Chapter 712: Divine Soul Power
Xiao Chen walked over and took a look, sharing her extreme shock as he did so. The moment he entered the palace, he had discovered the extraordinariness of this formation. That golden blood was definitely the blood of a Martial Emperor. Otherwise, it would not release such might.
The physical body of a Martial Emperor was extraordinary. Every part—the blood, bones, and marrow—was a supreme treasure.
This was especially so for a Martial Emperor’s blood, which contained Divine Soul Power. As long as these Martial Emperors did not run out of blood, they would be able to come back to life from that one drop of blood; they were practically unkillable.
Unexpectedly, this formation was made entirely of Emperor’s blood. One could easily imagine how puissant this formation was. What kind of heaven-shaking item was it protecting?
Ao Jiao looked for a while and said, “This is not an ordinary Martial Emperor’s blood. It is the golden Deity blood of a Martial Emperor from the Outer Realm’s Deity Race. It contains even stronger Divine Soul Power, which would double the might of this formation.”
The Outer Realm’s Deity Race was one of the Kunlun Realm’s five major races. These so-called “deities” were deities only in their original world. No one in the Kunlun Realm saw them as actual deities.
The people of the Deity Race came from an Outer Realm world where they were very respected. From birth, they were superior beings. They had remarkable abilities and boundless power, possessing supreme strength.
The Deity Race’s world suffered from a tribulation that they could not resolve. To survive, they uprooted their race and migrated. Using formations, they traveled through the boundless starry sky. After breaking through the barrier of the crystal wall, they arrived at the ancient Kunlun Realm.
Those of the Deity Race were very strong, especially in the cultivation of Mental Energy. They far surpassed the Kunlun Realm’s cultivators in this area.
Unfortunately, the Deity Race arrived during the most glorious age of geniuses for the Kunlun Realm. Emperors were as bountiful as clouds; Sages were commonplace. It was truly a magnificent period.
The people of the Deity Race, who were previously respected, wanted to rule over the Kunlun Realm, restoring the glory of the Deity Race. However, they ended up bringing down retribution upon themselves.
Most of the Deity Race’s experts perished, the entire race nearly annihilated. Fortunately, the various races of the Kunlun Realm were warring with each other, giving the Deity Race some breathing space that allowed it to survive.
After the war of the Emperors, the various races of the Kunlun Realm all suffered significant blows to their strength. The Deity Race had not been strong enough to participate in the war of the Emperors, so it managed to preserve its elite force.
Time slowly went by. Fifty thousand years had passed since the war of the Emperors. Several of the races that had worked to suppress the Deity Race vanished into the boundless river of time.
On the other hand, the Outer Realm’s Deity Race developed slowly; the people increased their cultivation and concealed their strength, biding their time. By now, they had become one of the five major races. Furthermore, they flourished and seemed to be stronger than the other races.
This was all Xiao Chen knew about the Deity Race; it was all information readily available to the public. However, he did not know who the experts of the Deity Race were, the specialties of their Martial Techniques, or how they were organized.
Ao Jiao rubbed her head and revealed a reminiscing expression. She said, “Let me think…ten thousand years ago, the Deity Race was very strong, and the humans were weaker. The Martial God Palace frequently got harassed by the Deity Race at the Spirit Veins near Kunlun Mountain, resulting in enormous losses.
“This situation only changed after the Azure Emperor took over the Martial God Palace. Thus, it is not strange that he managed to kill a few Deity Race Emperors.”
The golden formation stretching a hundred meters wide was drawn with golden blood, which gave off a faint glow. Even after ten thousand years, the blood had not coagulated.
The transparent crystal at the center of the formation merged perfectly with the ground, without any seams or cracks whatsoever.
Ao Jiao entered deep thought, but even after thinking about it for a long time, she still could not understand it. She said, “This is such a considerable expenditure, all to seal a piece of white-jade crystal. Furthermore, there is a Five-Element Absolute Sealing Formation outside and another formation on the doors.
“A formation within a formation within a formation. Furthermore, each one is a great formation that even Martial Emperors would not dare to clash with head-on.”
Xiao Chen looked at the resplendent, transparent white-jade crystal in the center of the formation. Then, he said, “If you really want to know, just take it out and see.”
Ao Jiao looked at the golden formation before her and said, “It is best you forget this thought. With your physical body that can barely be considered a Rank 1 Sage Body, you will not last a minute in the center. You will end up burned into slag by the golden Deity blood.”
Xiao Chen laughed. He had only suggested it casually in fun without giving it much thought.
Just the might contained within the golden blood already required him to circulate his sovereign’s bloodline at full force. How could he dare take it head-on?
However, Xiao Chen did not linger on what Ao Jiao said. He was not too concerned about what was under the seal. Since it had nothing to do with him, there was no point in worrying about it.
Then, Xiao Chen remembered the brocade box on the table behind him and turned around to see if there was anything good.
“Boom!”
Just at this moment, the dark hall suddenly turned bright, and the ambient temperature climbed.
This scene shocked Xiao Chen, who had already touched the brocade box, into stopping. He quickly turned his head to the side to look and only saw every line of the golden formation giving off a faint light. Then, its boundless might increased suddenly.
An overwhelming force surged over and knocked Xiao Chen back. He crashed heavily into the wall behind him and vomited blood in a sorry state.
In that instant, the Emperor’s Might in the golden Deity blood completely activated. Before it, Xiao Chen’s trace of sovereign’s bloodline was simply inadequate for the situation.
Xiao Chen only saw a golden pillar of light come out of the white-jade crystal in the center of the formation, illuminating the interior of the palace.
At the same time, unknown to Xiao Chen and Ao Jiao, the ground within ten kilometers of the azure palace trembled nonstop. All the various Demonic Beasts fled in panic.
Beneath the previously calm surface, the item that the azure palace was sealing resisted intensely.
The light slowly faded away. When everything was calm once more, Xiao Chen and Ao Jiao saw a golden flame like a spiritual fountain within the transparent white-jade crystal. The flame swam around inside of the crystal quickly before sinking back into its depths.
“This is a Heavenly Flame!”
Xiao Chen was no stranger to this thing. The Sky Dome Realm had legends of a Heavenly Flame. He had also seen the tenth of Heavenly Flame that Chu Chaoyun had in his eyes.
The flames in this world could be separated into Yin and Yang. Only the Heavenly Flame stood outside this distinction, surpassing the ordinary. It was the king of ten thousand flames.
The Heavenly Flame was so mighty that it could even burn up the entire Tianwu Continent, obliterating it.
However, at that time, Chu Chaoyun had not completely refined and absorbed that tenth of Heavenly Flame. He had only brought out twenty percent of its might at best.
A strange look flashed in Ao Jiao’s eyes. She said, “I heard that the first Tianwu Emperor split the complete Heavenly Flame into ten portions. Unexpectedly, one portion was sealed here. Furthermore, it was in the hands of the Azure Emperor.”
A look of intense shock appeared in Xiao Chen’s eyes. The Azure Emperor had warred with the Tianwu Dynasty. It would not be strange if he had snatched away the Heavenly Flame.
However, using such a massive formation to seal just a tenth of the Heavenly Flame seemed like overkill.
When Ao Jiao sensed Xiao Chen’s doubts, she explained, “It should not be that simple. This strand of Heavenly Flame contains the Heavenly Flame’s Origin Flame. If one cannot obtain the Origin Flame, even if they gather the other nine portions of Heavenly Flame, they will not be able to bring out the full might of the Heavenly Flame.”
Xiao Chen sank into deep thought as he looked at the resplendent and transparent white-jade crystal. Then he said, “There should be another formation in this white-jade crystal. If an outsider intent on claiming the Heavenly Flame takes away the crystal, they would have to expend a lot of effort.”
Ao Jiao clapped her hands together and stopped thinking. She turned her head and smiled at Xiao Chen. “Alright, now that we have figured this out, let’s see what’s in this brocade box.
“After coming to the azure palace, it would be a waste if we did not obtain anything.”
After Ao Jiao finished speaking, she rushed over and gently opened the brocade box, catching Xiao Chen unprepared.
When she saw what was inside, she exclaimed, “It’s a jade strip. Martial Techniques that are stored in jade strips are normally secret techniques of the Holy Lands that they do not disseminate.”
Xiao Chen received the jade strip and fiddled around with it. He discovered that his Spiritual Sense could not enter it. He looked at Ao Jiao and asked, “How do you use this jade strip?”
Ao Jiao had traveled the world together with the Thunder Emperor. She had seen many more things than Xiao Chen had. Naturally, she would know how to use this.
She replied in a relaxed manner, “Drip your blood on it, and you will be able to feel it. However, dripping your blood on it is equal to you making an oath to not spread this Martial Technique.”
Xiao Chen did as she said. Right away, some information appeared in his mind, so he quickly closed his eyes and carefully comprehended it.
Soon, the glow of the jade strip faded away, and it turned into dust. After a long time, he opened his eyes.
Ao Jiao asked in eager anticipation, “How is it? What Martial Technique is it? Is it a Heaven Ranked, or the Sage Ranked that surpasses the Heaven Ranked?”
Xiao Chen shook his head to indicate no.
Ao Jiao’s mouth opened slightly. She said in a shocked voice, “Could it be the legendary Divine Ranked Martial Technique or an Immortal Spell?”
Xiao Chen smiled gently and replied, “It is nothing that grandiose. It is just the Dragon Tone Art—a sound-wave Martial Technique. It can infuse Dragon Might into sound and use the sound waves to attack. It can break the opponent’s momentum and shock them.”
Smiling so broadly that her eyes became a pair of crescent moons, Ao Jiao said joyfully, “It is actually the Dragon Tone Art? That has been lost for ten thousand years. You have picked up a treasure.”
Xiao Chen did not feel that this Martial Technique was exceptional, so he asked, “What do you mean?”
She explained, “This Dragon Tone Art is a creation of the Azure Emperor himself. Only the true inheritors of Dragon’s Gate are qualified to learn it. It is specially used to counter the Deity Race’s Mental Energy Martial Techniques.
“The Deity Race used their Mental Energy Martial Techniques to move about unhindered. They are rather hard to handle. In the future, if you meet with a Deity Race expert, you will have nothing to fear.”
Xiao Chen thought for a moment. He would definitely not remain in the Tianwu Domain to cultivate in the future. No doubt he would end up going to places outside the Tianwu Domain like the three Holy Scions.
At that time, the Dragon Tone Art would become very useful. Even if Xiao Chen did not need it to deal with the Deity Race, it would be quite helpful in breaking the momentum of some experts.
The two continued searching for a while, hoping to find some more treasures. However, they did not find anything.
Xiao Chen glanced at the entrance to the second floor. Then, he hesitated before saying, “Come, let’s go to the second floor.”
“Dong!”
Just as Xiao Chen and Ao Jiao were about to enter the second floor, a black energy barrier dropped in front of them, blocking off the entrance.
This barrier gave Xiao Chen and Ao Jiao a big shock. Standing on the stairs, they looked back and were surprised to discover that a black-robed spirit had appeared at some point in time.
The black-robed spirit slowly lowered his right hand, which had been pointing at the two. Clearly, he was the one who materialized the barrier.
This black-robed spirit was an old man. His body was made up of light and shadow, giving him a faint and ethereal feel.
Xiao Chen and Ao Jiao both felt astonished. Earlier, the two had searched around the first floor but had not found anything suspicious.
Ao Jiao looked at the old man, and something suddenly seemed to occur to her. Pointing at the old man, she exclaimed, “You are an Item Spirit. You are this azure palace’s Item Spirit!”