Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 1248: Chapter 1093: Taking Life

Li Zhirui did not hastily withdraw from the Laws but instead seized the last bit of time to continue comprehending the Purification Principle.

The higher the realm, the deeper the understanding of the Purification Principle, but unresolved questions also seemed to increase exponentially.

Li Zhirui had originally thought that after breaking through to the Individual Immortal Realm, his comprehension of the Purification Principle would advance leaps and bounds, but the results were far from satisfactory.

It was unclear whether it was because his realm had advanced too much over the past year, depleting his mental strength and leaving him unable to continue comprehending the Laws; or because, after breaking through to the Individual Immortal Realm, the Laws became even more profound and intricate, making even a single step forward extraordinarily difficult, even with the assistance of the Enlightenment Star Stone.

Therefore, after attempting for several days and confirming his inability to comprehend further, Li Zhirui decisively retraced his steps, beginning anew with the comprehension of the Purification Principle to identify gaps, resolve issues, and reinforce his foundation.

One had to admit, this approach was remarkably correct.

Li Zhirui had assumed that even if there were problems, they were but minor issues that could be easily resolved. Yet now, upon closer examination, he realized he had severely underestimated the gravity of the situation!

The Laws are extraordinarily rigorous and meticulous, for they are the cornerstones of a world, its very foundation, and they fundamentally do not exist in isolation.

Choosing a Law as one’s path of cultivation in the Nascent Soul Realm, one continuously comprehends it to enhance mastery over it.

But, let alone the Nascent Soul Realm—even at the Mahayana or Tribulation Transcendence stages—one cannot perceive the entirety of the Laws. What they had comprehended before were merely fragments of the Laws.

Only upon reaching the Individual Immortal Realm could one observe the true ”form” of the Laws from a higher and more comprehensive perspective.

During this process, due to a lack of comprehensive understanding of the Laws, natural issues would arise during comprehension.

Moreover, after breaking through to the Individual Immortal Realm, Li Zhirui found the difficulty of comprehending the Laws to have steeply increased. This was because the leap from a fragment to the whole was simply too immense, requiring time to adapt!

Simultaneously, errors in his understanding of the Laws during previous cultivation had impeded further progress upon reaching the Individual Immortal Realm.

Thus, the established immortal sects often advised newly ascended Individual Immortals to spend some time revisiting their comprehension of the Laws from the ground up.

In this way, after correcting mistakes and missteps, one’s progress in comprehending the Laws would resume!

Of course, Li Zhirui was initially unaware of this, but by chance, he stumbled upon this truth.

If not for the Enlightenment Star Stone, he likely would not have discovered this so easily, potentially spending an incalculable length of time in the future to locate the root of the problem.

Why was it said that the disciples and clansmen of sects with longstanding legacies advanced rapidly in cultivation yet had stable realms and robust foundations? It was precisely because, across countless years, they had unearthed or even created numerous secrets and key insights!

And now, Li Zhirui happened to uncover one such insight. With his Individual Immortal Realm cultivation base, by comprehending the entire Purification Principle from top to bottom and with the Enlightenment Star Stone’s aid, he managed, in just over a month, to conduct a complete and thorough review from start to finish!

This discovery likely saved him countless time in the future.

The one-year period had reached its end, and the Enlightenment Star Stone had completely lost its efficacy.

The moment Li Zhirui awakened from his immersion in the Laws, he immediately retreated into his spatial domain and began harvesting various Spiritual Objects, refining Precious Pills, and enhancing his cultivation base to break through the Individual Immortal Realm as soon as possible!

One Spiritual Object after another was placed into the Pill Furnace, producing round Precious Pills one after another.

Since Li Zhirui only prioritized quantity and speed over quality, the majority of these Precious Pills were lower-grade or mid-grade ones, carrying significant amounts of Dan Poison.

However, he did not concern himself with the quality of these Precious Pills, as the cleansing and purification of the Purification Principle would wash away all traces of Dan Poison, ultimately transforming them into top-grade Precious Pills!

In the subsequent period, Li Zhirui alternated between refining pills and absorbing Precious Pills, leaving himself no moments of rest.

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In some corner of the Primal Spirit Realm, a flash of Ascension Spirit Light suddenly appeared, and from within stepped out a female cultivator dressed in black, carrying a Mysterious Sword on her back.

Her cultivation base was unmistakably that of an Individual Immortal!

If Li Zhirui or Jiang Fengwu and the other elders of the Li family were present, they would instantly recognize her identity as Li Zhixuan, the only member of the Li family who had apprenticed in another sect, stirred a sword cultivation craze within the family, and defied the odds to rise through the ranks with her Four Spiritual Roots!

”Ahead must be the Great Thousand World governing the Xuan Ling Realm, correct?” Li Zhixuan muttered to herself.

Back when the Li family collectively vanished, leaving behind only a lackluster island with average Spiritual Energy and its secular clansmen, Li Zhixuan had deduced that it must have been her ninth elder brother, Li Zhirui, who had broken through the Void Refinement stage and taken the clan to ascend together to the Upper Realm.

Upon learning the news, Li Zhixuan went into secluded cultivation, hoping to catch up to Li Zhirui’s progress and reunite with her family as soon as possible.

But she found herself owing the Ten Thousand Swords Sect a significant karmic debt—the responsibility of finding a disciple to inherit the Sword Tao of Slaughter and protect the sect—before she could leave.

This matter delayed her for over a century.

It was only in the second year after finding a successor that Li Zhixuan underwent her Heavenly Tribulation and successfully ascended.

However, when it came to choosing between the Middle Thousand Worlds or the Great Thousand Worlds, she opted for the Middle Thousand Worlds. Yet, after years of searching, she still failed to locate her family’s presence.

Left with no alternatives, Li Zhixuan could only become a Loose Cultivator, relying on her Lifebound Magic Sword to secure sufficient cultivation resources for herself.

Truthfully, she could have joined the Ten Thousand Swords Sect. After all, the elders there had long established themselves, and with her aptitude and the special status of the Sword Tao of Slaughter, she would have had no concerns over cultivation resources.