In the Secret Room of Cultivation, Xu Bai sat cross-legged on the ground paved with top-grade Spirit Stones.
He first placed the Red String quietly in front of him, and then took a deep breath, calming his somewhat excited heart.
After all, ever since he accidentally obtained the Ocean Pearl that year, it had been a long time since he had stumbled upon a treasure.
Xu Bai narrowed his eyes and thought over the process and details of his journey to the Empire several times.
“It should not be Little Green and the others’ arrangement. This time it was I who took the initiative to go to them, and the request to see Xu Ke’s legacy was also made by me.”
“Moreover, they indeed did not know about the special features of the Red String…”
After pondering for a long time and not finding any flaws, Xu Bai did not touch the Red String. Instead, he took out the Book Worm first.
As if it were a living creature, the book flipped its pages on its own, projecting many words and images above it.
“Sacred Blood Reincarnation…”
A moment later, a sharp gleam flashed in Xu Bai’s eyes.
“Indeed worthy of being the person valued by Mr. Bai, the one who founded the entire Exotic Beast Empire. The mysteriousness of this Holy Blood Reincarnation Technique is almost unsurpassed by any other cloning Divine Technique.”
The “Extraordinary True Spirit Transformation Technique” creates a clone by directly using treasures of heaven and earth to refine flesh and blood. Then, it injects consciousness into it, severing the connection between the clone and the original, forming an entirely independent individual.
This Sacred Blood Reincarnation, however, can differentiate and create another body identical to one’s own without relying on any Spiritual Power or consciousness, merely by cultivating one’s own Blood Essence and flesh.
The entire process is akin to regenerating a severed limb. However, what regrows is another self.
Before the clone completely separates from the body, it remains connected to the original’s flesh and blood. Much like the process of human reproduction, Xu Ke named it the Sacred Blood Reincarnation.
Xu Bai then took out three items from the Storage Ring that catalyze the Sacred Blood Reincarnation process.
They were the Eternal Dragon Blood, the Sacred Scripture Worm, and the Core of Pure Light.
Originally, as Xu Ke transmitted the Holy Blood Reincarnation Technique with mortals who had no cultivation base in mind, the gestation of the Sacred Embryo, that is, the next generation, was quite lengthy. It generally needed almost half a year’s time for the Sacred Embryo to slowly mature.
During this period, it was necessary to continually consume various tonic herbs and meats to maintain the necessary nutrients for the normal growth of the Sacred Embryo.
However, over the thousands of years of development history of the Empire, through the research of successive Emperors, methods were found to utilize the miraculous properties of various Exotic Beasts to catalyze this process.
The Eternal Dragon Blood can greatly promote the circulation of vitality within the body, reducing the gestation period for the Sacred Embryo from almost half a year to a month or even just a few days.
The Sacred Scripture Worm nourishes the spirit.
The Core of Pure Light, when implanted within the Sacred Embryo, ensures that the embryo is not affected by disasters or illnesses during gestation.
“Every advantage has its disadvantage. By leveraging external forces, one can significantly reduce the incubation time of the Sacred Embryo, but this also creates numerous drawbacks. The hurriedly developed Sacred Embryo is almost identical to the original body. It’s almost indistinguishable from a clone, just as Little Green said.”
“However, the original Holy Blood Reincarnation Technique, over the years, would develop its own strand of consciousness within the Sacred Embryo. It resembled the original body mostly in form only.”
“Between these two methods, it’s hard to say which is superior and which is inferior.”
Xu Bai’s gaze swept over these three items, musing to himself.
“However, this method of quick fruition is precisely what I need right now.”
After absorbing the Eternal Dragon Blood into his stomach, Xu Bai silently began to operate the Holy Blood Reincarnation Technique.
An intense burning sensation emerged from his abdomen, then like a fiery flood, it instantly spread throughout his limbs and bones.
A giant tumor suddenly sprouted from Xu Bai’s back.
Flesh and tissue writhed within it; the tumor kept expanding, and in the blink of an eye, grew from the size of a fist to that of a baby.
It was fortunate that the clothing Xu Bai wore was fashioned by Fang Zaiji, capable of withstanding Unity-Path attacks, or else he would have had the trouble of his clothes bursting.
The Saint blood gestation allows for any part of the body to be chosen as the growth point for the Sacred Embryo based on one’s thoughts.
The emperors of the Empire each had their own preferences. Xu Bai chose his back.
Perhaps it was influenced by the scene he had witnessed when he was still a Foundation Establishment Cultivator being pursued by a red-haired Nascent Soul, “The Nascent Soul phantom like a parasite hunched over behind the Volcano Cave Heaven.”
“Without the vigorous vitality brought by the generation of the Five Elements, the flesh and tissue simply entered a state of hyperactivation, breaking the normal limits of division.”
“The so-called Eternal Dragon is nothing but a long Jiao that has reverted back to the Azure God Dragon bloodline. Yet it still has such a significant effect on Nascent Soul Monks,” Xu Bai mused, feeling an ant-like itch on his back that made him inwardly shudder.
The scorching Eternal Dragon Blood surged ceaselessly within Xu Bai.
In the blink of an eye, seven days passed.
The flesh lump on Xu Bai’s back had now vaguely taken on the appearance of a “person.”
And in Xu Bai’s perception, this Sacred Embryo really felt like a part of his own body, which he could manipulate at will.
With a thought from Xu Bai, the Sacred Embryo followed his will, performing a variety of ceaseless actions. It was just that the Sacred Embryo had not yet fully developed, and resembled a figure with its face covered in cloth, unclear of its features, giving off a somewhat horrifying taste.
“The time has come.” After becoming thoroughly familiar with the Sacred Embryo, Xu Bai’s spiritual consciousness manipulated the Core of Pure Light, slowly approaching the flesh lump.
The bulging flesh was as if nonexistent.
Without any hindrance, the Core of Pure Light directly drilled into it.
Xu Bai distinctly felt the originally wildly and chaotically proliferating flesh and tissue within the Sacred Embryo calm down slowly.
The Core of Pure Light gradually dissolved into the flesh, causing the bulge on Xu Bai’s back to faintly emit a white light.
Limbs and features all began to differentiate from within the Sacred Embryo.
Thus, after half a day had passed, a smooth “person” appeared on Xu Bai’s back.
To say he was smooth was because at that moment, his entire body was not only devoid of a single hair.
Even the skin’s creases were nonexistent.
Just like something carved from white jade, it emitted a pale luster.
“Now for the final step.”
“My spiritual consciousness far exceeds that of mortals, so I won’t be needing this Sacred Scripture Worm to replenish mental expenditure.”
Xu Bai concentrated a portion of his intention upon the Sacred Embryo on his back.
Operating the Sacred Blood Reincarnation Technique, in his visualization, the Sacred Embryo underwent heaven-overturning and earth-upending changes in an instant.
Bones formed, and the originally limp Sacred Embryo expanded and straightened up like an inflating balloon.
Hair, nails, and skin in different parts of the body appeared sequentially.
It was as if a master sculptor was meticulously carving upon what was originally a bare physique.
The traces of a human within the Sacred Embryo grew more and more distinct.
The face of the Sacred Embryo on Xu Bai’s back, akin to a mirrored image, suddenly opened its eyes.
At the same time, the connected flesh between the Sacred Embryo and the main body began to shed layer by layer.
The Sacred Embryo Xu Bai gently patted the main body’s shoulder before lightly landing on the ground.
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