Immortality and cultivation: Heaven rewards diligence, and success is inevitable.

A flash of blue light streaked across the sky, and Master Liang's head flew off.

No blood flowed out; his body, having suffered a fatal blow, vanished like smoke.

Illusions are just illusions; they are not real life.

This azure light is the second move of the "Yi Mu Xuan Qing Zhi" technique – Xuan Qing Divine Light.

The first technique, winding silk thread, primarily controls and weakens the opponent's strength.

The second move, Mysterious Azure Divine Light, is primarily for attacking and slaying enemies.

The essence of Yi Wood is condensed and compressed into a divine light, like a flying sword, which shoots towards the enemy. Its attack power is extremely strong, and it can be said that those who touch it will be injured and those who come into contact with it will die.

These two techniques, one offensive and one defensive, can be said to make up for Jiang Shi's current weakness of having no offensive means during the Foundation Establishment stage.

"Ordinary early Foundation Establishment stage cultivators are no match for me. Now it depends on whether I can fight against an enemy of a higher level," Jiang Shi thought to himself.

With that thought in mind, Jiang Shi no longer hesitated and took out ten spirit stones, throwing them into the darkness of the Myriad Manifestations Cave.

The ten spirit stones were thrown into the darkness and quickly disappeared as if swallowed up.

As the ten spirit stones disappeared, a mid-Foundation Establishment stage cultivator, obese as a ball and crumbling upon the ground, appeared before Jiang Shi.

This person is none other than Elder Chen Sisi of Biluo Valley.

She had fought Jiang Shi before.

"Jiang Wu! How dare you appear before me! You killed my beloved disciple, Liu Xiu! Today I will avenge him!"

When Chen Sisi woke up and opened her eyes, the moment she saw Jiang Shi, her eyes reddened, and she shouted angrily through gritted teeth.

Her eyes were filled with hatred; she wished she could drink Jiang Shi's blood and eat his flesh.

This scene amazed Jiang Shi, as did Hall Master Liang. The two cultivators summoned by Jiang Shi with spirit stones were just like real people, possessing emotions and memories!

This Wanxiang Cave is definitely not simple!

Right now, there's no time to think about these things.

Chen Sisi charged towards Jiang Shi like a cannonball.

Her speed was incredibly fast, at least twice as fast as before.

Jiang Shi was sent flying before he could dodge. Fortunately, in the instant he was thrown, he used the spell [Fire Creates Earth], which encased him in rocks and blocked the attack.

In an instant, pebbles flew everywhere, and Jiang Shi, suspended in the air, came to a stop.

This transformed Chen Sisi is the one who was not possessed by demonic energy and is at her peak.

Her attack power and speed have both increased significantly compared to before.

Fortunately, Chen Sisi lacked ranged combat abilities. She integrated the essence of wood into her entire body, making her body resemble a magical artifact.

The advantage is that its physical defense and attack power are extremely strong, comparable to a high-grade magic weapon.

The downside is that you lose the ability to cast spells and can only fight in melee combat, without any ranged attack methods.

Jiang Shi was being bumped around by Chen Sisi in the air. Fortunately, he used his magic to defend himself each time he was attacked, otherwise he would have been killed by Chen Sisi long ago.

"No matter how powerful your defensive spells are, they're useless. I'll tear you apart sooner or later! You can't escape!" Chen Sisi's sharp voice rang out, completely unlike her usual soft and gentle tone.

"Don't you feel your body getting heavier and heavier?" Jiang Shi asked expressionlessly, hovering in the air.

"What?!" Chen Sisi took a step forward, only to find that her body felt as if it were stuck in a quagmire, extremely sluggish.

She looked at Jiang Shi, only to find that, at some point, a blue silk thread had appeared in Jiang Shi's hand.

The thread was so fine that Chen Sisi didn't notice it immediately.

The ends of the silk threads were connected to Chen Sisi's body, and her obese body, which was not visible to Chen Sisi, was now covered with blue silk threads.

Winding thread!

It turns out that Jiang Shi wasn't just passively taking the beating. Every time Chen Sisi knocked him away, he would leave behind several strands of silk that would entangle Chen Sisi's fat body.

Chen Sisi may be too obese to see her own body surface.

Or perhaps it was because she was blinded by hatred.

But whatever the reason, Chen Sisi was now like a fly caught in a spider web, unable to move.

Jiang Shi used the binding thread to continuously decompose and devour the magical power within Chen Sisi's body.

This is one of the reasons why she is currently unable to move.

[Proficiency +5]

During the battle, Jiang Shi's skill level increased rapidly.

The speed at which I gained proficiency in my self-created techniques was much faster than before.

It seems that things will be resolved soon.

"Jiang Wu, you'll die a horrible death!" Chen Sisi couldn't move her body, so she could only keep cursing Jiang Shi.

Jiang Shi flicked his finger, and several strands of cyan silk wrapped around Chen Sisi's mouth, sealing it shut.

"This illusion is just like a real person," Jiang Shi exclaimed.

"I can use you as a target to practice my spells and gain proficiency."

This illusion of Chen Sisi was exactly the same as the real person, and even their cultivation level was identical.

"The Wood-Eating Divine Technique" is completed.

Ordinary high-grade magic weapons are hard to harm her, and even if it's just an illusion, it would be difficult to completely kill Chen Sisi.

However, such defensive capabilities are also a good thing.

Using Chen Sisi as a target is absolutely perfect.

Thinking of this, Jiang Shi kept casting the low-grade earth-level spell "Yi Wood Mysterious Azure Finger".

The binding threads and the dark blue divine light unleashed a barrage of attacks upon Chen Sisi.

Although the damage is not high, it is continuous, leaving a wound with each attack, just like being slowly sliced ​​to death.

Chen Sisi's eyes shifted from resentment to despair.

[Proficiency +10]

Half an hour later, Chen Sisi was covered in wounds, but they were all superficial and none were fatal.

The Great Perfection of the "Wood Devouring Divine Technique" indeed possesses astonishing defensive capabilities, even Jiang Shi is somewhat impressed.

However, even with its high defensive capabilities, comparable to a top-grade magic weapon, it still possesses formidable defense.

Jiang Shi could not possibly cultivate the "Wood Devouring Divine Technique" like Chen Sisi.

That kind of cultivation method is like killing the goose that lays the golden eggs; it will cut off your own future.

Moreover, he didn't want to train himself into this state.

Just then, Jiang Shi did not launch an attack. Chen Sisi's illusion, as if time had come, automatically turned into smoke, dispersed, and disappeared.

"It seems that this illusion also has a limited lifespan," Jiang Shi thought to himself.

This illusion appears to last only a little over half an hour.

But it doesn't matter, it's just ten spirit stones, Jiang Shi can afford it.

He then took out ten spirit stones from his storage bag and threw them into the darkness.

"Jiang Wu! How dare you appear before me! You killed my beloved disciple, Liu Xiu! Today I will avenge him!"

Chen Sisi opened her eyes, saw Jiang Shi, and said the exact same words as before.

Jiang Shi breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.

"It seems there's still a difference between this illusion and reality."

If they are exactly the same, it means that the illusion is just a programmed memory, rather than a real memory like that of a real person.

If this Myriad Manifestations Cave truly possesses the ability to replicate the memories of all cultivators in the world, that would be terrifying.