Chapter 496

Chapter 496: My Heavens…

This is a pitch-black world.

In this world, there is no sunlight and no stars.

This place is the Demon Realm.

Although the Demon Realm is shrouded in darkness, it does not hinder Li Xiaojun from using his divine sense to observe.

Light is merely a collection of images formed by certain beings’ eyes detecting electromagnetic waves.

Compared to light, the perception of cultivators’ divine sense is far richer than what light-sensitive beings can see.

For instance, ordinary people cannot see spiritual energy or the things containing it, because spiritual energy does not react with electromagnetic waves.

Only beings with spiritual awareness or divine sense can see items infused with spiritual energy.

As soon as Li Xiaojun entered the Demon Realm, he activated his divine sense perception.

Then he discovered that most of the demons in the Demon Realm were surprisingly not even at the Profound Immortal realm.

After flying for a while, he sensed billions of demons through his divine sense, yet he did not find a single Demon Golden Immortal.

Not only were there no Demon Golden Immortals, but the number of demons above the immortal level was also very scarce.

Most of the demons in the Demon Realm were ordinary demons who had yet to become immortals.

The only difference between the demons in the Demon Realm and the Kunlun Realm is that the population density of demons in the Demon Realm is countless times higher than that of the Kunlun Realm.

"Did the demons treat the Demon Realm as a place to nurture their population? Yet most of the demons who became immortals left the Demon Realm?" Li Xiaojun furrowed his brow.

With most of the demons being ordinary ones, even if he caused rivers of blood in the Demon Realm, he wouldn’t gain too many benefits.

Demon essence could only be extracted by demons above the immortal level, while ordinary demons had no value at all.

Such a situation truly made Li Xiaojun frown.

However, after arriving in the Demon Realm, Li Xiaojun also noticed another situation.

In the Demon Realm, there is a denser concentration of spiritual energy than in the Kunlun Realm, but this energy is dominantly more powerful than normal spiritual energy.

Li Xiaojun tried to absorb it and found that converting spiritual energy into immortal essence would take significantly more time.

If the cultivation speed in the Kunlun Realm is 100, then the cultivation speed in the Demon Realm is only around 30.

"No wonder most demons above the immortal level went to the Kunlun Realm."

Li Xiaojun finally understood why there were so few high-level demons in the Demon Realm.

Because the cultivation speed in the Demon Realm is too slow, only one-third of that in the Kunlun Realm.

"Yet what kind of energy is this that is more advanced than spiritual energy?"

Li Xiaojun pondered.

He had never encountered this kind of energy before.

Moreover, this energy was thoroughly integrated with spiritual energy, making it very difficult to detach.

However, for Li Xiaojun, it was not impossible to separate it.

Therefore, Li Xiaojun decided to attempt to isolate it, curious to discover what this energy truly was.

Only by isolating this energy can he fully understand its properties.

…

While Li Xiaojun was trying to peel away the unfamiliar energy in the Demon Realm, a powerhouse from the Da Luo Golden Immortal Realm returned to the Demon Realm.

After entering the Demon Realm, it spread its divine sense.

When it realized that the Demon Realm was not as blood flowing like rivers as it had imagined, it secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

It thought that if that group of Human Race entered the Demon Realm, they would surely start a massacre.

Now that they hadn’t begun a slaughter, it likely meant that they hadn’t come to the Demon Realm.

Or they had come but hadn’t made a move yet.

Thus, the demon tribe Da Luo decided to patrol the entire Demon Realm.

The Demon Realm was not even half the size of the Kunlun Realm, so the patrol wouldn’t take long.

…

On another side, Li Xiaojun was continuously peeling away the energy that was even higher than spiritual energy.

He relied on the rule of time and the rule of space, making the process very complicated.

Soon, a thread of special "spiritual energy," which was many times stronger than normal spiritual energy, was peeled away by Li Xiaojun.

When Li Xiaojun isolated this thread of special "spiritual energy," he immediately sensed its volatility.

This energy, when isolated, was over a hundred times more violent than when it was merged with ordinary spiritual energy.

As Li Xiaojun released this thread of energy, a loud bang occurred as it exploded.

Li Xiaojun observed with his divine sense that after the explosion, this thread of energy re-merged into ordinary spiritual energy.

"What is this thing?"

Li Xiaojun decided to continue his research.

Soon, he peeled away another strand of special spiritual energy.

This time, he attempted to absorb this energy for cultivation.

However, he soon found himself gritting his teeth.

He discovered that this energy was incredibly difficult to absorb.

Even as a Taiyi Golden Immortal, the speed of absorption was very slow.

If his absorption speed for ordinary spiritual energy was 100, then the speed for this special energy was not even 1.

However, this single strand of special energy had an energy density that was thousands of times stronger than spiritual energy.

"I wonder if this energy can be compressed into an immortal essence stone."

Li Xiaojun felt he should give it a try.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, a decade had gone by.

In ten years, Li Xiaojun had isolated a large mass of this special spiritual energy.

"That should be enough."

Li Xiaojun looked at the mass of special spiritual energy that was as big as a house.

Next, what Li Xiaojun needed to do was compress this mass of energy into something like an immortal essence stone.

As Li Xiaojun continued to compress, soon a fist-sized, milky white spirit stone appeared in his hand.

After the spirit stone formed, despite Li Xiaojun not isolating it, and letting it come into contact with ordinary spiritual energy, it did not explode anymore.

After carefully sensing the energy density of this spirit stone, Li Xiaojun discovered that the energy contained within it was actually thousands of times stronger than a superior grade immortal essence stone.

Moreover, Li Xiaojun also found that a powerful Dao rhythm had formed within this spirit stone, but he realized that even if he absorbed the energy inside, he couldn’t comprehend the Dao rhythm.

"What… exactly is this?"

Although Li Xiaojun still didn’t know what to make of this, he understood that it was definitely something beyond spiritual energy.

No, it should be something even more advanced than innate spiritual energy.

Innate spiritual energy is a level higher than spiritual energy, much like the comparison between the spiritual energy of the Spirit Realm and the spiritual energy of the Immortal Realm.

Innate spiritual energy is said to be a legendary type of energy that existed on the primordial continent before the Kunlun Realm emerged.

And even on the primordial continent, innate spiritual energy is not common; only powerful innate beings can possess it.

Now, Li Xiaojun felt that this special spiritual energy was even more powerful than innate spiritual energy.

"Could this be chaotic spiritual energy?"

A thought suddenly appeared in Li Xiaojun’s mind.

Chaotic spiritual energy is energy that only beings above the Primordial Supreme Golden Immortal can use for normal cultivation.

While lower-tier immortals can also use it, their cultivation efficiency is quite poor.

I wonder if the system can absorb this special spirit stone?

After thinking for a moment, Li Xiaojun directly put the fist-sized spirit stone into the system space.

Then, he attempted to let the system absorb the energy within this special spirit stone.

[System Notification: Energy material detected, it can supply energy to the system, do you wish to absorb it?]

"Absorb!"

Li Xiaojun was overjoyed; he didn’t expect that the system could absorb this special spirit stone as well.

As the system began to absorb the energy, Li Xiaojun quickly observed the changes in the energy value.

"My goodness…"

When Li Xiaojun saw the energy value increase as the system absorbed the special spirit stone, he couldn’t help but exclaim.