Mortal: I, the Holy Son of Yao Guang, have rebuilt my Chaotic Body.

Chapter 8 The Power of the Physical Body

Several hours later, the Blood Jade Spider's corpse had completely dried up, resembling a tangled mass of mud.

All of its essence was devoured by Yao Guang, and above Yao Guang's head, who was sitting cross-legged cultivating, a white spider phantom appeared. Its shape was exactly the same as the blood jade spider that had been devoured, and it exuded a demonic aura similar to that of the spider in its previous life.

The process of consuming the prey has ended.

Yao Guang stretched, stood up, and casually moved his limbs, producing a series of crisp clanging sounds.

"Phew... I haven't felt this way in so long, I really miss it." He murmured to himself, a satisfied smile curving his lips.

Looking inward into the Sea of ​​Wheels Secret Realm, he saw that due to the addition of a wisp of Earth Origin Qi, the Chaotic Mist Sea had also expanded, and his cultivation level had increased from the eighth level of Qi Refining to the ninth level.

However, there was also helplessness amidst the joy. Because of the secret realm system of the "Covering the Sky" technique, he could not rely on spiritual veins and spiritual stones to cultivate like other cultivators. However, he needed a massive amount of life essence resources every time he advanced.

This world lacks a condensed substance containing a vast amount of life essence, similar to the "Source" of his previous life. Therefore, if Yao Guang wants to improve his cultivation, he can either slowly refine the life essence in spiritual medicines or use the "Devouring Heaven Demon Art" to devour the origins of other living beings.

This is why he attaches such importance to this ancient teleportation array leading to the Chaotic Star Sea. The Chaotic Star Sea is home to a large number of demonic beasts, providing him with enough life essence to devour.

The reason for not teleporting there now is partly because the teleportation array needs repair, but the main reason is that Yao Guang's current cultivation level is too low, and he lacks the means to continuously lure demonic beasts.

In the original story, Han Li was able to use the Palm Heaven Bottle to continuously accelerate the ripening of the Rainbow Grass to lure demons. If Yao Guang wanted to do this, he would first have to seize the Palm Heaven Bottle.

Otherwise, if he were to search for monsters in the vast ocean on his own, not only would the efficiency be low, but the unknown dangers he would face would also be greatly increased.

With the matter concluded, the two, just like Han Li in the original story, completely sealed off the entire stalactite cave with huge rocks before leaving. After making some secret marks, they used an earth-遁符 (earth-遁符, a type of talisman) to return to the surface.

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On the northern slope of Tainan Mountain, the mountain wind is slightly chilly.

A man and a woman stood one behind the other, gazing at the hillside shrouded in thick white fog.

The man was dressed in a blue scholar's robe, with an otherworldly and ethereal air, while the woman wore a simple, wide gray robe and a wide-brimmed bamboo hat with a black veil hanging down her head.

The couple were Yao Guang and Hong Fen, who headed towards Tai Nan Mountain after leaving the Spirit Mine.

Not wanting to attract attention at the Tainan Small Gathering, Yao Guang had Hongfen conceal her alluring face and exquisite figure, and also had her suppress her cultivation aura to the late stage of Qi Refining.

Right now, Hongfen looks like an inconspicuous maid or follower of Yao Guang. As long as she doesn't use her divine sense or magic power, even cultivators who are also at the pseudo-core stage cannot see through her cultivation level.

"Young Master, although this mist formation can trap other Qi Refining cultivators, we have the Mist-Breaking Spirit Pendant. Once activated, this mist will be useless to us."

Hongfen looked at the mist formation that sealed off the valley with disdain.

"Don't force your way in. There are several Foundation Establishment cultivators overseeing things in Tai Nan Valley. It's best not to offend them unless absolutely necessary."

Yao Guang glanced around, a sense of unease creeping into his heart.

Based on the timeline, the Tai Nan Small Conference is about to be held, and there should be cultivators waiting to enter the valley. However, at this moment, there is no one there, and it is completely silent.

As they pondered, Yao Guang and his companion felt the soil beneath their feet soften.

"No, there's an ambush."

"Young Master, please be careful."

Because Hongfen had concealed her divine sense, she, like Yao Guang, failed to detect the hidden enemy in advance.

Suddenly, two large hands, shimmering with an earthy yellow light, emerged from the soil beneath their feet and gripped their feet tightly, with a force as strong as two steel hoops.

At the same time, the surrounding soil exploded one after another, and figures burst out of the ground, with various colored spiritual lights shooting straight at the two of them with strong winds.

"These Qi Refining stage weaklings dare to ambush the young master?"

Hongfen laughed in anger. As a core disciple of the Hehuan Sect of the Demonic Path, she had done her fair share of conspiracies, ambushes, and assassinations. With a quick scan of her divine sense, she quickly discerned the true strength of the attackers.

The enemy had quite a few people, more than a dozen, but none of them were Foundation Establishment cultivators, and all they attacked with were low-level spells and low-to-mid-level magic weapons.

The colorful ribbons moved in response to the command, instantly spreading out around the two of them and blocking all the incoming attacks.

At the same time, she also transmitted the information about the enemy to Yao Guang. Just as she was about to display her pseudo-core realm magic power and crush all these ignorant ants, Yao Guang grabbed her shoulder.

"Don't reveal your cultivation level. Leave these people to me."

Before he could finish speaking, Yao Guang sneered, and his legs, which were held by the large yellow hands, suddenly trembled. The two large hands shattered instantly. Then, he turned around and swept his hand across the body, and the large hands that were holding Hongfen also broke apart.

"impossible!"

"How can you be stronger than a giant strength spell?"

Two low, surprised thuds sounded simultaneously from the soil below.

Yao Guang ignored them, turned around, leaped into the air, and rushed towards the nearest cultivator wielding the Ghost Head Blade.

Seeing Yao Guang charging at him empty-handed, the man's face showed disdain and sneer. He had just secretly detected that this pretty boy's aura was only at the ninth level of Qi Refining, while he was a top expert in the sect with a cultivation level of the twelfth level of Qi Refining.

Such a stark difference in status made him completely disregard Yao Guang. Instead, he grinned maliciously and shouted to his companions:

"According to the rules, whoever kills the prey gets the blood and essence. You all watch closely as this pretty boy dies by my blade!"

The ghost-headed saber in his hand hummed and trembled, like the howling of a vengeful ghost. The blade was filled with malevolent energy. He gripped the hilt with both hands, poured his magic power into it, and slashed fiercely at Yao Guang, who had rushed close.

Faced with this strike, Yao Guang remained calm and composed, neither dodging nor avoiding it. His right fist was clenched tightly, and a faint earthy yellow spiritual light flowed between his muscles and bones as he charged straight at the blade.

Upon seeing this, the other cultivators around them burst into laughter.

"Is this kid crazy? He dares to take a mid-level magic weapon head-on with his bare body?"

"What a waste of such a handsome face, but unfortunately, he was born with a stupid brain."

"Hmph, since that's the case, then I'll take the other person's essence blood!"

In their eyes, it was as if they could already see the gruesome scene of Yao Guang being cut in half, with blood and internal organs spilling all over the ground.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Yao Guang's punch slammed into the blade of the ghost-headed saber, but there was no scene of blood and flesh flying everywhere.

A dull, heavy metallic sound rang out.

The ghost-headed saber was smashed into pieces by Yao Guang's punch. Several pieces of the blade spun and flew around, and the wielding cultivator's sinister smile froze, his eyes filled with horror.

Before he could react, Yao Guang swept out with his leg, sending the man flying several feet like a broken bag. He crashed into the mountain wall, his bones cracking and breaking, and it was unclear how many bones were broken. He was barely breathing.

The mountains were deathly silent; a cold wind blew, and only the rustling of falling leaves could be heard.

Yao Guang blew on his fist, and there wasn't a single white mark left on his delicate, fair hand, which was comparable to a woman's.