For a moment, Li Jizhou felt slightly embarrassed.
Ji Yue and Zhao Tianyuan both had protectors and rose to leave, providing both sides with a way out.
But he was alone, merely a small cultivator at the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment; if he attempted to leave like Ji Yue and Zhao Tianyuan, Shangguan Qiufeng would find it hard to accept. Even if Shangguan Qiufeng wanted to temporarily retreat, there would be no way out.
Fortunately, Li Jizhou had the Celestial Venerable Dharma Realm.
"If I want to leave, who can stop me?" Li Jizhou murmured, and instantly vanished without a trace.
Shangguan Qiufeng froze suddenly.
This place was guarded by their Tier Five Imprisonment Array, and also by nine elder guards of the Shangguan family. Yet, this young lad at the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment had simply disappeared before his eyes.
The critical point was that there wasn't the slightest hint of detection.
Is this the underlying strength of the Central State's royal lineage?
The Primordial Spirit at Divinity Transformation Peak spread out instantly over hundreds of miles, still finding nothing, leaving Shangguan Qiufeng silent for a few moments.
He then conveyed what had happened here to the Shangguan family ancestor, Shangguan Qingming.
"The Fifth Princess of Great Xia, the Third Prince of Cangming, another with extraordinary bearing, royal demeanor, disappeared right under your nose..." Shangguan Qingming received the news and remained silent for a long time.
However, the only creature capable of ignoring the restriction and sensing the Frog Demon, the Golden Armored Celestial Origin Insect, had been devoured by the Tier Five Golden Cicada Gu, making it impossible for him to accurately determine which of the three killed the kin and took the Frog Demon.
"Since it can't be determined, then don't determine it. Keep all three under close watch."
Ultimately, he could only issue such an order.
Shangguan Qiufeng then conducted a careful investigation again, still finding no trace of Li Jizhou before leaving embarrassed.
Meanwhile, Li Jizhou, having entered the Dharma Realm, was still in no hurry. Even sensing that Shangguan Qiufeng had already left the outside world, he remained as steady as a rock.
There appeared to be no good opportunity yet to seek Bai Yi from the Fire Domain. With numerous high-tier cultivators lurking around the perimeter, if he actually summoned Bai Yi out, it would surely make a wedding dress for others.
Yet he couldn't leave, for if a change occurred in Bai Yi within the Fire Domain, unable to respond immediately would leave him too passive.
The Fire Domain, located in the southern part of Yan Kingdom, was closest to and had the highest Spirit Vein in this city, which was why he chose to settle here for the time being.
Shangguan Qiufeng's sudden attack disrupted his plan to quietly cultivate here and wait for the right moment.
"Ultimately, the power is still inadequate!"
A remarkable birth had only laid a good foundation for his path. During the initial stage, unlike ordinary cultivators who fought hard for basic resources, he didn't have to, and before cultivation, he could adequately prepare for the Dao Foundation, Dharma Aspect, and even stages beyond Divinity Transformation, paving a smooth path up to the Nascent Soul.
But likewise, the pressure and expectations were considerable.
Ordinary cultivators needed only to worry about basic cultivation resources, whereas Li Jizhou, being a prince in this life, had to exhaust his mind over the Dao Foundation and Dharma Aspect.
Ordinary cultivators initially only dreamt of Core Formation or even advancing in Foundation Establishment, while he had to make every effort for the proof of ascension.
Ordinary cultivators faced opponents of mere Qi Cultivation, at most Core Formation.
While he, just at Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment, had to confront mighty figures of Divinity Transformation, even the esteemed Refining Void and Harmonization Dao.
The heights differ, perspectives differ, making empathy difficult between them.
"Unfortunately, within the Dharma Realm there is only endless Blood Fiend energy, no Spiritual Qi, unable to support cultivation; otherwise, I could remain here, cultivating while waiting for the chance to retrieve Xiaobai."
Looking around at the boundless Blood Fiend, Li Jizhou shook his head helplessly.
Thinking for a while, his gaze fell on the four women.
He planned to wait more days before exiting the Dharma Realm, and since cultivation was not possible here, he intended to complete Dual Cultivation with the four women.
The Dual Cultivation method he instructed the four women to practice in this lifetime was not the complementary Dual Cultivation prevalent among the Human Race in his previous life; rather, it was a remarkable technique specifically created by the great powers for the Demon Race, a world-shattering method of Dual Cultivation between humans and demons.
It could not only enhance cultivation but also hold a chance of acquiring the Innate Divine Abilities of the demon race involved in Dual Cultivation.
This was the core reason for Li Jizhou's patience over so many years.
The more perfect their cultivation of this Dual Cultivation technique, the more harmonious their cooperation would be, increasing the chance of acquiring their Innate Divine Abilities.
Cyan Dome's hidden Divine Abilities had long been coveted by Li Jizhou.
Ordinary Human Race's concealment secret techniques could at most avoid the Divine Soul perception of cultivators of the same tier.
Yet Cyan Dome's talent could perfectly avoid the Divine Soul perception of opponents from a tier higher ground.
With its Tier Four Peak bloodline awakening, its normal Divine Soul strength was not much different from the Nascent Soul Peak, but its Divine Abilities could perfectly conceal from the Divine Soul perception of Late Stage of Divinity Transformation.
Hong Luan's Innate Divine Abilities were what Li Jizhou had prepared to acquire regardless of how many times the Dual Cultivation took.
Cultivating Immortality involved various arts, and Divine Soul was the foundation, while in this life, he also had the accelerated boost of his previous life's Divine Soul, making his Divine Soul progress slightly stronger than cultivators of the same realm, but facing all exceptionally gifted princes and grandsons this life, the advantage was not evident. Only after acquiring Hong Luan's Divine Soul Innate Divine Abilities could he truly stand out among the masses.
As for Cang Huang's Innate Divine Abilities, comparable to grand events in the body cultivation of the same level, and particularly perfectly compatible with the endless Blood Fiend within the Dharma Realm, it was what he valued.
However, Cang Huang was on the verge of awakening Tier Five bloodline, and when that happened, its Innate Divine Abilities were bound to elevate, so he decided to wait.
While the Sable's crisis foresight was unlike any secret technique or exotic skill, it even bore traces of the Power of Law, which almost no cultivator could resist here.
"You three, follow me to the cave!"
"..." Hong Luan had been teasing Guagua, but upon hearing this, the peach blossom eyes flashed with a hint of anxiety. Yet then allure surged through her eyes as she obediently moved to Li Jizhou's side, gazing at him with deep affection, as though wanting to melt him, a tuft of fiery red fluffy tail teasingly brushed against Li Jizhou.
Despite ordinarily being the coldest, Cyan Dome offered no resistance at this moment; only faint sweats appeared on her delicate pink nose.
The Sable was frightfully worried, her tender little face almost bleeding, her entire body tensed up, unable to walk straight, her purple ears nearly drooping to her shoulders.
Seeing Li Jizhou inviting only those three, Cang Huang widened her eyes with a bit of grievance, "Master, do you need to hide something from Xiaohuang? Don't you like Xiaohuang anymore?"
"Do you want to Dual Cultivate with me now?" Li Jizhou asked with a smile.
"Dual Cultivation? Ah? Are you going to Dual Cultivate now?" Cang Huang immediately understood and hurriedly retreated three steps.
"No no, I'm about to awaken the Tier Five bloodline..."
Li Jizhou smiled slightly, ushering the three women toward the cave.
Liu Hongling had been intertwining with the Earth Spirit of the Dharma Realm, enhancing her Earth Spirit perception, but hearing Li Jizhou's words, she widened her eyes slightly.
She was almost completely in tune with the Earth Spirit of the Dharma Realm, and across the entire realm, besides Li Jizhou the master of the Dharma Realm, she had the highest control over this small world. So no matter what she tried to avoid seeing or hearing, anything happening here, even the tiniest specks of dust, she could distinctly sense.
Imagining Li Jizhou and the three women engaging in Dual Cultivation, her experience would be that of the sole spectator with a god's eye view.