Chapter 47: Yin-Yang Dragon Whisker Fruit, Fleshly Body Spirit Transformation

The two of them moved side by side slowly toward the ancient tree, appearing exceptionally cautious.

As they gradually drew closer, a peculiar fragrance instantly assailed their nostrils, causing the spirits of both to sway.

Before long, they arrived at the foot of the ancient tree; after a thorough inspection of the surroundings and seeing no potential danger, they finally cast their gaze upon the ancient tree.

The ancient tree bore over a hundred fruits, all the size of a fist, each emitting two types of light—golden and jade-like translucence—and every fruit was wrapped in fine hairs.

"Yin-Yang Dragon Whisker Fruit! It's actually the Yin-Yang Dragon Whisker Fruit." Gazing at the fruits one by one, Heizi shouted in pleasant surprise.

Hearing this, Mengchen wore a blank expression, while also feeling quite curious about what Heizi had said.

"What is the Yin-Yang Dragon Whisker Fruit?"

Heizi explained: "This ancient tree is the Yin-Yang Dragon Whisker Tree, which only grows at the intersection of the most Yin and most Yang lands. This dense forest has rich Yin energy, while above it shines extremely dense Yang energy, which allowed this ancient tree to grow accordingly. The fruit borne by this Yin-Yang Dragon Whisker Tree is called the Yin-Yang Dragon Whisker Fruit."

"As for how I recognized it, I won't say; for now, getting these Yin-Yang Dragon Whisker Fruits early is the real priority."

Saying this, Heizi leaped up, jumped onto the fruit tree, and took a fierce bite out of a fruit. The honeyed essence instantly flowed into its belly, causing Heizi to show an expression of enjoyment, with auspicious rays of light gushing from its entire body.

Seeing it eat with such relish, Mengchen swallowed hard, licked his lips, and said, "Hey, hey, hey! You'd better explain clearly! What exactly is the use of this so-called Yin-Yang Dragon Whisker Fruit?"

"It has no use, just wait for me down there," Heizi said while wolfing down the fruit.

By now, four fruits had already been swallowed into its belly, and the speed of its consumption became even faster, while it rolled its eyes to sneak a peek at Mengchen below.

No use? Yet it was eating with such gusto.

Seeing Heizi's greedy appearance and its increasingly urgent manner of devouring, Mengchen immediately understood that this fellow wanted to hog all these Yin-Yang Dragon Whisker Fruits for itself.

"You ungrateful wretch, still trying to trick me."

Mengchen cursed, then he also jumped onto the ancient tree, grabbed two fruits in his hands, and took a bite.

The honeyed juice went down his throat, and as the fruit was in his mouth, it instantly turned into a dense divine essence that rushed into his belly, filling his limbs and bones, while endless rays of light began to gush from the pores of his body.

"Such dense divine essence." After eating one bite, Mengchen was shocked.

This Yin-Yang Dragon Whisker Fruit was likely comparable to a Spirit Medicine; it was truly of immense value.

Mengchen believed that with so many Yin-Yang Dragon Whisker Fruits, he would definitely be able to successfully break through to the Spirit Transformation Realm, and it would also be of great benefit to his physical body.

Thus, the two fruits in his hands were devoured by him in a flash.

Not far away on a branch, Heizi, seeing Mengchen eat two fruits, became even more urgent, wishing it could swallow all the fruits in one gulp.

After tasting the Yin-Yang Dragon Whisker Fruit, Mengchen also became like Heizi, turning into a hungry wolf, eating with his mouth while picking with his hands.

For a time, the two were like they were in a race, jumping back and forth on the branches, sweeping through the fruits.

If anyone were to stumble upon them, they would think the two of them had never eaten anything in eight lifetimes.

In less than an hour, more than half of the fruits had been consumed by them.

Now, whether it was Heizi or Mengchen, divine rays were constantly gushing from both their bodies, their bellies had become bloated, and their speed of consumption had slowed down significantly.

After another while, Heizi truly could not eat anymore, so it coiled on a branch and began to refine the divine essence within its body. On the other side, Mengchen was still stuffing his mouth hard until he could no longer swallow, only then reluctantly placing the fruits he had picked quietly beside him.

He formed strange hand seals, and in an instant, his body was brilliant with golden light.

Now he wanted to break through to the Spirit Transformation Realm in one go, and then he could fulfill his agreement with the Taigu Shenshan to explore the Kunpeng Yichao together.

The Spirit Transformation Realm is a very wondrous realm!

All things have spirit; the Spirit Transformation Realm is a process of transforming spiritual nature to shape true spirits and recreating the True Self.

Mengchen clearly remembered that during his battle with Yuechan Xianzi that day, she had already reached the perfection of the Spirit Transformation Realm, and true spirits had been nurtured within all ten of her Cave Heavens; her strength was terrifying.

The Spirit Transformation Realm is an important climb on the path of cultivation, usually divided into Body Becoming Spiritual, the mental Reshaping the True Self, and Cave Heaven Spirit Nurturing.

The first stage, Body Becoming Spiritual, is the most important and the most difficult; since ancient times, very few people have been able to reach the true ultimate state.

Mengchen sat cross-legged on the branch, his whole body glowing, his divine sense sinking into his body, entering a peculiar state of mind.

He formed strange hand seals, mobilizing the Divine Power within his body to make the divine essence flow through him, constantly irrigating and nourishing his blood, flesh, and limbs and bones.

His heart was empty and bright, his face calm and serene, without any emotional fluctuations.

Under the irrigation of the divine essence, various talisman lights within his body were refined and guided in a hundred ways amidst his flesh and blood, causing them to evolve spiritual nature.

Three days later, his body was wrapped in a mass of glowing light, lingering like ice-muscle and jade-bone, emitting a gemstone-like radiance; this was the illumination of spiritual brilliance, the preliminary manifestation of Fleshly Body Spirit Transformation.

In an instant, as his blood and flesh gradually became spiritual, crackling sounds came from within his body, and his limbs and bones began to undergo metamorphosis; a layer of light film appeared on his bones, as bright as crystal.

The divine essence brought by the Yin-Yang Dragon Whisker Fruit constantly nourished and cast it, making this layer of light film even more translucent, while Mengchen's mind looked inward and could clearly perceive that his bones were gradually becoming stronger.

This is the most critical step of the Spirit Transformation Realm; the further spiritual transformation of the body's bones is not only beneficial for cultivation but can also greatly improve one's agility, strength, and so on.

At this moment, the blood, flesh, and bones within Mengchen's body were simultaneously covered by a layer of light film.

As time passed, his body surface was surrounded by wisps of glowing light, and auspicious rays gushed from his ears, nose, and every pore of his body.

This strange scene and such dense auspicious energy looked very mysterious; Mengchen's physical body was constantly undergoing metamorphosis, and that film solidified, combining completely with his blood, flesh, and bones, no longer distinguishable from one another.

This process consumed a full ten days, and Mengchen finally opened his eyes.

Now, his eyes were very bright, possessing an astonishing charm, and even more spiritual nature radiated from them; the whole person seemed to have obtained some kind of sublimation, from top to bottom, from inside to outside, possessing a special temperament.

This is the manifestation of Fleshly Body Spirit Transformation, possessing a very transcendent and refined aura.

He had broken through, reaching the Spirit Transformation Realm, and his physical body had undergone a qualitative metamorphosis; undoubtedly, his combat power had also significantly increased.

The current Mengchen was only at the first stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm; although he had already achieved Body Becoming Spiritual, he had not yet reached a level that satisfied him.

If one wants to be invincible in the same realm, or even fight across levels, the cultivation of every stage must reach the ultimate state.

In a sense, the ultimate state is not just about being invincible in the same rank; it is more of a manifestation of the foundation. Only by walking every step solidly can one go further in the future and bear more.

(End of chapter)