Yuan Ming's gaze shifted to the ancient scroll, only to see a grey vortex appear on it, with no signs of corrosion. This slightly reassured him.

But now, when he turned his attention to the flesh walls around him, he dared not force a breakthrough any longer.

Not to mention that the toughness of the flesh walls was unpredictable, the grey mist released by the counter shock of his attack was also quite strange and difficult to deal with.

"Well, since a forceful breach is not possible, leaving is the only option," he sighed and said.

No sooner had he spoken than Yuan Ming withdrew the Map of Ten Thousand Realms; his five fingers stretched forward, transforming into the roots of the Undying Tree, and he activated the divine skill to traverse the void.

A distortion appeared in the void at the tips of the roots, followed by the rippling of spatial ripples, as a spatial passage slowly emerged before him, revealing a dark-red void behind him that led to an unknown location.

Yuan Ming immediately extended the roots into the passage.

Just then, he felt a sudden tightness on his back as if something was pressing against him.

Startled, Yuan Ming hesitated not a moment and plunged headlong into the spatial passage, vanishing from sight.

But the next instant, he stumbled and fell from midair, once again landing in the slowly writhing space of flesh walls.

Steadying himself, Yuan Ming looked around and saw two spatial passageways, an entrance and an exit, facing each other, merely six feet apart.

His brow furrowed even tighter.

Despite his suspicions, Yuan Ming tried again, extending two more roots and opening two more spatial passages in the void.

He watched the six floating spatial exits in the void and fell into silence.

The space condensed by the Swallowing Heaven Demon Technique was self-contained and did not connect directly with the outside world, making it impossible for him to escape with the divine skill of the Undying Tree.

Upon this realization, Yuan Ming immediately waved his hand and took out the Sky-reaching Demon Pillar.

This object possessed the power to break forbiddances and was far more potent than the divine skill of the Undying Tree when it came to breaking through spatial locks.

He placed a hand on the Sky-reaching Demon Pillar and channeled Demonic Qi into it.

The pillar flashed with black light, and mysterious Demon Patterns lit up one after another, emitting a unique spatial fluctuation which was on the verge of unleashing divine skills.

But at that moment, a strange turn of events occurred.

The surrounding flesh walls suddenly began moving faster, a large amount of black Demonic Qi diffused from the Sky-reaching Demon Pillar and was quickly absorbed by the flesh walls, interrupting the imminent divine skill.

Seeing more and more Demonic Qi being absorbed by Xue Li instead, Yuan Ming had no choice but to put away the Sky-reaching Demon Pillar.

"Stop wasting your energy. Once inside my belly, you're no different from a dead man. Use the time to reminisce about your past life," Xue Li's voice suddenly emerged from the flesh walls, echoing ominously.

As his words ended, the ground under Yuan Ming's feet shook violently and the surrounding flesh walls began to move forcefully, squeezing towards him.

Yuan Ming was startled and split his hands to the sides, instantly transforming into numerous black roots that propped against the encroaching flesh walls.

Hundreds of roots pressed against the flesh walls, immediately leaving deep, embedded marks.

With a series of "puffing" sounds, the flesh walls seemed to release continuous farts, spewing out grey mist from inside, enveloping Yuan Ming.

In an instant, the corrosive aura in the void became incredibly potent.

A pungent smell hit Yuan Ming's nose, causing a burning sensation in his nose and throat, while his eyes uncontrollably teared up, rendering his vision blurry.

With the situation being difficult to defend against or to escape, he was decidedly uncomfortable.

Having no other choice, Yuan Ming summoned the Map of Ten Thousand Realms once again, spreading it above his head, continuously absorbing the ever-surging corrosive grey mist around him.

On the Map of Ten Thousand Realms, the grey vortex grew larger and more solidified.

"Since you wish to digest me, let's see if you consume me first or I absorb you," Yuan Ming's anger rose, and he bellowed.

As his voice fell, his body rapidly enlarged, directly transforming into the body of the Undying Tree.

The next moment, hundreds of black roots extended and spread toward the dark-red flesh walls, piercing them like sharp steel needles.

However, the flesh walls were incredibly tough; the piercing roots not only failed to break through but also caused a large amount of grey corrosive mist to gush forth.

Unfazed, Yuan Ming immediately employed his divine skills, distributing the Undying Tree's power of void traversal evenly across every root.

This time, he did not insist on breaking through the void directly, but only hoped to break the defense of the dark-red flesh walls, even if it meant just grazing the surface.

Indeed, feedback from the black roots soon came; hundreds of roots found weak points and pierced the walls, embedding themselves into the flesh.

However, within the dark-red flesh walls resided an intense corrosive force, even more violent and potent than the grey mist; half of the roots that had just penetrated were corroded and withered to ash in an instant.

The remaining half of the roots were also quickly withering.

At this moment, the trunk of the Undying Tree shook slightly, light of ink-green began to glow on the leaves, green veins stretching from the leaves to the trunk, and all the way down to the root system, drenching everything with green radiance.

Yuan Ming invoked the Origin Power of the Undying Tree, pouring it continuously into those roots. This content was first released on *.

Bolstered by the Origin Power, the graying roots immediately regained their vitality, starting to vigorously penetrate the fleshy walls and continuously struggling against the corrosive force.

The two forces were like the ceaseless cycle of seasons, locked in an endless struggle between flourish and decay, life and death.

Meanwhile, the Undying Tree's power to absorb vitality also kicked in; its roots acted like gaping maws hungry for life, greedily drawing in the power from within the flesh walls.

Soon, Yuan Ming felt a stream of Qi-Blood Power mixed with Demonic Qi slowly merging into his body.

This Blood Qi Power was different from anything he'd absorbed before, feeling incredibly vigorous and powerful, with an untameable sense of surging rage.

If it were an ordinary cultivator absorbing this power, they wouldn't have managed to integrate it before it burst their veins and arteries, dying without knowing how they died.

Outside, Xue Li, who had been planning to rush back to the battlefield, naturally noticed the strangeness occurring within the inner space of his abdomen, but he didn't pay it too much attention.

A mere Human Clan member daring to forcibly devour the Qi-Blood of a True Demon? That was no different from seeking death.

However, just when he was about to mock, he found that the Blood Qi Power in his body was rapidly depleting, not only had Yuan Ming absorbed his Blood Qi Power without exploding from it, but he was also speeding up the absorption.

"This isn't right… How is this possible?" Xue Li stiffened, a sense of foreboding washing over him.

Little did he know, Yuan Ming was not only the Body of Wanxiang but also had a Half-demon Body, the Blood Qi Power containing Demonic Qi would indeed buffet his veins, but it was not enough to kill him.

Instead, supported by the Undying Tree's Origin Power, Yuan Ming quickly adapted to Xue Li's Blood Qi Power and began to seize it greedily.

"You're seeking death," Xue Li shouted angrily.

He immediately flew down and settled into a cross-legged position within a mountain forest, stacking his hands on his abdomen and beginning to operate the Swallowing Heaven Demon Technique.

Inside him, the movement of the flesh walls of the internal space quickened, and the gray mist that was gushing out began to thicken, eventually turning into a dense black color.

In an instant, a large number of Undying Tree Roots were corroded into ash.

Seeing this, Yuan Ming also shivered, quickly allotting more mana to activate the Map of Ten Thousand Realms, desperately absorbing the corroding Black Mist.

Rolling Black Mist converged inside the Map of Ten Thousand Realms, immediately forming a dark vortex with a deep color.

Unlike the ever-expanding gray vortex, the black vortex shrank as it swirled, not condensing until it became a small black dot the size of a lump of coal.

Yuan Ming's gaze fell upon it, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of hidden worry.

It was like a drop of ink on white paper that, if thick enough, could seep through the sheet.

But at this moment, he had no other choice but to rely on the Map of Ten Thousand Realms to combat the Black Mist and to accelerate the seizure of Xue Li's Blood Qi Power.

Their struggle was like a tug-of-war on the edge of a cliff, just waiting to see who would lose their footing first and tumble into the Abyss.

Time ticked away.

The black dot on the Map of Ten Thousand Realms had condensed to an extreme point, and the moment it was about to corrode through the Spiritual Treasure was merely an instant away.

But simultaneously, with the Undying Tree's Origin Power desperately supporting him, Yuan Ming had already absorbed a substantial amount of Xue Li's Blood Qi Power.

In the end, it was Xue Li's psyche that collapsed first.

He couldn't fathom how a member of the Human Clan managed to survive for so long under the pressure of his Swallowing Heaven Demon Technique, continually draining his Blood Qi Power, causing him to weaken gradually.

Xue Li, his face deathly pale, suddenly stood up, his eyes surging with ferocity, and with a violent clap of his hands on his lower abdomen, he spat out something forthwith.

A stream of black light erupted from his mouth, enshrouding a dark green tree as it flew out from within.

The Undying Tree rose to midair and instantly wrapped in a light, transforming back into human form, naturally, it was Yuan Ming.

At this moment, his clothing was tattered, his shoes had even been corroded through, looking quite wretched, yet his eyes sparkled with intense vitality, clearly in excellent condition.

Having absorbed a large amount of Xue Li's Essence Blood and Demonic Qi, although it was crude and turbulent, it had realistically enhanced his Qi-Blood Power.

"Haha, Fellow Daoist Xue Li, your Essence Blood truly has a delightful taste, I almost didn't want to come out," Yuan Ming said mockingly with a laugh.

"You're seeking death," Xue Li howled in rage, grinding his teeth.

As he spoke, steamy blood-colored fog began to rise from his body, his form suddenly grew taller, and a layer of blood-red Scale Armor covered his entire body, not as if he was wearing any Magic Treasure, but as if it had grown out from his flesh and blood.