Chapter 526: Ancestral Dragon Bloodline

The Emperor-level powerhouses discussed excitedly among themselves.

In reality, even though Kong Yu had appeared, they still chose to keep him hidden.

To the outside world, it still looked as if the Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon clan had no peerless geniuses.

However, there was a world of difference between truly having no geniuses to speak of, and having one but deliberately keeping it a secret from the outside world.

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The Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon Li Yang only felt his vision blur, and when it cleared, he found himself before a palace.

"Kong Yu, this is our clan’s Identity Palace. Go inside, leave your aura, and you can receive your Identity Token," the Dragon Domain Sovereign instructed upon their arrival.

"Yes, Sovereign." Hearing this, Li Yang nodded.

He looked at the palace before him and thought to himself, ’This palace should be able to detect if I’m a clone, shouldn’t it? And whether I’m under soul control?’

The Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon clan was clearly not foolish. Although creating a Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon clone was highly improbable, they still maintained the utmost vigilance and needed to verify his identity.

Thanks to his experience with the Thunder Star Beast clan, Li Yang’s Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon clone was not visibly flustered.

However, Li Yang remained on high alert.

’If something goes wrong, I’ll just self-destruct!’

The Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon clan might have even more powerful detection methods. Li Yang didn’t even know why he was able to evade detection himself, so it was definitely better to be cautious.

Upon entering the palace, just as he expected, a strange wave of energy washed over him, scanning the body of his Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon clone.

As Li Yang grew slightly tense, the wave scanned him once and then retreated, causing no disturbances whatsoever.

’Did I pass the inspection?’ Sensing this, Li Yang breathed a sigh of relief.

He followed the procedure and collected his Identity Token.

When he walked out of the palace, the Dragon Domain Sovereign’s gaze toward Li Yang had become noticeably warmer.

With the identity verification complete, it was impossible for this monstrous genius of their Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon clan to have any connection to an Alien Race.

Now, they could focus all their efforts on nurturing him.

"Alright, now that you have your identity, Kong Yu, your next task is to cultivate and continuously improve your strength," the Dragon Domain Sovereign said with a smile.

"I’ll take you to your place of cultivation."

With a wave of his right hand, he brought the Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon Li Yang to another location.

As soon as he arrived, Li Yang immediately felt a surge of violent Spiritual Power.

A massive pool appeared before him, but the water within was crimson. The red liquid churned continuously, like waves in the ocean.

’What is this?’ Looking at the red pool, the Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon Li Yang’s heart skipped a beat. He felt a peculiar fluctuation from within it!

’The fluctuation of Ancestral Dragon blood!’

The Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon Li Yang was slightly shocked!

His main body had already refined one and a half drops of Primordial Dragon Essence Blood, causing his fundamental power to skyrocket to the level of Tri-System Deities.

He was naturally very familiar with Primordial Dragon Essence Blood, so he was stunned to feel the fluctuation of Ancestral Dragon blood here!

At that moment, the Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon Li Yang suddenly recalled Soul Ink once saying that the Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon clan possessed the bloodline of the Ancestral Dragon.

Despite his thoughts, Li Yang showed no sign of it. Instead, he looked at the churning Spirit Pool of blood with feigned surprise. "Lord Sovereign, what is this?"

The Dragon Domain Sovereign looked at Li Yang and smiled. "Kong Yu, this is our clan’s Ancestral Dragon Pool. There is a type of energy inside that can rapidly strengthen the physical body upon absorption. You may have heard of this energy before—it is the Primordial Dragon Essence Blood."

"Primordial Dragon Essence Blood?" Hearing this, the Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon Li Yang thought to himself, ’Just as I thought.’

The Dragon Domain Sovereign said, "You’ve heard of Dragon Scale Insects, haven’t you?"

"I have."

The Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon Li Yang nodded and said, "Dragon Scale Insects provide a huge boost to the strength of World Realm Cultivators. A Cultivator at the Peak of World Realm who refines one can increase their strength fivefold."

Since he was also in the World Realm now, it was perfectly normal for him to know about Dragon Scale Insects.

"Correct. Dragon Scale Insects are treasures that enhance one’s strength."

The Dragon Domain Sovereign nodded. "And these Dragon Scale Insects are formed from the breath of the Ancestral Dragon."

The Dragon Domain Sovereign clearly had no intention of being cryptic and said directly to Li Yang, "Mere breath can form such a treasure that grants an explosive increase in strength. The blood of the Ancestral Dragon is the ultimate treasure for power enhancement! Its blood, in particular, can cause even an Emperor’s strength to surge dramatically after refinement!"

Li Yang listened intently; he actually already knew this information.

His gaze fell upon the pool before him, and he asked, "Dragon Domain Sovereign, is this blood pool formed from the blood of the Ancestral Dragon?"

"Yes," the Dragon Domain Sovereign nodded. "Every talented member of our clan is qualified to enter the Ancestral Dragon Pool to absorb its energy and enhance their strength."

Hearing this, Li Yang thought for a moment before asking, "Dragon Domain Sovereign, I’ve heard that the Ancestral Dragon’s blood is very difficult to absorb."

According to the information he knew, very few could truly absorb Primordial Dragon Essence Blood to increase their energy, and even those few powerful individuals could only absorb a limited amount.

For an Emperor Level powerhouse, a two or threefold increase in strength was already considered excellent.

As for the legendary tenfold increase, that was nothing short of a fairy tale. If someone like that ever appeared, it would probably cause a massive sensation.

But the Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon clan had specifically established this blood pool, seemingly for their members to absorb.

Yet, refining Primordial Dragon Essence Blood was incredibly difficult. Even if they built the pool, very few would likely be able to absorb it. Was there really a need to establish it?

"Kong Yu, it seems you know a bit about this,"

the Dragon Domain Sovereign said with a smile, looking at Li Yang. "Refining Primordial Dragon Essence Blood is indeed difficult—not even one in a thousand succeeds. And even for those who can, their strength doesn’t increase by much. But that’s only for Alien Races. For us Sky-Fierce Flood Dragons, the difficulty of refining the essence blood is at least a hundred times easier than for outsiders!"

"A hundred times easier?" Li Yang was taken aback.

He was completely unaware of this information, and it seemed there were no records of it in the Human Race either.

Of course, it was also possible that the Human Race did possess such information, but he simply hadn’t found it.

"That’s right, a hundred times easier!"

At this, an intimidating light gleamed in the Dragon Domain Sovereign’s eyes. "This is because our clan descends from the same lineage as the Ancestral Dragon. Our blood shares a commonality, which is why the difficulty of refinement is so low."

’The same lineage?’ Li Yang listened intently.

In truth, after his initial moment of surprise, he had already deduced the reason.

What set the Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon clan apart from other Alien Races was the rumor that they were bloodline descendants of the Ancestral Dragon. Thinking along those lines, it wasn’t so hard to understand why they could refine the Ancestral Dragon’s blood more easily.

"Therefore, this is one of the reasons for our Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon’s strength!"

A light flashed in the Dragon Domain Sovereign’s eyes as he continued, "For Alien Races, refining Primordial Dragon Essence Blood is difficult. But for our clan, basically everyone can refine some. Some with astonishing Talent have even increased their strength a hundredfold while in the Divine Realm!"

"And the more Primordial Dragon Essence Blood one refines, the lower the difficulty of breaking through to the Emperor level, and even to the Sovereign level, will become in the future!"