Chapter 295: How Many Times Can I Be Reborn from a Drop of Blood Now?
More than a year later.
The Spirit Clan.
In front of a small city on a certain star, two figures—one tall, one short—arrived.
Both looked travel-worn, as though they had journeyed a great distance on foot.
Jiang Taixuan was still dressed in his azure robe, his features ancient and plain, utterly unremarkable at a glance. His long hair was casually tied behind his head with a jade hairpin.
From the surface, his cultivation appeared to have broken through to the early stage of the Divine Palace Realm.
But in truth, no one could say for certain just how strong he really was.
The smaller figure beside him was none other than Xiao Fan. Though he was not yet ten years old, his appearance already resembled that of a teenager. Compared to Jiang Taixuan, he was only about a head shorter.
His presence was sharp and exposed, his aura powerful and vigorous. Although he was merely at the peak of the Divine Power Realm, standing there with casual movements, the pressure he exuded was such that even experts of the Life and Death Realm would not dare underestimate him.
Trailing behind the two of them was a Black Tortoise.
Its body was not particularly large—about the size of a millstone—and it followed them from a distance. Its aura was completely restrained; without careful observation, it would be easy to overlook it entirely, mistaking it for nothing more than an ordinary pet with nothing special about it.
"Pleased Billow City."
Standing before the city gates, Jiang Taixuan lifted his head and glanced at the plaque hanging above them, then spoke:
"Once we reach this city, we won't be far from the Spirit Clan's ancestral land."
The star beneath their feet floated in the void of the Desolate Ancient Continent.
Calling it a "star" was somewhat misleading—it was, in truth, an incomparably vast planet. Mountains, seas, and lakes were all present, and most of the living beings residing here had deep and intricate ties to the Spirit Clan.
On this star, no second faction could exist.
There was only the Spirit Clan, the sole overlord of this world.
After countless years, the fate of the Spirit Clan had become deeply bound to this star itself. Every person living here, if one traced their lineage back three generations, would inevitably find an inseparable connection to the Spirit Clan.
"Brother Xiao, do you plan to head over right away, or would you prefer to wait for a while before going to the Spirit Clan?"
Jiang Taixuan turned his head and looked at the youth beside him as he asked.
"Since we're already here, why waste time?" Xiao Fan replied with a light smile.
He glanced at the Pleased Billow City, but did not choose to enter it.
By this point, they were already deep within Spirit Clan territory. Any place could have Spirit Clan eyes and ears. It was entirely possible to be recognized without warning.
After all, he had once been the young master of the Xiao Clan, and within the Spirit Clan, his reputation had been considerable. There were many who knew his appearance.
Though several years had passed and he had grown somewhat, his features had not changed drastically. With a careful look, he could still be recognized.
If he were spotted by a group of Divine Palace Realm experts, then his plan of concealing his identity and quietly making his way to the Spirit Clan would completely collapse.
Worse still, he might be forced into undergoing the Life and Death Tribulation before even setting foot within Spirit Clan territory.
"That works too."
Jiang Taixuan pondered briefly. Behind his back, a jade transmission slip appeared in his palm. Without drawing any attention, he sent out a message.
"Let's go. We'll continue on our way first," Jiang Taixuan said with a smile once the message was sent.
"Mm." Xiao Fan nodded, unaware of anything amiss.
At the same time, several million li away.
Li Xun sat cross-legged on the mountain peak. Beneath him lay countless Blood Essence Stones, piled densely together. No grand external phenomena manifested around his body, yet within him, earth-shattering changes were taking place.
Wisps of black essence seeped out from the Blood Essence Stones and flowed into his body, causing his entire physique to undergo constant transformation without pause.
This was a strange and wondrous process.
It was as though one could see stars collapsing one after another, leaving behind only the most supreme, most refined, indestructible trace of divinity. That single point slowly gathered over an immeasurably long span of time. Within his body, it seemed as though endless galaxies decayed, fell silent, and were annihilated.
And then, after an evolution that spanned vast ages, those once desolate and extinguished galaxies burst forth with new vitality. Their reborn life force was even more vigorous than before.
As a result, Li Xun's physical body ascended by an unknown number of levels beyond its original foundation.
Buzz!
Li Xun's flesh began to glow. In the unseen depths, it was as if an invisible shackle had shattered. The latent potential of his body erupted completely, and a sea of blood energy—almost solid in density—surged outward, sweeping across thousands of li.
Within this vast crimson ocean, Li Xun sat upright and composed, like a god receiving worship from all directions.
Every inch of the human body was a treasure. And after obtaining the Blood Essence Stones, Li Xun had undoubtedly excavated this treasure to its absolute limit.
As a consequence, even his cultivation advanced once more, breaking through another minor realm.
Originally, he had already been close to the late stage of the Divine Palace Realm.
Now, he stepped directly into the late Divine Palace Realm, drawing yet another step closer to the Saint Realm.
"The Blood Essence Stones truly live up to being the foundation of existence for Otherworldly Demons. They really do have their unique strengths. If the Blood Essence Stones are combined with the spirit stones of this world, then even an ordinary cultivator could unleash heaven-defying combat power!"
As Li Xun cultivated, sensing the changes within himself, he could not help but sigh in amazement.
Spirit stones accelerated cultivation speed, while Blood Essence Stones rendered the physical body indestructible. Together, they perfectly complemented each other, placing one in an invincible position from the very start.
Several more days passed.
It felt as though he had traversed the primordial chaos of the universe, refined Heaven and Earth, and linked the ancient past with the distant future. His understanding of the physical body deepened even further.
Divine patterns began to appear on the surface of his body. In particular, outside the Purple Mansion, the patterns grew increasingly profound and complex, imbued with an immortal divine essence.
It was as if he could live eternally, calmly observing the rise and fall of seas and the transformation of ages.
Boom!
A thunderous sound rang out.
Li Xun awakened from his cultivation. As his eyes opened and closed, two beams of divine light pierced the cosmos, drawing down endless starlight that poured over his body.
Like a god bathed in boundless stellar radiance, he awakened in full, shocking everything within thousands of li.
Within that vast region, chaotic energy surged, as if heaven and earth were being opened anew. The forces of life and death intertwined, and streams of multicolored radiance flowed everywhere.
When Li Xun first broke through to the Divine Palace Realm, his lifespan had already reached several thousand years. Now, with the augmentation of the Blood Essence Stones, he estimated that his longevity could likely rival that of a Saint.
After all, Blood Essence Stones existed precisely to strengthen the physical body.
And the physical body was the very foundation of a cultivator. The ultimate reason cultivators died of old age was, at its core, the decay of the flesh. If one could achieve an indestructible body, it was almost equivalent to immortality!
"I wonder… just how many times I can be reborn from a single drop of blood now?"
Li Xun glanced at his own body and murmured softly.
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