"Since that was the case, then let's begin!"
That was simply Li Tianwei's nature. Once he made up his mind, he acted immediately—the unity of knowledge and action.
Li Tianwei had long since made his plans for how to condense the Three Thousand Dao Intents.
What Three Thousand Dao Intents? With his talent, that was no problem at all. The Heavenly Origin Immortal Venerable could only condense five intents because he was simply too weak.
"Master, Master, then what are you planning to do?"
Although the Book Spirit knew how arrogant and conceited Li Tianwei was, its little life was now in his hands, so it still had to give him enough emotional validation.
"Naturally, I'll cultivate. According to this art, Dao Intents exist in every corner of the world: the five elements of heaven and earth, the hundred flavors of life, the Dao of objects, and even one's duties all contain them."
"Then I'll start with my most fundamental foundation."
"My spirit root."
Li Tianwei announced his plan with a majestic air.
Now that he was in the Foundation Establishment Realm, Li Tianwei could already manifest his spirit root.
As his words fell, a five-colored glimmer appeared behind Li Tianwei's head. An exceedingly shriveled spirit root shone brilliantly in midair, yet in the Book Spirit's eyes, it looked exceptionally dim.
For a moment, the Book Spirit fell silent. It stared at the Pseudo-Spirit Root bearing all five elemental attributes, then looked at Li Tianwei's utterly serious expression.
"The Five-Colored Heavenly Spirit Root condenses the five elements. This is the very foundation of how I achieved Foundation Establishment in a Hundred Days."
Li Tianwei spoke with considerable confidence.
"A Heavenly Spirit Root? That's right. With Master's talent, starting from the spirit root to condense the Five Elements Dao Intents will absolutely allow you to master the Condensing Heaven Art."
"After the five elements come the hundred flavors and the Dao of objects. With Master's talent, you will certainly accomplish it."
The Book Spirit could no longer care about anything else. In its eyes, it simply had to flatter him. Even if this Five-Colored Heavenly Spirit Root looked rather strange, if Li Tianwei said it was a Heavenly Spirit Root, then it was a Heavenly Spirit Root.
"No more words. Let's begin!"
After saying that, Li Tianwei sat cross-legged. The Book Spirit controlled the Five Intentions Condensing Heaven Art—no, it was now called the Three Thousand Condensing Heaven Intent.
The Book Spirit manipulated the book, flipping through its pages before Li Tianwei. From time to time, Li Tianwei would wave a hand to stop it and begin filling in the gaps.
"This won't do. Gathering five intents and drawing down heavenly lightning to strike oneself grants the Dao Intent of lightning; letting astral winds blow across the Spiritual Platform grants comprehension of the Dao Intent of astral winds..."
"Flesh and the Spiritual Platform are too ordinary. It should temper the entire body without a single blind spot."
"Since I'm condensing Three Thousand Dao Intents, then all these mutually restraining relationships that say they cannot be cultivated must be removed."
"Though dangerous, it won't pose the slightest problem for me."
Li Tianwei could not help criticizing the conservative cultivation methods recorded within.
As for these so-called restraining relationships, Li Tianwei truly did not care. At worst, he would directly unleash the Sacrificial Dao Undying Body and have a clash, to see whether it could hurt him more than it could kill him.
As the Book Spirit watched Li Tianwei revise the Five Intentions Condensing Heaven Art, if it had possessed a body at that moment, it probably would have swallowed hard and stared at Li Tianwei in despair and terror.
"Can this thing really be cultivated like this? People will die!"
Yet Li Tianwei's arbitrary, high-handed manner meant that he would not listen to a word.
The Book Spirit declared there was no problem. Change it! No problem—better yet, cultivate himself to death, so it could find another master.
"Hahahaha, wonderful! I didn't expect it to happen so quickly."
Just as the Book Spirit was thinking this, the system deep within Li Tianwei's consciousness noticed its thoughts. For some reason, it suddenly felt the urge to laugh.
Death was impossible. This guy had the Sacrificial Dao Undying Body. He could cultivate himself to death all he liked and still not die; at most, he would fail to cultivate it.
The system could not help waiting to see the Book Spirit's expression after Li Tianwei completed his fearless cultivation.
Why should I be the only one feeling stifled? The two of us are in the same boat.
While the system sighed, Li Tianwei had already begun cultivating and comprehending Dao Intents.
"Elder Bai is on another peak. Tianmen Peak has only Li Tianwei now—this is an opportunity."
At that moment, a furtive figure sneaked up Tianmen Peak.
The figure skillfully avoided every kind of array laid out across Tianmen Peak. He advanced without encountering the slightest obstruction, looking as though he knew Tianmen Peak like the back of his hand.
"Foundation Establishment in a Hundred Days—one Bai Muxu was already enough. Lingxu Sacred Land absolutely cannot be allowed to gain another."
The figure who had appeared on Tianmen Peak wore a cruel smile.
Before long, Liu Muyu poked his head out and looked around warily.
After all, he had once entered Bai Muxu's household. Unfortunately, he had failed to achieve Foundation Establishment in a Hundred Days and could only descend the mountain to join another peak.
Liu Muyu had always held a grudge over this matter, but he also understood the reason. Although the Spirit Stone had tested him as having a Top-grade Golden Spirit Root, that spirit root had been concealed by certain secret arts. In truth, he only possessed a High-grade Golden Spirit Root.
As for why it had been concealed, that brought them to Baiyuan Sacred Land. Within the Northern Spirit Domain stood the Four Great Sacred Lands: Baiyuan, Lingxu, Azure Mist, and Hidden Yin...
That was right. Liu Muyu was an undercover agent Baiyuan Sacred Land had sent into Lingxu Sacred Land.
Over the past several centuries, Lingxu Sacred Land had produced talented people one after another and had, for a time, been known as the foremost sacred land of the Northern Spirit Domain. Then Bai Muxu, that peerless genius, had emerged and reached the Nascent Soul stage in just over a century, suppressing an entire generation beneath him.
Meanwhile, the other sacred lands had gradually weakened over the years, giving people the impression that Lingxu Sacred Land was about to stand alone above all others.
Thus, Liu Muyu had been arranged to enter Lingxu Sacred Land. Once he learned that Li Tianwei had successfully achieved Foundation Establishment in a Hundred Days, he immediately reported it.
Very quickly, he received orders from a Baiyuan Sacred Land elder. They would restrain Bai Muxu and give him time to properly deal with Li Tianwei.
"A genius who achieved Foundation Establishment in a Hundred Days. What a pity that he will perish by my hand."
Liu Muyu had stayed on Tianmen Peak before, so he was rather familiar with the arrays here.
Moreover, with support from both Baiyuan Sacred Land and Lingxu Sacred Land, he had already reached the Golden Core stage. In terms of strength alone, dealing with Li Tianwei would not be a problem.
But Liu Muyu was not so foolish. If he forcibly attacked and killed Li Tianwei, he too would certainly die.
Baiyuan Sacred Land would not waste an infiltrator like him within Lingxu Sacred Land. Rather than simply killing Li Tianwei, it was better to cripple his spirit root and sever his Dao Path.
Baiyuan Sacred Land had used such methods many times. There was no need to fear the risk of exposure; people would only think something had gone wrong in their cultivation.
Very soon, Liu Muyu found the cave dwelling where Li Tianwei was located.
Liu Muyu knew that the cave dwellings on Tianmen Peak contained array-based detection, so naturally he would not use his divine sense to probe it.
However, he had come prepared—or rather, Baiyuan Sacred Land had prepared for this long ago.
Liu Muyu took a banner from his storage ring, aimed it at Li Tianwei's cave dwelling, and gently waved it.
A gust of yin wind slowly blew through, sweeping across heaven and earth as Liu Muyu continued waving.
A cloud of gray mist spread throughout the area. Liu Muyu watched the scene before him, the corners of his mouth curving upward as his gaze sharpened.
"Let's see what you do now..."
Liu Muyu chuckled softly, a trace of malice showing in his eyes.
As an infiltrator from Baiyuan Sacred Land, Liu Muyu knew exactly what the banner in his hand was.
This Wuhun Banner had been made specifically for these favored children of heaven. It stored the resentment of hundreds of thousands of people and could spread it throughout heaven and earth through a cultivator's spell.
Because it was human resentment, once scattered between heaven and earth, it naturally merged into the world. So long as someone cultivated, that resentment would rush into the cultivator's Spiritual Platform.
The dense spiritual energy was enough to fill the paths one had originally comprehended with filth, after which it would seep into a person's consciousness. It could completely contaminate the Spiritual Platform of anyone who absorbed the resentment, thereby crippling that person's talent.
This banner had been devised and created by several Spirit Transformation mighty figures of Baiyuan Sacred Land. It was sufficient to shroud an entire region of heaven and earth.
It turned that entire region filthy and contaminated the Spiritual Platform.
Liu Muyu watched the banner dance beneath his hand. Dense yin energy blanketed the area, making Li Tianwei appear sinister-faced, as though he had already been affected by it.
Before long, resentment was following the spiritual energy toward Li Tianwei.
With such a method, Liu Muyu could handle Li Tianwei without even entering the cave dwelling.
"Hahaha, so what if you achieved Foundation Establishment in a Hundred Days? Once your Spiritual Platform is defiled and your spirit root invaded, what can you do without talent?"
Liu Muyu laughed inwardly, growing ever more eager to hear the news after some time had passed.
After finishing all this, Liu Muyu quietly departed. He planned to report the matter to Baiyuan Sacred Land, after which they would surely make further arrangements.
"Hoo..."
As Liu Muyu prepared to leave, he secretly glanced at the cave dwelling and sensed the surging spiritual energy within. That indicated Li Tianwei had already begun cultivating.
Yet no one noticed the flecks of darkness mixed into the spiritual energy that was continuously gathering and growing through the arrays.
Seeing this, Liu Muyu quickened his pace. The surging spiritual energy meant Li Tianwei was about to fall for it.
Inside the cave dwelling, Li Tianwei was immersed in cultivation, unable to pull himself free.
To complete the Three Thousand Condensing Heaven Intent, he had to work even harder and be even more earnest.
According to the fundamental principles of the Five Intentions Condensing Heaven Art, condensing Dao Intents and merging them into spiritual energy would make one several times stronger than others at the same realm. Once five intents were condensed, that advantage would multiply fivefold again.
Likewise, for this very reason, the spiritual power one cultivated would be purer than that of ordinary cultivators, but it would take longer.
So, if Li Tianwei wanted to completely condense Three Thousand Dao Intents, he would need to spend three thousand times as much time, even though he considered his own talent exceptionally high.
But power did not come from nowhere. It required earnest cultivation and understanding.
Li Tianwei also set himself a small goal: before breaking through to the Golden Core stage, he would merge at least a hundred kinds of Dao Intents, and before becoming an immortal, he would complete the condensation of all Three Thousand Dao Intents.
Having made up his mind, Li Tianwei began cultivating.
Now, Li Tianwei's cultivation was no longer simply absorbing spiritual energy and converting it into spiritual power. He also had to comprehend the Dao Intents within that spiritual energy—the intent of the five elements.