"ROAR!"

The Serpent-Eel Heavenly Demon roared in agony.

It was terrified to perceive that its demonic primality was being continuously transformed into an aura of decay by the black palm imprint branded on its body. This aura, in turn, then seeped back into its body, causing even greater damage.

What Shen Mo saw, however, was this late-stage Class III demon head, its body withering at a terrifying speed. In the blink of an eye, its aura had already fallen to the middle-stage of Class III.

He then took out the Black Cloud Bag refined from the Ink Sac and stimulated his Mana. A large, ink-black mist immediately spread out, obscuring an area dozens of miles in radius in an instant.

Her divine sense obscured by the dark ink, Clam Girl Ming Yu, in the distance, anxiously flapped her clamshell.

The Serpent-Eel Heavenly Demon, struck by the Withering Pursuit Soul Palm, had its aura weaken and its strength greatly diminish. Shen Mo, however, didn't deploy the Dark Cloud Bag to deal with it. Rather, it was precisely to shield Clam Girl Ming Yu's five senses and divine sense, making it difficult for her to perceive his subsequent actions.

SWOOSH!

The increasingly bizarre Soul Refining Flag appeared in Shen Mo's hand.

The immense pressure and stillness of the deep sea seemed to have no effect on it; the flag's surface still fluttered as if it were in open air.

"Refine soul, collect!"

Shen Mo shook the Soul Refining Flag and murmured a Spell.

In a flash, a blood-red light surged, converging into a crimson waterfall that rolled toward the Snake Heavenly Demon darting about in the black fog.

Only a few breaths later, this Mutated Heavenly Demon was dragged into the flag, becoming one of the Soul Generals within it.

For creatures like humans and demonic beasts, the Soul Refining Flag would seize their souls. When summoned to fight, Bloody Fiend Qi would be used to condense a Soul General's body for them.

However, a Heavenly Demon's Soul Body is a unified whole, with no distinction between soul and physical form. Even a primal Heavenly Demon, after demon-corrupting other creatures, would also have its essence transform into that of a Demon Body.

Therefore, when the Soul Refining Flag refines a Heavenly Demon into a Soul General, it draws the entire entity into the flag, leaving no corpse behind.

The Serpent-Eel Heavenly Demon's thunder-releasing Innate Divine Ability was quite good, so Shen Mo expended a little more effort to refine it into a Soul General.

As for the Demon-corrupted Marine Race members he had previously slain, few had caught his Dharma Eye… It was better to just kill them directly, obtain merit for slaying demons, and also retrieve the extraordinary spiritual materials from their bodies to forge magic artifacts.

「When the ink-black fog gradually dispersed, only Shen Mo remained.」

"Fellow Daoist Shen, where did that demon go? Did it escape?" Clam Girl Ming Yu swam over, flapping her clamshell, and asked apprehensively.

"Rest assured, that demon has been slain by me," Shen Mo replied indifferently, not wishing to discuss the topic further with her. He immediately added, "Fellow Daoist Ming Yu, I expended quite a bit in this battle. I need to find a place to rest and recuperate."

The strange lightning had not caused him serious injury. On the contrary, executing the Withering Pursuit Soul Palm had consumed a significant amount of Shen Mo's Essence and Qi. If he were to encounter another powerful Heavenly Demon at this moment, he would likely find himself in an extremely perilous situation. Therefore, Shen Mo wanted to put some distance between them and wait until he had recovered his condition before proceeding.

Clam Girl Ming Yu had no objections and obediently nodded in agreement.

Soon after, the two of them swam away from the direction of the Near Sea Demon Cave, traveling over a thousand miles.

Due to the vastness of the sea, the encirclement formed by cultivators and the Marine Race was immense. The battlefield where they clashed with the Heavenly Demons had extended roughly another thousand miles outward from Demon Lord Lin Gu's territory.

However, having traveled this far, Shen Mo and Clam Girl Ming Yu were unlikely to encounter any more Heavenly Demons.

But, there were no islands emerging from the sea surface nearby.

Shen Mo had no choice but to find a coral hill located roughly a thousand feet deep beneath the sea surface. He flattened its top and sat down cross-legged to meditate.

「He had not been cultivating for long when suddenly, his vision brightened, and the water pressure on his body abruptly vanished.」

He saw two mountain-sized, crystal-clear clamshells completely enveloping him and the coral hill he was sitting on. It was as if two pieces of crystalline jade had formed a sloping celestial dome. It was not only bright and comfortable but had also thoughtfully expelled all the surrounding seawater, freeing Shen Mo from the need to maintain the Can Palm.

Clam Girl Ming Yu lay on a bed of pearl material, which glided along the enormous clamshell to Shen Mo's side. As if considerate of Shen Mo's feelings, she was no longer unadorned as before. Instead, she was covered in dazzling pearls, resembling human clothing and concealing much of her allure.

"Fellow Daoist Ming Yu?" Shen Mo looked puzzled.

A hint of awkwardness and unease appeared on Clam Girl Ming Yu's delicate and pretty face. "This is my Innate Divine Ability," she explained, "which allows me to use my outer shell to create an independent space.

"As long as we hide here, even a Class III peak Heavenly Demon cannot find us.

"Even if we're discovered, it doesn't matter; nothing below Class IV can break in. It's really safe!

"I saw you were struggling to maintain the water-avoidance spell while meditating... so I took the liberty of bringing you inside.

"If you feel uncomfortable in here, I'll dispel this Innate Divine Ability right away."

Shen Mo was slightly stunned by her words.

So, it wasn't that Ming Yu's shell had enlarged; rather, she had used her clamshell as a boundary to create an independent space, much like a Dungeon.

Soon after, Shen Mo had Ming Yu let him out.

He used his sense to explore the vicinity several times but found no trace of Ming Yu. Even the Coral Mountain that had previously stood silently in the sea seemed to have been utterly erased, leaving a void. Moreover, his Special Destiny had detected no abnormalities. This was enough to prove that Clam Girl Ming Yu and the Coral Mountain were no longer in this spatial plane.

Shen Mo was instantly amazed!

Those on the Immortal Path could indeed use Forge techniques to create Universe Bags with independent spaces, or even Spirit Pet Bags capable of holding living creatures. However, both of these depend on external objects. And the Universe Bag and Spirit Pet Bag themselves don't just disappear into thin air. Not to mention, only demonic beasts that have signed a Spirit Pet Contract can enter a Spirit Pet Bag. Even without such restrictions, a cultivator hoping to evade a powerful enemy by hiding inside a Spirit Pet Bag was indulging in a fool's dream! If they actually did so and the Spirit Pet Bag fell into enemy hands, their life and death would then depend entirely on the enemy's whim.

Clam Girl Ming Yu's Innate Divine Ability was, in essence, closer to a mighty cultivator of the Immortal Path creating a cave paradise. Without reaching the Golden Core Realm, attempting to open one's own Blessed Land was pure fantasy! Furthermore, creating and maintaining a Blessed Land required vast amounts of cultivation resources, as well as one's own Mana and True Yuan. Ordinary Golden Core patriarchs wouldn't expend such effort to create a Blessed Land unless they had nothing better to do. Ming Yu, despite being only at the middle-stage of the Class III Realm, could rely on the wondrous nature of her Skill to easily create an independent space. Although the space was small, accommodating a modest hill was an effortless task.

Shen Mo waited outside for a moment when he suddenly felt spatial ripples spreading out.

A slender, stable spatial fissure appeared before Shen Mo, gradually widening like an opening clamshell.

Shen Mo transformed into a streak of light and flew inside, his figure then appearing within the shell's space. Ming Yu, lying on the pearl bed, and the previously vanished coral hill, prominently entered his sight.

"Fellow Daoist Ming Yu, what is this Innate Divine Ability called?"

"I'm not entirely sure. In my clan, only I have awakened this Innate Divine Ability." Clam Girl Ming Yu felt a little shy under Shen Mo's gaze.

She lowered her head, thought for a good while, and then said hesitantly, "I remember now. Many years ago, my mother vaguely mentioned it to me. It seems to be called The Smallest and The Largest."

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