Consciousness returned to his body, and Jiang Chen clearly felt the difference in his body at this moment.

The injury to his soul had completely vanished, and the power of his soul had grown to twice its size before. In Jiang Chen's mind, a tiny, illusory figure was sleeping peacefully.

What is this thing? Why does it look just like me? Is this my soul?

Jiang Chen was quite puzzled, but after feeling around, he found he could mobilize the soul power within that tiny figure. He decided not to concern himself with it any longer and continued to examine his body.

Is this...?

Upon inspecting his dantian, Jiang Chen was shocked.

Within the dantian, the qi vortex had been squeezed into a corner, and a golden sea filled the rest of the space.

Thinking back carefully, Jiang Chen instantly realized that he had absorbed something twice in the dream; once must have been the essence soul power from the Eight-Headed Serpent's soul consciousness, and the other time must have been the mysterious Dragon Qi in his body!

After checking the purity of the Dragon Qi, Jiang Chen was overjoyed. The purity of the Dragon Qi was now ten times what it had been before, and the blood qi no longer dared to touch it!

This... With such a big gap between them, could it still be...?

A tinge of worry appeared in Jiang Chen's heart, and he slowly started to operate the Blood Fiend Demon Art.

Buzz buzz!

The blood qi in his dantian rushed into his meridians like a released flood, as if a ferocious beast were chasing it.

As the blood qi entered the meridians, Jiang Chen ran it through a full cycle and, to his surprise, found that the blood qi no longer returned to the dantian but was instead stored directly in the meridians.

This...

Jiang Chen was stunned for a moment, then with a thought, he started to operate the Heavenly Dragon Art.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

"Ao!"

Faint sounds of dragon roars echoed within the dantian as the golden ocean began pouring into Jiang Chen's dantian.

Zizi zizi!

The blood qi in the meridians scurried out like mice encountering a cat, rushing into the dantian to hide away in the corner.

This won't do!

A sliver of concern arose in Jiang Chen's heart. If it continued like this, there would be slight delays when switching between cultivation techniques, which could be a big vulnerability in combat!

It seems I need to find something like essence blood!

Having made up his mind, Jiang Chen quickly circulated the Heavenly Dragon Art!

Buzz buzz!

Powerful fluctuations emanated outwards as Jiang Chen's aura grew stronger and stronger.

Though Jiang Chen had already made a breakthrough once and then disbanded his power because he was worried about being affected by the Heart Demon, now that the blood qi was so afraid of the Dragon Qi, as long as the purity of the Dragon Qi could keep suppressing the blood qi, there was no need to worry about a Heart Demon Outburst.

Now was the time to elevate his realm.

Immediately, Jiang Chen's aura continued to climb, and his Cultivation Technique operated faster and faster!

Buzz buzz buzz!

Crack!

When his aura reached a pinnacle, a faint cracking sound was heard, and Jiang Chen's aura suddenly increased significantly!

Late Semi-Venerable stage, I'm back!

In his dream-memory, Jiang Wuwei had told Jiang Chen not to rely too much on martial strength and to pay attention to tempering his state of mind, but he never said not to improve. Jiang Chen's advancement, of course, was part of his plan!

After the breakthrough, Jiang Chen slowly released his aura and gently opened his eyes.

"Jiang Chen!" Feeling the aura dissipate, Ye Jingyi immediately rushed into the room and threw herself onto Jiang Chen, her voice filled with concern, "How are you doing? Does it still hurt? Are you feeling any better?"

Jiang Chen embraced Ye Jingyi, gently stroking her hair, and smiled softly, "It's alright! My injuries have all healed. Don't worry!"

Gently holding Ye Jingyi, Jiang Chen sat up.

"Young Jiang, you really gave us quite the scare!" Old Master Tang said with a beaming smile.

"Master, are you alright?"

"Young Master..."

Everyone asked with concern.

Swoosh!

Without a word, the Medicine Saint darted to Jiang Chen's side and took his pulse.

"I'm really fine, sorry to have worried everyone!" Jiang Chen said with a smile, letting the Medicine Saint check his pulse.

"You young man, are truly a freak!"

The Medicine Saint, having examined him and quite indignantly, said, "If everyone were like you, all the doctors in the world would starve! Your soul was injured, your essence blood depleted, your inner Qi completely exhausted, internal organs shocked, bones broken and sinews snapped; yet you sleep a night and are completely healed and even more powerful. Is there no justice in this world? Can't you just act like a normal person? Was your birth just to demoralize others?"

"Er..."

"Pfft."

"Haha!"

"Haha..."

Caught off guard at first, everyone soon burst out laughing.

Yichen Hotel conference room.

Having confirmed that Jiang Chen's injuries were fine, everyone gathered in the conference room. Tang Yulin and Tang Feng, who had been awakened by the Medicine Saint, also sat in a corner listening in.

"Mr. Jiang, what do you think about this matter?" Fan Kedi politely began, gratitude evident in his eyes.

When Fan Kedi and Fan Shuqian arrived, Old Master Tang and the others had already sensed that the two had broken through to the Semi-Venerable Venerable Realm, and it was clear how they had done so.

"I suggest a thorough investigation of the Zhuge Family. If it's just Zhuge Qingfeng and a few others who have defected to the Eight-Headed Serpent, then so be it. But if not... then we can only eradicate them," Jiang Chen said softly.

Tang Feng started to say something but hesitated, his face betraying a tinge of melancholy as he looked down.

"Third Young Master, I know you want to preserve something for Zhuge Yuhan, but if a large part of the Zhuge Family has indeed become servants to the Eight-Headed Serpent and we do nothing about it, there might come a day when what happened to the Tang Family could happen again. It may not be with the Tang Family, but with any other, which is something we don't wish to see," Jiang Chen explained softly, noticing Tang Feng's expression.

Tang Feng nodded slightly, a somber tone in his voice, "I understand."

"Elder Fan, when you go back, please pass a message from me to the ancestors. Youming Hall, their allegiance to the Eight-Headed Serpent has been confirmed. I hope they can take precautions," Jiang Chen said gravely to Fan Kedi.

Fan Kedi nodded lightly, glanced at Old Master Tang and the rest, and said softly, "The ancestors already have a plan, and now it seems the likelihood of its success is even higher."

Jiang Chen was slightly startled and glanced at Old Master Tang and the others, a spark of realization flashing in his mind, "Is the ancestor planning to deal with Youming Hall during the Martial Arts Tournament?"

"Correct!"

Fan Kedi nodded, "Our Chixiao Sect has declared war on Youming Hall in order to contain their covert development before the Martial Arts Tournament. Through our investigations over the years, Youming Hall has been secretly supporting some second and third-tier sects, and we have obtained some information about these sects. We're just waiting for the Martial Arts Tournament to gather them together and uproot them all at once!"

"Good, during the Martial Arts Tournament, we'll eradicate Youming Hall together!"

A cold killing intent flashed in Jiang Chen's eyes. This incident had thoroughly enraged him!

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