Becoming evil makes you ten times stronger, but becoming a demon gives you hundredfold strength

"Ah!" "Ah!" "Ah!" The onlookers who had gathered to watch Meng Yu establish the Formation were mostly gone by now; all the proper cultivators of the Taiyi Sect had been finished off by Meng Yu, leaving behind only the heterodox and heretics, such as Bai Hu... She was considered a heretic herself, a member of the Fox Clan. How could she be deemed worthy to sit with the noble and awe-inspiring Four Great Sects? Everyone watched as Meng Yu's head rolled to the ground, and as his body fell into the pit, they were momentarily stunned. The next moment, a blood-colored evil qi surged skyward, complementing the twelve Golden Core corpses that Meng Yu had suspended, forming a terribly vicious pattern. Who said the Ascension List was without bugs? At this moment, everyone seemed contemplative. Many demonic arts, with their fiendish land's evil qi, often require grievances to support them, but what grievance could surpass the ritual of suicide? Blood qi circulated repeatedly, seeping into every plant in the summer garden, causing trees and flowers to grow robustly. In the cycle of life, humans are yang, plants are yin; human life is prosperous, death is withering, whereas for plants, it is the exact opposite. The corpses nourished the vegetation! Weed and tree on the ancient field, they bloom and wither year by year, wildfires cannot burn them out, heaps of bones foster new life. Bai Hu watched expressionlessly as the summer garden transformed into another structure, while the onlookers displayed intense interest. The battle just now had been dazzling, and the current formation proved this person's wisdom. Such a person couldn't possibly be cultivated by a minor sect like the Liuyun Sword Sect. Only a true Demon Gate, Immortal Sect, or Holy Land could possibly do so! "This kid is still very cautious," someone said with a chuckle. Cao Defang concealed his body in the very center of the Formation, ensuring that anyone who tried to forcefully break through would trigger mutual destruction. Half an hour later, a figure appeared in the town: Meng Yu had reappeared. "Hello, elder brothers and sisters," he greeted everyone with a beaming smile. "I won't disturb you all any longer. I'm going to study my corpse. I just broke through to the Ninth Layer of Foundation Establishment, and something feels a bit off. I'll check to see if there are any issues with my corpse that can still be rectified." His words caused many people to be taken aback. Just now, many had found Cao Defang's final suicidal move quite suspicious, possibly even staged. But hearing Cao Defang's words, they suddenly thought of a method of strengthening themselves. Flowers may bloom again, but one does not return to youth. However, in the Ascension List, anything is possible. The difference between the Eighth Layer and Ninth Layer of Foundation Establishment is like heaven and earth. The circulation of True Qi, the meridians, and blood vessels, breaking through means a significant change. But, was this breakthrough perfect? Was there room for improvement? The Ninth Layer leads to Pill of Completion, setting the course for one's future path. But now, could one relive the experience? Looking at each other, everyone suddenly felt that this method might be quite favorable. Many had cultivated various techniques and feared various deviations or failures during breakthroughs. But within the Ascension List, wasn't it possible to experiment over and over? Moreover, you could even use your corpse to study your failures! Meng Yu, radiating like sunshine, hurried back into the Great Formation, leaving behind a group of cultivators from the Demon and Beast Clans, concealing their true identities, standing in the Cold Wind. They had been through many things and seen all sorts of oddities, daring to claim that they had seen everything in this world. But now... this Cao Defang, they had never seen anything like him! "Breakthrough inside, cultivation on the outside?" Looking at each other, they all felt... something about Cao Defang's method was a bit off. It seemed feasible, yet... unfeasible? Could their own disciples also give it a try? Although they had invested a fragment of their Divine Soul, it wasn't the same for Golden Core and Foundation Establishment cultivators. A Golden Core could die three or four times a day (though doing so several days in a row would still harm the original soul), but if a Foundation Establishment died, they would be afflicted with a splitting headache for a few days. Even those from the great sects, who had all sorts of treasures and fragrances for nurturing souls, would only let their Foundation Establishment Qi Cultivation disciples come and go more frequently. But like Cao Defang—killing oneself, studying oneself, using one's own body to research oneself... It wasn't entirely infeasible. ... Sleepless City. Inside the Ascension List, Meng Yu's Divine Sense continued to fuss, causing no impact on the chaos already ensuing in Sleepless City. It's quite normal for a place to be thrown into disarray when a genius suddenly arises and battles local forces. It's simply the misfortune of the local powers, or the carelessness of certain individuals. But what if, after the genius mysteriously vanishes, another one emerges, and this new genius seems no different from the prior one, breaking expectations over and over? So, would the sect start to suspect that the two geniuses are actually the same person? Even if one uses a sword and the other a saber, from the beginning, some in the Eternal Night Palace suspected Cao Defang was Meng Yu, especially after the use of the Blood Transmutation Divine Saber. This suspicion peaked. And now, with Meng Yu in the Ascension List utilizing Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise – the four ferocious Divine Sabers – and the Earth, Fire, Water, Wind elements, even a fool in the Eternal Night Palace would suspect that this person is Meng Yu! However, this time, unlike the swift capture and besiegement before, they began evacuating the area while confirming that Meng Yu was staying within the Formation, clearing the surroundings and gathering manpower, ready to encircle and kill. Of course, there was a slight chance that Meng Yu wasn't Cao Defang. But what of it? That would just be Cao Defang's bad luck.