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After Blood Martial Alliance Leader Yan Xishan passed away, an enormous uproar swept across the entire Blood Martial Dynasty.

Especially the final words he left behind before his death—they filled all martial artists walking the path of qi and blood martial arts with curiosity and confusion.

What exactly had this pioneer of qi and blood martial arts seen in his final moments?

What were shackles? Where did these shackles come from? And what did they bind?

This question became a mystery that all qi and blood martial artists deeply cared about and wished to unravel.

Within the Imperial Palace of the Blood Martial Dynasty, after Li Qing sent off his disciple, his mood was not particularly good either.

For a long period afterward, he remained within the Imperial Palace's forbidden grounds, meditating and pondering.

During that time, Li Qing casually fused his qi and blood with the true qi within his body. With ease, he achieved Qi and Blood Embracing Pill and attained the martial Unity Realm.

After reaching this realm, his physical body grew several degrees more formidable. Even ordinary great demons at the Humanoid Transformation stage might not be able to match his fleshly body, for his foundations had always been sufficiently solid.

"Qi and blood embrace the pill, martial arts return to unity."

"This realm may appear somewhat similar to an immortal cultivator's Core Formation Realm, but the difference is as vast as heaven and earth. This pill is formed from the fusion of qi, blood, and martial true qi. At its root, it remains a manifestation of the martial path."

Having cultivated this martial realm, Li Qing quietly offered his assessment.

Then, he grew curious as well. What exactly had his disciple Yan Xishan seen in that instant before his death?

"Shackles? What are shackles? Where