Nine Abysses Dao Treasury (Monster Beast Chapter)

Returning to the valley where he had descended, Lin Tian had already claimed this place as his own.

Given the current state of this location, no other soul beasts dared to approach, save for Lin Tian.

Lin Tian did not kill those humans; after all, he had been a human himself just yesterday. Although he had become a soul beast today, a shred of humanity remained in his heart.

He had let the four Soul Saints and the one Soul Douluo go, but he brought the young lady they were protecting back to the valley.

Although dragons were inherently lustful, Lin Tian felt no such urge. He had snatched this young girl away only to interrogate her about the powers outside the Star Dou Forest and to learn which experts existed there. Of course, a bit of his own twisted sense of humor played a part as well.

At this moment, the young girl was being held gingerly in the jaws of the Golden Lion King, having already fainted from fright.

Lin Tian carved a massive cave into the mountainside with a casual swipe and flew inside. The Golden Lion King loathed the aura here, but it dared not defy Lin Tian's orders, so it followed him inside.

"Put her on the ground and you may leave. Find a den nearby, and remember to keep a low profile in the core area. Aside from common soul beasts like Blue Silver Grass, don't provoke the others. They all have powerful backers behind them, and your boss here can't afford to offend them just yet."

Lin Tian instructed earnestly, finally patting the Golden Lion King's head with his dragon tail: "Don't worry, once your boss finishes growing for another five thousand years, I'll definitely be able to beat all the fierce beasts in the core area to the ground. By then, you'll be able to walk sideways wherever you please."

The Golden Lion King nodded as if it understood, then left the valley filled with its dark aura.

After the Golden Lion King departed, Lin Tian looked at the cave that could barely accommodate his size and felt for the first time that being too large wasn't necessarily a good thing.

He truly wondered where Di Tian lived before he became a fierce beast, but he could ask him next time they met.

Lin Tian looked at the unconscious girl on the ground. Without a shred of pity, he sprayed a jet of ice-cold water from his mouth, dousing her face.

The girl, splashed with cold water, woke up instantly. The moment she opened her eyes, she saw Lin Tian's ferocious dragon head and nearly fainted again.

I didn't die?

The girl looked around, seeing the deathly valley outside, and speculated: This must be its lair. I don't see Uncle Ding or the guards; have they already been eaten by this evil dragon? Did it capture me to keep as a reserve food supply?

The girl was filled with despair. She was merely an auxiliary-system Soul Master; even Uncle Ding had died in the dragon's maw. Was she just waiting for death to arrive?

"Drink this."

While the girl was lost in despair, Lin Tian had already condensed a drop of black blood, which contained a dense power of darkness and annihilation.

Looking at that drop of blood, the girl obediently opened her mouth and swallowed it. Her instincts told her not to, but in the current situation, she had no room to refuse.

This drop of blood must be to prevent me from escaping.

The girl did not think this blood would kill her outright, as there was no need. Before this evil dragon, she was like a tiny insect; it had no use for such methods.

Lin Tian was quite satisfied with the girl's pragmatism. It seemed she wasn't a pampered young lady after all, which meant she could serve him better.

This drop of demonic blood, which Lin Tian called Holy Blood, was enough to change the fate of a human or a soul beast.

Even if you were a Soul Master with only innate soul power level one, after consuming the Holy Blood, you would become an innate full soul power genius and gain an additional martial soul—the Dark Demon Dragon!

While gaining this heaven-defying opportunity, there was a small price: the Holy Blood would subtly alter the user's mind, making him or her forever loyal to Lin Tian.

As the Holy Blood entered her mouth and merged into her body, the girl's originally delicate face instantly twisted in agony.

Intense pain surged from within her. Her bones were being restructured, and her physical constitution was rapidly skyrocketing until she could withstand the Dark Demon Dragon martial soul without being backlashed.

Amidst the intense pain, the girl quickly lost consciousness and collapsed once more onto the hard floor.

"You must hold on!"

Lin Tian encouraged her inwardly. The Holy Blood could not be condensed at will; he could only form one drop for every ten thousand years of cultivation. If the girl failed, Lin Tian's first drop of Holy Blood would be wasted.

His hundred-meter-long dragon body curled into a ball, and his scarlet vertical pupils slowly closed.

In his mind, a cultivation technique radiating an arcane aura floated silently.

As his consciousness probed into it, the name of the technique appeared clearly before Lin Tian's eyes—Nine Abysses Dao Treasury (Beast Chapter).

"Beast Chapter?"

Lin Tian wondered, "Can I still cultivate after transforming into human form?"

"I'll take it one step at a time."

Transformation was still too far away, so he looked at the rest of the technique. The Nine Abysses Dao Treasury was extremely comprehensive, containing detailed meditation methods, techniques to reduce soul power consumption, and fierce, domineering combat arts.

He only took one look, and that arcane meditation method seemed to be imprinted in his mind, crystal clear.

Lin Tian mobilized his soul power according to the meditation path. The moment his soul power circulated, his entire dragon form became like a vortex, frantically absorbing the energy of heaven and earth from his surroundings.

He stopped meditating after feeling it for a moment; the disturbance from his meditation was too great. If the girl failed her absorption because of it, he would have nowhere to cry.

Lin Tian flipped the Nine Abysses Dao Treasury to the last page and looked at the divine abilities recorded there.

"Law of Heaven and Earth!"

And "External Incarnation?!"

"Universe in the Sleeve?"

Lin Tian saw many divine abilities from the myths of his past life, but he couldn't cultivate any of them; the entry requirements for these abilities were far too high.

He shook his head, and a hint of sleepiness welled up. Lin Tian decided that when in doubt, he should just take a nap.

The next day, the horizon just began to turn a fish-belly white.

The girl, who had been unconscious all night, felt her eyelashes flutter and slowly opened her eyes.

"Where am I?"

The young girl looked around in confusion; this was not the luxurious bedroom of her home, but an irregular cave.

Upon seeing the giant dragon beside her, she instantly recalled her situation.

"That... wasn't a dream?" the girl said, her expression stunned.

Following that, she discovered that she felt an instinctive sense of submission toward this giant dragon from the bottom of her heart.

"Master."

The two words slipped out of the girl's mouth uncontrollably. Her hands immediately flew to cover her mouth, preventing even a sliver of sound from escaping.

Although the girl covered her mouth in time, the sound still reached Lin Tian's ears. His scarlet vertical pupils slowly opened, appearing like two brilliant rubies in the dim cave as he looked at the girl.

"Did it succeed?"

"What... what did you feed me?"

The girl had already sensed the abnormality within herself and could guess that it must have been caused by that drop of blood, so she asked with a tremble.

"Something that can help you defy the heavens and change your fate." Lin Tian answered the girl's question simply and began his interrogation, "What is your name?"

"Xie Yu'er."

Without the slightest hesitation, the three words spilled from her mouth. This was also a method derived from that drop of Holy Blood, capable of controlling the consumer's soul.

"Identity?"

"Second Young Miss of the Xie Family."

Afterward, Lin Tian interrogated her about the layout of the continent and the distribution of its powers before lifting the soul control.

"What just happened to me?" Xie Yu'er did not know what had occurred moments ago.

"The Holy Blood has altered your aptitude and bestowed upon you a second martial soul."

Lin Tian spoke as gently as he could, "Likewise, you have also become my... servant."

"Once you become a Titled Douluo, you may leave the Star Dou Forest and return to the continent to work for me."

Xie Yu'er nodded. She was not stupid; ever since the word "Master" had slipped out after she woke up, she had understood her situation.