Looking at the pool of blood in front of him, Tianlong felt slight displeasure.
Not only did the red-haired man die, but the aftershock of it killed Qin Houzi who was nearby.
"Dad, I was just about to–"
"Hmph! You just wanted to see the attack stored in the crystal, don't you? Do you think I don't know your real motive? Well, let me tell you, it isn't easy to produce it!"
Many cultivators produced Jade slips, talismans or other similar tokens that could store a full-powered strike of their cultivation. Most of the time, it was given to their disciples, inheritors or children to protect them. However, refining such an object cost a lot of precious energy for the cultivator which made it rather difficult to produce.
Smiling wryly, Tianlong put away the crystal.
Instantly shifting in front of Tianlong, Yun Dingxing pressed his palm against his son's back and started to transfer his blood energy over. He was at a much higher realm than Tianlong, so using his energy to heal would immensely beneficial.
Closing his eyes, he concentrated on the energy entering his bloodstream. Although it was purely demonic in nature, it wasn't berserk …rather it was even calmer than even ordinary spiritual energy!
As it coursed through his veins, he felt his internal and external injuries healing at a rapid rate. The shattered dragon scales, exposed flesh, all of them started to regrow at a rapid pace.
Moreover, a portion of the energy directly reached his mind sea and started to heal it. Not only was his sea of consciousness starting to recover its spiritual lightning, but even his damaged soul was also showing signs of restoration!
Healing the soul and sea of consciousness with a press of a hand. This wasn't something that a Jade core stage cultivator could do …No! it required someone to be at least in the Nascent Soul realm or even higher!
As Yun Dingxing's essence energy continued to circulate, Tianlong felt his mind sea becoming even more bright than before. The silver glow of it was so blinding that he had difficulty detecting his soul. Without a doubt, his father was further enhancing it!
Unfortunately, he couldn't handle the process for too long as his mind sea got saturated with spiritual thunder. Unlike his body refining, he couldn't get reckless and absorb more than he should.
Following that, Yun Dingxing stopped releasing his blood energy and looked at Tianlong with a deep gaze. "The injury to his soul is too severe. Even with my powers, I can't heal him…"
Although he was inwardly worried, he didn't let it show on his face. Instead, he covered his face with a huge grin and patted Tianlong's back.
"Seventh level of Qi Condensation; Middle stage of Blood Surging realm, all within six months. This speed …Hmph, it's barely acceptable!"
Listening to his father's words, Tianlong was speechless. If he considered this speed as barely acceptable, what would he consider as normal? Tianlong knew that his old man was spouting nonsense as usual so he didn't interrupt.
"Still, it's a shame that your Body refining realm is lacking compared to Qi refining. I don't care if you dual refine essence and qi, but as the future prince of Cloud Sea country, your fleshly body needs to be at the peak of your generation!"
As Yun Dingxing spoke, his body started to morph into his avian form. Silver feathers sprouted from all over his body. His arms turned into two wings, claws came out of his legs all the while his body kept expanding at a rapid pace, its size quickly surpassing what he had previously seen.
100 metres …200 metres …400 metres …800 metres!
With a final size of 800 metres, his body looked like a small mountain. Each of his unfurled wings was a thousand metres wide and covered half of the southern forest in his shadow.
Although he didn't deliberately release his aura, the vast prestige of a royal demon left the demonic beasts trembling in fear. Most of them lowered their heads in a sign of submission while a few howled in defiance.
Of course, Yun Dingxing wouldn't pay attention to them. After all, compared to him, they like ants!
It wasn't only the beasts who were reacting in such a way, even the cultivators who could sense him broke out in cold sweat.
"That…that's a rank four demonic beast!!" Fear clouded his vision as he looked at the massive figure.
"That's not a beast but a demonic cultivator! I can feel the aura of Soul convergence on him…"
"What… a Soul Convergence realm? That's the body refining equivalent of a Nascent Soul realm old monster! No, in terms of strength, they are slightly stronger!"
Even dozens of peak Jade Core experts couldn't match a single Nascent Soul cultivator!
In the periphery of the mountains, all the countries were merely rank three. There was no Nascent Soul realm old monster in any of them.
Some of them planned on greeting him, some of them were trembling in fear, while some yearned for cultivation base themselves.
"Just as I suspected! Father is a Soul Convergence realm body refiner!" Tianlong's eyes shone with excitement as he looked at his father. Just like how parents feel proud of their children achievements, the children also feel proud when their parents are respected by others.
Yun Dingxing didn't know how big of a commotion he had caused by revealing his cultivation base. Even if he did, he wouldn't care. From where he came from, Nascent Soul cultivators were nothing.
However, seeing the sparkling gaze of his son, Yun Dingxing felt a strange pride. Lifting Tianlong with a gust of wind, Yun Dingxing seated him on his back.
"You have taken the first step in cultivation. As your father and instructor, I need to give you some gifts. Come, I'll show you around, visit some old friends and broaden your horizons!"
"What about mother?"
"We aren't going to kill. So, no…"
Before Tianlong could respond, Yun Dingxing lightly flapped his wings and took off to the skies. Nearly a thousand trees collapsed along with that.
Under the eyes of hundreds of cultivators, their figures turned into a resplendent light that broke all of their notions regarding speed.
Calling it flying was no longer possible. No, it could only be explained as teleportation!
The few who were still doubting whether Yun Dingxing was in the Soul Convergence realm, immediately dispelled their suspicion. Only Nascent Soul cultivators were able to perform the feat of teleportation.
What they didn't know was that ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators couldn't teleport for such a large distance. Yun Dingxing's speed had already crossed the boundary of Soul Convergence realm teleportation and was infinitely close to the next stage – The Ancient Restoration realm!
"Dad, where are we going?" He sent a mental message as his voice would be inaudible otherwise. There was a light blue screen around him that protected him from the raging winds. Without its protection, his body would've been torn to shreds.
"Brightmoon country is just a small place. If you judge people by their standard, you'll just be a frog in a well! Today I'm going to broaden your horizon and let you see some of the more developed countries. We'll also bring some souvenirs back with us…"
On this day, a resplendent beam of light shone through the sky of Brightmoon country. If one looked closely at it, one would see it materialising into a huge beast every now and then.
Within the span of half an hour, they crossed the southern borders and reached the rank four cultivation country of Clear Water.
As a rank four-country, they had a Nascent Soul old ancestor presiding over them. Being a higher-ranked country, they had a Spirit Gathering array laid out across their borders which increased the spiritual energy of the country and made it better suited for cultivation.
As a result, more people were born with spiritual roots and the number of cultivators was also greater.
Of course, this privilege could only be enjoyed by their countrymen and outsiders couldn't enter as they wish.
"Who goes there?!!" A cultivator at Yun Dingxing's rapidly approaching figure. He was a Jade core old ancestor who acted as the border guard.
In response, Yun Dingxing let out a cold snort. When it reached the man's ears, he felt his Jade core showing signs of cracking.
His body which had just taken flight was frozen in mid-air. It was as if space itself was frozen around him.
"Senior, mercy! This little one-"
As the poor guard trembled in fear, Yun Dingxing flew over him without paying any attention.
Once they were hundreds of kilometres away, the guard felt the restriction around him loosen which caused him to fall off from the sky.
He hurriedly stood up and bowed in Yun Dingxing's direction. After a few minutes passed by, he breathed a sigh of relief and wiped his forehead.
"I can't believe I scolded a Soul Convergence realm old demon and lived to tell the tale."
One of his colleagues who were similarly in border duty looked at him with a weird gaze.
"That senior sure had a magnanimous attitude. If there was someone else, they would either kill you or rob – Oi! where's your spatial pouch?"
…
Meanwhile, the father and son duo were already in front of the leading sect of the country – The Spirit Stream Sect.
As the huge figure of Yun Dingxing hovered in the sky, it cast a shadow that covered the entirety of the sect. The disciples and elders who were standing outside all had their eyes pop out seeing this incredible scene.
"Shui An, come out and greet your grandfather!"
"…come out and greet your grandfather!"
"…greet your grandfather!"
"…your grandfather!"
His words turned into huge sonic booms that created ripples in the wind.
BOOM!
That one sentence caused the rank four sect-protecting formations to collapse. Thousands of sect elders and disciples who were practising cultivation spat out blood and lost consciousness due to the aftershock.
Hearing his father's words, Tianlong couldn't help but burst out laughing.
What was called domineering? This was called domineering!
Unlike him who camouflaged himself and did things in silence, his father directly announced his arrival with his gargantuan form and enraging words.
It was a complete and utter provocation!
The sect elders who survived the voice all rushed out with enraged expressions.
"Old demon Yun Dingxing, just because you are stronger than us, don't give you the right to harass us! If we want, we can also destroy the Long Clan…"