Chapter 514: 463. Chapter 462: The Years-Erasing Elixir

463. Chapter 462: The Years-Erasing Elixir

After a great battle, the Golden Academy underwent many changes; in these few days, numerous new students joined, all of them strong—not merely Soul Realm, but Spiritual Power Realm, each formidable. The reason so many new students flocked in was because Vice Principal Sun Sun Boxiu publicly revealed a cultivation scripture.

A cultivation technique called the Nine-Turn Immortal Transformation Scripture was placed in the Golden Academy's marketplace, priced at one point.

It was effectively being given away for free.

Coupled with free gene serum and the public release of the Seven-Meridian Cultivation Method within the Evolution Technique, this meant that as soon as you entered the Golden Academy, you instantly became a cultivator practicing three methods simultaneously. Even a mediocre person's potential would skyrocket overnight, for the cultivation scripture was the pinnacle of all methods—not cheap junk—and could truly lead to immortality in its later stages.

In addition,

the Golden Academy lowered its special recruitment standards to replenish student numbers.

As a result, within days the place became bustling, as if it had suddenly entered its golden age.

Yet those who had joined the Golden Academy first were unlucky: the opportunities they had desperately pursued, the methods they had cultivated alongside, had now become commonplace. This left them feeling bitter, but there was no help for it—after the Second Heaven Collapse, Earth faced too many crises.

Clinging stubbornly to the old ways would doom everyone together.

The Great Cultivation Era had begun.

Over these days, Li Yi chose to lie low, hiding within the Tianyi Hall to cultivate and attempting to open new acupoints.

Unfortunately, time was too short; his progress was limited, and he could not open his thirteenth acupoint.

"The later you cultivate, the slower your progress becomes."

Li Yi understood clearly: this was a universal flaw of all cultivation methods. After the rapid growth phase, each subsequent realm would stall you for a long time.

Now, his advancement required nothing but time.

Yet thinking of this, he unconsciously pulled out two special elixirs.

The Years-Erasing Elixir!

This was what the Wood Daoist had told him before dying: consume it, and it would cut ten years of arduous cultivation. If true, it was incredible.

Ten years of accumulation might mean little to a cultivator, who might still struggle to break through, but for Li Yi, it was different. If he spent ten years accumulating, his body's acupoints might already have opened dozens of times, his Divine Bloodline would undergo astonishing transformation, and even his gene evolution would be shortened by ten years.

Such progress would be astonishing.

"Cultivators from the Xuan Immortal Continent are all treacherous and deceitful; their words cannot be trusted. If that Wood Daoist sacrificed himself to trick me, calling a poison elixir a treasure, wouldn't I die a fool's death?" Li Yi pondered.

For these elixirs he had seized, he dared not consume them lightly. The only one he could be certain was safe was the Magic Power Elixir—it was a universal item, replenishing cosmic energy and restoring one's magic power. Any other elixir, regardless of its label, he ignored entirely.

"I have two Years-Erasing Elixirs. I'll use one and have Shan Yi test it for me. If it works, I'll have Cang Cang Erzi go to the Xuan Immortal Continent and steal some more." Soon after, Li Yi devised a safer method.

He acted immediately.

He stepped out of the cultivation hut conjured by the Tianyi Hall.

Outside, Shan Yi lay curled up, resting.

Li Yi's arrival caused Shan Yi to instantly open its eyes and let out a clear, ringing cry—as if greeting him.

He was about to feed the Years-Erasing Elixir to Shan Yi, then remembered something and said: "Immortal Lady, please transmit the cultivation scripture to Shan Yi. I want to see if a beast can cultivate."

No sooner had he spoken—

a clear light shot out from the cultivation hut and plunged directly into Shan Yi's skull.

"Brother Tai Yi, I have transmitted the Nine-Turn Immortal Transformation Scripture to Shan Yi, along with several techniques. Its intellect is high enough to learn them," Xuan Yuezi's cool, melodious voice echoed beside Li Yi.

"Good," Li Yi nodded.

Shan Yi, now possessing the cultivation inheritance, stood frozen, seemingly absorbing the newly acquired knowledge.

Soon—

cosmic energy around it began to ripple, gradually surging into its body. Its eyes grew brighter, and a turbid aura slowly drifted from its massive form. As time passed, more and more cosmic energy converged into Shan Yi, and the turbid breath it exhaled increased.

After about an hour—

Shan Yi suddenly let out a cry, awakening from cultivation. It flapped its wings, stirring a violent wind.

It had broken through.

It became a Qi Refining Stage One demonic beast.

"So fast to enter the realm? Excellent. Then try this elixir." Seeing this, Li Yi tossed the Years-Erasing Elixir toward it.

Shan Yi understood instantly, opened its mouth, and inhaled the elixir into its belly.

As the elixir's effect activated—

suddenly—

Shan Yi's eyes bulged wide, its body underwent drastic change: it withered at an unimaginable speed, its blood and qi draining wildly. Yet its aura continuously surged. In the blink of an eye, its blood nearly dried up, leaving only bones; even its silver wings fell off, withered and lifeless.

Seeing this, Li Yi immediately pulled a Kui Dragon Elixir and dozens of Spirit Blood Elixirs from his Five Elements Bracelet and hurled them all into Shan Yi's mouth.

After consuming this massive tonic, the blood loss improved. Its body rapidly regained strength, visibly growing more robust. Its fallen wings regrew—this time brighter, sharper.

Time seemed to accelerate on Shan Yi's body.

"Cultivate the scripture! Inhale and exhale spiritual energy—quickly!" Li Yi ordered.

Shan Yi immediately cried out, spread its wings, and absorbed the surrounding cosmic energy.

Vast amounts of cosmic energy surged into its body, and its realm ascended at an unimaginable pace.

Qi Refining Stage Two, Stage Three, Stage Four—the more cosmic energy gathered, the faster Shan Yi's realm climbed.

"So this is how it works—the Years-Erasing Elixir truly works!" Li Yi was both astonished and delighted, and now understood the elixir's use.

It rapidly accelerates the body's metabolism, bringing the body's state forward ten years. During this time, the body frantically consumes blood and qi while voraciously absorbing cosmic energy. What changes occur depends entirely on one's innate potential.

For cultivators, this effect was not especially useful.

No cultivator dared absorb ten years' worth of spiritual energy in a short time—such an act would cause the body to explode. Thus, the Years-Erasing Elixir's full value could not be realized. It offered only minor aid during breakthroughs, slightly improving spiritual energy absorption and accelerating magic power recovery, helping with breakthroughs.

But Shan Yi was different. This beast from the Wilds was naturally powerful; time was its greatest tonic. Li Yi had subdued a Shan Yi not yet mature—it was still a child.

Yet this method carried a cost.

One must prepare ample food; otherwise, the body might starve from nutritional deficiency.

After all, Shan Yi was not a cultivator—it could not achieve complete abstinence from food.

"The surrounding cosmic energy isn't enough. Its breakthrough speed is slowing." Li Yi's expression changed slightly—he sensed the cosmic energy nearby had been nearly drained. Shan Yi's intake was terrifying; its body was a bottomless pit, swallowing endless energy yet still unsatisfied.

"Immortal Lady, aid me."

He sought help again—after all, having a backer meant using them.

Xuan Yuezi sensed Shan Yi's transformation and immediately activated the Subdue the Dragon, Tame the Tiger Technique.

In an instant, the heavens churned with wind and clouds. Cosmic energy within a hundred li was manipulated, coalescing into a true dragon that roared. Then the dragon soared, opened its mouth, and vomited a brilliant waterfall of energy that cascaded down, instantly enveloping Shan Yi.

This method of gathering cosmic energy was truly terrifying.

Li Yi even suspected that if this energy were channeled into the Cross-Dimension Device, it could sustain the opening of a cross-dimension gate.

But he had never tested it.

Perhaps he could try it later.

Bathed in this torrent of cosmic energy, Shan Yi let out an excited cry. Its aura surged again, its blood and qi reaching their peak. The cultivation scripture spun at its zenith, its power skyrocketing—as if it were about to leap past childhood into adolescence.

Qi Refining Stage Eight, Qi Refining Stage Nine—its realm climbed further, and its body grew larger.

The Kui Dragon Elixir and dozens of Spirit Blood Elixirs provided immense blood and qi, sufficient to support its growth, preventing sudden starvation.

"This is right—ample blood and qi, vast spiritual energy, accelerating Shan Yi's growth and cultivation speed. This is the correct use of the Years-Erasing Elixir. The cultivators of the Xuan Immortal Continent are fools—they ignore this elixir. If I had ten of them, I'd shorten a century of cultivation. Then I'd leap into a Level Nine Gene Warrior, my Divine Bloodline would transform to an unimaginable height, and my Five Qi of the Chest would accumulate fully in one breath, reaching the Five Qi Converging to the Source realm."

Li Yi was thrilled.

He had discovered a unique cultivation path.

And a mere century of lifespan? He could easily afford it—one Years-Erasing Elixir would restore it all.

It was like exploiting a glitch.

The lifespan elixirs of the Four Seas and Eight Continents, the Divine Bloodline of the Wilds, the Years-Erasing Elixir of the Xuan Immortal Continent, the gene serum of World Six, and the Daoist methods of the End-Dao Era—all linked together, forming a perfect loop.

Li Yi's only cost was vast quantities of Spirit Blood Elixirs and abundant cosmic energy.

Spirit Blood Elixirs could be replicated by Cang Cang Erzi; cosmic energy could be gathered by Xuan Yuezi's Subdue the Dragon, Tame the Tiger Technique—both were manageable.

The only problem: Li Yi had only one Years-Erasing Elixir left.

Shan Yi let out another piercing cry—it broke through again.

A Foundation Establishment-level Wild Beast.

Its body grew larger still, now standing four zhang tall—over ten meters—a colossal presence. Its silver feathers multiplied, its aura stronger than ever.

But ten years of growth was not yet complete.

Shan Yi continued inhaling and exhaling, its body still growing—though more slowly.

Li Yi sent another twenty Spirit Blood Elixirs.

After eating them, Shan Yi showed little change. It seemed one Years-Erasing Elixir was insufficient. This wild beast likely needed decades, even centuries, to undergo a true transformation. Fortunately, its cultivation scripture still spun, its practice continuing.

"Foundation Establishment peak… Could it be… Jin Dan?" Li Yi narrowed his eyes.

He understood the cultivation scripture: from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment, there was no bottleneck—it required unblocking meridians, nurturing the body, and inhaling spiritual energy. But cultivators' bodies were fragile; unblocking meridians and absorbing spiritual energy had to be done slowly, lest damage occur. Then came long recovery, medication, gradual repair.

But Shan Yi, as a beast species, was different.

Meridians could be forcibly burst open by flooding them with spiritual energy—its recovery speed even outpaced injury.

Unlike cultivators, whose injuries worsened under the Years-Erasing Elixir's effect—useless, fragile bodies.

As time passed—

the elixir's effect gradually faded. Shan Yi's transformation slowed, its need for spiritual energy diminished—as if everything had reached its limit.

Yet Shan Yi's ten years of accumulation and its wild beast bloodline erupted.

Suddenly—

Shan Yi flapped its wings and cried out. A fierce aura radiated outward. Its four-zhang-tall body slowly lifted from the ground, hovering. When the aura peaked, a golden light emerged from its belly—like a precious pearl forming.

Jin Dan achieved.

At this moment, Shan Yi took another step forward, successfully condensing its Jin Dan, becoming a Jin Dan-level Wild Beast.

Ancient beast bloodline combined with Jin Dan realm had granted it an unimaginable transformation; now, with each beat of its wings, fierce winds howled as if thunder and lightning roared, sand and stones whirled, and lightning cracked across the sky.

"It really achieved Jin Dan in a single day?" Li Yi widened his eyes in shock.

Fortunately, all the cultivators of the Golden Academy were dead—if they'd seen this, they'd have gone mad with envy.

A lifetime spent cultivating the Dao, yet Haiburu a bird.

But this also indirectly revealed how terrifying the potential of those muscular brutes from the Wildlands truly was—if they ever got their hands on Daoist cultivation methods, they'd crush this entire cosmos.

Wait.

Li Yi suddenly remembered—he himself was also a muscular brute.

In an instant, his envy balanced out considerably.

As Shan Yi broke through to Jin Dan, the potential granted by the Ageless Elixir was exhausted, and the colossal dragon formed from Daoic energy in the sky ceased spewing cosmic energy, dissolving into smoke and vanishing in an instant.

Everything returned to normal.

The only change was that Li Yi now possessed a Jin Dan Wildlands beast.

He studied Shan Yi, harboring no doubt that the creature could knock out nearly every Spirit Power expert of the Golden Academy, and even Jin Dan cultivators would stand no chance—though he wasn't sure if it could match a Nascent Soul cultivator.

A beast's strength isn't measured solely by realm, since the Wildlands had no such concept—strength was judged purely by instinct.

Shan Yi was also exhilarated, bouncing joyfully in midair like a child weighing several tons.

Yet Li Yi now returned once more to the cultivation chamber formed by Tianyi Hall, arriving outside the side hall where Cang Cang Erzi resided.

"Venerable Cang Cang Erzi, if you travel to the Xuan Immortal Continent, please be sure to find me this elixir called Ageless Elixir." He pulled out his last Ageless Elixir and made his request solemnly.

The side hall's door opened.

Cang Cang Erzi floated in midair, his five vital energies unfurling, five-colored radiance interweaving into a chaotic qi that nourished three crystalline, translucent flowers hovering above his head.

This was precisely the hallmark of Five Qi Converging to the Source, Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown.

Yet Cang Cang Erzi's three flowers had not yet fully bloomed—his power had not yet returned to its peak.

"Ageless Elixir?"

Cang Cang Erzi waved his hand, and the elixir floated before him; he examined it briefly, then returned it to Li Yi: "Very well, Old Daoist remembers. Once my power is restored, I shall seize the formula and brew this elixir for you, Brother Tai Yi. It does have merit—it can shorten cultivation time. But Brother Tai Yi, you must understand: at the later stages of cultivation, it's no longer merely about accumulating magic power or physical growth—it requires insight, something the Ageless Elixir cannot provide."

"This I naturally understand," Li Yi nodded. "But I desperately need Ageless Elixirs in the early stages."

Cang Cang Erzi said, "Then I shall depart soon and infiltrate the Xuan Immortal Continent."

"That's unnecessary," Li Yi hurriedly said. "Venerable, first restore your full strength."

"No matter. I'll keep a low profile, avoid conflict. Even eighty percent of my power will suffice. If I truly meet a formidable foe, I'll flee—then return later, reclaim my Dao, and exact revenge." Cang Cang Erzi spoke casually.

Of course.

Cang Cang Erzi was also a cautious type.

Li Yi realized he had no reason to worry about such a vigorous, seasoned expert.

He then discussed further with Cang Cang Erzi, and finally Cang Cang Erzi decided to depart from the Golden Academy in two days, infiltrating the Xuan Immortal Continent—and if all went well, he could infiltrate a major sect and act as a spy, constantly monitoring the continent's movements.

As for Li Yi's personal safety, Xuan Yuezi and Wu Wu Lao Dao were more than sufficient.

After all, once Li Yi reopened the interdimensional gate, another wave of experts would arrive—Cang Cang Erzi staying here would be a waste.