The four divine beast bloodlines — ever since Jiang Chen had first become acquainted with Long Xiaoxuan, the idea had crossed his mind. Back then, however, he hadn't believed he stood any chance of collecting all four divine beast bloodlines on the Divine Abyss Continent. Most importantly, the four bloodlines would also need to cooperate with him.
Who could have guessed that after all these years, he had already obtained three of the four? Only the Xuanwu was missing, and the set would be complete.
Of course, it was still too early to speak of such things. After all, in order to use the four divine beast bloodlines to evolve the Heavenly Dao, the cultivation of each divine beast had to be approaching the absolute pinnacle of the Heavenly Dao.
Moreover, each bloodline's level had to be very closely matched — there absolutely could not be a large gap between them, or a weak link would form, making it impossible to achieve balance.
Even if the four divine beast bloodlines could not yet evolve the Heavenly Dao or manifest the great worlds of the heavens, their applications were still immeasurably vast.
The four divine beast bloodlines could be used to form combination battle arrays, merge with a warrior's bloodline to create divine-beast-bloodline cultivators, and even be incorporated into pill refining — they possessed functions that ordinary people simply could not imagine.
In his previous life, Jiang Chen had read a great many ancient texts concerning the four divine beast bloodlines. Back then, his father, the Celestial Emperor, had also been very interested in the four divine beast bloodlines, and had frequently studied them together with Jiang Chen.
His father in that previous life had long since become lord of the great worlds of the heavens — the Celestial Emperor, ruler of an entire stretch of the heavenly worlds.
There had been no need for him to consider using the four divine beast bloodlines to manifest the heavens. And yet, the Celestial Emperor had been peculiarly fascinated by the subject.
Jiang Chen hadn't thought much of it at the time, assuming it was simply his father doting on him, willing to accompany him in studying something interesting.
But now, standing here today, Jiang Chen's mind inevitably harbored more questions.
Had there been some deeper meaning behind his father's insistence on studying this topic with him, life after life?
This Divine Abyss Continent was clearly a relatively ordinary mortal plane — so how could it possibly contain something as incredible as the four divine beast bloodlines?
In theory, for a single mortal plane to produce even one of the four divine beast bloodlines would already be extraordinary. For all four to appear together was virtually impossible.
At the very least, Jiang Chen had read countless texts from every plane across the great worlds of the heavens in his previous life, and had never once heard of any mortal plane where all four divine beast bloodlines appeared simultaneously.
Seeing Jiang Chen's solemn expression, the three true spirits fell silent.
Nevertheless, they were deeply shaken on the inside. Jiang Chen's words contained information that even their inherited memories did not possess.
"Chen Shao, what are you thinking about?" The Vermilion Bird couldn't help but ask.
Jiang Chen snapped out of his reverie and offered a faint smile. "I was thinking — if we could find the Xuanwu bloodline, then all four of you divine beast bloodlines would be gathered together. Wouldn't that make the Divine Abyss Continent a truly remarkable place?"
The Vermilion Bird laughed heartily. "Now that would be something. All four divine beast bloodlines gathered in one place — that would absolutely be a spectacular sight."
"Chen Shao, we'll definitely find a way to help you locate the Xuanwu bloodline. Hmph, if he dares refuse to listen to Chen Shao, the three of us will beat him together!" Taisui White Tiger spoke in the tone of a born brawler.
With his strength having grown, the White Tiger's confidence had grown along with it.
Jiang Chen nodded. "The Xuanwu bloodline must be found. That goes without saying. But for the time being, everyone's top priority is to intensify your cultivation. Xiao Bai, you especially — you started cultivating the latest. You need to close the gap. Understood?"
"Heh heh, Chen Shao, don't worry. The White Tiger clan would never accept coming in last!" Taisui White Tiger licked his lips and chuckled.
Once the pill refining was complete, Jiang Chen and the others resumed their cultivation.
The Sacred Ancestor hadn't come looking for Jiang Chen again — he appeared to be extremely busy. Jiang Chen was perfectly content with the quiet; he was somewhat anxious about the prospect of meeting the Sacred Ancestor anyway.