Cang Yue Goes on Offence

"So, how do I use this?" Xing Tong asked me curiously. 

"You need to give a few drops of your blood. The forge then will use a large amount of Profound Energy to increase the potency of your blood; once the process is done, you will take that blood back."

"Got it." 

The redhead cut her finger with her profound energy and walked to the forge before dropping the blood on the anvil.

Her eyes for a second widened as she was shocked to see the blood float in the middle above the anvil.

"The anvil-like structure is what is keeping the blood anchored in the world; cutting parts of power from blood destabilises its existence," I explained to her while walking over and turning it on, selecting option two and pressing start. 

At that moment, energy surged, and corners and into the middle, bolts of lightning smacked into the blood from the four needles and the single large one above the anvil.

"As you can see on this command tablet, it will take around 5 minutes to increase the potency of your blood. Quite a bit of time; your blood is much better than mine."

"W-Wait! Hold it! You say I only need to drop the blood, wait for 5 minutes before absorbing it back, and this way, my cultivation potential will go up!?" She asked me as if she had realised something crazy.

"Well, yeah? I just said it to you a few moments ago."

"T-This is crazy! Do you even realise—"

"Please don't give me the whole 'insanely crazy', or 'it should be impossible' or 'this breaks the logic' nonsense. I don't want to hear it again, especially when neither your nor Ying'er's people even tried to do anything to restore your blood potency or legacies." I said with an eye roll.

"It breaks my 'logic' that every single cultivator I have met so far needs to be taken care of like a baby. Don't be one of those Tong'er." I said with a sigh.

The girl simply closed her mouth and didn't say anything.

"And here it is. Collect your blood and absorb it as you do with blood legacies." 

She nodded and walked over, and proceeded to collect her blood.

A few short seconds later, her cultivation reacted and started to surge. 

Going from [Seventh of Sovereign Profound] to the midway of [Eighth of Sovereign Profound] though the most obvious change was her blood-like red aura, which got much thicker than before. 

"I-Incredible!" 

"Hmm, yes. This was your first try; there are two more before it becomes difficult to increase the potency."

"T-Two more!? Does this mean I will have True God-like bloodline Potency!?" She asked with a baffled look; there was an obvious look of greed on her cute face.

"Relax, most likely yes, though for greater potential, I would need to upgrade the forge." 

"R-Right! Of course! You could just make it better and better! This is just great! You are amazing, Xiao Long!" This time around, she slammed into me and proceeded to hug me like life depended on this.

"There-There, my Tong'er will be strong; there is no doubt about it." 

I patted her head while she hummed happily. 

"Un!"

'Damn, she is truly like a small but ferocious house cat.'

After a few more minutes, she moved away and could not look at me directly anymore; she realised what she just did.

"Relax; continue increasing the potency of your blood." 

"A-Alright."

Xing Tong repeated the process one more time, though this time, it went up by a whole couple of hours, and the amount of energy used was quite a large one.

"Hmm, I don't think we will be able to use it for the third time anytime soon," I said to her as I witnessed how many crystals were used for the second potency ritual. 

"It's fine! I am already at [Ninth of Sovereign Profound]. I think I will be able to reach Peak Monarch in a short amount of time." The redhead said to me; there was obvious excitement on her face as she was happy about her progress.

"Good to hear."

"Umm…" 

"What?"

"Umm…"

"What is it?"

"W-What is your plan after taking over this Mortal Star?" She asked while fiddling with battle maid robes.

"Going to the Realm of Gods. That much should be obvious." 

"Yes. But, It's a different kind of place. You might be very strong here, but the first realm after [Sovereign Profound] is just the beginning of the Divine Way." She seriously said that to me.

"I know well enough that the amount of Profound Energy in the air will be much more than now. This is why I will steadily increase the amount of capacity my floating islands can handle."

"...Wait! What!?"

"What is it?"

"You will be taking your islands with you!?" She exclaimed loudly.

"Of course. Not just that, the islands, most likely the whole continent as well."

Her black eyes blinked a couple of times.

"You— *Sigh* Whatever, my point is, the blonde bitch and I are extremely famous people in the Realm of Gods. You will be in trouble if we stay with you." She pointed out.

"I know that well enough; you two told me a bunch of times already," I said with an eye roll. 

She, for a second, looked ashamed but quickly recovered.

"Yes-Yes, not my greatest moment; however, it doesn't change the facts."

"Indeed. However, you forgot basic facts. We won't be going to any of the stars so easily."

"I guess if you are taking your continent with you, then there is no need to worry." She sighed before starting to fiddle with her robes some more.

"Right, there is something more?" I said with a sigh as I saw how she was acting. 

"YES! Geez! FINE! I will tell you. You won, okay!?"

She huffed and puffed; before taking a breath and proceeding to tell me.

"Remember when it said that I am from Star God Realm? Right? There are twelve of us. You can say we are a Pantheon on our own.

THAT man—" This is where she showed an extremely murderous look; her hair even started to glow.

To get her to calm down, I pulled her into a hug. This helped as she calmed down quite a bit.

"He was supposed to be my father, but he decided to sacrifice me to some bogus ritual which could make him into a True God. Which I think is some nonsense."

I nodded at her.

"Regardless, this is why I am worried because I am not strong enough now; he might sacrifice my little sister instead; for that to happen, he might use the remaining legacy on her just to make her a [Divine Master] and then use the ritual."

"From my understanding of these legacies, they are not just regular power boosts. Your Star Gods infused their wills into them.

This is why, by all means, your old man is affected by the legacy. He most likely wants to make the Star Realm as powerful as possible.

This is why I think the ritual to be at its best. He will most likely sacrifice ALL of the legacies just to reach True God status."

Her whole body shook. 

"T-This is something I didn't consider! Y-Yes knowing HIM, he will do it! I-I-I need to cultivate quickly if I want to save Caizhi!" 

Xing Tong entered into panic mode as she didn't know what to do.

"Shhhh, for such a scale, ritual timing should be Important?"

My words calmed her down a little bit; she took a deep breath.

"Yes, the alignment of stars has to be specific; we have around 15 years for that."

"Good enough time."

"Good enough!? To reach Divine Master regularly, it will take us close to a thousand years! If we are lucky, 800 to 700 years!"

I rolled my eyes at her.

"Yes, because I have nothing else to do and cultivate regularly. You disappoint me, Tong'er. I guess I need to create something else to remind you how much I follow 'regular' methods."

"..."

She had no courage to look at me after hearing that.

"Yes. Now why don't you go and cultivate for a bit? See the changes."

"Un…"

She quickly left my hands and was about to leave the Forge Room.

But then she turned around and looked at me.

"You do know you don't need to do this. Standing against HIM, you could just release the hold you have over me."

*Snort*

"That's quite a cheap way to try to leave my services after getting such a boost in your potential."

*Hmph!*

"I am simply warning you that you will have enemies with Star God Realm!"

"Oh, sweet Tong'er, by now, you should understand that if I don't have direct strength, then I can use blood." 

I pointed at the forge.

"Your legacies operate from a single artefact, don't they not?"

Her eyes widened to an astronomical level as she realised what I was talking about.

"Y-You could seal away or strip their cultivation levels!? The same way that bitch's Star Realm Artefact works!?"

"I could create something which would cripple your father's star."

This time around, a huge smile blossomed on her face.

"Do it! Make one! And you can have all the legacies you want! As long as Caizhi is fine!" She quickly gave me another hug before swiftly leaving the room.

'Silly girl. I hope she realised that there are a bunch of ways to fight. Being this close to Ying'er should have taught you something by now.' 

I frowned for a second before turning the blood forge off by taking the formation core.

~~~~~~Later~~~~~~

The ring creation was going well, and the technique Xiao Long is using is quite special. It's not made from any sort of metal or ore in general.

Instead, the Young Master went with something he remembered about the Heavenly Treasures—specifically the Seal of Life and Death.

In simple terms, it's just a rock with few letters on it.

So the idea is simple, just put a few letters —Language of Gods on it and then use Sheer Profound energy to give a form to it.

For a cultivator to do something like this would take an insane amount of time. So, instead of doing it himself, he placed a formation with support arrays and just placed a bunch of Crystals.

Automation for an easy, clever way out.

While the ring was being created, Xiao Long proceeded to return to his cultivation as well.

He does want to reach the middle to late stages of [Tyrant Profound] before he can start the Dragon God Trials for the best results.

So at day time, he would cultivate regularly; at night time, he would spend time with his darling wife.

At times when he would get tired of cultivating, he would spend time developing artefacts which could cast shields. 

Eventually, a couple more days passed, and Xiao Long got intercepted by confident-looking Cang Yue.

"Princess?"

"Are you busy, Master Long?" She asked curiously; her eyelashes fluttered as she was thinking about something.

"Not really? I am cultivating with breaks at this moment."

Hearing that, she clapped her hands happily. 

"Wonderful! Please follow me!"

Even though she said that, she took his hand and proceeded to guide him.

~~~

Cang Yue was quite confident; she had been practising her Profound cooking for a while. 

It has been going splendidly for her.

She never thought food could taste this good before! Like the meat melts in one's mouth, and not only that, but one can get a cultivation boost! 

"Where are we going?"

"To the place where I rented. It's a small house with a kitchen."

"Oh? Nice, it appears you are taking this to the next level." Xiao Long was impressed that she decided to rent a place just so that she could practise profound cooking in peace and without interruptions.

"Yes! I have to! It's extremely profound, just like Alchemy, and I wanted to be the best I could be!" Cang Yue said with an extremely serious look.

'Hehehe, she got hooked; I know the feeling, dear.'

"Good, then let me see what you have been cooking up."

"With pleasure."

A few short minutes later, in Floating Cloud City, the pair arrived in front of a simple house.

The Princess let him in and then proceeded to show him the kitchen. 

"Take a seat; I will start soon."

"Sure thing."

As he said that, Xiao Long took his seat and watched how Cang Yue started to cook.

Unlike his Alchemy, the Young Master has not prepared a Profound Scroll for this art, so many things the Princess has to do herself.

However, just from observation alone, he can see that she was natural and had an instinct for this. 

'I am curious, who was her mother? Because this isn't a random ability. Was she a cook? I can see a talented cook seducing the Emperor; that's very much possible.'

As the Young Master was thinking about past scenarios, his nose got assaulted by a delicious smell.

'This is good! Very good!'

At that moment, he stopped thinking and watched her cook.

A few minutes later, Cang Yue placed the plate in front of him.

There was some nervousness in her actions, but mostly she was confident in her food.

"Done! Please try it out."

"Very well."

Xiao Long took his fork and proceeded to cut a small bite and then placed it in his mouth. He closed his eyes and felt the taste.

After chewing it, he swallowed it.

"Very good. You took this art and mastered it very quickly. I am very impressed."

"YES! I mean, yes!"

The Princess slightly fist bumped. She was almost dancing. 

"It is very good. Now come over here."

She nodded at him and walked over to his side. 

At that moment, he pulled her into his lap.

"!!!"

"M-Master Long!?"

"Relax, we are going to finish this together."

"O-Okay."

For the next few minutes, Xiao Long ate some and gave some to the Princess, who was blushing hard as she was being fed.

Though midway, she gathered her courage and proceeded to feed the Young Master as well! 

He had been waiting for this, so he was quite happy that she had adapted so quickly.

"Wonderful dinner, my beautiful Princess." He hugged her while saying that.

"Un, thank you for accepting the invitation." She said that with a flustered look; this was getting quite intimate, just like she wanted! 

"Yes, and now I have a proposition."

"Hmm?"

"Since my Princess passed all the tests, it's only expected that I ask you this."

"Ask what?"

"If Princess Cang Yue wants to be my wife?"

At that moment, her heartbeat accelerated when she heard that. A deeper blush appeared on her cheeks. 

"Y-Yes! Of course!"

She instantly turned around and proceeded to kiss him.

~~~~~~Later, With Xiao Long~~~~~~

After spending a couple of days with Cang Yue, teaching her Dual Cultivation and Yin & Yang Equalizing Arts, including the physique, I returned to my training.

While I have used the Forge to increase the potency of my blood, I still haven't used the purifying pills that much.

Same with soul purifying, I may have tested them to see the results, but it was not pushed to the limit.

This is why I added blood purity and soul purification sessions into my training. 

Blood purity was strange as after consuming a few pills; I had the urge to eat.

As someone who was an Overlord, food was not necessary, but if my body demanded so I ate, I ate quite a bit of [Sky Profound] meat.

Eventually, I noticed that my height went up, and my shoulders became broader; It was a transformation of my body. 

I suppose all the garbage genes were discarded, and what was left was the peak stuff available to improve the body.

Next was the soul, soul purification didn't have obvious physical changes, but it was a mental one.

My senses improved; I can sense and filter Profound energy, and my ability to see into souls became a passive one; I no longer need to use Transcended Focus. 

This reminded me of what Shui Meiyin can do. Her soul is a Divine Stainless Soul.

In other words, with high purity of soul, one can invade other souls. 

It's like an affinity towards Souls is at Max level.

Obviously, with such a perk, I will abuse it; people in this place are weak against Soul based arts. 

'But this is not the end. I wonder if I can push this to the next level.'

As I continued to consume the pills and refine their content, my senses picked something up.

'Hmm…'

I got up and proceeded to float towards the source.

As I got into the Sect, I saw a group of [Spirit Profound] and a single [Earth Profound] teens.

One of them is carrying something. 

I focused more, and my senses gave me a form.

'That's the mirror!? But why is it radiating like that?' 

I tried to recall any sort of moment in the books where the mirror reacted in any sort of way. 

'It never reacted because it always had a master, and Yun Che was just a carrier of it. But why can I sense this?' 

One of the things for sure is that the mirror is very dangerous; the Ancestral Goddess, with the help of this mirror, created a new timeline, or I think that's how it worked. 

But regardless, if it's radiating like this and looking for a new Master, we can arrange something after doing a few scans.

With a burst of speed, I appeared in front of three guys. 

"You have a pendant. How much do you want for it?"

"Y-Young Master!?"

"Young Master!"

All three of them swiftly cupped their hands. 

"T-This? I don't know what it does. Do you truly want such a simple thing?"

"Yes. Name your price."

"This…a few pills?"

The other two tried to stop him and just hand it over, but my dear distant cousin knows I don't mind giving away some scraps.

"Very well." 

A few pills appear in my hand. I motioned to give the pendant.

~~~

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