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Chapter 976: Chapter 957: Inheritance
Those Demon Cultivators, under Li Zhirui’s torture, died in indescribable agony, leaving onlookers with hair standing on end.
His intervention also intimidated other cultivators with nefarious intentions, making them aware of the extremely powerful entity safeguarding this place.
But for the common folk, the stronger Li Zhirui’s power was, the more at ease they felt! Because this signified that he could fend off greater dangers.
"How can this be!"
An elderly Taoist, guided by some mysterious destiny, had just arrived at the Land of Purification and witnessed this scene, his face filled with shock at the familiar divine terrestrial support.
For tens of thousands of years, their Earth Spirit Sect had been the strongest force in the Earth Spirit Realm, all thanks to the uniqueness of their Cultivation Technique.
Yet, similarly, when the Earth Spirit Realm faced disasters and world destruction, their closely associated sect was one of the first to decline. High-Rank Cultivators from other sects could more easily escape, wandering The Void in search of a sliver of survival. 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝒑𝙪𝒃.𝒄𝒐𝙢
The higher one’s cultivation, the greater the impact, and the quicker the fall. If it hadn’t been for his Taoist Body and the uniqueness of his Contracted Spiritual Objects, he would’ve become dust, just like his fellow sect members.
"Could it be that the legacy of our sect should be passed on to this Lianxu Cultivator?"
Despite the thick mists obscuring his view, the elderly Taoist couldn’t discern Li Zhirui’s true cultivation level. But, familiar with the blessing of heaven and earth, he roughly estimated that Li Zhirui was between the Late Stage Refinement Void to the Mid-Unity Stage.
In his eyes, that rank was a bit low!
Before the Earth Spirit Sect was destroyed, he had been a Great Vehicle Cultivator and thus wasn’t entirely convinced that Li Zhirui could pass on the Cultivation Technique.
However, his body was at its limit, surviving solely through the use of Secret Techniques, with no strength left to seek another.
Without much hesitation, the elderly Taoist called out, "Please wait, sir!"
Li Zhirui was about to turn and leave after restoring the Territories damaged by the Demon Cultivators, but he was stopped by an ancient voice. Turning towards the source, he saw a Great Vehicle Cultivator, exuding an aura of decay, with few days left to live.
"May I inquire why you have stopped me?"
Li Zhirui, blessed by the Heavenly Dao, feared no Taoist; should the old man dare to make a move, he would send him on his way to reincarnation ahead of time.
"I am aware that your strength relies wholly on the support of heaven and earth! And the fundamental Cultivation Technique passed down by my Earth Spirit Sect is derived from that very principle!"
The elderly Taoist’s telepathic message was urgent, giving Li Zhirui no chance to respond as he continued: "While you are an Upper Realm Creature and everything you do now is to unite the Earth Spirit Realm with the Upper Realm, the fact that you have grasped the blessing from heaven and earth proves your fated connection with our Earth Spirit Sect!"
"I, Mu Cangzi, as the 385th Sect Leader of the Earth Spirit Sect, hereby bestow the foundational Cultivation Technique ’Three Thousand Universes Earth Spirit Tao Record’ upon this individual before me!"
"I hope that, as the last disciple of the Earth Spirit Sect, you will foster and magnify this Cultivation Technique!"
Mu Cangzi could see that Li Zhirui had his own legacy, so he didn’t aspire for him to rebuild the Earth Spirit Sect, but only wished for the lineage to be continued.
Dozens of streaks of light shot towards Li Zhirui, each representing a Jade Slip, suggesting that Mu Cangzi had no other path since leaving his sect’s gates!
"When the time comes, both heaven and earth marshal their forces together, but when fortune departs, even heroes have no choice! I hope you will remember these words!"
With that, Mu Cangzi’s physical body disintegrated into ash and, with a light breeze, scattered into the ether.
In less than half a moment, Li Zhirui was utterly bewildered, caught completely off guard.
After Mu Cangzi turned to ash, Li Zhirui came back to his senses and instantly flew back to the valley, eager to learn what profundities the legacy contained, especially those that mimicked the effects of heaven’s blessing.
Li Zhirui set aside the insights from past generations and their Cultivation understandings to focus on the ’Three Thousand Universes Earth Spirit Tao Record’.
For ten days straight, he immersed himself in it, paying no heed to the tumult of the outside world, unaware that the battleground between the Sea Clan and the cultivators was shifting towards the Land of Purification.
"The creator of this Cultivation Technique was a natural-born genius! Such a pity to be born in the wrong era, not in the Great Thousand World; otherwise, he could surely have been a founder of his own path within the Immortal Tao!"
According to Li Zhirui’s discerning eye, the ’Three Thousand Universes Earth Spirit Tao Record’ truly merited such an evaluation.
Moreover, he found to his amazement that the Cultivation Technique seemed tailored for him, superbly suitable for Li Zhirui to cultivate.
Most importantly, it could resolve the issues on the level of the Spiritual Soul that came with cultivating the ’Myriad Spirits Scripture’!
The ’Earth Spirit Tao Record’ bore resemblance to the path of the Earth Immortal he had heard of in his past life; in its early stages, one would use Secret Techniques to Refine a Spirit Seed and implant it in the Sea of Consciousness, making the Spirit Seed a part of oneself.
Just like contracting a Spirit Beast in the ’Myriad Spirits Scripture,’ one needed to merge it with the Spiritual Soul.
Li Zhirui mentioned it could resolve issues from the ’Myriad Spirits Scripture’ because he could incorporate that part of the Spiritual Soul into the Spirit Seed.
Although a higher Grade Spirit Seed was desirable, it shouldn’t exceed the limits of the Sea of Consciousness; otherwise, the pressure would hinder cultivation.
Generally, a fourth-grade Spirit Seed that matched one’s attributes was ideal. Those born with vast Seas of Consciousness could Refine even higher Grade Spirit Seeds.
At the breakthrough to the Golden Core stage, the Spirit Seed acts as the sprout for the core, the root of the Golden Core, further nurturing the Spirit Seed—referred to in the ’Earth Spirit Tao Record’ as the Nurturing Seed Realm.
