’Forget it, let’s not worry about this for now. Eventually, when the three major locks are lifted, the foundations of the Spirit Eye Race and Decaying World will emerge.’
Putting aside his thoughts, he started to focus his attention on the newly emerging abilities.
In reality, the bloodline talents of the Nine Phoenixes largely compensated for and strengthened his weaknesses in the spiritual soul aspect.
The actual improvement in combat power wasn’t significant; it was more about support.
And one of these abilities named Ghost Mansion was precisely so.
Zhang Rongfang directed his gaze onto Ghost Mansion, naturally analyzing the hint that emerged.
’Ghost Mansion: You can devour souls and guide them into the ghostly space you control. Even if a soul is utterly annihilated, the imprint left in the Ghost Mansion can be restored by consuming other ghosts. As the master of Ghost Mansion, you possess the greatest imprint and control over everything. As long as the Ghost Mansion exists, you cannot be eradicated.’
"....Indeed... It has indeed arrived." Zhang Rongfang understood in his heart.
The ancestry of the Blood Race and the extreme biological bloodline allowed him to regenerate flesh continuously. Now, the Ghost Spring and Ghost Mansion could also revive and regenerate the soul and spirit.
He turned to look at the spinning black vortex; currently, the inside of the Ghost Mansion was empty, about the size of a human fist.
It could only be considered a seed.
Thinking of this, Zhang Rongfang scanned his gaze across the boiling black smoke ghosts with human faces rising within the city.
He focused, reaching out with a virtual grasp.
Immediately, thin blood strings swiftly coiled, grabbing at the ghosts.
But it was in vain, as all the blood strings passed through the ghosts without touching them.
Zhang Rongfang frowned, focusing his mind, and naturally allowed the Ghost Mansion behind him to emit a cold aura.
The black smoke ghost with a human face seemed to sense something, starting to eagerly howl, actively drifting toward them.
Quickly, the ghost ignored Zhang Rongfang, and upon nearing him, dove headfirst into the vortex of Ghost Mansion, disappearing without a trace.
Immediately, Zhang Rongfang clearly felt that the Ghost Mansion had grown slightly in size.
’I see, does it need to continuously absorb ghosts to expand in size?’
He realized, then continued to look at other new talent abilities.
’Yin Soil Transformation: You can transform the earth into land more suitable for ghost survival.’
’Extreme Cold Blood: Your blood contains extreme cold temperatures, suitable for spectral survival.’
’Nether Jail Transformation: Sinful ghosts can be transformed by you into Nether Jail ghosts, altered to be more suitable for combat and slaughter as ghostly evil spirits. (Ghostly evil spirits can temporarily interfere with reality, causing great harm to consciousness, spirit, and soul. They are immortal and indestructible, only to be sealed; please exercise caution in manufacturing.)’
"Nether Jail Transformation? These abilities, indeed, are quite similar to what I desire; they are apt for countering Celestial Light and adapting to the environment with strong talents. Immortal subordinates, with such followers, combined with Blood Alliance, there will be strong protection for both the soul and reality..."
Then, he turned his gaze to the last talent ability—Nine Heads.
This ability...
"Reporting to Daoist Ancestor, City Lord Hongye requests an audience." From one side of the Celestial Lotus Palace, a robust blood child daoist with a height of five meters and holding a giant black fork suddenly spoke in a deep voice.
This was the recently appointed guard of Celestial Lotus Palace—Chuanming.
Chuanming originally hailed from the Rebel Sect. Recently, he was able to enter the Ghost Spring and received a transformation through Ancestral Essence Blood, greatly enhancing his power.
His intelligence wasn’t very high, but he was extremely loyal. Previously, since his parents and family were harmed by deities, he joined the Rebel Sect for revenge. Later, Zhang Rongfang slaughtered and recruited all the deities. Those who opposed or fled were eliminated.
He wholeheartedly devoted himself, willingly taking on this long, tedious, meaningless work.
"Transmit." Zhang Rongfang raised a hand to indicate permission.
"Yes." Chuanming directed an oval mirror, dark red and still writhing, toward the city below.
Whoosh!
Suddenly, the mirror’s surface opened a pair of black-red eyes identical to Zhang Rongfang.
The eyes burned with blood flames, radiating a soft red light.
The red light formed a beam, directly shining down onto the city, encompassing a charming woman waiting within.
Without a sound, the woman vanished instantaneously.
The mirror held by Chuanming emitted another red light from the back, arching down to the center of the Celestial Lotus Palace.
Within the radiance, Hongye’s enchanting figure gradually emerged out of nowhere.
Her expression full of surprise, she glanced around, completely unaware of how she had suddenly arrived at Celestial Lotus Palace.
Zhang Rongfang had already returned to the main seat.
Seeing her surprise, he smiled and said.
"That is a new cultivation technique I have condensed, named Guiding Immortal Light. Its uses are endless; it can trap enemies, guide and teleport, kill opponents, bewilder deities, conceal, recover, and even evade poison, and it can touch tangible and intangible things. It can be considered nearly omnipotent.
Chuanming will serve as the Guide Immortal envoy in the future, responsible for all matters related to the Celestial Ascension Platform."
"Daoist Ancestor’s divine might." Hongye still dragged her long centipede lower body, but her eyes had already turned red.
A few days ago, she officially passed through the Soul Splitting Machine, extracted all Spiritual Lines, restored her human form, and then promptly transformed into a Duke Level blood child.
Generally, Ancestral Essence Blood directly transforms, enabling one to become Duke Level. Physique and the overall quality undergo immense enhancement.
However, a few Extreme Realm individuals can dig into the bloodline power, bringing themselves infinitely close to Zhang Rongfang, elevating to Root Level blood child tiers.
But this was extremely difficult.
So far, only Emperor Jiang had achieved this. Meng Qian and others could dig into the bloodline talent abilities powerfully, but the bloodline concentration was still slightly lacking.
Hongye was shocked within regarding the increasingly terrifying powerful martial force of the ancestor, yet she did not forget the key reason she rushed here.
"Daoist Ancestor, Madam has given birth again."
"Hmm?" Zhang Rongfang frowned. Over at Zhang Zhenhai’s side, how long had it been, and she had given birth again?
"This time, there wasn’t as much pain as last time, but the quantity was even greater. Ninety-nine blood eggs were born.
Moreover, they naturally hatched upon birth, transforming into slightly weaker blood imps, scattering and flying away. We couldn’t intercept them in time." Hongye spoke in a solemn tone.
"Was it during my previous outing?" Zhang Rongfang furrowed his brow.
"Indeed." Hongye hesitated to speak further.
"Ninety-nine..." Zhang Rongfang’s brows were tightly knitted. If it were just those initial blood imps, he could control the situation, but now another ninety-nine heads have appeared...
Seeing Hongye’s expression at the moment, he suddenly had an ominous premonition.
"Is there anything else you need?" He planned to go see Zhang Zhenhai immediately.
"Well, the previous Blood Fairy continues to attack external groups and the evil spirits of Chana Tower. They eat indiscriminately, and grow rapidly. Now, people in the city have started calling the lady as..." Hongye hesitated.
"What? Speak." Zhang Rongfang’s expression remained unchanged, but his tone subtly revealed brewing dissatisfaction.
"They’re calling her the Mother of Blood Worms..." Hongye cautiously said.
"Outrageous!" Zhang Rongfang tapped his fingers, causing invisible ripples to spread throughout the hall, vibrating and affecting everything.
"I’ll personally go and see Zhenhai." He stood up, "You capture the source of the rumors and feed them directly to the Blood Lotus."
"Yes!" Hongye quickly bowed his head.
In a flash of red light, Zhang Rongfang instantly disappeared from where he stood.
In the Celestial Lotus Palace, a red light shot out like a ribbon, moving incredibly fast, arriving in the Celestial Curtain Pavilion in an instant.
Out of the red light emerged Zhang Rongfang’s figure.
This was the Guiding Immortal Light.
Although its speed wasn’t as fast as Zhang Rongfang’s full-speed flight, it was extremely quiet, and the flight process was extraordinarily safe.
During flight, his essence existed in another layer of space, making him absolutely untouchable.
Only if the attacker was also skilled in spatial abilities could they threaten him.
This was the powerful trait formed by Zhang Rongfang’s fusion of the Heart-Burning Furnace martial arts with spatial techniques.
Inside a spacious luxurious bedroom of the Celestial Curtain Pavilion.
Zhang Zhenhai sat at the dressing table, her face faintly anxious, with a dazed expression, at a loss for what to do.
The chair beneath her had a hole dug where she sat, and blood eggs were continuously dropping through the hole into the large basin below.
In the brief half-minute Zhang Rongfang took from the Celestial Lotus Palace to here, two more blood eggs were added to the basin.
Celestial Maiden Tong Zhang stood behind, with a wooden expression, her recent experiences nearly shattering her worldview.
But now the problem is, initially she was just shocked that people could give birth to such creatures.
And now... in her mind and everyone else’s, it’s not shock, but worry.
Because Zhang Zhenhai seems completely unable to stop it!
It’s been so little time since the last egg was laid, yet it’s happening again!?
With a click, Zhang Rongfang opened the door and entered, immediately seeing the blood eggs continuously squeezing out from beneath Zhang Zhenhai’s short skirt.
"Master!" Zhang Zhenhai’s eyes were filled with tears, seemingly finding hope amidst despair and helplessness, and she quickly stood up.
But she hadn’t taken a few steps before another blood egg fell from her skirt and hit the ground.
"..." Zhang Rongfang hugged her, sensing through the blood manipulation the state of her internal body.
Zhang Zhenhai’s condition was excellent, unprecedentedly good. Extremely healthy.
Even... much stronger and more resilient than before.
"Master..." Zhang Zhenhai wore a black ruffled short skirt, specially changed for egg-laying, with a tight white sweater on top, seeming fuller. She appeared to be catching up to the Celestial Maiden.
She still habitually addressed Zhang Rongfang as master.
"What’s happening to me!? Why do I continuously give birth to Blood Fairies!? When will this stop!?"
"Don’t be afraid. Your body is very healthy, nothing’s wrong. It’s just...." At this point, Zhang Rongfang’s eyes flickered with a faint black glow.
This was the effect of his talent for communicating with the shadow.
He could see that, centered around Zhang Zhenhai, her internal body extended large blood-red tendrils outward.
These tendrils moved, capturing strands of eerie black gas from the air around.
Then absorbed the black gas, transferring it into Zhang Zhenhai.
This black gas... was very similar to the shadow souls he observed before.
The key was.
Zhang Rongfang’s eyes suddenly narrowed.
From Zhang Zhenhai, he sensed the faintly decaying world power’s aura....
Why could shadow souls communicate with the decaying world?
Zhang Zhenhai’s body contained his fused bloodline.
With her soul’s will, she was unable to suppress the terrifying cells of extreme malice.
Presumably, this was the fundamental reason for the current situation.
Ultimately Zhang Rongfang, with his talent for strengthening thoughts, combined many logical thoughts with the examination of Zhang Zhenhai’s current body.
Quickly came to the conclusion.
The reason for the massive egg-laying should be the lack of soul consciousness suppression, allowing the ultimate cells fused into Zhang Zhenhai to start evolving and adapting growth indiscriminately.
Because the surroundings contained Zhang Rongfang’s flesh and blood, prohibiting absorption from any individual or matter,
After long dormancy, the ultimate cells finally found a power they could absorb—shadow souls.
Unaware of how they transformed, freely growing, and morphing themselves into structures adapted for consuming shadow souls.
But now, at this moment, Zhang Rongfang, with Eye of the Netherworld, truly saw Zhang Zhenhai continually capturing and consuming the surrounding shadow soul aura.
These shadow souls inherently carried a trace of the decaying world power.
The ultimate cells unable to withstand, could only release through egg production.
"Rest assured, we’ve found the cause, soon you’ll be fine." Zhang Rongfang softly comforted Zhang Zhenhai.
"Mm!" She nodded heavily, leaning into Zhang Rongfang’s embrace.
Next, it was essential to thoroughly eliminate these consuming tendrils.
Zhang Rongfang’s gaze turned serious, issuing commands to these tendrils with the name of the Ancestral Essence Blood.
But...