He confessed his love for his master in his later years, and his cheat ability finally arrived.

Lu Changsheng wasn't stupid; on the contrary, having lived for so long, he was perfectly clear-headed.

Master Ji Jiufeng sacrificed so much for this old man, entering the Lesser Immortal Realm alone, her fate uncertain.

The reason why Sect Leader Yun Quezi hasn't killed Lu Changsheng yet is probably because Ji Jiufeng agreed to some conditions for him.

Lu Changsheng will remember this old scoundrel who took advantage of his vulnerability!

even......

Fearing that Lu Changsheng would be left alone and lonely after his departure, he asked his junior sister Xie Ling'er to help him find a wife, get married, have children, and live out his days in a city.

Even Ji Jiufeng wasn't confident she could break out of the Lesser Immortal Realm within a year, let alone find the elusive Nine-Turn Golden Elixir.

This is no longer just liking, but a deeper level of love.

Love that sacrifices oneself, disregards life and death, and lets go of worldly prejudices.

It was this unreserved love that rekindled Lu Changsheng's will to survive.

So what if he's an eighty-year-old man?

An old steed in its stall may still aspire to gallop a thousand miles!

Even in their twilight years, heroes still cherish lofty ideals!

He, Lu Changsheng, wants to cultivate! He wants to become stronger!

We must live to see Ji Jiufeng emerge from the Little Immortal Realm, stand in front of her, and protect her peace!

So, in order to get rid of Xie Ling'er, this chattering little girl, as soon as possible, Lu Changsheng casually said that he liked big breasts, and told the girl to take her time to find them and not bother him.

Lu Changsheng would never know that Xie Ling'er had searched the entire Shangyun Heavenly Palace in search of a woman with large breasts.

They used every means at their disposal—coercion, bribery, and deception—to achieve their goals.

"Ji Jiufeng is indeed a good girl!"

Hearing Lu Changsheng's call, the pitch-black, rust-covered Devouring Cauldron reappeared. As black mist churned at its mouth, the ancient yet familiar voice of its spirit once more rang out:

"With a single fire elemental root, he is naturally close to the Great Dao of Fire, and also contains a trace of unawakened phoenix bloodline. His talent for cultivation is so high that it is rare in the world."

Lu Changsheng was taken aback. He knew that Ji Jiufeng was naturally close to the Dao of Fire and that she had high talent in cultivation. Otherwise, she would not have become one of the six palace masters of Shangyun Heavenly Palace at such a young age, become the personal disciple of the sect leader Yun Quezi, and even have the potential to become the next sect leader of Shangyun Heavenly Palace.

But this so-called unawakened phoenix bloodline sounds amazing, yet I've never heard my master mention it. Could it be that even my master herself doesn't know about it?

"And then there's that little girl named Xie Ling'er. She has a single water elemental root, masters some kind of forbidden technique, and has extremely high cultivation talent. She's also a prodigy. Once she grows up..."

Upon hearing this, the raging fire that had just ignited in Lu Changsheng's heart instantly died down.

To cultivate immortality, one must have spiritual roots.

Only by possessing spiritual roots can one communicate with the spiritual energy between heaven and earth, and then use cultivation techniques to absorb it into one's body, thereby mastering all sorts of incredible supernatural powers.

The fewer spiritual roots one has, the more extraordinary one's talent for cultivating immortality becomes.

Because the spiritual energy between heaven and earth is extremely varied and has different properties.

With a single fire spirit root, one can draw upon the fire-type spiritual energy of heaven and earth during cultivation, absorbing fire-attribute spiritual energy quickly and efficiently, and making it easier to comprehend the Great Dao of Fire.

Once you possess two or more spiritual roots with different attributes, you need to categorize the spiritual energy you absorb before you can absorb it. This is not only inefficient and slow, but if spiritual energy with conflicting attributes enters your body, the balance will be broken, which often leads to the risk of going into qi deviation or your spiritual energy exploding.

Furthermore, since the two Great Daos have contradictory attributes, they are completely different to comprehend, and the more spiritual roots one has, the more useless they become.

For this reason, cultivators with a single-attribute spiritual root are extremely rare; it's no exaggeration to say they are one in ten thousand.

These people are beyond description; they are true prodigies!

A cultivator who possesses two spiritual roots is undoubtedly a chosen one of heaven.

A cultivator possessing three spiritual roots is considered to have exceptional talent and is a genius of this era.

Those who possess more than four spiritual roots are considered to have average aptitude.

Those who possess four or more spiritual roots are considered to have extremely poor aptitude and almost no talent for cultivation.

However, Lu Changsheng himself possessed all-attribute spiritual roots. Even without the Devouring Heaven Cauldron's extensive explanation, he could guess that an all-attribute spiritual root meant possessing the attributes of metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, thunder, ice, frost, light, darkness...

With dozens of spiritual roots at his disposal, what kind of spiritual root does Lu Changsheng possess?

Garbage!

Not only is his aptitude poor, but he's also over eighty years old...

The sky collapses!

What a disastrous start!

"A spiritual root that is completely useless is indeed a spiritual root that cannot be more useless. As soon as you start cultivating, the mottled spiritual energy enters your body, the delicate balance is broken, and you will explode and die."

The Devouring Cauldron glanced at the dejected Lu Changsheng and comforted him:

"But don't worry, I still have this divine artifact here~"

Upon hearing this, Lu Changsheng's eyes lit up, and he instantly became energized.

"Old Tun, how's your strength now? Can you beat that old codger Yun Quezi?"

"Hurry! Come with me to storm Sky City, kill Yun Quezi, seize the Upper Cloud Palace, break through the Lesser Immortal Realm, marry Ji Jiufeng, and reach the pinnacle of life!"

Cultivation? What a load of rubbish!

With the Heaven-Devouring Cauldron, this divine artifact, what's there to be afraid of?

"I was originally incomplete, and I exhausted my last bit of divine power to take you through the star field. Now I have just awakened from my slumber, and my strength is less than one ten-thousandth of what it used to be."

The Devouring Heaven Cauldron spewed a large cloud of black mist at Lu Changsheng. This mist was extremely cold, as if it had poured a bucket of cold water on Lu Changsheng, chilling him to the bone and instantly sobering him up.

"With my current strength, I'm no match for Yun Quezi. And if Yun Quezi discovers my existence, do you think you'll still be alive?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Changsheng instantly calmed down.

Every husband is not guilty, and he is guilty of his crime.

He's not some hot-blooded young man in his twenties or thirties who's prone to arguing with everyone and everything.

"But don't be disappointed. For others, a full spiritual root is the most useless spiritual root, but it's different for you."

"You possess an innate Dao body, naturally close to the Great Dao, and with me here, even if the spiritual energy is mottled, you are not afraid of the danger of your body exploding."

Seeing the suspicious look in Lu Changsheng's eyes, the Devouring Heaven Cauldron became furious and immediately urged:

"Don't believe me? Try practicing it yourself and you'll see!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Changsheng no longer hesitated. He immediately sat cross-legged, focused his mind, and began to circulate the "Shangyun Qinggong" technique that Ji Jiufeng had taught him, absorbing the spiritual energy that was floating between heaven and earth into his body.

This "Shangyun Qinggong" is the basic cultivation method of Shangyun Heavenly Palace. Its main function is to draw in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to aid in cultivation.

boom!

Unlike before, the mottled spiritual energy, upon entering the body, did not disappear without a trace. Instead, it flowed through the meridians of the body like countless trickles of water, surging endlessly within the body, and finally gathered in the dantian, filling the entire dantian.

These spiritual energies come in red, blue, yellow, cyan...

Click!

boom!

As if an invisible shackle had been broken, Lu Changsheng suddenly felt refreshed and his nearly depleted blood and energy were replenished at the same time. Although he did not regain his vitality, he stopped his decline.

"I...I've broken through to a higher realm?"

Lu Changsheng opened his eyes, his eyes slightly red, and he wept with joy.

After decades of cultivation, this is the first time I've experienced the feeling of breaking through a realm.

The Xuanhuang Great World is divided into ten realms of cultivation, and each realm is further divided into ten heavens.

They are:

Qi Refining, Foundation Building, Golden Elixir, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation.

Spirit King, Spirit Emperor, Great Sage, Quasi-Emperor, Great Emperor.

Even though Lu Changsheng only broke through from the most basic Qi Refining Level 1 to Qi Refining Level 2, it still excited the eighty-year-old man.

Don't ask how Lu Changsheng went from an ordinary mortal to the first level of Qi Refining; it was Ji Jiufeng who used elixirs and miraculous medicines to achieve that.

In fact, with Ji Jiufeng's status and position, it would be no problem to use medicine to push Lu Changsheng to the Golden Core realm. However, in doing so, Lu Changsheng's cultivation path would truly be cut off, with no possibility of further progress.

Anyway, with Ji Jiufeng's protection in Shangyun Heavenly Palace, no one dares to cause him trouble except for that old guy Yun Quezi. There's no difference between ordinary people and Golden Core cultivators.

Only by breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm can one extend their lifespan by two hundred years; otherwise, even reaching the tenth level of the Nascent Soul Realm will not extend one's lifespan in any way.

Therefore, Lu Changsheng has always refused to become stronger simply by taking drugs, because he doesn't believe that this is really how his life will be.

Fortunately, because of his persistence, things took a turn for the better.

After successfully breaking through to the second level of Qi Refining, Lu Changyi was still not satisfied. He continued to frantically circulate the "Shangyun Qinggong" in one go, once again drawing in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into his body.

As the spiritual energy of heaven and earth transforms into a gentle stream and enters the body, a sense of fulfillment once again fills the heart. This is the irreplaceable satisfaction brought by cultivation.

Click!

Click!

Soon, the spiritual energy absorbed into his body began to riot. It was not that the water-type spiritual energy and the fire-type spiritual energy would explode in his body as soon as they touched, producing a large amount of water vapor, which made Lu Changsheng suffer unbearably.

This is the drawback of having too many spiritual roots and too much spiritual energy; if the balance is not properly maintained, there is a risk of the body exploding.

Fortunately, Lu Changsheng didn't absorb too much spiritual energy, otherwise...

But once you stop, you can no longer cultivate, and continuing to absorb spiritual energy is tantamount to courting death.

Just as Lu Changsheng was caught in a dilemma and didn't know what to do, the Devouring Cauldron hidden deep in his dantian suddenly erupted with a terrifying devouring power, engulfing Lu Changsheng's entire body.

Faced with this terrifying devouring power, all spiritual energy, regardless of its attribute or how mottled it was, was refined in an instant and then flowed into Lu Changsheng's dantian in an endless stream, becoming extremely docile.

Boom!

The invisible shackles were broken once again, and Lu Changsheng broke through from the second level of Qi Refining to the third level of Qi Refining.

"This... Old Tun, please forgive my previous rudeness, you really are..."

"Alright, stop flattering me. Now that you have refined the Devouring Heaven Cauldron, you are my master. We share both glory and ruin."

"Only by breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm within a year can one extend their lifespan by a hundred years; otherwise, they will eventually turn into a handful of dust."

"Only the stronger you are, the more likely you are to help the Devouring Cauldron reshape its body and rebuild the mountains and rivers."

Black mist billowed from the mouth of the Devouring Cauldron, and then a tiny particle of light transformed into a stream of light, directly entering Lu Changsheng's sea of ​​consciousness:

"That so-called 'Shangyun Qinggong' is a righteous cultivation method, but it absorbs spiritual energy too slowly, and it's too effeminate and gentle."

"I will now teach you the Devouring Heaven Demon Art. Using it to cultivate will increase your speed of absorbing spiritual energy tenfold! A hundredfold! A thousandfold! Ten thousandfold!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a vortex of spiritual energy formed above Lu Changsheng's head. The spiritual energy that was originally a trickle of water that was absorbed into his body has now become a great river.

A raging torrent!