Demonic Transformation

The Beast God Inner Core touched the surface skin of Zhong Yue's brow. Beneath the skin, dense scales erupted outwards with a chittering sound. The energy contained within this Beast God Essence was truly bizarre and powerful, utterly untouchable!

At the same time, Xin Huo roared, "Spiritual power, guide it!"

In that brief moment, Zhong Yue's body began to undergo a strange transformation. Scales had already covered half his body, and his forehead started itching, showing signs of growing horns. Even his tailbone felt fiery, as if a tail were about to sprout!

Without hesitation, Zhong Yue's Spiritual Power surged out, enveloping the Beast God Inner Core and drawing it into his Sea of Consciousness. Strangely, the goose-egg-sized Beast God Inner Core seemed to lack a true physical form, entering his Sea of Consciousness along with his Spiritual Power!

Zhong Yue was stunned. His soul looked at his Sea of Consciousness and saw the Beast God Inner Core floating above, emitting a brilliant light and radiating intense heat and radiance.

"How could this happen?" He still found it hard to believe.

"The Beast God Inner Core is Beast God Essence. How can essence have a true form?"

Xin Huo chuckled, "Now you need to continuously visualize Suihuang and refine the essence emitted by the Beast God Inner Core. Otherwise, you will become beast-like and demonized, transforming into the form of the Beast God."

Zhong Yue immediately began visualizing Suihuang, but he still felt the Beast God Essence was too much for him to bear. More Beast God Essence poured out from the Inner Core, merging into his body, leaving him no time to refine it.

He hurriedly looked down and saw his palms already beginning to transform. Scales hardened, his palms grew thick and strong, and the muscles beneath the skin of his arms began to bulge!

Chii.

A clear sound was heard. Zhong Yue felt his beast-skin shorts being torn by something. He quickly reached behind him and felt a growing tail!

He looked back and saw it was a dragon's tail, adorned with the markings of a magnificent tiger. However, long strands of mane were actually growing from the dorsal fin of the tail.

"Xin Huo, what's going on?"

Before Zhong Yue could finish speaking, two soft pop sounds were heard. His forehead ached as two horn buds grew from either side of his brow!

His body was also expanding, his muscles and bones continuously growing. New ribs sprouted, and while he originally had twenty-four, another twenty-four ribs were now growing!

In just this short period, his body had more than doubled in size, transforming into a strange beast!

"Eh? The Beast God that died here was actually a Dragon Steed, possessing the bloodlines of a dragon, a horse, and a tiger!"

Xin Huo exclaimed in surprise. Zhong Yue's head was also changing. His mouth widened, fangs grew, and soft, slender whiskers sprouted, resembling a combination of a dragon's head, a horse's head, and a tiger's head!

His neck grew longer, scales appeared, and long mane grew on his nape. Zhong Yue couldn't help but brace himself on his hands, his tail growing longer behind him. The tail was like a dragon's tail but had tiger stripes, yet it also sported horse's mane!

Now, he was about seventeen feet long, resembling a dragon, a horse, and a tiger, exuding an aura of a very high-level Demonic Beast!

"A Dragon Steed surveys all directions, quelling rebellion and conquering the seas! The Dragon Steed is a mythical beast, as well as a fierce beast!"

Xin Huo praised, then added somewhat guiltily, "Kid Yue, I miscalculated. This Beast God Essence seems a bit too potent..."

The energy contained within the Beast God Inner Core was as terrifying as a vast ocean. This Inner Core's energy had been refined into an egg shape. Although Zhong Yue hadn't touched the Inner Core, the energy it naturally emitted was enough to demonize or beastify him!

Even visualizing Suihuang couldn't change this trend of beastification!

Furthermore, Zhong Yue felt a terrifying energy continuously pouring out and integrating into his body, deepening his beast-like and demonized state!

"Xin Huo, could you be any more unreliable?" Zhong Yue, now transformed into a Dragon Steed, spoke in a deep, resonant voice.

Xin Huo scratched his head, feeling even more guilty, and whispered, "Um, well, from now on, you cannot stop visualizing Suihuang. If you stop, you'll become even more demonized, until the Dragon Steed bloodline completely overwhelms your own and assimilates it. Then you'll never be able to change back..."

Zhong Yue was furious. Xin Huo quickly added, "However, as your cultivation increases, you'll be able to refine the Beast God Essence faster by visualizing Suihuang. Once you refine the Beast God Essence, you can return to your original form, no longer in the Dragon Steed form. Um, of course, you have to visualize even while you sleep, otherwise, you might wake up and be permanently demonized into a Dragon Steed because you stopped for three to four hours... Actually, being a Dragon Steed isn't bad, what do you think?"

"Visualize Suihuang even while sleeping?"

Zhong Yue was startled. This was equivalent to cultivating continuously for twelve hours a day, an unprecedented challenge. Failure meant eternal beastification and demonization into a Dragon Steed!

However, the benefits of doing so were also obvious. Other disciples in the Upper Court were considered exceptional if they could spend five hours a day visualizing. Spending eight hours meant they were dedicating all their time to visualization, neglecting everything else.

But visualizing for twelve hours, utilizing every moment for eating, drinking, and sleeping, was unimaginably difficult!

Previously, Zhong Yue couldn't achieve twelve hours of continuous cultivation because he lacked sufficient Spirit Pills. But now, with the Beast God Inner Core continuously supplying Beast God Essence, he was forced to cultivate without interruption!

"Li Xiuniang's Lotus Blooms with Every Step is subconscious visualization, integrating it into her consciousness like drinking water or eating. Having to visualize even while sleeping is much more difficult than Li Xiuniang's subconscious visualization."

Zhong Yue felt immense pressure.

"Kid Yue, once you're accustomed to continuous visualization and shed the Dragon Steed form, you can draw even more immense energy from the Beast God Inner Core to refine it and enhance your Fuxi bloodline. Right now, the Beast God Essence you're absorbing is too little, and purifying the Fuxi bloodline is minimal."

Xin Huo, unfazed by Zhong Yue's internal pressure, said excitedly, "However, you now possess the Dragon Steed form. The Dragon Steed is immensely powerful, possessing the strength of a dragon and tiger, and the speed of a Heavenly Horse. Moreover, with the Beast God Essence in your Sea of Consciousness, you have almost inexhaustible energy. This is the perfect time to dig out that buried platform! Then I'll teach you how to move those stone tablets to the correct positions, dig a few trenches, and guide the Yin Dragon River to the correct flow, and we can restore the Beast God Seal!"

"Xin Huo, do you think I can cultivate to the point of refining the Beast God Essence before I'm completely beastified?"

"Don't worry, don't worry, I guarantee you'll make it!"

The little flame was full of confidence. "With me by your side, success is certain!"

Zhong Yue steadied himself and walked out of the Beast God Heart Chamber. Under Xin Huo's guidance, he found the platform buried within the rocks. With a low growl, his Spiritual Power surged forth.

He had just begun visualizing a Flood Dragon when his Spiritual Power immediately transformed into a Flood Dragon, flying out and extending for a hundred zhang!

He was stunned. Previously, his manifested Spiritual Power as a Flood Dragon was at most ten zhang long. Now, the Flood Dragon had suddenly become a hundred zhang, startling him!

"The Spiritual Power of a Dragon Steed is naturally extremely potent. Now that you've transformed into the Dragon Steed form, your Spiritual Power is naturally stronger!"

Xin Huo said, "Don't be surprised. If you refine the Beast God Essence and shed the Dragon Steed form, your Spiritual Power can also reach this level. Hurry, peel away the ground!"

Zhong Yue willed it, and the Flood Dragon extended its claws, dug into the ground, and with a powerful tear, ripped open a chasm tens of zhang long!

"Such powerful Spiritual Power..."

Zhong Yue was awestruck, almost disbelieving that this was his own strength. He continued to control the Flood Dragon, and in a few moments, the platform buried underground was excavated.

Zhong Yue leaped down and carried the platform out of the deep pit. Under Xin Huo's guidance, he placed it in the correct position.

"Alright, let's go complete the Yin Dragon River and Grass and Trees Become Soldiers formations!"

Not long after, Zhong Yue restored the jumbled stone tablets, adjusted the Yin Dragon River and Grass and Trees Become Soldiers formations, and walked out of the seal.

At this moment, outside the Beast God Seal, a great river, the Weishui River, flowed through the air, drifting forward and constantly extending. A large ship sailed on its surface.

This great Weishui River was actually manifested from Spiritual Power!

On the ship, Qi Refiners of the Shuitu Clan stood at the prow. Shui Zi'an, an Elder of the Shuitu Clan, stroked his chin whiskers as he adjusted the flow of the great Weishui River, steering it towards the Beast God Seal on Beast God Ridge.

"Our Sword Gate's Great Elder is still a bit too pedantic."

Shui Zi'an said softly to the Qi Refiners behind him, "He only wants to keep the peace and avoid war with the Demonic Race, but he doesn't understand the principles of business. If we can't break through this Beast God Seal, Anshan, you will go outside the Great Wilderness and sell this news to the Demonic Race. Sell it for a good price."

Behind him, Shui Anshan hesitated, "Selling the news of a divine-level formation appearing in Beast God Ridge to the Demonic Race? I fear some will say our Shuitu Clan are traitors to the Great Wilderness..."

"Traitors? You exaggerate,"

Shui Zi'an sneered, "The appearance of a divine-level formation cannot be hidden from the Demonic Race. It's only a matter of whether they know a day earlier or later. If you sell this news to the Demonic Race, our Shuitu Clan can earn a considerable reward. Why not?"

The large ship slowly descended outside the Beast God Seal. Everyone looked at the long white stone rampart when suddenly, a strange beast leaped out from the mountain wall. It moved with the stride of a dragon and the power of a tiger, then vanished in a flash.

"This strange beast, it looks like..."

Several Qi Refiners showed surprise and exclaimed, "It's a Dragon Steed! A Dragon Steed even higher-ranking than our Sword Gate's Four-Clarity Beasts!"

"Heavens, how can there be such a divine creature in a place like Beast God Ridge? Could there truly be incredible treasures within Beast God Ridge?"

Shui Zi'an was also greatly tempted and immediately ordered, "There must be even better treasures in Beast God Ridge! I will personally investigate the Beast God Seal. You go capture that Dragon Steed!"

Several Shuitu Clan Qi Refiners responded affirmatively and quickly flew up, chasing after Zhong Yue. Shui Zi'an took a deep breath, strode towards the white stone wall, and whispered, "Even a Dragon Steed has appeared. Could it have escaped from the divine-level formation? The Great Elder said there couldn't be any treasures usable by our Human Race here. I'm afraid he was terribly mistaken..."