"You're going to form your spiritual sense using cursed qi? Where are you going to get some though? I was just joking about calling the true qi of Spirit Manifestation cultivators cursed. True qi of another cultivator can't be used to make your spiritual sense because it possesses the will of the other person." Yu Zhuwa was confused. Even if cursed qi existed, how was Yin Hui going to get some? Not even an expert such as Grandma Yu could create such a thing.

Suddenly, it came to him. Did Yin Hui already have cursed qi on him before they first met?

The corners of Yin Hui's lips rose.

"Since the spiritual qi of the heaven's rejects me, I'll use qi that rejects the heaven's! What I am using may not be cursed, but I guarantee that it is free from the influence of the heaven's!" Yin Hui reached into his bag of holding and pulled out the mass of incomplete demonic qi.

Yu Mingxi's eyes widened.

"I see! Demonic qi is qi that has been defiled, and by it's very nature rejects the heaven's. Therefore, it should be able to merge with his soul! Is he planning on creating his spiritual sense based solely off of demonic qi? Is that even possible?"

Yin Hui released the seals on the demonic qi and absorbed it into his body. He immediately sat on the ground and began to meditate, his body turning completely black.

"While I could use the demonic qi to form my spiritual sense, I have a better idea! Lady Yu said that the trick to breaking the limits of qi is to form my dao. Normally, people master the use of qi first before progressing their dao to gain greater power. However, I will do the opposite! I will use this demonic qi to form my dao, and with my dao, force spiritual qi to submit to me! Then I won't have to rely on obtaining more demonic qi if my spiritual sense is destroyed. I will be able to force normal qi to integrate with me using my dao!"

Inside Yin Hui's body, there were two balls of light. One was pure white and was shining brightly, permeating with spiritual energy. This was Tao Shou's soul, which Yin Hui had stolen when he became a cultivator. The other ball of light was grey and dull, as if all the life and vitality had been drained out of it. As the incomplete demonic qi seeped into Yin Hui's body, the qi converged towards the grey ball of light that represented Yin Hui's soul. Yin Hui's soul began to emit a black aura and a faint red glow could be seen growing deep within.

"If the spiritual qi of the heaven's rejects me, then I will subjugate it by force! Using demonic qi, I will form my dao and make the power of the heaven's submit to me! I already know what my dao shall be. My dao is vengeance! Unyielding! Unshakeable! A dao that rises up with greater power the more it's struck down! A dao of evolution!"

The red glow within Yin Hui's soul grew stronger. Suddenly, a powerful red light emerged that completely absorbed the demonic qi. When the demonic qi was fully assimilated, all that was left was a red ball of light radiating an aura of aggression.

Yin Hui stood up, his features were once again visible and his body radiated a blood red aura.

"Impossible! Yin Hui didn't use the demonic qi as a foundation to create his spiritual sense! Instead, he used it to form his dao! This red aura... is it killing intent? No... this is a lust for revenge! An insatiable desire for vengeance against all those who have wronged him. His dao is the Dao of Vengeance!" Yu Mingxi was shocked. Most cultivators waited till they were at the peak of the Spirit Manifestation realm before forming their dao. Even then, finding a dao that perfectly matched with them often took years of introspection. A two aspect Spirit Waking cultivator forming their own dao was something she never heard of her whole life. Not only that, but it seemed like Yin Hui's dao was perfectly in sync with his soul, as if the dao he picked embodied the very essence of his character.

Yin Hui closed his eyes and pointed towards the sky.

"Spiritual qi come to me!" He commanded.

Spiritual energy began to move once more into Yin Hui's body. Like before, when it came into contact with his soul it started to back away. However, this time red hands extended from Yin Hui's soul and grabbed onto the escaping qi. The strands of qi squirmed around trying to break free, but the red hands would not relent. They pulled the strands into Yin Hui's soul, allowing him to imprint his will into the qi.

"He's doing it! Big Brother Yin Hui has created his dao and is now integrating his soul with the qi!" Yu Zhuwa was ecstatic.

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"Yin Hui! Once you have accumulated a substantial amount of qi imbued with your will, allow it to spread out while keeping it attached to you!" Yu Mingxi said.

"Got it!" The spiritual qi inside Yin Hui's body was already struggling to be released. Now that it was imprinted with his will, it could only go so far as it was now tethered to his soul as spiritual sense. Yin Hui let the strands of spiritual qi go and his spiritual sense expanded around him.

Yu Mingxi and Yu Zhuwa, who were standing only a few meters away from Yin Hui suddenly froze. A cold aura filled with killing intent swept by them. The intent was so thick that it felt like someone was holding a sharp knife at their throats. The atmosphere turned dull and grim, as if all the joy in the world vanished.

"Is that... Big Brother Yin Hui's spiritual sense?" Yu Zhuwa shuddered.

A drop of sweat fell from Yu Mingxi's forehead.

"This is not normal spiritual sense... What is this? His eyes are closed, but it feels like he is looking straight at me. This is proof that this is spiritual sense.. but there's more than that! This cold and twisted atmosphere! Is this because of the combination of his fiend body and the demonic qi? Or is it because of his Dao? I've never experienced something like this before so I can't say for certain! Countless theories were racing through Yu Mingxi's mind.

Even though his eyes were closed, Yin Hui could still see. The rushing water of the river, the lush green grass in the training field, and even the figures of Yu Mingxi and Yu Zhuwa. Yin Hui had never had vision like this before. It was like he was an omnipotent god. The sense was omnidirectional and he could analyze multiple things and their individual movements all at once. At the same time a cricket moved, he could also see a bear hunting a fox in the opposite direction.

"So this is the power of spiritual sense?" Yin Hui thought.

Yin Hui was completely oblivious to the cold and dark aura he was emitting with his spiritual sense. All he was feeling was a sense of pride in breaking past the most difficult aspect of the Spirit Waking stage. As of this moment, he was a Third Aspect Spirit Waking cultivator.

Yin Hui experimented with the range of his spiritual sense, trying to figure out his limit. He found that his range was about 100 meters, which was equivalent to the size of the field he was training in.

The only regret Yin Hui had in developing his spiritual sense was that it used up all the demonic qi Yin Tou gave him. However, he felt that it was a necessary sacrifice as progressing through the cultivation ranks provided a more stable source of power. Yin Hui retracted his spiritual sense back into his body and approached Yu Mingxi and Yu Zhuwa.

"Thanks for the tip Yu Zhuwa. I don't think I would've figured out the solution to this without you." Yin Hui said with a smile.

Yu Zhuwa looked at Yin Hui with terror in his eyes.

"What's wrong Yu Zhuwa? Did the demonic qi I pull out scare you? Don't worry I had everything under control. Besides, it's gone for good now."

Yin Hui looked towards Yu Mingxi, hoping that she would provide a better explanation than him. However, when he saw Yu Mingxi's face, he noticed that it was also covered with shock and fright.

"Yin Hui, did you not feel the change in atmosphere when you released your spiritual sense?" Yu Mingxi asked.

"Hmm? No I didn't. Was there an issue?" Yin Hui was confused. To him, his spiritual sense felt exactly as Yu Mingxi said it would, an extended sense.

"When you released your spiritual sense, a dark aura filled the area. I can't explain it, but it's as if your spiritual sense was tainting the world around it. There was also this thick killing intent, as if a dagger was raised to my throat. Perhaps it has something to do with your demonic cultivation." Yu Mingxi hypothesized.

Yin Hui released his spiritual sense again, but only in a small circle around him. This time, he also used his actual eyes to analyze the effects of his own spiritual sense.

"What is this?"

The grass covered by his spiritual sense was trembling. The strands closest to Yin Hui were pointing away from him, like they were trying to avoid his presence. He took a step back and found that the grass he was standing on had been cut in half. Yin Hui's shoes were thin and made of bamboo, so there was no way they would be sharp enough to cut grass by standing on it.

Perhaps, it really was his demonic cultivation that was causing this. After all, to form his dao, Yin Hui used demonic qi as the foundation. The innate nature of demonic qi was overbearing and cold, which was perfectly in line with the observed effects on the grass.

"It is definitely spiritual sense, but there's also something else. It wouldn't be wrong to say that it is a different kind of spiritual sense, possibly unique to him." Yu Mingxi pondered. While she was extremely curious about Yin Hui's unique spiritual sense, she was also extremely wary.

"Did I make a mistake? Was it really a wise choice to train this boy? He has potential and a special cultivation path, but this feeling of unease." For a brief moment Yu Mingxi contemplated killing Yin Hui right there. There was something within him that she feared, but couldn't specify exactly what. If Yin Hui was allowed to grow, he could possibly bring a great calamity upon the entire Tang Province, maybe even affect the surrounding provinces as well.

Yu Mingxi quickly dismissed such thoughts.

"Even if this ends up being a mistake on my part, I will not stop it. This boy's life will be full of adversity and struggle anyways given his circumstances. If he is to truly rise above all that and carve a path of destruction then it will simply be fate."

"Village Leader! Village Leader!" A voice called out.

It was one of the villagers. A young man with an athletic build sprinted out of the forest clearing and stopped in front of Yu Mingxi. He gasped for air as if he hadn't taken a breath since he started running.

"What's the matter young man? Did something happen to the village?" Yu Mingxi asked.

"Village Leader... The Tang Clan has arrived early... They're waiting for you in the village right now!"