What Qing Yanjing didn't know was that due to the power of the Dragon Phoenix Art, Xiao Yan could actually replicate her Spiritual Vein Divine Ability. Of course, the power would be reduced to a certain degree. The replicated Devour Spirit Violet Flame only carried the strength of a Seven Divine Vein level. Even so, its might still surpassed many typical peerless divine abilities.
As for the secrets of the Eightfold Buddha Pagoda, Qing Yanjing had also shared those with Xiao Yan. It wasn't that she was particularly generous, but rather that crafting such a technique was so difficult that even if someone else learned it, they wouldn't be able to replicate it. Moreover, if Xiao Yan truly desired the knowledge, he could simply extract it from her memory. Under those circumstances, there was no point in keeping anything hidden.
When Xiao Yan learned that the Eightfold Buddha Pagoda had to be refined from the corpses of Demon Emperors, he couldn't help but be astonished. No wonder this ability was ranked among the Thirty-Six Peerless Divine Abilities—it had such a profound requirement! Qing Yanjing likely inherited the already-forged Buddha Bead crafted by an ancient ancestor of the Buddha Clan. For Xiao Yan to forge it himself would be another matter entirely.
"Forget it... one step at a time." Xiao Yan sighed. He was currently deep within the territory of the Extraterritorial Evil Race, and it was inevitable he'd face Demon Emperors. If the opportunity arose, he could try collecting a few Demon Emperor corpses—only then might he be able to cultivate the Eightfold Buddha Pagoda. For now, though, it was more important to examine his own Spiritual Vein Divine Ability.
With that thought, Xiao Yan sat down cross-legged without hesitation, calming his mind to sense the presence of spiritual veins within his body. His soul energy far surpassed others of the same level, so the scan took him little effort. Before long, he sensed a mysterious force awakening within him.
His consciousness descended into a chaotic space, and in response to his summon, radiant suns began to rise. His skin glowed brilliantly, and soon, nine solar markings surfaced on his body. At the same time, the energy within the Heavenly Tomb surged violently. If this had occurred in the outside world, such a phenomenon would surely have triggered a heaven-shaking reaction!
"Nine Divine Veins?" Qing Yanjing gasped at the radiant solar marks appearing across Xiao Yan's body. Even within the esteemed Buddha Clan, only a rare few across its entire history had possessed Nine Divine Veins. Her own Eight Divine Veins had once stunned the clan and earned her the title of its most talented genius in centuries—but Nine Divine Veins were on an entirely different level!
A Spiritual Vein Divine Ability evolved from Nine Divine Veins could rival the Thirty-Six Peerless Divine Abilities in might! More importantly, those who possessed Nine Divine Veins had unmatched cultivation potential—so long as they weren't killed prematurely, they were practically destined to reach the Saint-grade Heavenly Sovereign level!
This realization left Qing Yanjing with mixed emotions. Before they were dragged into the Extraterritorial Evil Race's territory, she had even considered calling upon her clan to suppress Xiao Yan. But now? If the Buddha Clan learned that Xiao Yan possessed Nine Divine Veins, they might just deliver her to him in a silk-wrapped gift box…
Xiao Yan, of course, was unaware of these thoughts. At this moment, he was finally beginning to understand that his spiritual veins likely had a deep connection to his bloodline from the Dou Qi Continent. By his reasoning, the so-called divine-grade bloodlines from the lower planes would equate to at least Seven Divine Veins in the Great Thousand World.
His own bloodline had fused with the power of multiple bloodline forces. It had already evolved into a divine-grade bloodline before he ascended. Then, after merging the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and the Four Calamity Spirits, his bloodline had long surpassed its original limits. Given that, it wasn't strange for him to possess Nine Divine Veins. What interested him even more now was—what would his Spiritual Vein Divine Ability be?
But just then, he noticed faint dots of light suddenly flickering deep within his body. As these points connected, a tenth spiritual vein formed. In the chaotic sea, a tenth radiant sun rose—though it was noticeably smaller than the previous nine.
"Impossible!" Qing Yanjing's composure finally cracked as she saw another solar marking appear on Xiao Yan's body. Ten suns—Ten Divine Veins?! Since the discovery of spiritual veins in the Great Thousand World, the strongest ever recorded had only been Nine Divine Veins. Ten had never existed. So what on earth was happening to Xiao Yan?
Even Xiao Yan was baffled. He could feel that this tenth spiritual vein wasn't originally part of his body. It had been somehow implanted or fused through some unknown method. While spiritual veins could be transplanted, they typically existed as independent structures and couldn't reinforce a person's original spiritual vein count.
Otherwise, someone with Eight Divine Veins could just graft on a Mortal-grade vein and claim to have Nine Divine Veins.
Yet Xiao Yan distinctly sensed that this tenth vein wasn't separate. It was interlinked with the other nine—there was no sense of foreignness. It was as if they had been born together. This unusual fusion left Xiao Yan astonished, and he began pondering where this tenth vein had come from.
"Could it be... from back then..." Xiao Yan suddenly recalled what had happened in the Ancient Sacred Abyss—after gathering the bones of fallen Dou Di ancestors, their remains had dissolved into specks of light and entered his body. Those lights looked exactly like this new spiritual vein. Perhaps this was the parting gift left behind by those forebears...
"Looks like doing a good deed sometimes brings real rewards." Xiao Yan couldn't help but smile. Back then, he had only brought their remains back for burial out of respect for their shared origins as Dou Qi Continent ascendants. He hadn't expected those seniors to gift him something so precious. Of course, he also knew there weren't any treasures left on those skeletons—otherwise, he might not have been so noble.
Now, inside Xiao Yan's body, ten radiant suns floated in formation. The very first was the largest and brightest. The last one, though the smallest, began orbiting the center sun, trailed by the other eight, forming a rotating pattern.
As Xiao Yan stared at the formation, he suddenly found it familiar.
And then it struck him—the configuration was unmistakable.
"This is... the Solar System?"
(End of Chapter)
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