Undying Blood: The Path of the Ancient God

Chapter 17

Ten breaths later, a white pellet popped out from the blood mirror.

"Just as I thought..."

Staring at the blood mirror, Mu Qiu was taken aback.

Just as he had expected, this blood mirror could indeed automatically refine the pill. He just needed to put in the corresponding medicinal ingredients and crystal stone. "However, this one is clearly not as refined as the last one."

Mu Qiu picked up the Base Building Pill, and upon inspection, he couldn't help but frown.

"The same herbs, just different amounts of crystals..." With this in mind, Mu Qiu once more placed a batch of herbs into the blood mirror, followed by three crystals, and muttered to himself, "Last time it was three, this time I only put in one."

Indeed, a moment later, a Qi Nurturing Elixir appeared, its purity identical to the last one.

"So going by that logic, if I put more crystals, wouldn't the purity be even higher?"

To confirm his speculation, Mu Qiu dumped ten crystals into the blood mirror this time. Surprisingly, the Qi Nurturing Elixir that emerged from the ten crystals' refinement had achieved the grade of high first order!

Overflowing with joy, Mu Qiu stashed away the smooth elixir and tossed in two more crystals. This time, some patterns gradually appeared on the Qi Nurturing Elixir. Those were elixir patterns!

The elixir is divided into nine grades, each with nine orders. Each order is divided into lower, middle, and high grades. But, if elixir patterns are present, that signifies an extremely high grade! Twelve crystals had refined an extremely high-grade Qi Nurturing Elixir!

"My heavens, this blood mirror is going to be overpowered!"

Swallowing hard, Mu Qiu burst into hearty laughter, feeling like he was about to strike it rich. After a long moment, he suppressed the excitement in his heart and once again increased the number of spirit stones. Unfortunately, the next few attempts did not go as he had expected. Whether it was thirteen spirit stones or twenty spirit stones, the result was still the same top-grade Qi Nurturing Elixirs.

"The Qi Nurturing Elixir is a first-rank elixir; reaching the top-grade of the first rank is already its limit." Staring at the few round, lustrous elixirs in front of him, Mu Qiu muttered thoughtfully, "The limit of this elixir is the top-grade of the first rank; it is not possible to reach the second rank. After all, there are limits imposed by the medicinal ingredients."

Having understood this point, Mu Qiu slowly withdrew his thoughts, focusing on refining all one hundred spirit stones and fifty sets of medicinal ingredients into Qi Nurturing Elixirs. After completing all these, Mu Qiu slightly squinted his eyes, looking towards the Ancestral Inheritance Stairway.

"The tenth step of the celestial stairway!"

With both fists clenched, his eyes shone with determination. "Here I come!"

With that said, he took a step forward.

A day later, Mu Qiu stood on the eighth step. His physical strength, the power of the ancient gods, had once again increased significantly. His Dantian had also recovered to eighty percent. Three days later, with the aid of the Qi Nurturing Elixirs, Mu Qiu stepped onto the ninth stage in one fell swoop.

The ninth step made Mu Qiu feel that his physical body could now match the strength of ordinary weapons. And with the power of the ancient god, a punch was enough to kill a ninth-level martial arts master.

It wasn't until the seventh day that Mu Qiu visited the task hall again. Amidst the shocked eyes of everyone present, he exchanged a vast quantity of crystal stones and Qi Nurturing Elixir ingredients. Then, he returned to his residence for another visit to the inheritance space.

The path of Heaven, nine is the extreme! Ten is reincarnation...

The tenth step of Heaven's ladder was difficult to break through! Even with a large amount of Qi Nurturing Elixirs, Mu Qiu felt it was not enough. Not until nightfall did Mu Qiu finally set his left foot on the tenth step. Suddenly, a fog of blood swept over. Immediately, a blood-red tornado formed before Mu Qiu, enveloping his entire body.

Mu Qiu remained silent and indifferent as if he hadn't heard a thing. His eyes were red, teeth gritted, and his gaze filled with madness. Suddenly, he took out a top-quality nourishing elixir and swallowed it whole. Beforehand, he would only consume one top-quality nourishing elixir at most and two secondary quality ones additionally.

But this time, he had gone mad. Amid his clear howling, about five or six top-quality nourishing elixirs were swallowed. Mu Qiu's body began to swell monstrously. It was serious; it seemed as though he would burst at any given moment!

"Drink!"

He threw his head back and let out a mighty roar, his right foot lifting as Mu Qiu stomped down heavily on the tenth step. The next moment, his entire body was drenched with blood, looking almost like a blood-soaked man. The flesh on his body was continuously being torn apart, completely shattered.

One could say Mu Qiu's body was being tormented with a thousand cuts and endless slashes. If not for his relentless determination, he feared he would've been unable to hold on much longer. But even so, he was on the verge of unconsciousness.

Three years of honing his body made Mu Qiu's determination as solid as a rock. Compared to the humiliation of being shoved into the dirt, this ordeal was nothing! At that moment, a drop of deep red blood gradually solidified in front of Mu Qiu. Soon it radiated a dazzling light before disappearing into his forehead.

"Aha, the ancient god's blood!"

Mu Qiu managed a weak laugh, then could not hold up any longer. His body flung backward, and he fainted. Lying on the altar, his previously torn body suddenly brightened as all the wounds started to heal. An unprecedented change occurred inside Mu Qiu's body. His shattered Dantian was instantly restored... Even its size increased more than before it was broken! Each cell seemed to harbor some kind of life essence!

A red vein appeared inside Mu Qiu's body. If seen by a spiritually enlightened individual, they would be so shocked that they would likely be rendered speechless. Because this red thread is a bloodline!

For cultivators, the bloodline is extremely important. Not only can it greatly increase cultivation speed, but it also provides invincibility at the same level. The achievements are bound to be outstanding. Every person who possesses a bloodline is a favorite of heaven and earth. Invincible among peers, they are known as heaven-chosen. Now, after Mu Qiu has integrated the ancient god's blood, he has initially activated the ancient god's bloodline. From then on, his body is the body of an ancient god.