Long Xiaoxuan's inheritance memories had obviously awakened a step further ahead. His current cultivation progress, thanks to his superior bloodline, had actually surpassed even Jiang Chen's.
However, the Taisui White Tiger clan held equal standing among the myriad worlds. Now, the Taisui White Tiger's inheritance memories were also continuously awakening. Coupled with Jiang Chen using various methods to help it awaken its inherited bloodline and cleansing it with the Wood Spirit Spring, this was the reason the Taisui White Tiger's cultivation had been surging dramatically of late, with its inheritance memories constantly awakening.
The same applied to the Gold-Munching Mouse clan.
After the Gold-Munching Mouse King had been baptized by the Wood Spirit Spring, its inherited bloodline also continuously awakened, and the strength of the entire Gold-Munching Mouse clan had undergone a meteoric rise.
The bloodlines of these primordial races — just thinking about them made Jiang Chen's blood surge with excitement.
"The bloodlines of primordial divine beasts are headed above all by the Four Great Divine Beasts. According to legend: the Azure Dragon, the White Tiger, the Vermilion Bird, and the Black Tortoise. If these four great divine beast bloodlines could be gathered together, they would absolutely be a supreme weapon across the myriad worlds."
In his memories from his previous life, Jiang Chen had conducted considerable research into these primordial divine beast bloodlines. These four bloodlines aligned perfectly with the natural Dao. Once all four bloodlines appeared together, they would undoubtedly stand unrivaled across all the myriad worlds.
Now, Jiang Chen already possessed two of these four great divine beasts — just thinking about it felt incredibly fortunate.
"The Azure Dragon and the White Tiger — still missing the Vermilion Bird and the Black Tortoise," Jiang Chen mused silently. "If I could obtain the Vermilion Bird and the Black Tortoise, these four great divine beast bloodlines would be complete. At that point, I could derive the Heavenly Dao, reforge the Five Elements, and achieve the Grand Dao of the myriad worlds. Forget about this tiny human territory — even this Divine Abyss Continent wouldn't be able to contain me!"
Jiang Chen harbored lofty ambitions.
His goal was not merely limited to this human territory. His objective had always been clear: to break through to the Emperor Realm, to charge toward the Celestial position, and even to reach higher levels — to explore the cause of the catastrophe across the myriad worlds in his previous life, and to discover the whereabouts of his Heavenly Emperor father from that life.
After arranging the recent affairs of the Young Lord's Manor, Jiang Chen immediately chose to enter secluded cultivation.
After hearing the words of the Purple Smoke Sect's old ancestor, Jiang Chen had developed a deep curiosity about the Chenxiang Valley in the Fengming Lower Domain.
In his view, when things deviated from the norm, there was bound to be something sinister at work. Since the Chenxiang Valley was so bizarre, the secret realm that had appeared there must be extraordinary — Jiang Chen was determined to investigate.
This Divine Abyss Continent was truly peculiar. After the great war of ancient times, its layout had undergone massive changes. The current Lower Domain had not necessarily been a low-grade place in the ancient era.
For instance, back in the Sixteen Kingdoms Alliance, despite being a martial artist from a poor background, Jiang Chen had still managed to obtain the Ice Fire Demon Lotus and the Primordial Magnetic Gold Mountain — those heaven-defying treasures.
In the Wanxiang Domain, at Huanbo Mountain, he had similarly obtained the inheritance of the ancient Danxiao Sect. Within the Wanxiang Ultimate Realm, he had obtained the inheritance of Emperor Feiyu and the inheritance of the Celestial powerhouse Guo Ran.
Therefore, although the current Upper Eight Domains served as the center of human territory, in the ancient era, those places that had since fallen to obscurity might well have held powerful inheritances still.
For this reason, Jiang Chen could not afford to miss the Chenxiang Valley.
The last time he had gone to the Moon Goddess Sect, he had been ambushed by Emperor Danji on the return journey. That confrontation had thoroughly made Jiang Chen realize that his strength was still insufficient.
If not for the cave dwelling inheritance of the Celestial powerhouse Guo Ran, and the formidable restriction within it, he would certainly not have survived that encounter.
And that restriction had only been available for a single use.
If that sole opportunity had been spent, then what would he do in the future?
When facing powerful Emperor Realm cultivators — or if he later ventured to the Ten Thousand Abyss Island — what would he use to contend against even more formidable opponents?
All of these thoughts gave Jiang Chen a pressing sense of urgency.
"In the end, one's own absolute strength is what matters most. If not for my deep fortune and the support of my previous life's memories, at my age, trying to contend with those old monsters who had lived for thousands of years would truly be far too difficult. However, all trump cards eventually run out. The trump cards I currently possess — aside from that cave dwelling restriction, which holds absolute deterrence — the rest cannot truly stand against top-tier Emperor Realm experts. Fundamentally, my personal cultivation is still not enough!"
What Jiang Chen needed most urgently right now was to break through — to keep breaking through.
One couldn't become fat in a single meal, but cultivation demanded that one maintain a sense of urgency and make progress every single day.
Seclusion. Cultivation...
With the foundation of his previous life's memories, when Jiang Chen applied himself seriously to cultivation, the results came remarkably fast.
One month after entering seclusion, he successfully broke through the peak of the second level of the Emperor Realm, shattering that barrier and advancing into the third level.
After entering the third level of the Emperor Realm, Jiang Chen was not satisfied.
This had been his predetermined target all along. His goal this time was to charge directly into the fourth level.
Originally, after reaching the third level of the Emperor Realm, attempting to advance to the fourth level was extremely difficult. The third level represented the early stage of the Emperor Realm, while the fourth level meant entering the middle stage.
Although this was a jump of merely one level, it was equivalent to ascending a major step.
This step was not easy to climb. An ordinary martial artist might not be able to break through this level even in ten or twenty years.
Even a genius might need three to five years to achieve the breakthrough.
But Jiang Chen was different. He was far more than just a genius — he also possessed the Imperial Soaring Pill.
With the Imperial Soaring Pill — last time, Jiang Chen had obtained a large batch of Eight-Treasure True Cordyceps and had refined a substantial number of Imperial Soaring Pills. This meant he now had the opportunity to charge into the fourth level of the Emperor Realm.