49 The Hidden Ace of Qi Tian - The Fate of the Dark Phantom Ghost Shadow

"Don't worry, it's not an enemy." Qi Tian waved his hand, stopping the fox fairy who was about to teleport him away.

The dark shadow circled Qi Tian twice before climbing onto his body and disappearing shortly afterward.

"'Ghost God Child' really hasn't disappointed me!" Qi Tian murmured.

This shadow was what Qi Tian referred to as the "Ghost God Child."

The name "Ghost God Child" was the title of Qi Tian's most powerful immortal technique from his past life.

In his previous life, Qi Tian, based on the Qi family's legacy, combined it with the remaining fragment of the blood god child technique to create the deadly move called the Ghost God Child.

The Ghost God Child was similar to the famous Thunder God Child of the Wanzhong Valley's Gu Immortal, the Fierce Thunder Evil Man.

The Fierce Thunder Evil Man, a 6-turn Gu Immortal, had survived two Heavenly Tribulations and had once fought a 7-turn Gu Immortal to a standstill. Several years ago, he entered closed-door cultivation and spent four years refining the Thunder God Child from the 70% complete fragment of the blood god child technique!

In his previous life, Qi Tian achieved 7-turn and had immense combat power. During the chaotic battle of the Five Domains, he used the Thunder God Child to accumulate eight 6-turn combat powers, including one from the Mysterious Blue Film. After the death of Feng Jiuge, Qi Tian battled the Immortal Monkey King, Shi Lei, for three days and nights to fight for the top spot of 7-turn strength, only to lose in the end.

The blood god child was one of the nine true legacies of the Blood Sea, and while many incomplete fragments of the technique had been passed down, they had low completeness. Many demonic cultivators sought to gather the full immortal Gu fragments to forge the blood god child, such as Song Zixing from the first faction of the Central Region and the former Old Demon Fang.

The fact that the blood god child was ranked seventh among the top ten evil Gu Immortals was not without reason. Just the powerful techniques derived from its fragments demonstrated its power.

The Fierce Thunder Evil Man cultivated the Thunder God Child, Song Zixing obtained the Blood Fetus, weren't they powerful?

In his previous life, Qi Tian only obtained a 30% complete fragment, but using the Qi family's profound inheritance, combined with his own mastery in soul, qi, and strategy, along with his expertise in refining and slave techniques, Qi Tian managed to create the Ghost God Child.

Although it was a soul-based technique, it involved not just soul and qi but also the slave and wisdom pathways. More importantly, it had potential for future development, making it the culmination of both the Qi family's heritage and Qi Tian's intellect.

In his past life, Qi Tian relied on this technique to match the power of a 7-turn Gu Immortal when he was only a 6-turn.

However, the Ghost God Child Qi Tian had cultivated in his current life was incomplete.

After all, the complete Ghost God Child involved many Gu worms, which were not easy to gather.

Fortunately, the core immortal Gu of the technique was the Ghost Fetus Gu found in the Night Soul Blessed Land. Along with other ordinary Gu and the heavily injured Dark Phantom Ghost Shadow, Qi Tian barely managed to create this incomplete Ghost God Child.

Since it was originally the Dark Phantom Ghost Shadow, the Ghost God Child inherited the soul and darkness pathways from its predecessor, as well as its ability to hide.

At present, Qi Tian was still a mortal, so controlling the Ghost God Child, which was of the immortal level, came at a great cost.

First, creating the Ghost God Child consumed vitality. While Qi Tian could have used sacrifices to replace most of the required vitality, in order to prevent backlash, he chose to consume his own vitality, allowing the Ghost God Child to fully connect with his intentions.

However, even without backlash, it was impossible for Qi Tian to wield the full power of an immortal Gu Immortal. It was akin to wielding a ten-ton hammer—it wouldn't hurt you, but you wouldn't be able to lift it.

As a result, the Ghost God Child's soul body was greatly weakened, and its combat power was only a fraction of the Dark Phantom Ghost Shadow's. Though stronger than a 5-turn, it still fell short when compared to semi-immortal combat powers due to the inherent weakness of the Dark Phantom Ghost Shadow's combat ability.

This loss wasn't significant because the Dark Phantom Ghost Shadow, being a humanoid soul beast, underwent a process where its soul was excessively refined during the first stage of creating the Ghost God Child.

This excessive refinement removed both impurities and essence from the soul, leaving only the soul's origin to form the Ghost Fetus.

The next step was to cultivate the Ghost Fetus, where it would absorb vitality and nourish its soul body to become the final Ghost God Child. This step was the essence of the technique, involving hundreds of steps and numerous Gu worms from various paths like soul, qi, wisdom, and slavery.

Currently, Qi Tian's Ghost God Child was only half-finished, having skipped many steps, and used fewer Gu worms. The Ghost Fetus was cultivated to the point where it could be used but was still far from completion.

This was possible because of Qi Tian's prior knowledge of this technique, which allowed him to streamline the process and significantly reduce its cost.

While the Ghost God Child's strength was lowered, Qi Tian now had the first one of its kind, with the added bonus of retaining its predecessor's concealment abilities. This was ideal for Qi Tian's current strength, resources, and needs.

Eventually, with more resources, Qi Tian could perfect the technique.

As for the consumption of vitality, this would not have a significant impact on his future ascension, as vitality determines the foundation and potential for ascending to immortality. But Qi Tian had no regrets; if given another chance, he would do the same.

The results from the recent battle for the Fox Fairy's Blessed Land showed that the Ghost God Child had been useful. For one, it had stayed hidden on Qi Tian's body without being detected by the ten Gu Immortals present.

Firstly, because the Dark Phantom Ghost Shadow, though weaker in combat power, had exceptional hiding abilities. It had successfully assassinated an immortal in the Night Soul Blessed Land, demonstrating its formidable stealth skills.

Secondly, the Ghost God Child's aura was similar to Qi Tian's, making it even harder to detect.

Qi Tian estimated that if it fully concealed itself, it would take at least an immortal-level investigation technique to uncover it.

Because of this, Qi Tian had dared to bring the Ghost God Child with him into the Fox Fairy's Blessed Land and secretly let it infiltrate. Even the blessed land's master, the Fox Fairy, didn't detect it.

Qi Tian also engaged in conversations with the Earth Spirit, drawing its attention, while the Ghost God Child sought out the Mysterious Blue Film in the Blessed Land. The Mysterious Blue Film shared many similarities with the Dark Phantom Ghost Shadow, though one was made of lightning and the other of soul.

Ultimately, Qi Tian was able to defeat his competition and gain control of the Blessed Land, without introducing any external help from the Gu Immortals, all while keeping the existence of the Ghost God Child hidden.