Chapter 289: Chapter 208: Broken Gold Blessed Land
’A method for forming a Fake Pill...’
Qin Xuan’s expression grew excited, and his breathing quickened.
The so-called Fake Pill was a clever workaround.
It involved using an external object to compress one’s True Essence into an Energy Core that resembled a Golden Core.
This allowed a Cultivator in the Purple Mansion Realm to wield some of the power of the Golden Core Stage ahead of time.
However, a Fake Pill had limited potential and was ultimately no match for the profundity of a genuine Golden Core.
’The common methods for forming a Fake Pill usually use the Inner Core of a Tier Four Golden Core Great Demon as the foundation.’
’However, the Cyan Nether Demon Monarch’s Five Poison Coagulation Pill Chapter is even more ingenious.’
This Secret Technique took a different path. It didn’t follow the traditional Golden Core Dao or require the Inner Core of a Tier Four Golden Core Great Demon. Instead, it only required gathering five Poison Attribute Demon Pills from creatures at the peak of the Purple Mansion Realm.
Specifically, a Water Toad, a Wood Centipede, a Fire Scorpion, an Earth Spider, and a Gold Snake!
Using the principles of mutual generation and destruction among the Five Poisonous Creatures, one could construct the Five Poison Reincarnation Secret Array within their body to smelt and condense a Five Poison False Pill.
Although its power couldn’t compare to a true Golden Core, it was enough to make one invincible within the Purple Mansion Realm.
Most importantly, it didn’t even matter if one failed to gather all five Purple Mansion Peak Demon Pills.
With each additional Demon Pill, a Cultivator’s combat power would increase by a full level!
Qin Xuan thought of the Red Armored Poison Centipede from before.
’In other words, if I perform Refinement on this Wood Attribute Centipede Demon Pill from a Purple Mansion Peak beast, my combat power will rise to another level!’
’What a find! A true treasure.’
This Iron Order was the Cyan Nether Demon Monarch’s true core legacy!
’If I hadn’t obtained the Five Poison True Understanding and happened to kill those two Demon Beasts with conflicting attributes... this item would have likely remained hidden, gathering dust.’
For three thousand years, countless Demon Cultivators from the Holy Sect had passed through this place. All the treasures in the Cyan Nether Demon Monarch’s Cave Mansion had been picked clean.
Unfortunately, they had either died to the Restrictions and Demon Beasts...
...or had focused only on the obvious battles, walking right past the most precious legacy of all.
Qin Xuan marveled at the wondrous nature of fate.
To him, this fragment of the Five Poison Coagulation Pill Chapter was even more precious than a Divinity Transformation legacy.
There was no other reason for it—this was something that could tangibly increase his combat power!
Furthermore, it pointed to a viable path on the great Dao after the Purple Mansion Realm.
’Too bad I’m not of a Demon Monarch’s Bloodline. Otherwise, why would I even need this Fake Pill Method? I could cultivate the Golden Core Dao directly!’
Qin Xuan carefully put the Iron Order away.
The trip had been perilous, but his gains had far exceeded his expectations.
He suppressed his racing thoughts and was about to carefully inspect the secret niche for any other items.
Suddenly, his gaze was drawn to a faint glimmer of light from a crevice in the rock wall behind the stone platform.
Brushing away the dust, he saw a peculiar Spiritual Plant rooted within the rock.
The plant was no more than a foot tall. Its entire body was like carved white jade, translucent and crystalline, and it had three heart-shaped leaves.
The veins of the leaves were a faint gold, and at its top, it supported a milky-white fruit the size of a longan, wreathed in a hazy, pure glow.
’This is... a Purifying Poison Heart Orchid?’
A flicker of astonishment crossed Qin Xuan’s eyes.
Within a one-foot radius of the Spiritual Plant, no poisonous miasma could encroach and no dust could settle. It emanated a pure aura that brought a sense of tranquility to the soul.
’In a land of extreme poison, a thing of extreme purity is born... The workings of heaven and earth are truly wondrous.’
The Purifying Poison Heart Orchid could only be nurtured over countless years in the most toxic and foul of lands, born from absorbing and purifying myriad poisons.
Its fruit, the Bright Heart Fruit, had the miraculous effect of cleansing Heart Demons and stabilizing one’s Divine Soul.
’This must be the Fifth-Grade Opportunity mentioned in the Divination.’
Qin Xuan proceeded with extreme caution, preparing to remove this rare natural treasure along with the rock it was rooted in.
However, the very instant his fingertip touched the jade-like stem, something unexpected happened!
The faint gold veins on the Purifying Poison Heart Orchid’s three heart-shaped leaves suddenly lit up, emitting a soft yet irresistible light.
The entire secret niche trembled slightly, and the ground beneath Qin Xuan’s feet began to sink silently downward.
It revealed a dark, deep passage slanting down into the unknown!
A surge of sharp, metallic Sword Qi, thick with the aura of a Blood Fiend, gushed up from the passage below.
Startled, Qin Xuan reacted instantly, steadying himself. After a moment’s thought, he plucked the Purifying Poison Heart Orchid and sealed it in a jade box.
Then, with a flicker of movement, he cautiously stepped into the passage.
The passage was not long, and it opened up into a vast, open space at its end.
The scenery here was completely different from the Poison Cave Mansion above!
The sky was a dark red, like congealed blood.
Strange, craggy rocks littered the ground, and everywhere, ores of every kind glinted with a metallic sheen!
An aura of Blood Fiend and sharp, metallic qi permeated the air.
’This is... a separate Blessed Land?’
Qin Xuan was inwardly shaken.
The Spiritual Qi here was mixed but exceptionally dense, especially the metal and earth attributes, which had almost solidified into physical substance.
What astonished him even more was the sight of an even more massive skeleton in the center of the Blessed Land!
The skeleton was not humanoid. Its joints were massive, and its bones shone with a dark, golden metallic luster.
Even from a great distance, he could feel the remnants of a heart-stopping power.
Beside the skeleton lay scattered fragments of ancient, simple artifacts. The Talismans inscribed upon them were completely different from the Cyan Nether Demon Monarch’s Demon Runes.
And not far from the giant skeleton, the remains of a much smaller, dark green toad lay prone on the ground, still faintly exuding the pressure of a Golden Core.
A massive stone tablet pinned it to the ground.
Broken Gold Blessed Land!
’So that’s how it is!’
Qin Xuan understood instantly. ’The core of this Secret Realm isn’t the place where the Cyan Nether Demon Monarch died, but the Cave Mansion of the Giant Spirit Blood Demon!’
’The Cyan Nether Demon Monarch must have stumbled into this place by mistake. He wasn’t killed by a Nascent Soul Demon Monarch; instead, he clashed with the Giant Spirit Blood Demon and was slain by it! Only afterward was the Giant Spirit Blood Demon brought down by the Daqian Nascent Soul Daoist Monarch’s Curse Killing, perishing here!’
Qin Xuan’s eyes burned with fervor. He finally understood everything.
