Chapter 1254: Advance, Zixiao Leopard Qilin Beast (Second update, requesting votes)

Li Zhangsheng was also helpless; his Ten-Grade Star Palace Lotus Platform was merely a key to open the Ziwei Palace, not the key to the inheritance.

If things went as expected, the ancient Star Emperor had prepared more than one key to open the door, and among them, there must be an inheritance key, but it was unknown where it had been lost.

Therefore, Li Zhangsheng could only choose to force his way in.

There was one thing he had to guard against, which was the possibility of some lucky person obtaining the inheritance key and seizing the Star Emperor's inheritance; if that happened, he would be in a real bind.

For Li Zhangsheng, the Star Emperor Inheritance was already in his pocket and must not fall into the hands of others, especially since he was only one step away from seizing it, just one final step from eating the most sumptuous cake.

To be on the safe side, Li Zhangsheng set up several powerful Forbidden Arrays in the Ziwei Palace, including the Hunyuan Heluo Forbidden Array.

Additionally, he specifically prepared a warning treasure capable of crossing realms; once an outsider broke into the Ziwei Palace, he would immediately receive feedback.

After returning to the Langya Kingdom, Li Zhangsheng summoned Zuo Qiulin at the first opportunity.

Zuo Qiulin's expression was grave; clearly, something major had happened.

"Your Highness, the Qiankun King, not long ago, a celestial phenomenon indicating the fall of a Double-Character King appeared!"

"What? Which Double-Character King specifically?"

Li Zhangsheng feigned surprise, though he actually understood that this was the celestial phenomenon that occurred when the Disaster King fell.

Whenever a King or higher existence falls, various abnormal celestial phenomena appear, such as a Ten Thousand Li Blood Rainbow, blood rain, bell tolling, and so on.

It was not that the Heavenly Dao did not want to stop Li Zhangsheng and the Disaster King from killing each other, but the key was that both sides were its own people, so it was difficult to stop them, and there was no reason to stop them; furthermore, this world itself possessed its own unique rules of operation.

It was just that what made Li Zhangsheng want to complain was that the Disaster King, who had committed so many evils, would cause such a phenomenon upon his fall; he always felt it was a bit ironic.

"The Disaster King!"

"What!"

Li Zhangsheng feigned great shock, his entire person standing up from the Throne all at once.

"Who is the murderer?"

"Unknown, but I fear only those nine have the ability to kill the Disaster King alone."

Zuo Qiulin pointed to the sky; the Three Sovereigns and Six Emperors stood at the top of the pyramid, representing the heaven of this world in a certain sense.

Zuo Qiulin thought for a moment and continued: "Of course, it is also possible that he was ambushed by multiple Double-Character Kings, or finished off by major forces like the Dragon Clan, Phoenix Clan, Qilin Clan, Monopoly Mountain Range, or the Beiming Sea."

"Everything is possible!" Li Zhangsheng concluded, then continued: "You keep a close watch on this matter, and inform me as soon as there is progress."

"Understood!"

Soon, Zuo Qiulin left the palace.

Li Zhangsheng went straight to the Secret Realm and first looked at the Space Ring soaking in the Starlight Divine Water.

After killing the Disaster King, Li Zhangsheng very much wanted to enter the Disaster King's Secret Realm, but unfortunately, he had no specific coordinates, nor a Secret Realm Token, and the key was that the Disaster King's memories he obtained were almost all related to the Sun Banner.

Li Zhangsheng estimated that there was a high possibility that a Secret Realm Token existed within the Disaster King's Space Ring, but removing the Soul Imprint on the ring would take two or three months.

After putting the ring away, Li Zhangsheng waved his hand, and eleven bloody corpses appeared on the ground in front of him.

Most of these corpses were quite large, the largest being the Demon Emperor-level Zixiao Qilin.

Li Zhangsheng began to refine the corpses; ever since he obtained the Qiankun King's "Blood Purification," he had perfectly integrated this technique into the "Book of Bloodlines," allowing the refinement rate to reach a full 36%.

Although the increase was not large, at this level, even a 1% increase was extremely difficult.

After spending some effort, with the help of Adai and other Demon Pets, Li Zhangsheng finally processed these corpses.

This was mainly because the Zixiao Qilin's corpse was difficult to handle; even though it had been dead for thousands upon thousands of years, it was, after all, a Top-tier Divine Beast of the Demon Emperor level, and its physical strength exceeded ordinary imagination; Adai tried his best and finally processed the Zixiao Qilin's corpse.

Except for the horns, scales, skin, and claws/teeth, all other parts including the eyes were used to refine Spirit Essence.

The reason was simple: as long as there was enough Spirit Essence, the Zixiao Leopard Qilin Beast could go a step further, and perhaps it could comprehend the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder.

If the Zixiao Leopard Qilin Beast could unleash the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder, then Li Zhangsheng could take the opportunity to refine the Thunder Origin of the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder, and subsequently allow Kailan to concoct the top-tier Alchemical Pill, the Zixiao Thunder Origin Pill, to improve the quality of his Demon Pets.

The only pity was that the Zixiao Thunder Origin Pill could at most allow Demon Pets to reach Half-Step Legendary Quality, which was similar to the Mysterious Essence.

Because there was only one type of Bloodline Imprint, the final step could be omitted when refining the Zixiao Qilin, so the refinement rate increased greatly, theoretically reaching or even exceeding 50%.

However, the Zixiao Qilin had been left for too long; even though it possessed divine wonders itself, there would always be a gap compared to its peak period, and the refined Spirit Essence would be somewhat weakened.

Besides that, so many years had passed, and the Bloodline Imprint must be in a dormant state; wanting to restore the vitality of the Bloodline Imprint would also lower the refinement rate to a certain extent.

"I can probably refine about eight jars!"

Li Zhangsheng silently estimated; if he counted the stock he already had, there was a certain possibility of making the Zixiao Leopard Qilin Beast evolve.

Next was the corpse of the Nine Phoenix.

Like the Zixiao Qilin, the Nine Phoenix also had only one type of Bloodline Imprint, and the refinement rate was high, but it was of no great use to Li Zhangsheng and could only be given away or used for trade.

As for the other corpses, their quality was undoubtedly much worse, and they could only be calculated using the standard refinement rate.

However, it must be said that among these corpses, there was one corpse of a secondary ancestral Emerald Dragon; as long as it was refined, Li Zhangsheng believed his Emerald Dragon could go a step further.

The next moment, Li Zhangsheng began to refine these processed corpses.

Even though the Zixiao Qilin belonged to the Demon Emperor-level Top-tier Divine Beast, it had been dead for too many years, and its body strength was far from its peak; in the end, it still did not escape the fate of being refined into Spirit Essence by Li Zhangsheng.

"Close to nine jars, not bad!"

Seeing the final result, Li Zhangsheng couldn't help but smile; this was higher than he had expected.

Adding the stock he had accumulated, the Zixiao Qilin Essence Blood reached as many as eleven jars.

If the Zixiao Leopard Qilin Beast evolved into a Lower Divine Beast, this Essence Blood would definitely be enough; if it were a Mid-level Divine Beast or Superior Divine Beast, it would certainly not be enough.

The problem was that Li Zhangsheng did not know, and he could only take a gamble; besides, there was no loss for him, and if it didn't evolve this time, it could be accumulated for the next evolution.

Li Zhangsheng looked to the other side, where there were three jars of ancestral Emerald Dragon Essence Blood, part of which was provided by the Disaster King's secondary ancestral Emerald Dragon, and the other part was accumulated stock.

The next moment, Li Zhangsheng summoned the Zixiao Leopard Qilin Beast and the Emerald Dragon.

After they absorbed the Essence Blood, Li Zhangsheng's gaze remained fixed on the Zixiao Leopard Qilin Beast.

There was no help for it; the Emerald Dragon would definitely evolve, while the Zixiao Leopard Qilin Beast might not, and besides, one was a main Demon Pet, while the other was only a Temporary Spirit Pet, so the level of attention was naturally different.

(End of chapter)