Wait, How Did My Digital Girlfriend Become a Sword Immortal? Chapter 906: The Means of Transformation
Previously on Wait, How Did My Digital Girlfriend Become a Sword Immortal?...
"Big Sister Little Rabbit, don't be fooled by her lies! She's a deceitful demon!"
"How can a demon who slaughters our kind ever be benevolent towards us?"
The display by Chen Huaian was somewhat excessive.
While the Jadewater Jiao and the Purple-Gold Flame Bear had only heard tales, unlike Little Rabbit who had firsthand experience, their initial reaction was one of pure skepticism.
"Silence!"
A piercing, feminine command silenced the furious roars of the Jadewater Jiao and the Purple-Gold Flame Bear.
Little Rabbit’s eyes snapped open, her former gentle and vulnerable demeanor vanishing in an instant.
An immense, ancient aura, a presence previously unknown in this world, surged forth from within her.
It was Demonic Energy.
Though merely a wisp, its dominance was so profound that the surrounding Battle Energy seemed to freeze and stagnate.
She was, after all, the formidable leader of the Jadewater Jiao and the Purple-Gold Flame Bear.
As a World Beast, her innate strength far exceeded theirs; these two were mere subordinates she had subdued and taken under her protection.
Now, with her Demonic Energy fully unleashed and her commanding presence radiating,
the Jadewater Jiao and the Purple-Gold Flame Bear immediately fell silent, daring not utter another word.
"This is no mere illusion…"
Little Rabbit gazed at her own hands, her eyes shimmering with both astonishment and immense joy.
"This, this feels like… a new existence!"
After merely completing one full cycle of the scripture’s cultivation method,
she sensed the ancient bloodline restrictions that had bound her for millennia beginning to unravel.
This burgeoning power was at least a hundredfold more potent than the crude Battle Power she knew!
"Esteemed Senior," Little Rabbit lifted her head, her gaze fixed intensely on Chen Huaian, "Why… why is this cultivation method only requiring practice to the third layer for a World Beast to achieve perfect transformation?"
"Is that perceived as difficult?"
Chen Huaian arched an eyebrow, his tone utterly nonchalant.
"Your so-called transformation methods rely on the slow grind of time, employing crude techniques to force the change."
"However, this ‘Heavenly Demon Body Refinement Chapter’ harnesses the very Fortune of heaven and earth, defying the natural balance of yin and yang and the five elements.
It applies the Laws of heaven and earth directly to the body, reshaping the physical form as if merely following a natural course."
"Were it not for observing the immense difficulty World Beasts face in their cultivation, This Venerable One would not be so inclined to bestow such a ‘boon’."
Chen Huaian was entirely truthful with Little Rabbit regarding this matter.
From his perspective, the World Beasts inhabiting this realm were living lives of sheer torment.
Alive, they were prey; dead, their World Rings and World Bones were plundered."
The crucial issue was the arduous path to godhood, necessitating a transformation for its attainment.
Although the demons of the Cangyun Realm also served as a resource for powerful Cultivators, their journey to becoming Demon Immortals, much like the human Cultivators’ ascent, was equitable. No inherent barriers existed based on one’s physical form, be it human or demonic.
He harbored a strong suspicion that the limitations imposed upon World Beasts were deliberately established by the Gold and Silver Dragon Kings to safeguard their own supreme positions, including the virulent animosity between Battle Masters and World Beasts, all as a means to solidify their divine status.
After all, only when those below engage in relentless conflict can those above remain secure upon their thrones.
"Transformation… is it truly this simple?"
The Jadewater Jiao and the Purple-Gold Flame Bear stood dumbfounded.
For the sake of attaining a human form, they had endured hardships for a hundred thousand years, even contemplating the dissipation of their entire cultivation base to start anew. Now, they were being told: no need to wait, no need to disperse your power, immediate change is possible?
"If that is the case…"
Chen Huaian’s gaze swept across the three beasts, akin to a demon extending a binding contract:
"This Venerable One extends to you an offer for a pact."
"I shall facilitate your immediate transformation, preserving your core essence and power, and furthermore, allow you the future ability to freely shift between human and beast forms. Your lives will be spared, though a period of weakness will follow."
"The price for this is the forfeiture and surrender to This Venerable One of the burdensome World Rings and World Bones currently residing within your bodies."
"Do you accept these terms?"
A profound silence descended upon the gathering.
Bixixi, who hadn’t fully grasped the situation from the outset, was now even more bewildered.
Surrendering World Rings and World Bones without succumbing to death?
This was utterly unprecedented.
"I… I wish to accept!" Little Rabbit declared through gritted teeth, stepping forward.
"No! Big Sister Little Rabbit!"
The Purple-Gold Flame Bear and the Jadewater Jiao bellowed in unison,
their colossal forms moving to obstruct Little Rabbit, acting as an impenetrable shield.
"Humans are not to be trusted! What if he corrupts your cultivation base?!"
"So noisy." Chen Huaian frowned, his patience utterly depleted. "All this dawdling, so much pointless talk." Boom! His figure blurred. Disregarding Little Rabbit, he instantly appeared before the colossal form of the Purple-Gold Flame Bear. Compared to the hundred-meter-tall behemoth, Chen Huaian appeared as tiny as a child. Yet, he casually extended a hand, reaching through the air to grasp the massive beast's thick fur. "Come... to This Venerable One!" Whoosh— Amidst the horrified stares of all present, that great bear, weighing tens of thousands of tons, was lifted into the air like a mere plaything by Chen Huaian's single hand. It traced a parabolic arc across the sky before plummeting heavily before the Medicine Battle Master. Boom! The ground shook violently. The Medicine Battle Master gazed at the mountain of flesh before him, swallowing hard, his legs trembling like leaves. "S-sir... what, what do you wish to do?" "Nothing much. You just need to hand over what This Venerable One desires," Chen Huaian stated indifferently, parting his lips lightly. "Life-Transforming Grass, Bone-Continuing Flower, Crimson Blood Vine, Twin Moon Orchid Fragrance..." These were all herbs he had briefly inspected and committed to memory from the Medicine Battle Master's collection earlier. Although their names were somewhat rustic, their medicinal properties would barely suffice. "Yes! I have them all!" How could the Medicine Battle Master dare to delay? Trembling, he began retrieving items from his Storage Ring, quickly amassing them into a small mound. "Very good." Upon observing the herbs, Chen Huaian did not summon the stone cauldron from before. He turned his head, looking down at the Purple-Gold Flame Bear beneath his feet, which was still writhing frantically, its eyes filled with sheer terror. The corner of his mouth curled into a peculiar smile: "The cauldron is too small to contain your bulk." "Since that's the case..." "Then let heaven and earth serve as the furnace, and this body as the cauldron!" "This method is extreme, and This Venerable One is employing it for the first time, but it should prove effective." "Begin!" Boom—!!! Golden-red Phoenix True Fire erupted instantly, transforming into a blazing pillar that pierced the heavens, completely engulfing the Purple-Gold Flame Bear's immense form. "ROAR————!!!" A heart-rending, agonizing scream echoed through the expanse of the forest. It was not merely the scorching of skin; it was an excruciating torment that penetrated to the very marrow, flaying flesh from bone. "Old Bear!!" The Jadewater Jiao roared in sheer fury and prepared to charge in to its comrade's aid. "Don't go!" Little Rabbit desperately clung to the Jadewater Jiao's tail. Though tears welled in her eyes, her tone was exceptionally resolute. "Trust the Senior; I can sense it... You don't comprehend the potency of that cultivation method. For him to bestow it so freely, he wouldn't merely extinguish Bear Two's life casually." She understood all too well how effortless it would be for someone of Chen Huaian's caliber to eliminate them and seize their World Rings and World Bones. If that were his intention, if this were not a genuine Opportunity, why would he engage in such an elaborate procedure? They must not jeopardize Bear Two's good fortune through rash actions. At the fiery core. Chen Huaian formed seals with both hands. The assorted herbs transformed into pure medicinal liquid, which was then guided into the Purple-Gold Flame Bear's body. "Strip!" He uttered a low command. The Phoenix True Fire acted like a surgeon's precise scalpel. Without compromising the Purple-Gold Flame Bear's life essence, it meticulously... extracted the hundred-thousand-year World Ring deeply imprinted upon its soul, and the already-formed torso World Bone. Pain. Exquisite agony. But it was paralleled by an overwhelming sense of liberation. The Purple-Gold Flame Bear felt as though it had shed shackles it had borne for millennia. Its cumbersome beastly form dissolved, contracted, and reformed within the inferno. Meridians realigned, bones regenerated, acupoints were unsealed. Half an hour later. Whoosh… The flames gradually subsided. The colossal mass of flesh that was the giant beast had vanished. In its stead lay a mound of ashes, still radiating a residual warmth. And nestled within those ashes. A crimson-glowing hundred-thousand-year World Ring, and a torso bone emitting a purple-gold luster, rested peacefully. And beside them. A hulking man, standing two meters tall, with bulging, gnarled muscles, clad in a beast-skin coat that seemed to materialize from nowhere, stood in a state of bewildered astonishment. He lowered his head, observing his coarse yet remarkably agile hands. Then he touched his own face—somewhat rugged, but undeniably human. "I..." The burly man opened his mouth. His voice was no longer a beast's guttural roar but a rich baritone. "I... I've become human?" He clenched his fist.Though the terrifying hundred-thousand-year cultivation he once held had diminished significantly, a more profound and potent power began to swirl within his being.
This was the genesis of demonic cultivation.
It was, in essence, his pathway to divinity.
"ROAR! Hahahaha! I've returned to being human! I've truly become human!!"
Overwhelmed with elation, the Purple-Gold Flame Bear's eyes welled with tears of joy. Ignoring the bewildered gazes of those nearby, he leaped exuberantly, shaking the very ground beneath him.
Abruptly, he spun around, fell to his knees before Chen Huaian, and bowed deeply three times, each impact echoing: "Hahaha! Thank you, Benefactor, for this gift of rebirth!"
In this instant.
World Rings, World Bones—their importance vanished.
Meanwhile, the Jadewater Jiao nearby was utterly stunned.
Its companion… had simply transformed like that?
Could it still exist without its World Ring and World Bone?
If other hundred-thousand-year World Beasts were aware of this, they would undoubtedly queue up. After all, transforming or shedding World Rings and World Bones were vastly different outcomes—strength would wane in either scenario, and for a World Beast, transformation was a perilous gamble with slim chances of survival.
Now, however, the survival rate was one hundred percent.
And the potential for godhood was unlocked.
World Rings and World Bones, in comparison.
Any hundred-thousand-year World Beast would eagerly exchange them!
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