"Within every living being, there exists an invisible chain of lifespan. There may be vast differences among beings before they break the boundary between mortal and god, but after breaking that divine boundary, they are all the same."
"This chain is also called the Longevity Lock."
"Below the True God Realm, even the most powerful beings are constrained by the Longevity Lock. The greatest among them reach the Ten Thousand Years Realm. Even with Longevity Divine Medicine, they can at most live for one ’hui’—that is, ten thousand eight hundred years."
"At least, that’s what my inherited memories say."
The Black Dragon continued, sharing all the information he knew.
"Has no being ever opened the Longevity Lock without first breaking through to the True God Realm?"
Yang Chan asked curiously.
’If it’s a lock, there must be a way to open it.’
"I’ve never heard of such a thing!"
The Black Dragon shook his head upon hearing this.
Yang Chan continued to flip through the *True Dragon Treasure Manual* in his hands. There wasn’t much written about the Body Tempering Stage. In fact, for the Dragon Race, this process didn’t even require Cultivation—they just had to eat. By eating constantly, they could grow to the Peak of the Body Tempering Stage.
"So, if a Dragon Tamer forms a contract with a dragon, by how much can it shorten the dragon’s growth period?"
Yang Chan was very curious about this.
’There must be significant benefits for both parties in the contract for it to exist.’
’Otherwise, why would the Dragon Race ever agree to a contract?’
"Normally, it should shorten the time by more than half. They would only need about two hundred years to reach the Peak of the Body Tempering Stage. It also greatly helps them break the divine boundary."
"Under normal circumstances, they can break through to the Divine Acupoint Realm within about four hundred years. If the compatibility is even higher, this time will be even shorter!"
As the Black Dragon spoke of this, a flash of envy appeared in his eyes.
Although he verbally looked down on the Human Race and the contracted Dragon Tamers, if a Dragon Tamer had sought him out for a contract when he had just hatched, he certainly wouldn’t have refused.
Power that would take over a thousand years to attain could be reached in just a few hundred years with a Dragon Tamer’s help. This would leave much more time to break through to the True God Realm, which for the Dragon Race, means transforming into a True Dragon.
’To roam the heavens and earth with few rivals!’
If he had contracted with a Dragon Tamer back then, he wouldn’t be in his current predicament.
And the disdain for dragons who contracted with Dragon Tamers in the Black Dragon’s ancestral memories—wasn’t that just another form of envy?
Dragon Tamers had never chosen to contract with the Black Dragon Race, which naturally gave the Black Dragon Race a poor impression of them.
It was as if they were being discriminated against.
’It allows both of them to break the divine boundary within four hundred years. That’s a huge help. No wonder the Dragon Race likes contracting with Dragon Tamers!’
Yang Chan’s eyes flashed after hearing this.
’This benefit was immense for both the Dragon Race and the Dragon Tamer. It practically guarantees they could break the divine boundary, that is, break through to the Divine Acupoint Realm, and their Lifespan would soar thereafter.’
The innate Lifespan of the Human Race is far shorter than that of the Dragon Race. Even at the Martial Saint Realm, it’s rare for someone to live past five hundred years. But breaking the boundary between human and god would cause it to increase dramatically.
’This was the lifelong goal of countless patriarch-level figures from the Holy Lands.’
’And for Yang Chan, this goal wasn’t that far off.’
’Even without his panel and Potential Points, just his status as a Dragon Tamer could raise his upper limits.’
’Of course, there was a prerequisite: he needed a young dragon in its growth stage. If he could advance alongside one, his potential would be limitless.’
"Only those weaker dragon clans would make such a choice. A clan like our Black Dragon Race would never do so!"
The Black Dragon said with its head held high, a disdainful look on its face.
If not for the flash of envy in its eyes, one might have believed this was the Black Dragon’s true attitude. It was only then that Yang Chan noticed some changes in the Black Dragon.
But he didn’t point it out.
’The locations of a dragon’s Divine Acupoints are also very different from a human’s!’
Yang Chan looked at the records regarding Divine Acupoints in the *True Dragon Treasure Manual*. A Dragon Body was vastly different from a human body.
From the moment they hatched, their physique was larger than an adult human’s, and as they grew, their Dragon Body would only become more massive.
Right before they were ready to leap the Dragon Sect, their Dragon Body would already be close to a hundred zhang. And if they broke through to the Divine Acupoint Realm, their Dragon Body would become even longer.
The Dragon Body Yang Chan had seen in the Taiyin Celestial Tower was merely its Soul Body, already shrunken significantly. It was nothing compared to its true physical form.
"The bodies of the Human Race and the Dragon Race are fundamentally different, so their Cultivation Techniques are naturally different too. While it might be possible to draw some inspiration, for the most part, you can only look. It’s not suitable for Human Race Cultivation!"
"So I suggest, Master, that you don’t look at it too much."
The Black Dragon said slowly.
When it came to Cultivation, he naturally knew more.
He had walked further on the path of Cultivation. Although his path was now broken, that knowledge was still engraved in his mind.
"It’s fine to understand the basics, but don’t pay too much attention to the rest. Once your Cultivation, Master, has reached the Divine Acupoint Realm, you could try to reference it, attempting to deduce the positions of your own Divine Acupoints proportionally. But that method is quite slow!"
"It’s best to cultivate a Human Race Cultivation Technique. That’s how you’ll achieve twice the results with half the effort!"
The Black Dragon advised.
’Although he felt Yang Chan’s Talent wasn’t bad, it was hard to say whether he could actually break through to the Divine Acupoint Realm.’
’The Divine Veins of the Taiyu Divine Continent have been destroyed, so this land is naturally unsuitable for Divine Acupoint Realm Cultivators. The difficulty of breaking through to the Divine Acupoint Realm is extremely high—a barrier that has stopped countless prodigies.’
’Even a dragon appearing in such a region wouldn’t necessarily be able to break through. That included himself.’
’Without Divine Veins, breaking through to the Divine Acupoint Realm is impossible.’
’For Yang Chan to have opened his Essence Upper Embryo was already a stroke of immense luck. But without the support of power from the Divine Veins, even if it was open, it couldn’t be tempered, let alone be fully tempered to the point of forming Divine Acupoints.’
’A Cultivation Technique must be a suitable one, of course!’
Yang Chan finished flipping through the entire *True Dragon Treasure Manual*, its contents now fully absorbed into his mind.
After condensing his Soul Body, his Spiritual Power had grown stronger, and as a side effect, his memory had improved significantly.
He had relied on a strong memory to become a Pharmacist before, and now it was becoming even more formidable.
There was a lot of content in the *True Dragon Treasure Manual*, but for the current Yang Chan, most of it was useless.
The only useful parts were the bits of information related to the habits of the Dragon Race, but there wasn’t much. He could have the Black Dragon organize it for him later.
’After all, it would be a great waste not to make use of his profession as a Dragon Tamer.’
’Finding a dragon whelp would also give him a safety net. Although it was a safety net he would most likely never need, it was always good to be prepared.’
Of course, Yang Chan was well aware of how difficult this would be. He would keep an eye out, but he wouldn’t force the issue.
After all, finding a member of the Dragon Race was hard enough, let alone a True Dragon whelp. The probability was even lower than finding a dragon egg, and the difficulty was naturally greater.