Moreover, cultivating the ancestral dragon boundless force would constantly strengthen his body, allowing it to withstand tremendous power.
Every small world he activated was equivalent to gaining a small dantian. Activating all 1.08 billion small worlds would give him 1.08 billion dantians.
Once all 1.08 billion small worlds were fully activated, he could transform into an Ancestral Dragon.
Xia Yu swallowed involuntarily. This cultivation method defied the heavens.
The two techniques consisted of a fist technique and a movement technique.
The fist technique was called Ancestral Dragon Fist. It contained only one move, called Boundless.
He would gather all his power and unleash a full-force punch, then rapidly drive the power throughout his body to layer it once. This constituted one measure.
Each additional layer of his entire body's power during a punch added another measure.
Layering it countless times would make it boundless.
Xia Yu was utterly stunned. If he activated all 1.08 billion small worlds, then added the limitless layering of Boundless, just how powerful would that final punch become?
It was simply unimaginable!
The movement technique also contained only two moves: Divine Dragon Concealment and Divine Dragon Movement.
To his surprise, Xia Yu discovered that Divine Dragon Concealment was a stealth technique that let him hide and move unseen through an unknown space.
Divine Dragon Movement, the Ancestral Dragon's movement technique, could dramatically increase his speed.
At its highest level, it would allow him to move as swiftly as an Ancestral Dragon.
Xia Yu shook his head slightly. With the speed of Divine Dragon Movement and the power of Boundless, the might of that combination...
Suddenly, another memory appeared in Xia Yu's mind.
Xia Yu examined it closely and froze.
This... this was actually the method for activating the Heaven-Incinerating Furnace.
More importantly, the Heaven-Incinerating Furnace could actually be cultivated as well.
In the first stage, his body would serve as the furnace, allowing him to smelt any object containing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy. Activating it would greatly accelerate his absorption of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy.
In the second stage, spiritual energy would serve as the furnace, forming a Heaven-Incinerating Furnace outside his body that could trap and kill enemies and refine all things.
In the third stage, heaven and earth would serve as the furnace, allowing him to refine everything within them.
Xia Yu was utterly stunned!
A divine treasure that defied the heavens!
At that moment, Xia Yu silently told himself that this had to remain his most closely guarded secret.
Slowly clenching his fists, Xia Yu felt his body brimming with strength. He had never felt better.
He rolled out of bed and slowly began circulating the Ancestral Dragon Boundless Art.
In an instant, the surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy surged into his body.
Strangely, that energy did not enter his dantian. Instead, it mysteriously vanished.
Still, Xia Yu was certain of one thing: it had vanished inside his body!
Without dwelling on it, Xia Yu continued circulating the Ancestral Dragon Boundless Art.
Dense Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy still lingered throughout the room, filling it with a hazy mist.
Anyone who witnessed this scene would have been utterly astonished.
Spiritual energy condensed into mist!
Even the sacred grounds of many sects did not possess Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy this dense.
As Xia Yu cultivated, the mist filling the room dwindled at a rate visible to the naked eye.
Gradually, the room grew brighter.
Suddenly, Xia Yu's body shuddered.
Boom...
A rumble actually sounded from within his body.
The next moment, a formidable power arose inside him, circulated once, and vanished.
Xia Yu paused in surprise, then looked inward at the place where that power had disappeared.
A faint light shone there.
At the same time, Xia Yu discovered, to his astonishment, that his cultivation had broken through.
Before his injury, he had only been at the tenth level of Body Tempering. Just now, he had broken through to the first level of Origin Absorption.
Not only that, his cultivation was still rising.
The second level of Origin Absorption!
The third level of Origin Absorption!
The fourth level of Origin Absorption!
The fifth level of Origin Absorption!
Igniting a single small world had actually brought him consecutive breakthroughs!
Xia Yu was both astonished and delighted!
He had never expected to absorb enough Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy to ignite a small world.
This was an incredible surprise!
He had originally thought it would take a long time to light up even one small world.
What he did not know was that lighting up this small world had been entirely thanks to the Heaven-Incinerating Furnace.
Earlier, the Heaven-Incinerating Furnace had absorbed Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy with all its might to refine the Ancestral Dragon.
Later, because of the Ancestral Dragon's choice, a small portion of that Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy had remained in the room.
Otherwise, it could never have been so easy.
Sure enough, after lighting up one small world, Xia Yu found pitifully little Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy left when he continued absorbing it.
Xia Yu stopped and began practicing Ancestral Dragon Fist.
Gathering all his strength, Xia Yu unleashed a punch with a thunderous roar.
A powerful force surged fiercely from the ignited small world, sending the wind howling around his fist.
But when Xia Yu tried to layer his power, he failed.
Punch after punch, every attempt failed.
Xia Yu stopped, closed his eyes, and recalled the memories of Ancestral Dragon Fist in his mind, reviewing every movement the Ancestral Dragon had made when throwing a punch.
Gradually, Xia Yu raised his fist.
Suddenly, his fist shot out like lightning.
A sharp crack rang through the air.
But Xia Yu had failed again.
He could not execute Boundless.
This time, however, he finally discovered the problem.
He had only lit up one small world, and that world contained only one dragon's worth of power. He had no way to layer it.
He needed to light up at least two small worlds before he could use Boundless.
Xia Yu shook his head. For now, he could not cultivate Ancestral Dragon Fist.
Still, he also discovered that his punches had been gradually growing stronger during this brief practice.
Setting Ancestral Dragon Fist aside for the moment, Xia Yu began practicing Divine Dragon Concealment and Divine Dragon Movement.
With the ready-made memories to guide him, Xia Yu mastered both movement techniques in less than a quarter of an hour.
However, both the concealment effect of Divine Dragon Concealment and the speed of Divine Dragon Movement were currently too pathetic to bear.
Suddenly, he thought of the Heaven-Incinerating Furnace. If he activated it and reserved all the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy it absorbed for his body, his cultivation of the Ancestral Dragon Boundless Art would surely become much faster.
But the moment that thought occurred to him, the Heaven-Incinerating Furnace in his dantian began trembling.
Clearly, it was unwilling.
Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy was vital to it as well.
Xia Yu smiled and said nothing more.
Suddenly, a maid ran over, gasping for breath. "Young patriarch, hurry and take a look! The young lady... she..."
"Where?" Xia Yu asked urgently before she could finish.
"The... the kitchen."
In an instant, Xia Yu vanished from before her eyes.
"So fast? Wasn't the young patriarch's dantian damaged?" The maid was bewildered.
Meanwhile, in the kitchen...
"I'm telling you, without my permission, not a single grain of rice or salt leaves this kitchen!"
"And these nourishing dishes and the rest of the food need to be served immediately. The patriarch is hosting the city lord and the patriarchs of the four great Lineages today. If anyone makes the slightest mistake, I'll make you regret it!"
Xia Fan stood with his hands behind his back, his face full of arrogance, spraying spittle all over the room.
"This nourishing dish is for my brother. I made it myself. It isn't yours."
Xia Yao stood before the stove, shielding the dish.
"Your brother? That crippled young patriarch? Tell me, don't the ingredients belong to the Xia Lineage? Doesn't the firewood in this stove belong to the Xia Lineage?"
"All of this belongs to the Xia Lineage. How dare you claim this dish doesn't?"
"Get out of my way! I'm telling you, your brother isn't the young patriarch anymore. He doesn't deserve this food!"
Xia Fan shoved Xia Yao aside.
Xia Yao had always been frail. How could she withstand Xia Fan's shove?
She staggered and, by a cruel twist of fate, struck her forehead against the corner of a table. A gash opened immediately, bleeding nonstop.
Xia Fan jumped in fright.
But after a moment's thought, he lifted his chin, utterly unafraid.
Xia Yu was no longer the young patriarch, while Xia Fan's own sister was among the current young patriarch's closest confidants. He had powerful backing.
At that thought, he picked up the nourishing dish and said coldly, "Get back to work, all of you."
Seeing him turn to leave, Xia Yao endured the pain, struggled unsteadily to her feet, and grabbed Xia Fan.
"That's my brother's nourishing dish! Give it back!"
Xia Fan sneered. Looking at Xia Yao's delicate face, he broke into a lecherous grin.
"Miss Yao, you want this dish? Sure. Sleep with me, and I'll give you everything you want!"
"You..." Xia Yao had never heard such words before. Her face flushed crimson with anger.
"Heh, heh. Think it over, Miss Yao."
As Xia Fan spoke, he leaned his face closer.
"Get away!"
Smelling his foul breath, Xia Yao could not help snapping at him and giving him a shove.
"Ow!"
The soup in the dish splashed onto his hand, scalding him.
"You little bitch! I'm doing you a favor by offering to sleep with you, and you fucking dare lay hands on me? If I don't teach you a lesson today, my name isn't Xia Fan!"
Xia Fan set the dish on the table and kicked at Xia Yao.
Unable to cultivate, Xia Yao had no chance to dodge. The kick knocked her straight to the floor.
"Fuck your ancestors!"
Suddenly, a furious roar rang out.
Xia Yu had arrived!
Seeing his sister kicked to the floor, blood streaming from her forehead, Xia Yu's eyes instantly reddened.
"Die!"
Enraged beyond measure, Xia Yu hurled a punch as fast as lightning.
Xia Fan was only at Body Tempering. Before he could even see the fist clearly, it struck his head.
Bang!
His entire head burst apart!
His headless body twitched as it collapsed.
"Ah! Murder!"
"Xia Yu killed someone!"
The people in the kitchen immediately began screaming in terror.
Xia Yu could not be bothered with them. He immediately gathered his sister into his arms.
"Sis, are you all right?"
Xia Yao shook her head slightly. "I made you a nourishing soup."
"Forget the soup right now. I'm taking you to get your wound treated."
Xia Yu raced back to their little courtyard. He had just finished treating his sister's wound when a bang rang out as someone kicked the courtyard gate open.
"Xia Yu, get out here! You dared murder a member of our Lineage in broad daylight!"
Hearing this, Xia Yao hurriedly grabbed Xia Yu's hand.
"Don't go."
Xia Yu said gently, "Sis, it's all right. Trust me! Stay here and rest."
Turning around, Xia Yu walked outside, step by step.
Outside the gate stood the Xia Lineage's patriarch, Great Elder, young patriarch, and the others, with not one missing. Even the city lord and the patriarchs of the other three great Lineages had followed them over.
Xia Yu held his head high and squared his shoulders. "He dared hurt my sister. Death was too good for him!"
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