Eastern Province.
At the summit of Mount Xiangdao.
The originally unremarkable Zisu, after being nurtured for more than two months, underwent a tremendous transformation.
At this moment, Zisu’s roots were one meter long, shimmering with emerald green fluorescence, exuding a scent of life.
There were purple leaves on its roots.
Each purple leaf radiated a bit of Dao Yun.
The Dao Yun was complex, touching upon various aspects, deeply profound.
If one looked at it separately, they would only perceive the profundity.
But viewing the Zisu as a whole, one would find it emanated an ancient aura, as if it were an ancient divine demon.
In front of the Zisu.
The Four Great Beasts were tirelessly infusing it with their essence blood.
As more and more essence blood was infused.
The aura of the Zisu became increasingly complete.
But just as the Zisu’s aura was about to be perfected.
Boom!
A thunderbolt out of the blue.
A bolt of lightning suddenly fell from the sky, targeting Zisu.
The lightning was about to strike Zisu.
But it hesitated for a second, then abruptly turned a corner, and with a twisted angle, headed straight for Taowu, who was infusing the most essence blood.
Bang!
Taowu, caught completely off guard, was struck and sent sprawling.
The other three beasts paused in shock, stopping their infusion of essence blood.
"This…"
Qiongqi looked at the soaring Taowu, at a loss for words.
"Stop infusing essence blood, let’s retract."
Hundun seemed to sense something, stepping back twice and speaking.
"What’s wrong?"
Taotie asked, not understanding.
"Stop infusing essence blood. We’ve always wanted Zisu to achieve perfection reaching the level of an Ancient Divine Demon, but we never considered that the heavenly order never allows for ’perfection’ – at most, it permits the limit. We can’t continue, or the Heavenly Dao will not spare us."
Hundun said gravely.
"I understand what you’re saying, but why won’t it spare us instead of sparing this Zisu?"
Qiongqi asked, confused.
It was not they who were becoming perfect; it was the Zisu that was nearing perfection.
The Heavenly Dao should strike the Zisu, right?
Why strike them?
"Because the Heavenly Dao of the new era is shameless… ahem, just, you see. This Zisu hasn’t even transformed into human shape, how could the heavens be so shameless as to bully it? It can only bully us instead."
Hundun coughed, then explained.
Taotie: "?"
Qiongqi: "?"
You call this justice?
Such justice.
The two great beasts wanted to say more.
Suddenly, in front of them, a blinding light flickered into motion.
The Zisu began to emit a dazzling light.
"The transformation is starting,"
Hundun reminded them.
The three hurried over, grabbing Taowu who was still on the ground and had not yet risen, and retreated, keeping a safe distance but not too far away, essentially protecting Zisu during its transformation.
In their field of vision.
The light emanating from the Zisu became more and more blinding.
The light covered most of the summit of Mount Xiangdao.
Under the illumination of the light.
The Zisu started to break through the earth, taking on a human form.
Seeing this scene.
The Four Great Beasts once again retreated a distance.
"Hundun, should we help block the Heavenly Tribulation when the transformation is successful?"
Taowu, pale-faced, asked.
"Heavenly Tribulation?"
Hundun looked up at the firmament.
Clear skies.
Not a shadow of any tribulation in sight.
Clearly, the Heavenly Dao was not about to send down a tribulation.
"No, the Heavenly Dao is very fair. How could it bestow the Heavenly Tribulation upon such a fragile Zisu?"
Hundun said expressionlessly.
In his heart, he was wildly ridiculing the Heavenly Dao.
So ’fair’, truly so ’fair’.
"Fragile, no..."
Taowu wanted to add something more.
Boom!!!
An extreme fluctuation suddenly burst forth.
With Zisu at the center, ripples spread in all directions.
The Four Great Beasts were forced to keep retreating.
"Hundun, you call this fragile??"
Taowu looked at Hundun with a bewildered face.
"Be quiet, just watch."
Hundun’s gaze was fixed intently on the light, where Zisu was transforming.
Taowu wanted to say something else.
Before he could speak,
A streak of light suddenly flew over.
"What’s happening."
They saw Baize, with the Heaven Shrouding Bead above his head, striding forward, with an indistinct silhouette of Baize flickering behind him.
"Zisu is transforming, don’t make noise."
Hundun glanced at Baize and spoke.
"This is transforming already? How have you cultivated it?"
Baize was somewhat puzzled.
He had set up a shielding formation during this period and had been instructing his followers.
Apart from the time Ye Luo’s Divine Sense came over, he had barely paid attention to the outside world’s affairs.
He had not paid much attention to this Zisu either.
It had just been over two months, and it was transforming?
"The cultivation was mediocre, not reaching the ideal goal,"
said Hundun in a casual tone.
"Not reaching the ideal goal? And you let Zisu transform like this? Are you really not afraid that Daoist Chu will trouble you? This is Daoist Chu’s disciple."
Baize was utterly confused.
Then anger rose within him.
This was the task entrusted to him by Chu Yuan.
If something really went wrong with Zisu, he wouldn’t be able to shirk the blame.
"It wasn’t our intention, it was something we couldn’t help. This Zisu was on the verge of reaching the level of an Ancient Divine Demon; it had to transform at this point."
"What a pity, what a pity. The ideal goal was to reach the level of an Ancient Divine Demon’s steps."
Hundun displayed a helpless look.
But the words he said
made Baize’s eyes widen.
What? Almost reached the level of an Ancient Divine Demon’s steps?
That’s considered not ideal?!
Baize’s fingers trembled, he wanted to speak, but didn’t know what to say.
"Elder Bai, do you also feel that falling short of the ideal is a bit regrettable? Ah, there’s nothing we could do about it."
"But fortunately, before Zisu transformed, it fused with thousands of different Dao Yun. It might be even more outstanding in regard to the Dao."
"However, not reaching the ideal goal is something we can’t wash away,"
said Hundun, his voice carrying a tone of melancholy.
"You, you, you, you..."
Baize kept repeating one word, not knowing what to say.
After a long while,
he finally came to his senses a bit.
He looked at Hundun, puzzled.
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"How exactly did you four cultivate it? Tell me."
Baize took a deep breath and said.
He couldn’t comprehend how, in this new era, they managed to cultivate such a terrifying existence.
"It’s simple. Just kill more Ancient Great Demons, use more of your own essential blood, and collect more precious natural materials and treasures."
Hundun said calmly.
Baize opened his mouth to say something,
but then—
Hum!
The dazzling light in front flared again.
A figure emerged slowly from the light, looking around...