Thirteen Blood Temperings

Chen Lie needed to return to Blue Star University to pick up a package that afternoon and didn't want to waste time. Just as he was about to refuse, Xu Caiying's voice came first.

"Mom, didn't I already tell you? I had an appointment with my classmates to practice martial arts this afternoon, how could I have time?"

Her mentors at the Genius Training Camp were so capable, yet even they were helpless when she encountered this bottleneck. Xu Caiying didn't believe Chen Lie could solve it, so she didn't want to waste her time.

Jin Xiuying couldn't help but say, "Your Brother Chen hasn't even agreed yet, and you're already putting on airs!"

Feng Yuelan smiled and said, "Anyway, we're neighbors. Let's talk about it another time!"

"Let's talk about it later!" Jin Xiuying nodded.

"Isn't Cai Ying a student at the Lanjing Genius Training Camp? If she encounters any difficulties in martial arts, why doesn't she ask her instructors for help?"

"Hey, martial arts on Blue Star are developing rapidly. Other provinces may not be able to see it, but Lanjing is looking to the Outer Stars, and it changes almost every three to five years."

Instructors can only provide general guidance to students to prevent them from making mistakes; they can't offer much specific instruction.

"Oh, I see!"

Just then, Xu Caiying's Communicator beeped with a message notification. After glancing at the message, she immediately stood up. "Mom, my classmate is looking for me!"

"Alright, then go ahead!"

Xu Caiying looked at Feng Yuelan and Chen Gequn and said, "Aunt Feng, Uncle Chen, I have an appointment with my classmates, so I'll be leaving now!"

"Okay, then slow down!"

Xu Caiying hummed in agreement and then left Chen Lie's villa.

A little while later, Chen Lie finished his meal and stood up, saying, "Dad, Mom, I still have a package to sign for at Blue Star University, so I'll head back now!"

"Okay, then you go ahead and get busy!"

After saying goodbye to his parents, Chen Lie left the villa and took an airship back to Blue Star University.

Upon arriving at Blue Star University, Chen Lie immediately went to the Resource Category Building on the Thirteenth Campus.

Upon entering the lobby of the Resource Category Building, Chen Lie went directly to Director Zhang Liwu.

"Director Zhang, didn't you say you had an urgent package for me? Where is it?"

Zhang Liwu said, "Come with me!"

As he spoke, he led Chen Lie to a storage room, where they came to a box made of a special material. Zhang Liwu said, "This is your urgent package from Outer Stars. Look at the words on it!"

Chen Lie picked up the box and, sure enough, saw a set of text.

'To Mr. Chen Lie: There is important business to discuss with you in the Sumeru Illusion Realm.'

Chen Lie opened the box and found a crystal bottle containing Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid, labeled 'For use in Twelfth Blood Tempering '.

"It really is Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid!"

Chen Lie felt relieved after receiving the Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid.

He is now only two bottles of Extraordinary-Grade Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid away from breaking through to the second Ultimate Realm of the Blood-Qi Stage.

"Chen Lie, you really have a wide network of connections Outer Stars. People are sending you cultivation resources from time to time."

"What? Is it someone you met in the Sumeru Illusion Realm?" Zhang Liwu asked.

"Yes, a friend I met by chance in the Sumeru Illusion Realm," Chen Lie nodded.

"Then you should hurry to the Sumeru Illusion Realm; they might need to see you."

Chen Lie grunted in acknowledgment, bid farewell to Zhang Liwu, and left the Resource Category Building.

Chen Lie ignored Mu Yunyao's invitation to the Sumeru Illusion Realm; nothing was more important than improving his own strength.

So Chen Lie went straight back to Dormitory Dormitory, took out the bottle of Extraordinary-Grade Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid, and found a high-level Cultivation Room.

He will undergo his twelfth and thirteenth Blood Tempering today.

Upon arriving at the Cultivation Room, Chen Lie closed the door, went to the cultivation Cultivation Room, and drank the bottle of Spirit Liquid that had undergone Twelfth Blood Tempering in one gulp.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Lie began to circulate the Blood Tempering Technique to temper his Qi and blood for the twelfth time.

Chen Lie's physique and physical fitness have far surpassed those of Martial Artist at the Qi Blood-Qi Stage, so ordinary Blood Tempering is no challenge for him at all.

It took Chen Lie about two hours to complete his 12th Blood Tempering.

After completing the Blood Tempering, Chen Lie looked at the Extraordinary-Grade Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid in front of him.

"Next, it's time to begin the Thirteenth Blood Tempering!"

Thirteen Blood Tempering —this is Extraordinary Blood Tempering.

The first Twelfth Blood Tempering did not significantly improve Chen Lie's strength, but this Extraordinary Blood Tempering was different; it could almost make Chen Lie's strength increase by the same as breaking through a minor realm.

If Chen Lie is currently at the peak of the Blood-Qi Transforming into Rainbow Realm and the Spirit Aperture Stage, then after Extraordinary Blood Tempering, he will reach the strength of the Earth Aperture Stage.

Chen Lie picked up the Extraordinary-Grade Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid and swallowed it directly.

A tremendous force erupted within Chen Lie 'Chen Lie body, like a massive torrent, instantly engulfing his limbs and bones.

Chen Lie fully activated the "Flood Dragon Rebirth Technique," using the power of the Extraordinary-Grade Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid to refine his blood and qi.

After an unknown amount of time, golden blood energy surged into the sky like an inverted waterfall, directly breaking through the roof of the Cultivation Room.

Chen Lie began to fully refine the immense energy of the Extraordinary-Grade Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid. A hundred-meter-long golden blood dragon, baring its fangs and claws, coiled around Chen Lie Chen Lie, occasionally burrowing into the golden blood waterfall above his head.

The loud noise from Chen Lie's completion of his cultivation instantly alerted the guards patrolling Blue Star University.

Even Zheng Dongyang and Lei Jinglong, the mentors of the Super Genius Class, rushed over upon hearing the news.

What's going on?

"Such powerful blood energy! It soared into the sky, almost ten feet high. Has someone broken through to the Great Extreme Realm of Blood-Qi?"

In the blink of an eye, a large group of students gathered here.

Lei Jinglong and Zheng Dongyang were both eighth or ninth-level Martial Artist with exceptional eyesight, and they spotted Chen Lie practicing in the Cultivation Room from afar.

Zheng Dongyang hissed, "Has Chen Lie broken through to the Great Extreme Realm of Blood-Qi?"

"It should be good. What else could this kind of power be but the Great Extreme Realm of Blood-Qi? It's much stronger than an ordinary Great Extreme Realm of Blood-Qi," Lei Jinglong replied.

"But the light that shot more than ten feet into the sky didn't resemble the blood rainbow light that signifies the Blood-Qi Transforming into Rainbow into a rainbow!"

"It's probably due to his special physique. I feel that this power is stronger than that of a typical Blood-Qi Rainbow Realm Earth Aperture Stage. It can't be anything other than the Blood-Qi Transforming into Rainbow Realm," Lei Jinglong said.

"Even before Chen Lie broke through to the Great Extreme Realm of Blood-Qi, he was already able to suppress Zuo Yuan'er, who was at the peak of the Spirit Aperture Stage. Now that he's broken through to the Blood-Qi Transforming into Rainbow, wouldn't that mean..."

Zheng Dongyang was somewhat incredulous. "His special physique greatly enhances his combat power. He's only just entered the Blood-Qi Transforming into Rainbow Realm, yet he's already comparable to the Earth Aperture Stage. If he breaks through to the Spirit Aperture Stage before the Permanent Council Star Contest, wouldn't he be able to compete with the Heaven Aperture Stage?"

The Heaven Aperture Stage means ten times the Strength Value. Outside of the Ten-Star Alliance, on any planet in the Canglan Star Domain, this would be considered an indisputable genius. In the Five Stars of the Eastern Region, it would be a top-tier genius among geniuses.

Lei Jinglong shook his head and said, "Impossible, the Heaven Aperture Stage and the Earth Aperture Stage are completely different."

Once the Heaven Aperture is opened, it can merge with the Earth Second Campus and Earthly Apertures. Below the Heaven Aperture Stage, it is very difficult to cross this gap.

President Wang has spent many years mingling in Outer Stars, and even within the Ten-Star Alliance, he has rarely heard of anyone at the Earth Aperture Stage defeating someone at the Heaven Aperture Stage, unless they are a top martial arts genius of the Ten-Star Alliance.

Therefore, it is unlikely that someone at the Spirit Aperture Stage can compete with someone at the Heaven Aperture Stage.

"Even if it can't compare to the Heaven Aperture Stage, it should still be able to crush the Earth Aperture Stage, right?"

Lei Jinglong nodded; he agreed with this point.

Cultivation Room, Chen Lie gradually completed his thirteenth Extraordinary Blood Tempering. At the final moment of the Blood Tempering, his blood and qi suddenly surged violently, almost tearing the entire Cultivation Room apart.

After finishing his practice, Chen Lie carefully experienced the power of the thirteen Blood Tempering.

After a while, he saw a scene of ruins ahead and realized that he had inadvertently damaged the Cultivation Room while practicing his skills.

After stepping out of the Cultivation Room, Chen Lie was taken aback to see a group of people gathered outside.

"Chen Lie, have you already broken through to the Blood-Qi Rainbow Realm?"

As soon as Chen Lie came out, Lei Jinglong stepped forward and asked.

Chen Lie knew that his strength had increased dramatically after his Extraordinary Blood Tempering, and that saying he was only at the Small Extreme Realm of Blood-Qi seemed a bit alarming. So he simply admitted, "Yes, I am now at the Blood-Qi Transforming into Rainbow, Mortal Aperture Stage."

"Without the method to break through to the Blood-Qi Rainbow Realm from Outer Stars, you actually managed to break through to the Blood-Qi Transforming into Rainbow Realm all by yourself? Unbelievable!" Zheng Dongyang exclaimed in shock.

All the Blood-Qi Transforming into Rainbow Realm cultivators on Blue Star broke through Outer Stars. The first person to break through to the Blood-Qi Rainbow Realm on Blue Star's home planet was Jiang Yuan.

When Jiang Yuan broke through, it was Blue Star University that found him a method to reach the Blood-Qi Transforming into Rainbow Realm. As for Zuo Yuan'er and Hao Yulong, they successfully broke through to the Blood-Qi Rainbow Realm with the help of Jiang Yuan's experience.

Chen Lie didn't even ask Blue Star University for the method to break through to the Blood-Qi Transforming into Rainbow Realm; he actually broke through on his own. His talent and comprehension are truly one in a million.

"Blue Star University has a method for breaking through to the Blood-Qi Transforming into Rainbow Realm. Why didn't you tell me beforehand that you were trying to break through to the Great Extreme Realm of Blood-Qi? If you had failed, it would have caused irreversible damage. Fortunately, you succeeded!"

Lei Jinglong said, "It's the perfect time to break through to the Blood-Qi Transforming into Rainbow Realm. Once you've stabilized your realm, the Permanent Council Star Contest should begin."

After instructing Chen Lie to stabilize his cultivation level, Lei Jinglong left with Zheng Dongyang.

In the distance, the students who had been watching gradually dispersed.

At the back of the crowd, Zuo Yuan'er with her arms crossed, looking at Chen Lie ahead, her beautiful face filled with solemnity.

"He's broken through to the Blood-Qi Rainbow Realm! His power just now was incredible!"

Hao Yulong, standing next to Zuo Yuan'er, said calmly, "It's just relying on a special physique. It can only show its power in the Blood-Qi Realm and be rampant for a while. Once a seven-star talent reaches the True Qi Realm, it will be difficult for them to even be compared to you and me."

"Even so, the boost to his combat power from his physique is simply terrifying."

Even before he reached the Blood-Qi Rainbow Realm, he could suppress me. Now that he's reached the Great Extreme Realm, guess who's stronger, him or Jiang Yuan?"

"He is naturally no match for Jiang Yuan. Jiang Yuan is not far from the peak of the Earth Aperture Stage. Moreover, Jiang Yuan's Mental Power is at the peak of the second level, and his Consciousness Spirit is powerful, almost comparable to the pseudo- Heaven-Grade."

"This Chen Lie, relying solely on his special physique, is no match for Jiang Yuan."

Zuo Yuan'er nodded slightly.

Meanwhile, Chen Lie returned to his Dormitory and began to meditate.

Extraordinary Blood Tempering is related to the cultivation of the Divine Aperture, so Chen Lie cannot be more cautious about it.

Sensing the changes in his body after the thirteen Blood Tempering, Chen Lie let out a long breath.

His current martial arts foundation is solid and firm. Even if he were to give up his cultivation and drift along with his peers on Blue Star, his minimum achievement in this life would be Heavenly Human Grandmaster, and he would most likely be able to go further and enter the Primordial Essence Stage.

But his ambitions go far beyond that.

What he wants is the Third Ultimate Realm of the Blood-Qi Stage, to have a 100% certainty of stepping into the Primordial Essence Domain. The three Extraordinary Blood Tempering are just the first step on a journey of a thousand miles.

Chen Lie used a secret method to soothe his blood and qi, meditated all night, and went straight to the Sumeru Illusion Realm early the next morning.

Upon arriving at the Space Chamber of the Sumeru Illusion Realm Palace, Chen Lie lay down directly into the Hibernation Pod and attempted to enter the Sumeru Illusion Realm.

An alert sounded Space Chamber.

"Please relax, we are connecting to the Sumeru Stone, please wait..."

"The Sumeru Stone connection is successful. The Sumeru Illusion Realm passage is open. You are about to enter the Sumeru Illusion Realm..."

After a flash of white light, Chen Lie's consciousness instantly entered the Sumeru Illusion Realm.

As soon as Chen Lie arrived in the Sumeru Illusion Realm, he received a series of message notifications from the Sumeru Illusion Realm's Personal AI.

Upon opening his friends list, Chen Lie saw that Mu Yunyao had sent him dozens of messages.

Mu Yunyao: Mr. Chen Lie, are you there?

Mu Yunyao: I have something urgent to discuss with you. Please contact me as soon as you arrive in the Sumeru Illusion Realm. I will check on the Sumeru Illusion Realm once a day at 10:00, 12:00, 15:00, and 18:00. If I am not there, please wait for me.

After glancing at Mu Yunyao's message, Chen Lie immediately replied, "I'm here, what's up?"

After sending the message, Chen Personal AI notification that Mu Yunyao was not online. Since it was not long before Mu Yunyao would come online, Chen Lie did not leave the Sumeru Illusion Realm.

Having just undergone Extraordinary Blood Tempering, Chen Lie was eager to test his strength, so he initiated a Virtual Duel Arena the Sumeru Illusion Realm.

Soon, Personal AI.

"The Virtual Duel Arena is matching you with an opponent, please wait..."

"Match failed, rematching..."

"Your strength has exceeded the limit; a deeper level of matching within the same realm will be initiated..."

"Deep-level match successful. Opponent: Phantom Dust Star Domain, Prince Moro (Blood Refining Stage)."

"Entering the virtual battle space..."

"The Phantom Dust Star Domain?"

Chen Lie's expression shifted; how did he end up being matched with an alien region?

Could it be that he has no rivals among those of the same realm in the Canglan Star Domain?

Chen Lie's vision went white, and when he opened his eyes again, he found himself on an empty Duel Platform.

Opposite him, a boy dressed in black with long, flowing hair, who looked to be just over ten years old, stared at Chen Lie with eyes as cold as a deep pool.

"I am Moro, the 32nd Crown Prince of the Dark Demon Tribe Phantom Dust Star Domain!"

"Chen Lie, an ordinary human from the Canglan Star Domain."

"Ordinary people?"

Prince Moro looked at Chen Lie, said nothing more, and then said, "Let's begin!"

Prince Moro was thunderous; with a single punch, a strange force surged towards Chen Lie.

Chen Lie knew that the Dark Demons within the Central Galactic Empire actually possessed human blood and followed the same path of blood and qi cultivation as humans, but they did not base their cultivation on blood and qi.

Seeing the opponent's punch coming, Chen Lie unleashed the power of his Pure Yang Precious Blood and exchanged a punch with Prince Moro.

"Boom!"

After a powerful collision, Prince Moro felt Chen Lie's blood and qi surge like flames, accompanied by a scorching sensation, blasting him directly towards the edge of the opposite platform.

"Isn't the Canglan Star Domain a starfield on the edge of an empire? How could ordinary humans be so strong?"

With just one punch, Prince Moro realized the gap between himself and Chen Lie.

Suddenly, black light flashed across his body, and two curved horns sprouted from the top of his head, enveloping his entire body in Black Obsidian- like light.

"Dark Demon Power, unleash!"

Prince Moro roared, and black light instantly spread across the entire Duel Platform.

In Chen Lie's eyes, Prince Moro's strength had increased dramatically, growing stronger with each passing day.

Chen Lie knew that this was Prince Moro using the power of his bloodline.

Despite Blood Refining Stage, he could overwhelm the ordinary Blood-Qi Transforming into Rainbow stage Prince Moro, and his strength almost skyrocketed to the Origin Aperture Stage.

Chen Lie hadn't expected that this Dark Demon Tribe Crown Prince would be so impatient, resorting to his bloodline power after a single failed attack.

He knew he couldn't handle an opponent at the Origin Aperture Stage, so Chen Lie directly unleashed the Qi and blood secret technique of the "Flood Dragon Rebirth Technique".

"Flood Dragon Transformation!"

As Chen Lie unleashed his secret technique, Chen Lie power suddenly erupted, and a hundred-foot-long golden light shot into the sky, instantly overwhelming Prince Moro's black light.

Prince Moro unleashed his Dark Demon Power at Chen Lie.

Just as the eerie Dark Demon Power approached Chen Lie, Chen Lie unleashed a full-force punch.

"Boom!"

The endless golden flames of blood and energy instantly shattered Prince Moro's Dark Demon Power, and the scorching golden light directly engulfed Prince Moro.

At the same time, a notification sounded in the Personal AI of the Sumeru Illusion Realm.

"Victory in the Virtual Duel Arena!"

Before Chen Lie could react, he was teleported out of the Virtual Duel Platform.

Prince Moro died in the Sumeru Illusion Realm. His true form screamed and awoke beside the Sumeru Stone in a palace on a planet in the Phantom Dust Star Domain.

"This human is so strong..."

"I even used my Dark Demon Power, yet I couldn't withstand a single move from him. Could he be an ordinary human?"

Just then, a beautiful woman in palace attire entered the palace where Prince Moro was.

Upon seeing Prince Moro, the beautiful woman in palace attire exclaimed, "My son? What's wrong? I just heard you call out!"

"Mother!"

Prince Moro stood up and said slowly, "It's nothing. I was just shocked by my defeat in the Sumeru Illusion Realm."

"I see. With your Dark Demon Power and solid foundation, you are virtually unmatched in our Phantom Dust Star Domain."

"The Sumeru Illusion Realm will only match you with opponents at the Blood Refining Stage. Will you encounter opponents from several major star domains, or even geniuses from the Ten Great Star Provinces?" the beautiful woman in palace attire asked.

"No, it's the Canglan Star Domain. He claims to be just an ordinary human being." Prince Moro said, "Mother, isn't the Canglan Star Domain a Fringe Star Domain under the Empire's control? How could an ordinary human being be so strong?"

I used the Dark Demon Power, yet I couldn't even withstand a single blow from him.

The palace-dressed beauty raised her eyebrows. "My son, do not underestimate yourself. Your strength is among the best in all the major star regions, except for the Ten Great Star Provinces directly under the empire."

The person you encounter must be a top martial arts genius from one of the Ten Great Star Provinces; otherwise, it would be impossible for them to defeat you in a single move.

These humans have been relentlessly oppressing us, the other races. They call themselves ordinary humans, but they are trying to destroy your martial spirit. Their intentions are despicable!

"Once you grow up and fully explore and master the Dark Demon Power, even the top martial arts geniuses from the Ten Great Star Provinces will not be able to easily defeat you."

Prince Moro said, "The Sumeru Illusion Realm shouldn't be fake, right? He really is from the Canglan Star Domain."

"It's probably people from the Ten Great Star Provinces who entered the Sumeru Illusion Realm in the Canglan Star Domain, but that doesn't prove anything."

"You've seen the Canglan Star Domain in the Imperial Territorial Atlas; it's actually just a Fringe Star Domain," said the beautiful woman in palace attire.

"Thank you for your explanation, Mother. I understand now!"