"Senior, is this bead a Mystic Womb Pearl?"
Li Feiyu inquired, seeking confirmation.
"Don't you already know? Why ask?" The gruff voice said, "Youngster, do you still want to continue with the final challenge?"
Li Feiyu hesitated, thinking to himself, "I've obtained top-grade blood spirit stones, a ten-thousand year blood spirit fruit, an unexpected Divided Soul Legacy, and a special treasure that can serve as a vessel for an Incarnation."
This Profound Female Divided Soul Art allows for the splitting of Divine Sense even more powerfully than the Great Evolution Art, and it also includes methods for dividing the Primordial Spirit.
By dividing the Primordial Spirit and residing within an Incarnation refined from the Mystic Womb Pearl, an independent entity can be formed. The Profound Female Divided Soul Art also has methods to bind the divided Primordial Spirit, with the main body's Primordial Spirit as the primary and the divided one as the secondary. The main Primordial Spirit can merge with, annihilate, absorb memories, and assimilate the personality of the secondary Primordial Spirit at any time.
Aside from the first division being somewhat difficult, subsequent divisions and Fusions can be done without any danger.
"However, the Jade Slip states that an Incarnation refined from a Mystic Womb Pearl only has a Lifespan of five hundred years. Regardless of the Realm it Cultivates to, it cannot transcend this limit. Furthermore, once one resides in a Mystic Womb Pearl Incarnation, they cannot occupy other living beings; the Primordial Spirit will be bound, and when the Incarnation's Lifespan ends, the Primordial Spirit will perish."
"This is too coincidental. The secondary Primordial Spirit cannot betray me, and what I lack least is Lifespan. As long as he wants to live, he must stay by my side."
"My goal has been achieved. I'll leave the fifth trial to others who are fated."
Li Feiyu thought for a moment and refused.
But how could that gruff voice let Li Feiyu go so easily? It continuously tried to tempt him.
"Don't you want the Legacy of the Blood God Palace? This is a detailed Legacy that leads directly to the peak of Soul Transformation, containing many incredible Divine Abilities, such as the Blood God Seed, Blood Burning Life-Burning Secret Art, Blood Shadow Divine Escape, Shape-Shifting, Aura Concealment, and Primordial Spirit Qi Transformation. Once you achieve success in Cultivation, I guarantee your life-saving abilities will definitely rank among the top three in the Human Realm."
"Additionally, there are incredibly powerful top-tier ancient treasures, including a spatial ancient treasure containing an ancient spiritual land spanning a mile in radius."
It must be said, Li Feiyu was truly tempted. He wasn't lacking in top-tier ancient treasures; once the Soul Devouring Yin Plate was repaired, it would be a top-tier ancient treasure, and its power could continuously increase.
However, that spatial ancient treasure was very rare and special. Almost no one could refine it now, and even those preserved from ancient times were exceedingly few.
As for the Shape-Shifting and Primordial Spirit Qi Transformation secret arts within the Legacy, he was also somewhat interested.
With them, impersonating Han Li in the future would be even more seamless!
But there was one problem: the fourth trial required power comparable to a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator to pass. He had used a trick, so what about the fifth trial?
Close to Nascent Soul Middle Stage?
A Legacy that only Core Formation Cultivators could enter—was this test meant for people to pass?
Perhaps the Blood God Palace Master, in a moment of pique, established this Legacy Hall, but later had a change of heart. Due to Face, he intentionally increased the difficulty, setting up a test that Core Formation stage Cultivators simply couldn't pass.
Under normal circumstances, the fourth trial was not something a Core Formation stage Cultivator could pass.
It was fortunate that Li Feiyu had many trump cards; even if it were Han Li, with his current accumulation, it would be impossible to pass, at most reaching the third trial.
Li Feiyu thought for a moment and said, "Senior, are you sure the fifth trial can be passed by us mere Core Formation stage Cultivators?"
"You wouldn't trick me, would you?"
"How could I? I am so honest, I never trick people!"
"Don't worry, the fifth trial is similar to the fourth. The fourth trial involved coordinating with a grand formation to achieve Nascent Soul-level power, while the fifth trial focuses on individual strength, without so many fancy tricks."
"How about this, I'll give you a discount. Previously, it was forbidden to set up formations in advance, but now this restriction is lifted. What do you think?"
The more he spoke, the more Li Feiyu suspected the other party's intentions.
What kind of existence was the other party?
Why was he so eager for him to attempt the fifth trial?
Was it to send him to his death, or did he genuinely believe he could pass and obtain the Legacy?
What benefit would his success in obtaining the Legacy bring to him?
If Li Feiyu didn't figure these things out, he wouldn't attempt this final test.
"Senior, what is your identity? What is your purpose in being so urgent? If you don't explain clearly, please forgive me, but I will not accompany you further."
"Don't be like that! You've already passed the fourth trial, why not try again? This is one of the top Legacies in the Human Realm," the gruff voice urged again.
"Though the Legacy is good, it's not as important as my own life. While I am confident in my considerable combat prowess, I will not act blindly. If Senior can explain his origins, I might consider it."
After a moment, Li Feiyu said, "Since Senior is unwilling, then so be it."
"No, wait, I'll tell you! I am the housekeeper of this Blood God Palace, and also the artifact spirit of the Legacy treasure. Unless someone can pass these five trials and obtain the Legacy, I must remain trapped in this Blood God Palace forever."
"I've been here for thousands of years, and I don't want to stay any longer."
"I was captured by this Blood God fellow in ancient times and refined into an artifact spirit, always following by his side. I'm quite knowledgeable, and if you're willing to help me, I can assist you until you reach Soul Transformation and Ascend to the Spirit Realm."
"With your Aptitude and combat prowess, you definitely have hope of reaching Soul Transformation. And I possess spatial coordinates that lead to the Spirit Realm. Helping me will absolutely benefit your future."
After listening, Li Feiyu began to ponder, weighing the pros and cons.
Regarding a Puppet with individual Nascent Soul combat power, if Li Feiyu used all his trump cards, he believed he had a sixty percent chance of success. If it were a Nascent Soul Cultivator, the chances would be smaller, and he wouldn't fight them unless absolutely necessary.
"Then, Senior, please make a life-bound oath. If I succeed, you must sincerely assist me and not betray me until I Ascend to the Spirit Realm, and I can also promise you a certain degree of freedom."
"Alright, no problem!" The gruff voice readily agreed, then made a life-bound oath, stating that if he violated it, his Primordial Spirit would shatter, and he would die on the spot.
"What should I call Senior, and how long can the fifth trial be delayed?"
"Just call me Blood Dragon. My former self was a third-stage transformed mutated Blood Flood Dragon."
If Li Feiyu could pass the fifth trial, Blood Dragon would naturally be happy to follow him. To achieve Nascent Soul combat power at the Core Formation stage Middle Stage was unheard of even in ancient times. As long as he didn't fall, his future prospects were limitless, perhaps even with hope of Ascension to the Immortal Realm.
His own Dao was already hopeless, but by following him, perhaps he could achieve "one person attains the Dao, even his chickens and dogs ascend to heaven."
"The interval? Seven days at most."
"Alright, then seven days. I will begin the fifth trial in seven days."
Subsequently, Li Feiyu began to prepare. He summoned the Soul Devouring Yin Plate, then activated the Five-Colored Pill Fire to burn the newly acquired top-grade blood spirit stones.
Watching the Soul Devouring Yin Plate spin around Li Feiyu, Blood Dragon immediately understood that this ancient treasure possessed an artifact spirit.
"Will this be the guy who competes with me for favor later?"
"I must observe in secret and prepare for the future."
Blood Dragon was not at all surprised that Li Feiyu possessed an ancient treasure with an artifact spirit. Without some luck and Opportunity, how could a Core Formation stage Cultivator have reached this point?
In this world, there was no such thing as a smooth Dao just by being honest.
Without enduring hardship and tempering, it would be a blessing from heaven to advance to Nascent Soul.
For Demon Beasts like them, even with a long Lifespan of several millennia, or even tens of thousands of years, what good was it? Slowly Cultivating to reach transformation was already incredibly difficult.
To advance further, it was simply not something that could be achieved by Cultivating alone.
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