Twenty-two years later.

The ruin of what was once Celestial Yang City was now overgrown with various grasses, some trees sprouting among them, broken walls and remnants seemingly about to be overtaken by the forest.

This is the great power of creation, regardless of the species or the brilliance created by living beings, when civilization falls to ashes, creation will naturally weave a brand new future for it.

The heavens are unfeeling.

Outside Celestial Yang City, a small river flowed under the moonlight, its waters clear, two wild rabbits ran to the riverbank to drink water, and after they drank, the male rabbit tenderly licked the female rabbit's fur.

Suddenly, beneath the river, something seemed to turn over like a crocodile emerging—

The two wild rabbits were startled and were about to flee, but next they were hit by two water arrows, and both met their death.

A figure landed by the water, although he leapt out from the river, he was covered in old mud, filthy and stinking.

The person swiftly gathered the two rabbits into his storage bag, glanced at the distant unfamiliar ruin forest, then without hesitation, directly activated a Rank Three Flying Talisman, and left the place—

The small river's flow continued, soon smoothing over the depression of the riverbed's mud, as if nothing had ever appeared there.

...

Escaping from outside Celestial Yang City, Li An rushed five hundred miles away, until the darkness of dawn, when he stopped in an uninhabited mountain forest.

Despite being a cultivator at the Foundation Establishment Great Perfection, he was actually panting from exhaustion!

The main reason is, after seventeen years of waste, his cultivation was somewhat unstable, and to save his life, he exerted his full strength, truly feeling fatigued.

Even so, he still held on against the fatigue, dug a hole in the ground, covered it well, and guarded it with a set of upper grade Rank One concealment array, only then did he jump into the pit.

He directly took out hundreds of Spirit Stones, starting to replenish Spiritual Qi crazily.

Pop pop pop!

Spirit Stones continuously shattered in his hand, emitting a sort of sorrowful whimper…

He stayed here for two full days and nights!

The third night, he finally crawled out of the pit, went to a nearby stream, and brutally scrubbed off the old mud accumulated on his body for over a decade, scraping off a full seven to eight pounds of black mud.

Actually, as a cultivator, he could cleanse himself with a minor spell in a single thought.

But at this moment, he urgently needed to enjoy the feeling of being human.

So, he took matters into his own hands.

After a long while.

The cold stream water seemed to tell him he was still in this world!

Having shaved off the beard and long hair grown over fifteen years, changed into clean clothes, and erased all marks of his presence from the ground hole, Li An then set off.

His destination was the Four Sceneries Mountain!

The Four Sceneries Mountain Range is at the far north of the Northern Border, nestled between Divine Sword Sect and Hundred Beasts Sect, belonging to a no-man's land, a power vacuum.

Not far from there, one could enter the neighboring Yan Country!

Li An had no intention of staying in the Great Li Empire anymore, after the battle at Celestial Yang City and enduring these twenty-two years of hardship… from now on, the damn Demon Sect can roll far away.

He decided to roll far away himself.

Moreover, in the Four Sceneries Mountain, he still had a pawn…

A puppet!

—Back when he was still assuming the identity of "Wei Ming" in White Tiger City, Xu Qiuhui had once probed him, seemingly guessing he was Li An.

To cover up, Li An had crafted a puppet to play his part in Zhao Family Town, to confuse the others.

That puppet later went to a stronghold in the Four Sceneries Mountain and became a leader, managing fairly well.

He could stop by on the way, after planning his next steps in Four Sceneries Mountain.

As for White Tiger City, as well as the Top Grade Primordial Spirit Pill he buried there…

Li An did not intend to fetch them anytime soon.

The current external situation remains unknown, he needs to find a stable place first.

...

Half a month later.

Li An finally arrived at the Four Sceneries Mountain Range!

After half a month of journey, he finally detached himself from the boredom, emptiness, and vigilance that came from being trapped at the bottom of a muddy ditch, returning to a normal state.

In the Four Sceneries Mountain Range, he subtly sensed.

The puppet Zhao Yi was still there!

Good.

Li An did not rashly approach Zhao Yi's stronghold, but instead found a cave in the forest seven or eight miles away to reside temporarily.

After setting up arrays and other matters, he entered the cave, and finally opened his Spirit Platform for the first time!

Inside Li An's Spirit Platform.

His Primordial Spirit emerged from the Soul Fire, staring at the "sickly young girl" in the corner.

The "sickly" girl's Primordial Spirit was still marred with scars from his Soul Fire's burning, evidently, in the three months he was unconscious in the muddy ditch, this sickly girl must have attempted to seize him!

But she was countered by his powerful Soul Fire.

In fact, this sickly girl's Primordial Spirit was very high level!

For some unknown reason, this Primordial Spirit was very weak, even inferior to Li An.

So, Li An was safe even during his unconsciousness.

Later, when Li An woke up, she no longer did such silly things.

"Gou An..."

Within the Spirit Platform, the primordial spirit of the "frail girl" looked at Li An, her face carrying a trace of complexity: "You should change your name, from now on, call yourself Gou An, don't go by Li An anymore."

Li An couldn't help but smile wryly.

"Innate Demon Body, three skills merged into one, I really can't understand why, Innate Demon Bodies are all unparalleled talents of their time, sharp and decisive, growing amidst blood and fire, how come there is someone like you who goes about things so casually... Yet you still manage to acquire so many fortuitous encounters."

Her expression was evidently somewhat melancholic.

Three skills merged into one, this was also one of her lifelong dreams...

Even though she held a distinguished status, she had only cultivated the Primordial Spirit Cauldron Skill and the Yin Yang Demon Furnace Skill.

Moreover, she disliked the cultivation method of the Yin Yang Demon Furnace Skill, so she had barely cultivated it, mainly focusing on the Primordial Spirit Cauldron Skill.

The things she had desperately pursued, Li An had long achieved!

This indicated that Li An was undoubtedly the legendary Innate Demon Body, and she had encountered him several times, yet each time missed the chance...

"Innate Demon Body?"

Li An frowned.

The frail girl said, "Yes, Innate Demon Body."

"It's not uncommon for someone like you, a wild-born Innate Demon Body, to be unaware of your condition... But I can tell you, only Innate Demon Bodies can simultaneously cultivate the three skills of our sect: Yin Yang Demon Furnace, Blood and Flesh Melting Furnace, and Primordial Spirit Furnace, and even merge them into one, triggering the Celestial Demon Inheritance. Anyone else wishing to easily achieve this step faces extreme difficulty!"

"Even my sister, though she has obtained all three cultivation techniques, has likely not completed the thorough merging of the three skills to obtain the Celestial Demon Inheritance!"

"You are the only one!"

Li An was taken aback.

Innate Demon Body?

What on earth is this thing...

Does merging three great demon skills into one signify an Innate Demon Body?

No! That he could achieve this step was purely reliant on... the Life Seed!

Life Nourishing Immortal Skill.

Li An pondered, suddenly sensing that the Life Nourishing Immortal Skill he practiced was likely linked to the Demon Sect in countless ways!

Is this why he was marked by that giant of the Demon Sect?

"Perhaps even my sister did not expect... Haha, the Innate Demon Body she relentlessly pursued had long been someone who merged three skills into one."

The "frail girl" sneered inexplicably.

"Your sister?"

Li An asked.

"Yes, my sister."

The "frail girl" looked at Li An, during the time Li An was unconscious, she pondered deeply and came up with a plan, thus she did not hide much information, speaking directly:

"My sister's name is Shangguan Shengxian, and my name is Shangguan Xiaoxiao."

"A thousand years ago, my sister was hunted and chased from the Spirit Realm to the Emperor Origin Realm. I tracked her here and have been searching for her. It wasn't until two hundred years ago that I discovered her tracks..."

"Her remnant soul was hiding in Celestial Yang City and even bestowed King Jingbei with the Three Yang and One Yin Skill... Unfortunately, I mistakenly thought King Jingbei was her reincarnation target, but it turned out King Jingbei was merely her bait."

"You are her true furnace."

She briefly described the situation.

Which coincided with Li An's suspicions.

White Tiger Mountain had meticulously schemed against Prince Mansion, and after King Jingbei broke through to Nascent Soul, they came to attack.

Shangguan Xiaoxiao thought after King Jingbei formed a Nascent Soul, he would be possessed by her sister.

So, when she saw King Jingbei being "possessed," she appeared, ready to eradicate Shangguan Shengxian.

But she never imagined, the one possessing King Jingbei was not the main body of Shangguan Shengxian's primordial spirit, but merely a split part of it!

So, she charged into King Jingbei's body to destroy her sister, while her sister seized the opportunity to take her body and used Soul-Devouring Demon Flame to burn away the main body of Shangguan Xiaoxiao's primordial spirit.

Yet Shangguan Shengxian also hadn't anticipated that her sister Shangguan Xiaoxiao had left behind a contingency plan.

A weak primordial spirit split hidden within a maid in Prince Mansion!

Moreover, Shangguan Xiaoxiao had also tampered with herself.

Thus, Shangguan Xiaoxiao's remaining primordial spirit followed through, discovering Shangguan Shengxian's main target was actually Li An, she then exerted all her strength to activate the final contingency, blocking Shangguan Shengxian's move.

She saved Li An!

...

After hearing the entire story, Li An was silent for a long time.

This is the Cultivation Realm, no one daring to partake in such situations is a fool!

Contingencies, hidden cards... endlessly emerging, whoever has more prevails, whoever survives wins!

"You came from Spirit Realm?"

This was the news he focused on most!

Spirit Realm!

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