Start from the God of Death and break through the world.

Chapter 1101 Thirty Years, Descending the Mountain
"Meow!"

Lu Li had just descended the mountain and arrived at the location of the Soul Refining Tower on the side of the mountain when a figure rushed towards him.

A chubby cat jumped onto Lu Li's head, but Lu Li held it down by the belly, so it could only dangle halfway in the air and flail its paws wildly.

"Ah Huo, you seem to have gained weight again?"

Lu Li said with a puzzled look, and even pinched Ah Huo's belly fat a couple of times. It felt quite nice, but he had released Ah Huo before going into seclusion because he wanted Ah Huo to lose weight.

Mount Wushen has several branch halls controlled by elders, including the Beast Taming Hall. Lu Li pondered that Ah Huo's strength was too weak, or perhaps he didn't understand the mysteries of spirit beast cultivation and hadn't trained him properly.

So he left Ah Huo at the Beast Taming Hall, hoping to trouble the senior brothers and sisters there to take care of him and help him train Ah Huo.

It's important to know that the spatial density of the Divine Martial Continent is extremely high, with the starting point being the peak of the eighth rank. Given Ah Huo's attributes back then, simply living in this world would have been very difficult.

Therefore, he thought Ah Huo would lose weight rapidly in this world, and by the time he came out of seclusion, Ah Huo would be a slender and agile mount.

Who knew that after twenty years of seclusion, when Ah Huo was seen again, Ah Huo had not only not lost weight, but had actually gotten fatter.

"Senior Brother Lu Li, it's not your fault for not focusing on your pet's cultivation; it's really those senior sisters..."

The Beast Taming Hall disciple who came with Ah Huo respectfully explained the whole story to Lu Li.

After listening, Lu Li understood what had happened. It turned out that Ah Huo had indeed suffered a bit when he first appeared in this world, but he had slimmed down within half a month.

Later, the female disciples of the Beast Taming Hall and the surrounding area found Ah Huo cute, so they often fed it. Due to the limited energy level of the world, the things that the disciples here would take out to feed Ah Huo were at least Immortal level, and some even took out Chaos level snacks for Ah Huo to eat.

Ah Huo already possessed a similar ability to devour and grow as Buu in the previous world. In addition, he also had the limiter removed by eating Frieza, so he quickly reached the peak of the eighth rank.

The nature of this Beast Taming Hall was actually different from what Lu Li had imagined. He originally thought that the Beast Taming Hall was where sect disciples trained spirit beasts to provide everyone with battle partners or mounts.

However, the Divine Martial Continent is home to countless races. Although many of the creatures that walk around the continent are humanoid, the real human race only accounts for a very small portion. Most creatures have simply transformed into this form.

Therefore, spirit beasts also have their own races. In addition, some beast races have ancestors who were extremely powerful, and now they also have powerful sects. Therefore, no sect dares to say that they train spirit beasts as slaves or sell them as commodities.

Doing so would incite public outrage across the mainland. Therefore, the Beast Taming Hall of Martial God Mountain is actually a non-human cultivation hall that accepts non-human disciples who have joined Martial God Mountain.

After Ah Huo joined the Beast Taming Hall, it not only won the favor of the disciples of the Martial God Mountain of the human race, but also got along well with the senior brothers and sisters in the Beast Taming Hall. Before long, it did not suffer any inhuman training in the Beast Taming Hall. On the contrary, it was taken care of and became plump.

Fortunately, Ah Huo didn't forget Lu Li's oversized slippers. It didn't dare to slack off in its cultivation, and last year, it finally broke through the ninth-order barrier and became a ninth-order being.

It's quite poignant to think that breaking through to the ninth rank in other worlds and other realms would be extremely difficult. Moreover, Ah Huo is just a pet beast, not an explorer, so he can't take on advancement missions in the space to break through. He has to rely on himself for everything.

Ah Huo's breakthrough was mainly due to his own good talent, the favorable environment of the Divine Martial Continent, and the guidance of many senior brothers and sisters.

On the path of cultivation, for beings in this world, progressing from the eighth to the ninth rank is just the beginning. For mortals under the rule of Martial God Mountain, this path is not easy. However, within the mountain, there are too many experienced people and abundant resources, so Ah Huo's breakthrough is not something that can be achieved easily.

However, even though Ah Huo had reached the ninth rank, his basic strength was still far behind Lu Li's. When he first entered the ninth rank, his attributes were more than 20 points lower than Lu Li's. It could be said that even Lu Li thought Ah Huo was too slow to be a mount.

But he couldn't blame Ah Huo. Lu Li wasn't entirely without self-awareness. Just look at how Lu Jiaojiao, who had guided him to the sect, hadn't changed her realm even after he had been in seclusion for twenty years. You can tell that advancing to the ninth level isn't easy for ordinary people.

He leveled up too quickly on his own, so you can't blame Ah Huo for being unambitious.

In fact, after he came out of seclusion, he contacted Aizen with a communicator. Sosuke said that he had only just broken through to the ninth rank in the Supreme God Land, and that he had only achieved it by using some ruthless methods from the Academy of Technology and Truth.

For a moment, Lu Li couldn't help but sigh that his talent might actually be quite good.

"Thank you for taking care of Ah Huo, senior brother. I will keep a close eye on it from now on."

Lu Li thanked the disciple who had brought Ah Huo to him, but the disciple repeatedly said he didn't deserve it.

Seeing the other party's trembling and fearful appearance, Lu Li knew how big the gap was between the true disciples of Martial God Mountain and the other disciples. Even though the other party looked like a great cultivator who had been cultivating for a long time and whose realm was not weak, he was still very respectful to this young man.

When Lu Li arrived at the Soul Refining Tower, he listened to the senior brothers here explain the basic rules and understood the principle of enhancing soul intent in this place.

It's somewhat similar to the Soul Stone he once obtained, except this place puts comprehensive pressure on people, and you passively accept that pressure. Once you enter the tower, your soul will be constantly honed and its purity increased.

However, if he couldn't withstand the pressure inside the tower, he might suffer irreversible damage. Therefore, his senior brother advised Lu Li to act according to his abilities.

After thanking him, Lu Li went straight into the tower, leaving Ah Huo on the first floor, while he climbed upwards.

Lu Li didn't stop until he reached the forty-third floor. Seeing that all the senior brothers and sisters around him were frowning and bearing the pressure, Lu Li didn't say hello. He found a place to sit down and temper his soul intent.

Although he won the battle against the Valkyrie, it also exposed some shortcomings in his soul intent. In terms of purity, he was indeed inferior. He did not come to the Soul Refining Tower simply to improve the value of his soul intent.

Because he knew that in terms of soul intent talent, he was actually inferior to the Valkyrie. He was just exceptionally perceptive and could understand the principles involved. He was able to learn because he had seen how advanced soul intent was used, but it was not that he could reach the highest level in this field without a teacher.

He deduced that he and the Valkyrie had been cultivating for about the same age, but although the other party's soul intent had not reached the root level, it was exceptionally profound and pure. If neither of them had slacked off in their cultivation, then it could only mean that the other party was more suited to the path of soul intent than him.

To be honest, although Lu Li felt that martial arts spirit was a deadly weapon against enemies, he did not say that he had to go all the way down this path.

As the mysterious expert he met in the ultimate training ground said, "Those who learn from me will live, those who imitate me will die." If he kept following the path of his predecessors, Lu Li felt that he would only be a second-rate person in the end. Even if he could reach the peak, he would always be half a step behind his predecessors.

This is not what Lu Li wants. Therefore, for him, whether it's the myriad cultivation techniques or the path of soul cultivation, they are merely scenery along his journey of exploration, tools to lay the foundation and broaden his horizons. Based on these insights, he must forge his own path and find his own way to become a true powerhouse.

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Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, another thirty years have passed.

Over the years, Lu Li has honed his soul intent and true spirit in the Soul Refining Tower, while constantly using the Martial Arts Furnace to deduce the various profound techniques collected by Martial God Mountain, making his strength increasingly terrifying.

A senior brother who was in seclusion on the same level as Lu Li looked at Lu Li with surprise at the natural chanting sounds emanating from him and his invulnerable true spirit form. He said that although his realm was slightly higher than Lu Li's, he was afraid that he would not be a match for Lu Li in a real fight.

For the past thirty years, Lu Li's business has not stopped. However, he only sells some of his original essence when he comes out of seclusion, and trades with his senior brothers and sisters who are true disciples, earning a lot of secret blood crystals.

However, he discovered that the rate of improvement from consuming Secret Blood Crystals was becoming increasingly slow due to insufficient purity. Over the course of thirty years, his overall attributes had increased to 310 points, but he could no longer make any further progress.

These days, Lu Li has stopped consuming Secret Blood Crystals and instead placed Inheritance Crystals in the Origin Atomizer to enhance his inspiration during consumption, thereby accelerating his process of enlightenment and deduction.

Aside from staying inside and outside the Soul Refining Tower, Lu Li would occasionally spar with the Valkyrie outside. In previous years, they had evenly matched victories and defeats, but in the last two years, Lu Li's victories have significantly increased.

The main reason is that the Valkyrie's stats couldn't keep up with his speed, while Lu Li's realm became more profound as his stats increased. Even though the strange arena suppressed his attributes, he still had a certain advantage in realm understanding.

Strangely enough, the Valkyrie didn't absorb the Secret Blood Crystal to enhance her original power like Lu Li did. She seemed to be just diligently carrying out regular cultivation, but now her strength has increased significantly, reaching 306 attribute points. This speed is quite unusual even in Martial God Mountain.

Rather than Lu Li's realm advancement, people are more interested in the speed at which the Valkyrie levels up.

Because everyone knows that Lu Li is the kind of person who smokes opium during class, the dark origin of Lu Li has a purifying effect on the martial arts secret blood. Conversely, Lu Li's consumption of secret blood crystals also increases the concentration of his own origin. Therefore, under this mutually beneficial relationship, Lu Li's path to improvement is actually considered a side path.

It's not surprising to everyone that Lu Li's strength has improved after absorbing so many Secret Blood Crystals.

The fact that the Valkyrie could improve her strength so quickly on Mount Martial God without using the Secret Blood Crystal or trading with Lu Li seemed very strange to everyone.

Lu Li also asked the Valkyrie about the secrets of her cultivation, but the Valkyrie said there were no secrets. She was just doing her duty by cultivating and developing human potential.

In the end, Lu Li could only sigh that perhaps the other party's talent in cultivation was even more heaven-defying than his own, otherwise there was no way to explain the underlying principle.

Only the Valkyrie herself knows the truth: after she completed her Dao foundation, her previously suppressed potential erupted, resulting in a brief period of explosive growth. After several thousand years, her momentum will cease.

Therefore, she did not use the various resources of Martial God Mountain to fill her body during this period, because she still had things that she had not finished digesting.

On this day, Lu Li had just emerged from seclusion in the Soul Refining Tower when he was summoned to the summit of Martial God Mountain.

"Lu Li, Xue Qing, you two have been at Martial God Mountain for quite some time now. Are you settling in well?"

Standing before Lu Li and Lu Xueqing was Lu Gaoge, the Grand Elder of Martial God Mountain.

Looking at this dashing, charming, and incredibly young-looking elder, Lu Li felt a strange unease.

He had long heard of the Grand Elder's reputation on Mount Martial God and had seen all sorts of elders, but he never expected that the Grand Elder, who was the most senior and strongest, would not look old at all, and whose charm was unparalleled on Mount Martial God.

"Thanks to the care of my elders, I have no worries about my life and have also made great progress in my cultivation."

Lu Li replied politely.

"Yes, it's fine."

Lu Xueqing also bowed and said.

"Hmm, not bad. You two are both outstanding individuals. Even among the nine great immortal sects, you are the best of your generation. However, it is rare for you to come to the Divine Martial Continent. If you just stay in seclusion on Martial God Mountain, you will find it difficult to reach the Great Dao."

The Grand Elder nodded and said, "Recently, the borders of our Martial God Mountain have been in chaos, with bandits running rampant. I intend to send you two to resolve this matter. What do you two think?"

Lu Li was somewhat surprised to hear this. He hadn't expected to be sent on a mission. He thought that Martial God Mountain would keep him tied to the mountaintop and supervise his cultivation.

But since the Grand Elder came specifically to talk to him, he naturally couldn't refuse. Besides, he had chosen to come to the Divine Martial Continent to seek excitement, and it was a good thing to go out and explore the world.

Lu Li then bowed respectfully and said, "Since I am receiving a salary from Martial God Mountain, I should do my best to solve some of Martial God Mountain's troubles. I am willing to go."

Lu Xueqing glanced at Lu Li, then said, "The same goes for this disciple."

The Grand Elder chuckled, “Don’t be so serious. Logically speaking, you are also guests of Martial God Mountain, or rather, guests of the Divine Martial Continent. Regardless of whether the mission succeeds or not, just protect your own lives, find out the enemy’s strengths and weaknesses, and if things become unbearable, return to the mountain for help.”

Lu Li felt a little strange after hearing the elder's words. He still had some sense when Aizen wasn't around.

The Grand Elder just mentioned a bandit problem, but what kind of bandits would dare to roam freely under the jurisdiction of Martial God Mountain? Besides, banditry doesn't seem like a very serious matter. Is this a task that the Grand Elder would personally assign? And why specifically name these two visitors from the other space to do it?

Something about this whole thing doesn't seem right. To put it another way, if it really was a problem, he felt that with the Grand Elder's level of strength, he would have already slapped those bandits to death from a distance by the time he had time to come to them to give them instructions.

However, although Lu Li had doubts in his heart, he did not say them out loud, because he felt that Wushen Mountain had no reason to harm him in a roundabout way.

(End of this chapter)