Witch, please have some self-respect!

Since the Blood Fiend Sect changed its name to the Holy Sect, its reputation has changed drastically, and it has become very trustworthy.

Although there are still old enemies, at least on the surface, no one dares to provoke them.

The day after the Divine Light Passage opened, the dragon veins around the Holy City began to transform.

Some branches experienced a surge of vital energy, leading to an advancement in their rank.

Some new veins break through the soil, take root in the earth, and meander and stretch out.

These unusual phenomena were deliberately concealed.

Along the route from the Holy City to the Golden City, signs of the dragon vein's advancement appeared one after another, as if the long-dormant earth had suddenly awakened.

Other factions were slow to realize what was going on and noticed something amiss.

But they only saw that the number of dragon veins was increasing, without knowing why.

Some speculate that the emergence of the demigod's relics triggered the earth vein tide, while others suspect that the Holy Sect secretly used some kind of secret treasure.

The truth is covered up layer by layer, and no one can reach the core of it.

After the matter was reported, it became unrelated to Shen Yun.

He had already returned to his cave and announced to the public that he was in seclusion.

The stone door to the quiet room closed, isolating it from all the noise of the outside world.

Pale golden light flowed within the runes, flickering and emitting a very faint hum.

The quiet room was not large, only a few feet in circumference, but the spiritual energy was so dense that it was impossible to disperse.

The essence of the sixth-order dragon vein surged from the depths of the earth, permeating every corner of the quiet room through the stone walls, the ground, and every crevice.

Shen Yun did not continue to monopolize the seventh-tier dragon vein, but instead took the initiative to switch to the sixth-tier.

For him, seventh rank was about the same as sixth rank; fifth rank was actually enough.

The spiritual mist surged, thick as milk, enveloping the stone platform, the prayer mat, the wall lamp, the talismans, and everything else in a hazy halo.

There was a sweet smell in the air, the natural aroma that emanated from the concentrated essence of heaven and earth.

With each breath, a warm and gentle force flows into the lungs and body, nourishing the blood and flesh.

Shen Yun sat cross-legged on the stone platform in the center of the meditation room, his gray-white Taoist robe hanging down, his white hair as white as snow, draped over his shoulders.

The golden jade burial suit clung to his body, its runes concealed, only flickering slightly between his breaths, like sleeping stars.

His face was calm, his eyes were slightly closed, and his breathing was long and steady. With each breath, the spiritual mist in the quiet room rose and fell like the tide.

Looking inward into the sea of ​​blood, nine heavenly palaces and platforms stretched across the nine directions, suppressing all sides.

Those were nine ultimate Dao Platforms, each containing 111,111 Dao Marks, representing the limit that a Blood Sea Realm cultivator could reach.

The altar was blood-gold in color, as thick and heavy as a mountain, with fine runes flowing across its surface, which were the imprints of Jian Chun's true meaning.

Four heavenly palaces suppress it.

At the center is the Nine-Turn Azure Lotus Protecting the Heavenly Palace, its greenness as jade-like, warm and resilient. The azure lotus on the palace roof slowly rotates, scattering endless clear light.

The Reverse Five Elements Sword Waterfall Heavenly Palace, the Five Elements Returning to Origin Sword Array Heavenly Palace, and the Sword Embryo Splitting Light Instant Shadow Transformation Heavenly Palace are arranged in three directions.

The four heavenly palaces are magnificent and imposing, as majestic as mountains.

The sea of ​​blood has completely returned to calm.

The once turbulent, roaring dark red ocean is now like a huge dark red mirror, smooth as a board, calm and undisturbed.

The nine altars, like nine stabilizing needles, were deeply embedded in the sea of ​​blood, suppressing all restlessness and calming all turmoil.

The four celestial palaces, like four emperors, sat atop the sea of ​​blood, overlooking this tamed land.

The sea of ​​blood has been calmed.

It wasn't suppressed, but rather a manifestation of a stable state of mind and profound foundation.

During those few days in the ruins, he obtained a Jade Pendant for Seal Scriptures, four Jade Pendants for Seal Skills, seven Seal Techniques, and Jade Instructions for Seal Techniques.

In the ruins of the demigods, the illusory celestial palaces formed by those jade pendants slowly rotated above the sea of ​​blood, scattering various colors of light and gradually calming the restlessness of the sea of ​​blood.

The sea was completely still, without even the slightest ripple, like a meticulously polished dark red gemstone, smooth as a mirror, reflecting the four majestic celestial palaces overhead.

The Blood Sea and the Heavenly Palace are no longer adversaries, but rather merge and coexist.

Qi and blood surged in the sea of ​​blood, flowing along the Dao Platform to the Heavenly Palace, and then flowing back from the Heavenly Palace to the sea of ​​blood, circulating endlessly.

"We can continue building the Heavenly Palace."

Shen Yun opened his eyes, a glint of light flashing in his deep eyes.

Based on previous experience, once the Blood Sea is completely quelled, its repulsion of the Dao Mark will be minimized, its suppression of the Heavenly Palace will become more docile, and the resistance to forging the new Heavenly Palace will be greatly reduced.

It's not impossible to cast two at once.

When he forged the four Heavenly Palaces, the waves of the Blood Sea were still surging, and each time a Dao trace was condensed, it had to contend with the repulsive force of the Blood Sea.

Even so, he still managed to build two during the first casting, and with the help of the Sea-Suppressing Divine Crystal, he built two more.

Now that the sea of ​​blood has been completely calmed, the difficulty of forging should be lower than before.

Shen Yun pondered in his heart what kind of two heavenly palaces should be built.

He still has five more battle tactics that could allow him to forge the Heavenly Palace.

He has no shortage of offensive tactics.

Of the three existing sword formations in the Heavenly Palace, the Reverse Five Elements Sword Waterfall is a powerful killing move, the Five Elements Returning to Origin Sword Formation is a formation for trapping enemies, and the Sword Embryo Splitting Light and Instant Shadow Transformation is a technique for assassination.

The combination of the three sword techniques is sufficient to deal with most opponents.

For protection, there is the "Nine Revolutions of the Azure Lotus Body Protection Scripture," which provides a ninefold increase.

That was a protective combat technique he had developed on his own, shaped like a green lotus and based on the Nine Revolutions, with astonishing defensive power.

After the Heavenly Palace is forged, the Azure Lotus protection is no longer actively activated, but rather automatically enhanced by the Heavenly Palace. With a thought, the Azure Lotus blooms, making it impervious to all magic.

A nine-fold increase seems sufficient at first glance.

Which one should we choose for the fifth celestial palace?

Shen Yun was still pondering.

He sat cross-legged on the futon, his eyes slightly closed, his breathing long and even.

The essence of heaven and earth around him, like threads, gathered from all directions, wrapped around his body, and slowly seeped into his pores.

"The Record of Ten Thousand Battles of Asura, a treasure trove, a sacred method for Asura battles."

Shen Yun suddenly had an idea.

This technique, inherited from Wu Rou, is the core of the Shura lineage's combat system.

It is not limited to a certain weapon or a certain combat technique, but evolves into all kinds of offensive and defensive methods.

Swords, halberds, axes, hammers, fists, palms, fingers, and legs can all be integrated into the Asura Battle Diagram and used for one's own purposes.

He once comprehended the Asura Battle Halberd from this catalog, and when it appeared, it was a battle scripture with a nine-fold amplification, making it incredibly powerful.

"This can be cast."

Shen Yun made a decision.

The Ten Thousand Battles Asura Diagram, when forged into a Heavenly Palace, not only greatly enhances his close-combat abilities but also allows him to evolve the most suitable offensive techniques at any time during battle.

This is the essence of the Asura lineage and an indispensable part of his current combat system.

The four sword-wielding palaces are primarily focused on offensive combat, but they tend to specialize in sword formations, sword waterfalls, and sword light differentiation, providing long-range and wide-area suppression.

The Nine Revolutions of the Azure Lotus Body Protection Scripture is primarily for defense.

The only thing it lacks is a close-quarters combat technique that can overwhelm and dominate.

The "Ten Thousand Battles Asura Chart" perfectly fills this gap.

With the fifth Heavenly Palace selected, Shen Yun's gaze fell upon the sixth.

"As for the other one..."

He was lost in thought.

The Asura Blood Transformation Divine Light is another unique skill in the Asura lineage, and it's not just for escaping.

This technique uses qi and blood as a guide to generate blood-colored divine light, which is specifically used to defile the opponent's treasures, erode the protective aura, and can even directly dissolve the opponent's qi and blood, making it vicious and domineering.

When cultivation reaches its peak, the divine light emanates, greatly diminishing the spirituality of the opponent's soldiers, and the protective essence is like snow meeting boiling water.

The Thunder Prison Heavenly Hand is an offensive combat technique obtained from Xiao Yifan's "Thunderstorm Extreme Spirit Heavenly Skill".

With a single palm strike, lightning crackled like a prison, suppressing all directions.

This combat technique is domineering and fierce, with an amplification of nine times and five times, making it quite powerful.

Both tactics have their own merits.

The Asura Blood Transformation Divine Light is more inclined towards support and suppression, while the Thunder Prison Palm Heaven Hand is purely for direct attack.

After a moment's consideration, Shen Yun quickly came to an answer.

First, forge the Asura Blood Transformation Divine Light.

This is not because it is more powerful, but because it shares the same origin and lineage as the Ten Thousand Battles Asura Diagram, making it easier for them to resonate and complement each other after being forged into the Heavenly Palace.

If two celestial palaces have similar attributes, their effects in suppressing the sea of ​​blood will overlap.

The Thunder Prison Palm Heaven Hand belongs to thunder, which is different from his current Five Elements Sword Dao and Asura Battle Strategy, so it is more suitable to leave it for separate forging in the future.

Having made up his mind, Shen Yun no longer hesitated.

He opened his eyes, his gaze gleaming with intense light.

He opened his mouth and swallowed a Spirit Marrow Protecting Meridian Pill. The medicinal power transformed into a warm torrent, spreading along the meridians and forming a thin protective film on the inner wall of each meridian.

This is to prevent the blood and qi from running wild during the casting of the Heavenly Palace, which could damage the meridians.

He then took out a jade bottle from his Naxu ring.

The bottle contained a pale golden liquid, viscous like honey, which flowed slowly within the bottle, radiating a soft and warm glow.

The essence of the elixir.

It's not ordinary medicinal essence, but a top-grade essence extracted from hundreds of years old medicinal plants in the Nine Dragons Treasure Land.

It takes a 500-year-old purple Ganoderma lucidum to extract just a dozen drops.

He opened his mouth and swallowed, his body filled with a surge of vital energy, and everything was ready.

Shen Yun formed hand seals and his mind stirred.

The essence of heaven and earth suddenly surged violently.

Inside the quiet room, the air currents swirled, forming a visible vortex of spiritual energy.

At the center of the vortex was Shen Yun, whose vital energy from all directions was being frantically pulled and poured into his body.

Above the sea of ​​blood, a sudden change occurs.

The once calm, mirror-like sea surface suddenly began to ripple.

One by one, battle and magic marks emerged from the depths of the sea of ​​blood, like ancient runes that had been dormant for countless ages being awakened, radiating a crimson-gold light.

These Dao traces are different from the Dao traces of cultivation techniques that were condensed when the Heavenly Palace was forged previously.

The cultivation techniques and Dao traces forge the Dao platform, which penetrates deep into the sea of ​​blood. It is the foundation of the foundation and requires months or even years of polishing.

The Dao traces of battle techniques are only forged in the Heavenly Palace and do not involve the Dao Platform. As long as the battle techniques are cultivated to the level of mastery or above, they can be easily condensed.

Shen Yun's Ten Thousand Battles Asura Record was already complete. At this moment, with a thought, and with the blessing of the essence of pills and spiritual herbs, Dao traces surged out like a tide.

One, ten, a hundred, a thousand...

The speed is getting faster and faster, and the quantity is increasing.

In the blink of an eye, tens of thousands of battle technique marks condensed above the sea of ​​blood, densely packed and dazzling like a galaxy.

They swirl, intertwine, and collide, producing a crisp, metallic clang.

Shen Yun's divine sense probed into the sea of ​​blood, guiding these Dao traces towards a Dao platform.

That was the location he had chosen beforehand, a location near the west, suitable for close-quarters combat tactics.

The Dao traces fell.

A talisman embedded in the platform shone brightly.

Another embedded piece, shining even brighter.

The patterns on the surface of the platform were gradually illuminated, like a dried-up ancient riverbed being filled with water again. Strands of reddish-gold patterns spread out, outlining ancient totems.

Those were the battle marks of the Asura lineage, ferocious, domineering, and filled with murderous intent.

Shen Yun was completely absorbed in it.

Guiding tens of thousands of Dao traces to be precisely embedded into the Dao platform requires extremely precise control of divine sense.

The slightest deviation will cause the Dao traces to crumble, rendering all previous efforts futile.

In the quiet room, time ticked by, second by second.

After an unknown amount of time, the light on the platform grew brighter and brighter, changing from red gold to white gold, and then from white gold to almost transparent incandescent white.

The outline of a celestial palace began to rise from the ground on the platform.

Ninefold.

In the inheritance of the Ten Thousand Battles Asura Diagram, the Heavenly Palace is divided into nine levels, each corresponding to a realm.

Shen Yun frantically activated his divine sense, embedding one Dao trace after another.

The fifth, sixth, and seventh levels.

Each time a celestial palace is completed, the sea of ​​blood trembles once.

The once calm sea was now churned with waves, one after another, crashing against the nine Daotai (administrative platforms).

The eighth level.

The outline of the Heavenly Palace is now clearly visible, with nine-story pavilions, flying eaves and brackets, each layer engraved with dense battle patterns.

The phantom of Asura sat cross-legged atop the Heavenly Palace, holding a battle halberd, his eyes bloodshot, his killing intent soaring to the heavens.

The ninth level.

The last trace was embedded.

boom--

A blinding crimson light burst forth from the depths of the Blood Sea, illuminating the entire sea in a fiery red hue.

The phantom of Asura rose from the summit of the Nine Heavens Palace and roared to the sky.

A silent roar echoed through the sea of ​​blood, stirring up towering waves.

The Heavenly Palace of the Myriad Battles Asura Diagram is complete.

Shen Yun let out a long breath.

He opened his eyes, and a flash of crimson-gold light disappeared from them.

He looked down at his hands, clenched his fists, released them, and then clenched them again.

Power flowed between his fingers, more violent and domineering than before.

That is the power of Asura battle, completely different from the sharpness of swordsmanship, yet equally terrifying, and more suitable for close combat.

In the quiet room, the essence of heaven and earth was still surging, but it had calmed down considerably compared to before.

Shen Yun closed his eyes and looked inward at the sea of ​​blood.

The sea became turbulent, no longer calm as before.

The Heavenly Palace of Ten Thousand Battles Asura Diagram was suppressed in one corner, with a nine-story pavilion standing tall and majestic. The Asura phantom sat cross-legged on it, and crimson-gold light continued to spread, trying to suppress the frenzy of the Blood Sea.

However, the effect was limited.

Five celestial palaces, five kinds of power, suppressing the five directions.

They acted independently, and although they shared some common ground, they failed to form a unified force for suppression.

The sea of ​​blood was like a ferocious beast chained by six chains, struggling endlessly.

The waves crashed against the platform, producing a dull roar.

Shen Yun did not rush to build the sixth Heavenly Palace.

He took out several pills to restore his consciousness, swallowed them, and closed his eyes to regulate his breathing.

Night fell, then faded away.

Morning light streamed through the cracks in the stone door of the quiet room, casting a thin beam of light on the ground.

Shen Yun opened his eyes.

After a night of recuperation, his spiritual consciousness returned to its peak.

He made another hand seal, activating the second battle technique.

Asura Blood Transformation Divine Light.

Dao traces surged forth once more from the sky above the sea of ​​blood.

This time, the color is different from the Ten Thousand Battles Asura Diagram; it is dark red, carrying an aura of corrosion and dissolution.

Dark red Dao traces appeared one by one, at an equally rapid speed.

But Shen Yun could sense that their condensation was more difficult than before.

It's not because the tactics themselves are more difficult, but because the Blood Sea is no longer calm.

The waves are surging, and the undercurrents are turbulent.

Shen Yun needed to concentrate his divine sense even more to stabilize them and guide them to another adjacent platform.

The first Dao mark was embedded in the Dao platform.

A dark red light appeared, but it was quickly submerged by the waves of the sea of ​​blood, and the light dimmed.

Shen Yun frowned slightly.

The difficulty of building the Heavenly Palace far exceeded his expectations.