Awakening Constitution

The purple light shone upon Chen Cheng, but he felt nothing unusual. Chen Ye explained, "This is a method left behind by our ancestors. It can detect the poison source left in the bloodline by the Source of Deadly Poison, confirming the identity of Chen Family descendants.

"If someone is not from the Chen Family, the formation here will release a massive amount of Curse Poison Power. Its toxicity is extraordinarily potent—even a Dou Zong would be corroded to death in an instant upon contact."

The purple light did not detect that Chen Cheng was an impostor. The Summoning System's identity implantation function was enough to fool a method left behind by a Calamity Poison Body at the Dou Zong or even Dou Venerable level.

The light lasted for ten seconds before the stone door opened.

An eerie purple glow spilled out from the stone chamber, accompanied by a strange gas that rushed toward them. It smelled foul, making Chen Cheng frown in disgust.

As he entered, he saw a stone chamber covering roughly three hundred square meters, with a height of around seven or eight meters.

Constructing such a chamber underground must have taken considerable effort.

Stone statues stood around the chamber, connected to one another in some wondrous way and forming a certain type of formation.

At the center of the chamber was a pool. Yet it held no liquid, only a deep-purple gas.

Chen Ye led Chen Cheng to the edge of the pool. The strange gas was extremely pungent, and nausea rose within Chen Cheng. Chen Ye, however, showed no discomfort at all, as though he had long grown accustomed to the smell.

"Our ancestors left behind a special method, which later generations refined to gather this entire pool of Source of Deadly Poison," Chen Ye said calmly as he looked into the pool.

"This is a highly poisonous substance, but it is also essential for awakening the Calamity Poison Body. If someone possessing a Calamity Poison Body enters the pool and activates the formation, all this poisonous gas will be absorbed by their poison body, thereby awakening it. The remaining energy will also be enough to raise their cultivation to at least the Dou Wang realm."

"Cheng'er, enter the pool, sit cross-legged, and circulate your Dou Qi according to the route your father taught you. I will activate the formation and help you awaken," Chen Ye said to Chen Cheng.

Hearing this, Chen Cheng walked down the steps into the pool.

The instant he came into contact with the purple poisonous gas, Chen Cheng felt an intensely agonizing pain course through his body, as if he were being burned by flames.

"Cheng'er, sit cross-legged, circulate your Dou Qi, and sense the route through which the Curse Poison Power flows within your body. You must endure it, or all your previous efforts will be wasted," Chen Ye's voice called out. Chen Cheng shuddered and hurriedly focused his mind, doing as Chen Ye instructed.

Chen Ye used some special method to activate the formation. Chen Cheng immediately sensed an immense energy rampaging through his body.

Under the force of that energy, Chen Cheng's Meridians suffered tremendous impacts, as though they were about to burst apart.

The intense pain was beyond what any human could endure. Chen Cheng gritted his teeth, his entire body drenched in sweat.

Chen Cheng endured the pain, while Chen Ye, standing beside the pool, could do nothing but maintain the formation.

The Calamity Poison Body was favored by heaven, but to bring out the potential of such a constitution, one also had to endure immense pain.

Cheng'er, hold on. Once your constitution awakens, it will bring you nothing but benefits, Chen Ye thought.

Second by second, time passed, and the pain in Chen Cheng's body only grew worse. He was nearly in so much pain that he fainted.

Still, that pain was not without its benefits. At the very least, Chen Cheng knew that, at such a price, his cultivation was rising.

After an unknown amount of time, a crisp female voice rang out in Chen Cheng's mind.

"Host's cultivation has advanced to Dou Zhe. Congratulations, Host, on obtaining one summoning opportunity. Would you like to summon?"

The Summoning System granted one summoning opportunity every month, but Chen Cheng would also receive an additional opportunity whenever his cultivation rose by a major realm.

At this moment, under the effects of the potent poison, Chen Cheng's cultivation had been pushed directly from the seventh stage of Dou Qi to Dou Zhe.

Chen Cheng heard the system notification, but the pain in his body was so unbearable that he had no time to communicate with the system.

By the pool, Chen Ye also sensed that Chen Cheng's cultivation had risen. Yet he frowned deeply, disbelief evident on his face.

"That shouldn't be possible. Cheng'er's cultivation has already begun to rise, so why are there still no signs of the Calamity Poison Body awakening?"

Chen Ye was deeply puzzled.

This secret method for awakening the Calamity Poison Body had been passed down by their ancestors. He had followed its instructions exactly, yet Chen Cheng had failed to awaken it.

"Cheng'er's constitution is highly unusual. He must possess the Calamity Poison Body. In theory, the direct descendants of our Chen Family have had their bloodlines altered by the Source of Deadly Poison for generation after generation, leaving enormous amounts of poison hidden in their blood. Once a special constitution appears, there is a ninety-nine percent chance that it is the Calamity Poison Body. So what exactly is happening to Cheng'er?"

"His body can clearly absorb Curse Poison Power, yet his poison body has not awakened. It truly makes no sense."

Chen Ye's heart was filled with confusion. None of this matched what he had expected.

After a while, Chen Cheng seemed to be unable to withstand the poison any longer. His body swayed, and he collapsed into the pool.

"Cheng'er!"

Seeing this, Chen Ye panicked. He hurriedly stopped controlling the formation, then leaped into the pool and pulled Chen Cheng out.

By the time Chen Cheng woke up, two days had already passed.

When Chen Cheng opened his eyes, he found that he was not in his own room.

The unfamiliar surroundings immediately put him on guard. He surveyed the area until he spotted Chen Ye drinking tea nearby, and only then did the worry in his heart subside.

Chen Cheng recalled what had happened earlier.

In the end, it seemed that he had passed out because he truly could not endure that power any longer.

"Cheng'er, you're awake?" After noticing that Chen Cheng had awakened, Chen Ye walked over and sat beside the bed. "Your body can absorb poison, but you do not possess the Calamity Poison Body. Moreover, I discovered that your body has excellent compatibility with energy. Though you are not a Calamity Poison Body, you can still absorb Curse Poison Power. You should possess some other special constitution."

Chen Cheng sorted through his thoughts and sat up in bed.

At that moment, he could feel that he was in excellent condition. The previous pain had vanished completely, and every function of his body seemed to be at its peak.

"System, display my personal information." Chen Cheng merely exchanged a few casual words with Chen Ye before contacting the system.

Copy System

Name: Chen Cheng

Cultivation: Five-Star Dou Zhe

Abilities: Low-Level Combat Lv2, Poison Art, Fire Control

Summoning System

Name: Chen Cheng

Cultivation: Five-Star Dou Zhe

Comprehensive Combat Power: Three-Star Dou Shi

Summoned Characters: Red Serpent, Huang Yaoshi, Yan Lingji

At the time, Chen Cheng had absorbed some poison and, by accident, condensed a Dou Qi Vortex. His cultivation had also risen to Five-Star Dou Zhe.

"Cheng'er, now that you've reached the Dou Zhe level, test your attributes and then choose a Cultivation Method. Since you can absorb Curse Poison Power, you can definitely cultivate the Source of Deadly Poison. But I suggest you test yourself first. If you also possess a fire attribute, I have an even more advanced Cultivation Method for you," Chen Ye said.

"Alright, Grandpa. What do I need to do?" Chen Cheng asked.

Once one's cultivation reached the Dou Zhe level, one could cultivate a Cultivation Method. With one, future cultivation would become much faster, so naturally Chen Cheng would not refuse.

At that moment, Chen Ye took out a transparent bead from his Storage Ring and held it out before Chen Cheng.

"This is a Spirit Guiding Pearl. As long as you hold it and circulate your Dou Qi, it can draw out the Dou Qi within your body and reveal your attributes."

Chen Cheng accepted the Spirit Guiding Pearl and infused it with Dou Qi. As he did so, three streams of differently colored energy appeared within the pearl, spiraling around one another.

When Chen Ye saw those three colors, his eyes widened in disbelief. After a while, his expression turned to delight.

The three colors within the Spirit Guiding Pearl were violet-black, crimson red, and colorless transparency.