16: Chapter 16 Evolutionary Technique: Blood Nerve

There is an essential difference between a Dou Practitioner and Dou Zhi Qi.

The energy absorbed before becoming a Dou Practitioner is called Dou Zhi Qi, while the energy absorbed by a Dou Practitioner is the true Fighting Qi.

A single word's difference is like a chasm between heaven and earth; they are incomparable.

Controlling the cyclone, a wisp of pure white Fighting Qi surged out, drilling into the meridians to circulate, continuously absorbing energy, and the control over Fighting Qi became increasingly proficient.

Withdrawing his focus, he opened his tightly closed eyes, and a flash of white light streaked through his pitch-black pupils.

Haa!

Opening his mouth to exhale turbid air, a faint radiance appeared on his delicate face, and as he twisted his sore neck, a crisp sound like popping beans echoed.

"The Dou Practitioner realm has been achieved; the next most important thing is the choice of cultivation technique."

Hun Tiandi said softly. Back when he was reborn by borrowing a womb, the heart of samsara passed down two cultivation techniques: one was the God Refining Art for cultivating soul power, and the other was the Blood Scripture for cultivating Fighting Qi.

He had already experienced the power of the God Refining Art; when he was an infant, the God Refining Art absorbed innate energy.

It strengthened his soul origin, making it extremely pure, allowing Hun Tiandi to have powerful soul power the moment he was born.

"Mid-stage Mortal Realm, soul power comparable to a fourth-tier Alchemist!"

During his training in the Tianmu Mountain Range, how many dangers had his powerful soul perception helped Hun Tiandi avoid?

"Blood Scripture?"

Hun Tiandi hesitated slightly. This cultivation technique was something that remained in his fragmented memories after breaking the seal and merging with his soul origin, passed down by his golden finger, the heart of samsara, while he was in the womb.

Given his vision, he was actually unable to fully understand the grade of the Blood Scripture.

The reason why Flame Emperor Xiao Yan was able to attain the Dou Di realm in just a few decades was largely due to a peerless cultivation technique: "Burning Technique."

The Burning Technique is a cultivation technique from the Major Thousand Worlds; it can devour Heavenly Flames to evolve, causing the cultivator's cultivation realm to skyrocket.

It is Xiao Yan's most powerful trump card.

Hun Tiandi's failure was inevitable, which is why, after he attained the Dou Di realm, he was sealed by Xiao Yan in the void space of the Heavenly Flame Square.

The timing, geographical advantage, and human harmony—all three were against him.

Regarding timing, Xiao Yan was the child of destiny of the Fighting Qi Continent, growing up in a very short period, which caused the Hun Clan's thousand-year plan to go down the drain.

Regarding geographical advantage, back then, Hun Tiandi had only blood-sacrificed the living beings of the Central Plains to gather massive amounts of energy in advance, completing the final refinement of the emperor pill embryo and breaking through to the Dou Di realm.

But if Hun Tiandi had blood-sacrificed the entire Fighting Qi Continent, the final result of the Battle of the Two Emperors back then would have been hard to predict.

Human harmony is the most important of the three, and it refers to the cultivation technique.

Although Hun Tiandi successfully attained the Dou Di realm with the help of the emperor-grade medicinal pill, he did not possess a cultivation technique that matched it.

He could only control the power of a Dou Di, but could not unleash it to its ultimate potential.

If one were to say that Xiao Yan, relying on the Burning Technique to attain the Dou Di realm, was a true Dou Di, then Hun Tiandi was merely a half-Di; he had the realm of a Dou Di but lacked the strength of one.

Now, Hun Tiandi stood at a crossroads in life: should he continue to choose the Heaven-grade cultivation technique from back then? Or should he choose the evolvable Blood Scripture?

"The Blood Scripture is an evolvable cultivation technique; it can evolve into a Heaven-grade technique. Although its starting point is low, its upper limit is extremely high."

Hun Tiandi murmured.

According to the records of the Blood Scripture, it can indeed evolve, but it requires 'bloodline' as raw material; every evolution requires devouring a powerful bloodline.

One must know that a bloodline is the foundation of a family or force, and a powerful bloodline allows one's cultivation speed to be extremely fast.

However, the existence behind such powerful bloodlines is incomparably terrifying. Even if one encountered them, who would dare to risk offending the top powers of the Fighting Qi Continent to devour their bloodline power?

If one's strength is insufficient, the bloodline power of various clans is strange and powerful; a Dou Practitioner devouring a Dou Wang's bloodline has a high probability of being backlashed by the bloodline power, causing the devourer to turn into nothingness.

"The Blood Scripture must devour various kinds of bloodline power to evolve. Finding one kind of bloodline power to devour, if successful, can be considered a great stroke of fortune..."

"Requiring one, or even three or more—what kind of scene would that be? If word got out, I would likely become the public enemy of all living beings on the Fighting Qi Continent."

"The most terrifying aspect of the Blood Scripture lies in condensing Blood God clones, called Blood God Child. Each Blood God Child possesses seventy percent of the main body's strength and can devour the souls of living beings and take over their bodies. Each Blood God Child is equivalent to an extra life."

"Even if the main body is killed, one can be reborn with the help of a Blood God Child..."

Hun Tiandi fell into deep thought: should he cultivate step-by-step, or crazily dance on the edge of life and death...

He knew that once the Blood Scripture was successfully cultivated, in the Fighting Qi Continent, apart from a few people, probably no one would be his opponent.

The heart of samsara is a supreme treasure of the Major Thousand Worlds, so the cultivation technique it passed down must be extraordinary. Is there even a chance to ascend to the Major Thousand Worlds?

In his heart, he was unwilling to give up. Being able to evolve into a Heaven-grade cultivation technique—this temptation, for Hun Tiandi who pursued power, was the best choice.

Heaven-grade cultivation techniques are the stepping stone to becoming a peak powerhouse.

"Hehehe, I have no choice. Blood Scripture, ravage me!"

In the end, Hun Tiandi made his choice: Blood Scripture.

Closing his eyes and moving his mind, the information of the Blood Scripture poured into his mind. After breaking through to Dou Practitioner, he could choose a cultivation technique to practice.

The non-attribute pure white Fighting Qi in his body would be converted into the technique's attribute.

The first conversion of Fighting Qi did not take much effort. Two hours later, Hun Tiandi opened his eyes.

After cultivating the technique, his spirit was invigorated, his eyes were as bright as stars, and a faint radiance appeared on his fair little face.

In every meridian within his body, faint blood-colored energy flowed, and his bones and internal organs were also suffused with a faint blood color.

Bang...

Suddenly, four muffled thunderous sounds rang out within Hun Tiandi's body. Each time one resonated, the aura erupting from his body grew stronger by a point.

"Success, a four-star Dou Practitioner!" Hun Tiandi had broken the nine-stage shackle in Dou Zhi Qi and ascended to the extreme realm. With a deep foundation and accumulation, he quickly broke through to the four-star Dou Practitioner realm.

"I am a bit curious, just how strong is my current combat power?"

Hun Tiandi stretched out his right hand. The pure white cyclone in his body had turned into a faint blood-colored cyclone, and a wisp of faint blood-colored Fighting Qi caused his palm to emit a faint red light.

The converted Fighting Qi was more condensed and purer, surpassing the past in quality.

Although he had broken through to a four-star Dou Practitioner, the Fighting Qi in his body was condensed and pure, as easy to control as moving his own arm, perfectly under his command.

Regarding his foundation, the successive breakthroughs had no impact at all. After all, this was a natural progression, not an act of pulling up seedlings to help them grow.

"Cultivation techniques are too important for a Dou Practitioner."

Hun Tiandi sighed.

Currently, the Blood Scripture had not evolved, and the Fighting Qi technique was at the lowest Huang-tier low-grade.

In terms of power, it was not weaker than a Huang-tier mid-grade technique, and in terms of the purity of Fighting Qi, it was comparable to a mid-grade technique.

Before it evolved, when fighting and killing others, he needed to end the battle quickly.

The cultivation technique was settled; next, to enhance his killing methods, he needed to practice more Dou Techniques.

Hun Tiandi did not lack killing Dou Techniques. Not to mention the Hun Clan Dou Techniques in his memory, even the Dou Techniques obtained from the youhai storage ring after killing the young man from the Starfall Pavilion were enough to learn.

He even saw the training scrolls for Three Thousand Lightning Movement, Eight Extremities Collapse, and Taiyi Soul Art.

"Who exactly was that Young man in white from the Starfall Pavilion?"

Not to mention the Dou Techniques and cultivation techniques, just the various medicinal pills he carried when going out were enough for Hun Tiandi to consume for three years.

Boom!

Hun Tiandi stood up, clenched his right hand into a fist, and mobilized his Fighting Qi. Faint blood-colored Fighting Qi swirled around it. With one punch, it was like a dragon-snake emerging from the sea, shattering the rubble blocking the cave entrance.

A faint cloud of dust rose as he flashed out of the cave entrance.

Warm sunlight shone on his face. Feeling the long-lost radiance, his whole body relaxed.

Dressed in a green robe, Hun Tiandi looked like a noble young master as he walked towards the outside of the Tianmu Mountain Range.

The morning forest was cool and quiet. The water vapor in the air lingered like fairy mist, giving one the feeling of being in a fairyland.

This was the most peaceful time. Once missed, the Magical Beasts that liked to forage during the day would come out.

The Tianmu Mountain Range would then become lively.