Chapter 566 - 565

A moment later.

Ya’er’s little face was pale as she curled up in Li Jing’s arms, fully embodying what it means to be ruthless when acting but awkward when done.

Seeing the little girl’s face turn pale due to excessive blood loss, and her small body shivering, Li Jing laughed and cried, then he took out a heavenly and earthly treasures level spirit fruit and gave it to her.

Upon seeing this, Ya’er quickly grabbed it and began nibbling on it like a hamster.

Compared to humans.

Beast cultivation has many disadvantages, but it also has many advantages that human cultivation envies.

For example, when the body is uncomfortable.

Most beasts in the natural world have the ability to instinctively find effective solutions in relevant situations to alleviate discomfort.

Unlike humans.

When they are unwell, they have to figure out the cause before they can prescribe the right remedy.

After embarking on cultivation, the corresponding ability of beasts also rises with the tide.

Although this ability is not omnipotent and cannot solve all problems.

Compared to human cultivators who often have to rely on others or simply go to the doctor, it is simply too convenient.

Just like now.

A heavenly and earthly treasures level spirit fruit is enough to replenish Ya’er’s Qi and blood.

Even the effect doesn’t even matter that much.

As long as the quality is high and the spiritual energy is sufficient, it will be just fine.

The same thing could not be done by human cultivators.

Heavenly and earthly treasures level spirit fruit may be effective, but human cultivators cannot consume it directly.

When it comes to the level of heavenly and earthly treasures.

There are very few things that can be taken directly.

Even most of the directly consumable spirit fruits can’t be eaten indiscriminately.

It’s very likely that after one bite, one will be busted by its extremely potent effect...

However, this is not the case for beast cultivators.

They not only have strong absorption abilities for various spiritual objects, but they can also adjust their body functions according to their own needs, meeting their various necessities.

What Ya’er, who has lost a lot of blood at this moment, needs to do.

Is to quickly absorb the nutrients in the spirit fruit and inject them into her own blood production mechanism to solve her problem of excessive blood loss.

There it is.

With one spirit fruit in her belly, Ya’er’s face reddened immediately, and she cried out in a grievance.

"Father, I’m cold..."

"It’s no big deal, it will be fine in a while."

Li Jing responded casually, fully embodying the principle of "as long as the child is not dead, it’s not a big problem" when a "father takes care of his child".

Looking up.

The life tree, which had truly rooted in the burial dirt after a large amount of divine blood was infused by Ya’er, grew vigorously after being transferred to the small universe realm.

The life tree seeds planted by Blue Phoenix and Shi Zixuan also went through the process of initial sprouting to rapid growth, growing into the sky like the former into three towering trees.

Ya’er’s blood, after all, is inferior to Wina who stepped into the Thirteen Realms and became a celestial being after absorbing the supreme god pattern.

Even though the little guy was quite ruthless and bled excessively during the bloodletting, leading to the three life trees growing a bit more after the divinity was saturated, the three trees that had initially matured were still much shorter than Li Jing’s own tree.

What’s worth mentioning is.

After these three life trees have grown, the small universe realm has benefited greatly.

The life trees planted by Blue Phoenix and Shi Zixuan have no difference in nature from the one Li Jing planted himself.

They are "locally grown" in the small universe realm, and have a close connection.

The tree that was transferred in has fully rooted and its connection to the surrounding world has become much tighter.

Under this influence, the benefits it brings to the small universe realm have strengthened a lot.

Because of the two former’s being completely homegrown, their roots are in this world, and their influence is not inferior to that of the initial tree planted by Li Jing himself.

Four full life trees sway in the wind, subtly resonating with each other.

This has made the small universe realm full of majestic vitality beyond words, and the rules related to life are more than twice as active as usual.

While Ya’er was eating the spirit fruit, Li Jing could clearly feel it.

Up to now, countless new species of living creatures that had never been born before were quietly born in the small universe realm, which is as boundless as a small secret realm.

The creatures that have been born have undergone a major evolutionary process right on the spot.

All sorts of fish living in rivers have all turned into spiritual beasts. Each species has branched out and differentiated into several branches, carving their own unique paths, evolving a system in which various dominant species emerge.

Not only that.

Many fishes have evolved into amphibians through evolution.

Birds, beasts, insects, compared to the evolution of aquatic fish, are a little bit inferior.

After all, the rivers in the small universe realm are essentially spirit springs, and the environmental conditions are excellent.

Compared to birds and beasts as well as insects, the original aquatic fishes, which were not particularly powerful, have a much better foundation.

Under this influence, their transformation is faster too.

Of course.

Among the systems of birds, mammals, and insects, there are also outstanding ones that stand on the forefront of evolution—they can stand shoulder to shoulder with the various dominant species evolved from the aquatic system, and even stand on a higher position in the food chain than the latter.

The native species of the small universe realm collectively made a considerable jump, and the newborn species were out of luck.

They were just born in this world.

No matter how resilient they are, they can only be on the bottom of the food chain.

The batch of spiritual beasts that Li Jing had brought in earlier were not affected much.

In the strictest sense.

They are "invasive species".

In the evolution of creatures, they have long been on the forefront as spiritual beasts.

Although they didn’t gain much benefit from the resonance produced by the four life trees, there was no corresponding natural enemy species emerging in the food chain. They were still carefree.

The evolution of the complete world in all aspects, in essence, is a closed loop.

This includes creatures.

The relationships of symbiosis, natural enemies, cohabitation, and even parasitism that are born in the evolution of creatures are all limited within the circle of local creatures.

"Invasive species" have no part in this.

Of course.

"Invasive species" are not entirely safe and sound either.

The food chain within the Little Universe has given birth to apex predators now.

They don’t care whether or not you are part of the food chain within native species.

Where there’s meat, there’s delicious food.

Exactly when they’re starving.

They will attack when necessary.

But under the premise that they can acquire food that suits them best, they won’t rashly attack other creatures.

Apart from changes in creatures.

Perhaps due to the fact that the Life Tree is inherently a plant, various plants and tree species within the Little Universe are affected more profoundly.

Countless Spirit Plants and Spiritual Wood species are born in every corner.

The emerging new species of plants and trees provide a great amount of food sources for herbivorous species while making the entire Little Universe thriving, and they also generated many terrains which originally had no plant species.

Experiencing the various changes in the Little Universe, Li Jing more or less had an idea in his heart.

At this moment, the spiritual beasts in the Little Universe with the highest realm are rushing towards the Six Realm, pressing for the Seventh Realm.

Spiritual objects, Spirit Plants.

They have almost reached a high-level standard.

There are no Heavenly Treasures yet.

Only those he obtained from the outside world himself, and he gradually scattered them around various places in the Little Universe to improve environmental factors.

On the whole.

The rooting and growth of the three Life Trees provided indescribable assistance for the Little Universe to thrive even more.

The Little Universe can now be described as a terrestrial paradise.

Especially the Lakeside Island where the four Life Trees took root.

Abundant vitality fills the air, almost visible to the naked eye.

Here.

What you breathe is no longer air.

But vitality!

Vitality that can be directly absorbed by the body!

Anyone who suffered a severe injury can lie here for a while and is estimated to recover in minutes, without the need to work on self-healing.

Ling Ling and Xiaocai are joyfully dancing among the four Life Trees surrounded by abundant vitality everywhere, playing hide and seek and enjoying this visible positive environmental change.

Ya’er is quite unfortunate.

Her blood carries divinity, and the ordinary vitality couldn’t make up for her deficiency.

Otherwise, a few deep breaths here would have revived her.

After experiencing all sorts here, Li Jing looked forward more to the further growth of the four Life Trees and the urge to have more of them.

However, thinking that the essence of the Life Tree is something condensed and born out of The Spirit of Origin from the two little ones, they might not have much surplus, he felt it would be better to stay calm.

Ling Ling and Xiaocai are now settled here.

If he wants to get more trees to make the environment better, they will bring them out themselves.

On the other hand.

Intensive planting of Life Trees may not be a good thing.

Li Jing himself could clearly feel that the concentration of vitality around the Lakeside Island was nearly reaching the limit that ordinary creatures could bear. If it further grows stronger, it might create some relatively negative effects.

Every excess is its defect.

It’s better not to try this rashly.

Looking down at Ya’er, who had fallen asleep in his arms, Li Jing smiled softly.

"It’s been hard on you."

Upon muttering, with a thought, Li Jing brought Stinky Tofu and Squirrel Xiao Fat, who were shivering in a tree hole somewhere in the Little Universe, to his side.

These two.

Like other spiritual beasts that Li Jing had moved in earlier, both belong to the "invasive species".

They have enjoyed many benefits.

But compared with the native creatures that have completed evolution, they are vastly inferior.

The current Stinky Tofu has just barely stepped into the Fifth Boundary.

Squirrel Xiao Fat has just entered the Four Boundary.

In the current Little Universe where predators are rushing towards Six Boundary, it’s no longer suitable for them to roam freely.

Having Xiao Ai look after them a little bit is not impossible.

But they have seriously fallen behind from the overall development of the Little Universe.

Xiao Ai can’t look after them everywhere.

While the Will of Heaven is omnipotent, it also has many restrictions.

The foremost is that it can’t excessively interfere with the natural evolution of Heaven and Earth.

Showing excessive favoritism for a certain group or caring for certain individuals is essentially taboo.

Here.

Stinky Tofu and Squirrel Xiao Fat came to their senses as soon as they were moved to Li Jing’s side.

Even though they had been intimate with Li Jing before.

But having known him for so long, they had never thought that this man could be so "kind-hearted" and such a perfect match for their master.

Seeing the dog and the squirrel staring at him with teary eyes, Li Jing shook his head.

"The Little Universe is no longer suitable for you two to live in. Follow me to Immortal Realm, settle in Chen Tang City. Zhenyuan Tower will be your dwelling in the future. When you two reach Nine Boundary, you can come out."

On hearing Li Jing’s words, both the dog and squirrel were immediately displeased.

Nine Boundaries!

Is this something a creature that just stepped into Five Boundaries and one that just entered Four Boundaries can expect?

How long would it take to go out for a walkaround?

But Li Jing didn’t care about that.

In the past, he was too lazy to manage these two.

No control could be exercised.

Spiritual Beasts are known for shamelessly freeloading.

It’s already quite difficult for him to keep Ya’er from slacking off. How could he possibly manage these two?

But now he has no choice but to get involved.

Otherwise, if one day these two are weirdly consumed by some beast predators in the Little Universe, he would have a hard time explaining to Chen Yuran.

The best solution at present would be...

To lock the two of them inside the Zhenyuan Tower.

Not only Spiritual Beasts.

All Beast Cultivation shares a similar characteristic with the Ancient God’s Descendants. Their power grows with age.

It’s just that the growth rate is somewhat slower.

For these two lazy bums who don’t understand cultivation, locking them in the Zhenyuan Tower is undoubtedly the best "choice" if they want rapid growth.

With a single thought, Li Jing took them out of the Little Universe.

He returned to Chen Tang City.

Without wasting words, he locked Stinky Tofu and the squirrel Little Fatty on the top floor of the Zhenyuan Tower, setting up a simple Seven-Star Formation to restrict them in case they sneak out.

He then placed the sleeping Ya’er in the floor where Liu Sisi and others would later go into seclusion. The slower flow of time on this floor was suitable for cultivation, giving them a pleasant surprise.

...

Having settled his daughter, Li Jing returned to the Little Universe and arrived at Sky City to visit the data server, reviewing the early archived Immortal Methods provided by Sikong Lu.

Sikong Lu regarded these as her legacy, intending to pass on to her disciple. The varieties of Immortal Methods she gathered were quite diverse.

Li Jing took a brief look and confirmed it.

The Immortal Methods collected by Sikong Lu, both in terms of quality and quantity, far surpassed the "private collection" of Feng Xie, the lord of Phoenix Sun City.

However, suitable for him...

He couldn’t find many.

Sikong Lu is, after all, a female cultivator.

Most of the Immortal Methods she collected are suitable for women, and many require a purely Yin physique to achieve the best effects.

If it was Liu Sisi or Jiang Yini, they would be more suitable for these.

Liu Sisi’s Cold Heart Physique is pure Yin.

Jiang Yini’s Night Physique also falls under the same category.

In the Immortal Realm, both of them would be top-notch "furnaces".

But in the Immortal Realm.

Before using someone as a "furnace", you have to consider whether you have the power to do so.

Those suitable to be a "furnace" usually progress much faster than ordinary people thanks to their pure Yin physique.

Let’s set aside Liu Sisi.

Jiang Yini’s Night Physique triples the Qi Refining efficiency at night. An ordinary person can hardly compare if one seriously throws themselves into cultivation.

But putting aside these...

The most difficult part for Li Jing right now is.

Most of the Immortal Methods collected by Sikong Lu lean towards the fanciful side, yet he prefers the more straightforward ones.

After much deliberation, Li Jing finally chose an Immortal Method called Formless Divine Skill.

Formless Divine Skill isn’t about combat but transformation.

Once mastered, it would allow for complete freedom in altering one’s physical appearance.

With further practice, one can transform into any creature they have ever seen, perfectly mimicking the traits of all kinds of races without understanding any of their powers or how they work.

This deception could easily create chaos, with nobody able to find fault.

This Divine Skill is incredibly practical.

It can even be said to be somewhat broken.

All creatures that he has seen can be transformed into, and you can perfectly match even without understanding their powers and how they function.

This...

Means that Li Jing could potentially use the unique traits of specific races when needed.

Doesn’t that sound fantastic?

In addition...

At the highest level of Formless Divine Skill, one can confuse Yin and Yang without needing to transform into the corresponding creature to change their internal power to any qualities they know.

This ability is extraordinarily useful.

The Power of Thunder Punishment within Li Jing is extremely dominant.

But sometimes, raw power isn’t necessarily compatible with certain techniques.

For instance, in Sword Controlling.

Pure Sword Power could form better synergy than the destructively powerful Power of Thunder Punishment.

Take the explosively powerful Fire from the Phoenix Tribe Divine Ability to Burn the Sky as another example.

The best power to resonate with the Divine Ability to Burn the Sky is undoubtedly Phoenix Heavenly Fire.

Li Jing could call upon Phoenix Heavenly Fire through resonating with the universal laws and the rules of heavenly fire, but the essence of the Power of Thunder Punishment within him wouldn’t change.

If he changes his power beforehand, the casting process and the destructive power that could potentially burst out will undoubtedly be significantly different.

At the end of the day...

The Power of Thunder Punishment is ultimately best suited for Thunder Skills. It’s merely compatible with other areas.

He chose to log in.

A tip popped up on the status bar.

"Log in successful, Second Breakthrough Skill obtained, Formless Divine Skill."

Li Jing was taken aback at this prompt.

Well, well.

He initially thought that Formless Divine Skill was merely a simple Limit Breakthrough Skill, who would have guessed it’s actually a Second Breakthrough Skill?

That’s quite some Skill Point consumption!

Should he top up?

Of course, he has to.

Not to mention he’s already learned it, and leaving it untopped would annoy the hell out of the perfectionist in him.

The full level of the Formless Divine Skill could disrupt the yin-yang balance and alter one’s power, which is something Li Jing was looking forward to.

He always manipulated the Power of Thunder Punishment, which could only be controlled by Heaven, and it was inconvenient at many times.

Without hesitation, Li Jing spent 100 Skill Points to max out the Formless Divine Skill.

The skill is at its peak.

Yet it didn’t feel particularly unusual.

With a try-and-see attitude, Li Jing moved his thoughts, and his body gradually shortened and became more delicate and plump, with nine fox tails appearing behind his waist.

Yes.

He had transformed into a fox demon.

And not just any fox demon, but a Nine-tailed Celestial Fox with quite unique abilities among the fox demon lineage.

The one he referenced was not someone else.

It was Jiu Li, who had stayed on the Blue Star instead of ascending.

Just after completion of transformation, Li Jing could feel three different battle forms of the fox demon in his nine tails.

These three forms were a violent Lolita who excels in close combat, a mature woman who is proficient in demon arts, and a seductive woman who bewitches all creatures.

Obviously.

These three forms are the inherent abilities of the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox’s Thousand Faces gift.

The remaining six tails didn’t possess any unique form of power.

Li Jing could try to change randomly to "try luck" and find a unique and handy form to store in his fox tail.

After transforming into the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox.

Li Jing felt how metamorphic the Thousand Faces gift was.

Without discussing anything else.

This "lottery" mechanism is simply a bug.

The transformation is completely random.

It may become some worthless form, but there is also a chance to explode a golden legend and produce a form with special abilities.

The only shortcoming.

It was just that the position made people feel a little awkward.

The chest ...

It’s a bit heavy.

Looking at the surroundings, Li Jing swallowed and looked down.

Because he had become shorter, delicate, and plump, his wide and long robe was open to the point of almost exposing himself.

At this glance ...

The sight was overwhelmingly springlike.

This ...

Was he being self-sufficient?

An imaginary question mark appeared in Li Jing’s head, as he somewhat hesitantly raised his hand.

Just as he reached out to feel it, his body suddenly stiffened, and he suddenly turned his head.

In his sight.

Ling Ling had somehow appeared on his shoulder, staring at him with large eyes.

Silently lowering his raised claw, Li Jing coughed.

"Ling Ling, when did you get here?"

"Just now."

Ling Ling replied, then said.

"We have a Symbiotic Contract, right? I felt you suddenly become something that’s not human, I thought you had encountered some trouble that is why I came to see."

"Is that so?"

Li Jing blinked, saying.

"I’m fine, just trying out a new transformation skill I’ve just learned."

"I can see."

Ling Ling nodded, then glanced at his profound and dangerous cleavage, then asked curiously.

"So, were you about to... ?"

"No, I wasn’t."

Li Jing adamantly denied.

???

Ling Ling.

She was just curious to ask, whoed have thought he would react so intensely?

As the Spirit of Origin, Ling Ling is ultimately quite naïve.

Although she saw something was off.

The front of Li Jing looked comfortable, suitable to snuggle in and take a nap.

But she couldn’t understand human and some intelligent species’ complicated relationships between the sexes.

From her point of view.

All related matters don’t need to be that complicated.

It’s merely a natural progression towards reproduction, without which there would be no birth or evolution of life.

The most she could understand is.

In numerous species, there exists a competitive relationship, to win a beauty’s heart and take that step, one needs to stand out among the competitors.

The Spirit of Origin is so pure.

Seeing Ling Ling’s confused face, Li Jing silently opened his mouth, realizing she didn’t understand these things, he silently took out a few Spirit Fruits, lowering his voice.

" About what just happened, don’t tell anyone."

"Oh."

Ling Ling responded, joyfully collecting the "silencing fee."

Although she didn’t know what was going on, counteroffers must be accepted when presented.

...