One month later.
In Qinghe Prefecture, within a secret chamber of the Qi Mansion.
A sinister, bewitching aura filled the entire chamber. A massive half-human, half-beast creature stood amid the mist, its powerful presence constantly spreading with each heavy breath.
"It's done!" The half-human, half-beast opened its eyes—a pair of blood-red beast eyes brimming with bloodthirsty desire.
"Power!"
"This is power!"
"The me of the past was nothing but a frog at the bottom of a well! Hahaha..."
The half-human, half-beast rose to its feet. Its body stood a full three meters tall, its head nearly touching the domed ceiling of the secret chamber.
It lifted its head and drew two deep breaths. Then, amid a crackling series of shrinking bones, its form gradually contracted.
The mist in the secret chamber was also sucked into its mouth. As the mist settled, countless dried corpses appeared on the chamber floor, their flesh and blood drained dry. Every last one was hideous to the extreme, as if they had been sucked dry alive.
At the same time the mist settled, that half-human, half-beast transformed into a broad, burly man nine feet tall, with white hair and beard.
It was none other than Qi Gongfu!
The Qi Gongfu of this moment radiated an aura like the sun at high noon. Compared to the man he had been a month ago, he was simply a different person.
"Jiang Feng, I truly ought to thank you!"
Boundless hatred showed in Qi Gongfu's eyes. He, Qi Gongfu, had enjoyed a lifetime of glorious reputation, saying one thing and never being contradicted within Qinghe Prefecture, and yet all because of one Jiang Feng, he had become the butt of people's jokes behind his back and suffered such great humiliation.
"If not for you pressing me so relentlessly,