Mass Metamorphosis

[Xiao Yan: This visualization Dao Diagram is too heaven-defying. I only glanced at it, and the Fentian Jue I cultivate along with the Exotic Fire in my body are fusing and transforming!]

[Emperor Yongle: This junior kowtows in thanks to the Immortal for bestowing the path to Tongtian. I shall surely visualize day and night, never betraying the immortal grace. This diagram is worth more to this junior than ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains!]

[Ye Hei: Worthy of being a Divine Item bestowed by the senior. My first visualization has already benefited me greatly, confirming my own path and even faintly comprehending a thread of supreme Sword Intent within it.]

The three men differed in cultivation and insight, so their comprehensions from the Dao Self True Form Diagram varied, yet all truly felt this divine diagram's extraordinary nature and reaped immense benefits.

Li Qingxu watched the reactions of the group in the Chat Group and felt quite satisfied.

The Immortal Leaf and Divine Spring water he had bestowed before were all one-time consumables.

But the Dao Self True Form Diagram allowed them to visualize continuously, draw out its true meaning, and guide their own transformation.

In the future, as his cultivation rose, he could continue to inject new Divine Charm into the Dao Diagram.

When other new members joined the Chat Group, they too could comprehend the Dao Self True Form Diagram.

After bestowing the opportunity, Li Qingxu did not rush to demand offerings from Ye Hei and the others, only instructing them to visualize and comprehend well.

After all, demanding directly would easily ruin the senior image he had built in their minds.

Moreover, Ye Hei, Xiao Yan, and Zhu Di were all people who knew gratitude. Once they received the favor and gained treasures as their strength improved, they would naturally take the initiative to Sacrifice.

Great Ming World.

Zhu Di, who had visualized in the Imperial Study all night, walked out the door, feeling refreshed and full of boundless energy.

Moreover, even the legendary, ethereal "Immortal Gate" had been pried open a crack by him.

"Father!"

At this moment, the hefty Zhu Gaochi rushed up the steps with a memorial in hand, moving swiftly to stand before Zhu Di.

"What is it, all flustered?"

Zhu Di glanced at Zhu Gaochi and asked in a deep voice.

"Liaodong Urgent Report. The Japanese pirate leader Meichuan Neiku led over ten thousand Japanese pirates to sack the Liaodong Peninsula, causing heavy casualties among the people."

Zhu Gaochi reported, handing the memorial to Zhu Di.

Zhu Di scanned ten lines at a glance, finishing the entire memorial in a few breaths.

"How bold!"

Zhu Di snapped the memorial shut with a loud smack.

His face darkened, exuding a chilling dragon's might.

"Those Japanese slaves dare to repeatedly violate the Celestial Dynasty, slaughtering our Great Ming people. They seek death!"

"Pass my order: the Three Thousand Camp is to assemble immediately."

"Imperial We will sweep their nest and eradicate the Wa Kingdom in one stroke, removing this scourge for all future generations!"

The Wa Kingdom had always feared power, not virtue. During the glorious Tang Dynasty, they had bowed their heads and groveled.

But when the Song and Yuan dynasties weakened, they took advantage, burning, killing, and looting without restraint.

For a race so deeply rooted in vile nature and incorrigible, Zhu Di no longer wished to civilize them. He intended to settle the matter once and for all, utterly eradicating the Japanese slaves!

"Yes!"

Zhu Gaochi nodded in acknowledgment, showing no intention to dissuade.

After all, the Three Thousand Camp had all drunk the divine water bestowed by the god; each one was like a superhuman.

Add to that Great Ming's warships and firepower, which far surpassed the Japanese pirates. It was only the harassment from the northern steppe tribes that had kept them from dealing with these pests.

Now that the steppe troubles were pacified and the Three Thousand Camp's strength had soared, there was naturally no need to indulge the Japanese slaves any longer.

"By the way."

Just as Zhu Gaochi was about to take his leave, Zhu Di suddenly called him back.

"Any further orders?"

Zhu Gaochi stopped and turned back to ask.

Zhu Di carefully pulled a portrait from his sleeve and handed it to Zhu Gaochi.

"This is a portrait of Immortal Qingxu. Imperial We orders you to gather all craftsmen in the realm and build temples and gilded statues for the Immortal at key locations in every prefecture and province."

"From now on, during annual festivals and sacrifices, all civil and military officials must personally offer worship, without fail!"

This was a copy he had personally sketched while visualizing the Dao Diagram last night. Though it lacked even a ten-thousandth of the Divine Charm, it still held some visualization effect.

Zhu Gaochi took the portrait and looked at the divine image seated on a Green Lotus, crowned with the Sun, Moon, and Stars, and holding a Crimson Divine Sword. His mind shook, his pupils contracted, and he felt an invisible force pour into his body.

"Immortal Qingxu is a supreme True Immortal, blessing all living beings."

"Worshipping his image grants divine power, enlightens the people's wisdom, and strengthens their bodies."

Zhu Di turned, his gaze burning as he looked out at the mountains and rivers beyond the palace walls, his voice resolute as iron. "Imperial We shall take this as an opportunity to make every subject of Great Ming like a dragon! May the nation's fortune flourish forever!"

"Your son understands!"

"We will spare no effort to oversee this matter!"

Zhu Gaochi solemnly accepted the order, the last shred of concern about exhausting the people and draining resources completely vanishing from his heart.

Having personally experienced the divine nature of the portrait, he knew deep down that this was no ordinary ritual, but a rare opportunity that could truly bless all the people and solidify the nation's foundation.

Meanwhile, in the Dou Po World.

The heaven and earth energy above Jia Nan Academy instantly erupted into chaos, transforming into visible multicolored torrents that madly surged into the quiet chamber, forming a massive energy vortex above Xiao Yan's head—a startling phenomenon.

Within the visualization diagram, guided by the primal flame resonance emitted by the True Sun Fire, the strange fires within his body underwent an essential transformation.

The Green Lotus Core Flame and the Fallen Heart Flame no longer suppressed each other; instead, under the harmonization of the primal flame resonance, they completely fused and evolved.

Their fundamental forces complemented and coexisted within the circulation pathways of the Fentian Jue, ultimately giving birth to a faint wisp of chaotic-colored flame.

Though this wisp of flame was small, it exuded a primal aura that surpassed ordinary strange fires, as if it were the origin and destination of all flames. The terrifying heat it emitted as it flickered twisted the surrounding space beyond recognition.

With the birth of this chaotic flame, Xiao Yan's cultivation of the Fentian Jue completed its transformation, reaching the Heaven Grade Lower level.

Driven by this newfound power and the upgraded technique, his cultivation barrier shattered in response, and his aura surged explosively, directly breaking through to the Nine-Star Dou Emperor realm. His comprehension of the "Fire" law also reached an entirely new domain.

At that moment, Elder Dan traversed space and appeared directly beside Xiao Yan.

Sensing the powerful aura radiating from Xiao Yan and the cluster of flame at his fingertip, Elder Dan immediately guessed that Senior Qingxu had once again bestowed a fortuitous opportunity upon Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan did not hide the matter either, informing Elder Dan about the Dao Self True Form Diagram.

"Senior Qingxu's methods are truly as transcendent and unparalleled as ever."

"Just a single Dao Diagram was enough to fuse and evolve the Green Lotus Core Flame and the Fallen Heart Flame, pushing your cultivation to the peak of a Dou Emperor."

Elder Dan sighed with heartfelt admiration.

Such methods were far beyond even the legendary supreme Dou Di.

"Elder Dan, where do you think the flame I fused ranks on the Heavenly Flame Ranking in terms of power?" Xiao Yan asked curiously, gazing at the chaotic-colored flame on his fingertip.

"Hmm..."

Elder Dan stroked his beard, carefully sensing for a moment before giving his answer:

"This flame's power far surpasses that of the Bone Spirit Cold Fire."

"In my opinion, it might rival the top five existences on the Heavenly Flame Ranking."

Hearing this, a sharp gleam burst from Xiao Yan's eyes.

His first visualization of the Dao Self True Form Diagram had already brought such earth-shattering changes.

If he visualized it daily from now on, his strength would surely advance by leaps and bounds.

And now, only half the time of his Three-Year Agreement with Nalan Yanran had passed.

Once, this agreement was a humiliation, a pressure, a shackle he had no choice but to bear.

But now, having endured the cold stares of his clan, the brutal battles of the Magic Beast Mountain Range, the tempering of strange fires, and even the encounter with supreme fortune, his horizons had long surpassed a single clan or sect, and his will had been honed as firm as rock.

"Nalan Yanran..."

Xiao Yan murmured the name softly, his tone calm yet carrying absolute indifference and confidence.

"I have already made full preparations for that Three-Year Agreement."

"I hope... you won't disappoint me either."

His obsession at this moment was no longer about proving anything to the girl who had once looked down on him and torn up their engagement.

This Three-Year Agreement, to him, was more like a solemn farewell to the past, a thorough self-examination and transcendence.

He wanted to give the "Xiao Yan" who had struggled in the depths but never given up—the most complete, the most powerful closure!