With one bite, ninety percent of the waste and debris were expelled, leaving only a small amount of ore absorbed, and a large bite spat the waste back out.

It’s more straightforward to directly extract the spiritual mechanism of the mineral vein.

As time passed, Shen Can noticed something was off. He entered into the array to manage the absorption of the spiritual mechanism as a reserve, preparing to open the divine treasure.

However, even after the spiritual mechanism is absorbed, it continues to be absorbed by the beast pattern within the bones.

He wanted to mobilize blood energy to flush the dantian, but compared to this intentional blood energy circulation, most of the blood energy is more easily absorbed by the bones and flesh.

The starlight within his body sparkled, as if it were breathing.

The spiritual mechanism of the ore continuously integrates into the bones, flesh, and even the surface muscles.

...

"Can’t open the divine treasure?"

After several attempts, Shen Can reached this conclusion.

Because even the Celestial Vein was not autonomously opened by him, he just proceeded step by step to repair the Celestial Vein, accumulating enough blood energy within it.

In this way, his avatar advanced step by step to the Celestial Vein Ninth Layer.

Could one rely on external forces to open a divine treasure in the avatar’s dantian and then fill the artificial divine treasure with blood energy?

While the Celestial Vein is easy to open, a divine treasure is not so easy.

These are two completely different matters.

...

A month later!

"Elder, our mine seems to be exhausting its resources."

Outside the stone hall of the mining area, the stewards presented a pile of dull and brittle ores to the Elder of the Mines.

For the next six months.

The eight large and medium-sized mineral veins controlled by the Cyan Sheep Bo Division all exhibited dullness in the extracted ores.

This alarmed the elders of the Cyan Sheep Bo Division, but after investigating, they found nothing.

Well at the beginning, the ores at the Primordial Spirit Valley quickly restored their luster after losing it.

The cause of this change was unclear to the elders of the Cyan Sheep Bo Division, so they could only attribute it to internal upheavals within the earth, shifting the spiritual mechanism.

...

Great Division Marsh.

The marsh dried up by the Golden Crow was only in the northern region of Ji Land, while the vast southern region was richly sourced, causing floodwaters to return.

Deep within the marsh, a gigantic beast, at least forty-three zhang in length and over eight zhang in height, moved through the water.

Some fish with spiritual wisdom scattered and fled directly in fright.

After traversing over a thousand li along the water bank, the gigantic beast went ashore and transformed into a youthful form.

The divine treasure did not successfully advance.

But the physique continues to grow larger.

As long as it has ore to eat, it will grow.

The massive Earth Dragon physique, though it hasn’t advanced to divine treasure, could easily crush divine treasure.

"Let’s go, we’ll return to the Giant Mountain Range to feast!"

...

While Shen Can was busy inspecting his avatar’s state, the Ten Thousand Spirits Ruins Market was a gathering of heroes from all directions.

The divisions were engaging in continuous conflicts, all seeking the true inheritance of the Marquis.

Even the powerful divisions such as Celestial Monster and Giant Wilderness, facing the gathering of the Nine Land Divisions, dared not forcibly seize the fist technique.

Since the collapse of the Yongshan Bo Division, the vast lands of Yongyi saw each division flourish at some point.

For instance, the recently extinguished Zhenjiang Bo Division by the Xiaoyang; they too once commanded great influence across the Nine Lands.

Naturally, the fallen are not mentioned; the currently most powerful divisions are Celestial Monster, Giant Wilderness, Zhuyan, Changyou.

The Celestial Monster Bo Division is located at the junction of Yun and Marsh.

Giant Wilderness is in the Qing Region, Zhuyan in Zhu Land, Changyou in Red Land.

Even divisions like Ao Mountain, Cyan Sheep, and Bi Fang Bo Division have formidable clan powers; they might win should they spar with the four mighty Bo Divisions.

Everyone possesses a strong heritage; fighting fiercely is challenging for all.

Ultimately, the divisions were compelled to sit and discuss the Marquis inheritance ownership.

Soon, the matter of jointly discussing the Marquis inheritance spread across every corner of Yongyi.

The image of the Marquis personally demonstrating the fist technique, compared to the previous rumors of Xiaoyang’s acquisition of the Strongest Fist Technique circulating in Ji Land, anyone could make a clear judgment.

...

"Marquis Fist Technique!"

"Who sabotaged my grand scheme!"

Hidden within the tribe hall of Xiaoyang, the grim-faced Muo Xiao emanated a ferocious aura, his eyes gleaming blood red.

"Who, who, who!"

The surging blood energy violently moved within him.

The two clan elders were cornered by Muo Xiao’s frenzied aura.

Ever since the defeat in Ji Land, everything seemed unfavorable.

The Ji Mountain’s side had yet to take action.

Previously, contact was made again with the Yongyi Human Race Tribe after arduous effort.

To gain their trust, it personally inscribed the fist technique’s initial part onto fragments.

This was to prompt an attack on the Human Race Blazing Flame Tribe.

Yet the fools took the fist fragments but delayed action.

Crafty humans!

True, this cultivator delaying action wasn’t an issue, it would happen sooner or later.

Moreover, it wanted to incite more than just one Human Race.

During the battle in Ji Land, it had already showcased the ’Fist Subdues Mountains and Rivers’ technique.

With the Marquis Yongshan’s Strongest Fist Technique in hand, someone in the Human Race would inevitably act impulsively sooner or later.

Indeed, over the past two years, as portions of Xiaoyang moved south, the clan elder Muo Zhuang allied with multiple Human Race Bo Divisions.

These were those it could deploy to invade Blazing Flame Tribe.

But now the Human Race suddenly possesses Marquis Yongshan’s fist technique.

This directly obliterated its leverage, the bait to mobilize the Human Race was utterly useless.

Though it truly lacked the Marquis Yongshan’s fist technique, while Yongyi remained without the Marquis Fist Technique inheritance, those swarming northward were ignorant of the authenticity of the technique in its hands.

In the past, Marquis Yongshan was mighty and grand; the old Xiaoyang clan elders witnessed his prowess and documented the performed fist techniques.

These records were hidden away together.

Muo Xiao discovered relevant accounts only after opening the hidden storage from those days.

The remaining clan elders sought to imitate Marquis Yongshan’s fist techniques to create a powerful technique for Xiaoyang.

After persevering through generations, while imitation didn’t succeed, some experiences were gained.

It was precisely based on these experiences that Muo Xiao mimicked the appearance of the Strongest Fist Technique.

As an alien race, claiming possession of Marquis Yongshan’s created Strongest Fist Technique was highly risky.

Ultimately, despite the scattered nature of Xiaoyang, the internal Bo Divisions of the Human Race remained too numerous. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

In the past, they might have engaged in endless disputes, downright ignoring Xiaoyang.

However, this does not mean they would disregard Xiaoyang concerning the Marquis inheritance.

Thus, prior to the Ji Mountain battle, Muo Xiao initiated collaboration with the Vertical Pupil Martial Artist.

Both sides had mutual interests—one couldn’t risk public exposure, the other wanted secretive acquisition of the Marquis inheritance, thus the private contact was perfect.

This also ensured Muo Xiao’s safety, avoiding attention from Tier Four experts within Yongyi.

Yet during the following Ji Mountain battle, sensing discrepancies, Muo Xiao decisively declared its possession of the Marquis Yongshan’s fist technique to the Human Race.

When the news propagated, it had already retreated with Xiaoyang into the woods, hiding within this ancient hall.

Even if the Human Race wanted the fist technique, they couldn’t locate it.

At this critical time, Qiu Yin and Muo Zhuang clan elders moved southward; unable to find it, the Human Race naturally sought Xiaoyang clan warriors.

As anticipated, by holding onto the ’Marquis inheritance’ without appearing, its deployed clan elders outside wouldn’t face substantial danger.

By writing the initial segment of the fist technique as bait, those seeking the complete technique but unable to locate it had no choice but to comply.

Unexpectedly, plans could not keep up with changes.

Such an excellent plan to control the Human Race was shattered by the real Marquis inheritance.

A counterfeit fist technique inheritance was feasible only for deceiving those unfamiliar, but once compared to something genuine, exposure was inevitable.

...

After the anger subsided, Muo Xiao sat on the broad seat, fatigue surfaced from within.

Xiaoyang’s repeated emergence relied on the disunity within the Human Race; the time for reemergence was ripe, yet it was increasingly thwarted.

"Transmit the order, let the Xiaoyang moving south scatter, didn’t Muo Feilong master the practice of breaking down into smaller units? Let it break down again."

"Let’s observe for now and see what follows."

"By the way, was there any news from those sent to the Blazing Flame?

"Reporting to the Xiao King, those sent are farming."

"Ha..."

Upon hearing this, Muo Xiao laughed slightly, then burst into robust laughter.

"Very good, really damn good!"