Though James wanted to leave the sea, he did not dare expose himself. The man’s strength was simply overwhelming. Even though he had reached the peak of the Ninth Stair, a stage where his True Energy could no longer increase, and catalyzed the Invincible Body Siddhi, he was defeated almost as soon as the battle began. The man was simply too terrifying. He was in a bind. After some time, unable to hold his breath any longer due to a lack of True Energy, he had no choice but to leave the water. His head slowly emerged from the sea as he scanned his surroundings. Seeing that the man had left, he breathed a sigh of relief and swam ashore. He only landed ashore after swimming for an hour. James climbed onto a rock and casually tossed the Primordial Dragon Blade aside. Then, he sprawled across the rock and rested. After resting for approximately half an hour, he climbed down from the rock after regaining some of his strength. He muttered silently under his breath, “Curse you, Sky
The Omniscient Deity retrieved the tiny piece of paper tied to the pigeon’s feet and began reading. Then, he stood up and exclaimed, “What? James is dead?” He was taken aback. James was a martial artist who had reached the peak of the Ninth Stair. He was the one closest to crossing into the ninth rank in a millennium. Now, he was dead. “Gloom!” he cried out. Fwoosh! A figure swiftly entered the room and knelt before Omniscient Deity. The man who was dressed in a black robe spoke in a hoarse voice, “Your orders, Master?” “I just received news that James is dead. Find Sky immediately. I want to know about the specifics.” “Understood.” The man nodded and hurriedly left. Sky was the one who spread the news of James’ demise. In just a short amount of time, news had spread all across the ancient martial world of Sol and even beyond. Some foreign forces had also learned of the news. “Hahaha! James is dead!” “The Dragon King in Sol is dead.” “This is the perfect opportu
Thea waited patiently at home after giving Callan a call. She waited for an hour, during which every second felt like a year. She did not know how she managed to endure the excruciating wait. An hour later… As Thea was sitting on the swing, a figure suddenly leaped from outside the villa and appeared before her. Taken by surprise, she jumped in fright and stared at the unannounced arrival of the guest. It was Callan. He looked at Thea, who was startled, and said, “How do you do, Thea? I’m Callan Maverick.” As soon as she heard this, Thea breathed a sigh of relief and asked anxiously, “Hello, Mr. Maverick. Well, I expected you to be older than you look… In any case, how’s James at the moment?” Callan’s expression turned grim. He had just learned of James’ demise as well. He even went searching for Sky to learn about the specifics. Sky narrated to him the chain of events that unfolded on the island─from the discovery of Dragon Abyss to provoking the man who had lived for a
After returning to the island’s coast once more, James sat on a sizable rock and watched as the enormous waves below crashed against the island.He was thinking about the strange man from the Dragon Abyss.When he first encountered the strange man, he found him to be of sound mind and receptive to conversation. However, on James’ second visit to the cave, the strange man was sane at first as well, but then suddenly seemed to have lost his mind.“Perhaps… He was tainted with dragon’s blood a thousand years ago, and dragon’s blood, like Spirit Turtle’s blood, can cause energy deviation?” James mused.However, he thought it seemed a bit unlikely. Dragon's blood also gave rise to the Blood Race, but its members did not suffer from energy deviation.If it was not caused by energy deviation, why did the man on the island suddenly attack him? Did he offend this person in some way?James thought about it for a long time but could not come up with an answer.“Well, I won’t be able to lea
Thea made a quick recovery. Within half a day, she regained her memory and strength. Currently, her rank was at the peak of the Skyward Stairway’s Sixth Stair. Aside from that, there was still some energy from the blood in her body that she had not yet absorbed.She had only absorbed the energy from the Spirit Turtle's blood and some of the energy from the blood given to her by the Omniscient Deity.Only about a tenth of the energy from the blood provided by the Omniscient Deity was absorbed by her.If she absorbed the rest of them, her strength would definitely reach the Skyward Stairway’s Ninth Stair.Meanwhile, in Cansington…At a certain villa…Thomas was sitting on a sofa, gently massaging his temples.A man walked over and knelt on the ground."Master, there’ve been reports of a terrifying aura emanating from the Callahan family’s residence.”“Oh? The Callahan family?” Thomas immediately came out of his trance and said, “Hmm, alright. I understand. I’ll go take a look
Thea exclaimed in surprise and asked, “Really?”“I shouldn’t be too far off.”Thomas said, “I looked up the ancient scrolls. According to one of them, the Jade Sect first appeared around a thousand and eight hundred years ago. The Sect Leader at the time was also referred to as the Omniscient Deity. This doesn’t seem like a coincidence to me.”The expression on Thomas’ face was solemn. He had suspicions ever since he learned about the Four Holy Beasts from the Omniscient Deity.Now, the Omniscient Deity had presented a type of blood that was not any weaker than the Spirit Turtle’s, so he assumed it was qilin blood. He assumed that a thousand and eight hundred years ago, the Omniscient Deity had slain a qilin and obtained its blood. As a result, he became immortal.“Thea, hold on to the dragon’s blood. Currently, you have the Spirit Turtle’s blood and the qilin’s blood in your body. In addition to the dragon’s blood, you now have the blood of three Holy Beasts. I’m not sure if the
Meanwhile, overseas...James returned to the island where the Dragon Abyss was located once again. He had the impression that the strange, hairy man was not a bad person. This person, according to his analysis, was possibly like Thea when she was first tainted with the Spirit Turtle’s blood and suffered from energy deviation.However, Thea had Ataraxia to suppress it, while this strange man did not. He wanted to go take another look.James also wanted to learn more about the dragon, and it was clear that this person was aware of its existence.If he wanted to save Thea, he might have to rely on this person.Two days had passed, and half of his True Energy had returned.When he returned to the island where the Dragon Abyss was located, he did not rush to find the strange, hairy man. This person is susceptible to energy deviation at any time. He needed to regain all of his strength so that he could escape when necessary.He began to focus on regaining his strength.His True Ene
“Pheonix blood?”Thea was thunderstruck. She could not help but exclaim, “This is phoenix’s blood?”“Yes.” Tyrus nodded and said, “It is indeed phoenix’s blood.”“Who are you, exactly? Why do you have phoenix blood? It’s such a valuable thing. Why would you give it to me?”“To be honest, I don’t really want to give it to you,” said Tyrus. “Phoenix’s blood is quite rare. Now, we only have so little left. With such a small amount of phoenix blood, a person's constitution can be changed and made immortal. I don't want to give it to you, but it’s a gift from my father to you.”“Your father, who is he?”“My name’s Tyrus. My father… You can call him the Prince of Orchid Mountain.”“What?” Thea was once again stunned when she heard the words ‘Prince of Orchid Mountain’. “What did you say? Your father’s the Prince of Orchid Mountain? The Prince of Orchid Mountain who tried to kill the Spirit Turtle a thousand years ago?”The Prince of Orchid Mountain. It was impossible for Thea not to