Chapter 314.1: Mythological Tianke
The siblings appeared utterly bewildered, while Princess Huansha seemed curious. Chen Fan’s words left them confused. His world could only be entered after death? What did that mean? The underworld?
Qi Yuan seemed thoughtful. "Is dying the only way?"
He had no intention of dying when the game hadn’t been cleared.
"Now it’s my turn to ask..." Chen Fan said seriously. "Your bait to fish for sea monsters... Is it a strange crystal with a sea monster sealed inside?"
"Yes." Qi Yuan nodded. "Now answer me about the other methods."
"Let me take a look at it first. I’ll answer all of your questions afterward."
Qi Yuan did not fuss any further. Scheming over who got the better deal was simply not his style. If the other party dared deceive him, he would just kill them.
With a flick of his hand, the sea immediately splashed noisily. The one-cubic-meter transparent crystal flew out of the water.
Liu Yu and her sibling widened their eyes. "What incredible strength! That must weigh over a hundred jin, right?!"
To fling something weighing over a hundred jin up like that, he had to have taken high-grade genetic serum.
Chen Fan seemed astonished. He had never expected to find a qilin. [1]The transparent crystal should’ve weighed at least ten thousand jin. An ordinary blood martial artist simply could not possess such monstrous strength. His gaze fell upon the mutated sea monster, turning complicated.
After a few breaths, he finally let out a sigh of relief. "Its aura is extinguished..."
He rushed here because he had sensed the aura of the King of the Molisha Fish. When he saw the fish drifting away, he had feared that it had broken free of its seal. Even with powerful weapons like the Eye of the Sky, if the King of the Molisha Fish rampaged, it would still cause significant casualties. If it had still been alive, he would have stopped Qi Yuan and sealed the fish again. Fortunately, its aura was gone, so there was no need.
Qi Yuan asked again, "Alright, now answer me. Is there another way to enter your world?"
This matter was of utmost importance to him. He even suspected that the path of the Spirit Martial God lay in the place this man described.
Chen Fan gazed oddly at Qi Yuan. "Logically speaking, with your strength, you should’ve been there before. Once you break past the martial limit and become a blood martial artist, you can sense the Bloodscape Land and wander the mysterious Yellow Springs."
Back when he had broken past the martial limit, he too had glimpsed a corner of the Yellow Springs.
"However, you only get one chance." A nostalgic look flashed across Chen Fan’s eyes. "The longer you stay there, the greater the benefits and the drawbacks. It contaminates your bloodline and shortens your lifespan."
Qi Yuan listened attentively, his eyes filled with curiosity. "Why?"
Chen Fan hesitated for a moment before finally deciding to explain, "The martial path lies in bloodlines. The stronger the bloodline, the stronger one’s power. In that place, there are many bloodlines that meet the conditions, allowing one’s martial cultivation to improve rapidly."
Qi Yuan guessed, "But because the bloodlines differ, devouring too much causes conflict and madness easily?"
Chen Fan nodded, looking at Qi Yuan with approval. "Correct."
Although Qi Yuan had never entered that place, he was able to infer all this. It was obvious he had profound insight into the martial path.
"So, if you seek to advance the martial path, you must enter there. Unfortunately, that place is merely a prison. Since you haven’t entered before, I advise you not to."
Chen Fan did not bother saying anything more, and left with Liu Yu and her sibling.
Qi Yuan waved at Chen Fan’s departing figure. "Thanks, random lore NPC, you’re so informative. Even though you don’t have a name, if I ever direct a movie, I’ll definitely make you the lead."
Chen Fan paid no attention to Qi Yuan’s words.
Soon, only Qi Yuan, Princess Huansha, and a large pile of mutated sea monsters remained on the vast yacht.
Looking at the sea monsters, Qi Yuan muttered, "Honestly, I’d have a harder time if you had just stayed put and stopped trying to improve."
Mercilessly, he waved his hand, reducing over a hundred sea monsters to pulp. This time, Qi Yuan did not promise to return them to the sea. A drop of blood dripped from each sea monster. As for the King of the Molisha Fish, three soybean-sized drops of blood dripped out. He collected every one of them.
"Princess Paramecium, let’s head back."
After hearing Chen Fan’s explanation, Qi Yuan had no intention of breaking past the martial limit out here at sea. What if the yacht capsized while his soul drifted into another realm? The simplest approach would be to return to the hotel, then set up a formation before breaking through.
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Half a day later, inside the hotel, arrays covered the space around Qi Yuan. They were safe enough to protect him from an earthquake or a flood.
He flicked his finger, causing over a hundred drops of crystalline blood to float around him. A fierce light burst from his eyes. With a deep inhale, all the blood droplets flowed into his lower abdomen.
Qi Yuan’s eyes turned blood-red. His forehead even seemed to gleam with an oily sheen. Closing his eyes, he seemed to hear the crashing of waves and the whistling of flying sand. His blood churned and boiled until an extraordinary crimson and sinister blood droplet condensed.
"Disperse." With his cry, the droplet scattered, dispersing into his internal organs, meridians, and limbs. Just like that, he became stronger. "So this is what it feels like to break past the martial limit? It feels completely different from being at the martial limit..."
Qi Yuan had just spoken a perfectly useless line. Now, without using Dao techniques and relying solely on martial strength, he could contend with someone at level 4 of Qi Refinement realm.
"So breaking past the martial limit and becoming a blood martial artist is only the beginning of the transcendent martial path?"
Following that, he closed his eyes, full of anticipation. Before him lay a sea of blood, completely silent. Perhaps the sound had simply not yet arrived.
Following Chen Fan’s explanation, Qi Yuan began sensing the Bloodscape Land. "A place formed from blood?"
For ordinary martial artists, even if they saw the Bloodscape Land and wished to enter it, they would have no means of doing so. Meanwhile, not only was Qi Yuan immensely powerful, his control over soul and divine sense had reached the limit. To enter the Bloodscape Land, all he had to do was project his soul into it. Like a fish, his soul plunged into the Bloodscape Land.
At that moment, someone’s ethereal voice entered Qi Yuan’s ears.
1. 麒麟 (qí lín) refers to a mythical, benevolent, and auspicious creature in East Asian mythology, often called the "Chinese unicorn" or "Kirin" (in Japan). It symbolizes prosperity, wisdom, and justice, appearing only during the reign of benevolent rulers. Modernly, it is also used for the word "giraffe"hidden in the wilderness. ☜
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