I Steal the Ancestors' Sacrifices to Nourish Myself

"Yes."

Shi Jun didn’t ask why; catching Earth Ants was too easy for him.

The reason for having Shi Jun catch the Earth Ants was also simple—Shen Can was preparing to deduce a technique for the Earth Ant War Body.

With his previous experience in deducing war bodies, deducing the Earth Ant War Body was simple. However, he was preparing to refine the Earth Ant War Body, making it more detailed.

In just two months, Shi Jun brought back seven Earth Ants with decent bloodlines from the Dai Land. The beast patterns on their horned heads glowed, some with blue light and others with earthy yellow light.

Shen Can directly locked them up in a prison surrounded by the Fire Dragon Wall to observe their actions from outside.

[Deduce!]

[After months of observing the Earth Ants’ habits, you memorized many states of their existence, magical combat, and the divine technique of their horns.

Your deduction progressed swiftly since you were already familiar with the War Body Technique. You integrated the various insights gained from observing the Earth Ants into the War Body Technique.]

[You exhausted a thousand years of lifespan and finally deduced the Earth Ant War Body (Dai Land Special Edition).]

At this moment, a boom resounded within the Five Elements Spiritual Land.

Huo Zhang was enveloped by fire and wood element source power.

The two mutually aiding attribute abilities poured into his body, and his blood energy transformed into a blue-red bicolored dragon within his Celestial Vein, charging towards the Divine Treasure location.

Nearby, Huo Yunn hovered in the air, holding a water element spiritual object shaped like a jade plate, surrounded by a misty rain scene.

Huo Zhang’s fire technique had reached its peak, benefiting from the wood, and if the fire energy became too fierce, Huo Yunn was ready to use the water element spiritual object to help suppress it.

This employed the method of mutual aid and mutual extermination; when source power was scarce, it merged, and when abundant, it counteracted and suppressed.

Before the breakthrough, Huo Zhang had long memorized the key points, and during his years in the Dai Land, he had been cultivating Wood Skill, becoming extremely familiar with the operation of his cultivation technique.

Rumble!

With a booming sound, the blood energy within Huo Zhang smashed open the Divine Treasure. The shattered barrier was torn apart by the swirling blood energy.

The blood surged like a fountain, instantly occupying the newly opened Divine Treasure space, and began to expand around it.

With the Divine Treasure open, the previously rushing blood energy, like rivers flowing into the sea, poured into the Divine Treasure.

The blood energy gathered in the dantian, and with the expansion of the blood sea due to the Divine Treasure development, it suddenly thinned.

It appeared like a drying pond, visibly receding.

Seeing this, Huo Zhang opened his mouth wide and inhaled sharply, the swirling source power above his head forming a vortex, pouring into his body.

He quickly operated his technique, refining the source power within the Celestial Vein, directing it into the newly opened Divine Treasure, stabilizing the new blood sea.

During this process, due to the surging blood energy, inevitable wounds and tears opened up in the Celestial Vein and Divine Treasure locations.

However, these tears were not large, hardly impacting his current cultivation.

Always observing Huo Zhang’s breakthrough, Huo Yunn, upon seeing this, put away the water element spiritual object in his hand.

After the breakthrough was complete, the water element spiritual object used to counteract the fire element was no longer needed.

It appeared that Huo Zhang’s body trembled only slightly after the breakthrough, indicating that the impacts of the breakthrough were within controllable range.

"Congratulations to the Great Elder on advancing to the Divine Treasure!"

Half a day later, when the source power around Huo Zhang calmed down, the wizards guarding around him began to speak one after another.

Despite the words, after speaking, this group of wizards rushed towards Huo Zhang.

Huo Zhang was startled and immediately lay down sprawling.

"Come on."

Even the Clan Leader couldn’t escape a full body check; how could the Great Elder avoid it?

"Touch as you please."

"Look as you like."

"Don’t touch the bird."

"Quick, inspect the size of the Divine Treasure and the extent of the Celestial Vein tears!"

"Record: Celestial Vein tears, Level 2."

"Record: Divine Treasure tears..."

...

Besides the wizards watching Huo Zhang’s breakthrough, Tian Dan was also present.

After he and Shi Jun returned, Huo Yunn had carefully inspected their bodies.

Years ago, Huo Yunn had reported to Shen Can that by analyzing Tian Dan’s cultivation data, she noticed that Tian Dan might forcibly break through the Divine Treasure.

Tian Dan had nearly ten years of missing cultivation data while away from the Dai Land, but this time it was finally completed.

In Yongyi, the lords of the First Generation Bo Division mostly relied on chance and coincidence to forcefully open their Divine Treasure.

Now, the Blazing Flame Bo Division could artificially create such opportunities with the clan’s strength.

Paired with Osmanthus Fruit, Vessel-Protecting Treasure Pill, Healing Treasure Medicine, and other methods, the probability of surviving a successful breakthrough could reach 80%.

As for the severe injuries after a forced breakthrough, that’s a matter for later.

Shi Jun, too, after inspection, could forcefully break through the Divine Treasure, but the mortality rate was exceedingly high.

"Do it!"

Seeing Huo Zhang’s breakthrough spurred Tian Dan to resolve decisively, even though he possessed quasi-Divine Treasure level combat power.

But despite just one word difference, the disparity was immense.

Isn’t cultivating martial arts about cultivating a Divine Treasure!

With such strong support from the clan, not taking the leap would be such a regret.

If not done now, as age increases, blood energy will decline, and waiting until combat power drops below quasi-Divine Treasure, there will be even less chance for a breakthrough.

Huo Yunn captured this shift in Tian Dan’s spirit immediately.

She brought Tian Dan to witness Huo Zhang’s breakthrough to observe his reaction.

If Tian Dan had any hesitation, she would need to reassess his chances of advancing to the Divine Treasure.

Among over five million in the Blazing Flame Bo Division, Tian Dan was the only one suitable for a forced Divine Treasure breakthrough now. Any hesitation could have significant repercussions during the process.

This endeavor required unwavering resolve.

After relaxing with his family for half a month, Tian Dan approached Huo Yunn.

He was ready to attempt breaking through to the Divine Treasure.

Feeling Tian Dan’s high spirits and energy, Huo Yunn also relaxed. Unlike a normal breakthrough like Huo Zhang’s, this came with inherent risks.

Tian Dan’s vigor significantly influenced the breakthrough.

Now, with his confidence, the implicit success probability increased.

Compared to Huo Zhang’s breakthrough, Tian Dan’s was even more elaborate, requiring pre-preparation of treasure medicine, Osmanthus Fruit, Vessel-Protecting Treasure Pill, Wood Attribute Essence, Water Element Spiritual Object, and more.

After three days of preparation, seeing the spiritual objects, treasure pills, and spirit fruits laid out before him, Tian Dan felt if he didn’t succeed, it would truly waste such substantial clan support.

He had indeed caught a good time; otherwise, breaking through would mean venturing out to gather resources and hoping to hit the jackpot.

There were two methods to assist Tian Dan’s breakthrough: one involved triggering the fire source power within the Tier Four High Furnace, the other involved mobilizing the Kui Drum and Battle Banner.

Following thorough research, the latter method was employed.

...

Thump, thump, thump!

In the ancestral temple, busy with the ritual, Shen Can paused for a moment, listening intently as the sound of war drums resounded, then continued with his work.

That evening, Ayu came in.

"Ancestral Temple Keeper, Commander Tian Dan successfully broke through to the Divine Treasure and is currently receiving treatment from the Witch Doctor."

"How are the injuries?"

Ayu paused and replied, "I asked, they are not life-threatening."

Shen Can glanced at Ayu and said, "Then go have dinner."

"Alright." Ayu obediently exited.

Shen Can shook his head; he thought too much. Following him around was all Ayu needed to do in this life—no need for anything more.

Half a month later.

After his breakthrough, Huo Zhang arrived early at the ancestral temple.

He presented the carefully prepared offerings upon entering the temple.

Shen Can had arrived earlier; before him was a small tripod-shaped sacrificial artifact, newly crafted by the clan.

Buzz!

As the buzzing sound rose, three sacrificial spirits appeared within the Blazing Flame Sacrificial Artifact. The Dai Land elder cupped his hands towards the other two spirits.

"Farewell, until we meet again."

Then, the Dai Land elder bowed to the five nearly spiritless figures resting silently within the sacrificial artifact.

He glanced at Shen Can.

"Thank you."

Without saying much more, the elder stepped into the new sacrificial tripod cauldron.

He was to return to the Dai Land.

Having understood the situation there entirely,

Shen Can then handed the sacrificial tripod cauldron and a jade scroll to Huo Zhang.

"Take the sacrificial artifact and cultivation method to the old Clan Leader; he’ll know what to do next."