Chapter 1014: Imperial Qi

"Patriarch, Ji Qingyun is arrogant and rude, treating the Sacred Dragon Token as if it were his own! I really can't understand why the Sacred Dragon Token chose a human."

Upon returning to the clan, Long Zaitian poured out all his pent-up grievances to the Azure Dragon Patriarch Ao Duo.

With Ye Yuan holding the Sacred Dragon Token, he was like a hedgehog—impossible to bite into.

Ao Duo, however, did not share Long Zaitian's agitation. He only said calmly, "Divine artifacts possess spirits, and the Sacred Dragon Token, being a heavenly divine artifact, chose Ji Qingyun for a reason. What concerns me more is that Ji Qingyun has been reincarnated for only twenty years, yet his bloodline power is so formidable. According to Jianbo, his bloodline power exceeded the limit of the Blood Soul Stone—truly an astonishing thing."

Back then, Ao Jianbo was severely injured by the Zhutian Futu Extermination Array, and it was thanks to Ye Yuan breaking the formation that he escaped with his life. He was now recuperating in the clan.

Since summoning Ye Yuan, Ao Duo naturally had to conduct a thorough investigation of him.

In his previous life, Ye Yuan had once visited the Dragon Clan, but back then he was the lofty Qingyunzi, feared by none throughout the Divine Realm.

In this life, Ye Yuan was just Ye Yuan, but the Dragon Clan's own rules gave Ao Duo a great headache.

After Long Zaitian brought Ye Yuan back, the Dragon Clan could only entertain him with fine food and drink, but Ao Duo had no intention of meeting him.

If they actually met, it would be awkward to speak.

Yet what baffled Ao Duo was not only that the Sacred Dragon Token was in his hands, but also Ye Yuan's Dragon Clan bloodline.

"Could it be... that the White Tiger Clan's Soul-Suppressing Stone is defective?" Long Zaitian said uncertainly.

Ao Duo shook his head and said, "Probably not. Zaitian, do you think that since he obtained the Sacred Dragon Token, he might have also acquired true divine beast bloodline?"

Long Zaitian was startled and looked at Ao Duo in surprise.

The so-called true divine beast bloodline naturally referred to the bloodline of a divine-level Azure Dragon powerhouse!

Such a thing was simply priceless.

And true divine beast bloodline had not been seen since the decline of the divine path.

Now that the Sacred Dragon Token had appeared, it was no surprise that divine beast bloodline had also emerged.

"What the Patriarch says makes sense! Only divine beast bloodline could cause the Blood Soul Stone to be unable to bear it. Patriarch, this kid is sure we won't dare to touch him, which is why he followed me to the Dragon Clan. How about..."

Long Zaitian gave a fierce look, implying that they should kill Ye Yuan and seize the Sacred Dragon Token and bloodline by force.

Ao Duo, however, shook his head and said, "This matter needs careful consideration. We must make Ji Qingyun willingly hand them over. Violating ancestral teachings may mean little to humans, but to our demon race, especially the Azure Dragon Clan, it is a grave matter. Unless absolutely necessary, I do not wish to take that step."

Long Zaitian's expression darkened slightly, but he nodded.

He understood Ao Duo's concerns. The Dragon Clan's heritage lay in their bloodline. Violating ancestral teachings could easily lead to bloodline backlash—something no one was willing to risk.

...

Ye Yuan, upon arriving at the Dragon Clan, was quite at ease.

The Dragon Clan seemed to have forgotten his existence, leaving him aside.

Ye Yuan was not idle, however. He chatted with Ao Lin to catch up, but spent most of his time on cultivation.

The matter of Ji Canglan had, to be honest, caught Ye Yuan off guard.

Faced with Ji Canglan, who had entered the Void Profound Realm, Ye Yuan was far too weak!

Against ordinary Divine King experts, Ye Yuan could easily fight above his level. But against a Void Profound expert, his strength was somewhat inadequate.

Every Void Profound expert had a profound understanding of artistic conception.

With Ye Yuan's current level of artistic conception, even if he were sent directly to the Void Profound realm, he could not defeat Ji Canglan.

Setting aside the capture of the White Tiger spirit, Ji Canglan's strength was even slightly superior to Rong Xiao's!

One must know that Rong Xiao was a veteran Void Profound powerhouse, while Ji Canglan had entered the Void Profound realm no more than twenty years ago.

All along, artistic conception had been Ye Yuan's trump card for fighting above his level. His comprehension of artistic conception far surpassed that of ordinary people.

However, his cultivation time was ultimately too short. For an alchemist who had never cultivated artistic conception in his previous life, reaching such a level in twenty years was nothing short of a prodigy.

But no matter how talented, he was no match for Ji Canglan!

If not for Ye Yuan catching Ji Canglan off guard by injuring himself during that battle, he would have already become a corpse beneath Ji Canglan's sword!

Previously, Ye Yuan's greatest advantage was that he was in the dark while Ji Canglan was in the light.

But now that his identity had been exposed, Ye Yuan no longer had any advantage. Who knew when Ji Canglan would strike next?

Sitting back and waiting for death was not Ye Yuan's style.

His greatest reliance now was the Sacred Dragon Token, and he would never give it up to the dragon race.

As for the Haotian Stele and the Soul-Calming Pearl, although they were powerful, he could not control them at present.

According to Long Teng, only when Ye Yuan reached the Dao Profound realm would he be able to feel the true power of the Haotian Stele.

Ye Yuan was now at the ninth level of the Formless realm, and these days he had been consolidating his foundation, planning to break through to Dao Profound in one go!

The Dao Profound realm was different from any previous realm.

It was a mysterious and unfathomable realm!

After breaking through to Dao Profound, a martial artist's Yuan Power sea would undergo another transformation. The originally ocean-like Yuan Power sea would form layers of misty vapor.

The power of the Dao Profound realm lay precisely in this!

The Dao Profound realm was also called the Emperor realm, and this was not a random name. The misty vapor formed after breaking through to Dao Profound was called Emperor Qi!

Once Emperor Qi formed, the power of martial techniques would skyrocket, and a martial artist's control over Yuan Power would reach an inconceivable level.

The amount of Emperor Qi also represented the strength of an Emperor realm powerhouse.

Ye Yuan's Yuan Power sea had now reached an inconceivable ten million zhang in area, a hundred times that of an ordinary ninth-level Formless martial artist!

Once he broke through to the Dao Profound realm, he would generate a massive amount of Emperor Qi, and his strength would be incomparable to an ordinary first-level Dao Profound.

After resting and recuperating in the dragon race for over half a month, Ye Yuan finally finished consolidating his foundation.

He then spent three days refining a type of pill called the Emperor Qi Pill.

In his previous life, it was precisely by relying on this Emperor Qi Pill that he broke through to the Dao Profound realm.

In this life, Ye Yuan's soul power had already broken through to the Alchemy Emperor realm, so refining this mere eighth-grade Emperor Qi Pill was naturally a piece of cake.

Unsurprisingly, a supreme-grade Emperor Qi Pill!

With everything ready, and the dragon race still seemingly having no intention of negotiating with him, Ye Yuan simply broke through within the dragon race.

Now, both his physical body and soul had entered the Emperor realm, leaving only his Yuan Power realm.

Rumble...

After Ye Yuan swallowed the supreme-grade Emperor Qi Pill, a large amount of Emperor Qi quickly took shape within his Yuan Power sea.

The heavenly tribulation arrived right on schedule!