Chapter 341: Chapter 202: Demon Country
The moment those Yin Death Demons were bound by the Spiritual Light Chains, they completely lost their ability to resist. They were sucked into the Pot World inside the Demon-Catching Tripod.
As High Tier Celestial Demons, the Sun Demon and Moon Demon still had the strength to struggle, but they were rapidly losing control of their Demonic Qi. They cried out in alarm, erupting with both Yin and Yang Demonic Qi in an attempt to break free from the Spiritual Light Chains. However, their previously infallible Demonic Qi had no effect on these chains whatsoever.
The chilling moonlight Demonic Qi and the blazing Great Sun Demon Qi instead made the Spiritual Light Chains wrapped around them even tougher.
"This is the Demon-Catching Tripod!"
The two Demons cried out in alarm. As High Tier Celestial Demons, they were naturally not completely ignorant of the Demon-Catching Tripod, a Spiritual Artifact that severely restrained them. ’But why is this Demon-Catching Tripod’s suppression of Celestial Demons so much stronger than the legends claim?’
They fell directly to the ground, both using their Qi Power to resist the pull of the Spiritual Light Chains. But soon, without the support of their Demonic Qi, the two Celestial Demons’ bodies slid unstoppably toward the Demon-Catching Tripod.
A moment later, the two rarely seen High Tier Celestial Demons fell into the Demon-Catching Tripod.
Yang Jing pulled the Profound Essence Chain, yanking the Demon-Catching Tripod out of the Demon Realm. He then activated the Celestial Demon Blood Transformation Divine Light, refining all the Celestial Demons in the cauldron—aside from the two High Tier ones—into Blood Pearls.
"I’ll leave these two High Tier Celestial Demons for you to refine."
The Wanhua Child excitedly spat out all the Blood Pearls in the cauldron, then began refining the Sun Demon and the Moon Demon.
The two Celestial Demons held out a little longer than the Five Aggregates Demon, but not by much. In the end, they still became two patterns on the cauldron’s body.
After refining the two High Tier Celestial Demons, the Ten Thousand Transformations Demon Prohibition was further perfected. The cauldron’s body, already glittering with golden light, became even more dazzlingly brilliant.
A stream of Taiyin Essence Qi and a stream of Sun Essence Qi were spat out by the Demon-Catching Tripod. This was the Heaven and Earth Essence Qi that had been nurtured within the two Celestial Demons’ bodies, which the Demon-Catching Tripod could not refine.
Both types of Essence Qi were extremely precious. If Yang Jing wanted to condense an equivalent amount of Essence Qi using his Nine Breath Qi Refining Talent, it would take him at least twenty years of hard work.
He drew up the stream of Taiyin Essence Qi, sealed it in a Jade Bottle, and gave it to Iron Head.
Iron Head cultivated the True Yang Body and had a problem with excess Yang Qi. This Taiyin Essence Qi was perfect for him to refine into his Five Elements Wheel to balance his Yin and Yang.
As for the other stream of Sun Essence Qi, Yang Jing directed it straight into the Golden Crow Pure Yang Mirror.
As Yang Jing’s power grew, the mirror had become less and less useful. This stream of Sun Essence Qi was just what it needed for an upgrade.
After the Sun Essence Qi fell onto the surface of the Golden Crow Pure Yang Mirror, the Pure Yang Mirror immediately released ten thousand rays of golden light. It went silent a few breaths later, and even the Spiritual Essence within the mirror retracted, as if it had become a completely lifeless object.
Seeing the Golden Crow Pure Yang Mirror’s reaction, Yang Jing instead showed a look of delight.
The Golden Crow Pure Yang Mirror was originally a Tier Three Magical Treasure that had been downgraded to a Tier Two Spiritual Artifact after suffering a calamity. Its foundation as a Magical Treasure was still intact. After it completely refined this stream of Sun Essence Qi, it might be able to recover into a Tier Three Magical Treasure.
It was just that when a Magical Treasure was downgraded, its Artifact Spirit would perish. After being promoted back to a Magical Treasure, the new Artifact Spirit would not be the same as the original.
’If the original Artifact Spirit were still around, I might have been able to learn many of the Nine Yang Sect’s secrets from its memories.’
Yang Jing pushed the thoughts from his mind.
"After losing three High Tier Celestial Demons in a row, the Celestial Demons in the Demon Realm will definitely be on high alert. We should find a new spot."
High Tier Celestial Demons possessed extremely high intelligence; in terms of cunning, they even surpassed humans. The loss of three High Tier Celestial Demons was a heavy blow, even for a place as vast and teeming with Celestial Demons as the Nine Yang Demon Realm.
If the Celestial Demons in the Demon Realm had no organized system, their reaction to such a loss would be very slow.
But it was highly likely that the Celestial Demons had established a Demon Country in the Nine Yang Demon Realm. In that case, their reaction would be very swift. The next to arrive would either be a massive horde of Celestial Demons led by a High Tier Celestial Demon, or multiple High Tier Celestial Demons.
Inside the Demon Realm, the Demon-Catching Tripod was already at its limit handling two High Tier Celestial Demons.
Yang Jing had no intention of clashing head-on with the Outer Celestial Demons from the Demon Realm at this time. Given how efficient the Demon-Catching Tripod was at capturing Celestial Demons, he could first focus on steadily depleting their numbers in the Demon Realm, thereby weakening the Demon Country’s power.
Right now, compared to the Celestial Demons trapped in the Demon Realm, they were the ones who held the initiative.
With this in mind, Yang Jing cast a Curse to pull the Earth Escape Stake out of the ground.
He also instructed Chi Yu, Ji Feng, and Yellow Foot not to leave the Seven Luminaries Demon-Slaying Array no matter what happened. As long as the Array was active, the Great Demons, who were at the Foundation Establishment Realm at most, posed no threat to the three of them inside.
Before long, Yinjiao returned, carrying three enormous Demons: a Demon Wolf, a Demon Bear, and a Demon Snake.
The Demon Wolf and Demon Bear were only Little Demons at the Qi Cultivation Realm, while the Demon Snake was a Great Demon at the Foundation Establishment Realm.
Although the Demon Snake’s cultivation had reached the Middle Stage, it was like an infant before Yinjiao, completely powerless to resist.
"Master, these are probably the only three Demon Beasts in the surrounding area."
Although the area around the Nine Yang Demon Realm was desolate, the number of Demons and wild animals was not large thanks to regular clearings by the Demon Suppression Army. This was to prevent Celestial Demons from the Demon Realm from possessing animals and Demons to cause trouble.
It was only because Yinjiao’s Tunneling Speed was extremely fast and his Spiritual Sense was sharp that he was able to catch these three Demons in such a short time.
Yang Jing nodded and had the Demon-Catching Tripod suck the three Demons into its Cauldron Space. The situation had changed, and it was no longer suitable to use the Demons’ blood to lure Celestial Demons. ’Looks like they’ll just have to be an extra meal for the disciples later.’
"Iron Head, you will stay in the Seven Luminaries Demon-Slaying Array and watch over your junior brothers and sisters. Yinjiao and I will go hunt Celestial Demons."
"Yes, Master!"
Iron Head possessed Bright Qi Talent and the Grotto Dark Dharma Eye. Ordinary Celestial Demons would never be able to deceive his eyes.
"The Celestial Demon that was able to subjugate numerous Black Heaven True Demons and establish a Demon Country in the Demon Realm must be extraordinary. Iron Head, you must not be careless."
Yang Jing couldn’t help but add another word of caution.
"Please rest assured, Master. I will diligently guard the Seven Luminaries Demon-Slaying Array."
Yang Jing placed the slumbering Golden Crow Pure Yang Mirror inside the Array before riding a cloud away with the Demon-Catching Tripod and Yinjiao.
The Nine Yang Demon Realm covered a large area. Yang Jing flew nearly a thousand li around the Demon Realm, only stopping his cloud when he spotted a cluster of Celestial Demons with his Grotto Dark Dharma Eye. He drove the Earth Escape Stake into the ground and tied the Profound Essence Chain and the Demon-Catching Tripod to it.
Yinjiao lifted the heavy body of the Demon-Catching Tripod with both hands, held it in his arms, and hurled it with all his might into the Demon Realm.
Having cultivated the Supreme Nine Transformations of the Dragon Scripture, his Qi Power was not much inferior to his senior brother Iron Head’s. The heavy Demon-Catching Tripod immediately let out a piercing whistle as it fell into the Demon Realm.
The huge commotion immediately attracted the Outer Celestial Demons. Dense Spiritual Light Chains shot out in an instant, sucking the Celestial Demons into the cauldron.
Yang Jing watched the Demon-Catching Tripod’s efficiency at clearing out Celestial Demons. It was even faster than when he used his Thunder Summoning Technique to exterminate them.
The Demon-Catching Tripod was incredibly effective against Celestial Demons. However, even at the height of the Western Demon Sect’s power, they probably wouldn’t have dared to hunt Celestial Demons so recklessly.
Cultivating by Breathing and Exhaling Demon Qi naturally put one under the thumb of the Outer Celestial Demons.
Only a disciple of a Taoist Sect like Yang Jing, who didn’t need to absorb Demonic Qi to cultivate and had no such scruples, could use the Demon-Catching Tripod to its full potential.
A moment later, the Demon-Catching Tripod had captured every Celestial Demon in the vicinity.
Yang Jing and Yinjiao immediately worked together to drag it out of the Demon Realm, then moved to another location and repeated the process.
After one day, the vast Cauldron Space was packed with a dense mass of Celestial Demons.
The Celestial Demons grew agitated, causing the Demon-Catching Tripod’s body to emit a heavy humming sound. The Wanhua Child looked as if he were facing a great enemy. Quantity was turning into quality; he was about to lose his ability to suppress the Celestial Demons.
’It seems seven thousand six hundred Celestial Demons is the limit.’
Yang Jing took a count of the Celestial Demons in the Demon-Catching Tripod. He then channeled the Celestial Demon Blood Transformation Divine Light, turning all the Celestial Demons inside into Blood Pearls. Because there were so many, he even had to rest for a moment midway through to recover his Magical Power.
The entire Demon Realm was now short over ten thousand Celestial Demons, but the dense Demonic Qi within the realm hadn’t diminished in the slightest. Only Outer Celestial Demons could maintain such a high density. If it had been Cultivators in the Demon Realm, they would have long since breathed all the Spiritual Qi dry.
After all, these Celestial Demons could easily survive even in the desolate Outer Realm.
After putting the piles of Blood Pearls into his Storage Bag, Yang Jing once again threw the Demon-Catching Tripod into the Demon Realm to see if he could catch any High Tier Celestial Demons. These Low-level Celestial Demons were born and died at will in the Outer Realm, their numbers nearly infinite. No matter how many he killed, they could be quickly replenished through the rifts.
Only the High Tier Celestial Demons were beings who commanded their own territories even in the void beyond the heavens; once lost, they were difficult to replace in a short time.
A moment later, a Three Corpses Bone Demon indeed came to investigate. This Celestial Demon, who occupied its own territory, had perhaps not yet received the news. The Three Corpses Bone Demon flew through the air carelessly, completely unguarded.
To High Tier Celestial Demons, Low-level Celestial Demons were equivalent to livestock being ranched. When some of its livestock was lost, it naturally had to come and investigate.
The Demon-Catching Tripod unceremoniously used its Spiritual Light Chains to swallow the Three Corpses Bone Demon into the Cauldron Space.
The Demon-Catching Tripod had refined this type of Demon before. Yang Jing immediately used the Celestial Demon Blood Transformation Divine Light, turning the Three Corpses Bone Demon into a Blood Pearl the size of a bowl. An aromatic scent of blood and qi immediately wafted from the Blood Pearl.
[Celestial Demon Blood Transformation (Legendary): 104%]
The progress of his Celestial Demon Blood Transformation had inched forward again.
The Demon Dao was bizarre. The Celestial Demon Blood Transformation Talent was the only one of his many Talents that could evolve on its own. All Yang Jing needed to do was to continuously use it to slay High Tier Celestial Demons.
For most Cultivators, simply escaping with their lives when facing a High Tier Celestial Demon was already a difficult feat.
After all its Demonic Qi was turned into a Blood Pearl, all that remained of the Three Corpses Bone Demon was a pile of white bones. The Wanhua Child didn’t mind that these were leftovers, happily refining them.
"Let’s go."
Yang Jing said.
He decided to change locations after hunting each High Tier Celestial Demon.
