Martial Ascent to Divinity

"How has the Dragon World been infiltrated?"

"Not as severely as humans, but there are some. How is your recovery going? Once you’re well, you can participate in the Dragon Egg Transformation Ceremony."

"Tomorrow then. I drank a bit much yesterday, need to digest it." Zhou Leng said, popping a Dragon and Tiger Pill into his mouth.

Although the Demigod wine is toxic, it’s extremely nourishing, and it might take a whole day to digest.

"That works out. You should take part in various small rituals and trials today. You’ve spent so little time with the Dragon Race that many ceremonies are incomplete; better to finish them all at once today," said the White Dragon.

"Let’s go!" Zhou Leng, wanting to strengthen his body, immediately agreed upon hearing this.

The White Dragon smiled outwardly, laughing even more joyously inside.

The more dragon rituals Zhou Leng undergoes, the higher the chance of his transformation into a dragon; human bloodline is too easily assimilated by the Giant Dragon.

By then, Zhou Leng is more likely to become a Giant Dragon rather than a Giant.

This isn’t harm; this is the Giant Dragon Race going all out to elevate Zhou Leng!

After breakfast, the drowsy Jade Wings came running over.

They chatted as they walked, arriving at the location of the first ceremony.

"The first ceremony is the Shell Eating Rite," said the White Dragon.

After birth, a Giant Dragon will eat its own egg to gain its initial growth.

Zhou Leng, having no eggshell, was provided with an entire Dragon Egg.

On the massive altar, the Dragon Egg was a towering ten meters high, with no life signs inside—a clearly dead egg.

The eggshell was silver-white, with starlight flowing over it like a river, occasionally shooting off the shell to hang in the air, glowing, then returning to the shell—a cycle repeated over and over.

"Is this a Star Dragon bloodline Dragon Egg?" Zhou Leng asked.

The White Dragon smiled, "You have a keen eye. The Dragon Egg didn’t hatch for too long, ending up damaged or fossilized. This egg was preserved by powerful forces, so it’s a dead egg but not fossilized, hence consumable."

"Why can’t I eat it?" Jade Wings gulped.

"Raw or cooked?" Zhou Leng asked.

"Raw is nutritious, cooked tastes better." The White Dragon understood human habits well.

"Then raw it is."

The Dragon Priest personally cut the egg into eight pieces, the internal liquid already solidified.

Zhou Leng cut them into smaller pieces and ate voraciously.

The taste was like tough beef tendon, with a faint fishiness—not pleasant, but not awful either.

As Zhou Leng ate one piece after another, Jade Wings reached out to grab a piece for a taste.

The Dragon Priest’s tail swept over, sending Jade Wings flying with a painful wail.

"I’m not okay with this..."

After eating, Zhou Leng sat down to meditate and circulate Qi.

Star Dragons were known as Cosmic Giants.

If both parents have pure bloodlines, the Giant Dragon hatching from the egg is a Star Dragon.

But such occurrences are rare, leading to many Star Dragons with impure bloodlines in the universe, like the Spine-headed Demon Dragon Deep Dark Fury, whose ancestors were such hybrids.

Star Dragon bloodline eggs contain far stronger bloodline power than ordinary Giant Dragon eggs.

Eating such food strengthens the bloodline for the Giant Dragon Race, but for Alien Races, there is a high risk of assimilation.

The Giant Dragons didn’t mention it, and Zhou Leng didn’t care either.

After all, having already gained the Demon Suppression Elephant Monarch’s power, another wouldn’t hurt.

Watching Zhou Leng emit starlight all over, the surrounding Giant Dragons and hidden Demigod Giant Dragons smiled.

The so-called Dragon Egg Transformation was a setup all along.

A scheme by ancient Giant Dragons to dragonify Alien Race geniuses.

Once the full set of Giant Dragon rituals was completed, leading to transformation, the final emergence would always be from a dragon shell—never the opposite.

Unless the individual possessed a more powerful bloodline, but what powerful bloodline could a human possess?

As more energy from the Dragon Egg was absorbed, Zhou Leng’s aura grew heavier and denser.

The new "Dantian," now transformed into a quasi-stellar form, absorbed the Star Dragon bloodline power.

Within the star, an odd gestation appeared, like another heart in the Dantian.

However, Zhou Leng knew it wasn’t an actual heart, merely his True Energy Singularity mimicking a Star Dragon’s gestation process.

At the moment the solar gestation formed, a strange sensation blossomed within him.

All the external light bathing his body felt so warm and comfortable.

Like part of himself.

A lot of the light decomposed into the energy he needed, merging into his body.

Originally reaching the human limit as a newly risen Martial Saint, his growth and enhancement resumed.

The light twisted upon nearing.

The inability of the light to reflect off resulted in Zhou Leng rapidly darkening in the dragons’ eyes, ultimately turning into a pure black silhouette.

Like a human-shaped mini-black hole.

The Giant Dragons were astonished yet elated.

What an investment!

This Star Dragon bloodline Dragon Egg was a treasured artifact for the Dragon Race.

Yet unable to hatch over tens of thousands of years, they didn’t know how to use it, so they decided to apply it to Zhou Leng.

The stronger the Dragon Egg bloodline given in the Shell Eating Rite, the more likely the transformation into a dragon.

Jade Wings observed Zhou Leng, absentmindedly stroking his chin with a dragon claw.

Being born on the Great Battlefield, he also carried some Star Dragon bloodline, intuitively sensing something amiss.

It seemed less like the Giant Dragon was assimilating Zhou Leng, more like Zhou Leng was assimilating the Giant Dragon.

However, he couldn’t be certain.

Moreover, with such valuable resources, why warn other dragons?

Bah, the bigger the loss, the better, even drag the Red Eyes into it.

Not long after, Zhou Leng opened his eyes and stood up.

"How is it?" the plump Dragon Priest asked with a smile.

"Very good, I feel my power growing, especially my Giant Dragon Blood Marvelous Body."

Zhou Leng could clearly sense his Giant Dragon Blood Marvelous Body evolving, similar to the transformation from Fierce Beast Power Marvelous Body to the strength of the Demon Suppression Elephant Monarch.

However, the power felt incomplete.

"Let’s proceed with the next ceremony, the Dragon Pool Bath."

"Let’s go."

Zhou Leng was very pleased.

The Giant Dragons were equally delighted.

They quickly arrived at the Dragon Pool.

Jade Wings glanced suspiciously at the Dragon Pool.

The Dragon Pool was meant for newborn dragons; besides a multitude of medicines, it contained Innate Giant Dragon blood.

But this Dragon Pool... it was full of Demigod dragon blood.

If a young dragon were to enter, they’d be corroded to nothing.

But it wouldn’t harm Zhou Leng; with the previous Star Dragon Egg, bloodline...

Jade Wings vaguely understood the intention of the Giant Dragon Race, thought of warning Zhou Leng, but on second thought, what’s good about being a human compared to a dragon?

He folded his claws, watching the spectacle with a beaming smile.

Zhou Leng felt the surging power of the demigod dragon blood in the Dragon Pool and remarked, "You’ve been too generous."

"Not at all, it’s all deserved..." the Dragon Priest’s smile widened to the point of distortion.

Zhou Leng slowly entered the Dragon Pool, meditating and circulating Qi to absorb the pool’s energy.

A minute, two minutes...

In just three minutes, the color of the Dragon Pool began to fade.

"Hmm?" The Dragon Priest immediately sensed something was off—it was too quick.

He and other dragons whispered among themselves, then a few Demigod Giant Dragons stepped forward, cheerfully extending their right claws and slashing the arteries on the left claws.

Sssss...

A column of dragon blood sprayed into the pool.

Three minutes later, the Dragon Pool began to fade again.

Another group of Demigod Giant Dragons came forth, collectively slitting their wrists.

Every three minutes, this repeated...

Three minutes after three minutes.

The dozen or so Demigod Giant Dragons present let out several rounds of blood, soon finding themselves wobbly and their vision darkening.

Yet the Dragon Pool’s water kept fading.

The Dragon Priest gritted his teeth and commanded, "Bring other demigods here at once, to offer their loyalty!"

After that, he began to bleed himself.