Chapter 223: Four Bloodline Essences, the Body Transforms!

I, burdened at heart, did not want to bite the Sheyu King's heart, but the Divine Attendant Insects were different.

They had no such scruples.

After a swarm of Divine Attendant Insects flew out, they instantly wrapped the Sheyu King's heart in front of Fang Xu.

The huge Sheyu King's heart was devoured by the Divine Attendant Insects at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In just a few breaths, the Sheyu King's heart before him disappeared.

But the Divine Attendant Insects seemed still unsatisfied, their gaze turning to the Sheyu King's corpse being gnawed by Xiao Long.

Buzz—

Buzz buzz buzz!

…

Without waiting for Fang Xu's order, all the Divine Attendant Insects flew straight toward the Sheyu King's corpse.

Before Xiao Long could figure out what was happening, a swarm of Divine Attendant Insects directly clung to the Sheyu King's corpse.

Seeing the Sheyu King's corpse's flesh vanishing quickly, Xiao Long grew anxious.

"This is mine!"

"Get lost!"

"You lot, get lost!"

Xiao Long shouted, quickly biting the Sheyu King's body, preparing to dive into the void to enjoy it.

But the Divine Attendant Insects showed no sign of giving up.

Even when Xiao Long brought them into the void, they could still vigorously devour the Sheyu King's flesh.

Seeing this, Xiao Long shouted while dragging the Sheyu King's corpse out of the void.

"You guys, get lost!"

"Fang Xu… sob…"

While dragging the huge Sheyu King's corpse wildly through the air, Xiao Long actually burst into tears from anger.

Seeing that half of the Sheyu King's corpse had been gnawed by the Divine Attendant Insects down to bone, Fang Xu also knew he couldn't go too far.

He immediately ordered the Divine Attendant Insects to return to his body.

Seeing all the Divine Attendant Insects retreat, and noting that half of the Sheyu King's flesh was already gone, Xiao Long didn't bother to savor it slowly, but wolfed down the remaining flesh into his belly.

"You're going too far!"

After finishing the Sheyu King's flesh, Xiao Long flew to Fang Xu's face and shouted angrily.

Fang Xu gave an embarrassed smile: "Isn't there still plenty over there?"

"How can they compare!" Xiao Long still refused to yield, shouting: "Those are ordinary Sheyu, but this is the Sheyu King!"

Fang Xu helplessly compromised: "Alright, alright, after we get out I'll find some good stuff to compensate you."

Hearing that, Xiao Long, still fuming, flew into the Dragon Keeper's corpse and pulled out the remaining Sheyu corpses.

"You're going to eat all of these?"

Looking at the mountain of corpses piled before him, Fang Xu frowned and asked.

Xiao Long tilted his head: "What else?"

"Throwing them away would be wasteful."

Fang Xu helplessly shook his head: "Alright, you eat slowly."

Having said that, he sat cross-legged to one side.

The entire Sheyu clan had been wiped out; this fragmented world should now be safe.

After sitting cross-legged, Fang Xu immediately communicated with the Divine Attendant Insects.

Receiving his order, all the Divine Attendant Insects within his body fed back the essence they had gained from devouring the Sheyu King's heart and corpse to Fang Xu.

Several strands of extremely pure and ancient energy surged within Fang Xu's body.

It was obvious that this Sheyu King had not only devoured the Dragon Keeper's corpse, but had likely also consumed other ancient powerhouses before.

Fang Xu carefully distinguished these energies, discovering there were four kinds in total.

One of them was the strongest, exuding the aura from the Dragon Keeper's corpse; clearly it was the Dragon Keeper's bloodline essence.

The second strongest was a cluster of strange energy emitting a cold aura.

But upon sensing this energy, Fang Xu suddenly felt it was somewhat familiar.

Netherworld?

After a brief moment of thought, Fang Xu realized this aura seemed to be that of the Netherworld.

He had once been fortunate enough to witness Netherworld qi.

Back then, in the Three Gods Space, he had felt it when using the small coffin on the Bone Prison Breath.

No!

And another time!

Fang Xu suddenly recalled that during the soul crossing, he had also sensed this aura.

But there was one point that made him feel a bit strange.

If this world had a Netherworld, then there should exist a place similar to the underworld of past-life mythology.

That is where souls belong after death.

But now, whether it's the Heaven Profound Realm, the Heaven Splendid Realm, or this fragmented great world before him, he seemed to have found no trace of an underworld.

The souls of martial artists and cultivators, after death, can only wander the world, eventually fading away slowly.

But the problem is, if souls dissipate, how do newly born human souls come about?

Could it be that some mysterious entity creates them?

After some thought, Fang Xu shook his head.

This problem is still too profound; with his current realm he simply cannot understand it.

Setting aside the Netherworld Qi, he then observed the third kind of energy.

The third kind of energy is a silvery-white ball of light, giving a feeling of great holiness!

What is this thing?

Fang Xu curiously examined that milky-white energy, hoping to find some information from it.

But this energy carried a burning sensation akin to the law of light, making his soul feel somewhat uncomfortable.

Forget it, I won't study it!

His divine sense wrapped around the last clump of energy, and Fang Xu's heart gave a slight jolt.

It's this aura again!

Netherworld!

Just as Fang Xu thought this fourth energy was also Netherworld Qi, he suddenly noticed something off.

If this fourth clump of energy were also Netherworld Qi, it should have merged with the second energy.

Rather than appearing separately.

Since they haven't merged, this proves that this clump of energy is definitely not Netherworld Qi!

Thinking this, he began to carefully examine the pitch-black energy before him.

Evil, filthy, utmost yin...

His divine sense enveloped the pitch-black energy, and Fang Xu could even feel a series of faint, miserable wails.

What on earth is this thing!?

The series of miserable wails made Fang Xu feel somewhat agitated.

He then directly withdrew his divine sense.

The four clumps of energy before him were undoubtedly refined by the Divine Servant Insects.

Absorbing them should pose no problem.

After all, the Divine Servant Insects would not harm him.

Thinking this, he directly drew the four clumps of energy into his body one by one.

After the power of blood and qi separated the four clumps of energy, he began to refine the strongest one, which belonged to the Dragon Keepers' energy.

The Dragon Keepers, a race that coexisted with divine dragons in ancient times, possess in their bloodline an extremely ancient power.

Having refined only a strand, Fang Xu could feel his physical body undergoing a wondrous transformation.

Originally speaking, in terms of physical strength, he was an invincible existence in the Primordial Martial Realm, even in the Dharma Appearance Realm.

But now, after being strengthened by the essence of the Dragon Keepers' bloodline, his physical body has grown stronger once again.

The key is that he has refined only a strand, amounting to less than one percent.

Feeling this, Fang Xu could no longer contain his excitement and continued refining.

As the essence of the Dragon Keepers' bloodline was refined, his physical aura grew ever stronger!

Finally, when the essence of the Dragon Keepers' bloodline was completely refined, the aura emanating from his physical body gradually condensed into a terrifying vortex apparition!

Although the vortex apparition was merely a blurry illusion, the terrifying aura it emitted also caused the little dragon, who was leisurely gnawing on a xuyu corpse in the distance, to startle and quickly dodge away.

Its body flew to a place far from Fang Xu, and the little dragon, still shaken, gazed warily at Fang Xu in the distance.

"Strange, what is that?"

Gazing at the vortex illusion behind Fang Xu, the little dragon dared not approach.

In the darkness, she could sense that the suddenly appearing vortex apparition carried an ultimate sense of holiness and dignity, yet also a complex feeling of deadly danger.

It felt as if approaching would cause one to fall.

The apparition behind Fang Xu did not last long, and he himself, who was cultivating, seemed not to have noticed the apparition's appearance.

Having sensed that the essence of the Dragon Keepers' bloodline had been fully absorbed and refined, Fang Xu fixed his gaze on the second clump of Netherworld Qi.

Refinement begins!

As the first strand of Netherworld Qi was refined, Fang Xu suddenly felt his body gradually turning icy cold.

Next, a chill seemingly from the Nine Depths spread throughout his body!

The extreme chill covered everything around his body with frost.

On the little dragon's side, just as it was preparing to return to enjoy its meal, it was frightened by this sudden chill and ran away again!

"Yah!"

"My food!"

She herself had run away, but those xuyu corpses suffered.

Where the chill passed, most of the xuyu corpses were instantly covered in a layer of frost.

Seeing her food about to be completely frozen, the little dragon didn't bother with anything else, flew over, and tried to drag out as many xuyu corpses as possible.

Thus, after the chill had completely covered those xuyu corpses, the little dragon finally managed to drag out several dozen.

"Damn Fang Xu!"

Seeing a large number of xuyu corpses frozen in the distance, the little dragon angrily glared at Fang Xu, then went back to enjoying its meal.

On Fang Xu's side, as the Netherworld Qi was gradually refined,

his soul seemed to see a strange apparition!

It was an extremely dark world; merely glancing at it made Fang Xu feel his soul under a terrifying oppression.

What is it?

Fang Xu hastily gathered his soul into his sea of consciousness, daring not to look at that world any further.

Huh?

Just as his soul had finished gathering and entered his sea of consciousness, Fang Xu suddenly noticed a strange place.

In his own sea of consciousness, a square seal inexplicably appeared!

The seal was entirely black, as if forged from a kind of ink jade.

The key was, this seal simply hovered in his sea of consciousness, and he couldn't control it.

Too strange!

What on earth is going on?

Fang Xu was completely dazed.

But right now, increasing his strength was urgent, so he didn't pay too much attention to these things, planning to, after leaving, seek out ancient powerhouses like the Funeral Bearer and Bone Prison Rest to have a look.

Perhaps they would know what had happened to him.

Continue refining the remaining two energies.

After completely refining the two energies, his physical body likewise underwent some subtle changes.

But the most immediate feeling is that the repulsion between his soul and physical body has now disappeared.

This signifies that, under the blessing of the four bloodline essences, his physical body has finally gained his soul's approval.

He can continue cultivating the Soul Dao and then attempt the God Descent Technique.

After he had completed his cultivation and woke up, he suddenly discovered that everything around him had changed.

The corpse of the Dragon Keeper that had lain far away had vanished, and even Xiao Long was gone.

If the ground beneath his feet were still as it was, Fang Xu would have thought he had left this flawed world.

"Xiao Long."

Looking around, he saw no trace of Xiao Long, and Fang Xu called out.

Oh!

A dragon's roar rang out, and on the distant horizon, Xiao Long's figure emerged from the void.

At this moment, having devoured a large number of hidden peril corpses, Xiao Long's body had reached a length of a hundred zhang, his silver scales shining with noble majesty.

The massive dragon body wandered in the air, then instantly landed before Fang Xu, transforming into a girl of over ten years old with a delicate, pinkish complexion.

The girl wore a moon-white long robe, her black hair cascading behind her, as she stared with large eyes, looking at Fang Xu with a resentful gaze.

"What's wrong?"

Fang Xu asked doubtfully.

"What are you talking about!"

"You owe me my food!"

"If it weren't for you, I would have eaten all that food and definitely become stronger!"

Xiao Long said angrily.

Fang Xu was bewildered.

"What's wrong with me?"

"Wasn't your food all eaten by you?"

"You destroyed them all!" Xiao Long shouted, "You froze them, you burned them, you wasted them all!"

When Fang Xu was absorbing and refining the netherworld qi, a large amount of cold qi leaked out, freezing most of the hidden peril corpses.

But at that time Xiao Long still managed to snatch a few.

Later, when absorbing that cluster of milky-white holy energy, the terrifying and dazzling light directly incinerated those frozen hidden peril corpses into nothingness.

Xiao Long was also forced to flee into the void.

Fang Xu was unaware of all these things.

Xiao Long also understood that Fang Xu might not know what had happened to his own body.

She patiently explained it to him.

"Did I cause all this?"

Looking around, Fang Xu felt somewhat incredulous.

He himself had not noticed anything at all.

"You owe me!"

Xiao Long spoke again.

"Fine, fine, fine!"

"I'll compensate!"

Fang Xu reluctantly agreed.

After all, such a delicate little child, he couldn't bear to bully her.

"Like this, when we leave, I will definitely find a way to compensate you."

"Really?"

Xiao Long asked doubtfully.

"I guarantee it." Fang Xu crouched down and said with a smile.

"Then let's leave now." Xiao Long put away his angry expression and said with a cheerful smile.

"Do you have a way to leave?"

As soon as he asked that question, Fang Xu felt his worry was somewhat unnecessary.

As a favored child of space, mastering the laws of space, Xiao Long's desire to leave this world should pose no problem.

"You look down on me!"

The smile on Little Dragon's face vanished instantly; he then grabbed Fang Xu's wrist and leapt straight up, disappearing on the spot.

In the next moment, the two appeared inside the Burial World Coffin.

"Huh!"

"Where is this?"

Little Dragon obviously didn't know that the world she had stayed in for countless years was actually inside the Burial World Coffin.

"Burial World Coffin." Fang Xu looked around and said, "That world has actually been buried."

Buried?

Little Dragon didn't understand what that meant.

Fang Xu didn't understand either, but now that they had come out, he intended to go take a look as soon as possible.

The flow of time inside the Burial World Coffin differs from that outside.

He wasn't sure how long he had stayed in that world, nor how much time had passed outside.

"Let's go, we're leaving."

Leading Little Dragon, he passed through layer after layer of the Burial World Coffin's coffin shells, and Fang Xu quickly reached the outside.

"You've finally come out."

Just as they emerged from the Burial World Coffin, the voice of the Funeral Attendant sounded in his sea of consciousness.

Hearing this, Fang Xu's heart gave a sudden jolt!

Finally?

Even the Funeral Attendant used the word "finally," which proves that the time he spent in the Burial World Coffin was probably very long. (End of chapter)