Transformation Diagram: Starting as a Skinny Dog-Chapter 362 - 242: Refining the Hero King Realm!

"Judging by your appearance and attire, you must be a Martial Practitioner from Ji Country."

Gao Huan sensed Chen Ku’s aura, around the level of the Five Realms, and felt much more at ease. Then, glancing at the underground palace model behind Chen Ku, his eyes flickered, realizing Chen Ku’s predicament, he couldn’t help but sneer:

"You could say you’re lucky to have stumbled into the central control unit of this entire underground palace, but it’s a pity. You people from Ji Country only know how to cultivate the body and are clueless about other methods. Even if you see this control unit, you won’t know how to refine it!"

"Sounds like you know how to refine it?" Chen Ku asked with an expressionless face.

Gao Huan smirked indifferently, "There are thousands of cultivation paths in the world; only we Qi Cultivators reign supreme, relying on the ability to refine all things!"

"Perfect! Teach me!"

Unexpectedly, Chen Ku laughed and swung a staff step by step towards him!

Since the other party knows how to refine things, wouldn’t it be perfect timing for him to deliver it to me!

Whoosh~~

Feeling the terrifying airflow and waves created by Chen Ku’s staff in the air, Gao Huan’s expression changed slightly, but soon he laughed fiercely:

"Rudimentary Martial Practitioner, let me show you the might of our Qi Cultivators’ magical treasures!!"

[There is Gao Huan intending harm against the master, kill him to obtain a strand of Five Realms Evil Qi]

As the words fell, the True Disciple of the Treasure Tripod Sect didn’t dodge at all as Chen Ku’s staff came crashing down; he simply slapped the red gourd at his waist, sending out three beams of blue light from the gourd.

A small purple-gold shield instantly appeared in front, forming a defense, while another blue light transformed into a blue beam, stabbing towards Chen Ku’s neck.

The last beam of blue light was a large golden toad. As soon as it was released from the gourd, it spat a black poisonous mist towards Chen Ku!

Gao Huan sneered; Qi Cultivators are best at using magical treasures to slay enemies. Each additional magical treasure is like having an extra aide. His three magical treasures simultaneously attacked, equivalent to three aides jointly assassinating Chen Ku, which was why he believed Qi Cultivators were the strongest cultivators of the same level.

However, the next scene left him astonished...

Bang!

It was accompanied by Chen Ku’s staff striking hard on his ’Purple Gold Shield’, shattering the light on the shield instantly.

Moreover, since magical treasures are refined with one’s mind and spirit, Gao Huan felt as if his heart had been smashed to pieces, involuntarily spitting a mouthful of blood!

"Such brute force!!"

Just as he was shocked by Chen Ku’s terrifying power, he discovered something even more horrifying. His flying sword striking Chen Ku’s body emitted a ’clang’ sound, like hitting diamond, even sparking.

Meanwhile, Chen Ku faced the poisonous mist from his Three-legged Poison Toad and blew out three strands of hair directly towards him!

Before Gao Huan could even be shocked by Chen Ku’s formidable physique and immunity to all poisons,

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The three strands of hair blown out by Chen Ku hit the ground and transformed into three Chen Kus almost instantly. Simultaneously grasping the opportunity provided by Gao Huan’s shattered purple-gold shield backlash, they wielded the Coiling Dragon Staffs, transforming into four staffs over ten meters long, striking down upon him!

Crack!

Virtually giving Gao Huan no chance to take out other magical treasures from the gourd, the four staff strikes, akin to four massive golden whips, simultaneously slammed onto Gao Huan, instantly shattering his ’Life-saving Jade Pendant’.

"No! Impossible! The Life-saving Jade Pendant bestowed by Master Uncle can withstand attacks from even Sixth Realm peak Qi Cultivators’ magical treasures! How can it be!"

In his final moments, Gao Huan’s intent let out a furious roar.

This Life-saving Jade Pendant could withstand three attacks from Sixth Realm Qi Cultivators. Last time it was broken due to Shangguan Yun wielding a Seventh Realm Mechanical Copper Puppet.

But for a young Martial Practitioner with only the aura of the Five Realms, how could he possibly possess...

Bam!

Yet it left no room for Gao Huan to think further. He didn’t even have time to be shocked at how Chen Ku could split into three figures as his head was smashed by Chen Ku’s four staffs, turning directly into meat paste.

Plop!

Watching Gao Huan’s body fall into a bloody mess in the grand hall, Chen Ku pinched his nose and shook his head:

"I thought Qi Cultivators were powerful, but I didn’t even use many methods, and you were already dead?"

After all, Qi Cultivators were an unfamiliar cultivation system. Adhering to the mindset of a lion hunting a rabbit with all its might, Chen Ku used his strongest combat technique ’Plucking Hair to Make Soldiers’ right at the start, and even planned to use Snot Blast...

As a result, just one unified strike from him and his incarnations killing him outright.

[The Diagram Master subdued Gao Huan, gaining a strand of Five Realms Evil Qi]

Chen Ku retracted the hairs and, seeing the magical treasures Gao Huan left scattered, he collected them all, using Spiritual Capture to directly seize the Three-legged Poison Toad and stowing it into the Storage Bag before picking up the gourd at Gao Huan’s waist.

"Let me see what treasures a Qi Cultivator holds in their storage!"

Probing inside with his spiritual sense, he discovered that the space within Gao Huan’s storage gourd was no smaller than a grand hall. There were heaps of items, including a large cauldron, seemingly for alchemy, and several pieces of Spiritual Jade.

[Diagram Master’s fulfillment of the Eighth Transformation Diagram’s cultivation condition: three pieces of Spirit Jade]

[Eighth Transformation Diagram’s cultivation conditions: One Six Realm or above Evil Qi, two hundred thousand taels of Pure Gold, one hundred thousand jin of Gold Silk Jade, Three Gates’ Ultimate Skills to Perfection, three pieces of Spirit Jade]

Chen Ku was slightly taken aback, thinking to himself, "It seems that the cultivation of a Qi Cultivator is mainly focused on absorbing the spiritual energy within the Spirit Jade."

He immediately chose to sacrifice three pieces of Spirit Jade.

At the same time, he thought, "I also wonder which hall in this underground palace stores gold and silver treasures."

But the situation is dire now, so it’s better to find a way to refine this Array Suppression Stone first.

He sifted through Gao Huan’s storage gourd and found several items resembling bamboo slips but made of white jade.

Looking at the jade slip in his hand, which was like the bamboo sticks used for drawing lots in temples, Chen Ku thought to himself:

"Could this be the ’Jade Scroll’ mentioned in Xianxia novels?" 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

Immediately, he used his powerful spirit to invade it.

Suddenly, he found many pieces of information and texts in his mind. Although these were in Yuan Country’s language, due to the ’Beast Language Mastery’ ability he had previously acquired from the Nine-Colored Deer, which included the Yuan Country’s language, he had no obstacle in reading them.

Among these jade scrolls, there were records about Qi Cultivators’ methods of alchemy, artifact refining, and Qi refinement.

"By condensing an imprint with spiritual power, embedding it into a magical treasure, one can complete the initial refinement. If complete refinement is needed, one must condense Soul Blood to deepen the connection between the magical treasure and oneself, making its use as natural as a part of one’s own body."

Seeing this record on artifact refining, Chen Ku realized why a strike on Gao Huan’s Purple Gold Shield earlier caused Gao Huan to suffer a backlash and cough blood.

It turned out that these magical treasures are an extra part of a Qi Cultivator; the deeper the connection, the more sensitive and intuitive the control. Conversely, if the magical treasure is damaged, the user is also more prone to backlash.

"Spiritual imprint, Soul Blood..."

Chen Ku returned to the model of the underground palace, and with his super-grade qualifications, comprehended the so-called ’refining external objects’ incantation in almost no time.

Immediately, he began to operate his spiritual power, quickly condensing a drop of spiritual imprint, then forced a drop of heart blood from his chest, merging his spirit and blood, then looked towards the stone stele marked ’Hero King Realm’ within the underground palace model, and flicked his two fingers:

"Go!"

The red drop of Soul Blood fell onto the stone stele like raindrops, and instantly spread out, transforming into a force that immersed into the stone stele.

During this process, Chen Ku felt a part of his spirit being extracted, entering the stone stele, seeing layers upon layers of array formation restrictions inside, while the Soul Blood instantly penetrated these restrictions, finally...

Merged into a light ball in the core of the restrictions.

As the light ball was completely dyed blood red, vaguely, it was as if a grain-sized Chen Ku sat in the light ball.

Buzz~~~

At once, Chen Ku felt he had gained control over the underground palace model. With a single thought, he could gather all the palaces, formations, and small worlds inside the underground palace into the model.

"Collect!"

With a thought from Chen Ku, he immediately attempted to collect the entire ’Hero King Realm’.

Whoosh!

In the blink of an eye, a gigantic white light swiftly expanded with him at its center, spreading throughout the entire underground palace, including the Mountain Lifting Palace and the Snow Mountain World behind the murals.

In the next moment.

Chen Ku’s vision was restored, and he found himself standing in a vast underground cave. Looking around, everywhere was empty, as if buildings spanning hundreds of miles had been swallowed up and disappeared into the cave.

"Did I really collect the entire maze, underground palace, hall, and everything?"

Chen Ku looked at his hand, where there was now an additional chessboard-sized courtyard model, but when looked at closely, he found...

Within the model, the large and small palaces, maze formation, and that Snow Mountain World were all visible to the eye.

It was as if he had suddenly transformed into a higher-dimensional existence, turning the entire Hero King’s underground palace into his own ’bonsai’.

At the same time.

In various places within the Hero King Realm, especially within the stone egg on the Snow Mountain’s summit, the four people inside the stone cavity also experienced the white light sweeping over their bodies.

Opening their eyes again, they were startled to see above the boundless sky, a giant youthful face like that of a Heavenly God, looking down upon them.

Like the master of the world, gazing at the ants within the bonsai.

"No!!"

Shangguan Yun collapsed instantly, recognizing that the godlike face above the sky was Chen Ku, and screamed:

"You actually refined the entire Hero King Realm! You actually refined the Hero King Realm! This is impossible! Impossible!!"