Chapter 2875 - 2879: Lia’s Gift: Undying Body

Ling Xiao knew very well that even those enemies with greater cultivation levels than his own could not possibly manipulate time.

Even the top entities of the Eternal Palace could not achieve such a feat.

Yet Ling Xiao could, because he had obtained the Twelve Divine Beast Throne, and this time, he had also acquired the Broken Soul of You Divine.

But that wasn’t enough; he needed to obtain the complete You Divine Beast Soul to potentially enhance this ability further.

After all, ten seconds was still too short; even an additional second would provide a significant advantage.

Although this might not cause as much of a stir among the Martial Artists of the Mysterious World as the Tyrant Sky Martial Spirit would,

it could certainly drive the Martial Artists of the Xuanwu Continent into a frenzy.

Ling Xiao still planned to use it with caution.

If he could conceal it, he would do his utmost to do so.

Otherwise, if it were discovered, he would undoubtedly become the target of all.

The experts on the Xuanwu Continent would likely risk their lives to seize this object, and he would not have a peaceful time.

To be precise, Life Retrospection should be considered a divine ability that surpasses the Life Principle of the Xuanwu Continent.

Even if Ling Xiao died completely, as long as the ability of Life Retrospection remained, it would activate automatically.

Basically, he was quite similar to having an Undying Body.

Moreover, this ability could be used flexibly.

For example, within ten seconds, he could exhaust his strength doing something, then use Life Retrospection to fully recover his strength.

Of course, it doesn’t apply to inner strength.

After all, inner strength is not part of life.

Life refers to inherent things such as the physical body, stamina, and soul.

But even so, it’s incredibly extraordinary.

Previously, when using the Vertical Earth Golden Light Technique, the stamina consumption was so immense that he couldn’t sustain its use.

With Life Retrospection, at the very least, he could employ it for a much longer duration.

Of course, such a powerful and extraordinary divine ability naturally comes with certain restrictions.

The three divine abilities of Zi Shen consume a lot of inner strength and have a half-hour cooldown.

Whereas the divine ability of You Divine, although it doesn’t consume anything, currently has a three-hour cooldown after each use.

If he were killed twice within three hours, it would be game over.

So it still can’t be used endlessly.

However, Ling Xiao wasn’t greedy.

With the Vertical Earth Golden Light Technique in addition to Life Retrospection, at the very least, if he wanted to survive, basically no one could kill him.

If someone could still kill him twice in three hours, it would be quite embarrassing for him.

Bear in mind, from the Heavenly Dragon Continent to now, though he had been in situations where he almost got killed, he had never truly died.

This Life Retrospection is a trump card kept at the bottom of the chest; if it is used, it must completely dumbfound the enemy.

It should directly resolve the issue.

Speaking of which, acquiring the Twelve Divine Beast Throne was indeed an incredibly fortunate event for Ling Xiao.

Zi Shen already had three divine abilities—the Vertical Earth Golden Light Technique, Bloodthirsty Plague Rat, and Bloody Rat Demon.

And You Divine also possessed a divine ability—Life Retrospection.

Every one of these divine abilities is extremely extraordinary and could grant him enormous benefits.

Even though it might fall short compared to the Tyrant Sky Martial Spirit, on the Xuanwu Continent, the benefits these Twelve Divine Beast Abilities brought him could arguably rival those of the Tyrant Sky Martial Spirit.

With these assets, unifying the Xuanwu Continent would not be a difficult task.

Reaching the pinnacle of the Xuanwu Continent wouldn’t take too long either.

Yun Zhong Feng, Chen Cangxiong, Thunder Emperor—these individuals were merely thorns on his path forward.

Once he cut through them, it would be done; they weren’t any major inconvenience.

"I’m sorry, Lia, I’m afraid your pendant can’t be returned. I can compensate you with something else."

Ling Xiao recovered from shock and joy, looked at Lia, and said.

"No, no, no, there’s no need to apologize. You saved my life, and that’s more important than anything else.

I can also see that the pendant is very important to you, Brother Ling Xiao.

Let’s eat quickly, the food is about to get cold."

Lia blushed and demurely said.

Ling Xiao nodded. He initially didn’t plan to have a late-night snack, but now in a good mood, he couldn’t possibly disregard the girl’s kind gesture.

After finishing the meal, Lia left quietly with the tableware.

She knew that Ling Xiao still needed to cultivate.

It was best not to disturb him at this time.

After Lia left, Ling Xiao experimented with the Life Retrospection divine ability, cautiously starting by making a small cut on his arm.

After using Life Retrospection, it completely returned to normal, and his cultivation progress was not affected.

This meant that Life Retrospection could retrospect life, but not cultivation, which alleviated Ling Xiao’s concerns.

After three hours, he tried again, this time breaking his arm.

Using Life Retrospection once more, it was indeed perfectly restored.

He initially wanted to test if dying could actually bring him back to life, but considering the high risk involved, he decided against it. If it didn’t work, the loss would be immeasurable.

Having confirmed the effect of Life Retrospection, Ling Xiao calmed his excitement.

Then he began to rest.

Nowadays, he seldom mediates in a cross-legged position for cultivation.

Such method of cultivation just brought negligible improvements compared to the massive progress combat provided.

He would rather conserve his energy with the time he had, ready to engage in battles once more.

Of course, before resting, in the span of two hours, he refined the Thousand-Year Ganoderma and Thousand-Year Fire Serpent Grass into pills.

The night passed just like that.

The next day, as the sky broke into a sliver of light, a group of powerful presences rapidly approached the Yuanling Clan Tribe.

Ling Xiao, lying in his room, could still sense the presence of those people.

These people didn’t hide their presence at all, fully revealing it.

The people who came were much stronger than those the Crown Prince led yesterday.

Especially the two leading figures; both of them were at the Pinnacle of the First Cycle of Yin-Yang Realm Twelfth-Level Hell Cultivation Level.

Ling Xiao was very familiar with one person’s aura—it was Yun Zhong Feng, once the Deputy Sect Master of the Demon Dragon Sect.

The other person’s aura felt unfamiliar, and Ling Xiao couldn’t guess who it was, but it seemed even stronger than Yun Zhong Feng.

The Martial Artists of the Yuanling Clan didn’t possess Ling Xiao’s keen awareness, but when those thousand Martial Artists drew close, they sensed it.

Fear and unease instantly gripped everyone.

They knew that the Crown Prince’s death yesterday had infuriated the Chen Royal Family, and these individuals were undoubtedly here for revenge.

These folks didn’t care who killed the Crown Prince; they were purely here to wipe out the Yuanling Clan Tribe.

To the Chen Royal Family, the existence of the Yuanling Clan was always an uncomfortable thorn.

Even though they had submitted, they still occupied part of the Imperial Extreme Secret Realm’s space, and controlling the Monster Beasts within the realm remained a danger.