Chapter 374: Dripping Blood Realm (Part 1)

Tiny Meng Chuan descended to the center of the particle's nucleus. At this moment, his Essence Soul seemed like the soul of a person, the particle's nucleus like the human body, and the vast particle space like the 'heaven and earth' where a person resides.

"Heaven and Earth Law Domain." The Law Domain realm he had comprehended became the governing rule of this 'particle heaven and earth.' From a crude particle space, it transformed into a small 'particle heaven and earth,' and even the particle's nucleus underwent a complete metamorphosis. Even for an extremely minuscule particle, the required energy was astonishing. At this moment, wisps of Boundless Realm True Essence entered this particle space, constantly being absorbed by the entire particle space, until finally, this minuscule particle heaven and earth completed its metamorphosis.

This tiny particle heaven and earth now held Meng Chuan's complete memories and his full cultivation realm. If Meng Chuan were shattered to the point where only a single particle remained, he could still slowly recover over time, restoring his complete physical body.

The most fundamental aspect of cultivating the Blood Droplet Realm was transforming every particle in the entire body into a 'particle heaven and earth.' Each particle became a small heaven and earth, and in combat, every movement would mobilize the power of countless particle heavens and earths, naturally making the physical body far stronger than that of any demon monarch relying on bloodline.

Even if an opponent possessed immense power and shattered the physical body of a Blood Droplet Realm expert, as long as the 'particle heavens and earths' were not annihilated, the countless particles could instantly re-form into a complete body, completely undamaged. This was what was known as 'rebirth from a drop of blood.' It's important to remember that particles are incredibly tiny, invisible to the naked eye. To shatter a body to the point where it's invisible doesn't necessarily mean the particle heavens and earths have been pulverized.

Every single particle was incredibly resilient and contained its own Law Domain. If only a single drop of blood remained after being shattered, and even the blood couldn't be pulverized, then naturally all particles would be intact, ensuring instant recovery.

"To kill a Blood Droplet Realm expert, one must obliterate all particle heavens and earths within their body," Meng Chuan mused. "Given the formidable physical strength and powerful divine abilities of a Blood Droplet Realm expert, how vast must the power gap be to even begin shattering their particle heavens and earths?" If the particle heavens and earths remained unharmed, the Blood Droplet Realm expert's strength would remain at its peak, completely unimpaired.

If the particles could be obliterated, then recovery from injuries would be extremely difficult. The recovery process was similar to Meng Chuan's current cultivation, where he would have to cultivate each particle heaven and earth anew, which would take a considerable amount of time.

"Experts of this cultivation system, particularly in the later stages, are monstrously powerful."

"In terms of direct combat, the Blood Droplet Realm probably only reaches the threshold of the Creation Realm. Our Godfiend system's King Godfiends can also achieve Creation Realm threshold strength," Meng Chuan thought to himself. "However, the vitality of this system is far too strong. You can defeat them, but it's incredibly difficult to kill them. Any Blood Droplet Realm expert possesses the confidence to fight against a higher-level opponent."

The only drawback of this system was its high cultivation threshold. A fifth-level Essence Soul was essential for Creation Realm (Demon Saint) practitioners, whereas the general threshold for King Godfiends (Fifth-tier Demon Monarchs) was a third-level Essence Soul. This was the most common requirement among cultivation systems in many outer-realm worlds. However, the Blood Droplet Realm in this system required a fifth-level Essence Soul.

Yet, this did not diminish the formidable power of this system.

"The higher Enlightened Realm requires a sixth-level Essence Soul and a Cavern-Heaven Realm for entry, which is even higher than the Creation Realm threshold. In our human world, Venerable Li Guan, for instance, has a sixth-level Essence Soul. Yet, his strength doesn't match the description of the Enlightened Realm—'unrivaled below the Emperor.'" Meng Chuan mused, "However, the Enlightened Realm requires three jin of Void Crystal, and progressing from Enlightened Realm to Mythical Realm requires one hundred jin of Void Crystal. The top practitioners of this system perhaps use this to control the number of cultivators. Or is it a natural restriction within the vast River of Time?"

The most crucial resource for this system was Void Crystal. Even for entry, Void Crystal was required. Without this wondrous material, the cultivation methods were useless.

Ancestral Master Cang Yuan, a formidable Body Cultivator of the Seventh Tribulation Realm, was similarly amazed when he discovered this system while traversing the River of Time. With his status, he was able to obtain the inheritance to cultivate up to the Mythical Realm. However, he only managed to acquire a small amount of Void Crystal. This crystal was both miraculous and extremely rare, and it had been almost entirely collected by the experts of that system. Wherever Void Crystal appeared, it would attract experts from that system to vie for it. The experts of that system had no other choice; it was an essential material for their cultivation.

"Hoo." Meng Chuan then tried to absorb the primal power from his small Cavern-Heaven for cultivation.

"The primal power of a Cavern-Heaven is indeed miraculous. It's more suitable for body cultivation than Boundless Realm True Essence," Meng Chuan concluded after his comparison. Even when the primal power of the small Cavern-Heaven was consumed, it would replenish itself by absorbing from the outside world, at a speed far faster than Meng Chuan, a King Godfiend, could recover his True Essence.

He cultivated for over an hour, stopping only when he felt his Essence Soul grow weary.

"At this rate, I should be able to fully complete the cultivation in about half a year," Meng Chuan said, his eyes filled with anticipation. "My Blood Droplet Realm's particle heaven and earth is governed by the Law Domain of the lightning lineage as its universal rule. I wonder what changes it will bring to my divine abilities. And what new divine abilities will emerge?"

Breaking through from the Undying Realm to the Blood Droplet Realm, existing divine abilities would undergo a qualitative change, and new ones would emerge.

Days passed one by one. Although most demon monarchs had fled to the vast oceanic territories, hiding deep beneath the seabed, there was still a 'large-scale siege' every two months. Over thirty thousand Third-tier Demon Monarchs were ordered to rush to the three great dynasties. They dared not travel overland and could only burrow underground, making their journey extremely slow.

However, these sieges still inflicted significant damage on humanity. During demon monarch sieges, there would occasionally be Fourth-tier Demon Monarch teams and Fifth-tier Demon Monarchs hidden in the shadows, launching sneak attacks.

"A-Chuan, another Marquis Godfiend has fallen in battle over at Black Sand Grotto-Heaven," Liu Qiyue said. "It was Marquis Yuetong. He was ambushed by a Fifth-tier Demon Monarch and couldn't hold on."

"Oh?" Meng Chuan frowned slightly.

"Although the demon monarchs have fled to the oceanic territories and the number of sieges has decreased, each one is more vicious," Liu Qiyue explained. "The rate of attrition for Marquis Godfiends is only slightly slower than before. In the two years since your ambush, our Yuanchu Mountain has lost two Marquis Godfiends, and Black Sand Grotto-Heaven has lost three."

"The demon race's sieges are meant to force the King Godfiends to defend the cities. They don't want the ancient Godfiends to remain dormant," Meng Chuan stated.

Forcing the demon monarchs to flee had brought much peace to the human lands. Patrol Godfiends suffered almost no casualties, and the lives of ordinary people in the wilderness were much better; small villages even began to form.

But the pressure of defending the cities remained constant! This was also the oppressive force the demon race intended to exert on humanity.

Losing one or two Marquis Godfiends each year brought heartache to any of the three great sects, even with a large number of ancient Godfiends arranged to help share the burden.

"Don't worry, the million demon monarchs will soon be history," Meng Chuan said.

"History?" Liu Qiyue looked at Meng Chuan. "Are you about to break through?"

"In just a few days," Meng Chuan replied.

Excitement gleamed in Liu Qiyue's eyes: "That's wonderful!"

Five days later, at night, in the quiet room.

Meng Chuan sat cross-legged. Suddenly, his body burst forth with dazzling, radiant multicolored light, lightning erupted on his skin, and various five-colored energies were stirred, making his entire being resemble a small world, exuding a terrifying sense of oppression.