Peerless Dragon Sovereign

"Hidden Blood, how is this possible, is there truly such a legendary blood in the world?"

Huo Mingxian's words were like a thunderbolt exploding next to Ji Shenfa's ears, making him involuntarily widen his eyes, his face full of incredulity.

He stared intently at Huo Mingxian, his gaze filled with suspicion and confusion.

Ji Shenfa came from an ancient family with deep roots in the two realms, possessing an extensive collection of ancient texts.

He had read many secrets about human martial artists in his family's books, and naturally knew of the legendary Hidden Blood and its origins.

According to what he knew, at the beginning of time, the first to be born in the world were the Ancestors.

These Ancestors were born of heaven and earth, their bodies, bloodlines, and souls were condensed from the great Dao of heaven and earth, essentially incarnations of the way of the world.

The Ancestors were immensely powerful, among the most formidable beings in existence.

And after the Ancestors were born, ordinary life came into existence.

The Ancestors combined with ordinary life to produce descendants with Ancestral blood.

These descendants, who inherited the strength of the Ancestors, were called Ancestral Beings, inheriting the Ancestors' formidable abilities.

Even just a trace of Ancestral blood passed down was an extremely frightening existence.

Even in the lower realm, those Primordial Demon Beasts unworthy of being called Ancestral Beings, regardless of cultivation, each possessed unique abilities.

This group of Ancestral Beings was the initial masters of this world, while the human race, as ordinary life, were merely slaves and food for the Ancestral Beings, the lowest of all species.

Had things developed normally, the Ancestral Beings would have forever ruled this world.

Until ancient times, the Martial Ancestor, originally only a slave to the Ancestral Beings, observed them and combined human characteristics to develop the human race's unique Martial Dao.

Furthermore, he discovered, based on Martial Dao, the hard-to-extract power within human martial artists.

These were known as the Nine Great Secrets!

The Nine Great Secrets were said to be the source of the Martial Dao, capable of bringing immense benefits upon unlocking any one of them, comparable to the power flowing within Ancestral Beings from the dawn of heaven and earth.

Thus, the Martial Ancestor spread the Martial Dao, cultivating a great number of human martial artists who unlocked the Nine Great Secret Realms.

And at the end of ancient times, seizing the opportunity of internal strife among the Ancestral Beings, they defeated them, allowing the human race to grow from the weakest species to the rulers of the upper, middle, and lower realms.

But with the passage of time, the world changed drastically, and without the infinite cultivation resources of ancient times,

the number of martial artists capable of unlocking the Nine Great Secrets dwindled, even in the Heavenly Balance Realm only a handful, and in the Celestial Crossing Realm they faded into oblivion, with no one knowing what the Nine Great Secrets were anymore.

However, since the Nine Great Secrets began to surface in ancient times, rumors gradually emerged of certain martial artists possessing unique and special bloodlines.

This bloodline naturally displayed the secrets, revealing boundless power.

Martial artists with this bloodline found it easier than others to unlock the Nine Great Secrets.

This bloodline was named Hidden Blood, recorded only in ancient texts, and rumor had it that the Martial Ancestor was the first possessor of Hidden Blood.

The Hidden Blood could even unlock all the secrets, containing limitless power, unquestionably the most terrifying bloodline constitution in existence!

And now, the ancient times are too far away, and after the division of the two realms, the Celestial Crossing Realm's Martial Dao is weak, making Hidden Blood a mere legend.

Thus, Ji Shenfa is unwilling to believe it.

Yet Huo Mingxian firmly states, "I can swear on my life that Chu Nan carries Hidden Blood within him, his bloodline holds the secret to unlocking the Nine Great Secrets."

"He is already at the Unification Realm. If you have the fortune to consume a drop of his blood, you will feel that all the heavenly treasures of the world are worthless."

"If not for the allure of this bloodline, why would my Huo family oppose him?"

Ji Shenfa looked at Huo Mingxian's determined eyes, his heart swaying, ultimately asking solemnly, "Do you have any evidence?"

Huo Mingxian chuckled softly, appearing exceptionally alluring.

She slowly retrieved a porcelain bottle from her bosom and said, "Chu Nan's origins are a great secret, I was by his side when he was born."

"This bottle contains a few drops of blood that accidentally flowed out after his birth."

"At that time, Chu Nan had no cultivation, the effect of the Hidden Blood was not apparent, but even so, you can certainly sense the power of that mysterious bloodline from this blood."

Ji Shenfa solemnly accepted the porcelain bottle, somewhat suspicious that Huo Mingxian might be using the pretense of verifying Hidden Blood to harm him.

But then he thought, the Royal Family and the Huo family have no deep hatred.

Moreover, if Huo Mingxian wanted him dead, she could just have the Cyan Demon act, there was no need for subterfuge.

Ji Shenfa trembled as he opened the porcelain bottle, and indeed, a sweet scent of bloodline rushed forth. He couldn't help but shudder before even refining it, feeling as if something inside him was about to explode.

Hidden Blood was extremely peculiar, weaker martial artists could only feel an enhancement to cultivation aptitude from this bloodline.

But in the eyes of martial artists with profound cultivation, the true value of this blood was unmistakable.

He even felt an urge to drink it all at once, but Huo Mingxian reached out with a jade hand and snatched it back, saying, "Now do you believe?"

Ji Shenfa wore an expression of lingering desire on his face, looking at Huo Mingxian with a gaze of unspoken words.

That was Hidden Blood, he even wanted to exchange all his treasures for it.

This impulse grew stronger and stronger until Huo Mingxian put away the Hidden Blood, and he gradually calmed down.

After calming down, Ji Shenfa couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly, "Huo Mingxian, oh Huo Mingxian, the secret you've told me is too terrifying."

"Knowing about Chu Nan's Hidden Blood, I will surely find a way to seal the news and obtain it for myself, how could I spread it?"

Some secrets can be tools to entice others to fulfill one's own goals, but some secrets too frightening can only be buried within one's heart.

If Huo Mingxian hadn't repeatedly failed in her attempts against Chu Nan, she would not have chosen to tell Ji Shenfa.

She said nonchalantly, "It's okay, I've already spread the secret of Hidden Blood. Even if you block the news, as long as you relentlessly target Chu Nan, this secret will eventually be exposed."

"Hidden Blood will drive any martial artist insane, it can resurrect the dead, heal the flesh, and unlock the most fearsome potential within a martial artist."

"The allure of this bloodline surpasses all heavenly-grade Spirit Martial, if it spreads, no one will remain rational."

"Even the Celestial Master helping Chu Nan fight alongside you will surely be unable to resist striking against Chu Nan."

"With Chu Nan betrayed and alone, even with the highest talent under heaven and earth, he will be unable to advance even an inch!"

"Ultimately, he will perish at the hands of all martial artists in the Celestial Crossing Realm!"