Chapter 1475 - 349: Strengthen Oneself

Chapter 1475: Chapter 349: Strengthen Oneself

Looking at Fengqian Divine King’s appearance, the Python Emperor frowned tightly.

He very much disliked this feeling of having nothing under his control.

However.

The strong individuals emerging from that place are indeed astonishingly powerful; with the current resources and strength of the Ziyun Clan, they do not yet have the qualifications to engage with them.

"If we could connect with the powerhouses from that place, perhaps our Ziyun Clan could ascend rapidly..."

The Python Emperor considered other possibilities.

Upon hearing this, Fengqian Divine King shook his head and said, "I advise the Python Emperor not to think too much about such matters. Those beings are not something we can touch. If you truly get entangled in it, just a ripple could wipe out the Ziyun Clan completely.

Betting the survival of a clan on it is not a wise move."

If the Ziyun Clan were at the brink of life and death and needed to gamble everything for a way out, there would be no issue.

But at present, the Ziyun Clan has not fallen to such a state; if they truly get involved, the consequences would be unimaginable.

There’s no way.

In comparison to such beings, the Ziyun Clan is indeed too weak.

Protecting oneself wisely is the most correct approach.

Upon hearing this.

The Python Emperor fell silent.

After a while, he shook his head slightly, and did not continue the conversation on this topic: "This time, is Fengqian Divine King confident in successfully proving the Dao?"

The other party is already a Half-step Divine Lord; if he can successfully take that step, the Ziyun Clan can become the Ziyun Divine Clan.

It must be understood.

Although there is only a one-word difference between a Clan and a Divine Clan, they are completely as different as heaven and earth.

Fengqian Divine King’s expression was calm: "After many years of seclusion, I have touched that threshold, but touching it and truly crossing it are two different concepts. Some cultivators spend their entire lives blocked outside, while others might attain enlightenment in a dawn and succeed in proving the Dao directly.

To prove the Dao as a Divine Lord requires not only talent but also opportunity.

So when you ask if I’m confident in proving the Dao, I can’t give you an accurate answer."

Whether one can prove the Dao or not.

Who can say with absolute certainty they will succeed.

"However..."

"If the Ziyun Clan’s destiny can rise a bit more, my probability of proving the Dao would be much higher. Yet unfortunately, I can no longer enter the Divine Mandate Platform; otherwise, I could compete for a ranking."

Saying this, Fengqian Divine King shook his head full of regret.

The Divine Mandate Platform has age restrictions; for an ancient divine king like him, the qualification to enter it has long been forfeited.

If there were no restrictions, he would have already ventured into the Divine Mandate Platform to claim a position on the Investiture of the Gods.

On this point.

Fengqian Divine King is quite confident.

After all, at his level, he is already at the pinnacle of the Divine King Realm. Even among the Heavens Myriad Clans where there are strong individuals of the same realm, compared to the quota on the Investiture of the Gods, they do not really count.

If he could secure a position, gain the heavens’ destiny enhancement, there would be no possibility of failure in proving the Dao.

"The Divine King can rest assured, although you no longer have the chance to enter the Divine Mandate Platform, our Ziyun Clan now has a new Proud Heaven emerging. I’m confident it won’t be a problem to seize a good ranking."

The Python Emperor was naturally referring to Shen Changqing.

With the strength he displayed, occupying a position on the Divine Mandate Platform would be all too easy.

"Let’s hope so. Now it depends on how long he can stay in the Bloodline Pool!"

Fengqian Divine King nodded, then looked towards the direction of the valley.

There, prohibitions were everywhere, and even he couldn’t see the scenery inside.

...

Within the Bloodline Pool.

Shen Changqing sat cross-legged, and the pool water that initially reached his neck had now dropped by about half.

On the skin exposed outside, a faint golden aura could be seen.

After a long time.

He opened his eyes and looked at the substantially lowered pool water, shaking his head involuntarily: "It seems this is the limit of what the Ziyun Clan’s Bloodline Pool can achieve!"

Originally, his physical strength had already reached the Ninth Grade Daoist Soldier level.

Now.

With the nurturing of the Bloodline Pool, it has further advanced to almost reach the Ninth Grade Perfection level.

However, unfortunately.

Once the physical body reaches this level, it falls into a bottleneck unless there’s a powerful opportunity or further expansion of Cave Heaven; otherwise, it’s very difficult to break through this limitation.

Even so, Shen Changqing was quite satisfied.

As his Cave Heaven expanded to seven zhang, he could clearly perceive that trying to expand to eight zhang would not be an easy feat.

The difficulty involved.

Is much greater than from a six zhang Cave Heaven advancing to a seven zhang Cave Heaven.

"If a stronger Bloodline Pool were available, perhaps I could elevate my flesh to the Tenth Grade Daoist Soldier level without needing to expand the Cave Heaven.

At that time, only then would I truly be invincible in the Divine King Realm."

So thought Shen Changqing.

Now that the Bloodline Pool of the Ziyun Clan has increased my strength considerably, it’s roughly equivalent to having an additional twenty to thirty new Laws at one percent completeness, which is quite impressive.

"Next—"

"The remaining energy should be used to nurture the spiritual herbs in the Cave Heaven!"

Thoughts churned.

Shen Changqing began to madly absorb the energy from the Bloodline Pool. However, this time, he did not forcibly refine it; instead, he directed all the energy towards the Cave Heaven.

In the chaos of the flesh, golden rivers surged towards all directions, converging onto the Cave Heaven.

Once the rivers merged into the Cave Heaven, looking inside you could see countless golden raindrops pouring down, a rare rain falling within the vast Cave Heaven.

Each raindrop contained surging energy.

The spiritual herbs planted in the Cave Heaven began to transform visibly when they came in contact with this energy.

Boom!

Boom!!

Strong auras spilled forth, each herb swaying with elegance, resembling powerful cultivators.

After a long time.

The rain ceased.

The spiritual herbs within the Cave Heaven had completely transformed.

All the spiritual herbs received varying degrees of enhancement.

Now.

The lowest tier of spiritual herbs had already risen to the Immortal Golden Body Level, meaning that if a Human Clan cultivator were to consume them, simply refining the herb’s energy would allow a Heaven Being Perfection cultivator to directly break through to the Immortal Golden Body Realm.

When Shen Changqing divided his focus to enter the Cave Heaven and saw this scene, he nodded in satisfaction.

Qingyi looked at the spiritual herbs and, smiling, said, "This time, all the spiritual herbs have received various degrees of enhancement, and that’s quite impressive."

The energy from the Bloodline Pool was half absorbed by Shen Changqing, and the remaining half was entirely used to nurture the spiritual herbs.

This equated to half a divine medicine sacrificing itself, using its energy to nurture these herbs.

Thus.

With the energy nurture of half a divine medicine, these spiritual herbs naturally grew rapidly, this is undeniable.

"If I continued to receive energy from the Bloodline Pool, could I possibly cultivate all these spiritual herbs into divine medicine?" Shen Changqing asked.

"The supreme’s proposal is valid. Generally, the biggest difference between divine medicine and spiritual herbs lies in the contained energy, but to become divine medicine, it’s not just about having enough energy, it also requires a chance.

Many spiritual herbs, in the process of transforming to divine medicine, naturally attract heavenly tribulations. If they can’t survive it, all accumulated energy will turn to ashes.

Conversely, if they can survive the tribulation, they can truly possess the power to usurp Heaven and Earth Creation, and then truly be called divine medicine!"

Crossing tribulation!

Shen Changqing was stunned: "Divine medicine needs to cross tribulation?"

He heard this for the first time.

Qingyi looked nonchalant: "That’s certain, any supreme treasure birthed must undergo the baptism of a heavenly tribulation. The innate spirit embryo you obtained back then, if it were stronger, would also have to withstand a tribulation.

But such an embryo wasn’t at the Heaven and Earth Creation level, so it didn’t attract a tribulation.

Each divine medicine possesses extraordinary effects, so to emerge, divine medicine must endure heavenly tribulations. This is another reason why divine medicines are scarce."

Without tribulation.

The number of divine medicines would have at least multiplied several times over the current count.

After all, many divine medicines are destroyed in the tribulation just before emerging.

Shen Changqing glanced at the spiritual herbs and abandoned the idea of transforming them into divine medicine.

Beyond everything else.

Just the aspect of tribulation, he couldn’t fulfill.

Because within the Cave Heaven, how could one undergo a tribulation.

Therefore.

Most of these spiritual herbs planted inside couldn’t become divine medicine, unless they were transplanted elsewhere one day. But then, it would require much energy nurturing to possibly trigger a tribulation and become true divine medicine.

Yet, he wasn’t discouraged.

If they can’t become divine medicine, so be it. If they can all be cultivated to top levels, that’s entirely sufficient.

"Is the limit of spiritual herbs at the God Realm, and entering the Divine King Realm means it’s within the divine medicine domain?"

Shen Changqing pondered this and asked his inner doubts.

Qingyi shook his head: "The supreme still hasn’t grasped it. Spiritual herbs are spiritual herbs, divine medicine is divine medicine. Even if spiritual herbs reach the Divine King Level, they are only spiritual herbs. What makes divine medicine divine, apart from containing terrifying energy, is its true ability to usurp Heaven and Earth Creation and reverse the Yin Yang Universe.

So, spiritual herbs don’t automatically become divine medicine after reaching the Divine King Realm.

In fact, spiritual herbs have no limit. Some truly powerful spiritual herbs can be as valuable as divine medicine."

Understood!

Completely understood!

If that’s the case, the spiritual herbs within his Cave Heaven don’t need to worry about being stuck if they reach the God Realm.

They just need energy nurturing to continuously improve, reaching the later Divine King or even the Divine Lord Realm won’t be an issue.

If all these spiritual herbs can enter the Divine King Realm, then even one would be able to allow a cultivator to directly open up Cave Heaven.

Thinking this.

Shen Changqing withdrew his heart and mind from the Cave Heaven, and upon looking outside again, the pool water in the Bloodline Pool was completely dried up.