These four monsters, together with the earlier dragon-headed, tiger-bodied monster called Golden Dragon-Tiger, were collectively known as Earth Calamities. They were creatures Xuan You's cultivation technique had raised using his own flesh and blood.
Ordinarily, Xuan You kept the four Earth Calamities within the Fortune Life Domain, where they absorbed the resentment of the mortal world to grow and improve. Only Golden Dragon-Tiger remained by his side.
After splitting off the five Earth Calamities, Xuan You normally possessed only half his strength. But once he fused with them, each Earth Calamity could increase his power by twenty to thirty percent.
If he fused with all the Earth Calamities, Xuan You's strength would, for a time, surpass what it should have been, soaring dramatically.
Moreover, every Earth Calamity could individually fuse with a forbidden artifact fragment and gain control over a type of rule power.
This was also why he had been able to occupy the position of Golden Soul Cult's Grand Elder for so long, with no one ever able to shake his place.
After merging with all the Earth Calamities, Xuan You had now completely changed into another form.
His originally aged face rapidly became youthful and robust, while the muscles all over his body knotted like coiling dragons.
His restored, thick limbs became covered in scale armor that gleamed with a pitch-black luster, as though forged from metal.
His disheveled black hair cascaded over his shoulders like a waterfall. Countless tiny egg sacs covered his eyes, glimmering faintly and making them resemble innumerable tiny eyeballs.
Four differently colored patterns covered his body, eventually converging over his chest to form an eerie rune.
Having fused with all the Earth Calamities and attained his current strength, Xuan You casually swept out a hand. His powerful aura even condensed into substance,