Imperial Cultivation Chapter 1568 - 1564: Discovery

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Previously on Imperial Cultivation...
Chu Zhiyuan used his Divine Stone and Flying Knives to attack a Silver Fish, but its speed and defense proved too great. He then personally attacked with his Spring Sun Sword, successfully piercing its internal weakness and killing it. The fish transformed into a golden Dragon Fish, seemingly resurrecting, but Chu Zhiyuan managed to destroy it completely with a final, decisive strike.

The Elephant Beast exhaled a mouthful of foul air, its tail swaying rapidly, with lingering fears.

Chu Zhiyuan said: "This time it should be dead!"

As he spoke, a Flying Knife shot out from the lake, aiming again at the fish that began to change color.

At this moment, the Silver Fish had already transformed into purple.

The Flying Knife struck the Purple Fish, instantly penetrating, leaving only half of the knife handle visible.

The original Purple Fish turned into a Golden Fish, glittering magnificently.

At a glance, it seemed as if cast in gold.

Chu Zhiyuan and the Elephant Beast flashed, appearing before this Dragon Fish.

The Elephant Beast’s tail stood erect, tautly tense, with pupils forming two golden lines.

Chu Zhiyuan opened the Divine Eye, stared at it, sighed: "Indeed, it’s dead."

The Divine Eye could already see through its interior, no longer obscured.

He saw inside the Dragon Fish, the breath weak, not yet completely severed.

The Elephant Beast lowered its tail, gently swayed, a voice echoing in Chu Zhiyuan’s mind: "Shouldn’t be able to come back alive."

Chu Zhiyuan slowly reached out his hand.

As his fingers touched the Dragon Fish, it disappeared, entering Jade Sea and Sky.

Once in Jade Sea and Sky, the Flying Knife left the Dragon Fish’s body.

The Dragon Fish shone with golden brilliance.

Chu Zhiyuan concentrated, directing it to drift into the Four Symbols Pure Yuan Formation.

Pure breath instantly entered its body.

At the same time, Chu Zhiyuan extracted a breath from the Dragon Tree, injecting it into its body.

Inside the Dragon Fish, the breath slowed its dispersion.

Chu Zhiyuan frowned.

The Elephant Beast looked at him with confusion.

Chu Zhiyuan reached out and pressed it, the next moment it entered Jade Sea and Sky, seeing the Dragon Fish floating on the sea.

It quickly saw where the Dragon Fish was, precisely inside the Four Symbols Pure Yuan Formation.

It hurriedly said: "Are you thinking of reviving it?"

"Can it come back to life?"

"This is courting death!"

"If it comes back to life here, then I’m not afraid, can’t stir any storms."

"It’s too risky!"

"Fortune is sought amid danger, here, it’s not that dangerous, just hide yourself when the time comes."

The Elephant Beast shook its head helplessly, its pupils again forming two gold lines: "It won’t work."

A Dragon Ball appeared before it, then floated toward the Dragon Fish, drilling into its interior from the Flying Knife’s wound.

Once the Dragon Ball entered, the originally slowly dissipating breath was like swallows returning home, flocking towards the Dragon Ball.

The Elephant Beast saw this and hurriedly said: "It’s going to come back to life!"

Chu Zhiyuan’s voice echoed in its mind: "Can it come back to life?"

"Yes!" The Elephant Beast’s vertical pupils gleamed with golden light: "It’s going to come back to life!!"

Its voice suddenly rose.

The next moment, it vanished from Jade Sea and Sky, appearing on Chu Zhiyuan’s left shoulder.

Its tail stood erect, the dark tip straight like a spear pointing to the sky.

Even the snowy white fur faintly bristled.

Chu Zhiyuan’s voice echoed in its mind: "Even if it comes back to life, it won’t attack you."

"You may not be able to control it!" The Elephant Beast grumbled discontentedly.

It understood Chu Zhiyuan’s intention.

If it revives within his Grotto Heaven, it could likely reduce hostility, no longer wanting to kill him.

But I am not him; when the Dragon Fish comes back to life and sees me, it will surely strike.

He can revive the Dragon Fish not because the Grotto Heaven has magical resurrection properties, but because the Dragon Fish is peculiar.

Chu Zhiyuan said: "It truly came back to life!"

His Heart and Spirit slightly tightened.

The Elephant Beast’s mind presented the scene of the Dragon Fish’s resurrection.

Dragon Ball absorbed the breath, not just the Dragon Fish’s dissipating breath, but also the surrounding pure Primordial Energy.

The two types of breath caused the Dragon Ball to start becoming brighter.

As it brightened, it also emitted a unique breath, merging into the Dragon Fish.

The golden on the Dragon Fish gradually faded, turning purple, then red, then black, and finally silver.

Bright silver, resembling cast silver.

Even later, shining brightly, resembling mercury.

Seeing this, the Elephant Beast’s tail wagged, knowing the Dragon Fish was fully revived.

Returning to silver meant restoring its original formidable defenses, along with the Purple Lightning.

It stared intently at the Dragon Fish, speaking in Chu Zhiyuan’s mind: "Be careful!"

"Don’t worry."

Chu Zhiyuan was full of confidence, his tone assured.

Through his Inner Universe, he clearly sensed the Dragon Fish’s resurrection.

Discovered inside it was an unusual power, initially dim to the extreme, now turned strong again.

This unusual power was likely the Dragon Fish’s vitality.

Previously, he hadn’t noticed this power; it wasn’t within the realm of Super Sense or perception.

This time, through the Dragon Fish’s resurrection, he saw this power he’d been unable to sense all along.

If this is vitality, can he see other forms of vitality?

He attempted to search for and sense this breath on the Dragon Tree, other animals, and plants.

After sensing around, he found that only on the Dragon Fish could he sense it.

Other animals and plants did not possess this vitality.

This confused him.

Could it be this isn’t the vitality he thought, otherwise, why don’t those living animals and plants have this power?

He overturned his previous thought; this power should not be simply vitality, but a stronger power.

With this power’s presence, can one resurrect from the dead?

If he also possessed such power, could he be Undying?

The greatest mystery hidden within the Dragon Fish: resurrection from the dead, is that the root lies in this unusual power?

But how can this power be generated?

The mystery lies within this Dragon Fish; must research it well.

The Dragon Fish resides in his Inner Universe, through it, observing the mystery of the Dragon Fish clearly.

He has understood the root of its resurrection, but the next step, unlocking this root’s mystery, isn’t so simple.

The Dragon Fish began to swim through the Jade Sea.

It seemed oblivious to the surrounding changes, continuing leisurely.

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head as he watched.

This Dragon Fish is a dim fish, truly unworthy of its mighty Purple Lightning and robust silver scales.

The Elephant Beast, through Chu Zhiyuan’s mind, saw the situation of the Dragon Fish.

It turned its head to look at Chu Zhiyuan.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled.

The Elephant Beast snorted: "Just because it doesn’t attack now doesn’t mean it won’t always."

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head: "Inside there, it doesn’t matter, why not try?"

"I dare not!" The Elephant Beast said: "It stays inside, I won’t go in."

Thinking of not being able to stay on the Dragon Tree made it quite displeased.

Chu Zhiyuan said: "If you truly encounter danger, I will rescue you; won’t let you die."

"Not going." The Elephant Beast snorted.

Chu Zhiyuan said: "Then let’s try with other Strange Beasts?"

"Who?" The Elephant Beast asked.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled: "Go to Dragon Mountain."

The Elephant Beast instantly thought of that Cyan Bird, nodded.

The Cyan Bird is indeed an excellent experiment object; if it enters and isn’t attacked by the Dragon Fish, neither would I be.

The next moment, Chu Zhiyuan and the Elephant Beast arrived at the pit beside the foot of Dragon Mountain.

Chu Zhiyuan jumped into the pit, continuously absorbing soil and Dragon Tree.

After a dozen breaths, several Cyan Birds appeared, hovering in mid-air before Chu Zhiyuan.

They hovered in front of Chu Zhiyuan, chirping non-stop.

Chu Zhiyuan extended his hand.

A Cyan Bird landed in his palm, then vanished without a trace.

It was the first Cyan Bird he had subdued before.

The Elephant Beast crouched on Chu Zhiyuan’s left shoulder, observing the conditions of Jade Sea and Sky through Chu Zhiyuan’s eyes.

Then saw the Cyan Bird spread its wings, soaring over the Jade Sea, landing on a Dragon Tree.

And passing through the sea, a Dragon Fish leisurely swam.

The Dragon Fish showed no movement, did not attack the Cyan Bird.

Chu Zhiyuan’s voice arose in its mind: "How?"

"Let me go in and see." The Elephant Beast said.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled: "I can move you out at any time, rest assured."

The next moment, the Elephant Beast appeared in Jade Sea and Sky, landed on the Dragon Tree.

This Dragon Tree was adjacent to the Cyan Bird’s Dragon Tree.