The Supreme Hidden in the Blood Sea
The Wuji Sacred Sect, Star-Plucking Peak.
This place is perched high above the sea of clouds, where the wind is as sharp as a knife, making it difficult for ordinary disciples to linger.
The summit was completely flattened and paved with a platform made of iron smelted from stars over millennia.
No palaces or halls were built on it; only a few simple, ancient-style cushions and a jade chessboard were placed there.
Qi Yun sat cross-legged on the futon in the north position, his dark blue Daoist robe remaining motionless in the biting wind.
He neither observed the stars nor played chess.
He simply gazed at the scene that appeared in the void before him—the scene of Youquan and the Dragon Lord confronting each other in the Dao Realm of the North Sea Dragon Palace.
When Youquan utter the words "help me become a ruler" and heard him mention the [Heavenly Demon Well], Qi Yun eyebrows twitched almost imperceptibly.
In the scene, the true form of the Dragon Lord manifested, causing the Dao realm to tremble and its oppressive aura to be as deep as an abyss.
Qi Yun simply flicked his sleeve, and the scene before him dissipated like ripples on water.
He turned his head slightly to look at the incarnation of the Youquan that had quietly appeared beside him, formed from a viscous blood-red light.
This incarnation is more solid than the one in the North Sea. It is the transformation of the Blood God Son that Youquan left in the sect, specifically for communicating with the original body.
"You want to enter the [Heavenly Demon Well]?"
Qi Yun Kai Ri: The voice was calm, revealing no emotion.
Youquan's avatar grinned, his blood-red eyes flashing with the same mad fire as the North Sea: "Indeed. For the Blood Sea to attain the Dao Fruit, it must absorb the extreme of Yin and filth."
The Essence Blood of ordinary living beings, and even the origin of Foundation Establishment cultivators, are like a drop in the ocean to me.
The [Heavenly Demon] suppressed in the Heavenly Demon Well was derived from the primordial source of the ancient Heavenly Demon Ancient Mine, born from the extreme yang evil of heaven and earth; its flesh, blood, and soul were all the finest resources!
Qi Yun shook his head slightly. "There's no need to be so radical."
If you intend to expand your Blood Sea through slaughter and sacrifice, I may send you on a journey to the outer realms.
Deep in the Savage Wilderness, countless uncivilized tribes roam, many of whom possess the bloodline of High Antiquity ferocious beasts. Though their Essence Blood are not as pure as those of Heavenly Demon, they are plentiful and abundant, and they do not suffer the overwhelming karma of the Dragon Clan race.
He spoke in a calm tone, as if discussing which farmers' market was more cost-effective for buying groceries.
"The Savage Wilderness beyond the borders?"
Youquan scoffed, his smile filled with undisguised contempt.
"How can those barbarians who eat raw meat and drink blood, who haven't even sorted out their own bloodlines, be compared to the [Heavenly Demon]?"
He stepped forward, his blood-red robe fluttering in the gale, his eyes gleaming with a blood-red light. "The Heavenly Demon are born with the evil of the ultimate Yang of Heaven and Earth. Their evil is not acquired, but is their Innate origin!"
If I can refine enough Heavenly Demon into the Blood Sea, using their extreme yang evil as a catalyst, I can use this as fuel to draw out the essence that lies dormant in the deepest part of the Blood Sea, originating from the very beginning of creation—"
He paused, then spoke slowly and deliberately, his voice carrying a sinister edge. "The most wicked of evils!"
"When the two evils of Yin and Yang intertwine, chaos is created in the Blood Sea, and the cycle of Clarity and Turbidity begins anew."
This is one of the "supreme methods" for attaining enlightenment through the Blood Sea mentioned in the High Antiquity scroll of the Blood God Scripture!
Once successful, the Blood Sea Dao Fruit will no longer be in its embryonic form.
"Moreover—recently, I have been focusing my attention on sensing the origin of the Blood Sea, and in the deepest part of that boundless filth and resentment, I have vaguely sensed a—unusual fluctuation."
Qi Yun's gaze narrowed slightly. "Oh?"
Youquan licked his lips, his eyes gleaming. "The fluctuation was extremely faint, hidden deep within the Blood Sea. Non-Self recent advancements in cultivation and my increasingly clear perception of the Blood Sea, I would have been almost unable to detect it."
"Its aura—pure and supreme, is incompatible with the filth and malevolence of the Blood Sea itself, yet it manages to maintain an indestructible purity amidst this eternal filth."
If I'm not mistaken—a Supreme Dao Foundation might be hidden within the Blood Sea!
He looked at Qi Yun and said slowly and deliberately, "I suspect that a cultivator who possessed Supreme Dao Foundation might have been unable to withstand the backlash after cultivating the Blood God Scripture, and ultimately died and his Dao dissipated."
Its Supreme Dao Foundation fell into the deepest part of the Blood Sea Origin.
"If I can refine the [Heavenly Demon] and trigger the interaction of Yin and Yang, I have a good chance of retrieving that Supreme Dao Foundation."
A noticeable flicker of emotion finally crossed Qi Yun's eyes.
Supreme Dao Foundation!
A strong wind howled, sweeping across the platform and making the unplaced chess pieces on the jade chessboard hum softly.
Qi Yun listened quietly, showing little surprise on his face, but instead slowly revealed a very faint smile.
"I see."
He tapped his knees lightly with his fingertips, his gaze falling on Youquan's face, which was slightly contorted with excitement. "Since you already have a plan in mind, why pretend to consult me?"
That's a direct question, and it hits the nail on the head.
Youquan's fervor subsided slightly, replaced by a strange smile that mixed cunning and intimacy.
He rubbed his hands together, blood trickling between his fingers.
"Hehe----"
He chuckled dryly twice, "It's just that... there's something I need your help with."
Qi Yun looked up. "What is it?"
Youquan's smile vanished, and a rare seriousness appeared in his blood-red eyes.
He raised his hand, palm facing up, and slowly clenched his fingers.
As he made this movement, countless dark red dots suddenly appeared in the void around him!
Each point of light is a miniature, phantom image of the Blood God Son!
The light spots were initially scattered, but then began to move, arrange, and combine rapidly along some mysterious trajectory, outlining a huge and complex three-dimensional array in the void.
Within the array, blood light flowed, and eerie Daoist sounds faintly emanated from the wails of countless living beings, the surging of their Essence Blood, and the boiling of their resentment.
"I Blood God Son with the Blood Sea, and now he has reached 9,999, all possessing the pure power of the Foundation Establishment Early Stage."
Youquan's voice was deep, carrying the focus and pride of a craftsman examining his most prized work. "I intend to use these nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine Blood God Son as the foundation to forge a great array."
"With this array as my guide, after entering the Heavenly Demon Well, I can become the array's core," spreading nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine array points throughout the Blood Sea, creating my own blood-refining domain.
Although the Heavenly Demon is ferocious, once it falls into this formation, it is as if trapped in an endless blood hell. Its extreme yang evil will be stripped away, transformed, and refined layer by layer by the formation, becoming resources for its advancement in the Blood Sea, while remaining unable to harm my fundamental nature.
He spoke faster and faster, the light in his blood-red eyes almost burning. "When the time is right, I can use this formation to erode and devour the Heavenly Demon Well, temporarily transforming the Heavenly Demon Prison into my 'Blood Refining Dojo'!"
"In this most wicked and evil place in the world, I will refine my most Yin and most filthy way—"
He let out a low, pleasant chuckle, "Hehehe—just thinking about it makes me incredibly excited."
Qi Yun listened quietly, his gaze falling on the rough outline of the array diagram drawn by Youquan with the Blood God Son, which was still crude but already exuded a terrifying and ferocious aura.
He did not immediately assess the feasibility of the formation, nor did he question whether Youquan was being too reckless.
After a moment's hesitation, he slowly nodded. "Very well."
The voice was calm, yet it was decisive.
"[The Heavenly Demon Well] is extremely dangerous. Although the Heavenly Demon suppressed within has been sealed and destroyed over countless ages, its remaining power is still beyond the reach of ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators."
The sealing of the Dragon Clan involves the karma of the entire world; the slightest mistake could lead to utter annihilation.
He looked up at Youquan: "With this protective formation, you certainly have more room to maneuver."
Having said that, Qi Yun said no more.
He slowly rose from the futon, his dark blue Daoist robe draped over his shoulders, and his aura suddenly became incredibly restrained and profound.
At the Ancestral Aperture between his eyebrows, a point of chaotic immortal light quietly lit up, initially the size of a grain of rice, then expanding into a hazy, clear radiance that enveloped Qi Yun's entire body.
Qi Yun raised his hand and gestured towards the location of Youquan's avatar, drawing energy through the void.
"Come."
As the word fell, the moonlight spread out.
The incarnation of Youquan offered no resistance. Instead, it dispersed its form and transformed back into a viscous, pure, blood-red primordial Flowing Light, plunging into the chaotic radiance and disappearing into Qi Yun's Ancestral Aperture between his eyebrows, thus returning to the control of the [Primordial True Body].
The next instant, Qi Yun closed his eyes slightly, and his consciousness sank into the deepest part of his Purple Mansion.
Within the Purple Mansion, the Great Luo Heaven hangs high.
In the central region, a vast, boundless phantom of the Blood Sea is slowly rotating and sinking.
That was the origin of the Great Dao of the Blood Sea, which Youquan had cultivated throughout his life, and it was received and contained here by the [Primordial True Body] with supreme power.
"The framework is feasible, but it's too crude; it only has the form, not the spirit."
Scanning the array diagram conceived by Youquan, Qi Yun shook his head slightly. In front of a master of arrays like him, this level of array diagram was practically no different from a simple line drawing.
With a slight thought, the various Daoist intentions contained within the [Great Luo Heaven] began to resonate.
Like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea, they converged on that illusory Blood Sea.
The first thing incorporated is the essence of the Holy Sect's secret [Nine Nethers Spirit-Devouring Grand Formation] - its terrifying efficiency in devouring and transforming the Divine Soul and spiritual energy;
Next is the part derived from insights gained at Spirit Mountain, the construction concept of the [Mandala Womb Realm Barrier], its layered nesting, self-contained stability and enclosure;
Furthermore, in the [Great Sun Glazed Purifying Fire] comprehended by the Great Sun Purple Ultimate True Lord, the refining method of "using extreme yang fire to calcify, purify, and reshape" has opposite attributes, but its essence of "refining" can be learned from.
Furthermore, Qi Yun's own profound understanding of the Principle of heaven and Yin and Yang, and the rise and fall of Clarity and Turbidity during his comprehension of the [Xuanhuang Supreme Dao Foundation]----
Under the supreme rule of [Great Luo Heaven], a vast Formation Art knowledge about formations and insights into the Great Dao were refined and purified, their external attribute conflicts removed, and then began to be precisely integrated, recombined, and sublimated with the Blood Sea Origin and the nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine Blood God Son Imprints.
This was an extremely complex and mentally taxing deduction process.
Within the Purple Mansion, time stands still; only the light of Dao consciousness flows eternally.
Gradually, the original, rough outline of the formation began to undergo tremendous changes.
The position of the [Array Core] is set at the deepest part of the Blood Sea.
Once the grand formation is activated, the Youquan becomes the formation, and the formation becomes the Youquan.
When people and formations are united, the domain naturally arises.
I don't know how much time passed.
Within the Purple Mansion, the light of Dao consciousness slowly receded.
The array diagram floating above the Blood Sea had now fully taken shape.
Its entire body presents a dark red to black color, and its complex and precise structure is dazzling, yet it also has a strange and natural beauty.
The array slowly rotated, each rotation causing the Blood Sea to rise and fall, and the nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine Blood God Son Marks alternated between light and dark, as if breathing and resonating.
An indescribable, ferocious, and terrifying Daoist aura, capable of devouring and refining all things, emanated from the array diagram.
Although it was just a deduced phantom, it already caused the Purple Mansion space, which was dominated by Qi Yun, to tremble slightly.
Qi Yun slowly opened his eyes.
The chaotic, clear light between his brows receded, and he still stood atop Star-Plucking Peak, the fierce winds still biting.
However, there was a hint of weariness in his eyes, yet also a clear and bright light that seemed to have been gleaming after deducing the Great Dao.
He raised his hand and lightly touched the air with his fingertips.
A point of dark red spiritual light, containing the complete results of the "Natal Blood Refining Grand Formation" deduction, flew from his fingertip, disappeared into the void, and, following the mysterious connection with the Youquan's main body, traversed endless distances, speeding towards the North Sea.