Free Web NovelChapter 470: Chapter 66: Tiger Soul Emerges, Shennong Recovers
"I know. Moreover, a weapon has no morality; when used for evil, it becomes evil; when used for good, it becomes good."
The Celestial Dao Demon Venerable looked at the roaring Evil Qi Tiger and responded to Shennong’s concerns.
"Troublesome in life, and just as troublesome in death!"
The Celestial Dao Demon Venerable snorted coldly, grasping with a large hand as the surging blood filled with malicious aura transformed into a gigantic palm.
He tightly grasped the roaring Evil Qi Tiger within his hand, frowning slightly.
This True Immortal must have touched upon what the historical records referred to as a ’Demon.’
Because when he slew that tiger, the tiger’s spirit was brimming with spirituality.
Not only was its physical body incredibly strong, but it could also command the world’s sinister energy against foes.
Its malignant energy could even erode his current strength.
This was something the Celestial Dao Demon Venerable learned from Chi You’s memories, back when he was merely a Human Immortal.
He had once visited the Far West Land of the Great Wilderness and observed this giant tiger from afar.
However, he was stopped by an illusory force and was unable to advance further.
"Luckily, it benefits me now."
The Celestial Dao Demon Venerable watched the struggling Evil Qi Tiger within his giant palm.
No matter how vigorously it struggled, it remained firmly restrained.
Meanwhile.
All around, countless shamans wielding fire attributes stirred up Earth Fire, which then gathered into a mighty flame.
Zhurong controlled the gathered Earth Fire, enveloping the massive tiger’s corpse.
The Earth Fire smelted away all unnecessary impurities within the tiger’s corpse.
He was adept at Fire Attribute Immortal Techniques and artifact refining; having mastered Jiu Li’s refining techniques.
He was quite confident in his skills, as it was the Zhurong Tribe that forged weapons for the Lie Mountain Tribe in the past.
Yet, this was Zhurong’s first time using a True Immortal’s corpse to forge a weapon.
Therefore, he proceeded with extreme caution.
Under Zhurong’s control, the tiger’s corpse gradually shrank, and the Evil Qi Tiger also diminished, with its malignant energy blending with the Earth Fire and merging into the tiger’s body.
"Lord of War, continue to send down the materials!" As the giant tiger’s body condensed to the length of Chi You’s arm,
Zhurong spoke loudly, revealing that he no longer harbored any resistance to joining Jiu Li.
However, he would not call Chi You the Chief but rather used a title recognized by the Human Race.
Lord of War.
Because in Zhurong’s view, there was only one chief, Shennong.
The Celestial Dao Demon Venerable was unconcerned about Zhurong’s label and casually gestured.
Countless prepared corpses poured in like a dragon falling from the sky.
Their surfaces were awash with illusory faces.
"Using the bodies of the fallen of Jiu Li to forge this Tiger Soul Saber?"
Shennong witnessed this scene and furrowed his brows deeply.
To him, birth, aging, illness, and death were among the Human Race’s most sacred occurrences.
Even for a corpse, it should be given a proper burial.
While he acknowledged Chi You could indeed be a good Common Lord,
he found the act of using corpses to forge artifacts hard to accept.
"These are the bodies of our Jiu Li warriors; they fought alongside us their whole lives. Their greatest regret is not being able to continue fighting alongside us."
"By preserving their bodies, I aim for this moment—to fuse their spirits into the Tiger Soul Saber and continue fighting with me."
With this multitude of blood entering, the once-roaring giant tiger seemed surrounded by phantoms, enclosing it.
Suppressing the roaring Tiger Soul.
This is one of the reasons why the Celestial Dao Demon Venerable uses the corpses of his Jiu Li soldiers to forge the Tiger Soul.
"Boom!"
A blood-red thunderbolt split the dark clouds, striking directly the emerging Tiger Soul in the Earth Fire.
The Celestial Dao Demon Venerable didn’t intervene, allowing the thunder to crash down onto the Tiger Soul.
Continuous bolts hammered down like mighty hammers, forging this nascent Tiger Soul.
Under the dual force of Heavenly Thunder and Earth Fire, the Tiger Soul finally became a saber the length of Chi You’s arm.
"Lord of War! Blood Refining!"
Zhurong shouted eagerly.
This Jiu Li shaman-based practice differed from Immortal Techniques; practitioners of Immortal Techniques mostly wield artifacts using their own mana.
But Jiu Li practiced a blood refining method for artifact refinement.
"With my blood, forge your soul!"
The Celestial Dao Demon Venerable grasped the Tiger Soul with both hands, feeling a searing pain in his palms.
He sensed the tiger’s power struggling and howling within the Tiger Soul Saber, trying to break free of its bindings.
After all, it once was a True Immortal.
Dark clouds had completely obscured the sky, with blood-red thunderbolts continuously striking, enveloping the entire Earth Fire Cave in a pall of crimson light.
Suddenly, an earth-shaking tiger’s roar echoed throughout the heavens and earth.
The nascent form in the hands of the Celestial Dao Demon Venerable transformed into a completely black long saber.
A tiger’s pattern emerged upon the blade, emitting an eerie glint off its sharp edge.
The Tiger Soul Saber is complete!
As the saber became whole, it seemed as though the entire world resounded with an overwhelmingly ferocious tiger’s roar, its booming echo wildly discharging into the sky.
Along with it came frighteningly intense waves of evil qi, surging outward in rings of power.
"Truly a fine weapon."
The Celestial Dao Demon Venerable held the Tiger Soul in his hand, sensing the potency housed within it.
Unable to determine whether he could, after this Ancient Secret Realm concluded, take it with him.
"Indeed, a fierce weapon."
Shennong couldn’t help but nod in acknowledgment of the Tiger Soul, setting aside its elemental strength; now wielded by Chi You,
Their auras mingled, and Shennong felt that even upon recovering, he likely wouldn’t be a match for Chi You.
...
Since the emergence of the Tiger Soul, some time had passed, and Shennong’s healing neared completion.
For he had Duan Xiu at his side for support, given Shennong’s expertise with the Ten Thousand Herbs of the Great Wilderness.
Along with the Medicine Ancestor, who tested poisons on himself and enduring the pain to sense changes in the medicinal force within.
They consolidated pharmacology, seeking to perfect the medicinal formula.
The three of them combined their efforts, swiftly concocting a formula to dispel the ’Soulbreaking Aconite’ poison within Shennong.
The progress therefore accelerated.
By now, it had reached its final stages, and Shennong’s aura had nearly returned to normal.
"Feels like I’m back to the moment I first ingested the Soulbreaking Aconite." Shennong felt the remaining poison within him.
Unable to refrain from sighing in relief.
Thankful as well for having agreed to join Jiu Li, or else he might have succumbed to the Soulbreaking Aconite poison.
Though some strength was lost, given that the poison had merged with his ’True Self.’
It essentially became a part of him.
Transferring this to the Medicine Ancestor would certainly impact his strength.
But as long as he lived, he could recover.
After all, he was one who cultivated herbs; what need had he for immense power?
"One last time remains; after this, the Common Lord will no longer endure the torment of the Soulbreaking Aconite."
Duan Xiu remarked.
Shennong nodded, seated within the Medicine Ancestor’s body.
Duan Xiu, skilled and confident, left the final thread of Soulbreaking Aconite poison’s power within the Medicine Ancestor.
Then he placed the Medicine Ancestor into the medicinal bath.
Though feeling the pain within, the Medicine Ancestor’s expression remained unchanged.
Having become accustomed to it, plus his Calamity Poison Body constantly devoured the power of the Soulbreaking Aconite within Shennong.
His constitution continually underwent a rapid transformation.
As the last of Shennong’s power entered the Medicine Ancestor, quantitative change finally led to qualitative transformation.
