Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword

Gold Seventy-Four Star is the outermost habitable and cultivable planet in the Golden Dragon Star Domain, but its spiritual energy level only reaches Three Yuan Star, making it the lowest quality planet in the Golden Dragon Star Domain.

Two guards escorted, or rather, detained Zhou Heng to Gold Seventy-Four Star, bringing him to stay in a small village before turning away, showing no desire to befriend Zhou Heng.

In their view, being thrown onto this planet by the Priest signifies thin bloodline and a future without prospects; such friendships would not be beneficial to them.

Quite realistic!

From sensing the spiritual energy of this planet, Zhou Heng knew how little he was valued. However, he didn't care; what he valued most about coming here was the baptism of the Ancestral Pond, which could further awaken his bloodline.

After transforming, he could probably gain a tenfold increase in power, but he clearly remembered that Ye Guyu's enhancement reached a hundredfold, far surpassing him!

This meant that in terms of bloodline rank, he was not as good as Ye Guyu!

But first, Ye Guyu was at the Comet Realm, with much more bloodline growth, and secondly, Ye Guyu had already gone through the Ancestral Pond baptism, giving him another chance for bloodline advancement. Therefore, comparing with Ye Guyu only after his physique enters the Comet Realm and goes through the Ancestral Pond will be fair.

He is currently cultivating both the Spiritual Body and the Dragon Clan Body, and his physique enhancement is only influenced by the bloodline, not much by whether he is in the Milky Way Realm or Comet Realm—the difference lies in the speed of physique enhancement.

Since he has no clue about breaking through the Thousand-Path Milky Ways, he might as well focus on enhancing his physique, fully unleashing the power of the Dragon Clan bloodline.

——Speaking solely of bloodline, the Dragon Clan bloodline is definitely one of the most powerful in the Bright Realm, comparable only to the other three Divine Beasts. This level is akin to the Five Great Saints being invincible in the world.

Therefore, having obtained the Dragon Clan bloodline, there's no reason not to make good use of it.

If he could increase his power a hundredfold after transforming, he would qualify to confront the Comet King directly! Then, when he sees Zhao Luoyan again, he wouldn't be overpowered.

The upper limit of his bloodline is fixed; Zhou Heng just needs to strive to reach that limit, and the way to do it is simple—eat!

However, Zhou Heng didn't rush to move; he first observed the surrounding environment.

This is a very small village, with only a dozen or so households, living quite poor lives, because most of them are at the Creation Realm and Stellar Realm, with ragged clothes, giving him a sense of a "beggar."

If these people went to other planets, like Duyang Star, the first place Zhou Heng landed in the Bright Realm, they could live much more comfortably even if they couldn't become top experts.

But they had no say in the matter!

No one in the Dragon Domain can leave their planet freely. Warships patrol the Star Domain constantly, and anyone discovered will be escorted back to their original planet and punished severely.

Could they escape such a life by sneaking to another planet, such as from Gold Seventy-Four Star to Gold One Star?

The answer is no!

Because patrol teams always check identity tokens, which record all information, anyone caught will still be sent back to their original planet for severe punishment.

Only a few people can escape such restrictions; the first is with a noble status, and the second is having a high realm, like the Black Cave Realm.

This is the Dragon Clan's way of strictly preventing bloodline from flowing out!

Zhou Heng was furious; if the Five Great Dragon Sovereigns were really brought back to the Dragon Domain, with their thin bloodline, surely they would also be thrown to edge planets like Gold Seventy-Four Star or Green Eighty-Eight Star!

Damn it, they speak nicely about bringing clansmen back to the ancestral land, but in reality, most people are brought here to suffer!

Every power is a pyramid structure, with the bottom layer suffering the most, and likewise, the number of people at the bottom is the largest.

The Dragon Clan values bloodlines too much; in the entire Dragon Domain, there is not a single person without the Dragon Clan bloodline. Thus, those with thin bloodlines can only be trampled at the bottom, becoming the lowest layer of the pyramid.

"Donkey Lady, in such a godforsaken place, how can Donkey Master survive?" Black Donkey wailed repeatedly; it's a master thief, but here is so poor there's nothing but rocks, how can it act?

Zhou Heng laughed heartily, saying, "Be honest and raise your realm to the Comet Realm, this is the Dragon's Nest, plenty of great business opportunities await us!"

The Black Donkey was immediately overjoyed; everyone knows the Dragon Clan is famous for greed and stinginess. While stinginess doesn't concern the Black Donkey, greed means every powerful dragon is a treasure!

"Howl, howl, howl, I'm going to rob!" It howled up to the sky, extremely excited.

Little Fire obediently lay at Zhou Heng's feet; since Zhou Heng got the Dragon Clan bloodline, it has shown more respect for him.

"Zhou, you might strike it rich this time!" Black Donkey said, "Little Fire is a Heaven-Earth Divine Beast, and it's the first generation with pure bloodline; it could at least become a Black Cave King! Even it fears you so much, indicating your Dragon Clan bloodline is even above it!"

This makes quite a lot of sense. Although Little Fire's intelligence has developed very slowly and it still cannot speak human language, its intuition is incredibly sharp.

However, Zhou Heng's bloodline was granted by the Five Great Dragon Sovereigns, while their bloodline? It's pitifully thin, which can be seen from the progress of their cultivation. Why then could the bloodline Zhou Heng acquired from them possibly break through to the Black Cave Realm?

Was it a heavenly fortune that led to a mutation during the granting?

Zhou Heng shook his head, finding this unlikely.

Think of the Great Eternal Emperor, who could elevate a Heavenly Scripture from the Mortal Realm to the level of the Immortal Realm. What terrifying capability is that?

Could he also possess such a capability?

Thus, the originally thin Dragon Clan bloodline becomes incredibly formidable, having Black Cave Realm potential without even the baptism of a Blood Pool!

Zhou Heng entered the small courtyard arranged for him. To call it a courtyard was an overstatement since it was just a little stone house encircled by a fence, resembling a countryside farmhouse if a few chickens and ducks were added.

He had no luggage, so walking in constituted moving in.

First, he took a stroll around the village where people mainly lived by hunting. Yet, due to their insufficient power, they could only hunt Demon Beasts of the Creation Realm. Encountering Demon Beasts of the Stellar Realm might cost them greatly to hunt.

Because the enhancement of Dragon Clan Physique requires food rich in energy, people here are long in a state of "not enough to eat." Though not emaciated, they always lack Essence, Qi and Spirit.

Adults go out hunting, taking anywhere from half a month to three or four months, or even a year. To improve survival and hunting efficiency, most hunt in groups, with only a few "experts" acting alone.

Those remaining in the village are either old or young. The elders kept a considerable distance from this newcomer "clansman," but the children were not so cautious, especially attracted by Black Donkey and Little Fire, forming groups to watch them.

Zhou Heng did gather some information. For example, this village is called "Lidong Village," though why it's named so oddly is unclear. Three thousand miles east of Lidong Village is a city called "Qingyang City," reputed to be quite prosperous.

What puzzled Zhou Heng was that there are bandits here!

Of course, the bandits are also of the Dragon Clan, but the "regular army" ignores them, letting them loot as long as they don't kill!

In the Dragon Clan, besides treason, the greatest crime is killing one's kin, for which the punishment would be terribly severe!

Two days later, Zhou Heng obtained a fist technique book named "Tyrant Dragon Fist."

This was created by the Old Ancestor of the Dragon Clan, usable only by members of the Dragon Clan, not only possessing extremely domineering power but also promoting the bloodline's absorption of energy, accelerating growth.

The Tyrant Dragon Fist consists of only seven techniques. A punch thrown may seem incredibly simple, yet it requires extremely effective utilization of Spiritual Power and bodily strength, full of mystery.

This fist technique is a required practice for every Dragon Clan member, but hardly anyone can cultivate it to Great Achievement or even Perfection Realm. Most people, if conditions permit, would switch to cultivating other cultivation techniques.

Or one might say, the only benefit of coming to the Dragon Domain is obtaining this set of Tyrant Dragon Fist for free.

Even with Zhou Heng's aptitude, mastering the first technique of Tyrant Dragon Fist took him twelve whole days!

But then it got easier, as the profound truths of the seven techniques were interconnected. Seventeen days later, he had fully mastered the seven techniques, at least reaching the level of Great Achievement. As for Perfection, it requires not just high comprehension but also the cooperation of Bloodline Power!

—It was originally tailored for the Dragon Clan!

"This might involve the Laws!" Zhou Heng speculated, positing that only the corresponding bloodline could use it. The fist technique likely employed Laws mastered only by the Old Azure Dragon, directly granted by the heavens!

"A timely rain indeed!"

All treasure artifacts Zhou Heng had were confiscated by Hongyue, especially the Black Sword, his greatest aid in defeating the strong while weak. This Tyrant Dragon Fist well compensates for this weakness. Though it's something every Dragon Clan member can cultivate, its power is extremely fierce. It's merely too challenging to master, causing most people to abandon it.

In fact, this fist technique can also be considered a claw technique, as it is more powerful when used in Dragon Form!

Yet cultivating this fist technique has a very strong, strong side effect: it makes one even hungrier!

In reality, hunger is a good thing, as eating more can further stimulate the bloodline. Divine Beasts are essentially nurtured by eating! On Hundred Dragons Star, if you're hungry you can just buy more food, even Comet-level Demon Beast meat isn't unattainable.

But here, apologies, one must hunt for themselves. Even the villagers are short on food, much less have any to sell him—besides, Zhou Heng has no money, as Great River Coin and Daqin Currency are useless here.

Bang!

Just as Zhou Heng intended to go hunting, the already wobbly courtyard door was finally kicked into dozens of pieces, scattering across the courtyard.