Metamorphosis

[You watched Gu's entire life. You paid close attention and activated Heaven-Defying Comprehension.]

[Your Heaven-Defying Comprehension allowed you to comprehend the Divine Elephant Suppression Prison Scripture.]

The Divine Elephant Suppression Prison Scripture! Ye Jing drew in a sharp breath. To dare name a technique after a divine elephant showed just how heaven-defying it was.

Legend had it that when heaven and earth first opened, a divine elephant was born. Its body was incomparably powerful; a single punch could shatter the sun and moon, and one stomp could crush the stars and river of heaven. It had nearly reached the end of the Dao.

The Divine Elephant Clan in the Demon Domain of Southern Ridge were said to carry the bloodline of that Primordial Divine Elephant. They were its descendants. Though nowhere near as powerful as the Primordial Divine Elephant, they were still one of the royal clans of the Demon Domain of Southern Ridge.

Since ancient times, the Demon Domain had been one of the most powerful forces in the world. Though peerless human powerhouses had risen against the heavens from time to time, none had ever managed to wipe out the Demon Domain. One could only imagine how deep its foundations ran.

The Divine Elephant Clan was a royal clan of the Demon Domain, and its status had never wavered throughout history. That alone showed how powerful it was.

Ye Jing closed his eyes and carefully contemplated the mysteries of the Divine Elephant Suppression Prison Scripture. In his mind appeared the scene of Gu fighting the Demon Domain Sovereign to the death.

Southern Ridge, the Myriad Mountains, the Forbidden Land of the Demon Domain.

The ground was strewn with shattered demon remains, and demon blood was everywhere, nearly flowing together into a river. The demon corpses scattered across the ground had, at the very least, belonged to Great Demons.

Though they held no life, the lingering aura they gave off was still terrifying. It was clear how powerful they had been when alive.

Yet even beings that powerful couldn't withstand a casual strike from Gu.

Fighting his way forward, Gu arrived at the Demon Domain Sovereign's Demon Palace, drenched in demon blood. Then the two began their great battle.

Gu let out a mighty shout. His boundless Qi and Blood burst from his body and surged straight into the heavens.

In an instant, the sky seemed to collapse, and the sun and moon lost their light. The entire Forbidden Land of the Demon Domain appeared to be submerged in a crimson ocean.

Their powerful auras shattered every inch of space for dozens of miles around them, as if heaven and earth could no longer bear Gu's presence.

Every clash between the two peerless powerhouses shook heaven and earth. The towering ancient trees, the majestic Demon Palace, even the lofty mountains around them—all crumbled to dust in the shockwaves, leaving not a trace behind, as if they had never existed in this world.

The Demon Domain Sovereign was no pushover either. Divine Radiance flashed around him, and he was like a God of War. Every move and strike seemed to carry the aura of the Dao.

But no matter what world-shaking techniques the Demon Domain Sovereign unleashed, he gradually fell behind in his battle with Gu. His Divine Radiance dimmed, and at last, unable to hold on any longer, he was killed by a single punch from Gu, utterly Annihilated from the world.

[You watched Gu's battle. You fully comprehended every mystery of the Divine Elephant Suppression Prison Scripture.]

The Divine Elephant Suppression Prison Scripture was indeed incomparably powerful. Though Gu was merely a human, he possessed such mighty Qi and Blood that his tremendous strength could overturn mountains and rivers.

Ye Jing slowly opened his eyes. Recalling the earth-shaking battle he had witnessed in his mind, he couldn't help but show deep shock.

But then a trace of doubt appeared in his eyes. Were two peerless powerhouses with such tremendous strength really only at the Divine Realm?

Ever since the Dao of the first Emperor Li of Dali had vanished, no new Gods of Heaven and Earth had appeared in Dali. Ye Jing's understanding of the Gods came entirely from the records of ancient history.

But the Gods described in those records didn't seem nearly so powerful!

Who cared? The Divine Elephant Suppression Prison Scripture was so powerful that once he mastered it, with a boundless sea of blood within him, there probably wouldn't be many in the entire Demon Domain who could stand against him.

Thinking of the Divine Elephant Suppression Prison Scripture's power, Ye Jing quickly set aside his doubts and devoted his full attention to cultivating it.

However, Ye Jing didn't rush to begin. Cultivating the Divine Elephant Suppression Prison Scripture would cause a disturbance, and the Hanlin Academy wasn't the best place for it.

After finishing the remaining work and handing it over to the Censor for review, Ye Jing tidied the documents and hurried back to Ye Manor.

The Perfect Spirit Gathering Array continued to operate, drawing in a steady stream of the finest spiritual energy from the Heaven Ruins. After a full day of gathering, quite a bit of spiritual energy had already accumulated within the array.

The moment Ye Jing stepped into Ye Manor, he felt thin wisps of mist drifting through the grounds, as if he had entered a celestial realm.

Ye Jing knew that the spiritual energy in the air had grown so concentrated that it had taken the form of Spirit Mist. If its concentration reached the extreme, it could even fall to the ground as Spirit Rain.

Qiuyue kept her eyes closed as she refined the spiritual energy without pause. A vortex of spiritual energy had begun to form around her, and the speed at which she absorbed it was astonishing.

Ye Jing didn't disturb Qiuyue. He returned to his room and began cultivating the Divine Elephant Suppression Prison Scripture.

The Divine Elephant Suppression Prison Scripture was one of the highest Mystic Arts of the Body Refining path. Though Ye Jing possessed the Indestructible Golden Body, the two followed different paths.

The Indestructible Golden Body focused on defense. Once cultivated to perfection, not even the Law of Time could fully erode the body.

But though the Indestructible Golden Body's defense was unrivaled, it didn't significantly increase the cultivator's own strength.

Thus, those who cultivated the Golden Body had no significant means of attacking their enemies. Back then, Great Buddha Huineng had battled the Demon Lord for nine days and nights. Only after the Demon Lord was exhausted had Huineng finally captured him.

The Divine Elephant Purgatory Scripture refined the body's Qi and Blood, drawing out its potential to the utmost.

According to the Divine Elephant Suppression Prison Scripture, if one cultivated it to great mastery, the body's strength could rival a supreme treasure of heaven and earth. A casual punch would carry a thousand jun of force, enough to fight a true dragon.

Ye Jing closed his eyes, focused his entire mind on the Divine Elephant Suppression Prison Scripture, and began to cultivate.

A profound, mysterious Daoist aura gradually enveloped Ye Jing. His handsome, elegant form immediately withered away, but before long, it quickly returned to normal.

Though he looked just as he had before, with no apparent change, the aura he gave off grew increasingly terrifying, and the Qi and Blood within him grew ever thicker and more powerful.

The Divine Elephant Suppression Prison Scripture refined the Qi and Blood within the body, constantly condensing it into Blood Qi Particles. Each particle contained a vast amount of Qi and Blood.

The more Blood Qi Particles one condensed, the stronger the body became. If one could cultivate the Divine Elephant Suppression Prison Scripture to its limit, as Gu had, one could even summon the astonishing vision of a Primordial Divine Elephant.

Before long, Ye Jing had condensed his first Blood Qi Particle. But he didn't let up; he kept his mind fully immersed in cultivation.

The moon set and the sun rose. The night slipped by in silence, and the next morning, Ye Jing slowly awoke from his cultivation.

Feeling the Qi and Blood within him, Ye Jing's eyes lit up with joy.

The Divine Elephant Suppression Prison Scripture truly lived up to its reputation as one of the highest Mystic Arts of the Body Refining path. In just one day, the Qi and Blood within him had increased by a full thirty percent.

With thirty percent more Qi and Blood within him, Ye Jing casually unleashed a strand of Innate Sword Qi and felt its power had grown stronger as well.

In just one day, he could already feel that his strength had increased considerably. If he kept cultivating, it surely wouldn't take long for his power to undergo a complete transformation.