Once Tian Yang agreed to have his physique examined, Chao Shuying led him to another room, where a single large device stood alone at its center.
The device was pitch black, its surface resembling polished obsidian. Shaped like a rectangular coffin, it was covered in golden Array Symbols that shimmered softly, giving it an otherworldly beauty.
"I was expecting something massive—something meant for giants," Tian Yang remarked when he saw how ordinary in size the device was.
Chao Shuying smiled. "Do you have any idea how many materials we'd need to build one on a giant scale? Even if we had the funds, this world doesn't have enough resources to make it."
"Is that so…"
Chao Shuying proceeded to hand him a white cloth and said, "Remove all of your clothes and cleanse your entire body in that bathroom over there. Once you're done, wear this and come back out."
Tian Yang didn't ask any questions and simply followed her instructions.
Several minutes later, he stepped out of the bathroom wearing nothing but a white cloth wrapped around his waist.
"You have a well-balanced physique. Are you also a body refiner?" Chao Shuying questioned him after seeing his refined physique, neither too muscular nor too lean.
"While I do temper my body occasionally, I wouldn't call myself a body refiner," he replied.
"Now then, all you need to do is lie inside this device and wait for me to finish. Once it begins, you'll be submerged in liquid for a few minutes, so don't be too surprised when it happens." "Alright."
Tian Yang entered the coffin-shaped device—just large enough to contain him—and watched as Chao Shuying lowered the lid, sealing him inside.
Inside, it was completely silent and utterly dark—so still that his senses began to dull within moments.
Then, without warning, he felt something warm rising around him, quickly submerging his body.
As a cultivator of the True Immortal realm, Tian Yang could hold his breath for days without difficulty. A few minutes posed no concern whatsoever.
Some time later, Tian Yang felt the liquid rapidly draining away, and moments after it disappeared, Chao Shuying opened the lid of the device.
"It's done," she said.
When Tian Yang regained his senses, he could instantly smell the strong medicinal scent on his body, presumably from the liquid.
"What are the results?" Kulas asked, sounding a little impatient.
"Uhh…" Chao Shuying looked at the device, which showed no reaction, and replied in a puzzled voice, "He doesn't have one..."
"What?" Kulas frowned. "How is that possible?"
"I don't know, but the device isn't reacting at all. This only happens when the individual has no physique."
"So it wasn't his physique that caused the abnormal pill absorption rate?" Kulas turned to look at Tian Yang and asked, "Are you sure you don't have a special bloodline?"
"I don't know my real parents since I was abandoned before I could even crawl, but I also had my blood tested before. No results."
"We can also examine your blood here if you'd like," Chao Shuying suddenly said. "What do you think?"
"Since I am already here… might as well."
"Very well."
Without any delay, Chao Shuying retrieved a crimson needle from her spatial ring and said, "It won't take more than a minute. I just need to collect a few drops of your blood."
Tian Yang nodded and offered his arm to her.
Chao Shuying promptly pricked his index finger with the crimson needle, drawing several drops of blood.
The blood slid down the needle's surface and vanished, as though the needle had absorbed it.
Moments later, the needle began to tremble, and Chao Shuying felt a hot, almost searing sensation radiating from it.
"Heavens! What kind of reaction is this?!" Chao Shuying exclaimed, struggling to keep her grip on the needle as it grew unbearably hot.
Kulas and Ren Xia watched nervously while Tian Yang swallowed hard at the reaction from the needle.
Eventually, the needle stopped moving, and Chao Shuying released a deep sigh.
"I've never seen the needle react this intensely before," she said as she hurriedly switched it to her other hand.
When she did, an imprint of the needle was revealed on her palm. The needle had grown so hot that it had actually branded her skin.
"Are you okay?" Tian Yang asked.
"It'll go away with a recovery pill," she calmly replied.
"Anyway, judging by the needle's reaction, you definitely possess a unique bloodline. And not just that—it's likely a high-grade one."
"High-grade bloodline? That's impossible…" Tian Yang muttered with a dumbfounded look on his face.
"How high are we talking?" Kulas questioned with a serious expression.
Chao Shuying met Kulas's gaze and said, "When we examined your Mammoth Bloodline, it only barely qualified as Divine-grade. But Senior Tian's reaction was even stronger. His bloodline is definitely at least Divine-grade."
Kulas sucked in a cold breath at the results.
"Do you hear that, brother? You possess a Divine-grade bloodline! Ain't that something!" Kulas exclaimed, turning to Tian Yang with eager anticipation.
But when he saw Tian Yang's expression, there was no joy there, only confusion.
"Divine-grade? There must be a mistake," Tian Yang quickly said, rejecting the results.
Before Kulas or Chao Shuying could respond, Ren Xia interjected, "Wait a second—Kulas, when did you get a Divine-grade bloodline? Last I heard, you had an Imperial-grade one, same as me. We both came from the Immortal Clans, remember?"
Kulas calmly explained, "When I reached a certain mastery with Great Mammoth Body Refinement, it transformed my bloodline, increasing it to Divine-grade. However, my children are only between Royal-grade and Imperial-grade."
"So Senior Tian… whoever your parents are, they must be from a background that surpasses even the Immortal Clans…" Chao Shuying said.
"Surpass the Immortal Clans? Aren't they already the most renowned and powerful out there?" Tian Yang asked, confusion evident.
"Their name may be the most widely known in the Divine Heavens, but they are far from the most powerful," Ren Xia replied. "Even at their height, there were at least three families they would never have dared to offend."
"..."
Tian Yang stared at her with his mouth agape, clearly in disbelief.