Humanity's Great Sage

Chapter 1047, Ascending to the Divine Ocean Realm

Translator: Jon

Translation Checker: Silavin

Lu Ye was startled the moment he saw the golden light. He didn’t expect to see such a strange thing at the bottom of the Blood Sea.

Soon, he realised what the thing was. It was the source that could turn a Blood Race member into a Holy Seed.

Lan Qiyue had told him that she became a Holy Seed because she grasped a golden light beneath the Blood Pool. She transformed into a Blood Race member from a Human by accident. She even became a Holy Seed.

When Lu Ye heard the story from the woman, a doubt rose within him.

Perhaps there weren’t originally Blood Race members in this world. It was the strangeness in the Blood River that gave birth to the Holy Seeds, who produced offspring known as the Blood Race.

It was just like the Peerless Continent where there weren’t originally any Corpse Race members. They were turned from Humans into such creatures.

Anyway, it was merely speculation as Lu Ye didn’t have any evidence, nor did he intend to find out the secrets behind the birth of the Blood Race. That had nothing to do with him.

But much to his surprise, he came across such a golden light in the Blood Sea.

It was a wonder where the golden light came from. During this period, Lu Ye had been activating the Tree of Glyphs’ power to absorb the energy around him. His location had turned into a swirl. The golden light was drawn by the flowing of the blood.

Lu Ye could feel a tremendous force coming from the golden light that even the blood around him wasn’t comparable to it.

It was like a Moon that glowed among the fireflies. This was exactly what Lu Ye needed.

Without hesitation, he extended his hand towards the golden light and grasped it.

He felt like he was holding a piece of burning metal. Despite the huge pain coming from his hand, he never released it.

The golden light seemed to have a spirituality of its own as it penetrated Lu Ye’s hand and disappeared.

He shuddered as he quickly activated his Divine Ego to examine himself.

His entire figure suddenly glowed brightly as the golden light engulfed him. Veins bobbed in his skin as the golden light wandered around inside his body.

Due to the golden light, Lan Qiyue turned into a Holy Seed from a Human.

Lu Ye didn’t have to worry that such a transformation would happen to him because he had the Tree of Glyphs, which would burn away all the harmful things and keep only the useful energy for him.

As expected, the moment the golden light entered his body, the Tree of Glyphs started shaking. This had never happened before.

What shocked Lu Ye was that smoke was seen wafting from the Tree of Glyphs. It was real smoke!

In the past, whatever he refined, even if it was a potent poison, the Tree of Glyphs would only be covered in a grey fog.

But this time, smoke was billowing from the Tree of Glyphs. Even the burning leaves started dimming.

Lu Ye instantly realised the golden light contained a massive power. There were also a lot of impurities and harmful things inside it.

As the Tree of Glyphs was covered in smoke, he could feel the fuel within the tree was rapidly decreasing.

After the Tree of Glyphs went through a transformation, Lu Ye could sense the fuel within it. Most of the fuel came from the Sword and Tool Sect, where Lu Ye had activated the Tree of Glyphs’ power to absorb the Earth Fire for two months, which caused the Hidden Realm to collapse. He had benefited massively from the experience.

A long time had passed since then. Even though he had been staying in the Blood Sea during this period, he still had half of the fuel left. But now, the speed of the fuel consumption had increased. He estimated that he would run out of fuel in five days. By then, the Tree of Glyphs would no longer be able to burn away impurities, which would force him to leave the Blood Sea. It might also affect his cultivation in the future.

Lu Ye didn’t have the energy to pay attention to the Tree of Glyphs. That was because, after the golden light entered his body, all sorts of abstrusities exploded in his mind. He didn’t even know where these abstrusities came from. They seemed to have appeared out of thin air.

Soon, he understood that these abstrusities came from the golden light, which wasn’t merely an immense force but also a unique inheritance that belonged to the Blood Race.

Blood foetuses were nurtured in the Blood River. They didn’t have parents to take care of them or Seniors to teach them anything. They were born with the knowledge of how to cultivate their powers and use all sorts of Blood Secret Techniques. The inheritance was embedded in their bloodlines.

The blood that flowed through the river was their best teacher.

The golden light was fundamentally a drop of blood that contained an amazing inheritance. The blood in the river wasn’t comparable to it.

The immensity of the information almost made his head explode. The tremendous force wandered around inside his body, adding to the burden he was already bearing.

Although Lu Ye was pleased to have acquired the knowledge, the torture he was experiencing was killing him. He wished he could black out right away. He didn’t understand how Lan Qiyue even endured it at that time.

Unbeknownst to him, the moment Lan Qiyue devoured the golden light, she was rapidly transforming into a Holy Seed. To a Blood Race member, the bloodline inheritance was branded in their veins. As her cultivation improved, the inheritance would gradually awaken. Even though she was in a perilous situation at that time, she would be fine as long as she could endure the initial stage.

But Lu Ye was different. With the Tree of Glyphs to burn away all the impurities and harmful things, the golden light couldn’t transform him into a Holy Seed. He managed to retain his foundation as a Human.

However, despite the Tree of Glyphs’ merciless burning, useful things like the bloodline inheritance within the golden light were kept for him.

It would take Lan Qiyue an entire lifetime to experience the gradual awakening of the inheritance, but it all exploded in Lu Ye’s mind at once.

The colossal impact was unbearable for an average person. Even a Divine Ocean Realm Master would see his Divine Ego shattered and his Divine Ocean destroyed.

Lu Ye’s situation could be observed with clarity.

The illusory phantoms of the two Flood Dragons that flew around his Divine Pool growled and turned into dots of light before disappearing.

Two Dragons Protecting the Ocean was a way to defend the Divine Soul granted by the two Flood Dragons from the Hall of Battle Points. The move was immensely useful when he dealt with Divine Ocean Realm Masters on several occasions. Now that it was shattered, it could no longer be restored.

An invisible force crashed into Lu Ye’s Divine Pool.

The walls around the Divine Pool started cracking. Even when Lu Ye was struck by the Soul Attacks from Divine Ocean Realm Masters, the water in his Divine Pool was still unaffected because he had the Soul Soothing Tower, which was a Soul Artifact.

But even with the Soul Soothing Tower around, the water in the Divine Pool was still undulating.

Lu Ye felt a sharp pain in his mind. The huge amount of information in his mind made him understand many things, but his body and Divine Soul were going through an ordeal. No words in the world could describe how he felt.

Time seemed to be going by slowly. Lu Ye had no idea how long had passed. He wasn’t even sure if he was dead or alive. There came a moment when all the pain disappeared as though everything he had experienced was merely an illusion.

He couldn’t help but shake his head, feeling as if his brain was in turmoil. He was still alive, which was a good thing. He quickly examined himself and became elated, for he had unknowingly become a Divine Ocean Realm Master.

His originally small Divine Pool had been expanded greatly. It could be called a Divine Ocean now. Since his Divine Ego was exhausted, the sea water was as thin as fog, which was why he felt mentally weak, but his body was full of energy.

That was because he had been accumulating his physical strength since half a year ago. It could be seen clearly that the Spiritual Power flowing in his body had become as thick as sap.

In fact, after he became a Ninth-Order Real Lake Realm Master and achieved Nine Turns, his Spiritual Power started showing signs of transforming in that direction, but those were merely signs.

During this period, regardless of how much Spiritual Power he had accumulated, it only increased in capacity but didn’t change fundamentally.

His ascension to the Divine Ocean Realm also brought his Spiritual Power to a new height.

His Divine Ego was weak, whereas his body was strong. This caused him to feel he was unable to control himself.

He was like a three-year-old kid who wanted to pick up a huge hammer. He couldn’t do that regardless of how hard he tried.

He wanted to lift his hand, but he felt his arm was as heavy as a mountain. He wanted to get to his feet, but he felt he was carrying a sky of Stars on his back. This made him feel helpless.

As such, he could only remain seated at the bottom of the sea and cultivate his power to wait for his Divine Ego to recover.

He didn’t expect his Divine Ego to be fully restored, but he had to be able to control his body at the very least.

It had to be said that after he became a Divine Ocean Realm Master, his Divine Ego could recover more quickly. He could see the thin fog thickening and turning into liquid which started accumulating.

Two hours later, he could finally move his arms. With difficulty, he fished out a drop of Soul Cleansing Water from his Storage Sphere and consumed it. The speed of his recovery quickened.

Another hour later, he rose to his feet and activated his Spiritual Power before shooting upwards.

A lot of fuel in the Tree of Glyphs had been used, so he wasn’t willing to keep staying in the Blood Sea. He didn’t have a choice a while back since he lacked cultivation resources. Now that he had become a Divine Ocean Realm Master, he had to get out of there quickly.

He was able to swim up for several kilometres in a short time.

After leaving the Blood Sea, he hovered in mid-air and basked in the Sunlight. At that moment, he felt as if he had been reborn. Now, he was one of the Divine Ocean Realm Masters.

Suddenly, a voice was heard saying, “Congratulations on ascending to the Divine Ocean Realm, Junior Brother.”

Lu Ye turned his head and saw Feng Wujiang standing beside the Blood Sea, flashing a smile at him. He had been waiting for Lu Ye there.

When someone else tried to ascend to the Divine Ocean Realm, the worst-case scenario would be his future destroyed if he failed. If there was an opportunity in the future, he could still make a new attempt.

However, it was dangerous for Lu Ye to try to achieve a breakthrough under the Blood Sea. He seemed determined to achieve his goal, or he would rather die. Feng Wujiang couldn’t help but be worried.

He had been waiting there for several days. When he saw Lu Ye returning safely as a Divine Ocean Realm Master, he was naturally happy.

Feeling how caring Feng Wujiang was, Lu Ye turned around and saluted him. “I’m sorry for making you worried, Senior Brother.”

Feng Wujiang smiled. “Are you ready?”

“Huh?” Lu Ye was puzzled.

“I’m coming right at you!” Feng Wujiang suddenly clenched a fist. As that happened, the Void around him seemed to be contorting. The next moment, he turned into a ray of light and shot towards the other man.

A flabbergasted Lu Ye exclaimed, “Have I done anything wrong, Senior Brother!?”