Changing Spiritual Root to Success! Trapped Dragon Ascends to Heaven, Golden Scale Transforms into Dragon

Looking back over the past decades, the deficiency of conflicting Spirit Root has always been an obstacle on Chen Dengming's path of cultivation.

Especially when his Spiritual Root Potential was extremely poor, this deficiency once required him to put in ten times more effort than others in order to achieve the success that others could easily obtain.

Having endured this long, he can be considered a late bloomer.

However, the flaw of having conflicting Spirit Root can now finally be resolved with a finished high-grade Water Spirit Root.

"For nearly thirteen years, the Yin Spring in the deep seabed has remained unchanged, and the remains of the Yin Spring Ghost King have not risen from the dead."

"Sui Jingshi, who has fused with a complete Gold Spirit Root, has not encountered any problems in recent years. He has already cultivated to the Qi Cultivation Tenth Level and is preparing to Foundation Establishment."

On the deserted island beach, Chen Dengming watched the Little Array Spirit dance, waiting for the Incense Clone to bring him the finished Water Spirit Root that he had hidden for many years.

I mentally reviewed all the observations and preparations I had made over the years, carefully considering each step and the potential risks, as well as the various contingency plans I had made in case those risks occurred.

"As for whether fusing Gold Spirit Root with Water Spirit Root will cause a clash between the original Spirit Root and the Water Spirit Root, or a clash between the Spirit Root attribute and personality."

Over the years, I have observed Sui Jingshi and found no such situation. Some of the books I've read also state that the risk should be minimal.

After reviewing the situation, Chen Dengming took out a Storage Bag from his pocket. "After all, metal and water actually have a relationship of mutual support and release, unlike metal and wood, which are simply mutually destructive."

Although water can deplete metal, metal can also generate water, so there is still some compatibility between them. Sui Jingshi's success is a prime example of this.

The only uncertainty is that Sui Jingshi is not like me, but possesses Dual Spirit Root."

He took a medicine bottle from his Storage Bag, placed it beside him, and looked serious.

"Even if an accident occurs during the spirit fusion process, this bottle of [Spirit Returning Pill] can remedy the situation in time."

Immediately afterwards, he took out a talisman shimmering with spiritual light from his Storage Bag, emanating a faint spiritual pressure.

"If the Spirit Returning Pill can't remedy the situation, this [Spirit Extraction Talisman], which I purchased from the Evil Spirit Sect of the Western Demon Sea at the cost of nearly 20% of my savings, can also promptly separate out the finished Spirit Root."

He then took out several other items that aided in spirit fusion.

These were all collected by him after careful consideration over the past ten years.

When it comes to matters of great importance concerning Spirit Root, he tries to be as stable as possible.

Finally, his gaze fell upon the cliffs opposite the distant island, a slight smile appearing on his face as he nodded in acknowledgment.

On the cliff, a woman's calm gaze swept over from afar. Her veil fluttered in the wind, her jet-black hair was tied in a beautiful bun atop her head, and a wisp of hair gently fell across her smooth forehead. Her beautiful eyes were full of majesty, but most striking was undoubtedly her straight nose, which matched her slightly high cheekbones perfectly. She exuded a heroic spirit yet retained an elegant demeanor. It was none other than Su Yan Yan.

At this moment, this senior apprentice glanced at Chen Dengming, who was intently watching the dance on the deserted island, and couldn't help but curl his lip.

She had long heard about her Nephew Disciple's strange hobbies.

I've heard that during each day's spiritual practice, a female ghost is required to dance and entertain the participants.

But that was, after all, a private matter within the cave abode. She could understand keeping Keeping a Beauty in a Golden House; after all, most male cultivators in the world did the same.

But this time, he was brazenly watching a female ghost dance in front of her on a deserted island—this was truly an insult to civility.

"Now that you're the sect leader, you're shameless! You still have the nerve to greet me."

Su Yan Yan shook her head, rubbed her forehead, unable to bear looking, brushed a strand of hair behind her ear, and turned her gaze elsewhere.

"This martial aunt is as aloof as ever, but the fact that she was willing to accept the invitation to protect me proves that she is the type who is cold on the outside but warm on the inside."

Seeing Su Yan Yan turn her head away, Chen Dengming smiled and withdrew his gaze.

His final, decisive move was to bet on his charming junior uncle Su Yan Yan.

The arrival of this charming senior uncle was not only to cooperate with the Incense Clone to protect him, but also to try to directly destroy his Physical Body to the point of collapse should something go wrong during the fusion of spirits and other methods fail.

Under such conditions, he was forcibly forced to develop a finished Water Spirit Root, and then his Physical Body would be reshaped under the effect of the [Life Returning Pill] within his body.

Su Yan Yan was shocked when she first heard about his ruthless and merciless methods.

But upon closer examination, with the protection of the [Life Returning Pill], this is indeed a prudent measure, even if most people aren't that desperate for their own lives.

With everything prepared, Chen Dengming withdrew the dancing Little Array Spirit.

The Incense Clone had also flown out from the island, holding in its huge, fan-like hands a finished Water Spirit Root that emitted bursts of black light.

In the Five Elements, the water attribute is primarily black, with blue as a secondary color. When blue reaches its extreme, it becomes black. Black corresponds to the north, so water-attribute Spirit Root also emit a black light.

The Incense Clone manipulated a wave of water to deliver the finished Water Spirit Root to Chen Dengming.

Chen Dengming took a deep breath, his expression solemn, and began to form hand seals, silently reciting obscure Mnemonic to unleash the <Spirit Fusion Foundation Seizing Technique>.

The sound waves, accompanied by obscure Method Formula, vibrated in the air.

Under the Spiritual Qi of Chen Dengming's hand gestures, the Spiritual Qi in the surrounding air seemed to be drawn in as well, slowly gathering and emitting a sense of oppression.

At the same time, the Spirit Root within his body, which resembled the Five Elements Mountain, began to emit white and cyan light in his 'imagery'.

Chen Dengming opened his mouth.

Suddenly, the surrounding area was filled with the roar of wind and thunder.

The Spiritual Qi surged like the tide, gathering into auspicious clouds, and carrying the finished Water Spirit Root into the throat.

In an instant, a cold and gentle black light seemed to enter his body and quickly flew towards the Five Elements Mountain, Spirit Root emitting blue and white colors.

The Spirit Root seemed to be trembling violently.

The cyan color, representing the Wood Spirit Root, becomes vibrant in the 'imagery,' as if a person who has had a knife to their throat for many years suddenly feels the blade loosening and moving away, becoming unusually excited and active.

The white representing the Gold Spirit Root is quickly submerged by black in the 'imagery,' like a sharp knife cleaving into water. At first, it can split the water surface in two, but it is quickly submerged by the oncoming waves. The white is like a piece of white paper, gradually being stained black by ink.

Chen Dengming trembled slightly, feeling a subtle resistance and discomfort in the changes in his body.

However, Spirit Root are not entirely materialized; rather, they are elusive and mysterious entities rooted deep within the human body.

This feeling is very vague and indescribable.

According to some ancient texts, the Spirit Root seems to be the root of the tongue in the human body.

Therefore, most cultivators need to press their tongues against the roof of their mouths during practice to enhance their Spirit Root' sensitivity.

However, in reality, Spirit Root are not simply limited to the root of the tongue.

Chen Dengming once considered the possibility of 'scientific cultivation' from the perspective of scientific thinking in his previous life, wondering whether Spirit Root were planted deep within cells or in human genes.

Since cultivators have a high probability of giving birth to children who are born with Spirit Root through reproduction, it is very likely that Spirit Root carry genetic factors from the human body.

Therefore, it seems that solving the problem of mortals lacking Spirit Root can be accomplished simply through gene editing, a method similar to that used in previous scientific studies.

In the previous life, such a transformation could most likely have been accomplished with certain cutting-edge technologies.

In this life, as a cultivator, it doesn't seem difficult to do. All that's needed is for Divine Sense and will to penetrate deep into the human genome, and perhaps that can be accomplished.

This requires extremely subtle Divine Sense power; it must be at least at the Nascent Soul Divine Sense to accomplish.

Chen Dengming once tried to use his Immortal Celestial Dao Power to exert his Heavenly Eye, and he was able to do so, but he could only remain at the observation stage and could not interfere.

Furthermore, there are more than 20,000 coding genes in the human genome. The length of different genes varies greatly. Some genes have only a few hundred nucleotides, while others have millions of nucleotides.

Trying to complete such a massive amount of work using only one's own Divine Sense seems to be something even Nascent Soul Cultivator couldn't do.

Furthermore, based on Chen Dengming's brief observations using his Heavenly Eye, it appears that Spirit Root do not exist deep within the genes.

It wasn't until he obtained the <Spirit Fusion Foundation Seizing Technique> that he truly understood.

It turns out that Spirit Root are the crystallization of Essence, Qi, and Spirit, and spirit that exist between illusion and reality.

A New Life, born through reproduction, is also a product of Essence, Qi, and Spirit.

Simply trying to obtain Spirit Root by altering gene fragments is equivalent to only modifying the essence and attempting to obtain a complete product of 'essence, Essence, Qi, and Spirit, and spirit', which is impossible.

The cultivator who created the <Spirit Fusion Foundation Seizing Technique> had a superior understanding and solved this problem relatively perfectly.

After this technique is used, it can directly extract the Spirit Root that lies between illusion and reality from the cultivator's body, and then preserve it with Law Technique, condensing it into a round bead that gathers Essence, Qi, and Spirit and spirit—this is the prototype of the finished Spirit Root.

This method is clearly completely outside the scope of Chen Dengming's once fanciful "scientific cultivation of immortality," and belongs to the realm of incomprehensible immortal techniques.

However, this method of extracting Spirit Root seems a bit too demonic.

A similar demonic Technique Method is the infamous "Spirit Extraction Technique" of the Western Demon Sea Evil Spirit Sect.

However, the Spirit Extraction Technique can only temporarily extract the affinity from a cultivator's Spirit Root and transfer it to another person. It cannot directly extract the Spirit Root from a cultivator's body, and it is still far inferior to the <Spirit Fusion Foundation Seizing Technique>.

The cultivator who created the <Spirit Fusion Foundation Seizing Technique>, though committing a shocking massacre, also created a blood-stained 'divine scroll' that could potentially overturn the Cultivation World.

With Chen Dengming's current experience and cultivation level, he cannot understand this technique in depth. He can only perform it, but he cannot understand the principles upon which it was created.

At this moment, as the part of his 'image' that represented the metal element of his Spirit Root was gradually replaced by black, it was completely replaced by black.

Chen Dengming felt that some of the 'discomfort' seemed to gradually disappear.

It resembles a sharp axe hanging from a log, eroded and corroded by water.

It eventually turned into a pool of molten iron and dissolved in the water.

This is roughly the process of changing from Gold Spirit Root to Water Spirit Root.

A sense of harmony and comfort arose in Chen Dengming's heart.

At the same time, he felt that his ability to sense the Metal Elemental Spiritual Energy in the surrounding air had weakened and become very blurry, far less clear than before.

At the same time, the water-based Spiritual Qi in the air, which had previously been vaguely perceptible, became incredibly clear, as if it were cheering and jumping for joy.

As his thoughts drifted, his water-type Spirit Root rapidly merged with the Wood Elemental Spiritual Energy in the surrounding air, making the Wood Elemental Spiritual Energy even more abundant.

The variations are numerous and infinitely mysterious.

Water and Wood Elemental Spiritual Energy Spiritual Qi each other, embodying the principle of "water and wood mutually generating, creating endless cycles of waxing and waning. If one can grasp its essence, one will be endowed with the potential to become True Dragon."

"It worked?"

Chen Dengming opened his eyes and felt as if the world before him had become different.

I don't know if it's just my imagination.

He felt that the scenery around him suddenly became clear.

The rising mist of water spirit Spiritual Qi from the distant sea, and the changes in water Spiritual Qi in the air caused by the sea breeze, could not escape his heightened Spirit Root perception. He could grasp every detail perfectly.

From his side and rear, a surge of rich, watery Spiritual Qi caught his attention.

He looked back.

The gaze of the Incense Clone also fell upon them at the same time.

Chen Dengming's mind raced as he observed the status of the control panel.

"Golden Core Late Stage cultivator [Chen Dengming]"

Birthday: 123/658/1985

Spirit Root: Water, Wood (Superior Grade 71/100)

"It succeeded as expected. However, it seems that either the finished Water Spirit Root was not of the highest grade and had the best affinity, or there were some unknown negative effects during the fusion process, which caused the affinity of the Spirit Root to decrease."

Chen Dengming pondered, but remained calm.

The decrease in affinity is also easy to handle; simply sacrifice some lifespan to cultivate the <Life-Damaging Seedling Pulling Technique>, and it will be resolved.

The key is the specific changes after changing the Spirit Root, and whether they are harmonious.

Chen Dengming raised his hand and made a hand seal.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh--

The waves on the opposite side roared and surged.

Like a million wild horses with their white manes standing on end, exuding a strong aquatic Spiritual Qi.

Suddenly, as he grasped it with his palm, a large wave of water rose into the air, and layers of white waves flew around Chen Dengming like rows of egrets spreading their wings. The water vapor was refreshing and invigorating.

This was something that would have been impossible in the past.

Because Chen Dengming has no Water Spirit Root at all, his ability to control water Spiritual Qi is ridiculously poor, so he can't simply use his control over Spiritual Qi to guide the water flow.

"Freeze!"

Chen Dengming made a hand seal and instantly cast a first-tier advanced <Water Chain Technique>.

In an instant, the surrounding seawater shimmered with spiritual light, forming Water Chain with a 'splashing' sound. The water flowed at high speed, shaking the silver chains and making a clanging sound, before suddenly lashing out and cutting.

"Hiss hiss hiss--"

The beach was instantly cut into grooves, as if it had been cleaved open by sharp swords.

A seemingly impenetrable reef suddenly trembled, sending limestone flying in all directions with the rushing water. The Water Chain in two, leaving a smooth, mirror-like opening.

Chen Dengming suddenly changed his Technique Method again, his eyes focusing on Golden Light as he used the Gold Touch Technique.

However, the Metal Elemental Spiritual Energy that would normally gather rapidly in the surrounding air was now rather sluggish, slowly being drawn in by Chen Dengming's consciousness.

Half a breath later, two Golden Light shot out from its eyes, landing on the beach and turning some of the sand into metal.

"This is truly a case of 'the local official is more powerful than the distant one.' Even Spiritual Qi is so practical in the Cultivation World; for someone without Spirit Root, breathing in a single breath of Spiritual Qi is considered a sin."

"Now that I've stepped down from my position as their Metal Elemental Spiritual Energy, it's quite difficult to command them anymore."

Chen Dengming smiled wryly.

The Gold Touch Technique used to be able to be performed instantly with just a glance can no longer be performed instantly.

And its power appears to have been reduced by at least 40%.

This is quite normal, since he has now essentially lost his Gold Spirit Root, and what he lost was a high-grade Gold Spirit Root.

While one can still learn and cast metal-based Technique Method, both the learning speed and the power of these Technique Method will be significantly reduced.

Similarly, the speed at which one can learn water-based Technique Method and the power they unleash will also be greatly enhanced.

"Whoosh--"

At this moment, a fragrant breeze wafted in from the air, Su Yan Yan's graceful figure danced with spiritual light as she swiftly flew down. When her beautiful eyes looked at Chen Dengming, a hint of inquiry was revealed.

"It worked?"

"Yes, it was a success. Thank you, Martial Uncle, for protecting me."

Chen Dengming nodded, smiling as he looked at the preparations scattered around him.

None of these things were used.

Among them, materials such as the <Spirit Extraction Technique> talisman, which were acquired at great expense, can be processed and sold later to recoup some funds.

"Let me test the efficiency of my current compatible Spirit Root in absorbing Spiritual Qi."

As Chen Dengming spoke, he focused his mind and began practicing the Longevity Merit.

As the practice began, Spiritual Qi water and Wood Elemental Spiritual Energy in the surrounding air rapidly surged in.

This deserted island has no Spirit Vein, and the Spiritual Qi in the air is not abundant.

However, because it is surrounded by a vast ocean, the water-based Spiritual Qi is very abundant, almost comparable to half the effect of First-Rank Spirit Vein.

At this moment, a large amount of water-based Spiritual Qi quickly surged in, swirling around Chen Dengming's head and flashing blue light.

A small amount of Wood Elemental Spiritual Energy was surrounded by water-elemental Spiritual Qi, and gradually, nourished by the water-elemental Spiritual Qi, it generated more Wood Elemental Spiritual Energy.

At the same time, the Wood Elemental Spiritual Energy turns over to nourish the water-elemental Spiritual Qi, causing the water-elemental Spiritual Qi to turn from blue to black, achieving twice the result with half the effort and making the Spiritual Qi even more abundant.

Aquatic wood!

The principle of mutual generation of the five elements is fully demonstrated at this moment, far surpassing the tragic scene of Metal Elemental Spiritual Energy attacking Wood Elemental Spiritual Energy on sight in the past.

This Wood Element Spirit Root, having endured until now, can be considered an old tree blossoming again in spring.

Chen Dengming circulated his energy for one cycle, then opened his eyes, a glint of light flashing in them. Feeling the abundant Spiritual Qi within his body, a smile appeared on his face.

Awesome, so awesome!

The water and wood elements in the Spirit Root not only greatly increase the efficiency of absorbing Spiritual Qi during cultivation, making it twice as effective with half the effort, but the complementary effect of the two Spiritual Qi when circulating in the body is also wonderful, greatly improving the speed of Spiritual Qi recovery.

"Good!"

Chen Dengming laughed heartily. Thinking that the problem of his conflicting Spirit Root, which had plagued him for many years, had finally been solved and even transformed into a mutually reinforcing Spirit Root, he couldn't help but let out a long, joyful roar, like the low murmur of Hidden Dragon. The roar shook the surrounding coconut trees, made the sand and gravel tremble, and made the sea rumble, even drowning out the sound of the waves.

Su Yan Yan rolled her eyes slightly, but she was quite pleased inside. However, she didn't show it on her face, maintaining the dignity and composure of a senior uncle.

From Chen Dengming's long howl, she also sensed the joy of her Nephew Disciple.

After all, the other party was not a cultivator who came from Lineage or immortal sect from the beginning. He had come all the way from a Rogue Cultivator, and the hardships and setbacks he had experienced were beyond the understanding of outsiders.

This long roar was like a trapped dragon ascending to heaven, golden scales transforming into a dragon, its momentum like a rainbow, and the attainment of the Nascent Soul was just around the corner.

(Old Chen finally changed his Spirit Root! Let's celebrate, and I'm reserving my minimum monthly pass for next month.)