Invincible!

Chapter 183 Bounty
The ancient place where immortals are buried.

As those forces surged and shouted, a chilling wind swept through the outer area, creating an eerie atmosphere.

Li stepped forward.

Soon, the most recent surging will arrived.

As Li Xian activated his spiritual sense, he soon received a series of mysterious messages from his will.

This information...

"Insights into the cultivation of the Devouring Heaven Technique?"

Li Xian was slightly taken aback.

The Devouring Heaven Technique is a subsequent version of the Devouring Yuan Technique.

In some ways, it can be considered a great supernatural power that directly targets the Great Dao of Devouring.

If one cultivates to the extreme, one can explore the Devouring Dao Body to its full potential.

But he already has the Primal Divine Power Great Devouring Technique, so why would he need the Great Divine Power-level Devouring Heaven Technique?
"Wait... I was able to elicit this resonance of wills not passively, but actively..."

After sensing for a moment, Li Xian vaguely understood: "It's like the flying swords that were actively drawn in during the Myriad Swords Return to One event. It's not that these celestial realm wills recognized me, but rather that when I used the Great Devouring Technique, these non-original divine abilities had no choice but to reveal themselves and submit to the Great Devouring Technique..."

To put it simply...

Your king has arrived; come out quickly to greet him.

"I think I underestimated the Great Devouring Technique."

Li Xian thought to himself.

This primordial divine power seems to be more than just increasing his digestion speed and efficiency.

Unfortunately, once Lingxu enters the territory of the Great Luo Immortal Sect, he disappears without a trace, and you can't ask him anything.

At that moment, Li Xian focused his attention on the insights gained from this Devouring Heaven Technique.

"Although it is only a great supernatural power, it is the result of eight thousand years of accumulation and experience left by a ghost immortal. The refined experience of its use can significantly improve my use of the Great Devouring Technique."

His gaze was fixed ahead, where there stood a small, long-decayed wooden hut.

then……

He bowed slightly.

This is a tribute to those who have gone before on the path of spiritual practice.

Immediately afterwards, Li Xian almost took a step forward.

The area surrounding the ancient burial ground of immortals is eerily quiet, for it is the final resting place of ghostly immortals.

In ancient times, the great immortals were divided into two realms: Refining the Spirit to Return to Emptiness and Refining Emptiness to Unite with the Dao. Over hundreds of thousands and millions of years, they gradually evolved into the categories of Scattered Immortals and True Immortals.

Among them, Ghost Immortals, Corpse-Dissolving Immortals, Human Immortals, and Earth Immortals are all considered scattered immortals. They live for ten thousand years, but they cannot unite with the Dao to become true immortals, ascend to the immortal realm, and live forever.

Especially ghosts and immortals...

Those were immortals who failed their tribulation and only managed to survive by relying on rare and precious materials of the immortal artifact level.

Although they can exist for ten thousand years, because they failed to transcend the tribulation, their cultivation will hardly advance any further in their lifetime, and they belong to the lowest level of the immortal path.

Even in ancient times, ghosts and immortals were not called immortals.

Li Xian moved around the outer edge of the valley, receiving and digesting the will that had been stirred up by the Great Devouring Technique.

Although none of these experiences and insights came from the Great Devouring Technique, the similarities allowed Mr. Li to elevate his proficiency in this divine ability to a new level.

He pondered deeply and compared it with the Daoist principles one by one...

In an instant, he could clearly sense the changes in the Chaos Demon Body.

Supernatural powers and the physical body complement each other.

Supernatural powers are used to explore the Dao body, and the Dao body amplifies supernatural powers.

Once the Dao body is partially perfected, the power of supernatural abilities will also increase significantly.

As Li Xian's understanding of the Great Devouring Technique deepened...

At one moment, a flash of inspiration seemed to appear in his mind.

"All things in the world are originally one, constantly changing and endlessly regenerating. Devouring can be called devouring or fusion. When I devour the primordial energy of heaven and earth, it is equivalent to the primordial energy of heaven and earth becoming compatible with me. It is simply a matter of which form each side determines to manifest..."

Li Xian's inspiration was instantly captured, and he understood, transforming it into enlightenment: "Now, the primordial energy of heaven and earth has been bestowed upon me, helping me ascend to immortality. In the future, if I die and my cultivation dissipates, I will return to myself and heaven and earth, and the cycle will continue..."

With this realization, his Chaotic Demon Body surged continuously.

As a result, his physical condition also underwent slight changes.

There's no need to deliberately activate the Great Devouring Technique; the primordial energy of heaven and earth is constantly interacting with his body.

"The Devouring property has been partially mastered."

Li Xian understood immediately.

However, his Dao body combines the strengths of the four schools and is called the Chaos Heavenly Demon Body.

Its properties include more than just "devouring".

It can only be said that "devouring" has reached a minor success, while the Chaos Heavenly Demon Body has only passed a quarter of the minor success stage.

With a flick of his wrist, a piece of Taiyi refined gold appeared in his hand.

As the power of the Great Devouring Technique circulated, the Taiyi Refined Gold seemed to transform into water, flowing into his body in a manner similar to "fusion".

Regardless of the speed or the final efficiency of the increase in Fuli's mana...

All significantly improved.

But that's not the key point...

The key is that after the transformation, the Great Devouring Technique can effectively neutralize the opponent's spell attacks through this "fusion" and devour the opponent's spells, turning them into its own mana and enhancing its endurance.

“In the past, although the Floating Dawn True Body could withstand four layers of spells cast by cultivators, it would still consume some of its mana. A dozen or so fifth-realm cultivators attacking at once could still exhaust my mana and break the Floating Dawn True Body. But now…”

Li Xian sensed the changes within his body: "If the enemy's spell strength is not at a certain level, let alone depleting my mana, I can even replenish my mana by absorbing the spells of others, thus making my mana grow with each battle..."

In this way, he will perfectly solve the problem of being surrounded and worn down.

"good."

Li Xian smiled slightly: "I originally thought that the 'immortality' characteristic would be the first to be mastered, but I didn't expect that the 'devouring' characteristic would surpass it... In the end, it's because I've been injured less recently."

However, he has already acquired a Nine-Turn Creation Pill, so he can try to draw down the Yin True Essence.

The intense exploitation of Taiyin True Essence can, in severe cases, cause the physical body to collapse.

This will effectively stimulate the growth of the "immortal" trait.

After pondering for a moment, Li ended his cultivation, leaped up again, and flew inwards.

Corpse-dissolving immortals, also known as primordial spirit scattered immortals, refer to those immortals who abandon their physical bodies and achieve immortality through their primordial spirit.

Although these immortals have no physical body, they generate pure Yang immortal power within their bodies, elevating their supernatural abilities and magical power to an unbelievable level. Their strength far surpasses that of Dao Realm and Ghost Immortals.

However, since he has no physical body, the strength of the Corpse Immortal is difficult to increase. Only by reshaping a physical body that can support the primordial spirit can he hope to advance further.

Once the physical body is fully formed, one reaches the realm of a human immortal.

That Shadow Sword Immortal, known as the number one sword immortal in the Dao Realm of the Great Luo Immortal Sect, had long possessed the strength to transcend tribulation. However, because he was unwilling to give up his physical body and wanted to achieve the Human Immortal realm in one step, he had been stuck in the Refining Spirit Realm.

Soon, Li Xian had spent most of the day exploring this area.

result……

"No movement?"

Li Xian was slightly surprised.

In the Ancient Burial Grounds, there is no saying that a person can only receive the inheritance once or twice.

While pondering, he unleashed his Floating Dawn True Form.

As this supreme spell circulated, it faintly resonated with a few remaining wills, but the intensity of the resonance was not high.

Li Xian arrived before these wills, and their magic converged...

As a result, he only gained some magical insights from the true form of Fu Li.

Although it was not bad, it gave him a new understanding of the use and transformation of the Floating Dawn True Body, effectively making up for his short cultivation time and insufficient foundation. However, it was still far from the level of directly pushing the Devouring Dao Body to a higher level.

Immediately afterwards, he unleashed one by one the sect's most powerful spells: Sun Chasing Sword Qi, Water God's Decree, Life Breath, Primordial Magnetic Divine Light, and Endless Radiant Sun.

This time...

There was even less activity.

Clearly, in the eyes of the remaining will of those primordial spirits and scattered immortals, his spells were not impressive at all.

At the very least, it's not good enough for them to even notice it, to the point that they would show themselves and pass it on.

"Even if we disregard the fact that the Devouring ability has reached a minor level, and the power of the main spell has increased by one or two percent, that would be quite good. The Ancient Burial Ground of Immortals truly deserves its reputation as a place of opportunity... but... it's a bit worse than I expected."

Li Xian pondered for a moment, unwilling to leave just yet.

His mind went blank.

Immediately afterwards, the sword intent, as bright and dazzling as the rising sun, shot straight into the sky.

Furthermore, when this sword intent reached a certain height, he amplified it with the Ten Suns Burning Heaven technique, causing the sword intent to surge even more, seemingly illuminating the entire Ancient Burial Ground of Immortals.

As he released his sword intent, three more sword intents resonated within the Burial Immortal Ancient Land!
One of the sword intents pointed directly into the depths of the ancient land, clearly belonging to a human immortal.

Li Xianxian spent several days comprehending the two sword intents released by the two Nascent Soul Immortals.

The sword intents of these two Nascent Soul Immortals were equally upright, blazing, and brilliant, reflecting his own sword intent and enhancing his understanding of it.

Several days later, he continued deeper and arrived before the Taoist's immortal sword intent.

As their sword intents converged, a surge of sword intent, brimming with a spirit of fighting against heaven and earth and defying fate, rolled forth.

In his hazy vision, he seemed to see a figure riding a sword light, crashing through the sky with a desperate determination that transcended all limits and meant certain death, as it slashed out with a deafening roar.

Above the sky where the sword's edge pointed, a golden-winged roc swept through the storm, its sharpness tearing through the void, and clashed fiercely with the sword intent.

"This sword intent..."

Li Xian was shocked.

No, this isn't sword intent anymore.

It's the Sword Domain!
This is why, even though this immortal has been gone for countless millennia, his remaining will can still manifest a phantom of sword intent, allowing him to witness firsthand the scene of this sword intent piercing the sky and shattering the heavens.

Li Xian quickly focused his mind, immersing himself in the sword intent, and continuously reflecting it with his own sword intent.

He tried to rely on his own talent to capture the profound mystery of the sword domain involved in this sword intent.

However, he soon realized what was going on.

His sword intent was not entirely compatible with that of the immortal!
His sword intent, though containing elements of indomitable spirit, transcendence, and breaking limits, also...

The fundamental idea behind his strike was to protect and safeguard.

But he……

There is no such concept at all.

What he pursues is the end of the road, the ultimate in the world, and pure transcendence!

If he were to forcefully comprehend the mysteries of the sword domain within this sword intent, he might be able to achieve mastery and perfection of his sword intent in a short period of time. However, this would also distort his own perception, alter his very essence, and ultimately...

Forgetting one's original intentions and obscuring one's true self can lead to a situation where, one day, one might become like this immortal, drawing one's sword to protect others.

"call!"

Li Xian let out a slight breath.

He composed himself. His eyes regained their clarity.

Gazing at the illusory image that had evolved from the remnants of this sword domain, he abandoned the concept of this sword intent and simply immersed himself in the sense of certain death when this immortal unleashed that sword strike.

At the same time, he also gleaned some information about the deeds of this immortal from these sword intents.

This immortal being was named Zhou Xuanxi. He perished 120,000 years ago. Back then, he was also exceptionally talented and unparalleled. He actually followed the path of protection and the path of life.

During the great war between the Nine Sects and the Demon Clan, in order to protect the hundreds of thousands of disciples behind him, he bravely faced the Golden-Winged Roc, who was comparable to a True Immortal of the Human Clan, and eventually died from exhaustion.

His broken sword, carrying his undying faith, was sent to the Ancient Burial Ground of Immortals, where it remains to this day.

"Amazing sword intent."

Li Xian said something.

He quietly comprehended the belief in transcending limits within this sword intent, and gradually, his own sword intent was also honed by it, taking a solid step towards mastery.

A few months later.

Li Xian finished his cultivation.

He couldn't continue trying to comprehend it, otherwise his own sword intent would be affected.

However, after these months of training, his sword intent has taken a powerful step towards the Great Perfection realm.

He had a vague premonition that the enhancement provided by the sixth-level magic treasure was no longer effective for him.

To some extent, it saved billions of yuan.

“Apart from the Great Devouring Technique, my spells and sword intent have all increased significantly... but things like immortal weapons and artifacts recognizing their masters have not happened.”

Li Xian slowly exhaled.

Among all the Daoist disciples throughout history, those who have been able to obtain immortal weapons and Dao artifacts that recognize them as their masters can be counted on one hand.

Without exception, these people were either unparalleled geniuses or beings who possessed astonishing abilities even under the brightest sun.

Mr. Li...

"It seems that Xuanling's assessment of me was correct. I am indeed still a little short of being truly 'peerless'. I was only promoted because I mastered the Great Devouring Technique."

Of course, this is also related to his own low level of cultivation.

The Great Luo Immortal Sect only allows Dao disciples who have cultivated to the Golden Core stage to enter the Ancient Burial Ground of Immortals, and there is a reason for this.

The Golden Elixir grants lifespans of a thousand years.

For those immortals and true immortals who live for at least ten thousand years, only when they reach the Golden Core stage can they be considered human.

To a ten-thousand-year-old rogue immortal, a cultivator at the fourth realm with a lifespan of three hundred years is like a small animal that can only live for two or three years in the eyes of an ordinary person. It would be a waste of emotion to devote one's energy and attention to such a short-lived life.

Li Xian tried to take another stroll around the ancient burial ground of immortals.

The entire Burial Ground of Immortals was deathly still and shrouded in mist, making it impossible to see what was hidden inside.

result……

Thereafter, no one else was able to pass on their will.

"The gains are not bad. Even without considering the Great Devouring Technique, the strength of my sword intent alone surpasses most seventh-realm Golden Core cultivators and is comparable to a Dao Child. The key is the Floating Dawn True Body, this supreme technique... The supplementary inheritance of will has effectively made up for the shortcoming of insufficient cultivation time."

Li Xian thought to himself.

This is probably the greatest help the Ancient Burial Ground of Immortals can offer to the Daoists.

After all, many Daoists have cultivated for too short a time and lack sufficient foundation, which is a common problem for every Daoist.

With a sense of satisfaction that the trip was worthwhile, Li Xian left the Ancient Burial Ground of Immortals and returned to True Inheritance Peak.

The True Transmission Peak appeared rather deserted.

Despite the efforts of Zhao Guihai, Xiang Yangsheng, Qi Huo, Qi Xi, and others to maintain the mountain's operation, their efforts, along with the dozen or so people they brought, were woefully inadequate compared to the mountain's size.

However, Li Xian did not intend to recruit too many people to go up the mountain.

Upon seeing Li Xian return, the others on the mountain quickly stepped forward to greet him: "Senior Brother."

Has anything noteworthy happened on the mountain in the past few months?

Li asked first.

"No."

Qi Huo responded, then added, "However, several senior brothers and sisters on the list of candidates for entry into the Dao have formed some organizations and would like to invite you to join them..."

"List of Candidates for Entering the Dao..."

Even though it was less than two years ago, it felt like a long time ago to Li Xian when he heard it again.

However, he has no intention of following in the footsteps of Yan Cailian, Wang Xiangdong, and Cheng Wanli.

"Don't go."

Li replied first.

Seeing that nothing had happened, he went to the cultivation room to digest what he had learned and adjust his mental and physical state.

One month later, on a night when Li Xian had adjusted his Fu Li True Body, sword intent, and magic power to their maximum.

then……

He took out the Nine-Turn Creation Pill he had prepared and put it in his mouth.

Then, they took out a large amount of star sand and set up an extremely simple formation.

As the formation was set up, the magic power within his body began to resonate with the formation, and starlight flowed across the star sand.

At the very center of this starlight, surrounded by starlight, Li Xian vaguely felt his senses being constantly elevated...

At one point, his mind and senses resonated with the bright moon in the sky—the Taiyin star.

The moment the resonance arose, an unprecedented vastness and grandeur surged forth, almost filling his entire understanding.

If he hadn't already mastered sword intent, and hadn't taken a big step towards the pinnacle of sword intent, he would probably have lost his composure at this moment.

At the same moment he resonated with that pure white moon, an indescribable, boundless power was drawn in through his mental perception, acting on Li Xian in the form of stellar power, or rather, gravitational waves.

Even though Li Xian immediately spread the power of Fu Li throughout his body, he still felt a heavy force that was immeasurable rolling over him.

That feeling was ten or even a hundred times stronger than when a mortal body was crushed by a heavy truck.

Stars!

At this moment, he was carrying the power of an entire star!
Having never been prepared or adapted before, his magical power was squeezed and compressed at a visible speed, and was crushed and exploded in the next second as if it could not bear the burden.

Immediately afterwards, the power of the stars continued to crush his body without diminishing in the slightest.

Even though he quickly severed his connection with the Yin energy, the remaining power still swiftly crushed all his tendons, bones, organs, and internal organs.

Under the crushing force of this power, the Chaos Demon Body offered almost no decent resistance.

Fortunately, he concentrated most of his magical power in his brain, and with the powerful resilience brought by his "immortality" characteristic, he was able to survive even though he looked like he had been flattened.

With the effects of the Nine Revolutions Creation Pill taking hold, his body, which had seemed flattened and crushed, began to "blow" away at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In just a few dozen breaths, the lungs and internal organs begin to work again, and the heart beats, sending energy to every corner of the body.

A feeling of "being alive" welled up in my heart again.

Although the pain of having his limbs, organs, bones, and tendons crushed had not yet subsided, Li Xian, who had struggled back to his feet, suddenly opened his eyes wide.

"Awesome! Cough cough cough..."

He immediately vomited blood mixed with his internal organs as soon as he opened his mouth.

He was covered in blood, but his face was full of genuine smiles.

He had accurately captured the moment when the magical power was squeezed, compressed, and crushed by the power of the Yin.

As the remaining magical power within his body began to circulate, a wisp of crystalline substance unique to true essence began to take shape.

However, this process didn't last long and then stopped.

The remaining magical power is too little, less than 30%.

In the end, he only managed to convert about 28% of his magical power.

The remaining magical power was consumed when Fu Li's true form was destroyed, and even if it was replenished, it could not be transformed into true essence.

"Each time yields 28%, so it has to be repeated four times. However, the conversion efficiency slows down as time goes on, so I have to be prepared to refine it five or six times, or even six or seven times."

He weighed the options in his mind.

This conversion rate is already exaggerated to the extreme.

After all, ordinary people usually first refine a large amount of Taiyin essence to make their physical body have enough adaptability and resistance to Taiyin star power before drawing down Taiyin star power and carefully tempering it.

It's already good if you can refine two or three parts at a time.

How could anyone dare to do what he did, relying on his "immortality" and the Nine Revolutions Creation Pill to withstand the attack and precisely capture that one-hundredth of a second of the process of compressing his mana into true essence, thus completing the mana conversion?

but……

"Five or six times..."

He felt the power of the Nine-Turn Creation Pill and the "immortality" attribute, and did his best to repair his injuries.

Under the near-crushing injury to his body just now, this characteristic was effectively utilized, and if all goes well...

After he has practiced the Taiyin True Essence five or six times, the "immortality" characteristic of the Chaos Heavenly Demon Body will also transform to a minor level.

To catch up with the "devour" characteristic.

He glanced at the identity token.

Because he had exchanged a lot of Taiyi Refined Gold and Xuanming Treasure Jade for cultivation materials for his Fuli True Body, he now only had 120 million merit points left in his token.

This still includes the spoils contributed by Fu Qingyun, Baishi Daoren, Mohe, and others.

These efforts...

Li Xian exchanged for two Nine-Turn Creation Pills.

Over the next two months, after adjusting his condition, he drew upon the power of the Taiyin Star twice more, pushing his True Essence progress to nearly 66%.

Thus, the peaceful life of the Great Luo Immortal Sect had to come to a temporary end.

……

"We need to go to our fiefdom! Staying inside the sect means only spending and not earning; we'll just be living off our savings!"

Li Xian let out a slight breath.

but……

Before heading to his fiefdom, he still planned to visit An Jing at the Baiyan Grand Canyon.

There's no other meaning to it; I just miss this opponent who was the only one who could pose a fatal threat to me when I was at the Innate Realm, so I went to visit him.

At that moment, Li Xian exchanged all the remaining merit points for fifth and sixth-tier pills to restore injuries and mana.

Once the pills were delivered, he leaped up without even sending a message to Nangong Feixu, and headed straight out of the Daluo Immortal Sect.

However, as he flew out of the Great Luo Immortal Sect's mountain gate, a peculiar spiritual fluctuation appeared beside him.

"Your Excellency Xuanling."

He sensed the presence of this Haotian Mirror Spirit.

"The Biography of Li Zhen."

Xuanling responded, "According to the latest information received by the sect, the demon race, the six sects of the demonic path, the Twilight Divine Court, and the Silent Ancient Temple have all put you on their assassination lists. Even the four great immortal dynasties and some other sects have secretly issued bounties for you, so..."

It paused for a moment: "If you agree, the sect can arrange a protector for you."

(End of this chapter)