In this world, cultivation stages were broken into: Bone Tempering, Qi Condensation, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Heaven Axis, Origin Lord, Ascension Realm.
After a mortal breaks through the Ascension Realm, they can ascend to Immortality. But breaking through those realms can take hundreds, if not a thousand, years.
However, the Bone Tempering Realm was all about creating a dantian, then using the energy inside the dantian to temper the bones and the skin.
Jang Yue, on the other hand, was still struggling for days, trying to break into the Bone Tempering Realm.
Suddenly, the Blood Assistant made a short comment.
[Host, I think I have found the solution.]
"What's the solution?"
Jang Yue asked.
[It is common sense to take a Bone Tempering Pill when trying to break through Bone Tempering, but you did not do that. Hence, I suggest you take a Bone Tempering Pill and try cultivating again.]
Jang Yue nodded and searched his bag, taking out the Bone Tempering Pill he once acquired from Elder Meng.
"I hope this works."
Jang Yue said while gulping the pill down.
He tried breathing in once more, just like before.
His breath quickened, and suddenly he could feel that he was condensing energy.
But all of a sudden, the condensed energy dispersed at once.
"It's not working."
[Searching for another solution…]
"Hmm…"
Jang Yue's heart suddenly calmed.
He started thinking about what he was doing while breathing.
'I consciously spun the absorbed Qi, right. Just like the instructions in the book. But is it because I'm a vampire?'
An idea suddenly struck him.
"Alright, this should work, right?"
"How many litres of blood do you have left, BA?"
[After the assistance of creating blood roots and…]
Jang Yue did not let it finish and told BA to get to the point.
[5 litres.]
"Do you have a litre to spare?"
[No. This is my blood. Find your own blood.]
"Come on, please!!"
[No.]
"Alright, once I'm inside the inner sect, I'll find you ten litres of blood."
[Deal.]
"I can't believe my own cheat is demanding a price. That's too shameful. From all the human novels I have read, their cheats are always free. Why does mine have to be different?"
[…..]
Soon, the Blood Assistant gave Jang Yue a litre of blood.
Jang Yue controlled a lump of blood from the litre.
He moved it as gaseous air, then controlled the Qi in his surroundings and mixed it together with the blood.
After he was done, he moved it as gaseous air into his body using the Azure Breathing Technique.
He then spun the Qi and blood together and settled it in his abdomen.
After doing this for a few hours, Jang Yue continued this process until, soon after, a dantian was formed.
"I can't believe it. It worked."
[From my analysis, you will have to use blood for all kinds of cultivation you want to indulge in in the future, except for mastering techniques, of course.]
The Blood Assistant suggested. However, Jang Yue already knew this was his fate from now on.
"BA, you will store blood for me from now on. I did not really think of this scenario."
Jang Yue said as he thought in his heart.
'This cultivation style has one personal advantage. I will never need to eat food ever again if I constantly absorb blood into my body.'
"Alright, breathe in, breathe out."
Jang Yue began to condense Qi and blood into his body.
Then he used the Qi to continuously temper his bones.
…..
One year and six months passed, unknown to Jang Yue.
He was lost in the cultivation process, fully enjoying the supernatural energy that entered his bones.
Soon, Elder Yang Zhu walked in on Jang Yue.
"Kid, the sect leader has returned."
Jang Yue opened his eyes and stood up from his lotus position.
He had become someone new.
"You're already at the 9th Level Bone Tempering Realm in one year?"
She could not believe the speed of his breakthrough.
Even the genius Gu Changsheng took three years to reach the peak of the Bone Tempering Realm.
However, Jang Yue was not the only one who progressed. His three blood roots were also at the ninth level of the tempering realm.
Except his lightning blood root, which did not progress because the Heaven Connection Array of the outer sect lacked lightning attributes.
At this point, Jang Yue could manifest his three attributes with his hands seamlessly, without any form of struggle.
Soon, Elder Yang Zhu walked out with Jang Yue to meet the sect leader.
"My lord, he is here."
Gu Changsheng's father, the sect leader, widened his eyes in shock.
He could not believe what he was seeing. However, this did not fall outside his expectations.
That was because Jang Yue had a demonic heart. Hence, he believed that Jang Yue would one day gain a fortuitous encounter, just like he did in his early years.
"Hmmm… I can feel that what you have is almost identical to a spirit root. But it is more sinister and can still grow beyond the natural process of spirit roots. What kind of demonic technique did you gain from the demonic library?"
Jang Yue bowed before responding. This was the absolute rule of the Infinite Demon Sect.
A disciple must first bow before speaking with the lord, or else face consequences.
"It's called Blood Roots. It is one of the supreme traits of a vampire."
Jang Yue responded, respect stressed in his voice.
"Supreme traits? Why didn't I feel it before, like I do now? I do not understand it."
Jang Yue's breath quickened as he replied.
"My lord, at that moment, I did not awaken."
"Is that so?"
Though the demon lord sensed that Jang Yue left something out, he did not press further.
With a snap of the demon lord's finger, a portal opened.
"Come along. Let's go to the inner sect, where you will get to choose your master."
The demon lord and Jang Yue walked into the portal, and it closed right behind them.
Suddenly, Jang Yue was falling through the air.
"Oh! Not again!!"
His screams could be heard around the inner sect.
Then he suddenly fell in the air, gravity denied him of the right to fly.
However, he stopped falling due to the interference of 'telekinesis.'
Seeing that he was caught by the demon lord.
He vividly remembered how Gu Changsheng caught him in the same way when he first arrived in the cultivation world, just as the demon lord is doing now.
Then he slowly muttered in a low voice.
"I see… like father, like son. I guess it runs in the family."
The demon lord summoned a flying sword and dropped Jang Yue in behind the large flying sword...
Mountains floated in the air seeminglessly as if gravity itself was just a mere suggestion...
The clouds danced as the sect leader commanded with flying sword which left a trail of wind behind them.
Up in the air Jang Yue could see other inner sect disciples learning how to use their flying swords.
The mountain peaks were in different proportions.
He thought that each peak personalized in one element or the other.
Then the demon lord spoke in a serene voice.
" Welcome to the inner sect disciple!"