I Am Loaded with Passive Skills

But Xu Xiaoshou had an extremely high resistance to Guidance. Even the Guidance of Cursed Yin couldn't affect him, so there was no way it could be interrupted.

Meanwhile, the Spatial Upanishad spread its "Marca" Guidance across the five regions, forcibly pointing people back here.

Don't want to listen?

You'll listen whether you want to or not!

Once you're here, sit down. No one's leaving today!

Everyone could only listen as Ah Si continued explaining the so-called "self-imprisonment."

"Spiritual plants are enslaved, thus the Ancestral Trees imprison themselves, spiritual medicine self-imprisons, Spiritual Cultivation Pills self-imprison, and even those who ingest them trap themselves in self-imprisonment…"

As soon as these words were spoken, the Five Domains Spectators felt as if struck by lightning.

The Ancestral Trees also self-imprison?

So the World Tree Dragon Apricot, the Nine Sacrificial Osmanthus, and others—are their performances in this world so underwhelming compared to the majestic legends passed down about the Nine Great Ancestral Trees?

Over successive generations, they unknowingly sealed much of their power, transforming from the Innate Trees into… slaves?

Xu Xiaoshou was equally shaken.

Yet the point that shocked him was small, like a pinprick that left a stinging ache.

"Dan poison…"

Mumbling softly, Xu Xiaoshou seemed to comprehend something.

He'd never quite understood what "Dan poison" and "medicine poison" really meant. Were these terms not only relevant in mortal discourse?

After all, for High Realm Spiritual Cultivators, their bodies could be destroyed and rebuilt—how could mere elixir toxicity impact their foundational roots?

Wasn't it enough to simply purge or refine the toxins?

Yet, truth be told, even the Spiritual Cultivators followed this unwritten path.

Now, he understood what "Dan poison" signified in its truest sense.

—The subtle and pervasive force of self-imprisonment—that was Dan poison!

"The power of self-imprisonment, unchanged by variations in form, unending despite consumption or refinement, inheritable, accumulative—becoming a deadly chronic toxin affecting the ultimate sanctification?" Feng Zhongzui murmured, stunned.

His words equally shocked the Spiritual Cultivators across the Five Regions who had not yet considered this aspect, leaving them panic-stricken.

"Sanctification…"

Xu Xiaoshou, however, picked up on the rigid assumptions in Feng Zhongzui's words.

For him personally, this layer of Guidance hardly mattered anymore.

But for Feng Zhongzui and other lower-realm individuals, the demi-saint remained the pinnacle of this world.

He stayed silent, knowing Ah Si would speak for him.

After elaborating on the paths of self-imprisonment for most life forms, Ah Si, voice trembling, turned to the Spiritual Cultivators:

"Slaves for slavery, thus the ancient swordsmen self-imprison, the ancient warriors self-imprison, the Spiritual Cultivators self-imprison…"

When he reached the level concerning Spiritual Cultivators, his tone grew increasingly vague.

It seemed there were more than one layer of shackles set onto this, and Ah Si skirted the issue with evasive remarks to muddle through, even while under the control of the Three Loathsome Eyes.

It was useless!

The Five Domains Spectators might be duped, vaguely satisfied with the details given.

But Xu Xiaoshou, armed with the Super Taoization Intent Dao Disc, wouldn't be. His resolve was steadfast, aiming to reach the Spider Lily's shore, and he interrupted decisively:

"What is the upper limit of self-imprisonment for Spiritual Cultivators?"

Boom!

These words reverberated like awakening from a dream for everyone.

The heavenly firmament trembled once more, followed by torrents of Tribulation Thunder cascading down, nearly submerging the void into a sea of thunder.

Yet without exception, in mere moments, each bolt was swatted away by Xu Xiaoshou with a wave of his hand.

The Dao Imparting Mirror remained perfectly unharmed!

"He's pinpointed the crux again…"

Feng Zhongzui felt his nerves fray. The intervention of Tribulation Thunder not only failed to stifle the rebellious Lord Shou.

On the contrary, it became a kind of warning signal.

Unimportant matters wouldn't be struck; crucial ones would. And everyone ought to listen closely?

I don't want this broadcast; Lord Shou, stop asking… Yet he dared not voice these thoughts, for he couldn't stop Lord Shou anyway.

What could he use to stop him?

If even destiny couldn't obstruct his inquiries, this continent itself had no one capable of stopping Lord Shou now!

"Spiritual Cultivators… self-imprisonment… upper limit..."

Ah Si's body trembled lightly once more. When he neither answered immediately nor offered alternatives, the Five Domains Spectators knew what followed was pivotal.

But this time, before Ah Si could speak, Lord Shou himself encountered a problem!

"Buzz—"

As a massive amount of Tribulation Thunder dissipated, waves of Path energy rippled through the void.

Feng Zhongzui noticed keenly that Lord Shou's body also started convulsing.

A sensation of uncontrollable yet unidentifiable exhilaration surged over his face. Despite clenching his teeth, eventually...

"Mm~"

He voiced it!

What exactly are you moaning for here, you lunatic!

Feng Zhongzui's hand quivered from fright. The sea of thunder hadn't paralyzed him, but Lord Shou's vocals nearly short-circuited him entirely.

It's a bit nauseating!

Asking questions is fine, but why suddenly act gratified out of nowhere?

The Five Domains Spectators shifted their attention likewise, irresistibly drawn to Lord Shou's accursed small movements, and soon someone glimpsed the underlying key:

"Lord Shou seems about to break through?"

Indeed, Xu Xiaoshou's energy reserve tides surged, a sensation he could hardly suppress rising.

Since his Cutting Path moment at Jade Capital City and the subsequent encounter at the Divine Relics battlefield, the power accumulated within him had reached its peak, consolidated intensely.

Could battling the Ancestral God leave his foundations anything but solid?

Yet he still had no intention of breaking through then, wanting to save it for something grand—before entering the Dead Sea, under the watchful eyes of the Five Regions!

That's far superior to shouting "I am an Innate-stage fighter" amidst mere thousands.

Passive Points gain weary over time, as human souls do not erupt repeatedly in brief intervals.

Even now.

In truth, facing Spiritual Cultivators now with the Dao Imparting Mirror, Xu Xiaoshou couldn't garner Passive Points because of the distance.

But the numbers in Jade Capital City were more than adequate, and through its broadcast, he could still rake in a massive portion.

However, as the battle escalated further, the masses' expectations for Lord Shou kept soaring.

The amount of Passive Points obtained had inversely declined.

In short, riches are getting harder to harvest.

And his breakthrough to the higher void would inevitably create an immense spectacle. Even enduring the Nine Death Thunder Calamity in one go would require considerable time—all valuable for harvesting Passive Points and absolutely necessary to exploit.