I established the Eternal Immortal Clan by taming beasts.

After taking stock of the rich harvest from the Burial Valley Secret Realm, and properly dividing and archiving several important inheritances, we found that...

Lin Che then devoted his main energy to studying and preparing for the newly acquired Heaven-rank body-refining secret technique, the "Five Saints Blood Pact Spirit Forging Secret Chapter".

This secret technique is profound and mysterious, and its foundation lies in forming a "primordial blood pact" with the five elemental spirit beasts.

Lin Che knew that choosing a spirit beast was crucial to the foundation of one's Dao and could not be done hastily.

Fire has the Heavenly Sacred Sparrow, wood has the Azure Mystic Realm Spirit, metal has the Yaren Beast, and water has the Azure Sea Dragon.

The only missing element is the Earth element, which he lacks a partner who fully satisfies him and whose potential matches the Heaven-rank cultivation technique.

To this end, he cast a wide net, making use of the Lin family's increasingly well-connected information channels.

Through Yan Hongling's Red Fox Squad and other independent cultivators, they kept an eye out for any traces or rumors of powerful earth-attribute spirit beasts around Chuyang City and even further to the edge of the Fulong Mountains.

Whether it's a strange beast that's good at burrowing underground and possesses immense strength, or a spirit turtle with amazing defense and containing the essence of Earth.

Or mountain spirits that can resonate with the earth and manipulate rocks and soil; as long as their rank is high enough and their bloodline potential is not bad, they are all within his search range.

After all, this secret method requires the five elements to be complete, and one must establish a blood pact with five spirit beasts to complement each other. None of them can be missing, and all five must be developed simultaneously from the very beginning of cultivation.

Meanwhile, another bolder and more exploratory "dragon transformation" experiment was quietly launched under Lin Che's planning.

The experimental subject he chose was the metal-type Yaren Beast.

With his third-tier superior bloodline, he only needs to take one more step to reach the fourth-tier bloodline.

Although the beast taming inheritance in Lin Che's hands recorded several of its usual forms and abilities after advancing to the fourth rank, it did not contain the record of advancing to the top-grade bloodline that Lin Che had expected.

Lin Che speculated that this might be related to the fact that the bloodline of his origin—the bloodline of Yazi, one of the "Nine Sons of the Dragon"—had been diluted many times during the long process of inheritance.

Unlike the Azure Dragon bloodline within the Azure Dragon body, which has a clear source of Azure Dragon that can be traced and activated.

The dragon nature in the Yazi bloodline is diluted from the moment of birth, becoming relatively impure, and its purity is naturally difficult to guarantee as it is passed down to this day.

However, the inheritance also mentions that if high-level dragon blood is used as the core medium and special methods are used, it can greatly enhance the strength and purity of the dragon bloodline, and may even break through the inherent limit.

This gave Lin Che the opportunity to verify his thoughts.

He wanted to try using the three drops of precious dragon blood he obtained from the Burial Valley trial as the core, combined with the Beast Taming Secret Technique, to help the Yaren Beast advance to the fourth tier;

Once its foundation is solid, the system's upgrade ability can be used to try to further enhance its bloodline purity and rank to the fifth rank!

This will verify whether we can break free from the bloodline barrier and achieve evolution to a higher level, closer to the original dragon genus.

This experiment is crucial to whether the Lin family can possess top-grade spirit beasts of various attributes.

Of course, the resources required to help a third-tier spirit beast overcome the bloodline barrier and advance to the fourth tier are enormous.

Fortunately, the trip to Burial Valley was incredibly fruitful. What that ancient battlefield had in abundance were all kinds of metal ores containing rich golden energy and a chilling aura of war.

Lin Che carefully selected a batch of ores with compatible properties and excellent quality from the mountain of spoils.

And by using the power of the system, all of them were upgraded to the third-tier quality, serving as the main materials for this promotion ceremony.

He chose a transformation ritual recorded in the tradition called "Earthly Fiend Melting Gold Forging Dragon Method".

He instructed the Azure Profound Realm Spirit to cleverly activate the earth's veins in the crater of the western region of the secret realm, and use the newly replicated rules of the secret realm to create a temporary fourth-order "Earthly Fiend Golden Spirit Eye".

This spiritual eye possesses both the scorching heat of earth fire and the sharpness of metal, making it a perfect match for a ferocious metal beast like the Yaren Beast.

The core of the ritual is to use this earth fire as a furnace, and the surrounding third-order metal ores as materials, to draw out the pure metal spirit energy and evil energy within.

Like forging a divine weapon, the beast's bones, muscles, blood, and soul are repeatedly tempered and hammered to remove impurities and solidify its foundation.

Finally, the three drops of dragon blood serve as the finishing touch and the catalyst for sublimation, merging into its bloodline essence to awaken its hidden dragon nature and complete the final transformation and sublimation.

At this moment, the Yaren Beast had its eyes closed and its body slightly curled up above the newly opened evil spirit eye.

Its body was surrounded by dark golden energy that moved without wind, and it was slowly absorbing and integrating wisps of pale golden malevolent energy and blazing earth fire spiritual energy into its body.

The various third-tier ores piled up like small mountains all around resonated with it, emitting a hazy spiritual light.

It is adjusting itself to its peak condition and closely connecting its malevolent energy with this specially created "forging ground" in preparation for the upcoming violent baptism.

The Hellfire Tiger crouched quietly on a protruding rock near the crater.

A pair of piercing tiger eyes stared unblinkingly at the Yaren Beast in the Spirit Eye, his expression unusually serious and focused.

Lin Che entrusted it with the important task of overseeing this crucial transformation process.

If any unexpected danger arises during the ritual.

If the Yaren Beast's condition fluctuates abnormally, the Purgatory Ferocious Tiger can immediately alert Lin Che through their contractual connection.

The Fiery Tiger of Purgatory was quite enthusiastic about this "protector" job.

After all, they had sparred several times during this period and had become familiar with each other.

It also wanted to witness this rare ascension process firsthand.

In the valleys of the northern region.

The Yaren Beast is about to receive an upgrade, which greatly displeases the Golden Lion Beast patriarch, who has always regarded it as a rival and a mere brute, and he grumbles all day long.

Lin Che had no choice but to appease it, promising that he would try to improve the bloodline of the Golden Lion Beast clan in the future, but on the condition that they would work hard to reproduce and expand the clan's size as soon as possible.

This request left the old patriarch of the Golden Lion Beast somewhat bewildered. For it, the reproduction and expansion of the clan was simply its duty, so why had it become a condition for exchange?

But faced with the promise of becoming stronger, he agreed without hesitation and then went on to urge the younger generation in his community, as well as himself, to "work hard."

Lin Che's urgency was not without reason.

On the one hand, the growth of the Golden Lion Beast clan, as a metal-attribute spirit beast with considerable potential, is beneficial to the Lin family;

On the other hand, he was also paving the way for the future of his third son, Lin Xuanfeng.

For cultivators who have just entered the Qi Refining stage, contracting a spirit beast egg and growing together with the spirit beast is undoubtedly the best choice. It can cultivate the deepest tacit understanding and greatly benefit both parties' cultivation paths.

Lin Xuanjing had already prepared the eggs of the third-tier Azure Cloud Eagle;

Lin Xuanqi possesses the Cangming Dragon Egg.

Lin Xuanfeng is the only one who lacks a metal-attribute spirit beast egg with sufficient potential and suitable attributes.

The Golden Lion Beast clan is the best choice at present.

That's why Lin Che was so eager to urge the Golden Lion Beast clan to "spread out their lineage".

Besides research on cultivation techniques and experiments with spirit beasts.

Lin Che has also not relaxed his efforts on another important matter concerning the family's future strategy: the cultivation of the White Bone Purifying Lotus.

The mother plant, transplanted to the unique environment of the Azure Mystery Realm, has already blossomed.

On the three lotus pods, a total of fifteen plump and glistening lotus seeds have grown.

Lin Che carefully selected five of them and stored them away for future use or other purposes.

The remaining ten lotus seeds, while they were at their most vibrant, were planted in batches in a spirit pool within the secret realm, a space meticulously prepared to simulate an environment of malevolent energy.

To realize the grand plan in the Black Tooth Swamp in the future, a mere one or two Pure Evil Lotuses are just a drop in the ocean.

Lin Che was well aware of this.

The Black Tooth Swamp is vast, with varying concentrations of poisonous energy. To effectively purify or contain it and create a developable area, a considerable number of Purifying Lotuses are necessary.

It may even be necessary to cultivate variants of a higher rank.

The planting we are doing now is just the first step in a long cultivation plan.

After arranging these important matters one by one and confirming that there were no oversights, Lin Che finally left the busy secret realm and returned to the main residence on the island in the middle of the lake.

Because today is an important day.

His Daoist partner, Liu Qingxue, will officially go into seclusion today to attempt to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage!

Outside a quiet room on the island, where the spiritual energy was most abundant and which was heavily protected by spiritual arrays, Wang Lingsu and Su Wanwan were already waiting, their faces showing concern and anticipation.

Lin Che nodded slightly to them, his gaze fixed on the tightly closed stone door of the quiet room, his eyes calm and resolute.

Whether the Lin family can gain another Foundation Establishment cultivator and allow Liu Qingxue's high-grade ice spirit root to have its potential initially unleashed depends on today.

He had prepared all the necessary items for her, including Foundation Establishment Pills, Meridian Protection Pills, and Spirit Gathering Arrays.

But ultimately, she must cross this crucial threshold alone on her journey.

Lin Che sat down quietly on a futon outdoors.

His divine sense gently enveloped the quiet room, neither disturbing Liu Qingxue inside nor being unprepared to deal with any possible accidents.