Chapter 927: Legends Of The Blood Forefather
However, the inexplicable appearance of a human boy that was so arrogant and lawless left the ancestors slack-jawed. A human receiving the blessing was completely outside of their expectations.
Li Qiye only smiled towards this ancestor: "If I become the Blood Forefather, are you all ready to have a human take this role?"
Such sharp words left the ancestors thinking. This was indeed a problem. They were not prepared for a human to become their Blood Forefather. How could they face the Blood Race after this? This issue left these experienced ancestors silent.
"That is impossible." An ancestor stressed: "How could the bloodline of our progenitor be passed down to a human! This will never happen."
Li Qiye smirked: "Is that so? Don't you think you are being a bit too certain? You're all just a bunch of geezers that have lived for too long. Ask yourselves, where did the Blood Race come from?"
An ancestor immediately quipped: "What a load of rubbish. The world all knows where we came from."
"Okay, then we'll talk about it a bit. According to you, your progenitor was originally a drop of immortal blood that eventually gave birth to the entire Blood Race. Here lies the issue, who actually gave birth to all of you?"
"…" This question left the ancestors in the darkness dazed. Everyone had heard of this legend, but who actually gave birth to them? This question had never really been touched before.
Li Qiye smiled: "From the various versions of your origin mythos, it can be assumed that your progenitor was male, so there has to be a woman that gave birth to your Blood Race, right? Your progenitor couldn't be the only one."
In fact, whether if it was the nine worlds or within their clan, there were no exact writings about this issue. No one really discussed this matter either.
Li Qiye went on: "If we take a step back and assume that your progenitor was a woman, then who would the father be?"
Not to mention the ancestors present, perhaps no one in the entire Blood Race could answer Li Qiye's question.
He leisurely went on before the silent crowd: "No matter the sex, your progenitor needs the other half to give birth to your race, but your race has never thought about how half of your bloodline might contain a different bloodline!"
"You are speaking as if you know!" The Autumn Matron stared at Li Qiye.
Li Qiye smiled: "You are asking the right person. I have indeed read an ancient record with a particular tale. It says that your Blood Matriarch is a human. In other words, a human female gave birth to your race."
"How absurd! How could a human exist within our race!" An ancestor shouted, immediately denying this theory.
Li Qiye disagreed: "After so much talking, your primal ground still doesn't want to admit this truth! You all claim to have the purest bloodline from your progenitor but deny your matriarch's bloodline. This is the most ridiculous and funny thing I have ever heard!"
"How can we believe a false claim?" An ancestor gently shook his head.
"It doesn't matter. Ultimately, you all are still avoiding the issue and won't recognize the truth that your bloodline is not pure." Li Qiye dismissively said: "With regards to the three most widespread versions of your origin, you claim that your version is the most orthodox."
"Then let us talk about the other two versions for a bit." Li Qiye didn't look at the ancestors in the darkness and instead towards the four matrons: "There is something similar about the other two versions — the other half of your progenitor, or your matriarch…"
"… One of them states that the king of your ancestors married a woman and eventually replaced the original race. The other one believes that your progenitor mated with a female corpse to give birth to your race! Only your version avoids talking about your matriarch, don't you think this is quite interesting?"
The Winter Matron coldly uttered: "So what?!"
Li Qiye smiled: "This makes me think that your older ancestors are privy to the origin of your matriarch, so they purposely avoided it. Although descendants like you might be unaware, your ancestors probably know this secret!"
"Despite the writings in the ancient record about the change in your blood pond back then, a human descendant like me has no way of knowing. However, one thing is certain, you all have found something that relates to the secret of your bloodline, or at least formulated some guesses. Otherwise, the four of you wouldn't have been able to break the chains of your bloodline!"
"With that, things get interesting. You all don't actually dare to deny the existence of the other half of your bloodline, a bloodline that may even be human. Because of this, the anomaly in the blood pond forced the four of you to come out and take control. And I, a human, fits your speculation perfectly, it is just that you don't want to admit it."
"Young man, you have quite a rich imagination." An ancestor interrupted him and coldly said: "This is only your one-sided speculation! You're merely indulging in your rampant imagination!"
"Fine, we won't talk about this anymore." Li Qiye did not deny the accusation. "Then we'll get to the point! Everyone is here right now, so is it time for my baptism to begin?!"
The ancestors once again turned quiet. Letting a human participate in the baptism was completely unprecedented. This was not in accordance with the rules of their primal ground and their race as a whole.
"I am a straightforward person, especially with threats. If you let me participate, then everyone will be happy. If not, however, then my apologies, I will do so anyway." Li Qiye smiled and said: "Will all of you accept a human as your Blood Forefather? Of course, I am well prepared to break all formalities. I hope all of you are prepared to accept your new forefather as well!"
Li Qiye was not longer joking around this time. He carried an aggressive momentum that gave no room for negotiation!
"Such a big tone…" An ancestor's eyes turned fierce like a lamp in the night.
"These are not empty words!" Li Qiye interrupted him and coldly uttered: "I am only stating a fact to all of you so that you can mentally prepare yourselves. When I become the Blood Forefather, all of this would be deemed as disrespect! To be frank, I do not need your primal ground, it is the other way around!"
His eyes swept through the rest of the ancestors in the darkness: "Without a Blood Forefather, do you think your primal ground is worthy of its title? All I need to do is to run outside and I'm sure many lineages in the Blood Race would be willing to worship me as the forefather!"
"Once that happens, do you think your primal ground can maintain its untouchable position in the Blood Race?! If you want to command the Blood Race, you will definitely need me as your Blood Forefather!" Li Qiye appeared quite forceful at this time.
"You think you can become the Blood Forefather?" An ancestor stood up in the darkness. A terrifying aura engulfed the sky like the awakening of a God-Monarch.
"Is it time to play hard?" Li Qiye's eyes narrowed as he slowly spoke: "I don't care either way. Although I am weak, destroying all of you won't be hard as your forefather!"
"No." At this point, the Autumn Matron gently shook her head: "Ancestors, let him have his baptism!"
An ancestor asked: "Is that appropriate?" After all, a human undergoing the baptism was an unprecedented matter.
"Let him be!" Even the Winter Matron added with a serious tone: "He is not guaranteed to become the forefather! This is a type of fate since he has been blessed."
"I agree. We won't lose anything by letting him undergo the baptism." The Spring Matron nodded in agreement.
"A human blessed by the progenitor… let us see just what kind of blessing it is." The Summer Matron stared at Li Qiye with curiosity in her pretty eyes.
The ancestors also privately exchanged their opinions. Eventually, an ancestor spoke: "Fine, Junior, you can be baptized. Since you are blessed, it is your own fortune. As for what it is, that depends on your own fate." The four matrons had agreed, so the ancestors didn't have a reason to oppose them. Moreover, they also wanted to see what kind of gift an outsider like Li Qiye would get.
At this point, the four matrons were staring intensely at Li Qiye because they knew more than the ancestors. It was just like he had said, they had a few speculations in their minds!
927 TeaserHowever, this inexplicable appearance of a human boy that was so arrogant and lawless left the ancestors slack-jawed. A human receiving the blessing was completely outside of their expectations.
Li Qiye only smiled towards this ancestor: "If I become the Blood Forefather, are you all ready to have a human take this role?"
Such sharp words left the ancestors thinking. This was indeed a problem. They were not prepared for a human to become their Blood Forefather. How could they face the Blood Race after this? This issue left these experienced ancestors silent.
"That is impossible." An ancestor stressed: "How could the bloodline of our progenitor be passed down to a human! This will never happen."
Li Qiye smirked: "Is that so?”
[collapse]Chapter 928: Dao Sword
The Spring Matron eventually spoke: "Begin. If you can't become the Blood Forefather, we'll teach you a nice lesson!"
Prior to this, Li Qiye repeatedly teased the four of them and even tricked them. They had been wanting to teach him a lesson for a while now.
"Little girl, don't worry, you guys won't have the opportunity." Li Qiye smiled: "Just be ready, I am a petty person. The four of you have offended me, so prepare to become my palanquin bearers!"
The four matrons were not happy with this response. However, they ultimately endured it and only scowled.
Li Qiye looked at the blood pond and smiled: "The dream of so many across millions of years! My turn." With that, he stepped inside the pond.
"Boom!" Him entering the pool made the entire blood pond erupt like a volcano. A boundless amount of fiery blood rose and swallowed him whole!
"What's going on?" Both the matrons and the ancestors in the darkness were shocked by this development.
"Open!" Li Qiye roared in response. He opened his mind and a universal law flew out. This was the law he obtained from the Sky Dome. It split itself at an unbelievable speed. Different dao runes came out; they were thinner than strands of hair.
These silk-like dao runes quickly pierced all the fiery blood that erupted from the pond and integrated into it. If the fiery blood were strings of yarn, then the dao runes were needles. The dao needles seemed to be under the control of a masterful pair of hands. They quickly came together to form a pattern. The entire process was too fast and ended in the blink of an eye.
"Buzz!" After the dao runes finished weaving the fiery blood together, they started to withdraw. Their withdrawal ended with the formation of a huge sequence of runes from all of the blood. This scene made it look like the dao runes were weaving a huge net that they then started to extract the fire from.
After doing so, the boundless blood fire frantically soared towards Li Qiye's body as if it wanted to tear him apart.
"Absorb!" Li Qiye cried out and opened his fate palace; his cauldron of life jumped out. With a huge explosion, it swallowed the fiery blood. It seemed to be bottomless and aimed to devour the entire blood pond.
"How, how is this possible!" All the spectators gasped at this scene as they stared on in disbelief.
For tens of millions of years, many disciples had undergone the baptism process from one generation to the next. However, their baptisms all consisted of slowly refining the blood. It was a very gentle process like a type of training.
An attempt as violent as Li Qiye's had never happened before. Moreover, they didn't know that a rune sequence like that was hidden in the blood.
"Rumble!" The pond and even the palace started to shake with Li Qiye's devouring process.
It seemed that the sequence hidden in the fiery blood was gigantic like a net being thrown into a vast ocean. The dao runes crazily dragged out the sequences as if they would never give up until they got the very last one.
Meanwhile, his cauldron of life continued to absorb the fire. In just a short period of time, the pond was drained dry by Li Qiye!
However, it didn't end there because of the monumental size of the sequence. Li Qiye had pulled out a lot, but the other half of this sequence was still hidden within the blood pond.
At this time, despite the valiant effort of the frenzied dao runes, they couldn't take out the other half.
Li Qiye shouted: "Open for me!" One palace soared after another. With a series of explosions, all thirteen jumped out and lined up. At this time, everything became hazy. Li Qiye had disappeared along with the blood pond.
"What?! This is impossible!" All the ancestors were frightened. Even the matrons were aghast and took several thumping steps backward.
For the cultivators of this world, having twelve palaces was already virtually unique across the eons; thirteen palaces was simply unimaginable. However, it was right before their very eyes, leaving them horrified.
A person eventually appeared from within the vast nothingness; it was Li Qiye! Strictly speaking, this was not his real body, it was the Nirvana Heavens. This figure was even more frightening and powerful compared to the current Li Qiye.
"Buzz!" His Nirvana Heavens attacked and sealed the world. All the ancestors and the matrons felt an urge to prostrate. Before the Nirvana Heavens, all beings would tremble in fear and reverence.
At this moment, Li Qiye was the high heavens, the ruler of all. He was the lone sovereign of the universe and myriad realms!
"Boom!" The Nirvana Heavens dragged out the remaining half of the sequence buried below the blood pond.
"Rumble!" After doing so, the entire pond exploded. The initially withered pond spewed out even more fiery blood. Without a doubt, there was even more blood hidden beneath the pond.
Li Qiye's cauldron of life continued to devour the billowing blood. Eventually, the blood was gradually depleted by his cauldron.
At the same time, the sequences had been completed. They became a complete heavenly chapter that was truly profound. No one could see through it as if it was the origin of the myriad dao in this world!
"This is…?!" An ancestor stood out and exclaimed after seeing this complete chapter while all of his peers were shaken.
Eventually, this complete chapter issued a buzz and imprinted itself into Li Qiye's cauldron of life. It was an eternal engraving, forever indelible.
"This is a great feeling." Li Qiye emotionally said after devouring all of the fiery blood and engraving the chapter deep into his cauldron of life. This supreme and comfortable feeling made it seem like he was controlling the myriad dao!
"Zzz—" At this moment, thick universal laws came out from the bottom of the pond like serpents. Li Qiye reached out with his hand and the chapter that was imprinted on his cauldron lit up. These laws that resembled spirit serpents swam into his hands and slowly coiled together.
"Dum!" Finally, all the universal laws came together to form a sword. This sword exuded a glow as dark as ink. However, with a careful observation, one would see that it was made from an incredible amount of dao runes!
Li Qiye sighed with the sword in his hand. The myriad dao were in his tyrannical grasp!
Li Qiye pointed his sword at the sky and emotionally muttered: "Dao Sword, just like the legends say." With this sword in his hand, he became invincible across the eons!
"What…" An ancestor lost his mind and couldn't speak for a moment. Eventually, he managed to blurt out: "The legend, the legend is real!"
Everyone was astonished at this moment since Li Qiye had drained the pond dry. From now on, the pond would only be a dried up pit!
He didn't only obtain the entire blood pond but also the legendary treasure!
There was a secret within the primal ground; inside the blood pond was the most profound and ultimate chapter of their origin! All the ancestors knew that those who could obtain the chapter would be recognized by their progenitor and obtain the real legacy to become the Blood Forefather.
Today, Li Qiye didn't only obtain this chapter, he also obtained the legendary item! Their primal ground had always coveted this sword, but they had never been successful!
"Clank!" The Dao Sword turned back into universal laws and disappeared into Li Qiye's body!
Li Qiye slowly set his gaze upon the four matrons and then the darkness. He leisurely asked: "Now, do you think I am qualified to be your Blood Forefather?"
Suddenly, the entire palace went quiet. Even the four matrons had nothing to say. If, say, Li Qiye wasn't qualified, then no one else in this world would be. He had obtained everything from the Blood Race, including its origin chapter and legendary treasure!
"But, but you are human!" After a long silence, an ancestor finally spoke.
The primal ground was caught in a dilemma. Letting a human become their Blood Forefather was unsuitable no matter how they looked at it.
Chapter 929: Void Trap Desert
Li Qiye smiled in response to the hidden ancestor: "Yes, I am a human — nothing can change this fact, and there is no need to change it. Right now, you will either worship me as your Blood Forefather or get out of my way and we won't owe each other anything. Don't think I don't know just because all of you are lurking in the shadows!"
"Please be more courteous with your words." An ancestor unhappily replied.
"Courteous?" Li Qiye couldn't help but smile: "It should be all of you acting courteously towards me. If I'm in a good mood, then I'll think about being your Blood Forefather. If not, then I'll decapitate all of you like chopping watermelons! Even if I'm weak right now, I can still cut down all of you with the Dao Sword in my hand! Want to try me?!"
The ancestors looked at each other to figure out the next step since Li Qiye was so overbearing.
The four matrons, at this time, had reached an agreement. The Autumn Matron revealed their decision: "Let him go."
An ancestor eventually responded from the darkness: "If Sir is willing to stay behind, then our primal ground welcomes you. Sir can stay as long as you wish, but as for the matters of the Blood Forefather's role, we must discuss it. We hope for a perfect solution." 1
At this moment, the ancestors were very cordial towards Li Qiye and didn't dare to slight him.
"Very well, all of you and that geezer Bloodbull Godfiend can talk it over. It seems like your group of old men can't make a decision right now anyway." Li Qiye chuckled.
"Sir…" The ancestors were shocked to hear this because an existence like the Bloodbull Godfiend was only known to the ancestors. Even the disciples of the primal ground didn't know him.
"There aren't that many secrets in this world for me." Li Qiye interrupted the ancestor: "As for staying around, there's no need. My time is precious, it can't be wasted on talking with you guys. Once you've made a decision, come and find me."
"If Sir is willing, we can order experts to escort you to any place you wish." An ancestor finally said after another quick deliberation in secrecy.
For their primal ground, Li Qiye was a very precious commodity. They didn't want anything to happen to him.
"No need, you will be hard-pressed to find someone who can kill me without my permission." Li Qiye denied the offer: "Come and find me when a decision is made; otherwise, don't bother me. I only have one condition to be your Blood Forefather, and that is absolute loyalty from your primal ground. As for my part, I can lead you towards a path of glory, allowing your primal ground to rule the Blood Race. What I can give you will forever be beyond your imagination!"
This bold rhetoric left the ancestors speechless. Those who didn't know the full story would think that Li Qiye was spouting nonsense. However, the ancestors knew very well that Li Qiye was completely qualified to make such claims. Thirteen palaces — this was enough to represent it all. Moreover, he obtained their most primal chapter, and the extremely terrifying Dao Sword was in his hand as well.
"Then, Sir, have a safe journey." In the end, the ancestors could only say these words. Even if they wanted to make him stay, they didn't have the courage. It was just like he had said earlier, he could chop off their heads like chopping watermelons!
"Very well, I will wait for your good news. I hope that you will make a sensible choice." Li Qiye smiled then left the blood pond, making his way towards the outside.
At this time, the pond was completely dried and had lost its value.
"Oh right, four little girls, if I become your forefather, don't forget that you all will have to become my palanquin bearers." Li Qiye paused at the door and turned around to smile at the four matrons.
The four matrons were naturally angry, but they showed no temper and chose to remain silent.
Li Qiye left the primal ground while it chose to not do anything. No one sent him off either. The primal ground acted in a conspicuous attitude when Li Qiye left because they didn't want the news of Li Qiye obtaining the primal chapter and Dao Sword to spread outside.
After leaving the primal ground, he took a deep breath while staring at the distant horizon and murmured: "Southern Barren Earth, I'm finally here again!"
With a touch of melancholy, he recalled the things that had happened here across the long years. There was one particular event that the future generation referred to as the Battle of the Gods. It remained a fascinating topic from one era to the next.
In the eyes of the historians, this war was glorious. However, it was a cruel war for Li Qiye!
His generals fell one after another. The Godkings that pledged their loyalty to him died in battle. Without their blood, there would not be the nine worlds of today!
"Battle of the Gods… too cruel!" Li Qiye eventually sighed.
He moved on without hesitation. He had grown used to the pain and numb to the suffering. No matter what the future had in store, he would still face it with a proud smile on his face!
The Blood Primal Ground was located in the most southern region of the Barren Earth. Moreover, it was separated by a huge desert named the Void Trap. One must cross this vast and dried desert before leaving the primal ground completely.
Void Trap Desert was a very dangerous area. There were spatial traps everywhere. Even cultivators wouldn't want to travel in this place. Of course, it was not hard for the real masters, they just needed to fly straight through it.
However, Li Qiye didn't take the path of the sky. It was too easy for him to cross it, so he chose to walk instead.
The first step was met with a gust of hot air rushing into his face. The scorching sand beneath his feet was a great source of annoyance.
Li Qiye not only walked, he even withdrew all of his blood energy and aura. He wanted to walk through this desert just like a mortal!
This was not a decision made on the basis of having too much spare time. He wanted to use this time for training because Zhan Xian had sealed his dao foundation. Thus, he must unlock it!
He knew many methods to reach this goal. However, the best one was by training, to let the flesh and dao foundation be polished time and time again through suffering. Then, by breaking through his limits would he be able to unlock this seal.
Li Qiye knew that Zhan Xian did this on purpose so that he would suffer. Of course, he didn't really mind it. This type of physical torture was not worth mentioning in his eyes. He had tasted much worse before. As for the agony of the dao heart, it was even more meaningless. This level of torment was only a meal to him.
Not to mention all the other dangers entailed by walking through this desert, just the blazing sun and hot sand alone were insufferable. This was exacerbated even more by the intolerable thirst that drove people insane.
A cultivator wouldn't have a hard time traveling through this desert, but Li Qiye had let go of his advantages and chose to walk on the path of a mortal through this vast desert. This resulted in an inconceivable level of difficulty.
One day passed after another. The sweltering heat burnt him black. He was now extremely dehydrated, causing his lips to crack. He was walking barefoot, thus his soles were full of blisters…
Bearing such a long ordeal would force cultivators to give up and start to fly out early. However, Li Qiye was undaunted. He walked through the desert as if he was taking a stroll. It had no effect on him or his dao heart.
Although his current appearance was quite disconcerting and made him resemble a beggar, his demeanor was still relaxed. He could manage a smile despite his cracked lips as he trod through this garden in his mind.
This method was very effective. As he continued to train and suffer, the seal of his dao foundation showed signs of weakening.
Of course, it would require a relatively long period of suffering before he could break it completely. This was Zhan Xian's goal after all, to see Li Qiye in pain after his revival. It was Li Qiye's own fault for tricking it!
The night in the desert was especially bright. There were stars everywhere in this vast and tranquil desert. It was a moment of serenity to gaze at this sight.
Li Qiye was hiding in a sand pit. His body was emitting one bright corona after another. As they changed, an absolute domain was formed. No one would understand this strange phenomenon unraveling. This was an earth-shattering secret! Very few would understand the existence of the domains from the Immortal Physiques! One could easily count the past users of this technique with their fingers.
Immortal Physique's domain — another secret from the Physique Scripture! Once two Immortal Physiques reached half completion, their domains would appear.
Of course, there was no such thing as half completion for Li Qiye because he cultivated the most perfect physique laws in this world, allowing him to always exert their greatest potential even before reaching this colloquial step. In other words, for those who cultivated the physique laws from the heavenly scripture, the limitation before reaching half completion was null.
"You" here became respectful, so I substituted "Sir" in for "you". ↩