Chapter 2: Master's World

  Yang Yi died, and no one knows what it's like after death.

  Yang felt an endless darkness, as if he was falling forever, like a bottomless pit, always falling. Suddenly, a bright light flashed by, and his nose caught a faint scent of flowers.

  He slowly opened his eyes, and what he saw was a vast expanse of blue sky. Yang had traveled to every corner of the world, but he swore that he had never seen such a pure sky before.

  "Hmph, how dare you sneak around here, looking for death! Let's see what good stuff this kid has on him!"

  Just as Yang Yi was still in doubt, a rough voice suddenly came from beside him.

  Yang Yi, in his daze, still caught a glimpse of a burly man wearing a tight-fitting long shirt, the kind of attire he had only seen in ancient TV dramas. The burly man was holding a sharp dagger emitting white light and walking towards Yang Yi.

  "Is this person going to kill me?"

  Yang Yi immediately felt a crisis, and at this time, he couldn't care about the strangeness of his body. The master's consciousness immediately began to sink down, waiting for the best opportunity.

  The man slowly walked closer and squatted down.

  "What a great opportunity!"

  Yang Yi's eyes suddenly opened, and he was like a fierce beast. His hands grasped upwards, like an octopus, tightly sticking to the other person's body.

  "What? Not dead yet? You little scoundrel, get down here!"

  The burly man suddenly flew into a rage, and the muscles like rocks made people feel horrified. Yang Yi only then suddenly felt that this man's strength was really unimaginably powerful. If it wasn't for Yang Yi using his master-level control to tightly grab onto the other party's body, he would probably have been flung off with just one move.

  The man was like a mad devil, with endless strength, and even Yang Yi felt overwhelmed, not just shocked.

  "Which master is this? The power is so strong, it's simply not a power that humans can possess!"

  Yang Yi immediately began to control his Qi and blood, but this control soon discovered that the Qi and blood in his body were incredibly powerful, with a strength that could rival several times that of Yang Yi's former self.

  "What...what's going on? How did my power suddenly increase by so much?"

  But before he could think clearly about what was happening, the burly man suddenly fell backwards with such great force that it would have been enough to smash Yang Yi to death.

  "Hmph, comparing close combat with Zong Shi?"

  As a martial arts master, Yang Yi's close-range terror was absolutely not something that ordinary people could match. In an instant, he had unleashed it, and every part of his body, whether shoulders, feet, knees, or palms, could be fatal.

  "Bang bang bang bang"

  Yang felt the powerful energy in his body, and every attack could shatter stones into powder. Even if a man had muscles as hard as steel, he couldn't withstand such close-range bombardment, and would cry out in pain.

  "Crack"

  The burly man had his neck twisted off by Yang Yi, and only then did he die. Yang Yi's close-range strikes looked powerful, but they hadn't caused the big fellow any mortal injuries.

  "Call"

  Yang Yi was also exhausted, panting heavily, and looked at the big man who had already died beside him. Only then did Yang Yi begin to carefully examine his surroundings.

  Here is a forest, the air is fresh, and looking at "oneself", height and clothing have all become that of ancient times' tight-fitting attire.

  Yang Yi hastily picked up the big man's dagger and lightly brushed it against his own face.

  The face next to the faintly handsome man in the white shirt was very unfamiliar and absolutely did not look like Yang Yi.

  "What's going on? Did I travel through time?"

  In the 21st century, there have been many time-travel movies and TV shows, so modern people are already familiar with this kind of information. Yang thought of this possibility in an instant.

  "Wait, what's this? It seems like there are a lot of chaotic messages in my head."

  Yang Yi immediately sat down on the ground with his legs crossed, furrowed his brow and slowly digested the information in his mind.

  This information is a memory, belonging to the Yang Yi of this world. The young man who was originally possessed by Yang Yi's body was also named Yang Yi, a hunter from the foot of the mountain. This world is somewhat similar to ancient times, but it is a world where cultivators are everywhere and the strong are respected.

  The people here are alchemists of blood, and legend has it that humans were created by the gods with their own essence and blood. As a result, human blood contains immense power, and through gradual cultivation, one can tap into these powerful forces to reach the pinnacle.

  Here, cultivation can become immortal, here, cultivation can become the strongest. Cultivation is divided into five realms: Blood Condensation, Shape Transformation, Heaven Connection, Immortal and Demon God, each realm is further divided into nine layers.

  Yang Yi is now only the first layer of the lowest level of Blood Condensation, and the big man he killed with great effort just now was a three-layered master. In this mountain forest, Yang Yi stumbled upon him and was easily killed by him, allowing Yang Yi's consciousness to control this body and be reborn.

  "This world can actually cultivate the power to destroy heaven and earth, which is really too incredible! My previous life cultivated for decades, finally cultivating to the peak, but the power was not as strong as the lowest level of condensed blood in this body."

  "I'm afraid it's because the people in this world have the blood of sacred creatures like the dragon, phoenix, and qilin flowing through their veins!"

  Yang Yi's only regret in his past life was not seeing what lay beyond the realm of the Grandmaster. Now, having crossed over into this mystical world, he had been given a vast stage unlike anything he had ever known before.

  "Hmm, these three masters must have some good stuff on them too."

  Yang Yi quickly turned over the body of the big Han, and from his body, he constantly searched for something. Before long, he found several exquisite bottles, opened one and smelled it, instantly a refreshing fragrance wafted out, making people feel refreshed and invigorated.

  Yang Yi didn't know what was in the bottle, but he figured it must be something good, so he quickly picked it up.

  "Huh? What's this..."

  Yang Yi suddenly searched Han's body and found a five-colored inlaid dragon token, on which was faintly carved a divine dragon, coiled around the entire token, as if there was a noble aura.

  "What is this? It's being kept so secretly, it must be something extremely valuable." Yang Yi was just a hunter from the foot of the mountain. In his memory, his deceased old man was only a second-class blood coagulator, a truly bottom-tier person.

  Yang put away the token, he didn't recognize it, but after staying behind, he could slowly find out.

  I continued searching but didn't find anything good either.

  "It seems that in memory, one can refine the essence of others to cultivate, although this cultivation method is risky, it's a shortcut for cultivation!"

  Yang's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and in an instant he was holding a dagger in front of the big man, waving it lightly to cut open a large gash on the big man's arm, from which countless fresh blood flowed out, among which there were threads of dark-colored blood, this is the essence of blood, the existence that gathers most of the body's blood.

  Yang Yi directly stretched out his hand and grabbed it fiercely, taking the ball of essence blood into his hand. He clenched his teeth slightly and instantly swallowed the few drops of essence blood into his mouth.

  "Humming"

  This refined blood entered the abdomen, as if a fire was burning. After all, this is the essence of the triple-refined blood. In Yang Yi's previous memories, he had only refined the fresh blood of those low-level wild beasts, but had never refined such high-quality blood before.

  These few drops of essence are now surging in his blood vessels like a stormy sea, and if he doesn't refine them soon, Yang Yi will die immediately.

  "Hmph, I am a martial arts master, and what masters are most skilled at is control! Controlling the qi and blood throughout my entire body, refining all of it into pure blood!"

  Yang Yi is a Sect Master, although the lowest-level people here have powers that are no weaker than Yang Yi's powers when he was a Sect Master in his previous life, but after all, it's just power and doesn't have the fighting consciousness and control ability of a Sect Master.

  Controlling the flow of blood, this is just one of the most common techniques of a master, but here, even a master of the fifth level of Blood Condensation would not be able to control the flow of blood. This is simply because people from two different worlds have their own strengths and weaknesses.

  Yang Yi, with the master's precise control, quickly controlled the qi and blood throughout his body, mobilizing them to refine those few drops of essence and blood, just like a group of ants slowly refining them.

  Finally, under Yang Yi's full-force refining, the crisis was finally resolved, and these few drops of essence blood slowly began to melt.

  "Knock, knock!"

  Yang Yi's heart beats, and the pure blood energy is transformed a little, rushing to Yang Yi's limbs. Yang Yi only feels a comfortable feeling throughout his body, as if he had taken a perfect tonic pill, his whole body full of strength, dragon-like and tiger-like, able to tear apart fierce tigers.

  Yang Yi is currently only at the first level of Blood Condensation, and there are nine levels in total. Each level is extremely difficult to achieve. Above the ninth level of Blood Condensation lies the Shape Transformation Realm. Yang Yi only knows this much, but even Bai Lie Feng, the master of Qingyang Prefecture who has reached the fifth level of Blood Condensation and has a reputation that spans 500 miles, does not know the specifics of the Shape Transformation Realm.

  "Coagulation of the first level is mainly gathering blood vessels. Now, the blood vessels in my body have gathered to their peak, and if they gather again, there will be no more use. Next, I can expand my tendons and vessels, this is the realm of coagulation of the second level!"

  In this world, the meridians of humans are all connected and blood can flow freely through them, transporting the power of qi and blood to every part of the body. In this world, because the divine dragons and other ancient beings left behind their powerful bloodlines, all cultivators are working hard to unblock their meridians and thoroughly excavate the great power within their bloodlines.

  With this understanding, Yang Yi began to refine the essence of Da Han's blood with an extremely powerful control. Da Han was a master of Condensed Blood Triple Layer, and his essence was far more powerful than what Yang Yi could have imagined.

  Finally, all the essence and blood had been refined, Yang Yi's body was almost bursting with energy, if he didn't open up other meridians soon, he would be torn apart alive.

  The tendons and veins of the hand are the most complex, and most people break through the tendons and veins of the hand first when breaking through, so that they can transport the power of the blood vessels to the hand, and when fighting, they can also burst out with even greater strength.

  Yang Yi didn't hesitate again, concentrated his mind, stretched out his hand and guided the blood vessels that were about to explode all over his body to his hand.

  "Coagulate twice, muscle and vein, open for me!"

  This is an extremely painful process, but Yang Yi has already become a master's will, and this bit of pain can also be endured.

  The surging and powerful blood force finally burst through the meridians on his hands after a half-hour-long impact, and Yang Yi suddenly felt all his pain disappear in an instant. A wonderful feeling that could not be described flowed through his body.

  "It's finally succeeded, Blood Coagulation Double, I've finally reached Blood Coagulation Double! This kind of power is something I've never experienced before, an indescribable wonderful feeling!"

  Yang Yi's emotions surged, and he stretched out his hand to gently pat the ground.

  Boom

  The hard ground was like being smashed by a giant stone, revealing a hole the size of two inches, what a terrifying power, at least several times stronger than Yang Yi's previous strength.