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Cultivation was actually an act of going against the heavens. The degree of difficulty was difficult to imagine, and the further one went, the more difficult it would be to cultivate. However, once a cultivator broke through to a new realm, the longevity and sacred art he gained would also become more powerful. This was also the reason why countless cultivators would have to continuously pursue higher levels throughout their lives.

In the Foundation Establishment Stage, the Aurous Core Stage is just one more stage. As the cultivation level increases, the person's lifespan increases and their lifespan grows longer as well.

Cultivators in the Aurous Core stage usually have a lifespan of 1000 years and above. Cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage can reach a lifespan of 5000 years and above. After that, their lifespan would be even higher. The life of a Spirit Severing cultivator was above 10,000 years; it was truly "ten thousand years". When one reached the level of Body Fusion and Tribulation, especially in the Large Success Stage, one's lifespan could only be described as a long period of time.

Similarly, demonic beasts also have different levels of cultivation. Rank 1, 2, and 3 demon beasts were equivalent to the human Qi Cultivation stage, intermediate stage, and advanced stage, and the rank 4, 5, and 6 demon beasts were equivalent to the Foundation Establishment stage, and the rank 7, 8, and 3 were corresponding to the human cultivator's three levels of the Aurous Core stage. After reaching the ninth stage, once a demonic beast broke through to the tenth stage, it would transform into a humanoid form. This period was known as the transformation stage, which corresponded to the Nascent Soul stage of human cultivators.

Demonic beasts could only transform into a human after reaching the tenth stage of cultivation. Only then could they truly be called Demonic Beasts. At this level, these cultivators could no longer simply look at demon beasts. Their body structure was already the same as that of humans, so the later stages of a demon cultivator were the same as a human cultivator's cultivation level: Soul Formation, Body Fusion, tribulation, and Large Accomplishment.

What was different from human cultivators was that before the demonic beasts took human form, they did not absorb the spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth and instead converted it into demonic spiritual energy, which was why demonic energy soared to the sky.

In addition, the difference between demon beasts and humans was that demon beasts had demon cores. This was the place where demon beasts stored their demon essence, and there was another thing, which was that cultivating demon beasts was much more difficult than humans. After all, the intelligence of demon beasts was much lower than that of humans. Moreover, most of their cultivation relied on instinct, unlike humans who were blessed with the unique conditions of having the complete cultivation technique passed down from the experiences of countless cultivation seniors.

However, good fortune was also fair. Although the demonic beasts before the transformation didn't have a human's intelligence and complete cultivation technique, their bodies were far stronger than humans and their lifespan was also longer than humans. Thus, under normal circumstances, demon beasts of the same realm would be far stronger than humans.

It was the same as a human in the Foundation Establishment Stage. After a demonic beast broke through to the Fourth Stage, demonic spiritual energy would be converted into demonic spiritual energy. Once demon beasts broke through to the transformation phase, the demon essence within their body would turn into mana similar to a human's. From then on, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth that the demon cultivators absorbed would be converted into mana.

In addition to the tenth level cultivation stage, demon beasts were also classified according to their bloodline. They were usually divided into five categories: ordinary demon beasts, spirit beasts, mutant beasts, immortal beasts, and divine beasts, and were used to distinguish between the bloodline of demon beasts and their innate roots, as well as their aptitudes.

Within the same rank, the better a demonic beast's bloodline, innate foundation, and aptitude were, the stronger it would be. For example, a spirit beast was several times stronger than an ordinary demon beast. And on top of that, the mutated beast far surpassed both of them. And so on and so forth. Of course, the divine beasts were even higher in power. This was mainly because once one became a Divine Beast, they would usually have their own innate divine abilities. This was also the reason why their strength was so high compared to the other four demon beasts.

The original 'Xu Fan' coincidentally smashed the Four-winged Heavenly Python to death, but it was actually a Rank 4 Demonic Beast. Although this Four-winged Heavenly Python couldn't compare to the bloodline of a Celestial Beast or a Spirit Beast, it wasn't a normal Demonic Beast, but rather a mutated beast from the ancient times. It was a variation of the Ancient Sky Python, or to be more precise, the Four-winged Heavenly Python had the bloodline of the Ancient Sky Python.

A demon beast like this was far more powerful than a human mid Foundation Establishment cultivator. With just a wave of his hand, he could destroy an army of thousands. Logically speaking, a rank 4 demon beast like this couldn't possibly be smashed to death by Xu Fan from the sky.

Under normal circumstances, even if Xu Fan landed on the stone platform and didn't die, he would still become the Four-winged Heavenly Python's food. However, the Four-winged Heavenly Python just so happened to be in the most critical period of advancing from the peak of the third step to the fourth step. After the heavenly python's advancement, it would have a period of extreme weakness when it shed its skin.

On that day, Xu Fan descended from the sky, and it just so happened that the Four-winged Heavenly Python had just finished its advancement, and was currently in a very weak state. It just so happened that Xu Fan had descended from the sky at that time, and had hit a vital point.

However, if the original Xu Fan's luck was great, the current Xu Fan's luck was even more heaven-defying.

Not only was this fellow's luck extremely good, once he teleported to the Profound Sky Continent, he had also coincidentally devoured two people's souls, and had even stolen Xu Fan's fortune. As a result, this unlucky Rank 4 beast not only saved Xu Fan's life, but it also saved it.

In the center of the cliff, without the blood of the python, even if Xu Fan didn't die from serious injuries, he would still starve to death on the stone platform.

During this time, Xu Fan drank the python's blood every day when he was hungry. If he was tired, he would lie on the ground and sleep. Every time he drank the python's blood, his body would feel warm and a warm current would flow through his meridians.

What Xu Fan didn't know was that every time he finished the python blood and went to sleep, the warm flow of energy in his meridians would heal his internal injuries and meridians. Aside from a small strand of energy entering his dantian, the rest would enter his Mind Palace, and then be completely absorbed by the small, mysterious pagoda within his Mind Palace.

It was precisely because of the warm flow of energy in his meridians that was helping Xu Fan to recover from his injuries, which caused his body to gradually improve.

In reality, the Fourth-rank Four-winged Heavenly Python's entire body could be said to be a treasure. Leather armor and bones could be used for refining. The python's blood was something that cultivators yearned for even in their dreams.

Ordinary snake blood was already a great tonic, and the blood of a Fourth-rank Four-winged Heavenly Python was also a precious ingredient in refining pills.

Of course, under normal circumstances, cultivators wouldn't be like Xu Fan, who would directly consume large amounts of demon beast blood or eat demon beast muscles to heal or cultivate. One of the important reasons was that after directly consuming the blood and flesh of demon beasts, the absorption of the blood and flesh's spirit energy and spirit energy would be greatly ineffective.

More importantly, the blood and muscles contained a great deal of impurities and violent energy. Demon beasts absorbed nature's spirit energy to cultivate. Not only did their body and blood contain a large amount of spirit energy and spirit energy, they also contained all kinds of impurities and violent and bizarre energies. These impurities and violent and bizarre energies could easily cause a cultivator's cultivation to go berserk.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, cultivators would first remove the impurities in the blood and muscles of demon beasts as well as all kinds of chaotic energy. They would refine them into pills and consume them in order to speed up their cultivation and increase their cultivation.

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