Rebirth of the Prime Dragon Master
Chapter 1040 The Perfect Opportunity

Rocky had made a significant breakthrough in his genetic experiments and refinement of thespiritual crystals. He also achieved amazing progress in his strength. For the past four months, Rockyhad refined the third Holy Spirit Panacea and had almost reached the eighth grade of the SupernalStage. He had merged with most of the power released from the fourth layer of the seal and wouldabsorb all the power soon. Compared with his practice sessions with Alyssa, it took a long time forRocky to merge with the power released from the fourth layer of the seal. But as to the normalfusion practices, his fusion was still impressively quick.

Inside the warehouse, Rocky was observing Uriah's egg. The egg had grown bigger and taller, andcould pierce through the roof of the warehouse anytime. The eggshell had changed its color fourtimes. Last time it was red, but now it had turned dark green. Rocky was not sure if this was its lastcolor or would change again soon.

Rocky observed the egg for a long time, and he noticed several changes. It was growing so fast, andhe also saw some slight movements, as if there was something alive and growing inside the shell.He also sensed a powerful aura that radiated from the egg, and it appeared to be growing strongerevery day.

Rocky went through so much trouble just to replace enough blood essence to feed Uriah's egg. Hetraveled all over the Myriad Beasts Ground except for some extremely dangerous areas. He faceddangers and risked his life several times so he could gather as much blood essence of spirit-manipulated beasts as possible.

He also asked Marcia to collect some blood essence from supreme masters at the Divine Stage, likeLance. As well as some masters at the Supernal Stage. With the help of Laney, Lucilla collected someblood essence from the Cao Clan. She then ordered her confidant to send the blood essence toRocky.

The adequate supply of blood essence boosted Uriah's egg and helped it grow amazingly fastwithin the last four months.

Except for the blood essence of the Moon Fox and the ancient spiritual beast, Rocky had used mostkinds of blood essence to feed Uriah's egg. He believed that it was not the right time to use thesetwo kinds of blood essence. Based on his observation, he determined that the egg didn’t absorbnutrition from the blood essence to grow, but seemed like being putting pieces of puzzle together.For one, a specific kind of blood essence was a crucial piece. The higher-grade blood essence was abigger piece of the puzzle and would cause a greater change in the egg.

Rocky concluded that some pieces of the puzzle were just too difficult to replace, such as the high-grade blood essence of the Moon Fox and the ancient spiritual beast. But he was not in a hurry.

For the past four months, both Robin and Ken also made astonishing progress. Ken in particularacquired the second grade of the guardian beast's power and made a breakthrough.

Rocky was also aware of the current situation within the Holy Dragon Empire, even if he had notgone out for the past four months. Marcia often sent him valuable pieces of information, includingthose collected by Laney.

Alyssa ordered Laney to go to the Holy Dragon Empire and aid Rocky. With Laney and Marcia'sassistance, Rocky knew everything important that had happened in the Holy Dragon Empire, even ifhe was in seclusion.

He knew that Alston became the acting emperor of the Holy Dragon Empire after the emperordisappeared, and this raised doubts among the forces, especially those who supported otherprinces. Much as Alston was the heir to the throne of the Holy Dragon Empire, the suddendisappearance of the emperor was so bizarre that it triggered rumors among the people. The otherprinces felt uneasy and harbored suspicions on a possible conspiracy.

Suspicions about Alston continued to spread in the succeeding days, but the upheaval did not lastlong. Alston began a series of brutal suppressions and cracked down on people who doubted himand forces that opposed him. Rumors about small clans being slaughtered spread across the entirecity. Terrified, the people fell silent and kept their suspicions to themselves.

Alston's cruel behavior earned the ire of some major clans in the Holy Dragon Empire and thisincluded the Ximen Clan and the Ji Clan. Only a few remained loyal to him. Because of this, Alstonfailed to win the major clans over to his side. They stayed quiet and remained neutral in theirdecisions. To be safe, they restrained themselves from being involved in his affairs and kept theirdistance from him.

Their disapproval gave Rocky and his companions a fighting chance. With her status and reputationin the Holy Dragon Empire, Marcia had secretly won the favor of several forces. Independently theywere not strong, but united, they formed a very powerful force. Marcia did not waste a singlemoment. She reached out to several major clans in secret and convinced them to side with her.Because of her identity and the danger she faced, Marcia had to be cautious with her actions. Withthis, some major clans including the Ximen Clan and Ji Clan remained neutral.

Before long, Laney sent a message about the Timber Deity Empire that caught Rocky's attention.Not long after he left the Timber Deity Empire, a group of spirit manipulators led by Alyssa went toa mysterious place to look for another spiritual treasure. They discovered that two empires whowere only second to the Timber Deity Empire, Holy Dragon Empire and Magic Phoenix Empire hadalso sent spirit manipulators to replace the spiritual treasure. They also learned that some spiritmanipulators were from a country backed by the Heavenly Demon Clan.

Twice in the past, the Heavenly Demon Clan had sent two ordinary spiritual beings to snatch theguardian beast of Alyssa, but they failed. After the lack of success, the two ordinary spiritual beingsboth disappeared. Some time ago, the Heavenly Demon Clan asked its allied empire to look for thespiritual treasure as well. Clearly, the Heavenly Demon Clan had the same idea as the Wood Clan.This triggered a series of hunting expeditions to look for spiritual treasures. Numerous majorempires and even a few weak empires on the Wild Spirit Land joined the hunt. The situationremained strained and turbulent at the time being. It also set in motion conflict and fierce fightswithin the clans.

Out of curiosity, Rocky asked Marcia about the spiritual treasures. However, Marcia did not knowwhere the spiritual treasures came from. She only knew that there were nine spiritual treasures, andthat they existed a long time ago. She also learned that they were sealed in nine extremelydangerous and mysterious places within the Wild Spirit Land. The spiritual race members wereprohibited from entering the places where the spiritual treasures were sealed. Also, the spiritualtreasures were just mysterious beings and only the spiritual race knew their specific use andbenefits.

The Wood Clan and the other spiritual race clans mentioned nothing about the spiritual treasures.They only asked the empires to send people to the mysterious places on the Wild Spirit Land tolook for the spiritual treasures.

With this information, Rocky felt that there must be some significant secrets hidden behind theircrazy search for the spiritual treasures.

Rocky figured that there was another way for him to learn more about spiritual treasures. He couldask the Dragon-shaped Soul Beast, but it was unwilling to reveal anything. Still, the Dragon-shapedSoul Beast pointed out that if Rocky wanted to unravel the secrets of the spiritual race, he shouldcollect the blood essence of the nine legendary guardian beasts and unlock all the memories sealedin the dragon-shaped jade first.

Rocky had already gained the blood essence of the Moon Fox, which was likely one of the ninelegendary guardian beasts, but he did not use it to unlock the second layer of memory in thedragon-shaped jade. It worried him that too much new information would harm him at this point.What he needed to do now was to concentrate on cultivation and wait for the perfect opportunity!