768 Ao Shen's Ambitions
Outside the battlefield:
The factions of the Myriad Emperor World had different reactions as they watched the battle. Although the war only started recently, two top contenders were already eliminated.
During most battles, the Heaven Mystery Pavillion would release lists and information about the top contender. However, they offended Wang Wei in this generation after Old Chu divined a future for Di Tian.
And after Wang Wei visited them for his Supreme Outlaw Trial, they closed their gate and decided not to interfere with this generation. As such, other factions made lists and predictions.
However, regardless of who made a list, people like Huang Yuan and Xiao Songxi would enter the top 20. However, now, these two were eliminated, soliciting different reactions from people.
The Loose Cultivation Alliance was not surprised by this result. Although they were unhappy, many people predicted this outcome. After all, they knew most of Huang Yuan’s achievement was the result of the Life and Death Book.
A few people managed to predict Fan Qianhan would be his downfall. Huang Yuan had too much hatred in his heart. Love and hate are often interchangeable. He once loved her beyond words he could describe. So, once she betrayed him, all his love turned into hatred.
Many cultivators of the alliance suggested to Huang Yuan that he should kill her instead of maltreating her to such an extent. They believed as long as he did this, he would perfect and sublimate his Dao Heart.
Sadly, he refused to listen, and this led to his downfall.
As such, after seeing his downfall at Fan Qianhan’s hands, they could only sigh this was retribution. The upper echelons of the alliance only regretted they lost the Life and Death Book. Although the book was technically their property, they would not dare ask the Dao Opening Sect for it.
Xiao Songxi’s downfall elicited a similar reaction–but only for the people of the Baishe Clan. They knew from the Star Stage that Xiao Songxi had a minuscule chance of winning this battle. Unfortunately, to their disappointment, Xiao Songxi did not even begin his plan before someone eliminated him.
The other Sea Race Clans were sad as they had many expectations for Xiao Songxi. Although their race has been prosperous, they still cannot compare to humans because of their lack of an Eternal Emperor.
So, they hoped to cultivate one in this generation full of destiny and luck. Unfortunately, few talented Heaven Chosens appeared in their Sea Race. <any people wanted to count on Yi Lianchang, but the latter died during the Clean-Up.
Meanwhile, Xiao Songxi was half-human. Although he purified his bloodline and was now a full-blood Baishe Clan, many people still viewed him as human. Regardless, they had no better choice but to count on him.
Unfortunately, he failed. So, as they looked at him lying on the floor, they could only sigh in disappointment.
Meanwhile, the demon race was both happy and worried. They were delighted by the might displayed by their Venerable Chieft. Simultaneously, they feared the other races would gang up on him and eliminate him.
After all, no race would want the demon race to have an Eternal Emperor. Although the situation of the Myriad Emperor World is no longer the same as the Ancient Emperor Era, where Eternals could do as they pleased, it would still bring devastating catastrophe to other races if the demon race was the final winner of this generation’s battle.
No one wanted a repeat of the Golden Ape Emperor or the Heaven-Devouring Emperor. So, many people were secretly watching the demon race, scheming how they would react once an Eternal Emperor appeared on the Northern Continent.
Heaven Will Battlefield, Northern Quadrant:
Mo Xingyun sensed the power of Devour, and it was a unique one from the Baishe Clan. He once studied their clan’s bloodline when creating his Heaven Devouring Physique, so he was curious after sensing their clan’s unique aura.
His curiosity allowed him to witness the battle between Ao Shen and Xiao Songxi. After the battle ended, Ao Shen detected his gaze and looked at him. The latter picked Xiao Songxi’s body before returning to the demon race’s side and activating the formation to hide all these pesky sights.
Mo Xingyun frowned as he felt a slight greed flash in Ao Shen’s eyes. Although the latter swiftly controlled his emotion and removed it, he still detected it.
‘What is this guy planning?’ His intuition told him another variable might have opened up.
‘Although Xiao Songxi is a waster, this generation is full of talent,’ he commented. Compared to his generation, most of the Heaven Chosens of this era were on par with him–if not better. Given a chance, most of these people can become Eternal Emperors.
As for Xiao Songxi? As a person who cultivated Devour Dao, he could not devour everything thrown at him. As such, he was a waste in the Heaven Devour Emperor’s eyes.
The pinnacle of the Devour Dao is to be able to devour everything. A Quasi-Emperor can devour the attack of a Third Class Emperor. Of course, they could swallow it and not digest it.
They should be able to turn the power devoured into reserve energy that increases their stamina or life energy for healing. Of course, Mo Xingyun knew for a Quasi Emperor to achieve such a feat, they would need to spend millions of years swallowing the Emperor’s attack while the latter waited for them to do it.
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Mo Xingyun shook his head before ignoring this situation; he still had things to plan
Southern Quadrant:
Ao Shen looked at Xiao Songxi’s body. He had processed the shock from knowing Wang Wei and Di Tian’s strength and could react more calmly. By now, he had calmed himself down, entering a state of rationality.
‘The dragon race was used as the blueprint for many demon races,’ he thought. In many records, dragons are described as the head of a camel, the body of a snake, the scale of a fish, the paws of a tiger, the claws of an eagle, the ear of an ox, the horns of a deer, the eyes of a hare, and the belly of a clam.
The descriptions sometimes vary with different animals, but the essence is dragons are composed of various animal parts.
‘According to my inherited memories, the Innat Demon and Primordial Gods used different characteristics of the dragons to create a demon race while also modeling it after other Innate creatures like the White Tiger.
‘To create me, the demon race combined the bloodline of different tribes, focusing on the physical characteristics of dragons. After years of research and acquiring a broken Chaos Treasure, their research succeeded, and I was born–albeit incomplete.’
Ao Shen became a complete and genuine Innate Dragon after absorbing the Dragon Blood from the secret realm Liu Meixu opened.
With a calm composure, he opened Xiao Songxi’s chest and took the latter’s heart from him. Then, using a secret technique, he forced nine drops of extremely bright red blood.
‘My bloodline is already the combination of many demon races. But that’s not enough,’ thought Ao Shen with brilliant eyes. ‘I will fuse the Baishe Clan’s bloodline and swallow more bloodline.
‘If I can fuse countless race bloodlines–especially powerful Innate Bloodlines–I might be able to create a Dragon Chaos Bloodline, drastically increasing my strength.
‘Maybe I can even use this Chaos Dragon Bloodline to have the battle prowess of Dao Ancestor–and even, Great Emperor.’
A light of madness flashed in Ao Shen’s eyes as he pondered the feasibility of this plan.
‘Darkness can contain all things similar to Chaos–maybe except its opposite of light. Using this basis, I could use it as the seed for my Chaos Bloodline. Then, with the swallowing power of the Baishe Clan, it will be easier for me to swallow and assimilate different bloodlines.’
Although this plan was crazy, Ao Shen felt it was worth the risks. So, he sat cross-legged and absorbed Xiao Songxi’s bloodline. Using the entire demon race’s heritage or knowledge regarding bloodline, he created the Choas Bloodline Seed using his Innate Dragon Bloodline and the Baishe Clan Bloodline.
‘The first stage is complete,’ he thought as he felt the Bloodline Seed inside his body. Then, Ao Shen ordered all the demon races under his command to send him their Bloodline Source Blood.
Many demon races were shocked. Bloodline Source Blood was crucial for demons since it determined the quantity and purity of their bloodline. Even one drop could drastically weaken a demon’s bloodline and weaken its strength and potential.
Regardless of how unwilling they were, most understood their hope lay in the chief, so they gave one or two drops. Of occurs, a few demons refused. But Ao Shen was ruthless and killed all the people who refused.
Then, he ruthlessly absorbed all their bloodline.
Ao Shen subsequently entered a small retreat to absorb all these bloodlines.