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"Third Junior Brother, do you have any idea what kind of existence that person I mentioned is?" Xue Ning'er could only say this, her beautiful face now looking unspeakably ugly.

She could never have imagined that someone who hadn't even achieved the first certification of true cultivation could exert such tremendous pressure on her.

This was something not even those who had attained the second certification of the Ghost Path could do!

"I don't know, but I do know that the person you speak of cannot come to the Jiawu Realm," Tan Shuchang said in a gentle tone. After all, even if the other party could come, it would most likely just be an incarnation.

And if it were an incarnation of the Ghost Path, then the more the merrier.

It stands to reason that an existence referred to as a 'great person' by those certified in the Ghost Path, even an incarnation of theirs, should at least be equivalent to a Living Dead Yin God.

"Good!"

Xue Ning'er threw the blood-colored broken sword directly at Tan Shuchang.

At the same time, she fixed her gaze steadily on Tan Shuchang, wanting to see how he would suppress the Ghost Spring Demon Sword – after all, even that 'great person' had not been able to subdue it!

Then, she saw a stream of blood surge from behind Tan Shuchang and swallow the demon sword whole.

The broken demon sword struggled briefly but to no avail.

Xue Ning'er was stunned.

Because the 'great person' had told her about the Secluded Spring Blood Demon – this demon king, due to being born in an incomprehensible Blood Spring, could summon that very Blood Spring to his aid no matter where he reincarnated.

The most common scene was the surging of blood water, just as it was now.

After using the Coexistent Blood Pool to suppress the demon sword, Tan Shuchang retracted all anomalies and then invited with a light chuckle, "Senior Sister, please!"

Xue Ning'er had initially planned to throw the Ghost Spring Demon Sword and run, but after seeing Tan Shuchang conjure blood water out of thin air, she nodded and flew towards Black Heart Mountain, wanting to observe him further.

However, as familiar scenes began to unfold, Xue Ning'er couldn't help but have some of her memories from before her death stirred, and soon a dreadful green light began to churn incessantly in her eyes.

This was her ghostly nature significantly overwhelming her human nature.

Tan Shuchang sensed Xue Ning'er's change from afar, but he did not reach out to help, as he had not followed her.

He gestured to Dongdong and then headed together with the little girl to a hidden place in Heavenly Sword Mansion within Qinghe City. Upon arrival, Dongdong couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you afraid of the trouble this demon sword might bring?"

However, as she asked, Dongdong's expression showed disbelief, because when she confronted that fierce ghost earlier, she had been completely immobilized at first.

But this demon cultivator had not only disregarded the other's oppression, but he had also forced the other side to give up the demon sword to him.

"We'll deal with the trouble later. Take out your spiritual treasure, and let's extract the sword spirit inside first. Then, if you don't gain anything from trying to comprehend this broken sword, we can take it to the Sword Presentation Festival," Tan Shuchang said.

Had it not been for his special constitution that generated a strong urge to consume when facing the sword, he wouldn't have insisted on taking this broken demon sword.

Only then did Dongdong realize that this demon cultivator wasn't interested in the sword itself but in the sword spirit within.

With a gentle twist of her fair little hand, the spiritual treasure, the Heavenly Sword, flew out.

The blade hummed softly, and without Dongdong lifting a finger, the spiritual treasure struck the broken demon sword as if it were facing a mortal enemy.

Yet, the Ghost Spring Demon Sword remained unaffected.

So, the little girl closed her eyes slightly, and the realm of the Sword Dao from Sword Heart Universe began to exert pressure!

The initially unstoppable Heavenly Sword immediately gained strength, while the Ghost Spring Demon Sword began to look dull, especially at the break where the emitted Sword Qi completely dissipated.

Thus, the sword spirit was extracted.

This sword spirit, akin to Tan Shuchang's Coexistent Blood Pool but only the size of a hand, was full of malevolence, with a dense ghostly nature. Upon its release, the cold winds swept through and the sky turned murky, only to be suppressed by Tan Shuchang using the Blood Pool.

The anomalies vanished instantly, and without the sword spirit, the Sword Dao within the Ghost Spring Demon Sword began to emanate.

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Seeing this, Dongdong quickly began to comprehend.

Her sword Dao talent was unparalleled in the world, allowing her to keenly perceive the incredible sword Dao contained within this broken sword.

Tan Shuchang watched the little girl comprehend with real ability. He tried himself but, always unable to grasp the concept, finally summoned the Coexistent Blood Pool to create a small world.

Then, he began to refine the Sword Spirit.

A piece of fat in hand should be eaten as quickly as possible! Otherwise, the fate of those demons in 'Journey to the West' who captured Tang Sanzang served as an excellent warning.

If they had just directly gnawed on him, not even the monkey with the thunderous face could have saved him.

This Sword Spirit of the Ghost Spring Demon Sword contained the contingency of the Secluded Spring Blood Demon, as well as contingencies from the Land of Yin and Darkness. However, after being refined by Tan Shuchang and transformed into the power lifting the Lotus Platform, these contingencies became virtually useless.

He even obtained the legacy within it.

A "Secluded Spring Blood River Demon Scripture," a path to the Netherworld Demon Body.

The former meticulously recorded how to communicate with the Blood Spring, how to become a part of the Blood Spring, and then how to use the Blood Spring to nourish oneself. Once successful in cultivation, one would acquire the Ghost Spring Demon Body, achieving immortality, invulnerable to death.

But Tan Shuchang felt it was a trap.

Because only if the Blood Spring was eternal could the cultivator of the Ghost Spring Demon Body achieve immortality, and even this was not as good as the "Sevenfold Demonic Body Scripture." Although cultivating the "Sevenfold Demonic Body Scripture" to the seventh realm would only create a powerful demon body without life-extending and immortality effects, and even its boost to combat power was not one-tenth of the Ghost Spring Demon Body's.

However, the demon body cultivated from this "Sevenfold Demonic Body Scripture" truly had no side effects or consequences.

The Heartless Old Man's method of cultivating power by devouring humans was not derived from this demon technique.

After all, the "Sevenfold Demonic Body Scripture" was just a superior cultivation technique, whereas the method of cultivating through devouring seemed more advanced than this demon technique.

"Perhaps, only the Secluded Spring Blood Demon who cultivates this demon technique could achieve the true Ghost Spring Demon Body; others who practice it would only become nourishment for the Blood Spring," Tan Shuchang thought, slightly shaking his head, as this was a typical demon path ploy.

Nevertheless, the records of the first, second, and third proofs on it expanded Tan Shuchang's thinking, enabling him to find a specific method to cultivate the fifth volume of the "Cross Calamity Immortal Scripture."

Although he had already obtained two techniques that aimed straight at the first proof and even derived hidden methods from the "Shadow Retaining Immortal Secret Tome," Tan Shuchang was no longer planning to achieve the first proof through these two methods.

Having accumulated a millennium of cultivation power, he would gain the mysterious immortal fate from the Jiawu Realm, and to use such an immortal destiny on the first proof within the "Shadow Retaining Immortal Secret Tome," seemed somewhat wasteful.

Although no one told him, Tan Shuchang felt that the different methodologies of the first proof would yield different strengths after the first proof.

Some methods of the first proof might even lead to failure in the second proof.

After studying the "Secluded Spring Blood River Demon Scripture," Tan Shuchang immediately delved into comprehending the Netherworld Demon Body. Continue your saga on empire

This study, creation of techniques, and comprehension all took place on the Lotus Platform, so Tan Shuchang did it for twelve years, but in reality, it was only an instant.

With the underworld spirits lifting the Lotus Platform three times, Tan Shuchang's cultivation power increased by thirty-six years, advancing to eight hundred and sixty-eight years. Although he did not break through to nine hundred years, Tan Shuchang was satisfied.

Because refining this Sword Spirit not only enhanced his six basic abilities in his undying blood form once more.

Originally, although these six basic abilities were strong, they could not be used simultaneously.

But now they could!

In the undying blood form, no matter how many pieces he was broken into, each piece could adjust its size at will, transforming into shadows shuttling through the void. Simultaneously, he could wield the blood shadow incarnation, taking on the appearance of various Mountain-Sea Beasts.

But this time's gains were far from just this; Tan Shuchang's comprehension of the Netherworld Demon Body led him to a method allowing him to possess an incarnation with the first proof level of power from the Ghost Path.

After all, the fact that the first proof had already been achieved by the senior disciple sister from the Land of Yin and Darkness meant there were no restrictions on the first proof there.

"Just right, I gained that technique and haven't had the chance to trouble Master yet!" Tan Shuchang was ready to turn the fire essence spirit into a will-o'-the-wisp, and then complete the Ghost Path first proof in the Land of Yin and Darkness.