His Bloodlines Transformed Again: Thunder and Fire Tribulations Tempered His Body, Sending An Yi's Strength Soaring

Space rippled like water as An Yi and the others stepped out of the Library Pavilion, returning to the sunlit mountain hollow.

Outside the gates, the two elders, Qian Mu and Bai Lie, slowly opened their eyes from their cross-legged meditation.

When their gazes swept over the length of ancient vine entwined with thunder and fire in An Yi's hand, surprise flickered across their normally unruffled faces.

"I truly never imagined you would actually manage to catch it." Qian Mu rose, a trace of wonder in his clouded eyes.

"This is a treasure the Dean went to great lengths to obtain back in the day."

Qian Mu regarded the ancient vine with a complicated expression. "The Dean once said he would leave it in the Library Pavilion to await someone destined for it. But in all these years, although some sharp-eyed students have spotted it, no one has ever managed to touch it, let alone forcibly take it out."

An Yi glanced down at his right hand, which was still seeping blood, and frowned slightly. "What exactly is this thing?"

He knew his own physical strength well. After years of inhuman body tempering, his defenses had reached a level where it would take at least a Dou Huang expert to inflict a wound this deep, exposing the bone.

Moreover, the ancient vine carried the two energies of thunder and fire. An ordinary Dou Emperor wielding them would hardly have been able to hurt him much, yet this mere length of seemingly lifeless ancient vine had nearly ruined his right hand.

Bai Lie walked slowly forward, stared at the ancient vine, and explained gravely, "The Myriad Tribulations Thunderflame Ancient Vine."

"In an extremely perilous part of the Ancient Forbidden Ground, an ancient vine with the potential to develop spiritual awareness