Three Months Discussing the Dao, Without Sleep or Rest!
"What has been the situation in the Dao Realm over the past century?"
Shan Li sat down beside him and recounted the changes over the past century.
After the destruction of the Li Yuan Giant Beast Clan, the Beast Realm divided its territory, and the Giant Bear Clan received the Li Bear Plains, a territory spanning thirty million miles.
He obtained dozens of earth- Spirit Vein, including seven fifth-order Spirit Vein.
It was more than ten times stronger than the previous stronghold, and later many races migrated from the Beast Realm to expand this territory.
Today, the Li Bear Plains has become the wealthiest territory of the Mountain Bear Lineage; at the same time Lightning Bear Line and Pale Bear Lineage have also shared a territory spanning five million li.
The Spirit Realm wasn't idle either.
After Yan Zhen failed to attain enlightenment, the twenty Nascent Spirit Transformation in the Spirit Realm did not withdraw from the Dao Realm. Instead, they intensified their absorption of the Treasured Earth Dao.
Another Late Spirit Transformation Spirit Race: Bailu Lingyuan, has absorbed a large amount of the essence of the Treasured Earth over the past hundred years, and his cultivation is showing signs of breaking through.
It is said that he has broken through to the Perfected Spirit Transformation, cultivated the four foundations, and is qualified to forcibly prove the Dao. His whereabouts are still unknown.
The covert power struggle between the Beast Realm and the Spirit Realm is intensifying.
"But for now, things are relatively peaceful."
"The Shan Li Peak Mountain Emperor Lord is currently comprehending the Treasured Earth Immortal Foundation, which requires time; during this period, all races are lying low, secretly accumulating strength."
"At most, it will last three to five hundred years; if no one can attain the Dao of the Treasured Earth within three to five hundred years, then Peak Mountain Emperor Lord will be able to cultivate one or two Treasured Earth Immortal Foundation, and the ownership of this Treasured Earth will come to a complete end."
"What about the Ancestor Shanyue?"
"Currently in seclusion in Xiong Yuan, during these past hundred years, the Ancestor has also been studying the Earth Dao inheritance left behind by the Li Yuan Giant Beast Clan."
Shi Jian nodded and digested this information.
A century has passed, Cang Hai.
For Spirit Transformation cultivator, it was merely the time it took to go into seclusion; he had been unconscious for a hundred years, and while the outside world had changed, he hadn't lost anything he needed to fight for.
Overall, the changes over a century are actually quite limited.
Shan Li suddenly turned his head and looked at him.
What are you looking at?
"Are you out of your mind?"
Her expression remained unchanged, but her tone carried a subtle meaning that others couldn't discern. "That incident a hundred years ago almost cost me my life."
Shi Jian understood what she meant.
Crossing the void rift, detonating the Barbarian Bone Dao Aura with his life, and dragging Yan Zhen down the Dao steps—those were the craziest things he had ever done.
If anything goes wrong in any part of the process, he could very well be reduced to ashes.
"If you don't do that, your Immortal Foundation will be gone."
Shi Jian looked at her, "Is it worth it?"
Shan Li didn't say anything, but simply looked away.
After a moment of silence, she stood up and dusted off the hem of her dress.
"Let's go, the cave abode has collapsed, I've found you another place."
Shi Jian followed behind her, his gaze sweeping over the entire Li Bear Plains.
This land is indeed far superior to our previous stronghold. The earth's veins are filled with Treasured Earth Dao and Spiritual Qi energy, flowing like a golden river through the rock strata, so rich that it is almost tangible.
On several distant mountain peaks, one could vaguely sense the auras of Cang Wuji and several subordinate Spirit Transformation, each cultivating their own path.
This place has been remarkably well-managed in the last century.
The newly opened cave abode is located on a solitary peak on the southern Li Bear Plains, where Spirit Vein converge at its feet, and the auras of Dao of Lightning and Earth Dao form a delicate balance.
The location that Shan Li chose was clearly carefully considered.
Shi Jian sat cross-legged in the cave abode and took out the remains of the Dao of Lightning Spirit Transformation.
The Daoist imprints of the five Divine Firmament Immortal Foundation lit up one by one as his Divine Sense swept over them: Purple Pivot Lightning, Purple Firmament Lightning, Righteous Yang Lightning, Radiant Yang Lightning, and Purple Radiance Lightning.
All five basic elements are complete, and each one is well preserved, exuding an extremely rich essence of Daoist philosophy.
The value of this remains far exceeds that of the remnants of the Radiant Yang Lightning Spirit Transformation; if he can refine all the essence of the Dao within, he can save at least several hundred years of arduous cultivation in his future comprehension of the three Immortal Foundation.
Shi Jian carefully collected the remains, not in a hurry to refine them.
After the breakthrough, the foundation still needs to be consolidated; it cannot be rushed.
Shan Li sat down at the cave entrance, his body enveloped in a protective aura. Shi Jian glanced at Shan Li and suddenly said, "Come here."
Shan Li frowned slightly, but did not move.
"We haven't seen each other for a century; we were husband and wife after all."
Shi Jian spoke very calmly, as if he were talking about something extremely ordinary.
Shan Li's expression remained unchanged, but a faint blush quietly appeared at the base of his ears.
She stood up and went into the cave abode.
The barrier closed, isolating heaven and earth from the outside.
The two auras slowly merged within the cave abode.
The Daoist principles of Dao of Lightning and Earth Dao collided and blended, like two rivers converging; the purple-gold thunder arc and the earth-yellow Daoist principles intertwined, casting flickering light and shadow on the inner wall of the cave abode.
This is how people who practice spiritual cultivation have always interacted.
No need for further words or explanations.
A century of separation, a brush with death, all kept to themselves; what needed to be done was done, and that was a carefree and unrestrained affair.
This stay lasted for a full three months.
Over the course of three months, the two used the guise of exchanging techniques to verify each other's insights gained from their spiritual practice.
Shi Jian shared his insights from the Middle Spirit Transformation with Shan Li Shan Li in turn shared his understanding of the Ten-Thousand-Layered Edge Immortal Foundation gained over the past century.
Although the Dao of Lightning and the Earth Dao have different origins, their ultimate principles are interconnected.
Shi Jian gleaned a concept of "gradual advancement and gradual accumulation" from the Ten-Thousand-Layered Edge of the Shan Li, which greatly inspired him in condensing his third Righteous Yang Lightning Immortal Foundation.
From his Dao of Lightning aura of thunder, Shan Li sensed a sharpness that was "piercing through with a single strike and unstoppable," which also helped her in comprehending the second Immortal Foundation.
Three months later, Shi Jian pushed open the stone door of the cave abode, his lightning arcs around him subdued as usual.
Shan Li followed behind, his complexion slightly rosier, and his breathing more composed than it had been three months ago.
On the main peak of Li Bear Plains, a familiar aura awaited him.
Cang Wuji squatted by the stone platform at the summit. Seeing Shi Jian fly up, he grinned and said, "Yo, kid, it's been a hundred years. I thought you'd died in that cave."
His gaze fell on Shi Jian's bluish-purple right arm, and his smile paused.
What is this thing?
"A byproduct of the breakthrough," Shi Jian said calmly.
Cang Wuji leaned closer for a look, then reached out his claw to touch it, only to be repelled by an arc of lightning, leaving his finger charred black.
"Wow, wow, that's powerful!"
He shook his hand, his smile only widening.
"Well done, kid Shi Jian. A hundred years ago, at the Early Spirit Transformation, you dared to venture into the aftermath of Dao Venerable; a hundred years later, you wake up and are directly at the Middle Spirit Transformation."
"At this rate, it'll probably be less than a thousand years before our ancestors look up to us."
"Senior Cang, please don't joke."
"A century has passed, and you still retain your charm!"