Primordial: Fusion of Chaos Demon God
Chapter 5 - The Heaven-Devouring Demon Technique, Mid Golden Immortal

Chapter 5: The Heaven-Devouring Demon Technique, Mid Golden Immortal

Zhong Yue’s actions immediately sparked curiosity among the remaining cultivators who had not yet left.

“What is he doing? Why has he returned to that shattered earth vein?”

“Is he searching for the treasure left by the Black Scorpion-Lion?”

“Come on, the Black Scorpion-Lion is a ferocious beast, do you think ferocious beasts understand treasure? Such creatures don’t have treasures.”

The cultivators discussed amongst themselves, but none dared to approach and investigate.

The strength that Zhong Yue had demonstrated earlier had already filled them with awe. Many of them believed they could defeat the Black Scorpion-Lion, but they were certain it would not have been this easy.

As for those who weren’t confident in defeating it, they didn’t even need to mention it.

Time passed, and as days went by, these cultivators saw that Zhong Yue had not reappeared, so they assumed that he had claimed this place for himself, and they all eventually left.

Meanwhile, deep within the earth vein, Zhong Yue was unaware of their thoughts—or rather, even if he knew, he wouldn’t care.

To him, these people were just useless, and focusing on them was a waste of time.

Reaching the center of the earth vein, he threw the Black Scorpion-Lion’s corpse onto the ground and immediately sat cross-legged.

Without hesitation, boundless spiritual energy surged from his body and poured directly into the Black Scorpion-Lion’s body.

He began to analyze the structure of the Black Scorpion-Lion, investigating the principle behind its ability to devour demonic energy.

If it were a cultivator, what Zhong Yue was doing would have been a waste of time. After all, a cultivator’s power lies within their soul, and the physical body is merely a vessel.

But the Black Scorpion-Lion was a ferocious beast, and all of its abilities were tied to its physical body, which contained great secrets.

Time passed as Zhong Yue used his spiritual energy like a blade, guided by his heaven-defying comprehension, continually analyzing the essence of the ferocious beast.

Countless pieces of information converged in his mind, and eventually, they were dismantled, summarized, fused, and transformed…

Thanks to his immense comprehension, after a thousand years of effort, the initial form of a technique appeared in Zhong Yue’s mind.

[You have used the ferocious beast’s corpse and your heaven-defying comprehension to dismantle its essence, successfully comprehending its core, and you have modified it to create a divine technique—The Heaven-Devouring Demon Technique.]

[Heaven-Devouring Demon Technique: A divine technique that seizes the creation of heaven and earth and invades the mysteries of the sun and moon. It can devour all living beings and accommodate all laws within the self. Those who reach a high level of cultivation can devour the heavens and earth.]

As these pieces of information appeared, Zhong Yue slowly opened his eyes.

“A divine technique, huh?”

He murmured softly, his eyes fixed on the Black Scorpion-Lion’s corpse before him, a look of deep confusion in his gaze.

In the Great Wilderness, divine techniques are divided into three levels: from low to high, they are: Lesser Divine Techniques, Greater Divine Techniques, and the Dao of Hunyuan.

Lesser Divine Techniques are represented by the 72 Earth Fiend Divine Techniques, while Greater Divine Techniques are represented by the 36 Celestial Generals Divine Techniques.

As for the so-called Dao of Hunyuan, it is not a technique for saints; saints cultivate the rules, but Hunyuan refers to the quasi-saints, or rather, the Hunyuan Golden Immortals. The most representative technique of this level is the “Pocket Universe” of Zhen Yuan Zi.

Of course, this is not absolute, as the effects of certain techniques can vary greatly depending on the practitioner.

For example, one of the 36 Celestial Generals Divine Techniques, “Manipulating Creation,” in the hands of an average cultivator might only affect life and death, but in the hands of Nüwa, it could create life, and even use it to comprehend the rules of creation.

The Heaven-Devouring Demon Technique, as a Greater Divine Technique, isn’t considered to be too advanced, but it certainly isn’t low either.

What truly puzzled Zhong Yue was that, in his perception, the Heaven-Devouring Demon Technique before him was incomplete. However, he lacked sufficient information to complete it.

After a long while, Zhong Yue sighed helplessly.

“Looks like the Black Scorpion-Lion’s level is too low, or perhaps my own strength is too weak, which is preventing the technique from reaching its full potential.”

The Black Scorpion-Lion was ultimately a peak Golden Immortal, and the information it contained was limited. Since he himself was only a Golden Immortal, his understanding of the Dao was too shallow. Trying to innovate was extremely difficult.

After realizing the key point, Zhong Yue was not discouraged. With his current strength, this divine technique would still be sufficient.

Shifting his gaze away, Zhong Yue stood up from the ground and walked toward the source of the earth vein.

With the creation of the technique complete, it was time for him to take real action.

Arriving at the source of the earth vein, the place had once again become tainted with thick demonic energy, just like before.

“Heaven-Devouring Demon Technique, devour!”

Zhong Yue raised his hand, and (immortal light) erupted from within his body as the Heaven-Devouring Demon Technique activated fiercely.

In an instant, a powerful, world-devouring aura emanated from Zhong Yue’s hand, forming a massive vortex, as though it was attempting to devour the entire world.

Within the vortex, Zhong Yue accepted everything—be it spiritual energy, demonic energy, or even killing energy, all were sucked into his body.

This Heaven-Devouring Demon Technique was created based on the essence of ferocious beasts, which naturally fed on all kinds of negative energy from the Great Wilderness, including killing energy.

Soon, as the demonic energy dissipated, an immense aura began to rise from Zhong Yue’s body.

It turned out that by devouring all of this, Zhong Yue had directly broken through his own limits.

Immortal light surged, and divine brilliance shone. A certain barrier within Zhong Yue’s body seemed to shatter, and his cultivation successfully reached the Mid Golden Immortal stage.

After the breakthrough, his efficiency in devouring energy increased drastically.

In just a few days, the entire earth vein’s demonic energy had been consumed, and the spiritual energy had been reduced to almost nothing.

However, none of this was a problem. After devouring the demonic energy, Zhong Yue did not leave. Instead, he sat cross-legged at the source of the earth vein.

He began to manipulate the surrounding mountains and rivers using the Source Heaven Divine Technique, starting to repair the shattered earth veins beneath him. He tried to restore the earth vein to its former state, while also extracting the primordial energy from the earth vein.

Time passed, and as he worked, the earth vein gradually began to heal, and the concentration of spiritual energy started to recover.

He was, after all, a living manifestation of an earth vein, and with the demonic energy dissipating, repairing the earth vein was practically effortless for him.

Years later, a long-awaited spiritual rain fell from the sky, covering only the area where the earth vein had gathered.

This was the earth vein nourishing the land, as it had recovered, and thus the area began to flourish once more.

The spiritual rain lasted for several days, gradually rejuvenating the area within a thousand miles, and the spiritual energy became ever more abundant.

When the rain finally stopped, a figure emerged from the depths of the earth vein, heading deep into the western continent.