Dao Yuanming's worries were understandable, as the relationship between Beast God Valley and humanity had always been strained.
Judging from this pool of vital blood, it would take the slaughter of at least a hundred Saint-level Immortal Golden Dragons to gather so much.
Imagine if the Dragon and Phoenix Twin Emperors were to discover that humans had slaughtered so many Immortal Golden Dragons for their vital blood.
Would they not fly into a rage and launch a full-scale assault on humanity with the combined might of Beast God Valley?
It was precisely this concern that led Dao Yuanming to question Shen Wei. However, having known Shen Wei for many years, he did not believe Shen Wei would commit such an act.
The other Saint Emperors also turned their gaze to Shen Wei. After all, this was a matter of great importance concerning the relationship between humans and demonic beasts, and they hoped the Ming Emperor could provide a reasonable explanation.
Shen Wei shook his head and spoke slowly, "Old gambler, although this pool of Immortal Golden Dragon vital blood was collected by me, I am not capable of dealing with Immortal Golden Dragons."
"What do you mean?" the Saint Emperors looked at Shen Wei in confusion.
Shen Wei narrowed his eyes and continued to explain, "Fifty years ago, not long after I broke through to Saint Emperor, I was forced to enter Beast God Valley to escape pursuit by five Saint Emperors from the Canglan Dynasty."
"As there were quite a few Saint-level demonic beasts within Beast God Valley, and I was also seriously injured, I could only hide in a cave to recover."
"However, it was in this cave that I witnessed a bloody scene that I will never forget. Over a hundred Saint-level Immortal Golden Dragons had been brutally slaughtered by an unknown perpetrator. Their remains were piled up mercilessly, and their blood had gathered into an underground river of blood."
"What! Are you telling the truth?"
Dao Yuanming and the other Saint Emperors' eyes widened in shock.
Who exactly could contend with over a hundred Saint-level Immortal Golden Dragons simultaneously and commit such a heinous act?
"When I discovered them, their dragon bones had already been dug out."
"As the supreme among demonic beasts, Immortal Golden Dragons possess extraordinary combat power, far surpassing ordinary Saint Emperors. Even I could only barely fight one Immortal Golden Dragon."
"Only an Emperor-level expert, and not just any Emperor, could have accomplished the slaughter of over a hundred Immortal Golden Dragons," Shen Wei said gravely.
A solemn expression also appeared on Dao Yuanming's face. "This shouldn't be the case. If an Emperor-level expert were to enter Beast God Valley, the Dragon and Phoenix Twin Emperors should have noticed!"
The other Saint Emperors nodded in agreement.
After all, the Dragon and Phoenix Twin Emperors were among the most formidable Emperor-level experts on the Eternal Continent, and their soul power was sufficient to cover the entire Beast God Valley.
And for this mysterious individual to have silently slaughtered Immortal Golden Dragons within the domain of the Dragon and Phoenix Twin Emperors implied their cultivation was even higher than theirs.
Upon this realization, the expressions of all the Saint Emperors soured.
This was because this mysterious individual's slaughter of Immortal Golden Dragons was undoubtedly intended to provoke conflict between humanity and Beast God Valley.
Among these Saint Emperors, only Dao Yuanming and Shen Wei had ever set foot in the Cha Sheng Zhen Yu.
Dao Yuanming's expression trembled, as if a sudden realization dawned upon him.
Fifty years ago, when he was in the Cha Sheng Zhen Yu, he had heard of a sudden demonic beast riot in Beast God Valley, with a large number of Saint-level and above demonic beasts surging towards the human domain borders.
To suppress this demonic beast rebellion, several Emperors from the Sacred City had gone to assist.
It was only then that they managed to achieve a stalemate with the Dragon and Phoenix Twin Emperors.
However, it was also after this incident that the Dragon and Phoenix Twin Emperors and the human Emperors established an agreement.
Emperor-level experts were forbidden from entering Beast God Valley.
At that time, Dao Yuanming had been curious about why the Dragon and Phoenix Twin Emperors were so enraged, and now he finally understood the reason.
However, even with the reason known, so many years had passed.
Dao Yuanming looked at the Immortal Golden Dragon soul within the Sacred Dragon Tower.
It seemed that Xin Ci would have to gain the recognition of the Immortal Golden Dragon's soul before he could obtain its vital blood.
Sacred Dragon Tower, Ninth Floor
The Immortal Golden Dragon soul floated in mid-air. Even as a mere soul, its dragon might showed no sign of diminishing.
Upon seeing Xin Ci, its dragon might intensified, and it let out a heaven-shaking roar at him.
The violent airflow actually pushed Xin Ci back a dozen meters.
Despite being just a soul, it possessed such immense power!
The Immortal Golden Dragon soul scanned Xin Ci with a condescending gaze. The fury in its dragon eyes grew even fiercer, and an endless killing intent filled the space, as if it wanted to tear Xin Ci to shreds to quench its hatred.
"Why is this Immortal Golden Dragon soul so ferocious?"
Xin Ci's heart pounded. The powerful pressure and aura were overwhelming him.
"This is bad, we must quickly transfer Xin Ci out of the ninth floor of the Sacred Dragon Tower!"
Sensing something was wrong with the Immortal Golden Dragon soul, Emperor Ming immediately manipulated the teleportation formation within the Sacred Dragon Tower, attempting to forcibly transfer Xin Ci out.
But for some unknown reason, Emperor Ming's expression drastically changed.
The teleportation formation he had set up on the ninth floor could not be activated.
No, the Immortal Golden Dragon soul was using its residual power to temporarily isolate the space on the ninth floor of the Sacred Dragon Tower.
This was terrible!
Fueled by its hatred for humanity, the Immortal Golden Dragon soul unleashed its boundless ferocity, transforming into a beam of light and surging into Xin Ci's brow.
With only its residual soul left, the only thing it could do was to tear apart this human's sea of consciousness.
Seeing this, Dao Yuanming became extremely anxious and urged Shen Wei, "Shen Wei, stop gawking! Quickly transfer this kid out!"
"It's too late, old gambler. The Immortal Golden Dragon soul has already entered Xin Ci's sea of consciousness."
Shen Wei was also helpless. Even if he were to transfer Xin Ci out now, it would be of no use.
However, strangely, Xin Ci seemed unaffected.
In his consciousness space, the Immortal Golden Dragon soul was bound by several chains formed by soul power.
Even though it struggled with all its might, it was futile.
This was, after all, Xin Ci's consciousness space, Mu Qingqing's domain.
With Mu Qingqing present, the Immortal Golden Dragon soul could not run rampant in this space.
"Human! Die!"
The Immortal Golden Dragon soul had become so savage that it had lost all reason.
However, Mu Qingqing ignored the dragon soul and directly transmitted a message to Xin Ci, "Xin Ci, I have controlled the Immortal Golden Dragon soul. You can now enter the Dragon Blood Pool."
"It's already controlled?"
Elder Han said incredulously.
Xin Ci was also dumbfounded.
Both of them had thought that the Immortal Golden Dragon soul would cause trouble for Mu Qingqing in the consciousness space.
But the dragon soul had been subdued by Mu Qingqing in less than a second after entering.
This was truly an incredible feat.
However, Xin Ci did not dwell on it. He first took out a jade bottle to store some vital blood, and then entered the Dragon Blood Pool.
The moment his body was immersed in the pool, the golden dragon blood boiled like molten lava.
The scalding hot sensation felt as if it would melt every bone in Xin Ci's body.
As expected of the vital blood of an Immortal Golden Dragon, its explosive energy was certainly not something an ordinary person could withstand.
Xin Ci quickly circulated the Golden Scale Art, absorbing the energy of the Immortal Golden Dragon blood.
The Golden Scale Art was a supreme true meaning gifted to him by the Star Emperor.
Back in the Nine Nether Realm, Xin Ci had only practiced a superficial part of it.
He had not cultivated it since then.