Zhou Chun had to prepare the best place for Zhou Daoquan to transform his cultivation and spiritual objects to enhance his success rate.
Fortunately, prior to this, in that underground ancient city, Zhou Chun had acquired a large amount of Yin attribute spirit medicine and spirit ore. In terms of important materials, he could be said to be well-stocked without any worries.
The rest is to prepare some other auxiliary materials.
According to the Ghost Cultivator heritage recorded within the Ghost-Faced Token, cultivators of different cultivation realms attempting to transform into Ghost Cultivators need to prepare different grades of spirit material ingredients for support.
Otherwise, even if they successfully transform into a Ghost Cultivator, it might lead to a fall in cultivation level.
So if a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator were to transform into a Ghost Cultivator, although the success rate is higher, the requirements for related materials are also higher.
And most importantly, the size of the Land of Yin Fiend.
The size of the Land of Yin Fiend greatly influences not only the success rate of transforming into a Ghost Cultivator but also the future cultivation of the Ghost Cultivator.
For instance, if a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator wants to transform into a Ghost Cultivator, they would need to choose a large Land of Yin Fiend similar to the Earth Hound Clan’s ancient city; ordinary lands cannot meet their needs.
Zhou Daoquan’s cultivation level is only at the Purple Mansion Phase, so after transforming into a Ghost Cultivator, he would remain at the Purple Mansion Phase.
Thus, even a Land of Yin Fiend like the Valley of Resentful Spirits in Di Country, where Zhou Chun had previously stayed, is sufficient to support his transformation.
Of course, if a better Land of Yin Fiend could be found, it would naturally be preferable. This way, he might still have a chance to attempt the Golden Core Stage of Ghost Cultivation in the future!
The Zhou Family is currently aware of several places with the Energy of Yin Fiend, but most are located in Fengguo, scars left by the former Corpse Demon Sect and Primordial Demon Legion.
Zhou Daoquan couldn’t possibly go to such places to transform into a Ghost Cultivator; otherwise, if discovered by someone one day, he could easily be eliminated under the banner of ridding evil!
As for the Land of Yin Fiend in Jingguo, the place where the Zhou Family raises the Green-Faced Ghost Ape could barely be used, but choosing there would mean that Zhou Daoquan would have no path of advancement in the future, and the place is too small, like a prison.
After much deliberation, Zhou Daoquan himself chose the Land of Yin Fiend in the Wasteland Territory, which is the location of the former Dragon Transformation Sect’s Blood Dragon Sub-Temple Branch Temple Gate.
The Wasteland Territory is almost devoid of high-level cultivators, and Demon Beasts do not like to venture into Lands of Yin Fiend, so Zhou Daoquan can cultivate there in peace, without worrying about disturbances.
The only inconvenience is the distance from the family, making it troublesome to meet with clan members in the future.
However, considering that his transformation into a Ghost Cultivator would be classified as a family secret, there is no need to worry too much about this aspect.
Time passes slowly, and in the blink of an eye, half a year has gone by.
On this day, at the site of the Blood Dragon Sub-Temple Branch Temple Gate, on a uniquely shaped square altar, Zhou Daoquan sat cross-legged, while three tier-two high-grade Demon Beasts—a pig, a python, and a wolf—were bound in front of him.
To transform into a Ghost Cultivator, a blood sacrifice is needed to worship the Lord of the Netherworld, to summon a wisp of Netherworld Ghost Qi to cleanse the Divine Soul.
When the moon reached its zenith, as the hour of midnight arrived, Zhou Daoquan, who had adjusted himself, immediately took up a bone blade and stabbed it into his chest, piercing his own heart, and then used the blade as a pen to inscribe abstruse runes upon his body.
Where the blade passed, wisps of fresh blood oozed from the wounds. Strangely, these blood did not flow down along the wounds but eerily coagulated into blood marks on Zhou Daoquan’s body.
Before long, Zhou Daoquan’s entire body was inscribed with Netherworld ghost patterns, and faint ghostly faces appeared on his front and back.
At this point, he was extremely weak, but he still roused himself to activate his Magic Artifact and decapitate the three Demon Beasts serving as sacrifices, letting their blood flow all over the altar beneath him.
Soon after, a desolate and deep chant emerged from Zhou Daoquan’s lips.
This deep chant seemed to awaken a consciousness from the void, quickly resulting in a gust of chilly wind emitting a "woo woo" sound across the altar.
Then, a peculiar scene unfolded.
As the wind swept over the altar, the blood on the altar and the three Demon Beasts rapidly dried and coagulated, and the bodies of the three Demon Beasts visibly withered as if their life essence had been completely extracted.
Seemingly finding the offering palatable, the wind suddenly transformed into a black vortex atop the altar.
As the vortex spun, a faint deep black Netherworld Ghost Qi emerged from within, entering straight into Zhou Daoquan’s Purple Mansion’s Sea of Consciousness.
Sensing the Netherworld Ghost Qi, Zhou Daoquan was taken aback and promptly used his Divine Soul to channel the Ghost Cultivation Technique, absorbing and integrating it into his Divine Soul.
As his Divine Soul accepted the Netherworld Ghost Qi, the ghostly patterns on his body seemed to be activated at once, causing a scarlet flame to ignite all over him, rapidly consuming his physical essence in the blaze.
Simultaneously, the surrounding Energy of Yin Fiend seemed to be attracted, beginning to swarm toward Zhou Daoquan like moths to a flame.
Time trickled by.
The specific duration is unknown, but Zhou Daoquan’s physical body had been reduced to ashes within the blood flames, and the flames had long since extinguished.
On the altar, there was only a faint humanoid shadow sitting cross-legged, constantly absorbing the Energy of Yin Fiend.
At this moment, Zhou Chun suddenly appeared outside the altar, waving his hand to release a black jade bottle, causing it to land above the humanoid shadow’s head.
Soon, a stream of pitch-black liquid trickled down from the jade bottle, landing on the humanoid shadow.