Starting with Proficiency Panel-Chapter 546 - 543: Ancestral Witch Incarnation

(Sorry, last night I drank a bit too much, there will be another chapter in the afternoon.)

In the end, Thick Earth nodded with satisfaction and said, "You have great potential, perhaps you will forge a path of relentless self-improvement. I will do everything possible to help you, so I give you my hope, my faith, and all I have."

Lu Ren was taken aback upon hearing this. By the time he reacted and shouted "Ancestral Witch," he saw the massive tower-like body of Thick Earth dissolve into starlight, scattering like fireflies and disappearing into the void.

Lu Ren stood stunned, staring at the place where Thick Earth vanished. Wasn't this a bit skipping protocol, just handing over these benefits without a word?

For a Great God Level figure like this, shouldn't there be a setting of three trials and five obstacles, going through layers of tribulations, and only after feeling they've squeezed every drop out of Lu Ren, reluctantly pass down their legacy and burdens?

Instances like these are commonplace in both TV and novels; it's a trope that wouldn't surprise anyone. Even when Sun Wukong watched Journey to the West and saw Sun Wukong in the book being tormented by Subodhi repeatedly, he would stomp his feet and curse, claiming that if it were him, he would annihilate everyone in the Crescent Moon Three Stars Cave of Fangcun Mountain.

Is that all?

It felt as if a stranger rushed up to him saying, "Kid, I have high hopes for you, I want you to inherit my Ant Credit Pay..."

The world in front of the somewhat existentially questioning Lu Ren gradually blurred. The illusory valley world faded away with the wind, and what Lu Ren saw was still the massive figure of the Thick Earth Ancestral Witch.

But in the next second, the starry lights formed from Thick Earth's remaining soul freely floated down and scattered on the Thick Earth's remains under Lu Ren's feet.

In an instant, the entire Broken Sky Realm of the Inner Image burst into light, and the enormous remnant of the Ancestral Witch transformed into a light-being in that moment. It then rapidly shrank at unimaginable speed, turning into a crystalline milky white pearl floating in front of Lu Ren.

This left the Broken Sky Realm vastly empty, appearing exceedingly desolate, almost as if giving off the illusion of being within a void space.

Though it hardly differs in description, the void in the microscopic realm and macroscopic realm are worlds apart.

Looking at the milky white pearl before him, Lu Ren reached out to gently hold it.

"Ding, you have obtained the Ancestral Witch Incarnation (Fragment), which seems to be refinable."

Seeing the system notification appear in his mind, Lu Ren was shocked, barely able to maintain his composure.

This gift was enormous, resolving his immediate crisis entirely, and because Thick Earth willingly offered it, he could easily refine the Ancestral Witch body without any further adjustments.

Only by holding the pearl of the Ancestral Witch Incarnation did the Witch Power within his body begin to surge like waves, rolling continuously and infiltrating, starting the slow refinement process.

To increase the speed, Lu Ren even began to utilize the power source of the Red Dragon Inner Core. With that move, powered by the incarnation of Ancestral Witch, the forces within the Red Dragon Inner Core swiftly surged in.

Inside the Inner Realm, a furious loli furiously stomped and cursed Lu Ren, calling him ungrateful with vocabulary limitations. With that, the system's refining progress finally reached one hundred percent.

Alongside this, the Red Dragon Inner Core, which had shown no change in size, noticeably shrank in size.

In the Inner Realm, Ao Li felt the state of her Red Dragon Inner Core as if it were connected to her very being, her face grim with shock; she simply never thought Thick Earth would completely abandon the chance to survive and entrust everything to Lu Ren.

"It's simply absurd, simply absurd!!"

Ao Li cursed, dancing with anger.

Nearby, Xu Fu and Kong Qiu exchanged glances. After a moment, Chen Xuzi lowered his voice and said, "I feel like Lu Ren's Inner Realm is getting a bit excessive?"

"That's right," Xu Fu affirmed with a nod, then started pinching his fingers, using the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches as coordinates to speculate based on the information, which was one of the few pleasures he found in the Inner Realm.

He then whispered, "This is strange. In Lu Ren's Inner Realm, it seems like one's body and mind can undergo thorough transformation; the True Dragon wasn't like this before."

Subodhi couldn't help but join the discussion, his eyes moving slightly as he sent a message, "In the past, witches opened up chaos with their Inner Realms to develop their own little universe world."

The group suddenly realized, finally understanding why Ao Li, who had lived through countless eons, gradually changed her mindset after being turned into a little loli.

It seemed that with the change in form, even one's mind and body gradually adapted in that direction.

With this on their minds, they all shivered collectively. If one day they made mistakes and Lu Ren was in a bad mood turning them into cats or dogs, wouldn't they be truly done for?

Even if, in the future, Lu Ren's dragon face was pleased and he finally lost interest in their half-baked skills, then letting them go—would they be using human or canine forms? This was indeed a profound question to ponder.

With the successful refining of the Ancestral Witch's remains and even assistance from the Red Dragon Inner Core, the damaged parts of the Ancestral Witch were restored, retransforming into a solemn, ancient-looking Thick Earth Ancestral Witch statue.

Despite a lack of energy coupled with the remnant Ancestral Witch's body shrinking significantly, it completed the limbs and thoroughly repaired the head, even forcibly extracting Chaotic Immortal Light.

Lu Ren took a deep breath of Long Qi, and the pearl of the Ancestral Witch Incarnation was like a Taoist Artifact akin to an Innate Supreme Treasure, extending like his arm, effortlessly wielded.

With just a slight mental movement, he could exhibit the Ancestral Witch Incarnation, holding enormous power to move the stars. What remained was spending time, using the Ancestral Witch Incarnation, to fixate his Life Star, accumulating an Ancestral Witch Blood, a matter of course.

Moreover, due to refining the Ancestral Witch Incarnation, this form of reciprocation akin to an Innate Supreme Treasure, being of the same origin, Lu Ren's already maximized Great Witch Constitution seemed to break some shackle, unlocking layer upon layer within, as his whole body's acupoints flared and roared, enhancing his flesh, muscles, bones, and organs.

Also, his constitution structure seemed to be slowly altering. If examined at the microscopic level, it appeared that his cells were forming some strange innate patterns, bearing inherently bestowed power.

This was what Thick Earth left Lu Ren to face the Immortal God descent with, his heart swelling with respect. Thick Earth clearly had the opportunity to survive by gathering leftover souls, yet he had no attachments, fully achieving him instead.