Transformation Diagram: Starting as a Skinny Dog

Whoosh~~

The pointer on Luo Nanzhao's Spirit Stabilizing Plate kept spinning, the numbers on it decreasing, indicating that the spirit mine ahead was indeed being rapidly devoured by something unknown.

Initially, nine thousand pounds of spirit mine would have been enough for half a year's cultivation, even for a Tenth Realm Divinity Transformation cultivator like him. It was undoubtedly a great fortune.

And he was confident that he could excavate this small mine entirely on his own, without the need to report it. By the time he returned, he would undoubtedly have a nice profit to show.

However, the rapidly decreasing spirit mine reserves on the Spirit Stabilizing Plate made his eyelids twitch uncontrollably.

"What kind of creature could devour spirit mines at such a speed?"

Instinctively, he thought it must be some unknown demon within this White Mountain and Black Water. After all, previous scouts from the Alliance Army who came here to explore had met their end. Given that spirit mines grow here, it's natural they would form a biological chain with local demons.

Natural-born demons are best at harnessing spirit mines for cultivation.

"Whatever beast it is, stop!"

Sensing the proximity of the spirit vein, less than four or five miles away, Luo Nanzhao slapped his Storage Bag, causing six flying swords to shoot out. They arranged themselves like a drill and charged directly towards the unknown soil layer ahead.

Being a Tenth Realm Divinity Transformation cultivator, the six Green Bamboo Divine Wind Swords in his hands were not weak magical treasures. Forming a sword array, they sped ahead quickly and could catch even a Tenth Realm demon off guard with a heavy blow.

Then, easily take it down.

The thought of not only enriching himself with the small spirit mine but also acquiring materials from a Tenth Realm demon made Luo Nanzhao's expression slightly excited.

Crash~~

Yet, as his Green Bamboo Divine Wind Sword array drilled through the soil layer, opening a large passageway, he instinctively sensed a formidable Qi Mechanism, like a tidal wave, approaching.

Boom!

In an instant, the soil layer ahead of his sword array suddenly collapsed like a giant dragon or seven stars colliding.

A large hand, white as jade, reached out from the other side of the soil layer. In its palm, seven starlight dots flickered, unleashing an aura capable of capturing stars, as if the heavens' seven stars were caught in its grasp.

As the seven stars in the palm began to spin, it resembled a star map in motion, conveying cosmic power.

His six commendable Green Bamboo Divine Wind Swords were directly slapped by the hand holding seven stars.

In the next moment!

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Six earth-shattering crisp sounds echoed as the sword array of Green Bamboo Divine Wind Swords was crushed and exploded like fragile ice shards.

Moreover, the residual force continued towards Luo Nanzhao's body.

Under the palm, Luo Nanzhao felt as if he was in the starry sky, a giant god overlooking him, holding seven planets, pressing down with star essence Qi, fierce and domineering.

"This is..."

Luo Nanzhao turned pale in horror, his heart shouting:

"Seven Star Handprint, how can that be?"

Seven Star Handprint, the divine skill of Yuan Country's royal family, obtained from the first Primordial Emperor's supreme inheritance in the Immortal Temple, split into an immortal Tao divine skill.

Not passed outside the royal family.

Even within the royal family, cultivating it requires collecting star essence Qi from the cosmos. Especially the Seven Star Handprint, which needs the essence Qi of the northern seven stars from the cosmos, bestowing a world-pointing grandeur.

How? Within Daji Dynasty's White Mountain and Black Water, could there be a royal from their Yuan Country?

But before the handprint, Luo Nanzhao had no time to ponder other matters. Despite the shock on his face, he swiftly formed a spell with flying hands, his primordial spirit suddenly mobilizing all his mana, spewing infinite immortal light from it.

In an instant, a primordial spirit Dharma image with a blue face and sharp fangs, bearing nine faces like evil spirits appeared behind Luo Nanzhao.

Nine ghostly faces simultaneously spewed black mist like rain towards the handprint, in an instant brewing into a rain cloud and covering the Seven Star Handprint.

Crash!!!

Momentarily, countless raindrops burst out from within the black rain cloud, connecting each point into lines.

Buzz~~

A terrifying scene unfolded.

When those black raindrops fell on the surrounding soil and rock layers, just a single drop instantly melted into a deep pit sizable as a vat, while countless raindrops poured down.

This underground world was directly melted into a honeycomb-like state.

Upon the Seven Star Handprint, one hole after another appeared, and the rainwater spread like venom, continuously corroding the hand.

In this world, a cultivator reaching the Tenth Realm is never simple, and Luo Nanzhao attaining his primordial spirit proves he's an extraordinary figure.

The primordial spirit he cast, different from other Qi cultivators' primordial spirits, involved capturing nine 'Ninth Realm ghost immortals,' refining their yin gods infused with immortal Qi into his innate spiritual light, leaping vigorously to achieve his primordial spirit, called 'Nine Ghosts Primordial Spirit.'

Once the Nine Ghosts Primordial Spirit was cultivated, not only was its mana superior to ordinary primordial spirit cultivators, but it also produced a unique 'divine skill,' known as 'Ghost Rain Curse Immortal Skill.'

The rain cloud is most adept at tainting magical artifacts, rotting others' mana and primordial spirits.

Luo Nanzhao saw that his Nine Ghosts Primordial Spirit and Ghost Rain Curse Immortal Skill had taken effect, corroding more than half of the Seven Star Handprint. He quickly reorganized his primordial spirit, transforming it into a giant demon hand, which fiercely struck forward.

Boom!

The palm struck the mostly corroded Seven Star Handprint, successfully shattering it.

At the same time, he shouted loudly:

"May I ask which member of the royal family has taken action? It's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding. I am also a Qi Cultivator from Yuan Country. Please reveal yourself, and we can have a proper talk. I am also here under orders."

When he saw the Seven Star Handprint, he had fully determined that it was undoubtedly from a member of the Yuan Country's royal family. He subconsciously suspected whether there was any discord between the alliance leaders and the Yuan Country's royal family, leading to someone being sent secretly to sabotage, or worse, if it was a prince or a royal grandson who came?

A Qi Cultivator from Yuan Country?

After making his move, Chen Ku quickly understood the causal relationships after hearing the self-introduction from the other person.

"The intelligence from Zhu Jianfu has leaked? The Qi Cultivators coming to this side from Yuan Country must not be just this Tenth Realm Divinity Transformation cultivator, I must swiftly conclude this battle and quickly deal with him!"

After Chen Ku's thoughts quickly flashed by, he sent out a Seven Star Handprint and immediately began laying out the Drought God Air Domain.

At the same time, he took a step forward, and a brilliant fist mark like the sun blasted toward the opponent.

"Sir..."

Luo Nanzhao was about to continue speaking, but before he could utter the words, his vision was consumed by the dazzling golden fist mark before him.

This fist mark was fierce and explosive, with the texture of the knuckles clear. As the punch was thrown, even the space itself rippled with waves.

"What? A Martial Practitioner? From Ji Country?"

Under this punch, Luo Nanzhao's initial belief that the opponent was from the Yuan Country's royal family drastically changed. Instantly, black gas emerged from his primordial spirit, forming a vast net, attempting to envelop Chen Ku.

However, he had severely underestimated Chen Ku's Martial Practitioner punch. This punch contained not only Chen Ku's Ninth Realm peak blood qi but also the peak blood qi of Jin Xun, along with immense power from the Transformation Diagram.

With one punch, it had already surpassed the then forty-eight dragon power, potentially doubling to nearly the power of a hundred dragons.

Just the wind of the punch alone, like a destructive hurricane, blew apart the overwhelming black gas emitted by Luo Nanzhao's Nine Ghosts Primordial Spirit.

One punch struck directly at Luo Nanzhao's chest.

Boom!

Luo Nanzhao took the punch head-on. At the critical moment, a white jade bone staff emerged from his Nine Ghosts Primordial Spirit, surprisingly emitting an intensely yang qi, blocking in front of him.

Clang!!

The terrifying power of the punch spread out between the two, and instantly, the underground space felt as though it was collapsing.

Even with the white jade bone staff's block, Luo Nanzhao's body and primordial spirit were still like a cannonball, shooting out from underground, breaking through the ground repeatedly, carrying a cloud of earth dust, and was blasted out from underground.

"This punch..."

Sent flying from the underground to the sky with just one punch, even with the white jade bone staff's block, Luo Nanzhao still felt his primordial spirit trembling, like a concussion, a dizzy and nauseous sensation that alarmed him:

"Clearly, I sensed the blood qi of a Ninth Realm Martial Practitioner, yet the force of this punch is not weaker than that of a Tenth Realm Martial Practitioner. Moreover, I also perceived the primordial spirit power fluctuations from him, which means..."

The one who attacked him not only possessed the primordial spirit power of a Tenth Realm Qi Cultivator but also the peak blood qi of a Ninth Realm Martial Practitioner, with strength far beyond any Ninth Realm Martial Practitioner.

This reminded him of the individual named Xiang Kunlun, known on the front lines as the 'Five-clawed Dragon King,' who had once fought against his country's Three Star Cave's disciple 'Yuan Wutian.'

That so-called Five-clawed Dragon King Martial Practitioner, with each punch, possessed the power of five hundred dragons.

And this person's strength, while not as formidable as Xiang Kunlun's, wasn't far off, even at just Ninth Realm cultivation. If he were to elevate both his martial and qi cultivation to the Tenth Realm, wouldn't he...

Possess strength even exceeding that of Xiang Kunlun?

"Who on earth is this person? Not only does he know royal ultimate skills, but he also has dual cultivation systems?"

Soaring in the air, Luo Nanzhao was filled with doubt and uncertainty:

"Is he truly someone from our Yuan Country's royal family?"

Unlike Ji Country, Yuan Country didn't abolish all schools of thought in favor of martial arts. Even though they mainly revered the Immortal Temple, they didn't mind if cultivators practiced other systems, as long as they had the ability and time.

So in some high circles and Holy Lands, there were individuals with superb root bones and talents who practiced multiple systems, reputedly to enhance their future foundation for attaining the Tao.

While Luo Nanzhao was filled with doubt and uncertainty.

"The bone staff that just blocked my punch is actually a Pure Yang Treasure; it's something significant. Being able to refine a bone staff, an object so terribly yin, by removing all impurities and yin qi to make it pure yang, it's imaginable how tremendous the pure yang qi of this bone staff is after yin transforms to yang."

Chen Ku's eyes brightened underground, and with one step, like a cannonball, he shot towards the sky, his fist leading the way, transforming martial arts divine abilities, striking directly:

"You can't hold on to this treasure, so give it to me!"

The last pure yang treasure required for cultivating the Sun Technique should not slip by.

This moment's punch from Chen Ku, his fist-arm like a staff turned spear, struck straight forward, instantly reaching Luo Nanzhao. Within the fist mark, the "Life Destruction" prohibition was already carved. If struck, it would turn the opponent into stone instantly, then explode!