Chi Xue and the others had all refined the Origin Bloodline Power of powerful Ancient Divine Beasts before, so they naturally knew that to effectively strengthen their own Bloodline Power and comprehend an Ancient Divine Beast's innate secret art, they had to obtain at least twenty percent of that beast's Origin Bloodline Power. For an Ancient Divine Beast, losing that much bloodline power would have a tremendous impact. Not only would its Bloodline Power weaken, but its strength would also drop considerably.
That was why Shi Lin and the others had sneered at Ling Tian and berated him as a shameless hypocrite and a selfish villain. In their eyes, Ling Tian had selfishly seized Xiao Shi's Origin Bloodline Power by force. What was more, this would greatly affect whether they could successfully break free of the Lord of the Universe's constraints in the future.
But Chi Xue's words now ran counter to what everyone thought. Xiao Shi had broken through to the late stage of the Near-Saint Eighteenth Heaven ahead of schedule, and the aura he gave off was powerful—only a little weaker than Ling Tian's current aura. This ironclad fact left everyone with nothing to say. They knew that if Xiao Shi had really been forced to give up twenty percent of his Origin Bloodline Power, he could never have reached such a level.
The more they thought about it, the more puzzled they became. How could Xiao Shi still be so powerful after his Origin Bloodline Power had been taken?
"Could Ling Tian have obtained the Heaven-Devouring Wolf Origin Bloodline Power from somewhere other than the Heaven-Devouring Wolf by his side?" Shi Meng asked, though her tone was uncertain. "But there's only one Heaven-Devouring Wolf in the God Realm right now. If it didn't come from the one