I established the Eternal Immortal Clan by taming beasts.

Chapter 1 The Root of the Holy Spirit

"Cough...cough cough cough...Damn it, lying here pretending to be dead almost got me killed!"

A hoarse cough broke the silence. Lin Che used all his strength to push away the still-warm body of his fellow disciple that was pressing against his chest.

The shield that had shielded him from the fatal impact, now shattered into pieces, was also disdainfully tossed aside, making a clanging sound.

He struggled to prop himself up on his elbows, his whole body aching as if it were falling apart. Every breath he took aggravated his wounds, bringing with it a strong smell of blood.

As far as the eye could see, it was a nauseating scene of purgatory.

The setting sun, like blood, cast its last sliver of dim light upon this mountain of corpses and sea of blood.

The corpses of humans and monsters were piled up haphazardly, leaving almost no room to step.

Many bodies were already mutilated, with severed limbs, internal organs, and broken weapons mixed in with the dark red mud, emitting a suffocating stench.

Several jet-black carrion crows were already circling low in the sky, emitting ominous cries.

If an ordinary mortal were to accidentally wander into this place, he would be terrified.

But Lin Che was different.

He is a cultivator of immortality, but also a demonic cultivator, from the Rebellious Demon Palace, which regards human life as worthless.

He was already used to such horrific scenes.

Among the pile of corpses were mostly his unfortunate fellow disciples, while the rest came from the Sun family, a cultivation family known for its beast taming abilities.

Even more alarming was that three powerful auras belonging to Foundation Establishment stage cultivators in the arena had completely vanished.

This battle was extremely fierce, with almost everyone perishing.

He witnessed firsthand how the two Foundation Establishment senior brothers from the inner sect withstood the frenzied attacks of the Sun family patriarch's late-stage Foundation Establishment spirit beast, trading injury for life, and desperately killed the patriarch.

However, just when they thought the situation was settled and their minds were relaxed, a sudden change occurred!

With its master gone, the beast, suffering the backlash of the contract, let out a desperate and frantic roar.

Instead of desperately fleeing, it used the cost of burning its entire lifeblood and its own demon soul to fully unleash its innate divine power!

"BOOM!!!"

In an instant, centered on the spirit beast, blinding lightning suddenly erupted, transforming into a destructive lightning field!

At such close range, the two Foundation Establishment demonic cultivators had no time to react before being completely devoured by the raging lightning serpent.

The terrifying shockwave spread outwards like a raging tide, instantly engulfing the entire battlefield and affecting all the Qi Refining cultivators, Sun family members, and the remaining beast tamers present!

As for Lin Che, he had already quietly retreated to the very edge of the battlefield at the very beginning of the battle between the Foundation Establishment cultivators on both sides. Without hesitation, he threw himself to the ground, concealed all his aura, and even used the blood of his fellow disciples to smear his entire body, perfectly blending into the "corpse".

Only when the devastating lightning swept in did he suddenly pull out the second-tier mid-grade black iron heavy shield that he had prepared long ago from his storage bag, and curled up tightly behind it.

The violent impact sent him and his shield flying, crashing heavily to the ground, but it barely saved his life.

"I never imagined... that after scheming for eighteen years, the final opportunity would come in this way..." Lin Che muttered to himself, somewhat dazed as he popped two healing pills into his mouth.

As he felt the medicinal properties dissipate and nourish his damaged meridians, he struggled and shakily straightened his body.

Looking around at the "resources" scattered all over the ground, a look of bewilderment first appeared on his face. Then, the corners of his mouth began to curl upwards uncontrollably, the arc growing wider and wider until it finally turned into a silent but unrestrained laugh!

"Haha...hahaha...it's fate! It's truly fate! Even God is on my side, Lin Che!!"

The bloody battle that nearly cost him his life was caused by a Crimson Feather Flame Sparrow spirit beast egg with a third-tier top-grade bloodline.

It contains a trace of phoenix bloodline, indicating immense potential.

The Sun family patriarch spent a fortune to acquire this egg at the auction, but he was targeted by an inner disciple of the Rebellious Demon Palace who happened to be present, which led to this ambush involving murder and theft.

Lin Che was merely an outer disciple used as cannon fodder and a conscript.

Who could have imagined that this death mission, which he was forced to participate in, would become the opportunity he had been dreaming of for eighteen years!

He was not originally from this world; his soul came from another world and was reborn here. As a teenager, he originally wanted to rely on his transmigrator's "copying" skills to pass the imperial examinations, but when he was secretly reading miscellaneous books in a private school, he was shocked to discover that there were immortal cultivators in this world who could fly and escape into the earth!

He immediately abandoned the path of the imperial examinations and began to frantically pursue a destiny of immortality.

However, before the opportunity for immortality arrived, calamity struck first.

At the age of six, he was kidnapped by demonic cultivators and sent to the Demon Palace of Rebellion, a living hell, along with thousands of other children of similar age.

Only about twenty people among them possessed spiritual roots, including him, and were "fortunate" enough to step into the demonic path.

As for those companions without spiritual roots... their fate is self-evident.

From then on, he struggled to survive in this hellish place.

Unfortunately, he only had the lowest-grade spiritual root with the worst aptitude. In this demonic sect, he was destined to be a "consumable" reserve who could be sacrificed at any time.

Fortunately, just as he broke through to the first level of Qi Refining, a profound light flashed in his mind, and the [All Things Advancement System] was awakened!

This system can not only perceive information about everything, but its most core and incredible function is that it can ignore the rules and elevate anything to a higher level! It can be used three times a day!

Whether it's spiritual herbs, spiritual beasts, magical artifacts, elixirs, or even the most fundamental "spiritual root" of a cultivator, all are within the scope of advancement!

The life-saving shield just now was upgraded by Lin Che using the system.

The reason why Lin Che's spiritual root has not been improved by the system for so many years is that the difference between low-grade spiritual root and mid-grade spiritual root is limited. If he wants to truly defy fate, he must use extraordinary methods!

There are many such secret techniques in the demonic sect: spiritual root grafting, blood sacrifice of kin, and even possession of bodies, etc.

In a corner of the outer sect's cultivation hall, he found a dusty, fragmented scroll titled "The Secret Record of Blood Sacrifice and Spirit Stealing," originally a low-grade spirit-level scroll.

After being upgraded by the system, it became a fragment of the "Blood Sacrifice Spirit Stealing Manual" of the lower-grade Earth rank!

Although it is still a fragment, its effect is already terrifying enough and sufficient for Lin Che.

Using a special formation, the "spiritual essence" of sixty-four people with spiritual roots was forcibly extracted and temporarily grafted onto their own spiritual roots, achieving a "pseudo-leap" in aptitude.

If the ritual is successful, one's spiritual root can be temporarily raised to the "Heavenly Spiritual Root" level within one hour!

Now he is twenty-four years old. He entered the Demon Palace at the age of six and began to plot and scheme when he first entered the Qi Refining Awakening System. It has been a full eighteen years since then!

Today is the day to complete the plan!

A look of determination and madness flashed in Lin Che's eyes. He endured the pain and acted swiftly.

He used the blood essence he forced from his fingertips to draw complex and eerie array patterns on the ground, precisely embedding various sinister materials he had prepared into the nodes.

Then, he began to move the corpses expressionlessly, one by one, two by two... while skillfully looting the storage bags from each body.

He had no time to check the harvest; time was of the essence!

The soul lamps of those two Foundation Establishment inner disciples have been extinguished. The higher-ups of the Demon Palace will soon notice and send people to investigate. He must race against time!

Soon, the sixty-four still-warm corpses were placed in various locations within the formation according to specific orientations.

Lin Che stood firmly at the core of the array, suddenly slashed his palm, and pressed his hand, which was full of his own essence blood, hard onto the array core!

"Activate the formation! Seize the spirit!!"

boom--!!!

As if the gates of the Netherworld had been opened, the entire formation was instantly activated, bursting forth with a monstrous blood-red light!

Sixty-four ferocious, blood-red beams of light shot into the sky from beneath each of the sacrificial offerings, tearing through the twilight!

Streams of spiritual light, each a different color and containing the life essence and spiritual root characteristics of the deceased, were brutally drawn from their dantian, emitting a shrill shriek. Like rivers flowing into the sea, they surged wildly along the blood-red array track toward the array eye, and then violently poured into Lin Che's body through his arm!

"Ughh ...

An indescribable, excruciating pain instantly swept over my entire body!

Lin Che felt as if his meridians were fragile ice tubes thrown into a lava hell, shattering inch by inch under the impact of violent energy!

His body trembled violently, and the capillaries on his skin burst, the seeping blood mixed with sweat, instantly turning him into a terrifying blood-soaked figure!

His eyes bulged out and were bloodshot, and his teeth were clenched so tightly they seemed about to break.

Just as his consciousness was about to be overwhelmed by pain, he relied on the unwavering will honed over eighteen years to force out a roar from the depths of his soul:

"System!! Now—upgrade my spiritual root!!!"

The next moment, a powerful force, different from the blood sacrifice energy, more magnificent and purer, seemingly originating from the very source of the rules, emerged from nothingness, gently yet irresistibly enveloping his entire body.

Within the dantian and dantian, the pseudo-heavenly spiritual root, which had been forcibly enhanced through a secret technique, suddenly shone with a dazzling and sacred golden light under the baptism of this power!

Its internal structure began to undergo a radical reconstruction and transformation. Impurities that were forcibly glued together were removed, the fragile framework was reshaped, and the cracked fragments fell off one after another like a cocoon breaking free...

As the golden light slowly receded, a brand new, naturally formed, five-colored spiritual root, exuding an indescribable Dao charm, quietly floated in his dantian!

Almost the instant the spiritual root took shape, the excruciating pain receded like a tide, replaced by an unprecedented and extreme experience!

It was as if a heavy burden that had been carried for many years had been lifted, or as if a river that had been blocked for many years had been completely dredged.

The spiritual energy between heaven and earth no longer required him to absorb it with effort, but instead joyfully and voluntarily poured into his body, flowing smoothly and seamlessly through his expanded and strengthened meridians, without any stagnation!

"This feeling... is so wonderful... as if the whole world has become kinder to me..." Lin Che squinted his eyes slightly, feeling the transformative lightness and smoothness, almost intoxicated by this unparalleled comfort.

He eagerly focused his attention, looking at the system panel in his mind—

[Character: Lin Che]

Gender: Male

Lifespan: 24/120

[Cultivation Level: Qi Refining Level 4]

[Spiritual Root: Root of the Holy Spirit]

[Physical constitution: None]

[Technique: Basic Qi Induction Technique (Low-Grade Mortal)]

[Spells: Fireball, Wind Control, Metal Finger, Spiritual Shield, Concealment]

[Secret Technique: Blood Sacrifice Soul-Stealing Manual (Fragment)]

[Supernatural Powers: None]

【Cultivation Arts: None】