Chapter 48: Chapter 48 - Grade 7 Genesis Qi, Lost Country Blessings

Zhou Yuan carefully observed the changes in his body.

The most noticeable one was that he broke through the advanced heaven gate realm, and this is the result when the blessing was not fully refined, this advance is just the tip of the iceberg.

The Wholeness he felt when he absorbed the Sacred Dragon Blessing was soothing to both his mind and Body.

Zhou Yuan also felt the changes in his Genesis Qi and started circulating the ancestral dragon scripture.

Sliver after sliver of scared dragon blessing was continuously absorbed by the Omni Python Qi.

Zhou Yuan detected a change in the Omni Python Qi, its dark gold luster turning a little brighter...

In addition, its grade was also steadily rising.

It quickly reached grade 6 and was still steadily rising.

Hints of azure gold started appearing in his Qi dwelling, indicating that his Genesis Qi was about to reach grade 7 he needed to patiently run the ancestral dragon scripture.

Nodding to Yaoyao, he sat on the ground as he started utilizing the ancestral dragon Scripture.

Azure Gold Light surrounded Zhou Yuan, it was increasing in intensity with each passing second.

The Great Wu Empire.

In a great hall where numerous officials discussed matters of the state.

A figure in dragon robes was seated on the king's seat. A powerful aura of dignity spread from his body, giving rise to respect in anyone who felt it.

Genesis Qi faintly converged above his head, seemingly forming a cloud for which Genesis Qi light shines down.

He was a middle-aged man with a stern and dignified face. Those eyes however were somewhat sunken, making him appear extremely cold.

This individual was the king of the Great Wu Empire, King Wu!

At this current moment, his eyes were slightly closed as he listened to the reports of his ministers.

All of a sudden, kind Wu's eyes opened, and looked outside the great hall. The roar of a dragon suddenly sounded in the sky above the royal palace as the Genesis Qi in the area began to descend into chaos.

The land shook as disorder began washing over the royal palace.

King Wu's expression immediately turned rather grim and stormy. Light surfaced in his eyes as he looked towards the sky outside the palace which was originally occupied by the presence of a dragon and phoenix.

These two presences swirled around the royal palace and represented the country's blessing of the Great Wu Empire.

At this current moment, the phoenix Qi was still present, but the dragon Qi was gone.

King Wu abruptly stood up, his expression changing drastically as he said in disbelief, "Something has happened to Huang'er?!"

"The Genesis Qi of the land shifting towards the east!"

"The east… that's towards the Great Zhou Empire!"

The expression in King Wu's eyes turned extremely terrifying. "Well done Great Zhou Empire, looks like you can't even die in peace!."

Although he did not know exactly what had happened, the country's blessing they lost had moved towards the Great Zhou Empire, causing the Genesis Qi of the land to shift towards the east.

He suddenly looked towards his officials and sternly commanded, "Quick, immediately send men to the Saint Remains Domain and find the crown prince. They must ensure his safety!"

...

The Great Zhou Empire.

In the royal palace, Zhou Qing was accompanying Qin Yu for a stroll in the flower park. His footsteps suddenly paused, somewhat bewildered as he lifted his head in uncertainty.

Genesis Qi surged in his eyes, and he immediately saw a peculiar presence appear out of nowhere with a sudden surge of Qi. The presence flew about for a moment before making itself comfortable, taking on the shape of a dragon.

At this moment, the Genesis Qi in the entire Great Zhou Empire seemed to become a little more lively and robust.

Zhou Qing was stunned and involuntarily cried out, "This, this is a country blessing?!"

Back in its golden age, the Great Zhou Empire naturally possessed a country's blessing. It was only later on after the Wu clan's rebellion, when the Great Zhou Empire had weakened that its country's blessing dissipated substantially, the tiny bit left bitterly persevering.

Who could have imagined that it would appear again today?!

Zhou Qing blankly stared at this scene. Moments later, his eyes reddened as he said in a trembling voice, "It's Yuan'er!"

"Yuan'er must have taken back the sacred dragon blessing!"

"Yuan'er was headed for the Saint Remains Domain. He must have encountered Wu Huang and taken back that portion of Sacred Dragon Blessing.

"Is that true?!"

Qin Yu also found this unbelievable but was so overjoyed that tears began gathering in her eyes.

Zhou Qing forcefully nodded his head. "Or else the country guardian dragon Qi would not possibly appear in the Great Zhou Empire!"

He could not help but laugh heartily, those usually tiger-like eyes were now flooding with uncontrollable tears.

"Excellent! Excellent! Let's see who still dares to say our Yuan'er is the crippled dragon of the Zhou clan!"

For the past few years, he had been under tremendous pressure from King Wu and the Great Wu Empire. He had painstakingly tried to hold the Great Zhou Empire together, but each day was filled with darkness, not the slightest ray of hope to be seen.

In addition, Zhou Qing's failure to protect Zhou Yuan and allow such a calamity to befall him at his birth was something Zhou Qing deeply reproached himself for.

All till now...

He raised his head and looked toward the direction of the Great Wu Empire as if seeing King Wu's enraged appearance.

"King Wu… you believed that taking my son's sacred dragon blessing would plummet him into an endless abyss…"

"You believed that you had already won, right?"

"However, it seems…"

"That you still haven't won completely!"

"And my Great Zhou has not lost completely either!"

...

An old, ancient hall sat on a certain mountain peak, mists swirling around it.

In a pavilion within, a young lady in purple opened her long and narrow eyes. Her beautiful face was peculiarly bewitching, with the potential to charm anyone already visible even at such a young age.

Especially her presence, noble and mysterious like a phoenix.

This was the Great Wu Empire's Wu Yao.

She had just moments ago faintly felt that something had happened.

The young lady indifferently muttered to herself, "Wu Huang… I told you that you will sooner or later lose due to your pride and arrogance."

She was Wu Huang's twin and had also obtained a portion of the sacred dragon blessing which naturally allowed her to sense the changes in it.

Wu Huang had lost.

Moreover, he had last to the so-called crippled dragon from the Great Zhou Empire.

However, Wu Yao did not feel anything towards Wu Huang's loss and the subsequent seizure of the sacred dragon blessing.

Because she was a cold and aloof person.

In addition, she could detect the abnormal love Wu Huang had towards her, something that she was not fond of at all.

"Zhou Yuan…"

She softly said his name. Soon after, a bewitching smile rose from the corners of her red lips as she softly said, "It seems that you truly are that sacred dragon. Even after falling into a dark abyss, you still managed to crawl back out…"

Her gaze lifted slightly as if piercing through space to see a certain figure in Cangxuan Heaven.

"I know that you want to take back all of the sacred dragon blessing, right? What a coincidence. The truth is that I too plan on enjoying the blessing alone…"

Wu Yao's slender fingers gently lifted the fine black hair that hung over her cheek, her dignified-looking eyes slowly closing as a faint voice seemed to sound.

"Zhou Yuan, keep on growing even stronger… because the day we eventually meet will be the day I devour you…"

"You should take care. After all, I am not an idiot like Wu Huang…"

"Heehee…"

It would seem that the little phoenix was still in the delusion that they were more worthy of Sacred Dragon Blessing.

Zhou Yuan didn't know of this, but even if he knew he would at most shake his head and say, 'Women'.

...

As Yaoyao had killed Ye Ming, and Luluo killed Zhu Ying after recovering, both of them had left their names on the saint tablet.

Meanwhile, as soon as Zhou Killed the other 3 and Wu Huang his name also appeared on the Saint Tablet once again, shocking the other participants, but some were also happy as they were harrassed by the Dongxuan Continent geniuses.

All those who had malicious intent towards Zhou Yuan were silenced.

...

Outside the Saint Remains Domain.

Zhao Pan's expression was dark and stormy as he retrieved a star disc from his clothes. Starlight shined from it, gathering in front of him to ultimately form a spatial passageway.

Swish!

A flash of starlight shot out from within, landing on the star disc together with Wu Huang's Spirit.

Zhao Pan was the one who had saved Wu Huang's Spirit.

After he sensed that Wu Huang's body was killed due to the imprint he had left on him he took the initiative to collect his spirit.

He did not know who killed him, it could only be found after the competition for the main blessing began.

Nearby, Mu Wuji sneered and said, "Heh, I never imagined that you would have even brought the Sacred Palace's Star Spirit Disc. Could you guys have predicted Wu Huang's loss?"

Mu Wuji could naturally recognize Wu Huang's spirit.

Zhao Pan's expression was white with anger, but he ignored the former and instead shot a cold glance at the Spirit in the star disc as he scolded in his heart, "What a useless piece of trash. If not for the palace master, I would not have saved you…"

Although he was furious at Wu Huang's uselessness, he still carefully kept the star disc, allowing Wu Huang's Spirit to recover within it.

After all, before leaving Sacred Palace, the palace master had personally tasked him to bring Wu Huang back even if all that was left was a tiny wisp of his Spirit.

Zhao Pan had initially scoffed at such a notion, but who could have imagined that Wu Huang's physical body would be slain, only escaping with his Spirit...

...

Yaoyao and Luluo sat on the side as they observed Zhou Yuan.

"Sister Yaoyao, what is going on with Zhou Yuan", Luluo who was a little clueless asked curiously.

Yaoyao thought for a moment and answered truthfully, "He is upgrading his Genesis Qi.", It was not like Luluo had malicious intent, and even if she had, she could protect Zhou Yuan.

"Ohh", Hearing this answer Luluo was shocked for a while, but then looked at Zhou Yuan with some Envy.

But it was just some envy, she was not jealous of Zhou Yuan, as she had seen while he had talent he was also very hardworking and diligent which explains his Progress in Cultivation.

After some time, a pillar of tyrannical Azure Gold Genesis Qi surrounded Zhou Yuan signifying that his Genesis Qi was upgraded to Grade 7 World Subduing Heavenly Serpent Qi.

This Genesis Qi was incomparably tyrannical and powerful and the Top of the Grade 7 Genesis Qi list, and could easily compete with the average Grade 8 Genesis Qi, a testament to its power.

Feeling its power Zhou Yuan was joyful, no matter how he tried he could not suppress his joy.

He stood up and in an instant, he was in front of Yaoyao.

He hugged her and began to spin around as if to vent his joy and excitement.

"Yaoyao, I did it, I took back part of the Sacred Dragon Blessing.", Zhou Yuan said to Yaoyao all the while he smiled widely.

Yaoyao on the other hand was a little dazed for a while, before she smiled in relief.

From the day, she came back with him, she could see how hard he trained, without any rest as if he was racing against time.

She admired this trait of his, but sometimes she would also get worried for him.

But seeing him smile so widely with such a joyful countenance made her realize just what was his motive behind such rigorous practice and routine.

She hugged him back tightly and whispered in his ears, "I am very happy for you Yuan, but I want you to promise me something."

"What promise?", Zhou Yuan leaned his torso back a little and looked at the fairy in his arms curiously.

"That you will try to relax once in a while, I'm so worried for you, the way you train leaves you no way to relax what if you hurt yourself due to overexertion, last and most importantly you also need to spend time with me mister.", She said in an admonishing tone while pouting slightly.

Zhou Yuan for his part was a little stupified.

But as he recalled his past actions he realized that he never did truly relax.

Looking at Yaoyao in his arms he smiled before hugging her even tighter.

"Thank you for your concern Yaoyao I promise you that I will spend so much time with you that you will insist that I leave quickly to practice.", Zhou Yuan said with a teasing smile, his words containing serious double meanings.

How could Yaoyao not notice it, she did not say anything but blushed even more as she buried her face on his shoulder.

While they were in their little world, Luluo was biting her teeth as she looked at the Dog food being spread by them.

"These guys do they want to keep spreading dog food wherever they go", she mumbled as she recalled the various instances like this between Zhou Yuan and Yaoyao.

Although they looked very good like this, it was uncomfortable to look at due to her being single.

But this thought was soon discarded as she realized that even if she had a relationship with someone she would still likely envy them.

"Little Frost, let's go", Luluo said and retreated a little behind and turned around signifying that she no longer wanted to eat dog food.

Meanwhile, both Zhou Yuan and Yaoyao heard her mumbling due to their sharp senses but did not move away from each other as if enjoying each other's embrace.