Cultivation Starts with Rejuvenation

Lin Xiuzhu’s face showed a trace of disdain.

Blood Kite held her breath and concentrated, hoping that Li Ji’an could seize this strike to counterattack.

"Huh?"

But in the next moment, Old Ghost and Lin Xiuzhu simultaneously made sounds of surprise.

This was because Old Ghost’s punch, solid as iron, landed squarely on Li Ji’an, and not only was there no scene of a body exploding, but Li Ji’an remained utterly motionless, with a dull thud like striking a boulder echoing from the point of contact.

"You..." Old Ghost’s face, solidified into a ghostly visage, was filled with shock.

Bang!

Yet before he could react further, a full-force blow from Li Ji’an, who had activated the Qi and Blood of a Tier Three Body Cultivator, struck directly between his eyebrows.

Old Ghost’s Yin Body, solidified like iron, instantly shattered into pieces.

"Tier Three Body Cultivator!" Unfortunately, at the moment he was struck, his form turned insubstantial again, avoiding a fatal hit.

He then re-solidified at the Soul Banner’s site, pointing out in shock the anomaly of Li Ji’an’s physique.

"What? Tier Three Body Cultivator?" Lin Xiuzhu also cried out in disbelief.

The rarity and difficulty of a Tier Three Body Cultivator surpassed even that of a Dharma Cultivator.

In the Celestial Cyan Domain, Yellow Heaven Domain, and Boundless Domain, he only knew of Wu Weixiong successfully advancing to Tier Three Body Cultivation.

Nearly instantaneously, cold sweat streamed down Lin Xiuzhu’s back.

"This little thief hid himself so deeply!" He had always underestimated Li Ji’an, only considering him to be an ordinary Early Period Core Formation Cultivator, ordering him around.

During their interactions, he had frequently stayed close to him.

Thinking back now, he couldn’t help but feel a chill of fear.

Given Li Ji’an’s current explosive Qi and Blood, he was sure he couldn’t withstand a sneak attack from him. While his corpse puppet could shift positions, preventing his death, it would still lead to injuries to his Dharma Body or even damage to the puppet.

"Alas!" Blood Kite sighed to herself upon seeing this outcome.

The anticipated divine power of a Tier Three Body Cultivator had not achieved success.

And now that Lin Xiuzhu and Old Ghost knew his background, he no longer had the advantage.

He might even be specifically targeted.

"Hmph, so what if you’re a Tier Three Body Cultivator? Just a brute. I’ll destroy your Life Soul first!" Old Ghost, recovering his composure, had made up his mind.

With his current ghost cultivation strength, it was specifically designed to counter such a body cultivator. As long as he did not solidify and wasn’t attacked by body cultivators who could wield the Soul Dao laws, what did he have to fear?

In the next moment, he once again launched his Yin Soul Body directly at Li Ji’an’s Sea of Consciousness.

"It’s over!" Blood Kite’s heart sank upon sensing Old Gu using the Divine Soul Secret Technique against Li Ji’an’s Sea of Consciousness.

As Old Ghost had said, the weakest point of a body cultivator was the Divine Soul. Being in the Middle Stage Core Formation of Divine Sense, Old Ghost, now transforming into the Ghost Dao, further enhanced his Divine Soul, reaching levels comparable to a Late-stage Core Formation Ascendant’s Divine Sense.

How could a mere Early Period Core Formation like Li Ji’an withstand such an attack?

At that point, with his Divine Soul obliterated, what use was having a strong physique left behind? If anything, it could provide Lin Xiuzhu with an enviable Golden Body Corpse Puppet.

"Ah!"

As Blood Kite was in despair, she saw Old Ghost’s soul body suddenly clutch his head and wail in agony.

It seemed as if his Divine Soul had suffered a tremendous injury.

In contrast, Li Ji’an’s forehead flickered with a faint glow, yet he remained as calm as ever.

"This is..." Lin Xiuzhu widened his eyes once more.

Blood Kite could no longer hold back, exclaiming in surprise, "My Lord."

She then approached Li Ji’an’s side, her eyes brimming with boundless admiration.

For in that fleeting moment when Li Ji’an’s forehead flickered, his Divine Sense had finally been revealed.

Divine Sense comparable to a Late-stage Core Formation Ascendant!

Core Formation Dharma Cultivator, Tier Three Body Cultivator, and even possessing the Divine Sense of a Core Formation Ascendant... Soul, Dharma, and Body cultivation, these were simply unprecedented!