Chapter 166 - 160: Five-Element Spirit Body, Eye of Heaven

Chapter 166: Chapter 160: Five-Element Spirit Body, Eye of Heaven

It gave no notification and couldn’t be absorbed.

Jiang Zuo felt a vague sense of familiarity.

Forbidden Words!

A flash of inspiration struck Jiang Zuo, and he suddenly remembered.

The Forbidden Words: cannot be recorded, cannot be spoken, cannot be heard!

If this Turtle Shell Obsession Relic contained the Forbidden Words, then everything would make sense.

Jiang Zuo even believed this was the only explanation.

’It seems these Forbidden Words are part of this world’s Heaven and Earth Rules. Otherwise, even the system wouldn’t be affected.’

Jiang Zuo thought.

He had similar suspicions before, and now they were thoroughly confirmed.

’This giant turtle must have been a Spirit Beast or Demon Beast from the same era as the Bu Family’s ancestor. It probably died around the same time.’

’I just don’t know what happened back then to make all related information forbidden.’

Jiang Zuo sighed.

Unfortunately, the events were too ancient, and with the existence of the Forbidden Words, Jiang Zuo feared he would never uncover the truth, no matter how curious he was.

Shaking his head, Jiang Zuo put the thought aside and didn’t dwell on it.

This Turtle Shell couldn’t be stored in the system. But even if it wasn’t an Obsession Relic, it was an extremely rare item, capable of nurturing such an extraordinary tree.

Jiang Zuo simply dug it up along with the small tree and tossed them into the Pet Beast Spirit Garden.

Great Black and Xiaoqing were already prepared. A group of Wood Spirits also hurried over to help.

After the small tree was tossed in, it was immediately replanted in a new spot.

And so, Jiang Zuo’s Pet Beast Spirit Garden now housed four different extraordinary trees.

The small tree dug up from the Xu Family’s place looked the most ordinary. He had casually had Great Black and the others plant it near the center of the Spirit Garden, and it had now grown into a large grove.

The second tree brought in was the Longevity Cyan Wood, now planted in the eastern part of the Spirit Garden.

It had been over a hundred years since the Longevity Cyan Wood was excavated from the Cyan Wood Secret Realm.

But because it wasn’t growing on a Spirit Vein, the Longevity Cyan Wood had barely grown in over a hundred years. It had only recovered some of its Spiritual Qi and looked a bit more vigorous.

The small blood-colored tree from the Mysterious Island was planted toward the southern part of the Spirit Garden.

It had been in the Spirit Garden for fifty or sixty years, but it hadn’t grown much either.

Jiang Zuo had confirmed that this small blood-colored tree only consumed corpses for nourishment.

Whether it was birds or other land-based Fierce Beasts, it accepted them all.

With no corpses available in the Pet Beast Spirit Garden, it grew at an ordinary pace.

As for the somewhat earth-yellow tree from Giant Turtle Island, Jiang Zuo had Great Black and the others plant it toward the west.

Jiang Zuo tried to have these extraordinary trees planted far apart to avoid them interfering with each other.

After Great Black and Xiaoqing finished planting the tree, Jiang Zuo called the two of them out.

Since the giant turtle had left behind such a Turtle Shell, it was very likely it had left other things behind as well.

Great Black had an extremely sensitive sense of smell, while Xiaoqing was a Spirit Turtle with a rare High-tier Bloodline.

If the giant turtle had truly left something behind, they would be the most likely to find it.

Since becoming a Spirit Beast, Great Black disliked showing itself in the Mortal Territory. It wouldn’t come out unless Jiang Zuo called it for a task.

The reason was simple: the feeling of having its Spiritual Power forcibly drained by the Heaven and Earth Sealing Spirit Array was uncomfortable.

However, when it learned they were on a giant turtle’s shell and that Jiang Zuo had called it out to hunt for treasure, Great Black was suddenly full of energy. It carried Xiaoqing on its back and began running all over the place.

When Xiaoqing learned the island was a giant Turtle Shell, it couldn’t help but feel a sense of reverence.

Jiang Zuo had only intended for them to look around casually. Unexpectedly, after half a day, the two of them actually found something.

Following Xiaoqing’s guidance, Great Black dug a large pit at one end of the island.

Then, Great Black unearthed a dark-red Turtle Shell, slightly larger than a palm.

Xiaoqing was on Great Black’s back. Looking at the Turtle Shell, it involuntarily let out two whimpering sounds.

The next moment, the dark-red Turtle Shell flew up from the ground and began to spin rapidly in front of Xiaoqing and Great Black.

As if confirming Xiaoqing and Great Black’s status as members of the Beast Race, two drops of blood suddenly flew out from the Turtle Shell, heading for Great Black and Xiaoqing respectively.

The smaller one flew toward Great Black, the larger one toward Xiaoqing.

Furthermore, the drop of blood heading for Xiaoqing was a full ten times the size of the one for Great Black.

Great Black looked at the approaching drop of blood with some excitement.

But after a moment’s hesitation, Xiaoqing dodged the drop of blood, letting it fall onto Great Black’s body instead.

’You’re saying this drop of blood could make you temporarily stronger, but it would contaminate your bloodline and isn’t a good thing?’

Jiang Zuo saw this and immediately communicated with Xiaoqing.

Xiaoqing’s answer surprised Jiang Zuo slightly.

’Xiaoqing’s bloodline seems to be far more formidable than I anticipated.’

Having received both drops of blood, Great Black’s body suddenly felt unbearably hot.

Seeing this, Jiang Zuo recalled both Xiaoqing and Great Black into the Pet Beast Spirit Garden.

They had already searched every possible location, and this spot was where Xiaoqing had felt something was most likely buried.

No other spot on the island had given Xiaoqing any feeling, so it was unlikely they would find anything else by searching further.

The two drops of blood left Great Black lying in a daze for over half a month.

When it woke up, it had slimmed down considerably, but that wasn’t due to the blood—it was purely from not eating.

Then, Jiang Zuo was surprised to discover that Great Black’s Fire Spirit Root had advanced to high-grade, low-tier aptitude, and its Cultivation had jumped to the late stage of the first rank.

More importantly, Great Black had obtained a Bloodline Breathing Technique. From now on, it could absorb Spiritual Qi and cultivate on its own, just like Xiaoqing.

That Great Black, it really hit the jackpot by sticking with Xiaoqing.

Without Xiaoqing, it wouldn’t have been able to trigger the Turtle Shell’s fortuitous encounter even if it had come to the island.

After waking up, Great Black wolfed down several huge meals. Its slimmed-down body quickly returned to normal, and it even grew a bit larger.

At this point, there was nothing left to find on Giant Turtle Island, so Jiang Zuo began to focus wholeheartedly on his Cultivation.

「One year later.」

Jiang Zuo reduced his age to thirty-four.

Before his sixth promotion to the Innate realm, Jiang Zuo first ate one of the Orange Fruits and then began his breakthrough.

’The Power of Heaven and Earth descending this time is unprecedentedly abundant!’

’It’s the effect of eating those two Orange Fruits!’

’Incredible! Even the black fruit from the Mysterious Island didn’t have such an effect!’

This was the sixth time Jiang Zuo had experienced the descent of the Power of Heaven and Earth, and he could see the difference at a glance.

Jiang Zuo circulated his Cultivation Technique, absorbing all the excess Power of Heaven and Earth into his body.

When the promotion ended, Jiang Zuo had to circulate his technique for nearly twenty minutes to completely process the five attributes of the Power of Heaven and Earth in his body.

’The Fire and Wood Attributes took a giant leap forward, directly forming the Fire Spirit Body and Wood Spirit Body.’

’The Earth Spirit Body feels a little more than halfway complete.’

’The Gold Spirit Body is last. It received the fewest benefits, and the Spirit Body is just one step away from completion.’

’There’s no change in my Water Spirit Body. It seems that Spirit Body has truly reached its limit.’

’Next time, I don’t need to cultivate the Blood Sea Creation Skill. I can save the last black fruit.’

Jiang Zuo gave himself a quick inspection and his spirits soared.

He was only a step away from completing all five Spirit Bodies.

Before his next breakthrough, if he ate the remaining Orange Fruit, Jiang Zuo felt he could complete all five Spirit Bodies.

A Spirit Body of five attributes—a Five Elements Spirit Body. Jiang Zuo didn’t know if such a thing had ever appeared in the world.

But as long as he succeeded, his future path of Cultivation would be much smoother.

’The Orange Fruit’s effect is truly amazing! My physical body actually broke through to the third rank. Now I can truly be called a Humanoid Fierce Beast!’

’My Divine Sense is basically unchanged. It seems the baptism of the Power of Heaven and Earth doesn’t have much effect on Divine Sense.’

’The size of my Qi Sea has increased again, by more than ten percent compared to before.’

Jiang Zuo then moved around a bit.

His Body Freedom Technique could be considered accomplished, and Jiang Zuo’s physical body had advanced to the third rank.

Now, it would be difficult for even a Cultivator who had just entered the Divine Body realm to harm him.

Even though he hadn’t officially started his Cultivation, Jiang Zuo could confidently say that he was a Divine Body Cultivator!

The changes to his Divine Sense and Qi Sea were the same as last time. Jiang Zuo simply noted them and didn’t pay them much mind.

’Huh? The Power of Thunder? The Power of Thunder in my body is increasing rapidly!’

Just then, Jiang Zuo made an unexpected discovery.

’Is it because of the Gold and Water Spirit Bodies? The Water Spirit Body is complete, and in the eyes of an ordinary person, the Gold Spirit Body could probably be considered complete as well.’

’Gold and Water create thunder. Because of my Silver-striped Electric Eel’s Discharge talent, my body would normally generate a slow current that, once accumulated, could be released to paralyze enemies.’

’And now, under the interaction of the Water and Gold Spirit Bodies, the generated current has increased dramatically!’

Jiang Zuo tested his Discharge ability and found it to be much stronger.

It had been completely useless before.

But now, it could cause widespread paralysis even against a Dao Foundation Cultivator.

...

After resting for a few days, Jiang Zuo once again began the process of Scattering and Reincarnation.

This was Jiang Zuo’s sixth Reincarnation.

He felt that he could achieve the Five Elements Spirit Body next time, and his treasure hunting in the sea had also been fruitful.

This time, Jiang Zuo didn’t plan on going far. He would stay around Giant Turtle Island, raise some Great White Sharks, and cultivate.

「And then... four years later.」

Heaven rewards the diligent! By continuously raising Great White Sharks, your fish-type Underwater Breathing Technique racial talent has been strengthened. You have obtained the Great White Shark’s secondary racial talent: "Jingtun"!

—Jingtun: You can swallow a large amount of food at once, like a Great White Shark, and then slowly digest it later.

The Great White Sharks finally yielded a talent.

After the Great White Sharks were ’harvested,’ Jiang Zuo started casually raising some small animals on the island.

In a flash, another eight years passed.

After the sixth Reincarnation, the shackles imposed by the Nine Revolutions Returning Essence Skill had become much stronger.

Jiang Zuo needed an extra year of Cultivation, taking twelve years in total, before he could finally Promote to Innate again.

Without hesitation, Jiang Zuo swallowed the last Orange Fruit.

Amidst the descending baptism of the Power of Heaven and Earth...

The Earth Spirit Body... successfully formed!

The Gold Spirit Body... also formed smoothly! 𝘧𝓇ℯℴ𝓂

With that, Jiang Zuo had successfully formed Spirit Bodies of the five attributes—Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth. The Five Elements Spirit Body!

Jiang Zuo felt his physical condition was better than ever before.

However, before Jiang Zuo could inspect the specific changes that came with completing the Five Elements Spirit Body...

...a giant black eyeball had appeared, unnoticed, in the sky above his head!

The moment he saw this giant black eye, a terrible premonition flooded Jiang Zuo’s heart.

The next moment, Jiang Zuo was horrified to discover that he was completely paralyzed under the giant black eye’s gaze.

And then...

Black chains extended from the void, landing on Jiang Zuo!

Unable to move, Jiang Zuo was instantly bound tightly by these black chains!