I Steal the Ancestors' Sacrifices to Nourish Myself

Huo Chang quietly observed the figures undergoing the trial without any intention to intervene.

After years of development, the Holy Ape River Valley now hosts fifty thousand cultivators from the Dai Land.

The most advanced among them have cultivated up to the Celestial Vein Sixth Layer.

Huo Chang appointed himself as the Mountain Master.

Since Shen Can delivered the Earth Ant Battle Body Secret Technique, he has chosen two hundred people in the Holy Ape River Valley to begin cultivation to observe the effects.

He returned for this inspection.

In the dense jungle, houses were faintly visible, and cultivating individuals could be seen everywhere.

In one area of the jungle, a strong scent of blood lingered, and under the shade of a tree, several cultivators gave off a forbidding aura.

These are individuals who have consumed the Earth Ant Blood Pill for cultivation.

Huo Chang expertly entered a Stone Hall, which directly connected to the mountain’s interior, where numerous caves were linked together and Wizards were bustling within.

"Atong, how is the cultivation progress of the Earth Ant Battle Body?"

Upon entering the Stone Hall, Huo Chang found Shen Can’s disciple Huo Tuan.

She led the valley’s Wizards in recording the cultivation progress of the valley’s Martial Artists here.

"Old Clan Leader, the results are quite remarkable, with a success rate of over seventy percent, and these individuals show considerable determination."

Huo Tuan quickly presented Huo Chang with a stack of Beast Hide Scrolls. "These are the conditions of the cultivators. Among them, there’s one named Ling Shi, whose transformed battle body resembles that of an Earth Ant Tier Four descendant."

Like Wild Beasts, Earth Ants place significant importance on bloodlines, which can be inherited after reaching the Divine Treasure Realm.

Research over the years has shown that offspring of Earth Ant Martial Artists in the Divine Treasure Realm, are most likely to advance to the Divine Treasure within the first three generations.

Beyond the third generation, the chance of advancing to Divine Treasure declines significantly, but the probability of achieving Tier Three remains high.

After ten generations, even the probability of reaching Tier Three greatly diminishes.

Besides this normal bloodline inheritance, some Earth Ants experience ancestral bloodline reversion.

Their ancestors might have reached the Divine Treasure long ago, and their bloodlines had disappeared among the masses, but suddenly awakened in a certain generation.

The extent of awakening varies, with most achieving Tier Three, and a rare few attaining Divine Treasure.

As Huo Tuan spoke, Huo Chang flipped through the cultivation data of Martial Artists practicing the Earth Ant Battle Body.

After reviewing the data, Huo Chang stated, "In that case, let’s increase the number of Martial Artists cultivating the Earth Ant Battle Body. Let me see the list of suitable ones."

Huo Tuan nodded. Perhaps due to the Dai Land’s influence, the attributes of the Human Race here are notably inclined towards the Earth Element.

Among every ten people, five or six have the Earth Element.

In the valley, among fifty thousand cultivators, those with Earth Element attributes account for over twenty thousand.

It is entirely possible to select a sufficient number of cultivators.

Then, Huo Chang, with the cultivation list taken from Huo Tong, decisively determined a thousand two hundred individuals.

Most of those selected have Celestial Vein First or Second Layer, with average talents, avoiding those with outstanding talents.

In regards to the cultivation technique in the Holy Ape Valley, although the Celestial Vein Technique comes from the Blazing Flame Bo Division, it is not derived from the subsequent Five Elements Technique of the Five Pillars Skill, but from other Five Elements Techniques.

For Blazing Flame, this was very easy to offer.

Six months later.

Great Marsh Basin.

The Black Water River flowed eastward toward the Eastern Marsh.

A Stone Stronghold stood on the northern bank, with a strong fishy and irritating smell, detectable from ten miles away.

Outside the stronghold, there was a cluster of low houses teeming with figures.

Late this afternoon, many large fish suddenly surged down from upstream, with the smallest being almost ten feet long.

Seizing the opportunity, the Ant Slaves caught many.

Now, they were preparing a fish feast for the Earth Ant leaders within the stronghold.

Inside the stronghold, Stone Houses circled the central hall. Amid flickering bonfires, small Earth Ants could be seen playing and frolicking.

Loud noises emanated from the central hall.

Black Nourishing lay on soft dry grass, devouring large mouthfuls of fish stew from a cauldron before him. Fish stew made from the Tier Three Fish Beast significantly aided his cultivation.

His ancestor was an Elder of the Great Marsh Lineage more than three thousand years ago.

Later, when the ancients passed away, the subsequent two generations failed to advance to Divine Treasure despite having the ancestral bloodline blessing. With the bloodline’s benefits nearing exhaustion, compounded by ostracization.

They were thus separated from the East Marsh Main Vein and relocated with some clansmen to settle along the Black Water River, meanwhile managing Human Race settlements upstream and downstream.

Regrettably, no descendants have reached Divine Treasure since the ancestor’s era.

Fortunately, as the slave master of the Human Race along Black Water River, the Black Water Lineage generally prospered through generations.

Though the clan numbered merely two thousand, they had tens of thousands of Ant Slave attendants and controlled Human Race settlements across...

While consuming fish stew, Black Nourishing momentarily forgot how many Human Race settlements he controlled, as they were too scattered everywhere, but adding up there would be hundreds of thousands despite sparsely populated areas.

Though the East Marsh Main Vein was reportedly struck by a meteor, it didn’t embolden these Human Races to resist him.

As he ate, Black Nourishing suddenly felt dizzy.

Being a Tier Three Middle Stage, comparable to Human Race Celestial Vein Sixth Layer, he shouldn’t experience dizziness out of nowhere.

Consequently, Black Nourishing collapsed face-first into the food basin with a ’thud.’

Currently, within the clan land, the vast majority of Earth Ants from the Black Water Lineage were feasting on fish stew attended by Ant Slaves.