Chapter 329: One Man Attains the Dao, Chickens and Dogs Ascend to Heaven

Whether it is the Spirit-Attraction stage or the final growth of the Dao Infant.

Both require vast amounts of time and enormous resources to sustain.

Yet Shen Yi had long since gathered both.

【Year 4,600: You transform into the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Infant, using demon blood as a pool to nurture your own body. Now your five viscera are complete, your meridians and major acupoints are orderly, the original shackles are finally broken, and you freely absorb the essence of heaven and earth.】

Shen Yi's Dao Infant body slowly grew larger.

No longer as ethereal as before, it became as solid as his physical flesh.

Until the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Infant and his skin and flesh completely merged.

【Year 7,300: Your physical body has become too powerful, causing your breakthrough to proceed incredibly slowly. Finally, the first wisp of skin began to shatter and merge into the Dao Infant.】

Hiss, hiss.

Shen Yi watched helplessly as his arm turned into wisps of flesh strips, revealing brand-new skin and flesh beneath.

The Heaven-Swallowing Demon Infant was no longer the previous scarlet; after merging with the physical body, it had become a Bai Xi appearance glowing with a faint luminescence.

【Year 14,000: Your previously smooth progress encountered obstacles again. The nine celestial demons confined within your body, with the shattering of the physical form, instinctively wished to return to heaven and earth. You hesitated on whether to abandon them.】

"What kind of joke is this."

Cold light surged in Shen Yi's eyes.

They ate my things and still want to run? There's no such good thing under heaven.

With the change in his mind.

In an instant, the faintly shattering crimson patterns were tightly locked onto the surface of the new body. Instead of feeding them demon blood, he directly enveloped them with the River of Blood.

Above the crimson patterns, dense blood qi began to rise toward the sky.

At a speed visible to the naked eye, they transformed into nine ferocious beasts, spanning the sky, baring their fangs and claws.

The flood dragon thrashed among the sea of clouds; the single horn on its head scattered, then transformed into two magnificent deer antlers. From each flood dragon's palm, a new, sharp claw slowly extended.

The Mountain Lord assumed the posture of a fierce tiger descending the mountain; suddenly, scarlet wings unfolded on its shoulder blades, and its four sturdy limbs seemed to contain unparalleled power.

The pockmarked skin of the poisonous toad rapidly became flat and smooth, resembling a sculpture carved from Bai Yu, with crystal-clear red veins running through its body, perfectly natural.

These once-ordinary demons were all transforming into terrifying strange beasts.

Kong Que spread its long tail like a magnificent gilded crown; the green lion lazily stepped forward; the Wolf King, entirely Bai Xi, raised its head and howled at the moon.

"..."

Shen Yi watched the changes in the sky, yet in reality, all nine demons were within his body.

It was just that his own body could no longer conceal the strange phenomena of their transformation, which were reflected across this sky.

【Year 24,000: You have re-subjugated the nine demons and continued to break through your realm until the last wisp of flesh and blood was also absorbed by the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Infant. You have now shed your mortal shell.】

A single, brief notification.

Yet astonishment surged in Shen Yi's eyes.

After refining the first spiritual root, he saw the wandering things in heaven and earth with his own eyes for the first time.

And right now, he suddenly realized he could perceive the consciousness of these wandering things, and could even summon them.

"Li Huo Fen Xin Palm."

Shen Yi slowly extended his palm; in the next moment, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within roughly a hundred li responded.

They condensed beside him into nine wheels of Li Huo Great Suns.

Compared to the previous ones, within their slightly swaying forms, there seemed to be hidden even more terrifying power.

Shen Yi waved his hand slightly, and the Li Huo Great Suns reverted to spiritual energy and returned to heaven and earth.

Throughout the entire process, he did not use any of his own reserves at all.

Deceive heaven and earth, become its kind.

Shen Yi finally understood this point.

"So if I engage in magical combat with someone, if my spiritual root quality is higher, I will appear more like a creature born of heaven and earth than my opponent. Within the same hundred-li radius, if the spiritual energy attribute my opponent mobilizes is similar to mine, he simply cannot compete with me and can only use his own reserves."

Shen Yi roughly understood how to determine superiority in this brand-new realm.

First is the range within which one can mobilize spiritual energy.

Second is who is more compatible with the spiritual energy.

Finally, there is another important point: after obtaining sufficient spiritual energy, does one have the corresponding technique to wield it?

His current advantage lies in having five spiritual roots, all of extremely high quality.

The disadvantage is that he just broke through; the range he can perceive is very small, and he only knows one technique: Li Huo Fen Xin Palm.

Shen Yi looked at the panel.

【Remaining Lifespan of Demons: 36,600 years】

Most of it was spent on demon martial arts; he almost forgot there was also a Golden Body crying out for food.

Shen Yi stood up slowly and calmly.

Compared to breaking through Slain Hunyuan, when Outside Qingzhou was waiting for him to save it,

this breakthrough into Soul Transformation seemed so peaceful.

But for himself, it was as if he had opened a great door to a new world; he had finally embarked on true cultivation and begun to understand the true meaning of certain realms.

Amidst the desolate hills.

A figure in a green robe stood with hands behind his back, merging with heaven and earth, at ease and content.

In the next moment, he quietly vanished from the spot.

"Master! Look!"

Tang Yuan rode a fire cloud, following behind True Person Qingfeng.

He suddenly widened his eyes and looked toward the horizon.

He saw nine strange and precious beasts strolling across the sky, their momentum vast, forming a mysterious scene of their own.

"Is this a Dao Palace?!"

"..."

True Person Qingfeng's expression grew solemn, yet he still belittled the other: "You don't know a damn thing about Dao Palaces."

Tang Yuan muttered softly, "I have seen Senior Nie's Purple Thunder Sword Palace..."

"Even Senior Nie's was not a true Dao Palace; it merely had a slight embryonic form."

True Person Qingfeng hesitated for a moment, then still darted toward that direction.

What kind of joke is this?

That is something only a Master possesses; how could it be seen casually by the roadside?

It only has the form.

However, this "form" is not something just anyone can create.

True Person Qingfeng approached cautiously.

Tang Yuan quietly followed behind: "Master, are you afraid?"

"Bullshit! Pure bullshit!"

True Person Qingfeng rolled up his wide sleeves, his small face flushing red: "I do not even fear Lord Nie; how could I fear a cultivator of unknown origin?"

He summoned his courage and took a few more steps forward: "I am merely worried about disturbing the Daoist friend's cultivation."

"Master, shall we go and greet them?"

Tang Yuan was somewhat eager, his eyes full of curiosity.

"Go, then."

True Person Qingfeng adjusted his Daoist robe.

Then he patted the hem of his clothes.

Suddenly seeing that spectacle of nine demons vanish, he sighed in relief: "Did you see? They detected my aura; this means they are unwilling to associate."

"But we are still so far away."

Before Tang Yuan could finish speaking, his Master had already struck his head twice, hard.

"Since you went out and wandered around, you have become far more oily. Return with me to Mount Wutong for confinement; properly temper your mind!"

True Person Qingfeng grabbed Tang Yuan's collar and dragged him, riding clouds, toward Mount Wutong.

Once back, he would ask his senior brothers what technique could possibly create a scene so similar to a Dao Palace.

If he could learn it himself.

Then it would be much easier to bluff people when going out.

(End of this chapter)