Cultivation Starts with Rejuvenation

In a dense forest a hundred miles away from the Odd Stone Forest, Gugu, after swallowing Huang Jun’s storage pouch into its inner world, faintly weak, burrowed underground.

Little Fire Spirit withdrew its Extreme Flame, quickly clearing the magical combat aura from the area.

Li Ji’an calmed his Golden Core, shut down and destroyed the pre-buried Chessboard Formation underground, and put away the unused mid-stage Tier Three Spirit Talismans, also feeling slightly depleted from the intense expenditure of magical power.

After luring Huang Jun to this place, Li Ji’an activated the pre-set Chessboard Formation, consuming Tier Three Spirit Talismans in the process.

Finally, he activated the Coiled Dragon Staff with all his might to ensnare him, while Gugu launched a powerful strike.

However, Huang Jun, aided by a Sixth Grade defensive magical treasure, employed a Yin-Yang Exchange technique, not only escaping the binding but also using a secret technique to almost draw Li Ji’an’s true form to his side.

To his dismay, under Huang Jun’s sinister smile, he discovered an even more despairing truth: Li Ji’an was also a Tier Three Body Cultivator.

Until the moment of his death, he couldn’t understand how such a magical being who mastered soul, magic, and body cultivation simultaneously could exist in the world.

”Go!” Momentarily, Li Ji’an moved, summoning Little Fire Spirit into his Dantian, then flew away, leaving Gugu to lurk behind.

Shortly after, the aura of three mid-stage Core Formation cultivators arrived.

”How is this possible? That old man’s Dharma cultivation was merely at the early stage of Core Formation, and although his Divine Soul was comparable to the late stage, Brother Huang had a Soul Jade to protect it. How could he fall so quickly?” exclaimed the Blood Spirit Saintess in shock.

Lin Xiuzhu, staring indignantly at the traces of Huang Jun’s corpse burned to ashes by Little Fire Spirit, was frustrated. He had the confidence to refine a Golden Body Corpse Puppet from Huang Jun’s mid-stage Core Formation body, which wouldn’t be weaker than a mid-stage Tier Three Body Cultivator.

”Not even a wisp of Yin Soul left!” The Saint Child of the Yin Ghost Sect was equally regretful.

”Could it be that Brother Huang was ambushed with talismans?”

”To slay Huang Jun so swiftly would require a high-tier Tier Three Spirit Talisman or even a quasi-Tier Four Talisman. After all, Huang Jun had that Black Python Armor for protection, and his Yin-Yang Reversal Secret Technique could avoid a fatal blow.”

”A high-tier Tier Three Spirit Talisman? Do we have such in our Three Domains? Unless it was... an Ancient Treasure Talisman unexpectedly acquired by that old man.”

”That old man actually wiped out the aura of magical combat? Could it be he’s afraid we’ll identify him by it?”

”No, this Divine Soul aura... True Monarch of Ten Thousand Laws!”

Suddenly, Lin Xiuzhu’s face drastically changed, his Magical Shield activated to the extreme, a dark golden corpse puppet appeared suddenly at his side, and he frantically glanced around while fully activating a Seventh Grade Shield Magical Treasure.

Li Ji’an, through the Faceless Mask, had activated the Divine Soul of True Monarch of Ten Thousand Laws, hence leaving this aura here.

It was intentional on his part.

”True Monarch of Ten Thousand Laws? He’s not dead?” The other two also showed fear and each prepared their life-preserving means.

”Years ago, the Saint Monarch obtained a trace of Essence Blood from True Monarch of Ten Thousand Laws, used it to divine his location and physical state via the Holy Grail; we sensed his body had perished before we pressed on with the army.

Looking at it now, perhaps his Nascent Soul exited the body and has already performed possession,” Lin Xiuzhu said gravely.

”Is he here for revenge?”

”If True Monarch of Ten Thousand Laws wanted vengeance, he should seek out the Saint Monarch and the sect leaders, why come for us?”

”Although possession and recultivation can restore cultivation, it ultimately depends on the compatibility of the new body. Furthermore, his physical body’s demise must leave severe injuries, and his current strength is likely...”

”Indeed, otherwise, at his peak, how would he resort to such desperate measures to lure and kill Brother Huang?”

”He must be wary of us joining forces.”

The three quickly recovered from their initial shock.

At the same time, not only did they stop feeling fear, but they developed a hint of greed.

When the Demon Dao army broke the Ten Thousand Laws Palace, its internal treasury was already emptied, apart from the Spirit Veins that could not be taken. They didn’t reap much.

Now, the suspected silhouette of True Monarch of Ten Thousand Laws post-possession appeared, prompting them to covet the Spiritual Talents he might be carrying.

If it were True Monarch of Ten Thousand Laws at his full might, they naturally wouldn’t harbor such improper thoughts.

But the recent events suggested that he was clearly afraid of them.

At the very least, he feared them joining forces.

Moreover, judging from the traces left by Huang Jun’s slaying, it showed he used considerable means to succeed.

He fled swiftly after succeeding.

”From today onward, we three must watch each other’s backs at all times and never separate,” Lin Xiuzhu instructed solemnly, after dispatching the Golden Body Corpse Puppet to confirm multiple times that the old man wasn’t lurking nearby, addressing the other two.

”Little sister will follow Brother Lin’s lead,” the Blood Spirit Saintess immediately agreed.

The Saint Child of the Yin Ghost Sect’s Yin Qi heavy face displayed a hint of a strange color, surrounded by countless Yin Souls: ”Brother Lin, since that old dog is here, shouldn’t we capture him?”

Lin Xiuzhu shot him a sidelong glare: ”The old thief dares to show himself, he must have something to rely on. Moreover, the heritage of a Nascent Soul True Monarch is not something we can fathom.

Him showing up this time must have been because he knows that Master has gone to the Central Battlefield again; for him to dare show up means he has the confidence to handle our Four Sects’ leaders.

I’ve already communicated this matter to the Sect Elders, and I believe the Core Formation Ascendants of each sect will spare no effort in tracking him,” Lin Xiuzhu continued.

The Saint Child of the Yin Ghost Sect slightly frowned, eventually let out a long breath of relief, and concurred with Lin Xiuzhu.

True Monarch of Ten Thousand Laws fears them joining forces; perhaps he merely doesn’t wish to expend too much, but if pushed too far, even combining the four of them might not be sufficient.

Moreover, now that he’s succeeded, he’s likely to lie low for a long while to avoid trouble, making it almost impossible for them to locate him.

”Besides, our primary task this time is the Fallen Dragon Forbidden Ruins. If we manage to open it according to the record on the Ancient Dragon-locking Pendant, there should be True Dragon Blood and many high-tier Spiritual Materials within, enough for us to ascend to Ascendant status, and even a chance at the Nascent Soul,” Lin Xiuzhu further supplemented.