Bloodline Rooted in the Soul

Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Li Chang'an, soaking in the Extremely Yin and Yang Spring Water, slowly opened his eyes. His consciousness had returned to his body from that mysterious plaza.

After merging with that statue, he had naturally obtained some information. These were memories inherited through his bloodline, allowing him to finally understand what that mysterious plaza and those ancient, weathered statues truly were.

The plaza filled with numerous statues was not actually a real space, but an illusory existence akin to a dream.

The plaza and statues had taken shape only based on his subconscious understanding. If it had been someone else, they might have appeared entirely different.

Li Chang'an had actually entered a dreamlike state just now.

As for the statues in the plaza, they represented the manifestations of the many bloodlines rooted in his soul. Their dull gray appearance was a sign that they had yet to be activated.

Li Chang'an could not figure out why the bloodline from his previous life contained traces of so many mythical Exotic Beasts.

However, he guessed that perhaps his ancient ancestors had hunted and eaten these Exotic Beasts, incorporating their bloodlines into their genes before passing them down to later generations.

After all, ancient books such as the Classic of Mountains and Seas, which introduced Exotic Beasts, were essentially cookbooks describing the characteristics of ingredients in the eyes of modern people. Clearly, the ancients had records of hunting and consuming these Exotic Beasts. Thus, obtaining their bloodlines seemed perfectly reasonable.

But why was he still able to carry these bloodlines even after reincarnating?

The only explanation was that the bloodlines of these mythical Exotic Beasts were not confined solely to the flesh. They were also deeply imprinted within the soul, forming sets of genetic templates. Li Chang'an's soul had come from his previous world, so it had brought these Exotic Beast bloodlines with it.

Originally, in that former world where spiritual energy had faded away, Li Chang'an would never have been able to activate these ancient Mythical Bloodlines in his entire life.

But in the Douluo world, he had gained the possibility of activating these ancient bloodlines.

And by chance, after consuming the Ice Fire Immortal Herbs and entering the unique environment of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, he had unexpectedly triggered a certain mythical gene within his body!

That lifelike statue, standing out like a crane among chickens amid the many ashen statues in the plaza, was precisely the symbol of his bloodline being initially activated.

I never expected that eating some immortal herbs and soaking in a hot spring would accidentally awaken the bloodline hidden within me... I wonder how the bloodlines of those mythical Exotic Beasts from my previous life compare to the Divine Beasts of this world? Li Chang'an thought. He did not blindly assume that the mythical Exotic Beast bloodlines from his previous life were necessarily incredible or guaranteed to surpass this world's Divine Beasts.

Without an actual comparison, who knew which was stronger and which was weaker?

Besides, myths... were generally exaggerated. Whether they were truly as powerful as described, no one knew. What was more, these Exotic Beasts had even been hunted and eaten by his ancestors, lowering their prestige even further.

Li Chang'an had only been an ordinary person in his previous life. If not for his transmigration, and if not for accidentally awakening his ancient bloodline... he would probably have believed that the world he had lived in was merely an ordinary technological world.

Thus, despite knowing that he had awakened an ancient mythical Exotic Beast bloodline, he was not particularly excited. Moreover, his bloodline had only been initially activated at this stage. It still needed to awaken before he could truly obtain the power contained within it.

As for how to awaken the bloodline?

It was simple: energy!

Pure and immense energy!

Although the Ice and Fire Spring Water Li Chang'an was currently immersed in contained an abundance of energy, that energy was not pure enough. Its quality was insufficient to completely awaken his bloodline.

So he turned his gaze downward, toward the depths of the pool.

They are the corpses of Divine Beasts, after all. Being incorruptible and indestructible should be standard, right? I wonder whether the meat tastes good? And how much energy does it contain?

And if I remember correctly, the Divine Beasts of this world seem to have something like Inner Cores?

If I can find the Inner Cores of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings, then with the power of Divine Beasts, it should be enough to completely awaken my bloodline, right? Li Chang'an looked at the bottomless passage below. Without hesitation, he flipped over and swam down into its depths.

Having now absorbed two Ice Fire Immortal Herbs, he was like a fish in water within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Li Chang'an did not even need oxygen; the energy contained in the surrounding spring water supplied all the nourishment his body required.

He truly was like a fish in water, able to swim freely through the pool without restraint.

He dove straight down toward the depths of the pool.

The farther Li Chang'an descended, the wider the surrounding passage became. At the same time, the heat and cold within the water grew increasingly intense.

The water in this lake contained the attribute energies of the Water and Fire Dragon Kings who had fallen long ago, and its power was terrifying. Had he not consumed the two Ice Fire Immortal Herbs and gained special resistance, let alone swimming in it, even touching the water slightly would have corroded him completely.

The farther down he went, the greater the resistance became.

This deep, shadowy passage seemed to lead beneath Nine Nether Hell!

Li Chang'an felt a little uneasy, but when he thought of the possible benefits below, he gritted his teeth and continued diving! As he descended, the surrounding passage became broader and broader... He discovered that the passage was shaped like an inverted cone. It was narrowest at the surface and grew wider the farther down it went.

Faced with such a strange sight, he could almost reconstruct the scene from back then in his mind—two Dragon King corpses had fallen from the sky like meteors and crashed into the earth. The terrifying impact had pierced straight toward the planet's core, reaching a depth of tens of thousands of zhang. Then, deep underground, the conflicting forces of ice and fire had erupted with a thunderous blast!

The principle was much like a volcanic eruption. Below was an enormous space, while above was merely a small vent through which the force could escape.

Then, as countless tens of thousands of years passed, the small vent above gradually solidified and took shape. The surrounding soil and terrain formed a mountain hollow, while the eruptive forces gradually settled into balance under nature's immense power... eventually creating the mutually reinforcing and opposing Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well!

Nature truly was wondrous beyond measure.

Li Chang'an marveled endlessly.

He discovered that the deeper he went, the purer the energy contained in the spring water became! Clearly, he was gradually approaching the Core Area. The energy released by the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well at the surface was merely energy that had been diluted layer upon layer.

Yet even such scraps and traces of energy had created such a treasured land of exceptional feng shui... One could imagine how powerful these two Dragon Kings had been in life.

According to the novels he had read in his previous life, these two Dragon Kings had only been peak Level One Gods beneath the God Kings! The power remaining after their deaths could form such a blessed land... it seemed the gods of this world were not so weak after all. Calling it the basement floor of fantasy worlds would truly be an insult to this world.

If he completely awakened the ancient Mythical Bloodline within his body, how would he compare to the gods of this world? Would he be stronger or weaker?

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