Chapter 663: Omen Realm (1/2)

The enormous quantity of mystical yin aura inside the Cauldron of Myriad Demon was condensed into a gaseous state before it gently flowed into Han Shuo through his mouth and nose.

The mystical yin aura gathered by the enormous Ninth Realm Mystical Yin Harvester all these years rapidly passed through the countless meridians from his head to toe before flowing into his demonic infant.

Following the Cauldron Spirit’s instructions, Han Shuo opened up his soul and set his consciousness go blank. He stopped thinking about anything. Han Shuo had discovered some time ago that his demonic infant could work better if he didn’t actively micromanage it. Therefore, after opening up his soul, Han Shuo merely performed every action with his subconscious mind and did not actively control them.

This was the most optimal state that would allow Han Shuo’s demonic infant to operate at its fullest capacity. Needless to say, the Cauldron Spirit also played an important role at this moment. It gathered the mystical yin aura in the air, condensed the energy, and fed it to Han Shuo’s demonic infant.

Han Shuo felt as though his consciousness was floating, fluttering in the breeze. Without him being fully aware, the demonic infant inside his body automatically assembled the enormous amount of mystical yin aura to replenish itself and converted it into demonic yuan before subsequently depositing it into each and every cell of his body.

Time passed rapidly and noiselessly. Han Shuo’s consciousness was in a vacant state. Under the stimulation of demonic yuan, his body started to crackle and rattle. It was undergoing metamorphosis yet again. The same gradual process of transformation also began on the demonic infant inside his body. The demonic infant was no longer blurry and indistinct, but completely visible as a carbon-copy of Han Shuo.

While the metamorphosis continued, Han Shuo’s consciousness suddenly trembled as a wave of disordered information surged into his consciousness.

Han Shuo was instantly awoken from that vacant and unthinking state. The piercing pain from the transformation overhauling his body and demonic infant immediately rushed to his head. He almost couldn’t restrain himself from loudly howling in pain.

“I believe you should know that transformation is always accompanied by pain. Not only must you continue to endure this pain, but you must also carefully comprehend those things in your consciousness which the Exalted Demonlord left for you. Should your realm state fail to progress in tandem with the growing energy inside your body, it will be disadvantageous to you in the future,” Cauldron Spirit transmitted to Han Shuo.

Han Shuo understood what was happening to him in an instant. The moment that his consciousness was awoken, he very clearly sensed the transformation happening to his body and demonic infant. He could feel that the enormous amount of mystical yin aura was still madly rushing into his body, flowing through his demonic infant, being converted into demonic yuan, and subsequently nourishing his body.

The immense amount of demonic yuan he gained by absorbing and converting those mystical yin aura could not just metamorphosize Han Shuo’s physical body and demonic infant, but it could also assist Han Shuo in making a breakthrough to the next realm; with one prerequisite - Han Shuo’s realm state had to be in coherence with the energy his body possessed.

This meant that Han Shuo had to carefully decipher and comprehend the Exalted Demonlord’s understandings that were injected into his consciousness. He had to raise his realm state to the advanced degree his physical body and demonic infant required. Only then could he reap the benefits of these energies to the greatest extent. On the contrary, if too much energy was injected into him while his realm state was not sufficiently advanced to support the energy, it could backfire and cause him harm.

Having understood this, Han Shuo took the initiative to cut communication with the Cauldron Spirit, ignored the pain and transformation to his body and demonic infant, and placed his full attention on carefully comprehending the enigma that was inserted into his consciousness.

The knowledge that Gu Tian Xie the Exalted Demonlord had of demonic arts was many levels above that of Chu Cang Lan. They were absolutely different classes of existences.

The enigma that filled Han Shuo’s consciousness was like a lump of violently warping cloud which contained not a word or letter. Han Shuo had to sense and observe the changes to the cloud in order to find the comprehension of demonhood that Gu Tian Xie the Exalted Demonlord left for him.

Initially, Han Shuo had absolutely no idea how he should proceed. He tried to sense everything inside the cloud using the energy of his consciousness but he quickly realized that this method was ineffective. However, Han Shuo wasn’t feeling anxious at all as he knew that the transformation to his body and demonic infant definitely would not be complete within a short period of time. He calmly but fully focused his mind on unraveling the puzzle.

After an undetermined amount of time, Han Shuo tried opening up his soul and discarded all distracting thoughts. He sank into some kind of transcendental state. An abstruse connection was formed between him and that erratically twisting cloud.

A whirlwind of disordered thoughts shot from the cloud in all directions. Like needles cutting across his mind, they caused his consciousness immense pain and injury.

When the piercing pain struck his consciousness, the pain from his metamorphosing body and demonic infant simultaneously increased tenfold. Han Shuo nearly passed out from the pain.

While enduring and resisting the torment to his body and mind, Han Shuo started to reassemble his consciousness. He was astonished to discover that those jumbled-up thoughts that were launched all around his consciousness started to recombine rhythmically. His consciousness started to comprehend - something.

Han Shuo, whose face was twitching because of the immense pain, suddenly turned quiet and peaceful. He became as still as a boulder as he sat cross-legged. It was as though he had turned into stone.

Han Shuo’s body burst with magnificent radiance all throughout the process.

After an undetermined amount of time, the extremely rich mystical yin aura inside the Cauldron of Myriad Demon started to grow thin and flowed into Han Shuo at a slower rate. After some more time, all the mystical yin aura within the Cauldron of Myriad Demon seemed to have been washed away by a burst of strong breeze and Han Shuo’s body stopped glowing.

Han Shuo, who had remained completely still for who-knew-how-long, started moving his finger. Moments later, his eyebrows started to twitch, and finally he opened his eyes and woke up from that hypnotic state.

“Congratulations, master. You have directly broken through a whole realm!” the Cauldron Spirit’s voice sounded in Han Shuo’s consciousness.

Han Shuo’s eyes were filled with blankness. He felt as though he had just awoken from a long, long dream and was unclear about his current condition. Han Shuo’s eyebrows were furrowed and he started to slowly recall everything that happened to him.

Gradually, Han Shuo smoothened his brows. It was as though he had grabbed onto something and fallen into contemplation along that trail.

After some time, Han Shuo gently heaved a breath. He stood up from sitting cross-legged, stretched his body, clenched his fists, and sensed his transformation.

“Your body has metamorphosed yet again, and so has your demonic infant. You are now much more powerful than before!” Cauldron Spirit transmitted to Han Shuo’s consciousness.

Without needing Cauldron Spirit’s explanation, Han Shuo could sense his newfound power. The demonic yuan circulating throughout his body seemed to have transformed into a different state. They gradually flowed through his limbs and bones like tiny water streams. Every cell and bone in his body felt like they were brimming with boundless energy which could instantly gush out with one thought.