"Heavenly Demon Awakening Technique."
"Beasts are muddled and ignorant, driven only by instinct, without desire, living their lives for food and the continuation of their species, unaware of what cultivation is. Only through Enlightenment can they gain wisdom and come to understand the way of the Demon Transformation..."
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Li Qian slowly opened his eyes, his mind filled with a peculiar set of information.
This was obtained from a piece of jade.
Unlike the Great River Sword Qi, this Heavenly Demon Awakening Technique was primarily used for enlightening beasts.
"Is this what demons are?"
Li Qian murmured to himself.
He thought of the huge wolf demon corpse in the Taiping Sacred Cave, which must be a wolf that had cultivated into its form after enlightenment.
If demons in the world of demons and ghosts originate from this, then what about the ghosts?
It must be another form of a cultivator’s path that differs from this.
Although the Heavenly Demon Awakening Technique can enlighten beasts... not every beast can be successfully enlightened.
Just like humans practicing martial arts, only a few possess the talents and comprehension for it. Most are utterly mediocre.
The same applies to beasts.
Moreover, when demons use the Heavenly Demon Awakening Technique to enlighten beasts, there is a price to pay.
After all, turning a beast into a demon is a defy-the-heavens path.
That is also why the number of demons is exceedingly rare.
But once turned into a demon, they become extremely powerful.
The usage and principle of the Heavenly Demon Awakening Technique are not complicated. It is about using one’s vital demon blood to transfer through a special method into a peculiar Enlightenment Acupoint on the beast’s head that needs enlightenment; thereby dispelling its turbid qi, it can enable the muddled beast to gain consciousness and wisdom.
So, the beasts that are enlightened into demons are also suppressed by the Ancient Demon Race.
"This technique of Enlightenment seems to be specifically for the Demon Race to cultivate their subordinates..."
Li Qian immediately spotted the issue at hand.
Unfortunately, this Heavenly Demon Awakening Technique is of no use to him. He is not a demon and cannot use it to enlighten beasts.
Even if he could, how could he, a dignified human, possibly create demons, a different kind of being?
As a human, his stance must be firm -- those not of my kind must have different hearts.
Even if it’s cultivated, in the beginning, it might be very obedient and loyal, but once the cultivator dies and there’s no one to restrain them, it might cause a great disaster. After all, once a beast gains enlightenment and wisdom, it will start to think, become independent, and develop ambitions...
Chiu chiu chiu...
Xiao Hei flew over and landed beside Li Qian, begging for food.
Li Qian casually threw a Feeding Pill to it.
After eating, Xiao Hei rubbed his head against Li Qian’s clothes, showing great affection.
Li Qian patted its head.
He felt that the simple-minded Xiao Hei was the best.
If Xiao Hei gained wisdom, ambitions, goals, even ambitions... Li Qian shuddered to think about it.
After Xiao Hei flew off to the side, Li Qian then put away the jade stone.
As for the other jade stones, he’ll take a look at them when he has the time.
But he didn’t hold too high of expectations anymore.
Even if there were higher-level cultivation techniques and secret skills in these jade stones, they were probably related to demons.
The chances of him, a human martial artist, being able to utilize them were definitely very low.
....
Ever since the Martial Arts Army set off, things inside the Divine Sword Sect finally quieted down a lot.
The place also became much less crowded.
With so many people dead, and many disciples joining the Martial Arts Army, how could there not be fewer people?
Several months passed like this.
Although some news from the front lines came back— talk of reclaiming Xuanzhou Metallurgical City, taking down certain cities in Xuanzhou, or annihilating a number of enemies...
But no news of the extermination of Luo King Mansion ever came back.
From this, it can be seen that Luo King Mansion is not as the rumors suggest, that it could be quickly finished. It seems to be still holding strong.
Li Qian practices daily at the Chen Bell Platform, living a full and pleasant life.
He practices the Great River Sword Qi every day, which greatly benefits his understanding of the Heartless Sword Intent.
Initially, it would take sixty days to improve by one point.
Now it has improved to about thirty days for one point of advancement.
The rapid advancement last time should be due to his initial mastery of the Great River Sword Qi, which simulated and constructed the significance of the Vast Sword River.
Even so, advancing one point every thirty days has doubled the speed.
This is quite amazing.
It’s equivalent to the time to break through to the Heavenly Phenomenon Level being shortened to about five years.
Ordinarily, it would be close to ten years.
The pace of cultivating the Great River Sword Qi is not slow either, roughly ten days to improve one point.
In other words, in a little over three years, he should be able to complete the first layer.
It’s not that the technique can only be used after the first layer of the Great River Sword Qi is completed.
In fact, after making initial progress, he could already utilize the Great River Sword Qi.
Only he couldn’t unleash the true power of the Great River Sword Qi, such as invoking a Heavenly Phenomenon and transforming the Heaven and Earth Essence Qi into a magnificent River of Sword Qi.
He had found a secluded place before and experimented with the Great River Sword Qi.
Very strong.
It’s much more powerful than his comprehended Ten Thousand Transformation Sword Qi secret skill.
In fact, the Ten Thousand Transformation Sword Qi has become somewhat redundant now.
This secret skill is just an accompanying technique to the Heartless Sword Skill. How could it compare to the Great River Sword Qi?
If you say that Ten Thousand Transformation Sword Qi transforms the Heaven and Earth Essence Qi into Sword Qi at a level of one, the Great River Sword Qi is at ten or even a hundred.
It’s not on the same level at all.
Moreover, the Great River Sword Qi is far from being fully mastered.
When he truly invokes the Heavenly Phenomenon, Li Qian can hardly imagine how shocking that would be.
He is especially looking forward to it now.
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