Immortal Martial Emperor

Hong Yu sat quietly in meditation.

With a wave of his hand, a massive dark shadow appeared—it was the corpse of the Purple Thunder Winged Flood Dragon.

Even though the Purple Thunder Winged Flood Dragon had undergone the Dragon Blood Inheritance and lost almost all of its Dragon Blood, a considerable amount was still preserved within its smaller blood vessels and muscles.

Hong Yu wielded the Godslaying Spear, now a Sixth-Grade Primordial Weapon, and forcefully pierced several blood vessels in the Purple Thunder Winged Flood Dragon’s corpse, extracting and collecting the remaining Dragon Blood.

The amount of this residual blood wasn’t large.

Fortunately, the Purple Thunder Winged Flood Dragon’s body was immense. After a thorough search, Hong Yu managed to collect about two buckets’ worth of Dragon Blood.

The Dragon Blood was extremely heavy.

Hong Yu had no choice but to quickly forge two simple iron buckets from Profound Steel, pour the Dragon Blood into them, and apply a Sealing Technique to preserve it.

Even though it was just Dragon Blood, he could still feel the powerful life force emanating from it.

A blood-red aura, like a long rainbow, filled the air.

If not for the Seal suppressing it, the aura from this Dragon Blood would have been enough to fill the entire secret underground chamber with boundless Spiritual Qi, turning it into a Grotto Heaven Blessed Land.

Then, using the Godslaying Spear again, Hong Yu forcibly sliced open the Purple Thunder Winged Flood Dragon’s body and pulled out a long Dragon Sinew.

The Dragon Sinew was incredibly tough; even the Godslaying Spear, a Sixth-Grade Primordial Weapon, couldn’t sever it in a single blow.

Luckily, Hong Yu had mastered the powerful "Initial Understanding of the Dao of Artifacts," which contained a technique for processing Dragon Sinews called the "Bone Separating and Muscle Splitting Skill."

By using the Bone Separating and Muscle Splitting Skill, Hong Yu spent a full half-day before he finally managed to divide the hundred-meter-long Dragon Sinew into thirty equal portions.

He then stripped several pieces of Dragon Flesh from the Purple Thunder Winged Flood Dragon’s body.

Only then did Hong Yu, satisfied, take out the Nine Dragon Celestial Cauldron and toss the rest of the Purple Thunder Winged Flood Dragon’s body into it.

The great cauldron did not look particularly grand on the outside.

But it contained a clever spatial design with a massive interior compartment, so even tossing in a huge Flood Dragon didn’t make it seem cramped.

Hong Yu then retrieved a piece of Thousand-Year Cold Marrow.

This was a piece of Cold Marrow he had obtained in the Profound Ice Secret Realm. The moment he touched it, a CHILLING hiss filled the air as cold energy emanated from it, nearly freezing the blood in his veins. Hong Yu tossed it into the Nine Dragon Celestial Cauldron.

He activated his Profound Skill, fully unleashing the Primordial Gang Fighting Technique.

A surge of Primordial Gang poured forth from his Infinite Primordial Embryo.

He pushed the Nine Dragon Celestial Cauldron to produce scorching heat. The nine dragon patterns on its surface slowly writhed, spewing fiery light as if nine blazing suns were burning inside.

A short while later, the Thousand-Year Cold Marrow melted, transforming into Cold Marrow Spirit Liquid within the Nine Dragon Celestial Cauldron and soaking the Purple Thunder Winged Flood Dragon.

"BUZZ! BUZZ! BUZZ!"

Flames shot into the air as steam billowed. After a full three hours of heating, the Cold Marrow Spirit Liquid began to boil, stewing the Purple Thunder Winged Flood Dragon.

Hong Yu then tossed in some precious Spirit Medicines.

This was a new function of the Nine Dragon Celestial Cauldron; besides Alchemy, it could actually be used to stew delicacies.

It was Little One who had urged Hong Yu to do this.

As the faint fragrance wafted over, inside the tower’s space, Little One gulped down saliva, tears streaming down his face. ’SOB... SOB... It’s been so many years since I’ve had dragon soup. It’s a pity this is just a Flood Dragon and not a real member of the Dragon Race. Back in the day, my old master kept dozens of dragons in his back garden. Whenever he got a craving, he’d just stew one for a treat...’

Beside him, the chubby little Huhu’s eyes went wide.

Its fluffy fur quivered, and a glistening stream of drool trickled from its mouth.

Its huge eyes were glued to the image formed by the smoke Little One had exhaled. It swallowed hard. Although the little creature didn’t understand what Little One had just said, it had a feeling it was something very impressive.

More importantly, it also knew that the stewed Purple Thunder Winged Flood Dragon soup would be immensely beneficial for it!

Of course, Hong Yu was oblivious to the thoughts and conversation between this person and this beast.

Otherwise, he probably would have smacked Little One hard. ’What do you mean, keeping dragons as livestock and stewing one for a treat when you get a craving?’

’Do you think the Dragon Race are pigs? Keeping them as livestock!’

Of course, Hong Yu didn’t know a thing!

His entire being was now immersed in helping Feng Xue Xin and Yeban recover. The Secret Technique he was about to perform was called—the Great Rejuvenation Technique!

This was a Secret Technique he had found in the "Divine Medicine Scripture."

It had been lost for ages, submerged in the long river of time.

People nowadays had never even heard its name.

Hong Yu himself had only discovered it by chance while studying the "Divine Medicine Scripture" on his way back from the Sumeru Sea.

The Great Rejuvenation Technique!

As its name implied, it was a Secret Technique for healing injuries.

According to the "Divine Medicine Scripture," while the Great Rejuvenation Technique couldn’t bring the dead back to life, as long as a single breath remained and the Soul hadn’t suffered critical damage, it could restore even the most grievously wounded physical body.

However, the Great Rejuvenation Technique required a catalyst.

For example!

If a powerful expert’s limbs were severed and one wanted to heal him with the Great Rejuvenation Technique, one would need to find suitable replacement limbs and attach them using the technique.

It couldn’t create something from nothing or regrow severed limbs.

The root cause of Feng Xue Xin and Yeban’s injuries wasn’t their external wounds. The truly severe damage was that the Blood Corpse Insects had devoured their meridians, causing their energy to leak away and their cultivation to regress.

Hong Yu had mulled it over, initially thinking of hunting down other Martial Artists and stripping them of their meridians to transplant into his friends.

But after much thought, he decided against it.

First, Hong Yu couldn’t bring himself to do something as cruel as hunting and killing other experts without reason.

Second, he had thought of a more suitable source.

The Purple Thunder Winged Flood Dragon!

"Dragon Sinew, come!"

As he clenched his outstretched hand, the thirty portions of Dragon Sinew flew into his grasp.

The Mystical Illusion of the Heaven-Devouring Demon Elephant materialized behind Hong Yu, letting out a deafening roar. Following Hong Yu’s will, a surge of Primordial Gang enveloped Feng Xue Xin and Yeban, lifting them into the air.

"SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!"

He channeled his Spiritual Power, exquisitely controlling the Nine Feather Flying Knives as they spun into the air and circled around Feng Xue Xin and Yeban.

Under Hong Yu’s precise control, the knives slowly sliced open the skin and flesh of both men.

The Primordial Gang’s Power poured into their bodies.

It sustained their vital signs, preventing them from bleeding out or dying from having their bodies cut open.

With the speed of a thunderclap, Hong Yu manipulated the Nine Feather Flying Knives to completely carve out the remnants of their meridians—all that was left after being devoured by the Blood Corpse Insects.

The agony of having their sinews pulled out caused the unconscious pair to convulse.

Their bodies began to tremble violently.

Hong Yu was prepared. The Heaven-Devouring Demon Elephant let out a low grunt, and the immense Primordial Gang locked the two men down like a cage.

After this series of operations, Hong Yu was already drenched in sweat.

Logically, at his Level, he should have long been impervious to heat and cold. The fact that he was sweating profusely showed just how difficult this procedure was.

Fortunately, he had successfully removed the ruined and decaying meridians.

Hong Yu recalled the Nine Feather Flying Knives.

He carefully enveloped the Dragon Sinews with his Spiritual Power. Fifteen portions of Dragon Sinew floated toward each man and entered their bodies.

"BUZZ!"

One by one, the new sinews settled into place where the old meridians had been.

This was the most critical moment!

"Great Rejuvenation Technique!"

Hong Yu roared.

At this moment, Hong Yu was already multitasking. Now, having to perform the Great Rejuvenation Technique on top of everything else, his mind and body were stretched to their absolute Peak, at their most tense.

"BUZZ!"

Strange Runes began to coalesce in the void.

The Runes were the color of Gold, their brilliant golden light dazzling to the eye. Surrounded by powerful waves of energy, they shot one by one into the Dragon Sinews.

These circulating Runes used the Dragon Sinews as a foundation and the Spirit Array Runes as an intermediary medium.

Finally, they completely fused the Dragon Sinews with the two men’s bodies.

"BUZZ! BUZZ!"

Bursts of precious light shot toward the heavens as the Spirit Array Runes silently began to operate.

The Great Rejuvenation Technique was halfway complete.

What needed to be done now was to completely replace the blood in their bodies with the Flood Dragon Blood of the Purple Thunder Winged Flood Dragon. Only then could a true fusion be achieved, preventing the Dragon Veins from being rejected by their bodies.

"SPLASH!"

Guided by his Spiritual Power, the two buckets of Flood Dragon Blood surged forth like two celestial dragons playing in water, converging into twin pillars of blood that rushed toward the two men.

"GURGLE! GURGLE!"

The Flood Dragon Blood churned madly as it entered their bodies.

Meanwhile, their original blood was constantly forced out of their wounds by the influx of Dragon Blood.

This process could not be rushed; it required extreme precision.

It lasted a full six hours before the very last drop of blood was finally replaced.

"Seal!"

Hong Yu activated the Great Rejuvenation Technique, closing the wounds on their bodies.

Then, Hong Yu shot upward, grabbing one of each man’s arms.

The Primordial Gang Fighting Technique inside him began to circulate wildly.

Using the Primordial Gang Fighting Technique as a guide, he stimulated the flow of energy within their bodies, gradually reactivating their withered Primordial Embryos.

Strands of the Primordial Gang’s Power began to circulate on their own within the two men.

As the Primordial Gang flowed through them, the Dragon Blood and Dragon Sinews in their bodies began to adapt, emitting powerful waves of energy as they absorbed the potent power within the Dragon Blood.

Feng Xue Xin’s Primordial Embryo and Yeban’s Spiritual Power both underwent immense changes, faintly taking on a trace of the Flood Dragon’s aura.

They did not awaken immediately.

This adaptation process would take several days, but Hong Yu believed that once they woke up, they would be completely transformed.

With their talent, they might even be able to contend for the title of Unparalleled Genius!

Hong Yu let out a long sigh of relief, nearly collapsing from exhaustion.

Leaving Feng Xue Xin and Yeban there to recover on their own, Hong Yu walked over to the Nine Dragon Celestial Cauldron. He lifted the lid, and a rich aroma wafted out.

Hong Yu was starving and already exhausted.

Smelling such a rich fragrance, which also contained boundless energy, made his mouth water. He first opened the tower’s inner space, not forgetting to give a third of the food to Little One and Huhu, before starting to dig in himself with great relish.

He gnawed on the Flood Dragon Flesh and bit into the stewed-soft medicinal herbs, all while gulping down the delicious Flood Dragon Broth.

This meal lasted a full two hours. By the end, Hong Yu’s stomach was bulging and he couldn’t eat another bite. He let out a satisfied burp, sat down to cultivate, and spent another half-day absorbing the energy from the Purple Thunder Winged Flood Dragon and the many precious medicinal ingredients, advancing his cultivation even further.

Although he didn’t achieve another breakthrough, he had still made significant progress.

Just as he was about to open the Scroll he had obtained from the Sumeru Sea and examine the Secret Technique so highly praised by Xiahuang Shang, his Spirit Communication Jade Order began to pulse.

Hong Yu took it out and saw that Xiahuang Shang was contacting him, urging him to come out.

’Did something happen?’

A look of confusion on his face, Hong Yu put away the Nine Dragon Celestial Cauldron and left the secret chamber. As soon as he returned to the Prince’s Mansion, he was met by Xiahuang Shang.

Behind him was a cute little girl.

The little girl, who wore her hair in a ponytail, smiled slightly when she saw Hong Yu and then spoke...

"Lord Hong Yu, my lady invites you!"