Stepping into the Divine Bridge Realm

Jiang Yun found the answer regarding the Blood Origin Fruit in the Dao Venerable Alchemy Chapter.

Its original form was merely a common Spirit-Eating Fruit. However, if the blood of a great demon spilled upon a Spirit-Eating Fruit and it grew by absorbing the essence of that blood, it became a Blood Origin Fruit.

It contained dense blood-origin vital energy and could serve as a supplementary ingredient for refining the One-Turn Golden Core.

Using a great demon's blood essence directly would also work, but its quality and taste were poor, so Dao Venerable did not recommend it.

Jiang Yun lacked the necessary conditions, so he planned to try using the flesh and blood of the Little Crocodile he had obtained on Yinghuo as a substitute.

Afterward, the four of them brought Xiao Nannan back to Jade Cauldron Paradise.

Xiao Nannan's condition was quite strange. Though she was a Great Emperor's Dao Fruit, she possessed the body of an ordinary mortal.

She could not miss any of her three daily meals. Xia Weier volunteered to take care of Xiao Nannan's food, clothing, lodging, and travel.

After bringing Xiao Nannan back, the houses in the courtyard seemed even more insufficient.

For the time being, Xiao Nannan squeezed into a room with Xia Weier and Little Dingdang. She was obedient and sensible, so she did not mind.

Cultivators had no distinction between day and night, and Jiang Shuanglan resolved to settle the household matters properly.

For the price of two bottles of Hundred-Grass Liquid, she hired several people to build four rooms, materials and labor included.

The purchasing power of Hundred-Grass Liquid was remarkably stable.

Xia Weier felt the price was too high when she heard it and said she could build the houses herself. Naturally, Jiang Shuanglan could not let her do that.

With the housing issue resolved, Jiang Yun no longer needed to worry about such matters.

In his spare time, he teased Xiao Nannan and Little Dingdang, then transformed into a medicinal farmer alongside Xia Weier to cultivate medicine fields.

At night, he did what should be done at night.

Most of his time was spent cultivating and studying the method for refining the One-Turn Golden Core.

Another two months passed like this, and Jiang Yun's cultivation reached a crucial moment.

His flesh seemed to develop a strange rhythm, while his bones trembled faintly. Fresh blood continuously regenerated along with that strange energy, and Jiang Yun's physical body seemed to be constantly transforming.

Within his Sea of Bitterness, waves surged into the sky, vital energy gushed forth, and clouds of radiance filled the heavens. The Source Pearl also underwent a profound transformation along with that strange rhythm.

His Sea of Bitterness had expanded greatly compared to two months ago.

This transformation continued for some time.

Only when a segment of Heaven-and-Earth Divine Veins condensed within his Sea of Reincarnation did Jiang Yun's cultivation finally reach the Divine Bridge Realm.

Jiang Yun sat cross-legged indoors and opened his eyes. A divine light shone from them, like lightning flashing through an empty room. It was truly extraordinary.

Feeling the strength of the Divine Bridge Realm, Jiang Yun was deeply gratified. All that Divine Spring Fluid had not been drunk for nothing.

He now had some ability to protect himself in the Yan Kingdom. Most elders within the Yan Kingdom's Heavenly Caves were only at this realm.

Jiang Yun used several minor techniques from the Dao Scripture to conceal the aura of his Divine Bridge breakthrough.

It was not yet time to announce his breakthrough.

His cultivation speed could be fast, but not too fast.

Jiang Yun casually opened his panel.

[Panel]

Realm: Divine Bridge cultivator

Physique: Divine Physique 24.93% (Sacred Physique 1.93%)

Bloodline: Hengyu Bloodline (1%)

Cultivation Techniques: "Dao Scripture," "Solar Scripture," "Nine Secrets: Zhe"

Reflection Points: 1

Source Space: 150*150*150

Dao Companion: Jiang Shuanglan (Hengyu Bloodline 3.25%, Divine Physique 10.29%) Favorability: 92

Marks: 0

Descendant Bonus: None

He still had one unused Reflection Point, and Jiang Yun had not yet decided what to choose.

He planned to decide after some time. Even if he obtained scriptures or secret techniques, his strength could not immediately improve.

As Jiang Shuanglan's favorability rose above ninety points, the marks Jiang Yun gained from each dual cultivation session had reached four.

Over the past nearly three months, as Jiang Yun's physique improved, Jiang Shuanglan could no longer endure five dual cultivation sessions a day.

They could only do it three or four times a day, gaining just 1,350 marks.

After his Divine Physique exceeded twenty percent, Jiang Yun's Mortal Physique disappeared and became a Divine Physique.

However, his Divine Physique was incomplete. It was a flawed Divine Physique.

Jiang Yun's Sea of Bitterness had originally been dark green, but its color was now growing lighter and lighter, gradually turning azure.

His physique grew stronger every day, and his cultivation became faster by the day. The feeling was simply wonderful.

Jiang Yun increasingly did not want to leave home.

He pushed open the door and walked outside. Today, Jiang Yun was especially happy.

"Big Brother, who are you? Why are you here?"

In the courtyard, the soft and adorable Xiao Nannan looked at Jiang Yun and asked in confusion.

"Nannan, have you forgotten Brother Jiang Yun again? I'm so heartbroken."

With a sorrowful expression, Jiang Yun teased Xiao Nannan, looking utterly devastated.

"I'm sorry, Big Brother Jiang Yun. Nannan is too useless."

Seeing Xiao Nannan lower her head in grievance, looking as though she were about to cry again, Jiang Yun hurriedly picked her up and soothed her.

During this time, Xiao Nannan had received excellent care.

However, she frequently forgot things from several days earlier. Jiang Yun had been forgotten more than twenty times, and he had grown used to it.

He teased her like this every time and had gained ample experience in comforting Xiao Nannan.

He still lacked the ability to store memories within Ancient Jade.

However, aside from breaking through his realm during this cultivation session, he had also refined an exquisite manual for Xiao Nannan.

He named this manual, which looked more like an accessory, "Nannan's Record Manual."

It contained some notes of caution, along with drawings of all of them.

He had Xiao Nannan look through it often and wear it around her neck.

Nannan could enter content herself, like a miniature mobile phone.

In truth, Jiang Yun had simply modified it based on a mobile phone.

Xiao Nannan held Nannan's Record Manual fondly and even happily kissed Jiang Yun.

Jiang Yun was stunned by this sudden display of affection and hardly dared to move.

When nothing unpleasant happened, Jiang Yun no longer minded. He held Xiao Nannan and walked around the courtyard.

Although Jiang Yun and Jiang Shuanglan did not manage the courtyard much, Xia Weier loved doing so.

She kept the courtyard in perfect order, planted exotic flowers and rare herbs, and made strolling through it refreshing and pleasant.

Jiang Yun had also set up four swings in the courtyard and made some small toys so Xiao Nannan would not be bored.

Jiang Shuanglan was still cultivating diligently in her room, while Little Dingdang was outside inspecting the medicine fields with Xia Weier.

The three of them had calculated that Xiao Nannan would probably forget things again in the next few days, so they had not taken her out.

Otherwise, it would be troublesome if she got lost, so they left her in the courtyard.

When Xiao Nannan was normal, she still loved going out with them and earnestly doing whatever she could.

After leaving Xiao Nannan with Xia Weier and Little Dingdang, Jiang Yun departed the valley and went to the place in Jade Cauldron Paradise where disciples traded.

Jiang Yun had spent all his savings in Yan Capital before, but the sect had distributed another sixty bottles of Hundred-Grass Liquid over the past two months. He used them to buy some basic medicinal ingredients and six spirit herbs.

He also traded the Azure Gold Shield that the ancestor had given him for a pill furnace. Though it counted as a spiritual treasure pill furnace, it was only the lowest grade.

With this pill furnace, Jiang Yun planned to refine Hundred-Grass Liquid first to practice.

Once he became proficient, he would try refining the One-Turn Golden Core. The materials were precious and could not be wasted.