Response III

May, Year Four of the New Calendar.

Great Ling recalled all its external expeditionary armies.

Ling Ting announced to the world the issuance of a unified decree known as the Common Blood Decree.

Its general statement was this: the Pill Masters of the Royal Pill Institute had developed a special Secret Art capable of extending everyone's lifespan.

The Ling Emperor, in his mercy, had ordered the Pill Masters to use this Secret Art to bless the world, so that all might share in it—so that all Da Ling Citizens might share in it.

At first, this claim was met with great skepticism.

Who these days would discover a method of extending one's lifespan and not keep it hidden for personal use?

It was simply absurd.

But as the Daoists of the Human Immortal Dao stepped forward one after another to help publicize the authenticity of this Secret Art,

the people of the Great Capital were the first to witness it and understand the origin of this Secret Art.

It had come from the Human Immortal Dao.

Thus, the Spirit Nobles who had been the first to learn the truth began undergoing complete Blood Descendant transformations.

With large numbers of Blood Descendants from the Heaven Character Division acting together, the transformations were swiftly completed.

And the results drove even more eyewitnesses completely mad.

The Blood Descendants began spreading and expanding at breakneck speed, like a virus.

The Great Ling Empire's originally sky-blue map was rapidly dyed red, beginning from the Great Capital.

In barely half a month, red had thoroughly spread through every inch and corner of its territory.

With Blood Descendants spreading Blood Descendants, those unwilling to accept the transformation simply became beings of a different class, a different level from them.

Under such circumstances, no one dared refuse.

Even