I, the transmigrated villain, please wait, gentle master.

Chapter 49 Only one Chaos Spiritual Root exists; no deception allowed.

sneak attack.

A cold wind swept past Li Tingyun.

Although Wang Wu spoke up to warn him, it was too late. From his perspective, the boy had no time to turn around and block.

But Li Tingyun instantly swung his right arm backward, his fingers forming a sword shape. Demonic energy spread from his fingertips, forming a shield that blocked the combined attack of black and white. Then the shield transformed into a blade, and the two energy waves collided violently, creating gusts of chaotic gale.

Subconsciously, he never truly turned his back to the enemy, so there was no such thing as a sneak attack or ambush.

Li Tingyun then turned around, shifting his gaze from Wang Wu, who was covering his head to avoid the demonic energy, and glancing over the desolate scene of swirling dust and noise around him...

Lifting his eyelids, he saw the flying knife pointed directly at his brow, the sharp blade reflected in his pupils. The image of Fan Wujiu throwing the knife to kill him was frozen in his mind.

Li Tingyun fought against the combined attack of Hei Bai with one hand, but Fan Wujiu seized the opportunity and threw out a powerful slash that aimed straight for the vital point!

Unexpectedly, the black blade was only an inch away from the center of Li Tingyun's forehead, yet it could not get any closer. The blade trembled and emitted a buzzing sound.

Fan Wujiu was somewhat alarmed, as the hilt of the knife was no longer in his hand.

He wanted to recall the divine weapon, but an even more powerful force held the blade firmly in place.

It's not just this knife that's being controlled...

And himself!

Both Black and White Impermanence realized that the situation was now out of control.

The two sides appear to be in a standoff, but in reality, they are both unable to extricate themselves!

If they choose to stop, the surge of power emanating from their opponent will instantly annihilate them; if they continue to drag it out, they will not fare well either.

What started as a surprise attack turned into a one-sided crushing defeat, losing both the opportunity to attack and the option to retreat.

Caught between two difficult choices, death seemed the only option.

Li Tingyun's eyes were bloodshot, and black mist surged around him, burning like a raging fire.

At this moment, Wang Wu, standing aside, looked at the black mist and couldn't help but have doubts.

To say that this fog is pure black is actually somewhat inaccurate; it should actually be...

A blackness of shimmering light and vibrant colors.

Like the vast starry sky under the night sky, deep, silent, and empty.

Wang Wu wondered what kind of spiritual root attribute this boy who could manipulate demonic energy actually possessed.

Generally speaking, the spiritual energy absorbed by cultivators and the spiritual power they release have relatively fixed color attributes. From the color of their spiritual power, one can roughly judge their spiritual root attributes and cultivation level.

Taking the most common five elements spiritual roots as an example, the fire spiritual root is red, while the water spiritual root is blue. As cultivation improves, the color of spiritual energy will change. It may become more transparent and clear, or more profound and simple, but it will not change from red to blue or from gold to green.

The same principle applies to demonic cultivators, except that their color is too dark, almost black, but it can still be distinguished if you look closely. Moreover, the more demonic power is released, the more obvious the color will become.

Wang Wu considered himself well-traveled and knowledgeable, but he had never seen such a colorful black before.

Could it be... that he has mixed spiritual roots?

Previously, Mei Shiyu wanted to conduct a spiritual root test for the boy, but he deliberately avoided it. Considering the current situation, with the demonic energy as chaotic as a palette, Wang Wu increasingly felt that this was the truth.

It might even be a mixed five-elemental spiritual root, the lowest of the low.

For cultivators, the main spiritual root attributes are the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. The lower the innate spiritual root coefficient, the higher the aptitude and the stronger the comprehension. This is because cultivating a single spiritual root is both refined and specialized, and the cultivation speed is extremely rapid.

If you possess three or more spiritual roots at the same time, that's not good. Having too many different kinds of aptitudes will slow down your cultivation progress and make your cultivation level rise very slowly.

However, this is not an absolute law. A few people can achieve something by starting with a mixed spiritual root of five elements, but the time and effort required are unimaginable.

Cultivating immortality isn't as simple as saying "diligence can make up for lack of talent." If you have mixed spiritual roots of five elements and your aptitude is so poor that you'd be looked down upon even if you were just a boiler operator, you'd be rejected. Just refining your Qi would take hundreds of years, and you wouldn't even be able to catch up with the freshly cooked excrement. In the end, you'd only die of old age, die of anger, or be drowned in the spittle of others.

Thinking about this, Wang Wu felt that the boy couldn't possibly have mixed spiritual roots.

These young cultivators with mixed spiritual roots are all working as boiler operators!

They absorb spiritual energy slowly and cannot store it in their bodies, let alone use or release it. They can only do odd jobs, dirty jobs, and tiring jobs.

If the boy is a demonic cultivator with mixed spiritual roots, he will not only have difficulty absorbing spiritual energy from the outside world, but also face the major challenge of converting spiritual energy into demonic energy that he can use for his own cultivation.

Not to mention that he stored such a large amount of energy in his body and even had complete control over the magic power contained within him, which allowed him to subdue the Black and White Impermanence, whom even a Golden Core cultivator like himself could not defeat.

If one lacks innate spiritual talent, all of this is just wishful thinking.

But Wang Wu really couldn't understand what kind of spiritual root could produce such a colorful black!

On Li Tingyun's end, the system's notification sound had echoed in his mind more than three times, and Wang Laoliu was also rambling on and on.

[Host, system warning! You can no longer rely on your innate constitution to absorb chaotic energy!]

He ignored Wang Laoliu's words, unaware that they revealed a profound truth.

[Host, do you remember the system's restrictions on you because your merit points were negative?]

[Body aging in reverse, cultivation level regressed, all cultivation lost!]

This time, Li Tingyun took his words to heart. "...So what?"

Therefore, in theory, you should no longer be able to use or transform the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

[But you were born with extraordinary spiritual root aptitude. It's not a single spiritual root, not a different spiritual root, and certainly not a mixed spiritual root, but rather—a chaotic spiritual root!]

[The Chaos Spiritual Root possesses all the attributes of the sun, moon, and five elements, making its ability to sense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth extraordinary.]

[In my entire story, there is only one Chaos Spiritual Root, no doubt about it!]

That's why he wrote the villains too strong, making it impossible to reconcile the ending. Even the protagonists aren't as versatile as the villains.

Li Tingyun roared, "What's the use of this? My spiritual root was fucking dug out a long time ago!"

[Yes! So here's the question: you've lost your spiritual root, yet you seem to still be able to mobilize spiritual energy. Why is that?]

"why?"

[Because the Chaos Spiritual Root isn't the main issue; the crucial point is your unique physique—you possess a Chaos Body—that's the key.]

Furthermore, what you're absorbing and manipulating isn't even the spiritual energy of heaven and earth!

Li Tingyun: "Are you kidding me? If it's not the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, what else could it be?"

If any cultivator heard him say this, they would find it utterly ridiculous.

Because the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is the only source of power for cultivators.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth contains the energy of the five elements and other different attributes. This energy can be absorbed and utilized by cultivators with corresponding spiritual roots. Demonic cultivators, on the other hand, have to go through an additional step of converting spiritual energy into demonic energy.

If any cultivator in the world heard that someone cultivated without drawing energy from the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, they would surely think that person was utterly ignorant and a laughingstock!

In short, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is the sole source of power for cultivators.

Even someone like Ren Pingsheng of the Dao Xuan Sect could not escape the unique energy pool of heaven and earth's spiritual energy.

Even the Great Emperor of Fengdu, who has cultivated for over a thousand years, still has to obediently follow the Heavenly Law of transforming spiritual energy into demonic energy.

But Wang Laoliu said, "No!"

The notion of a "sole source" or a "sole energy pool" is a false proposition.

In fantasy novels, which offer endless possibilities, there is no such thing as "unique," "absolute," or "certain."

If such a statement or setting appears, you should be on high alert, because this is one of the author's many layers of trickery:

Great settings are meant to be broken, great characters are meant to be slapped in the face, and unchangeable rules are meant to be trampled underfoot.

As a male-oriented author of wish-fulfillment novels, Wang Laoliu naturally knows that the cheat ability must be extremely powerful, capable of overthrowing the Heavenly Dao, crushing the firmament, cultivating to create a galaxy, and crushing planets with a flick of the wrist... Ahem, I digress. Anyway, writers have already exhausted all the examples of these heaven-defying abilities.

Compared to these, his book "The First Sword of Immortal Path" is ultimately a bit more subtle and restrained.

But the routine remains the same.

The golden finger is wide and thick.

For example, he had a secret weapon in mind regarding the crucial worldview of the source of cultivators' energy!

In this world, energy pools are not limited to just "spiritual energy of heaven and earth"...

But before he could say what was on his mind, he received another red alert.

[Host, did you hear that? The system is warning you again that you can no longer absorb chaotic energy.]

[Primordial Chaos Energy, I'll emphasize again, it's Primordial Chaos Energy!]