SACRED BODY OF THE IMMORTALS

Chapter 1178 - 1178 Check-in Eight-Star Reward

That drop of blood was a vivid crimson, brilliant as a fire diamond.

No one knew how many ages had passed, yet it still radiated a qi and blood so overwhelming it was terrifying.

The entire Blood Slaughter Phantom Realm had even formed because of this single drop of blood.

In the depths of the Void Heaven Realm, the blood of an Ancient Holy Body had appeared.

What did this represent?

In that great battle hidden within ancient history, the lineage of the Holy Body had been an absolute cornerstone force.

This drop of blood should have been left behind from that battle.

So much time had passed since then that the years stretched beyond imagination.

Yet this drop of blood was still fresh and alive, like a beating heart, as though pulsing with life.

"The blood of the Holy Body lineage is always veiled in a brilliant golden hue, while the perfected Great Accomplishment Holy Body returns to its original nature, reverting to its true color."

"And this drop of blood has absolutely reached perfection — even among Great Accomplishment Holy Bodies, it is a flawless existence without peer."

Jun Xiaoyao was deeply curious: who exactly was the owner of this drop of blood?

"Though I don't know who it belongs to, it holds tremendous significance for me."

Jun Xiaoyao's gaze was bright and clear.

To him, the value of this drop of blood was absolutely no lesser than the Six Paths of Reincarnation Immortal Root.

Although Jun Xiaoyao had signed in at birth and obtained an Ancient Holy Body that had broken through ten shackles,

strictly speaking, it could not yet be considered a Great Accomplishment.

A true Great Accomplishment Ancient Holy Body was an existence that could stand shoulder to shoulder with the great emperors and sovereigns.

Jun Xiaoyao simply possessed a perfect Holy Body with no limitations.

And now, this drop of blood was enormously important to him.

It was the blood of the supreme pinnacle of the Holy Body lineage, and it would be of tremendous help in comprehending the secrets of the Holy Body.

And besides, one must not forget.

Of the six great manifestations of the Ancient Holy Body, Jun Xiaoyao had only comprehended four of them.

It was not that his comprehension was lacking.

Rather, there were simply too many techniques and divine abilities he needed to understand, and on top of that, he had spent a great deal of time later cultivating the Chaos Constitution.

So he had no surplus energy to devote to comprehending the Holy Body manifestations.

But now, after obtaining this drop of blood,

Jun Xiaoyao would not only be able to use it to temper his own Holy Body, but also gain the opportunity to comprehend the Holy Body manifestations.

When all six manifestations gathered and formed the Six Paths of Reincarnation, he would be able to sweep through all enemies across the ages.

It was just like the nine divine forms of the Domination Body — once all were comprehended, the power would multiply manifold.

Without a moment's hesitation, Jun Xiaoyao directly put away this drop of Holy Body blood.

If anyone else had come here, merely approaching this drop of blood would have shattered their divine soul.

Because Holy Body blood is the most unyielding and most yang of forces.

And the divine soul is yin in nature, utterly unable to draw near.

Jun Xiaoyao was completely unaffected, because he himself was a Holy Body.

After putting away this drop of perfect holy blood, Jun Xiaoyao's mood lifted considerably.

"The sign-in hasn't triggered yet, so I should be able to continue going deeper."

Having made that judgment, Jun Xiaoyao pressed forward into the depths.

He sensed carefully and faintly detected that even deeper within, there seemed to be a faint ripple of reincarnation.

And not long after Jun Xiaoyao pushed further inward,

three figures appeared outside the Blood Slaughter Phantom Realm.

They were none other than Di Haotian, Bai Luoxue, and the Red-Haired Ghost.

"Young Emperor, this place is the Blood Slaughter Phantom Realm, a forbidden zone of the Void Heaven Realm. The divine soul cannot venture deep within it," Bai Luoxue said.

"I know that of course, but... it doesn't matter."

Di Haotian's expression was calm and indifferent.

He swept his sleeve, and a vast golden soul force surged forth, enveloping both Bai Luoxue and the Red-Haired Ghost within it.

Then, the three of them entered the Blood Slaughter Phantom Realm directly.

"As expected of the Young Emperor..."

Admiration deepened in Bai Luoxue's eyes.

Even a forbidden zone like this could not impede Di Haotian's steps in the slightest.

However, what made Di Haotian furrow his brow slightly was this:

he sensed that the qi and blood in this place seemed to have weakened considerably.

Thinking of a certain possibility, he quickened his pace.

Soon, they arrived at the depths of the Blood Slaughter Phantom Realm.

In that deep abyss pit, only traces of blood qi remained.

And within it, the thing Di Haotian truly wanted was gone.

Di Haotian's brow furrowed deeply.

If the first time — not obtaining the false root of the Six Paths of Reincarnation Immortal Root — was one thing, Di Haotian had not minded that.

But this time, what he had come to obtain — that drop of blood capable of tempering his own physical constitution — was also gone.

This put Di Haotian on alert.

It seemed as though there was always someone who had gotten there one step ahead, claiming the fortunes that should have rightfully belonged to him.

"Once is coincidence, twice is a pattern — then let this Young Emperor see whether there will be a third time!"

A cold glint flickered in Di Haotian's eyes.

The true Six Paths of Reincarnation Immortal Root lay in the deepest part of the Void Heaven Realm, and he was determined to obtain it.

Di Haotian and the other two pressed rapidly deeper.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Jun Xiaoyao, who had been walking at the forefront, found that he had already walked out of the Blood Slaughter Phantom Realm.

Looking ahead, what stretched before him was a bizarre and dazzling starscape.

All manner of spatial rifts and temporal fissures were scattered throughout it.

A shattered cosmos, stars dimmed and lightless.

It formed an area of utter chaos.

"It seems this should be the deepest part of the Void Heaven Realm — it may well be the very epicenter of that collision between supreme beings," Jun Xiaoyao thought to himself.

If one of those supreme beings was truly the owner of that drop of perfect holy blood,

then just how powerful must their opponent have been?

"Does the Holy Body lineage have such a terrifying enemy? Has that enemy of the Holy Body already been destroyed?"

Jun Xiaoyao was pondering.

He felt that the enemy of that Holy Body could not possibly have been from the Domination Body lineage.

The Domination Body was powerful, but even it could not have ignited such a vast and sweeping war against the Holy Body lineage.

"The Isle of Immortality, the Underworld, the Holy Body's curse, the great battle once reflected in the Void Heaven Realm..."

Jun Xiaoyao walked and thought, feeling certain that within all of this lay world-shaking secrets of the highest order.

The forbidden zones above the Nine Heavens, the mysterious Underworld, the Holy Body's curse, the great battle of the Void Heaven Realm.

All of these things seemed like a vast web, secretly connected to one another.

It was just that Jun Xiaoyao had not yet found the key clues and had not yet untangled the threads.

Just as Jun Xiaoyao was lost in thought,

suddenly, the mechanical voice of the system rang out in his mind.

"Ding — you have reached the sign-in location, the Void Heaven Realm. Would you like to sign in?"

"Sign in!"

"Ding — congratulations, Host. You have received an eight-star reward: Heart of World Protection!"

"Heart of World Protection?"

Jun Xiaoyao was puzzled, and then he looked into what the Heart of World Protection did.

He discovered that the Heart of World Protection was an extraordinarily powerful means of amplification.

As long as the Host harbored a great compassionate heart of world protection, they could fuse with this heart and directly break through a major realm while below the level of Quasi-Emperor.

"An unconditional advancement of one full level, and it can also continuously enhance oneself?"

This was quite an impressive sign-in reward — no wonder it reached eight stars.

Though it carried the restriction of being below the Quasi-Emperor level,

one could easily imagine that if a Chaos Dao Venerable were to refine it, they could break directly into the Quasi-Emperor realm.

That was absolutely heaven-defying. If word got out, no one could say how many Dao Venerables would crack their skulls fighting over it.

But Jun Xiaoyao was not particularly moved.

Because for him, breaking through to Quasi-Emperor was truly no difficult feat.

And furthermore, to fuse with this Heart of World Protection, one needed a heart of great compassion and a desire to save the world.

Jun Xiaoyao had none of that.

He was willing to protect his own loved ones, his clan, his friends, and the ones dear to his heart.

But saving the world? He had no interest in that.

That he had now become a hero revered throughout the immortal domain was nothing more than a stroke of circumstance.

A side benefit of collecting faith power along the way.

One could say that Jun Xiaoyao simply did not care about being some great world-saving hero.

He was more like an anti-hero.

As for Jun Xiaoyao's father, Jun Wuhui — now he was well-suited for it.

He was a true hero in every sense.

But Jun Wuhui had his own dao and his own path to walk.

He had no need for this Heart of World Protection either.

"Right..."

Jun Xiaoyao's eyes lit up.

He thought of someone.

Someone who was the most fitting match for the Heart of World Protection of all.