Power-Fusing Essence Blood; the Land of Inheritance Opens

The Hand of Heaven was the supreme secret art of Yuan Zhexian's six Supreme Bones, and its power was terrifying beyond belief.

As Yuan Zhexian called out "Hand of Heaven," the enormous golden six-sided supreme ring suddenly radiated a terrifying presence capable of destroying heaven and earth.

A gigantic golden hand then reached out from within the ring. Its arm was covered in mysterious symbols, and its palm descended toward the secret arts unleashed by the others.

As the enormous Hand of Heaven slowly passed through Yuan Zhexian, the Spiritual Power Golden-Winged Peng and the two gigantic palms he was holding back with both hands seemed utterly insignificant before it.

Unable to withstand the terrifying pressure of the Hand of Heaven, the Golden-Winged Peng and the gigantic palms instantly dissolved into drifting specks of spiritual power, which headed toward the secret arts of the Mystic Sect's divine son, the Dark Nether White Tiger Clan's divine son, and the Heaven-Overturning Barbarian Bull Clan's divine son.

The spinning black-and-white top of heaven-and-earth profound Qi and spiritual power, the enormous Dark Nether Tribulation Slaughter unleashed by the Dark Nether White Tiger Clan's divine son, and the Heaven-Overturning Barbarian Bull Clan divine son's Heaven-Piercing Break-three terrifying secret arts-crashed straight into the Hand of Heaven and held it firmly at bay.

But the Hand of Heaven was far too terrifying. Before long, the Dark Nether Tribulation Slaughter, the Heaven-Piercing Break, and the Mystic Sect divine son's black-and-white top of heaven-and-earth profound Qi and spiritual power dissolved into specks of spiritual power that drifted through the void.

The six of them grew somewhat panicked as they watched the Hand of Heaven continue toward them.

They all retreated dozens of miles, then drew on their terrifying spiritual power, preparing to use their secret arts once more to withstand the Hand of Heaven.

At that moment, the True Dragon Clan's dragon son, who had been punched straight into the ground, came to the Mystic Sect divine son's side. His expression was exceptionally grave as he looked at the enormous, terrifying Hand of Heaven.

He began gathering his spiritual power and flew into the void, forming seals with both hands. His powerful spiritual power instantly transformed into a gigantic six-clawed golden dragon that circled ceaselessly around him.

This was the True Dragon Clan's inherited emperor art, the Emperor Dragon Annihilation Art. The terrifying six-clawed golden dragon let out a sky-shaking roar, its cry causing heaven and earth to change color.

The Mystic Sect divine son's eyes flashed with sharp light, and two mysterious patterns appeared in them, looking exceptionally strange and enigmatic.

Two beams of black light shot from his eyes, soaring into the sky before forming a black diamond-shaped pattern. It was none other than the power of the Law of Destruction.

The power of a law was something only Saint-level experts could comprehend. Yet the Mystic Sect divine son's eyes actually contained the power of the Law of Destruction.

The Heavenly Profound Holy Land's holy son and the Supreme Profound Holy Land's holy son also joined forces to use the Supreme Profound Scripture and the Heavenly Profound Scripture.

Their spiritual power surged, and they joined their palms, one on the left and the other on the right. A gigantic humanoid figure appeared behind them, forming a fixed seal with both hands, and a terrifying power of light appeared before the seal.

This was the Divine Profound Formless Art, the peerless emperor art of the Divine Profound Holy Land in days past.

The Golden-Winged Peng Clan's divine son stood in the void as golden light surged around him. A circular pattern of intricate design appeared beneath his feet.

The power of a law appeared beside the Golden-Winged Peng Clan's divine son, and his figure began to blur. Countless images of him appeared in the void, each seemingly his true body and each radiating a powerful, terrifying presence.

The Dark Nether White Tiger Clan divine son's presence surged, and spiritual power poured out, transforming into a gigantic White Tiger behind him. Its roar shook the heavens, and the terrifying sound made even the surrounding space tremble.

The Heaven-Overturning Barbarian Bull Clan divine son's terrifying spiritual power likewise transformed into a fearsome, heaven-shaking divine bull. Its two enormous horns emitted a faint cyan glow.

The seven of them radiated terrifying presences that continually produced fearsome currents, spreading outward without end. Each had finished gathering his terrifying art. They exchanged glances, then struck forward at the same time.

The six-clawed golden dragon formed by the Emperor Dragon Annihilation Art flew swiftly forward from the True Dragon Clan dragon son's side, carrying a terrifying presence.

Light gathered at the center of the Mystic Sect divine son's diamond-shaped pattern, and a terrifying Qi of destruction shot out as a beam of destructive light.

The giant figure formed by the Divine Profound Formless Art, which the two holy sons of the Heavenly Profound Holy Land and the Supreme Profound Holy Land had used together, formed a single seal with both hands. Countless energy talismans appeared around it, each bearing a different power.

There was fire, water, ice, wind, lightning, and more. The countless talismans then flew forward as well.

The Golden-Winged Peng Clan divine son's Law of Speed brought his speed to its very limit. The countless images of him were the traces he had left behind at that extreme speed.

Although the Law of Speed was not as powerful as the Law of Time, it could leave behind his image and the terrifying presence he had radiated at the time for tens of thousands of seconds after the decimal point.

The countless images of the Golden-Winged Peng Clan's divine son sent golden energy beams from both hands toward the front.

The White Tiger radiating a terrifying presence behind the Dark Nether White Tiger Clan's divine son opened its bloody maw and spat out a white wave of light. The Heaven-Overturning Barbarian Bull Clan divine son's fearsome, heaven-shaking divine bull also charged forward.

As he watched the terrifying secret arts unleashed by the seven hurtle toward the Hand of Heaven, a trace of excitement appeared on Yuan Zhexian's normally cold face.

After all, there were three taboo monstrous talents among them, two who together were equivalent to another taboo monstrous talent, and two more who were close to that level. It was rare for anyone to make Yuan Zhexian use the power of either his six Supreme Bones or his Chaos Physique.

Six earth-shaking, terrifying powers then crashed into the enormous palm of the Hand of Heaven. They actually forced it to a halt.

The seven frantically poured out more of their terrifying spiritual power, strengthening their secret arts with wild abandon.

They even managed to push the Hand of Heaven back slightly.

"Oh!"

Yuan Zhexian watched the Hand of Heaven retreat with mild surprise. A trace of seriousness joined the faint excitement on his face, and his spiritual power began to rise.

His terrifying presence became a fearsome golden current that spread outward. Then he said, "Heavenly Annihilation."

The Hand of Heaven, which had been locked in a struggle against the seven secret arts, flashed brilliantly with golden light and became enormous once more.

Looking at the impossibly huge and terrifying Hand of Heaven, the seven felt powerless for the first time. Their bodies began to tremble slightly.

They felt as though the secret arts they had unleashed were but a grain of sand before the enormous Hand of the Azure Heaven. Then its palm slowly turned upward, and its fingers clenched with force.

The secret arts of the True Dragon Clan's dragon son and the other six were annihilated.

Pfft!

Each of the seven spat out a mouthful of blood, then collapsed unsteadily to the ground.

They looked at Yuan Zhexian with venomous eyes. None of them had expected him to be so terrifying.

Even with the strength of all seven combined, they had not managed to hurt him in the slightest, much less surround and kill him. It was simply laughable.

Looking at the seven slumped on the ground, Yuan Zhexian sneered. "Not bad. Since you had such fun playing with me, I'll leave your corpses intact. Sayonara."

As he spoke, the Hand of the Azure Heaven, which had been suspended in the air, moved and bore down on the seven of them.

Looking at the Hand of the Azure Heaven radiating its terrifying presence, the seven felt utter despair.

Just then, a mysterious seven-colored light suddenly spread across the sky of the entire secret realm, as though a peerless treasure had appeared. Yuan Zhexian stopped the Hand of the Azure Heaven once more and looked up.

An ancient, timeworn voice resounded throughout the secret realm.

"Fate, tribulation, destiny; heaven's mandate is hard to defy. Without delusion, without fear, without dread; man can conquer heaven." The gate to the secret realm's core inheritance was about to open.

Eight drops of Power-Fusing Essence Blood had to be gathered to open the gate and obtain the inheritance. As the voice faded, the mysterious seven-colored light in the sky vanished as well.

Yuan Zhexian pondered, What is Power-Fusing Essence Blood? Could it have something to do with the drop of essence blood Brother Ruochu obtained?

Seeing Yuan Zhexian deep in thought, the seven seemed to glimpse hope. They burned their essence blood and fled madly in seven different directions.

Meanwhile, the Yuan Clan had cut down nearly all the remaining opponents in their battle, and not one of them had been injured. With the addition of Yuan Ruochu, Ji Jingtian, and the Yu Clan's divine son, their overall combat strength had multiplied.

With seven terrifying figures gone from this side of the battle, almost none of those left could withstand the combined strength of Yuan Ruochu, Ji Jingtian, and the Yu Clan's divine son.

After cutting them down, Yuan Ruochu brought Ji Jingtian, the Yu Clan's divine son, and the rest of the Yuan Clan to Yuan Zhexian's side, just in time to see the seven flee.

They bowed and asked, "Divine son, are we letting them go just like that?"

Yuan Zhexian watched the seven speed away and smiled faintly. "The land of inheritance is about to open. Finding the Power-Fusing Essence Blood is what matters. Killing the seven of them would be easy now that they've fled separately, but it would waste a great deal of time. Besides us, how many people in the secret realm are stronger than they are?"

Yuan Ruochu asked, puzzled, "What do you mean, divine son?"

Yuan Zhexian gave a meaningful smile. "We need eight drops of Power-Fusing Essence Blood. Those seven will surely try every means to obtain it. If we spare them for now and let them search for it, we won't have to go to such trouble looking everywhere ourselves. Leeks ought to have the value of leeks. Once they've served their purpose, I can harvest them directly."

The Yuan Clan members immediately understood Yuan Zhexian's intention and bowed. "Divine son, your wisdom is unmatched."

Yuan Ruochu then turned serious and said to Yuan Zhexian, "Divine son, the drop of red essence blood I obtained was Power-Fusing Essence Blood. It can increase not only spiritual power but also cultivation and strength."

"But the Power-Fusing Essence Blood has already merged with my body. It will only come out if I fall or willingly force it out myself."

Looking at the solemn Yuan Ruochu, Yuan Zhexian calmly asked, "What's the cost of forcing out the essence blood?"

Yuan Ruochu looked at him and said, "The cost varies from person to person. One's cultivation will fall by a random amount."

His words surprised everyone. They had not expected Yuan Ruochu to have obtained Power-Fusing Essence Blood.

Nor had they expected it to increase cultivation and strength, still less that it could be recovered if the person who had absorbed it was killed or willingly forced it out.

The Yu Clan's divine son also said, "It seems this secret realm will soon be filled with bloody storms and ceaseless slaughter, bloodier even than a struggle over peerless heavenly treasures."

Yuan Ruochu looked at Yuan Zhexian without speaking. He walked straight up to him, bowed, and said, "Divine son, for your sake, I am willing to force out the Power-Fusing Essence Blood, even if my cultivation falls."

Seeing Yuan Ruochu's resolute expression, Yuan Zhexian was deeply moved. "Brother, I must obtain this inheritance, but now is not the time for you to force out the Power-Fusing Essence Blood. We'll discuss it when we reach the land of inheritance."

Just as Yuan Zhexian spoke, the pillar of white light soaring from the island in the center of the lake suddenly vanished. The essence of heaven and earth also stopped falling from the sky. The Dao Comprehension Tea leaves shimmered green, and the Qi of the Great Dao faintly appeared around them.

"The Dao Comprehension Tea has appeared!"

Someone shouted, and everyone present flew toward the island in the middle of the lake as if they had gone mad.

Suddenly, with a hum, a gigantic eye with Double Pupils appeared above the island. The Double Pupils radiated brilliant starlike light and immense pressure, making the whole eye look mysterious and terrifying.

The people rushing toward the island came to an abrupt halt. Staring at the mysterious, powerful, and terrifying Double Pupils, they exclaimed in shock, "The Yuan Clan's divine son!"

Yuan Zhexian appeared beneath the gigantic Double Pupils and looked coldly at the crowd. "Anyone who dares take another step forward will have body and soul destroyed."

At that moment, a peerless monstrous talent said, "A peerless treasure has appeared, and everyone who sees it deserves a share. Do you mean to keep it all for yourself?" The moment he finished, a huge beam of purple light shot from the gigantic Double Pupils and swallowed him whole, destroying his body and soul.

Yuan Zhexian spoke again. "Does anyone else object? If you don't want your body and soul destroyed, leave at once. Otherwise, don't blame me for unleashing a massacre."

Faced with such an overbearing Yuan Zhexian, the crowd could only leave one after another. Numbers? What did numbers matter?

They had just seen the terror of Yuan Zhexian's Hand of Heaven. No number of people would make a difference.

Even seven powerful and terrifying divine sons and holy sons had been defeated by Yuan Zhexian without leaving a scratch on him. What ability did they have to stand against him?

Watching everyone hurry away, Yuan Zhexian waved his hand and swept all the green-shimmering Dao Comprehension Tea leaves into his spatial ring in an instant. By his count, there were roughly a dozen or so jin of leaves in all.

He flashed back to the Yuan Clan members and waved his hand, bringing out about two jin of Dao Comprehension Tea leaves before them.

Yuan Zhexian told them, "This tea contains the power of the Great Dao. Divide these two jin among yourselves. But you only need one leaf each time you take it. At your cultivation levels, taking too much will do nothing but harm."

At that moment, the Jun Lineage's divine son, Jun Yichen, returned to the Yuan Clan group, covered in wounds and with his clothes in disarray.

Seeing the rather battered Jun Lineage divine son, Ji Jingtian asked with concern, "You lost? You're hurt that badly." The Jun Lineage's divine son shook his head. Ji Jingtian said, "Then you won." The Jun Lineage's divine son replied, "Let's call it a draw. He's not doing much better right now, about the same as me."

"I didn't expect this generation's Azure Heaven Tyrant Physique to be so powerful. Apart from Divine Son Zhexian and the Innate Saintly Physique Dao Embryo, who hasn't appeared yet, I thought my fully developed Desolate Ancient Sacred Body should have the greatest physical strength."

"I didn't expect that Divine Son Tiancang's body would be no weaker than mine. Unfortunately, the gate of inheritance is about to open, so we both stopped and left. Otherwise, if we'd kept fighting, the result should have come soon."

Looking at the wounded Jun Lineage divine son, Yuan Zhexian transformed a Holy Spirit Pill and a Nine-Aperture Primordial Qi Holy Pill into Spiritual Qi and sent it into his body. Since his injuries were not too severe, he absorbed it quickly.

Yuan Zhexian waved his hand again, and about six or seven jin of Dao Comprehension Tea appeared before the Jun Lineage's divine son. "Brother Jun, this is your share of the Dao Comprehension Tea." Seeing the full six or seven jin before him, the Jun Lineage divine son's eyes lit up. He waved his hand and quickly swept it into his spatial ring, as though afraid someone would snatch it away.

He then said to Yuan Zhexian, "Rest assured, Divine Son Zhexian. Once we leave the secret realm, I will personally visit the Yuan Clan and fulfill the agreement between us."

"Good. When the time comes, I will personally receive you, Jun Yichen, divine son of the Jun Lineage, my friend," Yuan Zhexian said with a smile.