Biochemical Martial Arts: Supreme Heavenly Venerate

PS: Thanks to the first Silver Alliance Hierarch "Nuan Yang 1314" for the million reward; I am immensely thankful for this initial venture into the wild. ※※※※ Gong Hengdao also waited outside the base with Fei Yunlai. He tilted his head slightly, looking at Fei Yunlai with a strange expression. Fei Yunlai, annoyed by the staring, turned and glared back at Gong Hengdao. What are you looking at? Haven't you seen me before? Gong Hengdao couldn't help but laugh helplessly, "I don't know why, but I feel like you've changed a lot recently, quite different from before." In the past, this old Fei was quite proud, filled with ambition and always dreaming of setting up his own studio. Now, this guy seemed to have lost that desire and had become much more grounded. In the past few days, Gong Hengdao had checked Fei Yunlai's personal homepage and noticed that he hadn't shared those entrepreneurs' motivational quotes for a long time. Fei Yunlai probably guessed the reason and snorted lightly, his tone leisurely, "What does that have to do with you?" Recently, he was indeed a bit less spirited, somewhat unworthy of his previous self. But could the current situation be the same as before? His little BOSS had now become the de facto, though unrecognized, Crown Prince of the Great Song Dynasty! Although still serving others, working in a unicorn-grade startup was entirely different from his previous role at a foreign company! Just at that moment, a huge steel spaceship appeared above them. This spaceship possessed a powerful invisibility system, equipped with optical camouflage, electromagnetic stealth, and an ether shield. Ordinary people couldn't see it, and even high-level Martial Cultivators like Fei Yunlai could only detect its presence within a distance of ten thousand meters. As the spaceship landed, Lin Rui led a group of people down from the ship. Shangguan Tianyi walked among them, her eyes vacant and dazed. Since she had been transferred under Lin Hao, she had been in a constant state of shock and confusion for the past ten days. First, her master had purchased various Heavenly Demon serums for her, injecting each one into her in a miraculously effective way to replenish the vital energy she had lost, while also enhancing every aspect of her body to the extreme, whether it was spiritual power, strength, responsiveness, or speed, all surpassed the previous level. Shangguan Tianyi even awakened a kind of Super Emperor Tier bloodline, which officially elevated her overall blood power into the emperor realm. When she woke up after several days of sleep, she found that her master had already obtained the Divine Merit Order and the Divine Dragon Slayer Saber! He had become one of the likeliest candidates to be promoted to Divine Envoy, a status that could rival the Crown Prince and with even greater authority. The problem was, her master seemed to be an otherworldly Heavenly Demon—the very creatures that instructors at the Dragon Guard kept warning against, urging them to be extremely vigilant and fight to the death if necessary! Before, Shangguan Tianyi had only suspected, but when she boarded this giant steel ship under the guidance of her master, there was no room left for doubt! This escort starship, 180 meters long, 40 meters wide, and 35 meters tall, was the smallest warship model in the Earth Federation, but to the native people of Tianji Star like Shangguan Tianyi, it was a colossal giant! Shangguan Tianyi had grown up in Luojing and was worldly wise, yet she had never encountered such a massive steel giant. It was astonishing that it could also float in the air, traversing over a hundred thousand miles in an instant! Shangguan Tianyi's feelings were incredibly complex at this moment; when she had chosen to block her master's vehicle, she had already prepared herself to serve her master for life, sharing his fortunes and misfortunes. From the moment she became one of the master's Dragon Guards, her life and death were in her master's hands. But at that time, she did not know that her master was actually an otherworldly Heavenly Demon— Ji Xueying had been observing Shangguan Tianyi intently all this time. Seeing this, Shangguan Tianyi felt helpless, "You don't have to worry about me, sister Xueying. The Dragon Guards taught me that everything should prioritize the master's command, and in all situations, we must follow our Lord's orders. Beyond that, everything else is secondary." —This was actually to prevent them, the Dragon Guards, from being taken advantage of by the "Abyss". They practiced the Abyssal methods and needed to rely on their master's will to suppress it to prevent being corrupted and overtaken by the Abyss. Thus, the master's will was most important. However, Shangguan Tianyi guessed that the people who originally developed the "Dragon Guard" never imagined that an otherworldly Heavenly Demon could infiltrate the core layer of the Imperial City Division and become the "Bureau of Betrayal Command Envoy". Shangguan Tianyi pondered what would happen if one day her master became the first Divine Envoy of the Great Song nation—how would that affect this continent, this country? "His Majesty asked me to watch over you," Ji Xueying said with a slight smile, "It is said that at the moment of transformation, one needs not only immense spiritual power but also strong belief and will. His Majesty said if your mental state isn't up to par, or you can't accept it, lacking sufficient enlightenment, it would be better to simply give up. He would erase your memories of this period and allow you to live out your remaining days outside the palace." "Don't!" Shangguan Tianyi shook her head vigorously, clutching the sword at her chest, "I am very steadfast in my conviction!" She was an orphan, with neither father nor mother, alone in the world. Since being selected to train in the Dragon Guards, her life had been all about Sword Dao; Sword Dao was her everything. Thus, when the Dragon Guards decided to dismiss her, Shangguan Tianyi felt as if the sky were about to fall. If she could no longer practice and advance her sword skills and explore new vistas in Sword Dao, she didn't know what meaning her life still held. Therefore, the chance her master gave her to transforme was like giving her a new life. This was an opportunity she had hard-won with her teacher's help, and Shangguan Tianyi was not going to give it up easily. Shangguan Tianyi felt somewhat helpless and melancholic, for she would have to serve as a Dragon Guard for the Outer Heavenly Demon, becoming his loyal executioner. Her mastery of Sword Dao would only be used in service of her master, regardless of who the enemy was, even if they were her own kin— Ji Xueying looked at her skeptically but saw in Shangguan Tianyi's eyes an unwavering firmness and sharpness. She was slightly taken aback and then nodded, "Actually, it's not as bad as you think. Although the master is an Outer Heavenly Demon, in my view, he is more deserving to be called human than most of the powerful and influential officials in this world. You'll understand once you've been around him longer that serving the master isn't so bad." Shangguan Tianyi nodded, half-believing, half-doubting. She thought the master's official reputation was indeed very good. Before becoming Lin Hao's Dragon Guard, she knew that this commander was upright and distinguished, young and promising, and she admired him greatly in her heart. Now that she knew all that was a facade, she began to have doubts. However, Lin Hao had been very good to her personally, and the Heavenly Demon injections he administered to her these past few days were clearly very valuable. This master was truly doing his best to help her, aiming to increase her chances of a successful transformation. Due to the urgency of time, soon after Lin Rui entered the base, he started the operation. The first subject of his operation was Shangguan Tianyi; the child was only days away from the closure of her fontanelle – there was no further delay possible. At that moment, a massive lead room had been built inside this underground base. Since it was inside the star of Tianji, and because of the lack of earth characteristics, the specifications for this lead room were several times higher than those of the Ninth Base City. Shangguan Tianyi followed Lin Rui into the room with a suspicious look and lay down on the operating table as he instructed. Her expression was very curious, yet somewhat uneasy, "Master, are you implanting the zhi zhuang? I don't think that's necessary." Shangguan Tianyi had heard that zhi zhuang was essentially artificial bloodline talent, not only greatly assisting in combat but also strengthening and enhancing a person's soul and physical power during critical junctures of Martial Cultivator's promotion. Thus, those Martial Cultivators who awakened powerful bloodlines from the start typically had superior qualities and potential compared to their peers. However, the stronger the bloodline, the more difficult it was to advance. It was said that Lin Hao's mentor, Luo Wangshu, was beyond the imperial ranks in four realms and an emperor in five realms, and had continued advancing using the power of his imperial bloodline up to the ninth realm! So her potential was also recognized as the highest among all the current ninth realm cultivators. Lin Rui slightly raised his lips upon hearing her, "Lacking confidence in yourself?" Shangguan Tianyi's eyes hardened, "Not at all! I will definitely transform." She was determined to risk her life on this transformation; after all, there was no turning back. If not successful, then death it would be! Shangguan Tianyi had absolute faith in herself, yet worried about the unforeseeable circumstances. If she contaminated Lin Hao's zhi zhuang, that would be problematic, as the device was said to be extremely expensive. Some top-tier zhi zhuang had a black market price of several million demon silvers. "Isn't that enough?" Lin Rui's eyes showed appreciation, "But before I implant the zhi zhuang, I need to perform a cleansing." "Cleansing?" Shangguan Tianyi's eyes grew even more suspicious, not until she saw a sanctified flame burning in Lin Hao's palm. "Your connection with the abyss has indeed become too tight," Lin Rui said sternly. "Thinking mere determination can combat the abyss is rather naive." Fortunately, this girl had met him— Shangguan Tianyi let out a cry of astonishment as she watched the sanctified flame in Lin Hao's hand, her voice trembling, "The Purification!" —Her master actually had mastered the complete concept of the Abyss!