Cultivation Star Crystal That Controls a Level 6 Cultivation Country

At his age, he should by all rights have only recently broken through to the Foundation Establishment Realm. Yet Luo Chuan had already reached the Spirit Severing Realm.

Anyone would likely feel jealous of that.

Ou Zhi fell silent for a moment, then cupped his fists and said loudly, "Young Friend Luo Chuan, the master of the Vermilion Bird has issued an order, inviting you to the Vermilion Bird State for a talk."

Throughout history, aside from true powerhouses, there were likely few besides this young Luo Chuan who could make him clasp his fists in greeting.

Luo Chuan's cultivation was merely at the Spirit Severing Realm, yet this Yingbian Realm old monster valued him so highly. It showed that this boy's future accomplishments would be immeasurable.

If he could be invited to join the Vermilion Bird State and become Vermilion Bird Child's disciple, Ou Zhi would presumably be able to seize the opportunity to obtain more cultivation resources as well.

With one hand behind his back and the Jade Flute in his right, Luo Chuan calmly replied, "Please return and inform Senior Vermilion Bird that this junior will certainly visit the Vermilion Bird State in the future."

Ou Zhi frowned slightly. Clearly, he had not expected Luo Chuan to refuse the invitation. Did he not know that a personal invitation from Vermilion Bird Child was an unparalleled honor?

However, while others did not know, Luo Chuan understood Vermilion Bird Child's intentions better than anyone.

He merely wanted Luo Chuan to join the Vermilion Bird State and become his disciple, then, after breaking through to the Late Yingbian Grand Completion Realm, seize the lifespan within his body.

After all, Luo Chuan's talent was obvious. If Vermilion Bird Child could obtain the lifespan within him, he might even be able to challenge the Illusory Yin Corporeal Yang Realm in the future.

That was precisely why Vermilion Bird Child was still waiting. He had not acted early because Luo Chuan's cultivation was still too low, utterly incapable of satisfying his delusional desire for lifespan.

Now that he had learned Luo Chuan had broken through to the Spirit Severing Realm, Vermilion Bird Child had dispatched Ou Zhi to Zhao Kingdom to invite him, further binding him tightly to his side until he reached the Yingbian Realm and could be used as a lifespan furnace cauldron.

Ou Zhi looked at Luo Chuan with displeasure and said flatly, "Do you truly have no intention of joining the Vermilion Bird State and becoming Vermilion Bird Child's personal disciple?"

Luo Chuan cupped his hands in salute. "Reporting to Senior, this junior still has many matters to handle and has no time to visit the Vermilion Bird State."

"However, this junior promises Senior that if I have time in the future, I will certainly visit the Vermilion Bird State."

Hearing Luo Chuan's words, Ou Zhi could not help frowning. He had come specifically to take Luo Chuan away.

Now this fellow was being so tactless that it gave him a headache. He did not know whether he should simply make a move.

If he could make Luo Chuan change his mind, that would naturally be best. But if Luo Chuan resisted, it would become far more difficult for him to obtain cultivation resources in the future.

Ou Zhi narrowed his eyes and stared unblinkingly at Luo Chuan, calculating whether he should capture him outright.

"Since Young Friend is unwilling to go to the Vermilion Bird State, this old man will naturally report what happened here to Vermilion Bird. Take care of yourself."

Ou Zhi slowly turned around, casting a sidelong glance at the handsome Luo Chuan before vanishing from the spot.

It was not that Ou Zhi did not want to seize Luo Chuan directly, but Luo Chuan's talent was simply too high. Across the entire Vermilion Bird Planet, there were only a handful capable of rivaling him.

After all, who could break through to the Spirit Severing Realm in their thirties? Even the current Vermilion Bird Child likely could not have done so.

If such a person could not be killed on the spot, he would only bring endless trouble upon himself, perhaps even a bloody calamity in the future.

As Ou Zhi departed, True Person Huanglong stood a hundred li from the Hengyue Sect, staring impassively in that direction.

"I never expected the Vermilion Bird State to find out in the end... Luo Chuan, Luo Chuan, I wonder whether you have the ability to stand against the Vermilion Bird State."

With one hand behind his back, True Person Huanglong stroked his beard. His peripheral vision swept toward the barbarian lands as he said indifferently, "The Immortal Remnant Clan has been appearing rather frequently lately. It seems this old man must speed things up."

After Ou Zhi, the envoy from the Level 6 Cultivation Country, left, Lin Yi immediately landed beside Luo Chuan and asked with a strange expression, "Fellow Daoist Luo Chuan, why did you refuse his invitation?"

"If you could join a Level 6 Cultivation Country, you might be able to advance to the Yingbian Realm in the future. Then our Zhao Kingdom could directly advance to a Level 5 Cultivation Country."

Luo Chuan glanced at Lin Yi beside him and snorted disdainfully. "A Level 5 Cultivation Country... Do you truly think just anyone can enter one?"

"Vermilion Bird Child sending an envoy here is not as simple as it seems. Besides... my Life Soul is still in someone else's hands."

"Life Soul?"

Lin Yi looked utterly confused, as though he had never heard of such a thing.

The original work had once described how, in order to better control the cultivators within this cultivation star domain, every human and cultivator born here had a wisp of their Life Soul extracted by the Cultivation Star Crystal from the moment of birth.

The Cultivation Star Crystal was the method by which the Alliance Star Domain controlled the Cultivation Alliance. Once it was set up, every life born thereafter would have its Life Soul taken away. As long as the Life Soul was detonated, the cultivator would die. Only upon reaching the Ascendant Realm could one extract it.

That was why each generation of Vermilion Bird Child could successfully control the Vermilion Bird Planet. Even Yingbian Realm cultivators seeking to advance to a Level 6 Cultivation Country were as fragile as ants before the Cultivation Star Crystal.

With one hand behind his back, Luo Chuan said calmly, "You will understand in the future. I am going to challenge the Mid Spirit Severing Realm. Fellow Daoist Lin Yi, please make yourself at home."

Before Lin Yi could speak, Luo Chuan vanished from the spot, leaving only energy fluctuations lingering in the air.

"Life Soul... Could it be that this old man's Life Soul is also in someone else's hands?"

After years of cultivation, Luo Chuan had focused his efforts on cultivation formations and alchemy, so his actual cultivation progress had clearly slowed.

However, in the course of refining pills and creating formations, his cultivation had already drawn infinitely close to the Mid Spirit Severing Realm. Therefore, Luo Chuan decided to take this opportunity to break through as soon as possible.

Once he obtained the Memory Inheritance, he would spend a hundred years perfectly evolving his body into an Ancient God Body. His cultivation would likely stagnate during that time, so he needed to raise it as quickly as possible while he had the chance.

Luo Chuan sat cross-legged as energy surged around him. At the same time, his fingers moved rapidly, and a special barrier silently appeared, firmly enveloping the mountain peak where he stood.

"Break through to the Mid Spirit Severing Realm!"

Level 5 Cultivation Country, Giant Devil Race.

Within a magnificent room, a completely azure old man sat cross-legged. Energy surged around him, giving him an extremely illusory air.

"Reporting to Ancestor, there are already clues regarding the pearl required by the Cultivation Alliance. It has currently been drawn into the Outer Realm Battlefield."

"This disciple once went to search for it, but I was swallowed by a spatial rift. I had no way to enter and could only watch helplessly as that pearl disappeared..."