From a cuddly infant to a ferocious monster, the transformation happened so fast it caught everyone off guard. Its mouth ripped open, large enough to swallow Lin Tang whole. Inside, there was no tongue—only fire reaching tens of thousands of degrees, which erupted with a fierce, hissing roar.
Ever since it had gained consciousness, it had not eaten a single thing. It had starved for a day, a year, a century, a millennium! Finally! It had finally encountered a delicious al of flesh and blood! It was so moved! And so…
BANG!
A trendous boom echoed far and wide, making the entire cave dwelling shudder violently. The monster, along with the Furnace Tripod, was sent tumbling backward, rolling over and over. As the massive Furnace Tripod toppled, the monster slid out from inside. It quickly uncurled from its curled state, its body inflating to several ters in height.
It shook its ringing head.
WHOOSH!
It glared at Lin Tang once more and bellowed furiously. Its upper lip towered over its head, while its lower lip scraped the ground. Deep within its maw, the flas took the shape of a hollow skull, radiating an ultimate malice that inspired involuntary fear.
Lin Tang, however, rely tilted his head, his tone a mixture of apology and pity. "Poor child, how could you be so clumsy and fall? Hurry and get up, let Daddy take care of you!"
He strode forward…
BOOM!
Another fierce collision shook the cave dwelling to its foundations. The monster's deep growl instantly turned into a shrill shriek as it was sent flying, curling back into a ball.
It was in so much pain! Fla-shaped tears stread from its eyes.
"Oh dear, I told you to be careful. How did you fall again? This is what you get for not listening to Daddy!" Lin Tang stepped forward as if to help it up, but "accidentally" stomped on its head.
"AWOOOO—"
The monster wailed miserably, its body shrinking smaller and smaller. Under Lin Tang's relentless stomping, it was forcefully reverted to the tiny atball it had been at the start. Its eight petals closed tightly as it trembled in fear.
Lin Tang picked up the atball and stroked it gently. "So cute! What's your na, little fellow?"
The monster: "..."
"No na? Then I'll give you one. Since you're a ball, how about 'Dog Egg'? What do you think, are you satisfied?"
"ROAR!"
The monster flared up again but was once more forcefully suppressed by Lin Tang. Yet, it was like a fish with a seven-second mory. No matter how Lin Tang tornted or bullied it, and no matter how pitifully it cried out in pain, it would recover a mont later and resu its relentless roaring and attacking.
Gradually, Lin Tang grew bored.
I thought I could ta it as a pet, but its intelligence is far too low… Oh well. If I can't force it, then… I'll just have to refine it completely!
Having already bonded with the Furnace Tripod Magic Artifact, he made his decision in an instant. He stuffed the atball inside and slamd the lid shut. Then, he opened his mouth and spat out his Golden Core, which flew to the bottom of the Furnace Tripod. The core's alchemical fire connected with the earth fire below, completely engulfing the artifact.
The atball: "???"
It finally panicked, letting out the wail of a newborn baby. The sound was so tender and childlike that any mother who heard it would have felt her heart lt.
Unfortunately, Lin Tang acted as if he were deaf, showing not a single trace of compassion. With the Furnace Tripod Magic Artifact, he was like a tiger that had grown wings. Refining this atball was naturally no difficult task. The atball crashed about inside, struggling pitifully until it finally fell silent.
The next mont, its appearance reverted from its atball disguise to its true form: a round, fla-wreathed stone. A closer look revealed its surface was slightly pitted, resembling a miniaturized moon.
I rember Master once ntioning this. It must be a fire-attribute 'Star Core Spirit Embryo,' which is especially suitable for creating a second dharma body!
Lin Tang's expression was moved. After recalling the details, he almost laughed his teeth out.
After a Cultivator enters the Golden Core Stage and condenses their Divine Sense, they gain the ability to seize another's body. Previously, the lingering will of Ning Yuexi's ancestor had nearly succeeded in possessing Lin Tang. However, when one Cultivator seizes another's body, the fit is never as perfect as the original.
But in this world, there existed a type of treasure that could defy the heavens' creation: the Star Core Spirit Embryo. If a Cultivator's physical body was destroyed and they were forced to possess another, and if they happened to have a Star Core Spirit Embryo on hand, then they were in luck. They would gain a new, perfectly compatible body with no side effects. The prerequisite was that the Spiritual Embryo had already successfully hatched and been fused with a portion of the Cultivator's own essence blood beforehand.
Besides being used for possession, a Spiritual Embryo could also be refined in advance into a "second dharma body," also known as a "Body Outside Body." This was equivalent to having a second life. What's more, the two bodies could share cultivation progress! Whether the main body was in seclusion while the second dharma body road the world, or the second dharma body was cultivating while the main body was busy, their cultivation gains could be shared and rged later, allowing them to advance together. It was simply heaven-defyingly incredible!
Without a mont's hesitation, Lin Tang popped it into his mouth and swallowed it with a gulp.
The very next mont, with a great roar of energy, he was completely engulfed in flas. His clothes were instantly incinerated, leaving him stark naked. He recalled his Golden Core into his body to suppress the Spiritual Embryo and began to cultivate the art of the second dharma body.
As a genius, he quickly gained insight and began to put his knowledge into practice.
Haha, this Spiritual Embryo contains so much Spiritual Energy! The heavens are truly on my side. By absorbing all this energy, I'll surely break through to the mid-Golden Core Stage!
Lin Tang was overjoyed again. Of course, he estimated he would still need the assistance of Dual Cultivation to complete his breakthrough.
In his excitent, he failed to notice the faint, sinister Demon Patterns slowly burgeoning between his eyebrows. As it turned out, over hundreds of years, the Ten Directions Absolute Prison had held countless heinous criminals. The Spiritual Embryo had imperceptibly absorbed their innurable malevolent thoughts. The Spiritual Embryo… had already transford into a Demon Fetus!
This was the first ti Lin Tang had encountered such a thing, so it was only normal that he failed to recognize it. By the ti he realized sothing was wrong, the evil will of the Demon Fetus had already invaded his mind.
Damn it! Lin Tang cursed inwardly as an uncontrollable, frenzied killing intent erupted with overwhelming force, making him want to fly to the mortal world and begin a massacre.
He imdiately began reciting the Quiet Scripture to try and dispel it. This might have been effective right after he descended the mountain, but not now. After both Lee Encai and Shen Youling had been endangered, Lin Tang's rage had already changed his ntality. He had also just slaughtered several great reclusive families in one go, so his malevolent aura was already exceedingly heavy.
"Heheheheheh—"
Gradually, Lin Tang lowered his head and let out a sinister laugh. The Demon Pattern on his forehead spread like a spiderweb, covering his entire face. A faint, bloody light emanated from his eyes. Little by little, his appearance morphed into that of Long Tianji. He conjured a new set of clothes.
WHOOSH!
He vanished from the spot. When he reappeared, he was a thousand ters high in the sky. His flying sword transford into a thread of light, dancing at his fingertips.
"Perish, world!"
Just as the flying sword was about to plumt and annihilate every living thing within the Ten Directions Absolute Prison, Lin Tang suddenly sensed sothing. He gazed far into the distance, in the direction of Jiangbei.
It turned out that the Junior Commander and the War Elder, who had been hung up for days without food or water, were hanging on by a thread. If they were not rescued soon, they would surely die.
The Grand Commander could no longer sit still. Even knowing she was likely walking into a trap set by Long Tianji, she resolutely made her way to the top of the building. Her own martial skills were not weak, and with her agile movents, scaling the building was no problem. She easily reached the side of the Junior Commander and the War Elder.
"Sister…" the Junior Commander whispered, so weak she could barely open her cracked lips. "Water… water…"
"My dear sister, you have suffered!" The Grand Commander's nose tingled with sorrow, and her hatred for Long Tianji intensified. She imdiately gave the Junior Commander and the War Elder so water, then drew her blade. With a flash of light, she severed the ropes binding them, lifted them, and carried them back inside.
The mont the ropes were cut, the warning system Lin Tang had placed within them was silently triggered.
"The fish has finally taken the bait!" Lin Tang laughed wickedly. He accelerated, streaking straight toward Jiangbei.
Inside the Ten Directions Absolute Prison, many people's eyelids twitched uncontrollably as they were overco with a sense of impending doom. Even those who were asleep were jolted awake by terrifying nightmares, their backs drenched in cold sweat.
"What's going on?"
Only after Lin Tang had flown far away did they all inexplicably breathe a sigh of relief.
"That was… just an illusion, right?"
"One person having an illusion, maybe. Several people, perhaps. But all of us? Could that have been an illusion too?"
When the Grand Commander, carrying two people, ran full-tilt out of the city district without encountering any danger, her tense heart began to calm. Could he really not be here? Have I just been paranoid this whole ti?
Just as her anxiety began to subside, the ethereal voice of the Mysterious Lady reached her ears. "Demon… Lord…"
"What?" The Grand Commander looked up, startled. She saw that, at so unknown point, Long Tianji had appeared, hovering above her. He was staring down at her with a mocking gaze.
"!!!" The Grand Commander's face turned pale.
"Such a delicious little fish…" As Lin Tang reached out his hand, the Grand Commander's entire body froze. She was unable to move a single muscle, forced to watch helplessly as he approached her.
"A Demon… Lord… must… die…" the Mysterious Lady's slow voice continued. Vast clouds gathered in the sky, once again forming her imnse visage. This ti, the power she projected was significantly stronger, causing Lin Tang's rational mind to scream with frantic warnings.
Danger! Extre danger!
But he showed no intention of dodging. Instead, he grew even more frenzied. "Who do you think you are to judge ? Die! Die! DIE!"
Lin Tang raised his sword, and demonic flas surged into the heavens, staining cloud after cloud a sanguine hue, as if applying rouge to the Mysterious Lady's face.
A hand that appeared delicate and slender, yet was in truth as vast as the heavens, seized Lin Tang and began to close. Trapped between her fingers, Lin Tang swung his sword wildly. Each strike, had it landed on the ground, could have easily carved a chasm hundreds of ters deep. Had it struck a city, it would have sliced steel skyscrapers into pieces. Its destructive power was imnse. Fortunately, the battle was taking place high in the sky. Only clouds were severed, sparing countless innocent lives below.
After an unknown amount of ti, everything dissipated like smoke and mist. The Mysterious Lady retreated once more, leaving only Lin Tang standing tall and straight. He glanced down and saw that the Grand Commander and the other two were gone.
"You can't escape!" Lin Tang let out a cold laugh and flew off in another direction.
Several hours later, he finally spotted the Grand Commander's weary, fleeing figure again. The Mysterious Lady's earlier intervention had instantly transported the three of them thousands of kiloters away, but she had not been able to take them all the way back to the Yaochi Heavenly Palace. The Grand Commander had been forced to continue the escape on her own.
Seeing Lin Tang's relentless pursuit, she looked utterly despaired. This ti, the Mysterious Lady did not reappear.
"Poor little fish…" Lin Tang wore an expression of pity as he reached for her again.
"Long Tianji, your woman, Ning Yuexi, has been locked away by in a very dangerous place! If you kill us, she will surely die too!" the Grand Commander shouted desperately.
Lin Tang's movent paused. "Are you threatening ?!"
"What if I am?"
"The powerful… are never threatened!" Lin Tang resud his ruthless attack, showing absolutely no rcy.
"Insignificant bug, I have found you!"
A suprely indifferent male voice, like a roll of thunder, suddenly exploded in their ears. The very earth for a thousand ters in every direction instantly turned to ash!
The Grand Commander was stunned. "Is this… A War God?"
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