65: Chapter 65 Bloodline Advancement, Colorless Mystic Light

With eyes closed, a gray Void Realm slowly unfolded in Wu Li's mind.

That was not a dream, nor an illusion, but the memory from the depths of his Bloodline. It was the Legacy that had been dormant in his Bloodline for countless generations, forcibly awakened at this moment by the power of the Transcendent Spirit Body Origin.

In the Void Realm, a gigantic Mysterious Crow appeared.

Its form blotted out the sky and sun; with its wings spread, it seemed capable of covering the entire firmament.

Its ink-purple feathers shimmered with a cold, eerie luster in the Void Realm, and the edge of every feather was inlaid with a ring of colorful black light.

That light was not blinding, yet it made one's skin crawl, like ghost fire ignited in an abyss, or like the Other Shore Flower blooming in Hell.

Wherever it passed, the Void Realm collapsed and living beings suffered. It looked down upon the common people like a Tai Sui Demon God descending into the human world.

"Caw!!!!"

A roar echoed in Wu Li's mind; the gigantic Mysterious Crow, separated by the Void Realm, seemed to lock eyes with him.

Its ink-black eyes stared at Wu Li, the flames within its pupils flickering as if it were scrutinizing him, or perhaps bestowing approval.

Wu Li's breathing stalled, his body stiffened, and even his blood seemed to have frozen.

Then… the Mysterious Crow vanished.

But the instant it disappeared, a terrifying power erupted within Wu Li.

The first to benefit was Wu Li's cultivation; without warning, it broke through from the Second Stage Early Stage to the Middle Stage, and it continued to grow until it reached the Second Stage Late Stage before slowly stopping.

At the same time… that power exploded from the depths of his Bloodline, sweeping through his entire body like a flash flood.

In a breath, Wu Li's demon body began to swell, his bones cracked and popped, muscles tore and reorganized, and feathers fell off only to grow back anew.

The ink-purple feathers became denser, each one shimmering with a metallic luster, and a faint, profound-colored halo emerged at the edges.

His size swelled more than threefold. Crouched on the bluestone, he looked like a burning ball of black flame.

His head became larger, his beak sharper, and his talons elongated, curving like hooks.

His wingspan widened, and the flight feathers at the wingtips tilted slightly upward, bearing a fierce arc, like two gigantic black scythes.

At this moment, though he was a crow, he looked more like a hawk than any eagle!

Wu Li opened his eyes, and they had changed. They were no longer ordinary black pupils but had turned completely blood-red, with five-colored light faintly swirling within them, dreamlike and illusory. He looked down at his demon body, then shifted his thoughts.

"Hum~" Colorless Profound Light shrouded him.

Colorless imitates all colors; Wu Li's figure began to blur, as if shrouded by an invisible curtain of light. In this state, his defense was extraordinary, and he could not be probed by spiritual sense.

This is called: Neither Form nor Shadow.

According to the Bloodline Legacy memory, Colorless Profound Light is the core of the Mysterious Crow clan, not just for concealment, but also possessing methods for causing hallucinations, attacking, and more.

He closed his eyes, feeling that power awakened from the depths of his Bloodline.

Colorless Profound Light, all things lose their color.

Wherever the Profound Light reached, it brought with it suppression and refining power. For those whose cultivation was inferior to Wu Li, once shrouded by the Colorless Profound Light, they would be refined into blood within a single breath if they lacked defensive measures.

Using this move in conjunction with the Blood Pupil is a match made in heaven.

The Blood Pupil breaks their defense, the Profound Light shrouds their body, and after refining them into blood, the essence blood is directly absorbed by the Blood Pupil, not a drop wasted.

"Awesome!" "Caw caw caw caw!!!"

Wu Li threw his head back and laughed; his raspy laughter echoed in the Limestone Cave, causing ripples to spread across the water in the pool.

That power awakened from the depths of his Bloodline surged forth like a tide. The Colorless Profound Light circulated around his body, and an invisible pressure spread out from the depths of the Limestone Cave, passing through the narrow gaps between stone pillars, through the dense Stone Forest, and spreading in all directions.

Outside the Stone Forest, hundreds of crows were perched atop the stone pillars; some were dozing, some were preening their feathers, and some were vigilantly scanning their surroundings.

But the instant that pressure surged over, all the crows' bodies trembled simultaneously, their feathers flared, and a flash of confusion passed through their pupils, which immediately turned into clarity.

That was the resonance from the depths of their Bloodline. Wu Li's Mysterious Crow Bloodline had completely awakened under the catalysis of the Transcendent Spirit Body Origin, and that aura, to ordinary crows, was like a lighthouse in the dark of night.

The blood within them began to boil, and the intelligence dormant in the depths of their Bloodline was forcibly awakened.

One, two, ten, dozens… Those ordinary crows, originally muddled and confused, gradually saw light in their eyes.

That was the clarity after intelligence had been opened. Thousands of crows opened their intelligence simultaneously… The Crow Flock called out in unison.

"Caw caw caw caw caw caw~~~"

At the top of the Crow Flock, Hei Yu's body also trembled violently. He felt a palpitation in his chest, as if something had exploded within him.

The blood within him began to circulate faster, his Demon Power became restless, rampaging through his Meridians. He gritted his teeth, desperately circulating his Demon Power to guide that restless force to refine his entire body.

"Caw!" Hei Yu let out a low caw, his surrounding Demon Power surging instantly, reaching the First Stage Mid-level directly.

Besides him, the situation for Bai Chi, Heida, Heier, and Heisan was the same. Their cultivation also broke through one after another, all reaching the First Stage.

Wu Li's perception extended out from the Limestone Cave, taking in everything outside the Stone Forest.

The entire Crow Flock, the vast majority had opened their intelligence; although they were only in the Qi Ling Realm, this was a qualitative change.

Hei Yu and Bai Chi broke through to the First Stage Mid-level, while Heida, Heier, and Heisan broke through to the First Stage Early Stage.

"Not bad." Wu Li let out a low laugh, retracted the Profound Light, and a flash of satisfaction flickered in his blood-red pupils.

He had subordinates, he had cultivation, he had his Bloodline, and he had his Divine Ability. Now, all that was missing was time.

"Stabilize first…" The rapid surge in cultivation still needed to be consolidated. Jumping from the Early Stage to the Late Stage all at once spanned a great distance; if his Foundation were unstable, it would be quite troublesome.

While deep in thought, Wu Li's Demon Power fluctuated, and his form slowly regressed from his Mysterious Crow appearance, turning back into an ordinary crow. … Meanwhile.

The night deepened. In the dense forest on the outskirts of Taiyue Mountain, four figures stumbled out from the darkness.

The Rift-Wind Wolf King limped back here. The hem of the Azure-Horned Deer King's green robe was missing a piece, and one of the antlers atop his head was cracked.

The Iron-Backed Bear King's black face was even darker, with a sword wound on his shoulder deep enough to see bone, and the Green-Scaled Python's snake body was covered in scars.

The four demons had battled the Human Race Cultivators; although none had sustained major injuries, all had been wounded.

They did not return to their respective territories but instead, by unspoken agreement, headed toward a mountain spring on the outskirts of Taiyue Mountain.

There was a bamboo forest there, and deep within the bamboo forest was a clear spring; living by the spring was an individual none of them dared to provoke.

By the spring, a young woman was crouching beside a stone table, pounding medicinal herbs.

She looked to be only in her early twenties, with a delicate and pretty face, wearing a light green long dress, her long hair tied up casually with a wooden hairpin, barefoot, with a red string tied around her ankle.

The young woman's skin was so fair it was almost transparent, and one could faintly see the blue veins beneath her skin.