251: Heaven-defying magical power, blood burning technique

Jiang Lan was very excited, and it took him a while to calm down again.

This time, upgrading the "Imprison Heaven Palm" didn't consume too much Lifespan, but the benefits he gained far exceeded his expectations.

He sacrificed a total of over ninety-two thousand years of Lifespan, which was still a drop in the bucket compared to his five million years of Lifespan.

Rubbing his hands, Jiang Lan said again: "Upgrade the Blood Manipulation Art to Perfection as well."

The light screen quickly responded.

[In the first year, you began to Cultivate the Blood Manipulation Art.]

[In the seven hundred and ninth year, you diligently Cultivated, and the Blood Manipulation Art Realm reached Minor Achievement.]

[In the three thousand nine hundred and sixty-seventh year, through your unremitting efforts, the Blood Manipulation Art Realm reached Major Achievement.]

[In the twenty thousand five hundred and eightieth year, finally, your Blood Manipulation Art achieved Perfection, but you still feel there is room for improvement in the Blood Manipulation Art. Do you wish to continue infusing Lifespan for improvement?]

There was nothing to say; he just continued.

"Continue!"

As Jiang Lan's thought flashed, the text continued to scroll.

[In the first year, you continued to research the Blood Manipulation Art.]

[In the nine hundred and fiftieth year, after a long period, you began to have some insights into improving the Blood Manipulation Art.]

[In the two thousand two hundred and twentieth year, you had a sudden realization and finally made further progress. Based on the Blood Manipulation Art, you created a Divine Ability that burns Lifespan to enhance strength. You named it the "Blood Burning Art."]

[In the fifteen thousandth year, after long-term research, your Blood Burning Art Realm advanced to Minor Achievement.]

[In the thirty-five thousandth year, congratulations, your Blood Burning Art Realm advanced to Major Achievement.]

[In the one hundred twenty-nine thousand six hundredth year, finally, your Blood Burning Art Realm advanced to Perfection!]

As the text disappeared, a massive amount of memories flooded into Jiang Lan's mind.

After sorting through the memories, he was both surprised and delighted.

The original Blood Manipulation Art released the energy of vital blood within the body to temporarily boost physical attributes.

However, the improved Blood Burning Art no longer required vital blood, but Lifespan.

That was the Lifespan displayed on the System panel.

According to the information that appeared in his mind, when the Blood Burning Art was fully activated, it would burn one hundred years of Lifespan per second.

This number was extremely terrifying.

Even a Soul Transformation cultivator only had a Lifespan of around one hundred thousand years.

Moreover, apart from Jiang Lan, other Soul Transformation cultivators were at least tens of thousands of years old.

Assuming a remaining Lifespan of fifty thousand years, the Blood Burning Art could only be active for a mere five hundred seconds, which was less than ten minutes.

After this time, one would die from exhausted Lifespan.

But Jiang Lan had no such worries at all.

As long as there were enough enemies, his Lifespan could almost be said to be endless.

Currently, he had over five million years of Lifespan.

Even if he kept the Blood Burning Art activated, it would be enough to last for more than ten hours.

And burning one hundred years per second also provided an extremely terrifying increase in strength.

Burning one year per second doubled one's strength.

One hundred years meant a hundredfold increase.

The boost brought by crossing a major Realm might only be around this much.

It might even be less than a hundredfold.

The Blood Burning Art combined with the Great Wilderness Imprison Heaven Palm... the destruction these two could cause together would definitely be beyond imagination.

Now, let alone challenging higher Realms, as long as Jiang Lan had time to charge up, even if the opponent was at the seventh or eighth stage of Void Refinement, Jiang Lan believed he would not lose.

If there was no time to charge up, fighting a third or fourth stage Void Refinement cultivator should also be no problem.

So now, what he needed to do was quickly find three more bodhi leaves and re-enter the Secret Realm.

The gains from a single trip were already so terrifying; if he went twice more, wouldn't he directly ascend to Heaven?

Moreover, Chihong Province felt a bit small for Jiang Lan now.

It wasn't that he was not content, but this upward-striving mindset was subconscious.

With a way to improve his strength, how could he be willing to remain ordinary?

Apart from anything else, even in the world before Jiang Lan's Transmigration, just constantly receiving feedback was enough to make people ignore many difficulties.

It was like playing a game; as long as effort yielded rewards, few would lie flat; they would all roll up their sleeves and work hard.

Jiang Lan was the same.

Clearly knowing that effort led to improvement, there was no reason to sit idly by... [Name: Jiang Lan]

[Cultivation: Soul Transformation Ninth Stage (Perfection)]

[Cultivation Technique: Kuang Lan Art, Qiu Tian Technique]

[Martial Skill: Blazing Sun Demon Suppression Blade (Return to Simplicity), Flood Dragon Swim (Return to Simplicity), Hidden God Art (Return to Simplicity), Shadow Blade Art (Return to Simplicity), Great Wilderness Imprison Heaven Palm (Union of Heaven and Man)]

[Divine Ability: 72 Transformations of Di Sha (Perfection), Blood Burning Art (Perfection)]

[Remaining Lifespan: 5,092,555 years.]

[Can improve strength by infusing Lifespan into Cultivation Techniques and skills.]

[Can increase Lifespan by suppressing or slaying demons.]

...Scanning the panel, Jiang Lan took a deep breath.

This panel could be described as luxurious.

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Lan asked in his mind:

"System, can the Kuang Lan Art and Qiu Tian Technique be transformed into Void Refinement Cultivation Techniques?"

The System quickly gave him an answer.

On the panel, there were only two short words.

[No.]

Jiang Lan twitched his mouth.

Alright.

If it can't, then it can't.

He would just gather a few more Cultivation Techniques later, and he would eventually be able to advance to Void Refinement.

Perhaps he wouldn't even need to gather them; the next time he entered the Secret Realm, the reward might be for Void Refinement.

If he could kill enemies at the Void Refinement Realm, there was no reason for the reward to still be for Soul Transformation.

Jiang Lan looked up, through the open window, at the sky outside.

The full moon, like a grinding disc, hung high in the sky.

Stars filled the heavens.

Such a scene could not be seen in the Demon Domain.

For a moment, Jiang Lan was lost in thought, staring at the night sky, not knowing what he was thinking.

Just then, a lazy voice, tinged with a hint of sleepiness, reached Jiang Lan's ears.

"Husband~ It's so late, why aren't you resting yet?"

Jiang Lan turned his head.

The one who spoke to him was Gu Yan, lying on the bed.

In fact, at their current Realm, sleeping was already an optional matter for Jiang Lan.

It was fine to sleep, but if he didn't want to sleep, staying awake for a hundred years or so was normal.

Jiang Lan was about to say he wasn't sleeping, but then he thought of something, got up from the chair, and returned to the bed.

"I'm sleeping now."

...The night passed without a word.

The next morning, Jiang Lan woke up early.

Beside him was a sleeping Gu Yan.

He turned his head and glanced at Gu Yan, a rare hint of tenderness in his eyes.

Seemingly sensing the movement, Gu Yan also woke up.

A woman's mind was delicate after all; just by looking at Jiang Lan's eyes, she knew he was about to leave.

"Husband... are you leaving?"

"Yes, I can come and go as I please now, and I might return at any time, so there's no need to worry too much."

Jiang Lan didn't want to be held back by romantic entanglements, so he wasn't wishy-washy.

"Oh, right, there's something I left for you on the table. Remember to eat it; it will be good for you."