Chapter 96: Divine Transformation
In the Taoist temple of the Ruthless Emperor, on the bluestone platform that exudes chaotic energy.

Li Zhi sat cross-legged inside the divine iron cauldron. His whole body was wrapped in the holy soul blood. He held the Taoist seal with his hands and was in a very mysterious state.

On the furnace wall, hundreds of mysterious runes were written with the blood of the Holy Spirit.

As the temperature of the furnace rose, the runes began to flash with mysterious light and gathered into a strange scripture, which seemed to have the mysterious power to guide the heavens and the earth.

Next to the Daotai, Duan De was amazed at Li Zhi's full aura, and said, "Good boy, you are quite ambitious. You actually want to forge a perfect Dao foundation."

With his keen eyesight, how could he not see that Li Zhi's precious body had undergone a complete transformation more than once or twice.

At this moment, Li Zhi's physical origin is stronger than the Divine King Body, and is even almost catching up with the Holy Body.

Watching Li Zhi who was continuously transforming in the furnace, Duan De suddenly laughed evilly and said, "Without a flawless foundation in Taoism, the heaven and earth cannot tolerate it. Brat, when you are struck by lightning in the future, don't blame me for not reminding you."

After observing for a while, Duan De thought: "At this rate, the next time the brat transforms, he will definitely be struck by thunder. I won't tell him yet, let him suffer a little."

The foundation of Tao is flawless, and even gods and humans are jealous of it.

The closer one's foundation is to perfection, not only will the difficulty of transformation increase, but one will also be subjected to various tests.

Especially for acquired creatures who want to build a perfect foundation of Taoism, it is even more difficult.

Not only will they endure the test of heavenly calamity, but they will also encounter human calamity blocking their way.

This is Li Zhi's sixth transformation. When he undergoes a seventh transformation, heaven and earth will send down thunder and lightning to kill him.

If you can survive the thunder tribulation, you can continue to practice; if you cannot, you will die.

When he undergoes the eighth rebirth, he will not only encounter the test of heavenly tribulation, but also the interference of human tribulation. The heavenly tribulation here is no longer a simple tribulation of heavenly thunder. Even under the influence of cause and effect, all kinds of strange tribulations will appear waiting for him.

When it comes to the ninth rebirth, that is, when the foundation of the Dao is about to be perfected, the Great Dao will come out to block the way, and there is even a high probability that it will send down the Dao diagram to destroy his foundation.

This is a road full of endless ups and downs.

It is also a road buried in the long river of history.

Because in the mythological period, this method of pursuing a perfect foundation of the Tao was popular for a while, but later, without exception, all living beings whose foundations were about to be perfected would encounter various calamities.

Especially the last calamity of perfecting one's Tao foundation, which was a life-and-death experience.

Even those cultivators who managed to survive would have their foundation destroyed, suffer injuries, and would not make any progress in their cultivation.

Successful examples are extremely rare. According to legend, there is only one person, Dujie Tianzun, who successfully overcame various tribulations when he was young and eventually cultivated a perfect foundation for the Great Perfection.

Therefore, this method of forging a perfect Taoist foundation, after being popular for a while in the mythological era, was abandoned by the monks of that time.

Because the mortality rate is too high and the success rate is too low.

Moreover, the consumption of each transformation is very huge, especially the last few times, which often require rare divine materials in the world. Ordinary cultivators simply cannot afford such consumption.

Even if there are forces that can afford such consumption, they will be forced to give up because the input and output are disproportionate.

Rather than having the resources for ordinary people to forge a great foundation of Taoism, it would be more cost-effective to find cultivators with special physiques to train them. The Taoism foundations forged by cultivators with strong innate physiques are also extraordinary.

Compared to the powerful Tao foundation that requires repeated transformations, the Tao foundation forged by cultivators with special physiques is safe, efficient and powerful.

Legend has it that every cultivator with a special Taoist body is a living being blessed by God. After embarking on the path of cultivation, they will have a much smoother journey than ordinary people.

These ancient taboos were almost unknown in the post-ancient times.

In Duan De's eyes, Li Zhi's transformation was not dangerous at all. At most, it would just make him suffer a little.

Instead, it was the runes carved by Li Zhi on the alchemy furnace that caught Duan De's attention.

After observing for a while, Duan De seemed to have figured out the meaning of those runes. He smiled and said, "Let me lend you a helping hand."

Afterwards, he took out the lid of the Heaven-Devouring Demon Pot that he had just obtained, and used the lid of this imperial weapon to release a wisp of special Taoist fire.

That special fire of Tao, like a key, instantly unlocked the code for communicating with all the ways of heaven and earth contained in the blood of the Holy Spirit.

In an instant, the sound of the avenue roared, and the order and rules between heaven and earth were all brought in.

Li Zhi, who was undergoing transformation in the alchemy furnace, immediately felt a pain as if his bones and veins were being scraped, as if countless steel brushes were constantly brushing his body.

Soon, his soul also began to experience the pain of the scrubbing.

Myriad laws were like countless sharp arrows, piercing his body and mind with tens of thousands of holes.

Under the wash of myriad Daos, his entire body seemed to be transformed into Dao, and bits of spiritual light drifted out from his body, as if his body and soul were being washed into tiny particles.

"Holding the origin and keeping the unity, the true spirit is awake, and one can comprehend the great way."

At this moment, Duan De's voice sounded in Li Zhi's heart, and the voice seemed to contain an inexplicable artistic conception that could help people overcome disasters.

Under the comfort of the Tao sound, Li Zhi's mind was no longer completely filled with pain, and there were signs of a breath.

Then he began to capture the traces of the Tao that kept washing over him.

Gradually, he was able to comprehend some mysterious scriptures from those Dao marks.

At first he could only see some fragments, but as he gradually adapted to the flushing of Wandao, he could see some continuous pictures.

The first relatively complete picture that appeared in his mind was a picture of a worm transcending tribulation. In the picture, a divine silkworm ate a large piece of divine source, which attracted a thunderbolt. In the thunderbolt, the divine silkworm completed its final transformation and became even more powerful.

After the image disappeared, it became a mark of the avenue that was branded in his heart.

Afterwards, Li Zhi saw the shocking scene of countless people undergoing the tribulation together. The thunder tribulation was so huge that it seemed like a punishment from heaven, and it seemed that those who were undergoing the tribulation were going to be killed.

In the end, under the punishment of thunder, all those human figures were melted into the origin of the Great Dao by a fairy in white using a bottle, and then absorbed by the fairy.

It seemed that the fairy had performed an extremely mysterious and overbearing method, which was even more terrifying than the divine silkworm that he had seen before, which had transformed by gnawing on the divine source.

The fairy in white seemed to be unacceptable to heaven and earth. After swallowing those origins, the power of the thunder punishment instantly doubled.

However, the white-robed fairy who was undergoing the tribulation was too powerful. She actually used the treasure bottle to absorb the thunder and lightning that bombarded her, and even refined the thunder and lightning of heavenly punishment into thunder and lightning liquid that could nourish the soul and body.

After taking the thunder tribulation liquid, the aura of the fairy in white became stronger and stronger. The heavenly tribulation was helpless against her. Finally, the fairy even pierced through the sea of ​​thunder and wiped out all the thunder tribulations.

Then the whole person seemed to turn into a black hole, swallowing up all the laws of the universe and life essence in the sea of ​​thunder, without wasting even a bit of the power of heavenly punishment.

The scene of the fairy transcending the tribulation gave Li Zhi endless shock and turned into a supreme scripture in his heart.

Then Li Zhi saw another exciting scene.

The fairy in white who looked like the Demon Emperor swallowed alive a great perfect holy spirit who stood tall and radiated the aura of the emperor. Then the strange phenomenon of the weeping sky was born, filling the entire universe.

But the fairy in white seemed to dislike the effects of the weeping sky on her mood, so she slapped her palm and all the strange phenomena between heaven and earth vanished in an instant.

The last palm strike from the fairy in white turned into a supreme Taoist talisman in Li Zhi's heart.

That kind of powerful and invincible aura makes people yearn for it inexplicably, as if that is the ultimate pursuit of a cultivator.

Afterwards, some incomplete images emerged in Li Zhi's mind, fragmented and unsystematic, but those images seemed to contain the power of all the laws of heaven and earth, washing his mind and making him feel that his own Tao nature was rapidly increasing.

At the same time, the scriptures recited by the gods in Li Zhidao Palace when they attained enlightenment became more profound.

Even the immortal tree in his secret realm of Lunhai began to emit infinite light under the impact of the myriad rules, desperately absorbing those myriad rules.

The roots of the fairy tree became thicker and thicker, and its branches and leaves became more and more luxuriant, like a towering ancient tree that needed countless years of baptism to grow.

Outside, the chaotic aura on the bluestone platform was gradually absorbed and refined by the divine iron furnace.

The originally silver-white alchemy furnace became a little dim in color, but the aura of the alchemy furnace became stronger and stronger. The various mythical beast patterns on the furnace seemed to be endowed with souls, becoming simple and elegant, full of Taoism.

Outside the Yunduan Mountains, the entire mountain seemed to burst out with infinite divine light, and a divine and sacred artistic conception rose into the sky.

In the sea of ​​clouds floating on the mountainside, all kinds of wonders and strange sights appeared.

It seemed as if a huge amount of holy light was descending from the sky, making the entire Yunduan Mountains look extremely sacred.

All kinds of mysterious and auspicious sounds resounded through the sky, as if an almighty powerful being was preaching in the mountains.

Soon, the monks in Chaoyang City were attracted by this sudden strange phenomenon and headed to Yunduan Mountain Range to investigate the situation.

Some people with extremely high levels of understanding, after arriving at the mountain, seemed to hear the mysterious sound of chanting and entered a state of enlightenment directly.

However, the vast majority of cultivators who entered the Yunduan Mountains found nothing, and could not even come into contact with those strange phenomena.

It seemed as if those visions could only be viewed from a distance but not touched.

Countless monks looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Could it be that the ruins in the mountains are about to be opened? But I haven't heard of any ancient ruins in the Yunduan Mountains." Some monks kept discussing this matter with their companions around them.

"Maybe something strange is about to break out? The three major sects that chose to establish their religions here were all destroyed, which is the best example. We'd better stay away from it." Some monks who believed that the Yunduan Mountains were an ominous place hurried away.

"Quick, block the news, block the news immediately for this city lord." The city lord of Chaoyang City was a wise man. The city had just been quiet for two days, and could not withstand the turmoil of those big forces. After seeing the strange phenomenon in the Yunduan Mountains, he immediately mobilized the soldiers in the city to block the news of the strange phenomenon in the Yunduan Mountains. As for whether this news could be blocked, it was unknown.

And in the dojo of the ruthless emperor, after three hours of intense transformation, Li Zhi finally completed his transformation.

Both the physical body and the soul have been greatly strengthened.

Even his height, which had remained unchanged for a long time, has grown taller. His appearance has changed from a little kid of six or seven years old to a handsome young man of nearly 1.5 meters in height who looks about eight or nine years old.

After growing up, Li Zhi felt as if he had taken off an invisible shackle, and his whole body had an indescribable sense of clarity.

I even felt that the universe was right in front of me and I could touch it with my hand.

After coming out of the furnace, Duan De nodded slightly and said, "Yes, your body has finally returned to normal."

Li Zhi had no time to celebrate and immediately asked, "Uncle Taoist, was my condition abnormal before?"

Duan De smiled and asked back: "Do you think it's normal?"

Li Zhi was a little confused and asked, "Isn't that normal?"

Duan De said, "Of course it's not normal. If you let that situation continue, your origin of the Dao will be affected by the Qing Emperor's Dao, and you will become a different kind of Qing Emperor's descendant. It will be almost ten times more difficult to prove your Dao in the future. Now that your body has returned to the shape it should have at a normal age, it means that the influence of the Qing Emperor's Dao on you has completely disappeared. Fortunately, your cultivation has not reached the Four Extremes Secret Realm, otherwise that influence would have penetrated deep into your origin of the Dao. But now you are free. The hidden danger of using the Qing Emperor's blood to transform back then has now been completely eliminated."

His previous state was not a stunning fortune, but a hidden danger, which caught Li Zhi off guard.

Seeing Li Zhi's reaction, Duan De rubbed his head and said, "In the future, don't easily use things that are full of traces of other powerful people's avenues, unless you are sure that you can completely refine those things."

Li Zhi nodded and thanked him, "Thank you, Uncle Taoist."

Duan De looked at the bluestone platform under his feet, where most of the chaotic energy had dissipated, and said, "Let's leave here first. I think there are already many cultivators outside to check on the situation. The movement when you transformed just now was quite loud."

Li Zhi said happily: "Uncle Taoist, where are we going next?"

Duan De said, "Let's talk about it after we get out."

Afterwards, they followed the same "sacred path" they had taken when they came in and safely left the ruthless dojo.

After they left, the "sacred road" disappeared, as if it had been buried again by Duan De.

It was as if it had never appeared.

There was not a single trace left inside the mountain.

Li Zhi asked curiously: "Uncle Taoist, what is this method? Can I learn it?"

Duan De said proudly: "You can't learn it now. When you can comprehend the Feng Shui Burial Sutra to a very deep level, this method will be self-evident."

Afterwards, the two of them quietly left the Yunduan Mountains and returned to Chaoyang City.

Arriving at the most luxurious restaurant in the city, Duan De directly ordered a table full of food, saying that it was to celebrate for Li Zhi.

Then, he had time to ask, "Stinky boy, when you were transforming, did you comprehend the great Dao scriptures?"

Li Zhi nodded and said, "I have comprehended some incomplete scriptures, but I don't know if they are scriptures that can be used for cultivation."

Afterwards, Li Zhi told Duan De the first scripture he comprehended, which was transformed from the diagram of the divine silkworm transcending tribulation.

Duan De pondered for a moment and said, "It seems to be the transformation method of the Divine Silkworm Clan, which can achieve the miraculous effect of completely transforming oneself. However, it should consume a lot of divine energy. You have a strong source of life, so you can try to practice it. Maybe you can really master this technique."

Afterwards, Duan De stopped asking Li Zhi whether he had obtained other scriptures, and instead started enjoying the food.

After finishing his meal, he patted Li Zhi on the shoulder and said, "Master Dao, I am going to the Holy City. You can walk the rest of the way by yourself."

After saying this, Duan De disappeared from Li Zhi's sight.

The speed was so fast that Li Zhi couldn't react.

But when the waiter came to ask if he wanted to order more food, Li Zhi finally reacted.

Duan De ordered the most expensive banquet to celebrate for him, but he didn't even pay for it, which made Li Zhi speechless.

In the end, Li Zhi paid 113 kilograms of pure source for their meal.

The banquet in the restaurant naturally cannot be compared with the fairy banquets in the Holy City that are worth tens of thousands of kilograms of source, but the food worth 113 kilograms of pure source is already the best banquet that Chaoyang City can offer.

After having a good meal and a good drink, Li Zhi did not leave Chaoyang City directly, but rested in the city for two more days before leaving.

It seemed that the strange phenomena in heaven and earth caused by his previous transformation did not cause much reaction in the city.

But what Li Zhi didn't know was that the reason why almost no one in the city discussed the matter was because the city lord had given a death order. In order to ensure the peace of Chaoyang City and Quzhou, the city lord joined forces with people from various sects in Quzhou to block the news of the strange phenomenon in the Yunduan Mountains.

After leaving Chaoyang City, Li Zhi was not in a hurry to go to the Holy City.

Instead, he completed another breakthrough in his cultivation on the way, raising his cultivation to the third level of the Dao Palace, successfully opening the spleen's divine treasure, and greatly increasing his cultivation and magic power.

His fighting power was incomparable, as if he could punch a hole in the sky with just one punch.

At the same time, he was also comprehending the scriptures that he had captured during his transformation.

There are three completed articles, one of which is the "Divine Silkworm Metamorphosis Method" that he told Duan De, which can transform people completely.

Another longer scripture was a scripture that was transformed from the scene of the white-robed fairy transcending the tribulation. It seemed to be a complete scripture of the Great Dao of the Wheel Sea Scroll, which could devour everything between heaven and earth to transform the origin of one's own life. It was like the Wheel Sea Scroll scripture of the "Devouring Heaven Magic Art" of the ruthless emperor. As for whether it was or not, Li Zhi was not sure.

The last systematic scripture was the Dao Rune formed by the palm of the fairy who devoured the Imperial Dao Fire Spirit. It could transform all attacks into a magical method that was invisible. It was like a Dao seed planted in his heart.

As long as it is triggered, that method can be used.

Moreover, the great scriptures on the scrolls seemed to have magical powers, which made people unable to stop after taking a look at them. They could not help but want to try to practice, which made Li Zhi dare not comprehend it too much.

Instead, every time he meditated for a while, he would switch to the "Divine Silkworm Metamorphosis Method" to meditate on it, which gave him a very deep understanding of the "Divine Silkworm Metamorphosis Method" and seemed to be able to practice it.

He didn't have many magical objects that could be used for transformation, and now he had accidentally obtained the "Metamorphosis of the Divine Silkworm", which was just right for his next transformation.

It just so happened that he had a piece of broken immortal source in his hand, which could be used to practice this technique, and the effect was much better than using the divine source.

He practiced while walking, and more than a month later, Li Zhi appeared in the holy city.

As soon as he arrived in the Holy City, he heard that Tianyao Baoque was about to hold a grand auction, and even ancient magical medicine would be auctioned.

After hearing the news, Li Zhi went directly to Daoyi Stone Workshop without any hesitation.

After arriving at the Tianzihao Stone Garden, the nine-orifice stone man was indeed gone.

Seeing this, Li Zhi directly called out his name: "Wulian Tianzun, my immortal friend still did not escape the disaster."

The old Taoist nun guarding the Stone Garden saw Li Zhi and said, "Daoyou, I haven't seen you for a few months. You have changed a lot."

"Hello, Senior Yu. I wonder if Fellow Daoist Yuchen is inside the stone archway?" Li Zhi asked the old Taoist nun.

"She is practicing in the San Sheng Temple. You can go there to find her." The old Taoist nun pointed in a direction to Li Zhi.

Afterwards, Li Zhi met the Taoist nun Yuchen in the Three Saints Temple. In order to participate in the auction of Tianyao Baoque, he needed the quota of Daoyi Holy Land.

After seeing the changes in Li Zhi, the Taoist girl was a little surprised and asked, "Fellow Taoist Changshou, is there something wrong with your body? Why have you grown two or three years older after not seeing you for a few months?"

Li Zhi said: "I'm sorry to have worried you, but I'm fine. This is my true self."

(End of this chapter)