Besides the jade tablet, Lu Ye also received a map of the Blood Refinement World from his Master Brother. This map is the result of years of exploration by many senior cultivators in the Blood Refinement World. While not as detailed as the ten-part map of the Nine Provinces, it's still quite sufficient. At least it's much more detailed than the map Lu Ye got from Lann Qiyue last time. Without further ado, upon exiting the grand hall, he immediately saw a brawny figure standing woodenly outside. Having been imprinted with the Soul Taming Divine Runes by Lu Ye, he could sense Lu Ye's presence to a certain extent. Seeing Lu Ye again, he forced a stiff smile on his face, then sprinted over with cheerful steps, looking exactly like a lost pet dog finding its owner. "Stay here!" Lu Ye ordered, and shot skyward. The smile on Dao Thirteen's face vanished instantly as he lowered his head, sullen and disheartened... Last time when Lu Ye returned to the Nine Provinces, he couldn't follow. Finally, meeting again this time, Lu Ye unexpectedly didn't take him along once more, leaving him a bit upset! His figure dashed out of the Sacred Island, crossed over the Empyrean Sea, and headed straight north. Last time, starting from the Thousand Streams Blessed Land, Lu Ye journeyed through mountains and rivers, eventually reaching the Righteous Blood Sacred Land, a trip taking several months. Luckily, he chanced upon Jian Guhong and others, who brought him into the Righteous Blood Sacred Land; otherwise, the time spent would have been even greater. This demonstrated the vastness of the Blood Refinement World. But back then, he merely had True Lake Realm cultivation; now, with Divine Sea Level 5 cultivation, the speed alone is incomparable to before. Lu Ye quietly calculated. At his current pace, if he takes a straight path from the Empyrean Sea to the Thousand Streams Blessed Land, it shouldn't take two months. Yet he was tasked with setting up Heaven's Augury Pillars throughout the Blood Refinement World, naturally unable to take a straight path. With a bit of planning, he decided on a zigzag path. This way, he can find suitable spots along the way to install Heaven's Augury Pillars, allowing the Nine Provinces cultivators to teleport directly to various places in the Blood Refinement World when the war starts, enabling flowering everywhere. Time might be tight, but he can only give it his best effort now. With the plan settled, the first task was to catch a suitable blood race member, imprint them with the Soul Taming Divine Runes, and turn them into his soul slave. His identity as a human race is ultimately inconvenient within this Blood Refinement World, unless he constantly uses Concealment Spirit Runes to hide his presence, which would be too troublesome. Therefore, the best way is to mimic last time's strategy. When he departed the Thousand Streams Blessed Land last time, he had a blood race soul slave named Yu Lingfeng, whose cover reduced many hassles. A hundred thousand miles around Empyrean Sea is devoid of any life forms. The blood race dare not casually step into this area to avoid being slain by humans of the Divine Sea Realm out for a stroll. As for the human race… Ever since the Righteous Blood Sacred Land was established, the Master Brother and others had relocated the human race within a hundred thousand mile radius into the Sacred Island, these humans being the current foundation of the Righteous Blood Sacred Land. Looking across the entire Blood Refinement World, the vicinity of the Empyrean Sea is the most sparsely populated. Only after crossing the hundred thousand mile range did Lu Ye see traces of human presence. There were villages of humans, as well as caves of blood race, though very sparse. The map given by Master Brother marked few Grotto Heaven Blessed Lands, but they don't need to be sought deliberately; just follow the direction where Heaven and Earth spirit force gathers, and they can naturally be found. Three days after leaving the Righteous Blood Sacred Land, Lu Ye flew from high above, and saw several streaks of blood light pass from the side a distance away. The other party evidently noticed him, too. Almost simultaneously, they tacitly changed direction, speeding towards each other. Lu Ye intended to find a suitable soul slave among them; one Divine Sea Realm blood race member was a good choice. As for these blood race members, they obviously sensed Lu Ye's identity as a human, harboring ill intentions. The fleeing light of humans and blood races is different. Due to blood techniques, the fleeing light of blood race is blood-colored, easily identifiable. Normally, when blood race encounters humans speeding around, they avoid them. Recently, Divine Sea Realm experts from the Righteous Blood Sacred Land have been stirring up trouble everywhere, and those human experts are not something ordinary blood race can confront; only Sacred Seeds can challenge them. But the spirit force Lu Ye showcased now belonged only to the Divine Sea Level 5 realm, clearly not the top-tier experts, prompting the blood race's interest. Under mutual intention, the distance quickly shortened. The blood race saw Lu Ye's appearance, evident relief washed over them. Being so young, it seemed impossible for Righteous Blood Sacred Land's top-tier experts to have such a youthful face, naturally assuming Lu Ye was just a regular Divine Sea Realm. Even so, the leading Divine Sea Realm blood race was not careless. Possessing Divine Sea Level 6 cultivation, he was a whole tier higher in realm than Lu Ye. Though his subordinates were all True Lake Realm, the blood techniques that blood race cultivates in the same vein could offer him considerable assistance. If he wants to secure Lu Ye in one fell swoop, he'll have to employ the most powerful blood technique to create a suitable combat space; otherwise, if that human race across detects unfavorable conditions, he could very well escape. In an instant, the Divine Sea Realm blood race hatched a plan. At the same time, Lu Ye was also considering how to subdue this blood race. It's certainly not difficult to kill, but killing the enemy and capturing them alive are two different things; the former is much simpler. Particularly after capturing them alive, he still needs to find a way to break through the opponent's psyche defense and plant the Soul Taming Divine Runes in their Divine Sea. A few years ago, during his journey south, although he had planted Soul Taming Runes in many Blood Race members, they were basically at the Blessed Land Master's level, which is the True Lake Realm. Only through a stroke of luck did he manage to enslave a Heavenly Venerable Blood Race of the Divine Sea Realm. Soul Taming is powerful, but wanting to deploy it is not an easy matter. Therefore, he must ensure that after displaying his formidable strength, this Blood Race of the Divine Sea Realm would not escape, or else, with the Blood Race's adept Blood Escape Technique, pursuing them would be quite difficult. He needs to fight swiftly to prevent attracting the attention of nearby Blood Race members. As both calculated, they simultaneously activated a technique. Blood River Technique! As a Final Achievement secret technique within the Blood Technique, the Blood River Technique integrates both offense and defense, especially effective in trapping the enemy. Once the enemy falls into the Blood River, if unable to escape, they can only be at one's mercy. The Blood Race of the Divine Sea Realm shuddered, blood Qi surged, and instantly a Blood River unfolded. At the same time, several True Lake Realm Blood Race members under him also activated the Blood River Technique, merging their Blood Rivers with his, enlarging the Blood River's scale. Almost simultaneously, the Blood Race of the Divine Sea Realm witnessed a shocking scene: the human race flying towards him was also surrounded by blood mist, unfolding a Blood River. Why can a human race also deploy the Blood River Technique? He didn't understand. Moreover, the Blood River Technique displayed by this human race seems to be even more intricate than his own, despite being of pure Blood Race lineage; especially the scale of the Blood River, which is immense, even with several attendants assisting him, cannot compare. In comparison, it's like a small snake versus a python. Lu Ye was somewhat surprised too, because previously when deploying the Blood River Technique, it wasn't of such large scale. However, considering the refinement of a vast vitality of the Insect Race after retaliating against the Great Secret Realm of the Insect Race, the growth in the Blood River is normal? After all, its foundation is vitality, the stronger the vitality, the greater the displayed power. After leaving the Great Secret Realm of the Insect Race, he hadn't activated the Blood River Technique again, and didn't realize such changes. It's a good thing for him. But for the Blood Race of the Divine Sea Realm it's a dreadful thing. If only the Blood River's scale was smaller than Lu Ye's, it would be fine, but what truly unsettles him is the intangible pressure emanating from Lu Ye's Blood River, causing his bloodline to tremble and his mind to be restless. This is… Bloodline Suppression! The opponent is a Sacred Seed! The Blood Race of the Divine Sea Realm was greatly alarmed, only managed to exclaim: "Spare me, Saintly Venerable." The two churning Blood Rivers were already colliding. Like a big fish swallowing a small fish, Lu Ye's Blood River directly enveloped the opponent's Blood River. His figure shuttled within the Blood River, with a few flashes of the saber, the several True Lake Realm Blood Race members had already perished. Lu Ye was somewhat puzzled, as whether True Lake Realm Blood Race or Divine Sea Realm Blood Race, all displayed horrified expressions. Combined with the previous words shouted by the Divine Sea Realm Blood Race, he suddenly had some guesses. The Boulder Mountain Saber rested on the neck of the Blood Race of the Divine Sea Realm, spirit force flickered, licking his skin like a venomous snake. A low voice sounded: "How do you want to die?" The Blood Race of the Divine Sea Realm trembled all over, never having resisted, and spoke in a trembling voice: "I did not know the Saintly Venerable was present, I have offended you, please forgive me!" Lu Ye's eyes slightly lowered, shouting: "Open your Divine Sea!" The Blood Race of the Divine Sea Realm quivered nervously: "What does the Saintly Venerable intend?" Though facing a Sacred Seed with inherent bloodline suppression, opening the Divine Sea still caused instinctive repulsion. Lu Ye said nothing, just slightly pressed the Boulder Mountain Saber against his neck. Instantly, the Blood Race cried out in pain. Such minor flesh wounds were naturally insufficient to make a Divine Sea Realm react so strongly; it was because the Boulder Mountain Saber, ever since integrating with the Soul Severing Saber, possesses soul severing capabilities, even the smallest cut impacts his psyche, the feedback felt as if being directly slashed by a saber. Realizing if he didn't comply, he would truly die here, the Blood Race of the Divine Sea Realm dared not hesitate and promptly opened his Divine Sea. Lu Ye was aware, quickly activating the Soul Taming Psyche to construct the Soul Taming Divine Runes deep within his Divine Sea. After a while, Lu Ye withdrew the Boulder Mountain Saber. The surging Blood Rivers also separated, returning into the bodies of both individuals respectively.
