Chapter 529: Cultivation

At this moment, Lan Yunzhu understood that Li Qiye was opening his twelfth Life Palace. The realization left her so stunned she couldn’t recover for a moment. ‘Twelve Life Palaces! If he truly succeeds, how terrifying would that be? It would be an absolutely unprecedented achievement. Even before he becomes an Immortal Emperor, the title is as good as his.

With Twelve Life Palaces, he will look down upon the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands. What would Emperor’s Throne matter? What would Tian Lunhui matter? Even if Tian Lunhui were the reincarnation of a true Immortal Emperor, he still couldn’t stop Li Qiye from ascending to become an Immortal Emperor!’

Still in a daze, Lan Yunzhu gave a wry smile. ‘Compared to a Heaven-Defying talent like him, my own genius is nothing. A Dual Saint aptitude is seen by others as an unattainable, pride-inducing level of genius. But today, compared to Li Qiye, I have to admit I’m outmatched.

Next to Li Qiye, a Dual Saint aptitude is no longer important. You could even say a Three Saints aptitude would seem just as insignificant in comparison.

Once Li Qiye possesses Twelve Life Palaces, talent, physique, and peerless aptitude will all be meaningless. His twelve Life Palaces alone will be enough to suffocate everyone with their sheer presence.

Four Palaces Form Territory, Eight Palace Country Formation, and twelve palaces become the heavens themselves! Once he possesses Twelve Palaces, Li Qiye will be the heavens. Is there any existence higher than that? Perhaps only the Azure Heaven, the azure of the Nine Heavens!’

BUZZ— A soft ripple echoed. Just as Lan Yunzhu was smiling wryly, the space around her fluctuated gently, as if something were flapping its wings.

Lan Yunzhu couldn’t help but look closer. She saw a shadow appear within Li Qiye’s chest, resembling a Flying Immortal. Behind this shadow, gateways to the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands seemed to open one after another, transforming into supreme Immortal Feathers!

The Flying Immortal-like shadow was entwined with Order Divine Chains as fine as silk. These chains coiled around the shadow, appearing utterly tranquil, as if frozen in place.

However, when Lan Yunzhu opened her Celestial Eye to observe them, her expression changed drastically. The silk-fine Order Divine Chains weren’t still at all; they were rotating at an extreme speed, a velocity impossible to describe with words. It was precisely because they were moving so fast that they appeared motionless.

‘The Flying Immortal Body!’ At that moment, Lan Yunzhu finally understood what kind of Immortal Body Li Qiye was cultivating.

The Flying Immortal Body, known as the fastest physique in the world. Once the Flying Immortal Body reached Great Success, nothing in the world would be faster. It would absolutely rank number one in speed!

“Is he even giving anyone else a chance?” Lan Yunzhu couldn’t help but let out another wry smile. ‘Possessing eleven Life Palaces is already enough to make it hard for the world’s geniuses to breathe. Now, on top of that, he has the Flying Immortal Body. This is simply the suppression of all geniuses.

Eleven Life Palaces and a Flying Immortal Body. At this point, I understand why Li Qiye pays no mind to Emperor’s Throne. Even though Li Qiye is still in the Ancient Saint Realm, it’s an insignificant detail. His eleven Life Palaces completely shatter the limits of the realm. Compared to an Ancient Saint with eleven Life Palaces, what is a Saint Venerable?

Add the Flying Immortal Body to the mix, and it’s just absurdly Heaven-Defying. Even if Emperor’s Throne were to reach the Saint Emperor Realm, his chances of victory against Li Qiye would be slim to none.

Unless he reached the rank of All Living Beings Holy Emperor, it would be hopeless. But Emperor’s Throne can’t possibly do that; he’s too young. Reaching the Saint Emperor Realm now is possible for him, but becoming an All Living Beings Holy Emperor is absolutely out of the question—not without a few more years, at least.’

CRACKLE— Just as Lan Yunzhu was smiling wryly, a bolt of lightning suddenly flashed across Li Qiye’s body. The physique within his chest then surged with electricity, as if it had been struck. However, the lightning vanished the instant it appeared, as if it had been immediately suppressed by something.

The moment Lan Yunzhu saw the lightning flash across Li Qiye’s body, she understood. “A Body Tribulation,” she murmured. “The Body Tribulation for a Minor Achievement Immortal Body is about to begin.”

“No, that’s not right.” When Lan Yunzhu saw the lightning vanish in an instant, she felt something was off. Li Qiye’s physique hadn’t moved at all, and the lightning had disappeared as if suppressed. It seemed there was something even more powerful behind the Flying Immortal Physique.

In that fleeting instant, Lan Yunzhu thought she saw another physique—one that seemed capable of suppressing the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, a physique that would make even gods and devils tremble.

‘That’s impossible.’ Lan Yunzhu felt she must have been mistaken; it had to be an illusion. After all, it was common knowledge, an unchanging rule since time immemorial, that a cultivator could only have one physique.

Lan Yunzhu believed it was impossible. Her eyes were just playing tricks on her; it had to be an illusion. No one had ever broken this fundamental rule. For eons, cultivators had only ever had one physique—even those who possessed an Immortal Destiny were no exception.

But at this moment, Lan Yunzhu was no longer so certain, no longer so confident. ‘Common sense… that kind of thing seems to have no effect on Li Qiye!’

It wasn’t the first time Li Qiye had shattered common sense. Take Divine Dragon Mountain, for instance, where he made all the Heavenly Destiny True Stones chase after him. It had always been the Heavenly Destiny True Stones that chose their master, but with him, it was the other way around—he was the one choosing them!

‘Common sense is simply useless when it comes to Li Qiye!’ Lan Yunzhu couldn’t help but come to this realization, which made her own confidence waver.

‘What if… just what if… what if Li Qiye really does have two physiques? Two Immortal Body physiques?’ The thought alone was enough to leave Lan Yunzhu dumbfounded.

‘Possessing two physiques… if anyone else heard such a theory, they would think I was insane, because it’s fundamentally impossible. The idea of someone having two Immortal Body physiques is even more unbelievable than someone possessing an Immortal Destiny.’

And yet, at this moment, Lan Yunzhu couldn’t shake this incredible speculation. What if Li Qiye truly did have two Immortal Body physiques, and the second one was even more powerful than his Flying Immortal Physique?

At this thought, Lan Yunzhu was left stupefied once more. ‘If that’s true, then what does Emperor’s Throne amount to? What do the Three Heroes of the Netherworld amount to?!’

After a good while, Lan Yunzhu returned to her senses. She sighed softly, shook her head, and decided not to dwell on it any longer. She finally stood up and glanced at Li Qiye, who was still in a state of Divine Travel in the Void. Not daring to disturb him, she silently left the Medicine Field, intending to explore and see the entirety of the Lost Immortal Medicine Field for herself.

Meanwhile, Li Qiye remained seated in the Medicine Field, completely immersed in his own world. Being tempered by the Heaven and Earth Extreme Essence Qi was making his True Destiny and Dao Foundation flawlessly perfect!

This tempering from such a vast amount of Heaven and Earth Extreme Essence Qi, combined with harvesting the Essence of Ten Thousand Medicines from the Ten Thousand Furnace God, was an immense help to Li Qiye. It was precisely because of this that he had so smoothly opened his eleventh Life Palace.

For the current Li Qiye, opening the twelfth Life Palace was no difficult task. In fact, it was practically a certainty. For him, the only remaining challenge was the act of opening the twelfth Life Palace itself.

While Li Qiye and Lan Yunzhu were cultivating in the Lost Immortal Medicine Field, the outside world was thrown into an uproar. Someone had finally made a huge discovery.

The most shocking news came from the Qianli River; they had actually tracked down the lair of the Vajra Carp. The Qianli River’s Elders immediately occupied the lair, obtaining a vast quantity of Divine and Immortal Treasures. Countless astonishing Immortal Iron Sacred Springs also emerged, all of which were claimed by the Qianli River. Such a harvest greatly increased their sect’s foundation!

By the time many Great Teaching Territories heard the news and rushed to the Water Realm, the excavation of the Vajra Carp’s lair was already winding down. The Qianli River had already claimed the vast majority of its treasures.

The Qianli River’s bountiful harvest made countless people green with envy. Some Great Teaching Territories and powerful experts intended to strike from the shadows to snatch their treasures. However, how could an Emperor Immortal Gate be so easily provoked? An Elder from the Qianli River took action directly, killing three Saint Emperors and frightening the other would-be thieves into silence. No one else dared to make a move.

The Qianli River’s power was clearly no empty reputation. This event made many Great Teaching Territories realize that to make a move against the Qianli River, they would need an alliance of at least two Emperor Immortal Gates. Otherwise, they stood no chance. Any other Great Teaching Territories that allied against them would likely only be slaughtered.

The great fortune the Qianli River found in the Vajra Carp’s lair made countless people drool with desire and filled them with incomparable envy.

“Sigh, if only I’d known. I would have kept following the Qianli River instead of giving up halfway. I missed such a great opportunity,” many cultivators in the Water Realm lamented.

In the beginning, many cultivators had chased after the Vajra Carp just like the Qianli River. However, as time wore on, the others gave up one by one, feeling it wasn’t worth wasting their precious time on the pursuit.

Who would have thought that the Qianli River would actually track the Vajra Carp to its lair and obtain a fortune that everyone coveted?

Fortunately, the Qianli River wasn’t the only one to find a great opportunity. Otherwise, who knows how many members of the Ghost Race would be beating their chests in frustration.

Soon after, news of another great fortune spread—Tian Lunhui, the successor of the Ten Thousand Ancient Country, had entered the Fire God Palace.

“The Fire God Palace? What kind of place is that?” Upon hearing this, the Ghost Race became particularly active, immediately seeking more information. For them, the fact that Tian Lunhui, one of the Three Heroes of the Netherworld, had obtained a great fortune was absolutely a cause for celebration.

The Qianli River’s recent stroke of luck had left many of the Ghost Race feeling envious and dejected. Now, one of their own had finally obtained a great fortune, bringing much glory to their race!

“The Fire God Palace…” An Old Undying from an Emperor Immortal Gate was moved by the news. He said, “Legend has it that this is the most coveted opportunity in the Fire Realm. Rumor has it that an expert from the Ten Thousand Bones Throne, who had already achieved Immortal Body Great Success, came here in his youth and failed to enter the Fire God Palace. To think that Tian Lunhui would actually obtain such a great fortune.”