My Arts Evolve When Perfected

'Snow is gone.' He could sense that his original Half-Step Unity Realm cultivation had vanished. It wasn't that it had truly ceased to exist, but rather that a concept like the Harmonization Realm didn't seem to exist here.

'I've arrived in a completely new dimension, and I was even born as a new creature, hatching from a Dragon Egg.'

'Is this some kind of special trial within a Secret Realm?'

Unable to think of any other explanation, Jiang Qiu concluded he must be undergoing a trial within a Secret Realm. It was just like when he first entered the Northern Boundary. After all, hadn't there been a trial called the War of the Chosen back then?

If he hadn't won the War of the Chosen, how would the Northern Boundary Mountain have been opened? How would a portion of the Dragon Emperor's legacy have been unlocked? And how would he have been able to forge his Dragon Form, allowing him to glimpse the Dragon Race Dao that year?

The Dragon Race Dao was, of course, one of the world's supreme Daos, ranked among the very best of the Three Thousand Great Daos. It could even be described as the embodiment of physical sanctification.

It was only after embarking on the Dragon Dao that Jiang Qiu's body had become so resilient. His Dragon Body could continuously evolve and strengthen, to the point where upon reaching any given realm, his physical form was invincible among his peers!

Take his time in the Desolate Realm, for instance. Didn't he frequently fight in the Celestial Star Arena and rack up an unbroken winning streak?

That winning streak wasn't due to any other reason; it was purely because his physical strength was off the charts. Even without channeling any Spirit Charm, he simply steamrolled all opposition.

Indeed, back then, killing his foes was an effortless motion, as simple as raising and lowering his hand. There were no fancy moves; he could eliminate enemies with ease.

His only weapons were his own arms and the Chuyuan spear.

And yet, his methods were so simple that even Harmonization Realm masters couldn't see through them, leading them to suspect he was secretly employing some bizarre Secret Technique.

After all, he had only been at the Peak of Dao Entry Realm back then. To conceal his cultivation, he didn't channel any Spirit Charm at all, fighting purely with his physical body, which was simply too bizarre.

That was precisely why Jiang Qiu's strength was in a league of its own, and why his fifty-fight winning streak was so significant. At the time, hadn't he only resorted to using the Dragon Spirit Secret Realm against a few opponents with particularly unusual attacks? The rest were simply skewered by a casual toss of his spear!

Thus, the Dragon Dao was exceptionally formidable. To be precise, it wasn't even considered one of the Three Thousand Great Daos. It was a unique, inherited path. If one were to truly walk it to its end, wouldn't they become a transcendent existence like the Dragon Emperor?

This meant the ceiling for the Dragon Dao was incredibly high, far beyond comparison to the Three Thousand Great Daos bound within the Primordial cluster of worlds. Possessing the Dragon Dao provided an opportunity to achieve Transcendence. Of course, this path was only one part of the equation—merely the key to open the door. Whether one could actually transcend depended on many other factors.

Otherwise, how could it be that over tens of thousands of years, across two entire epochs, countless world-shaking prodigies had been born—many of whom dominated their entire generation—yet not a single one had achieved Transcendence?

It proved that Transcendence depended on more than just Talent; other factors were at play. Factors like the ones in his current Secret Realm.

Jiang Qiu felt it was incredibly surprising that despite having only just entered this Secret Realm, he already felt an intimate connection to the Dragon Race.

Though he possessed the bloodline of the Human Race, he had been born into this world as a dragon hatchling. It felt as if there were some underlying mission he had to complete before he would be allowed to leave...

'Before Snow disappeared, it said this place might hold the Dragon Emperor's legacy. Even if it's not the most crucial part of his legacy, it will be nothing to scoff at. Any minor inheritance from the Dragon Emperor would be of immense benefit to me.'

At this thought, Jiang Qiu fixed his gaze on the trembling Bear Demon nearby. "Who are you?"

'First things first,' he thought. 'Since I've been born as a dragon, I need to figure out what's going on. The main issue is that my cultivation realm has changed. It's completely disconnected from my old system of cultivation, as if I've stepped into another world entirely.'

'Furthermore, I can't access any of my other abilities. Even Snow, which I was on the verge of fully merging with, has vanished. This would be impossible without some world-altering, immense power at play.'

'In other words, chances are this Secret Realm truly is part of the Dragon Emperor's legacy. And the challenge will be anything but small!'

His first encounter with the Dragon Emperor's legacy had been in the Northern Boundary. The remains of a single left eye had been enough to place the entire world fragment under an Array that sealed off all Spirit Charm, and for countless years afterward, it had cyclically summoned Chosen Ones for its trials.

The struggle had lasted for so long that generation after generation had perished. Countless peerless prodigies had entered, and only after all that was a final victor decided.

The next time was in the Dragon Spirit Secret Realm of the Yin Yang Great Realm. That place contained the remains of the Dragon Emperor's right eye. And because of that tiny remnant, over two hundred thousand powerful Cultivators were subjected to Refinement—including a huge number of Fusion Realm experts!

In that one event, nine Harmonization Realm masters died, the strongest of whom was Red Demon, one of the Nine Venerables of the Nine Venerable Great Realm.

It was a price that would strike fear into the heart of anyone who heard of it. One could only imagine how furious Yin Yang, the world will of the Yin Yang Great Realm, must have been upon discovering that the vast number of Souls under its control had been consumed.

Harmonization Realm masters were an incredibly precious resource, and even ignoring them, the number of other Cultivators lost was substantial. In the end, all of them were sacrificed and their power used for Refinement just to activate the Dragon Spirit Secret Realm.

Of course, all the power from this Refinement was channeled into Snow. And since Snow benefited, Jiang Qiu benefited. Because of this, Jiang Qiu grew ever stronger, and his Soul, in particular, became nigh unassailable!