Chapter 991: The Extraordinary Divine Blood

Within the extraordinary divine blood celestial mystery, thunder roared incessantly, violet lightning wove across the heavens, and boundless divine power surged wildly, causing all life within the mystery to tremble in fear.

A giant a hundred zhang tall stood bathed in a sea of lightning, his body shimmering with starlike radiance; though motionless, terrifying might flowed around him.

And as time passed, with the continual opening of the wondrous gates, this terrifying aura continued to climb higher.

At this moment.

The ten divine generals dared not draw near; they stood at a distance, gazing upon all this, their eyes filled with shock.

“Incredible—less than two months have passed, and Tai Yi has opened one hundred and eight wondrous gates, and this is far from his limit—he’s still opening more.”

“After his rebirth, Tai Yi’s power has become even more terrifying; he seems to have also cultivated a Daoist method, for three Dao flowers bloom above his head, matching the Daoist saying of the Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown.”

“If Tai Yi completes his rebirth, his combat power within the Divine General realm will reach an unimaginable level—even all ten of us combined may struggle to defeat him.”

The divine generals exclaimed in awe, and now firmly believed that Tai Yi, the direct heir of the Divine King’s lineage, would surely ascend to the Divine King realm—his potential was too immense, beyond anyone’s reach.

Even as they spoke, Li Yi opened yet more wondrous gates; it seemed he had truly found some secret pattern, for in just a few days he had opened one hundred and twenty.

Upon reaching this point, he first felt his realm begin to loosen.

The Dao flower above his head, representing the Flower of Life, suddenly bloomed a new petal; the Dao flower representing the Flower of Magic Power also showed signs of growth.

Indeed.

Everything unfolded exactly as he had guessed: after rebirth, he could advance further within the Divine General realm.

This was only one hundred and twenty wondrous gates—thirty remained unopened; if all were opened and divine blood refined, he might even touch the threshold of the Divine King realm.

“Is this the potential of a royal direct descendant? Truly astonishing.” Far away, Han Shan, the Divine King clad in battle armor like a goddess of war, watched it all, her heart stirred with awe.

Recalling her own days as a Divine General, she had never possessed such might as Tai Yi.

No wonder the clan sought to protect such a one—he is a seed of a Divine Emperor, the very foundation of the Divine Clan’s dominance in the Celestial Realm.

In contrast, she had reached the Divine King realm as her limit; though a path remained, it was severed. Unless fate intervened, she would be forever trapped in this realm.

Only an extraordinary stroke of fortune could shatter this constraint.

Yet in the Celestial Realm, being confined to the Divine King realm was already the envy of countless others—many cultivators were already stuck in the Divine Soldier or Divine General realms.

Thus, another dozen days passed.

Li Yi had now opened one hundred and forty wondrous gates; though his pace had slowed considerably, his aura had grown even more terrifying, yet he did not cease.

Finally, after three months total, he successfully opened the one hundred and fiftieth wondrous gate.

His rebirth to this stage was complete.

Though he did not advance further, merely this rebirth had greatly strengthened him—his divine power now flowed more smoothly, his internal magic power seemed endless, no matter how freely he expended it, it never dwindled.

This was the advantage of receiving the inheritance.

“One hundred and fifty wondrous gates—he’s stopped.”

Seeing this, the others exhaled slightly, wondering if Li Yi would keep cultivating and open all three hundred and sixty-five wondrous gates within decades, breaking directly into the Divine King realm.

No.

Perhaps he need not open all the gates to enter the Divine King realm.

The divine blood direct descendants were unlike ordinary beings, and with signs of cultivating other methods, he might break this constraint ahead of schedule.

“Refine the divine blood, ignite the stars, array the killing formation, and divine powers will manifest.”

At this moment, the hundred-zhang giant entered the next stage of cultivation; within him, purple divine blood surged like great rivers rushing through his body.

As he activated the secret method to refine divine blood, yin-yang energy surged from his divine body, transforming into sun and moon that washed and refined the divine blood, driving it into the wondrous gates.

Though still purple, the refined divine blood now radiated starlike brilliance.

“The refinement of divine blood seems unusually smooth.” As the stars within Li Yi’s body ignited one by one, even he was startled.

According to the Zhou Tian Divine Demon Secret Method, refining divine blood and igniting a single star was extremely difficult; a random Divine Clan member needed one or two years, even with ample divine blood—and it grew harder the further one progressed.

Though the Divine King’s direct descendants could accelerate the process, they could never achieve this speed.

Li Yi’s divine blood seemed to have already been refined long ago—only lacking the correct method to transform into stars; now that the method was correct, everything flowed naturally.

“It must be due to the Purple Blood Baptism.”

Only now did Li Yi understand what Hua Qing meant when she said he had forged an unsurpassable foundation.

Such a foundation had essentially opened a direct path to the Divine King—and even the Divine Emperor.

“Since refining divine blood is this smooth, continue.” Li Yi did not hesitate; his hundred-zhang divine body absorbed the breath of heaven and earth, transforming it into infinite fuel to generate yin-yang energy.

Brilliant starlight burst forth from the wondrous gates.

One after another, the speed was so rapid it left the Divine Clan’s Divine Generals within the mystery utterly stunned.

“Impossible—how can Tai Yi refine divine blood so fast? He ignited a star in less than an hour—even a royal direct descendant couldn’t do this.”

“Is his blood truly royal? Could it be Divine Emperor blood—or even the blood of a Heavenly Sovereign?”

“Unbelievable—it shatters every record in our clan’s history.”

“Could Tai Yi be a reincarnated Divine Emperor?”

Earlier, when they saw Li Yi reopen the wondrous gates, they hadn’t been so shocked, for they knew he had received part of the inheritance and had already opened one hundred and fifty acupoints—though crudely, he had walked this path before; now, with the correct method, repeating it naturally came much faster.

But refining divine blood was different—even with pure royal blood, it required daily washing and monthly refining, the scouring of yin-yang energy.

Yet Li Yi’s divine blood seemed inherently refined, flawless, requiring only slight activation to transform into stars and ignite the wondrous gates.

Han Shan, the Divine King, was also stunned; her eyes revealed shock: “His blood is certainly not mere royal blood—it surpasses even that. It may even be a direct lineage left by one of our Heavenly Sovereigns.”

“Only with blood this pure can one ignite stars without refinement—but how could such a being be half-human? Could he be the secret offspring of a Heavenly Sovereign and a human?”

Han Shan sensed great secrets within Tai Yi.

And perhaps the Hao Guang Divine Emperor had also sensed this—yet chose not to expose it, fearing that intervention might backfire.

If Tai Yi truly has ties to a Heavenly Sovereign, perhaps a Divine Clan Heavenly Sovereign glimpsed a fragment of fate and made a move upon Tai Yi.

Perhaps to harness humanity’s capacity to embrace all, to cultivate a Heavenly Sovereign seed for the Divine Clan—or to secure the clan’s future through preemptive planning.

Impossible to confirm. Impossible to judge.

All were merely her speculations.

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Han Shan’s thoughts were in chaos; she realized this was unacceptable, immediately steadied her spirit, expelled distractions—her task now was to protect Tai Yi, guard this secret, and let him grow freely.

“All matters concerning Tai Yi are top-secret of the Divine King’s lineage. Nothing that occurs within this mystery may be leaked—any violation will be severely punished.”

She immediately sent a mental message to the ten divine generals, instructing them to keep silence.

Though the guards selected for this mission were all carefully chosen and utterly loyal, some might still inadvertently reveal information.

A warning was necessary.

“We obey the Divine King’s command.” The ten divine generals responded in unison, now fully aware of Tai Yi’s uniqueness.

Then Han Shan’s form flickered, covering hundreds of li in an instant, arriving above a lake within the divine mystery.

Long Nü Yuchang resided here in seclusion, cultivating.

Sensing the Divine King’s aura, she instantly tensed and hurried forward to greet her.

“Whatever you know about Tai Yi, from now on you must keep it sealed—do not reveal a single word,” Han Shan said. “Do your duty well; the Divine Clan will not let you down in the future.”

“I shall obey the Divine King’s command,” Long Nü Yuchang replied respectfully.

Han Shan tossed forth a radiant treasure: “Your cultivation has reached a bottleneck and cannot advance further. This is a method I once acquired from the True Dragon Clan—True Dragon Nine Transformations. Switch to this method; if you ever transform into a True Dragon, you may gain the chance to become a Divine King.”

Long Nü Yuchang was surprised, yet accepted it with deep gratitude.

Han Shan did not favor her out of kindness—she intended to cultivate her, for she was close to Tai Yi and would become part of his core circle; if her power remained weak, it would bring shame upon the Divine King’s lineage.

Moreover, the True Dragon Clan’s method held little use for Han Shan herself.

After completing these tasks, Han Shan briefly departed the divine mystery, seeking out Shen Wei, the Divine King, to discuss matters concerning Tai Yi.

But during this time,

Li Yi’s hundred-zhang divine body glowed ever more brilliantly, and his Flower of Life loosened again, blooming another petal.

This meant that after refining divine blood and igniting stars, his vitality had grown even stronger.

It also meant Li Yi had shattered his bottleneck and now walked a true path toward the Divine King realm.

This growth rate was simply too fast.

Recall that when Li Yi first entered the Celestial Realm, he could not even defeat a Divine General—only slightly stronger than a Divine Soldier. Yet how little time had passed? Now he had reached a level beyond the reach of Divine Generals.

Though he had only crossed one minor realm, his combat power had undergone a revolutionary transformation.

Now, after the Purple Blood Baptism and his status as a Divine King’s direct descendant, Li Yi was destined to rise—no one could stop him.

(End of Chapter)