Divine Gu Secret Art Initiation, Body-Refining Battle Skill Taihao Imperial Dragon Body

The night was thick, the stars cascaded like a waterfall, and the bright moon cast its cool radiance into Meng Chen's room.

Meng Chen sat cross-legged in meditation, his arms glowing with an unusual light—gold on the left, silver on the right. Dao patterns densely covered them, wreathed in rich temporal and spatial aura. He seemed like a divine child of time and space, seated above countless realms of spacetime!

At the same time, a humanoid Divine Gu, so illusory that only its outline could be seen, appeared behind him. It shimmered with golden and silver divine light, displaying the laws of time and space in a strange posture and unfolding the essence of a divine art. Ripples spread through the void, and even time came to a halt, becoming eternal.

This was the Divine Gu Demonstration!

Meng Chen finally had the time to cultivate this Ten Fiends Treasure Art.

The moment he began, he activated the Divine Gu Mark engraved upon the origin of his soul, causing the treasure art to take spiritual form and personally demonstrate its principles for him.

The Gu Clan were born with boundless strength. Their left hand could sever space, while their right hand could sever time.

The Gu Ancestor had been even more unfathomably powerful. With his own strength alone, he had sealed time and space and slain five Immortal King-level experts.

The Divine Gu Secret Art contained countless techniques, such as teleportation, Void Ripples, One Thought Eternity, Void Cage, Eternal Exile, Void Restraint, Void Transference, Void Shattering, Void Rending Slash, One Origin Refining the Void, and One Origin Transforming the Void...

In terms of killing power, it might have been slightly inferior to the True Dragon and Nine-Leaf Swordgrass, but in battlefield control, it was absolutely unmatched!

With the help of the Divine Gu Demonstration, Meng Chen's understanding of the Divine Gu Secret Art deepened steadily, and he gradually crossed its threshold.

His left hand evolved the laws of space, while his right hand evolved the laws of time. Time and space revolved in an endless cycle!

The night passed in silence. It was not until the next morning, when sunlight streamed through the window and fell upon Meng Chen's face, that he slowly awoke. A phantom of a Divine Gu flashed through his eyes.

"As expected of the Divine Gu Secret Art. It truly is exquisitely profound, its might commanding time and space."

Meng Chen slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, unable to keep himself from sighing.

"As one of the Ten Fiends' supreme arts, even in the Great Thousand World, there probably isn't a divine art that can compare to it."

Yet no matter how good the treasure art was, with Meng Chen's current cultivation of Dou Qi, he could only barely use short-range teleportation a few times.

He simply could not unleash any of the treasure art's killing moves.

"Hmm, a five-star Battle Practitioner. At this rate, breaking through to Battle Master this month won't be a problem."

Meng Chen inspected the Dou Qi within his body and found that he had already broken through to the five-star realm.

However, the Purple Sun Incinerating World Heavenly Technique had one special requirement: every time he broke through a major realm, he had to refine a Heavenly Flame.

And unlike alchemists, who used a Naling to contain a Heavenly Flame, he had to use his own body as a furnace and refine the Heavenly Flame into yang energy!

When the technique reached great mastery, nine suns would circle his body, burning away all demons and evil in the world!

"A Heavenly Flame... what a troublesome thing." The thought of using his body to endure the burning of a Heavenly Flame gave Meng Chen a headache.

Just look at Xiao Yan—whenever he absorbed a Heavenly Flame, he was never far from death. One slip, and he'd be done for.

Even he had only succeeded with the aid of countless medicinal pills, and he had used a Naling to contain the Heavenly Flame rather than stuffing it directly into his body.

Though Meng Chen possessed the Divine King Physique, it was still flesh and blood. Enduring the tempering of a Heavenly Flame would be no easy task!

Fortunately, the Purple Sun Emperor's inheritance contained a body-refining method called the Taihao Imperial Dragon Body, a Heaven Tier, Low Grade body-refining battle skill.

Of course, Meng Chen's current frail body definitely could not cultivate a Heaven Tier, Low Grade battle skill.

But the Taihao Imperial Dragon Body was divided into three stages.

The Sun Python Body, Blazing Sun Flood Dragon Body, and Taihao Imperial Dragon Body corresponded respectively to Profound Tier, High Grade; Earth Tier, Mid Grade; and Heaven Tier, Low Grade.

Meng Chen recalled the cultivation formula for the Taihao Imperial Dragon Body.

Dragon Blood was needed as a catalyst to temper the body and condense Sun Python Markings. Nine pythons formed one flood dragon, nine flood dragons formed one dragon, and with nine dragons upon the body, the dragon physique would reach great mastery. One could transform into a Taihao Imperial Dragon, nine zhang and nine chi long, commanding the sun and soaring through the heavens. Its dragon claws could tear apart sky and earth, while its dragon tail could sever rivers and shatter mountains!

The Sun Python Markings also had certain requirements. They came in three colors: red, purple, and violet-gold.

The deeper the color, the more thoroughly they had been cultivated.

"Looks like I need to get some Dragon Blood, as well as some herbs."

After thinking it over, Meng Chen walked out of the room.

The sunlight outside was bright, and the weather was pleasant. Meng Chen did not see Qing Yanjing and guessed that she was still cultivating, so he did not disturb her.

More than half an hour later, after finishing breakfast, Meng Chen arrived at the Mittel Auction House. Yafei was still the one who received him.

Considering the near-accident last time, Yafei restrained herself considerably. She did not deliberately tempt Meng Chen and handled things strictly as business.

"Young Master Meng, what do you need Yafei's help with today?" Yafei poured him tea and asked with a smile.

Meng Chen lifted the teacup and took a light sip before speaking calmly. "I need some essence blood from dragon-blooded magical beasts, the fresher the better. I also need some herbs."

With that, Meng Chen handed Yafei a sheet of paper listing thirteen herbs he had prepared in advance.

Yafei took it and looked it over, a trace of surprise appearing in her beautiful eyes.

Dragonblood Grass, Heartclearing Grass, Snake Saliva Fruit, Jade Marrow Lingzhi, Scorchbone Flower...

"Young Master Meng, are you buying these herbs to refine pills?" Yafei asked with a smile.

Meng Chen asked in return, "What, does the Mittel Auction House also care about what its customers buy things for?"

Having been rebuked by Meng Chen, Yafei's smile nearly faltered. A trace of resentment flickered in her eyes as she forced a smile and said:

"Yafei was presumptuous. Our Mittel Auction House has all of these herbs, but fresh Dragon Blood needs to be collected on the spot, so it will take some time."

Meng Chen considered it. "Prepare those herbs for me first. As for the Dragon Blood, I'll find another way."

Even freshly collected Dragon Blood would lose some of its vitality during transport, and its quality could not be guaranteed.

Rather than wasting time waiting, he might as well personally hunt a dragon-blooded magical beast in the Magic Beast Mountains and temper his body in its blood on the spot.

Very soon, the herbs were brought over by an attendant. They were quite expensive, costing Meng Chen more than thirty thousand gold coins.

And that was only enough for a single session of body refinement.

"Miss Yafei, I'll need these herbs again in the future. Please keep more in stock from now on, and make sure their quality is well controlled."

Meng Chen instructed Yafei. She smiled and nodded, watching him leave.

A moment later, an elderly man in an alchemist's robe arrived. Yafei looked at him and asked gently, "Uncle Guni, can you tell what the herbs on that list are used for?"

Guni looked at the tray left behind after the herbs had been taken away. After pondering for a while, he guessed, "This should be a secret body-refining formula. That young man was unwilling to use our auction house's Dragon Blood, so Dragon Blood must be the main ingredient, and his requirements for it are extremely high."

"A body-refining formula..." Yafei's red lips moved slightly as she murmured, "Forget it, there's no point thinking so much. Since he needs those herbs for body refinement, we'll purchase more of them. A steady stream of business is still a sizable deal."

Yafei did not investigate further. She was a businesswoman; as long as there was profit to be made, that was enough.

Meng Residence.

The moment he entered the central courtyard, Meng Chen saw Qing Yanjing standing elegantly by the pond. A gentle breeze stirred her skirt, revealing her snow-white legs; her full hips were broad enough to rival her shoulders, making her a breathtaking sight.

Sensing Meng Chen's presence, Qing Yanjing turned to look at him. Her violet eyes, as splendid as a galaxy, reflected his figure. Her red lips parted, and her voice was gentle and soft.

"You're back."

"Mm, Aunt Qing, I went to the Mittel Auction House to buy some herbs for body refinement..."