A Divine Ability Devours a Bloodline, a Scheme Lures Li Daochen!

After finding a secluded cave, Li Daochen began tending to his injuries.

The successive battles had left him badly wounded.

The Xuanyuan Emperor Scripture possessed formidable restorative power, however, and his two Emperor Talismans circulated, rapidly healing his body.

Moreover, his six dragon bones were no mere decorations; they could greatly aid in repairing his fleshly body.

In just one day, Li Daochen was back to normal.

"I've reached the Divine Bridge, so it's time to start thinking about condensing Emperor Talismans. But for that, pure yang and pure yin are the best two powers."

Li Daochen pondered.

In this life, he was cultivating the Solar Sacred Dragon Physique and the Lunar Demonic Dragon Physique, which meant cultivating both dragon bones and Emperor Talismans.

Both paths of cultivation were gold-swallowing beasts, however. If Li Daochen wanted to succeed, he would need countless resources.

His dragon bone cultivation was progressing faster at present, while his Emperor Talisman cultivation remained at a standstill. He could ignore the question of balance at lower realms, but once he reached a higher realm, he would need to balance the two for his Sacred Physiques to reach major completion.

"I'll cultivate the Holy Dragon Bones and Demonic Dragon Bones to their limits first, then think about condensing Emperor Talismans."

Having made his decision, Li Daochen began examining his spoils.

There was actually little need to look. His greatest gains were the Void Desolate Dragon Claw and the dragon skeleton.

Li Daochen had killed quite a few people this time and looted plenty of corpses, but he hadn't found many treasures or cultivation resources.

Heavenly prides... they looked splendid on the surface, but they were dirt poor. After all, becoming a heavenly pride inevitably consumed a terrifying amount of resources. Who would hold anything back?

"The other opportunities I have my eye on in the Yunmeng Dragon Grotto are all on the second level, so I can cultivate for a few days. The Thousand Sect Grand Competition won't end anytime soon, so there's no need to rush."

Li Daochen took out a dragon bone. His Holy Dragon Bones and Demonic Dragon Bones surged out and began absorbing its power.

Gradually, the dragon bone turned to ash, while his dragon bones grew a little stronger.

"As expected of a dragon bone. Though much of its power has faded, what remains is pure enough to refine easily!"

Li Daochen immersed himself in cultivation!

In the blink of an eye, ten days passed.

Li Daochen had completely refined the dragon bones. Anyone else would naturally have found it impossible to do so so quickly.

But with the Xuanyuan Emperor Scripture and the Dragon Transformation Emperor Scripture, combined with the Holy Dragon Bones and Demonic Dragon Bones, his speed was pushed to the limit.

During that time, Li Daochen had also gone out several times and robbed a few heavenly prides of their spirit fruits. He had even used his memories to find a heavenly pride who had obtained a dragon horn, which Li Daochen absorbed as well.

As a result, the number of Holy Dragon Bones in Li Daochen's body reached eight, while his Demonic Dragon Bones reached six.

Taken together, his dragon physique had reached minor completion.

On this day.

Li Daochen brought out Zhu Lingye's Sacred Physique. As he raised a hand, a devil phoenix flickered into view.

"Devouring a Sacred Physique is impossible. I remember there's an Emperor Scripture that can do it, but unfortunately, none are in Mystic Dragon Province. My divine ability can refine some of its power, though, allowing the divine ability to transform!"

Li Daochen sent the devil phoenix into Zhu Lingye's corpse.

In his previous life, Li Daochen had elevated the Sea of Bitterness Devil Phoenix Fist into a Fleshly Body Phenomenon, which had allowed him to develop its various abilities.

In this life, Li Daochen could naturally do the same.

Before his eyes, Zhu Lingye's fleshly body, still fair and rosy after her death, began to turn ashen. Its source power was being devoured by the divine ability.

Only after half a day did the devil phoenix fly back, now possessing a tangible form.

"The devil phoenix has taken shape. Once I condense the Sea of Bitterness, it'll be a Fleshly Body Phenomenon. Even now, though, it's a half-step Fleshly Body Phenomenon!"

Li Daochen was quite pleased.

As for how to condense the Sea of Bitterness, he only needed to collect the seven emotions and six desires.

The mortal world was like a sea of bitterness, in which all living beings suffered. The seven emotions and six desires were its boundless bitter waters...

With a casual gesture, Li Daochen destroyed Zhu Lingye's corpse and erased all traces of it.

"Time to go to the second level."

Li Daochen vanished in an instant.

The second level.

Lu Tianqiu stood atop a mountain, his eyes shadowed.

The battle ten days ago had truly frightened him.

So many of their heavenly prides had been unable to defeat Li Daochen, and Xie Tianfu had even been slain. The memory still made his heart tremble.

But at the same time.

His killing intent was on full display!

Lu Tianqiu's desire to kill Li Daochen was intense!

Suddenly.

Qi Kongyue appeared.

"Li Daochen has reached the second level," he said.

A vicious glint flashed in Lu Tianqiu's eyes. "He was clearly following that Sun Yu before, and over the past few days, he's robbed quite a few heavenly prides of their spirit fruits. They had either been to the Heavenly River Great Waterfall before, or were among our group."

"So you suspect Li Daochen has some special ability that lets him pinpoint our locations?" Qi Kongyue raised an eyebrow.

"We'll know once we test it!" Lu Tianqiu sneered.

There were many things they couldn't possibly have had time to figure out in the moment. Afterward, though, they could find plenty of clues.

They had become their sects' top heavenly prides; they were no fools.

Less than half a day later.

Li Daochen appeared before a vast lake.

He sensed that Lu Tianqiu was at the bottom.

After studying it for a while, Li Daochen suddenly sneered and jumped straight in.

At the bottom of the lake, Li Daochen found a grotto abode. Lu Tianqiu was inside.

"A place this well hidden must be where Lu Tianqiu found that precious treasure." Li Daochen slipped inside without a sound.

Inside the spacious grotto abode, the lake water had been held at bay, and a massive luminous pearl lit up the entire space.

A dragon pillar carved with a colossal purple-gold dragon stood in the very center. At its top was a dragon pearl, its misty radiance swirling, as large as an adult's head.

All orthodox true dragons condensed a dragon pearl upon reaching adulthood. It was the accumulation of a true dragon's purest power!

Judging by the size of the pearl before him, the true dragon it came from must have been extraordinarily powerful.

Even after the passage of countless years, it still emitted wave after wave of terrifying Dragon Qi!

Li Daochen's eyes lit up at the sight.

This was the opportunity Lu Tianqiu had obtained, and it was what he wanted too.

"The Evil Dragon Pearl. Its draconic power is violent and deeply wicked, making it ideal for condensing Demonic Dragon Bones. It can also be used to condense Lunar Emperor Runes!"

Li Daochen quietly tightened his grip on the Dragon-Slaying Sword.

An Evil Dragon Pearl that large would surely send his strength soaring.

However.

Quite a few heavenly prides were present as well.

Lu Tianqiu, Qi Kongyue, and Qi Muyang were all there. Clearly, this place had also been discovered by disciples from the previous competition.

Before long.

The pressure emanating from the dragon pillar gradually began to disperse, and the heavenly prides could approach.

"Haha, what a huge dragon pearl!" Lu Tianqiu laughed. "This time, we can split it equally again!"

But just then.

Whoosh!

Li Daochen rushed out, heading straight for the dragon pearl.

But the instant he was about to touch it.

Boom!

A terrifying roar echoed through the grotto abode.

Intricate patterns began to appear on the floor. A grand formation had been laid here!

Moreover, heavenly prides began appearing all around the grotto abode.

"Li Daochen, did you think you could use the same trick to rob us again?" Lu Tianqiu abruptly turned and shouted.

Swish, swish, swish!

Li Daochen had appeared without a sound, but Lu Tianqiu and the others reacted at once, surrounding him.

"Spirit-Severing Wind Thunder Formation!"

Qi Muyang sneered. "This formation was built by the Wind-Annihilating Sect, the Fire Thunder Sect, and the Heavenly Formation Sect working together. It can trap even someone in the Dragon Gate Realm and restrict their combat strength. Li Daochen, let's see how you escape this time!"

Not far away.

Lin Wuming, whom Li Daochen had beaten until he spat blood at the Cloud Dream Lodge, was there too. He stared at Li Daochen with satisfaction.

This time, Li Daochen would surely die!

Lu Tianqiu had suspected that Li Daochen could pinpoint their locations, so he had laid this trap.

He had not only recruited a large number of heavenly prides who had never encountered Li Daochen and had them hide in the shadows, but had also gone to great lengths to build a supreme formation, even exposing the precious treasure here.

All of it was for the sake of killing Li Daochen.

"Li Daochen, you can start struggling now!" Lu Tianqiu said coldly. With hundreds of heavenly prides here, plus the Spirit-Severing Wind Thunder Formation, what could Li Daochen use to fight them?