Chapter 831

In the stone chamber, Xiao Yan, Xun Er, Xiao Yixian, and Cai Lin stared at the Nine-Colored Primordial Stone before them.

"What kind of stone is this? It seems to come from the Domain Beyond, yet also appears to originate from the Great Thousand World." Xiao Yan's eyes flickered with Saint Light.

The Saint Pupil instantly reconstructed the past, attempting to trace the origin of this divine stone—but no matter how hard Xiao Yan pushed, he could only see a void of Chaos, as if the stone's origin was so ancient that even the Saint Pupil's power could not pierce through.

At this moment, Cai Lin's beautiful eyes darkened with solemnity; without a word, she pressed one finger against the stone. A hum sounded—her finger pierced through the stone as if it were air. In that instant, a burst of colorful light shattered the Chaos, and the stone blazed brilliantly, spewing forth waves of primordial, ancient energy; the ordinary stone now resembled a rainbow streak across an endless, boundless sea of Chaos.

Slowly, Cai Lin withdrew her finger. The moment her fingertip left the divine stone, the light vanished instantly, leaving behind only a breathtakingly beautiful gem, devoid of the primordial, sky-piercing radiance.

At that moment, Xiao Yan and the other two could not help but draw a sharp breath. When that energy erupted, even those with no knowledge understood: this divine stone's origin was astonishingly profound, and it was deeply tied to Cai Lin.

After all, neither Xiao Yan nor the Void Zero Heavenly Sovereign had been able to do anything with it—likely the Void Zero Heavenly Sovereign had even smashed it, yet failed to damage it, let alone elicit the kind of radiance they had just witnessed.

"This divine stone resembles the Nine-Colored Primordial Stone. I sense a faint familiarity in my bloodline, but my Bloodline Memory holds no detailed knowledge—I suspect only by refining and absorbing it can I learn what it truly is," Cai Lin said, slowly shaking her head after withdrawing her finger.

Back at the Spatial Auction, Cai Lin had recognized the Seven-Colored Original Stone as the Nine-Colored Primordial Stone without needing to shed blood—after all, while the Seven-Colored Original Stone was precious, it was merely the condensed SpiritFlesh of a deceased Seven-Colored Devouring Sky Serpent, not exceedingly rare, and shared the same origin and bloodline as her.

But this divine stone before them was not a bloodline stone like the Seven-Colored Original Stone; it contained an extraordinarily unique power—this was certainly not the power of the Nine-Colored Swallowing Sky Python!

Even Cai Lin herself did not know what would happen if she refined it.

The Nine-Colored Swallowing Sky Python was too mysterious. Cai Lin had already become a Nine-Colored Swallowing Sky Python, even evolved to the power of a Divine Beast, yet her Bloodline Memory held no recollection of any higher level.

As if everything above the Nine-Colored had been deliberately erased—even Bloodline Memory could not retain it.

Xiao Yan reached out his large hand and gently took Cai Lin's Jade Hand, grinning with his white teeth: "Don't be afraid—I'm here. I'm an Alchemist; even if you turn into an ugly monster, I can cure you."

Hearing Xiao Yan's playful words, Cai Lin rolled her eyes at him—but inwardly, she knew he was giving her support and confidence.

"Since we've gotten it, we shouldn't waste it. We've already taken it," Cai Lin said, echoing Xiao Yan.

"Hehehe, no waste allowed," Xiao Yan laughed.

Cai Lin lifted the divine stone before her, nodded to Xiao Yan, and the three of them stepped back several paces, clearing space. Xiao Yan even unleashed his Strange Fire to seal the entire area, fearing any massive disturbance might attract unwanted trouble.

Cai Lin sliced her fingertip with her nail, and a drop of blood radiating colorful light coalesced on her tip, falling onto the divine stone.

As soon as Cai Lin's blood touched the stone, a hum rang out—the divine stone erupted in blinding divine radiance, streams of light pouring forth. In the blink of an eye, those streams surged like tidal waves, flowing through Cai Lin's wound and into her body.

Boom!!!

As the divine stone transformed into a stream of light and entered Cai Lin's body, she trembled violently. In that instant, it felt as if a sea of blood and Chaos had drowned her—her body instantly glowed crimson with bloodlight.

"Cai Lin!" Xiao Yan's heart jolted—this divine stone contained energy so immense!

The energy surging from the colored divine stone was too powerful. In an instant, Cai Lin's body showed signs of shattering—her Supreme Sea destabilized, her physical form was battered, and an overwhelming torrent of blood qi threatened to obliterate her flesh!

Boom-boom-boom!!! In that instant, the Strange Fire Mark appeared on Cai Lin's forehead; three sub-flames of Strange Fire emerged, and behind her loomed the spectral form of the Nine-Colored Swallowing Sky Python, assuming its most powerful stance to channel the surging blood qi from the stone, maximizing the absorption of the blood sea's energy into her own bloodline.

"Devour the Sky!"

Any other Spiritual Beast would be utterly incapable of controlling such overwhelming blood qi—like a small horse trying to pull a massive cart, utterly unable to move it.

But Cai Lin was a Swallowing Sky Python—renowned for swallowing even the sky, commanding the Sky, possessing infinite internal space, and augmented by Strange Fire and the Three-Flame Serpent Body—the stronger the blood qi, the more potent her bloodline became.

Yet this Nine-Colored Divine Stone's origin was staggering—even a Heavenly Supreme was moved by it. Something even the Saint Pupil could not penetrate—Cai Lin, merely an Earth Supreme, could not possibly control all its energy or absorb all the blood qi into her bloodline!

In an instant, blood qi like a towering tidal wave drowned Cai Lin's flesh and Supreme Sea; the overwhelming blood qi threatened to destroy her body and Supreme Sea—Cai Lin's power was utterly insufficient to resist the divine stone's might.

Xiao Yan's gaze hardened. He no longer hesitated—he stepped forward into the sea of blood.

"Brother Xiao Yan!"

"Xiao Yan!!"

"Don't worry—I'm fine. Stay outside. Trust me!"

In this perilous instant, Xiao Yan paid no heed to anything else. The moment he plunged into the sea of blood, an unimaginably crushing pressure slammed down—the blood sea weighed as heavily as a continent.

Even with his Fused Strange Fire enveloping his body, Xiao Yan felt his bones groaning as if about to shatter.

"Cai Lin, let me help you."

Xiao Yan gritted his teeth and summoned both his Dou Technique Body and the Evil God Asura Soul Body. Terrifying Dou Qi and Soul Power carved a path for him, carrying him to Cai Lin's side.

Strange Fire interwove, the Burning Scripture erupted—zing-zing-zing—the Strange Fire transformed into chains of fire, their clinking sounds ringing out.

Xiao Yan had long fused his soul with Cai Lin's. Now, their souls merged once more; their Strange Fires intertwined, the fire chains like divine chains from Hell dragging the divine stone now within Cai Lin's body, forcefully compressing its blood sea energy into her flesh, squeezing it into her bloodline!

Simultaneously, within the spectral Nine-Colored Swallowing Sky Python behind Cai Lin, the colossal serpent opened its maw and devoured torrents of energy—its swallowing motion seemed capable of gulping down endless oceans; boundless blood qi was absorbed, then refluxed back into Cai Lin's bloodline!

In an instant, Cai Lin's soul radiated dazzling light, magnificent as if undergoing evolution!

Under the combined suppression of Xiao Yan's Strange Fire, Cai Lin's own physique, and her bloodline, they pressed down again and again—time passed, unknown how long.

Finally, the crimson divine stone settled like a glowing orb deep within Cai Lin's soul. At this moment, the blood sea energy released by the stone nourished Cai Lin's bloodline, strengthening her physique.

Even Xiao Yan's body was refined—a trickle of blood qi refluxed, cleansing his entire body's sinews and bones; every drop of essence seeped into his marrow, giving him a sensation of being reborn, shedding his old form!

Unconsciously, Xiao Yan's own flesh had already reached the Dou Emperor level.

Fortunately, the divine stone bore no intent to harm Cai Lin—it sought to aid her. The problem was merely that its energy was too vast for her to absorb at once.

Deep within their souls, their Soul Bodies embraced each other, as if entering a peculiar dimension.

"This is…" For Xiao Yan, soul fusion was not new—he had entered a similar state of Enlightenment with Cai Lin during the Pill Gathering.

"This must be the Bloodline Inheritance Memory. When I found the Seven-Colored Devouring Sky Serpent's inheritance beneath Jiu You Huang Quan, I entered a similar space," Cai Lin now awoke, walking shoulder to shoulder with him.

"So this is how Spiritual Beasts' Bloodline Inheritance works," Xiao Yan understood. Spiritual Beasts preserved their inheritances within their bloodlines.

When a Spiritual Beast's bloodline evolved, it automatically awakened certain bloodline skills and powers—like the Immortal Phoenix gaining Immortal Fire, or Zi Yan awakening the Dragon-Slaying Sword—all these powers existed within the bloodline, and once awakened, the inheritance was obtained.

That was why Spiritual Beasts placed such importance on bloodline.

As Xiao Yan marveled, suddenly the scene before him began to shift!

The entire world slowly darkened. Deep within the cosmos, a black mass gathered like a storm cloud of Chaos—and the cloud thickened, becoming immensely dense.

The black Chaos cloud accumulated deeper in the cosmos, turning pitch-black. Then, the Chaos began to rotate, forming a storm, spinning faster and faster, roaring with thunder, gradually coalescing into a colossal vortex with the power to overturn seas and rivers.

Xiao Yan and Cai Lin could not gauge the vortex's size—they stood within a celestial space, surrounded by not a single star, with no reference point.

Xiao Yan and Cai Lin exchanged glances, their expressions grave—because the vortex seemed to be devouring the entire universe!

A scene of cosmic destruction! Stars around the vortex were swallowed like grains of sand.

Amid the thunderous roar, the Chaos vortex grew fiercer and larger. As time passed, the terrifying vortex seemed to tear open the heavens, unleashing the most dreadful calamity—the end of the world.

Boom—boom—boom!!! Roaring sounds erupted from deep within, echoing through the universe; at this moment, a terrifying vortex seemed to rip up all of heaven and earth, the thunderous noise deafening their ears.

"I was a step too late."

At that very moment, a clear, melodious voice rang out—and when it did, the massive vortex seemed to pause for an instant.

As soon as the voice sounded, it echoed beside Xiao Yan and Cai Lin, as if coming from the far horizon, yet instantly reaching everyone's ears.

In that instant, Xiao Yan and Cai Lin looked up and saw colorful light rising on the horizon; as the multicolored radiance emerged, it shimmered with crystal clarity, as if emanating from five-colored crystal.

The colored light surged and ebbed, forming a rainbow that, in the blink of an eye, stretched from the distant, boundless universe—seeming in that moment to connect the cosmos itself.

In the instant the rainbow pierced the heavens and arrived, a figure appeared before them; as soon as this person appeared, divine light of five colors and ten hues flickered, rings of light rose and sank, instantly transforming the dark universe into a dazzling spectacle.

In her hand she held a gemstone mountain, its color identical to that of the Nine-Colored Spirit Stone.

"Could the Spirit Stone have come from this divine mountain!"

At this moment, a woman stood before the massive vortex; when Xiao Yan clearly saw her, his expression changed drastically—this woman bore an uncanny resemblance to Cai Lin!

It was not merely that their appearances were similar, but their forms and demeanors were alike!

Dressed in robes of colored light, with almond eyes full of charm, she carried seven parts noble majesty within three parts allure—royal, dignified, elegant, imbued with the spiritual energy of mountains, rivers, and marshes; her willow-browed gaze held an indescribable gentleness and nobility.

She radiated an aura that could part heaven and shut earth, wielding divine power that could turn clouds into rain and rain into clouds.

Most striking about her was her form—she was not human, but SnakeTribe! Her lower body swayed with a colorful serpent tail, while her upper body remained human.

Yet unlike ordinary SnakeTribe, this woman bore rings of divine halos behind her; even without sensing her strength, one knew she was no ordinary being!

Of course, Xiao Yan and Cai Lin knew she could not possibly be SnakeTribe—she merely resembled them in form, with serpent tail and human torso.

As Xiao Yan and Cai Lin stared in shock, the serpent-woman raised her Jade Hand; the divine mountain flew into the massive vortex—there was a hum, and five-colored divine light erupted, twisting and turning, as if suppressing the vortex that devoured all around it; its speed slowed, its size shrank.

"Sigh… I never expected such a vast breach—repairing it with the Heaven-Mending Spirit Stone alone may not be enough."

No sooner had the woman spoken than she hesitated no longer—she transformed into a streak of colored light and surged into the vortex; instantly, radiance bloomed, strands of light blossomed and wove together into a colossal luminous barrier; terrifying light engulfed Xiao Yan and Cai Lin, blasting them out of the inheritance memory space.

When Xiao Yan and Cai Lin awoke from their Spiritual Soul Enlightenment, the Spirit Stone had fully merged into Cai Lin's Bloodline, and the nine-colored Sea Giant Python silhouette behind her vanished completely.

"This is…" Xiao Yan swallowed hard; when the light blasted them out, a piece of Soul Information also surged into their hearts, revealing certain truths to them.

"The Divine Clan—when heaven and earth first opened, before all things were born, in the primordial chaos, the first race emerged… the Nüwa Divine Clan?" Cai Lin stared at her own body; after absorbing the Spirit Stone, she now retained the form of human head and serpent body—exactly as the legendary Nüwa.

Starting tomorrow, update time changes to six o'clock—four is too rushed; once my thoughts stall, I go over time. The second chapter still has over two thousand characters—I'll have it ready before six.

(End of Chapter)