Transformation Diagram: Starting as a Skinny Dog

[Zhu Arrow Furnace Transformation·Shape-Shifted]

[Cultivation: Peak of Ninth Realm Void]

[Physique: Dual Spirit Roots of Wind and Thunder]

[Learned: "Zhi Xuan Immortal Method," "Refining and Taming All Phenomena," Mystic Gold Finger, Pure Yang Ship Refining Method...]

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In the Martial Arts Heaven and Earth, Chen Ku passed eighteen Ninth Realm trials, plus some previous Ninth Realm transformations, allowing him to cultivate Zhu Jianfu's transformation to the shape-shifted level, gaining all its abilities and root bone physique.

Immediately, all the learnings and physique qualifications of this person were endowed upon Chen Ku.

His mind instantly flashed with cultivation and experience spanning the nine realms: Qi Refinement, Foundation Establishment, Xuan Zhao, Fusion, Heart Movement, Spirit Silence, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Void.

"So it turns out the Void of a Qi Refiner is not purely about piercing through void space, but rather piercing through one's own illusion. It refers to penetrating one's own illusion to glimpse the Divinity Transformation of the Tenth Realm, transforming the soul into a Primordial Spirit. If successful, one can also gain unprecedented lifespan increase at this crucial juncture, just like a Martial Practitioner."

After inheriting this cultivation and experience, Chen Ku muttered in surprise:

"A Qi Refiner achieving Tenth Realm Divinity Transformation can live twice as long as a Tenth Realm Martial Practitioner, meaning a Qi Refiner in the Divinity Transformation Realm can live for two thousand years, while a Tenth Realm Martial Practitioner in the Primordial Heaven Realm lives only one thousand."

This insight allowed him to faintly discern why the Daji Dynasty was struggling to resist the invasion from Yuan Country.

In terms of lifespan alone, Qi Refiners live longer, accumulating more ancient monsters, while many Tenth Realm Martial Practitioners on Ji Country's land may have grown old over time.

However, this might just be his personal conjecture, as the Daji Dynasty, being one of the five great nations, cannot be said to be inferior in martial arts compared to other systems.

Moreover, when the founding ancestors of various sects established their traditions, the momentum of the Martial Temple was not necessarily weaker than other traditions.

In addition to this, Chen Ku also gleaned an insight into the wonders of Qi Refiners' ability to refine all things into magical treasures from Zhu Arrow Furnace's transformation.

"The Spiritual Energy cultivated within Qi Refiners transforms into mana after 'Core Formation' within, and this mana mimics the resonance of the laws of heaven and earth. Therefore, in refining and controlling objects, it holds advantages not possessed by other traditions. Some sects of Yuan Country Qi Refiners, after deep study of this path, can refine an object into a harmonious 'item' within two or three breaths."

Chen Ku had experienced the 'Refining Method' of Yuan Country Qi Refiners before when refining the Hero King Realm, which planted his own essence using this method.

Now, after acquiring Zhu Jianfu's peak Ninth Realm cultivation and learned experience, and seeing the refining method of "Refining and Taming All Phenomena" among what he learned, he held even deeper admiration for the Qi Refiners' founding ancestor, the entity known as the "Immortal Ancestor."

Simultaneously, Chen Ku clarified the origin of the Pure Yang Qi absorbed into his left eye.

It's the Pure Yang Ship Refining Method.

"Yuan Country Qi Refiners customarily categorize magical treasures by various realms, but there is one exception outside these treasures, which is the 'Pure Yang Treasure.' It is reputed to be the finest of treasures, purged of all impurities, retaining only the purest yang energy. In terms of hardness and ferocity, it far surpasses materials of the same grade, and other treasures of the same realm shatter upon contact with it under normal circumstances."

Chen Ku absorbed this refining method for the 'Pure Yang Ship' in his mind:

"And this Pure Yang Treasure requires many rare materials like Bing Fire Thunder Swamp Sand, Great Sun Essence Gold, Platinum Essence Stone, and Primordial Spirit Stone as materials, supported by a 'Pure Yang Array' carved within, forming a Divine Skill called 'Pure Yang Vacuum Dao.' This should be the method Zhu Arrow Furnace just used to self-destruct, where the energy erupted can engulf a vast sky in an instant."

After understanding the source of the Pure Yang Qi he obtained:

"So, does this mean that by plundering enough of these Pure Yang Treasures, I can accumulate enough for my cultivation of the Sun Decision?"

Slightly stirred, he silently set his sights on some Pure Yang Treasures possessed by Yuan Country cultivators.

Meanwhile,

He looked down at the spoils left by Zhu Arrow Furnace and Liu Li after their deaths, collecting them one by one. Judging by Chen Ku's estimation, just selling them could fetch tens of millions, even billions.

But what Chen Ku most wanted to find among them was the secret that Zhu Arrow Furnace desperately guarded, even to the point of self-destruction.

Now that he possessed Zhu Arrow Furnace's cultivation, such Void Divine Sense easily scanned through, quickly locating a jade scroll inscribed with mysterious prohibitions.

Effortlessly channeling his Ninth Realm Qi Refiner mana into it, a crucial message was heard:

[A 'Super Spirit Mine' detected in Gua State, estimated to contain at least ten billion tons of Spirit Jade resources, enough for sixty million Qi Refiners' needs for ten years. The Alliance Army is urgently requested to dispatch troops.]

Chen Ku was greatly shocked in spirit.

No wonder Zhu Arrow Furnace protected this message with his life, even attempting to destroy it.

Ten billion tons of Spirit Jade resources.

The spirit jade required for his current Transformation Map cultivation, from the Fourteenth Transformation Map, Fifteenth Transformation Map, to the Sixteenth Transformation Map, adds up to only forty-five thousand pieces.

Even though one piece of Spirit Jade weighs about a pound, ten billion tons...

What a massive concept that is.

No wonder it could sustain sixty million Qi Refiners for ten years!

This is simply a national-level strategic resource. It is known that within the borders of Yuan Country, not everyone is a Qi Refiner.

Calculating based on the ratio of Martial Practitioners and civilians in Ji Country, out of Ji Country's population of ten billion, having one billion Martial Practitioners would be about right.

Yuan Country has a larger territory and more inclusive culture, with close to eighteen billion people, and approximately six billion Qi Cultivators.

It can be said that if this super spirit mine were acquired by Da Yuan, it would sustain one-tenth of the cultivators within its borders.

At the very least, it could advance Yuan Country's level of cultivation resources by thirty years!

And the most crucial point is:

Gua State!

It's not within the invaded Dragon Abyss Province of Yuan Country, but is in another major province 'Changbai Province' to the northeast bordering Dragon Abyss.

This means that if Yuan Country receives this information, the battlefront will quickly expand from Dragon Abyss to fiercely attack Changbai Province as well.

Chen Ku currently doesn't know whether this information has been sent out by Zhu Jianfu. If the Yuan Army has already acquired this intelligence resource, it wouldn't be excessive to drastically increase the number of Qi Cultivators, even deploying ten times more troops to the battlefield.

Immediately, Chen Ku looked at this information in hand, feeling extremely uneasy.

There is no doubt that this intelligence is best reported to the Imperial Court, but how to report it has become a problem.

My current identity is not very suitable for showing up.

After all, my true self is still at Divine Martial Mountain.

"Perhaps it would be better to switch identities and investigate the truth in Gua State first."

Immediately, Chen Ku gathered all the spoils underfoot and began to perform 'Heart Transformation'.

[Please the Diagram Master select the Heart Transformation Diagram number...]

Chen Ku chose another incarnation, Kong Xin, far away at Qiu Dragon Mansion.

Immediately, in his mind, the Transformation Diagram started spinning, engulfing everything he presently possessed into the Transformation Diagram, and then...

Accompanied by a swap and inversion between the two Transformation Diagrams.

Hoo~

On the spot, his eyes, shaped as Tang Xuan, opened and transformed into the appearance of Kong Xin. Observing the situation below through the transformation process, he already understood what his true self had done.

"Actually changed into a body of a Ninth Realm Martial Practitioner, however, this body seems to be consumed by the true self to the last breath."

Kong Xin transformation shook his head. Even if only a breath remains, as long as it's not dissipated, it still has the ability to assist the true self. Immediately, with a move underfoot, he replaced the original Tang Xuan and stealthily entered Yan Capital City.

Soon after Chen Ku's external embodiment disappeared and left.

One ray of light after another appeared on this devastated small mountain.

The small mountain was almost leveled to flat ground, yet in the air, the Blood Qi of a Martial Practitioner and the Qi Mechanism of a Qi Cultivator's mana continued to circulate.

The first person to arrive here was the Deputy Commander from the Capital Governor's office in Yan Capital City, with a cultivation of the Tenth Realm, a veteran over a hundred years, wielding military authority over thirty guard troops in the city.

Upon detecting these Qi Mechanisms in the air, his complexion changed drastically:

"It's the Qi Mechanism of Yuan Country's Qi Cultivators. A battle seems to have broken out here, judging by the situation, Magical Treasures or something seems to have been shattered."

He quickly speculated some truths in his mind.

Due to recent occurrences of suspicious news of Yuan Country spies in the city, they have been cracking down. Now, unexpectedly, a battle broke out between Martial Practitioners and Qi Cultivators right under their noses, yet they do not know who engaged in the battle.

"Immediately mobilize three thousand troops, seal this mountain, and conduct a detailed search. We must find out who made the move here."

Three hundred miles away, the various forces within Yan Capital City were also alarmed.

Everyone heard the news that Yuan Country's Qi Cultivators appeared outside Yan Capital City. For a time, the massive ancient capital was in panic, with citizens of every household fearing that Yuan Country's Qi Cultivators had reached Yan Capital, refraining from venturing out.

Divine Martial Mountain also organized a group of students at the first opportunity, collaborating with Yan Capital Mansion to launch an investigation, intending to treat this accident as a practical examination for the students.

Meanwhile.

Eighteen thousand miles away from a border-prefecture county, within a small courtyard in the prefecture city of Qiu Dragon Mansion, Chen Ku's consciousness and mind opened their eyes from the incarnation refining pills.

He had returned to Qiu Dragon Mansion.