After first entering the Cultivation World and spending five years learning about it, Li Ji'an had gained a general understanding of this world.
The so-called eight great lineages of the Desolate Ridge Wasteland were only bottom-rung powers in the Cultivation World. Compared with his path to eternal life across ten thousand lifetimes, they were merely an exceedingly low starting point.
Still, he had a clear understanding of his aptitude and status in this life.
Being able to enter a lineage like this in this life was already the limit of what he could achieve.
If, in his next life, he could begin nourishing his spiritual roots here from the age of eight, on a Second-tier Spirit Vein, perhaps he could grow to the full potential of his own spiritual roots.
However, whether he could start his next life here remained unknown.
Even whether he could stay behind in the way he wanted was unknown.
The Eldest Young Lady of the Yan family standing before him was the key to whether his plan could go smoothly.
If Yan Qingwan died here, his plan would very likely fall through.
Besides, Yan Qingwan had treated him generously in many ways over the past three years, and he had grown fond of her.
At that moment, both sides' Qi Condensation Late Stage cultivators were too occupied to spare a thought for anything else. Their opponent was only a fifth-layer Qi cultivator of the wood element, so he did not need to reveal his true body-refining cultivation.
Whoosh! Li Ji'an flashed past and carried Yan Qingwan away just before the Wood Thorn struck her.
"Hm?" The Wei family cultivator froze, staring in astonishment at Li Ji'an as he fled. For a moment, he even forgot to give chase.
He had never imagined that these little