I Can Fix My Talent in Hundred Lives

Chapter 618 - 484: Demon of Fortune_3

The seal was lustrous and smooth, with patterns of mountains, rivers, sun, moon, and stars carved all over its surface, surrounded by a thick aura of incense.

As soon as it appeared, it emitted an ear-piercing buzzing, and a powerful pressure spread out, causing the entire space to tremble slightly.

Li Guanlong felt the terrifying aura emanating from the seal, and his soul body trembled violently in shock:

"What is this?"

Mang Mountain Monarch still didn’t speak, as many memories flashed through his mind.

This Golden Seal was his greatest opportunity!

In the early years, it hadn’t yet gained intelligence and was just a wild beast foraging in the mountains, stumbling by chance upon this Golden Seal lost in a mountain stream.

From then on, it gained intelligence and embarked on the path of cultivation.

The space before it was transformed by this Golden Seal, containing three divine wonders that helped it reach its current status step by step.

First, it wielded authority over a region, manipulating the geography and climate!

Now its authority covered Mang Mountain, and with just a thought, it could summon the storms and winds of Mang Mountain, causing landslides and earthquakes, rocks tumbling, floods surging, using the power of the terrain to crush its enemies!

Of course, the stronger the authority deployed, the greater the cost, requiring vast amounts of incense wishes to nourish the Golden Seal.

Second, it gathered incense to refine calamities, assisting in cultivation!

Ordinary cultivators in this End of the Dharma Era faced immense difficulties in their cultivation.

But Mang Mountain Monarch, with the aid of this seal, grew stronger as his domain expanded, his followers increased, and the incense gathered became more intense, accelerating the refinement of calamity energies.

Now, its cultivation speed was dozens of times faster than at the start.

Third, and the most relied upon by Mang Mountain Monarch—raising phantom ghosts!

Ordinary Mountain Monarchs would refine puppet ghosts, which were mindless and devoid of intelligence, merely used as puppets.

But through refining in this Golden Seal space, it could retain most of their memories and intelligence, even their lifetime cultivation!

Moreover, the refined ghosts were utterly loyal to it, flawless in their fidelity.

Relying on this method, Mang Mountain Monarch gathered many talented individuals under its command.

There were capable officials to manage the tribal affairs of the Yue remnants, mighty generals to guard strategic points, and numerous cultivators to oversee incense offerings and deduce spells.

This was the fundamental reason it could rise in the End of the Dharma Era and control the whole of Mang Mountain.

Thoughts flashed quickly, and Mang Mountain Monarch’s voice suddenly turned cold, uttering just one word:

"Refine!"

As the words fell, a scarlet phantom rapidly transformed into a stream of light, darting into the Golden Seal like an arrow.

Boom!!!

The Golden Seal instantly exploded with brilliant golden light.

With a hum, countless golden runes flew out from the seal, surging towards Li Guanlong’s ghost like a breached dam.

"No—!"

Li Guanlong let out a final cry of despair, but was instantly engulfed by the golden runes.

The runes, as if alive, burrowed into his ghost along golden chains, crazily altering his divine soul imprint.

He could clearly feel his memories being stripped away, reshaped, crushed, and devoured, his sect’s inheritance, cultivation insights, and past experiences were slowly disappearing.

He wanted to resist, but had no strength left, and could only watch helplessly as his divine soul was gradually assimilated.

"Ugh—"

Dark energy seeped from his ghost, the forced extraction of resentment and defiance.

In just a moment, the last bit of clarity in his eyes was completely drowned by the golden soul silk.

Li Guanlong’s once venomous gaze became hollow and numb, with only a trace of Mang Mountain Monarch’s will firmly rooted in his divine soul.

This was the initial refinement, already successful, the Daoist’s heart spirit completely under Mang Mountain Monarch’s control!

However, to fully dominate, further refinement was needed, requiring forty-nine days in total.

"Raise your head."

Mang Mountain Monarch’s icy voice echoed in the space, carrying an irresistible will.

As the words fell, the Golden Seal trembled slightly with a hum, an invisible force forcibly raising Li Guanlong’s head.

"State the inheritance of the Creek and Mountain Path!"

"Not a single word shall be omitted!"

This command thundered like a shockwave, causing Li Guanlong’s ghost to buzz.

He hurriedly responded, his voice stiff and controlled: "Yes... yes, subordinate... subordinate will speak now..."

Mang Mountain Monarch’s eyes flashed with eagerness, having long coveted the orthodox Daoist inheritance!

The cultivation technique he now practiced, "Great Dark Yin Soul Capture Technique," was left by a Daoist who had underestimated him and attempted to kill him years ago.

After he easily refined that Daoist into a phantom ghost, this cultivation technique fell into his hands.

But this technique had only three layers, allowing cultivation to the pinnacle of the manipulation realm, already considered top-tier.

Yet, having long mastered the third layer to perfection, this technique could no longer satisfy his ambitions.

Over the years, he had killed many cultivators and acquired numerous techniques, but they were all incomplete, lacking further advancement methods.

Thoughts rapidly passed through Mang Mountain Monarch’s mind, accompanied by a clear understanding of cultivation realms:

"The path of cultivation must progress in stages, from soul setting, to spiritual wandering, to object manipulation, and then to holy manifestation... each step as difficult as ascending to heaven!"

"In today’s world, cultivation has become extremely difficult! Ordinary people can only enter by slowly polishing with incense gathering and calamity refinement."

"Yet, even so, sensing the divine soul and stepping into the most basic soul-setting realm, requires decades of time, and the majority can never cross this threshold in their lifetime!"

"The key is, mastering the soul-setting realm is nearly indistinguishable from being ordinary!"

"One can only stabilize the heart spirit, preventing stray thoughts, at most gaining sharper ears and eyes, without any extraordinary means, still an ant to be slaughtered in this chaotic world!"