Cultivation: Beginning with the Heart Reflecting Heaven and Earth

However, even though spiritual roots cannot determine combat ability, spiritual root talent affects many aspects, such as the recovery speed of true qi, the cultivation speed of some spells, and even the power of spells.

Lu Qian didn't hesitate for long before saying, "I want to enter the first level. Let's begin!"

The Spirit of All Laws said, "On the first level, your opponents are 10 Ice Scale Crocodiles, 20 Mist Swamp Herons, and 30 Ink-Backed Ghost Toads. You have one hour to kill them all!"

Almost without warning, Lu Qian found himself in a vast expanse of water. He was standing on a small boat, and pairs of eyes were visible on the surface of the water nearby.

With a "pfft," a black toad the size of a millstone sprayed out a jet of murky water. Lu Qian quickly dodged, but a drop still got on his clothes, gradually melting away amidst the unpleasant smell.

He then realized that his Azure Robe had disappeared, but he was not surprised.

The use of external magical artifacts is not allowed in the Tower of Ten Thousand Laws, such as robes. However, the Tower of Ten Thousand Laws can provide standard magical artifacts, which is barely enough.

Special cultivators who practice the Way of Puppetry or the Way of Beast Taming can scan the corresponding items in the Tower of Myriad Laws to generate a phantom image suitable for their strength and bring it into the trial.

In short, the Tower of Ten Thousand Laws prohibits external objects and forces; one can only pass the trials using one's own power.

Suddenly, a large bird flew down from the sky, extending its sharp, black claws to grab at Lu Qian's head. Its iron-like beak was also poised to strike, ready to pierce Lu Qian's body at any moment!

Lu Qian quickly took a step back, and at the same time stretched out his hand. With a crackling sound, a palm lightning bolt was released, striking the body of Wuze Shuilu. It blasted a charred crater on the surface of the body, exposing its internal organs. Finally, it convulsed and fell into the water, slowly sinking.

"It seems the power of the Palm Lightning is quite good, while the vitality of the Misty Swamp Heron isn't that strong!"

He breathed a slight sigh of relief, but the attack range of the palm lightning was too short, only a few meters.

With Lu Qian's current cultivation level, he can probably use Palm Thunder about a dozen times, but it's still unlikely that he can deal with so many demonic beasts.

Boom! Boom!

A strong tremor came from the soles of his feet, and Lu Qian then discovered that beneath the surface of the water, there were crocodiles with ice-blue scales, each more than ten feet long. Moreover, with their arrival, a chill swept over, and a thin layer of ice appeared on the nearby water surface.

Glug! Glug!

Large numbers of dark toads puffed out their cheeks and spewed out streams of corrosive water, forcing Lu Qian to dodge in a panic. The misty herons in the sky would occasionally fly down to attack, specifically targeting the moments when Lu Qian was trying to dodge.

Before Lu Qian could figure out a way to deal with them, with a crack, the ship beneath his feet shattered into pieces, and what awaited him were gaping maws!

He didn't give up the fight. He mustered all his strength and pounced on an ice-scaled crocodile. He grabbed the crocodile's mouth with both hands and tore it apart with force. With a sizzling sound, the ice-scaled crocodile was torn in two!

Lu Qian also possessed some body-refining cultivation, so even if he couldn't cast spells in time at close range, he wouldn't just sit and wait to die.

Unfortunately, one can't fight against many. Several ice-scaled crocodiles pounced at him at once. He tried to dodge, but he couldn't completely avoid them. His arm was bitten by one of the ice-scaled crocodiles, and his skin was immediately torn open.

But when the Ice Scale Crocodile tentatively rolled for death and tore off Lu Qian's arm, a faint starlight appeared on his bones. No matter how the Ice Scale Crocodile tore at him, it could not shake his arm bones.

"It seems the Star Immortal Body does have some effect after all!"

Lu Qian used his free hand to reach into the throat of the Ice Scale Crocodile, and with another force, his fingers emerged from the top of its head.

"If I were in the mortal realm, my current physical body alone would be enough to make me a terrestrial immortal!"

Unfortunately, that was all he achieved. Suddenly, his eyes stung, and blood flowed out. It was the venomous spray from the Ink-backed Toad that had hit his eyes directly!

Unable to see, Lu Qian could no longer resist and was quickly swallowed up by the tide of monsters.

"what!"

Lu Qian instinctively thrashed around a few times before realizing he wasn't in the water, and awkwardly stopped.

The image of being torn apart by several ice-scaled crocodiles was still vivid in his mind, but the real Lu Qian seemed to be standing still in one place, not even a drop of sweat on his clothes. "Is this the power of the Myriad Laws Battle Tower?"

Within the Tower of Ten Thousand Laws, it is not the cultivator's true body that enters the trial, but rather a phantom carrying the cultivator's consciousness that completes the trial and unleashes its full power.

"It's a bit like a virtual game, but the realism might not be that high!"

When facing those monsters, Lu Qian could see their feathers and scales clearly, and could also smell the fishy smell of seawater and the stench from the mouth of the Ice Scale Crocodile.

If Lu Qian hadn't known about the Ten Thousand Laws Battle Tower beforehand, he probably wouldn't have thought it was fake.

"I have too few spells to master; most are basic spells with limited power. The only one I can really use is the Palm Lightning!"

Lu Qian had never considered cultivating too many spells before, mainly because his cultivation level was too low and he didn't have the corresponding need.

Whether in the Canghai Sect or the Canglan Holy Land, those with low cultivation levels are mostly within the sect and are unlikely to encounter danger, so they naturally do not need to learn spells.

Many people think that it's not too late to learn magic when it's time to go out and do missions, and Lu Qian is no exception.

Lu Qian is now at the mid-stage of Qi Refining, and it's time for him to consider these things; he needs to make some plans.

"Moreover, the first level is in the water, which is in line with the environment of the cultivation world in the East Sea, but I am still more used to the land."

"To quickly clear the first level, you'd better figure out how to fight underwater!"

The Star Undying Body did not disappoint Lu Qian. Even though he had little combat experience, he still managed to kill two Ice Scale Crocodiles through close combat. This was pure physical strength, without any magic.

If we had prepared a weapon in advance, we could have expanded our gains.

Moreover, Lu Qian has not yet switched to cultivating the Zhou Tian Xing Qiao. Once he does, the Star Undying Body should be able to exert an even stronger effect.

In addition to that, we need to pay attention to the issue of energy depletion.

With such low cultivation level, it's impossible to cast many spells, and the methods are too limited. It's almost impossible to kill dozens of demonic beasts using only spells.

Therefore, at lower levels, body-refining techniques are actually more adaptable. If your stamina is not exhausted, you can fight for a long time.

However, those who cultivate Qi can control magical artifacts, and if their physical cultivation is not high enough, it is still difficult for them to resist magical artifacts.

However, powerful magical artifacts are forbidden in the Tower of Ten Thousand Laws, so cultivators of the Qi Refining Path cannot give full play to their advantages in this regard when breaking through the levels, which makes body refining more convenient.

"Next, I will switch to cultivating the Zhou Tian Xing Qiao (a type of acupoint) and choose some powerful spells to practice."

"It's not just for clearing the Tower of Ten Thousand Laws, but also for the training missions to come."

Many things, you can never truly understand their essence without experiencing them yourself.

Lu Qian attended many spell instruction classes and memorized them carefully, but when it came to actual combat, he found that he could use very little of it.

The knowledge gained from books is ultimately superficial; that's the gist of it.