Even though he had expected it, Qin Xiu still couldn’t help but inhale sharply. “The Dragon Saliva Fruit is incredibly intense—no wonder it’s usually only used by Patriarch-level powerhouses to temper their bodies.”
Moreover, the standard way to use a Dragon Saliva Fruit was to grind it into juice, dilute it dozens of times, and then use only a few drops either in a medicinal bath or for ingestion.
But now, he was using an entire Dragon Saliva Fruit.
No wonder it’s needed to condense dragon Qi—it must withstand dragon might!
Clenching his teeth, Qin Xiu jumped fully into the wooden tub. He had endured eighteen years of hardship. What was a little more pain?
“Roar!”
As he submerged himself into the bath, the crimson liquid churned like a dragon emerging from a volcanic abyss. Qin Xiu sat cross-legged inside, enduring the searing pain while activating the cultivation method of the Azure Dragon Battle Technique.
Streams of blood-red liquid, like dragon’s blood, surged into his body through his pores. Instantly, it felt as though countless tiny swimming dragons were rampaging within him.
And that was only the beginning.
Next, he had to guide this power into his dantian and merge it with his spiritual Qi.
The dragon Qi was ferocious and wild, rampaging through every part of his body. Just like the technique described: the might of the dragon is boundless, and it can only be revered—how could a mere human body possibly control it?
“A spirit body can only cultivate nine strands, but I’m not a spirit body—I possess a divine body!”
How could a golden-scaled carp remain in the pond? With the right opportunity, it would soar and become a dragon!
Qin Xiu gritted his teeth and roared, gradually molding the power surging through his meridians into the shape of a dragon.
Yet, in the face of this terrifying dragon Qi, the dantian of any cultivator was as fragile as an eggshell.
Channeling such savage power into one’s most vulnerable core took tremendous courage.
The swimming dragons ravaged his spiritual Qi and resisted being confined to the small dantian. Dragon jaws opened and closed, ready to tear apart anything in their way.
“A mere human dares to glimpse the might of a dragon?!”
Amid unbearable pain, Qin Xiu seemed to hear a dragon’s roar echoing within his body—it was unclear if it was real or an illusion.
The Azure Dragon Battle Technique clearly wasn’t designed for ordinary cultivators. Even a spirit body would struggle immensely to endure it.
But suddenly, within his dantian, the Chaotic Divine Tree began to sway violently.
Next moment, the tiny three-inch tree radiated divine light and hovered high above his dantian like a sovereign standing above all creation.
No matter how wild the dragon Qi was, it now appeared subdued in the face of the divine tree.
With just one tremble of the divine tree, the rampaging dragon Qi was instantly condensed into two intertwined dragon shadows. Glowing with vast chaotic spiritual Qi, they looked like they could suppress eternity.
The crimson liquid in the bath gradually turned clear, while the dragon Qi that had poured into Qin Xiu was subdued by his vast and deep meridians, no longer thrashing wildly.
The two dragon shadows grew more lifelike as Qin Xiu persisted. The dragon whiskers, claws, and even the fierce, gleaming scales shimmered on his skin.
No one knew how much time had passed, but within his dantian, the twin dragons now coiled together head to tail. Though they remained proud and wild, their aggression was no longer uncontrollable.
By the time daylight returned, the liquid in the wooden tub had turned into nearly clear water.
BOOM!
A wisp of dragon Qi leaked out, and the wooden tub instantly shattered into fragments.
There he sat, cross-legged—muscles and bones robust, skin as hard as golden dragon scales.
With each breath, his pores exhaled a golden-red mist of dragon Qi, like a dragon sovereign circling the heavens, noble and inviolable.
“The Azure Dragon Battle Technique… finally mastered.”
Qin Xiu stood up. With a punch, his entire arm became entwined with a dragon shadow!
A fierce dragon head merged with his fist, and as it moved through the air, it twisted it with violent pressure.
Such terrifying strength!
Qin Xiu’s eyes gleamed sharply, and he blasted out the second strand of dragon Qi.
In an instant, his arm was wrapped with two dragon shadows.
BOOM!
As the punch landed, the air itself seemed to freeze.
Moments later, the air in front of him collapsed like a sandbag, leaving behind a swirling vacuum!
“This is dragon force? No wonder Father selected this technique so carefully to suit my Chaotic Divine Body.”
Qin Xiu also clearly sensed that with two strands of dragon force concentrated in one arm, his muscles and bones endured tremendous pressure.
“No wonder cultivators without spirit bodies can only cultivate four strands at most.”
“One in each arm and leg. If they try to use double dragon force, their limbs might shatter before they can even strike the enemy.”
But in front of his Chaotic Divine Body, that was no issue at all.
Moreover, dragon Qi and dragon force were both manifestations of spiritual Qi. As his cultivation advanced, they would grow even stronger.
Clenching his fist, Qin Xiu exuded the aura of a five-clawed divine dragon, fierce and commanding. “Yun Xuerong, now even letting Nishang slap you back a few times is considered mercy.”
Unknowingly, the night had passed and morning arrived.
Qin Xiu had just changed into fresh clothes when he suddenly noticed a brilliant light flashing in the city.
“This glow… is that a teleportation array?!”
At Lingqu City’s central plaza, a massive, ancient formation glowed with radiant brilliance.
The City Lord, Ling Guhai, had long since brought his people to greet the guests.
Gazing at the light, Ling Guhai was astonished, “They’re already here? The Sect Master personally used teleportation arrays all the way here?”
Because it required more than a hundred spirit stones to power it!
Gold and silver were completely useless.
And for the Sect Master of the Heavenly Profound Sect to make such a grand entrance—it showed just how seriously they regarded that spirit body.
As the light grew more intense, the city’s noble families rushed to the square.
Every resident paused their work and turned respectfully to welcome the visitors.
“Hurry! Hurry! Yang’er, the Sect Master has come to greet you!”
Gao Wanhua squeezed through the crowd with Gao Yang and the Yun family behind her. The crowd cleared a path, and her face beamed with joy.
The Sect Master had come personally, even using a teleportation array, just to see her nephew sooner.
In all of Lingqu City, who else had ever received such honor?
Yun Xuerong, walking beside them, couldn’t help but feel a pang of bitterness.
Although when she awakened her spirit body, the City Lord had immediately brought the Grand Elder to accept her as a disciple, her master didn’t use teleportation arrays—only flew the entire way.
But quickly, Yun Xuerong’s eyes brightened.
The light from the teleportation array faded, and emerging from it were figures so powerful they made all of Lingqu City tremble!
The leading figure wore a jade crown and brocade robes, exuding unmatched majesty. A single glance swept over the entire city.
It was none other than Jiang Qianhe, the Sect Master of the Heavenly Profound Sect!
“Outer Sect Deacon Ling Guhai, along with all of Lingqu City, greets the Sect Master!”
“GREETINGS TO THE SECT MASTER!”
Whoosh—
Everywhere the eye could see, all of Lingqu City fell to their knees in reverence.
Only Gao Wanhua, her daughter, and Gao Yang remained standing. Yun Xuerong beamed with joy, “Disciple greets Master!”
Her master, the Grand Elder of the Heavenly Profound Sect, stood right beside the Sect Master.
Not only the Grand Elder—other than those guarding the sect, the entire upper echelon of the Heavenly Profound Sect had arrived!
Gao Wanhua gracefully placed her hands before her belly and bowed respectfully, “Sect Master, elders, I welcome your presence on behalf of my nephew and daughter.”
To her left stood the Grand Elder’s beloved daughter. To her right was the prodigy for whom the Sect Master had personally come—her treasured nephew.
Gazing at the kneeling noble families across the city, at that moment, Gao Wanhua felt like she was floating in the heavens, standing above the Nine Heavens themselves.