Chapter 177 - 108: Dragon Descendant Treasure Bone, Various Profound Mysteries, Supreme Aptitude, Advanced Secret Inheritance—’Ye Longxiang’s Head

Chapter 177: Chapter 108: Dragon Descendant Treasure Bone, Various Profound Mysteries, Supreme Aptitude, Advanced Secret Inheritance—’Ye Longxiang’s Head

Later on, he broke the Three Great Limits of Power Barrier, using his tendons, bones, and skin to shatter the three extremes. When it came time to condense his physique, he defied the heavens and forged a ’Venerable Treasure Body’.

The moment he appeared, emerging from some backwater borderland, he completely monopolized the prodigy rankings—comparable to Great Xuan’s ’Juvenile Dragon Stele’—for that entire hundred-year era.

No matter if they were Young Crowned Marquises or the heirs of kings... none could compete with him.

Even if he wasn’t as exaggerated as the Innate Saints from ancient records, born with an Anomaly.

But this Junior Brother Ji...

...nourished by Dragon Blood... he has cultivated a ’True Dragon Bone’ that concentrates its essence. In the future, if he uses it to support his tendons and skin, integrating them as one, he might truly condense a ’True Dragon Treasure Body’.

When that time comes, if he leaves this One Mansion and competes against the disciples of True Sects and the scions of Noble Clans for a ranking on the Great Xuan ’Juvenile Dragon Stele’, that wouldn’t be an exaggeration, would it?

To condense a Dragon Bone at such a young age and be ranked on the Juvenile Dragon Stele... it’s fitting and perfectly reasonable!

...

At this moment, Ji Xiu had broken the shackles of the Second Great Limit of the body, achieving Perfection in ’Mercury Blood Silver Marrow’.

After venting his power and witnessing such a miraculous sight, his heart surged with excitement. He couldn’t help but begin to examine what new abilities he had gained.

He calmed his mind, closed his eyes, and turned his Divine Soul inward for Introspection—

A Jade Bone, brilliant with magnificent light, shimmering like glazed glass, and radiating an endless, treasured glow, was materializing in his abdomen as if from nothing. Dragon patterns were inscribed upon it.

This bone was not physical, yet it connected to the twenty-four vertebrae of the Spinal Dragon. It supported the shoulders from above and extended to the legs below. All two hundred and six bones of his limbs and body were intimately linked to it...

[Dragon Descendant Treasure Bone]

[A mortal body, having endured the agony of broken bones and blood replacement, the pain of Quenching and baptism, and several transformations, has finally shed its Mortal Transformation and welcomed a new birth.]

[Forged with Dragon Blood and having absorbed its True Intent, you have finally shattered the shackles of a ’human body’, achieved the Dragon Gate Jump, and created this bone.]

[He who obtains this bone, upon reaching Perfection of the Power Stage in a mortal body and diligently refining it, can condense a first-class physique!]

[He who obtains this bone will immediately experience a surge in strength, like a Juvenile Dragon or a young elephant, possessing invincible courage!]

[He who obtains this bone, when using ’Dragon Intent’ Martial Arts or Skill Dao... will achieve twice the result with half the effort, and with greater Divine Charm!]

[He who obtains...]

Huuu...

Ji Xiu let out a long breath.

Staring at the Treasure Bone that had condensed in his abdomen, his eyes shone brightly. An inexplicable joy filled his heart, and he was utterly exhilarated:

’This time, I’ve truly raised a True Dragon within my own mortal body!’

In the beginning, after inheriting ’Mortal Transformation: Soaring Dragon Gate’, Ji Xiu had relied on the Primordial Daoist Talisman to break through Golden Muscle and Jade Veins and attain Profound Blood Flood Dragon Tendons. Even back then, he had wondered about the profound mysteries of ’Mercury Blood Silver Marrow’.

When he heard that ’Dragon Descendant Blood’ was needed to bring this Bone Skill to Refining Perfection, he had once been disappointed.

But as the saying goes, just when you think you’ve hit a dead end, a new path appears!

Just when he thought he would never be able to break the shackles of this limit in his lifetime... Bai Shuo appeared.

Ji Xiu lifted one arm and felt that his strength had doubled—doubled! What a terrifying concept!

One must understand, he had previously reached the state of Golden Bone, nearly capable of drawing a Hundred Stone Bow. An ordinary Martial Artist at the Perfection of the Power Stage would be no stronger than that.

But now...

Ji Xiu felt he now possessed Mighty Elephant Power. Even though he had not yet refined his Skin Membrane and his Force had not yet become Outer Gang...

...he felt that even if those Outer Gang Martial Artists—or even a grand figure like the Divine Fist Sect Master, whose sect sign was once taken down by Master Duan, clad in an Immortal Robe that transcended purity and impurity—were to stand before him...

...he was more than capable of testing their might!

"Miss Bai, thank you."

"Without you, I surely would never have been able to break this Body Great Limit."

He looked at Bai Shuo. Her face was pale, but she was doing much better than a few days ago when she had passed out completely. She had just watched him lose his composure, jumping and scrambling around.

After a long while, Ji Xiu finally calmed down. He took a deep breath, and his gaze turned solemn.

"You’ve invested so much in me. In the future, regardless of that Dragon Monarch Banquet or what level of prodigy I might face, if I have the chance to attend, I will definitely do my part for you."

Bai Shuo’s lips moved. She watched the aura leaking from Ji Xiu and felt the depletion of her own origin essence—her heart was bleeding from the loss. But hearing his words, she finally relaxed a little.

’Good, the kid isn’t an ungrateful wretch who takes what he wants and then pretends nothing happened...’

She sized Ji Xiu up. When she saw that he had condensed the ’Dragon Descendant Treasure Bone’ and a True Dragon seemed to be coiled around his body, she couldn’t hide her shock, even though she had expected it:

’At this rate, once he breaks through the shackles of what you humans call a ’Qi Cultivation Grandmaster’, I imagine... he’ll be able to condense a true ’Treasure Body’.’

’The physiques of the Human Race are a special gift, acquired through cultivation by those martial prodigies who break the Three Limits of the body and are reborn through transformation.’

’With this miracle, they can possess supreme physiques comparable to Immortal Celestial Beings or Divine Auspiciousness.’

’According to the records in my Mansion, given the aura this kid is revealing... he might actually be able to condense a Human Immortal Body or a Martial Saint Body.’

’If my previous investment was just a casual gesture, now he’s already showing exceptional talent. He’s worth going all in for.’

’Not bad, not bad at all... Although the loss of my origin Essence Blood is irreversible and will take a very, very long time to recover from, it was a worthy investment. In the future, this boy should be even more brilliant than his Ancestral Master was back then, right?’

’After all...’

’...that little aunt of mine didn’t bet nearly as heavily as I did today!’

Bai Shuo pouted and mentally reassured herself. Just as she was about to say something, she saw that Ji Xiu had wasted no time. He threw on his outer robe and, as twilight faded from the evening sky and the frigid air left frost and snow unmelted on the ground, he...