In the blink of an eye, another year had passed.

Wang Wu was just a touch away from successfully cultivating and condensing his fourth and fifth Demon Pills.

In fact, he thought the same nine months ago.

Six months ago, he was brimming with confidence, ready to tackle it at any moment.

Three months ago, he furrowed his brows in confusion.

And now—

"Where did I go wrong?"

"Do I really need to cultivate these two Demon Pills for three full years like Nezha?"

Wang Wu doubted his life choices a bit.

Over the past year, he gained at least 1,400 points of vitality every day. Conservatively calculated, he invested a total of 500,000 points of vitality over the year.

That's an astronomical number.

The first three Demon Pills could advance at any time, and he had suppressed them for a full six years.

In these six years, assuming an annual income of 500,000 vitality points, he could have upgraded these three Seventh Grade Tongqiao Demon Pills to the Sixth Grade, perhaps even the Fifth Grade.

But now, the fourth and fifth Demon Pills could not even condense into the most basic Ninth Grade Tongqiao Demon Pills?

Wang Wu repeatedly pondered and deduced but found no mistake.

He even considered dispersing and starting over.

But he couldn't bear to do it.

"Forget it, it doesn't matter. Even if the fourth and fifth Demon Pills can't take shape, maintaining them as Vitality Clouds is a huge help for me."

Wang Wu accepted the situation; since he couldn't see the results of forming pills in the short term, there was no need to suppress the first three Demon Pills any longer, no need to hold back from upgrading.

An idea flashed by, and the world opened up.

The three Eighth Grade Tongqiao Demon Pills instantly upgraded on the spot, in less than a second.

It was the quickest advancement ever.

At that moment, inside Wang Wu's body, the three Demon Pills shone brilliantly, enveloping an enormous amount of vitality and qi blood, completing a higher level of fusion with his bloodline. The power of the qi blood turned into a raging river, swirling around the three Demon Pills, resembling three stars.

From head to toe, every inch of his flesh, every piece of bone, was radiating powerful vitality and energy. Wherever the warm flow of qi blood passed, everything seemed to resurrect and transform, shedding old skin.

At this moment, his body was expanding, his bones were growing wildly, his power was accumulating, and all his Bloodline Talents and Bloodline Secret Techniques were reveling along.

He couldn't help but want to howl towards the sky, couldn't help but want to destroy everything.

A wild and unrestrained ancient power in his bloodline was calling to him, urging him to awaken as a true Ancient Giant Bear!

But right then, it was like a flood meeting the sea, like a Hidden Dragon in the depths.

All the agitation in his bloodline, all the fervor of power, all the uncontrollable wildness were suddenly absorbed, gathered, and tamed.

The two Demon Pills that he had racked his brains over, cultivated for an entire year without completing the final step, condensed into pills at this moment.

The brilliance, the radiance, the brilliance of the first three Demon Pills seemed like the light of a grain of rice, common and mundane at this time.

Because the fourth and fifth Demon Pills truly felt like majestic mountains, vast oceans, and a deep starry sky.

Capable of containing beasts, restraining dragons, and engulfing star rivers!

Even Wang Wu's previously expanding, rapidly growing skeletal body could swiftly shrink under the control of these two Demon Pills.

From nearly four meters high, six meters long, and weighing at least fifteen tons, he shrank directly to the size of a bull.

So much so that Wang Wu didn't even realize it.

By the time he became aware of it, he hastily stopped this shrinking, though he had basically reduced himself to the limit.

Stunned, he was incredibly shocked and at a loss for what to do.

Until lines of information appeared like ghosts.

"Your three Tongqiao Demon Pills have advanced to the Seventh Grade complete state."

"Your Life Value Limit +900, Physical Strength Limit +900, Vitality Limit +900, Basic Agility +10, Basic Power +10, Basic Defense +10, Regular Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi Storage Limit +1500, Longevity +300 years (The same type of Demon Pill cannot be stacked)."

"Due to the passive Concealment Talent inscribed on your two Acupoint Opening Demon Pills, you have gained an additional increase of 0.2 levels, currently 17+2.4 levels in regular status, and 17+2.4+2 levels when activated."

"Due to the Danger Perception Talent inscribed on one of your Acupoint Opening Demon Pills, you have gained an additional increase of 0.1 levels, currently 17+1.2 levels in regular status, and 17+1.2+1 levels when activated."

"Congratulations, you have cultivated two Sixth Grade Ruyi Demon Pills."

"Your Life Value Limit +3000, Physical Strength Limit +3000, Vitality Limit +3000, Basic Agility +20, Basic Power +20, Basic Defense +20, Regular Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi Storage Limit +3000, Longevity +500 years (The same type of Demon Pill cannot be stacked)."

"You have independently comprehended a High-tier Demon Technique — Ruyi Body Technique Level 1, you can enlarge or shrink your body's weight tenfold by mobilizing Qi Blood without affecting your basic attributes and talents."

"You have independently comprehended a High-tier Demon Technique — Demonic Wind Escape Technique Level 1, by mobilizing Qi Blood, you can transform into a Demon Wind, creating black clouds on the flat ground, traversing mountains and rivers, flying in the sky, doing as you please."

"Appraisal Note: Among the Demon Race cultivating, the kinds of Demon Pills generally number nine, among which the Acupoint Opening Demon Pill is the easiest entry level, starting at Ninth Grade, with Seventh Grade being the highest. These three grades are commonly referred to as the Acupoint Realm, corresponding to Human Realm Third Grade Cultivators (Seven, Eight, Nine); the meaning of Acupoint can be understood as the beginning of enlightenment."

"If a Demon Race cannot cultivate a second type of Demon Pill from start to finish and only possesses the Acupoint Opening Demon Pill, their final growth limit will stop there."

"However, it must also be noted that because the Demon Race inherently has Bloodline Talent bonuses such as Mouse Escape, Snake Spirit, Eagle Eye, Wolf's Glance, Bear's Dominance, Tiger's Roar, Dragon's Chant, Phoenix's Cry, the Acupoint Realm, though it corresponds to Human Realm Third Grade, powerful Demons possessing Seventh Grade Acupoint Opening Demon Pills usually match the Earth Realm Fifth Grade of Human Race Cultivators, known as fighting above one's level."

"Therefore, over time, the saying that those with Seventh Grade Acupoint Opening Demon Pills have Fifth Grade strength emerged. However, there may also be situations where a Fifth Grade Demon kills a Fifth Grade Human Cultivator or a Human Fifth Grade Cultivator faces a hundred, massacring fifth-grade Demons, for these reasons."

"Furthermore, above the Acupoint Opening Demon Pill, there are three breakthrough paths for Demon Pills. The first type is the Overlord Body Demon Pill, chosen by Demons with Bloodline Talents akin to it. Such as Demons like the Bull, Bear, Tiger, and Lion with strong physiques, can correspond to the awakening of Overlord Body-type Demon Techniques."

"The second is the Spirit Communication Demon Pill, as the name implies, it is an advanced level of the Acupoint Opening Demon Pill, with more wisdom and spirit. Demons such as Mice, Snakes, Monkeys, Wolves, Crows, and Eagles can take this path, also awakening corresponding Spirit Communication-type Demon Techniques."

"The third type is the Ruyi Demon Pill, generally the most difficult Demon Pill to condense and cultivate. This kind of Demon Pill combines the advantages of the Overlord Body Demon Pill and Spirit Communication Demon Pill, only the most outstanding Demons might successfully cultivate it."

"These three types of Demon Pills, once successfully cultivated, start at Sixth Grade, with the first two reaching up to Fourth Grade, frequently referred to as the Overlord Body Spirit Communication Realm, corresponding to Earth Realm Third Grade Human Cultivators (Four, Five, Six)."

"The latter, Ruyi Demon Pill, is the most special, and can be cultivated to First Grade."

"Notably, contrary to the chaotic power depiction of the Acupoint Realm Demons, the Overlord Body Spirit Communication Realm Demons have already aligned with the realm of Human Race Cultivators, where Human Earth Realm Cultivators typically use Earth Four, Earth Five, Earth Six for distinction. Therefore, the Demon Race will differentiate using Overlord Four, Overlord Five, Overlord Six, or Spirit Four, Spirit Five, Spirit Six."

"Regarding holders of Ruyi Demon Pills, unless utilizing two types of Demon Techniques simultaneously, they can generally impersonate both Overlord Body and Spirit Communication Demon Pill paths."

"Ruyi Demon Pills can also inscribe Demon Techniques, Bloodline Secret Techniques, Talents, and even Basic Attributes, but careful selection is imperative, once inscribed, it cannot be changed."

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Wang Wu carefully reviewed this information, and to his immense joy, he finally could fly - no, to be precise, move as the Demonic Wind!

This Demon Technique, in truth, surprised him greatly. He had always felt that he lacked the demeanor of a Demon, what he had been missing was this wild, cool, and extravagant Demon Technique.

As for the explanation on Acupoint Opening Demon Pills, it indeed helped Wang Wu clear up some confusions.

In hindsight, these arcane pieces of knowledge are typically to be learned at the Monster Academy, yet now the Inheritance Soul Jade has explained them all to him thoroughly.

After reviewing the information again to ensure nothing was missed, he indulged himself in wild joy for three minutes, yes, indulged for three minutes; indeed, his attributes had taken off on the spot from this wave.

Previously, due to the Evil Wind Bone Plague, his longevity was reduced by 3 years, Life and Physical Strength permanently decreased by 30, Power, Agility, and Defense permanently reduced by 3 each, which was quite frustrating.

But now, everything was rapidly soaring.

Such generosity, finally showing a bit of the Great Demon's majestic air.

Now, his Third Stage Youth Body longevity is the Heart of the Earth 250 years + Acupoint Opening Perfected Demon Pill 300 years + Ruyi Demon Pill 500 years, minus 18 years, totaling 1032 years.

This is still the third stage of life. Yes, he must live to 1032 years before entering the fourth stage of life.

This is the secret to eternal life.

The increase in longevity adds to the current life stage, rather than needing to live to seventy or eighty, white hair floating in the wind, and then gaining extras.

In addition, his Life Value Limit has reached 6970, Physical Strength Limit 7170, Vitality Limit 22800, Power, Agility, and Defense all enhanced to 127 points.

Regular Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi Storage Limit has now become 9500 points.

Truly powerful, just like a complete form Ancient Bear, though not actually the case.

With such generous enhancements, he thinks Bear Mother's Life Value should start at least at a hundred thousand+, as for the Ancient Bear King, it might start at two hundred thousand, even five hundred thousand is conceivable.

"But anyway, I'm now a legitimate Senior Sixth Grade, Overlord Sixth Grade, or Spirit Sixth Grade; even by those unreliable oppositions, I've reached Fifth Grade, hehe."

Wang Wu snickered mischievously in his heart, then stealthily compared to the past South Mountain King and North Mountain King, he could only shake his head helplessly, finding that though he might kill such local ruling Demon Kings with a sneak attack or under the right circumstances, face-to-face and straightforward conflicts were still out of reach.

This is because the South Mountain King might indeed have cultivated to Overlord Fourth Grade, the North Mountain King might indeed have reached Spirit Fourth Grade, and similarly, Old Niu's father, the Black Mountain King, was certainly Overlord Fourth Grade.

Including Old Niu's easygoing elder brother, the Big Black Bull who still charges undeterred despite the few thousand Human crossbowmen it faces, might well be Overlord Fifth Grade.

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