Chapter 1226: Birth of a New Species—Dog Demon (Second update, seeking votes)

PS: As reminded by a book friend, I forgot to write the ability of the Wood Attribute Sacred Fruit on Kailan's panel. The Wood Attribute Sacred Fruit is named Thorn Sacred Fruit; it significantly increases the power of Wood Element skills, strengthens binding abilities, and slightly improves recovery capabilities.

Li Zhangsheng let his demon pets move freely to familiarize themselves with their bodies as quickly as possible after breaking through their realms, otherwise, it would be difficult to exert their full strength.

Once the demon pets gained control of their bodies, Li Zhangsheng would take advantage of the Heavenly Dao protection period to go out and execute his plan, increasing his own abilities as much as possible to close the gap with Wudi.

There was no help for it; the Xuan Emperor Mausoleum was about to open.

Regarding the Demon Refining Pot, it could be said that Li Zhangsheng was determined to obtain it; if the Three Sovereigns and Six Emperors also entered, it would be extremely difficult to seize it with his current strength.

On one hand, Li Zhangsheng could only improve his strength as quickly as possible; on the other hand, he could only hope that the Xuan Emperor Mausoleum would restrict Ninth-Rank Demon Tamers from entering, just like the Fire Flame Secret Realm.

If Ninth-Rank Demon Tamers were restricted, even if the Three Sovereigns and Six Emperors had hidden cards, Li Zhangsheng would likely have few rivals in the Xuan Emperor Mausoleum.

Of course, if the Xuan Emperor Mausoleum truly had restrictions, Double-Character Kings might also be included; if that were the case, he would have to rely on Ning Bizhen.

Based on Ning Bizhen's strength, she was one of the best among the kings.

While the demon pets were working hard, Li Zhangsheng was not idle either; because the Xuan Emperor Mausoleum would open in the near future, he temporarily did not put his energy into fusing the Imitation Demon Refining Pot.

Even if the Imitation Demon Refining Pot were fused perfectly, it would still be far inferior to the genuine Demon Refining Pot.

In the Secret Realm, Li Zhangsheng arrived in the room he had named the Yunyu Shi.

The room was filled with transparent cylinders, inside which were viscous green liquids, and one could vaguely see strangely shaped embryos.

These embryos had been born for several months; each embryo had been placed with a purified demon soul, and at the same time, these embryos had been implanted with purified homologous demon Spirit Essence to make the soul and body fit as well as possible.

Li Zhangsheng slowly created new species in the form of a matrix; after several months of cultivation, the embryos with shorter cultivation times had already shown signs of "breaking their shells."

He just waited quietly on the side, observing these embryos from time to time.

This wait lasted for over an hour.

Crack!

Suddenly, a collision sound rang out from one of the transparent cylinders, and a large number of cracks appeared on it.

Clatter!

It did not last long before the transparent cylinder exploded with a boom, and countless sharp shards of glass flew in all directions.

With a thought from Li Zhangsheng, the kinetic energy of these glass shards was instantly exhausted, and they all hovered in mid-air before slowly falling to the ground.

After advancing to a Double-Character King, his Mental Power had been further improved, reaching the point where he could Shift small hills.

At this moment, a creature with wings on its back and two horns on its head landed on the ground; it was about one meter tall, had a sharp tail, and looked a bit like a dog with wings, constantly making clicking sounds in its mouth, giving the impression that it was grinding its teeth.

Even though it had just been born, the creature's physical strength far exceeded that of a normal adult, and it could stand on its own, though it could not fly yet, which was how it was able to break the transparent cylinder.

Because the soul and blood had both been purified, the creature was not as chaotic and evil as a demon, so it did not actively attack Li Zhangsheng; instead, it had a sense of attachment toward him.

Li Zhangsheng waved his hand, and a puff of powder drifted out, instantly surging into the creature's mouth and nose.

Soon, the creature fell into a deep sleep.

Li Zhangsheng placed it on a nearby laboratory table and began to check the creature's state.

After a long time, Li Zhangsheng revealed a smile.

The fit between the creature's soul and body was extremely high, and its state in all aspects was quite good; it was no longer as difficult to control its body as before, which had made it feel like a vegetable.

Besides this, the creature's vital signs were all normal, and it would not die prematurely as it had in the past.

As for its maximum lifespan, that was hard to say.

The only thing that made Li Zhangsheng unhappy was that the creature had no reproductive organs.

Li Zhangsheng checked several times and confirmed that the creature could not reproduce offspring like ordinary creatures.

This was distressing; the value of a species that could reproduce far exceeded that of one that could not, and there was a huge gap between the two.

To Li Zhangsheng, this was no different from a failed product.

Clatter! Clatter!

At this moment, several more transparent cylinders shattered, and several creatures just like the previous one rushed out from them.

Li Zhangsheng followed the same procedure, hypnotizing all these creatures and placing them on the laboratory table.

Just like the one before, these creatures were also unable to reproduce.

"Forget it, let's call them Dog Demons!"

Li Zhangsheng muttered to himself, naming these few new species.

Something unexpected yet reasonable happened: the sky of the Secret Realm was filled with golden clouds, grand in scale, which condensed into a mass of Mysterious Yellow Qi and flew rapidly toward Li Zhangsheng.

This was naturally the Mysterious Yellow Merit Qi; only when one did something beneficial to heaven and earth would the Heavenly Dao bestow it.

Li Zhangsheng waved his hand and collected this mass of Mysterious Yellow Merit Qi into his Consciousness Sea.

This mass of Mysterious Yellow Merit Qi looked like a lot, but it was only worth a few days of effort from the Gate of Light and Darkness.

Even so, it was not a small amount for other Double-Character Kings, no less than what Luo Yuanjun obtained when he served as a chief examiner.

The problem was, these species could be replicated.

Hmm, Li Zhangsheng could completely follow the same pattern according to the types of demons, purifying their souls and Spirit Essence to cultivate embryos, thereby obtaining Mysterious Yellow Merit Qi—euphemistically called "using barbarians to control barbarians."

"Creation is indeed a great weapon for obtaining Mysterious Yellow Merit Qi. This is just the Dog Demon that cannot reproduce; if I create a species that can reproduce, the Mysterious Yellow Merit Qi obtained will definitely be ten times more or higher."

Li Zhangsheng was in high spirits; as for exactly how many times it would be, that was a matter for the Heavenly Dao to consider.

However, how to ensure that the new species possessed reproductive ability, rather than it being a random occurrence, was a big problem.

"If only I possessed the great divine ability of Mediation of Creation."

Li Zhangsheng was a bit dissatisfied; with his current technical level, he simply could not ensure that the life within the embryos possessed reproductive ability.

Without the great divine ability of Mediation of Creation, Li Zhangsheng could only find another way, such as using treasures to increase the probability.

Spending quite a bit of time, Li Zhangsheng set up a large number of transparent cylinders, placed small embryos into them, and took the opportunity to inject treasures with the power of creation, such as Three Lights Divine Water, into the embryos; whether it would be successful would have to wait a few months to see.

This time there were results, which meant the plan was feasible; Li Zhangsheng began to expand the scale significantly according to the demon types, hoping to obtain a large amount of Mysterious Yellow Merit Qi at once.

However, Li Zhangsheng only possessed a few dozen types of demon souls and Spirit Essence, and he needed to obtain the Spirit Essence and souls of other demon species.

(End of this chapter)