Chapter 452 - 338: The Secret of the Tier Three Bloodline, Shadow Vein Ore

"Because deep within your bloodline lies information about the origin of the ancient Shadow Night Kites, and I used an Original Blood Origin Tracing Blood Essence to help you activate it."

Gaga nodded, only half-understanding. "Then... are Tier Three Potions like that too?"

"It should be similar, but the process is more complex."

Ian retrieved a special Crystal Bottle from his Dimension Ring. Sealed within was a dark gold liquid.

The liquid was as viscous as molten amber, and within it, the faint phantom of a mountain range drifted.

This was... Tier Three Earth Monarch Blood Essence.

Aidele had given it to him specifically the last time she delivered materials. Though there was only one bottle, its value was extremely high.

Ian had never brought himself to use it, but now, he wanted to give it a try.

He wanted to see what was hidden in the deepest depths of a Tier Three Blood Essence.

"Gaga, keep watch for me."

Ian took a deep breath, placed the Crystal Bottle in the center of the lab bench, and raised his right hand, his palm hovering over the bottle’s mouth.

He activated the Bloodline Purification Technique: Original Blood Origin Tracing!

Dark red Energy Threads seeped from his palm, slithering into the bottle’s mouth like living creatures.

The instant they touched the dark gold liquid.

BOOM!

The air in the Laboratory suddenly grew heavy, as if an invisible mountain range had appeared out of nowhere and was pressing down!

The lab bench trembled, and the glassware clattered. The light from the Crystal Stone Lamp was distorted and dimmed by some powerful Force Field.

Ian focused his Spiritual Power, concentrating on the sensation.

Then, he "saw" a scene from ancient times emerge from within the Blood Essence.

A dreary gray sky, heavy as lead. The earth was cracked, and lava flowed in the fissures.

In the distance, a colossal mountain range was moving.

No, it wasn’t a mountain range. It was... a monstrous creature.

It was over a kilometer long, its entire body covered in a dark gold rock Shell.

Each piece of its Shell was like a miniature mountain peak, its surface covered in natural runic patterns.

It slowly raised its head and looked toward the sky.

Its eyes were made entirely of molten rock, with golden Earth Veins flowing within.

Then, it opened its mouth in a silent roar.

The surrounding air distorted, the earth split into deeper chasms, and lava erupted, falling like crimson rain.

At that moment, the scene suddenly shattered.

The fragments scattered in all directions, and each one held the residual aura of some kind of... Rule.

Heavy, domineering, and all-encompassing, with a trace of... the nascent form of a "Mountain Spirit."

’This isn’t a complete Rule... It’s still just a nascent form.’

’Like a seed buried deep in the bloodline, waiting for the day of its Awakening.’

Ian withdrew his hand and let out a long breath.

The scene had lasted for a very short time, less than three breaths.

But the drain on his Spiritual Power was comparable to a small-scale battle.

"Ian! Are you all right?"

Gaga flew to his shoulder, its little claws gripping his collar, its voice filled with concern.

"I’m fine..."

Ian circulated his Spiritual Power throughout his body to calm the aftershocks, his eyes gleaming with excitement.

’I knew it! The core of a Tier Three Bloodline Potion isn’t strengthening, it’s... the grafting of a Rule Fragment!’

’Deep within the Earth Monarch’s bloodline is hidden the nascent form of the ’Mountain Spirit’ Rule.’

’Although it’s just a nascent form, it has already touched upon the level of a Rule.’

’If I use [Original Blood Origin Tracing] to activate this trace of a nascent Rule, and then use a Neutralizer to harmonize the body’s rejection response...’

’...and make the user’s bloodline resonate and fuse with this trace of a nascent Rule...’

’Then, the user would obtain something similar to an Elemental True Form... a Bloodline True Form!’

’It wouldn’t be a true Elemental True Form, because the Rule information is incomplete.’

’But it would be far, far more powerful than ordinary bloodline strengthening!’

"So that’s how it is..."

Ian muttered to himself, his voice thick with irrepressible excitement.

"Tier Three Bloodline Potions... are essentially Rule grafting."

"Using the Rule Fragments from an Extraordinary Bloodline to supplement the Rules that a human body lacks."

"Allowing the user, at the bloodline level, to touch the Power of a Rule ahead of time."

He walked to the lab bench, picked up a Feather Pen, spread out a new sheet of parchment, and began to write out his deductions.

The tip of the pen rustled, leaving clear lines of text on the paper.

[Deduction of the Fundamental Logic of Tier Three Bloodline Potions]

[Hypothesis: The depths of a Tier Three Magic Beast’s bloodline contain a weak Rule Fragment (nascent form)]

[Step One: Through [Original Blood Origin Tracing], activate the Rule Fragment, transitioning it from a "dormant" to an "active" state.]

[Step Two: Use a Neutralizer as a medium to harmonize the body’s rejection response and establish a preliminary resonance channel.]

[Step Three: Guide the active Rule Fragment to infiltrate the human bloodline via the resonance channel, completing the initial grafting.]

[Step Four: Supplement with a specific Alchemy Array and Energy Guidance to allow the Rule Fragment to stabilize and take root within the human body.]

[Final Effect: The user obtains a "Bloodline True Form" and can briefly draw upon power at the Rule level.]

As he wrote the three words "Bloodline True Form," Ian paused.

He recalled the changes in Aidele after she consumed the [Earth Tyrant Potion].

Her skin developed rock-like patterns, her Power surged, and her attacks came with Shock Waves.

’That might have been... the nascent form of a "Bloodline True Form."’

’It’s just that the [Earth Tyrant Potion] was Tier Two, and the Rule Fragment was too weak, so the effects were limited and the duration was short.’

’But if it were Tier Three...’

A brilliant light flashed in Ian’s eyes. He suppressed his surging thoughts and continued to write.

[List of Required Main Materials (Preliminary)]

[1. Tier Three Earth Monarch Blood Essence: The core medium; a complete Heart Blood Essence is required.]

[2. Tier Three Rock Dragon Heart Core: A Rule Stabilizer to increase the success rate of the grafting.]

[3. Earth Vein Flower: For Energy harmonization and to alleviate the rejection response.]

[4. Auxiliary Material: Thousand-Year Stone Heart Vine Marrow: For constructing the bloodline channel and guiding the infiltration of the Rule Fragment.]