Transformation Diagram: Starting as a Skinny Dog

Chen Ku's mind reflected the transformational information of the Haze Monster.

With a hint of spirit light merging into his sea of consciousness, Chen Ku inherited all the cultivation of this Haze Monster, and he completely understood the means by which this Haze Monster could teleport in the void, making itself ethereal during their encounter.

"Drought God Air Domain."

Chen Ku whispered in his heart:

"Just as I suspected, the reason this Haze Monster could wield the power of teleportation in that sea of yellow sand was because the sandy world just now was a kind of 'domain' manifested by its innate divine ability."

This domain, unlike the Cave Mansion Heaven and Earth within true Fourteen Realms great cultivators, temporarily signs a certain contract with the void of heaven and earth, permitting the temporary borrowing of a section of the void's power.

And from the memory inheritance of the Haze Monster, Chen Ku learned that the 'Drought Domain' that the Haze Monster just wielded was only a ten li radius of the open sky.

Yet, in his memory, the true 'Drought' which was suppressed by Fire De True Monarch could indeed transform a thousand li into a land of red soil.

"Based on the listening of the Six-Eared Macaque, this Haze Monster was merely an imprint of some Drought, intercepted by the Martial Temple and concretized with martial arts destiny as a 'Gatekeeper'. If not for my Transformation Diagram, even if others defeated this Haze Monster, they would not be able to wield the void domain."

A thought crossed Chen Ku's mind, and the yellow sand underfoot surged into a sea, as he stepped forward...

In an instant, no true gang qi emerged on his body, nor did he employ any martial arts, yet he instantly appeared three zhang away, a mere consequence of him wielding the 'Drought God Air Domain' to a radius of three zhang with a single breath.

According to his calculations, to completely wield a ten li radius Drought God Air Domain, at least a tea's time of energy accumulation at the spot was required.

This also led to such a Drought God Air Domain being incapable of allowing the effortless teleportation to any location as true cultivators of the Thirteen or even Fourteen Realms would.

However, below the Primordial Heaven level, it was sufficient to handle most opponents.

Especially in pre-prepared ambush scenarios, unfurling a domain at some location might deliver a severe blow to a Tenth Realm Primordial Heaven expert.

Yet what Chen Ku was most eager to try was confirming if this Haze Monster transformation could serve as nourishment for totem evolution.

He singled out the Green Dragon Transformation and the Haze Monster's Transformation Diagram to begin deducing 'fetus transformation refining shape.'

[Diagram Master sets the Green Dragon Transformation and Haze Monster to deduce fetus transformation refining shape...]

[Deduction in progress...]

[Deduction successful, this fetus transformation refining shape has a one in ten thousand chance of refining shape into 'Golden Dragon Transformation', ninety-nine percent chance of refining shape failure...]

[Proceed with fetus transformation refining shape?]

Chen Ku was not surprised by the minuscule probability of refining shape success, as he was doing so without the dragon energy equivalent to 'Golden Dragon Transformation'.

Even so, the addition of the Haze Monster increased the probability of progression for the Green Dragon Transformation by one in ten thousand.

This was evidence enough.

What he read in Baojiao County's bookshop one or two years ago, the records in "Chronicles of the Ancient Mountains and Seas" were not incorrect, the predecessor of this Haze was indeed closely connected to the dragon totem chief 'Zhu Yin Totem', possibly being descendants of the Zhu Yin bloodline.

This relationship is similar to later nationals all being descendants of Yanhuang, descendants of the dragon.

"With the Haze Transformation, my cultivation enters the Ninth Realm Second Layer Heaven, although it feels as though facing the Tenth Realm Fire De True Monarch projection of the 'Painting Corridor' does not yield much hope, at least I can gauge its depth."

Standing on the grasslands that emerged after the yellow sand vanished, Chen Ku gathered the many spoils scattered on the ground.

He turned, looking towards the 'Painting Corridor' location where the Six-Eared Macaque's hearing was worth a divine medicine fruit.

Stepping forth.

He rapidly advanced towards it.

The location was a corridor bridge, somewhat dilapidated, its railings and stone slabs marked by the ravages of time, overgrown with moss, underneath flowed a small river leading an unknown destination in Dragon Abyss Heaven and Earth.

Whoosh~

As a gentle breeze passed, a youth's figure emerged on the bridgehead amidst a shift in the air, it was Chen Ku, holding a mass of flame qi seemingly capable of vaporizing the void.

Gazing at the ancient ferry corridor bridge before him, without a trace of any checkpoint.

"According to the Six-Eared Macaque's information, this checkpoint, like the ancient Jiao Hou and Champion Marquis checkpoints of yore, is a hidden checkpoint, this checkpoint even incorporates shards of ancient martial arts heaven and earth, the method to enter is..."

Chen Ku held the rouge qi formed after the Haze Monster's death, stepping slowly onto the corridor bridge.

As he proceeded towards the bridge's center.

The engravings on the bridge's surface beneath his feet became visible, like decorations on either side, yet the Haze Monster's rouge qi in Chen Ku's hand swelled fiercely upon his ascent onto the corridor bridge.

Boom!

Like ripples rapidly spreading from within the rouge qi, undulating circles of waves in the void, soon after, the murals on the pillars flanking the corridor bridge began to glow, fragments flying out piece by piece.

Following this, within the space at the center of the corridor bridge, these mural fragments began converging towards a single location, ultimately assembling like a puzzle into a scroll.