Time flies like a white horse passing through a crack, and in the blink of an eye, the New Year has passed, and it is now the time of March when grass grows and orioles fly.

The vitality of late spring fills the Zhenwu Seven Peaks, and Qing Yu's practice is also at a somewhat critical moment.

In the Taiji Palace, Qing Yu sits cross-legged, with nine Heavenly Crystals floating in the air, revolving around him continuously.

The nine-colored divine light reflects the figure of the white-haired Taoist, making him appear like a Heavenly Person descending to the world. As the radiance flickers, streams of natural energy rush from his body, resonating with the Heavenly Crystals above, drawing the power of the Heavenly Crystals into his body.

"Blood Vault, accomplished!"

Between Qing Yu's palms, a tiny drop of blood continuously disperses, streams of passionate blood dragons burst forth from this tiny drop of blood, and he absorbs them into his body.

Having once slain Ning Wuming of the Sword, defeated Pei Dongliu, and becoming the new "The World's Number One," Qing Yu earned a high-level lottery. Although the reason for this reward was not pleasant, the high-level lottery was incredibly tempting.

And the reward from this high-level lottery was this drop of blood.

This drop of blood came from the Emperor World and is the essence blood of the Dragon Turtle, the divine beast of Great Shang, symbolizing the fate of Yin Shang. Compared to the three types of divine beast essence blood Qing Yu previously consumed from the Fengyun World, although the Dragon Turtle met a wretched end due to the decline of Yin Shang and perished under destiny, its essence is still more advanced than those three.

The drop in Qing Yu's hand condenses the heart essence blood of the Dragon Turtle, also containing part of the fate essence of Yin Shang, a drop worth at least thousands upon thousands of martial artists' essence blood.

Absorbing this essence blood quickly completes Qing Yu's Blood Vault, intertwining blood light on the body surface, forming a blood armor that no technique can penetrate.

This is the Protective Divine Skill — Firmament Blood Armor of the Blood Vault realm.

"Boom—"

Dense blood energy erupts from Qing Yu's body, enveloping the vast Taiji Palace in blood color, yet strangely, this blood energy has not a trace of evil, but rather exudes a peculiar fragrance and vitality.

Reaching this state, the Blood Vault is considered successful.

However, Qing Yu is not delighted by the success of the Blood Vault, instead, he deeply furrows his brows.

"Blood Vault is a technique to stimulate the source of life, not merely blood energy martial arts. In my calculations, upon the Great Success of Blood Vault, it can arouse the essence qi of my Saint and Demon Embryo and propel me into the realm of the Strongest. Yet now, the Saint and Demon Blood has not been fully stimulated; it seems my understanding of Blood Vault remains superficial," Qing Yu sighed.

During this period, he has essentially been in solitary cultivation within the Zhenwu Sect. Thanks to the wisdom space formed by past cultivation techniques and Ten Directions Destruction, Qing Yu's insight into the first eight realms is swift, quickly advancing to the realm of Golden Dawn.

After all, Qing Yu himself is already equivalent to a strong warrior in the Blood Vault realm, and being one who cultivates similar cultivation techniques, such speed is only to be expected. In fact, Qing Yu's time is mainly spent on comprehending the Heavenly Crystals, rather than merely cultivating.

But this Ninth Layer of Blood Vault is not merely a symbol of some kind of natural energy as before but involves nature's greatest creation — life.

Although Qing Yu rapidly progressed in the first eight cultivation techniques, he has yet to fully grasp the true understanding of life.

He guesses that the true Blood Vault is a realm capable of creation, akin to using one's power to create life. Though his understanding of life is profound, facing such might comparable to Nuwa's creation is still beyond reach.

Another more intuitive method of creating life he understands very well, as the middle school textbook taught...

Ahem, speaking of creation feels a bit far-fetched; Qing Yu hasn't aspired to reach Nuwa's level yet, but this level unable to delve into the roots is unsatisfactory to him.

"After rigorous calculations in the wisdom space, when I advance to become a warrior, I can attempt to dissolve the Heavenly Crystals, allowing my Primordial Spirit to fully contain the underlying principles of the Great Dao within them. While I could attempt to break through in retreat now, I prefer a natural breakthrough over forcing progress."

"Speaking of understanding life, it all started with Feng Xi's birth that I truly began my entry; otherwise, with my indifferent nature, to evoke any sentiment towards life would be as hard as reaching the heavens," Qing Yu said with a bitter smile.

In terms of harvesting life, Qing Yu excels; directly or indirectly those who've perished at his hands likely number in the tens of thousands. Of those who've died unjustly in the world in the past decade, at least thirty percent are related to Qing Yu.

Since the appearance of the poison Longevity Powder, Qing Yu embarked on the road of bringing disaster to the world. If such a scourge could reach the summit of life's path, what a satirical situation that would be.

"Speaking of which, I have a sword that also embodies the essence of life from heaven and earth."

Qing Yu retrieved a long-unused sword from the system space, laying it across his knees, gently stroking the silver threads of the horsetail whisk at its hilt's end.

Currently, Qing Yu possesses several divine weapon artifacts, with merely the five and a half stars Nirvana Sword and Zhenwu Sword reaching the same level in his heart as this Qiuli sword.

"What a pity, Qiuli is limited by its material; it could not keep up with my pace..."

Gently closing his eyes, Qing Yu placed both hands on this elegant and exquisite sword, once again entering a state of meditation.

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"Report to the Mirror Master, the Seven Killings Star Lord has been found."

The half-body once again entered cultivation, while the other body in Northern Zhou got the latest news from subordinates.

"Seven Killings Star Lord, the Young Island Master of Jingliu Island, finally shows signs of activity, huh?" Qing Yu's lips curled into a cold smile.

Recently, Elder Shiming seems to have sensed someone targeting the Star Lords of Seven Killings and Po Jun Stars under his command, hiding the Seven Killings Star Lord quite well.

Meanwhile, due to fearing the Heavenly Demon Sword might erode the Primordial Spirit, Qing Yu hasn't acted against Po Jun Star Lord Gao Boyang yet. He can only wait until acquiring the Seven Killings Primordial Spirit before finally harvesting Gao Boyang's Primordial Spirit and Star Fate.

Moreover, Qing Yu doesn't want Ji Chengtian to discover dealings with the Killing, Breaking, and Wolf Three Stars, thus has been investigating secretly using his intelligence network.

In fact, if Elder Shiming hadn't revealed the identity of the Seven Killings Star Lord during the Nine Heavens Assembly earlier, Qing Yu wouldn't have such a swift way to locate the Seven Killings Star Lord.

Now that the Seven Killings Star Lord has finally emerged, Qing Yu is ready for the final harvest.

[Xuanyin Sword Residence.]

[Sword Residence present.] From the other end of thought, bearing Qing Yu's Sword Qi, Xuanyin Sword Residence conveys back.

[Go to East Province Feichao Town, take people to eliminate the Seven Killings Star Lord.]

[Xuanyin Sword Residence, as ordered.]

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