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Chapter 8 Profound Dragon Realm, Fourth Stratum

  • "This drop of True Demon Blood must have been left in my body by the ancient corpse, but I never expected it to be so powerful," Tan Xuan marveled inwardly as he now could perform inner vision, gazing at the True Demon Blood in his heart. Within that drop of blood, countless profound runes shimmered at all times, expounding various principles, and even faint shadows of gods and demons could be seen emerging within it.
  • However, Tan Xuan's current realm was too low to understand the meaning of the runes and characters on the surface of the True Demon Blood, nor could he actively unleash the might of this drop of demon blood, able only to passively endure its effects. Now he felt reassured, believing that the ancient corpse would not harm him—otherwise, there would have been no need to waste time reconstructing his body in the first place.
  • "Sss..Sss..Sss" The water sphere outside Tan Xuan continued to spin wildly, with wisps of water essence seeping into his bones, muscles, and blood vessels, baptizing his body. However, his fleshly body, shaped by the ancient corpse, contained almost no impurities. Thus, nearly all the water elemental power remained in his meridians, condensing into threads of true qi.
  • "Boom!" At a certain moment, Tan Xuan's body trembled as if breaking through some shackle. A dragon's roar emanated from within him, and threads of water qi transformed from a misty state into a semi-misty, semi-liquid form, surging through his meridians. But this was just the beginning. "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" Three more rumbles echoed from within Tan Xuan, and after consecutively breaking through four xuan guan, the commotion gradually subsided, and the external water sphere began to collapse. "Roar!" The Azure Dragon above his head let out a roar and instantly burrowed into Tan Xuan's body. A series of Spiritual Orifices lit up within him, and if connected by lines, they faintly formed the shape of a true dragon. However, near these shining orifices, there were hundreds of slightly dimmer orifices—those extra orifices from the Water God's Dharmic Embodiment that did not exist in the human body.
  • If Tan Xuan wished to condense the Water God's Embodiment, he would have to open new orifices at these dim positions. The moment the Azure Dragon's form entered Tan Xuan's body, the ocean suspended above the Hall of Inherited Arcana began to pour down. The violent seawater rumbled, making many low-level disciples of the Luo Shui Sect pale. At this time, Shi Daoyuan, the Sect Master of the Luo Shui Sect, stepped forward. With a calm expression, he pointed at the seawater above and softly uttered a word: "Disperse!" In an instant, a three-headed water ape nearly a hundred zhang tall emerged above his head. "Roar!" The three heads of the three-headed water ape simultaneously roared at the pouring ocean, and all the seawater instantly evaporated, transforming into a white mist covering hundreds of li. The curling mist wreathed around the Luo Shui Sect, making the entire sect appear even more dreamlike.
  • "That's the Sect Master's Dharmic Embodiment, the divine beast Three-Headed Water Ape!" Many disciples of the Luo Shui Sect looked at the shadow of the three-headed water ape with admiration in their eyes. The Three-Headed Water Ape Dharmic Embodiment, at the same level as the Azure Dragon Embodiment, was a top-tier upper-grade manifestation, capable of summoning wind and rain and controlling raging waves with ease. In his youth, Shi Daoyuan had relied on this Three-Headed Water Ape Embodiment to sweep through his peers in the Eastern Region without defeat, earning a fearsome reputation.
  • "Alright, all of you retreat," Shi Daoyuan said calmly to the Luo Shui Sect disciples near the Hall of Inherited Arcana. Though his voice was not loud, it reached every disciple's ears.
  • "Yes, Sect Master." Daring not to disobey, the disciples began to withdraw one by one. "Profound Dragon Realm, Fourth Stratum!" Tan Xuan was astonished. He had not expected that this visit to the Hall of Inherited Arcana would not only break through to the Profound Dragon Realm but also consecutively pass through four minor realms—an astonishing speed. However, this was not surprising. His fleshly body, shaped by the ancient corpse, was already nearly perfect with no impurities and possessed extremely abundant vitality, effectively skipping almost all physical cultivation before the Profound Dragon Realm. Now, due to the Water God's Dharmic Embodiment, he had absorbed a massive amount of water elemental essence, making the breakthrough to the Fourth Stratum of the Profound Dragon Realm reasonable. Tan Xuan suddenly stood up, feeling the massive true qi flowing within him.
  • He silently recalled the qi-circulating routes in *Dragon Ascension Cloud-Surge Art*. His body trembled, and the majestic true qi flowed through the shining Spiritual Orifices along his meridians, causing a faint layer of true qi to emerge outside his body. The Profound Dragon Realm's nine strata were divided into three realms every three strata: Blood Qi Realm, True Qi Realm, and Astral Qi Realm. In the Blood Qi Realm, true qi remained semi-misty, mixed with blood qi. In the True Qi Realm, true qi fully transformed into a liquid state and could emerge outside the body. Upon reaching the Astral Qi Realm, true qi could leave the body to wound others from ten steps away. Tan Xuan directly performed the nine movements from *Dragon Ascension Cloud-Surge Art* within the Hall of Inherited Arcana. With the blessing of true qi, the power of these nine movements greatly increased, whooshing through the air and stirring up gusts of wind in the hall. The violent airflow even faintly condensed into a dragon-shaped current several zhang long.
  • "This is the might of true qi," Tan Xuan paused at one point, a satisfied smile curling his lips. When he mastered *Startling Tide Swordsmanship*, he could shatter a human-sized rock into hundreds of pieces with one strike. Now, with true qi, he was confident that a single strike could turn that rock into powder—its lethality increased by more than tenfold! "Forget it, Master is still waiting outside. I should go out first," Tan Xuan stopped his thoughts and stepped out. "Clang!" Outside the stone hall, everyone heard the door of the Hall of Inherited Arcana open, and then saw Tan Xuan emerge. "Has he really reached the Fourth Stratum of the Profound Dragon Realm so quickly?" Shi Daoyuan looked at Tan Xuan in astonishment. Although Tan Xuan had condensed the Azure Dragon Dharmic Embodiment, which surprised him, Shi Daoyuan himself had once condensed the Three-Headed Water Ape Embodiment, equivalent to the Azure Dragon Embodiment, so he was not as shocked as others. But now, seeing Tan Xuan break through to the Fourth Stratum of the Profound Dragon Realm, he was greatly shaken. It should be noted that when he had condensed the Three-Headed Water Ape Embodiment, he had only broken through to the Second Stratum. By comparison, Tan Xuan's potential was even greater than his own.
  • "Profound Dragon Fourth Stratum!" Xu Zhen and the other eight elders also noticed Tan Xuan's condition, all shocked. "Hahaha, excellent, excellent," Xu Zhen laughed heartily, pointing to Shi Daoyuan and the others to introduce to Tan Xuan: "This is Shi Daoyuan, the Sect Master of our Luo Shui Sect, and the eight elders."
  • "Greetings to the Sect Master and the eight Elders," Tan Xuan respectfully saluted Shi Daoyuan and the others. After all, the principle that more courtesy never goes amiss applied everywhere.
  • "Indeed, Elder Xu Zhen has accepted a fine disciple," the eight elders praised Tan Xuan with smiles. Xu Zhen proudly stroked his gray beard.
  • "Lad, come visit me more often and keep this old man company," the eccentric elder interjected at this moment, then continued to cross his legs and hum a tune. Yet this simple remark shocked Shi Daoyuan and the others, who couldn't fathom why this mysterious Martial Uncle showed such favor to Tan Xuan. Although Tan Xuan had condensed the Azure Dragon Dharmic Embodiment, this only represented potential. The higher one rose in realm, the less emphasis was placed on potential and the more on comprehension—especially after reaching the Heavenly Human Realm, where few cultivators mentioned potential anymore, except for those with truly heaven-defying talent. Unfortunately, they did not know that Tan Xuan had precisely condensed a heaven-defying Dharmic Embodiment, the Water God's Embodiment—hence why their Martial Uncle valued Tan Xuan.