Chapter 2383: Blood Ancestor Body's Transformation

Su Yuqing's cultivation level is currently the same as Hua Ci's, both at the eighth level. However, unlike Hua Ci who just advanced, Su Yuqing has been at this level for about half a year.

She was among the first cultivators in the Starry Sky, apart from Lu Ye and his companions, to successfully advance to the Dao Realm. Having already accumulated experience at the peak of Sun-gathering for many years, she was able to smoothly advance once the right conditions were met.

Many others also entered the Dao Realm like her, but she progressed the fastest in terms of cultivation.

Hua Ci's rapid growth was due to her cultivation using the spiritual jade mineral veins on Three Realms Island.

As for Su Yuqing, her progress was attributed to Narcissus.

Narcissus, being her close friend, took great care of her and shared many of the Dao bones she had hunted.

Narcissus was already at the ninth level. Before Tree Elder awakened, she had no idea how to attempt the Fusion Dao, so there wasn't much room for her to improve. Consequently, the Dao bones she acquired were not very useful to her, and she gave them all to Su Yuqing.

Now, with Lu Ye's help, she quickly accumulated enough Dao power to refine her Dao bone. However, her first attempt was unsuccessful...

This left Su Yuqing feeling deeply saddened and disappointed, believing she had let Lu Ye down.

Lu Ye naturally comforted her, explaining that progressing from the eighth to the ninth level is a significant hurdle for cultivators. Very few succeed on their first attempt; most only achieve promotion after multiple failures.

Unless they are exceptionally lucky.

After one failure, it was naturally not advisable to attempt refinement again right away. However, Lu Ye still helped Su Yuqing accumulate a sufficient reserve of Dao power, so she could try refining her Dao bone whenever she felt mentally prepared.

"You can use this time to familiarize yourself with Dao patterns and prepare for Fusion Dao in advance," Lu Ye suggested.

Su Yuqing nodded, "I had the same thought. Tree Elder also mentioned that if we Dao Realm cultivators have free time, we should spend it getting familiar with Dao patterns. This way, we can avoid many detours when advancing to Fusion Dao."

"Have you chosen your Dao pattern yet?" Lu Ye asked, curious.

"Divine Guardian!" Su Yuqing replied.

Lu Ye was slightly taken aback.

If Jiuyan and Hua Ci had chosen the same pattern, it might have been due to prior communication. However, Su Yuqing making the identical choice indicated it was certainly not due to any discussion.

They knew that they often couldn't help Lu Ye directly and focused instead on doing their best not to be a burden to him.

There was plenty of time ahead, and Lu Ye initially thought there was no need to rush. However, Su Yuqing's words made him unable to hold back any longer. Amidst her soft gasp, Lu Ye swept her into his arms and carried her towards the bed.

Su Yuqing's face instantly flushed, and she buried her head in Lu Ye's chest.

She, of course, knew what was about to happen.

Lu Ye did not stay long at Fangcun Mountain. He needed to take care of some matters before returning to reside there permanently.

Over the next month, Lu Ye successively visited the three major battle zones: Changyue, Xuanshuang, and Lanyun.

In the Changyue zone, Grand Demon Venerable Zixuan led the forces, assisted by the Asura Arena, with many other Starry Sky Dao Realm cultivators under their command. It was a formidable force. With the Asura Arena, a supreme treasure that segments battlefield space, Changyue was arguably the most stable among the six major battle zones in the entire Starry Sky.

Any invading enemies would enter the Asura Arena's domain and be assigned to various illusory battlefields, where suitable personnel could then be dispatched to deal with them.

However, because Mi Shi, the patriarch of the Heavenly Asura clan who controlled the Asura Arena, was not strong enough in cultivation, the Arena's full power could not be unleashed.

Currently, Changyue could only guarantee that invading enemies could not leave this galaxy, unlike other battle zones where some had previously escaped and scattered throughout the Starry Sky, requiring arduous pursuit.

The Xuanshuang galaxy was overseen by Su Wan and Du Qingsha. As the Palace Master of the Formless Palace, Su Wan's involvement meant that the mysterious Formless Palace had naturally mobilized all its forces, making their overall strength quite impressive.

Unfortunately, the supreme treasure, the Heavenly Pivot Sword, remained within the Formless Palace because no one could fully wield it. Su Wan had chosen that particular location for the Formless Palace precisely because of the Heavenly Pivot Sword. After years of research, while she couldn't control the sword itself, Su Wan could summon its Qi to protect herself.

Theoretically, the Heavenly Pivot Sword Qi was also a type of subordinate treasure, albeit a consumable one that could only be used once.

When Lu Ye arrived at Xuanshuang, he unexpectedly encountered two familiar faces.

One was Feng Rumou, who had once been relentlessly pursued by the Heavenly Pivot Sword Qi. When Lu Ye was first starting out, it was Feng Rumou who had guided him to the Ghost Ship.

Later, during their second encounter, Lu Ye helped him resolve the Heavenly Pivot Sword Qi crisis, and in return, Feng Rumou offered some guidance. Feng Rumou had already entered the Dao Realm, though his strength was naturally somewhat less than Su Wan's and Du Qingsha's.

The reason he had been pursued years ago was his coveting of the Heavenly Pivot Sword, which had angered Su Wan, causing her to summon a sword Qi against him. Now, with the Starry Sky facing a great catastrophe, their sincere cooperation was quite a remarkable story.

The other familiar face was his unofficial daughter, Ya Ya.

Ya Ya was originally the Saintess of the Formless Palace, but for some unknown reason, she rebelled against it. She was then pursued and severely wounded, only to be found and cared for by Lu Ye for a period.

Later, the Formless Palace even pursued her to the Myriad Manifestation Sea, forcing Ya Ya to flee.

Had the Starry Sky not been in such critical danger, reconciliation between them would have been impossible. However, past grievances paled in comparison to the current crisis facing the Starry Sky.

Furthermore, Lu Ye was also involved.

So, not long after Lu Ye left the Starry Sky, Su Wan sent word to Ya Ya, stating that all past issues would be forgiven and forgotten. If Ya Ya wished, she could come to Xuanshuang and join her in resisting the external enemies.

Ya Ya, understanding the gravity of the situation, accepted the invitation and has been there ever since.

In the Lanyun zone, Zhong Yue and Phantom were in charge. Zhong Yue had originally been stationed at the Myriad Manifestation Sea but was reassigned here after the Star Abyss Gate opened in Lanyun.

Phantom was also transferred here; he had previously been with Zixuan in Changyue.

Besides these two, the Five-Colored Domain and the Ancient Barbarian Tribe also arrived with their full might, supplemented by personnel drawn from numerous other star systems.

Overall, the situation in Lanyun was similar to that in Extinction.

Before departing, Lu Ye had already instructed Tree Elder to inform these three battle zones to accumulate a reserve of Dao bones. They didn't need too many, just a few hundred to a thousand pieces.

Such a quantity would have been quite difficult to acquire previously, given the limited number of Dao Realm cultivators in each zone. But now it was different: with the multicolored human race joining, each battle zone generally had around three hundred Dao Realm cultivators, and each possessed a Dao artifact.

Both their efficiency in killing enemies and their self-preservation capabilities had significantly improved.

At each location, Lu Ye helped the ninth-level cultivators quickly accumulate Dao power reserves and guided them in constructing Dao patterns before he moved on.

By the time Lu Ye left Lanyun, good news had already arrived from other battle zones.

At Fangcun Mountain, Narcissus successfully advanced to Fusion Dao, while Chen Li was unsuccessful.

In Changyue, Zixuan successfully advanced to Fusion Dao.

Thus, including Lu Ye, three Fusion Dao cultivators had emerged in this generation of the Starry Sky. It would still take some time to see if Zhong Yue and Phantom in Lanyun would succeed.

Lu Ye was looking forward to it.

Everything was progressing in a positive direction.

After leaving Lanyun, Lu Ye planned a trip to Kyushu. He simply missed Yiyi, Amber, and Little Nine, who were currently cultivating there, and wanted to see them. Travel was convenient now and wouldn't take much time.

Kyushu had already been relocated to the Thousand Hills Graveyard.

He did not intend to use the Soul Clan ancestral land space for transit, as he hadn't done so before. His main reason was to experience more changes in the Starry Sky during his journey and perhaps encounter any escaped Star Abyss enemies whom he could then eliminate.

Lu Ye specifically chose the route through the Kyushu galaxy, although normally this path wasn't necessary as other routes appeared shorter on the star map.

The reason for taking the detour was not nostalgia; the original location of Kyushu was now completely empty, leaving nothing to be nostalgic about.

It was simply something Tree Elder had mentioned to him earlier that had piqued his interest.

Within a few days, he entered the Kyushu galaxy, and after another half-day of travel, he finally arrived at the original location of Kyushu.

Standing at a distance, he frowned as he observed, discovering that the situation was indeed as Tree Elder had described: the Blood Ancestor's body had become complete!

Initially, only the Blood Refinement Realm, which represented the Blood Ancestor's torso, lay here.

Later, Lu Ye had brought back the Blood Jade Realm and the Blood Annihilation Realm, which were the Blood Ancestor's two arms, by leveraging the return of the two factions of Fangcun Mountain.

And that was all!

Lu Ye had previously considered retrieving all of the Blood Clan's main realms to reassemble the Blood Ancestor's body.

But it was merely a thought, as doing so would take far longer than one or two years; the migration of realms required significant time, and he lacked the energy for such an undertaking. He had managed to bring back the Blood Jade Realm and Blood Annihilation Realms previously by capitalizing on the return of the western and southern factions of Fangcun Mountain.

He hadn't needed to invest much effort.

Yet, at this moment, something he had wanted to do but hadn't acted upon was now complete.

The Blood Ancestor's body before him was now perfectly whole, appearing from a distance like a colossal female giant slumbering deep within the Starry Sky!

According to the information provided by Tree Elder, it seemed that after the Blood Annihilation Realm was settled by Lu Ye, it had a profound impact on the other scattered main realms of the Blood Clan.

These main realms, without any human interference, had drifted from various parts of the Starry Sky towards this location, as if drawn by some mysterious force.

Lu Ye had been completely unaware of this; in fact, apart from the Blood Clan, no one else in the Starry Sky had paid much attention to the matter.

It was only after these realms had drifted for many years, traversing vast distances to arrive here, that they gradually became noticed.

What was the meaning of this?

Lu Ye pondered over it, concluding that this was likely a result of the Blood Ancestor's fragmented remains attracting each other.

The Blood Ancestor's body had been divided into six parts in total.

The head, torso, and four limbs.

Among these, apart from the Blood Refinement Realm, which was relatively obscure, the remaining five great realms were the primary territories of the Blood Clan. Similar to the eerie Insect Emperor Realm, many strong cultivators in the Starry Sky had wanted to eliminate these cancerous presences over the years, but unfortunately, they lacked the power to do so.