King of Creation
Chapter 379 - 375: A Transformation as Profound as Shedding the Mortal Body and Replacing the Bones

Chapter 379: Chapter 375: A Transformation as Profound as Shedding the Mortal Body and Replacing the Bones

Hum!

Uncontrollably, all four of Ye Zhen’s innate bloodlines emerged within his body, from the chilling First Sword Vein to the other three bloodlines, all humming in resonance.

During the humming, the golden glow that had just entered Ye Zhen’s body surged like a tide toward these four innate bloodlines.

More wondrous was that before merging into the four innate bloodlines, the golden glow circulated within Ye Zhen’s body, rejuvenating everywhere it passed.

Previous old wounds, the hidden damages slowly accumulated during cultivation, and even the extremely faint toxicity left inside his body after consuming pills, were all restored and purified.

A sense of unprecedented comfort spread throughout Ye Zhen’s body, as if being reborn, instantly bringing Ye Zhen’s physique and cultivation back to their peak state.

However, before Ye Zhen could savor this wonderful feeling, the golden glow split into four streams, surging towards the four innate bloodlines. Visibly, the innate bloodline spiritual energy within the four innate bloodlines began skyrocketing.

The most astonishing was Ye Zhen’s First Sword Vein.

The moment the golden glow poured in, the First Sword Vein vehemently shone with golden sword light, its brilliance intensifying within Ye Zhen’s body as if about to burst forth from his flesh.

In a few breaths, the depleted innate bloodline spiritual energy within Ye Zhen’s four innate bloodlines was replenished fully, but still, the golden glow kept pouring into the bloodlines relentlessly.

Thump, thump!

The First Sword Vein, like a balloon being inflated, expanded at both ends under the influx of the golden glow.

This scene gave Ye Zhen a big scare. Could the First Sword Vein burst?

The answer was no.

The First Sword Vein did not burst under the pressure of the golden glow; instead, it rapidly grew.

Initially, the First Sword Vein floating inside Ye Zhen’s body was only three feet long, but with the nourishment of the golden glow, it surged in length.

Three and a half feet.

Four feet.

Six feet.

Ten feet!

The length of the First Sword Vein explosively grew from one meter to nearly ten feet before gradually halting.

However, the golden glow did not give Ye Zhen any reprieve. As the growth of the First Sword Vein halted, the second, third, and fourth innate bloodlines began their frenzied growth under the nourishment of the golden glow.

Previously, among Ye Zhen’s four innate bloodlines, the first bloodline was the longest at over three feet, which had once received half of the inheritance of Meng Chuan’s Vital Vein Forging Divine Ability, rising from two feet to over three feet.

The other three innate bloodlines, always shorter than the First Sword Vein, were a bit over half a meter, specifically speaking, around two feet.

But now, under the replenishment of the golden glow, these three innate bloodlines surged in length like air-filled beads, stretching at both ends, and nearly increasing by half a foot in the time of a breath.

Three feet!

Four feet!

Five feet!

.....

With the continual influx of the golden glow, the lengths of these three innate bloodlines grew unceasingly, but their growth also resulted in massive consumption of the golden glow.

Six feet!

Seven feet!

As the quantity of the golden glow decreased, the growth rate of these three innate bloodlines in Ye Zhen also slowed, becoming slower and slower.

When the last trace of golden glow vanished, the lengths of these three innate bloodlines stabilized at seven and a half feet.

Tripled!

Their lengths had explosively increased by threefold!

The transformation brought by the golden glow left Ye Zhen somewhat dumbstruck.

Although Ye Zhen did not know what changes enhanced innate bloodlines would bring, he was certain it was beneficial.

According to the sect’s records, a martial artist’s innate bloodlines are primarily judged by their quantity. For example, three veins, four veins, six veins—the more veins, the higher the talent.

Yet, there are exceptions, such as after breaking through to the Spirit Summoning Realm, when martial artists can visualize the lengths of their own innate bloodlines through their Divine Sense during cultivation.

Nearly ninety percent of martial artists have innate bloodline lengths slightly over two feet, the longest definitely not exceeding three feet. However, there have been martial artists with innate bloodline lengths under two feet, and Qiyun Sect had such a case.

About seventy years ago, Qiyun Sect received a genius disciple, a top-grade talent with six veins, nearly the best innate bloodline in the sect at that time, almost reaching the Heavenly Vein.

Receiving a disciple with such excellent innate bloodlines, Qiyun Sect naturally nurtured him wholeheartedly, tilting multiple times the cultivation resources toward this disciple.

However, something odd happened. This disciple progressed extremely slowly in his cultivation.

He was not only slower than same-vein peers but also lagged behind those with lower-grade four and five veins.

Yet, his cultivation resources were at least triple those of his peers.

At that time, the elder echelons of Qiyun Sect were baffled, even suspecting him of laziness and had an elder supervise him for a while, but in reality, the disciple was very diligent.

For a period, this situation troubled all the high ranks of the Qiyun Sect.

It was only years later when this disciple broke through to the Spirit Summoning Realm that the high ranks of the Qiyun Sect realized the innate bloodline within this disciple was exceptionally short, so short that it was only one and a half feet long, nearly half the length of other martial artists.

Only then did the high ranks of the Qiyun Sect have an epiphany, discovering that the length of innate bloodlines was also one of the significant factors affecting a martial artist’s talent.

However, the length of the innate bloodlines couldn’t be tested during the entrance examination; it required the martial artists themselves to activate and reveal it.

Most importantly, the higher the cultivation, the number of innate bloodlines affected future achievements. For instance, in the Vein Forging Realm, martial artists with four veins could only master four Vital Vein Forging Divine Abilities, but those with six veins could ultimately master six.

Ultimately, this characteristic of innate bloodline length was overlooked by the elders of the Qiyun Sect.

However, since then, if some disciples with lower innate bloodlines in the Qiyun Sect grew rapidly in cultivation, the elders were no longer surprised.

It must be some martial artists whose innate bloodlines are inherently robust.

But the situation with Ye Zhen now, where the length of his innate bloodline suddenly surged to seven and a half feet or even ten feet, was unprecedented, and what changes would occur remained unknown.

These were the changes that Ye Zhen could see and feel developing within himself.

Then there were some changes that Ye Zhen could not feel or understand; it was only a mysterious intuition that he could vaguely sense, making him realize that a miraculous change was taking place within his body, especially the vanishing of the dragon form phantom inside him.

Originally, within the golden glow that had entered Ye Zhen’s body, there was a vague dragon form light shadow; now, although the golden glow had greatly enhanced the innate bloodlines, the dragon form light shadow had disappeared without a trace.

Ye Zhen only remembered that when the dragon form light shadow entered his body, he trembled all over and then it vanished.

Although he couldn’t find it, Ye Zhen’s intuition could vaguely feel that dragon form light shadow; the feeling was very strange as if something extraordinary had entered his body.

Yet, Ye Zhen was not afraid at all.

For Ye Zhen could feel that the vaguely sensed dragon form light shadow was merging with him.

It was merging into his body at an extremely slow rate, becoming one with him.

Only then did the changes in his body gradually cease, giving Ye Zhen time to perceive the changes within himself.

The most astonishing, naturally, had to be the four surge in innate bloodlines.

With a thought, Ye Zhen’s divine sense immediately sank into the four innate bloodlines.

Whoa!

The moment the divine sense sank, a pervasive feeling instantly emerged in Ye Zhen’s heart.

Ye Zhen felt that as long as he moved his divine sense, the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi within a hundred meters radius might be drained in an instant.

Three times, at least three times!

In the cultivation of a martial artist, apart from using pills and spirit crystals, most of the time, they use innate bloodlines as a bridge to absorb Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi to increase cultivation.

Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi is nearly infinite; as long as martial artists can hold it, they can absorb it freely so, the first constraint on the speed of a martial artist’s cultivation is this bridge to Heaven and Earth—the innate bloodline!

The more innate bloodlines, the more bridges there are, and the faster the cultivation speed. However, if these bridges are wide enough, the cultivation speed will also increase.

In Ye Zhen’s current situation, these bridges had suddenly increased three to four times, and Ye Zhen’s speed of absorbing Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi had also tripled, perhaps even more.

"At this rate, other warriors who have not undergone the dragon form radiant glow bath, need to have at least twelve or even thirteen innate bloodlines to match my cultivation speed...."

After coming to this conclusion, Ye Zhen was astounded!

Genius!

Just in terms of cultivation speed, he was now truly a genius among geniuses!

In the past, innate bloodlines were Ye Zhen’s biggest weakness, but now, even Heavenly Pulse Warriors could not compare to Ye Zhen’s cultivation.

Transformed inside and out!

Ye Zhen finally understood the value of the Black Dragon Ranking.

Not to mention other positions, just this first place was definitely worth risking his life and betting all his possessions.

The image of Caiyi suddenly emerged in Ye Zhen’s mind, softening his gaze.

This first place in the Black Dragon Ranking was originally Caiyi’s.

But Caiyi had straightforwardly given it to Ye Zhen.

Although the second place in Black Dragon Ranking also had a golden dragon-shaped glow, the golden dragon-shaped glow of the second didn’t have even half of that of the first.

Ye Zhen’s eyes slowly opened, and he suddenly realized that everyone’s gaze seemed to be focused on him, waiting for him to wake up.

Caiyi’s eyes, gentle as water, were also quietly watching him, her lips revealing a faint smile upon seeing him awaken.

In the sky, the twelve temporary stewards of the Black Dragon Ranking were still gathered there, especially Qing Yii.

Seeing Ye Zhen open his eyes, Qing Yii suddenly spoke loudly, "Next, we proceed with the last part at Black Dragon Ancient Land, praying and bidding farewell to the Dragon Spirit!"

"All the warriors standing on the Black Dragon Platform, use your telekinesis to send prayers toward the Dragon Spirit in the sky, asking for the Dragon Spirit to bless and prosper the martial fortune of Black Dragon Domain, and thereafter, bid farewell to the Dragon Spirit!"

After saying this, Qing Yii added another line, "Yes, let your sincerity be seen. Your intentions will be visible to all. Do not desecrate the Dragon Spirit! And others, pray to the Dragon Spirit too, for the prosperity of martial fortune in Black Dragon Domain!" (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please read at m.qidian.com.)