"Huff..."

"My cultivation... it's gone again..."

"But this time, I've truly become an ordinary person..."

Mu Jinyu lay in the pool of brilliant golden blood, breathing heavily, and muttered softly.

He had experienced his cultivation disappearing twice.

Once his cultivation body was completely destroyed, and once it was half-destroyed!

The complete destruction happened at Mount Song when he kept striking the Evil Buddha's Ancient Bell to destroy Chu Tiance's "Others' Self-Mastery Great Dharma" in one blow. Yet in the end, the Evil Buddha's Ancient Bell couldn't withstand such intense global reverberations, and its body began to crack, forcing him to use his soul to protect the bell with his soul-exiting technique to preserve this Buddhist bell!

When he finally came to, he found that Sheng Rulai had done the same, but his situation was even more severe and dire. To save Sheng Rulai's life, he kept urging his Life Source Energy, and eventually even dug into his True Essence Source Root, barely allowing Sheng Rulai to recover, plunging him into a dual crisis of soul and True Yuan.

Fortunately, he eventually arrived at the Kunlun Ruins, relying on the Void Divine Realm left by the Divine Dragon. After spending a century in solitude, he finally recovered from these injuries and advanced further in his cultivation, reaching the Ninth Layer Unity Realm Stage!

As for his half-destroyed cultivation body, it happened not long ago when a large amount of Divine Dragon Blood was extracted by Yin Li, causing his cultivation to falter, though he later stabilized.

Yet his cultivation has remained stuck in the Divinity Transformation Realm, not fully recovered.

This was due to his lingering injuries and the insufficiency of Spiritual Energy and Elemental Qi in the Canglan Realm.

And now, having used the Reversing Tempering Blood Method to expel the remaining Divine Dragon Blood and the crucial Dragon Blood Origin Root from his body, his True Yuan has dissipated, leaving him truly devoid of cultivation with no way to recover.

However, Mu Jinyu does not regret his decision, for if he clung to his Unity Realm Stage cultivation and True Yuan, he would likely remain stuck at this level in the Canglan Realm for even longer. It's better to break the foundation and start anew.

"Huff..."

Mu Jinyu exhaled long, barely raising a hand to wipe the cold sweat off his forehead, his body weak and extremely uncomfortable.

"Roar!"

"Kill!"

At this moment, he heard the fierce sounds of battle still coming from outside the cave. His complexion changed slightly, wanting to retrieve the puddle of Divine Dragon Blood beneath him, but without cultivation, he couldn't collect the blood like before!

"No way around it, I'll have to cultivate the original version of the 'Blood Tempering Method,' then I can retrieve this dragon blood. Master, hold on!"

Mu Jinyu whispered resolutely, struggling to stand up and then sat cross-legged, beginning to cultivate the "Blood Tempering Method" from the "Humanity Path Sutra."

It wasn't that he didn't want help to collect the dragon blood, but with so many ferocious beasts outside blocking the way, who could he ask for help?

If he sought help from the Old Village Chief and others, who would hold back the beasts? They would raze this cave immediately, leaving him with no cultivation, his life likely ending on the spot.

Thus, he could only grit his teeth and quickly cultivate the Blood Tempering Method, hoping to gain a hint of cultivation, so he could access his Storage Bag, stop cultivating, and secure the dragon blood first!

Soon, Mu Jinyu's weak body began to emit thunderous growling sounds, as his cultivation of the Blood Tempering Method allowed him to digest internal energy, converting it to abundant Qi-Blood, causing his stomach to growl with hunger!

Originally, after expelling the Divine Dragon Blood, Mu Jinyu's Qi-Blood was greatly depleted, and now as he refined his human blood, his Qi-Blood further depleted.

He needed to consume vast amounts of blood meals to replenish his Qi-Blood!

But the situation was critical; without cultivation, venturing out to find blood meals could lead to a dire demise!

Yet without consuming blood meals, his current physical state might not last long!

Luckily, Mu Jinyu only intended to cultivate a wisp of Blood Essence to open his Storage Bag, which wasn't too troublesome. He just had to hold on a bit longer!

"Boom boom boom!!"

Inside Mu Jinyu, thunderous hunger pangs echoed as Qi-Blood surged, converting his body's energy into Qi-Blood Power!

Almost instantly, Mu Jinyu became as emaciated as a skeleton, barely resembling a human.

Finally...

Just as Mu Jinyu was about to rush out to find anything to eat, a wisp of Blood Essence finally formed within him!

This was Blood Essence formed by combining Qi-Blood Power with innate Human Elemental Qi, not True Yuan, which is transformed from nature's spiritual energy into True Qi, then merged with one's own Elemental Qi!

With the appearance of the Blood Essence, Mu Jinyu exhaled deeply, suppressing his hunger and weakness, channeling the Blood Essence into his Storage Bag to retrieve the Jade Bottle storing the Divine Dragon Blood.

"Pop!!"

With the Jade Bottle uncorked, Mu Jinyu quickly raised the bottle to the brilliant golden pool of blood on the ground.

"Boom!!"

Through Mu Jinyu's strenuous effort, although it took some time, he ultimately managed to collect the Divine Dragon Blood into the Jade Bottle Magic Treasure.

"Huff..."

Mu Jinyu sighed with relief.

"Gurgle gurgle..."

Then, unable to hold on any longer, his stomach hunger radiated through his eyes, shining green like a starving wolf!

"I can't, I need to find something to eat..."

Mu Jinyu murmured, listening to the waning battle cries and beast roars outside, knowing that with the dragon blood secured, the maddened ferocious beasts had lost motivation, scattering, and the battle would soon cease.

Without hesitation, Mu Jinyu clambered to his feet, stumbling toward the cave entrance!

Quickly, Mu Jinyu reached the outside, seeing the Old Village Chief, Elder Ji, and others, covered in blood and wounds, still battling the last stubborn beasts trying to enter the cave!

"Bang!!"

At this moment, a beast resembling a tiger and leopard was struck down by the Old Village Chief's staff. Seeing this, Mu Jinyu quickly shouted, "Master... Master, give me... I'm starving..."

Though his voice was weak, the Old Village Chief's hearing wasn't dulled, and amid the receding beast noises, he heard him.

Seeing Mu Jinyu's emaciated form startled the Old Village Chief; he almost didn't recognize him.

Then, he understood Mu Jinyu's predicament, having experienced similar effects after cultivating the Blood Tempering Method.

"Quick, catch, eat quickly!"

The Old Village Chief swiftly skinned and boned the beast resembling a tiger and leopard, tossing the flesh to Mu Jinyu!

Starved as he was, Mu Jinyu cared not whether it was cooked or raw. He lunged at the bloody meat, devouring it ravenously.

As the fresh meat entered his belly, the Blood Tempering Method activated, instantly transforming the flesh into surging blood energy, flowing into his body and spreading through his limbs and bones!

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