Cultivation Starts with Rejuvenation

Chapter 571: Chapter 10: True Monarch’s Legacy

The Qiankun Ring is crafted from genuine space materials, with Tier Three space runes imprinted, requiring at least a Tier Three top-grade Artifact Refiner.

Moreover, the owner’s restriction within is greatly strengthened due to the material’s enhanced endurance.

Li Ji’an, using Divine Sense comparable to a Core Formation Ascendant, attempted to breach the restriction on the Qiankun Ring of the True Monarch of Ten Thousand Laws, but found he couldn’t budge it at all.

Fortunately, the Tier Three Spirit Flame of the Little Fire Spirit was effective against the Divine Soul of a Nascent Soul Early Period, and after a month of erosion finally unraveled it.

On this day, Li Ji’an, having returned to his Dao Field, removed the Faceless Mask, feeling a sharp pain between his eyebrows.

The vast and extensive memories of the nearly millennium-old True Monarch of Ten Thousand Laws took him a full month to barely sort through the initial memories.

The True Monarch of Ten Thousand Laws, originally named Sima Kongxuan, showed extraordinary affinity with Spiritual Qi from a young age. At fourteen, after his Spirit Vein nearly formed, he was tested to have an Upper Celestial Grade Spirit Root, and was highly anticipated by the Sima Clan.

At that time, the Sima Clan’s power in the Ten Thousand Laws Palace wasn’t strong. They pooled the entire clan’s efforts to pave the way for him, and he did not disappoint, dedicating himself entirely to the Dao and cultivation. At twenty, he successfully established his Foundation, almost breaking the earliest Foundation Establishment record in the Celestial Cyan Domain.

Afterward, he traveled incognito across the domain, shedding the label of Ten Thousand Laws Palace True Inheritor, honing his Magical Power. In just ten years, he defeated all early to middle period Foundation Establishment geniuses across the domain.

More than thirty years later, he advanced to the late Foundation Establishment Stage at less than sixty years of age, dominating the Foundation Establishment cultivators in the entire domain, securing the top spot on the Celestial Cyan Domain’s Hidden Dragon List.

Eventually, at sixty, he formed his Core, fulfilling expectations to prove the Golden Core Dao, becoming a Nascent Soul seed of the Ten Thousand Laws Palace.

However, after forming his Core, aiming to prove the Nascent Soul True Monarch, even with the support of the Ten Thousand Laws Palace and personal instruction from the preceding True Monarch of Ten Thousand Laws, it was extremely challenging. He wasn’t able to advance to the Late-stage Golden Core until nearly two hundred years old, and only narrowly succeeded in Nascent Soul Formation close to four hundred years old.

Furthermore, during the attempt to achieve Nascent Soul Formation, he faced several life-threatening dangers.

Even just reading fragments of his memory before Nascent Soul Formation left Li Ji’an in awe.

"Nascent Soul Sacred Object, Heart Demon Tribulation, Pregnancy Technique... might even encounter the Four-Nine Minor Celestial Tribulation, Tribulation Treasure..." To successfully achieve Nascent Soul Formation, the True Monarch of Ten Thousand Laws spared no effort over half a lifetime. And this was with the support from the previous True Monarch of Ten Thousand Laws, the entire Ten Thousand Laws Palace, and the sustenance of the entire Celestial Cyan Domain.

One can imagine how difficult it is to successfully form a Nascent Soul in today’s cultivation realm.

"If it were easy, wouldn’t Nascent Souls be everywhere?" After calming his mind, Li Ji’an chuckled softly. The harder it is, the more accomplished one feels upon success, and the more significant it becomes.

For him, through lifetimes of accumulation, no matter how difficult, as long as there is a path, he would certainly reach it. Even if there is no path, with countless generations of groundwork, he would pave a road to the heavens for himself!

After resting for half a day to let his Divine Sense, impacted by the memory fragments of the True Monarch of Ten Thousand Laws, recover, Li Ji’an finally turned his gaze to the Qiankun Ring, whose restriction was eroded by the Little Fire Spirit.

He was barely able to contain his excitement over the Nascent Soul True Monarch’s relic.

Not to mention the Dark Light Umbrella, the Floating Light Fan, and two other at least middle Three-Graded Magical Treasures that have already been revealed. Even just these four Magical Treasures would make any Nascent Soul True Monarch hard to resist.

After picking up the now restriction-free Qiankun Ring, Li Ji’an put it on his thumb.

With a thought, his Divine Sense easily penetrated within.

"Floating Light Fan!" At first glance, he saw the Floating Light Fan, a Third-Graded Magical Treasure, on the outermost layer.

Moved by a thought, the Floating Light Fan fell into his hand.

Unfortunately, even with Golden Core Early-stage magical power exerted fully, he was still unable to activate even a fraction of its power.

Nine grades of Magical Treasures, the lower three grades generally correspond to Early to Middle True Pill stages, while the middle three grades correspond to Core Formation Ascendants. Only Core Formation Ascendants can fully activate the power of middle three-graded Magical Treasures.

As for upper three-graded Magical Treasures, they correspond to Nascent Soul True Monarchs, and even when activated by Core Formation Ascendants, only one-tenth to one-twentieth of their power can be leveraged.

Li Ji’an had anticipated this and casually tossed the Floating Light Fan to the Little Fire Spirit, letting it burn off the imprinted marks completely.

He then directly threw it into Gugu’s mouth containing world.

Next, he retrieved the previously lost Dark Light Umbrella. This time, he had the Little Fire Spirit thoroughly incinerate every part, ensuring even the Thousand-Year Soul Wood of the main shaft had no residue.

Although the Dark Light Umbrella was merely a Seventh-Graded Magical Treasure, it was something he valued dearly. If Ning Yutan couldn’t advance further and lived out her life, he planned to use it to house Ning Sujin’s Primordial Spirit Body.

The subsequent dark gold Crescent Saber Magical Treasure made Li Ji’an’s eyes light up. As a Fifth-Graded Magical Treasure, it was typically a lifebound Magical Treasure of Core Formation Ascendants. With his current Golden Core Early-stage magical power, he could only exert about twenty percent of its power.

Nevertheless, even twenty percent of a Fifth-Graded Magical Treasure’s power doubled his combat power, especially his attacking power.

Without this Magical Treasure, facing a True Pill Middle Stage True Man, with his current strength, he wouldn’t be able to break through the opponent’s Body-Protecting Dharma Shield. Even standing still and letting him attack, he wouldn’t be able to harm the opponent.

But with this Magical Treasure, he could break through their Dharma Shield with a single saber strike, significantly increasing his chances of reversing the tide and striking back.

However, even with his substantial and long-lasting Wood Magic Power, he could only activate this saber at most three times due to its high consumption.

"Gugu~" Just as he was about to toss it into Gugu’s mouth containing world, he noticed Gugu was already staring at the saber with eyes like bronze bells, full of anticipation.

"You want it?" Li Ji’an was slightly surprised, then suddenly realized that the Crescent Saber seemed to match Gugu’s tongue shape.

Its dark gold color and breath concealment effect made it well-suited for surprise sneak attacks.

"Then let it be your congratulatory gift for forming a Golden Core." Without hesitation, he handed over the Crescent Saber to Gugu.