Shackles of Bloodline.

The Immortal Herb he had dreamed of was right before his eyes.

Naturally, Li Chang'an could not possibly give up just like that, so he began to reason with her and appeal to her feelings, saying that there absolutely would not be any problems. By the end, even Dugu Bo was helping him speak.

He said that if anything went wrong after Li Chang'an took it, he could promptly help him expel the Immortal Herb he had eaten from his body and reduce the danger to a minimum.

Only after the two of them argued every which way did they finally persuade Dugu Yan to agree to let Li Chang'an try taking the Immortal Herb.

Dugu Bo brought over a huge chrysanthemum from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

This chrysanthemum was a magnificent purple. Strangely, every petal looked fluffy and especially adorable. The entire chrysanthemum was perfectly integrated, yet not the slightest fragrance spilled from it. The stamen in the center rose more than half a foot above the petals, and the tip of the stamen shimmered with a faint golden radiance.

It was none other than the neutral Immortal Herb, Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum!

Compared with the other Immortal Herbs that had never appeared before, at least this Immortal Herb had actually existed as someone's Martial Soul. If something went wrong later and they truly could not handle it, perhaps finding the person involved might save him.

Moreover, the medicinal nature of this Immortal Herb was also extremely suited to Li Chang'an's situation, and it would not cause rejection with any Martial Soul.

After receiving the Immortal Herb.

Li Chang'an forced down the excitement in his heart and sat cross-legged. Then he first ate the sky-reaching stamen, before eating the petals one by one. The remaining stem and roots were casually discarded.

Then he closed his eyes and began cultivating, absorbing and digesting the medicinal power.

At the side, Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, grandfather and granddaughter, watched him nervously, paying attention to his condition at every moment.

A faint Golden Light gradually lit up!

Li Chang'an, seated upright with his legs crossed, had a calm expression. Faint Golden Light actually began to surge from the skin all over his body. At the same time, cracking sounds came from within him, as though the bones inside his body were being shattered and reforged by the medicinal power!

Dugu Bo stared fixedly at him, and the more he looked, the more astonished he became. Because he discovered that the aura on the young man before him was becoming more stable with the passage of time! At the same time, the fluctuations of his Soul Power gradually became mellow and rich... this showed that the Soul Power inside his body had indeed been purified, and the cracking sounds from his body were not really his bones being shattered.

Instead, they were strange sounds produced by the bones, muscles, meridians... of his body being strengthened under the medicinal power.

This so-called Indestructible Body was rather interesting.

Perhaps after this round of strengthening, he truly might be able to absorb a Soul Ring of an extremely high age.

Seeing this, Dugu Bo had completely set his mind at ease, because up to now, he could only find that every aspect of Li Chang'an before him was improving, and he had found nothing worsening. This undoubtedly proved that the effects of the Immortal Herb were real!

At the thought of this, even as he was happy, he could not help feeling a little regretful. Because at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, there were many kinds of Immortal Herbs growing. What Li Chang'an had told him was only information about a small portion of the Immortal Herbs, while the information on the remaining majority was still unknown.

Perhaps that ancient book from back then, most of which had already rotted away, had recorded information about the other Immortal Herbs?

Unfortunately, he had no chance to see it.

Dugu Bo sighed in his heart and felt somewhat regretful. Because among the Immortal Herbs currently known, there was no Immortal Herb that could help with his poisoning.

At the same time, far away in the Soul Beast Forest, at the Soul Beast Clone's side.

Inside the vast underground cave.

The enormous Azure Serpent Emperor could be seen coiled into a mass, and faint Golden Light was actually emerging from its body in sync as well. Clearly, the main body had eaten the Immortal Herb, and the clone had actually benefited along with him.

From this, it seemed that the connection between the main body and the clone was far closer than Li Chang'an had imagined.

But thinking about it, that made sense. Since the clone could share Soul Power and even part of its physical quality through the air, then why could the main body not influence the clone in reverse?

After some time passed.

The Golden Light on the Azure Serpent Emperor vanished. It slowly opened its Dark Gold snake pupils, sensing its body after being strengthened by the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, and said as if it had gained some insight, "The toughness of this body has at least risen by one level! And there are many invisible benefits as well, making my future growth much smoother... Unfortunately, the Immortal Herb only strengthened my body. It can't evolve my bloodline. In terms of bloodline level alone, I can't compare to a pure-blood dragon descendant like Di Tian. At most, I'm on the same level as those two gatekeepers, the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python. My upper limit of strength is almost visible."

Soul beasts could be said to be a race that placed extreme importance on bloodline.

Because of bloodline, soul beasts almost had no such thing as bottlenecks. As long as they ate and drank every day and casually cultivated a little, they could become very strong. But also because of bloodline, the upper limit of soul beasts was almost nailed in place.

Take Di Tian as an example. As a pure-blood dragon race member, and moreover a pure-blood dragon race member from the Dragon God's era, the upper limit of his bloodline level was actually very high. In the end, he could become a Level One God!

Unfortunately, because Douluo's rules had been tampered with by the God Realm, he, trapped on this continent, had wasted hundreds of thousands of years just like that, and still could not even break through to God-level.

As for a soul beast bloodline at the Azure Serpent Emperor's level, even if it somehow got absurdly lucky and became a god, its upper limit would at most be at the level of a Level Three God. In other words, if Douluo Star's rules had not been tampered with, then the final achievement of this Azure Serpent Emperor clone would be Level Three God. If it wanted to break through to Level Two God or even higher, unless it had some other opportunity, it would be fundamentally impossible.

This was what it meant to succeed because of bloodline and fail because of bloodline.

Compared with that, although humans did not have the advantage of bloodline and had bottlenecks at every small stage they broke through, they also lacked that indestructible layer of restraint. Breaking through their limits was even easier!

But for soul beasts, breaking the shackles of bloodline was not simple. Without a heaven-defying great opportunity, they would never break through the upper limit of their bloodline level in their entire lives.

Here, at Li Chang'an's main body.

After a period of absorption, he had also initially digested the medicinal power of the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, and his body had obtained a substantial improvement.

He slowly opened his eyes.

At this moment, his entire complexion was rosy, his eyes seemed to shine, and his whole vigor and spirit had been completely renewed!

He stood up.

After being strengthened by the Immortal Herb, Li Chang'an's physique had become strong and well-proportioned, and some muscular lines had appeared on his body. At the same time, he had grown a little taller again, and his whole person felt even more reassuring.

"Chang'an Gege, how do you feel?" Dugu Yan threw herself into his arms like a delicate little bird, only to feel that his embrace had become even more solid, while the sound of his heartbeat had also become stronger and more powerful! It gave her an indescribable sense of peace.

"Yanzi, I'm fine."

Li Chang'an held the girl in his arms, gently stroking her back as he said, "I feel better than ever before! This Immortal Herb really does have an effect."

"Chang'an, come here. This old man will give you a careful examination." Dugu Bo beckoned to him. Although through observation, he had not found anything wrong, it was still safer to actually examine him with Soul Power and spiritual power.

After all, he truly did regard Li Chang'an as one of his own. He could not bear for any accident to happen to him just like that.