From Swamp Dog to Crocodile Ancestor

Half a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

Beyond the thick purple mist, Li Yi hovered high in the sky, watching the day and night alternate and the dawn gradually break.

A beam of slightly dim light quickly brightened, tearing through the night like a sharp sword, carrying a faint purple hue and looking extremely magnificent.

Li Yi opened his eyes, his magical power surging around him, and he absorbed the ray of light into his body, shooting it into that chaotic little world.

Within this small world, the pure and turbid energies have not yet been completely separated; the boundary is merely between the pure and turbid immortal foundations, and the situation is still unstable.

The faint light of dawn grew stronger amidst the moonlight, illuminating the chaotic four phases of the swamp below, and the balance of pure and turbid energies began to return.

The time spent collecting the morning light passed quickly. Li Yi paused for a moment, and then fell into the purple mist.

Currently, he is only sketching a purple sunrise shadow on the sky composed of pure air, carefully maintaining the balance within it.

His power also grew rapidly during this process.

Five years after breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage, Li Yi's biggest takeaway is that the Pure and Turbid Immortal Foundation requires a balance between the two forces, rather than simply increasing them.

The addition of the dawn's glow slightly suppressed the rapidly growing Swamp Phases.

After completing his training for the day, Li Yi went to the palace.

Li Yi stopped in front of a small room and looked through the jade door at the white python coiled up inside, almost asleep.

The water and fire energies within it surged and collided with each other at all times, as did the flames of the sun and the radiance of the moon.

This method of cultivation is indeed somewhat hasty, and its insights are still insufficient.

However, after sensing that the white python's life force was not fluctuating much, Li Yi breathed a sigh of relief.

Time flies, from dawn to dusk, it was only the time it took for Li Yi to spend tender time with Mu E and Shi Yan and reproduce.

Sensing the golden glow beyond the purple mist, Li Yi, covered in black scales, glanced at the soundly sleeping Mu E and Shi Yan, and left.

He broke through the fog barrier alone and began to methodically absorb and exhale the twilight glow.

Li Yi was feeling a little nervous at that moment.

This was the first time in six months that he had tried to incorporate the sunset glow into his small world.

Originally, the moonlight and the morning glow formed a clear, celestial aura that was enough to maintain the balance with the four phases of the swamp, but Li Yi still decided to take a risk and make his strength improve even faster.

As the first rays of golden sunset pierced into the small world, the second round of sunlight appeared, blurry and very faint, far less intense than the first.

A layer of golden gauze enveloped the suddenly erupting white phosphorescent flames, causing a violent shift in the balance between purity and turbidity.

The three phases of the swamp rapidly gathered, and hundreds of pale white pillars of fire rose from the ground, surging and threatening to burn through the sky.

Li Yi sensed something was wrong immediately and quickly used his Pure and Turbid Immortal Foundation to suppress it, consuming a large amount of magical power to maintain balance.

From the outside, Li Yi was suddenly enveloped in a chaotic mist, within which various strange phenomena flickered and emitted a heavy and terrifying aura.

The purple mist below suddenly collapsed silently, as if a colossal object had pressed down on it.

When Li Yi opened his eyes again, ten days had passed.

Only then did he finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Within the body, the second round of blurry sunlight completely stabilized, the turbid energy stopped running rampant, and the clear and turbid world regained its balance.

His strength also increased significantly as a result.

After completely stabilizing his internal condition, Li Yi once again fell into the purple mist, gently landing above the white palace. His gaze pierced through the white jade, looking at the white crocodile in seclusion.

The other companions are fine, but the white crocodile's cultivation is currently hindered, clearly because of the thick fog left by the poisonous dragon above its head.

It cultivates the moonlight and the glow of dusk, both of which belong to the category of pure energy, descending from the heavens, not from the swamp.

Given that this place is very safe, surrounded by lifeless scorched earth, and with three Foundation Establishment guardians, Li Yi felt it was time to make some changes.

So he took down the key point of the Five Elements Mutual Generation Formation again and began to comprehend it.

It took Li Yi three whole months to completely master this great formation.

He then transplanted all the dragon blood herbs from this area into the palace, leaving it completely empty except for a faint dragon aura.

After pressing the five array eyes of the Five Elements Mutual Generation Array into the palace, Li Yi felt it was about time, so he ordered the white crocodile to ride the palace away from the deep pit.

He chose a direction, roughly offset from the Green Lake, and the palace flew in that direction.

It was time to leave. This scorched earth was not the place Li Yi intended to stay in for cultivation. He needed to find a new swamp.

Now he is no longer alone; he has several companions, and it is time for him to claim a new territory and become a king.

The palace traversed the scorched earth. The white crocodile happily stayed in the center of the palace, feeling the moonlight and twilight glow falling from above, and suddenly felt motivated to cultivate again.

After flying for ten days and ten nights, Li Yi, who was sitting in the palace, finally showed a change in expression.

Above the endless expanse of scorched earth ahead, he finally sensed a faint flow of poisonous vapor.

That was the blood of the swamp; it was everywhere. Even though there was only a trace left, it was a reminder to Li Yi that he was on the right track.

"Your Majesty, when will we be able to find new territory?"

Mu'e asked from the side.

"Soon."

Another half month passed, and Li Yi remained seated, but suddenly opened his eyes.

"stop."

He gave a casual command, and the white crocodile immediately steered the palace to hover in mid-air.

It was a full moon night, the moon hung high in the sky, overlooking everything. Without the obstruction of the poisonous barrier, its light was pure white, without a trace of impurity.

Li Yi appeared above the palace, gazing intently at the dazzling starry sky in the direction he was heading.

The stars tonight are exceptionally bright; although they cannot overshadow the moonlight, they remain radiant and display a variety of colors.

Li Yi's gaze quickly fell on a somewhat dim star.

Next to it are three stars around it, which are faintly connected.

With another star emitting a faint blue light as its foundation, this vast expanse of starry sky came alive, giving Li Yi a sense of familiarity.

After a long while, he realized that the patterns outlined by the star map on the palace dome seemed to be in the direction he was heading, though he didn't know how far away they were.

After taking a closer look, Li Yi was certain that his feeling was correct, so he ordered the palace to continue its journey.

The white crocodile approached Li Yi and asked, unusually, "Your Majesty, how much longer until I can attempt Foundation Establishment?"

"The foundation-building stage is extremely crucial and cannot be rushed."

Li Yi simply gave the order.