The radiance that erupted from the Demon-Sealing Tower possessed only suppressive power, leaving the energy of the Split Bizarre incompletely locked. Otherwise, the four Town Demon Alliance Cultivators whose bodies were separated would have died on the spot. The Great Handprint of Capturing righted their bodies and forcibly fused them.

"Suppress!"

Under powerful suppression, the Split Bizarre could not leak the slightest bit of its strange power. With the Split Bizarre's influence gone, the severed limbs of the four Town Demon Alliance Cultivators grew back together.

"Thank you for saving our lives. May I ask for your esteemed name, Daoist Friend?"

The four wore grateful expressions. If Jia Ren hadn't intervened, and had only suppressed the Split Bizarre, their deaths would have been certain. Jia Ren had used a Demon Sealing Tower Talisman, which undoubtedly had deep ties with the Town Demon Alliance.

"It's a trivial matter, not worth mentioning."

Ever since he learned that Wang Fugui was the Lord of the Town Demon Alliance, Jia Ren's attitude towards Town Demon Alliance Cultivators had changed. As long as it did not harm his own interests, he would lend a hand if he could.

"We are not ungrateful people. Please accept this, Daoist Friend."

The leading Golden Core Cultivator took out several items from his Storage Bag: a few pieces of Magical Treasure materials, a Demon Core, and various Demonic Beast Materials. The Magical Treasure materials were quite common, mainly Iron Essence and Silver Essence. Jia Ren already had reserves and didn't lack materials. The Spider Silk was similar to that of the Qianjue Devil Spider and could barely serve as a substitute to refine Yin Sha Silk. He had always wanted to refine a Life-bound Magic Treasure for Zhang Peng Peng, but since he hadn't found a Qianjue Devil Spider, his plan had been on hold.

"I will take this item."

The Insect External Incarnation collected only the dark green Spider Silk, not touching the other treasures. The gratitude of Foundation Establishment Cultivators is beneath my notice.

"The debt of gratitude has been repaid. You should leave now."

The Insect External Incarnation was not polite and told them to leave. Next, he prepared to use the Wicked Flame on the two Split Bizarres to verify if they were the true bodies. The Wicked Flame is central to the Demon-Sealing Tower system, absolutely vital, and must not be leaked.

"We will leave at once."

The four cast a lingering glance at the distant Demon Sealing Tower Talisman, then activated their Escape Light and flew away.

After the Insect External Incarnation confirmed they were gone, he raised his hand and pointed at the Demon-Sealing Tower. Two balls of Wicked Flame flew out from the Demon-Sealing Tower, instantly igniting the immobile Split Bizarres. This was the best method to confirm whether a Split Bizarre was the true body. If the Bizarre Demon could be reborn after death, it was the main body of the Split Bizarre. If it could not be revived, it was a clone split off by the Bizarre Demon. It was like the Bizarre Demons manifested by the Mirror Bizarre and Heart-devouring Illusion Bizarre, possessing the same strength as the original but lacking the Bizarre Demon's ability to resurrect indefinitely.

Once the Demon-Sealing Tower was upgraded to a Divine Transformation-grade Magical Treasure, the Wicked Flame it produced grew even more potent. The Talisman was not as potent as the main Demon-Sealing Tower, and while the Wicked Flame's power was diminished, it was still far superior to that of an ordinary Banishing Evil Talisman.

The two Split Bizarres burned fiercely in the Wicked Flame, and in the time it took for a cup of tea to cool, they were reduced to ashes. There was no sign of rebirth from the ashes; they had both been incinerated.

Both Split Bizarres were clones, not the true body!

All this trouble for nothing!

The Insect External Incarnation was about to retrieve the Demon Sealing Tower Talisman and leave. Then, a thought struck him: the miniature Split Bizarre.

This Bizarre Demon might be the true body. Were the ones that split off just clones? Or has the main Split Bizarre silently hidden itself?! I'm not giving up! As long as the true body of the Split Bizarre is still within thirty li, it absolutely cannot escape the suppression of the Demon-Sealing Tower Treasure.

The Demon-Sealing Tower Treasure remained in place, acting as a guardian to prevent any shift in its suppressive field that might allow the Bizarre Demon to escape. The Insect External Incarnation activated its Escape Light and arrived where the Split Bizarre had first been. The tree looked ordinary, with no hint of any Bizarre aura.

"Wicked Flame!"

He activated a Banishing Evil Talisman. Under his control of fire, which was Technique Approaching the Dao, the flame transformed into a fire snake and meticulously inspected the area around the tree. The Wicked Flame would only burn Bizarre Demons, evil energy, and Bizarre Objects; it would not harm ordinary plants or trees.

Soon, a barely perceptible sizzling sound arose.

There's a chance!

Spiritual Power surged in his palm. The tree exploded into splinters, revealing a black egg the size of a rice grain, which Jia Ren snatched in a flash, pinching it between his fingertips. The black egg exuded no evil aura. If not for the Wicked Flame's ability to burn Bizarre Objects, it would have indeed gone unnoticed. The black egg melted in the Wicked Flame, revealing what was hidden inside. It was identical to the previously incinerated Split Bizarres, only much smaller. If Jia Ren hadn't sensed that something was amiss, the Split Bizarre truly would have escaped detection.

You really know how to hide!

The Split Bizarre's face showed an almost human-like fear as it trembled uncontrollably. After half the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the Split Bizarre was reduced to ashes by the Wicked Flame. From the ashes, the Split Bizarre was reborn, and the Wicked Flame reappeared, clinging to it like maggots on a decaying corpse.

This is the true body! No wonder the Town Demon Alliance couldn't get rid of this thing. The split-off clones were relatively easy to handle, serving to attract attention while the true body remained hidden. But finding the hidden true body of the Split Bizarre was no easy task. This was why it had roamed freely for decades, never discovered by the Town Demon Alliance Cultivators. The Split Bizarre's luck has run out.

"Come in!"

The Demon Sealing Tower Talisman shone with a rosy light, absorbing the Split Bizarre.

Unfortunately, this Talisman cannot truly seal and suppress Bizarre Demons internally, so it can't provide Sacrificial Fire. The transformation effect is also inferior to the main tower. Its suppressed state won't last long, so it can't serve as a secondary power source.

The Split Bizarre flew out of the Demon Sealing Tower Talisman and was sent to the nineteenth floor of the Demon-Sealing Tower Treasure, the chamber where the Green Pupil Bizarre resided. With this, the number of sealed Bizarre Demons returned to twenty-five.

Not bad. This item is quite useful.

The Demon Sealing Tower Talisman reverted to its Talisman form and was stored in the River Mountain Bag. It hadn't consumed much of its power. As long as he didn't unleash its full might, it could be used repeatedly, perhaps eighty to a hundred times, without issue.

The Split Bizarre's abilities are impressive. I should start new research on Bizarre Demons as soon as possible. The capabilities displayed by the Split Bizarre were enticing. If I could achieve infinite splitting, with clones dying in my stead, my life-preservation abilities would be practically invincible!

The Insect External Incarnation set off towards the Eastern Desolation Domain.

「Meanwhile, the main body had just finished cultivating and entered the Demon-Sealing Tower to conduct experiments.」

Since the White Candle bizarre could produce more Wicked Flame, Jia Ren wanted to fully utilize the Bizarre Demons within the Demon-Sealing Tower to generate more power. If the Longevity Bizarre died even faster, wouldn't I be able to produce a large amount of Wicked Flame daily? The only concern is that if the Longevity Bizarre merges with the White Candle bizarre to become a Longevity Candle Bizarre, the Demon-Sealing Tower might not be able to keep it suppressed...

Under the Demon-Sealing Tower's suppression, the two types of Bizarre Demons coexisted peacefully on the twenty-fourth floor. The White Candle bizarre couldn't exert its Bizarre Demon power, and its burning effect was similar to before. Jia Ren lifted the restrictions on the twenty-fourth floor of the Demon-Sealing Tower, so the Bizarre Demons' powers were no longer limited. The powers of the two different Bizarre Demons constantly collided, each trying to suppress the other. The White Candle bizarre was at a disadvantage, unable to affect the Longevity Bizarre; no 'waxification' occurred. The Longevity Bizarre's power was stronger, affecting the White Candle bizarre. However, the Longevity Bizarre's Lifespan Trickery Power, the bane of all living beings, couldn't affect the White Candle bizarre in the slightest. Bizarre Demons have no lifespan limits; they are undying and unkillable. As expected, the plan to use the White Candle bizarre as a catalyst to accelerate the Longevity Bizarre's burning failed...

Jia Ren decisively maximized the restrictions on the twenty-fourth floor before managing to extract the White Candle bizarre. The Longevity Bizarre is extremely strong. Sealing two Bizarre Demons on one floor is highly prone to problems. If even a bit of its Lifespan Trickery Power were to leak, it would affect my own precious lifespan. If I were in a meditative cultivation state and didn't notice in time, I would, at best, lose eighty to a hundred years of lifespan. If the situation were worse, I might age to death without even realizing it. Even if the probability was only one in ten thousand, Jia Ren was unwilling to take the risk.

The Longevity Bizarre won't work. What about the other Bizarre Demons?

The White Candle bizarre was sent to the first floor to share a chamber with another Bizarre Demon. The Misleading Bizarre was still running wildly within the Demon-Sealing Tower, trying to play hide-and-seek with the Wicked Flame, attempting to shake off the nightmarish flames. But fate was not on its side. Its tormentor, Jia Ren, had sent it a new companion. It thought this was a good thing, but it was actually the beginning of a new nightmare.

With the White Candle bizarre and the Misleading Bizarre cohabiting, the powers of the two Bizarre Demons began to erode and contaminate each other. The Misleading Bizarre was instantly suppressed, and the green-skinned child form it took on began to show signs of 'waxification'. The Wicked Flame burned even more fiercely, and the Misleading Bizarre died even faster...

The efficiency has indeed improved! It's about three times the previous rate. The Misleading Bizarre, which previously died two thousand times a day, would now, with this threefold increase in efficiency, die six thousand times a day. The cycle of rebirth and death continued endlessly.

Excellent! Jia Ren's eyes gleamed; his plan had succeeded.

The Misleading Bizarre is too weak, so the efficiency improvement is limited. I still want to experiment with stronger Bizarre Demons. He experimented with one Bizarre Demon after another, searching for targets that the White Candle bizarre could suppress and influence for the greatest enhancement.

「Several days later, he finally had results.」

The Hair Bizarre on the sixth floor, the Flesh Phantom Tree on the tenth floor, and the Mist Bizarre on the fourteenth floor all proved to be good "fuel." Other Bizarre Demons were either not weak enough for a significant improvement when paired with the White Candle bizarre, or they were too strong for it to influence.

I almost forgot, there's one combination I haven't tried yet: The Fire Demon Child and the White Candle bizarre. Can it enhance the Wicked Flame's burning effect on the White Candle bizarre?

As soon as the two Bizarre Demons were placed together, an invisible force gathered, seemingly about to fuse them into one.

"Suppress!"

A powerful suppressive force emerged, forcibly interrupting the fusion of the two Bizarre Demons. Jia Ren wouldn't intervene if ordinary Bizarre Demons merged, as it could even save space in the Demon-Sealing Tower. The Fire Demon Child was different. This creature was unaffected by Wicked Flame. If the White Candle bizarre merged with it, he would lose good fuel. A Fire Demon Child that doesn't contribute to production becoming more powerful offers me no benefit whatsoever.

Let's pair the White Candle bizarre with the Mist Bizarre then! The efficiency of the three successful combinations varied little, so choosing any of them would be fine. Recalling how the Mist Bizarre's female form had nearly killed him, Jia Ren decided it was payback time. The White Candle bizarre was sent to the fourteenth floor to help the Mist Bizarre improve its "production" efficiency. With the White Candle bizarre combined with the Mist Bizarre (in its female form), the daily output of Sacrificial Fire reached an efficiency equivalent to a Late Golden Core Stage Cultivator refining for sixty years.

There are still unknown combinations and pairings among Bizarre Demons. I wonder which other Bizarre Demons can merge. After witnessing the fusion of the Eye Bizarre and the Green Pupil Bizarre, and the attempted fusion of the Fire Demon Child and the White Candle bizarre, Jia Ren realized there was still much untapped potential in Bizarre Demons. Could the Smiling Bizarre and the Crying Bizarre merge? What kind of Bizarre Demon would they create if they did?

Just as he was preparing to conduct this experiment, news arrived from his Insect External Incarnation.

「In the Eastern Desolation Domain, the Purple Sun Sect had arrived!」

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