Eternal Life: I Can Control My Essence Qi-Chapter 183 - 158: Three Years Later

"Let's begin!"

Zhang Yao's thoughts shifted, and he activated the 'Unity and Destiny Curse.'

Silently and without a trace, his Primordial Energy violently fluctuated and started to burn rapidly.

Like brilliantly radiant fireworks, the Primordial Energy that initially burned slowly, within just a few breaths, turned into an unstoppable force.

"Hoo..."

Zhang Yao's breathing was long and even, his demeanor calm, as if the combustion of this life force was insignificant to him.

However, the Demon Fish in his hand realized something was wrong and began to struggle desperately, as if about to be stranded and near death. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

But Zhang Yao's palm gripped it like an iron clamp, and after floundering for a few breaths, the Demon Fish gradually lost its strength, its entire body of scales losing their luster.

"That's about enough."

Through his refined perception of Primordial Energy, Zhang Yao precisely timed it, and after burning life force to a set limit, he immediately withdrew the Unity and Destiny Curse.

At this moment—

The Demon Fish in his hand had only a third of its life force left, with its Primordial Energy limit locked. Unless the Daoist Skill was broken, ordinary Spirit Pills or Spiritual Objects could not replenish its lost life force.

The effect of the Unity and Destiny Curse, much like the Blood Curse Technique, carries an aspect of bloodline inheritance; if this Demon Fish were to have offspring, they too would have only a third of the life span limit.

"Plop!"

Zhang Yao placed the weakened Demon Fish back into the crystal fish tank.

The Demon Fish weakly swam for a while before settling into the gravel and sand at the bottom of the tank, unmoving.

Zhang Yao keenly sensed that the Demon Fish was practicing a Breathing Technique with the surrounding Spiritual Qi, refining it into Demonic Power, attempting to rectify the damage it suffered.

"Hmm..."

Zhang Yao patiently observed, recording the details of the Demon Fish's changes into corresponding data.

After more than two hours:

The Essence Qi damage from the combustion of Primordial Energy on the Demon Fish had been somewhat remedied, allowing it to regain a bit of vigor, swimming around the crystal fish tank in search of food.

"It has indeed become weaker!"

After observing for a moment, Zhang Yao's eyes lit up.

With its life force limit locked, the Demon Fish's physical strength, level and total amount of Demonic Power, and even the initial emergence of spiritual intelligence had all regressed to a certain extent.

When competing with other Demon Fish for some rare food, it could no longer match opponents it once matched evenly, now fleeing in disarray, the disparity quite evident.

"It seems the relationship between Primordial Energy limit and Bloodline Level is indeed very close and mutually influential."

"Any change on one side immediately feeds back to the other..."

At this thought, Zhang Yao couldn't help but smile.

This result was the best news for him, meaning he could smoothly proceed with subsequent bloodline experiments.

If the maximum Primordial Energy in the Demon Race didn't have a strong correlation with Bloodline Level or only influenced it one-sidedly, he could only stop here.

"But from this point of view, Li Shuixian's bloodline seems to be quite extraordinary..."

Thoughts flickered in Zhang Yao's mind, returning to Li Shuixian and the Blood Curse Technique on her.

He had already proven that the reduction of Primordial Energy limit would concurrently lower Bloodline Level, meaning the Blood Curse Technique on Li Shuixian would similarly suppress her entire family's Bloodline Level.

This is the most terrifying and vicious Curse Skill, something even a Golden Core Ancestor would likely struggle to unravel.

Under normal circumstances, after being hit by the Blood Curse Technique, it should not pass down many generations before the bloodline becomes mediocre, making it hard to produce individuals with Spirit Root Talent, with each generation gradually declining, meeting premature death and enduring endless torment.

But according to Li Shuixian's recount:

Their family had been afflicted by the Blood Curse Technique for at least several hundred years. Although the family did indeed gradually decline, every generation still produced cultivators, and compared to other Cultivation Clans, the probability of new births did not significantly differ.

Judging by this, before their family was struck by the Blood Curse Technique, their bloodline's power must have been unbelievably strong, far exceeding any Cultivation Clan he knew.

"It seems... Li Shuixian's ancestor was truly a remarkable figure."

"Just offended an Evil Cultivator, got retaliated against after death, leading to such a tragic fate for descendants..."

At this thought, Zhang Yao felt a slight sigh, but he had no further thoughts.

The Da Li Cultivation Realm is ever-changing, with countless Golden Core Ancestors emerging over the generations, each having their heyday over centuries.

Perhaps Li Shuixian's ancestor was once a legendary overlord renowned throughout Da Li, but after so many years, they have long been buried in the dust of history.

"Phew!"

Zhang Yao took a deep breath:

"Next up is the main event!"

Confirmed the bloodline connection, the next step was to forcibly elevate the Primordial Energy limit to reverse-trigger an increase in Bloodline Level.

This couldn't be carried out by himself alone; although his Primordial Energy is inexhaustible, it carries a strong personal imprint and cannot be directly transferred to living beings, requiring a medium and bridge.

Fortunately, he had just such a Treasure with him—the Earth Soul Crystal.

"I just need it to serve as a conversion and communication channel, and it shouldn't suffer any loss."

Thinking of this, Zhang Yao effortlessly took out a piece of Earth Soul Crystal.

All life-extending Treasures in the world can be divided into two types—replenishing the already lost Primordial Energy, or directly elevating the Primordial Energy limit.

The first type is relatively common, with most externally cultivated Life extending Spirit Pills falling into this category.