And within this brief breath, his life and death were suddenly decided.

Zhao Sheng appeared out of thin air above the skeleton's head, a hint of mockery at the corner of his mouth, as he formed a spell with his hands to once again activate the Thunder Gourd above...

The Thunder Gourd immediately burst out with dazzling brilliance, spraying a stream of extremely strange "black smoke" from its mouth.

The "black smoke" floated lightly like emptiness, yet acted like a living thing, quickly piercing into the skeleton's head, and instantly invaded Xuan Zhan's Primordial Spirit Magic Body.

This strange "black smoke" was another hidden card Zhao Sheng had up his sleeve. It was the final trace of filth "Devil Essence" from a True Immortal Demon Thought, and its destructive power was immeasurable.

According to Zhao Sheng's expectations, once a cultivator below the True Immortal Realm is tainted by the "Devil Essence," they will inevitably be plagued by inner demons and most likely die from going into a demonic frenzy.

The lower the realm of the cultivator, the faster they fall into demonic madness.

Even a Tribulation Crossing Venerable can remain conscious for a hundred years under the pollution of Devil Essence, but the Returning to Void Realm cultivator may not last even an hour.

After all, the rank of the filthy "Devil Essence" is too high, almost equivalent to the eternal thoughts of a True Immortal.

In an instant, a black spot suddenly appeared on Xuan Zhan's Primordial Spirit Magic Body. The black spot rapidly grew and expanded, infinitely splitting and eroding like a living thing, causing the Primordial Spirit Magic Body to visibly twist and blur, with countless strange and bizarre demon shadows appearing around the Primordial Spirit one after another.

At that moment, countless eerie and inexplicable murmurs suddenly sounded from deep within Xuan Zhan's consciousness. Even though he endeavored to erase these murmurs, not only could he not eliminate them, but they also became increasingly clear and grand.

Gradually, the murmurs seemed to become continuous Taoist law sounds, constantly expounding endless Great Dao truths.

Though Xuan Zhan worked hard to stay awake, his spirit was quickly drawn to the "Great Dao truths," and his consciousness instantly fell completely into it, unable to wake up again...

Not long after, deep within the space-time secret realm, a large area of law golden light was like a pool of clear water suddenly stained with a drop of ink, the golden light quickly turned pitch black and foul, as countless eerie shadows spawned from it, howling bizarrely while rushing towards the two living beings in the secret realm.

Sili Fengyun was already trapped inside the skeleton, unable to escape, and now had nowhere to run. Her Primordial Spirit Magic Body immediately suffered from the ink essence pollution, soon meeting the same fate as Xuan Zhan.

Meanwhile, the giant jade skeleton, as large as a mountain, had mostly turned pitch black, with countless jade bones occupied by one eerie shadow after another, starting to twist and bounce violently, seemingly becoming independent entities.

Zhao Sheng saw this scene and was shocked in his heart, for the changes before him exceeded his expectations.

To prevent the demon thoughts from continuing to grow, he immediately acted before the situation got out of control, forming spells with his hands and chanting the Demon Refining Mantra.

In an instant, clusters of Demon Refining Heart Fire rose continuously from the Purple Cloud Thunder Domain, most lightning shooting into the jade skeleton while some Demon Refining Heart Fire scattered around, striving to capture the free eerie shadow demon thoughts, then slowly refining them...

After dozens of breaths, the Thunder Giant visibly shrank, Zhao Sheng quickly reverted to a normal stature, with his aura becoming weary and dispirited.

However, he was well prepared, immediately taking out several bottles of high-grade Treasure Pills, swallowing them all at once, and in a blink, his aura soared, and the Demon Refining Heart Fire swelled together, greatly increasing its power.

But unbeknownst to Zhao Sheng, the Kui Niu Treasure gradually embedded into his Primordial Spirit, with the invisible connection between them becoming increasingly inseparable until it could no longer be severed!

At the same time, his flesh underwent unknown changes, which Zhao Sheng might not detect until he breaks through the Returning to Void Realm, revealing the mysterious transformation of his primordial cells.

...

Days after, the secret realm space had dwindled to around four hundred and eighty feet.

Countless inexplicable murmurs echoed endlessly within the secret realm, with the jade skeleton faintly collapsing, its limbs fully detached from the main body.

One after another, dark jade bones flew through the sky, while emitting various strange roars and screeches.

Zhao Sheng turned a deaf ear, sitting cross-legged atop the skeleton head with his eyes closed, surrounded by thirty to forty clusters of Demon Refining Heart Fire.

Underneath him, two eerie monsters engaged in fierce combat within the jade skeleton: one a human-headed porcupine full of spikes, and the other a bald bizarre bird with hundreds of strange fleshy wings.

The two monsters fought each other while constantly eyeing Zhao Sheng above, their gazes filled with greed and wickedness, seemingly poised to launch a sneak attack at any moment.

Yet, the invisible net of fire formed by the three layers of Demon Refining Heart Fire tightly trapped the two monsters within the skeleton's belly, giving them no chance to escape or counterattack.

Huh?

After half a day, Zhao Sheng suddenly opened his eyes, sharply gazing outside the secret realm.

At that moment, a winged White Tiger enshrouded in golden light abruptly charged into the space-time of the secret realm, holding a ragged human body in its mouth.

With a thunderous rumble, a rhombus crystal column suddenly appeared in front of Zhao Sheng, with two apricot-yellow Thunder Gourds also manifesting out of thin air, their mouths spewing thunder light, radiating strong destructive aura.

Thousands of purple lightning flashed across the rhombus crystal column, its facets coursing with dazzling thunder, like a purple sun, with condensed fiery thunder light shooting across the sky.

Then, Zhao Sheng's eyebrows twitched, as Demon Refining Heart Fire around him spun like meteors across the sky, surprisingly driving reclusive demon shadows to frantically surge towards the winged White Tiger.

The white-haired girl saw this horrifying scene and was suddenly shocked, followed by an inexplicable fear arising in her mind, as if glimpsing an absolute natural enemy!

Immediately after, countless inexplicable murmurs rang in her mind.

In that instant, the white-haired girl suddenly recalled something, and her imposing and majestic tiger face instantly turned wild.

The next second, the White Tiger girl suddenly turned around and fled from the secret realm at the fastest speed.

Seeing her flee, Zhao Sheng did not pursue to kill.

Currently, no matter how crucial other matters may be, none held greater importance than refining the strange demon thoughts.

Should these strange demon thoughts escape, the Da Chun Realm nearest to Moonlight Cave Heaven would be the first to suffer, leaving life devastated and ravaged.

Most importantly, he absolutely could not bear such massive cause and effect.

If the Heavenly Dao of the realm becomes angry, he could never ascend to the Spirit Realm, even if ascending through the Otherworld, someday he might still die in a tribulation.

With the constant improvement of his cultivation realm, Zhao Sheng has grown increasingly reverent of the legendary Tao of cause and effect, and firmly believes in the notion of karmic retribution.

...

Within the space-time secret realm, Zhao Sheng diligently and meticulously refined the eerie demon shadows, not daring to slack even a little.

Time flew by unknowingly, with years passing in an instant.

Now, within the secret realm, apart from the two most powerful demon thought monsters, all other eerie demon shadows had been refined away.

Zhao Sheng's eyes dimmed, his complexion haggard, with thunder light fiercely flickering around him, clearly indicating a severe depletion of his own will.

Beneath him, the jade skeleton had collapsed into a heap of bones as high as a small mountain, with most jade bones turning ashy and black, already decayed and tattered.

In mid-air, the human-headed porcupine and winged grotesque bird were both enveloped in blazing Demon Refining Heart Fire, roaring madly and crashing into all sides, yet their bodies grew increasingly weak and transparent, shrinking to only eight or nine feet in height.

Meanwhile, the Pocket World Spirit Core's radiance grew dim, appearing like a giant, pale Light Ball the size of a water tank, completely devoid of its former luster.

Zhao Sheng knew that this Spirit Core had suffered repeated heavy blows, dispersing nearly thirty percent of its accumulated Taoist law, now barely maintaining its form, almost at the brink of collapse.

Watching the gradually collapsing space-time secret realm, Zhao Sheng couldn't help murmuring to himself, "Strange! So much time has passed now. Why hasn't the Upper Realm ancestor, whom Sili Fengyun spoke of, arrived? Could something have delayed them?... Or was Sili Fengyun completely lying?"

This thought just flashed by, only to be promptly dismissed by him.

With Sili Fengyun's wisdom, she should have considered this aspect, and had the capability to arrange everything properly.

Currently, since reinforcements have not arrived, there must be secrets unknown to him.

Certainly, Zhao Sheng inwardly eagerly hoped the arrival of the Upper Realm's higher being would be delayed as much as possible, ideally until he finished refining the demon thoughts, taking the Spirit Core, and erasing all traces before their arrival.

With Sili Fengyun's wisdom, she should have considered this aspect and had the capability to arrange everything properly.

Currently, since reinforcements have not arrived, there must be secrets unknown to him.

Certainly, Zhao Sheng inwardly eagerly hoped the arrival of the Upper Realm's higher being would be delayed as much as possible, ideally until he finished refining the demon thoughts, taking the Spirit Core, and erasing all traces before their arrival.

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