Ye Han's voice was hoarse, and after he finished speaking, he looked forward with hope.

 

In a moment, a bizarre scene unfolded; a nine-layered miniature pagoda about the size of a palm materialized between his palms.

 

"Ye Yangfu, Ye Zhi Xuan..."

 

"If I, Ye Han, should die, I will not rest even as a ghost until I have my vengeance upon you."

 

"If I live, I will ensure that you meet your demise."

 

The instant Ye Han finished speaking, he grabbed the dagger abandoned by Ye Zhi Xuan and plunged it straight into his own heart.

 

A bloody hole appeared, heart-wrenchingly painful, and warm blood began to flow out immediately.

 

At that moment, he pressed the nine-layered pagoda directly against his heart, and the flowing blood quickly covered the pagoda.

 

Heart's blood, a blood sacrifice to the Dragon-Sealing Tower!

 

Bathed in Ye Han's blood for a moment, the pagoda suddenly burst forth a golden divine light, transforming into a streak of light that entered his brow and vanished.

 

Boom!!!

 

Following that, Ye Han's body shook, he became disoriented, and when he opened his eyes again, he found himself in a chaotic world.

 

Looking around, there was nothing else but a towering nine-tiered pagoda that pierced the heavens, with five powerful and majestic characters inscribed on it: Nine Realms Dragon-Sealing Tower.

 

"Nine Realms Dragon-Sealing Tower, don't disappoint me."

 

Ye Han's eyes flickered, his expression fierce: "Ye Family father and daughter, did you really think I, Ye Han, would be finished just like that?"

 

He took a step forward and walked straight towards the towering pagoda.

 

This Nine Realms Dragon-Sealing Tower was what he had obtained in the Cold Abyss Mining Area. It was so mysterious that he had been unable to explain it at the time and had not told Ye Zhi Xuan the truth.

 

In fact, his Heavenly Dragon Battle Physique was not born from mistakenly consuming a golden fruit, but from accidentally acquiring this pagoda. His blood from a wound had imprinted on the pagoda, causing Battle Bones to form within his body.

 

How could any special physique in this world, so rare and precious, owned only by those lofty top-tier prodigies, suddenly emerge from an inexplicable small pagoda?

 

Last time, without understanding everything, he dared not truly offer a blood sacrifice to the pagoda and enter it.

 

Who knew if this thing would change all the bones in his body and turn him into a "monster"?

 

Now that he had been crippled, with no way out, Ye Han could no longer care about the consequences.

 

Pushing open the first layer of the Nine Realms Dragon-Sealing Tower, a vast expanse of space-time appeared before him, with a sense of the infinite within the finite. Standing there, Ye Han's body stiffened, shocked by the sight before him.

 

At the pinnacle of space-time, nine dark divine chains descended from the void, binding a five-clawed golden dragon below.

 

The dragon's body sprawled like a divine peak from the ancient world, its unparalleled dragon might surging, vast and boundless. It was at least hundreds of thousands of miles long, surpassing any creature Ye Han had ever known. Even a single golden scale was as large as mountains, awe-inspiring.

 

"A golden giant dragon?"

 

Ye Han had never dreamed that he would see such a creature, which existed only in books and legends, here in the Primordial Void Domain. Let alone a true dragon, even a lesser dragon was a rare sight.

 

Amidst his shock, Ye Han had not yet reacted when he felt countless memories flood into his mind.

 

"Cultivate the Nine Heavens Dragon Control Technique, control the Nine Realms Dragon-Sealing Tower, gather the Power of Nine Realms to open the Dragon Realm Gate, and dominate the Dragon Realm Power..."

 

A massive influx of memories almost burst his mind, leaving him dizzy and soon passing out.

 

***

 

When he awoke again, Ye Han found himself still lying in the Ye Family's backyard, the sky darkened, night had fallen, and everything about the giant tower and the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon seemed like a dream, gone without a trace.

 

"Huh?"

 

"Nine Heavens Dragon Control Technique?" Ye Han's gaze sharpened.

 

"Dragon Qi nourishes the soul, Emperor's Blood forges the body, refining the Nine Emperors of the Dragon Clan, to assimilate the Source of Ten Thousand Dragons, to cast the Eternal Invincible Dragon Body, to burst the heavens and shatter the infinite galaxies..."

 

Accepting the memories in his mind and feeling the cultivation method of the Nine Heavens Dragon Control Technique, Ye Han's pupils dilated, his heart pounding.

 

How could there be such a terrifying martial arts technique in the world, one that brings forth the Eternal Invincible Dragon Body during cultivation, reaching the pinnacle where a breath could burst the sun, moon, and stars, and a punch could shatter the vast and infinite galaxy?

 

Everything about the Nine Realms Dragon-Sealing Tower was shocking. There were legends that in ancient times, monster beasts dominated the heavens, with the Dragon Clan at the pinnacle.

 

The Dragon Clan had numerous bloodlines, no less than the myriad races of humans, with the most terrifying being the Four Great Bloodlines: the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, the Primordial True Dragon, the Primordial Ancestor Dragon, and the Great Authority Heavenly Dragon.

 

It was said that the Nine Great Dragon Lords of ancient times were supreme, with boundless power, dominating the heavens, revered as sovereigns and emperors, all born from those Four Great Bloodlines. But the Nine Realms Dragon-Sealing Tower was an unknown terrifying ultimate weapon, which had suppressed the Nine Great Dragon Emperors within it.

 

"Could that golden dragon really be one of the Nine Great Dragon Emperors from ancient legends... the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon Emperor?" Ye Han couldn't help but think with horror.

 

At that moment, Ye Han suddenly realized that although his body was empty, without a trace of elemental power, his injuries had disappeared, his arm bones had regenerated, his heart had healed, and even his shattered Qi Sea had unknowingly recovered as before.

 

Returning to normal, at least no longer a cripple, to break and then stand, to cultivate the martial path again, this must be related to the Nine Realms Dragon-Sealing Tower!

 

Ye Han immediately began to cultivate according to the Nine Heavens Dragon Control Technique.

 

His weak body suddenly gained strength, new elemental power was born, rushing through his limbs and bones, and then converging into his Qi Sea.

 

The rebirth of pure elemental power gave Ye Han a sense of powerful control, and his body resonated with booming sounds as his bones and flesh were nourished by the elemental power.

 

This was a sensation Ye Han had never experienced before; his body was reviving, his spirit was reviving, his realm was growing.

 

Gathering Core first layer, Gathering Core second layer... Gathering Core eighth layer. After reaching the eighth layer of Gathering Core, as the night passed and dawn approached, feeling a temporary bottleneck, Ye Han stopped cultivating.

 

"Gathering Core eighth layer... how is this possible?" Ye Han was bewildered.

 

On the Shenwu Continent, martial arts flourished with clear levels, and Martial Artists were divided into nine layers of Gathering Core.

 

From Gathering Core one to five, they were basically the clan guards and private soldiers of the major forces in Flame City. Reaching Gathering Core six before the age of sixteen qualified one to enter the Flame Academy as an ordinary disciple, and reaching Gathering Core eight could make one an Inner Disciple.

 

As for Gathering Core nine, with pure elemental power in the body capable of circulating the microcosm, refining sinews, bones, and flesh, strengthening the body, that was considered a local expert, difficult for ordinary Martial Artists to achieve. Ye Yangfu, the head of the Ye Family, was a strong Gathering Core nine expert.

 

After more than ten years of cultivation, Ye Han had only reached Gathering Core seven. In his expectations, reaching Gathering Core eight in the future and becoming an Inner Disciple of the Flame Academy would have been satisfactory.

 

If he could touch the realm of nine layers, revitalizing the Ye Family would not be difficult, and he dared not think beyond that.

 

Breaking through Gathering Core nine would mean reaching the Divine Power Realm, where it was said that such experts condensed a "Divine Power" within their bodies, nurturing the soul, enhancing the spirit, extending life, living at least a hundred years or more.

 

Divine Power Realm experts were extremely rare, and Ye Han had never seen such a strong person fight. It was said that the City Lord of Flame City had reached the Divine Power Realm.

 

But now...

 

Cultivating the Nine Heavens Dragon Control Technique, breaking and then standing to cultivate anew, in just one day, he had reached the realm of Gathering Core eight?

 

What an exaggerated speed?

 

If the future continued like this, not to mention reaching Gathering Core nine, it was not impossible for him to rival the City Lord in the Divine Power Realm in this life.

 

"Good, very good!"

 

"Ye Zhixuan, you thought you could climb over me, Ye Han, to ascend to power, you're simply courting death, I will not let you go." Ye Han's will erupted, and if not for being in the Ye Family's backyard, he would have roared out loud.

 

Years of affection had ended in an instant, from the moment Ye Yangfu personally removed his Divine Bone and Ye Zhi Xuan personally crippled him, his ties with the Ye Family had been severed.

 

From now on, it was a fight to the death!

 

Bang...!

 

Suddenly, the backyard door was opened, and a group of Ye Family guards arrived.

 

"Ye Han, come out, it's time to face your sentence."

 

A fierce face emerged, it was Ye Ming, the grandson of the Ye Family's Great Elder.

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