the Dao Fruit Jiuxiao at any time.

Finally, Chen Yan's strength finally broke through to the stage of refining the spirit and returning to the void, becoming a Yin God master and entering the ranks of the strong men in the three thousand worlds.

Turning his attention back to himself, Chen Yan calculated the time. It was probably more than two months but less than three months before the third blood moon came.

Chen Yan was in no hurry to go out.

This opportunity is rare. In addition to being of great benefit to his Taoist cultivation, the current environment of Thunder Cliff can also serve as a good tempering tool for Chen Yan's body.

After more than half a year of training, Chen Yan could feel that his martial arts practice was not far from breaking through to the next small realm.

Now Chen Yan is in the middle stage of Baodan. Chen Yan estimates that after another two or three months of tempering, he will be able to break through to the late stage of Baodan.

Thinking of this, Chen Yan once again released the Thunder Department Seal and placed it in the ancient thunder pool to repair it. Then he closed his eyes and sat cross-legged to refine the power of thunder.

Just as Chen Yan continued to practice, the exclamations of the disciples guarding the Tianji Pavilion far away in the Xuanhuang World were heard again.

"Oh no! Oh no! Something terrible has happened!"

Tong Xiuyuan was practicing with his eyes closed in his own secret training room when he heard a panicked cry coming from outside the room.

Tong Xiuyuan frowned, walked out of the secret room with a dark face, and opened his mouth to scold:

"Dong Hai, how can you be so loud and shouting?"

Dong Hai, a disciple of the Tianji Pavilion who was guarding the Tianji Monument, was frightened into silence when he heard Tong Xiuyuan's rebuke. He quickly shrank his neck and bowed his head to admit his mistake:

"Yes, my disciple realizes his mistake."

Tong Xiuyuan frowned and asked:
"Tell me, why are you making such a fuss?"

When Tong Xiuyuan asked this, the disciple on duty remembered it again and quickly said:
"My Lord, the person number one on the list that you asked your disciples to pay attention to is in trouble again!"

"The first person on the list who drew your attention? Chen Yan?"

Hearing this, Tong Xiuyuan frowned even deeper:

"What's up with him?"

The disciple on duty swallowed his saliva and stammered:
"He, he's gone..."

"Gone?!"

Tong Xiuyuan's heart couldn't help but skip a beat, and without caring about anything else, he stepped forward and grabbed the arm of the disciple on duty, Dong Hai, and asked in a somewhat hurried tone:
"What does "disappeared" mean? Is it no longer number one on the human list or is it no longer on the human list!"

"Yes... he is not on the list. I have carefully checked and cannot find this Master Chen on the list..."

Hearing this, Tong Xiuyuan's heart sank to the bottom.

Generally speaking, if someone on the human list suddenly disappears from the list, there are generally only two possibilities.

The first situation goes without saying, that is when one's cultivation level is further improved, breaking through from Refining Qi into Spirit to Refining Spirit Returning to Void, surpassing the realm of Refining Qi into Spirit. If one is still unable to reach the level of the Earth Scale, then naturally one will no longer appear on the Heavenly Secret Monument.

As for the second case...

That means death.

When a person dies, his soul disappears and he no longer exists in the Three Thousand Worlds. Naturally, it is impossible for him to appear on the Heavenly Secret Tablet again.

Tong Xiuyuan never thought that Chen Yan would be the first case.

Because in his eyes, Chen Yan had just recently achieved a breakthrough in the realm of Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation.

For cultivators, even for a genius like Li Shouyi who came from a top force, it is common to be stuck in the stage of Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation for ten or even dozens of years.

Because in order to be promoted to a Yin God, in addition to having sufficient Earthly Evil Yin Veins, one also needs sufficient means to resist the invasion of foreign demons.

Any cultivator who has achieved perfection in Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation needs to be adequately prepared before embarking on a breakthrough.

If someone told Tong Xiuyuan that Chen Yan would immediately break through to the Spirit Refining Return to Void stage right after he had achieved perfection in the Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation stage, Tong Xiuyuan would sneer and then slap him to death.

This is even more impossible than Chen Yan's breakthrough from the initial stage of Qi Refining to the perfection of Qi Refining in five years.

Therefore, from Tong Xiuyuan's perspective, Chen Yan is most likely dead.

When he thought of this, Tong Xiuyuan felt unhappy.

……

(End of this chapter)