Blood Sacrifice To Millions Of Zombies, I Will Be A Demon Cultivator In The Apocalypse

Chapter 164: The Creation Technique of the True Monarch of the Five Yin

After all, it is better for one person to enjoy the treasures alone than to divide them equally among three people.

The most crucial thing is that the Secret Immortal Cave Mansion is of great importance. He does not intend to let the second person know the information inside while still alive, in order to prevent leaks and dangers.

It can only be said that this person is ruthless and cunning, and can be considered a hero.

"On the day of the full moon, the Secret Immortal Cave Mansion can be opened. Now we just need to keep an eye on it. When the time comes, we need to be prepared early!"

Zheng Yi pondered silently to himself.

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After thoroughly searching their souls, the souls of the three foreign cultivators had become faintly white, becoming ethereal and hazy, in a dazed state.

They remained silent, motionless, as if they could disappear into the air at any moment.

Zheng Yi raised his hand, and the Ghost Gourd appeared in the void. With a mouth, he collected the three souls back inside.

In an instant, a purple demonic flame surged within the gourd, directly enveloping the three souls. As the scorching demonic fire burned, strands of black gas were incinerated.

These were impurities within the souls, including various impurities, fragments of memories, and malevolent qi.

As the spiritual fire continued to burn, the color of the three souls gradually faded, trending towards transparency. In the end, their original human forms disappeared, transforming into three colorless soul clusters, silently floating there.

Compared to their original size, they had shrunk by at least half.

But these were the essence of the souls of Foundation Building Stage cultivators.

Especially the one in the center, it was nearly one-third larger than the other two soul clusters.

Suddenly, from within the Ghost Gourd, as if passing through layers of ghost domain space, a tree root emerged from the depths of the gourd. Like a towering tree, it directly pierced into the three pure colorless clusters of light, rapidly sucking them dry.

In the blink of an eye, these three pure soul clusters were completely absorbed and disappeared without a trace.

As his gaze followed the retracted root, delving deep into the gourd, Zheng Yi's gaze finally fell on the devouring soul tree inside.

The soul clusters of the three Foundation Building cultivators were completely devoured by this strange tree at the core of the second level of the Ghost Gourd's hell space.

After absorbing the entire soul power of the three Foundation Building cultivators, on the bare and bizarre tree trunk, several soul fruits of different colors slowly began to form.

This devouring soul tree was originally the skeleton man-eating tree that occupied the Yin-Yang Acupoint deep within the Lute Military Base. After being transformed and nurtured by the Ghost Gourd, it became even more bizarre.

Having successfully devoured the souls and grown soul fruits, Zheng Yi felt as if something was gestating within them, but the fruits had not yet ripened and still needed to be observed.

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Great Principle Alliance Headquarters.

Soul Devouring Sect Gate.

Level 2 Core Spirit Vein, in a hidden cultivation chamber, Zheng Yi is in front of three storage bags belonging to foreign cultivators.

As foreign cultivators, the cultivation techniques practiced in the Xuan Ling Domain are significantly different from the Dou Zhan Technique and the Da Yi Domain.

Moreover, when Zheng Yi fought against the dark-skinned man, he could clearly feel that both his strength and methods were of the highest caliber.

If it weren't for encountering Zheng Yi, with their methods, as long as they were a little more stable, they could smoothly obtain the inheritance from the Secret Immortal Cave Mansion without encountering any danger.

After all, even a cultivator like Yi Qingzi, who was as venomous as a snake, was defeated by the three of them. Their methods and schemes were not to be underestimated.

However, when searching the memories of the three, Zheng Yi suddenly became very interested in the cultivation techniques they practiced.

Especially the dark-skinned man's secret technique of transforming his Law Weapon into a spiritual entity, it was extremely novel and had considerable power. If used in battle against someone of the same level, it would be an extremely powerful trump card.

The dark-skinned man had previously mentioned that he had other things that interested Zheng Yi, but unfortunately, he still hadn't exchanged them for his life.

Zheng Yi's attack was too ruthless and his speed too fast, leaving him with no time to react, and he quickly lost his life.

He directly used his spiritual power to erase the restraints on the storage bag, and it immediately opened, revealing its contents in front of Zheng Yi.

Aside from the necessary spirit stones, precious mineral materials, and herbs, there were also some pills that Zheng Yi was not very familiar with.

These should be unique pills from the Xuan Ling Domain that would require careful study.

In addition, what he valued the most was the jade slip placed at the bottom, which should be the dark-skinned man's hidden treasure.

From the order in which he placed it, it could be seen that this item had a different significance and was obviously extraordinary.

After putting away the other items in another storage bag, only a few jade slips were left in front of him.

Zheng Yi casually picked one up and connected his spiritual power to it. Immediately, a massive amount of information rapidly merged into his mind.

His spirit was impacted and slightly shaken.

He didn't expect that just one jade slip would contain so much content.

Even with Zheng Yi's immense spiritual power, it took him a whole day to fully integrate the contents of all the jade slips into his mind.

After completely organizing it, Zheng Yi realized that the gains from this time made him feel like he had found a treasure.

The tall and thin peach blossom-eyed man and the short and fat cultivator were not bad either. They carried two sets of secret techniques, and their cultivation methods were completely different from those in the Da Yi Immortal Domain. Although they had some reference value for Zheng Yi, he didn't fully value them.

What he truly valued was the jade slip at the bottom of the dark-skinned man's storage bag, which was at the half-step Violet Palace stage. The contents inside surprised him.

That turned out to be an inheritance of a mysterious and extraordinary technique, from the Foundation Building Stage all the way to the Nascent Soul level, it had everything, extremely detailed, and astonishingly it was a complete and orderly creation and refining technique.

It is called a mysterious and extraordinary technique because the records in this jade slip are neither cultivation techniques nor combat secret arts, nor are they the usual cultivation methods. Instead, they are the creation techniques of the Lock Heaven Sect's transformation of spirits.

The so-called creation means creating something out of nothing, and transforming all things into spirits.

It is the essence of the Lock Heaven Sect's major techniques.

In fact, it was also because Zheng Yi was extremely lucky.

The dark-skinned man had an extraordinary background, otherwise he would not have been able to learn about the secrets of the Secret Immortal Gate's Cave Mansion. As a half-step Violet Palace cultivator, his status within the sect was not low, and he had long been exposed to many secrets.

It was just that because he had lofty ambitions and happened to stumble upon information about the remnants of the Secret Immortal Gate, he came to the Great Yi Domain to seek opportunities, in order to soar to the sky when he returned to the sect.

The jade slip on his body was also obtained during that time when he obtained the clue to the Secret Immortal Gate's Cave Mansion in the Great Yi Immortal Domain. It came from an elder of the Lock Heaven Sect from the previous generation.

That elder of the Lock Heaven Sect unexpectedly passed away outside the mountain gate due to some matters, leaving behind a personal inheritance. Without the cultivation base of the Lock Heaven Sect's disciples, it was impossible to find that Cave Mansion, but it was unexpectedly obtained by the dark-skinned man.

He had never told anyone about this matter, it was his secret that he kept hidden. It was also from that time that he followed the clues and teleportation array positions passed down by that senior of the sect to investigate in the Great Yi Immortal Domain. Later, he had several encounters with Yi Qingzi, and in the end, he made her suffer a bitter defeat.

Because it had only been a short time since he obtained that opportunity, and the dark-skinned man had been investigating the matter of the Secret Immortal Gate's Cave Mansion all along, the creation technique on the jade slip was still at a stage where he had only scratched the surface.

Firstly, his most important task now as a half-step Violet Palace cultivator was to break through to the Violet Palace stage. Moreover, with his strength, as long as he was careful, he had no fear of anything.

On the other hand, in order to truly master the creation inheritance jade slip of the Lock Heaven Sect's elder, he needed a large number of materials, which was a heavy burden. The dark-skinned man planned to obtain the inheritance of the Secret Immortal Gate in the Great Yi Immortal Domain, and after undergoing the transformation of the Heavenly Human, he would return to the Lock Heaven Sect and use it as a hidden card to cultivate.

By then, he would be able to shine in the sect, gain more influence, and pave the way for his future position within the sect.

It could be said that the dark-skinned man had considered everything well, he could attack or defend, and he had almost put himself in an unbeatable position.

Unfortunately, man proposes, but God disposes. In the end, everything he did became Zheng Yi's stepping stone.

Not only did it indirectly help him get rid of Yi Qingzi, it also delivered the complete information of the Secret Immortal Gate's Cave Mansion into Zheng Yi's hands. Most importantly, it also came with a complete set of secret techniques from the Foundation Building Stage to the Nascent Soul realm, the creation and transformation technique.

"Creation Technique?"

"Five Yin Skin Horse Puppetry?!"

Previously, during the battle with Zheng Yi, the dark-skinned man had used some of the creation techniques from the inheritance jade slip.

As for the "Horse Puppetry" and "Five Yin Skin Horse" recorded in it, because the required materials and resources were too vast, even the dark-skinned man had not attempted them yet.

This was also the most important thing that Zheng Yi valued after studying the entire creation technique jade slip.

The creator of the creation technique, the true owner of the opportunity obtained by the dark-skinned man, was named "True Monarch of the Five Yin". His cultivation level was only at the Nascent Soul stage, but he was a very famous puppet master.

The cultivation world has inherited countless arts, and each one has its own unique features. If one studies them deeply and utilizes them well, they can even unleash extremely powerful force.

True Monarch of the Five Yin is just like this, considered to be one of the best puppet masters. He combined the secret technique "Transformation Art" passed down within the Lock Heaven Sect with his proficiency in puppetry, and ultimately, before his passing, he left behind his life's masterpiece, the "Creation Art".

Unfortunately, due to personal reasons, he passed away outside the sect, his vitality dried up, and he was unable to return to the sect to pass on his legacy. Instead, he placed his life's inheritance in the sect's transmission hall. He placed a restriction in his own Cave Mansion and left behind the Creation Art, which can only be opened by the core disciples who have mastered the Lock Heaven Sect's secret techniques. The dark-skinned man is one of these lucky individuals.

The core inheritance of the Five Yin True Monarch's "Creation Art" consists of three categories: Transformation, Pointing, and Fusion. It can be further divided into four major types: Five Yin Skin Puppets, Five Ghosts Carrying Soul Sedans, Blissful Divine Chariots, and Mindful Sanctuaries.

Among them, the "Five Yin Skin Puppetry" is the most fundamental secret technique in the entire Creation Art. The subsequent secret techniques are all based on this foundation and gradually ascend in the art of creation.

The "Five Yin Skin Puppetry," in simple terms, involves making skin puppets using human or animal skin, refining them with Yin Qi, infusing them with ghosts, and then using unique transformation, pointing, and fusion techniques to give the puppets a spirit, transforming them into semi-living puppet creations.

They serve as tools, mounts, and secret techniques for controlling puppets in battle.

Overall, although the Lock Heaven Sect is not a notorious demonic sect in the Profound Spirit Domain, it is still a somewhat unorthodox sect. This can be seen from the cultivation techniques practiced within the sect.

The Five Yin True Monarch was a well-known figure in the demonic path during his lifetime, so the "Creation Art" he passed down is filled with eerie and oppressive Yin Qi. The cultivation of this art cannot be separated from two things: corpses and souls.

Regardless of the cultivation method or steps used in the Lock Heaven Sect's Transformation and Pointing techniques, they ultimately rely on these two things.

"No wonder that dark-skinned man didn't cultivate the Creation Art. He has been investigating the secret Immortal Cave Mansion in Dayi Domain all along. The materials and refining process required for the Five Yin Skin Puppetry consume a great deal of energy and resources. He probably planned to wait until after dealing with the Immortal Cave Mansion and advancing to the Violet Palace before preparing. Unexpectedly, it has now fallen into my hands."

After a brief moment of contemplation, Zheng Yi understood what was going on and slowly spoke.

He examined the jade slip and found that the refining process for the "Five Yin Skin Puppetry" was extremely complex and tedious, requiring a powerful soul as a foundation.

After all, the Five Yin True Monarch was renowned as a puppet master during his lifetime, famous for his puppet combat techniques. The inheritance of this line of puppetry has always been known for its talent, with the most basic requirement being an exceptional soul. Without it, one cannot manipulate complex puppet operations, let alone comprehend the art of puppet refinement.

On the other hand, it also requires a large amount of materials.

The main materials needed are skin and souls, with the skin of cultivators being the best, followed by the skin of monsters, and the skin of mortals being the least desirable. A large number of ghost souls are also required.

While it may sound easy, it is not without its difficulties. If one were to encounter a great cultivation battle, they could definitely obtain enough materials to create the "Five Yin Skin Puppets." However, if relying solely on personal collection, it would not be an easy task to gather a sufficient quantity.

After all, even in the more brutal Demon Realm, a cultivator's body itself is a rare material resource, and many demonic cultivation techniques can make use of it. Acquiring a large number of cultivator corpses is not an easy task.

Not to mention the large number of ghost souls required.

In this aspect, Zheng Yi actually had an innate advantage and encountered no major issues. He could completely refine the "Five Yin Skin Puppets." Once the quantity and refining techniques reached a certain level, he could attempt higher-level secret techniques such as the "Five Ghosts Carrying Soul Sedans," as well as the more advanced "Blissful Divine Chariots" and "Mindful Sanctuaries."

Of course, the latter few are extremely advanced creations that Zheng Yi cannot currently attempt. He will have to wait for future opportunities to study them slowly.

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(End of this chapter)