The days passed peacefully. The whale managed to get another large amount of Yinblood jewelry, but the numbers were random, and he wasn’t as lucky as before. In two batches, they totaled four hundred thousand of them. He distributed half to the draconic beasts and instructed that only the newcomers absorb them so that everyone would be on equal footing.
Runula got the message and decided it was the right time. After teaching them to fight properly, she ordered them to seek their own opportunities of fortune in the forest. If possible, they should avoid conflicts with the disciples; although they possessed many Yinblood jewelry, defeating the beasts allowed them to directly absorb their bloodline and gain much more. They couldn’t be protected forever and needed to fend for themselves now.
As for the remaining jewelry, Alm and Bruno reflected. The Feys considered this draconic bloodline a treasure, and it indeed improved their physique and affinity with Yin. But they weren’t humans, and this bloodline didn’t integrate perfectly. The pure bloodline of the Feys was extremely contaminated and compromised in exchange for the benefits.
Humans were often seen as weak and pathetic but had their own unique advantages. The Feys had other abilities they could exploit, but the contamination hindered this.
The whale thought carefully about the three young Feys. They had abilities with advantages and disadvantages, but their natural power was good enough not to justify the contamination. Alm and Bruno could compensate for their weaknesses by forging equipment, allowing them to get the best out of each one. Moreover, now that they were Empyreans, if they could keep up with the group, they wouldn’t fall behind anyone.
Calirer, Corin, and Zaimo had bloodlines that weren’t worth contaminating; the gains wouldn’t outweigh the cost. Kaiyka and Rehvka, on the other hand, were pure humans.
Rehvka had a special body with the purest Yin of death, even more so than the Chaos Dragon itself. Kaiyka, however, couldn’t receive this blood; the draconic influence would conflict with the Dao of the Sword God, which rejects any external influence.
Thea didn’t have a body, so she wasn’t a viable option. Quirio, on the other hand, was half human, half demon, and also had the Behemoth bloodline; without the Beastly Blood Refinement Technique, he would have difficulty cultivating correctly without conflicts. Giving him another bloodline would be madness and only hinder him. Perhaps over time, he could stabilize, but someone else would benefit much more.
Ruri, now officially a small part dragon, was different from the others who could only forcibly absorb the bloodline, extracting its power crudely. She was like the beasts, and her body would become one with the bloodline, reaping 100% of the benefits without any damage.
Receiving the Yinblood jewelry, she would obtain enormous gains. As for her pets, they should seek their own advancements, just like the beasts.
The whale called Ruri to the cave and explained everything, helping her directly absorb the jewelry. Giving it to the sect and buying the blood back? They could do this so easily that they didn’t even imagine the shock it would cause Mistie.
Each jewelry contained only a trace of bloodline. Every thousand pieces formed a drop; the sect exchanged ten thousand for a drop, ensuring a tenfold profit. Ruri absorbed about 200 drops of pure Chaos Dragon bloodline at once.
Her body began to radiate an intense and pulsating green aura, and then she fell into a coma. For three days, the whale helped her merge everything and recover. When she woke up, her eyes searched for the whale, and she spoke firmly.
"Master... she left... a message..." Ruri tried to organize her memories, a bit confused. Alm and Bruno were surprised, knowing this had to do with the plan to escape the Chaos Dragon.
After a few seconds, Ruri took a deep breath and continued. "They weren’t words, but disconnected feelings and images. If I understood correctly... there are seven reverse scales on the planet. They were left behind... they must be near the seven seals that bind her."
Ruri reflected for a moment, quickly connecting the images in her mind. "I think that’s it. Her goal in creating the Yinblood jewelry is to help create a powerful draconic beast that absorbs a lot. After reaching a certain level, it could sense her green scale in the forest and absorb it; then it would get the information and look for the other six. With all of them, it seems possible to communicate with the Dragon, and she would demand a favor, forcing it to help her."
Alm and Bruno smiled; the sect had thwarted the Chaos Dragon’s plans. They had found a way to refine its blood and make other races absorb it. The beasts would now have to compete for the Yinblood jewelry, and no one could absorb enough to sense the scale.
The green scale being found by the beasts seemed to have been just a lucky encounter; after all, it was buried for anyone to find. The biggest proof of this was that no beast had managed to absorb it until now.
"I see, so we have a new primary objective. No one knows about the other scales, we can absorb them secretly. It looks like you’re destined to become a dragon with a thin human bloodline; very similar to me," the whale said softly, and Ruri smiled excitedly.
Quickly, her mind imagined something that Alm and Bruno seemed to read as if it was written on her forehead. "Theoretically, if you have a child, they would inherit both our bloodlines. But... when you were purely human, the chances of getting pregnant were already slim. Now, it would be considered a celestial miracle."
The whale spoke, and Ruri froze. Her mind raced, and after a few seconds, she moved and sat on his lap. Their eyes met, and she smiled with a look full of intention. "Master, you’re immortal, so I just need to become one too. That way, we’ll have all the time in the world, and eventually, we’ll succeed. I won’t tire of trying and will only get better."
Alm and Bruno understood where she was going with this but quickly pushed her away. She needed to adapt to the changes in her body before they left. This should have taken weeks of effort... or not; they couldn’t escape for long. Within half a day, Ruri returned, showing that her bloodline had perfectly adapted to her body.
Motivated, she was worse than any demon and more terrifying than any genius. She demanded her reward and didn’t let go of them for a long time.
***
Finally, the first six months within the Yinblood sect had passed. The time had come for all the red disciples to enter the second sealed world.
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Early in the morning, all the red tablets of the disciples received a message from the sect. Everyone had to return that day to the building where the responsible elder was.
Runula gave the final orders to the beasts. They weren’t disciples and obviously couldn’t go to the sealed world. She wasn’t either, but as Ruri’s pet, she would enter while in Ruri’s beast world.
The entire group, aware of the whale’s dangerous plans, prepared day and night for this moment. The whale and its eleven allies moved calmly toward the building in the evening. As they approached, they saw a sea of millions of red disciples.
The sect’s black forest was vast, and in those six months, they barely explored ten percent of it. Even though Idris had incapacitated the thousands who attacked them, it meant nothing; they could keep attacking indefinitely. If Alm and Bruno hadn’t resolved the sect’s internal issues, they would never have peace.
When the appointed time arrived, hundreds of sect elders appeared above. Then, a female elder emerged and gave an introduction to everyone below.
She talked about the sealed red worlds, something Alm and Bruno already knew in detail. She then announced the Veiled Dunes, a place where the laws of earth and Yin were absolute. So absolute that no other laws existed within. The Feys of planet Gloom were responsible for this place precisely because they cultivated Yin and could survive in that world.
"In a very distant past, with almost no records, that world was purely Yin. At some point, the laws of earth emerged. After that, the dangers multiplied. In compensation, the gains increased equally," the Fey elder said sternly.
She then took out something as large as a head. It looked like an ordinary piece of rock, but everyone could feel something strange and unique in their souls when they looked at it.
"This is the treasure of the Veiled Dunes, called the ’Heart of Earth.’ In this sealed world, you won’t have much difficulty with the environment itself. The enemies are much more terrifying; that place is covered with Stone Golems," she said, then waved the treasure, which started to pulse, stirring everyone’s hearts.
"The Heart of Earth is obviously the core of these Stone Golems. You must attack them with all your strength and take this from them. This is an invaluable treasure for the sect, and we will reward you handsomely for each one. For every ten, no matter the level, a drop of divine bloodline can be exchanged."
As soon as the elder announced this, all the novice disciples’ eyes widened with excitement. Just ten? For the Golems to exist there, they must be within the Divine Origin Realm at most. They would have a week; killing ten Golems without techniques or half of what they had should be simple.
"Remember, they are Stone Golems. They specialize in the laws of earth and are astronomically defensive. If you fight one in the same realm as you... your Qi will deplete, and you won’t come close to killing it. That will be your end. Do not underestimate them," she said sternly, and everyone swallowed hard. "That world is divided into three areas, each ten kilometers wide. You will be sent to the first area, where the enemies are in the Body Destruction Realm. I advise you to stay there. As I said, the level of the Heart of Earth doesn’t matter, only the numbers."
She finished, and at the same time, Alm had an expression of internal surprise. ’Golems... they shouldn’t possess something like this. These hearts have a strange power, and our bloodline, which should be connected to this because it’s of the earth, can’t tell what it is. This should be impossible; the Behemoth has absolute dominion over everything related to the earth. Well, screw it, it’s connected to the earth, so we can exterminate and steal absolutely everything...’
He stopped his thoughts upon feeling Bruno’s intentions. ’Golems are pure life forms! We’ve never seen a single pure-blooded Golem with the slightest malice in our long lives... these bastards are hunting and killing them without caring about them.’