Longevity, starting from being a chicken raising servant Chapter 2260: 154: Like an Illusion_2

“Master Chao didn't demand that I create a creature as formidable as the thousand-headed demonic beast; his only requirement was a successful fusion. This lowers the difficulty threshold considerably…”

While the specific sequence required to manifest a thousand-headed demonic beast might be unique, the mere act of achieving a stable fusion without a specific outcome opens up a broader range of possibilities.

Nevertheless, that only goes so far.

Even if the chances of a successful fusion are slightly higher, they remain a mere drop in the bucket when compared to the staggering number of potential sequences.

Attempting to identify a viable path among such infinite variables is truly like searching for a needle in a vast haystack.

Reflecting on this, Wang Ba sighed deeply from his soul:

“To have engineered such a demonic beast, Master Chao must truly possess a talent bestowed by the heavens themselves…”

Without such innate genius, how could anyone hope to find the right path amidst the infinite sands of the Ganges?

“Fusing them one by one until a thousand types are accumulated seems like a method that would require an eternity. I wonder if there is a way to bypass this tedious progression?”

He contemplated everything he had experienced and learned since he first touched the Dao of Beast-controlling. He felt a flicker of understanding, yet it remained elusive, like an illusion shimmering behind a thin, dark veil.

Feeling stuck and unwilling to let time slip away uselessly, he immediately turned his attention to analyzing the bloodline of the first demonic beast.

“According to the lore of the Canlong Realm, bloodlines are essentially the physical manifestations of rules within a living being. This applies to humans as well as spirit beasts. However, unlike other creatures, a human’s realm can undergo a breakthrough once their bloodline is triggered. The human bloodline is unique because it allows for constant transformation through Cultivation. This provides far more potential than typical spirit beasts… It explains why innate divine demons are so desperate to enter the realm and undergo reincarnation.”

With a casual motion from Wang Ba, a demonic beast with a tiger’s torso—exuding an aura equivalent to an early-stage Crossing Tribulation cultivator—was pulled down to land directly in front of him.

Under his intense scrutiny, the bloodline radiance began to flow above the beast’s head. It was undeniably a savage tiger, its ferocity palpable and its aura carrying an ancient, primal scent.

It is rare for spirit beasts to achieve a breakthrough, particularly on their own. Many spirit beasts reach high stages not just because of their surroundings, but because human cultivators use their wisdom, spirit items, and specialized techniques to facilitate those breakthroughs.

Left to their own devices, the majority of spirit beasts live out their lives at the stage they were born into, never experiencing significant change.

Only a handful of spirit beasts possess natural intelligence, allowing them to grasp methods of Qi intake and follow a path similar to human cultivators, though they are usually restricted by the inherent limits of their bloodline.

Beings like the Wu Monkey King are exceptionally rare exceptions.

“If bloodlines are the manifestation of rules, then analyzing bloodlines is effectively the study of rules, and vice versa…”

Wang Ba stared at the demonic beast and the bloodline light hovering above it. As he watched, the essence seemed to unravel, revealing intertwining black and white threads. It was a sight he knew well.

Rules!

These are the very pillars of the Third Realm Sea.

They constitute the fundamental structure of everything within the Realm Sea.

“Brute strength, the physical form, devouring…”

Wang Ba sensed the rules being extracted from the bloodline radiance with great care, gathering a wealth of information.

Within this demonic beast's bloodline, rules did not exist in isolation. He observed a mixture of hundreds, even thousands of rules—blood, power, tiger-kind, wind—all blended together to create this specific bloodline.

Using his previous experience in Beast Control, one could categorize it as a ‘tiger clan demonic beast’ that was ‘adept in wind techniques and physical strength,’ capable of ‘regenerating its body through devouring.’ It was ‘reproductively isolated from most other tiger clans,’ and possessed ‘unique organs that could harden into indestructible barbs when stimulated,’ as well as ‘innate divine skills’…

This was merely the surface. Diving deeper into why it couldn't breed with other tigers or how its wind affinity was encoded in its bloodline required far more specific analysis.

Typically, a cultivator of the Beast-controlling Dao would need a massive amount of time to fully decode such details.

Even the old Wang Ba, who was considered a master of Beast Control, would have needed a decade or more to complete a thorough analysis.

Now, however, under the tutelage of Heavenly Monarch Chao, his understanding of demonic bloodlines allowed him to perceive nearly eighty percent of the truth with just a single look.

His comprehensive approach to rules, combined with his immense proficiency, meant he could fully decipher the beast before him with about a month of focused effort.

“This is the true benefit of possessing a high realm.”

A higher realm brings a deeper recognition of rules, and when supported by the most advanced system of Beast Control, his current abilities far surpassed his previous self.

Wang Ba set the beast free, having completely mastered its bloodline profile.

He reached out and snatched a second specimen.

After a period of observation, he swapped it for another.

He did encounter some demonic beasts governed by highly unusual rules—ones that required significant time and effort before he could even begin to comprehend them.

Nevertheless, these challenges only served to sharpen his grasp of the rules.

Under these conditions, it took him less than a century to fully master the bloodlines of a thousand different types of demonic beasts within this realm.

“Now, the true test begins.”

Wang Ba thought back to the thousand-headed demonic beast created by Heavenly Monarch Chao.