On the airship.

Zhang Lingfeng was reviewing information related to Hou Laosan.

A strong practitioner at the seventh layer of the Qi Refining Realm.

He received the baptism from Divine King Mengba and was bestowed with a Water Python Body, allowing him to move effortlessly through the ocean, transforming from human to a half-human, half-demon form.

Once he reveals the Water Python Body, his strength will soar, nearly reaching the ninth layer of the Qi Refining Realm, and he can freely change his appearance, making it nearly impossible for ordinary strong practitioners to detect any anomalies.

Even Beast Masters find it difficult to identify his true aura fluctuations.

Only those with 100% Spiritual Power or Super Divine Mind Masters can identify the aura fluctuations and pinpoint him among the vast sea of humanity.

Therefore, even if there are human spies hidden among them, it’s hard to determine which one is Hou Laosan or if Hou Laosan is present among them.

The spies’ reports merely stated that Mengba sent Hou Laosan back to land for unknown reasons.

"Water Python Body!"

"Ninth layer of Qi Refining!"

Zhang Lingfeng silently memorized the intelligence content.

"I once asked Jiang Nan and the Star Gate Elder—whether Alien Demon Beasts or Undersea Great Demons, their cultivation systems are completely different from humans.

In the first major cultivation system, humans must rely on Dharma Power to continuously strengthen the physical body, constantly excavating new power from it.

However, Alien Demon Beasts and Undersea Great Demons only need to augment themselves through bloodlines and don’t even require a Demon God offspring. They naturally possess the power of a Demon God upon maturity without needing cultivation.

In the second major cultivation system, humans seeking to grow stronger are closely tied to the quantity of original powers.

To enter higher realms, unlocking the origin power is often required, whereas Alien Demon Beasts can do this through bloodline or innate racial talents.

This is the fundamental reason why the Demon Race has always been stronger than humans.

Since Hou Laosan has a Water Python Body, even if he cannot unlock power through bloodlines or racial talent like Alien Demon Beasts, I imagine his dependency on original power isn’t as inseparable as humans.

Thus, with my current strength, killing him is far from enough."

Zhang Lingfeng muttered to himself.

In fact, the main reason for returning to Great Xia this time is to lure out Hou Laosan, allowing Qin Cangqiong, Jiang Nan, and others to successfully capture him and drag out more human traitors.

But since Zhang Lingfeng returned, even if he can’t kill Hou Laosan on the spot, he must personally capture him and hand him over to Jiang Nan and Qin Cangqiong.

"I already possess twelve original powers, and with 100% Spiritual Power, unlocking the Qi Refining realm with original power is easier compared to others.

If I can’t personally capture Hou Laosan, it will be my greatest regret."

Zhang Lingfeng thought to himself.

Immediately, his spirit sank into the Dao Field.

Under 100% telepathy, Zhang Lingfeng saw that the array within the Dao Field was improving, with the Tai Chi Diagram fully embossed in the Dao Field.

Twelve original powers were like shackles, covering the Dao Field, capable of both protecting the Dao Field and allowing the Spiritual Essence within to operate itself.

During this time, Zhang Lingfeng’s focus was on the Sea of Consciousness, adhering to passive defense of the Golden Bracelet’s magical power daily, continuously increasing his Coasting Along Value.

He couldn’t help checking his Coasting Along Value, realm cultivation, and life force.

Coasting Along Value: 74013

Realm: Fifth Layer of Qi Refining (66/100)

Life Force: 49.27

After becoming a Super Divine Mind Master, Zhang Lingfeng’s life force increased significantly. Although in his realm he couldn’t directly use Super Divine Telekinesis to guide the Five Elements Origin Power to attack opponents.

However, disrupting the opponent’s origin power balance, leaving them helpless, became extremely easy, while the attack power of Super Divine Telekinesis also became exceptionally powerful, easily shattering others’ Spiritual Armor.

It could even penetrate the Sea of Consciousness, turning the opponent directly into an idiot.

In short, after becoming a Super Divine Mind Master, both Zhang Lingfeng’s strength and life force significantly improved.

Looking at the remaining seventy thousand plus Coasting Along Value.

Zhang Lingfeng decided to use it to enhance his Qi Refining realm.

He vaguely remembered that previously, two hundred thousand Coasting Along Value points were needed to elevate one realm layer.

Transitioning from the second to the fifth layer of Qi Refining was facilitated by Fu Shanhai’s sacrifice, which activated his own original power, successfully unlocking three realm layers, achieving the fifth layer of Qi Refining.

Zhang Lingfeng still didn’t know if the requirement for Coasting Along Value for enhancing the fifth layer of Qi Refining was also two hundred thousand points per layer, but he added all seventy thousand plus points to it.

The panel changed.

Coasting Along Value: None

Realm: Fifth Layer of Qi Refining (93/100)

Life Force: 49.9

Zhang Lingfeng found that the Coasting Along Value for realm enhancement still required two hundred thousand points per layer, yet life force growth seemed to suddenly decline sharply, failing to break through 50.0, almost as if this was a significant turning point.

He didn’t know what the difference was between 49.9 and 50.0 life force.

With his spirit delving into the Dao Field, Zhang Lingfeng, through 100% Spiritual Power perception, discovered that the fifth layer of Qi Refining corresponds to unlocking the Five Elements Origin Power: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

The remaining seven original powers are respectively wind, electricity, thunder, evil, qi, darkness, and light.

With Fu Shanhai’s assistance.

At this moment, these seven original powers were operating in a peculiar manner within Zhang Lingfeng’s Dao Field.

Before his Spiritual Power reached 100%, Zhang Lingfeng could sense their presence but felt as though he could neither see nor touch them.

If the panel didn’t distinctly display the twelve original power contents, he’d think he was hallucinating.

Now with 100% Spiritual Power.

He could not only see these original powers outside the Five Elements but also perceive their power fluctuations.

Even discovering their corresponding powers from the outside world.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!" 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Zhang Lingfeng heard the piercing sound of the wind.

A fierce gale swept through the Dao Field.

A gigantic shackle appeared before him, resembling a wall blocking Zhang Lingfeng’s path.

Zhang Lingfeng’s spirit immersed within, discovering that the "wind" in the Dao Field and the outside wind merged, automatically unlocking the shackle in front of him.

With Spiritual Power at 100%, he realized that the so-called realm unlocking was initially about leaving origin powers within the Dao Field.

Then, the origin powers in the Dao Field and the corresponding powers from the outside world form a fusion, attacking from inside and outside together to unlock the realm shackles.

Thus unlocking realm powers one by one.

Fu Shanhai’s sacrifice of Zhang Lingfeng’s cultivation and life force indirectly left a microcosm of twelve original powers within Zhang Lingfeng’s Dao Field.

Making Zhang Lingfeng’s breakthroughs unusually easy.

Additionally, with his Spiritual Power at 100% at this moment, he quickly found the outside origin power of wind.

Two identical powers naturally resonate, attacking from both inside and outside. Zhang Lingfeng easily entered the sixth layer of Qi Refining.

His life force also broke through 50.0 at this moment; a massive change was quietly occurring, and the world of cultivation belonging to him was opening up before him.