NOVPUB"Cao Defang, you need to escape quickly—I can’t hold out for much longer. A Nascent Soul from Eternal Night Palace has arrived, and the other two are on their way. I can only stay for one day at most; otherwise, I’ll be surrounded. Make your decision quickly."
These were the words of Blood Shadow Ancestor.
"Cao Defang, if you come out and surrender now, and if you are not Meng Yu, Eternal Night Palace guarantees not to harm you. All past grievances will be erased—how about it?"
Outside, Master Jin was offering terms, but Meng Yu was dismissive.
"What, you think I’m Meng Yu?"
"Fine, fine, fine, if you say so."
"Come on then, rush in and kill me."
Meng Yu’s stance was firm in response to Master Jin’s probing. If you think I’m Meng Yu, then I am; you want me to prove I’m not? Sorry, I won’t give you that proof.
Why?
When the enemy starts being reasonable, it’s only because they are compelled to be—so why bother with them?
They saw him as dangerously vulnerable, but in truth, in a law-protected world, Meng Yu was not afraid at all.
The Golden Core cultivators gathered in the basement, listening to Meng Yu’s arrangements.
"My friends, I have visited the Blood God Sect before. I spoke with them and learned their Blood Transmutation Divine Saber and Blood River Great Art."
Most people have two or three chances in their lifetime to change their fate. When Meng Yu came to this world, he forced his way forward with his Golden Finger, striving to push every opportunity until, just before Mirror Twelve awoke, he had barely won his own chance.
Even if the Blood Sea Great Formation wouldn’t work, it didn’t mean the Blood Transmutation Divine Saber wouldn’t.
Since the Blood God Sect indicated that the Blood River Great Array wasn’t quite right for him, Meng Yu had borrowed plenty of the divine saber techniques to enhance his knowledge in that aspect.
"This time, I’ve brought everyone here to use the bodies and blood of countless cultivators to achieve my Golden Core."
Meng Yu made his intentions clear, and the Golden Cores said nothing.
Everyone had a doubt while coming here to work.
What was Meng Yu aiming for?
For a poor man, risking danger to kill and plunder for millions or even tens of millions was normal. But now Meng Yu was not just wealthy—he could have cultivated directly to the Nascent Soul Realm with the Spirit Stones he had amassed.
He could even be considered the richest man in Immortal Sect. Why did he bring everyone to work once again?
There were many variables and dangers involved, just for Bai Qianqian and to gain recognition from Immortal Sect—nobody believed that.
On the path of cultivation, if you treat a genius as a fool and repeatedly take advantage of him, then you are definitely a big fool!
It wasn’t until yesterday that everyone saw Meng Yu’s Blood Transmutation Divine Saber and were all shocked.
When had Meng Yu colluded with the Blood God Sect? Wasn’t Immortal Sect also planning to use the Blood Sea Great Formation to trap Meng Yu?
It wasn’t until today that everyone heard the truth from Meng Yu.
"On the path of cultivation, racing against time and a deeper foundation leads to a further future.
I have numerous Spirit Stones, but I wanted more assurance on the path to Pill of Completion; therefore, I went to the Blood God Sect and obtained the Blood Transmutation Divine Saber and the Blood Sea Great Formation."
The Golden Cores listened carefully to Meng Yu’s words.
There used to be a joke about Warhammer 40k saying that someone had a potion that could turn warriors into interstellar soldiers, but they would die after three days. The higher-ups, very pleased, asked, "So, what are the side effects?"
Oftentimes, humans just want their sacrifices to have value.
The battlefield is the highest, the newest, and the most advanced massive application of black technology. The Blood Transmutation Divine Saber is undoubtedly an oddity among them, transforming one’s own essence blood for battle, replenishing with others’ essence blood, turning everything between heaven and earth into weapons, even transforming oneself into one of them.
This is a complete battlefield solution, including all sorts of fierce methods to break through and strengthen.
Just think of it as a combination of all sorts of good and bad elements like Divine Art of the Northern Sea, Blood Transformation Arts, Heavenly Demon Four Corruptions—there are a hundred versions of the Blood Transmutation Divine Saber for a hundred people; even cultivators of Immortal Sect secretly cultivate it.
But, the real taboo—that it cannot be practiced by cultivators!
"You could secretly kill a few or occasionally go to the battlefield without much notice," Meng Yu had killed quite a few at the Blood God Sect using the Blood Transmutation Divine Saber, but that didn’t mean he could recklessly use cultivators for cultivation.
"So, I am at the Ninth Layer of Foundation Establishment, preparing to start from the Eternal Night Palace. You guys kill and capture, then hand over the corpses or the damned to me, letting me use the Blood Transmutation Divine Saber to cultivate, laying the sturdiest foundation for the Golden Core!"
Meng Yu’s gaze burned intensely as he looked at everyone.
Cultivating with the Blood Transmutation Divine Saber was a difficult path. Meng Yu had killed seventy-four Foundation Establishment cultivators to progress from the Eighth Layer to the Ninth Layer in the Ascension List—the more orthodox and pure the Blood Transmutation Divine Saber, without any side effects, the more people needed to extract that hint of essence of blood and qi. Unlike the Demon Sect, they cared not for quality, only quantity, which would only harm oneself.
Meng Yu had felt the benefits of tiny hints of essence of blood and qi in the Blood Pool of Ten Thousand Spirits, enhancing himself comprehensively. However, he was also acutely aware that whether in the Immortal Sect or the Blood God Sect, achieving a Golden Core with this cultivation technique would only make him a big demon everyone wanted to slay.
Humans might accept Spirit Stones, Spirit Beasts, or even processed substances from the Blood Pool of Ten Thousand Spirits, but they would never accept a demon who cultivates through others without cause.
Yet, at the Old Immortal Gate, Meng Yu felt a stir of excitement.
...
The Golden Cores barricading Sleepless City never launched an attack, but to put them at ease, Meng Yu even swaggered outside the formation to let them confirm he was still there.
Then, distracted, he continued to study his corpse on the Ascension List.
Though it felt bizarre, Meng Yu meticulously examined the situation—this body was unique, achieved through the seventy-four cultivators of the Taiyi Sect reaching the Ninth Layer of Foundation Establishment.
He didn’t even bother to hide himself, so that those outside could see his situation.
Everyone looked at each other, suddenly feeling that perhaps in their youth, they had been too reserved.
Little Fox made a face, feeling a chill.
Indeed, her master was right to stay away from the Blood Demon Sect. This guy was too twisted. She had never imagined that one could use their own corpse to learn and cultivate.
"Can I come in to see?"
The speaker was the ancestor; why would Bai Hu mention such a thing? And why was she tugging at the fur on her neck, dragging herself towards the inside?
"Of course, you’re welcome."
Meng Yu did not hide it; since he was displaying in front of these people, naturally, it was to draw their attention. However, he hadn’t expected that the first interested person would be Bai Hu.
Four people entered in total—Bai Hu and a red-haired woman, a sinister-looking middle-aged man, along with a pale-faced young man. Little Fox wasn’t counted because she was not a Nascent Soul.
All four had very powerful Divine Senses, at least at the Peak of Golden Core.
"Your mastery over formations is quite impressive; how did you learn it?"
Bai Hu couldn’t help but admit that Meng Yu had significantly altered the formation to the better.
The underground trees provided more ample nutrients, the Spirit Veins mixed with Essence Blood to become the Blood Moon Well; the dark atmosphere didn’t signify decay but rather, the corpses underwent a wondrous transformation...
"I feel that you’re still leaning towards the orthodox path; that’s not good."
The pale-faced young man said to Meng Yu.
"I’ve also encountered the Blood Transmutation Divine Saber. I even got slashed by it here. Compared to the Blood Demon Sect’s Blood Transutation Divine Saber, your method is way too orthodox; it’s painfully agonizing."
A red mark was on the young man’s forehead, and his voice wasn’t loud.
"My Blood Transmutation Divine Saber, I figured it out on my own. What’s the difference from the orthodox Blood Transmutation Divine Saber? I should mention, I never really knew the Blood Shadow Ancestor."
"No, you’re on the right path; the Blood Shadow Ancestor’s Blood Transmutation Divine Saber took a wrong turn," said the young man with a smile. "There are three thousand great ways, but in the end, whether it is about uniting with Heaven and Man, strengthening oneself, or breaking out of the norms, isn’t it?"
The sinister-looking middle-aged man nodded, and Bai Hu agreed too.
"Her methods are too extreme; the Blood Sea Great Array turns millions of living beings into filthy blood to achieve her strength, growing stronger with each battle. It looks impressive, but in reality, it doesn’t compare to you."
The young man eyed Meng Yu’s corpse covetously.
"It’s such a pity; how could you have removed your own head? What if you processed your corpse for me and we exchanged? I could also commit suicide and give you one?"
