I Accumulate Spirit Roots for My Next Life

The fact that he reached the Body Refining Fourth Layer shocked everyone present once again!

Dual cultivation of magical power and physical strength is something many magical cultivators find completely incomprehensible.

Magical cultivators mainly train their dantian, refining their magical power, resonating with the heavens and responding to people.

Body cultivators, on the other hand, temper their physical bodies, breaking through physical limits, absorbing and integrating spiritual qi with their bodies, ultimately achieving the possibility of proving their path through the body.

Whether it is magical cultivation or body cultivation, the further one progresses, the more difficult it becomes.

Generally, dual cultivation of magical and physical strength is a path that few can traverse. It is pursued to enhance combat power when no major breakthroughs are possible.

Moreover, most stop at Tier Two.

For someone like Li Jizhou, to be able to form an Immortal Golden Core in less than two hundred years, and also reach the Fourth Layer of body refining, is near impossible.

Whether it’s resources, time, or energy, even for the children of great families, it’s incredibly difficult.

“This person has stolen our Sacred Land’s core Body Refining Sacred Skill and must be thoroughly investigated by our Barbarian Prison Sacred Land!” the ancestral founder of the Barbarian Prison Sacred Land immediately declared decisively.

However, at this moment, how could the other five patriarchs pay him any attention?

What Li Jizhou has displayed is worth studying by everyone.

Shangguan Qingming watched with indescribable fear as Shangguan Liuyun was injured by Li Jizhou.

That was the Divine Son entirely cultivated by the Shangguan family, a prodigy with an unparalleled Divine Body.

Yet, he was defeated by someone like Li Jizhou, who came from a poor background.

Shangguan Liuyun watched Li Jizhou in disbelief after being knocked to the ground.

This result is unacceptable!

Among all the Nascent Souls in the Eastern Desolation, he believed that having cultivated the Shangguan family’s Immortal Scripture and being a half-step Nascent Soul, he would have no rivals in pure magical power and hand-to-hand combat.

He initially wanted to eradicate his Heart Demon, but it only deepened at this moment.

However, Li Jizhou did not give him time to be angry. Almost as soon as Shangguan Liuyun landed, Li Jizhou was already charging forward again, his body strong and robust, empowered by close combat Thunderbolt Fist Skill, striking fiercely.

“Liuyun!” Shangguan Qingming immediately tensed up.

“Die!” Shangguan Liuyun finally hesitated no more, and the Seventh Grade Spiritual Treasure Glazed Treasure Tower emerged, crashing down toward the oncoming Li Jizhou.

In an instant, overwhelming pressure caused Li Jizhou to pause, his heart filled with terror.

“Stop!”

“Stop!”

…

With one voice, the patriarchs of the four other great powers, excluding Shangguan Qingming, spoke in unison, and all took action.

Four beams of light struck the Glazed Treasure Tower headed toward suppressing Li Jizhou.

“Bang!” The Seventh Grade Spiritual Treasure instantly shattered.

“You all!” Shangguan Liuyun looked furiously at the four old guys, hatred in his eyes.

Shangguan Qingming’s face was equally somber.

Under the violent explosion, Li Jizhou stabilized his figure, his offensive paused.

“Hmph, little thief, where did you learn our Taihao Sacred Land’s Holy Scripture? What is your relationship with the traitor Evergreen? Come back to the Sacred Land and explain clearly!” The patriarch of Taihao Sacred Land immediately snorted coldly, with a wave of his hand.

Li Jizhou only felt a tightening of the air around him, an invisible hand binding him tightly, leaving him utterly powerless to resist.

“Evergreen… Ancestor?” Yu Ziyu was startled at these words. Evergreen True Monarch was the founding ancestor of the Wuxiang Sect and also the mentor of her master, Cyan Pine True Monarch.

Previously, her master said that Li Jizhou might be the crucial factor in resolving the Demon Sect’s disaster, and that he was definitely linked to influential figures in the Central Domain.

Now, it seems, he is indeed connected to the ancestor.

This left Yu Ziyu bewildered.

It became increasingly difficult for her to see through Li Jizhou.

“Not right! This one’s Divine Soul is different from the ordinary, and is quite connected to our Wang family. He needs to come to our Wang family first!” The patriarch of the Wang family immediately acted, adding another invisible force binding Li Jizhou.

“Hmph! Didn’t you see that he’s learned our Barbarian Prison Sacred Land’s Saint Heir core Body Refining Skill? This little thief must come to our Barbarian Prison Sacred Land!” The voice of the body cultivator from Barbarian Prison Sacred Land was filled with rage as he shouted.

The surge of qi and blood power was no less than that of the two magical power patriarchs.

This kind of qi and blood power resonating with the divine was strikingly similar to the sense Li Jizhou felt when he had just broken through the Body Refining Fourth Layer.

It confirmed Li Jizhou’s previous conjecture about the path forward in body refining.

As the power of qi and blood added upon Li Jizhou’s body, his bones the crackling and muscles tearing, a piercing pain made him instantly realize his own situation.

The Barbarian Prison Sacred Land’s issue, though it wasn’t expected to happen today, had always been anticipated, so it was not too surprising.

As for the so-called Cultivation Sacred Skill of the Taihao Sacred Land and Evergreen True Monarch, it was completely unforeseen.

Back then, when the puppet first approached Cyan Pine True Monarch, it sensed that his magical power was similar to the complete Evergreen Skill Li Jizhou practiced.

The Wuxiang Sect’s founding ancestor’s research into strange treasures, the Wuxiang Mask and the characteristic of the fourth layer of the Evergreen Skill’s rings were quite similar, coupled with Cyan Pine True Monarch’s lifespan far exceeding his realm, made him suspect back then that he also practiced the complete Evergreen Skill.

At this moment, it was as if an understanding dawned upon his heart.

Could it be that the Sacred Land’s Holy Scripture Immortal Technique is the complete Evergreen Skill?

As for the Wang family’s talk of the Divine Soul secret technique, Li Jizhou gave it no further thought, it was clearly an attempt to explore his opportunities.

Merely appearing before these prominent figures for the first time had already laid bare all his secrets, leaving Li Jizhou feeling resigned, though he had already expected it.

At this moment, with all his secrets unveiled, the complete Evergreen Skill and Melted Spirit Sand Body Refining Skill aside, even the formation of the Immortal Golden Core with a layer of heavenly essence outside was enough for these prominent figures to explore.

And at this moment their attention might be entirely drawn by these, thus not noticing his storage bag,

if they knew about the Guanghan Seal in his storage bag, it would probably drive them even more mad.

Fortunately, he had promised the Six-winged Golden Cicada to let it reside, thus separating it and the Guanghan Seal, now hidden in a hundred treasure bag reforged for Guagua by Li Jizhou, incorporating numerous Ghost Shadow Cold Gold elements.

Otherwise, if the Qilin Immortality Pill were to appear, it wouldn’t just be these five figures eyeing it covetously.

“Everyone, there’s no need to fight, Ji Zhou is my Jiang family’s son-in-law. How can I let you take him at your will?” Just as the three patriarchs were grappling for control, the Jiang family’s patriarch suddenly spoke in a deep voice.

“Jiang Monian, are you truly so shameless?” The three patriarchs coldly sneered at him upon hearing his words.

“Hm? When have I, Jiang Monian, spoken falsely? Ji Zhou and Jiang Li of my Jiang family are deeply in love, and they have already become Dao companions, is this not true?” the Jiang family’s patriarch said righteously.

After his words, he looked at Li Jizhou with a kind expression.

Meanwhile, Jiang Li’s face showed a hint of expectation, expressing gratitude towards the Jiang family’s patriarch, then looked towards Li Jizhou.

Feeling Jiang Li’s expectant gaze, however, Li Jizhou’s expression did not change.

The Jiang family’s patriarch was unquestionably seeking the secrets on him, only using a plausible reason to vie for him.

“Boom!” Just as the four patriarchs unreservedly treated Li Jizhou as an object to scramble for, a powerful aura suddenly erupted.

Above Shangguan Liuyun’s head, a three-legged, two-eared black gold dragon-patterned sword appeared.

“He! Must die today!”

He looked at Li Jizhou with endless hatred in his eyes.

And then, before the four patriarchs could make a move, Shangguan Qingming already unhesitatingly took out a talisman and activated it instantly.

In an instant, a layer of golden light enveloped Li Jizhou and Shangguan Liuyun, isolating outsiders.

“Profound Treasure Level Protective Talisman!”