Chapter 1164: Purple Cloud Veined Gold (Second update, requesting everything)

By the time the expansion of the Secret Realm ended, its area had already exceeded eight thousand li, leaving it just two steps away from the goal of becoming a Blessed Land.

As the area of the Secret Realm grows, the difficulty coefficient for future upgrades will also become increasingly high.

According to Li Zhangsheng's estimation, at the current rate of progress, it is expected to take another three to four months for the Secret Realm to advance into a Blessed Land.

After settling everything, Li Zhangsheng returned to the Death Swamp, summoned Mihalovich, and began taking over the resource points of the Death Swamp.

Li Zhangsheng was naturally reluctant to part with the resource points; after all, these were hens that laid golden eggs, capable of continuously creating profits for him.

Because the resource points could not be moved, Li Zhangsheng had no choice but to continue occupying the Death Swamp.

In this way, the territory he controlled expanded once again.

Of course, the significance here is different; the Death Swamp is, after all, located in the Surface World, so it counts as driving a nail into the Surface World, allowing for the collection of information about the Surface World, especially information regarding the God of the Gloomy Night.

As for the Human Emperor's layout in the Dawn World, it would be a lie to say Li Zhangsheng was not curious.

After confirming the occupation of the Death Swamp, Li Zhangsheng specifically released dozens of dragons to let them control the situation in the Death Swamp.

It must be said that only a portion of these dragons were original dragons of the Death Swamp, while the rest were dragons completely tamed by Li Zhangsheng.

The reason Li Zhangsheng did this was also to better control the Death Swamp.

As for the Commander of the Death Swamp, it was temporarily served by Mihalovich; if the job was not done well, the dragon could be replaced at any time.

Not long after, Mihalovich brought Li Zhangsheng into a basin; this was the only Heaven and Earth Rare Treasure grade resource point within the Death Swamp.

At this moment, there was a large pit.

The large pit was pitch-black and covered with black crystals; if one observed carefully, one would discover that from some crevices, wisps of purple light were permeating, gathering in the center of the large pit to form a small purple ball of light.

Mihalovich pointed at the large pit and said, "This is the resource point that produces Purple Cloud Veined Gold. It can only produce one portion every ten years. Purple Cloud Veined Gold can increase bloodline concentration. Back then, Little Dragon only evolved into a sub-ancestral Red Dragon after swallowing a piece of Purple Cloud Veined Gold, but it has no effect on Little Dragon anymore."

Hearing Mihalovich's explanation, Li Zhangsheng finally understood; Purple Cloud Veined Gold was clearly a treasure for Bloodline Metamorphosis, which could give a Demon Pet a certain probability of completing evolution, but it could not evolve into a Divine Beast.

Li Zhangsheng thought for a moment and asked, "Does Purple Cloud Veined Gold have an effect on other races as well?"

"Yes, a Giant evolved into a Three-Headed Giant this way, leaping to become a Troll Leader."

Li Zhangsheng also had a deep impression of that Three-Headed Giant; after all, it was his first time seeing a Giant with three heads, and its body size far exceeded that of an ordinary Giant, almost reaching the height of a Mountain Giant, and its race was even comparable to a dragon.

"Besides the Three-Headed Giant, there have also been a few non-dragon creatures that absorbed Purple Cloud Veined Gold. Strangely, they all evolved successfully, unlike us dragons, who only have about a twenty percent probability of completing evolution."

Li Zhangsheng had already fully understood the effect of Purple Cloud Veined Gold; it was nothing more than a guaranteed evolution for bloodlines below the Concentrated Grade, while Concentrated Grade bloodlines only had a twenty percent probability of evolving.

Without a doubt, this was an extremely valuable resource point, which might also be the reason why some nearby countries joined forces to attack the Death Swamp from time to time.

Just like with the previous Bell Spirit Stone resource point, Li Zhangsheng began to set up a Restriction to increase the production of Purple Cloud Veined Gold.

After the setup was complete, Li Zhangsheng made a rough estimate; what originally took ten years to produce one piece of Purple Cloud Veined Gold now became two or three pieces every ten years, a clear improvement.

In the time that followed, Li Zhangsheng went to check on other resource points and similarly set up corresponding Restrictions on these resource points.

Before stabilizing the situation in the Death Swamp, Li Zhangsheng took out the Sea-Stabilizing Dragon Blood Fruit.

Since the Sea-Stabilizing Dragon Blood Fruit could only be absorbed by Water Element dragons, Li Zhangsheng only had the Three-Headed Dragon and the Ancestral Black Dragon that met the criteria.

The three dragon heads of the Three-Headed Dragon were Gold, Water, and Earth elements respectively, which could be considered to meet the requirements.

In choosing between the two Demon Pets, Li Zhangsheng clearly leaned towards the Three-Headed Dragon; after all, one was a formal Demon Pet and the other was a Temporary Spirit Pet, so naturally, he had to prioritize the formal Demon Pet.

It must be said that the Three-Headed Dragon was progressing rapidly; it was now a Demon King 9th Rank Demon Pet and could attempt to break through to the Demon Saint level.

The Sea-Stabilizing Dragon Blood Fruit was not a breakthrough-type treasure, but its rank ultimately reached the Lower-Grade World Wonder level, so it could more or less increase the probability of breaking through to the Demon Saint level.

The Three-Headed Dragon was an Epic quality Demon Pet and had a thirty percent probability of breaking through to the Demon Saint level on its own. If the Sea-Stabilizing Dragon Blood Fruit were added, Li Zhangsheng estimated there would be a forty percent success rate; this probability was already not low.

Li Zhangsheng hesitated for a moment before taking out that Water Profound Meaning Crystal.

If this Water Profound Meaning Crystal were added, the probability of the Three-Headed Dragon breaking through to the Demon Saint level would be as high as ninety percent.

After the Three-Headed Dragon flew out of the Secret Realm, at Li Zhangsheng's signal, it swallowed the Sea-Stabilizing Dragon Blood Fruit whole, gripped the Water Profound Meaning Origin Crystal with its Dragon Claw, and began to absorb the energy within.

After a few breaths, the Three-Headed Dragon's expression changed slightly, and it hurriedly lay on the ground, struggling to digest the Sea-Stabilizing Dragon Blood Fruit while continuously absorbing the Water Profound Meaning Origin Crystal.

Soon, the Sea-Stabilizing Dragon Blood Fruit was digested, causing the Three-Headed Dragon's aura to gain a certain boost, and its control over Water Element energy became as smooth as moving its own arm.

A rich water-blue radiance shimmered on the surface of the Three-Headed Dragon's body, and the nearby Water Element energy was frantically drawn over. Soon, the Three-Headed Dragon was covered by a water-blue cocoon of light, making it difficult for people to see the scene inside.

As more and more Water Element energy was absorbed, the volume of the cocoon of light also grew rapidly.

When the cocoon of light stopped expanding, countless water-blue energies began to spontaneously condense into the phantom of the Ancestral Black Dragon.

That's right, not the Nine-Faced Dragon God, but the Ancestral Black Dragon.

The Ancestral Black Dragon phantom contained a certain amount of Water Profound Meaning Origin; this was the Water Profound Meaning Origin that the Three-Headed Dragon had extracted from the Water Profound Meaning Origin Crystal.

In an instant, the Ancestral Black Dragon phantom dived down and disappeared the moment it touched the Three-Headed Dragon.

Deep within the Three-Headed Dragon's Consciousness Sea, there were a total of three oceans of Mystery.

At this moment, the Ancestral Black Dragon phantom suddenly appeared within the Water Profound Meaning Ocean and began to stir up trouble.

With the help of the Ancestral Black Dragon phantom, countless Mystery Essence of Water condensed, and among them were mixed wisps of Water Profound Meaning Origin.

Driven by the Water Profound Meaning Origin, the Mystery Essence of Water began to condense, causing the energy density to climb rapidly.

(End of chapter)