Da Xuan Martial Saint

In a spacious underground stone cave,

a red dragon corpse stretched across the void, from a deep gash at its neck, fresh blood was ceaselessly spilling out. The gurgling blood, hotter even than boiling water and steaming, fell incessantly into a huge blood pool below, gradually filling the massive expanse.

Chen Mu stood resolutely above the blood pool, grasping the dragon corpse in one hand to let the Heavenly Demon's blood from it sprinkle continuously until the last few strands were squeezed out, leaving the whole dragon corpse visibly shriveled.

Whoosh!

With a casual toss, Chen Mu threw the dragon corpse into a corner.

Then he slowly descended from the air, landing beside the Dragon Blood Pool, his gaze towards the fervent dragon blood within it, observing the crimson glow flickering atop the churning blood, he nodded slightly.

"Red Dragon's blood, indeed a good thing, it may aid in refining my Martial Body, and in Blood Refinement for sainthood," he murmured.

Chen Mu had perused many ancient texts about mystical creatures. Although records of Seventh and Eighth Rank Demon Kings might not be all-encompassing, the archives are remarkably comprehensive for creatures of the Ninth Rank and above, almost akin to Demon Saints. Among these records was the Red Dragon.

The Red Dragon's blood differed from that of the Mystic Tortoise; the tortoise, affiliating with water and quietude, can nurture when refined with Spiritual Medicine, turning gentle in nature, even suitable for tempering the internal organs.

In contrast, the Red Dragon aligns with fire, possessing an intense nature. Its Demon Blood's primary use is for Body Refining and unsuitable for Martial Artists below the Five Organ and Viscera Realm. Only those above the Marrow Cleansing Realm were fit to use Red Dragon's blood for refining their Martial Body. With sufficient quantity, one could not only skip years of arduous work but also gain traits of the Heavenly Demon Body, increasing resistance towards Separating Fire.

Of course,

Chen Mu's path began with Qiankun, his Martial Body already flawless, harmonizing with wind, thunder, water, and fire to perfection and the extreme.

However, blood of a Heavenly Demon like the Red Dragon, though marginal, still held some use for experts of the Blood Exchange Realm. Chen Mu was not sure if he would need the Red Dragon's blood during the Blood Exchange process, but once it began, he might draw from both the Red Dragon's blood and the vast amount of Xunmu Spirit Liquid stored in his Qiankun bottle to hasten the completion.

"Huff..."

After preparing everything, Chen Mu took a deep breath and sat down cross-legged beside the Red Dragon Blood Pool.

Although all was ready, he did not immediately try to initiate the Blood Exchange. Before that, there was another matter: he had to tend to the 'Red Birth Fruit' given to him by Xunmu as part of their exchange.

Xunmu claimed there was once an immature fruit plucked by someone, which must have been taken by the elder of the Spirit Human Race. That individual used the fruit not only to complete the transformation to the Blood Exchange Realm within the Xunmu Cave Heaven but even stepped into the Celestial Human Level!

Although the Blood Exchange was imperfect, even weaker than Yuwen Hao's Heavenly Demon Body, and the Celestial Human Realm was limited, the sheer potency of this 'Red Birth Fruit' became evident!

This, after all, was a Spirit Fruit produced by a companion vine of Xunmu.

The level of Xunmu is so immensely high, incalculable, far surpassing the Tenth Rank; surely beyond the God Realm. The essential quality of its fruit could arguably be unmatched by any Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fruit throughout the entire Da Xuan history.

Xunmu also mentioned that this fruit has the effect of Body Refining and Soul Condensing. Body Refining would be of little use to him, as he had already reached the limit of the Marrow Cleansing Realm, but Soul Condensing would be very beneficial.

"In Xunmu's eyes, is the strength of my Soul Heart a bit feeble..."

Chen Mu mused to himself, recalling Xunmu's words.

In fact,

from the perspective of the Da Xuan World, his Soul Heart strength was certainly not weak. In fact, among his peers in the Marrow Cleansing Grandmaster Realm, he was practically unrivalled!

Firstly, his Martial Arts will had reached the highest level, and since embarking on the path of Martial Arts, he had yet to taste defeat. The unshakeable will formed by this invincible mindset, coupled with enhancement from the Soul Lotus, a Heaven and Earth Spiritual Item, made his Qiankun Domain not only superior in 'quality' compared to others but also boasted a 'range' far exceeding the standard domain.

Even though it fell short of Qin Mengjun's vast 'hundred-zhang' range, under full control, it also spanned nearly sixty zhang, while an average Marrow Cleansing Grandmaster's domain barely extended over thirty or forty zhang.

Yet even so, within Xunmu's eyes, his Soul Heart strength was still considered weak.

Upon reflection, this was not strange at all.

After all, the strength of his Martial Body was formidable enough to contend with Celestials, whereas his Soul Heart strength was only much stronger than Marrow Cleansing Grandmaster of the same realm, and still less than early-stage Blood Exchange beings like Qin Mengjun. It was indeed somewhat deficient.

"The Blood Exchange Realm represents a complete break from the shackles of the body. All acupoints throughout, crossing the threshold of life and death, then drawing The Power of Heaven and Earth for Body Infusion, transforming Martial Blood step by step; it is known as ' attaining sainthood through Blood Exchange.'"