Chapter 266: The Dragon Panel Shrouded in Doubts: The Transformation from Mundane Thing to Dragon

After leaving the Crystal Dragon Palace, Baichuan broke straight out of the Liao He and shot up into the clouds, somewhat impatiently searching for an undisturbed place to stay temporarily.

Because he had been curious about the legendary dragon's panel in this world for a very long time.

Besides that, during the previous conversation, he had also used the excuse of having just awakened and being unfamiliar with this strange world to obtain several books on the most basic cultivation techniques of this world from Ao Qing, and was just wanting to delve deeper into them, to see if he could truly determine the specific corresponding changes in his body of those otherworldly abilities, as well as the true origin of Spirit Qi.

After a survey, Baichuan set his sights on the peak of a towering great mountain.

He didn't know whether it was because of the influence of the dragon-kind body like the Jiao Dragon's body loving clouds, or because it had evolved from a snake in the first place, Baichuan found that he had unconsciously developed a certain requirement for his own resting place — it had to be either wreathed in mist, or a mountain peak, or a secluded waterway.

A few breaths later, after descending from the clouds, Baichuan impatiently opened the panel.

Accompanied by a familiar flash of black lines, a virtual familiar panel slowly materialized before his eyes.

After several taps, Ao Qing's panel was fully revealed:

【Race: True Dragon / Ao Qing】

【Abilities: Energy Level 4 (Transcendent), Cloud-Raising and Rain-Making LV4 (Limit), Dragon Blood LV3 (King/Incomplete), Atmospheric Shuttle LV3 (Banzhu), Dragon Breath LV3, Soul LV2, Qi/Magic Adaptation LV1……】

"It's been a long time since I've seen such a luxurious set of abilities."

Looking at the Ability Panel above, Baichuan couldn't help but sigh, his expression full of satisfaction, as if the long-held doubts and curiosity had finally been satisfied a little.

Then he also tapped open the ability descriptions one by one:

【Cloud-Raising and Rain-Making: Manipulates atmospheric water vapor, can gather clouds and produce rain.】

【Dragon Blood: The chief of scaled creatures, can be hidden or visible, can be small or huge, can be short or long, ascends to the heavens at the spring equinox, dives into the abyss at the autumn equinox. Can infect all things, causing them to transform toward the dragon kind……】

【Atmospheric Shuttle: Uses the atmosphere to shuttle freely through the heavens and seas.】

【Dragon Breath: Gathers the power of Dragon Blood, ignites it and spews it forth, seemingly carrying a miraculous power.】

"Strange abilities, descriptions I've never seen before."

Looking at the ability descriptions one by one, especially the ability Dragon Blood LV3 (King/Incomplete), Baichuan fell into deep thought.

For a moment, he didn't even care about the other abilities.

This was the first time he had been this close to the legendary creature he had longed for so long, yet what it brought was not pleasant surprise, but a great pile of doubts.

This was an unprecedented ability tag — "Incomplete" — whose literal meaning was that this ability was incomplete.

But he had lived so many years and seen countless abilities; which ability had ever shown such a situation?

Moreover, this ability had appeared on a True Dragon, a being that could almost be called a true dragon-kind creature, unlike his own violent Pseudo-Dragon assembled from the strengths of all things — this was a mysterious powerful creature truly born in a world like the legends of his previous life.

Yet on such a creature, its ability was still incomplete?!

What did this represent?

Was this not the true dragon he had imagined? Or merely a Pseudo-Dragon containing dragon blood?

Such a Pseudo-Dragon had been passed down in this world as a true True Dragon?

Could it be that this world was far from as simple as he had imagined?

For a moment, Baichuan was somewhat at a loss whether to laugh or cry; he had thought he had already figured out the situation of this world, but never expected that the new ability model he had just obtained — that from the True Dragon — would directly throw countless doubts at him.

But the powerful creature he had longed for so long — was its tier truly so high? That merely its own blood represented an ability?

This was also the first time he had encountered such a situation.

Since the abilities on Ao Qing were all incomplete, then where did the true source of this ability come from?

Recalling the information Ao Qing had revealed during their previous conversation, he knew that in today's world, Ao Qing could almost be said to be the only remaining True Dragon; apart from him, only Jiao Dragons or creatures containing Dragon Blood existed.

Of course, Baichuan still knew that there were a few dragons existing between heaven and earth —

The four dragons pulling the giant sun above the great barrier called Tian Gui Zhi Jie.

Then was the true source of this Dragon Blood from those four dragons Ao Qing called ancestor-level?

In Baichuan's view, not necessarily.

One had to know that merely a LV3-level incomplete Dragon Blood ability had produced a True Dragon Ao Qing with LV4-level divine abilities; then if the source of this Dragon Blood was those four dragons, how could they have been captured and used like beasts of burden?

Yes, that kind of life — endlessly without freedom, pulling a great fireball across the sky — was in Baichuan's view no different from a beast pulling a cart.

How would true experts do such a degrading thing?

One had to know that the Main God-level expert he had once defeated, the Lord of Radiance, had only one LV5 in his ability model; and based on the current situation, if the source of the Dragon Blood ability was those four dragons, their strength should be no weaker than the Lord of Radiance, and they should also have a LV5.

Under such circumstances, how could the four dragons not resist?

But if the source of this ability was not those four dragons, then where did it come from?

Other, even more powerful worlds?

As for whether more powerful worlds existed, Baichuan would hardly even consider this question.

The existence of his own Main God world, and the existence of this world, that mysterious blood worm, and the unknown nemesis from the depths of the cosmos, and now the true source of this Dragon Blood — all were silently telling him.

This "world" was far more mysterious and terrifying than he had imagined.

But what was the relationship between this world and those powerful worlds?

Why would this mysterious Dragon Blood appear in this world?

Was it done intentionally by the other party, or was it left behind unintentionally by the other party passing through here heavily wounded?

Under layers of doubts, Baichuan only felt that he could not think about it anymore; the more he thought, the more he felt this "world" becoming terrifying.

With no leads, he shook his head, telling himself to be more cautious.

He then thought of another newly obtained ability model — the one obtained from the flesh and blood of Ao Qing's offspring.

After thinking about it, he felt he needed to understand more deeply the influence of this Dragon Blood on creatures.

In an instant, as Baichuan's mind moved.

In the greyish panel space, a Jiao Dragon baring its fangs and claws leapt out, and a brand-new ability model directly unfolded:

【Race: Jiao Dragon.】

【Abilities: River-Running LV3 (Limit-Break), Water Vapor Control LV3 (King), Dragon Blood LV2 (Incomplete), Dragon Breath LV1, Soul LV1, Qi/Magic Adaptation……】

Obviously, this Ability Panel was almost a weakened version of Ao Qing's.

However, looking at the ability above called Dragon Transformation, Baichuan was somewhat surprised.

He had always only known that flood dragons needed to undergo Dragon Transformation, but didn't know why they needed to.

Now it seemed this ability should be able to resolve his doubts.

With a light laugh, he once again tapped open the descriptions of these abilities:

【Dragon Transformation: Gathering some mysterious power among all living beings in the world through the momentum of heaven and earth's flow, igniting one's own Dragon Blood to produce sublimation and metamorphosis, its name is Dragon Transformation! After the metamorphosis, the ability will disappear.】

【Water Vapor Control: Using the power of Dragon Blood as a guide, transforming the water vapor in the atmosphere into one's own power.】

Looking at this Water Vapor Control, Baichuan immediately understood that this ability was a weakened version of the Cloud-Raising and Rain-Making from the true dragon model.

However, regarding the Dragon Transformation ability, he couldn't quite understand it — the momentum of heaven and earth's flow, and some mysterious power among all living beings in the world.

What exactly were these?

Were they powers unique to this world, or did they exist in every world?

Considering that the owner of this Dragon Blood might not be from this world, Baichuan couldn't make up his mind either.

But should he evolve this ability?

Or rather, should he evolve these important abilities in the Ability Panel?

Just as Baichuan was deep in thought, suddenly a flash of inspiration struck him, and he remembered something.

It seemed that when he was drinking with Ao Qing, after that precious wine went down, he had sensed some mysterious substance appearing in his blood?

Startled awake, Baichuan directly opened his Ability Panel. He didn't pay attention to those extremely numerous abilities, but kept scrolling down.

Because if a new ability was born, the first place it would appear was at the very bottom of the Ability Panel.

After a few breaths, Baichuan's gaze sharpened, and he clearly saw an ability appear there — Dragon Blood LV1.

After a moment of silence, Baichuan slowly smiled. He hadn't expected this wine to be so extraordinary that it directly gave birth to a new ability for him.

Should he say the Dragon Blood's influence was domineering and powerful, or that the wine was exceptionally precious?

Just one small sip had produced such a change.

Baichuan didn't think he had been plotted against by Ao Qing either. He had watched every move and expression change of Ao Qing before.

After thinking for a while, regarding this ability model, Baichuan decided to observe the specific changes on other creatures before making a decision.

If this ability didn't endanger his own consciousness — this Core — like that previous Spirit ability had, he would evolve it.

After all, he couldn't throw out the baby with the bathwater. Having obtained such a powerful ability, how could he simply discard it?

In any case, everything would work itself out. He had even taken on the karma of those blood worms before, so now encountering another powerful ability, what did he have to fear?

As the saying goes, when you have too many lice, you stop itching. Only by making himself stronger first does he have the right to talk about anything else.

Of course, all this confidence was based on his certainty that these abilities could be removed afterward without causing great harm to himself.

After making up his mind, Baichuan directly spread out his perception ability, looking in all directions.

Searching for suitable little guys… oh no, I mean, lucky ones.

After all, the power of dragons, the mighty strength of a flood dragon and a true dragon, was not something ordinary creatures could obtain.

Borrowing another's body to verify his own conjecture, as a reward, if the subject was still alive after the experiment, the remaining power would be directly bestowed upon them.

This was Baichuan's payment to these creatures serving as his experimental subjects.

At this, Time once again slowly passed.

In the blink of an eye, a month had gone by.

"The testing is about done, so it's time for me to evolve once again."

On this day, after releasing the last great snake that had already taken on a hint of dragon form, Baichuan gazed at his own slender body and murmured to himself.

Presumably after this, he could truly be called a dragon, no longer merely a creature with a dragon's shape.

Then, let's begin the evolution.

As the thought fell, Baichuan directly returned to the habitat he had already prepared over the past few days, and slowly opened the Ability Panel.

Along with the familiar two ability models popping up, Baichuan directly tapped the abilities he had already decided on: Cloud-Raising and Rain-Making, Dragon Blood, Atmospheric Shuttle, Dragon Breath, Dragon Transformation.

As these abilities fell into Baichuan's ability model in sequence, visible changes appeared.

It could be seen that on Baichuan's already slender body, another subtle change appeared, becoming even more fluid and well-proportioned.

Additionally, the four sharp claws beneath him, originally from an eagle, slowly began to transform, becoming two pairs of thick, powerful, scale-covered sharp claws — these were the claws of a true dragon!

Before long, as the claw metamorphosis completed, Baichuan's hornless head also slowly began to transform.

A pair of thick, beautiful dragon horns slowly rose like soft clay, then took shape and hardened. Following that, two flowing dragon whiskers at the corners of his mouth slowly elongated in the hazy space, swaying and drifting in mid-air. Then the mouthful of sharp teeth also began to soften and normalize…

Of course, the changes on Baichuan's body didn't stop there. At this moment, he could almost be said to have undergone a great transformation.

The body that had gathered the characteristics of all things in the world began to become more reasonable. It seemed that the hidden function of the Dragon Blood ability silently made the creature's own abilities more coordinated and reasonable, like a cure-all.

In the process of transforming into a dragon's form, it not only retained the creature's own characteristics but also removed its weaknesses and strengthened its traits.

Perhaps this was the reason why dragons of various different postures existed in the world.

At this moment, looking from afar, he now truly possessed a hint of an ethereal, mysterious, sacred bearing, rather than the usual ferocious and terrifying appearance that gave one the impression of a violent, terrifying evil dragon at first glance.

Now he could be considered to have completed the metamorphosis from an ordinary creature to a dragon.

Looking at the ability model that had undergone a great transformation, even Baichuan, who had watched the entire process, couldn't help but feel amazed.

Because it was too sacred and beautiful.

After nodding with satisfaction, confirming everything was correct, he directly tapped the evolution button.

As the familiar drowsiness came over him, Baichuan also entered a long-unexperienced deep sleep.

The familiar, viscous liquid outside also slowly welled up.

At this moment, evolution began.

(End of Chapter)