The twins were already among the most beautiful women under heaven. Their sacred blood was rich, and they could be called perfect. Since they were willing to become Xiao Ping'an's Dao companions, he naturally would not refuse.
The three of them drained the fine wine on the table.
The candlelight glimmered dimly, and fish and dragons danced all night.
One dragon and two phoenixes, the lovebirds tumbling together.
Xiao Ping'an woke from his sleep refreshed and invigorated.
Led by the twins, they headed toward a secret place left by the Sacred Body ancestors.
"You mean the treasure the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body left you?"
"What exactly is inside?"
Xiao Ping'an asked, his face full of curiosity.
"The good things Father left us must be extraordinary. Only someone with golden blood lying dormant in their body can open the restriction on it," said the elder of the twins.
The elder twin was called Yun'er, and the younger was called Wei'er.
They took Sheng as their surname, so their full names were Sheng Yun and Sheng Wei.
Xiao Ping'an liked to call them Yun'er and Weiwei.
Sensing that his life was drawing to an end, the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body had wanted to leave something for his descendants.
Although he had no sons, he had two daughters with Sacred Bodies and rich sacred blood.
If events had followed the original story, the two women with Sacred Bodies would surely have left descendants of their own.
There were no legends about them in later ages. In history, the two women had probably been killed early on by the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body's many enemies. They might even have been killed after stopping at the Saint realm, without ever stepping into the Quasi-Emperor realm, leaving not the slightest trace behind.
Now that they had become Xiao Ping'an's Dao companions, perhaps that could be considered their good fortune.
"It's actually sacred blood," Yun'er said. "It can further awaken the golden sacred blood in our bodies and transform our physiques. In the future, we can break through our shackles and become Pure-Blooded Sacred Bodies, Pure-Blooded Sacred Bodies comparable to the First-Generation Sacred Physique."
"Before our father died, he solemnly told us that this precious sacred blood origin could transform us into powerhouses with astonishing cultivation talent and restore the Sacred Body Lineage to its former glory. He instructed us never to use it casually or tell anyone this secret."
"We could only use it if a Dark Turmoil occurred in the future, or if the human race faced a great crisis."
"Father hoped we would step forward and stop the Dark Turmoil when it occurred," Weiwei said.
Looking at the two valiant, spirited sisters, Xiao Ping'an could not help reflecting that the ancestral precepts of the Sacred Body Lineage really were just as described.
But was such sacrifice truly worth it?
There were simply too many Dark Supremes in this era. Quelling a Dark Turmoil was easier said than done.
More likely, they would be surrounded and attacked by those Dark Supremes and become food in their mouths.
"This can only be used when a Human Sacred Body is needed to quell a turmoil and suppress the Dark Supremes," Xiao Ping'an said. "The Great Accomplishment Sacred Body truly cared for all under heaven and had the grandeur to swallow mountains and rivers. Such breadth of spirit commands respect. Few in the world could compare to him."
Xiao Ping'an offered a few polite compliments.
Although the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body had once humiliated Xiao Ping'an, after he fucked the man's twin daughters, the resentment in his heart had quietly vanished.
His state of mind was now very peaceful, and he was very satisfied with his life.
"There isn't a Dark Turmoil now, yet you've emerged ahead of time. If you use this sacred blood now, do you think the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body will be so angry that he'll defy heaven and return to beat you two girls to death?" Xiao Ping'an said.
"Don't mind that old man," Yun'er said.
"His ideas are outdated," Weiwei said.
"Our goal is to break the curse that prevents Sacred Bodies from proving the Dao, while Father's goal was for us to suppress the Dark Turmoil. Nothing we're doing conflicts with his last wishes. It's just that we emerged in the wrong era," Yun'er said, a mischievous look in her eyes.
According to the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body's plans, his two daughters would bear children and, in time, multiply into a Sacred Body Lineage.
But the sacred blood in their descendants was bound to grow thinner and thinner, until it seemed to have vanished altogether.
Perhaps, from time to time, a small number of descendants would experience an ancestral reversion, with a small or large amount of golden blood lying dormant in their bodies.
If those people used the sacred blood origin to baptize their bodies, their cultivation talent and speed would surely soar into the sky.
Clearly, this Great Accomplishment Sacred Body had planned far ahead, and had truly acted for the good of all under heaven, to suppress the Dark Turmoil.
Xiao Ping'an fell somewhat silent.
To be honest, the Heavenly Tyrant Body Lineage in the original story had been rather dishonorable. While alive, they had not quelled the Dark Turmoil, but instead joined the Dark Supremes in starting it.
They also bore a grudge against the Sacred Body Lineage, which quelled the Dark Turmoil. They truly looked every bit the villains.
Xiao Ping'an did not want such people among his descendants.
Ever since he had crossed over to this era, he really had changed a great deal.
For one thing, he had taken the initiative to avoid the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body. For another, a Heavenly Tyrant Body who had never succeeded in proving the Dao had done so and become a Heavenly Venerate.
There was also the marriage between the Heavenly Tyrant Body and the Sacred Body Lineage. Nothing could resolve a conflict faster than a marriage alliance.
In later ages, the Heavenly Tyrant Body and the Sacred Body might interact like relatives, rather than treating each other as enemies.
But when he thought of what befell the Sacred Body Lineage in later ages-protecting the human race, only to die far from home and suffer ill omens in their later years-it truly was tragic.
Xiao Ping'an did not want his descendants to suffer such a terrible fate.
By comparison, he would rather see figures like the Great Accomplished Tyrant Body among his descendants, protecting the entire Tyrant Body Ancestral Star and the Tyrant Body Lineage. Of course, they should not start a Dark Turmoil.
Weiwei said, "If we gave you Father's Sacred Body origin essence blood to devour, I wonder whether you could gain new insights and use it to live another life?"
"Didn't you say you intended to follow the path of Red Dust Immortal Ascension, and swear to live one life after another? If your deductions about Red Dust Immortal Ascension are correct, we're willing to give you this sacred blood origin to use. Then we'll seal ourselves in Immortal Source and witness your Red Dust Immortal Ascension with our own eyes," Weiwei said.
Xiao Ping'an shook his head and said, "The origin of a Great Accomplishment Sacred Body in his later years isn't enough to let me live another life. If I devoured it, it would only go to waste."
"Perhaps I'd gain a little insight, but it wouldn't be of much use to me now."
"The path of the Red Dust Immortal I'm following is still being worked out. I haven't truly found a way through it yet."
"Besides, the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body personally left this sacred blood origin to you. It's best for you to inherit it, so don't waste it."
The three soon arrived at a sealed place.
The twin sisters traced patterns with their hands and opened the sealed treasury together.
After they pushed open the enormous jade doors, a dazzling radiance streamed out. Countless treasures lay quietly inside the treasury.
The twins soon took a stone casket out of this small world.
The Great Accomplishment Sacred Body had personally placed a restriction on it. Only someone with golden blood could open it. If anyone tried to break it open by force, all the sacred blood inside would turn to ash.
The sisters cut their fingers, and strands of golden blood flowed out onto the stone casket.
Click, click. The stone casket opened at once.
An air of passing ages spread out, its ancient, timeworn presence astonishing to behold.
"Father," the twins cried out together.
It was a presence bound to them by blood, as though their father had come back to life.
Inside the stone casket were six small jade bottles, each three inches tall and crystal clear, allowing the sacred blood inside to be seen plainly.
The six small jade bottles contained three kinds of incomparably sacred blood.
The first was golden blood, dazzling and brilliant. Although tens of thousands of years had passed, it still resembled molten Dao Tribulation Gold, and the golden divine light it emitted shone with incomparable brilliance.
A thunderous rumbling came from within Yun'er and Weiwei.
The golden blood in their bodies surged and roared, resonating with the blood in the small jade bottles.
The second kind of small jade bottle contained equal parts golden and red blood, dazzlingly beautiful and incomparably sacred.
The brilliant light of the two kinds of blood, perfectly fused together, radiated an eternal divine glow.
The presence emanating from the blood was just like the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body himself appearing once more. It gave off a blood-colored halo and a supreme, unsurpassed presence.
These three-inch jade bottles radiated the majesty of the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body.
Golden and red light shimmered, and the blood in the twins' bodies boiled even more fiercely.
The red light in particular left them even more shaken.
The last kind of blood surpassed the other two and was the most precious.
This sacred blood was entirely bright red, truly flawless scarlet blood. It gave off no light or terrifying pressure, appearing only sacred and serene.
The blood seemed ordinary, yet it made the twins feel a deep affinity, and their hearts grew clear and tranquil.
The red blood gathered together like a human-shaped immortal pill.
Xiao Ping'an could sense the presence of the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body. Although he could not sense the special power contained within it, he knew there was no mistaking this feeling of a return to simplicity.
He too had once pursued the realm of great perfection, refining all his purple blood into flawless, bright red blood.
No matter how powerful the other two kinds of blood were, or how astonishing the fluctuations of the Great Dao they emitted, they could only stand aside before this flawless scarlet blood.
There were six bottles in all, containing three kinds of blood, and the twins divided them equally.
When they picked up the red blood, the sacred blood in their bodies, which had been boiling and roaring like great rivers, suddenly grew calm, as though the golden brilliance, flashing lightning, and rumbling thunder of moments before had all been an illusion.
The six bottles of blood the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body had left his descendants represented his love for them.
This inheritance spanned tens of thousands of years, a legacy of sacred blood capable of breaking the shackles of heaven and earth.
It was precisely what the twin sisters needed most.
This sacred blood origin was far too precious. If word got out, audacious powerhouses would surely come to seize it, bringing about a bloody calamity.
Fortunately, the sisters had sought refuge with Xiao Ping'an. With his protection, no one could hope to gain anything by coming here.
Xiao Ping'an sighed. "The Great Accomplishment Sacred Body truly put his heart into this. I never imagined he left you such an astonishing fortune."
"I can sense an astonishing power in this blood, as well as a formidable divine essence of the Great Dao."
"It will surely bring about an astonishing transformation in you, unlocking the shackles in your bodies and awakening your sacred blood, so that you truly become Pure-Blooded Sacred Bodies comparable to the First-Generation Sacred Physique and create a glory belonging to the Sacred Body Lineage alone."
This was the essence of Sacred Body blood, containing an undying divinity. It was the most precious thing in the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body's body, and Xiao Ping'an had not expected him to be willing to refine it out.
Every bottle of blood contained the ultimate secret of Sacred Body blood.
Xiao Ping'an looked at the human form in the blood. It was truly lifelike, radiating the majesty of the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body, just like the man he had seen back then.
If Xiao Ping'an personally refined this blood essence as well, who knew how much Overlord Blood origin it would cost him? The expenditure would be staggering.
He had no such intention at present.
As he saw it, he had ginseng fruit anyway. If any of his descendants truly succeeded in cultivation, they would naturally be qualified to enjoy it.
But if the Heavenly Tyrant Blood in their bodies grew thinner and thinner, there was nothing to be done. They should not expect Xiao Ping'an to refine his own origin essence blood to baptize their bodies and souls and transform them into Pure-Blooded Tyrant Bodies.
Everyone was born and raised by heaven and earth, and there was no need to deliberately pursue a special physique. As long as one's comprehension was sufficient, one could surely soar ever upward.
Even if one of his descendants proved the Dao with an ordinary physique and became an ordinary Great Emperor, that would be enough to take pride in.
Moreover, every Great Emperor who proved the Dao, even with an ordinary physique, would create a new kind of physique after becoming a Great Emperor.
Although it had not been clearly named in later ages, most people could vaguely sense that the sacred lands and great clans that inherited the legacies of those Great Emperors all spoke of bloodline reversion.
Whenever bloodline reversion appeared, the person was certain to be a supreme cultivation genius among the sacred lands and great clans, simply because their ancestral blood was so rich.
Thus, Xiao Ping'an hoped his future descendants would understand him.
It was not that he, their ancestor, did not care for his descendants. He simply did not want to do it, truly did not want to.
Every drop of his blood was precious. He did not want to do anything that would deplete him, and only wanted to continue steadily along the Red Dust Immortal Path.
Xiao Ping'an watched the twins enter a state of deep contemplation of the Dao, constantly gaining insight into the divine essence of the Great Dao within the three kinds of sacred blood.
From the golden blood to the red, if they could successfully integrate it into their bodies and completely refine it, it would catalyze the creation of more undying sacred blood, step by step.
With this sacred blood left for descendants, they had to start with the golden blood, take the two-colored blood after reaching a certain realm, and only then take the flawless scarlet blood. The order must not be mixed up.
This origin essence blood contained fragments of the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body's Great Dao, holding his complete Dao and methods. Profound beyond profound, it taught the twins like a master.
It was truly wondrous.
The Great Accomplishment Sacred Body had never obtained an Immortal Divine Medicine. He had lived only one life before passing away.
Before that, he had arranged his affairs and finally traveled through the starry sky, returning with a carefully crafted coffin only at the very end of his life.
He buried himself just like that on the Sacred Body Ancestral Star.
He used his own remains to suppress the fortune of the Sacred Body Ancestral Star.
This method could allow more cultivation geniuses to be born on the Sacred Body Ancestral Star, and also make cultivation on the planet smoother for the Sacred Body Lineage.
This method achieved much the same effect as the Great Accomplished Tyrant Body of later ages dissolving into the Dao on a planet and transforming it into one suited to the cultivation of Tyrant Qi. Both left blessings for their descendants.
(End of chapter)