Chapter 1 The Beginning

When Jiang Xuan's injuries recovered, he walked out of the Demon Dragon Fortress. Now that the fortress had been breached, it was already in ruins, and coupled with the suppression of the Divine Palace's power, it was simply impossible to escape.

However, even if Jiang Xuan refined this thing, he wouldn't be able to use it directly. Otherwise, when he went to the fourteenth level of the abyss, that Demon Dragon would definitely not let him go.

As for the Divine Palace, it seemed to recognize Jiang Xuan's identity as a being from the Thirty-Three Heavens, so Jiang Xuan also smoothly entered it. Just as he had thought, it contained a great opportunity left behind by that God-King.

Although Jiang Xuan's body flowed with the bloodline of the ancient races, it was extremely thin. Hundreds of millions of years had passed, and even the gods of the Thirty-Three Heavens had declined, let alone other races.

And the opportunity here was to improve the purity of the bloodline. Anyone with the bloodline of the ancient races in their body could do it. Jiang Xuan had the bloodline of the ancient human race in his body, so naturally he could also do it.

And if he could pass all the tests, he could even completely transform his own bloodline into the bloodline of the ancient God race, and the purest ancient God race bloodline!

You must know that in this realm, the ancient God race was the true darling of heaven and earth. Hundreds of millions of years ago, they were the masters of the Thirty-Three Heavens. Even the Lord of the Asura Road and the Immortal Monarch, the two beings who surpassed True Gods, were both from the ancient God race.

From this, it can be seen how strong this race's bloodline was. If Jiang Xuan had a clone that could become a pure ancient god, then even if his realm remained unchanged, his combat power would reach an extremely terrifying level.

Therefore, Jiang Xuan naturally wanted to obtain this opportunity.

However, he was not in a hurry for the time being. Within this Abyss of Gods and Demons, he was temporarily safe. Exploring ancient secret realms like this was normal for a disappearance of hundreds of years, not to mention they were exploring a demon domain battlefield at the True God level. No one would suspect if they didn't appear in the outside world for thousands of years.

As for the few Celestial Venerable-level demons outside the Abyss of Gods and Demons, he wasn't worried either. Not just anyone could enter or leave this demon domain battlefield.

If they didn't have a True God-level demonic artifact, it was impossible for them to leave. And even if they happened to obtain a True God demonic artifact and left this ancient battlefield, they wouldn't know that Jiang Xuan had killed Long Shi and the others. At worst, he could change his appearance afterwards and still stand in front of these demon Celestial Venerables in a righteous manner.

Even then, even True Gods might not be able to distinguish his true from false.

After that, Jiang Xuan began the test of the ancient God race. He chose to take the test when he was a Lower Celestial Venerable, so the difficulty was also the lowest at this stage.

The method of the test was also very simple, which was to duel with the illusory images of the ancient God race. He was a Lower Celestial Venerable, so he was also dueling with the Lower Celestial Venerables of the ancient God race, but the levels of their bloodlines were different.

Those were illusory images evolved from True God laws, which could display the true power of this race's Celestial Venerables. Even if it was a branch family, a common Lower Celestial Venerable could be comparable to a Middle Celestial Venerable of other races.

When Jiang Xuan's completion reached 60%, Celestial Venerables with royal blood in the ancient God race also began to appear. Compared to the top powerhouses of the branch family, a normal Celestial Venerable with royal blood could be comparable to the Upper Celestial Venerables of other races in the Thirty-Three Heavens today!

It could be imagined that if it weren't for the great calamity hundreds of millions of years ago, and the Lord of the Asura Road and the Immortal Monarch had died or been injured, the Sacred Race, Soul Race, Human Race, and so on would never have been able to rise.

When Jiang Xuan reached 90% completion, he was facing the purest royal bloodline. Just as a Lower Celestial Venerable, he erupted with the combat power of a top Celestial Venerable. Especially in the last test, what he faced was the bloodline level of that peerless God-King who left this ruin behind, which was powerful to the extreme. As a Lower Celestial Venerable, he could erupt with combat power that surpassed even a top Celestial Venerable.

Even Jiang Xuan used many methods, rather than being limited to the Nine Nether Hound treasured technique, to barely defeat him.

However, the harvest was also quite rich. After passing all the tests, Jiang Xuan's bloodline was transformed, becoming the purest ancient God race bloodline.

This was something that only that peerless God-King of the past could do, using his true blood to transform Jiang Xuan, making him a true ancient god.

After the transformation, although Jiang Xuan's realm didn't change, he could still feel that his strength had become stronger, truly standing in the ultimate realm of Celestial Venerables. Even when facing beings at the Half-Step True God level, he could still calmly deal with them.

And the most crucial thing was that the human race's body refinement laws that were devoured and suppressed by "Desolate" no longer had a sealing effect on him!

He was now considered the purest ancient God race. Even the current God-King of the God race wouldn't be as good as him in terms of bloodline. As the darling of the Thirty-Three Heavens, the ancient God race could cultivate any kind of law system. Be it the Qi Gathering system, the Eight Gates of the Dunjia, or the Nine Stars of the Dao Palace, they were all derived from this race in the past.

The best example was the Lord of the Asura Road, who comprehended all the Heavenly Dao order of the Thirty-Three Heavens, sealing himself as a god in each life, and combining his thirty-three incarnations into one, directly surpassing the True God.

Now that Jiang Xuan was also an ancient god, although "Desolate" devoured and sealed the path of the Nine Stars of the Human Race's Dao Palace, it had no effect on other races. He could still cultivate it!

This was also why Jiang Xuan chose to take the test first. After knowing that the opportunity in the Divine Palace was the ancient God race bloodline, he immediately changed his plan, first transforming himself into the ancient God race bloodline, and then cultivating the Nine Stars of the Dao Palace. This could save a lot of resources, allowing him to make more arrangements.

"The *Azure Heavens Overlord Codex* is already in hand, I can start cultivating the Nine Stars of the Dao Palace!" His current clones are all over the myriad realms, but he himself is already a Celestial Venerable, and coupled with the special nature of the clone technique, the six clones share the same memories. Although there is an information gap between them due to the universe's barriers, memories can still be transmitted.

Now, the clone left in the Asura Road has already obtained the *Azure Heavens Overlord Codex* from Mu Lingyue. The method was also very simple. The other party was determined to take revenge and wanted powerful strength. Although Jiang Xuan didn't tell her the truth, he agreed to let her become his disciple.

For Mu Lingyue, being able to become a disciple of a Celestial Venerable was something she would never have dared to imagine in the past, but now it had become true, so she happily handed over the *Azure Heavens Overlord Codex*.

And after a period of time, the other clones also obtained the specific methods of the *Azure Heavens Overlord Codex*, which also contained many elixir formulas that could help the human race cultivate the Nine Stars of the Dao Palace against the heavens.

But for the current Jiang Xuan, it was meaningless. He only needed this one method.

Several days later, Jiang Xuan sat cross-legged in the void, and thousands of starlight gathered, falling like a galaxy, and endless starlight scattered in this space, converging towards Jiang Xuan's brow.

At this time, Jiang Xuan could clearly feel that his brow, the location of the niwan (pineal gland), was so hot that it was about to melt, and the endless starlight was gathering here, gradually forming a Dao Palace!

This was the fourth Dao Palace, the Heavenly Eye Dao Palace. This Dao Palace had no attack power, but once opened, it would directly increase the warrior's divine sense, allowing them to see through the secrets of heaven and see infinite mysteries.

However, for Jiang Xuan's clone, he could nurture a great divine power evolved from the Nine Nether Hound treasured technique in each Dao Palace. If the six clones were combined in the future, the amplification would be extraordinary.

This Heavenly Eye Dao Palace was suitable for nurturing the "Nine Nether Evil Flames"!

Another month passed, and the fifth Dao Palace, the Life Embryo Dao Palace, was opened. This Dao Palace could give warriors endless vitality, and the recovery ability of their physical bodies could reach an unimaginable level. Jiang Xuan also nurtured a great divine power in this Dao Palace.

Half a year later, the power of starlight was compressed by Jiang Xuan into his limbs, intertwined into magnificent palaces of radiant light. These palaces were connected to each other. This was the sixth Dao Palace, the Imperial Martial Dao Palace, which was in charge of battle. Once opened, the warrior's physical strength would be enhanced several times.

Even for Jiang Xuan, this enhancement was not weak, allowing him to take another small step forward, and his combat power was almost comparable to a Half-Step True God.

"The consumption is really big." Even after transforming into the ancient God race bloodline, the consumption was still huge. He had already removed the demonic nature of the three demon Celestial Venerables and refined them into elixirs before he could cultivate to this level.

But this was also worth it, and he was also preparing to continue cultivating, attacking the seventh Dao Palace, which was also the limit that his current strength could withstand. He could not open the eighth and ninth Dao Palaces yet.

This breakthrough took more than a year. The Gemini Dao Palace was extremely special. The Nine Stars of the Dao Palace were seven bright and two dark. As the seventh Dao Palace of the Nine Stars of the Dao Palace, the Gemini Dao Palace was the last Dao Palace among the seven bright stars, and it was also the most special Dao Palace.

Its specialty was first reflected in its location, which was outside the cultivator's body. When the Gemini Dao Palace was opened, it would condense into a star and appear in the void not far from the cultivator's body. This star was the Gemini Star.

Then the Nine Stars of the Dao Palace laws would use this Gemini Star as a foundation to gather endless starlight from the Nine Heavens, gradually condensing into a phantom. Afterwards, as long as the main body separated a part of its own bloodline and divine soul and poured it into the Gemini Star, it could use this as a foundation to create a clone.

Moreover, this clone was similar to the third level of the *Twelve Divine Devils of the Capital*, sharing the same origin as the main body. Not only could it be separated and independent, but it could also merge with the main body, thereby increasing combat power.

In Jiang Xuan's opinion, as long as he opened the Gemini Dao Palace and comprehended it, he would soon be able to deduce the third level of the *Six Paths Reincarnation True Body*.

As for the Gemini clone, Jiang Xuan had also made plans for it long ago. He first left the Divine Palace ruins, and then refined the Demon Blood of the "Nether" lineage that he had obtained before into his body. After opening the Gemini Dao Palace, he immediately integrated all the Demon Race bloodline into the Gemini clone without leaving a trace.

At this time, he was equivalent to obtaining a pure "Nether" lineage Demon clone. As long as he could cover up the aura of his divine soul, let alone True God-level demons, even if "Nether" was still alive, he would definitely not be able to see any clues.

"Now, it's time to improve the strength of the demon clone."

Jiang Xuan thought to himself that he had very little bloodline of "Nether" in his hand. After injecting it into the clone, it could only allow the clone to reach the Saint Lord level. Fortunately, he had a lot of resources in his hand. Not to mention the remaining demon Celestial Venerables, he even had a lot of the Demon King's blood in his hand, which was completely enough for the demon clone to improve its strength.