This Mouthful of Demon God Flesh Nearly Stuffed Me!

The wasteland of the Northern Land.

Lu Yuan's enormous body hovered above the mountains and rivers, streaks of gray-gold light slowly coursing across his dark-gold scales.

The piece of Chaos Demon God flesh he had just swallowed finally began to release the power within in earnest.

Rumble!

Blood surged through his body. Each beat of his enormous heart sent vast amounts of pure energy spreading through his blood vessels, before it fused into his bones and muscles.

Lu Yuan carefully sensed it for a moment, and his expression gradually grew serious.

This stuff really was hard to digest.

When he had devoured Fierce Sha Qi in the Myriad Sha Abyss before, he had also faced surges of energy. But as his body continued to grow, bearing them had become easier and easier. Now that he had switched to Chaos Demon God flesh, the situation was clearly different.

The energy contained in the flesh was extraordinarily concentrated, and it carried an extremely ancient Chaos Dao resonance. Refining each portion required the Qi and Blood throughout his body to work together to transform it.

The slightest lapse in concentration made the burning in his belly intensify rapidly.

Lu Yuan did not touch the Demon God flesh remaining in his mouth.

He pressed the pieces of gray-black flesh beneath his tongue, drew in the devouring force around him, and focused on dealing with the portion already in his belly.

A moment later, his Qi and Blood, which had gradually begun to settle, surged again.

"Hiss... this stuff really packs a delayed punch."

Lu Yuan could not help speaking in a low voice.

A streak of gray-gold light spread swiftly along his back, and a distinct burning pain came from the flesh beneath his scales wherever it passed.

The scales that Shen Ni had shattered and that had only just grown back actually developed tiny cracks once more.

Lu Yuan was slightly startled.

He soon discovered that the Chaos Origin being transformed within him was more active than he had expected. After the first round of absorption, some of its energy had already penetrated deep into his bones, while the rest had begun washing over the scales covering his body.

These freshly repaired areas were relatively fragile, so they naturally bore the pressure first.

Lu Yuan immediately slowed the transformation and gathered more Qi and Blood at the damaged spots.

Soon, the cracks stopped spreading.

Vast patches of dark-gold light shone once more.

The cracked scales began to heal slowly, and some extraordinarily fine gray-gold patterns appeared on their surfaces.

Sensing the change, Lu Yuan's eyes gradually lit up.

"So it can work like this."

He could clearly feel that the newly grown scales were harder than before.

In particular, the areas that had absorbed Chaos Origin had a noticeably tighter structure.

The scars Shen Ni had left were also gradually disappearing, nourished by this power.

Lu Yuan immediately felt much better.

Painful as it was.

The improvement was real.

As long as he could thoroughly digest this piece of Demon God flesh, the strength of his body would certainly continue to grow.

But just as he was concentrating on digesting it, a slight commotion came from his back.

The little white beasts that lived among the gullies between his scales had gathered beside a stream.

The trees on both sides of the stream swayed constantly.

The ground, normally still, was also slowly rising and falling.

An older white beast lay on a rock, its eyes plainly uneasy.

It could feel that the vast mountains and rivers beneath its feet were changing.

Such tremors had occasionally occurred before, but today they were especially pronounced.

In particular, the gray-gold light seeping up from underground made even the nearby Spirit Plants tremble gently.

Several young beasts had long since hidden in the arms of the adults, not even daring to show their heads.

"Whimper..."

The old white beast let out a low whine.

It slowly rose and gazed at the gray-gold light spreading in the distance, deep awe gradually appearing in its eyes.

These mountains and rivers could breathe.

They could move.

They could even carry the beasts through seas of clouds.

After the previous changes, the old white beast had gained a vague understanding that the place where it lived was vastly different from ordinary mountains and rivers.

Now that a terrifying disturbance was coming from underground again, it naturally did not dare act rashly.

Lu Yuan swept his Divine Sense across his back and immediately discovered the problem.

The Chaos Origin was strengthening his body.

Naturally, that strengthening included his entire body.

The scales on his back were growing as well.

The rocks and soil piled atop them were being squeezed, and conspicuous cracks gradually appeared.

The little creatures were too weak. If he allowed the terrain to keep changing, they would likely be affected.

Lu Yuan thought for a moment, then sent a portion of his Qi and Blood into his back.

The pale-gold screen of light that protected the little creatures grew more stable as a result.

At the same time, he deliberately controlled the movement of his back scales, keeping the areas where trees had grown and streams had formed as level as possible.

For Lu Yuan, this control required him to devote some of his attention to it.

Fortunately, he had become more and more familiar with his body.

Although the power brought by his enormous body was terrifying, once he had truly mastered it, he could make very fine adjustments as well.

Soon.

The tremors that had been spreading constantly across his back began to weaken.

The stream grew calm again.

The trees that had nearly toppled gradually steadied as well.

Sensing the change, the old white beast slowly lowered itself to the ground.

Seeing this, the other white beasts around it also lay down one after another.

A bolder young beast secretly raised its head.

It gazed at the nearby pale-gold screen of light, which flowed ceaselessly, and curiosity gradually appeared in its eyes.

A moment later, the little creature stretched out a forepaw and gently touched the screen.

Gentle.

It did no harm.

The young beast froze for a moment, then cried out happily.

An adult white beast beside it hurriedly stretched out a forepaw and pulled it back.

Seeing this, Lu Yuan relaxed a little as well.

Although these little creatures lived on his back, he would still feel somewhat guilty if they were actually hurt because of his cultivation.

After all, he had been the one who had chosen not to drive them away.

Now that they had stayed, he naturally had to look after them a little.

After dealing with matters on his back, Lu Yuan turned his attention inward again.

The Chaos Origin was still being transformed.

But after the adjustments he had just made, the energy that had been rampaging in every direction had gradually become docile.

Vast amounts of essence Qi began to truly merge with his body.

Lu Yuan could feel that his already enormous bones were growing bit by bit.

As blood flowed through his body, the sense of immense weight and power was even more pronounced than before.

Before he knew it.

His body had grown another several dozen li in length.

After carefully sensing the changes, Lu Yuan gradually revealed a satisfied expression.

At this rate, it was far better than merely absorbing ordinary Sha Qi in the Northern Land.

And what he had swallowed so far was only the smallest portion of the entire piece of Demon God flesh.

He still held the rest of the flesh in his mouth.

From now on, as long as he digested it slowly, he could continue to grow.

At this thought, Lu Yuan began planning what to do next.

For the time being, there was no need to keep looking for new fierce sha veins.

At least until he finished digesting the Demon God flesh in his mouth, the problem of resources was solved.

He could simply find a relatively quiet place and cultivate slowly for a while.

However, the Northern Land was, after all, territory ruled by Shen Ni.

Having just snatched a piece of Demon God flesh from right under the Beast Emperor's nose, it was clearly somewhat inappropriate to remain near the Myriad Sha Abyss.

Although Lu Yuan was not afraid of trouble, he had no particular interest in fighting Shen Ni every day, either.

He adjusted his body slightly, preparing to continue on his way once this round of energy had stabilized.

Just then.

The last surge of Chaos Origin in his belly that had yet to be fully transformed suddenly rushed through his blood and spread throughout his body.

Boom!

Lu Yuan's entire body jolted violently.

The star patterns on the surface of his dark-gold scales lit up one after another, and dense Qi and Blood surged wildly inside his body.

The gray-gold light that had slowly begun to subside rose once more from deep within his back.

This time, that energy finally began to truly merge with his bones.

Lu Yuan could clearly feel his body growing far faster than it had just moments ago.

He slowly opened his eyes.

A distinct trace of pleasant surprise had appeared in those two enormous golden pupils.