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Chapter 254 Extra Chapter – The Decline of the Golden Age of Bloodlines

Nothing in this world can last forever.

No matter how prosperous the Nine-Rank Bloodline System is, they still need to rely on spiritual energy and resources. Previously, the Bloodline Nobles had already declined due to the gradual depletion of spiritual energy and resources. However, Ding Shui's innate talisman and bloodline enhancement technique forcibly extended their lives.

However, this life extension did not actually change the root cause of the problem, namely the issue of spiritual energy and resources.

For noble bloodlines to ensure their offspring maintain a noble lineage, they either have to sacrifice themselves or plunder resources, absorbing and digesting them while using themselves as an energy conduit to enhance their offspring's bloodline.

In reality, it consumes spiritual energy and resources.

In fact, it's even worse than before.

Meanwhile, some scarce resources, due to their continuous consumption, simply don't have time to grow and reproduce, and many have even become extinct in the wild. They can only be found in some special secret realms or the medicinal gardens of certain sects and families; it is virtually impossible for outsiders to obtain them.

Ordinary cultivators were the first to suffer, since those noble bloodlines would not personally take action to seize resources; they would only order their servants and other affiliated forces to help them compete for various advantageous resources.

To maintain the family bloodline and rule.

The result was that the world was engulfed in war after war over those resources, and not just wars between humans and demons, but wars between demon races and between humans. This was because the resources they needed largely did not overlap; resources that helped improve the human bloodline were basically unnecessary for the demon race.

vice versa.

The turning point came when some demon cultivators, who both hated and envied noble bloodlines, secretly captured some noble bloodline cultivators of lower levels and began experimenting with bloodline transplantation. Ordinary cultivators simply weren't as strong as noble bloodline cultivators overall, but that didn't mean there weren't strong individuals among them, nor did it mean that every noble bloodline cultivator was powerful.

Nine-Rank Bloodline System.

The top three ranks are difficult to deal with, but the bottom three ranks are not actually that dangerous; in fact, their destruction and overthrow are commonplace.

In addition, there are many demon cultivators who specialize in researching curses or poisons targeting bloodlines, with the motto "If I'm not doing well, I'll wipe out your entire family."

The noble bloodlines overlooked one thing.

That is the current overall situation in the cultivation world.

It's different from ancient times.

The core reason why those noble families, or cultivation clans, were so powerful in ancient times, and why no one could overthrow them, was not only because of their superior bloodlines, which were beneficial for cultivation, but more importantly, because they monopolized cultivation knowledge. Without their permission, even the most talented ordinary people had no chance to access cultivation knowledge.

He could only grow old and die as a mortal.

Until some families that possessed knowledge of cultivation were wiped out in the infighting among cultivation families, but not all were destroyed, and a few descendants carrying on the cultivation tradition escaped. They wanted revenge, but they didn't have enough time to raise their own children, and they couldn't guarantee that they would have descendants with cultivation talent. So they began to try to accumulate power by taking on disciples.

This is how the monopoly on cultivation and inheritance gradually broke.

The dawn of a new era for sects has arrived.

This also tolled the death knell for families of spiritual practitioners.

In today's cultivation world, after the previous era of sects and the previous era of demon alliances, cultivation knowledge is not so cheap that anyone can access it, but it is not difficult to obtain.

Moreover, the system of spiritual knowledge is highly developed.

It also far surpasses that of ancient times.

Those capable of resistance and those incapable of resistance will undoubtedly react differently to the same oppression. Therefore, led by demonic cultivators, and with the help of other ordinary cultivators, research was secretly conducted specifically targeting noble bloodlines.

That's not surprising.

Although they didn't obtain a perfect technology, they still developed many technologies with side effects and aftereffects, causing great harm to the noble bloodlines. For example, the great invention of bloodline curses appeared on the historical stage. Under certain conditions and at a sufficient cost, it could curse all those who possessed a certain bloodline to die young or be unable to cultivate.

Or perhaps they develop boils all over their body.

This completely solved the problem of certain noble bloodlines being scattered, making it difficult to completely wipe out entire families during extermination, with some surviving. It was definitely a groundbreaking achievement in the history of family extermination.

Of course, the price will be very high. Unless one's cultivation level is extremely high, one will at least die on the spot.

If one's cultivation level is insufficient, even if one's soul is scattered and one's spirit is destroyed.

The curse wasn't very effective either.

There's also the possibility that someone could directly dispel it with powerful magic.

As for the side effects of bloodline transplantation, transplanting human bloodline, or human spiritual roots and bodies, can result in either immediate death, pain, or obstacles in cultivation, among other side effects. Those without side effects are extremely rare.

There are even more problems with transplanting demon bloodlines.

Even if they survive, they'll become demons.

Dragon bloodlines were the most frequently transplanted, even giving rise to the dragon-human race, which has a variety of appearances. However, perhaps because dragons can reproduce with virtually any race, the dragon bloodline is quite compatible, even better than the human bloodline itself.

At most, they are all sorts of strange and unusual shapes.

Very few people die directly from rejection.

Of course, given their limited capabilities, most of the transplanted bloodlines were of various mixed dragon types, with very few being true dragon bloodlines.

Compared to bloodline curses, bloodline transplantation is even more hated by noble bloodlines, because the conditions for performing bloodline curses are too strict, while bloodline transplantation is not only less strict, but also has an extremely disgusting consequence.

That is, a human or a demon who has successfully undergone a bloodline transplant.

Or perhaps a sorcerer.

It is possible to purify one's own bloodline through cultivation techniques. This also means that bloodlines will be extracted from noble bloodlines to purify their own. Noble bloodlines can accept their own children extracting bloodlines from them to enhance their own bloodlines, but how can they accept that those who can be considered enemies are doing the same thing?

Even more terrifying is that many cultivators who hate noble bloodlines may have a deeper understanding of the bloodlines of noble bloodlines than the noble bloodlines themselves. They have developed many secret techniques specifically designed to prevent noble bloodlines from finding bloodline transplant recipients by following the intuition of their own bloodlines.

This directly resulted in many noble bloodlines becoming blood bags for those who had received blood transplants, leaving them impotent and furious but unable to find anyone to confide in. And this was only the initial stage.

Many with higher cultivation levels were able to withstand it.

As related research becomes more in-depth, subsequent bloodline transplants will not even require the blood of the biological descendants of those noble bloodlines. Instead, a tube of blood or a few drops of essence blood will be enough to create dozens or even hundreds of bloodline transplant recipients.

At the same time, as long as the bloodline noble's biological descendants do not die, they can be raised further to produce more blood and become blood suppliers for bloodline transplantation.

This posed a deadly threat to the noble bloodlines. Many noble bloodlines even experienced the death of the Black Dragon Demon Lord, their cultivation essence slowly withering away, and they eventually turned into ashes and died.

The situation is getting worse and worse.

Many noble bloodlines even implant self-destructing magical artifacts or talismans into their offspring to ensure that if their offspring encounter danger or are possibly abducted, they will die immediately, leaving no trace of their own bloodline.

This is already considered good; what's even worse is...

By directly wiping out one's own offspring, the risk is naturally reduced to the greatest extent possible.

It has to be said, it's truly an irony.

Previously, they had been working hard to cultivate offspring and even enhance the bloodline strength within them in order to ensure the continuation of the family line and bloodline. Now that their offspring's existence might threaten their lives, they immediately went to the other extreme.

I'd rather have no descendants!!!

However, the bloodline nobles were clearly not going to give up so easily. It was only at this point that they had no choice but to unite and begin to exterminate the bloodline transplant recipients, which, in their propaganda, was called a war between immortals and demons.

The main principle is "better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free."

At the same time, techniques that enhance bloodline are prohibited.

They killed every single one they found, and later even developed corresponding search tools and techniques specifically for this cultivation method. It's true that war is the easiest way to spark inspiration and promote technological development, and the same is true in the cultivation world. It greatly promoted the compilation and adaptation of cultivation methods, and even the innovation and progress of new magical tools.

At the beginning, the two sides were evenly matched.

However, as the elite members of the noble bloodlines joined the movement, and even members of the divine beast race and those demonic races with high bloodlines joined in, vowing to completely exterminate the conspirators, the rebels, led by demonic cultivators and those who loathed the noble bloodlines, began to suffer repeated defeats. After all, their foundations were indeed weaker, and they mainly relied on unorthodox methods.

However, in the end, the bloodline nobles were defeated.

Or rather, both sides suffer losses.

Realizing that reconciliation was impossible and that the bloodline nobles could not be eliminated, and that some of the demonic cultivators who were about to be wiped out, as well as those bloodline transplant cultivators who had no way back, ultimately chose a desperate gamble after discussion: to destroy all the spiritual veins.

They must accomplish something far more important than what they have.

Only then can the noble bloodlines temporarily spare them.

So they can go off to do more important things.

Of course, in the end, those bloodline transplant recipients did not succeed, at least not in destroying all the spiritual veins, but only most of them. Even so, it greatly accelerated the arrival of the end times in this world.

How harsh is the environment for spiritual practice?

Cultivators at the Golden Core stage or above must seal their cultivation and hide in areas where spiritual veins still exist, or in secret realms, to prevent their spiritual energy from dissipating. If they were to take action, it would take ten or even a hundred times longer than before to recover their depleted mana.

What was even more devastating for the bloodline nobility was...

As the spiritual energy dissipated to this point, the entire world was no longer suitable for cultivation, and it was difficult to maintain the existence of high-level bloodlines. Therefore, the bloodlines in their bodies began to degenerate involuntarily. To maintain them, they had to deplete their cultivation, but their cultivation recovered very slowly.

This directly forced them to make a difficult choice.

Either maintain the warranty or protect the bloodline.

Submersion cannot sustain a dragon. When the world is no longer suitable for the existence of extraordinary life, the dragon can only degenerate into a four-legged lizard. Therefore, the degeneration of its bloodline is a normal phenomenon.

Their noble lineage had declined since ancient times, which was actually following this principle.

It was revived for a period of time thanks to Ding Shui's technology.

However, when the overall environment deteriorates completely, even having technology is useless, unless the technology can reverse the overall environment; otherwise, one must change with the overall environment.

Ding Shui's innate talismans and techniques.

It is clear that the overall situation cannot be reversed.

From this moment on, bloodline nobles, including divine beasts and other demonic beasts, inevitably began their decline. To be precise, the entire cultivation world began to decline, with cultivation methods that relied less on spiritual energy gradually becoming mainstream, and bloodline nobles fading from the historical stage.

Often, it is indeed the environment and resources that determine the direction of civilization's development. A world without spiritual energy cannot give birth to a cultivation civilization, just as a closed region with virtually no iron ore cannot give birth to iron smelting technology.

Bloodline nobles who are extremely dependent on spiritual energy resources.

As spiritual energy resources rapidly deplete.

It has completely lost its prospects for development.

Ten thousand years later, let alone true dragons, even demonic beasts capable of awakening intelligence were extremely rare. Demonic spirits and immortals had become ancient legends. Qi and blood martial arts, which gradually evolved from body refining techniques, became the mainstream, and the world entered the martial arts era. This was also the last wave of enthusiasm in the cultivation era.

As for those cultivators and divine beasts with high cultivation levels...

When the environment becomes completely unsuitable for their survival, they have no choice but to either risk ascending or remain in the environment. Their life essence dissipates due to environmental influences, their lifespan is drastically reduced, and they eventually die of old age.

Changes in the global environment.

Those who follow the trend will always prosper, and those who oppose it will perish.