Chapter 1815: Begin Cultivation! Optimize the Bloodline Secret Art!

Feeling the warm, soft touch on his shoulder, Xu Jingming's heart warmed.

Setting aside race, Iris's personality truly suits his taste.

He said nothing more, continuing to immerse himself in comprehending the true demon essence blood.

Time passed quietly.

Xu Jingming sat still like a sculpture.

His divine sense swept repeatedly over the structure within the essence blood, familiarizing himself with the operational patterns of each spatial rune.

The one day granted by the Nether Phoenix Venerable.

It was both to let him adapt to the pressure and to let him initially understand the characteristics of the Mystic Prison Nether Phoenix bloodline.

Only by sufficiently understanding the essence blood could he reduce rejection and increase success rate during subsequent absorption.

Xu Jingming dared not slacken in the slightest.

He focused on two things at once, observing the essence blood on one hand.

While recalling the first important principle of the《True Demon Treasure Canon》explained by the Nether Phoenix Venerable on the other.

Gradually, he seemed to touch some mysterious rhythm.

The purple-black essence blood was no longer a lump of dead matter, but had come alive!

It seemed to have life of its own.

As Xu Jingming's divine sense resonated with it, it began to slowly circulate......

Thus, one day passed in the blink of an eye.

Xu Jingming slowly opened his eyes.

In his purple-red pupils, Lei Guang flickered faintly, and deeper still, a trace of profound spatial fluctuation appeared.

"How is it?"

Iris, who had been accompanying him nearby, asked softly.

"Almost there.

The spatial laws within the essence blood are exquisite, and they indeed share common ground with my Void Fiend demon bloodline."

Feeling the changes within his body, Xu Jingming secretly praised.

Even at the resonance stage, he had gained so much.

Once he formally absorbs the essence blood.

Beginning cultivation of the《True Demon Treasure Canon》, his strength will surely increase beyond imagination!

"Then it's good; Mother should be arriving soon."

Iris lifted her gaze to the sky, a hint of anticipation flashing in her purple eyes.

The words had just fallen——

Buzz!

The space before the courtyard suddenly twisted, and a blood-red figure appeared out of thin air.

The Nether Phoenix Venerable still wore a blood-red long robe, dignified and noble.

On her exquisite face, her expression was calm, her black eyes like deep pools.

"Teacher." Xu Jingming bowed respectfully.

"Mother."

Iris also called out obediently.

The Nether Phoenix Venerable gave a slight nod, her gaze falling upon Xu Jingming:

"It seems you have already become preliminarily familiar with the essence blood's aura; are you ready to begin absorbing the essence blood?"

"I am ready." Xu Jingming nodded.

The Nether Phoenix Venerable gave a slight nod, her jade hand lifting lightly.

An invisible force enveloped the entire courtyard, and space instantly solidified!

This is the absolute control over space by a Realm Lord-level powerhouse!

Within this area.

All laws are governed by the Nether Phoenix Venerable; the outside world cannot probe even a fraction.

"Sit cross-legged, relax your mind."

The Nether Phoenix Venerable walked to Xu Jingming's front, her blood-red robe fluttering gently in the wind.

The majestic, full curve beneath her robe was faintly visible, breathtaking.

Xu Jingming quickly composed himself and sat cross-legged as instructed.

"Cultivating the《True Demon Treasure Canon》requires using demon essence blood as a guide to rebuild the bloodline foundation."

The Nether Phoenix Venerable's voice was calm, yet each word was clear:

"The entire process is extremely painful.

After the essence blood enters the body, it will cleanse every inch of flesh and every strand of soul.

If one cannot endure it, the bloodline will collapse.

With me present, you will not die, but you will still suffer severe injury."

She paused, her black eyes fixed on Xu Jingming:

"You still have one last chance now to choose to give up."

"Disciple will not give up." Xu Jingming's eyes were firm.

A flash of approval passed through the Nether Phoenix Venerable's eyes, and she said no more.

She tapped with her jade finger, and that mass of purple-black true demon essence blood slowly rose, hovering above Xu Jingming's head.

I will use a secret method to lay the foundation for you and guide the essence blood into your body.

But the true absorption and fusion must rely on yourself.

As the words fell, the Nether Phoenix Venerable's divine sense stirred.

Countless ancient demonic runes appeared in her palm.

They transformed into streaks of blood-red chains, wrapping around that mass of true demon essence blood.

"Go!"

She let out a soft cry, and the blood-red chains suddenly tightened!

"Screech—"

The true demon essence blood was forcibly torn apart.

It turned into countless purplish-black specks of light, like stars scattering down, sinking into Xu Jingming's body!

"Boom—!!!"

Xu Jingming's entire body trembled violently!

As if billions of red-hot steel needles were simultaneously piercing every inch of his flesh!

At the moment the true demon essence blood entered his body.

The violent power of spatial laws surged like a breached flood, rampaging wildly within him!

"Ugh—!"

Xu Jingming couldn't help but let out a low roar, veins bulging on his forehead!

He could clearly feel where the essence blood passed.

His original Nether Realm demon bloodline, upon encountering it, was like meeting its natural enemy, frantically fleeing and resisting!

The two bloodlines clashed violently within his body, like two armies at war, slaughtering fiercely!

"Steady your mind and spirit! Circulate the《True Demon Treasure Canon》!"

The Nether Phoenix Venerable's voice rang like thunder, exploding in Xu Jingming's sea of consciousness!

Xu Jingming endured the intense pain, frantically circulating the key points of the《True Demon Treasure Canon》.

However, the repulsion of the true demon essence blood far exceeded imagination!

Even with the Nether Phoenix Venerable's guidance, the absorption process remained extremely difficult.

The Nether Prison Phoenix bloodline, like a proud king, utterly disdained merging with the Nether Realm demon bloodline.

It sought only complete devouring and replacement!

More crucially, he was not a true Nether Realm demon.

He was human!

"The《True Demon Treasure Canon》was designed specifically for the demon race.

As a human, I fear I cannot directly cultivate it......"

Xu Jingming's heart sank.

Following this trend, it was highly likely the bloodline conflict would spiral out of control, causing him to explode and die directly!

"It seems I can only resort to the system."

Fortunately, he had prepared for this beforehand.

Only seen, with a thought, his consciousness sea's deep blue system panel suddenly unfolded!

【Detected advanced-level bloodline secret art《True Demon Treasure Canon》first level cultivation in progress......】

【Detected true demon essence blood (Nether Prison Phoenix) conflicting with host's bloodline......】

【Consume essence points for optimization?】

The system's prompt tone sounded like heavenly music.

As Xu Jingming's strength broke through, the deep blue system seemed to have become significantly more intelligent.

If it were before, it could only directly add points, with no prompts at all.

"Yes!" Xu Jingming said without hesitation.

【Please choose optimization direction:

1、Reduce the repulsion of true demon essence blood, increase fusion success rate (requires 300,000 essence points)

2、Modify the first level circulation path of the《True Demon Treasure Canon》to suit the host's current bloodline (requires 500,000 essence points)

3、Deduce a perfect fusion plan, using human bloodline to perfectly absorb the Nether Prison Phoenix essence blood (requires 800,000 essence points)】

Three options, with essence point consumption increasing in order.

Xu Jingming glanced at his remaining essence points—4,332,000.

"Choose the third!"

He had not the slightest hesitation.

Since we are cultivating, we must strive for the best!

Retaining the Nether Realm demon bloodline's traits, integrating the Nether Prison Phoenix origin—this is the perfect solution!

As for the essence points consumed.

Anyway, with Ilylis, the Succubus Sacred Body, present, she can accelerate his cultivation speed.

At worst, he just has to endure a bit more hardship.

【Selection confirmed, consuming 800,000 essence points, beginning deduction......】

【Deducing... 1%... 10%... 50%......】

The deep blue system's deduction speed is extremely fast.

Only a few breaths, and the progress bar reached 100%!

【Deduction completed! Generated optimized version of the True Demon Treasure Canon!】

【The new secret art has been adapted to the host's current bloodline, True Demon essence blood rejection reduced by 92%, fusion success rate increased to 99.7%!】

In an instant, a massive stream of information surged into Xu Jingming's soul!

This is the optimized True Demon Treasure Canon by the system!

Compared to the original version, the new bloodline secret art's circulation path is more complex and profound.

Yet it perfectly matches Xu Jingming's own human bloodline!

Most importantly, he can fully comprehend it!