122: One year, three jade slips

On the other side, the sky of the Yuan Realm was stained with blood.

Xiao Zhuo spent a full three days sweeping through the five states occupied by demons three times over.

With his current cultivation, even if his soul infant was weak, the remaining demons, even if they joined forces, could not withstand a single blow from his Domain power.

He killed so many in the end that he couldn't even remember how many demons he had annihilated.

He only felt scarlet Slaughter Intent runes and Slaughter Domain runes condense deep within his Sea of Consciousness, and six hundred million Attribute Points lay quietly in his panel.

When he sheathed his sword, not a single living demon could be found on the entire continent.

The following days were spent returning to the Yuyang Sect for secluded Cultivation. He casually handed all the Materials and treasures plundered from the five demon-infested states to True Man Xuan Wei.

He, on the other hand, spent his days reading and sunbathing in his small courtyard. Because of his gentle and unpretentious nature, Inner Sect Disciples would come daily, holding Cultivation Techniques, seeking guidance.

At first, Xiao Zhuo patiently explained, even improving Mind-Cultivation Techniques for those with outstanding Aptitude. Later, his doorstep was almost worn out, and Xiao Zhuo finally couldn't bear the continuous stream of Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters, so he had to leave the Yuyang Sect and head towards the Taiyi Sect.

Upon arriving at the Taiyi Sect, he originally intended to have Xiao Shaoyou accompany him for daily tea, wine, and listening to music at pleasure houses.

Unfortunately, Immortal Master Azure Heaven announced his seclusion after the annihilation of the demons, aiming to Breakthrough to the Shattered Realm Peak, and the Sect Head position had already been passed to Xiao Shaoyou.

Unexpectedly, after Xiao Shaoyou became Sect Head, he was so busy that his feet barely touched the ground. The enormous Sect burdened him so much that he couldn't even squeeze out time for drinking, let alone accompanying Xiao Zhuo to listen to music at pleasure houses.

Xiao Zhuo could only spend his days in the Scripture Pavilion, flipping through ancient texts, then moving between the eight major Sects and the Demon Suppression Division, reading all Human Race ancient texts for three hundred days and nights. Although he didn't Cultivate all of them, he accumulated a profound martial Dao foundation.

With hundreds of millions of Attribute Points, Xiao Zhuo simply found a small seaside town for secluded Cultivation, and the Cultivation Technique deduction on his panel never stopped.

It had been continuously deducing higher-grade Cultivation Techniques for him.

Deep within the Blood Demon Realm, the sky above the Blood Abyss Market was always a dark red.

Blood Sea sat cross-legged in an underground secret chamber of a courtyard in the market. His Nine Yang Demonic Fire Art had reached the limit-breaking Realm, and he had comprehended the Divine Ability, Fire Control.

Scarlet flames condensed into a coiling Dragon at his fingertips, their scorching aura making the stone walls sizzle.

The Cultivation Technique Realms in the Blood Demon Realm differed from those in the Yuan Realm, divided into Entry, Minor Achievement, Major Achievement, Perfection, Insight, and Limit-Breaking.

Insight still allowed one to comprehend corresponding ultimate moves, while Limit-Breaking offered the chance to comprehend powerful abilities that surpassed the original Cultivation Technique's rating.

The Divine Ability, Fire Control, that Blood Sea comprehended allowed him to control all fires in the world as if they were his own limbs.

However, limited by Blood Sea's insufficient Cultivation, even with this Divine Ability, he currently couldn't control some truly sentient Heavenly God fires, but he could perfectly control the Nine Yang Demonic Fire that he had refined to its utmost.

The Nine Yang Demonic Fire was rated as a Earth-Grade demonic fire, already considered a top-tier Acquired flame in the Middle Thousand Worlds, and was even hailed as the most suitable top-tier Acquired flame for Alchemy.

Blood Sea was short on funds. With his current strength, plundering around the Blood Abyss Market, located near the Endless Abyss, was practically suicidal. He had no choice but to study the Dao of pills, learn Alchemy, and accumulate some capital to purchase Cultivation Techniques and Secret Manuals to strengthen himself.

Fortunately, Xiang Qi had prepared quite a few Yellow-Grade Medicinal Pill Materials, along with several Pill Formulas, which allowed Blood Sea to easily get started.

His panel also gained two skills: Thousand Flame Pill Art and All Heavens Herb Scripture.

The former was a Profound Rank Low Grade Pill Art Blood Sea bought in the market; it was a decent quality Pill Art, with methods sufficient to refine any Earth-Grade or lower Medicinal Pill.

The latter was derived by Blood Sea using the Demonic Realm's Compendium of Herbs, and it recorded the properties of countless Spirit Medicines across the myriad worlds.

This allowed Blood Sea to identify any Spirit Medicine and design Pill Formulas based on its medicinal properties.

With these abilities, over the past year, he had developed many strange Pill Formulas, and his pill formation rate and pill quality had reached the limits of a Profound Rank Alchemist. He had also made a name for himself in the Blood Abyss Market, even befriending several Void Refining Realm powerhouses.

He earned a lot of Spirit Stones.

In an underground secret chamber of a two-hundred-square-meter private courtyard in the Blood Abyss Market.

Blood Sea put away three Jade Slips.

The panel suddenly appeared.

Name: Blood Sea (First Split Soul);

Status: Normal;

Race: Blood God Race;

Realm: Nascent Soul Realm Early Stage;

Physical Body: Nascent Soul Realm Early Stage;

Divine Soul: soul infant Third Stage;

Divine Sense: high-grade profound rank (Coverage: 10 miles radius);

Divine Thought Bonus: 100 times;

Sea of Consciousness Range: 10,000 miles;

Physique: Innate Blood God Body;

Cultivation Technique: True Explanation of Soul Refining Perfection (high-grade profound rank) (2000 years of Cultivation); Blood Scripture (Xue Shenjing) Perfection (Profound Rank Low Grade) (1000 years of Cultivation); Taiyi Bright Scripture Insight (Yellow-Grade High Grade); Nine Heavens Mysterious Evil Art Entry (Earth-Grade High Grade);

Martial Arts & Spells: Blood Escape Art Insight (Yellow-Grade High Grade); Crimson Blood Killing Art Insight (Yellow-Grade High Grade); Blood Sea Sword Scripture Insight (Yellow-Grade High Grade); Nine Yang Demonic Fire Art Limit-Breaking (high-grade profound rank); Thousand Flame Pill Art Limit-Breaking (Profound Rank Low Grade); All Heavens Herb Scripture Perfection (No Grade); Blood Control Art Entry (Profound Rank Low Grade); Heaven Slaughtering Sword Art Entry (high-grade profound rank);

Ultimate Skills: Blood Transformation Divine Escape; Ten Directions Blood Tribulation; Blood Sea Surging Sword; Heaven-Observing Divine Eye; Extreme Yang Demonic Dragon Flame; Pill Refinement; Pill Pattern Condensation Art;

Secret Art: Source Blood;

Divine Abilities: Divine Blood (Innate); Fire Control; Soul Extinguishing Divine Ability; Soul Sealing Divine Ability; Blood God Dharma Idol;

Traits: Mana Fusion LV1; Demonic God Body LV3;

Talents: Blood Manipulation; Danger Perception; Soul Perception;

Concept: Blood Intent Realm;

Domain: Blood Fiend Domain (Unavailable);

Attribute Points (Middle Thousand Worlds): 2467.

His blood-colored pupils reflected the glowing panel, and his fingertips traced over the three Cultivation Techniques and spells.

Nine Heavens Mysterious Evil Art, Blood Control Art, and Heaven Slaughtering Sword Art were all Acquired by Blood Sea through auction in the market.

The Nine Heavens Mysterious Evil Art was a method to absorb Evil Qi and strengthen the Physical Body. Although the Blood God Body was inherently a Demonic God Body, it could still be further enhanced through Cultivation Techniques.

The Blood Control Art, on the other hand, was a common spell cultivated by blood Dao Cultivators in the Blood Demon Realm. It shared a similar essence with Blood Ancestor's original Crimson Blood Killing Art. He Acquired it to study, hoping to see if they could be fused.

The final Heaven Slaughtering Sword Art was a formidable killing sword Dao, extremely powerful in attack, and was the highest-grade sword art Blood Sea had seen for sale in the market during that year.

To bid for this sword art, Blood Sea almost spent all the Spirit Stones he had earned from selling Medicinal Pills that year, a total of thirty thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

This was comparable to the entire wealth of an ordinary Nascent Soul Realm Early Stage Cultivator, and in the market, it was enough for him to buy three decent-sized Immortal Caves.

After checking the panel, Blood Sea began to allocate points.

Each comprehension of a Profound Rank Cultivation Technique in the Middle Thousand Worlds cost ten Attribute Points, and spells cost five points.

The White Mist Space appeared again, and Blood Sea began to Cultivate the Heaven Slaughtering Sword Art according to the guidance.

In the White Mist World, Blood Sea's demonic sword transformed into a blood-colored coiling Dragon in the sky, and the first form, the Life-Slaying Sword, cleaved through Chaos.

The Blood God Body possessed Heaven-Defying Aptitude. As the white mist churned, during the tenth comprehension, the sword's hum could already disperse the mist within a hundred-zhang radius. The Heaven Slaughtering Sword Art reached Perfection, and its three major sword forms – Life-Slaying, Law-Overturning, and Heaven-Slaughtering – were all perfectly mastered.

Fifty Attribute Points were injected, leading to successive Breakthroughs into Insight and Limit-Breaking.

Immediately after, Blood Sea comprehended thirty percent of Destruction Sword Intent, as well as the ultimate skill—Heaven-Cleaving Sword Strike.

Ignoring the prompt from Number One, Blood Sea continued to Cultivate the Blood Control Art.

The Cultivation of the Blood Control Art was even more effortless. As blood-colored threads just condensed in the mist, the entire White Mist Space suddenly boiled like a blood pool.

With just one comprehension, it directly reached Perfection, followed by the consumption of fifty points to Breakthrough into Insight and Limit-Breaking.

Another skill, named Blood Burst, was added to his ultimate skills.

The Limit-Breaking, however, doubled the power of the Secret Art, Source Blood, which Blood Sea had already learned.

Source Blood was the ability Blood Ancestor had previously used to manifest the Blood Sea and Demonic Sword. The more essence blood absorbed, the greater its power. Source Blood could also carry the main Divine Soul; as long as Source Blood remained, Blood Sea could Rebirth from a drop of blood.

Now that Source Blood was enhanced, it no longer needed to penetrate the target's body to extract essence blood; instead, it could remotely draw out the target's essence blood.

Its power had nearly doubled.

Finally, Blood Sea looked at the Nine Heavens Mysterious Evil Art, and with a thought, he clicked on it.