Chapter 223

Chapter 223

“I need to conduct a test. It will not harm you.” The Heavenly Dao Holy Lord’s tone carried a hint of impatience.

Without further questioning, Yang Chen took out a drop of his essence blood.

The Heavenly Dao Holy Lord looked at the drop of blood, which gleamed like a golden gemstone and radiated a thick divine aura. Her voice grew noticeably excited.

“This is divine blood! It seems your physique is not a Holy Physique but a Divine Physique! I knew my guess was correct! Yang Chen, I won’t ask about the specifics of your physique, but I do need a favor from you.”

“Oh?” Yang Chen was somewhat surprised.

The illustrious Heavenly Dao Holy Lord—whose mere release of her aura was enough to cow even a fierce woman like Zhan Qiuyun into silence—needed his help?

“What does the Holy Lord need my assistance with?” Yang Chen asked.

Instead of answering directly, the Heavenly Dao Holy Lord said, “The young woman standing beside Yu Zun in the main hall earlier—her name is Yu Xuan. She is the most beautiful woman of our Yu Clan and the number one ranked celestial maiden in Heavenly Dao Holy Land.”

“What do you think of her?”

“Yu Xuan? The number one celestial maiden?” Yang Chen chuckled. “She is indeed beautiful, deserving of her title as the top celestial maiden.”

The Heavenly Dao Holy Lord spoke in a serious tone: “Yang Chen, the favor I need from you is related to her. To be candid, my Yu Clan is also known as the Jade Beauty Clan. We are descendants of the Holy Spirit, and like the Zhan family, we were one of the ancient clans that founded Heavenly Dao Holy Land.

“Since the creation of the Holy Land, my Jade Beauty Clan has maintained the purity of our Holy Spirit bloodline through internal marriages. However, after over a million years, the Holy Spirit bloodline passed down by our ancestral forebear has gradually thinned after countless generations.

“In recent tens of thousands of years, ordinary individuals without any trace of the Holy Spirit bloodline have begun to appear in our clan. Therefore, we urgently need a strong and powerful bloodline to revitalize our heritage. From the moment I first saw you, I realized that your bloodline aura closely resembles that of our clan. Thus, I want to borrow your bloodline.”

“Borrow … borrow my bloodline?” Yang Chen was momentarily stunned, unable to help but ask, “May I ask, Holy Lord, how exactly do you plan to borrow it?”

The Heavenly Dao Holy Lord replied bluntly: “It’s simple for you. You just need to have a few children with Yu Xuan.”

“Have children?” Yang Chen’s eyes widened.

“Precisely! This matter benefits you as well. Yu Xuan is the top-ranked celestial maiden, renowned for her beauty, with countless male cultivators admiring her. Our Jade Beauty Clan has never married outside the clan. If it weren’t for the strength of your bloodline, you wouldn’t even have this opportunity! I’ve already spoken with Yu Xuan, and she has no objections. After this, spend more time with her, familiarize yourselves first.”

The Heavenly Dao Holy Lord’s tone made it seem as though Yang Chen was the one gaining the advantage.

This left Yang Chen feeling quite unhappy. Sure, Yu Xuan was beautiful. But he was handsome, too! And his bloodline—how could it be borrowed so casually? Even if it had to be borrowed, why Yu Xuan? Wasn’t the Heavenly Dao Holy Lord also a woman? Couldn’t she borrow it herself?

It wasn’t as though he minded her age!

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Of course, these thoughts remained in Yang Chen’s mind.

If he dared voice them, he’d likely end up buried in the Heavenly Dao Palace today.

Although he found the idea of the Heavenly Dao Holy Lord personally borrowing his bloodline quite appealing, he knew he had to first understand the exact situation of the Yu Clan.

He needed to determine whether his bloodline was truly irreplaceable.

“Holy Lord, Yu Zun is of the Holy Spirit Physique, which is even stronger than the Bright Moon Holy Physique. Why not have him propagate and strengthen your clan’s bloodline?”

Yang Chen asked.

“While Yu Zun does possess the Holy Spirit Physique, and his bloodline is the strongest in my Yu Clan in over 100,000 years,” the Heavenly Dao Holy Lord began, “his bloodline is more akin to the final flourish of a declining lineage. Furthermore, his Holy Spirit Physique was formed using our clan’s secret techniques and is therefore a postnatal creation. While powerful, it is extremely difficult to pass on. What my clan requires now is fresh divine vitality, specifically the bloodline of a Primordial Physique.”

The Heavenly Dao Holy Lord’s tone turned solemn.

“I see!” Yang Chen began to grasp the Yu Clan’s predicament.

While Yu Zun’s physique was indeed powerful, it was a postnatal bloodline—a temporary resurgence of strength for the clan. It could not ensure the long-term prosperity or inheritance of the bloodline.

What the Yu Clan needed was a Primordial Physique, the kind of first-generation bloodline that carried pure divine vitality. And it had to be a Divine Physique, as the clan required the divine essence contained within.

With this in mind, Yang Chen realized his Solar Divine Physique, while not entirely irreplaceable, would be extremely difficult to substitute.

After all, even though the Central Continent boasted countless geniuses, top-tier prodigies typically only reached the level of Holy Physiques.

Divine Physiques were so rare that even 100,000 years might not yield a single one. This understanding emboldened Yang Chen considerably.

“Holy Lord, is the Celestial Maiden Yu Xuan also of the Holy Spirit Physique?” Yang Chen inquired further.

“Of course not! To form a Holy Spirit Physique, one must possess sufficient bloodline strength and employ our clan’s secret techniques. Even within our clan, only two such physiques have appeared in the last 100,000 years. That’s a mid-grade Holy Physique—do you think such physiques are as common as weeds growing by the roadside?”

The Heavenly Dao Holy Lord’s voice carried a trace of ridicule.

She then elaborated: “Most people have only a vague understanding of Holy Physiques, believing them to represent the pinnacle of constitutions in the world. In truth, Holy Physiques are divided into three grades: upper, middle, and lower.

“For example, Zhan Qiuyun’s Bright Moon Holy Physique, derived from her Lunar Physique, is the weakest of the lower-grade Holy Physiques. In contrast, Qing’er’s Pure Spirit Holy Physique is a mid-grade Holy Physique, one that even approaches the level of an upper-grade Holy Physique. And above the upper-grade Holy Physique lies the Divine Physique.”

“I see!” Yang Chen nodded.

This was new information to him. He had always thought Holy Physiques were simply top-tier constitutions. He hadn’t expected them to have such specific classifications.

It was no wonder the Heavenly Dao Holy Lord had immediately accepted Qing’er as her personal disciple after discovering her Pure Spirit Holy Physique.

It turned out that Qing’er’s physique was already close to the level of an upper-grade Holy Physique.

“Master, you mentioned earlier that the Yu Clan has only produced two Holy Spirit Physiques in the past 100,000 years. May I ask who the other one is?” Yang Chen asked seriously.

In truth, he already had a guess in mind.

The Heavenly Dao Holy Lord remained silent for a moment before finally responding: “The other one is me.”

“So the Holy Lord possesses such an incredible physique! No wonder you’re able to preside over Heavenly Dao Holy Land and stand as a towering figure in the Central Continent!” Yang Chen immediately offered a flattering remark.