Cultivation Starts with Rejuvenation

The Blood Spirit Saintess was simultaneously devouring Li Ji’an’s Primordial Yang with her Primordial Yin while the Thousand Mechanisms Blood Attraction was activated to directly seize Li Ji’an’s Life Core Essence Origin.

The Life Core Essence Origin is the root of the Dantian, the beginning of the human body, and also the storage place of one breath of Primordial Qi before birth.

The Primordial Yang Fire required for the Phoenix Nirvana can only be fueled by this.

But in order to obtain this origin, one must first seize the Primordial Yang, and must actively cooperate in the initial stage; otherwise, no matter how high the cultivation, it cannot be forcibly taken.

The Blood Spirit Saintess had extracted the essence core from others no less than ten times in her life. Besides the eight times needed for Nirvana, there were a few times outside the centennial node, making her very confident in this process.

Moreover, whenever the Phoenix Blood faced the Essence Origin Qi of male cultivators, it always had a cold and commanding demeanor.

However, this time, the unfamiliar aura erupting from Li Ji’an’s body caused a stirring in the Phoenix Blood within her, even eliciting some fear.

At this moment, she was led by the Phoenix Blood, and the transformation of the Phoenix Blood directly affected her physical body.

And at a critical moment, the Phoenix Blood pushed all her Blood Fiend to the front as a shield.

Originally, once she began absorbing others’ essence origin, it would take only seven days and nights to completely extract it, which was the efficiency of the Phoenix Blood refining the opponent’s essence origin.

But at this moment, the mysterious aura within Li Ji’an was reverse devouring her Blood Fiend at a rate fifty percent higher than the Phoenix Blood.

”Stop!” Moments later, the Blood Spirit Saintess confirmed the situation, her expression suddenly changing.

The saddest part was that once the Phoenix Blood was triggered, she could no longer control herself.

All her profound magic power could not be moved an inch.

”It’s done!” Blood Kite inwardly rejoiced upon seeing this, though temporarily refrained from showing it, as the Blood Spirit Saintess had not yet completely died.

At this moment, Li Ji’an relaxed his expression, smiling as he looked at the Blood Spirit Saintess who was straddling him.

The Blood Spirit Saintess at this moment was in a dilemma, her originally noble and dignified face now twisted and violent.

”No, stop... stop!”

Her current screams seemed so powerless.

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Just three days later, the Blood Spirit Saintess’s Primordial Yin source core was completely drained.

Her aura plummeted in an instant, almost like an ordinary mortal.

Li Ji’an also finally managed to completely restrain the True Dragon Essence Blood and extracted himself.

The next moment, the Blood Spirit Saintess who had fallen to the ground aged rapidly, in the blink of an eye turning from a dignified noblewoman in her thirties to a withered old crone.

Even though Li Ji’an was accustomed to the fleeting nature of beauty and the spectacle of the Red Skull, this extremely short-lived experience still left him with some lingering shadows.

Fortunately, the joy of the True Dragon Essence Blood within him having absorbed the Phoenix Essence Blood diluted this horrid chill.

”Congratulations to the master for obtaining the True Spirit Essence Blood again!” At this moment, Blood Kite finally ceased to suppress her inner joy and respectfully bowed to Li Ji’an.

”You... you...” The Blood Spirit Saintess, with only a thread of life left, looked at Blood Kite in disbelief.

Li Ji’an sat quietly in the Spirit Pool, urging the Dragon Blood to refine the absorbed Phoenix Blood, merely casting a glance at Blood Kite.

Blood Kite immediately approached the Blood Spirit Saintess, gazing down at the always aloof Blood Spirit Saintess: ”Dying at the master’s hand should be an honor for you.”

”Master... it was him!” Suddenly, the Blood Spirit Saintess realized.

She forcibly lifted her head to look at Li Ji’an: ”You successfully obtained the opportunity at the Dragon Burial Cave. It was you who subdued the True Dragon Essence Blood, and it was then that you pledged allegiance to him, helping him cover up the true cause of Lin Xiuzhu and the other two’s deaths!”

Blood Kite looked at the Blood Spirit Saintess without much surprise. At this point, if she could not deduce the ins and outs, she would be unworthy of the title of Blood Spirit Saintess.

”Cease your prattle!” Li Ji’an slightly frowned, feeling uneasy even if they were nearing death, knowing his secret.

Moreover, it involved the Saint Children of two major Demon Sects.

”Yes!” Blood Kite no longer hesitated and took action immediately.

The Blood Spirit Saintess, who had lived for a thousand years, was now without her source core, her cultivation as a Core Formation Ascendant having lost its foundation, rendering her completely powerless, as Blood Kite shattered her Dantian with one blow.

And with another blow, her Sea of Consciousness shattered.

Once it was confirmed that she was beyond dead, Li Ji’an discreetly used the Faceless Mask to collect a strand of essence blood and divine soul, and then unleashed a Flame Talisman to incinerate her physical body and residual soul entirely.

Following that, Li Ji’an no longer concerned himself but merely instructed Blood Kite to find an opportunity to bring in Gugu, who was always waiting for orders outside the sect.

Three months later, news spread across the world that the Blood Spirit Saintess had perished, with her heart demon having emerged during her cultivation.

Half a year later, the Blood Spirit Sect experienced a bloody upheaval.

In the end, the contemporary Blood Spirit Saintess Blood Kite relied on two Tier Three Puppets and a Demon Beast suspected to be a Tier Three Great Demon to become the new generation Blood Spirit Saintess.

”Thank you, Master, for nurturing me!” On the day of her coronation as the Saintess, Blood Kite came to the Dao Field where Li Ji’an was quietly cultivating, gratefully bowing.

At the same time, she returned the two Tier Three Puppets.

”It was merely a fortuitous encounter.” Li Ji’an took back the puppets without saying more.

”Master, tonight let me serve you.” Blood Kite took a further step, with a hint of expectation in her words.

After slaying the Blood Spirit Saintess, she had requested the True Dragon Blood Fiend from Li Ji’an to secure her position as Saintess.

Li Ji’an, harboring reservations about the Blood Spirit Sect, decided to support Blood Kite’s rise to power.

Now that the major issue had been resolved, and the grievances with the former Blood Spirit Saintess had dissipated, there were nearly no lingering troubles.

”No need, just attend to your own affairs.” Li Ji’an turned her down expressionlessly.

Blood Spirit Saintess was about to speak again when she suddenly sensed a subtle aura emanating from the room behind Li Ji’an.

She was not unfamiliar with this aura; it was from the brocade-clad woman she had seen in the Dragon Burial Cave back then, whom she had considered to be Li Ji’an’s Nascent Soul Level trump card.

She immediately fell silent, bowing her head as she exited the Dao Field.

”Husband, Blood Kite is young and beautiful, a Mid-stage Core Formation True Man, and now even leads a sect. She truly is a remarkable female cultivator in this realm and could surely ensure the continuation of your line.” Once Blood Kite left, Ning Sujin appeared beside Li Ji’an, gently massaging his shoulders while speaking in a warm tone.

Li Ji’an couldn’t help but chuckle. Ning Sujin, born into a feudal imperial family, had internalized the notion of continuing the family line, and since she could not bear children for Li Ji’an now, she was particularly fixated on this.

”Sujin, we are now in the Cultivation Realm; let us not hold such thoughts. The propagation of lineage among mortals depends on the continuation of their bloodline, but we cultivators have the hope of immortality, and we can entirely continue our lineage through our own means, without relying on offspring.”

Upon hearing this, Ning Sujin was momentarily lost, knowing well that Li Ji’an was right, yet the deeply ingrained concepts from the Immortal Dynasty were difficult to completely eradicate.

”Mother, Father is right, besides, you have me, there is no need for other offspring.” Suddenly, a fist-sized shadow flew out from Ning Sujin’s Sea of Consciousness, whirling around Li Ji’an and Ning Sujin.

It was the True Dragon Residual Soul.

As it spoke, it also tried to get close to Li Ji’an.

Half a year ago, upon seeing Li Ji’an with Ning Sujin again, it sensed that the kindred aura on Li Ji’an had become more intense and clearer.

Unfortunately, no matter what it did, Li Ji’an never allowed it to get close, leaving it in utter frustration. Recently, it had been fawning and flattering like this.

”Pa~” Just as it was about to finally approach Li Ji’an’s body, Li Ji’an casually flicked his hand, sending it flying several feet away.

It then scurried behind Ning Sujin with a look of grievance.

This scene amused Gugu, basking in the sun in the Spirit Pool, causing the corners of its mouth to involuntarily turn up.

However, after a sharp glance from the Dragon Soul, it hurriedly restrained its smile, closing its eyes as if nothing had happened.

Two months later, Li Ji’an’s Qi and Blood surged to new heights. The True Dragon Essence Blood, once incomplete and eroded by a million years of time, was already quite feeble when Li Ji’an obtained it.

For the next thirteen years, it slightly recovered, benefiting from the nourishment of Li Ji’an’s own Essence Blood.

Now, having completely devoured the drop of Phoenix Essence Blood within the Blood Spirit Saintess, it became much purer. Whether it was the power of Qi and Blood it carried or the efficiency of absorbing and feeding back to Li Ji’an’s Qi and Blood, both significantly improved.

This laid a solid foundation for his body cultivation efficiency.

In the following years, besides continuing to refine his Qi and Blood, Li Ji’an steadily enhanced his Golden Core Cultivation while residing in a Spiritual Qi Dao Field superior even to the Biyun Sect, supplemented by the thousands of years of foundational spiritual talent from the Blood Spirit Sect given by Blood Kite.

Until one day, a message from Xiao Changfeng and Xiaoqiao, one following the other, caused him to suddenly become vigilant...