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After finally rescuing the poor Little Xuanwu from under Yan Luo's feet, Yan Luo continued to make a fuss, insisting that she did not want it. Li Hong had no choice but to take Little Xuanwu away and temporarily settle it in his own room. He hurriedly arranged to exchange for another spirit beast egg for Yan Luo.
After much discussion with Little Fei, he finally exchanged for a very rare Azure Phoenix Egg. Although the Azure Phoenix was not a Heavenly Born Divine Beast, it was still an extremely rare Ancient Spirit Beast. Once grown, it would have a very fast flying speed, and most importantly, the Azure Phoenix was incredibly beautiful, perfectly matching Yan Luo's requirements.
This time, having learned her lesson, Yan Luo happily took the Azure Phoenix egg after confirming it was indeed the right one and began her second hatching endeavor. Li Hong let out a long sigh of relief.
Everyone was busy taking care of their spirit beasts, and the entire Temple City was quiet. Li Hong flew to the Fusang Root in the sea to check on Little Phoenix and Little Earth, also helping Little Fei Black Abyss take care of the hatching divine beast eggs.
Time passed quickly as little divine beasts hatched one after another. Suddenly, Li Hong experienced the joys of being both a father and a mother, constantly chased by the little divine beasts. He was so busy that he wished he could cultivate another Avatar.
At that moment, Li Hong felt a stir in his heart; the Avatar that had been in seclusion at the Ancient Celestial Field Temple had actually made a breakthrough.
Stepping into his exclusive chamber within the Ancient Celestial Field, Li Hong was both surprised and delighted.
The Supreme Celestial Stone, which was as big as a soccer ball, had been completely absorbed. The Avatar sat cross-legged in the center of the chamber with its eyes closed, its form now resembling Li Hong's true self. What had once been a pitch-black figure had transformed into a light golden color with a glossy surface, now resembling a human rather than just a "shadowy figure."
In the next moment, with a thought from Li Hong, his Six Senses instantly transferred to this Avatar.
Upon internal inspection, he discovered that a dazzling Five-Colored Light Sphere had actually formed at the core of the Dantian Sea on its forehead. It contained an incredibly terrifying amount of energy; all of this Avatar's abilities were sourced from here. It resembled Awareness but was clearly superior. Li Hong felt a familiar yet strange aura emanating from this light sphere and realized with surprise that if he remembered correctly, this was celestial power!
This meant that this Avatar had officially entered the Heavenly Fusion Stage!
However, the Six Spirit Salty Ritual had already concluded here. The final sixth section only described how to cultivate an external Avatar but did not mention anything about the methods for advancing to the Heavenly Fusion Stage or Tribulation Period or how to continue cultivating once reaching such a level. Li Hong couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
Since the external Avatar was composed of extremely pure life essence made from Innate Vital Blood and energy, as long as there was enough energy available, it could effortlessly reach the Heavenly Fusion Stage or even Tribulation Period. But what about his true self? His true self was still in the Early Stage of Nascent Soul—what should he do? If the Avatar continued to cultivate and triggered Tribulation while his true self remained in the mortal realm, wouldn’t that be absurd? The only solution for now was to continue cultivating the Avatar until all Ten Infants were developed into beings like this Earth Soul Avatar; at that stage, it might lead to completion along with his true self.
Having figured this out, Li Hong returned his Six Senses to his true self and stored this perfectly cultivated Earth Soul Avatar into his Upper Dantian while slowly separating out the Nascent Soul formed from Heavenly Soul to begin cultivating his second Avatar.
Due to previous experience, this time many detours were avoided, and within three days, Li Hong had accomplished a great deal. When the avatar transformed from the Heavenly Soul was first created, it resembled a shadowy figure, but it was a faintly transparent white, somewhat similar to the Spirit of the Hall. Li Hong left an instruction for the avatar and took out a small water tank-like Supreme Celestial Stone from the Cosmic Bag, placing it in front of the Heavenly Soul Avatar's knees. He also left the Five Elements Shuttle in the secret chamber. After sealing the secret chamber again, he returned to Temple City.
Now, the retrieved Earth Soul Avatar in the Upper Dantian space still resembled a Nascent Soul, but upon closer inspection, its surface had a lustrous light golden color, significantly different from the pure golden color of other unformed Avatars' Nascent Souls.
As soon as he entered Temple City, Yan Luo rushed forward, shouting loudly. After listening to her outburst, Li Hong understood that she was overly worried and comforted her with kind words. However, Yan Luo insisted that Li Hong accompany her to take a closer look at the Azure Phoenix Egg.
Li Hong felt helpless; just as he turned to follow her to her room, Chuxuan appeared behind him, also wanting Li Hong to see her spirit beast egg.
At that moment, Spirit of the Hall suddenly appeared and reported with his head bowed, "Star Sovereign, there’s been an issue with Fei Senior and Heiyuan Senior; please hurry over."
Yan Luo jumped up and grabbed Li Hong's arm, exclaiming, "No! You must first come with me to see my Azure Phoenix!"
Chuxuan also looked troubled and frowned, saying, "Sixth Senior Brother, my little spirit beast might be in danger of dying before it hatches!"
Spirit of the Hall added fuel to the fire by saying pitifully, "Fei Senior and Heiyuan Senior insisted that I find you within a moment; otherwise... Fei Senior said I would be in trouble."
"Ancient God!" Li Hong shouted. "I only have one person; what do you want me to do?"
Feeling agitated at this point, Li Hong forcefully pushed Yan Luo away. "You go back to your room; I'll be there shortly!" After saying this, he suddenly disappeared.
Seeing that Li Hong ignored everyone else, Spirit of the Hall sighed and vanished first.
Yan Luo was extremely angry and stomped her foot heavily, saying angrily, "Fine! If you don't return in less than a moment's time, I'll stomp that Azure Phoenix to death! Hmph!" With a flick of her long hair, she ran off.
Only Chuxuan shook her head helplessly and sighed as she hurried toward her own room. Just before reaching her door, Li Hong appeared suddenly, playfully winking and whispering, "I just wanted to shake off Yan Luo. Hurry up and open the door."
Chuxuan smiled and said while opening the door for him, "You should be a bit nicer to her!"
Li Hong spun around like a top, running all over Temple City. A large number of spirit beasts were at the critical moment of hatching, often encountering problems, and people looking for Li Hong came and went in a continuous stream. However, they quickly discovered that Li Hong's figure seemed to be everywhere.
The most astonishing instance was when Chuxuan clearly saw Li Hong in his own room dealing with his little spirit beast. When he went out to collect samples, he saw Li Hong running out of Ling Yi Zi's room. Yet upon returning to his own room, Li Hong had evidently not left at all. Chuxuan was left dumbfounded.
Filled with suspicion and curiosity, Chuxuan tried to probe, but Li Hong remained silent. Chuxuan felt perplexed and thought that perhaps Li Hong was annoyed. However, when he encountered Li Hong again, he was still smiling cheerfully, showing no signs of any grudge.
Chuxuan began to understand a bit more. The next time he met Li Hong, he started to question cautiously: "Are you the silent Li Hong or the talking Li Hong?"
Li Hong replied with a smile, "There has always been only one me; there is no second one!"
It wasn't until all the spirit beasts had hatched that this mysterious situation disappeared. Chuxuan was the first to guess what was happening, but he was also someone who kept secrets well. Although he vaguely sensed the truth, he never mentioned it to anyone.
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Nine Li Cave Heaven.
Since Yue Changzi left with his people, Nine Li Sect had become increasingly quiet. Aside from the still trapped Yun Jiuzi and Yueyangzi, there were hardly any capable experts left inside the sect. The highest-ranking individuals were Chief Elder of Punishment Yue Mangzi and "Sect Leader" Ling Jizi, both of whom were merely at the Early Stage of Nascent Soul.
Despite this, these individuals remained complacent, reveling in their power behind closed doors, believing that those who followed them would prosper while those who opposed them would perish. The elders Ling Panzai and Ling Shizi who did not escape with Yue Changzi and Chuxuan regretted their decision deeply.
The current Elder Brother of Nine Vermilion Peaks was Chu Li, the third disciple of Spirit Stone. He had long focused on his cultivation without concerning himself with worldly affairs. Aside from once stepping forward to vie for Elder Brother's position during an incident involving Spirit Stone, he rarely appeared in public. At some point, Chu Li managed to cling to Ling Jizi's coattails and forcibly took the position of Elder Brother from Spirit Stone's eldest disciple Chuming. Afterward, Chuming and Chuxuan followed Yue Changzi to Southern Wilderness and were never heard from again.
Chuxuan had previously come to encourage Ling Panzai and Ling Shizi; they were indeed somewhat tempted. However, having grown accustomed to a comfortable life made them fearful of venturing out into the world where the Demon Cult roamed. Their momentary cowardice led them to stay behind, resulting in their daily lives being pressured by the younger Chu Li under the title of "Elder Brother." They were busy like dogs, constantly being sent on trivial errands that left them with no time for cultivation and requiring them to patrol outside the mountain gate for over five hours each day. The more they thought about it, the angrier they became; they regretted their decision immensely.
Meanwhile, Ling Jizi and others remained enthusiastic about recruiting disciples widely and ordered many low-level disciples with cultivation only above Initial Stage of Caution to venture out into the world quietly searching for talented young boys and girls.
Even low-level disciples began to be dispatched in large numbers from Mountain Gate, leaving Nine Li Sect increasingly empty. This situation made Ling Panzai and several other elders feel alarmed.
Not long after, a very strange murder case occurred.
The Scripture Repository was originally a crucial area within Elder Peak, adjacent to the Artifact Hall. Since Ling Shanzi died in battle and Yue Changzi left, the Chief Elder of Punishment, Yue Mangzi, took over the management of the Scripture Repository. However, since he was not originally from the Scripture Repository, he knew very little about its inner workings and only understood how to open the main Restrictions; beyond that, he was completely unaware. He often spent time at Nine Separation Peak and was rarely present at Elder Peak, leaving the Scripture Repository in a virtually defenseless state, with only about ten low-ranking Cleaning Disciples on duty.
These ten Cleaning Disciples took turns guarding the night at the Scripture Repository's gatehouse. One night, however, two disciples suddenly collapsed and died in the gatehouse. When the next shift discovered them in the morning, they were horrified.
The bodies remained in a seated posture, their faces seemingly calm, but they were nothing more than empty husks; all their blood, flesh, and spiritual energy had vanished.
Upon receiving the report, Ling Jizi and Yue Mangzi quickly mobilized. The Sixth Pulse Master and all the elders gathered. The more they looked, the more shocked they became. Anyone familiar with Demon Sect lore could immediately connect the gruesome state of these two corpses to past incidents involving Demonic Cultivation Techniques.
Elder Yao shook his head and said, "This is definitely not the work of the Demon Sect. Look here; there are two small holes—these are clearly bite marks! They were drained of all their blood by a Demon!"
The news that there was a Demon within Nine Li Sect spread rapidly among the sect members.
In an effort to curry favor with Ling Jizi, Chu Li volunteered to take on the case but immediately passed this terrifying hot potato to Ling Panzai and Ling Shizi, ordering them to uncover the culprit within three days or face punishment according to the Rules of the Sect.
Ling Panzai and Ling Shizi exchanged glances, feeling helpless as they accepted their orders while harboring deep resentment in their hearts.
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