After leaving the Demonic Beast Mountain Range, Old Yan within the ancient ring suddenly spoke, "He has left the Demonic Beast Mountain Range and is likely heading towards the central region. He will probably inform the other Divine Spirits about this matter."
Ye Chen smiled, but it carried a profound meaning. "Old Yan, isn't this exactly what you and I intended?"
Old Yan asked, "Aren't you afraid those Divine Spirits will take action against us?"
Ye Chen shook his head. "No, they won't."
"Why are you so certain?"
"Because in this world, we are the ones who know the Myriad Domains best. We have sworn a Heavenly Dao oath. How could they possibly attack us? They would be eager to befriend us instead." Ye Chen's smile was confident.
After returning home this time, Ye Chen no longer focused on cultivation. Instead, he spent as much time as possible with his parents. Occasionally, Ye Zimei would take him to stroll through gatherings. At other times, he would accept invitations from elders to offer guidance to other young clansmen, earning him great admiration and pursuit from the younger generation. Many young maidens with budding affections even boldly flirted with the youth, expressing their feelings, which often caused Ye Zimei to pout and show signs of jealousy.
Whenever the night was deep and quiet, Ye Chen would refine pills alone. Having reached this level of cultivation, he was now basically capable of refining pills.
Naturally, they weren't truly high-grade pills, but refining three-star pills was not a problem. He was merely lacking the corresponding medicinal ingredients. Still, he managed to refine quite a few high-quality one-star and two-star pills.
These were mainly used for healing and saving lives, with some intended for cultivation and short-term boosts in cultivation level, prepared for emergencies.
Before leaving, Ye Chen left a Martial God demonic core for his father. Ye Ao was about to break through to the Martial God realm and needed a large amount of divine energy. The Martial God demonic core was most suitable; one was enough.
He had also considered teaching his father the Divine King Rebirth Art, but worried that those with ill intentions might covet it, so he refrained.
After leaving behind some Xiantian demonic cores and a few martial techniques and divine abilities, Ye Chen departed once more.
However, he suddenly turned back midway, returning home and staying for a full month, enjoying warm reunions with his parents before leaving again. This was because he had a premonition that this time when he left, perhaps many years would pass before he returned.
He didn't understand why he had this premonition, which made him feel flustered for the first time. In a desolate, uninhabited deep mountain forest, he couldn't help but roar at the sky, "I must become stronger!"
"That's right, you must become stronger. Become stronger before this world undergoes great changes." Old Yan's figure drifted out. "I have a premonition that the world will soon undergo a transformation. Perhaps after leaving this time, many years will pass before we can return."
"Old Yan, you have this premonition too!" Ye Chen was startled. Having reached their level of cultivation, they had long transcended the ordinary and entered the sage realm. Especially Old Yan's realm was profound and unfathomable. If even he had such a premonition, then it was likely eighty to ninety percent true.
Old Yan stated that he seemed to have glimpsed a fragment of the future. In the not-too-distant future, they would leave this world and enter the myriad realms.
Old Yan, with a rare grave expression, nodded. "You need to become even stronger. Although your current fleshly body still finds it difficult to bear the Great Dao Blood, we can adopt a gentle method to refine and strengthen it. However, the process will be very painful. Are you willing to accept it?"
Ye Chen laughed, bright and fearless. "Old Yan, do you really think I'm the kind of person who fears pain?"
Old Yan also laughed. "Very good. In that case, let's begin."
Boom—
A powerful fluctuation enveloped this desolate forest spanning ten li in radius. It was Old Yan taking action, employing Divine Spirit-level methods to seal off this small stretch of heaven and earth, isolating it from the outside world so Ye Chen could focus on cultivation.
Ye Chen sat cross-legged in the void. With a flick of his hand, the Dao-mark divine bottle appeared. Looking at the Great Dao Blood swirling within, he didn't hesitate much and directly opened the stopper.
Boom—
The moment the stopper was opened, endless divine energy surged into the sky, accompanied by a diffuse blood light that seemed to explode within this stretch of heaven and earth. If Old Yan hadn't been prepared and sealed this area, it would have certainly alarmed everyone within a thousand li.
Visible to the naked eye, the Great Dao essence blood within the Dao-mark divine bottle had crimson-golden chains of order clattering as they pierced through the void, interweaving across the sky, ringing sharply. There was also endless, surging blood light erupting, as if waves from a vast ocean were churning, causing people's expressions to change.
If not for Old Yan's protective intervention, this void would have completely exploded, because this was Great Dao Blood that surpassed Divine Spirits, containing the supreme pressure of such a peerless powerhouse.
"It's too powerful. Once unsealed, the latent Dao fragments are completely releasing their potential."
Ye Chen was so close that he felt his entire body's flesh and skin were about to burst apart. Even his powerful Human Yuan Golden Body could not withstand it. This was Great Dao essence blood. For a peerless powerhouse who had reached that realm, even a single drop of blood possessed unimaginable, infinite power. Slaying a Heavenly God would be effortless.
Old Yan's expression was extremely grave. He began to act. His illusory figure surged with vast power as he grasped the Dao-mark divine bottle, pouring out only a small half-drop of Great Dao essence blood. Then, with a swift swipe of his palm, he sealed the divine bottle again, and the blinding blood light immediately subsided.
But that small half-drop of Great Dao essence blood tumbled in the void. Though it was just a tiny wisp, it seemed to contain an entire ocean. Boundless Great Dao power overflowed from it, causing the void to collapse and tear.
Great Dao essence blood—even a single wisp was terrifyingly peerless.
Old Yan, with a serious expression, said, "Ye Chen, although your Human Yuan Golden Body is considered strong, even stronger than a Martial God Dao Weapon, the Great Dao essence blood is extraordinary. It needs to be diluted before you can absorb and refine it."
His palm trembled, possessing the power to overturn heaven and earth, directly dispersing that small half-drop of Great Dao essence blood into a mist of thin blood vapor. Even the Dao fragments within were shattered, preventing the chains of order from coalescing.
Then Old Yan acted again, causing the six directions and eight sides to tremble. The heaven and earth spiritual energy from dozens to hundreds of li around swarmed over. Substantialized streams of spiritual energy poured down from above, finally forming a spiritual pool two zhang wide, filled with spiritual liquid transformed from pure heaven and earth spiritual energy.
It was unbelievable—Old Yan's methods. With a mere raise of his hand, he created a spiritual pool, truly extraordinary.
With a serious expression, Old Yan merged the dispersed blood vapor of the Great Dao essence blood into the spiritual pool, quickly dyeing it a bright crimson red, radiating towering energy fluctuations.
As if sharing a tacit understanding, Ye Chen immediately leaped into this void spiritual pool and sat cross-legged. The Human Yuan Body Art circulated wildly within him. His bones and tendons crackled incessantly, like thunderclaps, deafening to the ears.
His body transformed into a bottomless pit. His thirty-six thousand pores became thirty-six thousand tiny black holes, continuously drawing in the spiritual liquid mixed with blood energy, constantly strengthening his golden body.
The blood within his body, which had already taken on a dark golden hue, became even deeper. Some of the blood even showed traces of bright crimson—a manifestation of true blood.
Rumble—
Ye Chen turned his own body into a cauldron, continuously tempering himself with the Human Yuan Body Art. His entire body underwent constant strengthening, his bones and tendons sublimating, his blood boiling. Wisps of true blood were being born, gradually moving towards great perfection in an ultimate sublimation.
Strands and wisps of true blood were continuously tempered out, different from the rest, possessing power even greater than the golden blood. Like a dormant True Dragon, once awakened, it would possess endless divine power capable of destroying heaven and earth, overturning everything.
This was Human Yuan true blood, returning to simplicity, making his already powerful physique even stronger.
Within his blood vessels, blood energy surged and rolled like roaring floodwaters, constantly scouring the vessel walls, deafening to the ears.
With the tempering of true blood and the strengthening and sublimation of bones and tendons, Ye Chen's physique advanced towards greater power.
Three days and three nights later, Ye Chen finally opened his eyes. Two brilliant beams of blood light shot out, scraping against the void, twisting it and nearly tearing it apart.
He rose to his feet. A layer of black blood scab on his body immediately cracked and fell off—impurities he had expelled from his body. His slender yet robust body was revealed, every inch of his flesh brimming with infinite power.
Pfft—
A small wound suddenly appeared on his fingertip, and a string of blood splattered out. But strangely, this string of blood condensed into a chain, clattering loudly. One could even see Dao talismans within it.
These were the chains of order from the Great Dao Blood. Originally shattered by Old Yan, they were refined again when Ye Chen absorbed them, becoming his possession. They possessed unimaginable power, capable of piercing through anything. However, he couldn't wield them at will; there were certain limitations.
"How much of your blood has transformed into true blood now?" Old Yan inquired.
Ye Chen's blood energy roared within him. Amidst the brilliant golden radiance, bright crimson streaks were mixed in. Though only a portion, they were conspicuous. He said, "One quarter."
Once all the golden blood in his body turned red, it would signify complete great perfection.
Although only a quarter had transformed into true crimson blood now, Ye Chen felt his strength had once again greatly increased, nearly comparable to a peak seventh-layer super Martial God.
Even when facing Ancient Talents, without needing to use the Battle God Seal for ultimate sublimation, he would have the power to fight.
Of course, this referred to close combat; long-range attacks were another matter.
"It's a pity the Human Sovereign Pagoda cannot be entered. Otherwise, attempting the Human Sovereign Trial might yield some heaven-defying benefits." Ye Chen sighed inwardly. During this period, he hadn't been indifferent to the Human Sovereign Pagoda. It was just that this ancient pagoda, a supreme treasure of the Myriad Domains' ruler, had completely fallen silent. No matter how much he called out, it remained motionless, imprinted on his chest without any reaction.
Otherwise, Ye Chen would have wanted to attempt the Human Sovereign Trial. He had a premonition that within the Human Sovereign Trial, there must be heaven-defying opportunities. For example, the Tyrant Heaven Refining Saint Art was merely inscribed on the gate of the first level, yet it was such a powerful body refining method. The opportunities in later levels would surely be even more heaven-defying.