Gu Chaoyang noticed Gu Jinlai’s abnormal state and quickly stepped forward to support him.
Gu Chifeng swiftly brought people to surround him.
"No harm, just an excessive consumption of spiritual sense."
Gu Jinlai glanced at the many demon corpses on the ground, "Just right, proceed with a round of Qi Refining and Divinity Transformation, to replenish the spiritual sense."
Having said this, he turned to Gu Chifeng, "All of you together, distribute and utilize these demons, Middle Level Demons, and Upper Demons’ bodies reasonably."
Gu Chifeng and others respectfully responded.
"Su Nanxing, Gu Chaoyang, you protect."
After giving instructions, Gu Jinlai soon began running the Grand Sun Nine Refinements Visualization Method, refining Qi and transforming into divinity.
For a moment, the qi and blood inside him boiled like raging waters.
Essence, Qi, and Spirit are originally one entity.
When the essence and qi boil, the spirit spontaneously arises.
Then, under the refinement of the Great Sun, it transformed towards spiritual sense.
However, this situation lasted only a moment before Gu Jinlai stopped.
The side effects of forcibly condensing the True Spirit became apparent.
The spiritual nature withered.
He had effectively overdrawn his spiritual nature, which in turn slightly reduced the vitality of his soul.
Now, the Qi Refining and Divinity Transformation for condensing spiritual sense was greatly reduced in effectiveness.
The effort was doubled for half the result.
"It might need two or three months to allow the spiritual nature to recover."
Although the condensation of spiritual sense was greatly impacted, it simply restored the consumed spiritual sense, so the impact was slightly less.
After a moment, Gu Jinlai had an idea.
"Spiritual nature pertains to the dispersal of the soul, related to the brain, I wonder if Qing Lian could benefit the recovery of the spiritual nature."
He looked at Qing Lian.
In order to add to the Grand Sun Nine Refinements Visualization Method, he had exhausted all his Qing Lian.
To date, the Grand Sun Nine Refinements Visualization Method not only broke constraints but also used the overdrawn spiritual nature to condense True Spirit, elevating the level of the cultivation technique from Six Refinements Perfect to Nine Refinements Entry.
With some more Qing Lian, he would step into Nine Refinements Perfection.
Once perfected, augmented with Qing Lian, this visualization method and the Great Sun Demon God Body Refining Technique would merge into one.
He would establish a brand new cultivation system.
A system that complements the flaws of Heavenly Masters and incorporates the advantages of the Demon God Body Refinement.
By then, he would truly have a foundation in this world.
During a moment of Qi Refining and Divinity Transformation, Gu Jinlai felt the depletion of his qi and blood, and immediately went up to the Diamond-like Great Demon.
Soon, the essence blood within the body of this Great Demon was drawn by him, painted on himself, and then absorbed via the Great Sun Demon God Body Refining Technique.
In less than half an hour, the depleted qi and blood power had been fully replenished.
His demon body was even evolving towards the stature of an Upper Demon.
Although he was eager to convert all his essence and qi into spiritual sense, to quickly condense a true Primordial Spirit, but...
He still faced many crises at present.
Such crises couldn’t be resolved merely by the methods of a Heavenly Master.
Powerful as a Short Range Defense Cannon, once its bullets ran out, it was still just a pile of scrap metal.
Therefore, he must first ensure his own safety before further producing various powerful war weapons through Co-spirit.
"One must stand firm to have output."
With this thought in mind, the Great Sun Demon God Body Refining Technique fully operated.
The power within the Great Demon’s essence blood was refined, enriching his physique.
For a time, his height of 1.86 meters increased again, soon breaking through 1.9 meters.
With this height, combined with the bulging muscles, his robust build could now be described as imposing,
"It looks like I need to find a way to increase muscle and bone density,"
If he did not address this aspect, he feared that in the future he would grow to resemble a fierce beast, becoming larger and larger.
In the mountains and forests, there were those top-tier fierce beasts, five to six meters tall and twenty to thirty meters long.
Such fierce beasts could simply rampage through enemies merely by charging with their massive sizes.
Before Gu Jinlai had completely refined the essence blood of the second Great Demon, his physique had already reached a level comparable to an Upper Demon.
This physique enabled him, even without using the Co-spirit state, to still barely manage to swing the four-thousand-pound giant sword in his hand.
Just like ordinary people swinging a twenty-pound weapon, although it was not handy, swinging it once or twice was not difficult.
"Next, everyone, refine the demon’s essence blood."
Gu Jinlai commanded in a deep voice.
Gu Chifeng, Gu Luochen, and others excitedly answered.
In today’s great battle, which elder of the Red Blood Sect didn’t have an Upper Demon Level Physique?
If not for Gu Chifeng and his companions wearing Mystic Steel Armor, wielding Mystic Steel Battle Swords, and with Gu Jinlai standing in the forefront, they would have been blasted dead in a few encounters.
This feeling of powerlessness stimulated their nerves.
With so many devils right before their eyes, no one hesitated any longer, each stepping forward to use the Great Sun Demon God Body Refining Method to absorb essence blood and strengthen themselves.
Gu Jinlai meanwhile engaged in the Visualization Great Sun Nine Refinements to cleanse the demonic nature.
Gu Chaoyang, Su Nanxing and other cultivators took up rockets and stood guard at the entrance of the cave.
They were well aware that Sun Tongxuan and the others who had fled into the cave were few in number but still capable of resistance.
The battle was not yet completely over.
It seemed they were worried about the devils who had not yet returned to the cave.
And it seemed they wanted to probe the situation.
Soon, remnants of the Red Blood Sect and a few devils appeared at the entrance of the cave.
Unfortunately, before they had a chance to clarify the situation, they were directly hit by rockets shot by Gu Chaoyang and Su Nanxing. Accompanied by deafening roars, those with nowhere to hide in the cave were torn apart by fierce flames and shockwaves.
After eliminating a wave of scouts, it was clear that the Red Blood Sect quieted down for the foreseeable future.
By nightfall, the first batch of thirty demon martial artists selected by Gu Jinlai had completely absorbed the demon blood essence.
Since they had absorbed so much essence blood, many had difficulty refining it.
Even so, all thirty demon martial artists without exception had consolidated a demon body, and six of them had attained the middle level demon grade.
Gu Chifeng and Gu Luochen, who were particularly nurtured by Gu Jinlai, absorbed a teenage great demon. Given some time to refine the power of the essence blood, they were very likely to consolidate an upper demon physique.
"The siege by the Red Blood Sect should now end," Gu Jinlai declared.
He gestured with his hand.
Energized to the extreme, Gu Chifeng, Gu Luochen, and others took the lead, followed closely by Su Nanxing and the rest.
Armed with bows and swords, they quickly made their way deep into the cave.
When they arrived at the cavern with a diameter of several hundred meters, there was no sign of anyone or any devil.
Instead, a frantic digging sound was coming from the other side of the cavern.
Gu Jinlai waved his hand.
Gu Chaoyang, Su Nanxing, Gu Chifeng, and others quickly surged forward.
The flames were fierce!
Accompanied by roars, screams, and wails, this battle lasted less than two minutes before it concluded.
When Gu Jinlai reached this newly excavated passage, six devil corpses and about ten Red Blood Sect disciple corpses were all lying in a pool of blood, devoid of life.
Elder Sun Tongxuan and two other protectors were captured alive by the crowd and were soon brought before Gu Jinlai.
There were no taunts or scolding for lacking righteousness.
Upon seeing Gu Jinlai, Sun Tongxuan immediately said, "I say, I know why the devils occupy this place and refuse to leave. I am willing to explain. Please, Ancient Town Guardian, spare my life and give me a way out."
"If the answer satisfies me, I won’t kill you," Gu Jinlai calmly said while looking at Sun Tongxuan and the others.
"The Demon Realm Rift!"
Sun Tongxuan stressed, "Based on our speculation, there is a Demon Realm Rift inside this mountain cave!"
Gu Jinlai was somewhat surprised.
Since ancient times, there have been rumors about the Demon Realm.
There are demon spirits in the Demon Realm who prey on sentient beings and harm human lives.
These demon spirits infiltrate the world through rifts and gaps in the Demon Realm to wreak havoc.
And Heavenly Masters were established precisely to hunt these demon spirits, a cultivation system that has been handed down for ten thousand years.
Many scriptures describe the Demon Realm Rift.
According to the Heavenly Masters, the Demon Realm is extremely close to their world. Whenever there is a collision or intersection of space-time, numerous gaps will arise, allowing demon spirits the opportunity to infiltrate the human world.
Where there are rifts, it is often the closest to the Demon Realm when the two worlds intersect.
As time passes, the rifts either shrink until they vanish or grow larger until, eventually...
They form a Demon Abyss.
He had records of this in the Jade Scroll given by Primordial Spirit True Monarch Xu Mo.
The downfall of Tianyuan Dao was linked to a Demon Abyss.
At that moment, Gu Jinlai’s expression grew grave: "Take them down and interrogate them thoroughly."
Having said that, he glanced at the huge pit: "Deploy a small team to guard this place. Any movement, report to me as quickly as possible."
"Yes," Gu Chaoyang replied solemnly.
For ordinary forces, it’s a disaster, but for Heavenly Masters...
It’s a danger, but also an opportunity.
There are two ways for Heavenly Masters to refine artifacts and tame beasts.
The first method is through co-spirit, gradually enhancing their spiritual nature over time until they transform into Spiritual Artifacts or spirit beasts.
Is to refine demon spirits, extract their spirit, and infuse it into Spiritual Artifacts or spirit beasts, causing them to transform.
If there are enough demon spirits to extract, no matter whether refining artifacts or taming beasts, it would significantly shorten the time required.
And whether it is more of a danger or an opportunity...
Depends on whether the Heavenly Masters can withstand the many demon spirits that surge out from the gaps in the Demon Realm.