Sky Devouring Demonic Dragon Art

Jiang Chen lay asleep on his bed as the Patriarch, Jiang Tian, came to visit him.

"Is Chen'er in any serious danger?" Jiang Tian asked in a deep voice.

"There is no immediate threat to his life, but his dantian has been destroyed. He will never be able to cultivate again," Jiang Yunfeng replied sorrowfully.

Jiang Chen was Jiang Yunfeng's only son. Now that his cultivation had been crippled, Jiang Yunfeng felt utterly helpless; everything had been caused by that woman, Liu Yun.

"Liu Yun's status is different now; she is not someone our Jiang Family can afford to provoke. This hatred can only be buried in our hearts," Jiang Tian said.

"Father, I am not reconciled to this," Jiang Yunfeng said with resentment.

"Even if you aren't, what can you do? If he can live safely to seventy or eighty, that might not be a bad thing," Jiang Tian said.

Jiang Chen had once been one of the Jiang Family's geniuses, and seeing him reduced to this state pained Jiang Tian as well.

But at that moment, in his dream, Jiang Chen found himself amidst the starry sky, witnessing a shocking scene: a black, ancient dragon, its body radiating terrifying Demonic Energy, was devouring the stars.

The black Demonic Dragon was so vast that Jiang Chen could not see the end of its tail at a single glance; one could only imagine how colossal its form truly was.

Before long, the massive Sky Devouring Demonic Dragon transformed into a black pearl. Looking at this black pearl, Jiang Chen found it very familiar—was this not the very pearl he had picked up a month ago?

Soon, the scene shifted, and the pearl transformed into five large characters: Sky Devouring Demonic Dragon Art.

Then, the five characters dissolved into countless symbols, all rushing toward Jiang Chen.

This was actually a supreme cultivation technique; Jiang Chen's memory now held a top-tier art.

Jiang Chen's eyes snapped open, and he realized he was back in his own room.

According to the records of the technique in his mind, to cultivate the Sky Devouring Demonic Dragon Art, one had to cripple their own cultivation, shatter their dantian, and fuse the Sky Devouring Pearl into the original dantian's position to serve as a new one.

Only in this way could one practice this art.

Jiang Chen reached out to his chest, wanting to find the black pearl, but discovered it was gone, leaving only the string behind.

Jiang Chen attempted to circulate his energy and found that he could actually sense True Qi; his current cultivation was at the first level of the Martial Apprentice Realm, and his dantian was functioning as normal.

"This is... I can still cultivate?" Jiang Chen was overjoyed.

Suddenly, Jiang Chen's consciousness resonated with the Sky Devouring Pearl, and he could sense that it was currently located exactly where his dantian should be.

The Sky Devouring Pearl had vanished after absorbing Jiang Chen's blood, entering his dantian, but at the time, no one had noticed its presence.

Unexpectedly, through a twist of fate, he had obtained the inheritance of the Sky Devouring Pearl. Had his dantian not been destroyed, allowing his blood to drip onto the pearl and claim ownership, he would never have received this heaven-defying inheritance.

Based on the description of the technique, Jiang Chen knew how heaven-defying this inheritance was; it could devour all spiritual energy to increase his cultivation, with almost no bottlenecks.

As Jiang Chen circulated the technique, he found that his speed in absorbing spiritual energy was incredibly fast—this was the domineering nature of the Sky Devouring Demonic Dragon Art.

"Liu Yun, Ye Yuntian, you two just wait. I will definitely kill you. Wait for my revenge," a flash of killing intent crossed Jiang Chen's eyes.

A moment later, a beautiful woman in her thirties opened the door and walked in; it was Jiang Chen's mother, Li Huirong.

"Chen'er, you're finally awake. You worried me to death," seeing Jiang Chen awake, Li Huirong immediately came to his side, took his hand, and her eyes turned slightly red.

Jiang Chen had been unconscious for two days.

She had heard everything about what happened to Jiang Chen; she never imagined that Liu Yun, whom they had raised, could do something so heartless.

Seeing his mother so worried about him, Jiang Chen felt a bit guilty.

"Mother, I'm fine. By the way, where is Father?" Jiang Chen asked.

"He is outside. I will go call him in," Li Huirong said.

Soon after, Jiang Yunfeng entered Jiang Chen's room.

"Chen'er, you're finally awake. Don't take this too hard; living as an ordinary person in the future isn't so bad," Jiang Yunfeng comforted him.

"Father, Mother, actually, I still have my cultivation," Jiang Chen said.

"How is that possible? I checked your body earlier; your dantian is shattered and cannot store True Qi," Jiang Yunfeng sighed.

With the Sky Devouring Pearl inside Jiang Chen's body, no one else could possibly detect it.

"Whoosh." A burst of energy radiated from Jiang Chen's body—it was 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..." Shock flashed across the eyes of both Jiang Yunfeng and Li Huirong.

Although it was only the first level of the Martial Apprentice Realm, it proved that Jiang Chen still possessed cultivation.

"Chen'er, you're really okay?" Jiang Yunfeng asked, overjoyed.

"Yes, I'm fine, but my cultivation has dropped to the first level of the Martial Apprentice Realm, and I need to start cultivating again from the beginning," Jiang Chen nodded.

"Then that is truly wonderful! Haha, heaven has eyes to let you recover," Jiang Yunfeng laughed heartily.

Li Huirong, standing to the side, also shed tears of joy.

"Father, I need cultivation resources now. I want to regain my cultivation as soon as possible," Jiang Chen said.

"Good! Tell me what you need, and Father will get it for you," Jiang Yunfeng said.

As long as Jiang Chen could recover his cultivation, what would Jiang Yunfeng not be willing to give?

Soon, Jiang Yunfeng brought back three hundred first-grade Qi Gathering Pills and five hundred spirit stones.

These resources were quite substantial, but since Jiang Chen said the more the better, Jiang Yunfeng could only do his best to satisfy him.

"Chen'er, you have just recovered; do not be too hasty with your cultivation," Jiang Yunfeng reminded him.

"Rest assured, Father, I know what I am doing," Jiang Chen smiled.

"By the way, I need to make a trip to Luoyun City to help transport a batch of goods; I won't be back for several days," Jiang Yunfeng said.

Once Jiang Yunfeng had left, Jiang Chen immediately picked up three Tier 1 Qi Gathering Pills and swallowed them. He then circulated his cultivation technique, instantly devouring all the spiritual energy within the pills, and Jiang Chen noticed his cultivation base had increased slightly.

Next were the spirit stones; Jiang Chen held them in his hands, and in an instant, the spiritual energy within them was completely devoured by him.

Before long, Jiang Chen had refined all of these items.

Jiang Chen's cultivation base had also risen to the third level of the Martial Apprentice Realm.

"Only the third level of the Martial Apprentice Realm?" Jiang Chen frowned.

With this many resources, an ordinary cultivator would have at least reached the tenth level of the Martial Apprentice Realm.

It seems the resources required to cultivate the Sky Devouring Demonic Dragon Art are far greater than those needed by ordinary cultivators.

The higher the realm, the more resources are required.

However, Jiang Chen felt that he was very powerful at the third level of the Martial Apprentice Realm; his true qi was extremely dense, far stronger than he had been at the same level in the past.

Is this the power of the Sky Devouring Demonic Dragon Art?

As for just how powerful, he would only know once he had the chance to test it.

If I rely solely on devouring resources, the consumption is too great; Father simply cannot bear the cost of my cultivation. It seems I must head to the Great Desolate Mountain Range to hunt demonic beasts and search for medicinal herbs to improve my strength, Jiang Chen thought to himself.

The Sky Devouring Demonic Dragon Art could devour the blood energy within living beings to increase one's cultivation; it was an incredibly domineering technique.

The blood energy within a living being was also a form of spiritual energy.

Jiang Chen opened the door and stepped out of the room.

"Mother, I have something to attend to and will be out for a few days; don't worry about me," Jiang Chen said to his mother as he headed out.

"Chen'er, your injuries have only just healed; don't go running around," Li Huirong said worriedly.

"Mother, I will take care of myself," Jiang Chen said, and before he finished, he had already vanished from sight.

"Sigh, this boy." Li Huirong was helpless; he had only just recovered and was already running off.