Be the Hardest Working Demon Cultivator!

After all, up to now, this is the only one who hasn't been beaten by Tan Shuchang, yet has entered this Blood Pool.

"Lan Shou King, what do you mean by this?" Having heard Tan Shuchang's words, the Earth Ghost Immortal no longer struggled, allowing the bloody waters to engulf him, before he spoke in a cool voice.

"Junior has felt a kindred spirit upon meeting the Earth Ghost Immortal senior, thus I wish to invite senior to assist in my cultivation. It seems to me that in doing so, I am fulfilling senior's original intention!"

Tan Shuchang looked at this figure condensed from a purple aura, surprised that he felt not the slightest "hunger" for this special existence. However, it didn't matter; he wasn't picky, he could swallow bran as well as vegetables.

As long as it can be eaten, that's fine!

"You could refine this seat? Even if I remain still, you wouldn't be able to refine me!" said the figure condensed from a purple aura, laughing loudly as if he had just heard a funny joke.

"Lan Shou King, you have not stepped into this seat's level, and simply don't understand what the three words 'Earth Ghost Immortal' truly represent! You should have heard of the concept of 'immortal nature', which is strange, for where did your inheritance come from?

Logically speaking, with such an inheritance, an elder should have told you about nurturing the immortal nature, transcending the mortal body, and the saying 'from now on, I am not myself'!" the figure condensed from the purple aura continued.

His tone was filled with a very direct surprise.

Upon hearing this, Tan Shuchang's heart stirred because these words revealed a deep understanding of the practice of cultivation. Could it be that this person realized that the world he came from and those players were different, and thus had taken an interest in him?

"What junior has learned, all comes from self-enlightenment," said Tan Shuchang, believing that while traveling, the less truth one speaks, the better.

"Do you believe that yourself?" the figure condensed from the purple aura retorted with unabashed mockery.

Though spoken to in this manner, Tan Shuchang wasn't annoyed; he simply tried to refine the aura.

In fact, Tan Shuchang had already started his move in secret from the beginning of the conversation, but this method required a gradual and imperceptible approach at first.

"Lan Shou King, do you really wish to refine this seat?" The figure condensed from the purple aura had already sensed something awry, admitting that the Earth Ghost Immortal was indeed Earth Ghost Immortal, worthy of being a level higher than the Yin God.

As Tan Shuchang started to actively refine, the figure condensed from a purple aura struggled once again. This caused Tan Shuchang to shake his head slightly. This Earth Ghost Immortal senior truly was not a man of his word!

He had agreed to remain motionless, yet he reneged so quickly!

"I will enlighten you, ignorant junior, on what an Earth Ghost Immortal is!" The figure condensed from a purple aura seemed to be enraged by Tan Shuchang's act of refining; he immediately released his immortal nature, causing his ghostly nature to surge.

But at that moment, the special qualities within Tan Shuchang began to stir to life.

As this special nature developed a "hunger," the Blood Pool surged forcefully. What Tan Shuchang had originally estimated to take at least a month to refine, now took only one day. This Earth Ghost Immortal senior had been successfully refined by him.

However, it was somewhat regrettable that although the refining was successful and the Lotus Platform was lifted, the effect was far less than that of the Greedy Venerable King.

Because it only lifted once.

It seems this was only a strand akin to an Incarnation.

Nevertheless, Tan Shuchang didn't mind, because on top of his own abilities of Reality Conversion, gathering and dispersing at will, changing shapes, and Shuttle Through Void, he had gained two more abilities.

They were As-You-Wish Size Changing and Blood Shadow Incarnations.

As-You-Wish Size Changing need not be mentioned much; this was taking the manifestation method of the Divine Skill Calamity Witnessing Physique and transferring it to the body itself. But this Divine Skill's power wasn't diminished as a result because it could be combined with another ability, Blood Shadow Incarnations, to present thousands upon thousands of immense blood-colored figures.

These Blood Shadow Incarnations could instantly split from Tan Shuchang's body into numerous blood shadows. The original body could endlessly switch positions among these incarnations, and fatal wounds could also be transferred from the body to the blood shadows.

Furthermore, each of these blood shadows possessed sixty percent of Tan Shuchang's own cultivation level!

As for the number of Blood Shadow Incarnations that can be split off, it depends on Tan Shuchang's level of cultivation. The more profound the practice, the more blood shadows can be split off.

This ability, although somewhat overlapping with the advanced "Blood God," was far more versatile in application than the "Blood God."

Currently, Blood Shadow Incarnations could only perform Calamity Witnessing Physique, only because among the Divine Skills Tan Shuchang knew, only this one could maximally exert that sixty percent of cultivation level.

The rest of the Divine Skills, such as Every Moment as Precious as Gold, Melting Rocks to Flowing Gold, Five Winds Ten Rains, Summoning Wind and Rain, Riding Clouds and Driving Mist, and Spring Equinox in Time, were too difficult for the Blood Shadow Incarnations to handle.

As for "Star Fate Universe, Heaven Mysterious Earth Yellow," that was even more the exclusive privilege of Tan Shuchang's original body.

And like the Calamity Witnessing Sword Qi, the power of this kind of Blood Shadow Sword Qi relied entirely on the transformed fierce ghosts. The strength of the fierce ghosts was fundamental, and who performed it was actually not important.

To hope for a world without calamity in both its prelude and sequel, one would inevitably have no fate with this Blood Shadow Incarnation.

Thus, aside from those whose power was ordinary or those like the Demon Realm Giant Handprint, which were linked to one's cultivation, only the Divine Skill of Transformation into a Calamity-Crossing Body remained, a miraculous display of great strength.

After that, Tan Shuchang continued the refining process.

This time, what he intended to refine were naturally those four Yin Gods.

When the Death-speaking Yin God saw that the four Yin Gods remained, at first he was inevitably startled, but soon he became filled with panic and unease. Because those four Yin Gods were transformed into Tan Shuchang's cultivation.

A total of eight times lifting the Lotus Platform, each Yin God lifting it twice.

One couldn't help wondering if it was because he had just devoured an incarnation of the Earth Ghost Immortal that Tan Shuchang had undergone another transformation, one that completed a special aspect of himself, to the extent that these Yin Gods hardly provided any significant benefit.

Then, Tan Shuchang, emerging from the Blood Pool, looked at the still dazed Death-speaking Yin God and couldn't help but ask, "The Living Dead Yin God, who was like a female martial artist, should be the strongest among the Yin Gods of the Snake Desire Realm, right?"

"Yes," replied the Death-speaking Yin God hastily, answering Tan Shuchang's question.

And with such an answer, Tan Shuchang was not surprised.

For after refining the Living Dead Yin God and making it lift the Lotus Platform, the amount of lifting power it provided was nearly equivalent to almost two of those Yin Gods he had just refined.

After that, Tan Shuchang left the mysterious game.

He was not ready to target the fierce ghosts of the Snake Desire Realm, as some deals were not worth it. After learning some secrets from the Death-speaking Yin God, who had turned from darkness to light, Tan Shuchang planned to lift the restrictions on the Snake Desire Realm, with the intention to cultivate the fierce ghosts into Yin Gods.

It was the Death-speaking Yin God who told him that if it wasn't for the suppression by the Greedy Venerable King, nearly a hundred fierce ghosts could produce a Yin God.

And now, he needed two hundred and eighty-two fierce ghosts to lift the Lotus Platform just one more time!

That was already enough to cultivate two Yin Gods!

And two Yin Gods could at least lift the Lotus Platform twice. Before, he had no choice, but now that he did, Tan Shuchang naturally maximized his benefits.

It was night in the Jiawu Realm, the sky twinkling with stars—a rather splendid night. As he thought about the eight hundred and thirty-two years of cultivation he had amassed, Tan Shuchang also couldn't help but feel a tinge of joy.

He had gained another Divine Skill bestowed by heaven and earth, called "Twenty-Four Seasons."

More precisely, it was a qualification, like the Star Fate Universe. From then on, with these Twenty-Four Seasons, Tan Shuchang could merge into the four seasons and comprehend the mysteries of the twenty-four solar terms.

However, this was not what truly made Tan Shuchang so happy; he was jubilant because there were only more than a hundred years left for him to attain immortality!

Even if heaven and earth did not permit it, he was determined to live long and prosper!

Thus, with a heart full of joy and remembering the matter of actively spreading his diary, Tan Shuchang quickly took out his Magic Artifact for recording and began to write—

Tan Shuchang's four years of spiritual cultivation, twelfth month, fourteenth day.

After I slew my teacher, today I joyfully met another teacher, and I had a most pleasant talk with him. Unfortunately, the traditions of the Sacred Gate required that I not allow this teacher to live...

As he wrote this, Tan Shuchang intended to continue recording, but at that moment, he sensed something and put away the recording Magic Artifact. Then, with a smile and a courteous fist-hold greeting, he said respectfully, "To the two distinguished guests who visit in the deep of night, may I ask if you are looking for me for some matter?"n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Beneath the dark night, two figures stood under the luster of the stars, yet they cast no shadows.

And at this moment, these two figures gazed down at Tan Shuchang with a superior air, their faces expressionless and their eyes indifferent.