Chapter 1837: Dragon Bone Divine Spear Breakthrough

“Yes!”

Seeing that some was left for it, the Dragonbone Divine Spear was filled with excitement. It transformed back into a bone dragon, opened its mouth, and swallowed the offering.

As the blood entered its body, the enormous dragon immediately began to tremble. It was as if countless bolts of lightning coursed across its surface, and its aura rapidly intensified, seemingly on the verge of breaking the seal within its body and restoring its power as an Ancient Sage artifact.

Knowing that it would take some time for the dragon blood to be refined and for the seal to break, Zhang Xuan no longer paid attention to the spear. Instead, he looked at the gourd before him, filled with confusion.

He had initially thought it was merely a Void Gourd, not of a high rank. Unexpectedly, not only could it develop sentience and speak human language, but it could also snatch blood from the Spirit Emperor’s grasp. Every single one of these points indicated that it was no ordinary item! Could it be a Great Sage artifact, or even… an Ancient Sage artifact?

Unable to hold back any longer, he asked, “What… exactly are you?” Since the fellow had developed sentience, perhaps it knew its own identity.

“A gourd!” the gourd wiggled.

Zhang Xuan was speechless. Why did talking to this thing make him want to hit someone?

He suppressed the urge to draw his sword and asked, “I’m asking, what level of treasure are you?”

After a pause, the gourd replied, “I don’t know either!”

“You don’t know?”

“I only have consciousness now; I’m still very weak, very small, just a child… I need to eat a lot of things to recover. Hmm, yes, as long as you give me enough to eat, once I recover, I’ll know what level I am…” The gourd kept wiggling, as if drooling.

“…” Zhang Xuan.Where was his sword?Did it really think he wouldn’t chop this fool in half?

This fellow had only eaten two things: the Sky-Rending Stone, whose level was unknown, so that’s beside the point. But the dragon blood… that was a treasure capable of allowing the Dragonbone Divine Spear to break through to Ancient Sage Fourth-stage, something even Spirit Emperor Chen Ling risked his life to obtain… And it just swallowed it to “recover”? Such an outrageous boast… Maybe he should just throw it away!

After his anger, a hint of curiosity emerged. What kind of monster was this thing, that only items like that were worth eating? No wonder Ancient Sage Qiuwu personally intervened, setting up folded space and and using the world’s spiritual energy to nourish it for tens of thousands of years… It probably wasn’t that simple. It might even be something no weaker than the Nine Heavens Lotus Embryo!

He reached out to touch it, wanting to find out what it truly was, but no book appeared. It seemed that as long as the other party’s consciousness was clear, the Library of Heaven’s Path couldn’t succeed. Unless… he used a martial art or erased the fellow’s consciousness. In the end, Zhang Xuan shook his head.

No matter its level, as long as it was a treasure, that was fine, even if it was a bit unreliable…

“Alright, you rest now…” Knowing he wouldn’t get any more answers and not bothering to press further, Zhang Xuan put the gourd into his storage ring. He then released all the Ancient Sage corpses of the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe he had collected earlier.

The corpses he had used as shields against the attacks of the two Ancient Sages were now full of cracks and largely unusable. However, a few remained intact, and this was a good opportunity to refine them.

His Soul moved, entering one of the corpses at the peak of the Hundred Schools of Philosophers realm. In less than half an hour, it was completely refined. Then, he moved to the next… Two hours later, all of them had been refined into Soulless Golden Men.

There were a total of four corpses: the strongest was at the peak of Ancient Sage Second-stage, while the weaker ones were at the peak of First-stage. With them, he wouldn’t be so flustered if he encountered a similar situation again.

Just as he finished refining the corpses and felt a sense of relief, he saw dark clouds gathering in the sky, and the surrounding space began to twist, as if a torrential downpour was about to descend.

“This is an Ancient Sage Tribulation! The Dragonbone Divine Spear is about to break through…” Ancient Sage Mo Ling also stopped cultivating and stood up.

Zhang Xuan looked over and indeed saw that the bone dragon was now covered in flesh and blood, its dark scales reflecting light and exuding a profound aura.

“Unsealing it also causes a Heavenly Tribulation?” Zhang Xuan was puzzled. The Dragonbone Divine Spear was already an Ancient Sage artifact; its power had merely been sealed by Ancient Sage Ran Qiu. Why would unsealing it now trigger a catastrophe?

“Normally, unsealing means you’ve advanced to Ancient Sage and removed the array formations and restrictions on it… but it is transforming a physical body… In other words, it’s not unsealing, but… breaking through!” Ancient Sage Mo Ling explained.

“Breaking through?” Zhang Xuan was stunned. That made sense. The sealed Dragonbone Divine Spear was already stronger than the un-breakthrough Demonic Azure Blade. Now, with such potent dragon blood, it was perfectly normal for it to grow flesh and blood and break through to the Ancient Sage realm. As for Ancient Sage power… it was an Ancient Sage artifact itself, so even with its power sealed, it must contain such energy within. Therefore, it didn’t need to borrow from him.

As the two conversed, the Heavenly Tribulation fully descended. Heavenly fire and lightning mixed together, falling relentlessly. The bone dragon—now truly a black dragon—roared and surged upwards, its massive body swimming through the tribulation. The flames and lightning continuously tempered it, making its scales grow increasingly dazzling.

“As expected of a peerless divine weapon forged by Ancient Sage Ran Qiu! Despite just breaking through to the Ancient Sage realm, it used its own profound heritage to charge directly into the Dripping Blood Rebirth realm, even stronger than me!” Now recognizing the Dragonbone Divine Spear’s origins, Ancient Sage Mo Ling couldn’t help but exclaim.

Ancient Sage Ran Qiu was the strongest warrior under Master Kong, and the Dragonbone Divine Spear was hailed as the foremost spear of ancient times. It truly was extraordinary.

Although it had just broken through, it had directly reached the Dripping Blood Rebirth realm by relying on its own profound heritage.

If it could then unseal its own power, it might truly break through to that realm everyone yearned for, achieving the ability to shatter space.

“Could it be… that Ancient Sage Ran Qiu left it behind and deliberately sealed its cultivation for this very purpose?” Realizing this, a thought suddenly struck Zhang Xuan. If he broke through to Ancient Sage now and helped the Dragonbone Divine Spear unseal its cultivation, the spear might be able to seize the opportunity to break through to a higher realm. Perhaps, this was Ancient Sage Ran Qiu’s original intention!

“No wonder it’s said that suppressing oneself and not rushing to break through allows one to advance higher; it’s true!” Breaking through to Ancient Sage and undergoing tribulation once yields benefits. The more times one undergoes tribulation, the greater the final achievement. Master Kong, for instance, underwent tribulation multiple times to forge his supreme power.

The Dragonbone Divine Spear had undergone tribulation once before. Now, with its cultivation sealed, if it underwent tribulation again and these two powers merged, it would undoubtedly unleash astonishing combat power.

“Although I still can’t break the seal to allow it to charge into Ancient Sage Fourth-stage, for now… this is enough!” Watching the Heavenly Tribulation weaken against the Dragonbone Divine Spear’s resistance, appearing as if it could pass at any moment, Zhang Xuan’s eyes gleamed.

The Dragonbone Divine Spear now possessed power comparable to the peak of the Dripping Blood Rebirth realm, no weaker than the current Ruthless One. Once he wielded it, he would fear nothing in the Dripping Blood Rebirth realm! If he encountered Spirit Emperor Chen Ling again, he wouldn’t need to be afraid and could easily defeat him.

Whoosh! The thunderclouds dispersed. The black dragon, having completed its tribulation, twisted its body in the air. In the blink of an eye, it transformed into a long spear and flew over, landing before Zhang Xuan. It vibrated slightly, its posture respectful.

“Master!”