A heretical cultivator in Bureau 749, I'm the fiercest at pulling out tendons and skinning peop

Glug, glug glug.

One after another, Ji Zuodao swallowed until his cheeks felt numb and sore.

Suddenly, I felt something was wrong.

and many more.

Yesterday, while looting the corpse, I only managed to find about twenty spirit palaces.

Just now...did I swallow more than forty of them?

The texture seems a bit off; some are exceptionally smooth and cool, while others feel... a little sticky?

Forget it, if I can't figure it out, I won't think about it anymore.

A real man is magnanimous; once he's eaten it, he's done eating it. He can't just spit it out, can he?

He shook his head, shaking off the last bit of doubt, and his consciousness eagerly sank into his body, looking at that familiar sea of ​​blood and spirit.

Upon seeing this, he was first stunned, then overjoyed!

Above the once raging, turbulent, and roaring sea of ​​blood, twenty distinct spirit palaces, each emitting a different color of light, now floated in the air!

Surrounded by peach blossoms, haunted by insect shadows, eerily eerie, and crystal clear ice blue...

All in all, twenty magnificent spirit palaces were suppressed above the sea of ​​blood.

The seemingly restless, viscous sea of ​​blood had become much calmer.

Although it was still crimson and viscous, making it terrifying to look at, the previous sense of savage roaring and threatening to devour people at any moment had indeed been suppressed.

The sea was calm and still, even exuding an eerie and profound stability.

"It's done?!"

Ji Zuodao's eyes widened in disbelief.

That's it?!

The master's letter was so mysterious.

The results of it?

He just crunched and ate twenty spirit palaces like candy, and then... they went up and suppressed the spirit sea on their own.

What happened to the promised "land reclamation"?

Could it be that... Ji Zuodao is exceptionally gifted and relies on "overwhelming quantity" to violently suppress the spiritual sea with a massive number of spiritual palaces, thus ascending to the heavens in one step?

He directly cultivated to the Spirit Palace Realm, and could even begin to condense his Dharma Aspect and break through to the Dharma Aspect Realm?

Hahaha! I knew it! I really am a genius! A cultivation prodigy, one in a million!

Hey old guys, did you see that? Your apprentice is about to take off!

Ji Zuodao's consciousness smirked wildly, almost reaching the back of his ears.

A domineering air of "I am invincible" mixed with the smug satisfaction of a "nouveau riche" surged within him.

however--

The smile on his lips wasn't even at its widest point.

A sudden change has occurred!

The sea of ​​blood, forcibly suppressed, was like a ferocious beast pushed to the bottom of the water. Feeling the provocation and restraint, it let out a deafening roar and counterattack!

What is a sea of ​​blood?

It was Ji Zuodao who ignited the most primal sea of ​​desire and power by using the essence, blood, and resentment of countless Qi cultivators as fuel!

It is tyrannical, it is greedy, it is never satisfied, it wants to devour everything and grow stronger!

How could it willingly accept being "suppressed"?

Being ridden on someone's head?

A true man is born between heaven and earth; how can he remain subservient to others for long?!

"boom--!!!"

The crimson waves, as large as mountains and as high as peaks, crashed into the twenty floating spirit palaces with overwhelming force and the power to destroy everything!

What peach blossoms, what insect shadows, what demonic aura, what ice crystals...

Faced with absolute power and rage, faced with the will of the sea of ​​blood that seemed to burn the heavens and earth and devour all things, it appeared so fragile and laughable!

"Crack... Boom!"

The chilling sounds of shattering and collapsing echoed wildly in Ji Zuodao's spiritual world.

The twenty magnificent and imposing spirit palaces, which had just been dominating all directions, could not even withstand the force for a moment before collapsing and shattering under the violent impact of the blood-red tsunami.

Immediately afterwards, an even more turbulent wave of blood swept over, carrying the remains of the spirit palace up and sinking them into the bottomless, viscous sea of ​​blood!

The sea of ​​blood seemed to become even more crimson and deep.

Swallow.

Digestion.

absorb.

To make it one's own.

This is the true essence of "seizing the palace and filling the sea"!

It is not a "suppression" that floats above and lofty above.

Instead, it pulls it down, breaks it up, chews it, swallows it, and makes it a part of itself!

"call……"

Ji Zuodao's consciousness witnessed this domineering yet inevitable scene, and exhaled a long, complex breath that did not exist.

The elation and smugness of "rising to the top in one step" were instantly shattered, leaving only a deep recognition of the three masters' wisdom and experience.

Cultivation is indeed not that easy; instant ascension is just a story in a novel.

Ji Zuodao recalled the "Song of Realms" that was familiar to Qi cultivators.

"Open all the orifices, and each orifice shines with light, illuminating the spiritual platform."

The two meridians open, and the flowing qi draws in.

The Sea of ​​Spiritual Enlightenment, a sea that embraces a thousand rivers, condenses true meaning.

The Ling Palace stands tall on the Ling Sea, its majestic palaces guarding the primordial embryo.

The Dharma image is condensed, and divine light shines brightly above the palace ceiling.

The Dharma image sits in the spirit palace, its power capable of dispelling all dust with a single thought.

The spiritual sea is still, as calm as the still waves of a majestic mountain.

Supernatural powers arose from this, and could easily overturn rivers and seas.

He plucked supernatural powers and merged them with his own Dao; the Dao transformed into divine essence, concealing his physical form.

The divine treasure nurtures three thousand powers, which break through shackles and tread the cloud steps.

He is unafraid of the three calamities, including thunder, fire, and wind.

Overcoming the five difficulties, all inner demons and karmic obstacles are shattered.

Having endured countless tribulations, I am now cleansed.

"I'm carefree and at ease throughout the world!"

I am carefree and at ease in this world...

When will Ji Zuodao be able to cultivate to that level, truly lawless... uh, free and unrestrained?

The road ahead is still long.

and many more.

What is that thing?

Ji Zuodao's consciousness suddenly "stared" at something deep within the sea of ​​blood, something that was slowly rising and falling with the undercurrents and was completely out of place with its surroundings.

The thing was about the size of a fist, and its surface was covered with indescribable, eerie patterns that seemed to wriggle slightly on their own.

Its shape is also somewhat irregular, a bit like... an oval egg?

The more Ji Zuodao looked at him, the more familiar he felt.

The texture, the size.

Fuck!

Aren't these the cocoons of the Soul-Eating Gu King that we confiscated yesterday?!

How did it get here?!

Floating in Lao Tzu's spiritual sea?!

Ji Zuodao's pupils trembled.

No wonder I felt something was off earlier.

"Holy shit!!!"

A silent roar, yet one that shook the entire spiritual sea world, echoed wildly within Ji Zuodao's consciousness.

Qiqi! My dear little sister! The "ball" you handed to your brother...

What deadly thing has gotten in here?!

No, calm down.

Even if Qiqi handed it to the wrong person and he accidentally swallowed the cocoon, that thing should have fallen into his stomach. How could it have been drawn in by the Spirit Sea like the Spirit Palace?

unless……

His spiritual sea did not reject the cocoon; in fact, it even... needed it?

He stared intently at the floating blood cocoon.

The once white cocoon was now soaked in the surrounding sea of ​​blood.

But upon closer inspection, the cocoon was expanding and contracting in an extremely subtle manner, then expanding again...

Slowly, yet with a tenacious vitality, as if something inside is striving to break free from its cocoon.

With each contraction and expansion, the strange patterns on the surface of the cocoon would wriggle slightly, as if breathing, or as if drawing power from the surrounding sea of ​​blood.

Ji Zuodao felt a chill run down his spine.

This thing wasn't digested by the sea of ​​blood; instead, it's absorbing the sea's power and is about to hatch?!

His first instinct was to mobilize the power of his spiritual sea to crush, devour, and completely digest this thing.

But a thought flashed through his mind like lightning, causing him to abruptly stop in his tracks.

and many more……

This is the cocoon of the Soul-Eating Gu King!

in case……

What if he could turn the tables and control this thing?

His Blood Sea and Spirit Sea are essentially devouring and plundering everything to strengthen himself.

This Soul-Eating Gu King excels at eroding the soul and spirit.

If the two are combined...

Ji Zuodao's heart began to pound uncontrollably.

An extremely bold, even insane, idea began to grow wildly in his mind.

If it can be done...

Although the risks are extremely high, the rewards are...

It's also frighteningly tall.

To fight or not to fight?

Ji Zuodao stared at the slowly pulsating dark red blood cocoon in the sea of ​​blood, his eyes flickering before finally settling into an almost cold calm.

I took the plunge.

His Dao, Ji Zuodao, is inherently about plunder and defying fate.

Why wouldn't you eat meat that's practically offered to you?

Even if it's poison, he'll taste it and then make it a part of his own body!

He wanted to see what kind of thing this Gu King, which had absorbed the power of the Blood Sea and was about to hatch, would become.

It is a weapon that he can use.

Or... a potential disaster that must be nipped in the bud.