4: Ancestral Dragon's Gift

“You kid, this Venerable won’t make you help for nothing.

This Venerable’s lifespan is nearing its end, and this remaining wisp of Soul can no longer cling to life.”

Pausing slightly, Ao Zhan said, “If a Dragon of our Grand Void Dragon Clan passes away, its Dragon Soul will transform into the purest Dragon Soul Power, which is an extremely rare treasure for any Cultivator.

Don’t look at how weak this Venerable’s remnant Soul is now, but the Dragon Soul Power it will transform into is not something you can fully absorb at your current stage.

As long as you absorb all the Dragon Soul Power after this Venerable’s passing, you will absolutely become a Heaven-Defying existence in terms of Divine Sense among human Cultivators, which will allow you to walk the martial Dao Immortal Path more smoothly.

The strength of your Divine Sense and Dragon Soul pressure might also become a trump card killing move when you fight others.

Furthermore!

Before this Venerable’s Physical Body self-destructed, I also extracted ten drops of Dragon Essence Blood and the most noble Dragon Bone Essence from its Physical Body.

This Venerable can give all of these to you.

As long as You kid fuse with this Venerable’s Dragon Soul Power, Dragon Essence Blood, and Dragon Bone Essence after my passing, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that you are half a Dragon of this Venerable’s Grand Void Dragon Clan.

With this Venerable’s pure blood essence, plus the Fusion of Dragon Bone Essence which can continuously produce Dragon Essence Blood, even ordinary Geniuses of the Grand Void Dragon Clan might not be more like a Dragon of my Grand Void Dragon Clan than you.”

“…”

Long Aotian was somewhat stunned.

He hadn’t expected such a good thing.

Having received Cultivation knowledge lessons from his Family, he was not a Cultivation idiot.

Dragon Soul Power that can expand the Sea of Consciousness and strengthen Divine Sense.

Dragon Essence Blood that can Body Temper and make the Physical Body stronger.

Dragon Bone Essence that can continuously produce Dragon Essence Blood.

Each of these was a fatal temptation for Cultivators.

And now, Ao Zhan was going to give him all three!

“Hoo!”

Long Aotian was extremely excited, and his breathing became rough.

However, these didn’t seem to be his most pressing concerns.

Looking at Ao Zhan’s remnant Soul, Long Aotian asked, “Senior, this kid can agree to return the tai xu dragon seal to the Grand Void Dragon Clan, but this kid cannot Cultivate right now. Does Senior know of any Cultivation Technique or method that a Chaotic Dao Body can Cultivate?

If this kid cannot Cultivate and doesn’t have enough Cultivation strength, how can he return the tai xu dragon seal to the Grand Void Dragon Clan?”

“…”

Ao Zhan was momentarily speechless, then fell silent, looking at Long Aotian and saying, “This Venerable also doesn’t have Cultivation Techniques or methods for the Chaotic Dao Body.

All this time, Chaotic Dao Body have been Chaos Clan members, and the Chaos Clan is the most mysterious and least populated race in the Myriad Realms.

They only appeared during the Three Desolate Eras (Grandmist, Barren, Ancient Desolate); in the subsequent Primordial Era and Myriad Races Era, they seemed to have been annihilated, never appearing, immensely mysterious.

You kid, don’t be disheartened. Every Chaotic Dao Body possesses great Heaven-Defying luck, which is also why this Venerable dared to entrust the tai xu dragon seal into your hands for you to bring back to the Grand Void Dragon Clan.

Perhaps, this treasure you just made a blood-bond with will bring you a surprise.”

“…”

Hearing this, Long Aotian couldn’t help but feel a pang of regret. Even the Clan Chief of the Grand Void Dragon Clan didn’t know the Cultivation Technique for the Chaos Dao Body; was there still hope for him to Cultivate?

As for finding the Chaos Clan?

Don’t joke around, didn’t Ao Zhan say they had been gone for at least one great era?

Even if the Chaos Clan hadn’t been annihilated, with their inherently small population and mysterious nature, he wouldn’t be able to find them, not to mention whether there were even any Chaos Clan members on the Sky Ruins Continent.

He was reincarnated with memories, and he was absolutely certain that he was the biological son of Long Bubai and Hua Buwan, having no relation whatsoever to the Chaos Clan.

As for the Nine Treasures Glazed Chaos World Tower solving his Cultivation Technique problem? He hadn’t thought of it; after the blood-bond, the Treasure Pagoda hadn’t given him any information about Cultivation Techniques.

Does he need to enter the Treasure Pagoda?

Thinking of this, Long Aotian, with a thought, entered the First Layer Space World of the Nine Treasures Glazed Chaos World Tower.

The moment he entered the First Layer Space World, a disturbance occurred within it. Countless runes, imbued with an indestructible aura, flew towards him from all directions, then drilled directly into his mind at a visible speed.

Immediately after, the Treasure Pagoda gave him feedback:

Nine Treasures Glazed Chaos World Tower, one layer, one world, one world, one Heaven-Defying treasure.

The Heaven-Defying treasure of the First Layer Space World:

Chaos Dao Art!

Also known as the Immortal Three Lives Creation Divine Art.

“Dao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, three gives birth to all things, creating heaven and earth, all laws immortal…”

Looking at this suddenly appearing Cultivation Technique, Long Aotian was first delighted, then stunned.

Is this really not the Daodejing from Huaguo?

It really wasn’t.

Through his previous conversation with Ao Zhan, the misconception that the Chaos Dao Art was the Daodejing only flashed through Long Aotian’s mind.

In the Chaos Dao Art, ‘Dao gives birth to one,’ according to Long Aotian’s understanding, describes the birth time of this Cultivation Technique.

From nothingness comes something, from void comes Dao.

Dao, meaning the Void Dao Era.

Just the phrase ‘Dao gives birth to one’ made Long Aotian gasp.

The Void Dao Era! At this moment, Long Aotian was absolutely certain that this Chaos Dao Art was definitely not a Cultivation Technique created by a powerful being, but a Cultivation Technique naturally derived by the Universe itself.

Simply because, in the Void Dao Era, no races had even appeared yet.

Following ‘one gives birth to two,’ it describes the derivation process, experiencing the Extreme Origin Era.

‘Two gives birth to three’ also describes the derivation process, experiencing the Origin Era.

‘Three gives birth to all things’ experiences the Grandmist Chaos Era.

‘Creating heaven and earth, all laws immortal’ experiences the Grandmist, Barren, and Ancient Desolate Three Desolate Eras.

Especially during the Grandmist and Barren Eras, the framework of the entire Universe and world was largely set, the rules of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth were largely complete, with three thousand Great Daos, myriad races standing tall, and continuous warfare.

From the Grandmist Era to the Myriad Races Era, some races perished in this process, unrecorded by history, while others rose from obscurity to widespread fame.

This Chaos Dao Art is absolutely Heaven-Defying.

Only after the Three Desolate Eras, having gone through several great eras, did it finally evolve into its complete form, and then, along with the Nine Treasures Glazed Chaos World Tower, it appeared in the Chaos Holy Ruins during the Myriad Races Era.

At this moment, Long Aotian felt that his inability to Cultivate had been resolved.

Of course, to confirm whether this Chaos Dao Art was suitable for him to Cultivate, he immediately began Cultivating in the First Layer Space World of the Nine Treasures Glazed Chaos World Tower.

In just fifteen minutes, the first Spiritual Vein node of each of the nine Spiritual Vein nodes in the twelve Spiritual Roots—Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Ice, Wind, Thunder, Light, Darkness, Time, and Space—was broken through one by one.

This also meant that Long Aotian officially stepped into the Vein Opening Realm First Revolution Stage, becoming a true Cultivator.

Before this, after his Family tested his Spiritual Roots, they forcibly opened his Veins, breaking through the first Spiritual Vein node of the Gold Spiritual Root, making him a quasi-Vein Opening Realm First Revolution Stage Cultivator.

Afterward, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t break through the first Spiritual Vein node of the second Spiritual Root, and was eventually sent back to Long Village.

Now, having officially become a Vein Opening Realm expert, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart that the quasi-Vein Opening Realm was, after all, worlds apart from this.

The moment he made the Breakthrough, Long Aotian felt like he could punch a large dog to death!

Don’t forget, he was only ten years old now.

What also made him incredibly happy was that the power of the Chaos Dao Art exceeded his imagination.

He knew that in Thunder Dragon Royal City, those so-called Family Cultivation Geniuses, without external force, would take at least ten days to break through a Spiritual Vein node.

This was also the fundamental reason why the more Spiritual Roots one had, the more mixed they were, the more useless they were defined as.

Mixed Spiritual Roots, such as Long Aotian’s twelve elemental Spiritual Roots, meant that if he wanted to become a Vein Opening Realm First Revolution Stage Cultivator, he needed to break through the first Spiritual Vein node of all twelve elemental Spiritual Roots.

What about those with pure Spiritual Roots, i.e., single Spiritual Roots? They only needed to break through one Spiritual Vein node.

Calculating based on ten days to break through one Spiritual Vein node, a pure Spiritual Root Cultivator only needed ten days, while Long Aotian needed one hundred and twenty days.

Comparing people is infuriating!

The Vein Opening Realm has nine minor Realms. If one wants to break through to the Vein Opening Realm Ninth Revolution Peak Stage, a pure Spiritual Root Cultivator only needs to break through nine Spiritual Vein nodes, while Long Aotian needs to break through one hundred and eight Spiritual Vein nodes.

Others can break through to the next major Realm in ninety days, while he needs one thousand eighty days, which is almost three years.

If Cultivation Schools encountered such mixed Spiritual Root Disciples, they would absolutely discard them without a second thought. Time investment is one thing, but the key is that they also consume Cultivation resources.

However, for Long Aotian, only the issue of consuming Cultivation resources remained.

Time investment issue?

With the Nine Treasures Glazed Chaos World Tower, would he worry about time investment?

No worries.

Not to mention, with the Heaven-Defying nature of the Chaos Dao Art, he could win on the issue of Cultivation time investment.

Family Cultivation Geniuses needed ten days to break through one Spiritual Vein node, but he had just broken through eleven Spiritual Vein nodes in less than fifteen minutes.

That is to say, the average time he spent breaking through one Spiritual Vein node was only about a little over a minute.

Such speed!

It was astonishing!

“With this Heaven-Defying Cultivation Technique, let’s see who dares to be arrogant in front of me in the future!”

Long Aotian was in a great mood, muttering to himself, “But I can’t be too high-profile. I should still secretly lay low in Long Village for a while. My Cultivation is still low now, going out and showing off makes it easy to be crushed.

No matter what, I need to catch up to my cheap dad’s Cultivation before I go out and show off…”

This goal was not low.

Long Family Clan Chief Long Bubai, in Thunder Dragon Royal City, had the reputation of a Cultivation Genius who hadn’t appeared for a thousand years, having broken through to the Golden Core Realm before the age of fifty.

If Long Aotian wanted to catch up to his father’s pace, he still needed to work hard for a period of time.

“With Senior Ao Zhan’s help, plus the Chaos Dao Art and the Nine Treasures Glazed Chaos World Tower, catching up to my cheap dad’s Cultivation pace is something worth looking forward to. I believe it won’t be long before I can achieve it.

Now, it’s time to go out and receive Senior Ao Zhan’s Dragon Soul gift. If I stay in the Nine Treasures Glazed Chaos World Tower any longer, the old Dragon might get anxious with me.

If he really Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering during this time, I’ll have nowhere to cry…”

In a flash, Long Aotian reappeared in the stone cave hall.

“I really didn’t expect this treasure to also be a Space Magic Treasure? You kid, it seems you’ve already obtained what you wanted inside?”

“Mmm!”

“Haha… This Venerable knew it, a Chaotic Dao Body possesses great luck, how could he not be able to Cultivate?”

Ao Zhan was also very happy, even happier than Long Aotian.

Why?

The tai xu dragon seal had been with him, away from the Grand Void Dragon Clan, for far too long. No one knew what the tai xu dragon seal meant to their Grand Void Dragon Clan.

As long as Long Aotian could bring the tai xu dragon seal back to the Grand Void Dragon Clan, he would have no major regrets even if he died.

Otherwise, because he took away the tai xu dragon seal, the entire Grand Void Dragon Clan might decline, or even face extinction.

Compared to the safety and future of the entire Grand Void Dragon Clan, his life and death were undoubtedly a small matter.

“Senior, please rest assured, as long as this kid can do it, I will definitely return the tai xu dragon seal to the Grand Void Dragon Clan!”

“Mmm, this Venerable believes you!”

Ao Zhan said, “You kid, now, please accept this Venerable’s supreme gift to you, representing the Grand Void Dragon Clan!

The Dragon Soul Power after this Venerable’s passing, with your current Cultivation, cannot be fully absorbed. This Venerable will Seal it in your Sea of Consciousness world, and it will continuously unseal itself as your Cultivation improves.

Furthermore!

This Venerable also has what might be the most precious gift for you, and that is this Venerable’s memory gift, equivalent to this Venerable’s Legacy.

This Venerable has lived for countless tens of thousands of years, and the sheer volume of memories is not something your current self can handle. This Venerable will also Seal the memories in your Sea of Consciousness world, and they will continuously unseal themselves as your Cultivation improves.

With this Venerable’s memory assistance, I believe you will avoid many detours on the martial Dao Immortal Path.

Especially on the Sky Ruins Continent, this Venerable once almost traversed every corner of the entire Sky Ruins Continent in search of a way back to the Upper Realm.

With this Venerable’s memory Legacy, You kid, there probably isn’t anyone on the entire Sky Ruins Continent who understands this world better than you!”

Hearing this!

Long Aotian didn’t even think, and with a solemn expression, he knelt down and bowed, “Disciple Long Aotian, greets Revered Master!”

“…”