Chapter 203

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yuanshan immediately replied respectfully, "Please rest assured, Master! This subordinate will spare no effort to complete the mission!"

After reuniting with his son Xiao Feng on Taohuadao for a few days, he departed the island with Brother Ning Chuan's orders and boundless anticipation for the future, heading to the Central Plains to carry out the mission.

After arranging these trivial matters.

Brother Ning Chuan once again immersed his entire mind in elevating his own cultivation base, as well as in contemplating those vast, ocean-like collections of scriptures.

On one hand, he continuously refined the demonic power within his body, making it ever purer and more condensed.

On the other hand, he voraciously absorbed all manner of knowledge, steadily thickening his own foundation.

During this period, Zhao Min also, through secret channels, dispatched people to deliver quite a few precious texts from the Mongol Yuan imperial collection, among them no few rare editions concerning shamanic sorcery and the myths and legends of the steppe.

All of these provided Brother Ning Chuan with much new insight and inspiration for pioneering the path of demonic cultivation.

Brother Ning Chuan contemplated by day, drew in and exhaled by night.

He felt that his understanding of the great Dao of Heaven and Earth grew ever deeper.

And the mysteries of his own flood-dragon bloodline were excavated ever more thoroughly.

"The Yunji Qiqian records: 'The jiao is of the dragon kind; it can summon clouds and rain, benefiting all things. Yet it is not a true dragon, and must still undergo tribulation and metamorphosis before it can transcend the mortal and enter sainthood.'"

"This speaks of the potential of the flood-dragon, and of the difficulty of its evolution."

"The Taiping Guangji likewise records: 'Any creature of scales and armor that seeks long life must first shed its mortal shell, transform into human form, and gain insight through the mortal world, only then can it illuminate the mind and see its nature, and glimpse the great Dao.'"

"This says that the transformation of a demon-beast into human form is a crucial step in cultivation."

"……"

"In this world, the Heavenly Dao is unjust, and exerts much suppression upon the cultivation of those of different kinds."

"For a flood-dragon to transform into a true dragon is doubly difficult; it must undergo nine layers of Lei Jie before a single thread of hope remains."

"Perhaps… I can blaze a different trail, and need not be fixated upon the dragon form."

"From jiao to human, I shall gain insight into the myriad aspects of the human world, comprehend the seven emotions and six desires, cultivate the demonic Dao through a human body, and then from human form, reverse-transform into a true dragon!"

"In this way, perhaps I can evade a portion of the Heavenly Dao's direct suppression, and better comprehend that realm of 'the Dao follows nature, Heaven and man united as one'!"

All manner of bold and novel inspirations, like bamboo shoots after rain, kept rising and surging forth within his mind!

The moonlit night descended once again.

Brother Ning Chuan coiled atop a reef, gazing up at the firmament, drawing in and exhaling the cool, pure lunar essence.

His mind merged with Heaven and Earth, resonating with the bright moon.

Suddenly, a wondrously resplendent flash of spiritual light, like lightning, tore through the mists within his mind!

【You have deeply contemplated the path of the demon race's evolution, combining the human methods of cultivating immortality and refining form with your own understanding of the laws of Heaven and Earth…】

【You have penetrated the core mysteries of life-form transformation, as well as a clever method for evading a portion of the Heavenly Dao's suppression…】

【You have further refined and elevated the first tribulation of the Nine Tribulations Dragon-Transformation Method you previously deduced — the Flood-Dragon Tribulation…】

【You have successfully created the cultivation method for the second tribulation of the Nine Tribulations Dragon-Transformation Method — the Transformation Tribulation!】