Path of Cultivation

The white figure revealed herself, and she turned out to be a beautiful young woman with skin as fair as coagulated jade fat.

She examined the dead Jing Su Shi, then walked over to Fu Ying's corpse. Looking at her fallen companion, she could not help but spit out:

"What an idiot!"

At that moment, a raven black as ink descended from the sky and landed on Fu Ying's corpse.

The raven then spoke in a human voice:

"Ao Li, it has been confirmed. The Su Family still has a legitimate daughter who went out, and she should still be on HunZhou Island. I have already sent ravens to deliver the message to the island and ordered people to capture her."

"The Jing Family has a legitimate son who was just born. The Spider Mother fled with him in her arms. You must help Fu Ying kill both of them."

"If we do not wipe out the direct bloodlines of the Jing and Su Families, the destiny stoves on this island will not be easy to extinguish!"

"Although this battle was won smoothly, we still do not know how the other Destiny Islands will react."

"The two of you must fight swiftly and decisively. Return as soon as possible to guard the fruits of victory!"

Ao Li grew even more furious after hearing the raven's message.

Fu Ying had been utterly unreliable. Not only had he been outmaneuvered to death by an old woman, he had even left her with a loose end to clean up.

He had died once and for all, but with an Eighth Rank Dragon Elephant dead, she would certainly be punished by the island lord when she returned.

Although Ao Li was angry, she still had to do what needed to be done.

She casually pinched out a streak of blue flames and tossed it onto Jing Su Shi's body.

In the blink of an eye, the corpses of the Jing grandmother and grandson were burned to nothing by the flames.

The flames blazed fiercely, yet radiated a bone-chilling cold.

The child had not yet entered the Dao, and was burned down to a tiny, crystalline bead of blood.

Jing Su Shi was an Eighth Rank Dragon Elephant Realm cultivator, and her physical body was extraordinary. Within these flames, she burned for a full three hours.

Only after the Soul Manipulating Spider Mother manifestation disintegrated was her physical body completely refined, burned into a crystalline Spider Jade Sculpture.

The spider was blue with a tinge of green, and it was clearly no ordinary object.

Ao Li carefully put it away, then pinched up the bead of blood and stimulated it with a strand of Magic Power.

In an instant, a ray of Magic Power invisible to the naked eye shot toward the distance.

Ao Li glanced in the direction of the ray, then followed where it pointed, walking out onto the surface of the sea.

The seawater surged, yet with every step she took, the water beneath her feet instantly froze, forming a block of floating ice for her to step on.

She borrowed the force to leap forward, covering thirty feet in a single bound!

Ao Li crossed the sea in this manner, pursuing Jing Qian's direction!

Judging by her speed, although Jing Qian had set out half a day earlier, he would certainly be caught by her within three days at most!

Within the Destiny Stele Space, Jing Qian sat cross-legged, digesting the newly acquired mass of memories.

The tall, thin, hemp-stalk-like cultivator's cultivation was formidable, and the first mass of memories he had contributed was truly worth a fortune!

These memories contained all the cultivation knowledge he had accumulated over several decades of practice.

For Jing Qian, nothing could have made him more eager than this knowledge!

He absorbed it ravenously. It was as if he had pushed open the gates to a new world, and a grand, magnificent blueprint of cultivation slowly unfolded before him!

Within the lands of HunZhou, vital energy was abundant, resources flourished, and cultivation prospered.

Cultivators could nourish their origins and establish their fate, refine techniques and prolong their lives, build islands and burn stoves, all in pursuit of immortality. They walked a grand and glorious path of cultivation.

This path of cultivation had been passed down in this world for countless years. It possessed the accumulated experience of innumerable predecessors, as well as complex and precise paths of advancement.

At that moment, with the strange effects of the Destiny Stele Space, Jing Qian skipped the time needed for study and accumulation and effortlessly mastered a vast amount of cultivation knowledge.

In this world, those with potential relied on their innate bloodline talents to strengthen their bodies and accumulate life essence.

Once they had accumulated a complete strand of life essence, they would receive their opportunity to formally enter the Dao!

Using the Determining Destiny methods of their various inheritances to connect with a destiny stove, they could borrow its destiny fire to temper their souls and bodies and awaken their first destiny aspect.

This was the first heavenly gate on the path of cultivation. If one failed to pass through it, the soul and body would suffer severe damage, the vital energy would be greatly depleted, and the road ahead would be cut off.

If one passed through it, the sea and sky would open wide. One would enter the Ninth Rank Determining Destiny level and become a true cultivator.

From then on, cultivators could rely on their fundamental destiny aspect to continue accumulating life essence and use various secret methods to smelt new destiny aspects.

The smelting and advancement of destiny aspects and life essence was the most crucial link on the path of cultivation.

Every destiny aspect contained unique powers and laws. It could not only strengthen a cultivator's body and soul, but also grant them all kinds of inconceivable divine abilities.

When a cultivator in the Determining Destiny Realm continued accumulating cultivation, quantitative change would trigger qualitative change, bringing about the first improvement in the quality of their life essence.

Ninth Rank life essence was pure white, corresponding to the White Fang level.

After the qualitative change, its color shifted from white to green, its quality increased tenfold, and it corresponded to the Green Wing level.

Once a cultivator refined their first strand of Green Wing-quality life essence, their cultivation and combat power would also increase tenfold, allowing them to advance to the Eighth Rank Dragon Elephant level.

At this stage, their divine abilities would be complete and their Magic Power abundant. Every gesture and movement would carry immense might.

Within the lands of HunZhou, they would already be a pillar capable of guarding a Destiny Island!

After reaching the Dragon Elephant level, a cultivator's continued progress depended on the depth of their inheritance.

Destiny aspects came in countless strange forms, with varying ranks and grades. Obtaining high-quality, high-rank destiny aspects often determined the height and achievements a cultivator could reach in the future.

And when different destiny aspects were combined, even more miraculous powers would manifest!

When a Dragon Elephant Realm cultivator arranged a suitable system of destiny aspects according to a specific inheritance, they could condense a unique Dharma Form.

The entire cultivation process of the Eighth Rank Dragon Elephant Realm centered on condensing a Dharma Form.

Once the Dharma Form was complete, they only needed to accumulate further before they could raise the quality of their life essence to the Blue Blood level and advance to the Seventh Rank Prolonging Life Realm.

Upon reaching this realm, they could ignite a destiny stove, establish their own Destiny Island, cultivate their own forces, and become a feudal lord in their own right.

Advancing to the Seventh Rank Prolonging Life Realm had been the tall, thin cultivator's lifelong ambition!

Yet he was merely a Ninth Rank Determining Destiny cultivator who had smelted three destiny aspects.

Within his accumulated memories, his knowledge about entering the Dao and beginning cultivation was exceptionally detailed.

But beyond that, whether it was condensing a Dharma Form or advancing to the Prolonging Life Realm, he had no path to follow.

As for the cultivation path beyond Prolonging Life, he knew even less—nothing at all.

Within the lands of HunZhou, it was commonplace for Rogue Cultivators to possess incomplete inheritances and be unable to advance.

Only the tiny core group of cultivators within the various Destiny Islands possessed truly complete Dharma Form inheritances, practically monopolizing the path to advancing to Prolonging Life.

However, these profound stages of cultivation were matters for later.

For Jing Qian, what mattered right now was focusing on accumulating life essence and figuring out how to gather the cultivation materials required by the Three Sacrifices Establishing Fate Method from the tall, thin cultivator's memories!