No one knew how much time had passed before Ji Yuan finally opened his eyes, emerging from a haze.
At first, the moment he woke, the meridians inside him still ached as though fire had scorched them.
But once he circulated his blood and qi, the pain vanished without a trace.
In its place came a warm, waterlike ease. He first sensed the changes within himself—both his magical power and his blood and qi had improved.
The improvement was even greater than when he had eaten dragon meat at the Thunder Pool.
It made sense. How much dragon meat did one dragon have, and how much blood essence?
Refining blood essence was bound to bring a much greater improvement.
His bloodline had improved considerably too, though that change was more mysterious and difficult to measure.
If he had to put a number on it, the same spell would now be at least twenty percent more powerful than before!
Beyond that, nothing else seemed different.
Once Ji Yuan came to his senses, he immediately checked on the siblings Long Fei and Long Yun. As expected, that single drop of True Dragon Blood Essence had not been enough to make either of them a True Dragon.
Even the opportunity brought by the Dragon Pool's upgrade had not been enough.
He could only look for another chance in the future.
Still, the drop of True Dragon Blood Essence had benefited them both. Even now, dragon shadows continued to coil around them.
Ji Yuan left them undisturbed.
The only one who had found an opportunity to break through amid the phenomena of the upgrade was Dong Qian.
Her cultivation had now settled firmly at the Spirit Transformation Late Stage. Perhaps sensing Ji Yuan's arrival, Dong Qian circulated her technique and emerged from cultivation, then