Boom!
In a burst of excitement, Chu Ying punched forward. It was just an ordinary punch, yet it shook the entire bottom of the cold pool, reducing countless bones to powder.
“Powerful!”
Chu Ying felt that fighting a 3rd or 4th stage Cave Heaven Realm cultivator was no longer a problem for him. After all, he now possessed two Cave Heavens, and both Dharma Images were of transcendent grade!
The Azure Phoenix , a descendant of the True Phoenix—one of the Ten Ancient Fiends—and the Glutton Fiend, a primeval beast of the wilderness!
“Legend has it the Glutton Fiend can devour all things to grow stronger. This Glutton Fiend Divine Art truly lives up to its name.”
After refining the cursed Glutton Fiend Demon Bone, Chu Ying had also inherited the Glutton Fiend Divine Art.
The Glutton Fiend Divine Art could devour all forms of surrounding power, including enemy attacks, and convert it into explosive counterattacks.
The more power devoured, the stronger the counterforce!
However, each time it was used, the body suffered immense damage. The weaker the body, the greater the injury.
If it surpassed the user’s physical limit, the body would explode and die.
“Heaven truly helps me! It’s even a divine art with side effects!”
“With my current strength, crushing all the other Holy Son Candidates should be easy, right?”
A smirk curled on Chu Ying’s lips.
Then, with a thought, a translucent, shimmering interface appeared before him.
[Host]: Chu Ying
[Cultivation]: 2nd stage Cave Heaven Realm (Two Cave Heavens, Azure Phoenix Dharma Image, Glutton Fiend Dharma Image)
[Identity]: Holy Son Candidate of the Supreme Profound Holy Land
[Cultivation Techniques and Secret Arts]: Azure Phoenix Divine Art, Dragon Subduing and Tiger Taming Technique, Seven Emotions and Lust Disrupting Fist, Supreme Profound Sutra (Introductory Chapter)
[Forbidden Techniques]: Glutton Fiend Divine Art
[Current Side Effect 1]: Azure Phoenix Crippled Bone buff (Vital Qi decay, cultivation decline, combat power impaired, potential overdrawn) (Permanent)
[Current Side Effect 2]: Extremely Inferior Replica Qi Gathering Pill buff (Slower Qi absorption, potential overdrawn) (Permanent)
[Current Side Effect 3]: Dragon Subduing and Tiger Taming Technique buff (Meridians easily rupture during cultivation; piercing pain in the five viscera and heart nightly for half an hour)
[Current Side Effect 4]: Seven Emotions and Lust Disrupting Fist buff (Disturbed consciousness, emotional and desire confusion)
[Current Side Effect 5]: Glutton Fiend Demon Bone buff (Life essence corroded by cursed power, demonic nature affects sanity) (Permanent)
[Side Effect Assigned Targets]: Ye Junfan
[Current Assigned Target Count]: 1 (Current Max: 5)
After reading it, Chu Ying’s eyes sparkled like the stars.
“Five stacked buffs—Archaic Sacred Body, are you satisfied?”
Looking further, he discovered the upper limit for assigned side effect targets had also increased!
“In terms of cultivation, though I possess two Cave Heavens, my base is still at the 1st stage. But since the system considers it an improvement, it increased the max target count.”
“Five slots—who should I assign them to?”
Chu Ying recalled those disgusting faces on his cultivation peak.
Truly a tiger fallen into the plains, bullied by dogs.
Many Holy Son Candidates had tested his condition then, including the 7th-ranked Holy Son Candidate, Xiao Yan, who even attacked him directly.
“Assign side effect target: Xiao Yan!”
Chu Ying closed his eyes and recalled another name—Su Yichen!
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“Assign side effect target: Su Yichen!”
“Two more slots left,” Chu Ying muttered. For now, there weren’t any other pressing targets.
As for Yao Ruoxi?
Chu Ying had already lost all interest in that woman. Using a side effect slot on her would be a complete waste!
“I’ll save them for now. If someone jumps out, I’ll instantly mark them.”
[Side Effect Assigned Targets]: Ye Junfan, Xiao Yan, Su Yichen
[Current Assigned Target Count]: 3 (Current Max: 5)
Five stacked buffs… only the targets would know the real joy.
Chu Ying grinned and glanced around the Snow Ape clan’s ancestral tomb.
The Snow Apes of Everfrost Ridge supposedly had a 4th-rank existence, equivalent to the Soul Palace Realm.
Rumors said the Snow Apes carried a trace of the Primordial Ice Ape’s bloodline—definitely not ordinary beasts.
Maybe… their ancestral tomb had treasures.
After rummaging through the area for a while, Chu Ying actually made some discoveries.
“4th-rank Snow Ape Treasure Bone!”
Chu Ying was a little shocked.
Not just any bone could be called a Treasure Bone.
Only those rare bones imbued with mysterious inherited divine arts from fierce beasts were considered Treasure Bones.
Dharma Images formed from refined Treasure Bones usually ranked Grade Three or higher. In contrast, ordinary cultivators, eager to break through, often refined low-grade weapons like swords or blades to form Dharma Images—leading to weak battle strength and easy defeat.
In the Cave Heaven Realm, speed wasn’t everything. Stability was key.
Each Dharma Image must be carefully chosen with great thought.
True geniuses lingered in this realm for a long time—to condense powerful Dharma Images and to open as many Cave Heavens as possible.
“One, two… thirteen!”
“Holy crap! I hit the jackpot!”
Like finding gold, Chu Ying hurriedly stored all thirteen Snow Ape Treasure Bones in his storage ring.
What made him even happier—among those bones was one 5th-rank Treasure Bone!
5th-rank—that corresponded to the Nether Void Realm! Incredibly valuable!
Most Holy Son Candidates and Saintess Candidates in the Supreme Profound Holy Land, if they refined a Treasure Bone, could barely obtain one of this grade. Anything higher was unattainable for them.
“This trip—totally worth it!”
Chu Ying’s face beamed with joy. After confirming nothing was left behind, he began to ascend.
A few minutes later, he neared the water’s surface.
After waiting for a moment, he shot out of the water, activating the Azure Phoenix Divine Art, transforming into a streak of white light as he darted away.
The Snow Apes sleeping around the pure white pool blinked, slowly waking up.
Did something just… escape?
Chu Ying flew over 50 kilometers in one breath—finally putting distance between himself and the Snow Ape’s nest.
After exiting Everfrost Ridge, Chu Ying continued training in the Myriad Beast Forest. Near the mission deadline, he returned.
…
Night quietly descended.
The moonlight was like water.
At this moment…
In the Heavenly Medical Hall of the Supreme Profound Holy Land—
A young man in the robe of a Holy Son Candidate stood, clearly of high status.
Under normal circumstances, even the lowest-ranked Holy Son Candidate was still an elite of the Holy Land—refined in aura and strong in cultivation.
Yet this Holy Son Candidate clutched his chest, forehead drenched in cold sweat, face twitching with veins bulging, eyes pleading toward a senior medicinal elder.
Had Chu Ying been present, he would’ve immediately recognized this person—
It was Xiao Yan, the 7th-ranked Holy Son Candidate, who had attacked him in the main hall days ago!
“Elder Lin, I… I can’t hold on much longer…” Xiao Yan gritted his teeth, eyes bloodshot. The pain in his five viscera was nothing.
The stabbing and exploding pain in his heart left him wishing for death.
“I’ve practiced medical arts for many years, yet I’ve never seen such bizarre symptoms,” said Elder Lin Dingchang, a renowned Heaven Grade medicinal master of the Heavenly Medical Hall, frowning deeply.
He was a medicinal master—different from an alchemist.
Alchemists followed the Dao of Pills, seeking martial enlightenment through pill refinement. Medicinal masters followed the Dao of Medicine, practicing medicine and refining herbs as a form of healing.
Of course, the Dao of Medicine and Dao of Pills complemented each other, and many principles were shared.
“Ah—pfft!!!”
Xiao Yan suddenly felt a violent blow strike his internal organs. His eyes widened as he spewed a mouthful of blood.