The Ancestral Bodhi in Richardâs mind palace dragged him in instead.
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Presently, Richard was throwing demonic cores one after another into the flaming lotus. The great
number of instantly-erupting mysterious factors were absorbed by his real body, entering his three
thousand golden cores. The golden cores were changing, germinating, and nurturing life.
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It was then that a voice shouted in his mind palace, âHey, rascal. Keep your word. Youâve disintegrated
so much immortal Chi. You canât be having all of it to yourself. Hurry up and give me some!â
The one who spoke was none other than Ancestor Bodhi. He was a fair boy, looking similar to a
preschooler.
The Ancestral Bodhi Treeâs vitality reduced greatly after the toxicity of a great demon at Dairaionji
Temple destroyed it. He, the tree spirit, had also suffered severe damage and turned into his current
state⦠However, the Ancestral Bodhi Tree was a sacred tree cultivated shortly after the beginning of
the world. It had survived countless epochs with its tracks spanning multiple dimensions. The things
that it had seen were beyond the imagination of the uninitiated.
The mysterious factors that Richard was currently absorbing, for instance, were actually something
called âethereal Chiâ. Ancestor Bodhi was the one who had told Richard about that. He had also told
Richard that he could disintegrate the demonic cores and extract the ethereal Chi within them with the
flaming lotus of Buddhaâs wrath.
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And, ethereal Chi was something more advanced than immortal Chi.
âBodhi, take it easy!â
âLet me consume this ethereal Chi first to improve my strength so that I can kill even more demon
beasts and disintegrate more ethereal Chi. Iâll naturally give it to you when the time comes, but weâd
both be finished if the demon beasts here were to kill me because Iâm not strong enough.â
Ancestor Bodhi said, âYour words seem to make sense. You better kill the beasts quickly then.â
After Richard had absorbed all the ethereal Chi, he spat a mouthful of impure Chi. âYouâll have to let me
take a break for a while.â
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âA break, my *ss. Now that Ihave gotten your physical body here and your strength has increased
dramatically, you can just use the resources youâve acquired in the battle to fight further. What is the
point of taking a break? If the divided soul of the True Martial Starlord were to find out that youâre
cheating, he would kick your physical body away, and you would be struggling again.â
Richard nodded. âYouâre right. Iâll fight then⦠Weâve killed 979 demon beasts, right? D*mn it. There are
still about one hundred thousand of them after rounding up.â
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However, Richard had got a knack for killing demon beasts. Furthermore, he had mastered the True
Martial Star-shattering Punch to the third degree.
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The old protector had demanded that he cultivate the set of punch techniques and acquire
enlightenment from it. It had five degrees in total, and each contained a unique name, Star-shocking,
Star-breaking, Star-cracking, Star-severing, and Star-shattering.
Meanwhile, the energy consumption of each degree was slightly different. Richard gained an intense
feeling after cultivating it from the first to the third degree.
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His former cultivation techniques were flawed.
It wasnât that the techniques were bad, but some areas fit him poorly. Those areas could actually be
improved until they suited him better and their power increased. The cultivation of the True Martial Star-
shattering Punch, was in fact, a gradual process of modifying the cultivation technique.
After Richard had experienced this process, he could extrapolate information from it and make
personalized modifications to his other cultivation techniques.
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A month later, Richard had managed to kill three thousand enemies after fighting a valiant and
dauntless fight. He had finally cultivated the True Martial Star-shattering Punch to the fifth degree, Star-
shattering.
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It was then that he received some kind of enlightenment.
He killed no enemies the next month, but hid underground and focused on modifying his martial
cultivation techniques.
Bodhiâs Dragon-Tusk. Great Mighty Divine Palm. Ksitigarbhaâs Ten Wheels Earth Incantation. Thunder
Palm Mantra.
He even modified and adjusted the Ten-Point Forbidden Spell and the lotus filled with Buddhaâs wrath.
In the third month, he rushed into a cave of demon beasts. There were at least three thousand abyssal
demon wolves inside.
âTaste my new and improved Small Icebound Spell!â