Transformation Diagram: Starting as a Skinny Dog

Immediately, the "perspective" in my eyes transformed into a world of sound.

Since last consuming the Yin God Fruit, the Six-Eared Macaque's state has advanced, and the range of Six-Ear Listening has become even broader, allowing the listening of everything within six thousand miles.

Within this range of six thousand miles, one could see strand upon strand of purple and red messages entwined together, surprisingly numbering in the tens of thousands.

"Gasp, is this the heritage of the Provincial Martial Temple? The importance and volume of these messages are overwhelming."

It was previously verified that the primordial qi contained in a single Divine Fruit was sufficient for the Six-Eared Macaque to listen to one red-level message.

The message from the Heavenly Demon Altar was overheard at the cost of one Yin God Fruit.

With more than three hundred thousand Martial Destiny left on hand.

Chen Ku boldly chose to listen to the red-level messages directly.

Immediately, countless murmuring voices emerged in his mind, gathering into fragments of sound, which delineated a complete content message in his mind.

[To the north of here, three thousand two hundred miles away, thousands of years ago, there was a strange creature named 'Drought', formed from the corpse metamorphosis of the Reincarnation People upon their death, leaving a thousand miles of scorched earth in its wake where people struggled to survive. Fortunately, a person named Zhong Liyang, known as 'Fire De True Monarch', passed by, subduing the Drought and refining Spiritual Fire, sitting in front of the picture wall for forty-nine years, suppressing the demonic flame aura.

And then the Immortal, and Martial Countries perished simultaneously. Thankfully successors held the temples of the Martial Country, reorganized the homeland, established a dynasty, collected and imprinted the nation's Qi Fortune into the Martial Arts Heaven and Earth, thus giving birth to the Tenth Realm's secret realm, dubbed the 'Painting Corridor'.

Compiled through millennia by the people of Martial Temples, it has become a Tenth Realm checkpoint.

Gatekeeper: Fire De True Monarch's wall projection

Entry condition: One must seek the flame qi of the 'Drought' to enter the painting

Clear condition: Defeat the projection of Fire De True Monarch Zhong Liyang within the painting

Clear rewards: Five hundred thousand Martial Destiny, ten pounds of Holy Blood Sand, one Human Essence Divine Fruit, and one blossom of Primordial Bone Spiritual Fire]

...

Slowly opened his eyes.

A glint of surprise flashed in Chen Ku's eyes.

Truly worthy of the red-level message in the premier Martial Arts Heaven and Earth of Dragon Abyss. The vast amount of information it contained was far beyond a single message, rather multiple strands of crucial information.

Not to mention there is the familiar Fire De True Monarch among them.

The true owner of that Fire Beak Pot magical treasure.

After experiencing the Three Countries War in the Ancient Battlefield of the Divine Martial Hall, Chen Ku had been certain that within the Dragon Abyss Martial Arts World, there would definitely be historical projections related to Fire De True Monarch Zhong Liyang.

It might offer him the opportunity to find relevant affairs concerning the restoration of the Fire Beak Pot.

After all, it's a genuine Fourteen Realms magical treasure, and if it could be restored, there would certainly be more chances and assurance when dealing with Hua Yuexian in the future.

Unexpectedly, he encountered it here.

Although this message mentioned nothing about the Fire Beak Pot, it did mention the strange creature Drought, yet contained even more information.

Such as, it offers another timeline about this Fire De True Monarch.

Currently, Chen Ku is able to integrate the existing information into a segment of the story about Fire De True Monarch, indicating that three thousand years ago, he was already a Tenth Realm cultivator, a senior disciple of the Divine Fire Sect, responsible for representing the Immortal Country Camp, partaking in the Immortal, Taoist, and Demon Three Countries War.

Thereafter, due to the Demon Saint from the Demon Country, all disciples of the Divine Fire Sect were annihilated a thousand years ago at Qiu Dragon Mansion, with only him escaping.

Then a millennium later, which was two thousand years ago, his cultivation had achieved great success, becoming a top-tier earthly powerhouse, named as 'Emperor-level expert' by a member of the Heavenly Immortal Family, Changrong Tian, who descended from the Heavenly Realm.

Because a member of the Heavenly Immortal Family, Changrong Tian, descended from the skies, near Ximu Mansion of Yuan Country a thousand years ago, using the innate divine ability "Divine Eye" to devour all living things, causing an entire city to be reduced to dust flames. Fire De True Monarch was thus dispatched by the Immortal Temple of Fengxian Country under a dharma decree to suppress, succeeding in dismembering Changrong Tian, sealing one of his eyeballs within the Fire Beak Pot.

This is where Fire Beak Mountain came from.

It's probably around this time, roughly two thousand years ago, that the Immortal Holy Land 'Fire Virtue Sect' in Yuan Country was founded.

Later,

is the timeline discussed today.

It's closer to now, meaning a thousand years ago.

Back then, the Immortal and Martial Countries were both extinct, perishing simultaneously.

Fire De True Monarch who had suffered a setback in Qiu Dragon Mansion back in the day, surprisingly returned to this land, rescuing the people who suffered due to the Drought, and stayed seated here for forty-nine years.

"Could it be that the land of Dragon Abyss back then was actually the territory of the Immortal Country? If not, how could Fire De True Monarch Zhong Liyang, the Sacred Master of a Holy Land, casually appear on another country's soil?"

Chen Ku conjectured: "Or perhaps, after another thousand years, the cultivation of Fire De True Monarch has grown so strong that he could disregard the intimidation of a great nation's domain?"

Above Fifteenth Realm?

Yet, that was not the most important information in this message. The crucial part of this message is another unassuming point.

That is, the origin of the Drought.

The Drought was transformed from the corpse metamorphosis of the Reincarnation People of the Reincarnation Country after death.

The Reincarnation Country, Chen Ku almost forgot about this country.

That was when he first gathered the Dragon Totem elements, first learning about the story of Ancient Emperors.

He once saw the description in the "Chronicles of the Ancient Mountains and Seas".

Zhu Yin, with a snake body and human head, of immeasurable length, living on the ancient Zhong Mountain; he would open his eyes and it became daytime, close them and it turned to night. Surrounding Zhong Mountain was an ancient tribe, establishing a country named 'Reincarnation Country', calling themselves 'Reincarnation People'.

It is said that the people of Reincarnation Country do not consume grains, live on qi, have no offspring, and though they die, their souls remain intact.

After death, buried in the soil, they live for another hundred and twenty years and can reincarnate as humans.

Reincarnation People regarded the Zhu Yin of Zhong Mountain as their totem and guardian deity.

Later on, the Ancient Emperors scaled Zhong Mountain, collected the Reincarnation, and merged the Zhu Yin Totem as the first to become part of the Heavenly Court.

"In the "Chronicles of the Ancient Mountains and Seas", it is recorded that even now, there are still Reincarnation People. Although few in number, they still exist as one of the mysterious tribes among the earthly duchies."

At that time, Chen Ku's cultivation was too low, always feeling there was some time before he could come into contact with such Zhu Yin totem, not expecting to encounter related clues in the Dragon Abyss Heaven and Earth.

"Ah, Zhu Yin, the first component of the Ancient Dragon Totem, and also totem I haven't yet assembled its descendant, I didn't expect to encounter it this time."

Chen Ku rejoiced greatly within his heart.

Theoretically speaking, his qualifications have room for continual enhancement under the blessing of the Transformation Diagram.

The next step should be the transformation from Azure Dragon to Golden Dragon.

At the moment, the Golden Dragon level Dragon Energy has yet to be acquired, but it doesn't delay him from preparing in advance for the composition of the Golden Dragon Transformation totem.

"Truly, an unexpected delight."

Chen Ku didn't anticipate that a Divine Fruit worth a hundred thousand Martial Fortune was so worthwhile.

Immediately, I silently noted down the location and the conditions for clearance.

"A Tenth Realm's checkpoint, with my current combat power, it may not be so easy to clear."

Chen Ku clearly understood the suppressive force of the Tenth Realm on martial practitioners below the Tenth Realm, having personally faced it several times before. A Tenth Realm martial practitioner who has transformed their body into an Innate Body could be described as a realm where the 'Breakthrough' domain is nearly useless.

There is a qualitative difference between the innate and the postnatal.

Chen Ku thought to himself that currently, the only thing he could rely on was the 'Before Taiyuan' of the Ninth Realm Divine Left Eye, which has a connection to True Yuan, yet every use comes at a terrible cost.

"This time coming here, a total of fourteen days is available, I should make the most of the time. If I can improve my cultivation by another First Layer, or even two layers within these fourteen days, perhaps the odds will be more in my favor."

After settling down on an intention and a plan.

Chen Ku didn't hesitate to spend his remaining thirty-eight hundred thousand Martial Destiny, to purchase another Divine Fruit as a backup, and spent eighteen thousand Martial Destiny to buy eighteen pieces of Holy Fruit respectively.

One after another, eighteen Holy Fruits were fed into the belly of the Six-Eared Macaque.

One purple message after another fell into Chen Ku's ears.