After a century of worship, I became the ancestor of the tribe.

Chapter 284 Fifth Tier! (Seeking monthly votes)
Burrowing earthworms.

Practice.

Deduction.

Life at the temple was just so ordinary and uneventful.

In Yongyi, Qingyang bowed his head, and Changyou and Zhuyan originally lived in the western border of Yongyi, near the western wilderness.

The vast wilderness to the west was a place that even the Marquis of Yongshan had not explored.

After learning of the annihilation of the other tribes, these two tribes were so frightened that they fled to the western wilderness.

In Daidi, more and more martial artists began to cultivate the Earth Ant Battle Body and began to secretly and systematically occupy the Dongze River Basin.

A flying boat came from Yongyi and headed north into the valley.

The flying boat was filled with manuscripts, jade slips, bronze books, animal skin scrolls, murals, and fragments of rubbings.

After realizing that the Zhu Yan and Chang You clans had fled to the western wilderness, the volcano did not rashly rush into the unknown areas of the western wilderness.

Instead, they turned around and began promoting the tempering method among the newly controlled vassal tribes.

Of course, the tempering method wasn't given away for free, nor was it required that these tribes practice it.

After all, among the vassal tribes, there are superior tribes and inferior tribes, and the cultivation situations among the tribes are different.

Each tribe needs to exchange some fragments of scrolls and notes for the tempering method.

There are no requirements regarding the content or completeness.

Of course, if someone makes up stories and tries to fool the higher-ups, the higher-ups will also punish them with iron fists.

Originally, it was just a tempering method, which was dispensable in the eyes of the superior tribes and the Bo tribe. They could just pick a few scrolls from within their tribe and hand them over.

However, in each vassal tribe settlement area, there were a few conspicuous packages that presented dozens or even hundreds of scrolls at once.

This attracted tribes of all sizes to get involved, and things started to get heated.

If the upper echelon of the Blazing Flame Clan gives us face, we have to be accommodating. Everyone else is taking dozens of scrolls, but our tribe is only taking a few. Isn't that just making the upper echelon covet us?

It's just a fragment; we don't have anything else, but we have plenty of these.

In the end, it was no longer about exchanging for tempering techniques, but about vying to curry favor with Blazing Flame.

The incomplete method is not a good thing; it cannot be practiced, and I do not have the ability to deduce it.

When you submit it, you can make a copy for yourself to keep; there's no loss in that.

And so, boatload after boatload of handwritten notes, jade slips, and fragments of bone script were brought back to the Zhiyanbo tribe.

The Blazing Flame tribe possesses a large number of wizards and millions of martial artists' cultivation data. These fragmented methods are useless in the eyes of other tribes.

But in the eyes of the Blazing Flame Wizard, this was a treasure trove.

After several rounds of selection, over a thousand items with repair value were chosen, covering martial arts, witchcraft, forging, planting, and more. Thirty-seven of these items were even sent directly to Shen Can.

Of the Dharma teachings sent over, thirty-three were rubbings, and four were made from damaged animal hides covered in oil stains and burn marks.

Shen Can picked up one of the blurry animal hides. The tribe's shaman had brought this hide over not because of what was written on it, but because of the texture of the hide.

After trying various methods to check, it was found that the animal hide was very tough and could not be torn even by a fourth-order weapon, so it was sent to him.

The animal hide contained a fragment of a fourth-tier divine ability called the Tiger Fiend Spear.

After briefly reviewing the methods that had been delivered, Shen Can got up and went to the place where the clan's shamans were selecting methods.

Inside the grand hall, which was hundreds of feet in size, a strange smell permeated the air, and piles of animal hides and jade slips almost filled the hall.

Shen Can's divine sense entered the area and began searching, finding one tattered animal skin scroll, stone carving, and bronze rubbing after another.

Soon, everything he found was sent to the side hall.

It's not that the clan's wizards were incompetent in their selection process, but rather that some things were overlooked because the wizards' levels of understanding were too low or they couldn't comprehend them.

Surprisingly, some interesting things were actually found in these fragmented chapters.

"Blood cannot... gather together... and cannot generate spirituality, but can absorb the spirit of heaven and earth into the body..."

'...Without the generation of spiritual essence, there is no spiritual form...no Dharma form...'

……

Ordinary martial artists wouldn't quite understand the meaning of these records, but Shen Can, even with some incomplete information, could still deduce some things by considering the context.

The volcano traveled south, visiting the tribes of Bifang, Tianzheng, Aoshan, and Qingyang, and obtained some fragments of information about fifth-order cultivation.

However, these are just fragments of information. If there were a complete method, these tribes would have already reached the fifth level over thousands of years.

For thousands of years, the fifth-order inheritance of Yongyi has been lost. Without super strong deductive ability, each department can only stare blankly at the fragments of information.

Through these things, Shen Can initially determined that the fifth-order cultivation was roughly divided into three levels: Stone Aspect, Spiritual Aspect, and Dharma Aspect, which were in a progressive relationship.

Before even advancing to the fifth rank, figuring out the martial arts classifications within that rank is a pleasant surprise.

into the night.

Shen Can quietly looked at the Six-Turn Glazed Image Condensation Technique on the table.

He had seen the stone form of the Holy Envoy Clan before, and even when he blasted apart a fifth-level martial artist of the Holy Envoy Clan, he caught a glimpse of the inside of the exploded stone form.

Subsequently, the High Priest of the Holy Envoy Clan brought out so many stone statues, but none of them possessed any spiritual light. In order to break the scorching flame array, a blood sacrifice was still necessary.

This also proves that the step from Stone Form to Spirit Form is very difficult, and even the Holy Envoy Clan, who have the protection of the Mysterious Bird, find it difficult to take this step.

Of course, this could also be because the Holy Envoy Clan took a shortcut when advancing to the fifth rank. After all, they didn't cultivate to the fifth rank themselves; being directly elevated by the Holy Spirit's blessing still has hidden dangers.

The reason Shen Can said this was not because he wanted to rival the Holy Envoy Clan, but because there are countless strange beasts in the Great Wilderness, and the goal of human cultivation should be to gradually become as close as these ancient races.

For example, the Golden Crow, Kuafu, and the Holy Envoy Clan are nothing.

After looking at the "Six-Turn Glazed Image Condensation Method" for a while, Shen Can brought his thoughts back from his reverie.

[Deduction]

You are already familiar with the first six stages of the condensation method, and you have been able to successfully cultivate it dozens of times during the derivation process.

Now that you have a clear understanding, if you want to further deepen the refinement, you need an overall plan. Only a strong physique can bear strong blood energy and possess abilities comparable to the exotic species of the Great Wilderness.

Humans are inherently weak, and to bridge the gap with wild beasts, they need to gradually transform themselves.

Cultivation is not only about the celestial meridians and the divine treasures, but also about the circulation of the celestial sphere and a holistic transformation.

Your human battle body absorbed a large amount of source energy during your previous cultivation process, which is why you were able to quickly condense your blood energy to the third level.

Otherwise, if you want to cultivate to the third level, you would need to spend dozens or even hundreds of times more time to gradually condense your blood energy.

Once you understand all this, you suddenly realize that you are now engaged in dual cultivation of blood and body.

You begin to look inward and discover that the beastly runes on your entire body are as brilliant as gold.

Within your spine, a blazing aura, like a vast volcano, constantly washes over your battle bones. No matter how powerful the beast markings are, they are suppressed by your primal aura.

You try to start cultivating, observing the state of your battle bones absorbing source energy during the cultivation process.

At this moment, you've thought of refining the cultivation method of your battle body, transforming it from a secret technique into a more complete cultivation method, thereby facilitating your advancement to the fifth-tier Beast Form Realm.

……

[You followed the thoughts in your heart and began to deduce the method of cultivating the battle body, but after ten thousand years, you still had no clue.]

[You were unwilling to accept this, so you continued to deduce, analyzing the changes in the beast patterns within your body bit by bit, and using your lifespan to revisit the times you cultivated your battle body in the past.]

[You repeatedly review your cultivation progress, like a stubborn rock on a mountaintop, sitting quietly in a daze, a single glance lasting an eternity.]

……

As night fell, Shen Can awoke, his eyes like abysses, revealing not a trace of emotion.

After about fifteen minutes, he blinked once.

The calculation of 20,000 years of lifespan every day might not be noticeable during the calculation process, but it does place a considerable burden on the divine sense.

Deduction is not something that can be accomplished simply by spending enough lifespan.

In the long process of deduction, what truly makes the judgments and choices, and what truly determines the direction and final result of the deduction, may actually be just a fleeting thought.

The long process of consuming one's lifespan is actually for this one moment of inspiration.

“Ayu”.

There was a small house outside the side hall. Hearing the shouts, Ayu jumped up in a flash.

"Go and have someone send over the cultivation data of all the clan members who cultivate the battle body."

Before dawn, Ayu arrived at the side hall in a flying boat and carried over a thousand jade slips into the side hall.

On the flying boat, there were also piles of animal hides and mulberry paper manuscripts.

Although the tribe has begun to use jade slips, the primitive methods of recording with animal hide paper and mulberry paper are still in use.

Shen Can was not in the side hall at this time, but was focused on cleaning the ancestral temple.

After the sun rises, people catch earthworms as offerings to accumulate longevity.

For the next month, Shen Can reviewed the cultivation progress of his clansmen's battle bodies every day.

After combining the overall data of the clansmen's cultivation with his own cultivation situation, he finally had a clear deduction in mind.

During the cultivation process, the physical strength of the members of the Wild Beast Battle Body is continuously improved, and the size of the battle body also increases accordingly.

This further proves that this method can be systematically deduced and successfully applied in conjunction with martial arts and blood cultivation.

under night.

Shen Canjing sat calmly in the side hall.

[When you look back at your past cultivation, you remember that when you first created the Kui script, you raised your power to its limit before the beast patterns appeared on your body.]

You attempted to connect the cultivation of the battle body with the corresponding cultivation realms, starting from the very beginning of the birth of the beast pattern.

Ultimately, after numerous attempts, you temporarily organized the Battle Body Technique into three volumes: Upper, Middle, and Lower, corresponding to the three realms of Heavenly Veins, Divine Treasury, and Beast Form, respectively.

The first volume depicts beast patterns covering the entire body's bones, representing the initial tempering of battle bones.

The middle section involves the formation of battle bones, the accumulation of blood and marrow, and the nourishment of the original marrow and blood.

The second volume strengthens the body's fundamental marrow and blood, cleanses the meridians and marrow, and transforms the body.

After the unprecedented deduction ended, Shen Can slowly opened his eyes, and it took him a while to come to his senses.

He recorded the Battle Body Technique, a method without a beginning or end. His clansmen could only start cultivating it from the Heavenly Vein, and currently they could only cultivate it to the fifth level.

If we want ordinary clansmen to start cultivating from scratch, we need to further deduce the levels of the first and second stages.

Shen Can picked up a brand-new animal skin scroll and used his divine sense to record the battle body technique he had deduced onto it. As he looked at it, he felt a surge of emotions.

[You are inspired by the battle body technique you have derived, and begin to simulate the scene after practicing the second volume of the battle body technique.]

Your physical body is like a beast, heavy as a mountain, and drips blood like a gushing spring. Your physique is incomparably strong, and no matter how turbulent the blood energy waves are within your divine storage, they are firmly locked within your dantian.

Your thoughts flowed without hesitation at this moment. In just over a year, you rapidly deduced the subsequent cultivation methods that surpassed the Sixth Revolution Glazed Form Condensation Method, reaching the Ninth Revolution realm in one go.

……

As dawn broke, Shen Can, who was pondering the matter, woke up, got up, opened the door, and went out, stretching lazily.

Despite having completed his deductions and successfully derived the "Nine Revolutions Glazed Image Condensation Method," his consciousness remained in an extremely active state.

Thoughts were racing, ideas were growing wildly like vegetative plants.

"I wonder if it's feasible to cultivate only the physical body without cultivating blood and qi?"

"Body Refinement!"

Shen Can quickly walked back into the hall, spread out the animal skin paper, wrote down the words 'Body Refinement', and placed it together with the animal skin paper that had 'Starry Path' written on it.

Early in the morning, the clansmen who had been waiting outside the ancestral temple for Shen Can to perform the sacrificial ceremony, not seeing Shen Can emerge from the temple at the usual time, came forward to ask.

"Temple, are we still using earthworms for sacrifices today?"

"Take three days off."

Shen Can's calm voice echoed from inside the ancestral temple.

For three consecutive days, Shen Can neither cultivated nor performed divination, and instead took a good rest.

Three days later, he resumed his daily rituals and practices.

Next, it's time to practice step by step.

……

Three years later.

Ohnosawa.

A flying boat emerged from the ruins of Yongshan, and a fire-breathing vessel leaped out from the shallow waters of a tortoise-shell boat.

"Old patriarch!"

The clansmen who had been guarding this place for a long time all bowed in respect.

"came back!"

Huotang greeted his clansmen with a smile, then looked around. He hadn't been back to Yongyi for a long time.

After exchanging pleasantries, the flying boat prepared to head north.

"Wait, let's go to the old clan's land and check out that big pit first."

Under Huotang's orders, the flying boat headed south and arrived at the ruins of the old clan's territory, where the fifth-rank Saint Envoy had been injured.

The massive crack, stretching for hundreds of miles, has been covered by vegetation, and the large pit in the center has even formed a lake.

Huotang looked around for a long time before saying, "Let's go back!"

The airship set off again, heading north and entering the Juyue Mountains.

As night fell, the moment the flying boat emerged from a valley, a green curtain of light stretching for thousands of miles appeared, like a giant bowl inverted over the valley.

Towering trees stand tall, especially the one in the center, which seems to reach straight into the sky, its thick trunk resembling a mountain.

From a distance, it looks like a tall, green mountain.

Huotang stood in front of the flying boat, stunned for a long time.

This is not over yet.

Within the enormous green canopy, a thick beam of light pierced through it and descended from the sky, its rays twinkling like stars as it entered the clan's territory.

It was as if a starlight road had been built between the stars in the sky and the land of the Blazing Flame Clan, reaching to the heavens and the earth.

"Elder, this is the Starry Sky Eye Formation."

It's specifically used to attract starlight. The tribe's shaman says it helps our tribe's medicinal herbs grow quickly, but we don't know the specifics.

"By the way, the clan's wizards have been busy for almost three years to build this magic array, and it's still being tested."

"Old clan chief, you'll see him when you get to the clan."

Huotang looked up at the starlight falling from the sky and murmured, "So many new gadgets have come up while I'm not home."

……

Inside and outside the Starry Sky Eye Array, all kinds of witchcraft herbs grew. The earth's internal primordial veins were like a dragon of spiritual light, with countless branches of varying sizes branching out in all directions.

In addition, to complement the Starry Sky Eye Array, there are four Five Elements Arrays surrounding the array as auxiliary arrays.

The goal of the entire combined formation is to draw upon the power of the stars above and gather the power of the five elements below to cultivate elixirs and enhance the grade of the primordial veins.

The power of stars and the power of the five elements may seem different, but in fact they can be converted into each other.

Under the transformation of the Five Elements Formation, 30% of the starlight drawn down through the Starry Sky Eye Formation each day is currently transformed into the power of the Five Elements to nourish the Yuan Meridian and be absorbed by it.

Since Yongyi is barren and lacks sufficient source power of the five elements on earth, it can only obtain the power of stars from the sky to transform it.

The entire combined formation is currently in its initial stage and is not yet stable.

Shen Can's goal wasn't high; he would be satisfied as long as he could increase the conversion rate to 70%.

According to the plan, the clan will build five star-shaped arrays in the east, west, south, north, and center to maximize the attraction and utilization of stellar power.

Once this Starry Sky Eye Array is completed, the subsequent four will be put into operation immediately. As for the issue of adjusting and improving the conversion rate, that can be addressed gradually in the future.

After returning to the clan, Huotang first went to the ancestral temple to worship.

Shen Can did not cultivate in the ancestral temple or the side hall, but instead cultivated on a giant tree in the center of the tribe.

After paying respects at the ancestral temple, Huotang arrived at the main trunk of the sacred tree, but stopped abruptly when he was a thousand feet away from Shen Can.

It's not that I don't want to go there; the main trunk is as thick as a hill, and there's no problem fighting on it.

The real problem is the aura released by Shen Can during his cultivation.

With each breath, a vast ocean of blood energy surged within Shen Can's body, like the roar of a dragon.

Huo Tang wasn't sure if he was seeing things, but he actually saw blurry beast shadows all around Shen Can, including Kui Niu and Lu Wu.

Finally, after converting the last bit of medicinal power into blood energy, Shen Can opened his eyes.

Upon seeing this, Huotang quickly asked, "A-Can, you've advanced to the fifth rank?"

"No."

Shen Can stood up, concealed his aura, and walked to Huo Tang's side. He then said, "No, I'm only at the sixth level."

Huo Tang didn't understand what the sixth revolution meant, but in his eyes, Shen Can suddenly seemed to have returned to his original state, and he could no longer feel any blood energy.

Shen Can was now helpless. As his blood and qi condensed, his aura became increasingly intense during cultivation.

This was not intentional on his part, but rather an invisible energy that naturally dissipated during the circulation of blood and qi.

The main reason is that the blood and qi are too strong, the body is as large as a mountain, and the pressure arises naturally.

Under such circumstances, not to mention Huotang, even if Huoshan or Yan Wanyun came, it would be the same.

Of course, Huoshan and Yan Wanyun could take a few more steps forward.

This change occurred after the blood and qi of the sixth level were condensed, as if the level of life had suddenly undergone a metamorphosis.

The four-colored deer in the clan, when they first sensed his energy release during cultivation, said that when he was cultivating, he was like a sleeping beast king.

At this moment, Shen Can recalled that the fifth rank of the Holy Envoy Clan was even more ridiculous. He was even more certain that the fifth rank of the Holy Envoy Clan was definitely not a normal advancement.

The fifth rank of the Holy Envoy race should not have completed a true transformation at the level of life.

The two sat on the trunk of the giant tree, looking around the tribe's territory. Huotang pondered for a long time, trying to find a word to describe the changes that had taken place within the tribe.

Unfortunately, I still couldn't come up with a solution in the end.

“In the years I’ve been away, the clan has changed so much.”

Shen Can was surprised that Huo Tang had started referring to himself as "this old man".

If you really count it, he's almost a hundred years old.

But in the Great Wilderness, this age is precisely the age for adventure.

Then, Huotang pointed to the distant pillar of starlight and asked, "Can this Heavenly Eye Array you created really help the medicinal herbs grow?"

Speaking of the Starry Sky Eye Array, Shen Can was somewhat helpless.

There was no other way; his cultivation was now like that of a gluttonous beast, requiring a massive amount of resources for each refinement.

As he progressed from the fourth to the sixth stage, the energy level of the source energy within ordinary source stones decreased once again.

If he were to unleash his absorption power, he could drain the entire valley dry.

Moreover, these source stones cannot be used simply by swallowing them; they need to be refined repeatedly.

As the number of revolutions increases, the time required to condense the absorbed source stones also increases, which is the most time-consuming part of cultivation.

If he had even one fifth-tier precious herb, he could save a lot of time.

It's no wonder that no fifth-tier cultivators can emerge from Yongyi; other fifth-tier cultivators simply cannot withstand the cultivation environment of Yongyi.

Shen Can is different. He has the supernatural power of returning to oneness of all things. He can squeeze a toad to produce urine. Even if he is gnawing on a rock, he can spend thousands or tens of thousands of years to advance to the fifth level.

Despite his supernatural abilities, he didn't really want to squeeze out the last bit of urine from the toad, nor did he intend to devour the entire Giant Mountain Range.

Besides, this is only the breakthrough to the fifth rank. Further cultivation after the fifth rank also requires resources.

Therefore, Shen Can felt that sitting idly by and waiting for death was not an option. Since they couldn't find the treasure, he decided to take charge of the logistics himself.

Even if the cultivated witch medicine is decades old, when prepared by the medicine-pounding rabbit, its effects are dozens of times better than those of Originium.

It's not too late to cultivate your own vital essence and medicinal herbs to be self-sufficient.

Thus, the Starry Sky Eye Array was born under these circumstances.

Fortunately, the effect was quite good. Although the effect of converting the power of stars into the five elements was only 30%, it opened the door to using the power of stars to supplement the power of the five elements.

With this additional 30% of the Five Elements power, the growth of the clan's witch medicine has significantly improved.

After sitting on the tree trunk for a while, the two headed towards the ancestral temple.

"It seems that you'll have to find a secluded and deserted place to cultivate from now on."

Back in the side hall, Huotang suddenly smiled and said, "No wonder the travelogue records that some powerful people like to live alone. They have no choice but to live alone."

Shen Can took the wine and tossed it directly to Huotang.

"I think Ah Shan did a decent job."

“He hasn’t returned from Yongyi, but his clansmen say he looks more and more like you.”

Huo Tang was taken aback when he heard Shen Can say that.

He then nodded, "It's good that there's no nonsense. As long as we develop steadily, Yongyi and Dai will eventually fall into our hands."

They drank until late into the night before Huotang left Shen Can's residence. The next morning, he began wandering around the clan.

Although the clan-protecting formation is currently only three hundred miles long, the area covered by the giant tree has expanded to a radius of a thousand miles, and it is shrouded in a hazy green at night.

As usual, Shen Can returned to the top of the old tree trunk to cultivate, and his aura once again swept across a range of thousands of feet.

If you don't have any high-level spiritual items, just use whatever you have.

Now, the shamans who cultivate witch medicine and concoct witch pills, along with the medicine-pounding rabbits and little spirits, are almost all busy serving his cultivation.

Shen Can is now cultivating step by step. Once he reaches the ninth level of cultivation, he will be able to condense his beast form and advance to the fifth rank.

He now feels like a mythical creature, devouring large amounts of Originium every day.

After Huotang returned, he only stayed for a little over half a month before returning to Daidi. He saw that the tribe was developing very well, and the volcano had not disappointed him. He felt very at ease when he went back.

After returning to the land of Huotang, Shen Can also began to focus on cultivation, preparing to break through to the fifth level in one go.

……

As night fell, the moon and stars shone brightly.

Under the cover of night, five pillars of starlight fell from the sky like pillars of heaven.

Especially on days when the moon is particularly bright, the soft moonlight suddenly shrouds Tianzhu in a hazy hue.

Beneath the pillar of starlight, the starlight was absorbed into the formation, transforming into wisps of the five elements' source energy that floated on the ground.

A gentle breeze blows, and near the great formation, wisps of source energy mist can be seen drifting away in the wind.

Deep within the earth, the spiritual light on the Yuanmai body flickered, rapidly absorbing the free-floating Five Elements Source Power, and a faint sizzling sound could be heard.

The clan-protecting formation also expanded to a radius of a thousand miles along with the expansion of the Blazing Spirit Tree.

The reason it was shrouded in a large array was to prevent the transformed Five Elements Source Power from leaking out.

At this moment, the concentration of source energy within the clan's territory, shrouded by the great formation, was already more than ten times that of the outside world.

Especially near the Heavenly Eye, a Yuanmai Spirit Eye has formed, allowing third-tier martial artists to cultivate directly there without needing to take witch medicine pills.

This is the twenty-seventh year since Shen Can began his secluded cultivation.

Without access to high-level resources, he had no choice but to consume everything at once, taking source stones and witch pills every day.

It can be said that the entire tribe supported his spiritual practice.

Shen Can's place of seclusion for cultivation was not in the ancestral temple, but on a small mountain a hundred miles away from the ancestral temple.

The area around the hill has become a forbidden zone, and birds, beasts, and people in the tribe will all avoid it.

The moon rises above the middle of the treetops.

Inside the cave atop the mountain, Shen Can slowly opened his eyes, his gaze seemingly encompassing the mountains and rivers, and all the myriad beasts and spirits.

An indescribable pressure suddenly swept out like ripples, shaking the area for hundreds of miles.

At this moment, within his divine treasure, a human-shaped stone statue emerged.

The only drawback is that there are some animal patterns on the human-shaped stone.

The stone image is like a stubborn rock; although it looks exactly like Shen Can himself, it has absolutely no spirituality.

Shen Can raised his hand and grabbed a handful of the void. A wisp of the Five Elements Source Power was in his hand and absorbed into his body without him feeling anything.

Sure enough, even though the clan's source energy had increased considerably, it was still too scarce for him.

He secluded himself for twenty-seven years, which makes him a centenarian.

Then, he stepped out of the main hall and instantly teleported more than ten miles away.

The earth seemed to exert a repulsive force on him, giving him the ability to suspend himself in the air for extended periods.

After stepping out of the cultivation cave, Shen Can paused for a moment, and then heard the roar of a beast.

For the past twenty-seven years, although he has been cultivating, he has not actually been in seclusion. He knows what is happening outside and has done everything he was supposed to do.

For example, the selection of clansmen for cultivation and the arrangement of the construction of large formations were all carried out without any omissions.

After all, no martial artist has ever gone into seclusion like him. In reality, he was being fed resources by his clansmen every day. Rather than cultivating in seclusion, it was more like he was hiding away to eat source stones and witch medicine pills.

The roars of the beasts came from the Giant Mountain Range. As the earth's energy grew stronger, the wild beasts in the mountains were naturally attracted.

However, the creatures attracted so far are all second- or third-tier wild beasts; no fourth-tier beasts have been seen yet.

However, the tribe took this opportunity to capture many wild beasts, greatly replenishing their meat reserves.

After leaving the pass, Shen Can did not return to the ancestral temple, but quietly left the clan's territory and went to the Bifang clan's territory.

By the way, decades have passed, and the name of the Bifangbo tribe is long gone, replaced by the name Bifang City.

A garrison city under the command of the Blazing Flame Earl, belonging to the Yongyi Forging Center.

The city was built directly on the core volcano of the original Bifangbo tribe, located on the north side of the crater, right next to the fire dragon wall that guarded the crater.

When Shen Can arrived, he could see the enormous city rising from the ground from a great distance.

The bronze-colored city walls were hundreds of feet high, and rows of cannons stood atop them, gleaming with a cold light.

The three adjacent city gates were fifty feet high, with countless humans passing through and hundreds of soldiers guarding them.

On a large open space outside the city, stone platforms were built to moor flying boats.

You can see herds of pack animals carrying large quantities of ore into the city, and pack animals carrying weapons out.

In just over thirty years, its heyday has far surpassed that of Bi Fang in his prime.

Shen Can's figure crossed the city wall directly and entered the forging workshop where weapons and armor were made.

Unlike the days when Bi Fang lived alone in a small fire hut, the volcano guarded by the Fire Dragon Wall has changed dramatically, transforming into a single, integrated workshop.

Blast furnaces, shaman towers, and forging platforms stand side by side, with the fire drawn from the deepest volcano crater being poured directly into the smelting furnaces.

The molten iron smelted in the blast furnace then proceeded step by step into the forging process. By the time it reached the outside of the volcano, a second-tier witch sword had already been forged.

This speed was something that even the Bi Fangbo tribe, riding their ancestor, couldn't catch up with in the past.

Shen Can glanced at the scene inside the Bifang Workshop and then jumped into the crater.

Upon entering the molten lava, a scorching heat surged from all directions, yet it didn't even burn the hairs on his body.

Soon, he saw the fifth-order divine fire floating in the molten lava.

Tweet!
The divine fire, possessing a spirit, instantly sprouted a three-legged bird from the flames the moment it touched Shen Can's senses, spreading its wings and swooping towards him.

Shen Can raised his hand and grabbed the three-legged bird. The intense fire elemental power surged into his palm, causing him to feel a series of stinging sensations.

He crushed the three-legged bird, then grabbed the divine fire, which was as bright as the sun, and held it in the middle of his palm.

The divine fire that had previously injured his clone was now constantly colliding in Shen Can's hands, emitting bursts of cries.

Immediately, his divine sense surged forth like a mighty river, crashing directly into the divine fire.

In an instant, a mournful cry rang out, and the three-legged bird-like divine form, transformed from divine fire, shattered into tiny flames.

Then, Shen Can left the volcano.

These actions went unnoticed by the people inside the Bifang Workshop. The divine fire within the volcanic lava was actually quite restrained, preventing its divine energy from dissipating.

Otherwise, starting from the time of the Bifangbo tribe, the forged magical artifacts would have been very different.

After grasping the divine fire in his hand, Shen Can chose a spacious and quiet place.

He summoned his Broken Spear, a fourth-grade high-quality magical artifact. It was originally broken, but its spirit was very ambitious and stubbornly maintained its integrity.

This is also why Shen Can didn't discard it.

Over the years, the Broken Spear has undergone nine cycles of blood energy condensation within his divine treasure, resulting in a complete transformation.

The cracks on the spear have long been repaired.

Besides the Wind-Breaking Spear, the beads used by the High Priest of the Holy Envoy Clan were also refined by him after they were repaired on their own.

At this moment, Shen Can transformed the divine fire into a size of about ten feet and placed the Broken Edge Spear inside.

Instantly, the blazing flames completely enveloped the spear, and the Broken Edge Spear emitted a resounding clang.

Black smoke billowed from the spear, cracks began to appear on it again, and the spirit emitted mournful cries.

But soon, the cries of agony ceased, and spiritual energy began to attach itself to the spear, entangled with the divine fire.

Divine fire began to seep into the Broken Edge Spear, and a golden crow mark appeared on the spear.

The entire process lasted three days and three nights, and Shen Can did not interfere at all.

The moment he gripped the broken spear in his hand again, a clang swept in all directions, and the scorching heat instantly turned the surrounding area into a sea of ​​fire.

"good."

He sensed the changes within the spear; a mixture of spiritual energy and divine fire was intertwined and showing signs of merging.

Shen Can's original intention was also to use the power of the divine fire to transform the Broken Edge Spear.

At this moment, this fourth-tier magical artifact has officially entered the fifth tier, and the power of the divine fire has only been released to less than one-tenth.

"Buzz!"

Within the broken spear, a nascent spiritual entity responded.

With a wave of his hand, the Broken Spear transformed into a streak of light and entered Shen Can's body, as he headed back towards the tribe.

For Shen Can, more than twenty years of seclusion were almost entirely devoted to cultivation, but for the entire Blazing Flame Tribe, it ushered in an explosive period of development.

After a century of accumulation, it's time for the results to begin.

……

The tribal temple sits atop the trunk of the blazing spirit tree, hundreds of feet high, suspended in mid-air, overlooking all directions.

Inside the clan hall, a group of figures were gathered, holding a clan meeting.

Looking around, apart from the clan leader, Huoshan, and the elder, Huozhang, all the other faces belonged to the third generation of the clan.

There is Yan Jiang, Yan Liu, Tian Ji, and Yan Song. Although they are from the same generation as the previous three, they are more than ten years apart in age.

All four of them had surprisingly advanced to the Divine Realm.

Especially Yan Song, who was too young to participate in the clan's first trial for the younger generation.

At that time, Yan Jiang won first place, and her prestige within the clan was unmatched.

However, in the past ten years or so, Yan Song has come from behind and gained opportunities outside, advancing to the Divine Treasure Realm without the support of his clan.

Thus, in addition to the four of them who advanced to the Divine Realm among the third generation, Lu Chen also advanced to the Divine Realm.

Among the remaining third-generation individuals, most have cultivated to the seventh, eighth, or ninth level of the Heavenly Vein Realm, and dozens have even reached the combat strength of a Quasi-God Realm cultivator.

Looking at the entire Yongyi region, those who can advance to the Divine Realm at the age of seventy or eighty are extremely rare.

Thinking back to the leader of the Xiaoyang Clan, he advanced to the ninth level of the Heavenly Vein Realm in his fifties, and even at the age of one hundred and fifty or sixty, he was still waiting for the clan to help him advance to the Divine Treasury Realm.

Despite nearly a century of preparation, he still hasn't accumulated enough resources to advance to the level of a divine treasure.

Now, within the Blazing Flame Clan, as long as one cultivates to the ninth level of the Heavenly Vein and accumulates enough merit, the clan has the capacity to support their advancement to the Divine Treasury.

This result is not merely due to the innate talent of the tribe members, but mainly due to the overall improvement in the strength of the entire tribe.

This includes, but is not limited to, precious medicines, spiritual lands, and improved methods for cultivating the Heavenly Vein.

At this moment, Ah Yu arrived at the clan hall, and as soon as he reached the entrance, everyone noticed him.

"Ayu, is something the matter?"

With the volcano opening, Ayu either stayed with Shen Can or guarded the ancestral temple, rarely coming to the clan hall unless absolutely necessary.

"Chief, the temple says that we should conduct a thorough investigation of the tribe, including every vassal tribe."

"Oh, and we also need to find out about the development of the area."

"The temple has reopened?"

"I don't know, it was sent to me directly via message."

After Ah Yu finished speaking, she bowed to the volcano and then left the clan hall.

Immediately, Volcano looked at everyone present and said, "You've all seen it. The temple has ordered us to investigate the strength of our clan."

"So, Yan Jiang, you go to Tianzheng; Yan Liu, you go to Luoshui; Tian Ji, you go to Qingyang; Yan Song, you go to Aoshan; and Lu Chen, go to Bifang."

"Elder, you are in charge of the clan and the Ji region."

The group readily accepted the order, and no one questioned it; the temple's instructions had their own purpose.

As everyone prepared to leave, the Fire Turtle entered the clan hall, its aura clearly also at the Divine Treasure Realm.

The children who used to chase after and call him "Brother A-Can" are now a hundred years old. They were lucky enough to live in an era of rapid development for the tribe and abundant resources.

At the age of one hundred, Shenzang possessed boundless energy and a graceful posture, walking with the stride of a dragon and the gait of a tiger, exuding an imposing aura.

"Chieftain, a fourth-tier wild beast has been discovered in the mountains to the north."

"Come on, let me go take a look."

As the source energy within the great formation becomes increasingly abundant, it becomes truly coveted.

……

Three months later.

In the northern part of the Blazing Flame Clan's territory, on a majestic mountain, a colossal beast revealed its outline. Its hundred-foot-tall body stood atop the mountain, its eyes, like red lanterns, gazing ahead.

"Your Majesty, am I right? There is no other tree of such enormous size in the entire Giant Mountain. And when night falls, stars will fall."

A Thunderwing Black Bird lay prostrate to one side.

It had left the Giant Mountain Range and traveled to many human settlements, but had never seen such a massive spirit tree.

It's amazing that it can guide the stars in the sky; it's practically a miracle.

Compared to this enormous Spiritwood City, the cities inhabited by humans are like small fry compared to big fish.

It wasn't just a matter of the size of the city; there was a strange difference, as if they were products of different places.

And so, night fell.

Five beams of starlight pierced the sky and fell from the stars, the moonlight and starlight intertwining, looking like a dream, magical and otherworldly.

"Your Majesty, this tribe is already so powerful and mysterious. If we allow it to continue developing, the wild beasts in our mountains will inevitably be affected."

Seeing that Chi Huo Lu Wu hadn't spoken, Lei Yu Xuan Que glanced at him cautiously and then said, "Your Majesty, should we launch a beast tide?"

(End of this chapter)