On a day merely sixty million years after Dongbo Xueying had reached the half-Hunyuan lifeform stage.
This day.
Dongbo Xueying sat cross-legged in the garden of his own cave abode. Since comprehending the third killing move of the Illusory Realm Dao of the Void, he was only a hair’s breadth away from reaching the ultimate level of the Illusory Realm Dao.
“Though I obtained the Thousand-Eyed Water Pearl from Beihe, its assistance to me is practically negligible now,” Dongbo Xueying mused to himself. “Currently, in the Dao of the Void, I’m just a sliver away from the ultimate realm. What I need is inspiration—a sudden enlightenment.”
“Hmm?”
Dongbo Xueying suddenly felt a stirring in his heart and immediately looked up.
Rumble~~~
The clouds in the sky rapidly descended, turning pitch-black in an instant. The transition from clear skies to oppressive darkness occurred within a single breath.
Rolling black clouds spread across the entire Sacred Realm, and terrifying power gathered above. The intensity of this energy made even Dongbo Xueying’s expression change. “What’s happening?”
“This power…?”
“What in the world is going on?”
The commotion was too great.
In Chiyun City, aside from a few in secluded deathly cultivation, most rushed out to gaze at the sky. The sight of the accumulating power within the roiling black clouds sent chills down their spines. They could all sense that the gathered energy was strong enough to reduce them to dust in an instant—an unstoppable, terrifying force.
“Everyone, does anyone know what’s happening?”
“Our Tianwu City’s sky is also filled with rolling black clouds. The energy gathering is too terrifying—the clouds stretch beyond sight.”
“Chiyun City is the same! The sky is entirely covered in black clouds.”
“Bingxing City too…”
The top experts from the five gathering cities exchanged messages and quickly confirmed that these black clouds, brimming with overwhelming power, spanned the entire Sacred Realm.
…
Dongbo Xueying flew into midair, gazing upward.
In Chiyun City, thousands of figures rose into the sky, observing the dark clouds above with a mix of confusion and reverence.
“Whoosh—” Suddenly, deep within the black clouds, faint golden light emerged, surging so brilliantly that it pierced through the darkness and illuminated the land below. The swirling golden radiance gradually formed a massive vortex, its outer edges encircled by countless black clouds. The vortex expanded, spreading in all directions.
“A golden vortex has appeared above Chiyun City! Countless black clouds are swirling around it.”
“Tianwu City doesn’t have one.”
“Neither does Tengguang City.”
With a quick exchange, they realized with shock that the golden vortex appeared only above Chiyun City.
“Whoosh!”
Immediately after, a torrent of power surged downward from the golden vortex, directly pouring into one of the cave abodes in Chiyun City below. The energy harmed no structures but instead delved deep into the abode.
“That’s… the Nine-Headed Serpent Ancestor’s cave?” Dongbo Xueying turned his head, instantly recognizing it, and couldn’t help but show astonishment. “Such a grand spectacle, such terrifying energy entering his abode… Could it be that he… succeeded?”
Swish— Dongbo Xueying took a single step, traversing the void, and arrived outside the Nine-Headed Serpent Ancestor’s cave in an instant.
By now, countless cultivators were rushing toward the cave. Chiyun City spanned only a hundred thousand miles, and with their speed, they arrived in mere moments, gathering outside the abode.
“City Lord Nine-Heads was in seclusion, striving to break through to Hunyuan. Did he succeed?” Liexi Emperor, standing beside Dongbo Xueying, couldn’t help but speak up, his eyes filled with shock and envy.
“City Lord Nine-Heads originally had no Hunyuan bloodline. He rose step by step from a weak mortal,” Dongbo Xueying said, watching the terrifying energy descend into the cave. “He collected Hunyuan bloodlines and fused them into himself. Though they were foreign, he mastered each to the peak of Divine Emperor-level combat power, even perfectly harmonizing all nine. In terms of bloodline refinement… his foundation and accumulation are undoubtedly the greatest in the entire Sacred Realm.”
Among the path of the Witch, the Nine-Headed Serpent Ancestor was unparalleled.
“With such accumulation, he believed the heart-blood of the Silent Ice Mountain’s master was the key to his breakthrough. He even led multiple expeditions at great cost to confront that being. Such determination suggests he had confidence in himself,” Dongbo Xueying mused. “Now, with such a grand spectacle, it seems he truly has broken through to Hunyuan.”
“Indeed.”
The silver-white figure, Wu Xiao, approached and nodded. “This phenomenon is unmistakably the sign of an Ultimate Awakening—ascending to Hunyuan. His entire lifeform is undergoing transformation, evolving into a higher existence: a Hunyuan lifeform.”
“Lifeform transformation?” Dongbo Xueying glanced at Wu Xiao. He knew the deputy city lord was the most powerful descendant of a mighty Hunyuan expert and thus privy to many secrets of ascension.
“Still, I’m curious,” Wu Xiao said, eyeing the cave with a smile. “The Ultimate Awakenings I’ve witnessed before involved those born with Hunyuan bloodlines, who eventually awakened and reverted to their ancestral forms—natural Hunyuan lifeforms. But the Nine-Headed Serpent Ancestor follows the ‘Witch’ path, fusing foreign bloodlines into himself. Strictly speaking, his body should contain ten bloodlines: the original nine, each refined to Divine Emperor perfection, and the final one from a high-level Hunyuan lifeform. With ten such potent bloodlines, what form will he take upon awakening?”
Dongbo Xueying paused, then chuckled. “Ten bloodlines… I doubt any natural Hunyuan lifeform is like that.”
“True. He’s crafted his own unique hybrid bloodline,” Wu Xiao remarked.
“Regardless, it seems he’s succeeded,” Fengyun Yiyi said, stepping forward. “Once a high-level Hunyuan lifeform, given his talent, he may even reach World-Class Hunyuan.”
Wu Xiao nodded in agreement. “To fuse ten bloodlines and awaken successfully? Unprecedented. He truly has the potential to become a ‘World-Class Hunyuan lifeform.'”
The gathered cultivators buzzed with discussion. Fengyun Yiyi, Dongbo Xueying, Wu Xiao, Beihe, Xie Fan, Jietian Emperor… Though some were cold and aloof, others wicked or fanatical, all felt complex emotions witnessing the birth of a Hunyuan lifeform.
For this was the pinnacle they all sought.
Suddenly—
A hazy phantom shot upward from the depths of the Nine-Headed Serpent Ancestor’s cave, soaring into the clouds. The golden vortex and black clouds swiftly dissipated.
The phantom revealed its true form upon reaching the sky.
A bizarre serpent appeared midair—one with nine heads and a sinuous body adorned with four claws, its form semi-transparent and pitch-black.
It was colossal.
Its size eclipsed the sky, dwarfing Chiyun City by tens of thousands of times. Dongbo Xueying and the others could barely make out the nine heads; the distant serpent’s tail stretched beyond the horizon, invisible to the naked eye.
Though its aura was restrained, its faint presence alone instilled an involuntary urge to kneel among the cultivators below.
“Screech—”
The nine heads cried out in unison, their voices piercing and brimming with boundless joy.
“So this is a high-level Hunyuan lifeform? Unrestrained and unsealed?” Dongbo Xueying marveled inwardly. The imprisoned Hunyuan prisoners they fought were heavily suppressed. Facing one at full power like this, a mere breath could annihilate them all.
“Hunyuan…” Fengyun Yiyi gazed upward, his eyes alight.
“Ascending to Hunyuan? He seems stronger than the average high-level Hunyuan,” Wu Xiao mused, astonished. Having seen many such beings, none had exuded such overwhelming presence upon breakthrough. “Fusing ten bloodlines and succeeding… Truly extraordinary. And his form—I’ve never seen its like.”
A nine-headed, four-clawed serpent?
Unheard of.
Among the myriad races of natural Hunyuan lifeforms, none matched this. The Nine-Headed Serpent Ancestor had birthed a new lineage.
“Whoosh.”
The colossal serpent transformed into a misty light, descending upon Chiyun City and materializing at his cave’s entrance as a handsome, bald youth—the Nine-Headed Serpent Ancestor.
With a smile, he scanned the gathered cultivators. “Through this seclusion, I’ve been fortunate to break free of shackles and ascend to Hunyuan. In my boundless joy, I thank you all for your past aid.”
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