Qianye went out into the wilderness instead of remaining in Southern Blue. There were cracks and pits scattered throughout the land that made for perfect hiding places. With Zhuji around, Qianye wasn’t really afraid of disruption since the little fellow’s aura could drive away all wild beasts within a five-kilometer radius.

At this point, Qianye’s blood energy cultivation had improved by leaps and bounds after fighting in several major battles. His body was beginning to be modified in the direction of the fire-forged physique and had officially reached the standards of an ancient virtuous count. In terms of leveling up, the dark golden blood energy suffered no bottlenecks at all in his current phase. As long as he could harvest enough essence blood, he would be able to break through every gate in a natural manner.

He had already experienced numerous battles in the neutral lands where his all-out attacks filled him with so much essence blood that he was about to burst apart. However, the Book of Darkness could serve as a reservoir, and his blood core could—by means of ignition—turn it into auric flame blood. Any amount of essence blood...