Flesh Energy Transformation

As Bai Ling entered the Scripture Pavilion, the Feather Transformation Sect also settled into calm.

The rain from before had allowed Bai Ling to break through the Fifth Forbidden Realm and enter the Sixth Forbidden Realm. At the same time, the three little ones—Wen Xinyun and the others—had all reached the Fifth Forbidden Realm.

Though the Feather Transformation Sect had few people now, every one of them possessed immense potential.

Lin Jiufeng and Bai Yunfei were both at the Eighth Forbidden Realm, followed by Bai Ling at the Sixth Forbidden Realm. The rest were Wen Xinyun, Yue Dashan, and Zhou Tianzi, three disciples at the Fifth Forbidden Realm.

This level of strength could already contend with an ordinary first-rate sect.

After all, although Lin Jiufeng and Bai Yunfei numbered only two, a dozen or so ordinary Eighth Forbidden Realm cultivators were not worth mentioning before them.

Only those super first-rate sects were beyond them.

For instance... the Supreme Dao Sect.

Of course, so long as the Supreme Dao Sect's Ninth Restriction Ancestor did not leave the mountain, the Feather Transformation Sect had nothing to fear.

Time flew like an arrow; the sun and moon sped by like a shuttle.

In the blink of an eye, ten days passed.

The Feather Transformation Sect had been very quiet these ten days. Everyone was cultivating diligently, digesting the insights gained from their breakthroughs.

But the outside world was not peaceful.

Especially the Supreme Dao Sect.

At the Supreme Dao Sect's mountain gate, within the Sect Master's grand hall.

Black was the dominant color, lending the place an austere solemnity, along with a trace of decisiveness and cold ruthlessness.

At that moment, True Person Taixuan stared grimly at the spy before him and gritted his teeth as he asked, "Are you certain the Feather Transformation Sect is entirely peaceful?"

Trembling beneath True Person Taixuan's pressure, the spy said, "I am certain, sir. I disguised myself as an independent cultivator and observed the Feather Transformation Sect for several days. I can confirm that nothing happened there. Everything is peaceful."

Boom!!!

True Person Taixuan erupted in fury. His aura spilled out beyond his control, his aged face livid with rage as he roared, "Then where are the eight Dao Ancestors of my Supreme Dao Sect?"

No one answered.

The spy shook in fear. Faced with True Person Taixuan's wrath, he did not dare speak carelessly.

As for the whereabouts of those eight Dao Ancestors, he truly had no idea.

"You cannot even gather clear intelligence. What use are you?" True Person Taixuan was beside himself with rage. He struck out with one palm, and the spy exploded into a cloud of blood. Just as it was about to scatter across the floor, a black-robed Daoist entered and swept his sleeve, making the blood mist vanish completely.

The black-robed Daoist had a vicious countenance, deep-set eyes, and a hooked nose. He was instantly recognizable as Daoist Changying, an elder of the Supreme Dao Sect.

"Sect Master, calm your anger," Daoist Changying consoled him.

"How can I calm down? Those were eight Dao Ancestors personally raised by the Ancestor. They cultivated the Formless Great Law and had long been united in heart and mind. They were one of the Supreme Dao Sect's trump cards, and this was their first time acting." True Person Taixuan gritted his teeth in fury. The True Qi within him surged violently, sending his Daoist robe flying about and revealing just how enraged he was.

Daoist Changying furrowed his brow deeply and said in a low voice, "Sect Master, this shows that the Feather Transformation Sect is no simple matter."

"Even ghosts know by now that the Feather Transformation Sect is no simple matter! Our Supreme Dao Sect has lost nine Dao Ancestors one after another. When the Ancestor emerges, how am I supposed to explain this to him? Those eight Dao Ancestors are of great use to Old Ancestor Taixu's breakthrough into the Tenth Restriction. Now there is no word of them at all. Once the Ancestor flies into a rage, not one of us will escape!" True Person Taixuan said anxiously.

Daoist Changying's brow creased even more deeply. Clearly, True Person Taixuan's words had made him realize as well that Old Ancestor Taixu would not be easy to answer to.

"Old Ancestor Taixu has been in Secluded Cultivation for nearly fifty years. No one knows when he will emerge. When he does, we can kneel outside his door and beg forgiveness. The issue now is, what should we do about the Feather Transformation Sect?" Daoist Changying asked gravely.

True Person Taixuan took a deep breath, suppressing his rage. With a dark expression, he said, "The whereabouts of eight Dao Ancestors are unknown, while the Feather Transformation Sect is completely unharmed. Tell me, how am I supposed to deal with them?"

Daoist Changying sighed. "I thought this arrangement was foolproof. Who could have expected such a thing to happen?"

True Person Taixuan was thoroughly puzzled. "Those eight Dao Ancestors had been together since childhood and were united in heart and mind. Working together, they were invincible within the Eighth Forbidden Realm. How could they vanish without a trace?"

"Could it be..." True Person Taixuan suddenly thought of something terrifying and stared at Daoist Changying in shock.

Daoist Changying immediately shook his head. "Impossible. If the Feather Transformation Sect had a Ninth Restriction expert, how could it have declined to such a state?"

"But if it was not the Ninth Restriction, who could make those eight Dao Ancestors disappear without a trace?" True Person Taixuan looked at Daoist Changying in confusion.

"Could a Ninth Restriction expert from another faction have intervened and lent the Feather Transformation Sect a hand?" Daoist Changying guessed.

Though the Cultivation World was not as prosperous as it had been three thousand years ago, there were still quite a few Ninth Restriction experts. Most, however, were like the Supreme Dao Ancestor—living in seclusion and refusing to concern themselves with worldly affairs.

True Person Taixuan also felt that a Ninth Restriction expert from another faction must have acted in secret. Otherwise, there was no explanation.

He absolutely did not believe that someone within the Feather Transformation Sect had dealt with those eight Dao Ancestors.

"So, how should we deal with the Feather Transformation Sect next?" Daoist Changying asked True Person Taixuan.

"Eighth Forbidden Realm Dao Ancestors can no longer threaten the Feather Transformation Sect. I think we should ask the Ancestor to decide," True Person Taixuan said.

"The Ancestor is in Secluded Cultivation and instructed us not to disturb him lightly." Daoist Changying hesitated. "Though the Feather Transformation Sect is important, it is still not as important as the Ancestor's breakthrough."

"Old Ancestor Taixu entered Secluded Cultivation with a fifty-year limit. Before long, those fifty years will be up. Then we will report the Feather Transformation Sect's affairs together," True Person Taixuan said coldly.

Daoist Changying's eyes lit up, and he nodded. "Those eight Dao Ancestors were raised by Old Ancestor Taixu himself. If he learns of this, he will certainly act to destroy the Feather Transformation Sect. At most, we will suffer some punishment."

True Person Taixuan nodded. Turning to look in the Feather Transformation Sect's direction, he said coldly, "Let the Feather Transformation Sect be proud for a little longer. In the future, who will die and who will live is yet unknown. Once the Ancestor emerges from Secluded Cultivation, everything will come to an end."

That night.

Within the Feather Transformation Sect, Lin Jiufeng had unusually not been reading books in pursuit of Enlightenment.

He sat cross-legged in meditation atop a large bluish stone outside the Scripture Pavilion, circulating his cultivation technique.

The cultivation technique Lin Jiufeng mainly cultivated was still the Feather Ascension Scripture. The others were merely secondary practices.

As the technique circulated, he absorbed the spiritual energy from the surrounding wilderness into his body. It surged like raging waves, yet under his control, it became a placid river that flowed through his limbs, bones, extraordinary meridians, and eight channels, stimulating every acupoint in Lin Jiufeng's body.

At that moment, spiritual energy continuously washed over every inch of Lin Jiufeng's organs, flesh, and blood, covering his entire body in a gentle jade-like sheen.

From afar, Lin Jiufeng looked like a lifelike Daoist jade carving, profoundly mysterious.

From a corner of the eaves on the Scripture Pavilion's second floor, Bai Ling silently watched Lin Jiufeng, her gaze gentle. After finishing her cultivation, she liked to watch him whenever she had nothing to do.

Whether Lin Jiufeng was cultivating, drinking tea, reading, seeking Enlightenment, or writing...

She liked watching him all the same.

Because she could always sense a calm bearing from Lin Jiufeng.

As though even if the heavens collapsed, there would be no reason to panic.

Bai Ling liked that calm bearing very much, and so she gradually grew closer to Lin Jiufeng.

Under Bai Ling's gaze, Lin Jiufeng's cultivation reached a critical moment.

Rumble!

The next instant, vast amounts of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy were swallowed by the acupoints all over Lin Jiufeng's body, forming a sky full of stars within him—magnificent and dazzling.

At the same time, starlight descended from the heavens. Through Lin Jiufeng's Mud Ball Palace, vast amounts of stellar energy and the essence of the moon poured into him.

At this moment, Lin Jiufeng's physical body and Primordial Spirit transcended themselves. Above, they reflected the stars; below, they illuminated all things. They fused the energy of heaven and earth into one, bringing Lin Jiufeng closer to the level of a Heavenly Man.

This was the realm of an Eighth Forbidden Realm Dao Ancestor.

Even if his hand were severed now, he could use the energy of heaven and earth to reconnect it.

This was Flesh Energy Transformation.

Tonight, Lin Jiufeng was completing Flesh Energy Transformation.

The difference was that when other Eighth Forbidden Realm cultivators transformed their flesh into energy, they relied on their own power or the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy outside.

Lin Jiufeng relied on the sun, moon, stars, heaven, earth, and all things.

In other words, any True Qi or any energy could help Lin Jiufeng regenerate his flesh.

He required no particular kind of energy.

That was what made him terrifying.