[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-dragon-of-a-thousand-faces":3,"chapter-the-dragon-of-a-thousand-faces-the-dragon-of-a-thousand-faces-chapter-247":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Dragon of a Thousand Faces",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2269893,4431,"Chapter 247: The Hybrid Dragon","the-dragon-of-a-thousand-faces-chapter-247",247,"\u003Cp>“Uh, can the dragon vein and beast blood be fused?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can coffee and black tea be fused? As long as you can accept that strange taste, nothing’s impossible—but reality is even worse. There really are fools who’ve tried fusing beast blood with other arcane bloodlines.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hongyu Arrow was surprised at how patient she’d been communicating with this man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her usual temperament, anyone asking such an absurd, illogical question would’ve been shot down immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eagle maidens, even within the Seven Beasts Kingdom, were among the most temperamental.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, after some thought, she even asked her partner before giving a more definitive answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Most beast bloodlines are extremely dominant—they have strong assimilation properties. Even if mixed with lower-tier bloodlines, they’re ultimately fully consumed and transformed into the original beast bloodline. If the opposing bloodline is too high-tier to digest—say, another beast’s bloodline—it produces a ‘deformed child.’ That’s essentially self-destruction; bloodline conflict is never beneficial.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Different beast factors can be pieced together, but without artificial selection, it becomes pure ‘random chance.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The end result is most likely uncontrollable flesh runaway, the body twisted into a mass resembling a tumor built from cancerous cells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This deformed lifeform likely lacks some fundamental survival factor; even if forced fusion achieves temporary balance, it ultimately still collapses into twisted flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A body, an individual, must have a dominant core, subordinate parts, and functional components.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fighter jet cobbled together from random parts from a hundred nations might take thirty years just to get off the ground—if ever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is stupid. If you want to strengthen your bloodline, just consume a kin of your own kind—that’s where the useful factors lie.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li En suddenly understood: this was why magic girls and their Qiyue  beasts were usually of the same species.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even when they occasionally cross species, they must be closely related kin—like deer and horse, donkey and horse, lizard and snake—and mostly, the weaker bloodline’s ‘magic girl’ transforms into the other species.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the snake hadn’t intervened and granted a new contract, Bai would’ve likely transformed into a deer magic girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This ‘Magic Girl Contract (Magical Pact)’ exchanges humanity and beast nature between both parties, and also exchanges beast factors. If they’re not of the same kind, the stronger ultimately consumes the weaker.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But what if the bloodline you fuse with is a high-tier one capable of consuming beast factors?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Hongyu Arrow looked at Li En as if he were an idiot. Li En, being stared at so plainly by his own ‘eyes,’ found it strangely peculiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Beast strength varies, but beast factors, as fundamental rules of the world, are inherently extremely high. If such a bloodline truly exists… it wouldn’t need to fuse with beast factors—it would just digest them outright.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But reality sometimes simply doesn’t care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li En felt he’d not only successfully integrated the ‘eagle factor,’ but had begun, like the snake factor, to actively produce eagle factors himself—and had stably awakened two eagle-affiliated bloodline abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My dragon vein’s power and the beast’s innate abilities have truly fused.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking back now, Li En realized this wasn’t the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he’d used the Dragon Eye to activate the ‘Desire Snake Eye,’ the two arcane bloodlines had already fused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d previously assumed the snake bloodline was special—that ‘snake’ was one of the Thousand-Faced Dragon’s forms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now it was clear: there was nothing special about it. The Thousand-Faced Dragon’s bloodline naturally fused perfectly with other beast factors—it was always Li En’s latent ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That complete lack of instability, that absolute control, was perhaps what beast magic girls envied most.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Directly flooding in factors won’t work—I’d lose control. But if I use the Magical Pact to form a stable channel, even borrowing their humanity to suppress their beast nature… it might actually work. Have I found a cheat to boost my power?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li En felt something peculiar—he clearly sensed he’d grown stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Biological Rank: Silver, Status: Strength 15 (18), Physique 14, Agility 12, Spirit 14】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The panel’s prompt was the clearest evidence: the once-stagnant base stats had surged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strength and agility increased by 2, physique by 1—given Li En’s current physical baseline, this boost was extremely exaggerated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This deal was a massive win.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gave up a pair of useless eyes and received an equivalent amount of eagle factor—and gained such enormous returns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He guessed this was likely because the ‘beast factor’ concentration was low initially, so early gains were substantial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he valued more were the two newly awakened bloodline abilities—they expanded his combat system beyond what he’d ever imagined. Perhaps he could even try real aerial combat now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My body isn’t stable yet—it needs more time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li En sensed something within him was gestating; he might even grow another pair of ‘eagle eyes.’ This time, they’d be entirely his own—the result of his fusion with the eagle factor and beast transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alongside this, his ‘brain’ seemed to be changing too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To support this new sensory system, his nervous system and information-processing capacity must also upgrade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What kind of Frankenstein is this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li En couldn’t help but chuckle bitterly, but the next moment, he instinctively turned toward the living room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, the deer magic girl, Bai, was happily playing with Laina. The little girl cheerfully shared her snacks and toys with her companion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even more absurdly, Bai seemed to be enjoying herself—she appeared genuinely excited by the dolls and miniature houses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If eagles work, then deer regeneration… not yet. I’ll ask a reliable spirit hero first. Just digesting this power will take plenty of time.” In a way, Li En’s floor was very low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as he didn’t fully transform into a non-human monster, he didn’t really care about bodily changes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To him, dragon vein and beast blood had never been clearly distinct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li En’s sudden inspiration had not only worked—it had yielded the best possible outcome.\u003C\u002Fp>",977,"2026-06-19T21:45:42.084Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","e23935c298046cf86decbe6bc67d56773e8e7deba752d0e1529b81e89e45a04c","the-dragon-of-a-thousand-faces-chapter-248","the-dragon-of-a-thousand-faces-chapter-246",362,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-dragon-of-a-thousand-faces-cover.jpg"]