Deep within the Divine Mountain lay a tranquil place.
Spiritual radiance rose from a Divine Pool, wreathed in spiritual mist. Its waters were crystalline as jade, shimmering with starlight.
At the center of the Divine Pool, Xi Yue sat cross-legged with her eyes closed, blood energy surging around her with astonishing force.
Rumble!
Her flesh rumbled, and runes flew from her body, circling through the air. They cast even her hair in gold, making her appear sacred and flawless, solemn as a divine image.
As the runes flowed, divine notes of the Great Dao rang out in waves, stirring ripples like an ancient divine oracle resounding throughout the heavens.
After restoring some of her missing laws in the abyss trial grounds and gaining further insights through cultivation, she vaguely sensed that her flesh still had flaws. It was not truly immaculate.
She had already pushed the Blood Moving Realm to an extreme. Before breaking through to the Cave Heaven Realm, a single swing of her arm had carried a full hundred and twenty thousand jin of divine strength, and it had continued growing even afterward.
Now, however, she had gained another insight and resolved to recultivate the Blood Moving Realm, bringing her flesh to true, flawless perfection.
A point of light could be seen bursting with divine radiance at her chest, her flesh resonating with it.
It was the half-formed embryonic Fleshly Cave Heaven she had opened long ago. Now it shone ever brighter, as though it were about to take complete shape!
Yet it was still far from that point. Only after opening ten cave heavens could she form a true embryonic version.
Rumble!
The blood energy within her ran wild. Mysterious runes traveled through every fraction of her bones and blood, constantly evolving inside her, gleaming brilliantly as they rumbled.
At the same time, her skin, bones, tendons, membranes, and even her internal organs glowed like starlight, undergoing a transformation.
A soft murmur escaped Xi Yue's lips. Comfort suffused her entire body, and with a crisp crack, something within her seemed to open.
It was a "gate" within her body. Part of her Fleshly Divine Treasury had been unlocked.
Black blood and bone fragments kept seeping from her pores. Her flesh glowed, growing ever more brilliant.
At that moment, divine strength filled her entire body, branding itself into her bones and blood. Xi Yue felt as though she had become a Divine Power Furnace. Every inch of flesh was being reforged, and every bone and tendon rumbled.
Xi Yue suddenly opened her eyes. Dazzling divine radiance erupted from their depths, its colorful light eclipsing the sun, like a divine sword breaking its seal, cleaving the firmament and tearing through the nine heavens!
This was a true transformation, bringing astonishing changes. Beneath the sunlight, her skin took on the hue of colored glass. Her gleaming bones rang with resonant divine notes, while her organs shone even more brilliantly, like blazing suns suspended within her, breathing in and releasing vital essence.
Now, a single swing of her arm carried a full hundred and twenty-eight thousand jin of divine strength. She had reached an extreme that would be difficult to surpass.
Even beings uniquely blessed with powerful flesh, such as the True Dragon and the Heavenly Horned Ant, could do no better. She had already reached the pinnacle.
Unless she found the legendary Indestructible Scripture, she could only stop here.
Her greatest gain this time was the transformation of her body's toughness. Her entire body had undergone nirvana, reaching flawless perfection in the truest sense, without the slightest defect remaining. Compared with that, her increased strength was merely an incidental benefit and no longer so important.
Her achievements in the Blood Moving Realm were already unrivaled. She could be called a pioneer, for throughout all of ancient history, no one had ever reached such heights.
"Miss, you've come out of seclusion!" Sensing that the fluctuations had subsided, Qing Shuang immediately hurried over.
"What are you staring at? Hurry up and fetch my clothes." Seeing Qing Shuang gazing at her intently, her eyes even somewhat entranced, Xi Yue promptly rapped her on the head.
Only then did Qing Shuang come back to her senses. She fetched a Violet Cloud Immortal Skirt and handed it over.
Xi Yue took it, and in an instant, it covered her body, concealing her graceful figure and snow-white skin.
Yet those faintly discernible curves were all the more alluring, intoxicating the heart and mind.
The Xu Family's Ancestral Temple.
It differed from the Ancestral Shrine, where the Xu Family's ancestors through the generations and the Immortal King Burial Shroud were enshrined.
The Ancestral Temple housed numerous Dao methods, Precious Arts, and even ancient scriptures. It could be called the repository of the Xu Family's foundations.
It was a grand and sacred temple, built from various divine metals and immortal jades, magnificent in gold and jade, overflowing with lustrous color and countless splendors.
The temple's four walls were carved with images of auspicious beasts: dragons and phoenixes heralding good fortune, qilins treading upon clouds. Every line seemed wreathed in an ancient divine aura, as though the creatures might break free of the walls.
"Seventh Grandfather." Xi Yue greeted him.
At the entrance to the Ancestral Temple, an old man in black reclined in a bamboo chair, holding a cup of Divine Tea and a book, looking thoroughly at ease.
"Ah, little Xi Yue. Have you come to study Precious Arts?" Seventh Grandfather rose and approached.
He was the temple's guardian, his cultivation unfathomable, and he remained stationed here year-round.
Xi Yue nodded. She had come precisely to learn high-level Precious Arts.
Previously, because her cultivation had still been shallow, she had only learned a few low-level fierce beast Precious Arts. Those were now struggling to keep pace with her, and only the Kun Peng Precious Technique was worthy of showing off.
After all, no one could grow fat from a single mouthful. Even the highest-level Precious Arts required sufficient foundations before one could cultivate them.
Besides that, she had come for the Longevity Method passed down through the Xu Family.
Among the longevity families and dynasties, the Wang Family had inherited the Chaos-Quelling Art, and the Jin Family had the Diamond Immortal Heavenly Art. Naturally, the Xu Family also had its own ancestral technique-the Heavenly Secrets Evolution Art.
This method touched upon heavenly secrets. It was incomparably profound and extremely difficult to master; several generations of the Xu Family had already failed to cultivate it.
Once mastered, it allowed one to glimpse heavenly secrets and anticipate an opponent's actions, seizing the initiative in battle.
In Xi Yue's eyes, this divine ability possessed extraordinary potential, greater even than the Chaos-Quelling Art.
After all, it touched upon karma...
Even beings at the end of the path would suffer calamity if they did not understand karma and stubbornly persisted in their own course.
Of course, that was only its potential. Its actual power certainly could not compare. After all, it had only been created by a true immortal and could not truly touch upon such a forbidden level.
Xi Yue followed Seventh Grandfather into the Scripture Temple. There were no formations or restrictions. With this supreme powerhouse standing guard, no one could possibly sneak inside.
Only the Xu Family's most central descendants or those who had made great contributions to the family could enter this divine temple.
Naturally, she faced no restrictions. After all, her father was the reigning emperor. Even taking the Immortal King Burial Shroud out for a stroll or two would pose no problem.
That, however, was merely hypothetical. In reality, Xu Mingxuan would never permit her to do such a thing.
The Ancestral Temple held a world within, involving the mysteries of space. It was far larger than it appeared from outside. Numerous rune bones and books stood on jade shelves, radiating luminous divine splendor.
These rune bones were not the Primordial Treasure Bones of fierce beasts. Such things were far too rare.
Generally, the vast major-
-ity of fierce beasts would destroy their treasure bones before dying, erasing the primordial rune imprints inherited within them to prevent their ancestral techniques from leaking out.
Moreover, even if one obtained a Primordial Treasure Bone, the rune imprints upon it would lose their divinity with the passage of time and ultimately be erased, leaving little significance.
"The Ancestral Temple houses many Precious Arts. Although we have no complete Precious Arts of the Ten Fiends, we do have a few individual moves," Seventh Grandfather said.
Complete Precious Arts of the Ten Fiends were far too extraordinary. Even a Longevity Dynasty such as theirs could not obtain them, however much they sought them.
Yet before he could continue, something Xi Yue took out left him utterly stunned.
"This is... the Kun Peng Precious Technique of the Ten Fiends!" Seventh Grandfather's body instantly trembled, and even his somewhat clouded eyes brightened.
There was no mistake. This was the flawless Kunpeng Method!
Even after living through endless years, he could not help coveting it. This was a Precious Art of the Ten Fiends-how many people, past or present, had ever obtained one?