509: Chapter 154: Fusion of the Emperor Qi Sword Body!

509: Chapter 154: Fusion of the Emperor Qi Sword Body!

“Master!”

Zhou Gucheng finally showed emotion, his body trembling for a moment.

He said excitedly, “Master, you have finally appeared.

The task you entrusted to me, I am fortunate to have completed without disgrace, guarding the Ancient Blood.

However, I do not know where something went wrong, but there has been a constant attack by Netherworld forces attempting to snatch this drop of blood.

Among them, some even derived an appearance mimicking your Thunderflame Sword Body, almost succeeding in capturing that drop of blood.”

“Hm?

There are still people who know of this matter?”

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yan’s expression suddenly changed, and then his face immediately became grave.

He finally understood why two of the three people with Zhou Gucheng could escape from the hands of Wan Jian Tian.

While Wan Jian Tian’s strength had indeed diminished a lot, that was certainly not the main reason.

Instead, it was likely that the three had undergone a transformation in strength, possibly improving tremendously.

After a long while, he sighed lightly and said, “Time is of the essence.

Where have you hidden the Ancient Blood?

Why do I feel that you have not concealed it in a hidden place but still on you, inside your body?”

Zhou Yan sensed for a while and immediately noticed a clue.

Could it be that Zhou Gucheng had fused with his, Zhou Yan’s, Ancient Blood?

“Master, in order to prevent the Ancient Blood from being taken by others, I used the Thunder Ancient Method to seal the Ancient Blood within my soul.

I then condensed a few drops of my own blood and hid them in various places to create diversions.

Every time danger approached, I would have the two of them escape, and the enemies primarily captured me, but after searching, they found nothing.

But they would never have thought that the Ancient Blood was within my soul.

Master, being able to sense the presence of the Ancient Blood proves that you are the true master and not a fake.

Gucheng will now take out the Ancient Blood,” Zhou Gucheng spoke with respect, finally letting down his guard.

Clearly, even if Zhou Yan had displayed certain methods previously, Zhou Gucheng had not really believed him, and might even have been pretending to believe while actually planning to escape at any opportunity.

Only now that Zhou Yan had sensed the presence of the Ancient Blood did he finally believe.

“So it is.

But to seal it within the soul, wouldn’t your soul be at risk of shattering?”

“Moreover, once the soul is injured and cannot conceal the aura of the Ancient Blood, wouldn’t that multiply the danger by a million times?” Zhou Yan said with concern.

“This is what everyone would think, but my soul is somewhat special and therefore does not fear these things.

My soul is always in a state of injury, but the aura of the Ancient Blood will never leak out.

This is an ability gained from backlashing against the will of the Ancestor Thunder Sword Body ancestor.

It’s precisely this ability that has allowed me to guard the Ancient Blood,” explained Zhou Gucheng.

Even with Wan Jian Tian by his side, a Saint Level powerhouse, he could not help but feel shocked upon listening.

Zhou Gucheng offered only a few words, but Zhou Yan could imagine how much risk that entailed!

Who exactly could have anticipated that he, Zhou Yan, would leave behind the Ancient Blood?

And who would want to eradicate this sole chance of survival for him, Zhou Yan?

Zhou Yan’s mood turned much heavier.

Sensing something, Wan Jian Tian seemed to understand Zhou Yan’s concerns and, after a moment of contemplation, he spoke hesitantly, “Saint Master, this matter might not be so complicated.

Since it is the essence of the Ancient Blood of the Emperor Qi Sword Body, it must possess an against-the-heavens life potential and could be regarded as a thread of life force of the Emperor Qi Sword Body, thereby deducing that enemies would want to eradicate this thread of life force at all costs.

They probably do not actually know what this thing is, but as long as it is related to the revival of the Emperor Qi Sword Body, they will certainly spare no effort in dealing with it.

Only this can explain the key to the problem.”

Wan Jian Tian’s explanation made Zhou Yan breathe a sigh of relief, as this indeed seemed the most plausible.

If it were otherwise, if someone had anticipated his backup plan from the start, it would mean that everything was under observation, which would be extremely frightening.

Now, after Wan Jian Tian’s analysis, Zhou Yan felt somewhat relieved.

He knew that he, too, had been too close to the problem to see it clearly.

Immediately, with a thought, Zhou Yan brought Wan Jian Tian and Zhou Gucheng right into the Yuan Ci Secret Realm.

Upon entering the Yuan Ci Secret Realm, Zhou Gucheng didn’t find it strange, as Zhou Yan’s methods and Divine Skills were vast and had long ceased to surprise him, but Wan Jian Tian was startled.

As soon as he sensed it, he instantly realized the level of the Secret Realm and his eyes widened in shock.

“This, this, this is top-level…”

Wan Jian Tian exclaimed.

“Hm, indeed,”

Zhou Yan said with a smile.

“Amazing, amazing.”

Wan Jian Tian took a deep breath, suppressing the shock in his heart, but still could not help but say ‘amazing’ twice.

With such a mental state, even he was shocked, which was enough to show that this Secret Realm was incredibly defying the natural order.

“Young Master, to extract the Ancient Blood, one must shatter their Soul self-inflictedly.

But don’t worry, I’m used to Soul shattering.

It’s not painful or uncomfortable.

After today’s recovery, my Soul will become even stronger, with many benefits.”

Zhou Gucheng spoke and immediately crushed his own Soul.

Then, a drop of Ancient Blood immediately flew out.

But where is the shattering of the soul truly not painful?

Zhou Yan himself was deeply apprehensive about the pain of severing one’s own Soul with a sword.

The pain of Soul-shattering was incomparable to severing ten thousand swords; it wasn’t merely pain that could describe it.

Zhou Yan knew in his heart that Zhou Gucheng was pretending so as to not burden him with too much.

Because at the moment of Soul shattering, one not only had to endure the pain, but if one could not persevere and reconstitute quickly, it equaled to the annihilation of the Soul, the death of the body, and the demise of the way.

This was something ordinary people could never do.

Even Wan Jian Tian, witnessing this scene, revealed a shocked look in his eyes, and his face showed astonishment.

He stared fixedly at Zhou Gucheng as if looking at the most bizarre existence in the world.

After a long time, until Zhou Gucheng’s pale complexion gradually regained its color and his body no longer trembled, he couldn’t help but exclaim, “As long as there is no unexpected demise, this person will definitely become a Divine Level powerhouse in the future.

He is really terrifying!”

Even Saint Level beings like Wan Jian Tian felt shock and admiration in their hearts, which showed how terrifying Zhou Gucheng’s determination and willpower were.

It was also for this reason that at a very low Realm, he was able to overwhelmingly devour the will of the Ancestor Thunder Sword Body, thereby maintaining himself and not becoming someone else’s Void Body.

Those who chose him to become a Void Body or intended to live a second life as an Ancestor-level powerhouse might have only outsmarted themselves, playing themselves to death.

Zhou Yan couldn’t say he was unmoved, but he did not say anything, for nothing he said would be of significance.

This debt of gratitude, he would firmly remember in his heart, and would cultivate and temper Zhou Gucheng properly later, allowing him to no longer be hunted and have to flee everywhere, to walk in the open with dignity, revered by others.

…

That drop of Ancient Blood, once condensed with life, appeared in Zhou Yan’s hand.

He gazed intently at the drop of Ancient Blood, feeling somewhat excited.

This was the contingency he had left for himself, but when he left it, he never thought that he would have a chance to condense a new Emperor Qi Sword Body with this drop of Ancient Blood.

After a long time, Zhou Yan suppressed the emotional turbulence in his heart and began to condense the Ancient Blood within the Yuan Ci Secret Realm.

With the exceptional Undying Rebirth Technique and Nirvana Rebirth Technique, Zhou Yan did not additionally condense a physical body to coincide with this drop of Bloodline.

Instead, he directly used the Bloodline as the base, applying the Undying Rebirth Technique atop it.

A drop of blood, through the Law of energy, derived Zhou Yan’s form, but in all aspects, it was exactly the same as when he had left.

However, that did not matter.

When Zhou Yan’s own outline emerged, an immense amount of energy began to surge wildly into this body.

Not only that, but the Undying Rebirth Technique and the Nirvana Rebirth Technique were also consistently imbued into this body by Zhou Yan like dense rays of light.

From the beginning, the Zhou Yan derived from the drop was very weak, but later, the body filled with an endless and terrifying presence, its physical strength seemingly able to shatter the Void.

Only then did Zhou Yan feel that this body was gradually becoming complete.

He breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

The physical body and Soul Body grown and divided from the Ancient Blood were like clones, perfectly replicating everything from the time he left, even the Realm, with hardly any significant change.

This Emperor Qi Sword Body had not encountered the suppression of the Heavenly Dao, and in the Yuan Ci Secret Realm, it did not cause any anomalies.

Still, Zhou Yan could feel the power of the Blood Qi, roaring and surging violently within the body, very powerful.

The exterior of the physical body displayed streaks of Blood Light.

Bathed in the Blood Light, the Emperor Qi Sword Body manifested a terrifying aura.

“Emperor Qi Sword Body.”

Zhou Yan looked at another self and murmured internally.

After a period of exhausting refinement and recovery, under the condition of being completely drained, the Emperor Qi Sword Body finally became unrestricted and recovered.

However, he had not completed the last step of the true fusion of the two.

Instead, he began to further recover his Thunderflame Sword Body, allowing the state of his Thunderflame Sword Body to also reach an extreme.

The Realm of the Thunderflame Sword Body was higher than that of the Emperor Qi Sword Body, but this aspect actually had no flaws.

In terms of Realm, with enlightenment on the Soul level, the physical Realm was not enough to be a problem.

In the Secret Realm, with a great abundance of Elixirs and Soul Stones, Zhou Yan was not stingy, swallowing them almost without frowning as if they were peas, and using a massive amount of Origin Energy to continuously recover the previous losses of the Thunderflame Sword Body.

Time passed again for a while, and Zhou Yan, focused on recovery, did not know exactly how much time had gone by.

Finally, the state of the Thunderflame Sword Body also reached its peak, and he immediately performed the Transforming Skill with natural ease, as the two bodies began to combine like a Soul attaching to them.

Zhou Yan thought there might be some conflict in this process, but perhaps because he had achieved two Constitutions in one body, or maybe due to the Eye of Destruction stirring again within the Soul, this time, the fusion went incredibly smoothly.

From the fusion and transformation of Constitution and Bloodline to the complete and stable integration of the Soul, it did not take long.

It was like a beautiful dream, with no pressure, just a sense of consciousness being somewhat ethereal and unreal.

Afterward, the two Sword Bodies underwent a transformative fusion.

Zhou Yan reached a critical point in his Realm.

It felt like a sudden multitude of incomprehensible insights washed over him.

He sensed a power that was about to burst forth between Heaven and Earth.

Only, because he was within the Yuan Ci Secret Realm, this power could not manifest, blocked by some unnamed force of the Heavenly Dao.