Nine Transformations Dragon Art

You had forged an Array Treasure, unmoved even as your lifespan neared its end. In the end, you succeeded, but perished in meditation because of it.

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"Those whose names are called, come stand before me."

Lu Yang opened his eyes. After a long while, he let out a deep breath, awakening from the dreamlike illusion of past and present lives. "I choose a magical treasure."

The next instant, something stirred in his dantian.

A crimson Sword Pellet, covered in intricate array patterns and brilliant as the stars in the heavens, appeared within his dantian and let out a clear sword cry.

Lu Yang wore a satisfied expression. This Sword Pellet represented more than twenty years of painstaking effort from his previous life. Not only were its materials exceptional, it had also been enhanced by the Heavenly Demon Blood-Dissolving Divine Light. More importantly, before his death, he had successfully embedded a superior array within the Sword Pellet, transforming it into an Array Treasure.

This way, whenever Lu Yang fought another cultivator, he could drag his enemy into the Array Diagrams.

The advantage was obvious. After all, no matter how formidable a cultivator was, they could not possibly fight an array laid down by cultivators of the same realm with their strength alone.

Fairy Qingchen was weak only because she was merely at the Middle Qi Refining Stage.

And from Lu Yang's current perspective, she had not studied arrays for long enough either. At the very least, she could never compare to him, who had devoted twenty years to the craft.

"It's time to give you a name."

With a thought from Lu Yang, a grim blood shadow immediately emerged from the Sword Pellet. It looked exactly like him; the two bodies shared one heart. It immediately gave a soft laugh.

"You were forged through the sacrifice of my body in my previous life, and you bear the blessing of the Blood-Transforming Divine Light. From now on, you shall be called Blood Sun."

The Sword Pellet rang in response, as if agreeing.

Setting aside his stray thoughts, Lu Yang glanced at Liu Xin, who was still speaking eloquently on the platform, then withdrew his gaze. There was no need to rush over the Primordial Breath Ten Thousand Spirit Banner for now.

Immediately afterward, Lu Yang followed the same old path as in his previous life and began to act.

He went onstage, received his assignment, and entered the Joyous Union Hall.

He transcended death with Yu Suzhen.

Rather than borrow money from Zhao Xuhe, he directly sold the White Bone Flying Sword and other benefits granted to newcomers upon entry, then quietly began buying Death Substitute Puppets.

Before long, the price of Death Substitute Puppets exploded.

Lu Yang secretly added fuel to the flames, buying low and selling high to continuously expand his capital before sweeping up goods and heavily increasing his position.

However, to avoid drawing jealous eyes, he did not choose to sell at the peak from his previous life. Instead, he withdrew when the price reached 3,000 points.

By then, he had accumulated a full twenty Death Substitute Puppets.

He had made a bloody profit of 60,000 Contribution Points.

After doing all this, Lu Yang bought a large quantity of spirit pills, then directly sealed off his cave dwelling and took out the greatest harvest he had gained through four lives of reincarnation.

"Nine Transformations Dragon Art."

"Ten Thousand Chariots Dragon Ascension Scroll."

The former was for Qi Refining, the latter for Foundation Establishment. Together, they formed a Cultivation Method capable of cultivating Third-Rank True Qi and pointing directly toward the Great Dao of the Golden Core—perfectly matching Lu Yang's expectations.

"The Nine Transformations Dragon Art has ten levels, corresponding to the ten levels of Qi Refining. As its name suggests, each level triggers a transformation of True Qi, including the Heavenly Serpent Transformation, Divine Eagle Transformation, Azure Ox Transformation, Brocade Tiger Transformation. After nine transformations, one transforms into a dragon, increasing the chance of breaking through to Foundation Establishment by thirty percent."

Lu Yang was enthralled. He immediately decided to disperse his cultivation and start anew.

"Bang!"

As the True Qi in his dantian rapidly dispersed, Lu Yang's realm began to plummet. Before long, he had fallen from the Qi Refining Fourth Layer back into an ordinary mortal.

Yet he did not waste the scattered True Qi. Instead, he fed it all to the "Primordial Breath."

This external breath, forged through Lu Yang's bodily sacrifice in his second life, had now received the nourishment of this life's cultivation. It had already become practically identical to his avatar.

With it guarding him during secluded cultivation, he would not be left entirely without the ability to protect himself.

In the blink of an eye, three years passed.

Inside the cave dwelling, Lu Yang sat upright on a meditation cushion, silently circulating his profound cultivation method. The dantian that had been empty after he dispersed his cultivation was now occupied by an even vaster current of True Qi.

His qi moved with his will, shifting and changing. One moment, it transformed into a fleeing rabbit, leaping through his extraordinary meridians and eight channels; the next, it became a great python, lying dormant within his dantian. Then it became a dazzling Brocade Tiger, roaring toward the heavens, before turning into a handsome soaring eagle, sweeping freely in all directions. Its transformations were inexhaustible.

Only after a long while did Lu Yang let out a deep breath.

His breath shot out like a white arrow. After leaving his body, it did not disperse, but transformed into a mighty Azure Ox. It walked at an unhurried pace, as though carrying a towering divine mountain upon its back.

"It's done!"

Joy appeared on Lu Yang's face. These three years of bitter cultivation had gone far more smoothly than his first three lives. After all, this life, he had ample Contribution Points and lacked none of the various supplementary medicines.

Thus, in just three years, he had returned to the Qi Refining Sixth Layer, the peak of the middle stage.

Although he was stuck at the bottleneck of the middle stage, Lu Yang was full of confidence. At most five years, at least three—he would certainly break through again and return to the Qi Refining Late Stage!

And though he was still only at the Qi Refining Sixth Layer, his combat power was likely not much weaker than in his previous life. That was because the True Qi of this life was already utterly different from before.

"Each transformation of the Nine Transformations Dragon Art possesses a corresponding spell and divine ability. The Brocade Tiger Transformation increases the destructive power of True Qi, the Azure Ox Transformation blesses the body with divine strength, the Divine Eagle Transformation grants farsight across a thousand miles, the Heavenly Serpent Transformation conceals one's aura, the Jade Rabbit Transformation increases speed, and the Mountain Camel Transformation increases the recovery speed of True Qi."

The six transformations had nearly erased the gap between the middle and late stages of Qi Refining!

But what truly stirred Lu Yang's heart was the "Flying Fish Transformation" among the nine transformations. The effect of this transformation was very simple: breaking through bottlenecks!

"If I cultivated the sixth transformation now, I could probably break into the late stage in an instant."

"But that would be far too wasteful."

Lu Yang harbored lofty ambitions. Naturally, he could not waste such a precious opportunity for breakthrough on the Qi Refining Late Stage. He intended to use it when breaking through to Qi Refining Completion.

Lu Yang's plans for this life were simple: cultivate.

"I'll cultivate in silence. Once I reach Qi Refining Great Perfection, I'll seamlessly begin the Ten Thousand Chariots Dragon Ascension Scroll and remain in seclusion until the Foundation Establishment Realm, stunning everyone!"

Thinking this, Lu Yang casually swallowed a spirit pill and entered meditation once more.

Then, only a few days later—

"Rumble!"

Lu Yang was jolted awake from meditation by violent shaking. Opening his eyes, he discovered that the Primordial Breath Avatar he had left outside as a guard had actually been scattered.

A powerful enemy had invaded?

Lu Yang could not make heads or tails of it. In this life, he had remained in his cave dwelling, cultivating single-mindedly and turning a deaf ear to matters beyond his window. Why would someone suddenly come knocking at his door to kill him?

With his doubts in mind, Lu Yang walked out of the cave dwelling, only to see a familiar face he had not expected.

"It's you?"

Outside the cave dwelling, Zhao Xuhe's eyes were bloodshot. Several cultivators with surging auras stood beside him, and he glared furiously at Lu Yang.

"This senior brother." Lu Yang cupped his hands. "I am Lu Yang. May I ask—"

"So it really was you!"

Zhao Xuhe directly interrupted him and said hatefully, "Coiling Dragon Island vanished without explanation. The opportunity I exchanged for through the Merit of three lives of bitter cultivation suddenly disappeared. Only after paying an enormous price did I invite Master to calculate the Karma. Master told me that the opportunity had been stolen by a Sacred Sect Disciple surnamed Lu here!"

"Speak! Is Coiling Dragon True Person's inheritance in your hands!"

"..."

As Zhao Xuhe's words fell, Lu Yang first froze. Then, as though he had thought of something, his expression darkened at a visible speed.