Chapter 556: Ascending to the Heavenly Stage
Just as Song Ji was trying his best to decipher the text, invisible waves spread, and at the same time, they were no longer magnificent, like a ripple in the stagnant river of time, from the downstream of time, all the way upstream to the distant past.

In the rocky forest, the gentle breeze passed through the rocks, circling around the strange rocks that were weathered into countless holes, leaving behind a faint sound of caves.

This is a stone forest with swirling loess. All kinds of strange-shaped stone pillars stand crookedly in the loess. Even the square stone tablets engraved with the names of the boundaries are mostly buried. It is a barren and poor place.

But if a cultivator were to watch from above and adjust the position of the stone pillars, he might be able to see that these stone pillars were arranged in a specific formation.

Thousands of feet underground, there is a huge stalactite cave with water dripping from it from time to time. In the center of the cave, there are eighteen black iron chains, with a bronze coffin connected to the middle of the chains. It is neither reaching the sky nor the ground, half hanging in the air. It is a hanging corpse coffin, and under the bronze coffin is a smooth stone brick floor.

Strange patterns are carved on the blue bricks, forming an octagonal pattern. In front of the brick floor are scattered piles of bones.

Everything was silent, but the tranquility was broken at this moment. A ray of rainbow light fell to the ground, revealing Gu Qingyuan's figure, but he looked a little embarrassed.

"I didn't expect that the price of forcing my way across the long river of time would be so great. Not only did I lose all my magical powers, but even most of my magical abilities disappeared. If it weren't for Wu Hong as an anchor, I would have been lost in the long river of time."

Gu Qingyuan thought that even though his cultivation was completely lost, he didn't care too much. As long as he had spiritual energy, it would only take a moment to recover, and even faster, so it wouldn't take years.

"It seems that this place is in the ancient times, but I don't know which era of the Five Ancients it is."

Since the creation of the world, it stretched to the time before Gu Qingyuan, spanning an unknown number of years. Limited to a certain time point, it was collectively called ancient times by the people at that time.

But ancient times also have divisions, from top to bottom, they are divided into eternal antiquity, ancient times, prehistoric times, ancient times, and ancient times, covering countless years.

Gu Qingyuan walked around the cave several times. There were written records on the stone walls. With his intelligence, it would only take him a moment to understand them.

"This was originally the ancestral land of the Xiao clan. It is also the burial place of Xiao Hong, the ancestor of the Xiao clan. It seems that he was also a great man."

He looked at the words and nodded: "Just looking at the layout, it has been at least a thousand years since everyone came here to pay homage, or should I say, a blood sacrifice?"

Gu Qingyuan glanced at the bronze coffin. Although he didn't know much about the layout of the tomb and the current practice methods, his eyesight was still good. With a little thought, he could see some of the clues.

"Using the blood of future generations for sacrifice, it seems that Xiao Hong wants to use this ritual to revive and live a second life."

He understood everything at a glance. In just a moment, Gu Qingyuan had understood it all. He was also able to analyze some of the cultivation knowledge contained in this ritual and was even able to deduce a method of cultivation based on it.

He took a deep breath, and violent spiritual power surged into his body, being decomposed, squeezed, and analyzed by him.

"Such violent and restless spiritual energy is harder to tame than the spiritual energy of later generations. At this point in time, the immortal path has not yet been born. In order to refine this spiritual energy, one must have a strong enough physique. It seems that the practice method of this period is mainly based on body refining." Gu Qingyuan expelled the spiritual energy and turned to look at the bronze coffin. The bronze coffin was still and silent, but in the dark space, it was inevitable that people felt that someone would open the coffin and get up at any time.

It was impossible to open the coffin. Gu Qingyuan could see clearly that there was not a trace of life in the coffin. No matter how many plans Xiao Hong had, it seemed like a complete failure.

"It's crude, too crude. Even if you come back to life with this method, that thing may not be you, not to mention that you don't even have a physical body."

Gu Qingyuan shook his head. What lay in the bronze coffin now was not a corpse, but a drop of blood, a drop of dark red blood crystal.

He raised his hand, and the bronze coffin was lifted up. The iron chains rustled, revealing something inside. It was just a drop of turbid blood, quietly hanging in the coffin, but it seemed to weigh a thousand pounds. Without the restriction on the bronze coffin, the might of the mountains and the sea emanated from the drop of blood, and the balance was broken. The drop of blood fell and pierced the bronze coffin. As soon as it touched the ground, it smashed a deep pit, not to mention the boundless power.

The compacted soil could not bear the weight of the blood drop. Seeing the blood drop all the way down as if to penetrate the center of the earth, a hand suddenly appeared and caught the blood drop with two fingers.

"It seems that Xiao Hong's cultivation is not low. That's right. If it is too low, he can't dream of seeing through reincarnation and living a second life."

Gu Qingyuan looked at the drop of blood. He could even see the fighting power of its owner through this drop of blood. Various magical powers were also analyzed and integrated by him.

"Cultivating the body, opening up the secrets of the human body, and thus achieving the transformation of life forms, can also lead to longevity, but not as long as the immortals. Once the qi and blood are deficient, it will affect the life span. With this kind of practice, the supernatural power can be passed down in the form of blood. If one person achieves enlightenment, the whole clan will ascend to heaven? As the source of blood, it can share power with people of the same blood. Then there must be all kinds of powerful blood inheritances in this world, such as holy bodies and divine bodies."

Gu Qingyuan pondered, with this kind of practice, carrying mountains and chasing the moon is no problem, and even at the beginning one would have hundreds of tons of strength. In terms of combat power, it would be much stronger than the immortal way, because this kind of practice rooted in the flesh and blood pursues faster and stronger, and the flesh is the most powerful magic weapon. The immortals of later generations would probably be torn apart before they could even see clearly.

At this moment, a subtle fluctuation reached Gu Qingyuan's heart, and he thought: It seems that Fengdu has already taken action. I must gain a firm foothold as soon as possible, disrupt the timeline, shake the long river of time, and connect the entire timeline to restrain my own existence. Next, I must change my style of doing things. I can no longer hide my head and show my tail, but make a big fanfare, leave a mark in the upper reaches of time, derive legends, and condense the essence of legends.

He looked at the drop of blood in his hand and smiled slightly: "Well, let me weigh the weight of the cultivators of this world, and let me see how powerful the people are in this timeline that becomes stronger as time goes by."

"I can only ask you to be an alarm clock for me and tell everyone that I'm here!"

Gu Qingyuan exerted a little force, and the blood crystal that was as solid as a mountain and heavy as a rock was crushed by him. A powerful and overwhelming aura spread from the rock forest to far away. In an instant, countless people were startled and looked towards the source of the aura.

"Come on, come on, I will use your bones and blood to build the steps for me to ascend to God!"

After saying that, Gu Qingyuan took a deep breath of spiritual energy, broke free from the constraints of the cave, and rushed up to the sky.

(End of this chapter)