Indeed, just as he anticipated, to truly wield the power of these ancient true skills, one must leverage false cultivation to form substantial True Qi within oneself to maximize its force.
The steps of the Kunlun Exotic Realm were not wrong, just excessively cruel and dark.
It seems to be due to changes in the broader environment, forcing a change.
Yet, the release of the Buddhist True Words, combined with Lu Ren’s Essence, Qi, and Spirit, showed that the spiritual realm of the underworld and the mortal realm hadn’t completely merged, but were not too far apart either.
If the spiritual realm and the displayed realm were entirely separated, this world would be much like the real mortal world, and the emergence of so many eerie demons wouldn’t have happened.
Lu Ren moved forward gradually, each step akin to shrinking the ground to an inch, soon he was dozens of meters away.
Two hours later, Lu Ren stood outside a desolate large city.
Chentai City once again.
At this moment and place, looking at the two large characters on the city gate, Lu Ren’s expression was somewhat dazed.
After all the going around, he ended up here again.
The Chentai City, originally covered by the mortal world region, had long since transformed into a ghostly realm, shrouded in Yin energy, with its Yin attribute field energy reaching extreme richness.
Lu Ren took a deep breath, the surrounding Yin attribute energy was absorbed into his body, and through the Dantian energy organ constructed by the Bright Sun True Technique, slowly altered attributes, transforming Yin to Yang, and gradually merging into the Bright Sun Qi Seed.
Yet, this process was exceedingly slow, one could only say it was better than nothing.
This underworld burst with Yin attribute energy, making it quite suitable for cultivators focused on extreme Yin.
He stepped over the city gates, entering the city.
The buildings collapsed and decayed around, skeletal remains littered the streets, and the ground was full of craters.
The journey to the Inner City revealed the same sight.
Silent, cruel, a fellow feeling of lament slowly rose from Lu Ren’s heart.
Suppressing the emotional waves inside, Lu Ren restored calm in his heart.
He was affected by the surroundings, and as his third eye on his forehead suddenly opened, he saw numerous ominous and terrifying entities standing close by.
Those eyes, big and small, hollow, fixedly staring at him, with faces pale and wearing tattered clothes, crowding together and forming a circle, staring dead at Lu Ren.
Lu Ren showed no expression, though he was startled inside, his gaze instead emitted a faint golden glow. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ NoveI-Fire.ɴet
These were Earth-bound Spirits, endless in number; unless the whole of Chentai City was destroyed, these spirits-turned-citizens would relentlessly disturb him.
I might as well pretend not to see them.
Lu Ren continued forward, entering the Inner City, witnessing spiritual monsters casually grabbing the spirit-turned citizens and consuming them.
Lu Ren turned a blind eye; killing these things might trigger a huge chain reaction, potentially causing trouble.
Inside the Inner City, arriving at the Governor’s Mansion, Lu Ren looked at where he previously stood.
Back then, after Cao Jingde advised him not to wander, he left and never returned, eventually being assimilated by Yin Soldiers and attacking the real world, ultimately slain by Lu Ren personally.
Now only ruins remain, countless buildings are left in dilapidation, devoid of any life.
After standing in silence for a long time, Lu Ren then slowly departed.
As he was leaving, he suddenly paused mid-step.
"Ding, a major grievance entity is silently observing you."
Lu Ren turned his head and saw numerous pairs of wide-open eyes hidden in the shadows.
When Lu Ren’s gaze swept across, the major grievance entity seemed to react with agitation, its pitch-black body constantly boiling, finally beginning to mimic Lu Ren’s appearance, transforming into a Bodhisattva Dharma Aspect identical to Lu Ren.
It wobbled out from the corner.
Seeing the Bodhisattva Fruit Position behind Lu Ren, its body emitted a glob like black mud, and numerous organs and cells protruded from its back, transforming into a Merit Bodhisattva Wheel identical to Lu Ren’s.
Assimilation or imitation?
Lu Ren’s expression grew stern, watching the major grievance entity charge at him, he kicked out.
Surprisingly, when he kicked the right foot, black waves like water splash scattered upon the grievance entity’s body, sinking directly into the thigh.
Lu Ren’s gaze turned solid, Bright Sun True Technique operated, furious Bright Sun True Qi infused into the right leg momentarily, the right leg erupted with golden radiance.
Powerful Yang power burst forth, causing the grievance entity’s body to boil like being drenched in searing oil.
Like a boiling pot of oil, the grievance entity assemblage disintegrated.
Suddenly a joyful voice emitted from the grievance entity, making Lu Ren slightly wary, he retreated rapidly, backtracked thirty meters before stabilizing.
Once the grievance entity’s body calmed down, to Lu Ren’s astonishment, the opponent looked exactly alike without any deviation.
"Your power is truly strong!"
The grievance entity spoke in a deep voice, expression full of excitement, even holding a greedy gaze fixed on Lu Ren, as if wanting to devour him whole.
Lu Ren’s expression remained composed, not affected by the opponent’s changes with excessive negativity.
Or rather, in the underworld, encountering anything wouldn’t be surprising.
"Gain all forces through touch?"
Lu Ren chuckled lightly: "Do you think you’ve obtained all my power?"
Ridiculous, even now, he’s only consumed less than three percent of the Red Dragon Inner Core’s energy, the converted Bright Sun True Qi is vast like the sea, even a cultivator in the Determination Path Realm like a Bright Sun True Immortal would need to consider comparing their Bright Sun True Qi.
The grievance entity showed excitement: "As long as I devour you, consume you, everything of yours will be mine."
It licked its tongue eagerly and moved, slicing through the air, like a golden light charging fiercely at Lu Ren.
In an instant, Lu Ren threw a punch with Essence, Qi, and Spirit fused together, powerfully enough that air adhered to it, forming a dense airflow shield.
It felt as if the entire world’s atmosphere moved with this punch.
At the zenith of power, it should shatter the vacuum.
Even though Lu Ren could achieve little currently, this punch, he was confident could crack a small mountain peak!
The iron grievance entity flew back, closely sweeping the ground, crashing through numerous precarious buildings, plowing a long furrow on the ground, raising huge dust, finally halted two hundred meters away.
The tremendous sound echoed throughout Chentai City, seeming to breathe life into it.
"Ding, you inflicted substantial damage on the grievance entity (the amalgamation of post-mortem grievances).
The grievance entity?
Probably formed from the grievances of Chentai City’s million deceased inhabitants.
Lu Ren understood, gaining insight into its origins.