Time flew by, always slipping through one’s fingers before one even noticed.

Three months had passed in the blink of an eye since the Inheritance Space opened.

During these three months, many experts had already obtained inheritances and treasures from the Inheritance Space. Almost all of them chose to remain there to cultivate diligently.

After all...

The Spiritual Qi within the Inheritance Space was incomparably rich, dozens of times denser than in the outside world.

A single day of cultivation here was equivalent to a whole month outside!

Almost every expert was satisfied and excited with their gains from the Celestial Fate Hunting.

The only exception was the few hundred who had been robbed clean by Jiang Chen. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Every time they recalled Jiang Chen blocking the entrance to the Inheritance Space and brazenly robbing everyone, they couldn’t help but gnash their teeth, wishing they could swallow him whole.

However...

The moment they remembered how powerful Jiang Chen was, they could only swallow their anger and suffer in silence.

「Outside the Celestial Pride War Hall.」

The Celestial Fate Daoist sat cross-legged on his flying carpet, basking leisurely in the warm sunlight.

Suddenly...

The Celestial Fate Daoist, who had been half-reclining, suddenly shot upright. A brilliant light erupted from his eyes, his sharp gaze sweeping toward the Inheritance Space as if it could pierce through anything. A look of shock appeared on his aged face. A violent aura surged from his body, forcibly scattering the clouds for thousands of miles.

A look of ecstasy spread across the Celestial Fate Daoist’s face. "Fin-finally! Someone has fused with the Master’s Divine Blood? Hahaha! After a bitter three-hundred-year wait, another Divine Son has finally appeared from the one hundred Celestial Fate Ancient Realms under my watch! I’ve finally gathered ten Divine Sons. The next time the secret repository opens, I’ll definitely show those old geezers!"

He was incredibly excited, his eyes fixed intently on the Inheritance Space.

「Meanwhile...」

Inside the Inheritance Space, the Five-Colored Mirror Light Lake radiated a brilliant light. A massive, blood-colored egg rested silently upon its surface.

Streams of blood-red light flowed around the giant egg.

All was silent.

Suddenly, a crimson breeze emanated from the egg, forming a small, ring-shaped storm that swirled around it.

The blood-colored egg trembled slightly.

VMMMM—

The bloody light surrounding the egg slowly thinned and grew transparent, revealing Jiang Chen curled up inside.

His body was shrouded in mystical runes, and a spiderweb of blood-red threads wound tighter and tighter around him.

It looked as if they were about to tear him apart.

’My soul... it hurts so much, like it’s being torn apart. My body won’t obey me... How long has it been?’

’Am I going to die here?’

’No... I can’t die. I still haven’t found my father, and Qingyi, Little Black, and Little White are waiting for me...’

’I can’t die! I must not die!’

"ROAR!"

The curled-up Jiang Chen let out a sudden, furious roar.

His tightly shut eyes snapped open, a cyan-gold light pulsing within them. He turned his Divine Thought inward, focusing on the drop of Divine Blood suspended in the depths of his Spiritual Sea.

This drop of Divine Blood was like a peerless monarch, exuding a supreme majesty that seemed to demand Jiang Chen’s submission.

For the past three months, the Divine Blood had been unable to truly fuse with Jiang Chen, precisely because he refused to bow his head to it!

He was resisting the will contained within the Divine Blood!

A vicious look flashed in Jiang Chen’s eyes. "A mere drop of Divine Blood wants me to submit? Don’t even think about it! Even if a Divine Spirit itself descended, it couldn’t make me, Jiang Chen, yield! God-slaying Sword! Devouring Spirit Ten Thousand Dao Scripture! Swallow this Divine Blood for me!"

BOOM—

The God-slaying Sword instantly erupted with a brilliant black light.

This halo of black light transformed into a pitch-black canopy that enveloped his entire Spiritual Sea.

Meanwhile...

The Devouring Spirit Ten Thousand Dao Scripture was also activated to its absolute limit.

The golden vortex in his Dantian began to spin wildly, surging toward the Divine Blood to devour it.

VMM!

The Divine Blood erupted with a blinding red light, and a majestic, profound voice echoed, "Audacious! How dare you profane this Divine Aura? For this, your body and soul shall be annihilated!"

"Divine Aura? A mere drop of Divine Blood dares speak of might? Watch as my God-slaying Sword shatters your so-called Divine Aura!"

Jiang Chen roared.

VMMMM...

The God-slaying Sword shot out within his Spiritual Sea.

SHING!

With a flash of black light, the sword pierced into the drop of Divine Blood.

A scream of agony echoed from within the Divine Blood. "How is this possible? Wh-what is this weapon? How can it extinguish my divine will? No—"

BOOM!

The Divine Blood shuddered violently, its light dimming significantly.

The wisp of divine will contained within the Divine Blood vanished without a trace, and Jiang Chen’s Devouring Spirit Ten Thousand Dao Scripture, pulsing with a dark golden light, enveloped the droplet.

RUMBLE...

Surges of vigorous, pure energy poured endlessly into Jiang Chen’s Dantian, where they were swiftly devoured.

The power contained in this single drop of Divine Blood was terrifying—it was even greater than the combined Essence Blood of ten thousand Lan Haichens.

After devouring just one ten-thousandth of it, Jiang Chen had already advanced from the Early Stage to the Mid Stage of the Heavenly Destiny Realm’s Eighth Stage!

The Devouring Spirit Ten Thousand Dao Scripture continued its work.

His cultivation advanced again and again: Late Stage of the Eighth Stage, Peak...

BOOM!

Jiang Chen’s entire body shuddered as he broke through to the Heavenly Destiny Realm Ninth Stage.

The Heavenly Destiny Tribulation began to brew within the Inheritance Space. Bolts of lightning descended, only to be blocked by the blood-colored egg, allowing Jiang Chen to pass the tribulation safely.

Even then, he had only devoured one-thousandth of the Divine Blood’s power. A gleam flashed in Jiang Chen’s eyes. ’I’m at the Heavenly Destiny Realm Ninth Stage already. If I were to devour all of this Divine Blood, couldn’t I break through to the Union Palace Realm?’

’This is just a single drop of blood!’

’For it to contain such terrifying energy... It’s hard to even imagine what kind of horrifying being its original owner was.’

However...

Fantasies are beautiful, but reality is cruel.

Just as Jiang Chen advanced to the Heavenly Destiny Realm Ninth Stage, the God-slaying Sword in his Spiritual Sea suddenly erupted with a blinding divine light.

The Holy Dragon coiled around the God-slaying Sword let out a great roar and shot out, wrapping itself around the drop of Divine Blood and pulling it back into the sword.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

The God-slaying Sword vibrated violently, radiating light in all directions.

Celestial Tier Fourth Grade!

Celestial Tier Fifth Grade!

Celestial Tier Sixth Grade...

It didn’t stop until it had risen all the way to Celestial Tier Seventh Grade. The Holy Dragon then opened its mouth and spat out a blood-red crystal, upon which was inscribed the ancient character "Hong."

This was the key to the secret repository, but all the energy it contained had already been absorbed by the God-slaying Sword.

"F-f-fu..."

Jiang Chen’s eyes widened, and he looked like he was about to cry but had no tears. "Damn it, are you serious? You can’t be serious! It’s bad enough you stole my stuff, but you didn’t even leave me a single drop?"

VMMMM—

The God-slaying Sword trembled slightly, pulsing with black light.

Jiang Chen said speechlessly, "Fine, fine. At least you’ve advanced to a Celestial Tier Seventh Grade Martial Soul, so I won’t hold it against you."

’Okay, I’ve obtained the Divine Blood, my Martial Soul has reached Celestial Tier Seventh Grade, and my cultivation has advanced to the Heavenly Destiny Realm Ninth Stage. But this alone isn’t enough to face the experts from the Ten Great Dynasties. I need to exchange for some materials to upgrade the Spirit-Slaying Sword to the Celestial Tier as well. Then I’ll get some Spirit Medicines to enhance my Divine Thought Power and pick out a few Celestial-Tier Martial Skills. Finally, I’ll refine a Third-Revolution Tyrant Essence Pill to advance my Divine Demon Tyrant Body to the Fourth Stage...’

With a fiery glint in his eyes, Jiang Chen rose to his feet and stepped out of the Inheritance Space...