However, upon seeing what happened next, not only the Silver Dragon King and Di Tian, along with the other Beasts of Calamity, but even Qian Renxue found it difficult to accept.
The incident took place in the future, during the period when Lan Xuanyu led the Shrek Seven Devils in infiltrating Dragon Star.
During that time, they came into contact with the Dragon Clan's core cultivation method on Dragon Star: tempering the body with dragon power.
The dragon power body-tempering method involved absorbing Dragon Clan bloodline energy to forge one's body. It could rapidly increase cultivation and temper one's Martial Soul bloodline.
However, tempering the body with dragon power required the continual consumption of vast amounts of Dragon Clan bloodline energy.
The bloodline energy Lan Xuanyu had stored within himself was nowhere near enough to support the cultivation of his entire team.
To solve this problem, prompted by the Treasure Seeking Beast, Lan Xuanyu confirmed that they could hunt living Dragon Clan members, use the Heavenly Saint Abyss-Splitting Halberd to devour their life energy and bloodline power, then have the Treasure Seeking Beast convert it into energy suited to each companion's Martial Soul.
This was already a cultivation method akin to that of an Evil Spirit Master, yet Lan Xuanyu felt no shame. Instead, he took pride in it.
Moreover, in order to avoid exposing his identity and reduce the risks, Lan Xuanyu had deliberately selected lower-ranking Dragon Clan members in the remote wilderness of Dragon Star as his targets.
Such "Dragon Clan" members in remote regions were the lowest-ranking commoners on Dragon Star. They held no titles and took no part in the military or wars.
They had lived for generations in their own cave territories, essentially secluded individuals in the mountains, untouched by worldly affairs.
More importantly, they