Futu Yun

Futu Yun was a transmigrator—more precisely, a novel transmigrator. He had crossed into the world of The Great Ruler,

and was merely a commoner on Futuo Continent.

His parents were not even considered collateral members of the Pagoda Ancient Clan, let alone direct descendants.

Rumor had it that tracing their family tree would require going back to before the era of the Immortal Emperor.

Yet the moment he arrived in this world, he resonated with the Primordial Dharma Body, the Endless Light Body,

and even entered it directly to slumber. Thus, he was named Futu Yun and appointed young clan chief.

After all, he had been a posthumous child, and his mother had died in childbirth, leaving him orphaned from birth.

But having read the original novel, Futu Yun knew certain opportunities like the back of his hand.

Thus, when he was chosen by the Spirit Road, he joined without hesitation.

Not only did he seize all of protagonist Mu Chen's opportunities, he also stripped away both of his Divine Veins.

At first, Futu Yun possessed neither Divine Veins nor Spiritual Veins.

But as the holder of the Endless Light Body, his bloodline rank within the Pagoda Ancient Clan was practically at the level of an ancestral founder.

He inherently possessed the ability to forcibly strip Spiritual Veins from later generations.

And having read the original novel, he knew even better that the finest Divine Veins of the current generation were Mu Chen's Nine Divine Veins.

Under normal circumstances, he could only strip Spiritual Veins and could not touch Divine Veins, but Qing Yanjing's actions gave him an opportunity.

She actually stripped away her own Eight Divine Veins and used them to cover Mu Chen's Nine Divine Veins.

Those Eight Divine Veins had been external objects to begin with.

Futu Yun first stripped Qing Yanjing of her Eight Divine Veins, then took the Nine Divine Veins of the same origin along with them.

He absorbed Mu Chen's Nine Divine Veins and transformed into a genius with Nine Divine Veins.

Then, using the Nine Divine Veins as a foundation, he refined those Eight Divine Veins into a weapon capable of restraining Qing Yanjing, allowing him to seal her cultivation at any time.

Let alone Qing Yanjing being merely an Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign,

even if she were a Saint-grade Heavenly Sovereign, she would have no chance of breaking free and could only let Futu Yun do as he pleased.

Meanwhile, in Mu Territory of the Northern Spiritual Realm on the Hundred Spirit Continent, a figure sat quietly in meditation.

His hands were clasped before him, fingers interlocked and eyes shut, as though he had entered some state of cultivation.

The youth had soft yet slightly disheveled black hair. His young face was thin and delicate, pleasing to the eye.

Suddenly, he spat out a mouthful of blood, and his expression instantly wilted.

Pain filled his face, and he vaguely felt as if he had lost something.

"As expected of an Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign." Futu Yun stretched lazily.

The markings on his body had already faded away—signifying that he had completely mastered the Nine Divine Veins.

At the same time, the spiritual energy within his Qi Sea had become completely full, marking his arrival at the peak of the late Spirit Movement Stage.

He was only one step away from breaking through to the Spirit Wheel Stage, as though he merely needed to go with the flow for success to come naturally.

One had to know that, as the champion of the Spirit Road, he had received the highest-grade Spirit Road empowerment.

Yet after that spiritual energy entered his Qi Sea, it had been no more than a drop in the bucket.

Now, after dual cultivation with Qing Yanjing just once, he had not only refined the Nine Divine Veins, but his cultivation had also leapt to the peak of the Spirit Movement Stage.

The spiritual energy within him still surged and boiled, seemingly ready to break through the barrier at any moment, only to be forcibly suppressed by him.

The first cultivation realm was the Spirit Sensing Stage, where one had to sense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Next came the Spirit Movement Stage. Only upon reaching this realm could one draw spiritual energy into the body.

After the Spirit Movement Stage came the Spirit Wheel Stage, where the spiritual energy within the body condensed into a "wheel,"

and its spiritual energy became far more concentrated than at the Spirit Movement Stage.

Above the Spirit Wheel Stage was the Divine Soul Stage—an important watershed, with combat power far surpassing the Spirit Wheel Stage.

This was because, upon entering the Divine Soul Stage, one could refine the essence souls of all beasts in heaven and earth.

Once refined successfully, one would obtain the power of a spiritual beast. Combined with one's own spiritual energy, combat power would naturally soar.

However, it was quite common for essence souls to backlash against their masters.

Some Divine Soul Stage experts aimed too high and always sought to refine the essence souls of exceptionally powerful spiritual beasts.

But refining an essence soul required erasing the spiritual beast's original intelligence, which would inevitably provoke its desperate resistance.

Spiritual beasts with especially fierce natures could even seize the chance to counterattack. Once backlash occurred, survival was usually a matter of one chance in ten.

Therefore, both the Spirit Wheel Stage and the Divine Soul Stage were about laying foundations.

Futu Yun's Spirit Movement Stage cultivation had been attained with Qing Yanjing's help.

Though there were no side effects, hidden dangers still remained.

Thus, he was in no hurry to break through to the Spirit Wheel Stage.

Glancing at Qing Yanjing's delicate body curled up beside him, Futu Yun, who had entered a state of emptiness and clarity, found it utterly dull and prepared to leave.

"Can you undo my seal?" Qing Yanjing had lost her former pride, her tone now pitiful and vulnerable.

"No."

"Are you trying to get me killed?" She had offended quite a few people in the Pagoda Ancient Clan over the years.

"Heh. If you don't want others to learn that your cultivation has been sealed, then hide it properly!"

"Don't even think about undoing the seal."

"In the entire Great Thousand World, no one can undo it unless the Immortal Emperor is reborn."

"Unfortunately, there is no longer an emperor in this world."

Watching his retreating back, Qing Yanjing bit down on her red lips and rose to her feet.

She refused to believe that a seal laid down by an ant who had not even reached the Spirit Wheel Stage could truly be as powerful as he claimed.

One had to know that although Qing Yanjing was an Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign, she was also a Saint-Grade Spiritual Array Grandmaster!

It was precisely because of her formidable strength that the Pagoda Ancient Clan had valued her so highly—yet she had insisted on joining with a weakling at the Divine Soul Stage.

Not only had this damaged the Pagoda Clan's reputation, but stripping her own Divine Veins had also been a grave crime within the clan.

These actions completely enraged the First Elder, Futu Xuan, and she was imprisoned as a result.

But who could have imagined that joining with someone at the Divine Soul Stage had once been considered a crime,

while now she had become the cultivation furnace of someone at the Spirit Movement Stage, though this Spirit Movement Stage cultivator truly was extraordinary.

However, before long, Qing Yanjing finally put on a mask of pain.

To her misery, she discovered that this seal really was powerful.

In truth, it contained no sophisticated technique at all—it was simply pure restraint.

After absorbing Mu Chen's Nine Divine Veins, he had in turn refined the Eight Divine Veins she had used to cover her son's Nine Divine Veins.

Perhaps there had originally been a chance, so long as the Nine Divine Veins could be stripped out again.

But after one round of dual cultivation with her, those Nine Divine Veins had completely become his own.

Still, these things were ultimately external objects, and Futu Yun did not feel entirely at ease.

Therefore, before seeking Qing Yanjing, he first discussed matters with several high-ranking members of the Pagoda Ancient Clan.

He had them travel to the Phoenix Clan and exchange benefits for the other side's clan-protecting Divine Ability.

One of the thirty-six Peerless Divine Abilities, the Nine Revolutions Saint Art.

This Divine Ability required nine nirvanas. Only after completing all nine revolutions could one gain the qualifications to enter the Saint Grade realm.

However, it imposed extremely harsh talent requirements upon its practitioners and was exceedingly difficult to cultivate.

Moreover, every nirvana not only required ten years, but also demanded the devouring of the bloodline of a Super Divine Beast.

Thus, though it was nominally a clan-protecting treasure, its actual value was not particularly high.

After paying a certain price, the Pagoda Ancient Clan ultimately succeeded in exchanging for it.

Afterward, Futu Yun improved this Divine Ability's cultivation method.

He replaced the ten years required for each nirvana with the consumption of a massive amount of Supreme Spiritual Liquid.

And he changed the requirement of devouring a Super Divine Beast's bloodline into other conditions.

After all, he was not truly seeking to "become a saint." He merely wanted to make the Nine Divine Veins completely his own.