Chapter 78: The Holy Demon Map

"This is... the Holy Demon Map!"

Yang Susu's eyes widened as she finally saw the magical treasure that Yang Qi had taken out. It was as large as a carpet, with ten thousand Qi Sect level demon cores on it, which stunned the entire scene. Among them, the core of a Life Seizing Realm demon emitted a shockingly powerful aura.

"Aunt, this Holy Demon Map is covered with numerous formations. My realm is not high enough to know how to activate this magical treasure. Can you see if it is useful?"

said Yang Qi.

"The Holy Demon Map is an extremely powerful magical treasure. It tells the story of an ancient sage who fell into demonhood," said Yang Susu. "Many experts in the demon path have tried to refine it, but refining this magical treasure would cause countless killings and the deaths of many people, using the souls of the innocent to weave the picture. Qi'er, look at this thick skin. It is not the skin of a demon beast, but the skin of humans, refined into a large formation."

"Human skin!"

Yang Qi shuddered, looking at the thick skin and penetrating it with his divine sense. Indeed, it seemed to be made up of thousands upon thousands of layers, each extremely thin.

"It is human skin, and it is the skin of two types of people: those born in the yin year, yin month, yin day, and yin hour, which form the demon, and those born in the yang year, yang month, and yang hour, which represent the sage. Look, these Qi Sect demon cores are infused with the tragic auras of countless souls. It is an incredibly powerful magic."

Yang Susu shot a true qi at the Holy Demon Map, and immediately, thousands of strange and fierce human faces appeared on each of the ten thousand Qi Sect demon cores, and scenes of hellish suffering emerged. The entire picture changed color.

The benevolent and kind-looking bald sage on the map suddenly began to transform, with fierce scales growing on his body, a long tail extending, and bone spines growing on his back.

In an instant, the sage turned into a ferocious demon, riding a fierce tiger, seemingly about to leap out of the picture.

The entire Holy Demon Map floated in the air, with millions of killing auras gathering, as if it could instantly slay a person. Yang Qi was shocked.

Because the power and lethality of the entire Holy Demon Map had already surpassed him. If Jing Wuxue had been able to use the Holy Demon Map that day, he would have been dead without a trace.

However, he did not understand why Jing Wuxue had placed the Holy Demon Map in the treasure vault instead of carrying it with him.

Of course, such a large map, like a wall, was not easy to carry. If it were not for Yang Qi's storage ring, it would have been discovered long ago.

"This Holy Demon Map still has one final step that has not been refined successfully. Jing Wuxue intended to use his second Life Seizing opportunity to complete the Holy Demon Map. No wonder he led the vampire bandits to ravage the northwest, ostensibly to cultivate the Blood Demon Qi, but actually to kill ordinary people and refine this Holy Demon Map. Over the years, nearly a hundred million people have died in the northwest, and the entire ancient kingdom of Loulan, spanning thousands of miles, has been completely wiped out. All to create this Holy Demon Map. Qi'er, you actually stole it back."

Yang Susu analyzed in detail, making Yang Qi shudder: "Look, each of these Qi Sect demon cores is infused with the power of at least a thousand souls. If all of them could be activated, within a radius of dozens or even hundreds of miles, ghosts would walk at night, the gates of hell would open, and it would be pitch black. People would be plunged into darkness, and even Life Seizing Realm experts would be trapped. Fortunately, this map is still one step away from its final transformation, and the final step does not require souls, only a massive amount of true qi."

"So, Aunt, if you can reach the second Life Seizing, you can refine this Holy Demon Map to completion?" Yang Qi marveled. "If your strength increases greatly, your status in the academy will also rise. Since that's the case, I'll give you this Holy Demon Map."

"Give it to me?" Yang Susu was taken aback. "This is a rare and precious treasure of the demon path, possibly the only one. Only Jing Wuxue dared to defy the world and refine this map, killing so many people. If I get this map, I can indeed refine it to completion, but not as the Holy Demon Map. Instead, I can use the Holy Demon Map as a foundation to refine our Tianwei Academy's supreme qi technique, the Second Spirit. The Holy Demon Map carries the dual intentions of sage and demon, transforming the sage into a demon. I can transform the demon into a sage, and with my master's help, I might even break through several Life Seizing stages."

"Is it that powerful?"

Yang Qi immediately said, "Then, Aunt, take the Holy Demon Map and quickly refine the Second Spirit. Your qi technique will surge, and you can change from an elite student to a core student. At that time, I will also benefit. Actually, for my cultivation, it doesn't matter whether I have treasures or not. I just need a large amount of things that can increase the source of life."

He deeply understood that the Holy Demon Map was no ordinary thing, crafted from the souls of tens of millions of people. If Yang Susu could truly transform the demon into a sage and refine the Second Spirit, she would likely stand out among the elite students.

Now, the Holy Demon Map was of no use to him.

Although breaking through to the Life Seizing Realm would allow him to refine magical treasures, if his cultivation really reached the Life Seizing Realm, his "Divine Elephant Hell Suppressing Strength" could break through everything.

But for his aunt Yang Susu, a higher status would be very beneficial to him.

"Let's do it this way, Aunt. Quickly take this Holy Demon Map and find your master to refine it. Quickly refine the Second Spirit and break through to the second Life Seizing. And there are so many pills here; you can choose the useful ones. I will return to my own cultivation, hoping to break through to the Life Seizing Realm."

Yang Qi stood up: "Aunt, there's no time to waste. It's a pity that I haven't yet reached the Life Seizing Realm, otherwise I could help you with special true qi."

Although he had lost trust in women after the Yun Hailan incident, his aunt Yang Susu was the only exception. She had been a girl who played with him since childhood, and there was a special bond of family and blood.

"Since that's the case, it's good. Qi'er, when Aunt refines the Second Spirit and breaks through several Life Seizing stages to become a core student, I'll see who dares to oppose us." Yang Susu nodded heavily and pointed her hand, using a true qi to roll up the map.

The two continued to exchange for a while until it was dark.

Taking advantage of the darkness, Yang Susu and Yang Qi both flew out of the elite academy.

Yang Susu went to find her master, while Yang Qi returned to his outer academy.

In principle, even for family visits, outer and inner academy students could not stay in the elite academy for long, or they would be reported and heavily punished. This was to prevent favoritism and the disruption of academy rules. If everyone did this, bringing their relatives to the elite academy for cultivation, it would be chaos.

Earlier, when Yang Susu suggested that Yang Qi cultivate in her temple, Yang Qi knew that although Yang Susu could get away with it thanks to her master, with Yun Hailan watching him, she would seize any opportunity to kill him. This woman was vicious and cold-hearted, and Yang Qi had seen it firsthand.

Even after she advanced to the Life Seizing Realm, she might target Yang Susu.

Therefore, Yang Qi urgently wanted Yang Susu to quickly enhance her strength, making Yun Hailan unable to catch up.

The Holy Demon Map was an almost impossible magical treasure to refine. If anyone wanted to refine it again, they would have to kill nearly a hundred million people and slay ten thousand Qi Sect level demon beasts and Life Seizing Realm experts.

Because of the special nature of this magical treasure, if Yang Susu could truly transform the demon into a sage, her potential would be limitless.

Taking advantage of the darkness, Yang Qi returned to his residence. Looking at the "Spirit Gathering Formation," he felt it was far inferior to the "Imperial Qi Formation," but it was still much better than cultivating in the wilderness.

Yang Qi took out the pills from his ring, found those that could increase the source of life, and swallowed them like popping beans.

Each pill he swallowed was refined by true qi, transforming into a medicinal aura that entered the depths of the hell furnace embryo.

The powerful medicinal power of each pill was brewing in the furnace embryo, boiling in the lava-like true qi, gradually transforming into the source of life, seeping into the meridians, and gradually injecting into the twenty-one micro-particles in his body.

These medicinal powers were rare elixirs, and each one, when consumed, could increase decades of hard training for ordinary people. Unfortunately, Yang Qi's body, after being transformed by the "Divine Qi Technique," was a thousand times stronger than that of ordinary people, so a single pill could only increase his cultivation by ten to fifteen days.

Fortunately, he had gathered many elixirs from the Loulan ancient city's treasure, and each one, when consumed according to the method, transformed into a powerful medicinal force.

A massive amount of life essence was injected into a micro-particle, and the twenty-first micro-particle began to stir, with the power of an ancient giant elephant seemingly breathing and about to awaken.

Yang Qi's true qi crackled around his body, rotating, and a halo appeared above his head, spreading out like ripples. The halo was golden, spreading to its limit and suddenly condensing, faintly forming a gate behind Yang Qi.

The gate seemed to be hidden in space, entirely black gold in color. Black represented the dark demon god of hell, and gold represented nobility.

Black gold was the supreme noble ruler of the entire hell.

This was the Hell Gate that could be evolved when the Divine Elephant Hell Suppressing Strength was cultivated to its extreme.

It was said that once the Hell Gate was refined, one could communicate with the hellish underworld through their will, borrowing the power of ancient demon gods, or even summoning the spirits of ancient demon gods to suppress everything and sweep across the land.

However, Yang Qi was still far from this.

He must surpass the Life Seizing Realm and at least reach the "Prince" realm, the "Legendary" realm, to have a chance.