Practicing a Skill, Leveling Up

"You're quite fast!"

Li Yu, connected through the System, saw the maiden arriving on a colorful light and nodded slightly. "The Nine Dragons Coffin Pull falling must have alerted nearby cultivators. It's no wonder this girl, Weiwei, arrived so quickly."

"With the System in hand, Zhou Yi will surely shine brightly after joining a cultivation sect. I don't need to pay him too much attention."

Li Yu chuckled. "What I need to consider now is my own cultivation."

A flash of light, and he was gone.

Li Yu's figure appeared on the peak of a tall mountain.

This was the border between the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Ground and Yan State, a desolate and uninhabited wilderness.

"I'll cultivate here for a while!"

Li Yu glanced around the mountaintop, found a cliff face, and flicked his finger, sending out a strand of Sword Qi. The silk-thin Sword Qi whistled through the air, cutting horizontally across the cliff's stone wall.

"Swish! Swish!"

The sharp Sword Qi easily sliced into the cliff, and stone fragments rained down.

Li Yu waved his hand, and the System directly recycled the debris, breaking it down into energy. In a short while, a stone cave about two Zhangs in diameter appeared before Li Yu.

"So convenient."

Li Yu chuckled and walked into the cave. He looked up at the smooth, flat, and spotless stone interior, marveling, "With this skill alone, if I went back to my old world, I could get rich digging tunnels for people!"

At this moment, the "loser" nature of the Great Immortal Li was fully exposed.

"For now, I'll focus on cultivating."

He waved his hand and set up Sword Qi at the cave entrance to ensure safety, just in case.

Li Yu sat down inside the stone cave, preparing to begin his cultivation.

"Cultivation in this world is divided into five stages: Wheel Sea, Dao Palace, Four Extremities, Dragon Transformation, and Celestial Altar."

Recalling the contents of the Primordial Scripture in his mind, Li Yu pondered his own cultivation.

"The Wheel Sea can be seen as the Dantian, the Dao Palace as the Zhongfu acupoint, the Four Extremities as the twelve main meridians, Dragon Transformation as the Ren and Du meridians and other extraordinary meridians, and the Celestial Altar as the upper Dantian in the Purple Mansion between the eyebrows."

"Although more profound, it's still the path of refining essence into Qi, refining Qi into spirit, refining spirit into emptiness, and refining emptiness into the Dao. In other words..."

Thinking of this, Li Yu's eyes lit up, and he quickly asked the System, "System, can I consume the life force within the Crocodile Ancestor's body to open up the Sea of Bitterness?"

"Yes!"

"Haha! Just as I expected!"

Li Yu was overjoyed and couldn't help but laugh. "Opening the Sea of Bitterness is essentially refining essence into Qi and opening the Dantian. A single drop of the Crocodile Ancestor's blood contains infinite life force. Activating the Dantian and opening the Sea of Bitterness will naturally be effortless!"

The Bodhi Tree leaf had already allowed Li Yu to comprehend the first volume of the Primordial Scripture, giving him a clear understanding of his own cultivation. However, Li Yu didn't rush to cultivate.

"System, extract the cultivation insights from the Divine Spirit Remnant of the Great Completion Saintly Body and impart the cultivation insights for the Wheel Sea realm to me."

Li Yu took out a Bodhi Tree leaf, placed it on his forehead, and then gave the System its command.

A strange message flowed into his mind, and Li Yu's consciousness flickered.

It was as if he had transformed into another person. Li Yu personally experienced the entire process from opening the "Sea of Bitterness" to transcending the mortal realm at the "Other Shore."

His body changed bit by bit, his strength grew inch by inch. Li Yu felt as if he had personally experienced all the cultivation of the Wheel Sea realm, from beginning to end.

"Pfft!"

The Bodhi Tree leaf turned to ash, and Li Yu opened his eyes, exhaling a long breath.

"As expected of the unparalleled, world-shattering Saintly Body! This Saintly Body secret method truly lays a foundation as solid as iron."

After sitting for a while to calm his mind, Li Yu smiled slightly. "I've already exchanged for the Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo physique, possessing all the characteristics of a Saintly Body. This Saintly Body secret method is perfectly suited for me!"

"System, extract a drop of the Crocodile Ancestor's fresh blood, refine the pure life force within the blood, and gradually input it into my body."

Li Yu took a deep breath, adjusted his mind, breath, and spirit, and entered a state of deep concentration. He began cultivating the Beginless Sutra, referencing the Saintly Body insights.

As a Demon Saint, the Crocodile Ancestor's holy blood contained an astonishing amount of life force. A small portion of it had already rejuvenated Zhou Yi and the others.

Now, as the life force poured into his body, even though Li Yu had the System slow down the process, he felt his entire body swell, like an overinflated balloon.

His short hair instantly grew long, reaching over two feet in the blink of an eye. His skin turned red, sweat poured out like a river, and waves of heat rose from him.

The cultivation technique circulated, and a massive suction force arose from his lower abdomen, continuously drawing in the life force being infused into his body.

"Rumble!"

A sound like a raging tide surged, and endless purple-golden light illuminated the entire stone cave.

In Li Yu's lower abdomen, a continuous roar echoed. Purple-golden radiance spread out, like a vast ocean, with surging tides and towering waves.

Waves of roaring impact shook the cave. The purple-golden light rippled outwards, and the immense vibrations spread, causing even the Sword Qi sealing the cave entrance to emit faint "clanging" sounds.

After a moment, a divine radiance rose from Li Yu's lower abdomen. It started as a small point of light, which gradually grew larger, like a candle flame, a lamp, a star in the night, or the bright moon.

Finally, this point of divine radiance transformed into a brilliant sun, illuminating ten thousand miles, its divine radiance dazzling. When the divine radiance reached its peak brilliance, the blinding light slowly began to converge.

Half an hour later, all the radiance completely receded and sank into Li Yu's lower abdomen. The roaring sound of the surging tide also subsided, and there were no more anomalies within the stone cave.

"Hoo..."

He exhaled a breath of turbid air, which condensed and lingered for a long time, forming a pillar of air over three feet long.

Li Yu stood up, his spirit soaring. His eyes shone with divine light, his skin was as lustrous as jade, his pores were almost invisible, and his long black hair cascaded down his shoulders, each strand emitting a faint crystalline glow.

"Good! Good! Good!"

Feeling the immense power within his body, sensing the vast purple-gold ocean in the Sea of Bitterness in his lower abdomen, Li Yu praised repeatedly, filled with joy.

"With the pure life force refined from the Crocodile Ancestor's holy blood, the Beginless Sutra, one of the strongest cultivation techniques in this world, coupled with the cultivation insights of the Great Completion Saintly Body and the Saintly Body secret methods. My foundation is so solid that no one in this era can match it."

Li Yu clenched his fist, and a surge of exhilaration rushed through his chest.

"Although my cultivation is still shallow at the moment, having only just opened the Sea of Bitterness, I am still far from the Wheel Sea completion realm of transcending mortality to reach the Other Shore. However, my foundation is already extremely solid. As long as I proceed step by step on the path ahead, everything will be fine!"

He stepped out of the stone cave, his loose hair flying in the wind.

"Even my hair has grown this long."

Glancing at the long hair cascading over his shoulders, Li Yu smiled and shook his head. He exchanged a hair tie from the System and casually tied his hair into a loose ponytail, letting it hang down his back.

"I wonder how that kid Zhou Yi is doing now?"

Li Yu suddenly thought of Zhou Yi and quickly asked the System to connect to the Supreme Heavenly Book to check on Zhou Yi's situation.

"What? This is outrageous!"

Seeing Zhou Yi's condition, a surge of anger welled up in Li Yu's heart, and the rock beneath his feet cracked with a "crunch."