Chapter 592 - 269: Arrival at the Highest City of the Demonic Dao—Blood Refining Demon City

This city belonging to the Demon Cultivators, compared to the Righteous City Lu Wenwu had visited before, was less about rules and more about wildness.

However, relatively speaking, it still maintained basic restraint.

Though the open atmosphere led to scenes of men, women, and beasts engaging unabashedly just a few steps away on the street, with the decadent sounds continuously entering one’s ears.

At least there’s no public fighting, it’s all arranged to be settled outside the city.

As for the dark corners, killing a few people here isn’t surprising, as long as it’s not in public, it doesn’t matter.

Hmm...

Compared to other gatherings of Demonic Cultivators, this place should still be considered orderly.

This reminded Lu Wenwu of what he had seen and heard in a certain United States in the previous quest.

Aside from being more open, and with many things not being concealed but instead done openly, the difference between the two didn’t seem too great...

The restored Lu Wenwu walked holding Mao Mao through this city of Demon Cultivators, with malicious glances cast from dark corners in all directions.

Some were coveting Mao Mao’s body, some desired wealth, and others were lusting after Lu Wenwu’s body.

And both men and women!

Aside from those whose minds were filled with smut, the more normal ones coveted Lu Wenwu’s vigorous qi blood.

In the cultivation methods of Demon Cultivators, his body was like a treasure medicine.

Whether his vigorous qi blood was used to replenish a tripod furnace or his strong body was refined into a puppet or magical artifact, both were excellent choices.

In demonic artifacts, the soul, flesh, and bones are common refining materials.

For example, Lu Wenwu previously stumbled upon an extremely unsettling ancient demon cultivation spiritual artifact refining method.

Mother-Child Heart Puppet.

It requires both a mother and child to be refined together.

The "mother" must have good virtue but be naive of the world.

The Demon Cultivator would focus on cultivating the "mother" to at least the Golden Core Stage, with the Nascent Soul Stage being ideal, while the "child" only needs to reach the Qi Refining stage.

During this process, the two must be isolated from the outside world and subjected to continuous emotional stimulation and pulling according to certain magic techniques.

This way, the "mother" would feel grateful to the Demon Cultivator.

Using the term from Blue Star, it’s essentially forcibly inducing PTSD.

Meanwhile, the "mother" and "child" must spend day and night together in everyday life, with illusion arrays used to enhance their feelings of adoration and parental love to a profound level.

This process takes about ten to twelve years.

When the time is right, the Demon Cultivator kills the "child" in front of the "mother," then refines the child’s soul and seals it inside his skull.

Then, using special techniques, the child’s skull and soul are refined into a portable magical artifact.

Once refined successfully, the child part of the Mother-Child Heart Puppet is complete.

The child’s tortured soul endures torment within its own skull, emitting a soul-wrenching wail at the slightest external stimulation that’s heard far and wide.

Once this part is complete, the Demon Cultivator questions the "mother," who witnessed it all, stimulating the child’s soul in front of her and asking if she wishes to forever protect her child.

If the "mother" refuses, the artifact is immediately deemed a failure.

Her fate is predictable.

If the "mother" willingly agrees, the Demon Cultivator, while maintaining her vitality, strips away her flesh to maximize her mental stimulation, causing some transformation.

Subsequently, during her most intense emotional fluctuation, her soul and Golden Core are refined together and completely sealed in the bones.

Finally, the child’s bone is fused onto the mother’s bone, with the mother’s flesh wrapping around the child’s miniature skull, forming a lifelike true human appearance.

Once all this is done, the Mother-Child Heart Puppet is considered refined.

The fully refined Mother-Child Heart Puppet is indestructible below the Divinity Transformation stage, possessing rapid flight, spellcasting, soul attacks, and automatic defense among many other functions.

Moreover, all these are performed by the mother puppet without any operation needed from the Demon Cultivator.

It can even assist Nascent Soul Demon Cultivators in crossing the tribulation!

Bloody, cruel, and eerie.

Before witnessing this demonic artifact, Lu Wenwu had thought he was already in a moral abyss.

But compared to these ancient demon cultivators, whose daily lives are filled with live sacrifices, his moral standard still seems a bit too high.

After departing from the ignorance of the Immortal Ancient and Ancient times, the interruptions in between led to the loss of many magic techniques.

This change softened modern demon cultivators compared to ancient ones, though many methods still seem cruel to the Blue Star People.

Using humans as cultivation materials is all too common.

In the mindset of Demon Cultivators:

The Righteous Dao uses the Demon Race’s body for cultivation, permissible.

Why can’t we Demonic Dao use human bodies for cultivation?

You say we don’t treat mortals as human as if the Righteous Dao views them as the same species.

Don’t be so double-standard, okay?

From a survival of the fittest perspective, the logic of Demon Cultivators indeed holds, though it challenges humanity’s moral baseline.