Chapter 738 Blood Sparrow

Li An successfully broke through to the twelfth level of the Heavenly Realm.Li An's realm was a surprising development.He was a Heavenly Dao who could manipulate destiny at will, yet his breakthrough to the Dao Fruit realm had so far been achieved without any use of destiny.Pure strength was the key to his breakthrough.This was undeniably impressive.Li An himself wasn't too concerned; there was no need to rush the breakthrough to the Dao Fruit realm.Now, he was close to being an omniscient being of matter. In his eyes, the rules of heaven and earth were all transparent. If he wanted, he could break through to the fifteenth level in a single day.However, Shen Ji's gaze was like a thorn hanging over his heart. This gaze stemmed from his past journey to the Immortal Realm, a gaze Li An still remembered vividly.Those who used destiny to break through were all weaklings, mere luck pigs.Whether this was truly the case, or whether using destiny made a significant difference, was no longer important.Li An was also a little proud. His longing was to become the strongest in the world with only his fists, even without the Heavenly Dao Soul and good fortune. This small dream had never left his heart.So, he would slowly move forward.Li An believed he could do it.Two months had passed since the chaotic Three Kingdoms period, and Li An's life was unexpectedly peaceful and leisurely.The Heavenly Realm suddenly fell silent.That saying was indeed true.Truth only exists within the range of cannons.Now, Li An was the truth.The Heavenly Realm dared not easily launch a war, but that didn't mean they were inactive.It was said that the Five Great Domains and the Divine Realm already had their respective royal families taking action.Li An, however, remained silent.The same reason.He was the Heavenly Dao.There was no such thing as a Heavenly Dao paying homage to the lords of the Five Great Domains.If anyone had to meet, it would be them coming to see him.His confidence was strong; it was still the same thing—he was the truth.If he wanted, he could seize all the land deeds of the five major domains on the same day, even if it meant reaching the fifteenth level. What could they do then?Ying Zheng, Wukong, and the Demon Ancestor had all broken through to the Monarch Realm within the past month. This meant that in the event of war, there was no need to alarm Li An; a sword, a staff, or a kick would suffice.As for the matter of the Qi Lotus Tree, Li An didn't need to handle it.Mr. Tianming and Mr. Kurosawa were fully in charge of pushing forward the tree-planting mission.Arbor Day, one day a month.Martial artists who donated blood received equivalent resources in return and could apply for protection, recovering their condition with the help of the Starfire Domain before leaving.The various policies dazzled Li An; he couldn't think of so many useful methods that could easily influence everyone.Furthermore, Mr. Tianming not only formulated strategies for the human realm but also for other realms, tailored to their specific local circumstances.Li An didn't need to intervene, but he had an obligation to manage them.The more people involved in a project, the more variables arise. It's impractical to have Mr. Tianming use his divine eye to constantly monitor everything; this task falls to Li An.He possesses the Heavenly Dao Soul, a world projection, and the ability to transform one qi into three pure ones.Two clones act as security guards in front of the world projection, watching the images of all the areas where the Qi-Fortune Lotus Trees are planted. Li An can see even the slightest movement.Furthermore, Li An has constructed a realistic monitoring station using his dreams, constantly recording the Qi and health status of tens of thousands of forests. If any forest shows any abnormality, it will be detected immediately.After a month,the total number of sprouted Qi-Fortune Lotus Trees reached 120,000, and is still increasing at a rate of 5,000 per day. The average investment per tree is 50 dou of Qi.Li An's decision is to use 20 million dou of Qi as initial capital: 10 million from the Human Realm, and 2 million each from the remaining five realms. The New World will be handled by Liu Sheng himself.This means that the human realm's current reserves of fortune have plummeted; in fact, this period could be considered the most dangerous time for the human world.If the Celestial Realm were to launch a full-scale attack, it would likely be difficult to withstand the onslaught. Even if they did, the enemy would undoubtedly launch a carpet bombing raid on these forests.Therefore, everyone is somewhat tense and prepared to counterattack at any moment.However, Mr. Li told Li An unequivocally that the Celestial Realm would not send troops at this time.Two months—is that enough time for the thirteen kingdoms to clarify the distribution of benefits in the war against the human world?Even royal families like the Lu Clan want to abstain and are unwilling to send troops.Seeing these older generation experts as calm as old dogs, Li An was no longer in a hurry.His main task during this period was to reclaim other realms.This world is vast, containing many smaller realms. These places often have harsh living conditions and barren land, making it difficult to develop into more powerful civilizations—territories that even the Celestial Realm wouldn't bother to look at.Li An, however, felt that even a mosquito's leg, no matter how small, is still meat.For a month, he traversed unknown spaces and times, witnessing all sorts of creatures. When the white sun rose before them, some fled in fear, while others knelt in worship.He even saw races strikingly similar to humans.Now, this world has proven that humanity evolved from some kind of animal. It's as if this world is a vast evolutionary chain, with many common animals at its bottom, found everywhere, meaning that humans could potentially arise anywhere.Looking at those primitive humans, Li An felt as if he were witnessing the earliest human realm, or even the more ancient immortal realm.The more worlds he traveled through, the more experienced he became, and the clearer his understanding of this world became.Everything was a creature that evolved from primal energy, and what these creatures would evolve into was unknown. The Heavenly Dao hadn't restricted this world; billions of genes could combine, and even the Heavenly Dao itself couldn't predict the final outcome.Because, the old Heavenly Dao said that what he did back then was create this one thing: create a more beautiful and powerful species.Because even the Heavenly Dao itself doesn't know what constitutes a perfect species, it requires a vast amount of time and effort to create them.Li An found it incredibly wondrous; the bizarre and wondrous species of this world captivated him.He craved a more comprehensive understanding, so he lingered longer in each realm he visited, until he found every life form within that realm.During this process, his still-awakening, but almost-awakened, divinity began to slowly activate.His dream also shifted once again.But most importantly, Li An discovered a truly remarkable species, which he named the Blood Sparrow!It was a bird with wings as red as blood, adults reaching a meter in height, with a wingspan of nearly four meters. It possessed no cultivation level, being just an ordinary life form, yet the Blood Sparrow fed on blood. The color of its feathers changed depending on the blood it had recently consumed, and it spent most of its day sleeping in red flowerbeds.Rare in number, fewer than a thousand Bloodbirds exist on this planet, codenamed 85222. Due to the impending cold wave, if Li An had arrived a few years later, the planet would have been frozen, and the Bloodbird species would have been eliminated from this world.Li An gently plucked a feather from a Bloodbird.It felt sticky; it wasn't a fluffy wing at all, but a fake wing forged from blood.Then, Li An pricked his fingertip, bestowing upon this lucky Bloodbird Heavenly Blood. He kept a close watch, ensuring the Bloodbird wouldn't be killed by the overwhelming power within the blood.Li An activated a time barrier, quietly observing the Bloodbird's transformation. Its body began to swell, its feathers turned pure white, the same color scheme as the Holy Angels, and its eyes grew increasingly sacred. Finally, it transformed into a white divine bird over three meters tall.It bowed to Li An, its words mumbled indistinctly, saying, "Thank you, gods, for bestowing upon me intelligence." Li An sat on the barren yellow earth, propping his chin up as he watched the Blood Sparrow with interest. He asked, "The blood content in your feathers far exceeds the blood you normally drink. Why?" The Blood Sparrow's eyes showed confusion as it murmured, "Master, we are born this way. After a good night's sleep, the blood in our bodies becomes abundant."Shocking.Such a species exists.Drinking a single drop of blood can produce a vat of blood, without needing any other medium to aid in blood production—just sleep!However, the quality of the blood they produce is another matter.Take it back!At this moment, Li An recalled the teachings his teacher had given him.He told himself, "Don't be stingy with the power you have to break the rules.""Don't think it's undignified to use external force to break the current deadlock.""If you observe this world closely, you'll find that those who are in similar circumstances to you but live better lives are all using external forces. The most famous external force is my district chief father." Li An looked at the Blood Sparrow before him, hoping it would be the right external force for the Luck Lotus Tree project.