Chapter 179: Qi Blood Soul Core

At that moment, Yu Tianyun seemed to feel that he had been blown to pieces and ground into powder.

A roaring sound came from his body, and all movement and noise were instantly cut off, as if he were in another world. His soul drifted in the void air, free from the body's shackles, while everything outside turned white‑hot in an instant, utterly silent, a terrifying stillness.

"How could this happen? Could I already be dead?" Yu Tianyun barely managed to flash this thought, and his perception froze instantly as if iced, unable to continue thinking, his heart filled with unprecedented terror.

He did not know how long this state lasted; it felt like tens of thousands of years had passed, yet also as if only a moment had gone by.

A glance seemed like ten thousand years; time in this strange state appeared to have lost its meaning.

At some point, the massive dragon body where Yu Tianyun lay finally quivered slightly, and his consciousness slowly returned like the tide.

At this moment, his whole body was still filled with intense throbbing pain, yet his skin, organs, meridians, and bones harbored an indescribable wonderful sensation.

It was an especially peculiar comfort, with a slight tingling itch and a deep warmth. This sour‑tingling feeling circulated slowly over his body, and wherever it passed, the throbbing pain vanished rapidly.

Yu Tianyun finally began to regain consciousness, and was amazed to discover that before his eyes lay a dazzling golden world—not outside, but inside his own body.

He saw countless golden threads criss‑crossing, and couldn't help but be astonished: "Are those… meridians? And those solid golden objects—are they muscles? The bones look like gems, golden and translucent, even revealing the mercury‑like pulsating marrow inside."

With each breath, the golden blood in Yu Tianyun's body circulated, eventually gathering in the heart and then being pumped to every part of his body.

His interior had become an entirely golden world, no longer the original bright red, but a dazzling, mysterious radiant gold.

Yu Tianyun hurriedly shifted his consciousness to his chest. The original Qi Blood vortex had vanished, replaced by a series of strange entities resembling golden light ribbons, mutually Entangled at his chest. At the core of these golden ribbons floated a crystal about the size of a fingernail, diamond‑shaped and hovering silently.

Although the crystal core was small, it was the origin of all the light ribbons, which linked to each blood vessel, continuously channeling Qi Blood power for him.

"Is it finished? I don't think I did anything!" Yu Tianyun felt a bit incredulous. In fact, when he first tried to control the Qi Blood vortex, it had done nothing before he fainted; when he awoke, the Qi Blood Soul Core had already successfully condensed.

All of this seemed to come together effortlessly, as if an invisible law existed in this world, under which, once certain conditions are met, the Qi Blood Soul Core can naturally condense successfully.

All the pain, at this moment, was no longer worth caring about.

The formation of this Qi Blood Soul Core made Yu Tianyun—no, rather his entire dragon—since he still remained in dragon form, elevate his whole dragon body to an entirely new realm.

Condensing Qi Blood power into a soul core is vastly more difficult than cultivating soul power, perhaps many times harder.

Yu Tianyun also, through various coincidences, continuously refined himself, and with several soul bones, plus the gifts from celestial herbs and Dragon Valley, gradually built an immensely solid foundation. The Qi Blood amplification and martial soul evolution provided by Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, together with the Ice Fire Dual Instrument Eye and the massive energy of the Ice Fire Dragon King Dragon Soul and soul bones, finally allowed Yu Tianyun to effortlessly achieve this astonishing feat.

At this moment, his entire dragon was completely different from before. He felt purer than a true dragon; perhaps when he returns to human form, his aura will be mistaken for a pure‑blood dragon transformation.

This was undeniably an unprecedented boon, meaning his martial soul true form was more authentic than that of almost all beast martial soul masters, with combat power at its peak.

At the same time, with this Qi Blood Soul Core, his physical quality finally broke the human limit, advancing toward a higher tier.

The so‑called human physical limit is the strongest bodily state attainable by a Peerless Douluo. Undoubtedly, purely in terms of physical quality, Yu Tianyun has already reached Divine level!

The benefits are enormous; first, his body's endurance has greatly increased, and his strength, speed, defense, and attack have all made leap‑forward improvements.

Second, and most importantly, his soul power will encounter no bottlenecks in future cultivation, eliminating any worry that his body cannot withstand the impact of soul power. With his current physical quality, even instantly possessing Peerless Douluo‑level soul power would pose no problem.

However, this also brings some side effects.

His realm and cultivation have not yet reached that level, yet his body has already attained Divine level, which instead hinders the advancement of the former two.

It is like a container suddenly expanding; the water inside also increases, but the rate at which water can be added does not rise proportionally, making it harder to fill completely than before.

Although the amount of soul power growth has not decreased but increased, the increment is smaller than the container's expansion, inevitably slowing his upgrade speed.

Moreover, his soul power has become entirely solid, making it even more condensed—undoubtedly adding insult to injury.

Even though he now possesses complementary Yin‑Yang dual soul cores, his future cultivation speed will inevitably plummet.

"Alas, nothing is perfect; as long as strength keeps growing, that's enough."

Yu Tianyun appeared magnanimous; although the result surprised him somewhat, overall he was quite satisfied.

"My martial soul could be said to have evolved, or perhaps not; it's better to say it has forged an entirely new path for the Blue Electric Tyrannosaur Weapon Soul." Yu Tianyun carefully sensed his martial soul and found that it had not changed much compared to the Blue Electric Tyrannosaur Weapon Soul.

Although both have golden dragon scales, they have not, unlike Bebe and Muen a ten‑thousand‑year later, evolved into a Radiant Holy Dragon.

(End of Chapter)