Jiang Chen lay on the bed, fast asleep. The clan leader, Jiang Tian, also came to check on him.
"Chen'er, is he all right?" Jiang Tian asked in a deep voice.
"There's no danger to his life, but his dantian has been destroyed. He'll never be able to cultivate again." Jiang Yunfeng spoke sorrowfully.
Jiang Chen was Jiang Yunfeng's only son. Now that Jiang Chen's cultivation had been crippled, Jiang Yunfeng felt utterly helpless. It was all that woman Liu Yun's fault.
"Liu Yun's status is different now. She isn't someone our Jiang Family can afford to provoke. We can only bury this hatred in our hearts," Jiang Tian said.
"Father, I'm not willing to accept this." Jiang Yunfeng spoke through clenched teeth.
"And what can you do, even if you refuse to accept it? If he can live peacefully to seventy or eighty, that might not be a bad thing," Jiang Tian said.
Jiang Chen had originally been one of the Jiang Family's geniuses. Seeing him reduced to this state pained Jiang Tian as well.
But at that moment, Jiang Chen was dreaming. He found himself in the starry sky and witnessed an astonishing scene: a black ancient dragon, its entire body radiating terrifying Demonic Energy, was devouring stars.
The black demonic dragon's body was so enormous that Jiang Chen couldn't see its tail no matter how far he looked. Its size was truly staggering.
Before long, the enormous Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon transformed into a black pearl. As Jiang Chen stared at it, he found it strangely familiar. Wasn't this the very pearl he had picked up a month ago?
The scene soon changed, and the pearl once again transformed into five great characters: Sky Devouring Demonic Dragon Art.
Then the five characters turned into countless words and surged toward Jiang Chen.
It was actually an supreme cultivation art. Jiang Chen suddenly had a top-tier cultivation art added to his memories.
Jiang Chen's eyes snapped open, and he discovered that he was in his own room.
According to the cultivation art's records, if he wanted to cultivate the Sky Devouring Demonic Dragon Art, he had to cripple his own cultivation, shatter his dantian, and fuse the Sky Devouring Pearl into the place where his original dantian had been, turning it into a new dantian.
Only then could he cultivate this cultivation art.
Jiang Chen reached toward his chest, wanting to find the black pearl, but discovered that it was gone. Only the cord remained.
Jiang Chen tried circulating his energy and was shocked to find that he could actually sense true qi. His cultivation was now at the first level of the Martial Apprentice Realm, and his dantian was functioning normally.
"Could it be that I can still cultivate?" Jiang Chen was overjoyed.
Suddenly, Jiang Chen sensed a connection with the Sky Devouring Pearl. He could feel that it was currently in the position of his dantian.
The Sky Devouring Pearl had disappeared after absorbing Jiang Chen's blood and entered the position of his dantian. It was just that no one had noticed what had happened to the pearl at the time.
Who would have thought that through this twist of fate, he would obtain the Sky Devouring Pearl's inheritance? If his dantian hadn't been destroyed and his blood hadn't dripped onto the Sky Devouring Pearl, allowing him to establish a master-servant connection with it, he never would have obtained this heaven-defying inheritance.
From the cultivation art's introduction, Jiang Chen understood just how heaven-defying this inheritance was. It could devour all spiritual energy to increase his cultivation, leaving him with virtually no bottlenecks.
When Jiang Chen circulated the cultivation art, he discovered that he absorbed spiritual energy at astonishing speed. This was the domineering aspect of the Sky Devouring Demonic Dragon Art.
"Liu Yun, Ye Yuntian, just you wait. I'll definitely kill you both. Wait for me to take my revenge." Killing intent flashed through Jiang Chen's eyes.
Not long afterward, a beautiful woman who looked to be in her thirties opened the door and walked in. It was Jiang Chen's mother, Li Huirong.
"Chen'er, you're finally awake. You scared me to death." When Li Huirong saw Jiang Chen awake, she immediately came to his side and took his hand, her eyes slightly red.
Jiang Chen had been unconscious for two days.
She had heard all about what had happened to Jiang Chen. She had never imagined that Liu Yun, whom they had raised, could do something so heartless.
Seeing how worried his mother was, Jiang Chen felt somewhat guilty.
"Mother, I'm fine. By the way, where's Father?" Jiang Chen asked.
"He's outside. I'll go call him in." Li Huirong rose to her feet.
Before long, Jiang Yunfeng entered Jiang Chen's room.
"Chen'er, you're finally awake. Don't take it too hard. Being an ordinary person from now on isn't necessarily a bad thing." Jiang Yunfeng comforted him.
"Father, Mother, I still have my cultivation." Jiang Chen said.
"How is that possible? I examined your body earlier. Your dantian has already been shattered, so it can't store true qi." Jiang Yunfeng sighed.
With the Sky Devouring Pearl inside Jiang Chen's body, there was no way anyone else could detect it.
"Boom."
An aura radiated from Jiang Chen's body. It was precisely the aura of the first level of the Martial Apprentice Realm.
Being able to mobilize true qi meant that Jiang Chen was still a cultivator.
"This is..." Jiang Yunfeng and Li Huirong both stared in shock.
Although he was only at the first level of the Martial Apprentice Realm, this proved that Jiang Chen still possessed cultivation.
"Chen'er, you're all right?" Jiang Yunfeng was overjoyed.
"Yes, I'm fine. However, my cultivation has fallen to the first level of the Martial Apprentice Realm, so I need to start cultivating again." Jiang Chen nodded.
"That's wonderful! Hahaha, the heavens truly have eyes. They've allowed you to recover." Jiang Yunfeng burst into loud laughter.
Li Huirong also shed tears of joy beside them.
"Father, I need cultivation resources now. I want to restore my cultivation as soon as possible." Jiang Chen said.
"All right. Tell me what you need, and I'll get it for you." Jiang Yunfeng agreed.
As long as Jiang Chen could cultivate again, what would Jiang Yunfeng be unwilling to give him?
Very soon, Jiang Yunfeng brought three hundred first-grade Qi Gathering Pills and five hundred spirit stones.
These resources were already quite abundant, but Jiang Chen had said that the more, the better, so Jiang Yunfeng could only do his best to satisfy him.
"Chen'er, you've only just recovered. Don't rush your cultivation," Jiang Yunfeng reminded him.
"Don't worry, Father. I know what I'm doing." Jiang Chen smiled.
"By the way, I need to make a trip to Luoyun City to help transport a shipment of goods. I'll be gone for several days." Jiang Yunfeng said.
After Jiang Yunfeng left, Jiang Chen immediately picked up three first-grade Qi Gathering Pills and swallowed them. He then circulated his cultivation art, instantly devouring all the spiritual power within the pills. Jiang Chen discovered that his cultivation had risen somewhat.
There were also the spirit stones. Jiang Chen held them in his hands, and in an instant, all the spiritual power within them was devoured.
Before long, Jiang Chen had refined all these things.
Jiang Chen's cultivation also rose to the third level of the Martial Apprentice Realm.
"Only the third level of the Martial Apprentice Realm?" Jiang Chen frowned.
With so many resources, an ordinary cultivator would have at least reached the tenth level of the Martial Apprentice Realm.
It seemed that cultivating the Sky Devouring Demonic Dragon Art required far more resources than ordinary cultivation.
The higher the realm, the more resources were needed.
However, Jiang Chen felt that his current self, at the third level of the Martial Apprentice Realm, was extremely powerful. His true qi was incomparably condensed, and he was far stronger than he had been at the third level of the Martial Apprentice Realm before.
Was this the might of the Sky Devouring Demonic Dragon Art?
As for exactly how powerful it was, he would only know after finding a chance to test it.
If I rely solely on devouring resources, the consumption will be far too great. Father will never be able to bear the burden of supplying me. It seems I have to go to the Great Desolate Mountain Range to hunt demonic beasts and search for spiritual herbs to increase my strength.
The Sky Devouring Demonic Dragon Art could devour the power of blood and qi within living beings to increase one's cultivation. It was an extremely domineering cultivation art.
The power of blood and qi within living beings was also a form of spiritual energy.
Jiang Chen opened the door and walked out of the room.
"Mother, I have something to do and need to leave for a few days. Don't worry about me." Before leaving, Jiang Chen called out to his mother.
"Chen'er, your wounds have only just healed. Don't run around recklessly." Li Huirong spoke worriedly.
"Mother, I'll take care of myself." As soon as Jiang Chen finished speaking, he ran out of sight.
"Honestly, that boy..." Li Huirong could only sigh helplessly. He had just recovered, yet he had already run off.
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