The concentration of heaven-earth essence within the Dragon Emperor Palace was indeed far superior to Qingyang City! After Chu Tianyang left, Long Yuan began his bloodline reversion once more. "This time I should finally evolve into a true dragon!" As blue light enveloped him, Long Yuan's body underwent another transformation! This time, he truly became a blue-scaled true dragon. [Race]: Azure Flame Blue Dragon [Cultivation Realm]: Mid Seventh-Tier Demon Venerable [Physical Body Cultivation]: Perfect Tenth-Tier Divine Beast [Current Mission]: Elevate the Guardian Family to Six-Star status [Mission Reward]: Divine-grade cultivation technique "Dragon God Art", divine-grade supernatural ability "Nine Transformations of the Dragon God", 9 Physique Enhancement Pills (can elevate any physique below divine-grade by one major tier), one divine-grade Heaven-Earth Essence Vein! [Guardian Family Level]: Five-Star (Host's cultivation speed increased by 50x!) "Azure Flame Blue Dragon?" Although he didn't know what kind of dragon this was, it was undoubtedly a true dragon bloodline! And above the ninth tier was actually the tenth-tier Divine Beast realm, which should correspond to the human Martial God realm! "Divine realm! Tsk tsk tsk! The feeling of cheating is truly wonderful!" Long Yuan sighed in satisfaction. "But the next rewards are even more tempting!" Divine-grade technique, Divine-grade supernatural ability, Physique Enhancement Pills, Divine-grade Heaven-Earth Essence Vein! Each was a priceless treasure! "From this perspective, there might be realms beyond the divine grade!" Long Yuan speculated this must be true, especially since the current Chu family was only a Five-Star family! Otherwise, what rewards would the system give for future upgrades? "Perhaps Azure Flame Blue Dragon isn't the final bloodline reversion either - there might be further reversions!" Of course, this was just his speculation. The actual progression would depend on the system's arrangements! "First, let's absorb that year's cultivation reward!" Long Yuan said excitedly. "System, begin cultivation fusion!" A surge of power began merging into Long Yuan's body, causing his cultivation to continuously increase and his size to expand. He ultimately transformed into a colossal being nearly a kilometer long! "Fifty years of cultivation only brought me to the peak of Ninth-Tier Demon Emperor?" "That can't be right!" He could feel abundant energy within him, enough to continue breaking through! "Is it because of my cultivation technique?" Long Yuan practiced the emperor-grade "Azure Dragon Emperor Art", which could only support cultivation up to the Ninth-Tier Demon Emperor realm, unable to breakthrough to the divine grade! "That must be the reason!" But this was already sufficient - his current cultivation could dominate this world! "Time to take stock of today's gains!" Today's harvest was truly enormous, and he needed to organize everything properly. For cultivation techniques, he obtained the saint-grade superior "Star Refining Body Art" and emperor-grade superior "Azure Heaven Battle Art". Both were human cultivation techniques, meaning they were prepared by the system for the Chu family! Additionally, there were five Breakthrough Pills, three Saint-grade Physique Sources, three Saint-grade Martial Soul Sources, the saint-grade superior defensive formation "Sun Moon Star Formation", the saint artifact "Heart Refining Pagoda", and emperor-grade alchemy inheritance! The clan's guardian emperor artifact Dragon Emperor Cauldron, and emperor-grade artifact forging inheritance! All these could be used by the Chu family. He also obtained his lifebound treasure "Myriad Dragons Pagoda", the third-ranked heavenly flame "Purple Star Heavenly Flame", and several supernatural abilities! Among all these rewards, only the saint artifact "Heart Refining Pagoda" and the guardian emperor artifact Dragon Emperor Cauldron truly interested Long Yuan. The Heart Refining Pagoda was a place to temper one's mind. Martial artists needed firm martial hearts, and this pagoda served precisely to temper such martial determination! As for the guardian emperor artifact, it puzzled Long Yuan even more. [Artifact]: Dragon Emperor Cauldron (Clan Guardian Weapon, an emperor artifact formed by combining clan fortune and Chu family bloodline) [Grade]: Superior Emperor Artifact (Upgrades alongside the guardian family's rank) [Usage Method]: Can only be activated when the entire clan is united in purpose. Long Yuan retrieved the Dragon Emperor Cauldron from his system space, only to immediately feel it weighed like a divine mountain. Despite being merely an emperor artifact, even he couldn't lift it! "Strange, very strange. It's a system reward, yet I can't move it?" "Can only Chu family members lift it?" Long Yuan scratched his chin with a claw, then summoned Chu Tianyang again. Chu Tianyang was puzzled - what matter required his presence now? "Try lifting this cauldron." Long Yuan gestured to the three-legged, two-eared great cauldron before them. Chu Tianyang gripped the cauldron with both hands, channeling power through his body, and suddenly lifted it with ease, nearly stumbling backward from the unexpected lightness. Chu Tianyang looked embarrassed. Hearing the Beast God's words, he'd expected an immense weight, but it felt almost weightless! "My guess was correct - only Chu family members can handle this cauldron!" "Truly an emperor artifact forged from Chu family fortune and bloodline!" Long Yuan marveled inwardly. Though deeply connected to the Chu family's fortune, ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs, ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴠɪsɪᴛ novelꞁire.net he lacked their bloodline! Even system creations had rules even he couldn't circumvent! "Now try activating this artifact." But no matter how Chu Tianyang channeled energy into the Dragon Emperor Cauldron, it remained completely unresponsive. "This... Beast God, perhaps my cultivation is too weak to activate this artifact." Chu Tianyang shook his head helplessly. "Do you know what grade this artifact is?" "This junior cannot discern it." "It's an emperor artifact!" "E-emperor artifact? A Ninth-Tier emperor artifact?!" Chu Tianyang exclaimed in shock. "Why so loud? Stay calm!" "Indeed, it's a Ninth-Tier emperor artifact." "But not an ordinary one - it's a clan guardian artifact!" Long Yuan's massive form circled in the sky above. Only now did Chu Tianyang notice the Beast God's size had increased significantly! the Beast God's power had grown tremendously! "This emperor artifact was forged by combining your Chu family's fortune and bloodline as your clan's guardian treasure!" "After completion, even I couldn't lift it, yet you did so effortlessly because you bear the Chu family's fortune and bloodline!" "But do you know why you can't activate it?" "Because you're using the wrong method. This is a clan guardian artifact - it requires the Chu family's united will and fortune to unleash its full power!" "In other words, if you can unite the Chu family's will and mobilize their collective fortune, you can fully unleash this artifact's potential!" Long Yuan explained calmly. But how to mobilize clan fortune - this he didn't know, leaving Chu Tianyang to discover on his own. After all, clan fortune was something intangible and mysterious. Chu Tianyang stood stunned. Such an emperor artifact existed in this world? And the Beast God was actually an artifact forger too? this was the Beast God indeed! No wonder he could produce pills and artifacts so readily. Gazing at the great cauldron in his hands, his eyes filled with determination. Though he couldn't see clan fortune, even if just for this emperor artifact's sake, he would definitely discover how to mobilize their fortune and activate this clan guardian treasure!