Chapter 109: One Step Too Late

On Dragon Head Peak, Lin Yuan felt the Innate Primordial Spirit within him connecting with a wisp of Innate Karmic Position that had mysteriously manifested, and he secretly marveled.

This should be one of the greatest strengths of an Innate Divine Demon.

Originally, Lin Yuan had thought that becoming an Innate Divine Demon was mostly the same as becoming a Celestial Divine Demon, involving the Innate Primordial Spirit anchoring in the void and refining a breath of Dao Qi.

But there was actually a difference.

For Celestial Divine Demons, the Innate Primordial Spirit anchored in the void. For Innate Divine Demons, it was simply aligning with the Innate Karmic Position. By borrowing the power of the Innate Karmic Position, they naturally possessed profound mysteries similar to those of Celestial Divine Demons.

This was just their foundation and natural aptitude. To truly reach the Celestial Divine Demon realm, cultivation was still necessary.

But it was certain that once an Innate Divine Demon truly reached the Celestial Divine Demon realm, they would be much stronger and more formidable than an ordinary Celestial Divine Demon.

Furthermore, the difficulty for an Innate Divine Demon to advance to the Celestial Divine Demon realm had already been greatly reduced after achieving the Primordial Divine Demon Dao Body.

Besides this, the biggest benefit was that, using the Innate Karmic Position of an Innate Divine Demon, Lin Yuan’s powerful Innate Primordial Spirit could not only continuously absorb pure threads of innate Dao Qi but could also comprehend innate true intent.

On Dragon Head Peak, after pondering for a moment, Lin Yuan immediately stood up. His Innate Spiritual Awareness, now many times more acute, clearly sensed a vast aura hurrying towards the location of the Dragon Vein.

It was a Celestial Divine Demon, a terrifying Golden Immortal.

Lin Yuan looked around.

Fortunately, he had already absorbed eighty to ninety percent of the Dragon Qi essence from the Dragon Vein. The remaining ten percent was only enough to maintain the earth vein; this place had lost its value.

He waved his hand, and a strand of faint golden light fell before the Dragon Vein.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Several sounds of rushing air rang out as three Three-Headed Divine Banners rapidly shrank and landed in his palm. His figure transformed into a golden light, sweeping up several treasures in mid-air, and vanished in an instant.

Left behind was only an empty formation gate to confuse the many Witch Clan Wu Cultivators and Yao Clan Demon Kings outside the Dragon Vein!

Several hours later, accompanied by a roar that echoed through the clouds, a heavy, deep, and dark demonic energy howled from the distance. A fanged and ferocious Lion Clan Demon God appeared within the Dragon Vein. As soon as it appeared, a vast, deep, dark light shattered the ruins where the Heaven-Severing Formation was located, revealing the Dragon Vein inside.

This Demon God clearly knew his stuff. Seeing a Dragon Vein right before his eyes, his expression was one of shock and joy. However, after his form searched around the Dragon Vein once, it immediately turned into a roar of extreme fury.

Not long after, several Great Wu from Witch Clan tribes and other Celestial Demon Gods arrived. Detecting the Dragon Vein whose Dragon Qi had already been drained, their gazes all held great regret.

Draining the Dragon Vein completely was truly the most inferior method of utilizing it.

In the Primordial World, Dragon Veins were extremely precious and extremely rare. Most Dragon Veins could ascend or hide; even if they were right underfoot, they were hard to detect.

If a Dragon Vein fell into the hands of powerful Divine Demons from the other Wu and Yao Clans in the Primordial World, it could completely elevate their own cultivation by another level.

…

By the banks of the Tongtian River, using the convenience provided by the River God, Lin Yuan continued to enlighten the many innate Spiritual Veins on both shores.

On one hand, he was accumulating Virtue Merit; on the other, he was refining the Inner Scene Earth Gate.

Lin Yuan also intended to use the power of the Inner Scene Earth Gate to achieve the Innate Dao of Yin and Yang a second time.

For each Spiritual Vein enlightened by the Inner Scene Earth Gate, Lin Yuan gained a bit more accumulation.

As the innate Spiritual Veins were organized, many barren and harsh lands gradually disappeared. For a time, living beings flourished, and the areas became habitable.

The human cultivators on both shores had clearly sensed the changes in the surrounding Spiritual Mountain Blessed Lands for some time, finding them more suitable for human habitation.

Many human cultivators saw that Lin Yuan’s method for enlightening innate Spiritual Veins was mysteriously profound. Their minds stirred, and they thought about becoming disciples of this famous Taixiao True Person from the human tribes.

Lin Yuan did not refuse. That many human cultivators were willing to learn about the Earth Immortal Lineage was, for him, an opportunity to pass down his lineage.

Lin Yuan chose to condense a wisp of earth energy from the Inner Scene Earth Gate into Earth Immortal Talismans, which he bestowed upon some human cultivators with deep fortune.

These human cultivators, obtaining the Earth Immortal Talisman condensed from a root of earth energy of the Inner Scene Earth Gate, gained some of the capabilities of an Earth Immortal, allowing them to organize earth veins.

Their efficiency might not match Lin Yuan’s, but little strokes fell great oaks.

Each time he organized an innate Spiritual Vein, Lin Yuan felt the Inner Scene Earth Gate strengthen imperceptibly. This cultivation immediately became much faster.

Lin Yuan felt secretly pleased.

This could be considered laying a solid foundation for passing down the Earth Immortal Lineage in the future!

In reality, it was also mutually beneficial. Some human cultivators, using the Earth Immortal Talismans, could independently accumulate some Virtue Merit.

If one day their lifespan ended, they could use the Earth Immortal Talisman and the merits of opening various innate Spiritual Veins to switch to cultivating the Post-Heaven Divine Path.

…

On this day, Lin Yuan arrived at a tribe in the lower reaches of the Tongtian River.

Here, spiritual mountains were hidden, spiritual veins lurked, and a gloomy, sinister energy prevailed.

Lin Yuan focused his spirit and just glanced at this dark, mountainous region, immediately frowning slightly. In the shadows of the mountains, gloomy clouds and miserable mists swirled. One after another, indistinct and shadowy ghosts actually roamed about in broad daylight.

Much of the yin energy was dense to the extreme, qualifying them as fierce ghosts.

It was quite strange. Although the fierce ghosts, roiling with fierce energy, were extremely vicious, they did not harm the mostly lifeless tribe below the dark mountains. Instead, they fought fiercely with the surrounding savage animal specters, trying to block those wild ghosts that preyed upon the tribe.

But it was in vain. Deep in the mountains and old forests, several great demons who manipulated specter souls and fierce ghosts were secretly exerting their force.

When the fierce energy of some ghosts reached a certain level, it would be drawn away by a black wind from deep within the old forests.

It was like farming!

Lin Yuan watched with hidden anger rising in his heart. A surge of magic power appeared in his hand. The Merit Golden Lamp emitted a faint red glow that swept over the mountain range, instantly refining several of the great demons to death. A part of the golden glow wrapped up the many ghosts and collected them all into a world of deliverance from calamity that had been opened deep within the Merit Golden Lamp.

These ghosts would have another use in the future.

Now, sensing the commotion outside the tribe, men and women, old and young with sallow, thin faces peeked out from within the tribe’s wooden walls. They looked at the black-robed Daoist outside the tribe with both fear and dread.

A moment later, a withered old man wearing feathered garments walked out from within the wooden walls of the tribe. Trembling and shrinking, he performed a bow and said,

“I dare ask, great elder, from where do you come?”

He added, “The Yuxi Tribe already has no stored food. We cannot offer anything to you, esteemed one. Please forgive us!”

“I am Daoist Taixiao of the Human Race. How have you all come to such a state?”

Lin Yuan frowned.

“Daoist Taixiao!” The withered old man was taken aback upon hearing this, as if he did not recognize this already famous human sage, Lin Yuan. But hearing Lin Yuan call himself human, he relaxed a little.

Lin Yuan saw that inside the wooden walls, the many humans were all listless, staring over with eager eyes. His heart stirred, and something already appeared in his hand.

It was a plant tuber, spherical, extremely smooth, with a yellow skin.

While organizing innate Spiritual Veins in various Spiritual Mountain Blessed Lands, Lin Yuan had found many familiar crops. This edible plant tuber before him was one of them.