All the heavens begin with the mind-monkey.

Along the way, Zhe Xingsun slowly swallowed the Ganoderma lucidum and orchids, consuming their spiritual essence.

He felt that the spiritual energy was being absorbed by his physical body, or perhaps it wasn't his physical body, but some kind of existence in the dark, maybe a soul, or a true spirit or something like that.

In short, after absorbing those spiritual essences, he felt more and more that his previously suppressed supernatural powers were slowly revealing themselves.

Or perhaps, his previous supernatural powers seemed to have lost their foundation for existence after he left the infinite world, or perhaps they were suppressed by something he couldn't see clearly at the moment.

However, after obtaining the spiritual essence, the supernatural power gradually manifested. Although the gene lock could only be opened at the first level, the power of the indestructible supernatural power gradually increased.

At first, Zhe Xingsun could withstand the weapons and ice blades of ordinary wolf demons without batting an eye, but he had to be careful to avoid the mountain-splitting axe in the hands of the wolf demon leader; now, even when facing this axe, he is not afraid at all.

Zhe Xingsun realized that perhaps spiritual energy could allow his sealed supernatural powers to gradually and fully manifest.

"But why is spiritual energy always required to display supernatural powers?"

Zhe Xingsun recalled that he had also eaten the spiritual fruit given to him by the land before he was able to unfold the Divine Shadow Diagram.

Now, spiritual energy is also needed to display supernatural powers.

Could it be that because he was also born in this world, he cannot escape the laws of this world? After all, in this world, immortals, Buddhas, and saints all need spiritual energy to live long, and he himself needs spiritual energy to display his supernatural powers, which doesn't seem wrong.

But Zhe Xingsun felt that things were not that simple.

I don't want to think about that right now.

After eating the spiritual fruits, Zhe Xingsun picked up his giant axe and followed the path the local deity had indicated. Before long, he came to see a small stream.

He often encountered wolf demons on the road. When there were few people, he would jump out and cut them in two with his axe, quickly finishing them off. When there were many people, he would avoid them.

It wasn't that he was afraid of these wolf demons, but rather that if there were too many of them, he couldn't deal with them quickly. If he killed a few, the remaining ones would attract all the other wolf demons with their howls, and the problem would never end.

Moreover, Zhe Xingsun also discovered that the weapons in the hands of these wolf demons were not simple either; they seemed to be made of spiritual essence and were quite powerful.

Ordinary weapons could not break through Zhe Xingsun's defenses, but he discovered that the blades wielded by some wolf demon leaders were even more powerful than the axes he used to split mountains and chisels rocks.

Besides these weapons, he also saw some wolf demons holding fishing nets with thin openings and thick knots. Once trapped, it would be impossible to escape in a short time. If suppressed by a group of wolf demons, even Zhe Xingsun would probably be helpless.

"No wonder the local deity said earlier that if I encountered too many minor demons and monsters, I should run away at the first sign of trouble." Zhe Xingsun felt that he should indeed trust the old man's wisdom.

Zhe Xingsun thought again that if he unlocked the first-tier gene lock, these little demons and monsters, even if they brought some fishing nets and other weapons, would be no match for him.

However, the Black Myth world he traveled to was actually a complete world.

In this world, monsters will turn and run away when they encounter danger. If there are few people, they will call on their friends. If they are no match for the monsters in terms of supernatural powers and martial arts, they will resort to some underhanded methods.

Therefore, he cannot view this world through the lens of his previous life playing games, so it is best to keep some trump cards up his sleeve in everything he does.

Carefully avoiding the wolf demons, Zhe Xingsun continued up the mountain stream. Along the way, he thought of finding some orchid-like spiritual herbs to try, but he couldn't find a single one.

Come to think of it, with so many wolf demons in Black Wind Mountain, any conspicuous spiritual herbs or roots would surely be devoured by them first.

The land was able to be found entirely because he was the local land deity, and only with supernatural powers could he discover it.

If Zhe Xingsun could find those spiritual herbs just by wandering around, readers are hotly debating: What exactly happened? Come join the discussion. Perhaps he still wouldn't be willing to eat them; maybe those spiritual herbs are just bait set up by someone.

After walking for a short while, Zhe Xingsun suddenly stopped, because following the mountain stream upstream, he gradually came to a main road, and beside this main road stood a mountain gate, in front of which stood a fierce-looking monster holding a long halberd.

This monster stood there, half a body taller than the other wolf demons, and its muscles were bulging all over its body. Its arms were thicker than the waists and hips of the other wolf demons. Although its expression was somewhat dull, it was clear at a glance that it possessed extraordinary strength.

Zhe Xingsun glanced at it twice and recognized it as the guard from the original story.

As for "牯", it originally refers to a cow, meaning that this monster is a cow demon that has become a spirit. It has blue skin and you can see two sharp horns pointing to the sky on its head.

What should I do?

Zhe Xingsun pondered in his heart.

When the chosen one in the game reached this point, he was no match for the guard, and only managed to kill him thanks to a freezing spell passed down by the local earth god of Black Wind Mountain.

Now, Zhe Xingsun stood on the cliff by the stream and secretly watched. He saw that in addition to the guards of the mountain gate, there were many wolf demons with bows and arrows standing on the surrounding cliffs. At first glance, there were at least two or three teams patrolling the cliffs, with seven or eight wolf demons in each team.

Once he starts fighting with the guards here, those wolf demons will probably swarm in as well.

As for taking other routes to leave, Zhe Xingsun glanced around and saw that those cliffs were also guarded by wolf demons, so it would be difficult to pass by unnoticed.

Moreover, this is only the first obstacle ahead of Black Wind Mountain. So, besides this mountain gate, is there any other path to bypass it?

After thinking for a while, Zhe Xingsun thought of the land.

If it were said that the local deity didn't know the other paths, then Zhe Xingsun certainly wouldn't believe it. But he deliberately pointed him to this main road, probably hoping to discourage him from going to trouble Guangzhi.

If he were to force his way through, Zhe Xingsun secretly estimated that he would have to wait until his Vajra Indestructible Divine Power reached a higher level and his gene lock was unlocked to the second level before he could forcefully create a passage.

However, to unleash supernatural powers, a large amount of spiritual energy is required.

Go kill those wolf demons nearby and seize their spiritual essence?

Zhe Xingsun thought for a moment and then shook his head.

He didn't completely believe the land's words, but sometimes when he got those spiritual essences and wanted to try to absorb them, he felt a sense of unease.

After thinking about it, he realized that it might be a sudden suggestion from the gene lock. In other words, even the gene lock was reminding him not to eat those spiritual essences raw, otherwise something he would regret would inevitably happen in the future.

Sometimes, Zhe Xingsun would hold the spiritual essence left behind by the dead in his left hand and the orchid-like spiritual herb given to him by the land in his right hand, yet he could not perceive any difference between the two spiritual essences.

Perhaps consuming raw spiritual essence will cause some kind of karmic retribution in the dark?

If those spiritual essences were not left behind by the wolf demons or other monsters that I killed, but were taken from elsewhere by other wolf demons or monsters, would there be karmic retribution if I consumed them?

After a moment of thought, Zhe Xingsun suddenly thought of something. He took out all the weapons left behind by the wolf demons he had killed earlier, then took a large axe with a lacquer pattern in his hand, and then gripped both ends of the axe with both hands, exerting his strength.

With the indestructible power of Vajra, plus the assistance brought by Sun Wukong's true name, the axe blade gradually bent, and then broke off with a "bang".

At the broken edge, a lot of clear, green energy flowed around. Zhe Xingsun reached out and pinched the clear, green energy. After sensing it for a moment, a look of joy appeared in his eyes.

Because of the spiritual essence remaining in these weapons, he did not feel any danger when he held them in his hands.

Then, Zhe Xingsun looked intently at the remaining weapons.

Half an hour later, only a large pile of weapon fragments remained, and Zhe Xingsun's figure had disappeared.