Chapter 362: Return to the Fragmented Divine Realm Continent
Chapter 362: Return to the Fragmented Divine Realm Continent
After much deliberation, Song Chi finally set the prices for the three levels of bloodline rituals.
Basic Bloodline Ritual: 50 strands of Tier 3 Floating Continent Origin/2 strands of Tier 4 Floating Continent Origin/one purple artifact (per session)
Intermediate Bloodline Ritual: 50 strands of Tier 4 Floating Continent Origin/2 strands of Tier 5 Floating Continent Origin/one orange artifact (per session)
Advanced Bloodline Ritual: 50 strands of Tier 5 Floating Continent Origin/2 strands of Tier 6 Floating Continent Origin/one red artifact (per session)
(How does this pricing seem? Feel free to suggest adjustments if it doesn't feel right!)
After setting these prices, Song Chi didn't linger in the Ruins Market and immediately summoned the Cangqiong Battleship, heading straight for the Family Merit Tower.
His goal was simple: to acquire resources that could enhance his physical body but were not useful for Guiding Art cultivation.
Such resources were abundant in the Merit Tower and were relatively inexpensive.
After all, they couldn't assist in Guiding Art cultivation.
As for the Flame Torch Captain's personal use? He only needed to control the battleship in battle; why would the captain himself need a robust physique? There was no need to engage in hand-to-hand combat with enemies.
Soon, the hundreds of points of golden merit in his account were exhausted, and Song Chi successfully exchanged a large amount of resources for tempering his physique.
Additionally, he had specifically visited the upper levels of the Merit Tower beforehand, intending to exchange for a more powerful main cannon.
The resources he currently possessed were not few, and the five drops of Fourth Rank Peak-level Ancient Corpse Origin Blood alone were enough to exchange for over 600 points of golden merit. Acquiring a red-quality main cannon wouldn't be difficult.
Unfortunately, although the Family Merit Tower did have a red-quality main cannon, it was still the Soul Annihilation Cannon. Installing two identical main cannons on the Cangqiong Battleship was clearly not a good choice, so he had to give up on that idea.
With the numerous resources for tempering his physique in hand, Song Chi soon returned to his lineage and entered the Ruins Market to fully digest these resources.
Nearly a month later, he had yet to finish processing all the resources, but the Cangqiong Battleship had already fully recovered to its peak condition.
Without hesitation, Song Chi used the Ruins Market as a transit point and activated the spatial anchor he had left behind in the Fragmented Divine Realm Continent.
The space shifted, and Song Chi quietly appeared within the Spirit Beast Realm.
Feeling the familiar aura surrounding him, his eyes shone with joy.
Aside from anything else, the Spirit Beast Realm itself was of immense value, as a primordial-level sanctuary, its worth could even rival that of silver or even gold-tier ultra-strategic components.
Additionally, the Celestial Demon Phoenix Marrow, Double Bright Phoenix, and the entire Fragmented Divine Realm Continent awaited his exploration. In such a situation, it would be challenging for anyone to remain calm and composed.
This time, he didn't deliberately restrain his mind. As the comprehended primordial laws completely transformed into Star Sea Laws, there was no issue with his divine sense threads touching upon the primordial laws revealed in this primal sanctuary.
The "Mirage" trait of the Sea Dragon Transformation Pearl component was activated, and Song Chi piloted the Cangqiong Battleship towards the mountain ridge where he had previously discovered the three Double Bright Phoenixes.
Compared to the still elusive Celestial Demon Phoenix, these confirmed Double Bright Phoenixes were undoubtedly more worthy of attention.
Given their inherent bloodline talent, there was a high probability that they could eventually reach the Sixth Rank, and even the Seventh Rank Dominator was not impossible.
Of course, the Fifth Rank Double Bright Phoenix had no such possibility. The laws it had comprehended had already solidified, and the primal sanctuary laws were incomplete, making it impossible to break through to the Seventh Rank.
Song Chi valued the two Third Rank Double Bright Phoenixes. At their current Third Rank, there was a chance that they hadn't comprehended the laws of this primal sanctuary, or their comprehension might not be deep enough, leaving room for them to assimilate into Star Sea Laws. In this case, their bloodline potential would not be affected.
As a mythical divine bird in legends, the Double Bright Phoenix's potential was no less than that of those high-ranking pureblood dragons.
Upon reaching the outskirts of the familiar mountain ridge, the silhouettes of the three Double Bright Phoenixes soon came into view. With a slight upturn of his lips, Song Chi made no further movements and left behind the Void Demon at the original location, allowing it to hide in the void and constantly monitor the three Double Bright Phoenixes.
After completing this task, Song Chi piloted the Cangqiong Battleship away without a backward glance.
As long as the Fifth Rank Double Bright Phoenix was present, it would be challenging for him to target the two Third Rank Double Bright Phoenixes. The Flame Giant, although also at the Fifth Rank, did not have the support of the rules of this Fragmented Divine Realm Continent, and its inability to fly was a significant weakness.
After the Third Rank, it could indeed manipulate its internal energy to levitate and fly, but how could this compare to those creatures born with the ability to fly? So, he had to wait for the right opportunity, and this was clearly not something that could be achieved in a short time; it required patience.
After leaving the Void Demon, Song Chi began to freely control the Cangqiong Battleship as it sped through the Spirit Beast Realm. He took out the map he had drawn earlier, avoiding the areas he had already searched.
Celestial Demon Phoenixes, with their phoenix bloodlines, inherently favored extreme fiery environments, so they were unlikely to relocate their nests easily. There was no need to worry about previously searched areas.
However, before officially searching, Song Chi still needed to visit the location of the Fire Willow. After all, it was a Fifth Rank Fire Willow, and the Fourth Rank Celestial Demon Phoenix that had previously inhabited it had been dealt with, so there was a chance that other Celestial Demon Phoenixes might have migrated there.
It turned out that he had overthought it. The Fire Willow was now occupied by a new fire-attributed serpentine alien beast of near-Fifth Rank. Its entire body was coiled around the Fire Willow, exuding a powerful aura that intimidated other creatures.
However, Song Chi didn't agree with this assessment. It had only been about two years since the Celestial Demon Phoenix was killed, and in such a short time, it was highly likely that other Celestial Demon Phoenixes hadn't discovered that the Fire Willow had changed owners. Otherwise, Celestial Demon Phoenixes wouldn't fear a serpentine alien beast of the same rank.
Their bloodline ancestors were on par with true dragons, so how could they fear a serpentine alien beast that was far inferior even to lower-ranked flood dragons? Shaking his head in disappointment, Song Chi left a Third Rank humanoid alien there to provide him with real-time updates on the Fire Willow's situation. Then, he continued to pilot the Cangqiong Battleship towards other regions of the sanctuary.
The Spirit Beast Realm was vast, even comparable in size to a 4th-grade Star Sea Floating Land, which meant that this search wouldn't be a short task.
Song Chi handed over control of the battleship to the Skyward AI and sat cross-legged on the Shadow Energy Training Platform, digesting the resources for tempering his physique while also diverting his consciousness to a new component on the battleship.
Sanctuary Binder lv40
Quality: Purple
Trait: Sanctuary Entrance Opener
Consumption: 10000/time
Binding: None
...
That's right, it was the same component he had obtained earlier from his grandfather's flagship, the Roaring Lion Battleship.
This chapter begins with Song Chi removing the Sanctuary Binder component from the Three-Eyed Spirit Ring without any damage. This component was originally obtained from the now-extinct Naterlos family, who also received a Dragon Blood Sanctuary as a bonus.
Currently, the component has been unbound from the Dragon Blood Sanctuary, which is now completely under their lineage's control. Even without the component, there is no impact on their control.
Song Chi brought this component here to attempt to bind it to the Spirit Beast Realm beneath his feet.
Although he knew the chances of success were extremely low, if it were that easy to claim the realm, the Golden Horn Lu family would have likely transferred it to their ancestral land long ago instead of waiting until now.
The Golden Horn Lu family has a heritage spanning over five thousand years, and their clan's foundation is stronger than the Song family. Song Chi doesn't believe they lack similar components like the Sanctuary Binder.
However, even so, Song Chi must give it a try.
What if it works? The "Word Spirit Covenant" signed with the Lu family forbids any attempt to reveal the existence of the Spirit Beast Realm, but it doesn't restrict him from planning to take over the realm himself.
If he could use the Sanctuary Binder to open an entrance to the Spirit Beast Realm on the Dragon Backbone Continent and then completely seal the realm's entrance, after a thousand years, this Primal Secret Realm would become his personal possession.
As the Sanctuary Binder component is activated and the Spirit Beast Realm is designated as the binding realm, the component successfully binds to the Spirit Beast Realm.
Song Chi's face remains expressionless; this is only the first step, and the second step is the most crucial.
Recalling the Cob Alt Number, he quickly returns to the Dragon Backbone Continent via the Ruins Market.
In the underground ship summoning room of the Silver Moon Estate, Song Chi's thoughts echo in the control room.
The Sanctuary Binder component on the Cob Alt Number is dim, clearly unable to be activated on the Dragon Backbone Continent, let alone open a new realm entrance.
Since Song Chi was mentally prepared, his unease didn't last long. He re-enters the Ruins Market and soon returns to the Spirit Beast Realm.
Since the Sanctuary Binder component cannot affect the Spirit Beast Realm, the only thing left for him to do is to search for the Celestial Phoenix's whereabouts with all his might.
However, this doesn't mean he has completely given up on the idea of the Spirit Beast Realm. Currently, the purple-quality Sanctuary Binder is ineffective, but what about an orange-quality one?
Don't forget that in the Cob Alt Number's cultivated realm, there is a Silver Apple Mother Tree that has recovered to the fifth tier. Once the fifth-tier Silver Apples mature, he can directly upgrade the Sanctuary Binder component to orange quality.
If orange quality doesn't work, then he can wait for the Cob Alt Number to advance to the Pursuit-class warship and cultivate the realm to the sixth tier, allowing the Silver Apple Mother Tree to recover to the sixth tier as well. At that time, the sixth-tier Silver Apples can enhance the Sanctuary Binder component to red quality.
In this way, Song Chi believes he will eventually be able to pry open the Spirit Beast Realm.
Even though the Fragments of the Immortal Realm Continent have strong sealing abilities, they are still just fragments without roots or connections, and they must have their limits. As long as the component's quality and his own status are high enough, he can surely ignore their sealing power.
The Multiverse Bazaar has already demonstrated this to Song Chi.
Without further thought, Song Chi spends the following time refining and tempering his physical resources while allowing the Skyward AI to control the Cob Alt Number to wander within the Spirit Beast Realm.
Thanks to the real-time video footage of the Celestial Phoenix recorded by the Lu family, the Skyward AI can easily identify the target.
Time passes slowly.
On this day, Song Chi suddenly rises from the Shadow Energy Training Platform, not because the Skyward AI has discovered the Celestial Phoenix's traces, but because he has successfully refined all the resources for strengthening his physique.
It has been a month and a half since he last entered the Spirit Beast Realm, and he has finally refined all the resources for strengthening his physique obtained from the family merit tower and the Ruins Market exchange.
At this moment, Song Chi feels as if his entire body is brimming with inexhaustible strength, and the occasional mild pain in his mind has completely disappeared.
Compared to the Twenty-Onefold Mind's divine consciousness, his physical body is now fully capable of bearing this mental state.
Thinking of this, his thoughts shift, and he enters the Ruins Market.
In the special area of the Ruins Market, Song Chi slowly steps onto the Bloodline Baptism Platform, curious about his current bloodline baptism compatibility after refining a large number of strengthening resources.
[Genetic Bloodline Talent: 31]
[Bloodline Baptism Compatibility: 68]
Seeing the value of 68, Song Chi's eyes light up with joy. Although it hasn't yet met the minimum requirement for bloodline baptism, with further refinement of some physique-strengthening resources, he will surely break through the 70-point threshold.
Therefore, he doesn't rush back to the Spirit Beast Realm but instead activates the spatial anchor point left on the Dragon Backbone Continent.
The strengthening resources in the merit tower have been exchanged, but Song Chi had already posted a high-price acquisition post on the family forum.
As he opens the quantum communication bracelet, as expected, there are numerous messages.
However, Song Chi ignores most of them and only checks those with high-tier strengthening resources.
After absorbing a large number of intermediate and low-tier strengthening resources, ordinary strengthening resources are now hardly effective for him. He needs those of the highest quality.
These resources are obviously scarce, but among the many private messages, Song Chi finds five.
Finally, he trades a Tier 4 Floating Continent Origin for these five high-tier physique-strengthening resources.
Ten days later, after using up all five resources, Song Chi returns to the Ruins Market.
On the Bloodline Baptism Platform, Song Chi's eyes glow with circulating light.
Finally, his bloodline baptism compatibility reaches 70 points.
Although it barely meets the minimum standard, it is enough for him to attempt the lowest-level bloodline baptism.
Without hesitation, Song Chi activates the basic bloodline baptism effect on the stone platform.
It is unlikely that he can significantly enhance his physique in a short time, which means he will struggle to raise this compatibility above 80 points. This is why he activates the basic bloodline baptism without hesitation.
There is another crucial reason: the Bloodline Baptism Platform's baptism is not limited to a single attempt; all three types of baptisms can be performed.
After this baptism, if his compatibility is sufficient in the future, he can perform the intermediate and even advanced levels of bloodline baptism again.
(End of Chapter)
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