Chapter 464 Ancestral Dragon's Essence Blood Obtained! Why is it still on the seventh floor?!

"Dead... it's dead..."

A Liu family Disciple hung his mouth open, his voice sounding as if it were squeezed out from his throat, dry like sandpaper rubbing together.

"The Azure Ancient Dragon... it was really killed..."

Before his words had even faded, the plaza exploded.

"Grand Tutor Dongxuan!! Grand Tutor Dongxuan did it!! Three Purple Gold Rank beasts, killed a Diamond Rank Nine True Dragon remnant Soul!! Did you see that!! It was a real kill!! Not a repelling!! Not a chase-off!! It was a kill!! A kill!!!"

A young Disciple was so excited that his face turned red. He grabbed his companion's shoulders and shook them frantically, his voice cracking from over-excitement.

"That last strike!! That dark attribute beast's final strike went straight into the wound!! Too ruthless!! Too accurate!! How did it do that?! Sending the attack through the gap in the Reverse Scale Protection and detonating it inside the True Dragon's body!! Who could withstand that move?!

Nine Flames Burning Heaven and Ancient Wind-Thunder Wing Slash finishing at the same time!! Did you see that coordination?! From the start to now, every skill connection, every timing for crowd control, the final focused fire angle—there wasn't a single frame wasted from beginning to end! This is combat! This is textbook-level over-rank killing!!"

"The coordination of those three beasts is simply Heaven-Defying! The Golden Flame True Dragon tanked the pressure head-on, the Wind-Thunder God Peng controlled the field, and the dark beast assassinated and broke the defense—three styles fused into one! Grand Tutor Dongxuan's command was like three brains operating simultaneously! No, three brains aren't enough for this level of command! He alone is a Beast Tamer legion!!"

"I must remember that scene! Even if I die, I must remember it! I will never forget the image of the Azure Ancient Dragon turning into golden light across the sky! That was the fall of a True Dragon remnant Soul! To see the fall of a True Dragon once in this lifetime, it's worth it! So worth it!!"

The voices of the Disciples rose and fell, their young faces filled with fanatical worship and disbelief.

They had long forgotten that the ancestral dragon essence blood was the Liu family's supreme treasure; in their eyes, the three beasts and the Grand Tutor Dongxuan who commanded them were the true protagonists.

In the area where the Elders and deacons were, the depth of the discussion was clearly a step further than that of the ordinary Disciples.

That white-haired deacon Elder's hands were trembling, and his lips quivered several times before he could speak.

"The spot where that strike landed... it was the same wound at the seam of the Reverse Scale. From the moment that dark beast cut that inch-deep wound, to the subsequent continuous erosion by the Death Qi Domain weakening the defense in that area, and finally sending that strike precisely into the same wound—this strategy was premeditated from the very beginning. It wasn't a spur-of-the-moment decision, not reacting on the fly; the death of the Azure Ancient Dragon was already designed from a tactical level!"

The managing Elder beside him nodded repeatedly, his voice filled with admiration.

"This is tactical suppression. The Azure Ancient Dragon was within Grand Tutor Dongxuan's calculations from start to finish. Every move it made was predicted, every counter-attack window was sealed off in advance, and every attempt to charge up a burst was precisely interrupted. It wasn't crushed by combat power; it was toyed to death by tactics. Three Purple Gold Rank beasts toying with a Diamond Rank Nine True Dragon remnant Soul—nobody would believe this if it were told, but we all saw it with our own eyes."

"Did you see that last move from the dark beast clearly?"

Another managing Elder's voice was very low, but the shock in his tone remained undiminished.

"That wasn't an ordinary dark attribute skill. That level of Law fluctuation, the way the core of that energy ball collapsed—that was a skill driven by Origin Law. To comprehend Origin dark attribute Law at the Purple Gold Rank... I have lived for so many years, and this is the first time I have seen such a configuration."

In the area where the Grand Elders were, the atmosphere had completely shifted from previous despair to dead silence.

Supreme Elder Liu Yunshan's hands hung by his sides, the veins on the back of his hands still twitching.

He stared fixedly at the golden light spots drifting in the mystic light mirror, remained silent for a long time, and finally closed his eyes slowly, his lips moving as he uttered a sentence.

"It's over."

Two words, yet they pressed down on the hearts of all the Grand Elders like two great mountains.

"The coordination of those three beasts... it's no longer coordination; it's Fusion. The three combat styles have completely fused into a single entity."

Supreme Elder Liu Yunshan opened his eyes, his eyes filled with complex bitterness.

"No one in the Liu family's hundreds of years of accumulated combat experience can pull off this kind of coordination. It's not a matter of combat power; it's the tacit understanding. That kind of tacit understanding isn't trained; it's honed between life and death."

"The ancestral dragon essence blood has truly changed hands."

Another Grand Elder's voice was as dry as if he had been walking in the desert for three days and nights.

"The Liu family's supreme treasure of hundreds of years, just like that... taken away."

By the time he finished speaking, his voice was already trembling.

At the very front of the crowd, Liu Qingyun's hands were clenched so tightly in his sleeves that his knuckles turned white.

His face had lost all expression—not calm, but rather not knowing what expression to use to face this scene.

The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, his brows were knitted into a deep frown, and the veins on his forehead were pulsing.

He had personally watched three Purple Gold Rank beasts suppress and beat a Diamond Rank Nine True Dragon remnant Soul for a full hour.

Personally watched that dark beast use Death Qi erosion and Origin Law penetration to tear open the defense of the Reverse Scale Protection.

Personally watched that strike enter the Azure Ancient Dragon's body and disintegrate it from the inside.

Personally watched that final moment, when nine golden flame fire dragons and one wind-thunder blade light pierced into the Azure Ancient Dragon's body simultaneously.

Personally watched that Azure Ancient Dragon phantom, which once represented the Liu family's hundreds of years of glory, turn into golden light spots across the sky.

And then.

Personally watched the protective Restriction of the ancestral dragon essence blood slowly dissipate the moment the Azure Ancient Dragon fell.

"My heart is bleeding..."

A Grand Elder beside Liu Qingyun clutched his own chest, his voice carrying a sob.

"I watched this drop of ancestral dragon essence blood being placed into the seventh floor, yet now I have to watch with my own eyes as it is taken away by someone... It's flesh from my own heart..."

"ancestral dragon essence blood!! My Liu family's ancestral dragon essence blood!!!"

Another conservative Grand Elder pounded his own chest, the wrinkles on his old face trembling in pain.

"A Legendary Medium Grade supreme treasure!! Just like that, it's gone!! It's about to be gone just like that!!!"

"I'm not reconciled!! I am not reconciled!!!"

Another Grand Elder's voice was trembling.

"But what can we do if we aren't reconciled?! Grand Tutor Dongxuan challenged us uprightly and won fairly, staying within the rules from start to finish! There is nothing to criticize from beginning to end! Even if I bite my teeth to pieces, I can only swallow it! What do you say we do? Huh? What do we do?!"

Elder Liu Lan stood at the edge of the crowd, watching the Grand Elders pounding their chests, then looked at the silent Liu Qingyun, and finally just sighed softly.

She had long foreseen this result.

From the moment Nether Abyss appeared, from the moment Little Fire broke through to the sixth rank, from the moment Little Skylark completed its second evolution.

She knew the ancestral dragon essence blood couldn't be kept.

Now she was just watching that result materialize step by step.

In another corner of the crowd, Old Mo and Great Master Fu Shan stood side by side. The expressions of the two Grand Tutor Level masters were even more complex than those of the Grand Elders.

"Brother Fu Shan."

Old Mo's voice was very low, low enough that only the two of them could hear.

"Did you notice the Law fluctuation of that last strike?"

Great Master Fu Shan nodded slowly, a sharp light flashing in his murky old eyes.

"Origin Law Crystal. This Purple Gold Rank beast refined an Origin Law Crystal... It couldn't be that one from the sixth floor, the one the Clan Head left for that girl Ruyan..."

The two couldn't help but look at each other awkwardly.

"I am completely convinced."

Old Mo took a deep breath.

"Before, when I saw him repair the Nether Phoenix soul crystal, I thought he was just a rune Genius. Later, when I saw him comprehend the Five Elements mutual Restriction array Dao, I thought he was proficient in array Dao. Now, seeing him command three beasts to kill a True Dragon remnant Soul two ranks above them—runes, array Dao, beast command, he has such attainments in all three major fields. This child is not a Prodigy; this child is a Prodigy among Prodigies."

"And the tacit coordination of those three beasts... I have lived for so many years and have seen no shortage of Genius Beast Tamers, but not one could form such a seamless tactical system between beasts like he does."

Great Master Fu Shan's voice was full of emotion.

"That is no longer command; that is Soul resonance. Soul resonance between beast and master, and Soul resonance between beast and beast. To be able to do both at the same time is one in ten thousand, no, one in one hundred thousand."

Liu Qingyun stood at the very front of everyone, listening to the wailing of the Grand Elders behind him and the exclamations of the two Grand Tutor Level masters.

The corner of his mouth twitched again.

This twitch was greater than any before.

Because he knew a crueler fact than anyone present.

Jiang Yun still had one chance to choose a treasure.

Five chances.

Four used.

One remaining.

"They don't know yet..."

Liu Qingyun thought silently in his heart, his palms clenching in his sleeves until his knuckles cracked.

"They don't know yet that Grand Tutor Dongxuan still has one chance... Just one drop of ancestral dragon essence blood is already making them hurt this much; if they knew he still had one chance left... and that he would likely choose from the remaining two supreme treasures on this seventh floor next..."

At this thought, sweat began to bead on Liu Qingyun's forehead again.

nether phoenix divine feather.

void seed.

These two treasures, one is Legendary Low Grade, one is Sun-Level peak; although they are not as high-grade as the ancestral dragon essence blood, they are still among the top supreme treasures accumulated by the Liu family over generations.

Any one of them taken out would be enough to make any faction in the Eastern Region go crazy.

And now, it is very likely that one of these two treasures will also change hands... Liu Qingyun felt his heart twitching.

"Clan Head."

Elder Liu Lan's voice suddenly sounded in his ear, carrying a subtle reminder.

"Grand Tutor Dongxuan... still has one selection chance, right?"

The corner of Liu Qingyun's mouth twitched for the third time.

He did not answer.

But his silent expression said it all.

Seeing this expression, Elder Liu Lan couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth, then silently turned her head back.

...

Inside the challenge space.

The cyan-gold light spots across the sky finally dissipated completely, and the aftershocks of the four-colored mushroom cloud gradually subsided.

Jiang Yun stood on the hill, exhaled a long breath of turbid air, and then waved his hand.

"Little Fire, Little Skylark, Nether Abyss! Return!"

Three rays of light lit up over the battlefield.

Little Fire's fifteen-meter-long dark golden dragon body turned into a streak of golden flame, Little Skylark's thirty-meter wingspan Wind-Thunder God Peng body turned into a cyan-purple lightning bolt, and Nether Abyss's slender, lean pitch-black figure merged into the shadows without a sound.

Three rays of brilliance entered Jiang Yun's chest simultaneously and disappeared.

Inside the Beast Taming Space.

In the center of the lake.

Three figures appeared on the lake island almost simultaneously.

Little Fire coiled in the center of the lake, its dark golden scales having several more cracks from the fierce battle, and its Dragon Breath was several times heavier than usual.

Little Skylark landed by the lake, its wings drooping slightly, and remaining electric arcs could be seen crackling on the divine feathers interwoven with azure and pale purple.

Nether Abyss lay quietly in the shadows, its dark purple Law eyes slowly closing, and the dark purple halo flowing around its body dimmed significantly.

This battle consumed the three beasts greatly.

Little Fire tanked from start to finish, bearing the vast majority of the Azure Ancient Dragon's firepower output and Dragon Breath suppression head-on.

Little Skylark continuously deployed the Wind-Thunder Calamity Domain, while also having to constantly release the Nirvana Thunder Prison and Ancient Wind-Thunder Wing Slash.

Although Nether Abyss did not attack many times, every strike was a precise explosion of Origin Law, especially that final Nether Abyss Strike, which almost drained ninety percent of the dark attribute Origin Law power within its body.

All three beasts had fought to their limits.

However, the miraculous effect of the Beast Taming Space began to manifest at this moment.

The spiritual energy around the heart of the lake, so dense it had almost materialized, surged toward the three beasts as if responding to some kind of summons.

The three-colored spiritual energy—gold, cyan-purple, and dark purple—poured into the bodies of Little Fire, Little Skylark, and Nether Abyss, respectively, and the injuries and exhaustion on their bodies began to recover at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Rapid Recovery.

Rapid Growth.

Divine Rank Baptism.

With these three terrifying special effects functioning simultaneously, this recovery speed was incomparable to any external force.

After confirming that all three beasts had entered a state of recovery, Jiang Yun's consciousness withdrew from the Beast Taming Space.

It was also at this moment that the challenge space began to dissipate.

The invisible barriers around him receded like water ripples, while the hills beneath his feet, the clouds in the sky, and the void in the distance—everything was slowly fading away.

When Jiang Yun opened his eyes again, he was already standing in the hall on the seventh floor of the treasury.

And before him, the display stand for the ancestral dragon essence blood, which had previously been enveloped in layers of Restrictions, was now empty.

All the Restrictions had dissipated the moment the Azure Ancient Dragon fell.

A drop of blood, crimson and shimmering with brilliant golden light, was quietly floating above the display stand.

ancestral dragon essence blood.

Legendary Grade.

The life essence blood that scattered across the world when the ancient Azure Ancient Dragon fell.

Jiang Yun took a deep breath and slowly extended his right hand.

The drop of ancestral dragon essence blood seemed to sense his summons and automatically drifted toward his palm.

The moment the essence blood landed in his palm, an indescribable Dragon Might erupted from his palm.

That was not ordinary Dragon Might.

It was the pressure of the ancestor of all dragons.

It was the resonance of the most primitive and pure Dragon Clan Origin Bloodline Power from when heaven and earth first opened.

Jiang Yun felt his palm trembling slightly.

It was not out of fear, but because the power contained within this drop of essence blood was too vast.

Just holding it in his palm, he could feel a Dragon Clan Bloodline Power, as vast and majestic as the primordial era, surging and roaring within the essence blood.

It was a power that spanned the river of time.

A power of the most ancient life Origin that had existed since the beginning of heaven and earth.

"What terrifying Dragon Might..."

Jiang Yun's pupils contracted slightly, and a look of deep shock appeared on his face beneath the silver-white mask.

"Just a single drop of essence blood, and the Dragon Might it radiates already makes a Purple Gold Rank Beast Tamer like me feel palpitations... If there were a dozen more drops, I fear that even a Sun-Level expert might not be able to withstand that pressure."

He looked down at the crimson, gold-flecked essence blood in his palm, and the curve of his mouth grew wider.

"The entry for the ancestral dragon essence blood says that after a pseudo-dragon Bloodline refines this item, it can complete a key transformation toward a True Dragon Bloodline, advancing the conversion progress by about thirty to forty percent. Little Fire's current Bloodline conversion progress is only three percent, not even touching the threshold of a True Dragon. But once it refines this drop of essence blood..."

A flash of excitement crossed his eyes.

"Little Fire's pseudo-dragon Bloodline will truly begin its conversion toward a True Dragon Bloodline, advancing by thirty to forty percent. Coupled with the characteristic that Bloodline conversion is irreversible once started, Little Fire will no longer be a pseudo-dragon from this point on, but a quasi-True Dragon in the midst of transformation."

"Moreover, there is a chance to awaken one of the ancestral dragon's Innate Divine Abilities during the refining process, a forbidden skill of the Dragon Clan that is not restricted by attributes. Although this chance is not one hundred percent, given Little Fire's Bloodline purity and its diamond rank peak, Saint King Rank potential, the Awakening probability will definitely not be low."

"And there is this additional gift, Ten Thousand Dragons Paying Homage, which produces an Innate Bloodline suppression effect on all beasts with a Dragon Clan Bloodline lower than its own, potentially reducing the opponent's combat power by up to fifty percent... This effect is too Heaven-Defying. In the future, whenever Little Fire faces an opponent with a Dragon Clan Bloodline, it will inherently have a fifty percent advantage."

Jiang Yun's breathing became somewhat rapid.

However, thinking of the final Restriction, Jiang Yun became worried.

"One must endure the extremely intense pain of Bloodline burning and Physical Body reconstruction during refining. When a pseudo-dragon Bloodline refines it, the level of pain is doubled."

Jiang Yun's brows furrowed slightly.

But they soon smoothed out.

"Bloodline burning... Physical Body reconstruction... pain doubled..."

He repeated these words in a low voice, then curled the corners of his mouth upward.

"For any other Beast Tamer, this alone would require careful deliberation, but for me..."

His consciousness probed into the Beast Taming Space, feeling the spiritual energy around the mysterious lake, which was so dense it was almost liquid, as well as the three beasts recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Rapid Recovery.

This terrifying special effect could not only restore spiritual energy and injuries but also significantly enhance the beasts' tolerance and refinement efficiency for various energies and medicinal powers within the space.

For an ordinary beast, forcibly refining Legendary Grade ancestral dragon essence blood would indeed carry considerable risk, but refining it within this Beast Taming Space, the effect of Rapid Recovery could minimize the damage caused by Bloodline burning while accelerating the Fusion speed of the ancestral dragon's Origin power within the essence blood.

"The success rate will increase by at least thirty percent."

Jiang Yun made the judgment in his heart, then hesitated no longer.

With a thought, the ancestral dragon essence blood in his palm turned into a golden-red stream of light and submerged directly into the entrance of the Beast Taming Space on his chest.

Inside the Beast Taming Space.

At the heart of the lake.

Little Fire was coiled on the giant rock at the center of the island, and the cracks left by the battle on its dark golden dragon body had already healed by more than half under the effect of Rapid Recovery.

It was closing its dragon eyes to regulate its breath when it suddenly sensed something and abruptly opened its vertical pupils.

Before it.

A drop of crimson, gold-flecked essence blood was quietly floating in the air.

That drop of essence blood was only the size of a thumb, but the Dragon Might contained within it was more ancient, purer, and more vast and majestic than the Dragon Might of the Azure Ancient Dragon's remnant Soul.

It was an irresistible summons coming from the root of its Bloodline.

The Origin summons of the ancestor of all dragons.

Little Fire's dragon body shuddered violently.

In its dark golden vertical pupils, a flash of incredulous shock appeared first, but that shock was quickly replaced by a surging excitement.

Its dragon mouth opened slightly, and a low, suppressed dragon roar emitted from its throat.

That dragon roar was mixed with awe, yearning, excitement, and a trace of disbelief.

Its Reverse Scale was trembling slightly.

Those dozens of Reverse Scales growing in reverse beneath its neck were the symbol on its body closest to a True Dragon, and every Reverse Scale contained a trace of faint pseudo-dragon Origin power.

And at this moment, those Reverse Scales were emitting waves of warm tremors under the resonance of the ancestral dragon essence blood's Dragon Might.

This was the resonance of Bloodline.

It was the pseudo-dragon Bloodline yearning for evolution.

Little Fire suddenly raised its dragon head, its vertical pupils staring fixedly at the drop of essence blood before it, and a thin layer of moisture actually appeared in its eyes.

It was a fish-dragon possessing a pseudo-dragon Bloodline.

From the most ordinary Golden Scaled Fire Dragon Fish, it had evolved step by step to its current form.

Reverse Scales had grown, dragon horns had taken on a imposing shape, and Dragon Might had begun to possess three parts of the charm of a True Dragon.

Its body shape was infinitely close to a True Dragon, but it always knew in its heart that it was not yet a True Dragon.

Pseudo-dragon.

These two words were like a brand carved into the deepest part of its Bloodline; no matter how strong it became, no matter to what extent it evolved, as long as that Bloodline brand remained, it could not become a real dragon.

But now.

This drop of ancestral dragon essence blood was suspended before its eyes.

As long as it refined it, that brand carved into its Bloodline since birth would be erased bit by bit by the ancestral dragon's Origin power.

The shackles of the pseudo-dragon would be broken, and the gates of the True Dragon would open for it.

From the most ordinary Golden Scaled Fire Dragon Fish, to now being only one step away from a True Dragon.

It had walked this step for too, too long.

Little Fire took a deep breath, and its dragon body slowly rose from the giant rock.

It did not immediately swallow the drop of essence blood but raised its dragon head, looking toward the faint Soul link above the Beast Taming Space; that was the bridge of the contract between it and Jiang Yun.

"Mas... Master..."

Its voice sounded on the bridge of the contract, low and hoarse, carrying a tremor that could not be suppressed.

It was not fear, but excitement.

It was an unforgettable excitement, the likes of which it had never experienced from birth until now.

"This drop of essence blood... is what Master made us risk our lives to obtain... Little Fire knows..."

Its words were intermittent, because it was not a beast good with words.

But the emotions surging in its dark golden vertical pupils were clearer than any language.

In them, there was gratitude.

There was loyalty.

There was awe.

And there was a trace of guilt.

Guilt that it was not strong enough, causing Master to let Little Skylark, Nether Abyss, and even himself take risks for its sake, to challenge such powerful enemies.

"Little Fire... will definitely refine it."

Its voice suddenly became firm on the last few words.

"Little Fire wants to become a True Dragon."

"Little Fire wants to become Master's true right-hand man."

"Little Fire... will never disappoint Master!!"

After saying this, it suddenly raised its dragon head, its dragon mouth wide open, and swallowed the drop of crimson, gold-flecked ancestral dragon essence blood in one gulp.

At that instant.

A golden-red beam of light erupted from within Little Fire's body, piercing straight into the firmament of the Beast Taming Space.

That was the signal that the ancestral dragon's Origin power had begun to burn.

That was the signal that the pseudo-dragon Bloodline had begun to transform.

That was.

The signal that the path to a True Dragon had officially begun.

Jiang Yun felt the vibration coming from the depths of his Soul outside the Beast Taming Space; the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, then he withdrew his consciousness and returned to the reality of the seventh floor of the treasury.

"Little Fire, good luck."

He said in a low voice, then raised his head, his gaze sweeping over the remaining two display stands in the seventh-floor hall.

On the left.

nether phoenix divine feather, Legendary Low Grade.

The life feather left behind when the Nine Nether Underworld Phoenix fell; it is deeply bound to the Liu family Bloodline, and the effect is greatly reduced when used by outsiders.

On the right.

void seed, Sun-Level top grade.

It can allow a space-attribute beast to complete its evolution directly, but Jiang Yun currently does not have a space-attribute beast.

Jiang Yun's gaze swept back and forth between the two treasures, his brows furrowed slightly, and he fell into deep thought.

"Now there is one selection opportunity left. Instead of going to the lower floors to pick those treasures with lower grades, it is better to take a gamble here on the seventh floor. Although the nether phoenix divine feather has the highest grade, the binding to the Liu family Bloodline is too deep, and forcing its use might not yield the expected results. The void seed does not have Bloodline binding, but I do not have a space-attribute beast; taking it would be useless for now, I could only keep it for later..."

His gaze moved back and forth between the two display stands.

"Which one should I choose?"

This question circled repeatedly in his mind.

And outside the treasury.

On the Liu family plaza.

The image on the mystic light mirror was frozen on the scene of Jiang Yun standing in the seventh-floor hall, lost in thought while facing the two clan-protecting treasures.

Liu Qingyun looked at that image.

Sweat began to bead on his forehead again.

Because only he knew.

Regardless of which one Jiang Yun chose, for the Liu family, it would be another piece of bloody heart-flesh being carved out.

Furthermore.

He had not yet told those Grand Elders this terrible news.

"Family Head..."

A puzzled voice of a Grand Elder had already come from behind him.

"Why is Grand Tutor Dongxuan still standing on the seventh floor? Didn't he already get the ancestral dragon essence blood? Why is he still on the seventh floor?"

Liu Qingyun's shoulders stiffened slightly.

It was here.

What was bound to come had finally come...