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Chapter 834: Chapter 840: On the Brink of Death
But what Li Zhirui didn’t know was that after he entered the Profound Origin Realm, the Void Lands where he picked up the Wood Qilin, a body of incomparable size appeared.
Roar!
An angry roar filled the air, creating substantial sound waves that spread out continuously, lingering in the void for a long time without dissipating, no one knew how far they traveled.
"Who! Who took my Qilin Egg! Ahhh! If I find you, I will flay and dismember you, and use your Spiritual Soul as a lamp!"
Li Zhirui should consider himself fortunate, because the remnants of his scent were erased by the Chaotic Spiritual Energy within moments after his departure, due to its pervasiveness in the void.
And that Qilin Egg, due to the barrier of both space and the Profound Origin Realm’s layers of film, was cut off from the Secret Technique left by that powerful being. 𝑛𝘰𝑣𝑝𝑢𝑏.𝘤𝑜𝘮
Li Zhirui was oblivious to all this and was simply excited about his own incredible luck.
Initially, after contracting Cang, he had no intention of forming contracts with other Spirit Beasts, not for lack of resources–with his storage ring in hand, Li Zhirui never worried about insufficient resources.
Rather, it was a lack of energy. After all, Spirit Beasts are limited by their bloodline, and as his cultivation grew higher, the beasts had to be nurtured from the first order, which didn’t help him much in his cultivation.
But who could have imagined that his space would give birth to a Devil Spirit? Li Zhirui naturally did not want to miss out on this special type of Spirit Beast that wasn’t constrained by bloodlines.
He had originally thought that Shen would be his last Spirit Beast, but who could have predicted that this journey into the Void would grant him an eighth-grade Wood Qilin Egg!
Eighth-grade!
Equivalent to a cultivator’s Tribulation Transcending Realm!
This would absolutely be the highest grade Spirit Beast Li Zhirui had ever encountered!
Even if he later broke through to Void Refinement and left the Profound Origin Realm, the likelihood of encountering such a high-grade Spirit Beast again would be extremely slim, nearly zero!
"I wonder when you will hatch," Li Zhirui murmured as he looked at the vibrant and already responsive Qilin Egg.
The higher the grade of the Spirit Beast, the longer it takes to gestate.
This is a law of the Heavenly Dao. Not to mention Li Zhirui, even a Mahayana dignitary would be helpless to change this. Perhaps only the legendary Immortals possess such miraculous means.
"Shen, please take care of Green Scale."
Even though it had not hatched yet, Li Zhirui had already chosen a name for it.
"Don’t worry," Shen replied confidently.
He was no ignorant Spirit Beast. The legendary Qilin was a symbol of good fortune and prosperity, and perhaps this egg could allow him to nurture several of his tribespeople!
Li Zhirui glanced at him, guessed what this little radish was thinking, laughed silently, but did not discourage him, and turned to leave the Secret Realm.
This expedition into the Void not only granted Li Zhirui the fantastic surprise of the Qilin Egg but also made him acutely aware of the inadequacy of his own strength!
If not for his space, he wouldn’t have been able to travel so far or obtain the Qilin Egg, because when Li Zhirui encountered the first Chaotic Storm, he could very well have perished.
So he planned to enhance his own strength as much as possible before Da Qing and the others broke through, striving to explore the depths of the void without relying on his space.
Li Zhirui set out a detailed cultivation plan for himself, aiming to increase his strength and cultivation as quickly as possible without damaging his foundation.
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Southern Domain, Undying Volcano.
The badly injured Li Chengsheng, lying on a Chaoyang Crow, hurried away at top speed, accompanied by a Li Fire Sparrow and a Yang Li Firebird to block the cultivators chasing him.
"Hand over the Sunstone!"
The reason Li Chengsheng, a Nascent Soul, along with three Fourth Order Spirit Beasts, were in such a disarray was the dozen or so Nascent Soul Cultivators in pursuit!
And the reason they pursued him relentlessly was because, in the aftermath of a tremendous volcanic eruption, Li Chengsheng had acquired a fist-sized gemstone.
Legend had it that this rock had fallen from The Sun, of Fifth-order grade, and even contained a trace of True Sun Fire!
It was only a trace, but that was True Sun Fire!
The pinnacle among all Spiritual Fires!
Such a reputation was alluring enough to make them head over heels; if Nascent Soul Cultivators knew of this, they would probably join the fray in pursuit.
"Cough cough..."
Li Chengsheng propped up his upper body with great effort, his eyes filled with resolve. As long as he was not yet at his wit’s end, he would never give up this Sunstone!
As a Nascent Soul Cultivator possessing the Solar Spiritual Root, he could feel that his future path to Divine Transformation lay within this gemstone!
To hear the Way in the morning and die in the evening would be enough!
If he gave up the gemstone, even if he survived, the obsession in his heart would torment him, possibly stagnating his progress forever!
And to a cultivator aspiring to The Great Tao, what difference was there between that and death?
Li Chengsheng took out an inconspicuous, dust-covered Talisman from his storage ring and with a sliver of Mana squeezed from his flesh, he activated it.
Clang!
A sword cry suddenly echoed between heaven and earth as the phantom of a swordsman in black slowly took shape, his hand gripped around a jet-black longsword.
"Kill!"
The swordsman abruptly opened his eyes, his pupils reflecting a disregard for life, and he slashed at the group of Nascent Soul Cultivators.
In an instant, the sky and earth seemed to change color, as if mountains of corpses and seas of blood materialized, engulfing everyone with boundless killing intent.
After activating the life-saving sword Talisman given to him by Li Zhixuan, Li Chengsheng completely lost consciousness. Only the Chaoyang Crow was desperately flapping its wings, fleeing into the distance.
This was Li Chengsheng’s last resort for saving his life!
Be it the Soul Dividing Jade Slip from Zhirui, the Earth Escape Talisman, or other Spiritual Objects, all were depleted during the relentless pursuit by dozens of Nascent Soul Cultivators!
Not only that, but the three Spirit Beasts were also at the end of their tether.
The dozen Nascent Souls before him had continued the relentless pursuit even after he had killed and wounded some of them.
If he couldn’t shake them off this time, Li Chengsheng truly might not survive.
Luckily, his fate was not bad.
Or rather, the sword Talisman sealed by Zhixuan, with the force of her full strike, was terrifyingly lethal.
A single strike had killed several Nascent Souls, and the others were wounded to varying degrees.
Not knowing how long they had flown or how far they had escaped, the three Spirit Beasts found a desolate and uninhabited mountain range to hide in with Li Chengsheng.
Li Chengsheng’s condition at this time was extremely critical, his meridians broken, his Mana exhausted, and his body full of wounds from which blood flowed ceaselessly.
"Yang, Huo, you don’t have much Mana left; recover quickly, I’ll tend to Chengsheng’s injuries first," the Li Fire Sparrow spoke in a heavy voice.
Actually, his condition was also quite poor, but it was the best among them.
"Alright! I’ll recover for a quarter of an hour before relieving you, then it’ll be Huo’s turn, followed by you. We three will take turns," said Cang.
No one hesitated or made excuses at such a critical moment, wasting no time in carrying out the plan.
