Cultivation starts from devouring the Dao fruits

The White Ghost Emperor's body rapidly petrified, turning into a stone statue and then crumbling into sand.

The Second-Order mid-grade demon wolf suddenly felt a pain in its head as a ghost claw plunged directly into its skull, twisting forcefully and shattering its head to pieces.

White Ghost Emperor leaped down from the body of that Second-Order mid-grade demon wolf, its pupils suddenly revealing mysterious curse seals as a vast expanse of eerie Ghost Fog rose from around its body, enveloping the surrounding demon beasts.

As soon as the demon beasts entered the Ghost Fog, they instantly became disoriented, then began to slaughter each other in a frenzy. In no time, the Ghost Fog was littered with the corpses of several hundred demon beasts.

The Ghost Fog continued to spread, covering the demonic ape horde within it, which also began to slaughter each other, leaving a field of corpses in its wake.

The defensive barrier of the Spirit Wood Grand Formation disappeared at that moment, many demon beasts seizing the chance to flood into the formation. Enshrouded by the Ghost Fog, they too fell into mutual slaughter, turning into corpses.

Before long, all of the demon beasts were annihilated.

A black-furred demon fox atop a distant mountain peak watched the scene at Xiao Dan Ridge, a hint of wariness flashing in its eyes before it turned and fled towards the depths of the Canglong Mountain Range.

"Finally, all of the demon beasts have been annihilated! But the White Ghost Emperor has also expended a great deal of energy. If another seven or eight herds of that size come at me, it will be difficult to resist! The Spirit Wood Grand Formation is still too weak! If it were the Thousand Trees Formation Array, it could easily suppress the herds!"

Zhao Yu sensed the state of the White Ghost Emperor and ordered the cultivators from the Xiao Dan Ridge Demon Hunting Team to clean up the battlefield.

The White Ghost Emperor appeared beside Zhao Yu like a ghost and then began to devour Spirit Stones, replenishing its expended strength.

"It seems I need to devour the souls of about a hundred Foundation Establishment Level demon beasts to evolve my certain soul talent to the level of genius. This is too difficult. I should let the White Ghost Emperor unlock another talent!"

With a thought from Zhao Yu, he chose to let the White Ghost Emperor unlock a new talent.

The body of the White Ghost Emperor trembled continuously as a mysterious and unfathomable Ghost Pattern slowly emerged on its body.

"Talent: Gathering Yin Ghost Body (0/10000)."

"The Gathering Yin Ghost Body can accumulate yin energy, absorbing death qi, resentment, and ghost qi to enhance its own cultivation, as well as to construct a domain of yin."

Zhao Yu pondered inwardly, "This talent will allow the White Ghost Emperor to evolve faster! As long as Spirit Stones and corpses are consumed, a domain of yin can be constructed for its evolution! It's just a pity that there isn't a method for ghost creatures to cultivate, or it would be excellent!"

In the Cultivation World, there are countless extraordinary skills and strange methods, some of which are profound teachings for ghost cultivators. However, even the Dan Ling Sect, which cultivates evil ghosts, does not possess these profound methods that allow ghost creatures to cultivate, which might only be found with some of the top Cultivation sects beyond the Northern Desolation.

The method the Dan Ling Sect uses to nurture evil ghosts involves consuming Spirit Stones and Fierce Ghost Relics, placing those evil ghosts in a yin domain, and then, through their own cultivation of mana and the Human-Ghost Pact Secret Technique, evolving together with the evil ghosts.

Apart from this, the Dan Ling Sect also has control over various secret techniques for evolving evil ghosts, though Zhao Yu had not yet acquired any of those at the Foundation Establishment level.

Zhao Yu's lips curled into a slight smile, revealing a hint of amusement, "However, having killed two Second-Order mid-grade demonic apes, the main ingredients for a couple of batches of Five Beasts Spirit Essence Pill are secured!"

The most difficult component to obtain for the Five Beasts Spirit Essence Pill is the Second-Order mid-grade demon beast inner pill; although the rest of the supporting spiritual medicines are also precious, they can already be cultivated at the level of the Second-Order Spirit Vein.

The White Ghost Emperor suddenly tugged at Zhao Yu, then transmitted a segment of the Second-Order demonic ape's memory to him.

"Spirit Stone Vein!!"

As soon as Zhao Yu saw that segment of the Second-Order Demon Ape's memory, a hint of ecstatic joy flashed in his eyes. He had spotted the trace of a Spirit Stone Vein within the memory of that Second-Order Demon Ape.

Hidden within the Canglong Mountain Range were countless Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, among which the most precious naturally was the Spirit Stone Vein. Spirit Stone Veins varied in size; the larger veins could yield millions of Spirit Stones, while even the smaller ones could produce tens of thousands.

One of the important reasons why the Five Great Sects of the Northern Wilderness issued the development orders was to obtain the Spirit Stone Veins within the Canglong Mountain Range.

Zhao Yu's brow furrowed slightly, "However, mining a Spirit Stone Vein requires a large number of cultivators, and it must remain a secret. It's too difficult!"

Any discovered Spirit Stone Vein would cause a scramble for possession. If it was only a small vein that could produce tens of thousands of Spirit Stones, the Dan Ling Sect might allow Zhao Yu to mine it himself. However, if it were to yield several hundred thousand Spirit Stones, even the Dan Ling Sect would join the fray to claim it.

After much thought, Zhao Yu decided to play it safe, "Let's put that vein aside for now!"

The White Ghost Emperor then sent another segment of memory from a Second-Order Demon Wolf.

Surprise flashed in Zhao Yu's eyes, "Heavenly Cloud Ganoderma Fruit, the main ingredient for refining Foundation Establishment Pills. There are a total of seven fruits, and this Demon Wolf ascended to a Second-Order Demon Beast by relying on these fruits."

Zhao Yu remained in the small Danling area, browsing the memories of many demon beasts and using the "Devouring Dao Fruit" to directly crush a large amount of useless memories inside the White Ghost Emperor.

The demon beasts outside the small Danling also retreated greatly, not daring to stay in the area.

An Escape Light flew in from afar, landing in front of Zhao Yu's cave mansion and revealing its figure. It was Xiahou Mingde. However, at this moment, he was covered in blood, his clothes were ragged, and he looked extremely disheveled.

Xiahou Mingde called out, "Uncle-Master Zhao, I am Xiahou Mingde!! Please grant me an audience!"

Soon after, the cave mansion's door opened.

Tuoba Xue walked out from inside the door, and upon seeing the disheveled Xiahou Mingde, curiosity flashed in her eyes, "The master invites you to come in for a talk!"

Xiahou Mingde, full of heavy thoughts, followed Tuoba Xue into the cave mansion.

As soon as Xiahou Mingde saw Zhao Yu, he fell to the ground with a thud and started kowtowing desperately, "Uncle-Master Zhao, my master, Xiahou Zhenyu, has fallen. Please, save our Stream Spring Ridge!"

Waves of shock surged in Tuoba Xue's heart, "Xiahou Zhenyu has died? Thank goodness my Tuoba family did not follow him; otherwise, who knows how many of our clan members would have perished at this moment!"

There were hardly any casualties in the small Danling during this beast tide, and they had even obtained a large number of demon beast corpses. Tuoba Xue had thought the minor beast tide of the Canglong Mountain Range was nothing significant. But Xiahou Mingde's plea for help made her realize just how terrible this beast tide was.

Zhao Yu's brow furrowed slightly as he said, "Brother Xiahou was a mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator. How could a mere beast tide have caused his fall?" Your next chapter is on empire

Xiahou Zhenyu was a cultivator of the Dan Ling Sect, proficient in the Air Evasion Technique. If he could not defeat the demon beasts, he could have escaped in time and sought help from other Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Xiahou Mingde cried out desperately, "That vile woman Fang Shuanglan! She struck a deadly blow at my master when he was fighting a Second-Order mid-grade demon beast, killing my master and then taking his Spiritual Artifact, the jade token for controlling the grand formation, and his storage bag before fleeing outright!"

"The demon beasts have already invaded Stream Spring Ridge. Uncle-Master Zhao, I beg you, please save our Stream Spring Ridge!"