Chapter 630 - 629: Innate Saint Body, Bloodline Inheritance

The next evening.

In the Little Universe.

At the bottom of Canglong Lake, where the Human Saint rested.

Li Jing sat on the ground by the crystal bed where the Saint was placed, his face sullen.

At this time yesterday.

He was beaten up by Chen Yuran and Yulian in a round of human-fox doubles.

The reason, of course, was his unexpected request.

But it wasn’t such a big deal.

Beaten up, what’s the big deal?

He’s thick-skinned, after all.

At least in the end, the two women reluctantly fulfilled his little wish.

However, what Li Jing didn’t expect was.

His current state.

He was genuinely moving at quite a speed.

But not in that particular aspect.

It was the boost he delivered to his Taoist companions through dual cultivation that was quite fast.

First, they beat him for a couple of hours.

After getting his wish.

Not two hours later, Yulian passed through the tribulation...

At that time.

Li Jing thought it was because his cultivation level had increased, and he had attained saintliness in his physical body. As a fox demon, Yulian could take in more due to her racial talents.

Additionally, there was the major discrepancy in cultivation level between the two, leading to Yulian, who had just entered the Eleventh realm, skyrocketing to the Twelfth realm and facing heavenly tribulation.

However, he didn’t expect.

Just three hours after Yulian, Chen Yuran also underwent tribulation.

And it was the kind that she couldn’t hold back at all...

This definitely couldn’t be due to his cultivation level or the attainment of saintliness in his physical body anymore.

Yulian is a fox demon.

She had a racial talent boost.

But Chen Yuran didn’t.

Moreover, she doesn’t have a special physique like Liu Sisi.

The previous boost in cultivation level through dual cultivation was purely because she was diligent enough in "studying hard and practicing."

Chen Yuran also entered the Twelfth Realm so quickly, wasn’t that outrageous?

After much pondering, Li Jing figured out the crux of the matter.

The rapid progression of the two women was not because of his high cultivation level or physical sanctification, nor was it because they gained hidden benefits from being in a trio.

The key factor.

Was Chaos Qi.

Li Jing had six origins.

Before the formation of Chaos Qi.

His six origins were clearly distinct yet mutually reinforcing.

However, things were different after the Chaos Qi.

Currently, his six origins had synergized into one complete whole under the influence of Chaos Qi.

No matter what he does.

His six origins operate in unity, exerting their power together.

Originally, Li Jing hadn’t thought too much.

It wasn’t until yesterday that he discovered that this factor was affecting the efficiency of his dual cultivation method.

Pondering on it.

The dual cultivation method, which was inconspicuous on daily basis, wasn’t just something he knew how to use. His second origin, mainly constituted by the Flying Sword Blue Edge, was produced because of this dual cultivation method.

This...

To be honest, was a bit of a trap...

A dual cultivation method that should have been supported by only one origin suddenly had the support of six origins...

The addition of these six origins wasn’t as simple as one plus one equals two.

Due to the extremely game-breaking effect of Chaos Qi, it also included about thirty percent of the combined power of his six major origins.

By a conservative calculation.

The efficiency of him operating the cultivation method after possessing Chaos Qi was at least nine times that of the past when he operated a single origin.

Nine times...

That was a bit excessive, wasn’t it!

Not to mention this was a calculation Li Jing deduced by simply adding together. In practice, the effectiveness of his cultivation method certainly wasn’t just nine times more.

And you have to know.

Not only did he possess Chaos Qi.

The level of a fifteenth realm Immortal King and the saintly physical body also have quite an impact on this.

Isn’t that awkward?

Helping his Taoist companions to improve at a bafflingly high speed is a good thing.

Li Jing didn’t mind "creating" one semi-Origin Returner after another, or even Immortal Kings, in a short time.

But this...

It seriously impedes his "happiness," doesn’t it?

After getting beaten up in a human-fox double round, he barely managed to coax them into fulfilling his wish, but he had to stop before he could properly start.

After gulping down the fine wine brewed by Li Lingyin, Li Jing heavily exhaled the strong alcohol breath.

"O Saint, O Saint, do you know the current predicament I am in?"

At this point, the Human Saint obviously wouldn’t be able to make any movement.

Regardless of the fact that she was deep in sleep.

When Li Jing was in danger in the rift space last time, she had prompted the Big World’s Heavenly Taoist’s backup plan in her body. During that half-alive moment, she undoubtedly paid a painful price.

It was obvious.

The current condition of the Human Saint was even more worrying than her previous half-dead state.

Li Jing naturally understood the reasoning behind it.

But he was feeling distressed inside, with no one to share his sorrows!

This matter.

It wasn’t something that he could casually talk about with others.

Just as he was about to ramble on, Li Jing suddenly felt something.

He got up and left his wine gourd beside the Saint’s pillow. Then with a move, he teleported to the heart of the island.

At this time, Blue Phoenix just came in carrying Fire Phoenix.

Seeing the unexpected visitor head-on, the two were briefly stunned.

Then Fire Phoenix pouted high, showing her dissatisfaction with her dear dad.

Blue Phoenix softly spoke.

"You’re just in time, I have something to tell you."

"Hmm."

Li Jing nodded, glanced at Fire Phoenix who was pouting and showing various degrees of dissatisfaction with him, and pinched her chubby little face with a smile. Then with a thought in his mind, he sent her to a pavilion at the top of Canglong Mountain.

As Fire Phoenix was suddenly sent away, Blue Phoenix was taken aback, then refocused her attention.

"It seems like you’ve guessed some of it?"

"I have a bit of a hunch, but don’t know the details."

Li Jing responded, and with a flicker, he and Blue Phoenix moved to a gazebo at the top of Canglong Mountain, where he poured two cups of Clear-Heart Tea.

"This tea has an excellent calming effect. Have some to calm your mind, and then we’ll talk."

Blue Phoenix nodded silently, picked up the teacup, and took a light sip.

As the Clear-Heart tea entered her belly,

Her mood immediately calmed down a lot.

Setting down the cup, Blue Phoenix moistened her red lips and began speaking softly.

"Fire Phoenix has indeed been reborn, but her power, personality, memories, and bloodline are all incomplete. To be precise, most of the things that should have gradually revived after her resurrection are left in the sun that allowed her to be reborn."

Hearing such an explanation, Li Jing slightly knitted his brows.

The fact that most of Fire Phoenix’s power, personality, memory, and bloodline are in his newly reborn sun, he really didn’t notice, and couldn’t notice.

Because in his perception,

It’s just a sun, composed of countless rules intersecting, bringing vitality and warmth to the earth and all things.

Looking up at the blazing sun hanging in the sky, Li Jing asked.

"In this situation, is there any way to solve it?"

"I don’t know."

Blue Phoenix shook her head, saying.

"Maybe she could recover if she retrieves what she once had, but she obviously doesn’t have that ability, and if she really retrieves everything, it will probably affect your Little Universe."

Li Jing was silent.

This problem was indeed a bit tricky.

Given Fire Phoenix’s current strength,

It’s not just about not being able to reclaim what she lost.

What she lost has seemingly become a part of the Little Universe.

This,

Even Li Jing himself couldn’t separate it out.

Whether it will affect the Little Universe is out of question.

Just for that blood-ties bond of kinship,

If he could do it, even if it would wreck his Little Universe and he had to start all over again, Li Jing would be hard-hearted enough to do it.

But the problem is, he can’t do it.

Blue Phoenix knew about Li Jing’s character.

The Companionship Contract has basically no impact on her now,

But her trust and dependence on Li Jing never changed.

Letting out a light sigh, Blue Phoenix began to speak.

"For now, we can only take one step at a time."

Saying so, she spoke quietly.

"Strictly speaking, Fire Phoenix is no longer a part of the Phoenix Tribe but a half-demon, and for her, who is of divine beast origin, this is equivalent to a fall of countless levels. But her half-demon stance is no worse off than being part of the Phoenix Tribe."

?

Li Jing sent a question mark.

"What do you mean by that?"

"She has an innate saint body."

Blue Phoenix lightly parted her red lips.

Li Jing frowned at the sound.

"Can’t you use that ’technical term’?"

"She was born with a saintly body."

Blue Phoenix responded, saying.

"But she’s young now, and there’s no clear manifestation of the saintly body."

"Hiss."

Li Jing took a breath, saying.

"So, a little Fire Phoenix inherited my physique?"

?

Blue Phoenix.

"Your physique?"

"You probably can’t see it without making a move."

Li Jing shrugged, laughing.

"Actually, I’ve achieved a saintly body. Little Fire Phoenix’s innate saint body is probably related to this."

Hearing this, Blue Phoenix was stunned.

When did Li Jing achieve a saintly body?

What happened?

Looking baffled, Blue Phoenix hesitated before speaking.

"Fire Phoenix also said it seems like she has more than one origin in her body, it seems like she was born with three..."

"That too?"

Li Jing was surprised and said.

"This is probably also influenced by me, I have six origins."

???

Blue Phoenix.

"Don’t you disbelieve."

Li Jing laughed, saying.

"You should have seen it long ago. The power I can use in the corresponding realm far surpasses my opponents in the same realm by several times. This is mainly because I have six origins. Linglong and others have cultivation levels as artifacts because their bodies represent one of my origins."

Hearing these words, Blue Phoenix looked puzzled.

Li Jing’s power at corresponding levels was astonishingly large, and artifacts like Linglong had cultivation levels.

She had noticed these inconsistencies before.

Unbelievably, the reason was that, whether cultivators, monsters, or alien species, they all should have only one origin—that of Li Jing.

After a careful look at Li Jing, Blue Phoenix whispered,

"I presume to ask, are you really human?"

Li Jing was flabbergasted and said between laughter and tears,

"Am I human or not, shouldn’t you, who signed the companion contract with me, know it well?"

Without waiting for Blue Phoenix’s response, Li Jing pondered aloud,

"Before, I felt something was strange. Fire Phoenix was formed in the sun, but I felt very close to her, as if we shared blood ties. Perhaps she has inherited a lot from me."

As he spoke, he drew out a trace of colorless Chaos Qi from his palm.

"Does she possess this power?"

Seeing the Chaos Qi, Blue Phoenix widened her eyes.

"She does have some of this special power, but it’s pitifully weak. She doesn’t know how to strengthen it and thinks it’s because of her innate saint body, which she believes will grow stronger with age."

Hearing this, Li Jing nodded and said,

"Tell her that to enhance this power, she does not need to cultivate or grow older; instead, she needs to understand as many cultivation paths as possible."

Hearing him say this, Blue Phoenix frowned slightly.

"Would it be more appropriate for you to tell her this yourself?"

"Blue Phoenix, you have gained a good understanding of Blue Star’s culture by now."

Li Jing started with this and then continued,

"Do you understand the consequences of a father raising a child?"

"..."

Blue Phoenix paused. Father raising a child?

That could only mean as long as she didn’t die, it would work.

Of course, this was a bit of a joke.

Blue Phoenix didn’t believe that Li Jing would be so outrageous.

But a little bit of worry did creep in when he spoke of it.

After all, she’s Fire Phoenix...

Even if she could no longer claim to be of the Phoenix tribe, she was still herself.

Clearing her throat softly, Blue Phoenix said,

"Fire Phoenix is a half-demon now. She can choose the way of monster cultivation or learn various human magic systems."

As she spoke, she bit her lip slightly.

"We Blue Star People often say that talent education should start at a young age. For Fire Phoenix to achieve better growth, I need super access to the cultivation data of Sky City’s server."

"You just need to talk to Xia Bayi about this; she’ll give you the access."

Li Jing said with a smile,

"In some ways, you too are a mistress of our Li family."

Hearing this, Blue Phoenix choked a little, and then snorted disgustedly.

"I’m not even married yet, still a virgin, and you decide to blurt out nonsense!"

"Didn’t I just say ’in some ways?’ I didn’t suggest anything else."

Li Jing replied with a wink and a smirk.

Attacked by his antics, Blue Phoenix blushed with anger. She glared at him and said, "I’m ignoring you!" and then turned around to look for Little Fire Phoenix in the back chamber.

Seeing Blue Phoenix acting like a little girl, Li Jing didn’t say anything or try to tease her any further.

Some jokes, after being said, should be let go.

Being overly presumptuous was inappropriate.

Even with the "bonus" from the companion contract, he and Blue Phoenix will never go further.

Leaving all that aside,

Blue Phoenix’s heart always belonged to Fire Phoenix.

It always had.

Li Jing exhaled lightly and got up to leave the Little Universe.

...

Some time later.

Zhenyuan Tower.

Li Jing quietly sneaked into Liu Sisi’s meditation room -where she was undergoing retreat.

This room not just housed Liu Sisi but also Ya’er.

After all, she was on retreat with her child.

Upon entering, Li Jing gently waved his hand and created a barrier of Chaos Qi to "isolate" Ya’er at a distance. He then carefully called out,

"Sisi."

Liu Sisi was deep in meditation.

Under normal circumstances, it would be impossible to wake her.

But everyone knew how special Li Jing was to Liu Sisi.

Just one soft call from Li Jing stirred Liu Sisi.

Soon after,

She slowly opened her eyes, ending her meditation.

Seeing Li Jing up close like a puppy, Liu Sisi frowned,

"What’s wrong? You’re looking for me?"

"Yeah."

Li Jing nodded and held her hand, saying,

"It’s a bit of a hassle to explain, let’s go to the Little Universe and I’ll transmit my memories directly to you."

Without waiting for Liu Sisi to reply, Li Jing quietly left with her, leaving their still meditating daughter behind.

...

Upon entering the Little Universe,

Li Jing directly transferred all of his recent experiences and everything about Chen Tang City into Liu Sisi’s mind.

Overwhelmed by such a wealth of information, Liu Sisi felt a bit dizzy. Subconsciously, she leaned on Li Jing and then tried to digest the information.

Soon,

Her face took an odd turn.

No big deal about the other stuff.

Li Jing always stirred up quite the fuss anywhere he went.

As long as he was okay, she would never pry too much.

Even when she got involved in disputes with the top powers of the Upper Three Realms, Liu Sisi didn’t feel too surprised.

It was mostly due to the memory Li Jing had given her.

Someone had grown to the point where he could contend with those forces on his own.

Could stand against them.

So, wasn’t everything fine then?

But when it came to the point when Chen Yuran sneaked out to cultivate and was already advancing to the Twelfth Realm for the second time, she felt something was off.

It was obvious.

Chen Yuran and Li Jing were a thing now.

This...

It happened too fast!

Liu Sisi initially thought that considering Chen Yuran’s uncompromising and straightforward nature, it would be difficult for Li Jing to capture her heart.

However, she never expected that everything would happen while she was in closed-door cultivation.

Additionally,

She had discussed this matter with Li Jing before.

The Dual Cultivation method shouldn’t have worked particularly well with Chen Yuran, but the reality seemed otherwise?

About Chen Yuran’s dedication to practice, Li Jing didn’t impart any memories to Liu Sisi.

So it was natural for her to find it weird.

For such a matter,

Li Jing couldn’t possibly impart his memories.

Up till here, everything was still fine.

But moving forward,

Yulian was also cultivating, and she too was striving for the Twelfth Realm.

This was something Liu Sisi just couldn’t ignore.

She understood the reason.

Li Jing was a treasure for her and her companions, constantly providing power-ups.

By following him, they didn’t have to spend too much time and effort in enhancing their cultivation levels; all they needed to do was spend time consolidating their own foundations and refining their magic skills.

So why were Yulian and Chen Yuran cultivating concurrently?

Liu Sisi wasn’t an innocent little girl, she had never been.

Even before she officially became involved with Li Jing, she was already a mature and capable woman.

She comprehended all she should and even what she shouldn’t.

Staring incredulously at a certain person, Liu Sisi expressed her doubt,

"You, Ayu, and Yuran..."

Before she finished her words, Li Jing interrupted with a cough.

"There are some things you don’t need to concern yourself with, don’t bother understanding," he said.

"..."

Liu Sisi.

Is this something that shouldn’t be concerning?

Just as she was about to retort, Li Jing spoke.

"Put aside your plans for cultivation. In order to deal with potential threats in the future, my wife, you may need to fast-track your progress."

"..."

Liu Sisi.

Oh, marvelous.

Even fast-tracking now!

Her lips twitched, and for a moment, Liu Sisi was lost for words.

"Can’t Ayu and Yuran satisfy you? Do you have to go so far as to disturb me when I am cultivating?" she retorted.

"Sisi, that’s the wrong thing to say."

Li Jing spoke seriously, saying,

"I have already transferred the corresponding memory to you. The time left for me and Chen Tang City is limited. Not only for the whole city of Chen Tang, even I will have to find a way to upgrade myself as much as possible. Before that, I want to make sure I’ve done everything I can."

Hearing his words, Liu Sisi was infuriated. She pinched his waist and gritted her teeth, "Your excuse is quite high and mighty, huh?"

How could Li Jing, being so thick-skinned, be affected by this?

With a smirk, he captured her delicate hand around his waist. His expression dimmed a bit as he placed a finger on Liu Sisi’s forehead.

Then,

She received the freshest part of his memory.

After absorbing the memory, Liu Sisi was dumbstruck.

This...

The one who once could go on for several days or even half a month is now unable to last a few hours?

Although it wasn’t him who couldn’t keep going, but rather the one on the receiving end, Liu Sisi was delighted to hear this.

As a wife,

Please her husband while satisfying her own needs.

It was as simple as that.

But the issue was even she couldn’t satisfy her man!

Although she enjoyed receiving love from her husband, going at it for ten days to half a month was indeed exhausting.

She couldn’t even stand due to weakness, how could she take it?

She looked at the distant sky where the sound of thunder could faintly be heard, then she turned back at him, her face blooming into a smile.

"Honey! Let’s go inside! As the first wife, my cultivation level can’t be lower than the other two. Otherwise, how can I maintain my place in this family?"

With that, she hooked her arm with Li Jing’s, giggling,

"Honestly, I’ve missed you a lot these past few months."

"..."

Li Jing.

If this was in the past, he would definitely pamper Liu Sisi thoroughly.

But now...

This was a bit frustrating.

The problem wasn’t him being reluctant or lacking the ability.

He was willing and able, but the circumstances didn’t allow it.

...