Battle Through the Heavens: The Holy Sun Immortal Venerable

Chapter 182 Dragon Blood! Awakening!

Lin Ran's serious injury caused extreme tension throughout the Holy Rain Sect and the two great empires.

Both the Serpent Empire and the Cloud Mist Empire began a large-scale search for rare and precious materials that could repair soul power and replenish blood energy, even offering huge rewards to anyone who could provide such treasures or information.

Cultivation techniques, combat skills, weapons, elixirs...

With generous rewards, the two empires managed to find quite a few of these rare and precious natural treasures.

Unfortunately, most of these medicinal herbs are not very effective. Even those that are quite good for ordinary people are only barely effective for Lin Ran.

Even so, the two empires were not discouraged at all. They continued to spend a lot of money and effort to find such rare and precious materials. On one occasion, the empresses of the two empires even took action at the same time to jointly kill a seventh-order magical beast, all for a medicinal herb that could repair the power of the soul.

The Snake-Man Empire and the Cloud Mist Empire's pursuit of soul-nourishing herbs stirred up various public opinion storms, but these opinions quickly dissipated under the strong suppression of the two empires.

However, many powerful individuals remained curious about the purpose of the two great empires' actions and secretly began to investigate.

Without exception, the final fate of these powerful individuals was either to be pierced by ten thousand arrows or to be devoured by ten thousand snakes.

In dealing with Lin Ran, Yun Yun's methods are no less effective than Cai Lin's!

One by one, medicinal herbs that could repair the soul and restore blood and energy were sent to the Black Corner Region. After being refined by medicinal dust, they were put into the Green Lotus for Lin Ran to absorb.

Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, another month had gone by. Although Lin Ran in the green lotus still showed no signs of waking up, his originally pale and bloodless face was gradually becoming rosy, and his breathing had returned to normal. He was no longer like a person on the verge of death.

All of this indicates that Lin Ran's injuries are gradually healing, and it's only a matter of time before he awakens.

Seeing this, both Cai Lin and Yun Yun increased their absorption of these medicinal herbs. Even Lü Yi handed over all the two types of medicinal herbs in the warehouse to Yao Chen for him to refine.

Yao Chen was quite helpless about this, but also quite curious.

"Ordinary medicinal herbs offer little help to the sect leader, so how could he recover so quickly? Could it be due to the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill?"

The Yin-Yang Xuanlong Pill can restore a person from ruin to health. In addition, Lin Ran also has the foundation of a pure Yang body. With the continuous absorption of medicinal herbs, his injuries recovered a little faster, which is normal.

Since it was effective, Yao Chen naturally wouldn't refuse and continued working on refining the medicinal herbs.

However, in a corner unknown to anyone, Xiao Ziyan, with a pale face, carefully dripped a drop of her essence blood into Lin Ran's mouth.

Looking at Lin Ran, whose complexion had recovered somewhat after absorbing her essence and blood, Zi Yan's eyes were still filled with joy, even though she was extremely weak at the moment.

"Wake up soon..."

Everyone was completely unaware of this situation, except for Xun'er, who had visited a few times, who seemed to have noticed something amiss...

Time flows like water, spring goes and autumn comes, the world is covered in silver, and it's the Spring Equinox again.

A year passed by unnoticed, but Lin Ran still hadn't woken up. Although everyone could sense that his condition was getting better and better, he still showed no signs of waking up. Even Yao Chen was somewhat helpless in the face of this situation.

In this situation, the only person he can rely on is Lin Ran himself.

During this period, the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower was closed again and no longer open to the students of the academy. For a time, the students were talking about it. In order to make up for the students' losses, the Holy Rain Sect was very generous. The green-robed man waved his hand and directly announced that he would take over the Canaan Academy Strong Ranking Competition. The top 50, top 30 and top 10 students on the leaderboard would all receive extra rewards from the Holy Rain Sect.

Upon hearing this news, the students of Canaan Academy immediately lost all their resentment and enthusiastically went to participate in the ranking competition.

Seeing this situation, Elder Su Qian and the elders of the academy were also very helpless, but there was nothing they could do. After all, if it affected the healing of the person under the Heavenly Burning Qi Tower, not to mention the Holy Rain Sect, the two great empires would probably tear them apart!

Northwest region of the Dou Qi Continent, Luo Yan Empire, Monster Mountain Range.

Following the previous battle against the Jia Ma Empire, the Luo Yan Empire not only suffered a defeat but also lost Yan Luotian, a powerful Dou Zong expert, causing the empire's national strength to decline significantly.

Among them, a young man named Xiao Yan gradually made a name for himself, and even won the championship in the Golden Eagle City Alchemist Conference.

However, just as he was about to rise to fame, an accident caused Xiao Yan to provoke the Golden Goose Sect.

Although the Golden Goose Sect lost Yan Luotian and suffered heavy losses in its powerful members, they were still the most powerful sect in the Falling Goose Empire, an unshakeable and terrifying force for Xiao Yan.

In order to help Xiao Yan escape the pursuit of the Golden Goose Sect, the Giant Sun Venerable, hidden within Xiao Yan's body, had no choice but to intervene, sacrificing his soul to help Xiao Yan repel the pursuers.

The cascading waterfall crashes against the rocks, its spray enveloping the small valley.

In this valley, on the open ground beneath the waterfall, Xiao Yan wielded the Xuan Heavy Ruler, practicing again and again.

With his Dou Qi completely sealed, the Xuan Heavy Ruler was as heavy as a mountain, making it extremely difficult for ordinary people to lift. However, Xiao Yan was able to lift it and even swing it to chop.

When the sun was high in the sky, Xiao Yan's cultivation gradually came to a halt.

Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Xiao Yan planted the Xuan Heavy Ruler into the ground, then leaped up and plunged into the waterfall, beginning to be washed by its waters!

As the waterfall continued to wash over him, Xiao Yan's fighting spirit was gradually mobilized, forming a thick layer of blood-red armor on his skin. Suddenly, a strange suction force burst out from his body, beginning to devour the surrounding energy of heaven and earth.

It wasn't until several hours later that the suction gradually subsided.

The moment the suction disappeared, Xiao Yan, who was sitting cross-legged under the waterfall, suddenly opened his eyes. In an instant, a powerful and fierce aura emanated from his body as if he had just awakened!

"One-Star Battle Spirit!"

After a long while, Xiao Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief, clenched his fists, and felt an unprecedented surge of power flowing through every part of his body.

Xiao Yan gently touched the sun mark on the back of his hand, murmuring to himself, "Don't worry, Elder, I'll wake you up soon!"

"And the Golden Goose Sect..."

……

This is a dark space, so dark that there is not even a ray of light. A chaotic consciousness, like a sleepwalker, wanders slowly within it, without beginning or end.

The wandering in the darkness lasted for an unknown period of time—perhaps a year, perhaps decades—no one knew. But then, at some distant moment, a brilliant light suddenly appeared in the dark world.

The radiance was sometimes dazzlingly golden, sometimes magnificent and purple-gold, alternating between the two. Guided by that radiance, the drifting and chaotic consciousness, like willow catkins, involuntarily drifted slowly closer...

Time flies, spring comes and autumn goes, and before we knew it, two years had passed since Lin Ran entered the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower to recuperate.

The base of the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower remained unchanged, with scorching magma painting the entire world a fiery red. In this blood-red world, a blue lotus quietly floated in the magma, and on the lotus, a figure with closed eyes appeared like a corpse.

Suddenly, the young man, who had been lying quietly on the lotus like a corpse, trembled in his fingers and then opened his tightly closed eyes abruptly!

A familiar yet strange crimson world came into view, but the person who had awakened or resurrected from the endless darkness looked down at his hands and body with a slightly bewildered expression.

Fair-skinned and robust, without the slightest damage or shriveling, his five fingers, slightly unfamiliar, slowly clenched, and an unprecedentedly full power quietly emerged!

The bewilderment in his eyes, which were radiating a faint purple-gold divine light, slowly faded. The naked youth's mind stirred, and all the information about his body was instantly reflected in his mind.

Before losing consciousness, his meridians had become twisted and withered. Now, they were like wide, crystal-clear pipes, emitting a faint purple-gold glow within his body. Although he didn't move, he could clearly feel that his meridians were now undergoing a leap in resilience and capacity compared to before!

But how could that be?!

His physical body was originally a pure yang body, and it was a top-tier physique after consuming the Vajra Dragon Bone Pill and the Heavenly Spirit Dragon Blood Pill.

His physical body was so formidable that even against a magical beast of the same rank, he could be said to be in no way inferior.

However, as his own source power was extracted by the three scorpion demons, his almost artistic physical body also dissipated. Not to mention the previous level, even if there were 30 or 40% left, Lin Ran would be able to grin from ear to ear.

But at this moment, Lin Ran actually felt that he was even stronger than when he had the Pure Yang Body!

As Lin Ran gently stroked his abdominal muscles, he immediately noticed a faint purplish-gold hue beneath his skin, which looked like metal and gave off an extremely hard feeling.

This aura...

Lin Ran paused slightly, a hint of solemnity appearing in his eyes. His consciousness flashed, and he realized that the essence blood of the Ancient Void Dragon in his storage ring had indeed disappeared.

But can a mere drop of the essence blood of the Ancient Void Dragon at the Dou Zun level achieve this level of accomplishment?

Lin Ran's mind stirred, and in an instant, a mysterious energy appeared on the surface of his skin.

As this energy surged, Lin Ran immediately felt a tingling, itchy sensation in his limbs, as if countless ants were biting his entire body.

This change startled him, and he quickly opened his eyes, only to be shocked to see that countless purple-gold dragon scales had appeared on his arms and legs!

These dragon scales covered Lin Ran's arms and legs like armor, giving him an indestructible appearance.

"Dragon Scale Armor..."

Looking at the changes in his arms and legs, Lin Ran knew exactly what it was.

Dragon Scale Armor is a defensive skill possessed by all members of the Ancient Dragon Clan of the Void. Relying on the powerful resilience of dragon scales, it greatly increases one's attack and defense capabilities!

However, only a Primordial Ancient Dragon should possess such a thing. A mere drop of essence blood could not possibly achieve this. Moreover, Lin Ran was certain that the creature was just an ordinary Primordial Ancient Dragon, definitely not some royal family with special bloodlines or anything like that...

"Wait, could it be that...!"

Lin Ran's expression changed slightly, and his soul power spread out, instantly locking onto a figure.

The next moment, Lin Ran's figure had already disappeared from the spot.

It was in a cave deep in the mountains outside Canaan College.

Inside the dimly lit cave, a huge brown bear lay on the ground with a restrained expression. On its back, a little girl in white lay on its soft belly, holding a half-eaten dark gold medicinal herb in her hand, fast asleep on the bear's belly.

No, it was less a deep sleep and more a coma!

The little girl in white had no color in her face, her whole demeanor was extremely weak, and her breath was incredibly feeble. You didn't even need to look closely to see how weak she was.

"Depleted of blood and energy, her aura is weak, this girl..."

Looking at Zi Yan, who had fallen asleep after eating half of a medicinal herb, Lin Ran knew exactly what had happened.

The reason he was able to possess the Dragon Scale Armor and recover his physique so quickly was because of Zi Yan!

Come to think of it.

The Pure Yang Body is the most superior physique in the world. Ordinary power cannot possibly compensate for the Pure Yang Body. Only Zi Yan's essence blood, which possesses the purest Dragon Emperor blood, can compensate for Lin Ran's Pure Yang origin!

"Silly girl..."

Lin Ran gently lifted the bear from its back. The bear looked at Lin Ran with eyes full of human-like gratitude, then ran out of the cave as if fleeing.

Lin Ran gently cut his palm, and a drop of purplish-gold essence blood flowed out and dripped onto Zi Yan's small mouth.

The moment the purplish-gold essence blood landed on Zi Yan's lips, it merged into her body, and in an instant, a touch of color returned to Zi Yan's pale face.

A short while later, Zi Yan subconsciously smacked her lips and groggily opened her eyes.

He immediately spotted Lin Ran, who was holding him.

"W-what's that taste? It's kind of delicious... Hey, big brother?"

"Ugh, my head is spinning, I feel dizzy and lightheaded, I even started hallucinating my older brother. Looks like I really need to rest for the next couple of days... But I've basically dug up all the rare and precious herbs in these deep mountains... Oh well, it's not a good idea to go to Sister Green's storeroom, I'll just go to the academy's storeroom to eat something..."

"Hey, big brother, why haven't you dissipated yet...?"

"I'm not some illusion!"

Lin Ran chuckled and felt a pang of tenderness as she gently rubbed Zi Yan's head.

Before Zi Yan's almost stunned gaze, Lin Ran waved his hand and took out the long-treasured corpse of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix, a Dou Zun level being, from his storage ring.

"Eat this to recover your strength first, and tomorrow your older brother will refine some good stuff for you to replenish your energy!"

"Big brother, you, you, you..." Zi Yan stared in disbelief at the face in front of her, a face she had seen countless times and waited for for who knows how long. For a moment, she didn't know what to say.

Overwhelmed with indescribable emotions, Zi Yan suddenly burst into tears and threw herself into Lin Ran's arms.

"Big brother, you're finally awake! I thought you wouldn't wake up!"

"Sister Cailin and Sister Yunyun miss you so much, everyone misses you so much, waaaah..."

(End of this chapter)