Chapter 3

"Hot! Hot! Hot!"

This was the only sensation Ye Wuque felt at this moment.

Inside a simple and unadorned cottage, Ye Wuque struggled to maintain a cross-legged posture, his entire body burning hot, and his originally fair skin had long turned bright red!

Sweat, as large as beans, continuously flowed, but it was instantly evaporated by his terrifyingly high body temperature.

His eyes tightly closed, eyebrows slightly furrowed, though his face was expressionless, the tightly clenched jaw muscles clearly showed that Ye Wuque was enduring immense pain.

"Hum"

"Rushing"

Rushing sounds, like those of surging rivers, came from within Ye Wuque's body. If one looked closely, they would see that every inch of his skin was gently wriggling!

It seemed that within his body, a boundless and irresistible force was rampaging!

His flesh seemed to be torn apart by brute force!

His soul seemed to be continuously scraped by a cold blade!

Although these two immense pains continuously assaulted Ye Wuque's nerves, his will, honed over ten years, allowed this fifteen-year-old boy to endure the pain with great difficulty!

And under this pain, Ye Wuque still maintained a clear consciousness.

"My body... seems to be undergoing a tremendous change! This change, is the result of my ten years of extinction... the origin of the Holy Law!"

"Thump, thump, thump"

Like a thunderclap from within, the body of the cross-legged Ye Wuque suddenly shook, followed by violent tremors, and the originally slight wriggling of his skin increased several times over!

Pain!

Pain that penetrated the bones and soul instantly overwhelmed Ye Wuque's nerves. It felt as if he were standing at the center of ten erupting volcanoes!

Burning, tearing, scraping... all these pains, several times more intense than before, assaulted him simultaneously. Even with a will as strong as Ye Wuque's, he almost could not bear it at this moment.

The perception of his flesh gradually numbed, and his clear consciousness gradually blurred.

It seemed that in the next moment, Ye Wuque would completely faint and never wake up.

"Hold on! Hold on! Don't faint! Absolutely don't faint!"

A fierce roar echoed in his heart. Sweat had long drenched him, his vision was pitch black, and the roaring in his ears was like a tidal wave of intense pain sweeping through his nerves!

A single breath seemed eternal, and Ye Wuque was almost driven mad!

"Rumbling"

"Rushing"

The surging sounds of rivers and seas became even more intense, the muscles on his skin were knotted, and the thick veins in his body bulged, like fierce snakes clearly visible.

The pain reached its peak!

Endurance reached its limit!

But Ye Wuque still held on!

Even if it meant death, he would never give up!

No one knew how terrifying the obsession in this young man's heart was. It seemed resilient and indomitable, but in reality, it was a kind of madness.

"Sigh"

At this critical moment of life and death, a sigh from the depths of Ye Wuque's mind gently echoed. This sigh seemed to carry a loneliness that permeated the ages, and a hint of confusion as if awakening from a long sleep.

"Hum"

A golden light flashed behind the cross-legged Ye Wuque.

With his consciousness already dry and blurred, Ye Wuque suddenly felt a coolness, as if the parched and cracked earth had been nourished by a heavenly rain.

"Hum"

Under this sudden coolness, his blurred consciousness became clear again. The darkness before his eyes suddenly brightened, and everything changed!

"This is... my internal organs? This is the inside of my body?"

What appeared before Ye Wuque's "eyes" was a strange scene.

A beating heart, intricate and orderly veins, a wriggling stomach, kidneys like two furnaces, a shiny liver... everything brought endless novelty to Ye Wuque.

"Rushing" "Rumbling"

At this moment, Ye Wuque finally saw the source of the rumbling sounds within his body.

These sounds belonged to the most important foundation of a cultivator... the blood and qi!

If Murong Changqing could see this, he would be incredulous, because what was surging within Ye Wuque was precisely the blood and qi that he believed had mysteriously dried up.

In this strange state, Ye Wuque seemed unsurprised by the existence of his blood and qi. His attention was completely drawn to a brilliant light cluster located three inches below his navel!

"The origin of the Holy Law! This is the origin of the Holy Law I have cultivated for ten years! Locking the blood and qi, nourishing the origin! Heaven does not forsake the determined! Finally, I have succeeded! Hahahaha... Finally, I have condensed it!"

Great joy filled Ye Wuque. The brilliant light cluster that pulsed within his soul seemed like a grand, vast, and magnificent star, radiating an overwhelming and powerful fighting spirit!

The pain continued, but with Ye Wuque's extreme endurance and the coolness slowly spreading from his mind, it was much better than the previous state of near-death.

After confirming the successful condensation of the origin of the Holy Law, Ye Wuque began to change his perspective, carefully examining the internal condition of his body.

However, what he saw made his heart tremble!

Golden, a faint golden hue!

The originally bright red blood and qi had somehow been tinged with a faint golden glow!

"Red blood and qi with a golden hue? How is this possible? What has happened?"

Great confusion left Ye Wuque puzzled. His "gaze" traced the direction of the surging blood and qi, all the way to the golden light cluster!

Because all the blood and qi were surging out from the origin of the Holy Law.

"For ten years, all my blood and qi were tightly locked in the dantian to nourish the origin of the Holy Law, not a single bit leaked out. Now that I have succeeded, the blood and qi have changed. Could this all be due to the origin of the Holy Law?"

Reaching this conclusion, Ye Wuque also understood the source of the intense pain.

The origin of the Holy Law had successfully condensed, and the blood and qi, which had long merged with the origin, had to break out of the dantian to complete the final step. This process was like peeling the skin and breaking the bones, tearing and scraping, naturally causing immense pain, and being inside the body, it was invisible, making it unbearable for ordinary people.

"Hum, hum, hum"

In an instant, or perhaps an eternity, all the blood and qi locked in the dantian finally burst out, returning to the body, surging and overwhelming the internal organs, muscles, and blood vessels. In that moment, Ye Wuque felt as if he had returned to the time when he first started cultivating at the age of five.

The golden-red blood and qi were abundant and surging, marking the beginning of a powerful cultivator.

"Hum"

Suddenly, the coolness from above disappeared, followed by a jolt in his body, and then everything went dark. When he opened his eyes again, Ye Wuque had returned to his physical body.

"Thud"

Falling backward, Ye Wuque lay sprawled on the wooden bed, drenched as if he had just been fished out of a river. His eyes, naturally brilliant, were filled with joy, and his lips curled up, showing the happiness of finally achieving his goal after ten years of hard work, but there was also another meaning, as if he was waiting for something.

After a long while.

"Sigh"

The same sigh echoed in Ye Wuque's mind again. Hearing this sigh, Ye Wuque couldn't help but smile, a smile that hadn't appeared in ten years.

This was the comfortable and joyful smile of meeting an old friend.

"Kong, it's been a long time."

The young and clear voice came from Ye Wuque's mouth, as if speaking to himself or to someone else.

"Ten years of extinction, finally achieving transformation, Ye Wuque, you are truly... remarkable."

After a while, a voice that sounded both沧桑 (cāngsāng, weathered) and young slowly echoed in Ye Wuque's mind, as if the owner of the voice was only a few years older than Ye Wuque.

"Hum"

A faint golden light flashed, and Ye Wuque closed his eyes again. His mind, or soul space, trembled slightly, and a familiar yet strange feeling rippled through Ye Wuque's heart.

"I never thought that after ten years of sleep, you would actually succeed in condensing the origin of the Holy Law, thus awakening me. Haha, it seems that even though you were young, you ultimately chose this path of extinction."

The voice called Kong, existing in Ye Wuque's soul space, seemed to have just woken up, with a hint of laziness, but the admiration in his tone was unhidden.

"Kong, thank you just now. You have been asleep for ten years. Do you remember anything about yourself?"

Smiling, Ye Wuque asked a question.

Seemingly not expecting this question, Kong paused for a moment and then laughed, "No, I still can't remember who I am, but my residual soul power has recovered somewhat, enough to maintain wakefulness. If it weren't for the day seal you revealed from the sun, moon, and stars prohibition ten years ago, allowing me to reside in your soul space, I would have long dissipated."

Lying on the bed, Ye Wuque smiled slightly, suddenly raised his right hand, and reached into his chest, taking out a letter.

The letter looked ordinary, with no writing on the envelope, but Ye Wuque's expression became sad and lonely as he held it in his right hand.

"Sigh, indeed, it is this obsession that has sustained you, willing to undergo ten years of extinction, willing to give up your status as a genius, just to condense the origin of the Holy Law? Just to open this letter, I ask you, Ye Wuque, do you regret this choice?"

Seeing the letter in Ye Wuque's hand, Kong couldn't help but ask, thinking of something.

"Do you know, if you hadn't chosen to condense the origin of the Holy Law, with your talent, your cultivation would certainly be very high now. But for the origin of the Holy Law, you have remained at the fifth level of the Body Tempering stage. Is it worth it?"

Kong's question echoed in Ye Wuque's mind. Looking at the letter in his hand, Ye Wuque smiled lightly, "Is it worth it? Of course, it is."

"Since I can remember, I have always been with Uncle Fu. Until the age of four, Uncle Fu brought me to the Murong family, left this letter and the Blood Dragon Jade, and quietly left. I can't even remember anything before the age of four, I only know my name is Ye Wuque, but I don't know who I am, who my parents are, or where my... hometown is."

At this point, Ye Wuque's expression became warm and nostalgic, but he didn't stop. These deeply buried secrets, he could only and was willing to share with Kong.

"In the few memories I have from before the age of four, I vaguely remember that although Uncle Fu was not my father, he treated me like a son. I seemed to have traveled to many places with him, and we eventually came to the Murong family. I don't know my origins, but I have a hope, which is this letter and the Blood Dragon Jade left by Uncle Fu."

"Kong, after Uncle Fu left, I was extremely sad. In my stumbling, I went to that place and accidentally revealed the sun, moon, and stars prohibition, meeting you. You told me that this letter was sealed with a Holy Law prohibition, and no matter how high my cultivation would be in the future, I could never open it without knowing the Holy Law..."

Hearing this, Kong fell silent for a moment.

How could he not understand Ye Wuque's words? In this young man's view, the highest cultivation was not as important as his obsession with family. He didn't know who he was, where he came from, or where his parents and hometown were, and the only clue was this letter and the Blood Dragon Jade.

How similar were Ye Wuque and him?

"I have forgotten who I am, and he has never known who he is. We are both chasing and seeking, hoping to find our roots."

For a moment, the cottage fell into silence.

After a long while, Kong broke the silence.

"Haha... Do you know, Ye Wuque, your ten years of extinction to cultivate the Holy Law will be the greatest transformation of your life! One day, you will realize how correct your choice was! Cultivating the Holy Law at the Body Tempering stage... such an opportunity, such a transformation..."

The voice in his mind was full of amazement and joy, leaving Ye Wuque somewhat stunned, but he soon remembered the challenge with Murong Tian, and his expression turned serious.

"Hum"

With a thought, the golden-red blood and qi surged and vibrated within Ye Wuque, and a smile gradually appeared on his lips.

"Now that the Holy Law is complete, my blood and qi have broken free from the dantian and returned to my body. Kong, can I continue cultivating now?"

At this moment, Ye Wuque told Kong about the challenge with Murong Tian.

"At the age of five, you reached the fifth level of the Body Tempering stage, achieving a small success in tendon cultivation. Over the years, you have continuously nourished and condensed the Holy Law, unknowingly making your body increasingly powerful, already achieving a great success in tendon cultivation. As for bone and marrow cultivation, you just need time. With the Holy Law's enhancement, your cultivation path will be completely different from ordinary people, a path of transformation. As for why your blood and qi have changed, it might be related to your constitution. Try cultivating some primordial energy and see?"

Looking at the letter in his hand, a light flashed in his eyes, and Ye Wuque carefully put the letter back in his chest, sitting cross-legged and beginning to circulate the "Heavenly Vigor" technique, which he had long memorized. The golden-red blood and qi within his body vibrated!

"Hum"

The origin of the Holy Law suddenly pulsed, and a boundless and irresistible suction force spread from the dantian, instantly drawing all the primordial energy within his body into the origin of the Holy Law in the dantian!

"Hum, hum, hum"

Ye Wuque vaguely felt that something unknown was happening within the pulsing origin of the Holy Law, but at this moment, he trusted Kong, maintaining a state of concentration and focus.

"Boom"

After a moment, the entire origin of the Holy Law suddenly brightened, the golden light cluster radiating brilliant light, enveloping Ye Wuque. At this instant, Ye Wuque's expression changed!

"Hum"

Familiar yet strange pale golden primordial energy surged out from the origin of the Holy Law, instantly spreading throughout his limbs and body, no different from before.

However, Ye Wuque knew that the primordial energy flowing within his body was no longer the same!

Vast, grand, and immense, it radiated an overwhelming and powerful fighting spirit!

"Kong, what's going on?"

Feeling the momentum of the pale golden primordial energy surging through his body, Ye Wuque finally couldn't help but ask.

"Indeed! The first benefit of condensing the origin of the Holy Law is that from now on, you will no longer cultivate ordinary primordial energy, but the Holy Law Battle Qi derived from the origin of the Holy Law!"

Kong's voice became somewhat excited at this moment, and before Ye Wuque could ask again, he continued, "The Holy Law Battle Qi is a high-quality primordial energy, ten times thicker and more refined than ordinary primordial energy, with ten times the destructive power! This means that from now on, you will have the ability to fight across levels and win with lesser strength!"

"Fight across levels? Win with lesser strength?"

Ye Wuque's brilliant eyes became brighter as Kong explained, feeling the golden-red blood and qi and the Holy Law Battle Qi within his body, his heart burning with passion.

With a smile, a sharp and intimidating glint flickered in the depths of Ye Wuque's calm eyes.

"Uncle Fu, I will guard the Blood Dragon Jade you left for me; Murong Tian, you will be the first stepping stone for Ye Wuque to shine again!"

The low, resounding voice was like a thunderclap, filled with unshakable confidence.

... Clear skies, the sun high in the sky.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh"

In front of the Murong family's young disciples' courtyard, seven or eight figures moved quickly, led by a man and a woman.

The man was muscular, with a fierce scar on his left cheek, none other than Murong Hai. The woman wore a tight red silk dress, accentuating her curvaceous and alluring figure, but her beautiful face was filled with hatred and humiliation, none other than Murong Binglan.

Following closely behind them were several of the Murong family's young generation's strong individuals. Although they were moving forward, their gazes were mostly focused on Murong Binglan's attractive figure, their admiration unhidden.

"Binglan, you're making a big deal out of nothing. Teaching a trash like Ye Wuque a lesson doesn't require so many people."

"That's right, I can suppress him with one hand."

"Ye Wuque is really overestimating himself, daring to challenge Murong Tian. He's just asking for death."

Hearing the voices behind her, Murong Binglan didn't respond, but said lightly, "Thank you all for your trouble this time. Binglan will definitely repay you afterward."

"Hey, Binglan, what are you saying? Who in the Murong family would dare to offend you?"

"Don't fight over it. I'll handle teaching Ye Wuque a lesson."

Murong Hai's eyes narrowed slightly, glancing at Murong Binglan beside him, a hidden heat in his eyes. He naturally guessed the purpose and reason for Murong Binglan's trip, which was also why he came along.

Teaching Ye Wuque a lesson and earning a bit of favor from Murong Binglan was too easy for Murong Hai.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh"

Stopping in front of a medium-sized wooden house, Murong Binglan