Many children, many blessings: Stealing the offspring of powerful figures to cultivate immortality.

As the first breath fell, the ancestral fire pressed into the blood pool. Jiang Yining took the initiative to loosen the outer layer of the Blood Pursuit Seal, allowing Pei Henian's ancestral blood to enter her dantian along the leaf veins.

She did not block it directly. The Myriad Spirits Divine Tree closed its branches and leaves, and the green wood energy that Lou Xiaotian had left behind split into thin lines and stuck to the surface of the root system, making it look like the ancestral root was withered.

Seeing the divine tree's aura weaken, Pei Henian projected his image closer: "After holding out for so many days, the divine tree will eventually recognize the Pei family as its master."

Jiang Yining hid the true ancestral root inside the young master's ancestral breath that Pei Yunji had brought, and then used the magic vine to weave an empty shell, completely enclosing the third ancestral root inside.

Pei Yunji raised his palm and pressed down on the Young Master's Seal, preparing to open up the entire Nirvana Foundation. The nine purple-gold vines first pierced into his major meridians, sealing back ninety percent of the ancestral blood.

Jiang Yining wrote in his palm: "I'll only lend you 10%. If you dare to give more, I'll sever our blood ties."

Pei Yunji replied with a sentence: "The ancestral lineage is too small; an empty shell cannot withstand the burning of the ancestral hall."

"Whether it's enough or not is up to me to decide; your foundation doesn't belong to the Pei family."

Jiang Yining tightened the demonic vines, forcing him to stop.

Pei Yunji glanced at her for a moment, then withdrew the ancestral fire that was rushing towards her meridians, and compressed one-tenth of the ancestral breath into a thin shell, attaching it to the outer layer of the divine tree's true root.

As the second breath began, the ancestral fire burned away the false withered roots, and the chains in the blood pool contracted towards Jiang Yining's dantian.

Off-screen, Fan Chenxin inserted the black knife into the eastern array slot according to the pre-arranged gesture. The Buddha bone pressed against the back of the knife, and the dark golden lotus petals passed through the array gaps, protecting only the outer side of Jiang Yining's heart meridian.

Lou Xiaotian thrust the Overlord Spear into the second western root pillar, and the green wood false root entered the bottom of the pool along the battle line to bear the stripping force for the divine tree.

The Buddha Lotus stabilized its pulse, the Green Wood False Root supported the outer shell, and the Young Master's Ancestral Breath concealed its true root. The three forces each guarded their own place, without vying for control of the formation.

Fan Chenxin tapped the ground with the hilt of his sword to indicate that the array chain on the east side of the pool had been broken. Lou Xiaotian then raised his spear and made a horizontal slash to indicate that the False Root had reached the Blood Chasing Seal.

Jiang Yining raised two fingers and then closed her palms. Fan Chenxin tightened the Buddha Lotus, and Lou Xiaotian sent the green wood root into the silver leaf. The first array eye replacement was completed.

Pei Henian's ancestral blood collided with the young master's ancestral aura. The Spirit-Stripping Array identified the divine tree root inside as a young Pei family root, and the chains changed from tearing to protecting.

As the third breath fell, Jiang Yining released a withered vine from her dantian. The withered vine was burned to ashes by the ancestral fire, and the Myriad Spirits Divine Tree stopped fluctuating.

She closed her eyes and leaned her body against Pei Yunji's shoulder, while the seven demonic vines spread out along the withered roots at the bottom of the pool and wrapped around the three central fire hubs.

Pei Henian's projection reached into the center of the pool: "Your ancestral roots are destroyed, what can you use to resist?"

Jiang Yining did not respond. Her right hand, hidden beneath the blood, gripped the lines of the blue and red marrow, while the golden marrow still left a gap.

As the fourth breath began, Pei Henian, in order to seize the nearly destroyed ancestral root, sent a large amount of ancestral blood from the ancestral hall, causing all the chains in the main tomb to turn red.

Three drops of true essence swirled around the false root, causing the blood to thicken the main line several times over, and the return channel between the ancestral hall and the main tomb fully opened.

Jiang Siyue left behind Chu Ling Shuang's heavy hammer and covered the Fire Spirit Falcon's tail feathers with her fox breath: "Big Red Chicken, only burn the middle of the Blood Token, do not fly over the hammer."

The Fire Spirit Falcon leaped forward two steps, aimed at the projection, and spat out crimson flames. The flames could not harm the half-saint's will, but they obscured the identification mark in the center of the Blood Token.

Jiang Siyue's nine-tailed fox breath followed the crimson fire into the Blood Order. The array spirit misjudged the ancestral blood that Pei Henian had just sent as an injured young root, and dozens of chains turned around to protect the main line.

Pei Henian waved his hand to dispel the fox breath: "You bastard, how dare you alter the Pei family's ancestral decree!"

Jiang Siyue hugged the fat bird back and shrank behind the hammer handle: "Big Red Chicken said you swear badly, Mother will punish you."

As the fifth breath approached, Chu Ling Shuang raised the heavy hammer with both hands, Fan Chen Xin's black blade first severed the remaining chain at the top of the central array pillar, and Lou Xiao Tian used the end of his spear to hold the other side of the pillar.

Chu Ling Shuang focused on the crimson-black restriction and smashed her hammer into the center of the array pattern. The stone pillar cracked from top to bottom, and the anti-backflow array fragments scattered into the blood pool.

With the main tomb and ancestral hall no longer separated, the main storyline of the Blood Order is fully exposed in front of the roots of the Myriad Spirits Divine Tree.

As the fifth breath ended, Pei Henian realized that the array soul judgment had a problem. He ordered the blood to be withdrawn, but the chains interpreted the withdrawal order as harming the young roots and turned to wrap around the projection's arms.

"Jiang Yining, what did you hide in your ancestral seed?"

Pei Henian pulled on the blood token, and the ancestral hall projection shook several times.

Jiang Yining opened her eyes, and the Purple-Gold Demon Vine lifted up the fake withered root: "I've hidden the blood you sent, and I've also found a way back for it."

The fake withered root split open, and Pei Yunji's young master ancestral aura shell unfolded, from which the third ancestral root emerged without leaving a single burn mark.

As the sixth breath arrived, Pei Henian forcibly ignited the Blood Token, and the Ancestral Fire rushed into the Blood Pool along the main line. Fan Chenxin pressed down the Buddha Lotus according to the gesture, guarding Jiang Yining's heart meridian.

Lou Xiaotian controlled the green wood's false roots to meet the ancestral fire. Large areas of the roots were scorched and withered, but the life-protecting blood pact remained on his chest, without replacing Jiang Yining's injuries.

Pei Yunji opened the central slit of the Young Master's Ancestral Seal, preserving the Pei family identity for the Divine Tree Root, while the rest of the ancestral blood was sealed in the Qi Sea by the Purple Gold Vine.

The ancestral hall's burning fire passed through the empty shell of the ancestral spirit, but failed to find the foreign root system that needed to be destroyed. Instead, it was sent into the depths of the false root by the formation.

Jiang Yining raised her hand and pointed at Fan Chenxin, stopping her finger at his heart. Fan Chenxin understood the command and pressed the lotus back into place, without expanding outward.

She then pointed to Lou Xiaotian's chest, and Lou Xiaotian drew his gun and severed the bridge of life, leaving only the green wood root to block the backflow entrance.

Before she could remind him, Pei Yunji sealed both sides of the ancestral seal, leaving only a narrow path for the blood token that allowed it to advance but not retreat.

As the seventh breath fell, Pei Henian's ancestral blood began to flow back according to the old formation's rules.

Jiang Yining flipped the Blood-Chasing Seal, and the seven demonic vines simultaneously grabbed the three drops of true essence, the three fire pivots, and the main thread of the Blood Order, thus swapping the inner and outer array eyes of the Spirit-Peeling Array.

The Divine Tree of Myriad Spirits unfolded from its withered and desolate state, and the third ancestral root pierced through the empty shell of ancestral breath, biting into the main thread of the Blood Order.

The three transfer fire hubs operated in reverse, and the ancestral blood of the elders that Pei Henian had sent into the main tomb was pulled out in its entirety. The dark red blood flowed across the surface of the pool and merged into Jiang Yining's palm.

Pei Henian's projection was stretched and retraced, large holes appearing in his arms and chest: "Stop! You dare to swallow the blood of the Elder Ancestor? The Ancestral Hall will not let you off!"

Jiang Yining let the divine tree draw life force, keeping Pei Henian's will at bay: "First, guard your own blood pool, then come and tell me who I'm afraid of."

The main storyline of the Blood Order continued to flow backward, and the projection of the Blood Pool in the Ancestral Hall appeared on the screen. The blood in the pool dropped by 30%, and the surrounding elders hastily sealed the formation, but they could not stop the already reversed path.

Pei Henian's main body roared, and his projection was dragged into the fire hub by the divine tree. The three transfer nodes detached from the bottom of the pool and turned into dark silver fragments.

A flood of memories rushed into Jiang Yining's mind along with the ancestral blood, revealing the Earth Fire Well on the north side of the ancestral hall, the Blood Order of the Nine Cities Branch, and the Secret Treasury Array Gate.

The Star Beast Spinal Cord and the Boundary-Breaking Crystal needed for the Ancient Ship are stored beneath the Earth Fire Well. The third fuel requires three drops of Nirvana Ancestral Blood. Outside the secret vault, there is also a Blood-Drying Array personally set up by Pei Henian.

Jiang Yining left only the location of the secret vault and clues about the ancient ship's fuel. The roots of the divine tree closed up, crushing Pei Henian's chaotic will.

The Spirit-Stripping Array lost its power supply, and the transparent silver screen broke open from the top. Fan Chenxin stepped over the edge of the pool, grabbed Jiang Yining's wrist, and pulled her out of Pei Yunji's arms.

He wrapped her soaked clothes in his outer robe, the dark gold lotus petals still resting on the outer side of her heart meridian: "Check the Qi Sea first, the pool fluid is still corroding the meridians."

Lou Xiaotian suppressed the restless life-protecting blood pact in his chest, and the green wood roots supported Jiang Yining's feet from the edge of the pool: "The life bridge did not injure her; the blood on her wrist all came from the chains."

"Shut up."

Jiang Yining pushed their hands away and bent down to pick up Jiang Siyue, who had run up from behind the heavy hammer.

Jiang Siyue hugged her neck, tears wetting her black outer robe: "Siyue has been hiding behind Sister Hammer the whole time, how come Mother is still bleeding so much?"

"The wounds left by the formation will heal in a few days."

Jiang Yining used her wood energy to examine her daughter's fox tail and dantian: "What you did just now was right. It's safer to use the big red rooster to deliver fox breath than to get close to it yourself."

Jiang Siyue sniffed and held up the fat bird: "The big red chicken didn't fly around randomly; it only burned the old man's blood token."

Chu Ling Shuang hoisted the heavy hammer back onto her shoulder and kicked away the rolling array stones: "Both mother and daughter are alive, and we've obtained the clues to the ancient boat. We'll dismantle the ancestral hall's secret vault after we get out."

Having lost the support of his bloodline, Pei Yunji's ancestral markings on the back of his hand were covered with scorch marks. As soon as he stepped into the blood pool, his knee slammed into the tomb bricks.

The young master's seal floated above his head on its own, and the blood and fire of judgment descended from the seal, while the phantom of the inheritance genealogy unfolded on the tomb gate.

After the outer ring of the blood pool collapsed, the seal on the inner door of the main tomb was lifted, and Pei Zheng rushed in carrying the ancestral bones. The shoulder armor still bore the marks left when he blocked the guards.

He stopped in front of Pei Yunji and turned the burning ancestral bone towards everyone: "The ancestral hall has issued the combined seal of the three elders. Pei Yunji assisted the host of the divine tree in reversing the blood pool, and his crime is treason."

Pei Yunji stood up, supporting himself with his sword, and grabbed the burning young master's seal above his head: "After the inheritance is officially recorded, which ancestral rule must we follow?"

Pei Zheng did not put away the ancestral bones. The name on the genealogy page turned from silver to blood red: "Young Master, your ancestral mark has been stripped off today. If you cannot withstand the ancestral fire, your Nirvana foundation will also be destroyed."

Jiang Yining's purple-gold demonic vine extended from her sleeve, wrapping around Pei Yunji's young master's seal on the back of his hand before the judgment blood fire could fall.