Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword

Divine Beasts are very magical beings; it's inevitable, as every single one is born from nature, and they just can't help but be magical.

Divine Beasts don't need to cultivate. As long as they grow naturally, they can ultimately reach the limit determined by their bloodline.

For instance, the Four Divine Beasts belong to the Chaos Realm, and most Divine Beasts are in the Black Cave Realm, but none are of the Comet or Milky Way level. That would be too weak and an insult to the term Divine Beasts.

Divine Beasts are powerful, but their offspring may not be.

Heaven-Earth Divine Beasts are unique, but to have offspring, they inevitably need to mix bloodlines, reducing the purity of their blood.

Like the Azure Dragon Clan, below the Old Dragon, there was only one Second Ancestor in the Chaos Realm, but compared to the Old Dragon, it falls far, far short.

The offspring of Divine Beasts fall into two categories. One has a strong bloodline, directly possessing their original form, with their human form as a manifestation. Such offspring inherit the advantages of Divine Beasts and, merely by eating and sleeping, become super experts as they grow, their achievements influenced by their bloodline.

The other kind doesn't have such a strong bloodline. Normally, they're in human form, only transforming into their original form after activating their bloodline. This path is similar to that of Martial Artists, with trials and tribulations to overcome, possibly getting stuck in the Stellar or Milky Way Realm.

But there is a benefit to this: it's possible not to be limited by the constraints of their bloodline and achieve higher accomplishments!

While examples of this are rare, they're not unheard of!

For example, the Divine Beast Zhu Bi.

The first Zhu Bi was only an Eight-Caves level, but after seven generations, an extraordinarily outstanding descendant emerged, stepping into the Chaos Realm. This raised the entire Zhu Bi clan's bloodline to the Chaos Realm — of course, that's just the limit, just like the Azure Dragon clan's bloodline limit is the Chaos Realm, with only two from ancient times until now.

Zhou Heng now possesses the Azure Dragon bloodline. Until he reaches the bloodline limit, merely by eating and sleeping, he can endlessly enhance his physique, and this doesn't conflict with his level of Spiritual Power, essentially enabling dual cultivation of spirit and body.

Of course, the quality of the food matters too.

Previously, Zhou Heng only needed to pick delicious things to eat for the taste, gaining power by absorbing Spiritual Energy. But now it's different; he must consume quality food to sustain the enhancement of his physique; otherwise, he would have to compensate with quantity, becoming a hundred times more food-consumptive than Feng Lianqing!

However, certain critical points cannot be replaced by quantity, such as breakthroughs in Great Realms. These require high-quality food. If food is unavailable, pills can work too. At this critical moment, high-quality substances are essential; otherwise, it might take very, very long.

——Divine Beasts' physical enhancement doesn't have bottlenecks, but no bottleneck doesn't mean the growth time is the same.

It's a pity that the Old Dragon has been eaten; otherwise, it could have been the best food for Zhou Heng, unlike now when eating until his stomach is bursting still leaves a mysterious hunger.

This hunger isn't real but rather the body still lacking sufficient energy, signaling to his consciousness with a craving.

The better the appetite of a Divine Beast, the more powerful the bloodline!

Although Zhou Heng obtained the dragon clan bloodline from the Five Great Dragon Sovereigns of a lower realm, this bloodline is immensely powerful on him, which is why he constantly feels unsatiated.

His bloodline's limit might be the Comet Realm or even the Black Hole Realm, definitely far exceeding the limit of the Five Great Dragon Sovereigns!

Due to this sudden occurrence, the journey to the Dragon Domain had to be postponed until Zhou Heng spent a whole month eating desperately, somewhat satisfying his body's hunger, though still feeling a bit starved, yet not to the point of weakness.

All the necessary arrangements were completed. Hongyue didn't allow Zhou Heng to take the Immortal Residence, traveling only with the Black Donkey and Little Fire, forcibly traversing the starry sky with sheer physical strength. Without a Star Gate, it took a considerable amount of time; after two entire months, they finally arrived at the Dragon Domain.

Hongyue indeed left him care-free, promising to take care of his beloved wives and family, then she turned around and disappeared with a step.

If it were three years ago, with Hongyue no longer restraining him, his first thought would've been to head to the Taixu Star Domain to find Huo Tian. But now, he no longer holds such intentions.

He is too weak!

As someone with a strong sense of pride, he doesn't want to appear before Huo Tian in such a state — even knowing Huo Tian wouldn't despise him for it, his masculine dignity won't allow it.

The next time he meets Huo Tian, he must at least be in the Black Hole Realm!

Hongyue truly left, and from now on, everything relies on him! To maximize his potential, Hongyue took away all his Divine Artifacts, including the Black Sword!

Now, Zhou Heng cannot make a single misstep; one wrong move could lead to irreversible doom!

Zhou Heng took a deep breath and looked at the vast group of Star Domains in front of him.

The Dragon Domain is a super Great Star Domain, comprising five Star Domains, respectively belonging to the five Great Dragon Ancestors: Gold, Red, Blue, Green, and Black, combined into a super Great Star Domain.

This greatness not only refers to the vast territory but also to the number and quality of experts.

Two Chaos Realm Supreme Experts, at least fifty Nine-Caves-level powerhouses, over a hundred Eight-Caves, several hundred Seven-Caves... Moreover, the number of experts keeps increasing, with the Old Azure Dragon's bloodline essence as the foundation, generations of talented clan members continue to emerge.

This is the advantage of the Divine Beasts, a supremacy even the forces governed by the Five Great Saints in the past cannot compare to. After all, humans, although capable of inheriting bloodlines, are far inferior to the potential of Divine Beasts.

Although the path of cultivation is not restricted by bloodlines, the further one progresses, the more challenging it becomes. In terms of high-end battle power, Divine Beasts undoubtedly surpass humans. Indeed, in ancient times, Divine Beasts ruled the heavens and earth until the Five Saints emerged, changing the status of human weakness.

Divine Beasts receive the favor of the heavens and earth, yet have no affinity with saints.

Zhou Heng's thoughts wandered, and after a moment of contemplation, he randomly flew towards a planet.

"Halt!" As he approached the planet, a cold will transmitted an overpowering pressure.

This is at least a Black Cave level expert!

Zhou Heng halted as instructed, and shortly after, a small battleship approached at high speed, with two fully armed men standing on the bow, their faces entirely concealed in armor, holding spears with a frightening aura swirling around them.

This gave Zhou Heng an extremely strong sense of danger, not due to the strength of these two men, as they were also merely at the Milky Way Realm.

It was those two spears!

If struck once, it could be fatal, just like the Black Sword!

But would mere patrolling warriors be equipped with such treasures? When did Chaos-level treasure artifacts become so cheap?

"Who are you?" one of the guards asked arrogantly, fully displaying the Dragon Clan's haughtiness.

"I am a descendant of the Dragon Clan who has just awakened my bloodline, here to return to my ancestors!" Along the way, Zhou Heng had already prepared a statement for himself. Although awakening bloodline power at such an advanced age was a bit late, it wasn't unprecedented in history.

The two men exchanged glances, and the original man said, "Board the ship and follow us, do not act rashly, or you will be executed on the spot!"

Such strict protocols!

Zhou Heng smiled slightly and said, "As you command!" He boarded the battleship with the Black Donkey and Little Fire, and the ship immediately set course, landing on the ground about ten minutes later.

The two guards escorted Zhou Heng to a massive Divine Temple, where all Dragon Clan ancestors were enshrined, including the Azure Dragon, one of the Four Divine Beasts. The statue of the old dragon stood high above, with a second Chaos Realm reversion Azure Dragon next to it, followed by the ancestors of the Five Great Dragon Clans, which were the old dragon's five sons.

This was clearly the Star Domain of the Golden Dragon Clan, as the statues of the Golden Dragons were the most numerous, occupying nearly half of the space.

Zhou Heng was brought before an Old Priest. The two guards stepped back a few paces, but their spears remained pointed at Zhou Heng, ready to strike at the slightest movement.

"You say you have awakened the Dragon Clan bloodline?" the Old Priest spoke, his voice carrying a sense of antiquity tinged with the aura of death, as this elderly man had little time left.

"Yes!" Zhou Heng replied calmly.

"Show it in front of the great Ancestral Dragon, young life!" the Old Priest said.

Zhou Heng focused his thoughts and activated his bloodline power, transforming into a hundred-zhang-long Purple Divine Dragon, with flames coiling around him—over time, he had finally satiated his hunger and improved his physique, reaching a true length of a hundred zhang and extending his transformation duration to up to an hour, though recovery still took three days.

In the Dragon Clan, a hundred-zhang size barely qualified as Comet Level.

"Purple?" the Old Priest was slightly stunned.

The Dragon Clan's most powerful bloodline is, of course, the Old Azure Dragon, but truly reversion ones are only one, that being the Second Ancestor. Besides this, gold, azure, blue, red, and black are also relatively pure bloodlines, and the further one deviates from these five colors, the more mixed the bloodline, naturally indicating lower future achievements.

Purple Dragons have appeared in the Dragon Domain over countless years but seemed to peak merely at Comet Level. At Hundred Dragons Star, this level could dominate the Great Star Domain, but in the Dragon Domain, it was only considered average, certainly not qualifying as strong!

This is a world of the strong; without becoming strong, the future is limited, and no one wants to spare an extra glance.

"Alright, put away your dragon form. Your bloodline can hardly sustain itself for more than a few minutes, don't overexert!" the Old Priest waved casually and then added, "The Ancestral Pond opens in two months, go reside at Gold Seventy-Four Stars for a time. When the time comes, the Ancestral Pond's baptism will be arranged according to your bloodline awakening degree!"

He took out a token, had Zhou Heng drip some blood onto it, completing his identity recognition.

Gold Seventy-Four Stars?

The two guards said nothing but exchanged a glance. That was the worst planet in the Golden Dragon Domain; not only was the spiritual energy level only reaching the Yuan Star, but it was also incredibly chaotic, inhabited by those with thin bloodlines or those exiled for major crimes.

It's no wonder, with Zhou Heng manifesting a purple dragon body, his future was destined to be limited. The priest certainly wouldn't pay him any special attention, so how could they assign him to a higher-class planet! It should be noted that Zhou Heng's true form being human means he cannot be judged by Divine Beast promotion standards. Although purple dragons have a limit of Comet Realm, Zhou Heng may never reach that level, perhaps remaining at the Milky Way Realm for life.

Who would be willing to expend more effort for someone at the Milky Way Realm? (To be continued. If you like this work, feel free to visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote with your recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)