Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

Inside the Refining Treasure Hall!

A figure with a slightly peculiar posture—it was Yun Xiao, who had lost a large amount of essence blood while reconnecting Xue Tianao’s meridians.

At this moment, inside the Refining Treasure Hall, besides Yun Xiao, there was only Wu Zhukong, who was bound by energy. It was the binding energy of the Artifact Heart in the Refining Treasure Hall, ensuring that even if the space shattered, he couldn’t be transported out of the hall’s space.

But even if Yun Xiao fell into a coma, the power of the Artifact Heart would always follow his orders, not giving Wu Zhukong the slightest chance to escape.

This Palace Master of the Wuyan Palace kept cursing in his heart, hoping Yun Xiao would remain asleep or even die, so he might have a chance to survive.

Boom!

Alas, things didn’t go as Wu Zhukong wished. Just as he was cursing frantically, a powerful aura suddenly burst forth from that rough-clad youth, shooting straight into the sky.

”Is this... a breakthrough?!”

Even though Wu Zhukong was bound, his sensing ability was still strong. When he sensed the nature of this aura, his face turned extremely dark.

Not only did his curse fail, but this was also completely contrary to what Wu Zhukong had in mind. How could that brat have such good luck?

”But this aura fluctuation doesn’t seem to be breaking through to the Lingyun Realm Early Stage. Could it be... half-step Lingyun Realm?”

After a brief moment of anger, Wu Zhukong, being a Palace Master, finally calmed down and carefully sensed the aura that soared into the sky once more, finally achieving some balance.

Back on Impermanence Island, Yun Xiao hadn’t even broken through the Floating Life Realm Early Stage. It hadn’t been half a year since then.

If Yun Xiao had truly broken through from half-step Heaven Rank to the Lingyun Realm Early Stage in less than half a year, achieving such a great leap, Wu Zhukong would really have to reconsider whether his cultivation methods were correct.

Even if Yun Xiao seemed to have only reached the half-step Lingyun Realm at this moment, achieving such a breakthrough in such a short time was shocking and unbelievable.

The Heaven and Earth Energy inside the Refining Treasure Hall seemed to be pulled by something, swarming towards Yun Xiao’s body at this moment, ultimately transforming into nourishment for his Meridian Qi elevation.

Frankly, Yun Xiao paid an extremely heavy price this time to heal Xue Tianao. However, his body was undoubtedly extraordinary. Despite losing so much essence blood, he instead benefited from the misfortune.

Or perhaps, good deeds are rewarded. Having given his all to heal Xue Tianao, during Yun Xiao’s ten days of unconsciousness, certain bloodline energy deep within his body quietly awakened at this moment.

Even Yun Xiao himself wasn’t very aware of this bloodline energy. It had always lain dormant deep in his body, unnoticed even by the Golden Snake Worm Xiao Wu.

Not until Yun Xiao sacrificed most of his own essence blood did that deeply hidden bloodline energy explode slightly, giving him the chance to break through to the half-step Lingyun Realm.

”This aura, could it be... Nine Dragon Blood Qi?!”

Compared to Yun Xiao in a daze and Wu Zhukong outside whose face was changing unpredictably, a certain presence within Yun Xiao’s body suddenly emitted a golden light, and from the snake’s mouth, an incredulous exclamation sounded.

”No wonder! No wonder! No wonder! No wonder!”

The voice naturally came from the Golden Snake Worm Xiao Wu. With a remarkable bloodline, he always referred to himself as a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon. Even Yun Xiao somewhat believed he really possessed a Dragon Vein.

At this moment, continuous utterances of ”No wonder” or ”No wonder” came from Xiao Wu, as if indicating that the previous strange occurrences he had seen finally had a complete explanation.

”Who would have thought that this boy, after refining the Nine Dragon Blood Jade, could really inherit that Nine Dragon Blood Qi? Is this guy really just a human?”

Xiao Wu continued to murmur as memories of Yun Xiao’s special abilities floated in his mind, such as unlocking the Dragon Pattern Lock and refining the Dragon Taming Sword, or the Five Elements Ancestor Veins and Thunder Dragon’s Wings.

Each of these things appeared beyond the capabilities of an ordinary human cultivator, leaving even the well-traveled Xiao Wu previously baffled.

At this moment, sensing the bloodline aura surging from deep within Yun Xiao’s body, Xiao Wu finally understood it was all likely connected to the Nine Dragon Blood Jade, or what Yun Xiao called the Blood Moon Jade.

Such information was considered top-secret among the superpowers of the Li Yuan Sea, in which Xiao Wu, possessing a Dragon Vein, was extremely knowledgeable and had a keen sense of such auras.

This also explained why when Xiao Wu’s own power merged with Yun Xiao’s, they could unleash power far beyond the sum of their parts.

Clearly, it was the reaction between Xiao Wu’s Five-Clawed Golden Dragon bloodline and the Nine Dragon Blood Qi hidden deep within Yun Xiao’s body that enabled such heaven-defying enhancement.

Everything that happens in the world is never without reason. In this moment, Yun Xiao’s mutant aura revealed numerous truths to Xiao Wu while further solidifying certain thoughts in his mind.

”Hoo...”

As thoughts swirled in Little Five’s mind, Yun Xiao’s breakthrough finally completed; he opened his eyes, exhaled a breath of stale air, and felt the aura within him had more than doubled in strength. He couldn’t help but feel satisfied.

”How strange, I didn’t expect that after losing so much Essence Blood, I could still break through to the Half-step Lingyun Realm?”

Upon opening his eyes, Yun Xiao’s gaze contained not only excitement but also a thick layer of confusion, as he couldn’t quite comprehend such an occurrence.

Just ten days ago, he lost more than half of his Essence Blood. Yun Xiao had thought his cultivation foundation would be affected, but reality gave him a big surprise.

Not only did his cultivation foundation not decrease due to the loss of Essence Blood, but he also experienced a breakthrough within such a short time. Even though it wasn’t truly the Lingyun Realm Early Stage, for Yun Xiao, it was incredibly unbelievable.

”You, really getting undue benefits and still pretending!”

Hearing the doubts in Yun Xiao’s voice, a certain presence within him rolled its snake eyes, and the words it uttered were filled with deep jealousy, implying something.

”Little Five, do you know why?”

During his breakthrough, Yun Xiao was in a hazy and special state, so naturally, he didn’t hear what Little Five previously said; hence, he directly asked at this moment.

Yun Xiao knew that although this creature appeared as just a snake worm, it had much broader knowledge than his own soul as the Long Xiao Battle God. Usually, asking this creature could lead to a definite answer.

”Hmph, I don’t want to say!”

However, this time Little Five disappointed Yun Xiao, clearly showing its attitude without giving any reason, leaving Yun Xiao somewhat puzzled.

”Forget it, at least it’s a good thing; let’s go see what’s happening outside!”

Seeing Little Five already closing its mouth, Yun Xiao didn’t pursue further. He knew this wasn’t the time for entanglement; he wondered how the human cultivators outside were doing?

Earlier, Yun Xiao was unconscious, so he naturally didn’t know that Lu Yanji and Xue Tianao had both made breakthroughs and were gaining the upper hand in the battle with that Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit outside.

Regarding Lu Yanji, Yun Xiao had some guesses, knowing that by reactivating the Lu Family bloodline, he could not only restore his peak state but perhaps even progress further.

But as for Xue Tianao, Yun Xiao wasn’t so sure; he reckoned that after repairing his meridians, this Master Xuanyin could at most reach the Peak of Lingyun Realm, with only a slim chance of breaking through to the Heavenly Realm.

Thus, relying only on Lu Yanji, who might reach the Middle Stage of Heavenly Realm and Xue Tianao at the Floating Life Realm Peak, it might not be enough to deal with that Low Level Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit.

Therefore, Yun Xiao made a decisive move, disregarding Wu Zhukong, who was grinding his teeth at the side. With a flick of his body, he vanished from the Refining Treasure Hall’s space.

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Outside the Refining Treasure Hall!

Over time, that Low Level Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit, under the siege of two strong human contenders, was rendered utterly defenseless and could only guard passively.

”Damn it! Bastard!”

The Low Level Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit, incarnated as Mu Shiyi, roared in his heart, but after his outburst, he knew that if he didn’t devise a strategy, Lianyun Mountain might be his burial ground today.

”I must not delay any longer!”

After a briefly fierce moment, the Low Level Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit proved quite adaptable. He knew he had only one option: escape now and seek revenge on these human cultivators another day.

Swish!

Deciding swiftly, the Low Level Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit transformed into a streak of golden light and abruptly charged out from the side where Xue Tianao was.

This move by the Low Level Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit was something he had used before at Demons Mountain when his strength hadn’t recovered. Being encircled by Demons Mountain strongmen at that time would have likely ended in instant death.

Now, employing this move again, the Low Level Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit was undoubtedly much more powerful, and with Xue Tianao caught off guard, he immediately broke through an opening.

”Wretch, halt your escape!”

Seeing this, Lu Yanji had no time to blame Xue Tianao. With a loud shout, his aura became even more ferocious, chasing after the golden light with lightning speed.

”We can’t catch up!”

Watching the golden light and the aged figure streak across the sky, Qingmu Wu, whose Power of Soul was formidable, couldn’t help but show a grim face, muttering as if indicating that this attempt to annihilate the Strange Spirit might end in failure.