Transformation Diagram: Starting as a Skinny Dog-Chapter 475 - 309: The Five Great Nations

Whirr~

Chen Ku stood in a spot within the Hero King Realm, the Eight Gates Array on his body lighting up one after another, all operating together, bringing forth a torrent of blood qi as powerful as a mighty river, crashing against the banks.

"The array veins of the Sixth Realm have achieved great success, the array operates without restrictions, with no need to worry about the crisis of the array collapsing again."

Chen Ku took a deep breath, feeling the boiling blood qi all over his body, like a great river.

This was without activating the Eight Gates to increase his battle power.

"The array has no restrictions, yet the body can only provide for the opening of two gates, doubling the battle power, reaching its limit. Going further, it’s not impossible. If I disregard the cost, I can open the third gate, and if I fight desperately, I can open the fourth gate, gaining four times the battle power."

Chen Ku calculated the cost of opening four gates in his mind, as if he had already seen the result:

"The moment when the fourth gate is opened and brings four times the battle power is probably when I directly explode and die."

This is the burden of the Eight Gates Array, posing extremely high demands on the physique of the inscriber.

"Cultivating the Huntian Overlord Body allows me to bear more costs. Once I achieve the seventh layer of Huntian Overlord Body, it feels like I can definitely withstand the cost of opening four gates, and cultivating the God Shaking Decision is also a method to strengthen the physique."

Chen Ku’s gaze turned to his incarnations sitting cross-legged before the palace in the Hero King Realm.

Champion Marquis, Zhang Yulin, Cheng Qingshan, and even the loose cultivators were sitting cross-legged, condensing ’Dragon Elephant Particles’.

"How is the progress after five days?"

Chen Ku inquired.

His four incarnations are all Seventh Realm existences, Champion Marquis, Zhang Yulin, Cheng Qingshan are all Martial Practitioners, cultivating the God Shaking Decision without any problems, they can enter directly.

Champion Marquis shook his head, saying: "This martial art for tempering root bones not only requires extremely high demands on root bones, but also consumes a lot of vital energy. In these days, only Zhang Yulin has condensed an embryo form of a Dragon Elephant Particle."

"Oh..."

Chen Ku didn’t expect Zhang Yulin to be the first to condense the embryo form of Dragon Elephant Particle, rather than Champion Marquis.

Although this incarnation of Champion Marquis is only an imprint, it is still part of Champion Marquis, whose natural talent and root bone need not be mentioned, far surpassing many Martial Practitioners of the same realm.

"This transformation of mine, the talent is not in divine power, instead Zhang Yulin has a martial art of divine power, which is quite helpful in condensing Dragon Elephant Particles." Champion Marquis said.

Chen Ku faintly realized.

Turning to Zhang Yulin, who also recalled that among Zhang Yulin’s martial arts, there is an ultimate skill called ’Dragon Elephant Palm,’ which can unleash the power of one dragon and one elephant. At that time, he felt that Zhang Yulin was suitable for condensing Dragon Elephant Particles for him, and now it seems it is indeed so.

Zhang Yulin also opened his eyes and said to Chen Ku: "To report back to the true self, within one more month, I can condense this Dragon Elephant Particle, if provided with top-notch pills for vital energy, the speed should be faster."

"Pills, hmm?"

Chen Ku chuckled, saying:

"This is not urgent, it will be available soon."

The Seventh Realm Golden Core cultivator Kong Xin, hailing from the Treasure Tripod Sect, its sect’s magic artifacts excel at alchemy and artifact refining, he himself is a Seventh Realm pill master, if combined with the fire control power of the Fire Beak Pot, his own alchemy standards might be enhanced to refine Eighth Realm pills, which would not be impossible.

While Chen Ku was speaking.

A faint phoenix call suddenly appeared in his mind.

"It’s done!"

Chen Ku looked happily at the transformation diagram in his mind.

The new transformation formed by the fusion of Five-colored Peacock, Golden Shocking Thunder Mastiff, and Kong Xin suddenly emerged below the three transformation diagrams.

[??? Nameless Transformation]

[This transformation is embryo refining shaped by the fusion of Five-colored Peacock, Golden Shocking Thunder Mastiff, and Kong Xin’s three transformations, bird body, human head, mastiff feet, and tail with five-colored feathers]

[Transformation Quality: Excellent]

[Realm: Seventh Realm Apex]

[Root Bone: Seven Spirit Roots]

[Abilities: Can Transform Hundred Poisons, Thousand-Mile Day Trip, Feathers Like Swords, Can See Dust, Demon Beast Breathing Skill, Eating Human Qi, Thunder Bone, Roar Sky Shock, Wind Devouring Stream, Rolling Smoke and Mist, Treasure Tripod Dao Decision (Seventh Layer), Alchemy (Seventh Realm Pill Master), Artifact Refining Technique (Fifth Realm Artifact Master), Gang Wind Sword Formation (Entry-Level)...]

...

Chen Ku looked at the transformed form, perplexed: "What sort of image is this?"

Bird body, human head, dog feet...

Suddenly, he remembered many strange images in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

Strange figures with bird bodies and human faces, divine spirits, and strange beasts, there seem to be quite a few, most famously the Eastern God Ju Mang and the image of Nine Phoenixes.

"Ju Mang? Nine Phoenixes?"

Chen Ku muttered to himself, considering whether to give this transformation such a grand name, but eventually refrained:

"This transformation, although reaching the Seventh Realm apex, is still far from divine spirits... Since it is cultivated as a pill master, I’ll simply continue using Kong Xin’s surname, and rename it to ’Kong Dan.’"

[Named Transformation: Kong Dan Transformation]

Immedately calling forth this human-headed bird bodied transformation from the transformation diagram, it emerged and nodded slightly:

"Thank you, true master, for the name."

"Inside the Demon Banner are thousands of demon corpses I have killed, it is now the time to test your alchemy skills. The vital energy required for the four people cultivating ’God Shaking Decision’ here in the Hero King Realm will rely on you and the Fire Beak Pot going forward."

Chen Ku handed the Seventh Realm incarnation Fire Beak Pot and the Demon Banner to Kong Dan.

Kong Dan took the Demon Banner and Fire Beak Pot, nodding again: "Understood, master’s decree."

After arranging for these incarnations, Chen Ku paused to sense the ’Seven Spirit Roots’ within Kong Dan’s new transformation body, feeling that the wind and thunder imagery had already taken shape within the root bone, and there’s a faint sense that the Huntian Body martial arts are subtly evolving towards the upcoming sixth and seventh layers.

But lacking two wind and thunder attribute spiritual items, it’s hard to continue the cultivation.

"Wind and thunder spiritual items, hmm?"

Chen Ku mused:

"I wonder if there exists such things within the Martial Arts Heaven and Earth?"

But he can only know this after he returns to Qiu Dragon Mansion.

At this moment,

Chen Ku’s thoughts arrived at the General Control Hall, pondering: "It’s been five or six days. I wonder if that Qingxiao Cave Master is still waiting outside. Should I try to recall the Red-Tailed Bee to check the situation?"

With a thought, he infused a strand of divine sense into the Array Eye of the General Control Hall.

Outside.

In the lush, verdant ancient primordial forest.

A bee the size of a fingernail, its tail red, perched on a flower growing from an ancient tree, sipping nectar while its compound eyes continuously surveyed the surroundings.

Suddenly.

A strand of spiritual power projection fell upon the little bee.

Whoosh~

The little bee instantly vanished from its place.

Chen Ku retrieved this First Realm transformation used for scouting from the Hero King Realm through his divine sense, and immediately began reading the little bee’s memories from the past five days.

As he flipped through them, his expression grew solemn.

In that ancient primordial forest.

Under the watch of the little bee, the Qingxiao Cave Master continuously flew back and forth over this forest, searching more than fifty times in one day...

Until the second day, he finally gave up.

However, just when Chen Ku thought the other had abandoned the search.

On the third day.

The Qingxiao Cave Master inexplicably returned and began a meticulous search once more.

Again, he found nothing.

Only then did he leave reluctantly.

"Hiss!"

Seeing the Qingxiao Cave Master suddenly appear in the primordial forest on the third day, Chen Ku’s heart trembled, thinking:

"Lucky I hid for a few more days, otherwise, it would have been a close call."

Yet even now, he couldn’t guarantee that the Qingxiao Cave Master had definitely given up the search.

"To be safe, I should change my appearance before going out again."

Immediately, he transformed directly into a little bee and flew out from the Hero King Realm.

...

Ancient dense forest.

On the flower of the giant red ancient tree, a little bee appeared once more. However, unlike the previous incarnation, this time it was Chen Ku’s true form.

"Not guarding this time?"

Not daring to probe with divine sense, he flew up directly, using his Golden Eyes Hundred Li’s vision to observe. Finding no anomalies within a hundred miles,

he then flew safely in the form of a bee towards Two Realms Mountain, in the direction of Ji Country.

...

Chen Ku didn’t know, after squatting for three days, the Qingxiao Cave Master had begun doubting whether Chen Ku had already escaped, so he returned directly to the Sect Alliance Army camp at Two Realms Mountain and, together with the other five major sects, issued a ’Sect Pursuit Order.’

Almost ruling over the billion population within Yuan Country, this Sect Pursuit Order, co-signed and issued by the six major sects, could ensnare any cultivator around the Seventh Realm in Yuan Country into a vast net.

Yet, after two or three days passed, there was no news.

Not even an informer reported to the six major sects identifying that young man.

Finally, the female Heavenly Master raised a question in the camp, saying:

"Cave Master, do you think there’s a possibility that the one who stole from Fire Beak Mountain isn’t a Yuan Country cultivator at all, but came from another country?"

Upon hearing the female Heavenly Master’s words, the other sect masters in the camp all pondered.

The cloaked Demon Spirit Island Master, with a powerful presence, said solemnly: "It’s not impossible. Among the two hundred countries under the heavens, although my Yuan Country inherited the ’Immortal Temple,’ making it one of the major nations and practicing Qi cultivation as orthodox, it isn’t as isolated as Ji Country, allowing other nations’ cultivators to enter and trade, it could very well be a cultivator from another nation who discovered Fire Beak Mountain’s secrets and stole it."

"The Demon Spirit Island Master speaks reasonably, otherwise, how else to explain why despite issuing the pursuit order, no one recognizes him? If he hailed from another country, it would make sense."

"Which country could that cultivator be from?" Qingxiao Cave Master furrowed his brow.

"Qingxiao, didn’t you say that person had Martial Practitioner blood qi, divine soul means, and Qi Cultivator’s escape techniques? Among the five major nations, besides our Da Yuan Dynasty, only ’Great Fortune Dynasty’ would be so open, allowing multiple cultivation systems to exist within its borders..." the female Heavenly Master said.

"Heavenly Master’s guess is that the thief is from Yun Dynasty?"

Qingxiao Cave Master’s eyes shifted.

Yun Dynasty, the strongest among the current five major nations, established by a branch of the ancient emperor’s bloodline, also possessing the most complete ancient temple, the "Dragon Temple," inheriting the ancient emperor’s True Dragon legacy.

While Yun Dynasty has the Dragon Temple, it never minds other cultivation culture systems existing within the country, thus, within Yun Dynasty, besides those cultivating ancient Dragon Qi, there are Immortal Tao practitioners, Martial Arts practitioners, Divine Dao practitioners, and members from grand temples and various niche nation’s cultivation cultures.

In a certain sense, their Yuan Dynasty and Ji Dynasty, alongside Yun Dynasty as the five major nations, yet Yun Dynasty’s strength far exceeds the other four.

This is why they dare to mass troops at Ji Country’s border but do not dare approach Yun Dynasty’s sphere of influence. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

"If indeed the thief is from Yun Dynasty? It spells trouble. Yun Dynasty folk always pride themselves as the Superior State, descendants of Heavenly Emperor..." The other sect leaders exchanged glances: "If he escapes back to his motherland, it would be difficult to demand accountability."

"I suggest we let Fire De Sacred Land investigate this matter."

The sect leaders proposed:

"Our recent focus remains on the war with Ji Country. If all proceeds as planned, this time, we can swallow Ji Country’s entire Dragon Abyss Province whole, reshaping the map between the two countries."

"Once we dispatched members of our six sects to clear out the situation within Ji Country’s Dragon Abyss Province, we can launch an attack!"

The sect leaders discussed within the camp, unaware that the real thief of Fire Beak Mountain had transformed into a little bee, passed through the opposite side of Two Realms Mountain where they were, and returned to his homeland Ji Country.