The appearance of the Immortal Dao had epoch-making significance for the Primordial World. It had completely broken the limits imposed by bloodlines and redefined cultivation.
Not everyone possessed a powerful bloodline, but through cultivation, all living beings could master primordial qi.
After Bloodline Vitality Transformation, it was no longer a bloodline but a cultivation method that anyone could practice.
Thus, the bloodline monopoly of the great clans was broken, and their advantage was gone. If they failed to keep up with the times, they would be eliminated all the same.
That was the Immortal Dao. Its appearance had brought a revolution to the cultivation world, overturned the established cultivation system, and reshuffled the old powers.
Unfortunately, the Immortal Dao had only just been perfected. It was still circulating only among the upper echelons of the Primordial World and had yet to become widespread. With cultivation as meager as Jiang Yuan's, he had truly benefited from the times by gaining access to the Immortal Dao so early.
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A mass of purple dragon aura surged around Jiang Yuan, occasionally letting out a majestic dragon's roar. This was the Azure Dragon Vitality he had obtained by refining the Azure Dragon Bloodline within him.
One could see innate runes flowing through the surging vitality, each one revealing the wonders of the Great Dao.
Innate Runes were derivatives of primordial qi. There were 129,600 of them, and they formed the foundation of the Great Dao and its laws.
According to the Immortal Dao's understanding, the Dao ruled over all things; first came qi, from which runes derived. The runes formed Heaven and Earth, and Heaven and Earth gave birth to all things.
Jiang Yuan had no way of knowing whether this was truly the case. He only knew that the Dao Ancestor had said so, and Lady Nuwa had recorded it that way, so that was what he learned.
These runes are the key to deriving Azure Dragon Vitality.
Staring at the Innate Runes within the Azure Dragon Vitality, Jiang Yuan urged the Creation Jade Disk to its limits, continually enhancing his comprehension as he tried to understand their meaning.
Pieced together, these Innate Runes formed an innate Dao scripture called the Azure Dragon Dao Scripture. Once he cultivated it, he could transform ordinary innate spiritual qi into Azure Dragon Vitality.
Then, all he had to do was keep strengthening his Azure Dragon Vitality to cultivate the Azure Dragon Dharma Form. He would become as powerful as a true Azure Dragon and enter the ranks of the Innate Gods and Devils.
Thirty-six thousand runes!
According to the Creation Scripture, living beings are also made up of Innate Runes. Acquired Living Beings are made up of nine hundred runes, while Innate Living Beings are made up of three thousand six hundred.
Innate True Spirits have ten thousand eight hundred, Innate Gods and Devils thirty-six thousand, and Innate Divine Beings eighty-one thousand.
Only Great God Pangu was made up of all 129,600 Innate Runes. He was the most perfect living being between Heaven and Earth.
The Azure Dragon Vitality contained thirty-six thousand Innate Runes, matching the Creation Scripture's description of the Innate Gods and Devils.
To condense the Azure Dragon Avatar, Jiang Yuan first had to comprehend the meaning of these runes. It was difficult and time-consuming.
But that was the proper way. Jiang Yuan was different. He had an unconventional shortcut that could get him there quickly: he could eat his way to the Dao.
It's just that the Azure Dragon Bloodline within me is still too thin. Even if I refine all of it, it won't be enough for me to condense the Azure Dragon Avatar.
The best way is still to eat—to devour more living beings with Azure Dragon blood and seize their essence.
That way, I won't need to cultivate painstakingly. My Azure Dragon Vitality will grow purer and stronger, and eventually condense into the Azure Dragon Avatar on its own.
Jiang Yuan was lazy. Painstaking cultivation clearly didn't suit him. So he might as well start eating.
As long as he ate well, he wouldn't need to comprehend the Azure Dragon Runes at all. They would become instinctive and fall under his control on their own.
Of course, only Jiang Yuan could use this method. Others would need heaven-defying talent to imitate it. Not everyone possessed a Creation Jade Disk like his.
Devouring the essence of myriad beings wasn't difficult. But without the Creation Jade Disk to enhance one's comprehension, how could different essences be fused? What if they clashed inside the body?
Without a solution to that problem, attempting it by force could easily end with one's body exploding. That was why Jiang Yuan's method shouldn't be tried lightly by anyone without heaven-defying talent.
Jiang Yuan's plan was sound, but beings related to the Azure Dragon weren't easy to find.
There were plenty among the Human Race, but they were all Jiang Yuan's family. No matter how beastly he was, he wouldn't go so far as to target his own kin.
True Dragons are mostly descendants of the Azure Dragon. But if I hunted them on a large scale, I doubt even Ancestor Sui could protect me.
After carefully weighing the pros and cons, Jiang Yuan gave up on making the Azure Dragon Avatar his first choice and instead decided to condense the Kun Fish Avatar.
The Kun Fish was perfect. Nearly all fish-type Fierce Beasts were connected to the Kun Fish. And if he slaughtered Fierce Beasts, no matter how many he killed, there would be no hidden consequences. He might even gain Merit.
That was because Fierce Beasts were a great scourge upon the Primordial World. They had no intelligence and knew only how to destroy Heaven and Earth. Killing them was not only blameless but meritorious.
Having made up his mind, Jiang Yuan once again circulated the Creation Scripture and began refining the Kun Fish Bloodline within him. Like the Azure Dragon Vitality, the Kun Fish Vitality also contained thirty-six thousand runes.
Next, Jiang Yuan refined the two remaining God-Devil Bloodlines within him—the Star Bloodline and the Creation Bloodline—one after the other. They yielded Star Primordial Qi and Creation Primordial Qi, respectively, each likewise containing thirty-six thousand Innate Runes.
The difference was that strengthening these two types of primordial qi didn't require devouring living beings. The former required the essence of the stars, while the latter required Creation spiritual objects.
How to put it? That was even worse than devouring living beings.
In the Primordial World, anything related to Creation was fairly rare, precious, and hard to come by.
As for the essence of the stars, there was no shortage of it in the Primordial World, but it was mostly in the hands of the Demon Clan. Others had little chance of obtaining any.
Ever since the Demon Clan had ascended to Heaven and established the Heavenly Court, the Myriad Stars Radiance that should have flowed down to the lands of the Primordial World had been intercepted for their private use.
As a result, the essence of the stars, once as common as dirt, had become increasingly precious.
The Demon Clan really did nothing but cause trouble!
For now, the easiest one to condense is the Kun Fish Avatar.
Of course, I could also keep seizing other God-Devil Bloodlines. What race in the Primordial World has survived to this day without God-Devil Bloodlines in its veins?
After refining all the God-Devil Bloodlines within him, Jiang Yuan ended his cultivation, rose to his feet, and headed outside.
To condense the Kun Fish Avatar, he needed to hunt fish-type Fierce Beasts related to it.
For Jiang Yuan, this was actually dangerous. After all, his cultivation was too weak. One careless mistake, and instead of hunting the Kun Fish, he might be swallowed by one.
But that had been before. Now that Ancestor Sui valued him, his standing among the Human Race had soared. He could simply ask the Heavenly Immortals in the clan to hunt the fish-type Fierce Beasts he needed to condense his avatar.
If you had power, you should use it. That was called making good use of your advantages. Otherwise, what was the point of having an advantage if you didn't use it, and insisted on risking your life to hunt Fierce Beasts? That would just be stupid.
Once he told Ancestor Sui what he needed, there was nothing more for Jiang Yuan to worry about. All he had to do was wait for the spoils.
But while he waited, he couldn't just sit around. It was time to fulfill his duties and teach the exceptional members of the clan selected by Ancestor Sui his self-created Body Refining Method, which could enhance their bloodlines.
It was while teaching them that Jiang Yuan suddenly had the idea of creating a written script.