Beichen Sword Sect's Headmaster's Secret Records

Chapter 444 Bloodsucking and Soul Devouring
"dong dong dong"

"Hey, Tiedan, you're awake, Tiedan. Eight days have passed, you've rested enough, it's about time to go back to work in the mountains..."

Chen Xuantian pushed open the dormitory door and glanced inside.

In the pitch-black dormitory, the beast huddled in a corner, curled up like a wounded dog.

Tsk, looks like he's still not going to wake up. Oh well, let him rest a little longer...

So Chen Xuantian closed the door, opened his eyes, and returned to the real world where corpses piled up like mountains, bones filled like forests, and blood flowed like rivers.

Yes, what was presented to Chen Xuantian was the Purgatory Scroll.

The bodies of the victims in Liangdu were covered in bluish-green lividity. Many had swollen abdomens, bloated faces, protruding eyes, protruding tongues, and exposed skin. The skin on their hands and feet peeled off like gloves, and internal organs, either ruptured or expelled by fermenting gas, were a grayish-green or dark red paste. Large amounts of putrefactive fluid seeped from their chest and abdominal cavities. Even larger than the mounds of corpses, maggots were feasting on this spectacle. The plump, white maggots rolled and spun in the mountains of flesh, bones, and blood, making soft rustling and hissing sounds, and releasing a foul, putrid stench.

Well, eight days have passed in the blink of an eye, and with no one to collect the dead bodies, they've all rotted into this mess...

In summary, here's a brief overview of the previous events.

This battle was quite dangerous. Xuan Tian Ruyi Zhenjun, the new king who had achieved minor mastery of divine skills, the head of the Sword Sect, and was admired by all nine major sects, was actually ganged up on and brutally beaten down to the third stage by three Emei guys who appeared out of nowhere. Tie Dan and Kun were both seriously injured and unable to get up. In the end, they were all forcibly escaped by one of their senior brothers using the "Senior Brother Escape" technique. It was a complete loss of face and extremely infuriating. This grudge has been formed, and sooner or later I'll have to go and solo Emei a hundred times...

Fortunately, Chen Xuantian was able to hold on, and after eight days of recuperation, he has now recovered completely and is as good as ever.

Yes, he was resurrected on the spot. The Blood God's Dao Body is simply outrageous. Chen Xuantian was literally beaten to a pulp, but now he's standing up like nothing happened. Not only has his Dao Body been reshaped, but not a single hair on his body is missing.

No wonder the God Lord was able to dominate the world and be invincible back then.

It's important to understand that cultivators inevitably face trials and tribulations. Defeat and death are one thing, but being severely injured and leaving hidden dangers is another. If the internal organs are damaged, or even if special Daoist Qi sword energy enters the body, it can take years or even decades of secluded cultivation to recover. This delay means missing out on all opportunities for immortal cultivation. Many old Xuanmen (mystical sects) members possess exceptional talent but fail to comprehend the Dao, forever stuck at the Nascent Soul stage, forced to undergo further self-dissolution—all ultimately due to these old, hidden dangers. Therefore, Xuanmen members are extremely wary of karma. It's not that they don't understand the benefits of trials and tribulations, but rather that being severely injured for a mere fraction of an opportunity for immortality is simply not worth it.

In comparison, the Blood Jade Divine Skill is simply a divine healing technique. In fact, in the previous battle, not only was Cangwu severely injured by a sword and his strength greatly reduced, but Chen Xuantian was also riddled with holes by the Emei Sect's Dust Escape, his body leaking air, and his internal organs filled with dust impurities that were difficult to resolve. If it were anyone else, their entire power would be wasted.

However, these hidden dangers have no effect on the Blood God's main body! He can directly transform the blood body, turning the body into blood and the blood into form, and then cleanse and reshape it to remove the impurities!

If you don't kill him in one go, he'll be resurrected at full strength the next time you meet him. Moreover, all the special moves you used last time have been seen by him and he's found a way to counter them. How are you going to beat him then?

Of course, there is no absolutely invincible secret technique in the world. At least after eight days of study and contemplation, Chen Xuantian is very clear that the Blood God's Great Dao Body still has its limits.

The physical limits, in terms of matter and energy.

Yes, ordinary people die when they are smashed into bloody pulp, but the Blood God Child Technique of the Divine Cult can store the soul in the Blood God Child. As long as the core Blood God Child is not broken and there is enough essence blood, the Dao body can be reshaped and the person can be resurrected on the spot.

However, the Blood God Child Technique can only be created using Blood Coins and Blood Puppets. Only essence blood refined through secret methods can reshape the Dao body. Furthermore, it requires places like earth veins, spiritual springs, and Qi apertures to provide a supply of spiritual energy. With sufficient preparation, one can revive at any time on a refined Blood Puppets, consuming large amounts of Blood Coins to restore power.

But if one's home is ransacked, leaving a penniless nobody, the only option is to find a mountain, cave, lake, or sea to hide in, living a nocturnal existence, like a small animal, slowly hunting and preying on its prey, seizing their bodies. Only after gaining a physical form can one begin cultivating again, essentially a form of spiritual liberation and reincarnation. And by the time one has rebuilt their physical body and perfected their divine skills enough to emerge and kill all their enemies, it would likely take at least a hundred or two hundred years, not much faster.

The Blood God's Great Body is a further advancement over the Blood God's Child Great Technique. Chen Xuantian doesn't need to possess another body to start over. Even if his Dao Body is destroyed, he can directly refine the surrounding matter into one body. This includes not only the remains and flesh of living beings, but also rare and precious minerals and mineral veins that can be directly refined and used. Moreover, even without a fully formed Dao Body, each piece of his essence and blood cells can continue to breathe and absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Therefore, his resurrection efficiency is naturally dozens of times higher than that of the ordinary Blood God's Child Great Technique.

Yes, normally, even if the Blood God's Dao Body were destroyed, it would take about ten years to recover. The fact that he was able to revive in just eight days was purely due to Chen Xuantian's astonishingly strong divine sense and even more imaginative ideas. He directly submerged his blood body into the Earth Sinking Array, using the power of the Ten Absolute Array to accelerate the recharge. Add to that a seemingly divine intervention, as if even the heavens were waiting for him to revive, and only with perfect timing, location, and human intervention could he succeed in one go. If it were someone else, they really couldn't do it. After all, aside from the risk of being crushed by the array, any mishap would likely result in them exploding themselves...

Well, anyway, as long as things don't go terribly wrong, there's no need to worry about it too much.

"crash"

At this moment, one after another, blood pythons swam over the mountain of corpses and across the river of blood, opening their mouths and spitting out large clumps of flesh and blood, as if dumping garbage, spewing out the corpses from their mouths and piling them into hills. Then one after another, they swam into the blood-red robe.

Chen Xuantian remained unfazed, sitting cross-legged amidst the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood. He circulated his energy, digesting and absorbing the refined blood qi with each breath. He continued to form hand seals, and bloody hands emerged from beneath his blood-red robe, scooping up handfuls of rotten flesh from the ground, crushing them into minced meat, and shaping them into juicy, gooey balls of flesh. He then extracted essence and qi from these balls, continuously nourishing himself.

As Chen Xuantian absorbed the flesh and blood of these corpses, his essence and blood became increasingly abundant. His blood-red robe unfurled like a crimson cloud, enveloping half of the city in a swirling curtain of blood. Every now and then, blood-red hands would reach out and descend from the sky, grabbing at the ground. In an instant, it was as if countless crimson dragons were retrieving flesh and corpses from the hellish mounds of carcasses, where countless wronged souls devoured the flesh with great relish.

Blood Codex Heavenly Book: Blood-Sucking and Soul-Devouring Technique.

This technique involves seizing and killing living beings, then refining them into blood coins. No wonder the Divine Cult is called a Demonic Cult; this method of refining power using the dead is indeed unsightly, brutal, and utterly heretical. Yet, it is indeed recorded in the Blood Register Heavenly Book, the orthodox cultivation manual passed down by the Divine Lord. One truly wonders what the Divine Lord went through to comprehend such a demonic art…

"Wow!"

Just as Chen Xuantian was cultivating, a white mist suddenly rose from the city center not far away, soaring into the sky! In an instant, a white mist like an umbrella opened up, standing shoulder to shoulder with the crimson curtain and blood-red glow!
Huh? Emei again?

It was naturally Emei. After all, they had fought for a long time, and that kind of dust-like escape technique was absolutely unique. It was clearly a variant of their secret Daoist technique, there was no mistake about it.

That's strange. The four Emei disciples had already admitted defeat and broken out of the formation, voluntarily retreating from the calamity. Why are there still people left in the formation?

Chen Xuantian didn't care about senior or junior brothers. He had been racking his brains for eight days, even searching through his kindergarten classmates, but no one named Cang Bi could be found. Now, seeing that there were still Emei members left to die in the calamity, he was immediately enraged. He threw away the broken sword beside him, pinched and flicked his fingers, and instantly a bloody hand emerged from under his robe to grab the sword. With a "whoosh," a bloody shadow soared into the sky. Wielding the sword and controlling the blood, he moved with lightning speed, like light and shadow, and in an instant, he arrived before the dust-like Dao Qi.

Chen Xuantian made a hand seal to control his spirit, his eyes widened, and his divine light shone down. He immediately saw that the place where the Dao Qi was located was the ruins of the royal palace in the city. There was a huge cauldron in it, with blood churning and red light radiating from it. He didn't know what kind of treasure it was cooking. Just looking at it made his mouth water. It was as if the essence of his whole body was churning and leaping with joy. He wished he could open his mouth and devour the feast in the cauldron!

A thought flashed through his mind, and his Inch-Mind Divine Calculation instantly revealed the truth, filling him with immense joy! This pot was clearly the Blood God Child that Cang Bi had captured and suppressed that very night! After eight days of chaotic stewing and refining, his soul had been completely scattered! Only the most concentrated essence remained! It was incredibly nourishing! This was truly the perfect opportunity for Laozi!

Without further hesitation, Chen Xuantian leaped out from the blood-red curtain and collected the mission reward!
"It's the Blood God Child!"

"Everyone, be careful!"

Naturally, there were also guards beside this great treasure cauldron. Two men and two women hid in the all-encompassing white light, standing in the four corners of the east, west, south, and north, forming a defensive formation and making hand seals.

Two of the men were teenagers, one handsome and the other ugly, both dressed as Emei Taoists. The two women, one wearing gold and the other silver, were initially unrecognizable, but after they slapped the back of their heads, a divine light shone forth, and they spewed forth blue lightning to protect themselves, Chen Xuantian remembered that they were the young ladies of the Xuan Nu Temple on Mount Song.

There seemed to be another person in the arena, completely wrapped in silk, curled up like a cocoon at the feet of the handsome Taoist. Strangely, Chen Xuantian couldn't sense this person's 'qi', and wondered what kind of demon they had captured.

Without hesitation, the two young men from the Emei Sect formed hand seals and began fighting side by side. Two members of the Xuan Nu Temple, each wielding a precious weapon that shimmered with golden and silver light, provided cover and support from behind.

Chen Xuantian didn't rush in. He simply placed the Blood Shadow on the ground, then circled the ruins of the Prince's Mansion, observing the opponent's Qi power and the details of the protective formation. To be honest, these four individuals weren't particularly strong individually; they were all at the early Nascent Soul stage, probably just newcomers who had just received one or two lightning strikes. However, their foundations were solid, their Dao foundations pure, and they were undoubtedly disciples of the Xuanmen's true lineage, taught the orthodox methods by their elders. They were by no means trash to be taken lightly; at least they were elite monsters above scum, not quite complete waste.

Of course, Chen Xuantian had only just recovered and his strength was not yet fully restored, so he wasn't much stronger. However, he wasn't afraid of fighting four against one. But he already knew that the people from Diao Emei were quite capable, and the two from Xuan Nu Temple were not to be underestimated either, as they possessed a large number of top-tier magical treasures. At least the Yin-Yang Twin Rings were incredibly powerful and could break his spells. Therefore, he wasn't in a hurry to make a move and cautiously surveyed the area first...

Damn, thank goodness he played it safe. What the hell is this formation? I don't recognize it...

Meanwhile, on the other side, Cang Ming, who was in charge of the formation, saw this blood-soaked man wielding a sword and charging around, and actually bowed and said...

"I have long heard of the Blood Flame Overlord Blade, which is renowned in the Western Regions, cuts across the Tianshan Mountains, and is incredibly powerful. I wonder which expert from the Duan family is behind it."

Chen Xuantian stopped and stared at him.
"Duan Tie, have you heard of him?"

Cang Ming's eyes lit up.
"So it's the young general! I've long admired your name!"

Chen Xuantian raised his eyebrows, leaned on his sword, and tilted his head back.
"Who are you?"

"Cangming, a man from Mount Emei, greets General Duan."

This Cangming possessed a rather extraordinary air about him; he stepped forward with his chest out.

"Although I have never had the chance to meet him, I have long heard that Grand Commandant is unparalleled in martial prowess, his meritorious deeds are unique, he has opened up XJ, swept across Tianshan, and the Duan clan is famous throughout the Western Regions."

Furthermore, the Blood Flame Overlord Blade technique is unparalleled, hailed as the number one Tai Chi sword style, which I have long admired. Today, I have the honor of receiving your instruction, Young General!

Chen Xuantian slung the knife over his shoulder and beckoned.
"Okay, okay, stick your head out here, I'll chop it a couple of times for you to see."

"Very well! Emei Cangming! Please grant me..."

Cang Ming's face lit up with joy, and he twirled his sword.
"Wait! Senior brother, why waste words with this demon! He clearly lacks the ability to break the formation and is trying to lure you out to ambush you!"

When the junior sister saw that Cang Ming was actually eager to try and wanted to rush up and fight him one-on-one, she quickly jumped out to interrupt.

The junior sister nodded repeatedly.

"Exactly! This Blood Demon has committed countless evils and killed countless people. Everyone has the right to kill him! Senior Brother, there's no need to talk to him about chivalry! Let's join forces and eliminate him! Let's avenge the people of the city!"

Chen Xuantian rolled his eyes.

"Oh, so you want to avenge the people of the city? Have you figured out who did it?"

Cangming smiled calmly.
"We cultivators of Qi spend years sitting in the mountains, rarely having the opportunity to meet heroes from all over the world."

The world is in chaos now, and demons have emerged. I think they will gather at Tianshan sooner or later.

"Now that we have this excellent opportunity, wouldn't it be perfect for me to test his Blood Flame Overlord Blade techniques?"

The junior sister shook her head.

“Senior Brother Cangming, you don’t know how powerful this demonic sect’s divine skills are. With our current strength, how can we possibly defeat the Blood God Child? What if something goes wrong…”

The eldest sister also said,
"Yes, yes, let's wait until we unleash our magic weapons and create an opening for the thieves before we all attack together."

"No, no, just wait a little longer and the pill will be ready, then the calamity will be over. If we miss this opportunity, we'll never have another one..."

Cang Ming was at his wits' end with the two women, and no matter how much he tried to reason with them, they wouldn't listen.

So the yellow-faced man stood up silently, grabbed the sword guard on his shoulder with his back, held the long sword behind his right shoulder and back, bent his waist and back slightly, stepped forward with his left foot, and sprang forward with his right leg, shooting out like an arrow!
"Emei Cangyun! The Dragon-Slaying Form! Please enlighten me!"

"Shh-!"

The longsword danced like a silver dragon, slashing down! The sword light was like mercury spilling onto the ground, aimed straight at the head!

Chen Xuantian laughed loudly, raised the broken sword, and pointed it straight at Cangyun.

"Alright! Let me show you!"

"Oh!"

Then a thunderclap rang out, and Cangyun, who had just broken out of the formation, was instantly sent flying. He didn't even see how the attack was made. The yellow-faced young Taoist was sent flying three zhang away, his Taoist robe turning red on the ground, and his internal organs were scattered everywhere.

"Cangyun!"

Cang Ming roared and was about to rush out of the formation, but the two sisters beside him were prepared. Suddenly, they used magic to lift a silk curtain and forcibly pulled him back.

At this moment, the Emei Taoist priest also lost his composure, staring at the hideous and terrifying bloody gash on Cang Yun's chest. His eyes widened in horror, and he exclaimed in a trembling voice, "..."

"This...this is the Bloodflame Overlord Blade!?"

"No, it's the 20mm 'equal treatment for all' round."

Chen Xuantian glanced at the mangled wound on the yellow-faced Taoist's chest, then turned his head and looked along the trajectory of the blood-splattered bullets. He saw the air opening and closing like a water curtain, and in the undulating light and shadow, an eight-legged chariot, with its multi-barreled Vulcan cannons, spewing out flames and breaking through the optical camouflage, leaped out of the void.

The boss is here...

(End of this chapter)