The Sovereign's Ascension

Everyone from the Demonic Constellation Realm had a solemn expression as if they were performing an ancient ceremony. Lin Yun had to admit that he was startled. As Lil’ Red swung the Heavenly Demonic Dipper Staff around, Lin Yun realized that the staff had a bigger origin than he had imagined.

He knew that Lil’ Red must be using the Ancient Dracoape Art to manipulate the Heavenly Demonic Dipper Staff to create the phenomenon. However, the power was a little too terrifying. Additionally, Lil’ Red’s cultivation technique came from Yue Weiwei, which probably meant that Yue Weiwei had a terrifying origin in Kunlun Realm.

While Lin Yun was in deep thought, the phenomenon in the sky disappeared. Then, Lil’ Red landed on the ground, staring at the staff while chuckling incessantly.

Once everyone from the Demonic Constellation Realm got back up, their expression became unnatural, especially Wu Mu. After all, he was the one who said Lil’ Red could have the staff if successful. Not only was Lil’ Red capable of pulling it out of the ground, it was even able to unleash the full power of the demonic dipper metal.

But Wu Mu was naturally unwilling to give it away. It was a dao artifact with great importance to the Demonic Constellation Realm.

“Brother Wu, it’s fine if you were just making a joke.” Lin Yun didn’t want to put Wu Mu in a tough spot and wanted Lil’ Red to return the staff.

But when Wu Mu heard those words, he quickly started waving his hand, “No, no, no. How can I possibly go back on my word? Furthermore, the Heavenly Demonic Dipper Staff can truly shine in the Dragon Blooded Cat’s hands, so it’s not bad.”

Hearing Wu Mu’s words, Lil’ Red became excited and held onto the Heavenly Demonic Dipper Staff tightly.

Lin Yun fell into deep thoughts before he said, “I won’t take advantage of you, so what do you think about this? In addition to taking a third of the Gold-furred Demonic Ape’s blood essence, you can also have the other materials. Oh, you’ll be facing your fourth tribulation soon, right? I’ll give you another 800 divine astral pellets to help out.”

Wu Mu and the others looked at Lin Yun with disbelief. Eight hundred divine astral pellets? Did I hear that correctly? Everyone from the Demonic Constellation Realm was shocked because 800 hundred divine astral pellets was an unthinkable amount.

Lin Yun didn’t bother with their thoughts and tapped his interspatial pouch to retrieve a chest. The chest was sealed with spiritual talismans and contained divine astral pellets. When Wu Mu opened the chest, he was dazzled by the sheer number of divine astral pellets.

Part of the reason why he sold his services to Mo Yan was that he urgently needed 100 divine astral pellets. Who would have thought that it would lead to 800 more from Lin Yun?

Taking a deep breath to calm himself down, Wu Mu turned to look at Lin Yun, “Brother Lin, your generosity has won me over. I’m ashamed to take so many divine astral pellets, but I desperately need them. Otherwise, I won’t be able to compete with the other experts in the Azure Dragon Forbidden Realm. I can’t be polite right now, but I will help you in the future if you ever need anything. My Demonic Constellation Realm doesn’t have many merits, but we don’t fear death.”

Wu Mu was really humble. But going so far as to say he wasn’t afraid of death was truly worthy of Lin Yun’s respect. After all, Wu Mu didn’t hesitate to charge at the Gold-furred Demonic Ape when he was nearly torn in two. Someone like Wu Mu matched Lin Yun’s temper well, so the two chatted for a long time.

During this period, Wu Mu explained why they bowed to the Ancient Dracoape’s image. It turned out that Wu Mu’s clan had the Ancient Dracoape’s bloodline and the Ancient Dracoape was their totem. The Ancient Dracoape was sacred in the Demonic Constellation Realm.

After they were done chatting, they started splitting up the Gold-furred Demonic Ape’s corpse. Lin Yun only took the beast core and gave everything else away. While digging around, Wu Mu found a rib engraved with spiritual runes. If it was tempered well, it could be turned into a weapon no weaker than a dao artifact. This meant that he wouldn’t have to fight with his bare hands in the Azure Dragon Forbidden Realm.

After Wu Mu extracted the blood essence, he looked at Lil’ Red and said, “This Dragon Blooded Cat’s vitality is shocking, but it’s also dangerous for it to refine two-third of the blood essence. Our clan has a secret technique passed down by our ancestors. If you can trust me, I can help it refine the Gold-furred Demonic Ape’s blood essence.”

Upon hearing that, Lin Yun’s eyes lit up and nodded, “That would be even better.”

If Lil’ Red could refine the Gold-furred Demonic Ape’s bloodline, it could easily reach the second soul Heavenly Soul Realm. With the Heavenly Demonic Dipper Staff in its hands, its strength would probably grow to a terrifying height.

“First, take out 100 divine astral pellets.”

Listening to Wu Mu, Lin Yun withdrew 100 divine astral pellets from his interspatial pouch. This amount was equivalent to 1,000,000 astral pellets, so the valley was instantly flooded with astral energy. Wu Mu didn’t dare to be careless and had Lil’ Red jump into the pile of divine astral pellets.

“Demonic dipper metal.” As Wu Mu spoke, an elite from the Demonic Constellation Realm walked out with a piece of metal enveloped in the crimson aura.

“Ancient Dracoape. Please let the demonic constellation blaze for eternity!” As Wu Mu started forming ancient seals, strands of black flames flew out of him, which instantly melted the divine astral pellets and demonic dipper metal. Then, the flames formed an ancient spiritual array that emitted an ancient and barbaric aura.

Lil’ Red, who was sitting, started gritting its teeth, but it didn’t scream. The silence lasted for a brief moment before it gave up and started screaming in pain. Lin Yun’s face changed as he moved to stop Wu Mu. However, he saw the stubbornness in Lil’ Red’s eyes. Clearly, Lil’ Red had no intentions of giving up.

This fool… Lin Yun’s eyes became watery as he watched Lil’ Red. He suddenly recalled how Lil’ Red risked its life to protect him when they were at the Skymound Mountain Range. It always had a determined side, especially when it tried to protect Lin Yun.

Although Lil’ Red might seem lazy, it was just as determined as Lin Yun. Although everyone called Lil’ Red his pet, he treated this fool like a brother.

“Brother Lin, the blood essence.” Wu Mu grit his teeth as sweat dropped from his forehead.

You have to hold on! Lin Yun’s eyes flashed with a decisive light as he threw the blood essence into the ancient array. Through the spiritual array, the blood essence came to life and started squirming towards Lil’ Red. When the blood essence entered Lil’ Red’s body, Lil’ Red began to roar even louder. Pain was written all over its face while the divine astral pellets were being exhausted at a rapid pace.

“More divine astral pellets!” Wu Mu yelled.

Without hesitation, Lin Yun pulled out 200 more divine astral pellets.

“It’s not enough!” A while later, Wu Mu’s face changed because Lil’ Red’s appetite had far exceeded his imagination. It seemed to have practiced a cultivation technique and the thirst in its bloodline was unimaginable.

Lin Yun’s face changed and he hesitated briefly. Then, he threw 300 more divine astral pellets into the spiritual array.

An hour later, the flames in the array started to die down, which made the face of Demonic Constellation Realm’s geniuses change. They began to wonder how terrifying the Dragon Blooded Cat’s bloodline was to require such an enormous amount of divine astral pellets.

This was also the first time Wu Mu had run into such a situation. Anyone could tell that he was having a hard time holding on.

Even before Wu Mu could say a word, Lin Yun threw another 400 divine astral pellets into the ancient spiritual array. So far, he used a total of 1,000 divine astral pellets. When the boundless astral energy spread out, the ground started turning red as if it were on fire.

Simultaneously, Lil’ Red had reached its bottleneck, so its body began to swell up. Lin Yun began to worry. Initially, he thought there wouldn’t be any mishaps with Wu Mu helping out. However, Lil’ Red had too great of an appetite and exhausted 1,000 divine astral pellets. He wasn’t sure what would happen anymore.

Black flames shot into the sky as the array exploded. Lin Yun was nearly sent flying by the immense power as he stood still with shock.

“Did it fail?” Lin Yun asked.

“No, it was a success,” said Wu Mu. Stones rose up from the broken array as demonic dipper metal started to merge with the flames to create a dracoape statue that enveloped Lil’ Red.

Soon after, the dracoape statue grew to a terrifying height of 1,000 meters. Only after watching this scene, did Wu Mu let out a sigh of relief. “This fellow is a monster. There’s a record that a senior of my clan only manifested a statue of three hundred meters when he went through his tribulation.”

While Wu Mu spoke, the other Demonic Constellation Realm cultivators were exclaiming at the size of Lil’ Red’s statue.

“The seal will break in half a month to a month. At that time, the Dragon Blooded Cat will be in the second soul Heavenly Soul Realm.” Wu Mu’s gaze burned fiercely as he said, “I really want to see how strong it’ll become. Perhaps it’s fated that the sacred artifact of my clan ends up in its hands.”

Lin Yun also smiled as his nerves finally disappeared. He knew that Wu Mu was leaving soon with the opening of the Azure Dragon Forbidden Realm quickly approaching. Wu Mu was definitely going to use the remaining time to go into seclusion.

“Brother Lin, you don’t have to send me off. We’ll meet again in two months. I believe that you’ll shock everyone with your strength at that time,” laughed Wu Mu. Clearly, he would give respect to the strong, regardless of their origin.

“Yes, we’ll meet again.” Lin Yun cupped his hands together in response.

After the Demonic Constellation Realm left, Lin Yun turned to look at the massive statue. He knew that he also had to start refining the Gold-furred Demonic Ape’s beast core or else he would be left behind by Lil’ Red.