The grassland.

Chen Yuan opened his Heaven's Eye, gazing at the wisp of azure destiny slowly flowing into his body, absorbed by the dilapidated altar deep within his consciousness.

As if gears were turning, a new guidance quickly surged into his mind.

"One cloud in Mobei's Qishan, celestial spirits descend upon the mountain peaks, a hundred zhang deep northeast short peak, heavenly water spiritual spring connects with celestial phenomena!"

Mobei, Qishan, Short Peak, Spiritual Spring.

Chen Yuan's eyes flickered, quickly assessing some aspects of this opportunity.

As he expected, this opportunity was indeed in the Mobei grasslands.

And this mountain...

Before coming to the grasslands, Chen Yuan had learned about the region, including Qishan. This was not just a mountain but also a royal tribe's base.

Named the Qishan Tribe!

He didn't expect it to be connected to this opportunity.

Spiritual spring... if his prediction was correct, it should significantly boost his Qi refining cultivation, allowing him to break through to the peak of the Heavenly Core realm.

However, he couldn't go immediately.

Besides the fact that the tribe's location didn't align with his current direction, he also knew that there wasn't enough time to break through before the Gujin Royal Court's triennial grand sacrifice.

Moreover, even if he broke through to the peak of the Heavenly Core realm, it didn't seem to offer any fundamental help to Senior Moro's mission.

Therefore, he could wait.

He could wait until he completed this mission and then conveniently pass by this route.

This would also dispel Senior Moro's suspicions.

Otherwise, Moro, who was always following him, would become suspicious, wondering why he was heading straight for Qishan. But if they met 'accidentally,' although it would be hard to believe, it should be acceptable.

After all, his luck had always been quite good.

It wasn't that he didn't trust Senior Moro, but the secret of the Destiny Altar was his greatest trump card and reliance, and he couldn't reveal it to anyone.

He had always kept this in mind.

Suppressing the thoughts of the opportunity, Chen Yuan focused again on Xiang Lingtian's dried corpse. It saved him a lot of trouble; he died directly... and even dried up along the way.

After returning, he could take this 'remnant of the former dynasty's' head to report back.

The only thing he was curious about was the blood-colored bead floating above Xiang Lingtian's body and the words he shouted unwillingly before his death: the patriarch deceived him?

Patriarch... who was that?

Why would he deceive this extremely outstanding Xiang family heir?

Yes, extremely outstanding!

In Chen Yuan's opinion, Xiang Lingtian's strength and talent were definitely top-tier, reaching Zuo Chengzong's level. Even as an opponent, he acknowledged this.

A person like that, let alone in the Xiang family descendants who had already lost their empire, would definitely be a top-tier talent even among the ten great immortal sects.

'Deceived...'

This word could make him think too much.

"What does the senior think?"

After collecting the destiny, Chen Yuan didn't immediately step forward but asked for Moro's opinion. After all, that blood-colored bead was too eerie.

"Perhaps... there are contradictions within the Xiang family remnants that we don't know about," Moro's ethereal voice gradually sounded.

"Then this bead?"

Chen Yuan continued to ask.

Soon, Moro's primordial spirit slowly materialized, reaching out, and the blood-colored, eerie bead obediently landed in his hand.

After carefully examining it for a moment, Moro said,

"It's a treasure that can absorb human essence and blood. Judging from its appearance, it should contain Xiang Lingtian's Xiang family divine blood. If you devour it, it will bring many benefits and enhance your own divine blood power."

"Oh?"

Chen Yuan's eyes flickered as he accepted the blood bead.

This was a bit unexpected. Did every member of the Xiang family carry such a bead to ensure their bloodline wasn't lost, or was someone deliberately preparing it for him?

It wasn't his fault for thinking that way; it was too coincidental.

And his character had always been suspicious.

"However, what surprises this old monk is that the refining technique of this bead has some traces of the Tai Xu Palace." Moro's eyes were deep, wondering what he was thinking about.

"Tai Xu Palace..."

This name was not unfamiliar to him, after all, it was one of the top ten immortal sects, but it was rumored to have been reclusive for many years and hadn't been active in the pugilistic world.

It was actually connected to the Xiang family.

Suddenly, Chen Yuan thought of the Qingyun Temple in the capital. When Senior Moro discovered the clues there, he said that it was very likely related to the Tai Xu Palace.

Then...

Was there a connection between Qingyun Temple and this blood-colored bead?

Chen Yuan thought for a moment, then slowly put the blood-colored bead into the Heavenly Book space, preparing to meet the old master of the temple, who had been avoiding him, when he returned to the capital.

For some reason, he always felt that this person might know something.

As for whether this bead had any other mysteries, it didn't matter anymore. The Heavenly Book space was a world of its own, and even if there were any problems, they would be completely isolated.

"Not refining it?"

Moro turned to Chen Yuan and asked.

"Not needed for now."

Chen Yuan replied.

Firstly, he was a bit wary of the bead's origins and whether it would affect him. Secondly, he didn't need it. When his divine blood awakened before, there had already been some signs of enhancement.

He estimated that after refining his divine blood once, he would be able to reach the perfection of the 'Indestructible Vajra' realm. Using this item would be a waste.

There might be surprises in the future.

Chen Yuan put away the bead and slowly let out a breath.

It was finally over.

The surrounding area was completely destroyed, as if a ferocious beast had been churning underground, and the dark clouds gathered above were gradually dissipating because of one side's demise.

As for the previous market, it had long been destroyed.

Chen Yuan stayed for a moment, then slowly walked forward, looking down at the now-dried corpse of Xiang Lingtian, and suddenly found it ridiculous. This guy had confidently fought him.

But the result wasn't that he completely died at his hands; instead, his own thing had sucked him into a dried corpse.

Ridiculous, pathetic!

But he didn't pity him. Based on his arrogant attitude before, he deserved to die, especially since he had plotted against him in Sichuan.

In fact, he had wanted to ask how he had accurately found his whereabouts, because that strange feeling made him very uncomfortable.

But now, he couldn't ask.

After staring at him for a moment, Chen Yuan waved his hand, and a sharp aura decapitated him. He wrapped his head in his clothes and threw it into the Heavenly Book space.

Inside, it wouldn't rot.

He was still planning to use this thing to report back to the capital.

He estimated that there would be merit, which would greatly help him.

After beheading Xiang Lingtian, Chen Yuan didn't whip his corpse. There was no need. He just let his dried corpse dissipate, turning into ashes drifting on the grassland.

Tsk, had that flavor.

In the void, Chen Yuan and Moro were each silent.

After a long time, Moro finally spoke,

"After this battle, the Xiang family will completely know of your existence. In the future, you will face another enemy, the remnants of the former dynasty, who are also not easy to deal with."

His eyes were somewhat deep.

A starving camel is bigger than a horse. The Xiang family was indeed usurped by the Sima family, but they had also gone through a terrifying war back then. He felt that the Sima family might have won that war with the help of those people.

However, he couldn't tell Chen Yuan yet.

The time wasn't right.

Although the Xiang family had lost their empire, they possessed extremely strong foundations and deep resources. After two hundred years of accumulation, no one knew how much strength the Xiang family still had.

But he felt that at least it was more terrifying than those people from Eastern Ying.

Chen Yuan smiled,

"It doesn't matter. When my strength reaches a certain level, I'll destroy them one by one."

The only thing he was curious about was what exactly happened back then.

Why were the Xiang family members chasing after him, the direct descendant?

Why didn't his mother tell Wu Daozi the truth back then, but vaguely covered it up?

Was it just because of the power struggle within the Xiang family?

But if it was just because of this, why were those people persistently chasing him, even talking about extracting the Xiang family's divine blood from him?

This was the thing he was most curious about at the moment.

It's so cliché...

"They will regret it." Moro looked at Chen Yuan very seriously and said.

He also didn't understand. Chen Yuan had fully revealed his talent and was known as the number one genius in the Central Plains, suppressing an era. The future of such a person was already very clear.

He definitely had the potential to become a True Lord!

Instead of cultivating a descendant with the potential to become a Yang God True Lord and making him return to the family, planting a nail in the court, they were painstakingly chasing after him.

He really didn't know what they were thinking.

The Chu Taizu, who had once shaken the world, suppressed the era, and defied the heavens to fight immortals, had only left behind such a group of foolish descendants! They had no vision at all.

After knowing that Chen Yuan was a descendant of the Xiang family, Moro had even thought about whether he could win over this force, but now it seemed there was no hope.

They would regret it one day.

Especially after seeing Chen Yuan reach the top of the human world!

He had no doubt about this, because with his support, at least Chen Yuan wouldn't die prematurely in most things. Combined with his heaven-defying luck and talent.

Even a sixth-realm immortal wasn't untouchable.

"Unfortunately, they won't have a chance then."

Chen Yuan said lightly.

If regret was useful, what would we need fists for?

"Senior, let's go."

"To the royal court?"

"To seclude myself for a day or two and let my cultivation improve further!"

"Okay."

No sooner said than done, Chen Yuan quickly found a direction and began to gallop away, quickly leaving this area. Their battle had caused such a commotion.

And the aftershocks had affected some tribes, which would definitely attract the attention of the nearby barbarian experts.

There was no need to antagonize them. Let's keep a low profile first.

Sure enough, about two hours after Chen Yuan left, a barbarian expert at the level of Yang Transformation appeared at the center of the battle.

He had followed the traces all the way here.

Looking at the vast area that was almost destroyed, the barbarian Yang Transformation expert narrowed his eyes slightly, somewhat puzzled. The surrounding tribes didn't seem to have any conflicts.

Even if there were, battles of this level shouldn't affect their tribe's territory.

Could it be Central Plains experts?

The barbarian expert fell into deep thought, his doubts deepening.

What were Central Plains experts at the Yang Transformation level doing here?

Could it be the royal court's sacrifice?

But if that was the case, it seemed that Yang Transformation wasn't qualified to cause trouble.

Yes, in his perception, he had identified Chen Yuan and Xiang Qianqiu as Yang Transformation True Lords. He felt that it was difficult for Dan realm martial artists to cause such destruction.

It must be Yang Transformation experts!

Although these two Yang Transformation experts were a bit weak...

......

......

Mobei Grassland.

On a certain inconspicuous small mountain peak.

Chen Yuan sat cross-legged, his expression calm.

He had moved hundreds of miles away from the previous battle location, and no one should be able to find his current location. He was preparing to improve his cultivation here again.

Before, it was in the middle of a battle, too hasty. Chen Yuan didn't even have time to carefully sense that powerful force before hastily fighting back.

Because Xiang Lingtian wouldn't give him a chance.

Letting out a breath, Chen Yuan's calm gaze gradually turned solemn. He really didn't expect that he would possess the Xiang family's bloodline, and judging from Xiang Lingtian's appearance, it seemed to be very strong.

Was he a genius?!

He hadn't felt this at all when he was in Ping'an County. It was as if the Xiang family's divine blood was suppressed by something and completely dormant.

He had been able to get to where he was today by relying on his own hard work and the guidance of destiny.

However, if he reviewed it, he could still find some anomalies. For example, when he first practiced the 'Vajra Glazed Body,' a body refining technique, he entered the realm too quickly.

He originally thought it was the transformation of the original body's cultivation, but now, thinking about it, it couldn't be said that there was no reason for his own talent.

It wasn't so difficult to accept that he was a genius.

The only twist was that his background was a bit cliché.

He could even imagine some things, such as his father being trapped somewhere and unable to come out, the Xiang family's collateral branches collectively seizing power, forcing orphans and widows, and so on...

Shaking his head, he gradually suppressed these distracting thoughts.

Chen Yuan concentrated for a moment, then, with a thought, he immediately began to mobilize the powerful force hidden deep within his body. Mysterious and ancient patterns began to condense.

Chen Yuan didn't recognize these patterns, and neither did Senior Moro.

They only felt that they were unique clan patterns of the Xiang family.

Perhaps related to that Chu Taizu, after all, what was inherited was his bloodline.

While the divine blood was being mobilized, the Qi and blood around Chen Yuan's body were also abnormally vibrating, making a rumbling sound like muffled thunder, as if there was a battle inside.

Chen Yuan wanted to integrate the divine blood with himself, completely elevating his body to perfection.

In that case, the next step would be to glimpse the realm of 'Spontaneous Divine Abilities.' Chen Yuan was still somewhat looking forward to divine abilities, hoping they would be strong.

Time passed by, and Chen Yuan's process of condensing the divine blood went very smoothly, without any obstacles. The mysterious patterns on his body became even more profound.

As if stained with an unusual blood color.

At the same time, Chen Yuan's aura was also gradually rising. Although it wasn't fast, at least it was very even, gradually and slowly increasing, which was very enjoyable!

About half a day later, when the sun was setting and the afterglow of the sunset was falling on him, Chen Yuan finally opened his eyes, his eyes shooting out a ray of divine light.

"Roar!"

Chen Yuan couldn't help but roar, his voice soaring into the sky, forcibly dispersing the red clouds in the sky!

"Tear!"

When the roar reverberated, the clothes on his body instantly tore apart. This was a scene that hadn't happened for a long time. The fragments of his clothes scattered like snowflakes, revealing Chen Yuan's well-built muscles.

They were distinct and streamlined, and the mysterious ancient patterns on them gradually dissipated, replaced by a fair body that was filled with the beauty of power.

After condensing the Taoist, Buddhist, and Demonic powers, plus the Xiang family's divine blood, Chen Yuan's body was completely different from before. No more dark golden light condensed.

Unless he actively mobilized it.

Fair but not thin, within Chen Yuan's chest, his heart 'thumped' as if soldiers in the army were drumming with all their might.

Chen Yuan's eyes narrowed, and he slowly lowered his head, a faint smile appearing on the corner of his mouth.

Finally... he had improved again!

His current state had completely reached the perfection of the 'Indestructible Vajra' realm, unable to advance further. He felt that the overall hardness of his body was definitely comparable to a spiritual weapon.

As for a divine weapon, it would probably be somewhat inferior.

But this was enough.

The increased physical strength brought great help to Chen Yuan. It wasn't an improvement in Qi refining cultivation, but it was definitely a surge. Before, Chen Yuan felt that his strength was definitely no less than the top three on the Wind and Cloud Rankings.

And now, even compared to Qin Tianxi, the current number one on the Wind and Cloud Rankings, who had a record of killing a Yang Transformation True Lord, he had a chance to win.

Powerful! Terrifying!

If others knew, they would definitely be more convinced of the claim that Chen Yuan was suppressing an era. He was growing too fast!

And compared to Xiang Lingtian, who had fought before, beating ten of him might be somewhat arrogant, but it would definitely be easier to defeat him. It was just a pity that there wasn't a strong opponent in the same realm to compete with him again.

It would really be the kind of person who could be smashed to death with fists.

Also, when Chen Yuan was condensing his own divine blood, he noticed that the power of this divine blood didn't seem to be fully activated. There was a power hidden deeper.

This meant that Chen Yuan's divine blood still had room for improvement in the future.

But it should be in the 'Spontaneous Divine Abilities' realm.

And his understanding of this realm mostly came from Senior Moro and Chu Changfeng. Naturally, he would have to ask them in detail in the future.

If he could break through to 'Spontaneous Divine Abilities,' even if he didn't enter Yang Transformation, he would definitely be a fifth-realm expert, and the kind with extremely strong combat power.

Of course, he also understood that this realm wasn't so easy to break through, even more difficult than the Yang Transformation barrier. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so few 'Divine Abilities' realm experts in the pugilistic world.

Thinking about it, Chen Yuan suddenly smiled. It was a bit early to think about this now. It wouldn't be too late to plan when he helped Senior Moro get that treasure.

"It's time to move."

Chen Yuan's eyes looked in one direction, his expression gradually becoming serious.

The Northern Barbarian Royal Court wasn't so easy to break into!

Fortunately, he could log in as the Asura Demon Lord!

The corners of Chen Yuan's mouth curled up slightly.