Chapter 556 - 555: The Feigned Death Saint, Returns to the Immortal Realm

Looking in silence at Ling Ling, who wore a smug expression on her face and had her hands on her hips as if she had just done something terrific, Li Jing opened his mouth wordlessly, at a loss for what to say for a while.

What was it Ling Ling just said?

She found something good...

Is this thing good at all?

This thing ...

Is a Saint!

Seeing someone looking at her without saying a word, Ling Ling blinked a few times.

"Um, aren’t you going to compliment me?"

"..."

Li Jing remained silent, then waved his hand.

"Go help Xiaocai quickly. We should leave as soon as we’re done."

Seeing that she was not getting complimented, Ling Ling pouted discontentedly and flew away.

Li Jing watched Ling Ling fly towards Xiaocai, rubbed his brow, refocusing his gaze, and then lowered his eyes.

A Saint.

Each tribe only has one.

The Eye of True Vision revealed that the woman was a Human Taoist Saint.

Then she must be the master of the Water Spirit and Fire Essence, the Human Saint.

So...

What happened to her?

The woman is stunningly beautiful.

In terms of appearance and figure, she was not as good as the Charming Spirit who controls color and desire.

But just by looking at her now.

Her exterior was calm, as if in a deep sleep, but her life force was so weak that it was almost imperceptible.

To say that she was hanging on by a thread would be an optimistic view.

Her current state was more like lingering at death’s door.

Hesitating a bit, Li Jing looked up at the Charming Spirit.

Just as he was about to ask, the Charming Spirit opened her mouth first.

"Don’t look at me, it wasn’t me who had Ling Ling pick her up."

With that, she pouted petulantly and said,

"Coming across this woman was an accident. Had Ling Ling not been like you and have the strange habit of picking up random things, I would have ignored her."

"..."

Li Jing.

The Charming Spirit is undoubtedly a stunning beast, beyond question.

But as a top boss, she usually conceals her emotions.

Only when she is with Ling Ling does she show a bit of emotion.

With him.

She always keeps a cold and beautiful face.

Her expression might not be rich at this moment, but it was extremely unusual.

Listening to her words...

Li Jing can now confidently say...

The Charming Spirit knows the Saint on the ground.

Not only does she know her...

There is a story between the two of them.

A not-so-pleasing story...

Pretending not to see through it, Li Jing asked,

"Is she... dying?"

"You are overthinking it, Saints are not only protected by the Great Dao but also carried the fate of a tribe, they don’t die that easily. Especially the Human Saint in front of you."

The Charming Spirit shook her head and said,

"Under normal circumstances, only a Saint can kill a Saint. Even I can’t kill her, of course, she also can’t do anything to me."

After that, she said indifferently,

"Her current state is probably due to someone’s Dao. Her vitality is blocked, causing her body to fall into a death-like state and her primordial spirit is also sealed in her knowledge sea. She is actually conscious now, she can sense all the changes around her, but anyone can toy with her now. If you don’t believe me, try it, she can’t even glare."

"..."

Li Jing.

He understood what she was saying.

The Charming Spirit made it clear.

This Saint isn’t dead, she has just fallen into a trap.

But to let him try it... felt a bit off.

After all, she is a Human Saint.

Not mentioning that she is fully conscious.

As a human, how could he disrespect his own Saint?

Just as he was speechless, the Charming Spirit exclaimed with a touch of excitement,

"Hey, this is a great opportunity. This is a Human Saint lying underground, the dream woman of countless human powerhouses in the desolate ancient times. If she hadn’t been too tough to handle, no one would not want her. Apart from her immensely bewitching looks and figure, the benefits of bonding with a Saint are countless."

While she was talking, the Charming Spirit began to get excited.

"Honestly speaking, you can consider taking her. After all, she’s been like this for who knows how long. When I descended upon the Ancient Fairyland, I found it strange that I didn’t see her. Turns out she was tricked. The opportunity right now is rare, isn’t it a waste to not ’utilize’ it?"

Seeing the Charming Spirit getting more and more excited, and continuously enticing him to commit a crime, Li Jing could only smile wryly.

This Charming Spirit...

Isn’t there more than just a bit of personal grudge?

She’s not even pretending.

Li Jing isn’t stupid.

The Charming Spirit is seemingly tempting him, but she’s actually saying it for the consciously awake Saint to hear, messing with her mentality.

After a brief silence, Li Jing waved his hand and sent the Saint into the Little Universe, then mentally notified Water Spirit and Fire Essence as he did.

Since he picked her up, he definitely couldn’t just leave her alone.

Whether or not she is the master of Water Spirit and Fire Essence, is secondary.

If everything is truly as the Charming Spirit said,

The Saint must not fall into anyone else’s hands, or she is likely to be severely mistreated.

As their own Saint, she ought to be taken care of.

On the other hand.

Li Jing wasn’t so naive as to believe that the Charming Spirit encountered the Saint by accident.

Apparently, the "more important" thing she mentioned earlier wasn’t about how powerful the void creature was, but about her discovery of this Saint.

It’s just that she, for some personal grudge, wasn’t happy to speak it out bluntly.

Just look.

When the Charming Spirit saw that Li Jing had "accepted" the Saint, her facial expression gradually returned to its usual indifferent state.

"The matter of the Ancient Fairyland has come to an end with this. The few fish that slipped through the net have been cleaned up by me, but there seems to be quite a lot of hidden secrets. I wonder why the Human Saint ended up like this. The void creatures, which should have been forced to dwell deep within the void, should not have been able to invade the Ancient Fairyland, and all the secrets hidden behind everything are probably shocking."

After saying that indifferently, the Charming Spirit continued,

"It has little to do with me. In theory, apart from fulfilling the mission with which I was created as the Original Demon, I cannot and will not interfere with anything else, but you..."

Leaving her sentence hanging, she added,

"I think you should know who to look for?"

In response to these words, Li Jing nodded, his heart filled with bitterness.

Who to find.

He, of course, knew.

It was clear in his heart who had led him step by step into this vortex.

The problem was that it might not be useful to find that person.

If someone did not want to be found, he could not possibly see them.

However, regardless of all this, the Charming Spirit casually left a word.

"I should be going, see you."

As she said this, her figure turned into a bubble-like shadow and disappeared.

Li Jing, saw this and couldn’t help feeling a touch of envy.

In the past,

He used to be the one who could make choices freely.

But now, unknowingly, he was trapped in a swamp because of various factors and it was difficult for him to break free.

Compared to him, the Charming Spirit was utterly free.

As she said,

Being the original Demon,

There were some matters that she couldn’t intervene in even if she wanted to because she didn’t have the capability.

Being the original,

She was shackled by her innate mission.

Especially for her, who was an extremely special original, she was greatly restrained compared to the low-level original, Ling Ling.

Under this influence,

She did not even need a reason to stay out of matters.

It was quite natural for her to do nothing.

Reining in his thoughts, Li Jing resignedly chose to give up thinking and continued to shred the continent’s treasures.

No matter how heavy the storm, one must continue to live.

Whatever happened, they would deal with it when the Big World’s Heavenly Taoist came forward again.

Being stuck in a swamp, Li Jing didn’t think about blaming anyone.

He once thought that everything he had was given by the Big World’s Heavenly Taoist.

When he first ascended,

He had promised to help the Big World’s Heavenly Taoist solve her tricky problems once his abilities were sufficient.

Looking at the current situation,

It could not be said that the Big World’s Heavenly Taoist deliberately planned this.

It was entirely his own doing,

And to some extent, it was something he should bear.

...

With Ling Ling’s help in collecting Burial Soil, the progress in Xiaocai’s side naturally accelerated a lot.

However, the two little ones were really too small,

And they used their hands to pick up the Burial Soil.

Even though the two little ones both transformed into industrious little bees, the progress was still touching.

There are some things that cannot be rushed.

Of course, Li Jing understood this.

Since the two little ones were going to be busy for some time, he chose to let the Blue Phoenix and the other two, who had been sent into the Little Universe earlier, out.

The three people discussed and decided to act separately, wreaking havoc in the Ancient Fairyland which had just recovered not long ago, all in the name of "excavating treasures".

Before, it would be unwise to act separately.

But now,

The four people can be said to have no scruples.

The entire Ancient Fairyland had been destroyed once by the Charming Spirit.

The Deceiving the Heavens was dead, and the Void creatures had been cleansed.

By the way, the variant creatures that the Ancient Fairyland had given birth to for many years were also directly wiped out.

At this moment in the Ancient Fairyland,

Everything was starting again.

It would take some years for the evolution of life to gradually perfect.

At this moment, only some weak insects were born.

At most, there were some individuals who were rather unique and stood at the forefront of biological evolution.

...

In the blink of an eye,

Three days had passed.

Ling Ling and Xiaocai had been busy non-stop for three days and finally finished collecting all the Burial Soil.

Li Jing and Blue Phoenix also gathered together.

The four of them did not go too far in their separate actions.

Destroying a continental plate with their power is easy, but the four of them were ultimately looking for treasures.

After smashing the continental plate, they had to find a way to find what they needed amidst the debris.

This was not a simple task.

Firstly, those continental plates were not small, and even after being smashed, it was not guaranteed that one could immediately see what they needed.

It is not much to say.

The energy of individuals was always limited.

Secondly, probably because of the complete destruction earlier, the rules of the Ancient Fairyland were unusually active.

The continental plate was restored shortly after being shattered.

Often, to find all the "treasures" buried in an entire continent, Li Jing and the others had to smash it more than ten times.

Pushing that aside.

Everyone gathered their heads, Li Jing opened the Little Universe and entered together.

Just leaving the Ancient Fairyland this way was a bit of a pity.

The key to breaking through the Return to the Origin had not made any significant progress.

But staying here without accomplishing anything was not meaningful.

Although as long as someone did not return to Immortal Realm, they could come back here anytime, the former was unlikely to stay there forever.

...

Entering the Little Universe,

Just as they all stood on top of Canglong Mountain, Ling Ling greeted Li Jing and said,

"We have enough Burial Soil this time. Xiaocai and I are going to restructure Lake Heart Island to make it more suitable for the Life Tree to grow."

Without waiting for Li Jing to respond, she looked at Blue Phoenix.

"In a couple of days, Blue Phoenix, get Zixuan. In these two days, Ya’er should be achieving the Supreme. At that time, both of you can plant the Life Tree and let Ya’er bleed a bit to hasten its maturity."

Saying this, the little guy pulled Xiaocai and they were off down the mountain in a whiff of smoke.

Seeing this, Blue Phoenix blinked her beautiful eyes a couple of times and her gaze fell on Li Jing.

Meeting her gaze, Li Jing said,

"Half a month has passed and Zixuan hasn’t returned to the Little Universe. She probably has some business to handle outside. There’s no rush to plant her Life Tree a few days earlier, so it won’t be too late to wait for her to come back."

With that, Li Jing looked at Xiang Dong and Jin Ritian.

"You two brothers, take a share of the items we’ve collected these days. At this point, we can’t count on the Northern Immortal Domain since it’s no longer under Zixuan’s control. The Western Immortal Realm did not participate in this, so we can’t count on Caran with long ears to fully cooperate. To restore and try to discover something from the things we have found, we can only rely on the strength of the Eastern Immortal Domain and the Southern Monster Realm."

"Sure."

Xiang Dong nodded.

"Kid, rest easy. The moment we discover something, we’ll let you know right away."

Before the echo of the words had faded, Jin Ritian laughed and spoke.

"Even after finding her own path, our dear Zixuan is still with you, kid. Who knows? We might learn something from her. Your Little Universe is filled full of exciting things that make Cangming Entertainment City pale in comparison."

At these words, Li Jing couldn’t help laughing.

"You’re welcome anytime."

As he responded, he glanced towards the Qingyuan Fairy Palace and said.

"If brother Jin hadn’t mentioned it, I would have completely forgotten to tell you two. I have here a rather unique Enlightenment Stone that can help a Spirit Weapon comprehend rules. If either of you is free, you can bring your Spirit Weapons over. Who knows? You might gain something, or it might even inspire you to break through to the Return to Origin stage."

Upon hearing Li Jing’s words, Xiang Dong and Jin Ritian both looked stunned.

Enlightenment Stone.

To them, it wasn’t that uncommon.

After all, both are Emperors who control an Immortal Domain.

While Enlightenment Stones are indeed precious and extremely rare, they do exist in the Immortal Domains. It’s just that their effectiveness varies greatly depending on their individual size.

As a matter of fact.

Both Xiang Dong and Jin Ritian have Enlightenment Stones in their Imperial Palaces, and they are quite large ones too.

However, what Li Jing said about his stone truly startled the two.

Enlightenment Stone can enable a Spirit Weapon to comprehend rules?

Does an Enlightenment Stone really have this kind of function?

Truthfully speaking.

If someone else had said this, they would have definitely not believed it.

But if Li Jing said it.

They believed it.

So, a problem arose.

How big exactly is this Enlightenment Stone of Li Jing’s, and how strong must its effectiveness be to allow even a Spirit Weapon to comprehend and understand the rules!?

For a moment, the two could hardly imagine it.

What they could be certain of, though, was that.

Whether or not the Enlightenment Stone Li Jing mentioned is "unique" has nothing to do with its effectiveness. It only depends on whether it is large enough since the larger it is, the more likely it can bring about comprehension.

After exchanging a glance with each other, Xiang Dong took the initiative to speak.

"Kid, can we take a look at it while you’re busy with your stuff?"

"Sure."

Li Jing nodded, then with a thought in mind, transported the two to the Qingyuan Fairy Palace.

Next, he gazed at Blue Phoenix.

Before he could speak, the Blue Phoenix said,

"I will not go anywhere until the Fire Phoenix is reborn. I will follow you."

"..."

A flicker of a smile appeared at the corner of Li Jing’s mouth. He then blandly said,

"Sis, I don’t suppose that’s possible. Even if you don’t need privacy, I do."

Blue Phoenix blinked her eyes twice at this then said softly,

"Then... you have to tell me as soon as you notice anything unusual with the Fire Phoenix, okay?"

"Deal."

Li Jing answered, then said,

"Why don’t you stay in the Little Universe from now on if you don’t want to miss the rebirth of the Fire Phoenix? It will make it easier for me to find you."

"Okay."

Blue Phoenix nodded in agreement.

...

Having "negotiated" with the Blue Phoenix, Li Jing disregarded whether Xiang Dong and Jin Ritian would stay in the Qingyuan Fairy Palace for too long, and chose to teleport back to Chen Tang City through the gateway to the Immortal Domain.

The moment he arrived.

He felt something, turned his head, and stared at Zhenyuan Tower, which was just nearby.

Just a moment ago, he had mentioned that Zixuan, who hadn’t returned from the Little Universe, was currently in the tower.

As Li Jing realized this.

So did Zixuan.

Unsurprisingly.

Just as Li Jing looked up at the Zhenyuan Tower, the latter flew out from the upper level of the tower and descended elegantly by his side.

"Why did you come back alone?" Zixuan asked curiously as she landed next to him.

"Xiang Dong and the others are still in the Little Universe for the moment. They will come out later."

Li Jing answered.

"So it is?"

Zixuan blinked her eyes, then somewhat sheepishly said,

"Sorry, I just couldn’t resist the cultivation effect of your Zhenyuan Tower. After arranging things in the Northern Immortal Domain, the moment I returned, I felt compelled to go into a short closed-door cultivation."

Li Jing was left speechless.

Though things would not have been very different whether Zixuan was there as a "back-up force" or not, this sister of his had unexpectedly blown him off and didn’t return to the Little Universe, which was kind of...

Of course.

Li Jing was not about to blame her for that. Casually, he said,

"No worries, everything is over with the Ancient Fairyland."

"Hmm."

Zixuan nodded, then asked,

"Have you found the method to break through to the Return to Origin stage?"

"No."

Li Jing shook his head and proceeded to give a brief account of their experiences in the past half a month.

When she learned about the several experiences Li Jing and the others had had over the past half month, Zixuan didn’t ask any more questions.

In the strictest sense.

Everyone’s experiences in the past half month hadn’t been that dramatic.

It was just worth mentioning that Charming Spirit has destroyed the Ancient Fairyland once again. The rest was not worth mentioning.

In all of this, only Li Jing had been a direct witness.

Even if she had been there.

She wouldn’t have the chance to witness the Original Demon wipe out the world with a flip of the hand.

As for the Deceiver of Heavens.

Zixuan never thought he could cause any waves in front of Li Jing. As long as he dares show up or if he’s found, his only fate is death.

If he doesn’t show up, that’s when the problem arises.

After a brief conversation, Li Jing told Zixuan about Ling Ling’s plan to plant the Life Tree in the Little Universe in a few days, and then he ripped through the space and left.

The next second.

Li Jing appeared in the CEO’s office on the top floor of the office building in Cangming Entertainment City.

Before he could even steady himself after coming out of the ripped space, he saw Yulian putting on her stockings with her long leg raised.

Instinctively.

Li Jing averted his gaze.

Then realized he was mistaken.

He was looking at Yulian, not someone else.

What is there that can’t be seen?

So,

He turned his head to look back.

On the other side.

Yulian saw Li Jing appear out of thin air, tearing through space, and she was stunned.

Then she saw him divert his gaze and look right at her, she pulled the corners of her mouth, quietly setting down her long legs.

Just as she was about to speak, Li Jing coughed.

"You don’t have to mind me, continue."

"..."

Yulian.

Almost a month without seeing him; had he become a bit cheeky?

Giving him a big roll of her eyes, Yulian pointed to the door.

"Get out, then knock before you enter."

"Oh."

Li Jing complied, he turned obediently and walked out the door.

Not in a hurry to knock, he came to the window of the corridor to take a look down.

What he saw was a sea of people.

It had been more than ten days since Tong Rou sent the news that Cangming Entertainment City was officially open for business.

From what it looked like at present.

It seemed to be going fairly smoothly; business was really booming.

As he was observing from a high position, Yulian emerged from the office.

"Didn’t I ask you to knock before entering?"

At her words, Li Jing looked back and smiled, saying,

"I was giving you time to put on your ’equipment’"

As he spoke, he reached out and wrapped his arm around Yulian’s waist, speaking softly.

"You’ve worked hard lately."

"It wasn’t that hard; Sisi and the others came back on the eve of the opening. With their help, the pressure wasn’t that big."

Yulian replied thoughtfully, nestling closer, she smiled and looked up.

"Compared to you, they are much more reliable when it comes to handling things."

Li Jing grinned, and coughed, saying,

"Are they all busy now?"

"No."

Yulian shook her head, saying,

"It’s been several days since the entertainment city opened, and everything that needed to be done is done. These past two days Sisi, Yuran, and Yini have all been in the library of the City Lord’s Mansion studying Immortal Methods."

"Studying Immortal Methods?"

Li Jing was taken aback, then frowned,

"Don’t we in Chen Tang City have our own Immortal Methods? Like the ones that Sikong Lu gave us before."

"We can learn our own anytime we want. If there’s another one to learn, isn’t it clear that we should learn it first?"

Yulian responded naturally.

"Ah..."

Li Jing was momentarily speechless,

Yulian had a point.

Before he had a chance to say anything, Yulian spoke again.

"By the way, all three of them had great opportunities in the Dongtian Fudi. Both Sisi and Yuran have reached the Tenth Realm, Yini has not only entered the Tenth Realm but has also touched the threshold of the Eleventh Realm."

Hearing her words, Li Jing had an odd look.

"Is this Dongtian Fudi that amazing? All three of them have made such huge advancements?"

"They say that the Dongtian Fudi seems to have some profound aspects and like the Zhenyuan Tower, it interferes with time."

Yulian narrated.

"One day outside is ten years inside, and it doesn’t affect cultivation at all. If not for fighting for a certain artifact, they would have gained more than just this with almost two months of time there."

As she spoke, she smiled sweetly,

"So, do you feel the pressure now? In the blink of an eye, their cultivation has almost caught up to you."

"..."

Li Jing.

Hearing what Yulian said, Dongtian Fudi truly seemed incredible.

But for their cultivation to catch up to his...

Looking down at Yulian, who was nestled against him, Li Jing said.

"If Sisi and all have entered the Tenth Realm, shouldn’t you be the one feeling the pressure?"

"Me?"

Yulian furrowed her brows, tilting her head and said,

"I’m not being bullied by them, so why should I feel pressured?"

"You were originally the highest in cultivation, weren’t you?"

Li Jing chuckled.

Without waiting for Yulian to respond, he held her a bit tighter, and said,

"I’ll give you some extra coaching to help your cultivation catch up."

?

Yulian slowly made a question mark.

Extra coaching. Helping with cultivation.

So that she can catch up with Liu Sisi and the others?

This...

Could it be that Li Jing had acquired some sort of treasure that can improve cultivation?

Before she had a chance to react, there was a sudden spatial displacement.

The next second.

Yulian found herself in a building on Canglong Mountain.

She recognized this place perfectly well.

Particularly this bed...

With this, even if Yulian didn’t want to react, she had to.

Looking at him with indignation building up, Yulian was about to speak, when she felt light all over, having been hoisted up.

Exclaiming in surprise due to this sudden occurrence, Yulian was about to argue, when a big mouth stifled her words.

At that moment, Yulian could not bear it anymore.

Coming back and wanting to eat her, this was fine.

It would be a big problem if he didn’t want to eat her.

But he won’t even let me talk?!

How could she bear this?!

However, facing Li Jing, she wasn’t able to resist. After a couple of attempts, she gave up struggling and acquiesced quietly.

...