Starting with SSS-rank talent, I contracted the Forbidden Ferocity.

"Three days."

"I have entered the mid-stage of the fifth rank."

"Zhu Jiu, enter the fifth level."

"Then go to the execution ground and kill people."

After Shen Ye's voice fell, Lei Zang Plain was quiet for a moment.

Wei Cang stared at the drop of purplish-black royal blood in his palm.

The blood of a seventh-tier Thunder Demon King.

Even if only a single drop remains, it still contains enough thunderous essence to burst a fifth-tier physical body, as well as the kingly will that the Thunder Prison Eye has not yet dissipated.

Zhou Xuan frowned and said:

"You've just experienced the great battle of Thunder Burial Plains; the Myriad Beasts Divine Runes are still vibrating."

"It's too hasty to refine the King's Blood now."

Shen Ye closed his palms together.

"The Blood River Saint only gave him three days."

"He was waiting for me to recover slowly."

Lu Qingshan glanced at Shen Ye's feet.

Zhu Jiu hid in the shadows, his deep blue vertical pupils fixed on that drop of royal blood.

"You don't just want to break through on your own."

"You still want to use this drop of royal blood to help Zhu Jiu reach the fifth rank?"

Shen Ye nodded.

Wei Cang remained silent for two breaths before putting away the black military seal.

"Come with me."

At the same time, a cold notification sounded above the Demon Suppression Pass.

[The countdown to the War of All Races begins.]

[Remaining time: 23:00 for two days.]

The blood-red numbers were reflected in the sky above the city walls and also in the eyes of every soldier in the Demon Suppression Army.

Shen Ye did not look up.

He followed Wei Cang through three military formations and arrived at the deepest part of Zhenmo Pass.

There is a tempering chamber there.

There is no door.

There was only one black wall covered with demon-suppressing patterns.

When General Wei Cang pressed his seal on the wall, it cracked silently, revealing a stone staircase leading downwards.

"This tempering chamber can suppress a sixth-order energy surge."

He glanced at the Thunder Demon King's blood in Shen Ye's palm.

"As for the seventh-tier royal blood, I don't know how long it can be suppressed."

Shen Ye said:

"Enough."

Wei Cang snorted coldly.

"You'd better have enough."

At the end of the stone steps was a black underground palace.

In the center of the underground palace, there is a pool of blood with thunder patterns.

The pool water is not water.

Instead, it is a mixture of the essence blood of the Beast King, Thunder Marrow, and Demon-Suppressing Elixir collected by the military over the years.

An ordinary fifth-level beast tamer would be completely transformed after soaking in it for half an incense stick's time.

But as soon as Shen Ye approached, the pool water began to boil.

Because the drop of royal blood on his palm could no longer be suppressed.

Purple-black lightning spilled out from between his fingers.

It was as if a king's eye was about to open from the blood.

"The Night King"

Lei Yutong's remaining will resounded.

"You dare to refine my blood?"

Shen Ye lowered his head.

"You even lost a section of your finger bone to me."

"Blood is the same."

The king's blood trembled violently.

The next moment, the purple-black lightning exploded.

The entire underground palace suddenly sank.

Wei Cang raised his hand and pressed down on the Demon Suppression Army Seal, sealing off all directions with a black and gold light barrier.

"Enter the pool!"

Shen Ye stepped into the blood pool.

boom!

The pool water surged skyward.

The blood of the Thunder Demon King transformed into a purple-black lightning spear, which pierced fiercely towards Shen Ye's brow.

Night Feathers flapped their wings.

The black sun and ghostly fire fell, burning the outer layer of the king's blood.

Long Yuan took a step forward, causing the blood of the Fighting King to surge, and he took the first wave of impact for Shen Ye.

Jie Chen lay by the pool, his Heavenly Punishment Eye on his forehead open.

The gray-white lightning nailed the king's will within the king's blood.

Zhu Jiu did not move immediately.

It coiled within Shen Ye's shadow, awaiting his command.

Shen Ye closed his eyes.

The divine patterns of myriad beasts appeared.

Cracks spread across the divine runes.

In the battle of Lei Zangyuan, he used the Myriad Beast King Body and the Myriad Calamities Return to One Slash in succession, and his body had already reached its limit.

Now the royal blood has entered the body.

It's not a tonic.

It's a knife.

Slice through his veins, bones, and flesh, one cut at a time.

The system is beeping wildly.

[Seventh-tier royal blood invasion detected.]

[Remnants of the Thunder Demon King's will: High risk.]

[The damage to the Myriad Beasts Divine Mark has increased.]

Current damage: 29%.

Current damage: 31%.

[Should I use evolution points to suppress it?]

Shen Ye did not hesitate.

"Suppression."

[Consumes 10000 Evolution Points.]

[The Heavenly Punishment Eye is assisting in the suppression.]

[The black sun and ghostly fire burn away the impurities.]

[The Fighting King's bloodline is strengthening his physical body.]

[The Nine Netherworld awaits access.]

Shen Ye suddenly opened his eyes.

"Candle Nine".

"swallow."

In the shadows, Zhu Jiu's dark blue vertical pupils suddenly lit up.

It opened its mouth and inhaled.

The coldest wisp of thunder demon death energy in the king's blood was forcibly swallowed into its body.

The next moment, Zhu Jiu's body rolled violently.

The dark blue scales cracked open inch by inch.

The Nine Netherworld unfolded behind it.

The underworld, which was originally just a fragmented rudimentary form, was now forcibly expanded by the deathly aura of the king's blood.

A dark, long river emerges.

Lightning flashed on the river.

At the bottom of the river, countless shadows knelt in submission.

Zhu Jiu let out a low growl.

It's not pain.

It is a transformation.

Wei Cang's eyes narrowed.

"The Nine Nether Serpent is about to break through to the next level."

Zhou Xuan stood outside the underground palace, his face tense.

"Can it withstand it?"

Lu Qingshan looked at Shen Ye.

"Look at him."

At this moment, Shen Ye is the one in the most danger.

Most of the power of the royal blood resides within him.

He had to hold on himself in order to cut off the portion of power that was suitable for Zhu Jiu.

If the wrong cut is made, Zhu Jiu will be burst by the King's blood.

If he slows down, Shen Ye will be devoured by the Thunder Demon King's will.

Lei Yutong's lingering intent resounded once more.

"A junior member of the human race."

"You really think you can refine seventh-tier blood?"

The purplish-black lightning condensed into a giant king's eye in Shen Ye's spiritual sea.

The king opened his eyes, and countless thunderbolts crashed down.

Shen Ye's mental sea was shaken.

The Soul-Suppressing Wall lit up, but was blasted open with layers of cracks.

Night Feather let out a sharp cry.

The phantom of the Black Sun Phoenix descended upon the spiritual sea, and the Netherfire spread across the sky, burning towards the King's Eye.

Jie Chen also rushed in.

The tiny, monstrous cub stood in the center of the spiritual sea, its Heavenly Tribulation Eye on its forehead coldly open.

Lei Yutong's lingering intent suddenly paused for a moment.

"Divine punishment..."

"You are not a Thunder Demon."

"What exactly are you?"

Jie Chen tilted his head.

Then I took a bite.

Click.

A piece of Wang's eye was bitten off.

Lei Yutong roared with resentment.

Shen Ye seized the moment, and the Myriad Beasts Divine Pattern completely converged.

"system."

"Deducing the route for tempering the royal blood."

[Deduction complete.]

Option 1: Forced Refining, 41% success rate, but damage to the Myriad Beasts Divine Runes will increase.

[Option Two: Divert the flow to Candle Nine, with a 63% success rate. After Candle Nine breaks through to the next level, it will feed back to the host.]

[Option 3: Using the Dust of Calamity to devour lightning, the Nine-Tailed Candle to devour death, the Night Feather to burn the soul, and the Dragon Abyss to suppress the body, the four beasts are refined together, with a success rate of 82%.]

Shen Ye said:

"The third type."

[Start execution.]

Inside the underground palace, four beast shadows lit up simultaneously.

Night Feather transformed into a black sun, and Netherfire burned away the violent will within the king's blood.

Long Yuan stood behind Shen Ye, pressing his arms against his shoulders, and the blood of the Fighting King was pressed into his bones inch by inch.

Calamity and dust swallowed thunder.

Zhu Jiu swallowed his own blood.

Shen Ye's aura fluctuated wildly between collapse and reconstruction.

Peak of the fourth tier.

Early stage of the fifth rank.

The initial stage of the fifth rank has been perfected.

Then, they rushed towards the mid-stage of the fifth tier.

boom!

A muffled thunderclap emanated from Shen Ye's body.

The demon-suppressing elixir in the blood pool instantly dropped three feet.

His torn flesh began to heal.

Deep within the bones, faint black and gold patterns emerged.

A system notification sounded.

[Blood Tempering Completed.]

[Realm Advancement: Fifth Rank, Early Stage, Perfected.]

[Realm Advancement: Mid-Fifth Tier.]

[The strength of the Beast King's Body has been increased.]

[The progress of the second awakening of the Myriad Beasts Divine Rune has been increased to 61%.]

Shen Ye slowly exhaled a breath of thunderous energy.

Inside the underground palace, all the lightning subsided.

But it's not over yet.

From the depths of the shadows, Zhu Jiu suddenly raised his head.

The Nine Netherworlds were fully revealed.

A dark, long river pierces through the void.

It swallowed all the death energy in the Thunder Demon King's blood, which turned into streaks of dark blue royal markings and were imprinted on its scales.

Its body began to elongate.

Tiny, dark horns sprout from the top of its head.

Behind them, the nine layers of the Shadow Realm emerged one after another.

A system notification sounded.

[Beast Tamer Zhu Jiu has successfully broken through to the next level.]

[Current Realm: Early Stage of Fifth Rank]

[Bloodline Transformation: Nine Netherworld Serpent.]

The completeness of the Nine Netherworld has been improved.

[New Ability Awakening: Nine Netherworld Shadow Burial.]

The Candle Nine slowly emerged from Shen Ye's shadow.

It lowered its head, and for the first time, a hint of true royalty appeared in its deep blue vertical pupils.

Shen Ye raised his hand and pressed it against its brow.

"good."

Zhu Jiu closed his eyes.

The next moment, it disappeared back into Shen Ye's shadow.

The entire underground palace returned to silence.

Wei Cang looked at Shen Ye and remained silent for a long time.

"How many more sword strikes can you deliver now?"

Shen Ye moved his right hand.

"Three swords."

Wei Cang frowned.

"After the Three Swords?"

Shen Ye said:

"The Myriad Beasts Divine Mark will crack."

Zhou Xuan walked in, his expression still grim.

"Three swords to kill the Blood River Saint Son?"

Shen Ye said:

That's enough.

Qin Wuji, standing outside the door, couldn't help but chuckle upon hearing this.

"If someone else said that, I would think they were crazy."

Meng Qianqiu said:

"What he said makes some sense."

Li Xuance looked at the shadow behind Shen Ye.

"After Zhu Jiu enters the fifth level, the Blood River Burial Map may not be able to suppress him."

Chu Jinglan nodded.

"Nine Netherworld Shadow Burial is a perfect counter to Corpse Shadow."

Wei Cang, however, did not relax.

"The Blood River Saint Son is not stupid."

"He knows you have the Candlelight Nine, yet he still dares to issue a challenge, which means there must be something even more troublesome hidden in the Ten Thousand Burial Diagram."

The voice just fell.

Deep within the Demon-Suppressing Pass, a sudden, urgent military bell rang out.

Wei Cang's expression changed.

This is the bell of the Intelligence Bureau.

It is not an external enemy.

It is a case of sealed intelligence movement.

A moment later, a captain of the Demon Suppression Army rushed into the underground palace and knelt on one knee.

"Commander Wei!"

"The Black Lives Card, sealed away ten years ago, has been revealed!"

Lu Qingshan's expression changed drastically.

He stepped forward.

Which part?

The captain swallowed hard.

Lu Chenzhou.

The underground palace fell into a deathly silence.

Zhou Xuan suddenly looked up.

Qin Wuji and the others also changed their expressions.

Only Shen Ye didn't know this name.

He looked at Lu Qingshan.

Lu Qingshan's face was paler than Shen Ye had ever seen before.

Wei Cang's voice was low and deep.

Lu Chenzhou.

"The first on the list of kings in the previous generation of Dongxia."

"He is also Lu Qingshan's only son."

Shen Ye's eyes flickered slightly.

"Isn't he dead?"

Lu Qingshan did not answer.

Ten years ago, Lu Chenzhou died on the battlefield of the myriad races.

No remains were found.

Only half of the life tablet remained.

That fate plaque remained unmarked for ten years.

Today, it's bright.

Wei Cang suddenly looked at Shen Ye.

"The Blood River Burial Map"

Zhou Xuan's voice was strained.

"If Lu Chenzhou were still alive, or rather, if his soul hadn't yet dissipated..."

Shen Ye continued with the second half of the sentence.

"Then he might be in the picture."

Just then, from the direction of the Intelligence Hall in the distance, a hoarse, almost shattered voice echoed throughout the Demon Suppression Pass through the Black Life Token.

"Don't... ruin the picture..."

Everyone looked up.

The voice paused for a moment, as if it were crawling out from the depths of an endless river of blood.

"Behind the picture..."

"There's one more door."