Chapter 1191: The Lifeless Devilish Seal

Qin Sang had tried studying it himself, but gained no insight. Whether it was the barriers within the astra itself or the array runes, everything was completely unfamiliar to him.

However, Bai had been fully focused on refining the Corpse Soul Orb, and no one knew how long it would take before he advanced. There was no time to restore the Devil-Binding Chain.

Qingjun accepted both the Devil-Binding Chain and the jade slip containing the copied array.

After examining them, she remained silent for a long time, contemplating and studying the array diagram.

"When I explored the forbidden ancient region in Ziwei Palace, I obtained a fragment of an ancient scripture. Some of the runes in it are extremely similar to those in this array. I have been studying that scripture for years and have already gained quite a few insights. The runes in this copy are very clear. If you give me some time, I might be able to use them to restore the array."

Qin Sang was delighted when he heard this. "Senior Sister, you can take it. I hope you can decipher it soon."

He did not mind whether the Devil-Binding Chain was controlled by himself or by his senior sister.

In his hands, the Devil-Binding Chain was practically useless. Who knew how many years it would take before Bai advanced?

Moreover, this kind of treasure could only be used against ancient devils. Its applications were extremely limited.

At present, the greatest threat came from the possible ancient devil behind Sin Abyss. Dealing with that ancient devil was a shared goal for both him and Qingjun. It did not matter who used the treasure.

Besides, Qingjun’s cultivation level exceeded his. If she controlled it, it would produce even greater effects. Also, she had just handed over the banner poles to him earlier, so it was fair to let Qingjun have the chain.

The Devil-Sealing Pillars and the Devil-Binding Chain shared the same origin. The barriers in the Devil-Sealing Pillars were far denser and more complex, clearly placing them at a higher level than the Devil-Binding Chain. Once Qingjun restored the array of the Devil-Binding Chain, he could study it and use it as a reference to research the array that corresponded with the Devil-Sealing Pillars.

In the future, once Qin Sang refined all the Devilish Flames of Nine Hells and found a way to repair the Devil-Sealing Pillars, he too would possess a similar treasure, and one with even greater power. This would achieve two goals at once.

"You are quite generous." Qingjun raised her eyes slightly, though she did not refuse.

After all, restoring the Devil-Binding Chain would benefit them both.

After a moment of thought, Qingjun took out another jade slip and tossed it to Qin Sang. "You exchanged an almost complete Devil-Binding Chain for just a few broken banners? Inside this jade slip is a threshold-breaking secret technique called the Lifeless Devilish Seal."

Qin Sang quickly caught the jade slip. He understood Qingjun’s temperament very well.

Just as she had said before, she pursued the path of immortality according to her own heart, viewing others as mere passersby in the mortal world.

It sounded carefree, but truly living that way was far from easy. When facing people and events, one could only remain unbound after resolving all karmic ties and having a clear conscience.

How many people in the entire immortal cultivation world could truly achieve such freedom? Qin Sang knew he could not.

Although the relationship between the two of them was somewhat closer than with others because of Senior Qingzhu, it had not yet reached the point where they freely shared everything.

Besides, the contents of the jade slip gave Qin Sang no reason to refuse. Any secret technique that helped break through a threshold was extraordinarily valuable.

"A threshold-breaking secret technique can also help Spiritual Infant cultivators?" Qin Sang was overjoyed and immediately tried to examine the jade slip with his spiritual consciousness.

Before he could do so, Qingjun spoke again. "Do not rush. Let me remind you first. Anyone below the Divine Transformation Realm can cultivate the Lifeless Devilish Seal, but the seal can only be used once in a lifetime. This technique carries enormous hidden risks, and during battle it can easily be exploited by others. The same applies even to Spiritual Infant cultivators. The person who created this evil technique must have been utterly insane. Unless you have no other choice, you must not cultivate it. Studying it for reference is enough. I once made a foolish decision and tried to rely on the Lifeless Devilish Seal to break into the Spiritual Infant Realm. As a result, the aftermath of that evil technique troubled me for several hundred years and nearly doomed me beyond redemption. Only recently did I finally resolve it..."

Qin Sang felt a chill in his heart. Qingjun possessed extraordinary talent, yet she had struggled with the consequences for hundreds of years. That alone showed how severe the dangers of the technique were.

He did not dare act recklessly. Carefully storing the jade slip, he listened as Qingjun explained the details of the technique. Afterward, they discussed a few minor matters.

Qingjun was eager to study the Devil-Binding Chain, so she soon departed.

Qin Sang closed the side hall and took out the Lifeless Devilish Seal, examining it closely. Not long afterward, he withdrew his spiritual consciousness, deep in thought.

Qingjun had not exaggerated earlier. The hidden dangers of the Lifeless Devilish Seal were terrifying, and the process of cultivating it was even more horrifying. Whoever had created this technique must truly have been a madman.

The cultivation process itself involved condensing the Lifeless Devilish Seal. When the moment of breakthrough arrived and the seal fully formed, it would then be shattered, using its power to forcibly break through the bottleneck.

What was truly chilling was that the so-called Lifeless Devilish Seal was actually refined from heart devils!

To cultivate the Lifeless Devilish Seal, one had to constantly meditate upon hatred, pain, and other obsessions, nurturing heart devils and allowing them to grow stronger. During this process, if one was careless and suffered a backlash from the heart devils, the result would be complete destruction of both mind and spirit!

The danger of such a method needed no further explanation. Anyone who saw this technique would feel a chill go down their spines.

Heart devils were among the things immortal cultivators feared most. Every cultivator tried their utmost to avoid giving rise to them. Yet someone had dared to do the exact opposite, deliberately nurturing heart devils in order to refine a devilish seal!

Even more terrifying, suppressing the backlash of heart devils was not enough to successfully complete the Lifeless Devilish Seal.

If a cultivator wished to condense the seal smoothly, they first had to resolve their obsessions. Otherwise, the heart devils would inevitably spiral out of control!

Only then did Qin Sang finally understand why Qingjun’s behavior in the past had seemed so strange.

Her father had disappeared, and her mother had died in sorrow. From the very beginning of her cultivation, she had carried a blood-deep vendetta. Her sole obsession had been revenge.

Her talent was exceptional, and her cultivation progressed rapidly. Yet breaking through to the Spiritual Infant Realm was not something that could be achieved simply by wishing for it.

Thus Qingjun cultivated the Lifeless Devilish Seal, using her obsession to nurture heart devils, determined to personally kill Leng Yuntian.

At that time, Leng Yuntian showed no signs of forming a Spiritual Infant. Qingjun had been confident that once she reached the late stage of the Golden Core Realm, she would certainly be able to kill him with her own hands.

Then she would condense the devilish seal, form her Spiritual Infant, kill Leng Qian, and destroy Yuanshen Sect!

But fate was unpredictable. She had never expected that Leng Qian, nearing the end of his lifespan, would spare no cost to help Leng Yuntian form a Spiritual Infant before dying.

Although Leng Yuntian’s path to the Spiritual Infant Realm was flawed and his strength inferior to that of a normal Spiritual Infant cultivator, he was still far beyond what a Golden Core cultivator could kill. As a result, Qingjun had been unable to complete the devilish seal for a long time.

Even more ironically, before she could even use the Lifeless Devilish Seal, she broke through the Spiritual Infant Realm bottleneck on her own.

Despite all her preparations, she still suffered terribly during the Spiritual Infant Realm's heart devil tribulation. Worse still, the backlash of the heart devils never disappeared. Instead, it grew increasingly severe, nearly causing her mind to collapse.

In her desperation, Qingjun suddenly had a flash of inspiration. She used the puppet technique she had mastered most skillfully upon herself, sealing away her emotions and desires and turning herself into a heartless puppet. Only then could she barely suppress the heart devils.

This method solved the urgent crisis, but it also sealed her cultivation. Later, after becoming more proficient, she could temporarily release part of her cultivation, though only for brief periods before she had to suppress the heart devils again.

Thus she could only place a portion of her consciousness within a puppet, traveling the world under the alias Granny Jing, searching for a way to take revenge and resolve the heart devil problem.

What happened afterward was the story that eventually led to her meeting Qin Sang.

She later killed Leng Yuntian in Ziwei Palace, but because the influence of the evil technique had run so deep, she had only recently achieved true freedom.

Qin Sang set these thoughts aside and looked at the jade slip in his hand. Of course, he was not afraid of the backlash of heart devils. However...

"I do not have any heart devils!" Qin Sang sighed in frustration.

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