215: Bloodline Ranking

Based on the information Xiao Shi currently possessed...

He knew.

The former Tianwu Continent was governed by the Great Wu Dynasty.

But with the collapse of the Great Wu Imperial power...

Powerful figures from all over the land had carved out their own territories.

Lords like the one in charge of Star Luo Territory and the one in charge of Cang Yan Territory could barely be considered Feudal Lords of the current Tianwu Continent.

In the past, when the Great Wu Dynasty was strong, they had to follow the orders of the Imperial Dynasty.

But now, as the Great Wu Imperial power had collapsed, they had basically all declared independence, establishing their own exclusive rule.

Although the current Great Wu Dynasty still existed, it was already like the setting sun over the western mountains.

Only an empty shell remained.

If the Martial God was the Emperor who ruled the Great Wu Dynasty, then he was now like someone with the right of succession... "From the current situation, the current Great Wu Dynasty most likely has no Emperor..."

"After all, this world is different from the dynasties in the history of my previous life. To become an Emperor in this world, it's impossible to do so without powerful strength."

"The Emperor of this world might even be the strongest one!"

Xiao Shi analyzed in his heart.

"And now that the Imperial power has collapsed, it's most likely because something went wrong with the Emperor of the Great Wu Dynasty. Perhaps he fell, or perhaps some other situation occurred, resulting in the Great Wu Dynasty losing the suppression of this invincible Emperor, thus leading to the collapse of Imperial power and the division of the land among powerful figures."

"If these Feudal Lords find out that I am the Martial Emperor Successor... they definitely won't be able to tolerate my existence and will eliminate me at the first opportunity!"

Although Xiao Shi didn't know the attitude of the various Feudal Lords toward the Great Wu Dynasty, he could deduce that most of them likely had ambitions.

Even if they didn't have the idea of sweeping across the world and establishing a new Dynasty, they would still maintain their own rule.

Once they became accustomed to this kind of rule and power, they certainly wouldn't want to revitalize the Great Wu Dynasty and take orders from someone else.

There might be Feudal Lords who wanted to defend and revitalize the Great Wu Dynasty, but there certainly wouldn't be many.

Once they knew he possessed the Martial Emperor Regalia...

They would definitely come to kill him immediately.

It was impossible for them to allow him, the Martial Emperor Successor, to exist.

Secondly.

Within the Great Wu Dynasty, there might still be some legitimate heirs, such as princes.

It was impossible for them not to know about the existence of the Martial Emperor Regalia.

But from the current situation...

The Martial Emperor Regalia should be scattered outside.

If it were in the hands of these princes, it wouldn't be dropped through kills.

After all, he couldn't get items from other people's bodies to drop through kills.

These items dropped through kills were often ownerless things.

"Is there a possibility..."

"That they deliberately let the Martial Emperor Regalia be lost outside just to find someone who can collect the entire set to attract firepower."

"Once I collect the full Martial Emperor Regalia, I'll definitely face a siege from many Feudal Lords. When I'm exhausted from fighting them, the legitimate heir behind the scenes will come out to clean up the mess?"

Xiao Shi massaged his brow.

The situation here was very complex.

There were too many possibilities.

Before this.

He had only felt the benefits brought by the Martial Emperor Regalia but hadn't realized the hidden crisis.

Only now...

Did he understand.

While the Martial Emperor Regalia brought him a huge boost, it also contained a massive crisis behind it.

This was a matter concerning the Martial Emperor Succession.

The waters were very deep... With his current strength and the little information he knew, he could only make some baseless guesses.

However, these guesses sounded an alarm for him.

It made him deeply realize.

In the future, he needed to be cautious when using the Martial Emperor Regalia.

He must not let anyone know he possessed the Martial Emperor Regalia.

Secondly, while continuously collecting the Martial Emperor Regalia, he also needed to learn more relevant information and intelligence.

At the very least, before collecting the full Martial Emperor Regalia, he needed to have a sufficient understanding of the entire Martial Emperor Succession and the situation of the Great Wu Dynasty.

Otherwise, the moment he collected the full Martial Emperor Regalia might very well be the moment of his sudden death.

"Just the identity of the Hall Master of Tianji Hall is already this troublesome, and now there's an additional Martial Emperor Successor..."

Xiao Shi gritted his teeth.

Fortunately, though.

One only gained the qualification for succession after collecting the complete set of the Martial Emperor Regalia.

Looking at it now, he wasn't considered a successor yet.

He wouldn't attract a bunch of powerful experts like the identity of the Hall Master of Tianji Hall did.

Shaking his head.

Xiao Shi stopped thinking about it.

The Martial Emperor Succession was still very far away for him.

There was no need to be too pessimistic right now.

He definitely couldn't afford the [Martial Guard Battle Armor] in front of him.

He walked straight to another display stand.

On this display stand lay a massive heavy sword.

Its blade was deep blue, and on the blade, two illusory snake shadows were intertwined and moving, looking quite extraordinary.

However, when Xiao Shi approached and gazed at this heavy sword...

He didn't see any information at all.

"What's the situation?"

Xiao Shi frowned.

Every item he had seen before had relevant information and exchange conditions, but now he couldn't see any information on this heavy sword.

He couldn't even see the exchange conditions.

Even his unique information display was all question marks.

[Name: ???]

[Type: ???]

[Rank: ???]

[Introduction: ???]

[Remarks: ???]

...Xiao Shi remembered.

The last time this happened was when he was in the Qi Martial Realm and dropped a heavenly secret box of the Martial Soul Realm.

When the Rank of an item exceeded his own by more than two Ranks, he would be unable to see the item's information.

For example, if he currently had an item above the Martial Soul Realm in his hand, he definitely wouldn't be able to see the relevant information about it either.

But Xiao Shi felt that the current situation didn't seem to be because of the sword's Rank.

There was another reason... He walked to another display stand.

The same thing happened with the treasure inside.

He could see the appearance of the treasure, but he couldn't see any information.

Just like that.

After Xiao Shi looked through all the treasures on this floor once.

He found that only about a dozen treasures on this floor had visible information.

For the rest of the treasures, he couldn't see any information at all.

"If it was because the Rank of these treasures was two levels higher than mine, it would be impossible not to even see the exchange conditions."

"The reason I can't see them is, I think, because... exchanging these treasures requires a higher-level treasure token!"

"And I don't possess such a treasure token, so I can only see the appearance of the treasure, but I can't see any information, including the exchange information!"

Xiao Shi suddenly realized.

This must be why everyone could see the fragment of the celestial compass on the eleventh floor!

Treasures above the seventh floor would not be obscured by mist.

But if one didn't have the corresponding treasure token, one couldn't see any information.

Since he possessed [Green Treasure Token], he could still see the information for items that required a [Green Treasure Token] for exchange.

For those who didn't even have a [Green Treasure Token]...

They probably couldn't see any treasure information after stepping onto the eighth floor.

They could only see the appearance of the treasures.

"That means..."

"The fragment of the celestial compass isn't unexchangeable; it just requires a higher-level treasure token to be exchanged!!"

Xiao Shi suddenly woke up to the truth.

The reason the members of the Tai Mu Clan had previously stated that the fragment of the celestial compass could not be exchanged was because they did not have the treasure token to exchange for it.

They couldn't see the exchange information at all, so they naturally felt that this item could not be exchanged.

If that was the case... as long as he got the corresponding treasure token for the fragment of the celestial compass, he would have a chance to get his hands on it!

Xiao Shi's heart immediately became excited.

His biggest worry was that the fragment of the celestial compass simply couldn't be exchanged.

With the status of this Myriad Treasure Pagoda, once something couldn't be exchanged, there was really no way to get the treasures inside.

As long as exchange conditions existed, there was hope!

However, judging from these treasures after the seventh floor...

The subsequent floors from the eighth to the twelfth should be divided based on the value and strength of the treasures.

The further up one went, the higher the value of the treasures, and the more powerful they were.

The treasures on this ninth floor were generally much stronger than those on the eighth floor.

Xiao Shi also deduced from this... that the treasures from the eighth to the twelfth floor might require not only the [Blue Treasure Token], which was higher than the [Green Treasure Token], but very likely even higher-level treasure tokens above the [Blue Treasure Token]!

"The treasures on the eighth floor are mainly exchanged with [Green Treasure Token]."

"On the ninth floor, only a few are exchanged with [Green Treasure Token]; most should be exchanged with the [Blue Treasure Token] above the [Green Treasure Token]."

"If every subsequent floor is like this, to exchange for the fragment of the celestial compass, one might need a fifth-level treasure token."

"Hiss... this is a bit difficult!"

Xiao Shi felt it was tricky.

Currently, he couldn't even get a [Blue Treasure Token].

And the [Blue Treasure Token] was only the third level of treasure token.

To get a fifth-level treasure token, he would probably have to kill a powerhouse of the level of the Clan Leader of the Tai Mu Clan for it to drop.

But that was clearly impossible to do!

Especially in this Body Refining Realm.

Even if the Clan Leader of the Tai Mu Clan helped him beat the target until they were crippled and dying, leaving him to deliver the final blow, he still wouldn't be able to kill a powerhouse of that level.

As a Body Refining Martial Artist...

After reaching such a Realm, their Physical Body was already extremely terrifying. Even if they stood still and let him hit them, it would be impossible for him to injure them in the slightest.

"Besides killing powerhouses of this level, is there any other way?"

Xiao Shi fell into deep thought.

He didn't want to give up just like that.

This was bound to be difficult for others, but Xiao Shi felt he still had hope.

Under continuous thought...

Gradually.

An idea emerged in his mind.

Although he couldn't be sure if this idea would work, he felt it was worth a try.

"If it succeeds, maybe I can not only exchange for the fragment of the celestial compass but also for other treasures!"

Xiao Shi took a deep breath.

But before implementing this idea, he planned to first exchange for treasures using the [Green Treasure Token] and [white treasure token] on hand.

He had basically seen all the treasures that could currently be exchanged, and he had a specific exchange plan in mind.

He first walked to a counter not far away.

He looked at the treasure inside.

[Name: bloodline manual (Body Refining)]

[Type: Record Manual]

[Rank: Blood Martial Grade]

[Introduction: A special item originating from the Myriad Treasure Pagoda.]

[Remark 1: This is a manual that records all Body Refining Bloodlines in the world. As long as a Body Refining Bloodline has appeared in the world, it will be recorded within, accompanied by relevant introductions to these Body Refining Bloodlines and a summarized Bloodline ranking.]

[Remark 2: If a new Body Refining Bloodline is born, it will be automatically recorded into the manual at the first opportunity.]

[Remark 3: There are only three bloodline manuals in the world.]

Exchange conditions: 400 Blood Martial Realm kill count... Xiao Shi already knew that when Body Refining reached the Blood Martial Realm, Bloodline was the most critical issue at this stage.

And he currently knew very little about Bloodlines.

He needed to know more relevant information about Bloodlines.

This [bloodline manual] was undoubtedly the treasure that could allow him to understand Bloodlines the fastest.

It recorded all the Body Refining Bloodlines in the world.

With this [bloodline manual], he would be able to better understand Body Refining Bloodlines, which would be beneficial for the subsequent formation of his Body Refining Bloodline.

This [bloodline manual] required a kill count of 400 in the Blood Martial Realm to exchange.

After he had previously exchanged for the [locked tianji box], the Blood Martial Realm kill count in his [Green Treasure Token] only had 373 left.

However, he knew that the number of [Green Treasure Token]s could reduce the required kill count for exchange.

Buzz!

As he took out the [Green Treasure Token]s...

The exchange conditions instantly changed.

Exchange conditions: 364 Blood Martial Realm kill count.

Previously, it was a 10% reduction.

Now, with only nine [Green Treasure Token]s, it was only a 9% reduction.

Xiao Shi decisively made the exchange.

Sss... The [Green Treasure Token]s in his hand instantly vanished into thin air.

Xiao Shi picked up the [bloodline manual] from the display stand.

He couldn't wait to flip it open.

At a glance, he saw the Body Refining Bloodline ranked first in the [bloodline manual].

Martial Emperor Bloodline (Pure)!

It was accompanied by an introduction to the Martial Emperor Bloodline.

"This is the most powerful Bloodline in the world; no other Bloodline can compare to it!"

"But the pure Martial Emperor Bloodline is something only the Martial God himself can possess."

"Even the descendants of the Martial God can only inherit a weak trace of the Martial Emperor Bloodline."

..."The Martial God again?"

Xiao Shi was somewhat surprised by this.

He hadn't expected the top-ranked Body Refining Bloodline to be the Martial Emperor Bloodline.

However, this also seemed to verify his previous guess.

That was, the Martial God... was very likely the strongest person in this world!

If that was really the case.

Then the Martial Emperor Bloodline was indeed the well-deserved strongest Bloodline in the world.

It was just that this kind of Bloodline could not be passed down like a clan Bloodline.

Even the descendants of the Martial God could only inherit a weak trace of the Martial Emperor Bloodline.

"Perhaps this is also one of the reasons why the Great Wu Dynasty declined..."

"Once the Martial God fell, the others were just chickens and dogs."

Xiao Shi made a guess in his heart.

At the same time, he found that in addition to the introduction to the Martial Emperor Bloodline, the [bloodline manual] actually allowed him to learn even more information about it!

This included the formation method of the Martial Emperor Bloodline, as well as hidden information like the activation of the Martial Emperor Bloodline.

However.

To gain this in-depth understanding, one needed to offer a drop of Martial God's blood.

This was naturally not something Xiao Shi could produce.

He could only continue reading.

The Bloodline ranked second was called the Years Bloodline.

The specialty of this Bloodline was that it could continuously strengthen with the passage of time.

Every year that passed, it would strengthen by a bit.

And the most terrifying part was... there would be no upper limit to the strengthening brought by this Bloodline!

In other words.

A person with this Bloodline would continuously become stronger with the passage of time, even if they did nothing.

According to the records in the [bloodline manual]...

Back then, the person who possessed the Years Bloodline eventually grew to the point where they could slay a powerhouse of the first Realm of the Upper Three Realms while only being in the Blood Martial Realm!!

This was still because the person died due to an insufficient lifespan.

Otherwise, if they had continued to grow, they could theoretically become infinitely stronger.

And this Bloodline had only appeared once in the world.

Since it could not be passed down through descendants...

This Bloodline had long since gone extinct in the Tianwu Continent.

Similarly.

If Xiao Shi could produce a drop of blood from someone with the Years Bloodline, he could learn more deep-level information about it.

He continued reading.

It had to be said.

These top-ranked Bloodlines were all extremely abnormal and powerful!

But they basically all shared a common point: they had only appeared once, could not be passed down through descendants, and were now extinct.

Except for the Martial Emperor Bloodline...

These Bloodlines would basically never appear in the world again.

However, when Xiao Shi saw the Bloodline ranked ninth...

His pupils contracted violently, as if they had encountered a strong light.

The Bloodline ranked ninth.

Dong Kui Bloodline!

It was exactly the Bloodline possessed by this corpse of his!!

Xiao Shi's mind instantly surged with monstrous waves.