Chapter 740: Body Transformation

Li Yi brought twenty cultivators from the End Law World to the Wildlands, but in the past few days, they had not yet regained their strength and were not yet true experts, so he still needed to wait a while.

Fortunately, during this time, he also needed to study the Blood of the Gods to enhance his own power.

Only with great strength could he guard Chijin Mountain and protect its secrets.

Otherwise, if any other mountain lord came to challenge him, everything would become someone else's spoils.

He took out Tianyi Palace and placed it in an open area.

Then Li Yi entered Tianyi Palace.

The great hall was now filled with vast life essence, but unfortunately, his own strength had reached its limit, and his body could no longer undergo further transformation—these drifting life essences were currently useless to Li Yi.

He entered a chamber and activated the talisman seals within Tianyi Palace, locking the room shut.

Only then did Li Yi dare to pull out a diluted clump of the Blood of the Gods for study.

Though diluted,

the crimson blood still radiated astonishing energy fluctuations, its bloodline power immensely potent—far stronger than his own as a divine blood descendant—but he could sense that this Blood of the Gods was not the same as the life-blood flowing in his own veins.

Would different Bloods of the Gods repel each other?

Li Yi's mind buzzed with possibilities, but from the slave master's tale of the Blood of the Gods, he deduced the simplest method was… bathing.

It was said those who bathed in the Blood of the Gods would gain a body as formidable as a god's, along with bloodline power surpassing even divine blood descendants.

"Bathing?"

Li Yi hesitated briefly, then cautiously extended his palm into the floating clump of diluted Blood of the Gods.

If anything went wrong, he could always sever the hand—no great loss.

The moment his hand touched the diluted Blood of the Gods, searing pain and intense burning surged through him—his palm instantly ignited in flames, not physical fire, but a manifestation of condensed energy.

Li Yi endured the agony as he watched his skin vaporize, then flesh, then meridians… finally, even his bones dissolved within the Blood of the Gods.

"So brutal?"

He widened his eyes in disbelief.

He was, after all, a divine blood descendant with an astonishing physique—yet he could not withstand even diluted Blood of the Gods. If a single drop of true divine blood fell upon him, he would be reduced to ash in an instant.

Just as he thought his hand would be utterly destroyed—

something unexpected happened.

Li Yi's bone, once white as jade, began regrowing flesh—

but the new flesh was crimson as dawn, like rubies, brimming with astonishing energy.

"So this is it—I understand. Divine baptism: destruction followed by rebirth…" In that moment, Li Yi suddenly comprehended.

The so-called bathing in the Blood of the Gods was precisely this.

The Blood of the Gods carried not only destructive energy but also terrifying life essence—destruction and rebirth intertwined. Whoever endured this baptism would gain a body rivaling that of a god.

The ancient legends were not wrong—they merely omitted the terrible cost of enduring the Blood of the Gods' baptism.

"I shall use the Heavenly Treasure, the Crimson Lotus, to protect my Primordial Spirit, while my body plunges into this diluted Blood of the Gods—my entire form will surely complete this transformation." Li Yi's gaze flickered; a bold idea formed in his mind.

He stared at his rapidly regrown palm, clearly sensing its immense power—bones now unbreakable, skin shimmering with auroral light, possessing astonishing defensive strength.

If his entire body were like this, his physical power would surge further, perhaps triggering other divine changes.

Thinking this,

Li Yi could no longer hold back—he believed this plan was highly feasible, nearly impossible to fail, since his Primordial Spirit would remain unharmed, and thus everything would be fine.

Immediately, he released another, larger clump of Blood of the Gods from his storage treasure.

Then he shed his Crimson Feathered Purple Gold Armor and leapt directly into the clump.

In an instant,

Li Yi's clothing was incinerated by the torrent of energy; his flesh dissolved at an astonishing rate, vanishing entirely—except for two things that remained: two clots of blood.

One glowed golden, burning with golden flames; the other silver, wreathed in lightning.

These were the True Blood of the World Dragon and the Divine Blood of the descendant.

Even amid the Blood of the Gods' baptism, these two clots did not vanish—instead, they were refined, purging all impurities, leaving only the purest essence.

Under the flood of life essence, these two true bloods began to gestate and grow again.

But at this moment, Li Yi had no time to care.

The excruciating pain forced him to relinquish control of his body—he expelled his Primordial Spirit, and from the Blood of the Gods bloomed a Crimson Lotus, radiating boundless radiance, shielding Li Yi's Primordial Spirit while nurturing its growth.

This heavenly treasure, born of the cosmos, was astonishing beyond measure.

His Primordial Spirit sat upon the lotus throne, seemingly invulnerable to all harm—no injury could pierce the crimson-gold protection to reach Li Yi's true spirit.

"I'm no masochist—why endure the agony of burning flesh when I can shield myself?" Li Yi's Primordial Spirit, wreathed in Crimson Lotus blooms, calmly watched his body undergo the Blood of the Gods' refinement.

His once pure-white bones, now refined, glowed with a crimson-gold luster, unbreakable—though merely a skeleton, they radiated vibrant life.

The vast life essence within Tianyi Palace surged toward him.

The skeleton began regrowing—crimson, jade-like flesh reformed, each muscle and organ brimming with astonishing energy; this could no longer be called mere evolution.

Then the skeleton began regrowing; crimson flesh like jade took shape once more, each muscle and sinew brimming with astonishing energy—this could no longer be called mere evolution.

Once flesh reformed, the silver divine blood and golden dragon blood began coursing through his veins—after this refinement, the two bloodlines showed signs of merging,

no longer repelling, but harmonizing perfectly.

This meant the unstable Yinhuan within Li Yi's body had been purged—signifying that once his body fully recovered, his power would leap to a new qualitative level.

Under the continued baptism of the Blood of the Gods,

Li Yi's first transformation took seven full days to complete.

A flawless body was reborn—every inch of skin seemed infused with the essence of heaven and earth; every gesture unleashed terrifying divine power.

Sensing the timing was ripe, Li Yi's Primordial Spirit reentered his body.

At this moment, he felt no pain—only warmth and comfort.

He had adapted to this concentration of Blood of the Gods; it could no longer harm him. But Li Yi felt his transformation was not yet complete—he believed that as the Blood's concentration increased, he could undergo a second, even a third transformation.

Only then would his physique draw ever closer to true godhood—even if his cultivation realm remained low, his physical power alone might allow him to battle peak Three Flowers cultivators.

Though it sounded incredible, Li Yi had witnessed the strength of mountain lords—he knew this world operated this way.

Combat relied solely on physical might and bloodline power—no magic, no spells.

With the first transformation complete,

Li Yi suddenly opened his eyes.

His pupils glowed with divine light; silver lightning wove with golden flames around him. With a single wave of his hand, terrifying power erupted—the entire Tianyi Palace trembled, echoing with dragon roars and tiger roars.

His eyes glowed with divine light, silver lightning interwoven with golden flames enveloping his body; with a single wave of his hand, terrifying power erupted, causing the entire Tianyi Hall to tremble and shake, the roars of dragons and tigers echoing endlessly.

Li Yi felt the surging power within him and inhaled sharply, stunned by his own strength.

This level of power meant he could kill any cultivator below Three Flowers with his body alone—only peak Three Flowers masters like Xuan Yuezi or Xiang Xiangzi could slightly outmatch him in raw force.

But only slightly—he still possessed sixty major acupoints filled with magic power; once he achieved the Five Qi Convergence and nurtured his Primordial Spirit, combining magic power with Primordial Spirit, even all seven Immortal Maidens of the Heavenly Dao Sect together would struggle to oppose him.

"If I undergo another transformation, how much Dragon-Tiger strength might I gain?" He clenched his fists, heart surging.

But the second transformation would be difficult—it required the Blood's concentration to reach a sufficient level.

Li Yi was not in a hurry—he decided to wait until after achieving Five Qi Convergence before attempting the second transformation; if his Primordial Spirit was not strong enough, he could not fully control such immense power.

Li Yi was not in a hurry; he believed he should wait until the Five Qi converged before undergoing his second transformation, for if the Primordial Spirit was not strong enough, he could never fully master his power.

Li Yi donned his Crimson Feathered Purple Gold Armor once more, then collected the remaining undissipated Blood of the Gods, and strode out of Tianyi Palace.

This time, he possessed true mountain lord-level combat power—and as a divine blood descendant.

This time, he possessed true Mountain Lord-level combat power—and he was a direct descendant of divine blood.

As soon as Li Yi stepped out of Tianyi Palace, he looked up at the heavens.

As silver lightning curled around his body,

a bolt of divine thunder instantly struck down from the sky.

"Seize this chance—unearth the divine art hidden within my bloodline." Li Yi did not dodge—he welcomed the thunder, for he sensed this lightning, born of heaven and earth, carried the legacy of a god left behind in this ancient world.

"Seize this chance to unearth the divine arts hidden within my bloodline," Li Yi said, not dodging but deliberately welcoming the thunderbolt, for he sensed that this lightning, born of heaven and earth, carried the legacy of a god left behind in this ancient world.

Every divine blood descendant must face this.

It is something every divine blood descendant must encounter.