Chapter 1195: Chapter 42: Divine Wood, Earth Vein, Ancestral Dragon (2/4)

“So, this is what happened after the creation of the Huai Xu… Earth veins, dragon veins, they formed like this?”

An Jing felt the scene within his Cave Heaven, almost akin to the creation of heaven and earth, his eyes incredibly bright: “In the past, although the Cave Heaven had the Yin Yang and the Five Elements, complete with the waters of the world, and even had the presence of the divine wood, it somehow couldn’t nurture creation and vitality, remaining almost deathly silent.”

“Now it seems, it was lacking the power of transformation… Missing the flow of ‘the blood of heaven and earth’!”

Earth veins are the veins of heaven and earth, and the surging power within them is the creation of the world, the root of all vitality, which is the blood of heaven and earth!

To be honest, An Jing had always been curious in the past as to why there were so many naturally forming ‘Earth Veins Spirit Veins’ on the Huai Xu land.

Even if spirit qi naturally accumulated and moved, it wouldn’t be arranged so regularly and spread so evenly, but more like the mineral veins on the Earth of old, where in some places, iron ore accumulated so much it overflowed the surface, available for sale, while in others, there were no exposed iron mineral veins at all, hindering civilization’s development.

But now, An Jing understood perfectly: “The Huai Xu Realm originally stemmed from the Huai Xu Divine Wood… Indeed, the earth veins spread throughout the world are essentially the roots of the ‘Huai Xu Divine Wood’ hidden within the Great Dao!”

Not just that.

An Jing figured it out, if the spiritual fiend contained in the earth veins is the blood of heaven and earth, then the Da Chen Emperor Court severing the ‘Ex Nihilo’ descent to obtain the blood of heaven and earth was tantamount to continuously gaining control and, indeed, obtaining the power to create new earth veins!

“Just as expected, the Da Chen’s deep mastery over earth veins comes from their grasp on the Heavenly Undying Tree and the ‘blood of heaven and earth’, and the thing I created called the Cave Heaven Spirit Vein Furnace, no, now it should be called the Dragon Vein Furnace, Da Chen undoubtedly has something similar, which is most likely the true form of the ‘Central Earth Vein Array’, a source and control center concentrating the blood of heaven and earth, controlling the earth veins of the North Mysterious Sacrifice Continent!”

“This is how Da Chen controls the entire dragon vein with the Heaven and Earth Core and the Heavenly Undying Tree! Using the divine wood to shape the earth veins truly aligns with their expertise!”

—And now, I am planting Evergreen Wood everywhere in Huai Xu, and if there’s an opportunity in the future…

Thinking of this, An Jing smiled: “Very well, a good foundation.”

This is not the guidance of the Heavenly Dao, but the essence of the path of the divine wood; once one reaches this realm, it becomes naturally understood.

“On the Dust Li side, Ye Qi is responsible, while in the Da Chen territory, there’s Weng Cuiyu… It seems, before heading to Shenjing, I, this Mountain Master of Heavenly Sword, will have to head back to the Heavenly Sword Mountain Range.”

Of course, for now, I’ll have to meet the Ancestral Dragon first.

An Jing withdrew his attention from his Cave Heaven, sighing: “The Taibai Luminous Godly Ban is indeed worthy of being the seventh-tier Returning Void Dao Yi Heavenly Emperor Technique; its ‘Taibai’s Blade’ usage in creation is surprisingly effective. I’m truly curious what the other [Five Emperors’ True Methods] look like, they’ll surely be beneficial to my Cave Heaven.”

“That’s simple.” Subdue Evil naturally understood An Jing’s meaning: “The Flame Melt True Spirit Seal, Qinghua Cangling True Scripture, and Heavenly Origin Profound Spirit True Skill, these three methods exist in the Tianyuan Realm. I saw a little fellow exercising the True Spirit Seal last time, on your next return to the Tianyuan Realm, with your merits in vanquishing Holy Demon, acquiring these three Emperor True Methods will be easy.”

“But as for that Mystic Light Nether Spirit Mysterious Chapter, which is the Black Emperor’s True Method, it’s difficult to find, I’ve not seen any clues.”

“I’ll first cultivate the ones I can find; the ones I can’t, I’ll create myself.”

An Jing never minded this; the Five Emperors’ True Methods indeed provided valuable reference as the path of predecessors, the shoulders of giants — one must stand on them, otherwise, what’s the point of civilization and heritage?

But if they aren’t there, he also believes he’s a giant.

Turning his attention back to the Huai Xu Realm, An Jing looked at You Ruhui, whose state was gradually stabilizing, her once transparent body slowly regaining solidity.

“I… succeeded?”

As the ‘Heaven and Earth Cave Heaven’ fully merged with You Ruhui, the girl who was drifting in a hazy illusion dream in mid-air also came to her senses.

She slowly descended from mid-air, landing back on the cloud vortex.

She seemed a bit dizzy, her physical movements uncoordinated; as she stepped onto the cloud vortex, her overly powerful force cracked a layer of what should have been as hard as jade cloud vortex.

“How, how could it be?” Seeing this, You Ruhui was a bit incredulous; she clearly knew the strength of the cloud vortex. It was forged with the Dragon Clan’s secret technique, a dragon’s nest which even a dragon’s force, without full strength, would struggle to shake.

Since when did she gain such formidable power? Not to mention…

“How should I explain this to Jin…” You Ruhui subconsciously worried: “The loan isn’t even paid off yet!”

“Is this really the right time to be thinking about that?”

An Jing was somewhat speechless; evidently, the spiritual fiend hit You Ruhui’s consciousness a bit muddled, but more astonishing was that this cloud vortex wasn’t issued by the Dragon Court but needed to be purchased on a loan? Even Jin, the Daughter of the Dragon God, needed a loan? Let alone that she was an Endless Heavens Traveler, where did all her assets go?

Oh, all borrowed by the Daughter of the Dragon God, no less?

An Jing, holding You Ruhui by the nape, lifted her into the air. She offered no resistance, very compliant, but her body was not as obedient, muscle tension trying to eject An Jing’s grip with force as great as a Dragon Snake.

“Interesting.”

But not even a True Dragon could withstand An Jing’s power, let alone only something comparable to a Dragon Snake, which was blocked. Rather, You Ruhui’s body, after being impacted by the seven great spiritual fiends and having received a certain reinforcement, was no longer controlled by her will.

Not only that, but in An Jing’s eyes, other traits within You Ruhui’s Emperor’s blood were fully awakened, releasing the manifestation of ‘True Martial Spine’ and ‘Dragon Snake Power’.

Being unable to control one’s own body should be impossible for a Martial Artist, and yet due to the impact of the spiritual fiends, her body performed a certain enhancement, ironically making it uncontrollable by her will.

Moreover, in An Jing’s eyes, other ‘Divine Abnormalities’ in You Ruhui’s bloodline like ‘Mysterious Yang Eye’, ‘True Martial Spine’ and ‘Primordial One God’ also shone: “This is what You Ruhui talked about in the past, the Emperor’s Blood Five Divine Anomalies – to naturally awaken four to five of them alone is almost equivalent to the next generation’s ‘Mysterious Heaven Imperial Lord’.”

In fact, You Ruhui herself had rather average talent in terms of Emperor’s Blood, possessing only the Mysterious Yang Eye, but also obtained the True Martial Spine due to later inheriting from the passage of heaven and earth, and the dragon qi gifted by An Jing, which facilitated her transition to pure Martial Artist status.

However, Da Chen had a non-trivial connection with the Dragon Clan; the True Martial Spine is essentially a human path dragon qi variant of the True Dragon Spine, and the other divine anomalies are incredibly powerful. A martial artist awakening them all would almost equal the next ‘Mysterious Heaven Imperial Lord’.

After achieving the Cave Heaven through the Heavenly Mandate and awakening these Divine Anomalies, considering potential alone, You Ruhui is absolutely not inferior to the current Emperor Da Chen sitting on the imperial throne.

Holding onto the assumption of the Da Chen’s connection with the second generation Ex Nihilo, An Jing could not help but speculate, “This Da Chen Emperor’s Blood… couldn’t it be a degenerate version of a human form Ancestral Dragon, an ultra-low version of Ex Nihilo?”

“And Ancestor Dragon Scale… Little Qi is Candle Day, I possess the True Spirit Blood Ancestor Dragon Seed, Ruhui possibly has the ancestral dragon Emperor Blood, plus the lurking Blood Sea Demon Sect, and the rightful inheritors of the Ancestral Dragon, those Heavenly Dragons of the Ancestral Dragon Hall… Haha, indeed it’s all coming together!”

Heavenly Mandate must be fulfilled, after all, thinking of the gathering at the Celestial Banquet, An Jing lifted his head towards the Heavenly Sea above, a sense of the swirling causality enveloped his heart.

“Interesting.”

Carrying You Ruhui in his hand, An Jing looked up, growing increasingly interested in the Loong Scales Banquet: “I really… can hardly wait.”