Chapter 225: Spirit Venerable! Add Points!

"It is done. Although I still cannot be considered a true Daoist of Longevity, I already possess a body that is immortal and deathless."

This was a simple and direct thought, yet it took Li Yu a full hour to process.

However, as it settled, he transformed from a state of vicissitudes and silence into something incomparably vibrant; his entire being had come alive.

It was as if the previous moment had merely been an illusion.

In reality, of course, it was not; he had indeed witnessed the changing of the world's vast transformations.

During the process of swallowing and refining the secret medicine!

Li Yu had once transformed into the Moon of Great Yin, truly becoming a Toad God that crouched motionless for ten thousand years, or perhaps a Buddha sitting beneath a Bodhi tree, contemplating the Dao for thousands of years.

This was both a torture and a reward.

In a sense, he had simultaneously obtained the insights of three True Gods.

Even though these three insights would, from this moment on, continuously erode his heart and soul until they were ground away completely, leaving him to become like grass, trees, rocks, and stones, dying utterly.

"No wonder the peak-level advancement for a Daoist of Longevity is so difficult!"

"Those three experiences were not bad at all; they all make one willing to indulge and lean toward them... As long as either the heart-soul or the physical body is not strong enough, it is very likely that the advancement will fail."

"If it were just Black Tai Sui or mermaid flesh, it would be much simpler; most 'Daoist Physicians' could withstand it."

"Fortunately, I am not an ordinary person either."

"The first hurdle, passed."

As his thoughts muttered this, Li Yu began to feel the harvest of this time.

His past abilities were all present, and every one of them had been amplified and strengthened.

This went without saying; it was already the convention of the Spirit Venerable path.

Beyond that, the greatest harvest and change.

Was naturally the body of immortality and deathlessness!

The current Li Yu had a lifespan of over a thousand years, and his flesh and blood were immortal, allowing him to resurrect through them.

That is to say, even if he did not resist right now and was struck by an attack like a "Death-Ray Spirit Energy Cannon," blasting away and evaporating more than half of his body, including his skull and brain, he could still resurrect through the remaining severed limbs.

Even the severed limbs did not need to be very large; a small piece would suffice for resurrection.

In extreme cases, a single drop of blood would also work.

Of course, this kind of resurrection had a price: it required the consumption of lifespan.

If one were blasted until only a single drop of blood remained, then even if one resurrected, one would instantly transform from a long-lived species into a short-lived ghost, unable to live for very long.

"Wait, this body of a long-lived species won't wash away my original 'Charm,' will it?"

"Although this ability is a bit perverted, it is still very useful at times; I cannot lose it."

Once this thought arose, Li Yu immediately performed self-perception.

The next moment, a strange look appeared on his face.

"Not only was 'Charm' not washed away, but it was actually strengthened?"

"That is reasonable, though; the body of immortality and deathlessness only amplifies everything I originally had and will not wash away any attributes."

"Charm, just like Elixir Fire and Demon Body, is already my fixed ability."

"With this strengthening, if I want to reach the level of charm-control, I don't even need to make physical contact anymore; just getting a bit closer and letting the target be polluted by the aura of longevity within my body is enough to achieve it."

"It's over, I really am a male succubus."

Li Yu pondered, and while it sounded like he was displeased, in reality, the smile on his face could no longer be concealed.

He felt that he, Li Yu, could not be blamed for this!

This was Wanfu City, where both the present world and the conquests of the Strange Domain were extremely dangerous.

A single day of peace was hard to come by.

Without perverted-level abilities to rely on, he simply could not sleep soundly.

Of course, compared to the period just after his rebirth, his situation was already much, much better.

He now not only slept soundly but had also stirred up who knows how many troubles, making others unable to sleep soundly.

However, if one were to count carefully, Li Yu's speed of advancement was indeed somewhat inconceivable.

It was too fast; how much time had passed?

He had already soared from the initial sequence "Elixir Apprentice" to Sequence 5 "Daoist of Longevity," and even his physical essence had undergone a heaven-defying change, counter-attacking from a short-lived species to a long-lived one.

If the seniors of the past knew of this cultivation speed, their jaws would surely drop.

In the past, it was very common for one sequence to take several years, or even more than a decade.

But in this era, someone like Li Yu was not an extremely rare case.

Other God-Chosen or some perverted-level prodigies, although not as good at stirring up trouble as him, were not inferior to him in terms of advancement speed.

The reason why the past was not as good as the present was naturally caused by the "Demon Star Order" and the "Heavenly Net of Reincarnation."

The cultivators of today had access to resources far beyond what the ancients could compare to.

Even things like "cultivation time" and "polishing the realm," which seemingly could not be forcibly erased by massive resources, had been leveled out by the fact that the flow of time in the Strange Domain and the present world was different.

Therefore, at this moment, despite already being a Daoist of Longevity, there was not a trace of pride in Li Yu's heart.

Instead, it was the opposite; he felt some strong omens of crisis.

So he did not rest immediately, but turned his thoughts to another great harvest, the Origin Divine Ability he had long been looking forward to.

Blessing!

Or rather, Spirit Venerable point-adding.

"The source of the blessing is lifespan."

"Every time a portion is consumed, one can forcibly improve divine abilities and secret techniques in all aspects, without needing any cultivation process or sudden enlightenment; it is simply heaven-defying."

"But one cannot add points infinitely; the consumed 'points' require time to recover. Of course, one can also choose a suicidal method of blessing, staking one's entire life in an instant to raise a divine ability or secret technique to the limit of one's own potential, and after using it, one dies and the Dao vanishes."

"Here, there is a fundamental difference between ordinary advancement and peak-level advancement."

"Points, recovery time... peak-level advancement is several times that of ordinary advancement, invincible among the same rank."

When he perceived this, a look of surprise flashed in Li Yu's eyes.

However, upon second thought, it was only natural that after experiencing such terrifying risks and even more terrible subsequent costs, the harvest of a peak-level advancement would be greater.

Now he needed to consider which divine ability to choose for the blessing.

In an instant, one divine ability and secret technique after another began to flow through Li Yu's mind.

He didn't know until he counted, and even he himself was shocked when he did.

There were too many!

This stemmed from the fact that the "path sequences" Li Yu had stolen were simply too numerous.

The seniors of the past did not actually do it this way.

Because they could huddle together for warmth, most were individuals responsible for stealing the laws of a single path sequence.

In looking through them one by one...

Usually, one person would not hold multiple laws; it was impossible, and too dangerous.

But Li Yu was different. Although he fought alone, his deceptive skills were too exquisite, and he possessed the reliance to face Evil Gods directly and exempt himself from mental collapse, so he was greedy for more and could digest them all.

"If I count carefully, there are over a hundred divine abilities I can use for blessing; after all, I have stolen quite a few path sequences from the True Gods of both the righteous and evil camps."

"However, such blessings must naturally be used on the cutting edge; divine abilities with insufficient power or inconvenient usage should all be eliminated."

"Normally, one should choose one offensive and one defensive divine ability to start adding points."

"However, the defense of my immortal and deathless demon body is already perverted enough."

"It is the right path to first try blessing a high-level offensive divine ability to make up for this shortcoming I have always lacked."

"Divine abilities that are too weak or too strong won't do; the most suitable ones for blessing are those at the same level as one's own sequence or slightly stronger."

"So there is Liu Tu's 【Demon-Swaying Law-Extinguishing Sword】, Sister Ba's 【Sound of Judgment】, Hu Buku's 【Heavenly Plague Divine Art】, Gongsun Qi's 【Ode of Heaven and Earth's Shared Sorrow】... It is a pity that the filthy divinity on the body of the Immortal Qin Lord also distorted the divine abilities and secret techniques, making it impossible to restore them to their true nature; otherwise, there would be more choices."

"In the past, more than half of the seniors would choose sword-cultivator divine abilities, while the rest would choose paths like the Thunder God, Heavenly Monarch, or Red God; a very small portion would bless niche divine abilities."

"Looking at it this way, it seems the choice is quite easy."

"Demon-Swaying Law-Extinguishing Sword!"

"A powerful divine ability that can only be learned by Sequence 5 【Great Divine Ability User】 of the Great Luo Golden Immortal path; Liu Tu understood it in advance because he was a Demon-Swaying God-Chosen."

"Once this sword is drawn, it can cleanse heaven and earth and sweep away all laws; this is what is called a Great Divine Ability User."

When Li Yu's thoughts settled, the first divine ability and secret technique to be blessed had been selected.

Although this was a multiple-choice question, for the first one, he still chose the sword-cultivator divine ability that was best at offense.

The sooner it is used, the sooner it recovers.

Delaying even a second is a waste.

And so, the next moment!

Li Yu picked out the target "Demon-Swaying Law-Extinguishing Sword" from his mind; since he was not in a state of stealing laws and acting, he could not cultivate it, let alone use it.

Forcibly crossing the restrictions between different path sequences would only lead to sudden death.

Until the next moment, he moved his thoughts.

"Blessing!"

At the critical moment, Li Yu did not tease his own True God or shout things like "Spirit Venerable, add points."

And the moment these two words were uttered, he could immediately feel a portion of his own lifespan surging and disappearing like water being drawn out.

In the dark, there was an unknowable great power that actually forcibly erased the restrictions between the two paths to godhood.

Moreover, at this instant, Li Yu felt as if he had already cultivated the 【Demon-Swaying Law-Extinguishing Sword】 for several months; he had already developed a Sword Heart, and the sword formula was so familiar that he could use it with ease.

As if inspired by the spirit, he suddenly raised his hand and slashed at the void in front of him.

A terrifyingly sharp sword radiance!

It actually tore through the void as if it were paper.

"It's done!"

Li Yu seemed to have encountered some great surprise, his eyes bursting with excited brilliance.

Of course, it was not just because he, as a cultivator of the Spirit Venerable path, had used a powerful divine ability that only a Sequence 5 powerhouse under the Demon-Sweeping Heavenly Venerable could learn.

More importantly, he had seen many new ways to play.

"My Law-Stealing Roleplay, combined with a demon body capable of splitting into clones, can barely manage to have one person play multiple roles."

"But in terms of combat power, it still cannot compare to the original versions."

"For instance, if I were to roleplay myself, or the split-off Sword Immortal Ren Shou, and face the original Liu Tu, I would suffer a miserable defeat within two or three rounds."

"But now, with this 【Blessing】 technique, it is completely different."

"As long as I am given enough time, I can become an army all by myself."

"Moreover, I can even rival or surpass the original versions."

"Things that the predecessors of ancient times needed to band together to accomplish, I can complete alone."

It is unknown what kind of wild schemes Li Yu was thinking of in his mind.

His eyes were full of restless anticipation, as if he had already been corrupted by the atmosphere of Wanfu City, where talent abounded.

It was as if he wished the Demon Star Order would summon him again immediately so he could go in and stir up trouble.

PS: Three chapters completed, asking for double monthly tickets, will push for three chapters again tomorrow.

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