Chapter 429: Sword Qi lasts for a thousand years

Li Chenfeng didn't stop flying.

Instead, between him and Li Fan, it was as if an uncrossable chasm had suddenly appeared.

So close, yet so far away. No matter how furious Li Chenfeng became, no matter how quickly the two pairs of wings on his back flapped,

he still couldn't escape this invisible cage.

Two-Phases Dust Formation!

Although the version Li Fan set up was simplified, it was more than enough to trap Li Chenfeng, whose Qi Refining Cultivation Base relied entirely on his powerful Physical Body, combined with the exotic beast.

"The Binding Insect actually failed." Li Fan looked at Li Chenfeng’s ferocious face, a look of great interest appearing on his own.

Taking a step forward, Li Fan’s figure instantly appeared within the Formation, arriving behind Li Chenfeng.

Before Li Chenfeng could react, Li Fan activated the Great Five Elements Nirvana Sword in his hand and sliced off a large, armor-like piece of keratin from one half of Li Chenfeng’s body.

Li Chenfeng let out a painful and furious wail, about to launch a counterattack, but Li Fan had already left the Two-Phases Dust Formation, causing Li Chenfeng’s attack to hit nothing but air.

Ignoring Li Chenfeng’s unwilling roars, Li Fan held the keratin he had cut from him in front of his eyes and examined it carefully.

It was still warm to the touch, like a living organism, but its texture was extremely hard.

Li Fan controlled the Spiritual Qi within his body, condensing a water blade and shooting it towards the keratin.

"Clang!"

After a crisp sound, the water blade was directly bounced away.

And the keratin only had a faint, shallow mark, which quickly disappeared as the flesh at the edge of the keratin wriggled.

"An attack equivalent to that of an ordinary Golden Core Middle Stage Cultivator couldn't even break through its defense." Li Fan was somewhat surprised.

"Its activity is still very strong, and it seems to have its own independent consciousness. If it's given enough nutrition and time, it might even grow into another complete body."

Having never seen anything similar before, Li Fan's gaze towards Li Chenfeng and the others was now completely different.

"A Small World capable of controlling one hundred thousand Void-Rending Whales is indeed not that simple."

"Now, let me see what extent your Empire has developed to."

Li Fan’s Divine Thought suddenly enveloped Li Chenfeng and the other two.

Cloud Water Illusion Dream Skill, activate!

Li Chenfeng, who had been struggling, instantly quieted down.

The keratin layer of the exotic beast on his body slowly receded, and he transformed back into his original harmlessly handsome young man appearance.

His eyes were tightly shut, and the expression on his face changed constantly.

In contrast, the Foundation Establishment Master and the man surnamed Xiao were already immersed in beautiful illusions, unable to extricate themselves.

Time slowly passed.

Three days later, Li Chenfeng finally let down his guard, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

Li Fan slowly opened his eyes.

"This is…"

A hint of confusion flashed in his mind.

The Small World where Li Chenfeng resided was a unique world with only an endless ocean.

There were no islands in the ocean.

There were only giant 'Sky-Supporting Turtles', with humans living on their backs, constantly swimming in the ocean.

In the sky, a massive corpse of a 'Three-Headed Divine Bird' floated.

It almost occupied one-third of the sky.

The Three-Headed Divine Bird had been dead for an unknown number of years, yet its corpse remained incorruptible.

Originally, various strange exotic beasts gathered on it, feeding on the corpse of the Three-Headed Divine Bird.

Many years ago, a peerless Genius emerged from a tribe on one of the Sky-Supporting Turtles.

He mastered the ability to control exotic beasts and selflessly taught it to other human tribes.

Under his leadership, humanity successfully defeated the exotic beasts that had occupied the corpse of the Three-Headed Divine Bird.

From then on, a unified Human Empire was established on the Divine Bird’s corpse.

After thousands of years of development, the Empire's exploitation and utilization of exotic beasts had almost reached its peak.

Exotic beasts had permeated every aspect of the Empire's human life.

People could not only conveniently ride the newly cultivated hybridized exotic beasts, 'Wide-Backed Pengs', to travel all over the world,

but also tame exotic beasts to hunt creatures in the ocean, the sky, and even outside the Small World, in the Void Realm.

The Empire even developed a technology that combined the power of exotic beasts with humans.

This was the 'beast god armor' on Li Chenfeng.

However, despite achieving so much, a shadow always lingered over the Empire.

Making the people of the Empire restless.

Because the 'Three-Headed Divine Bird', which they regarded as a deity, did not die naturally.

In fact, it had more than three heads when it was alive.

The so-called Three-Headed Divine Bird should have been a Nine-Headed Bird.

This terrifying existence, unimaginable to the people of the Empire, was actually cut off six of its heads by someone.

Then its corpse was discarded here.

The people of the Empire were not completely ignorant of the culprit.

They knew that it was an Immortal existence.

Legends still circulated within their tribes about how the Immortals exiled their ancestors here.

For Immortals, the people of the Empire felt both fear and longing.

Because although the Empire was already very developed, it had always been unable to solve the problem of human lifespan.

In the Empire, living for a hundred years was already considered extremely long-lived.

Therefore, the Empire coveted the Immortal Cultivation Technique, which was rumored to grant both powerful strength and extended lifespan.

After numerous attempts that cost many lives, the pioneers of the Empire finally Transmigrated through the blockade of the Immortal Severing Grand Formation and arrived in the Xuanhuang World.

Unfortunately, the information they gathered greatly disappointed them.

To cultivate Immortal Cultivation Technique, one must have Spiritual Qi.

The world where the Empire was located did not have the existence of Spiritual Qi.

Moreover, there was a restriction that different Daos could not be cultivated simultaneously.

For the people of the Empire, who found it incredibly difficult even to collect a single Immortal Cultivation Technique, cultivating Immortality seemed to become an unattainable dream.

However, the resilient people of the Empire did not give up.

Instead, they continuously sent people to infiltrate the Xuanhuang World to gather more information.

At the same time, they formed think tanks to research possible methods for cultivating Immortality.

Thus, after the efforts of generations, a plan that could be called a fantasy was proposed.

First, the problem of Spiritual Qi.

The solution to the problem was purely accidental.

At the Holy Land of the Empire, where the Divine Bird's head was located,

at the fracture points of the six heads, traces of the sword that killed the Divine Bird remained.

This Sword Qi was incredibly powerful.

For thousands of years, the Sword Qi continued endlessly, suppressing the vengeful spirits of the Nine-Headed Bird.

All exotic beasts would sense it and consciously avoid the Sword Qi.

One time, an Imperial citizen violated the law and secretly brought a domesticated exotic beast while visiting the sword marks.

Who would have thought that it would trigger the Sword Qi?

The citizen was unharmed, but the exotic beast was instantly killed by the Sword Qi.

While the Imperial Guard arrested this citizen, they unexpectedly discovered that the exotic beast, which should have been turned into nothingness by the Sword Qi, still had a bright crystal core remaining.

If they had not come into contact with the Xuanhuang World before, perhaps the people of the Empire would not have been able to clearly understand what this crystal core was.

However, those former Thieves of Law were shocked to discover that the energy in this crystal core could actually replace Spiritual Qi and allow them to cultivate.

Later, through Imperial research, it was found that only a very small number of exotic beast species had crystal cores in their bodies.

Fortunately, one of these species, called 'Flying Orb Beasts', reproduced extremely quickly and was easy to domesticate.

After the first large-scale breeding, the Empire harvested hundreds of thousands of crystal cores.

Among them, a mutated, essence version was also discovered.

A Thief of Law at the Qi Refining Early Stage successfully Broke Through to Qi Refining Perfection with the help of these crystal cores.

Unfortunately, due to the restrictions of Immortal Cultivation Technique, he could not advance further.

However, even so, it still allowed the Empire to see the dawn of Immortal Cultivation and longevity.

The next problems to solve were the various mediums required for cultivation using the Heavenly Venerate's Dao, and the issue of different Immortal Cultivation Techniques not being able to be cultivated simultaneously.