197: Activating the Great Dragon in the Human Body and Opening the Outline of the Purple Mansion

The matches continued, but with the precedent set by Jiang Hao and Li Gubei, the subsequent bouts seemed rather dull.

Cai Ping, Zhan Feng, and Li Junxia successfully advanced.

What followed were the matches between the twenty losers; these bouts turned out to be even more exciting.

"System, Check-in!"

[Ding! Check-in successful at the Great Square of Riverflow City. Reward: 3 years of cultivation base, +3 Luck value.]

Ji Wuchang didn't watch and left directly. He had something to do: activate the Great Dragon of the Human Body and outline the Purple Mansion!

Just moments ago, beneath the Arena, he had witnessed the duel between Li Gubei and Jiang Hao.

Although he was confident of victory, it was time to take this step!

Upon returning to the Inn, Ji Wuchang gave Tian Shuang a few instructions, telling him to stand guard outside.

At the same time, he communicated with Ji Yaoyao, asking her to act as his Protector. He had been anticipating this step for a long time.

Ji Yaoyao was also full of anticipation. What would be different about the Purple Mansion opened by Ji Wuchang, who had established ten Dao Platforms?

Ji Wuchang did not rush to begin. Instead, he closed his eyes and slowly regulated his breathing.

After the time it takes an incense stick to burn, he opened his eyes, feeling his mind had completely regained its tranquility.

With a wave of his hand, the beast soul of the eighth-Rank Vicious Beast, the Three-Legged Golden Crow, materialized. The room's temperature instantly began to rise continuously.

Ji Wuchang's eyes shone brightly. He formed hand seals, and a surge of Spiritual Power directly enveloped the Three-Legged Golden Crow's beast soul.

The Spiritual Power on his body erupted. The clothes covering his upper body directly shattered into pieces, turning to dust and revealing his lean torso.

Ji Wuchang reached his hand behind his back, took a deep breath, and lightly traced a line. A long wound instantly appeared on his spine, blood gushing forth.

His expression showed no change, not even a furrowed brow, as if the injury wasn't his own!

Then, he pressed the hand holding the beast soul directly over the wound.

The blood soaked the Three-Legged Golden Crow's beast soul, like a searing branding iron pressed directly onto the wound.

From Ji Wuchang's wound, wisps of green smoke emerged, and his body couldn't help but tremble slightly.

Gritting his teeth against the pain, he pressed the hand holding the beast soul firmly against his spine.

Blood continuously welled up as the Three-Legged Golden Crow's beast soul slowly entered Ji Wuchang's spine from the wound.

The Spiritual Barrier he had originally placed over the Three-Legged Golden Crow was gradually dissipating.

This process was excruciatingly painful, but it was a necessary part, the most crucial step in opening the Purple Mansion.

In his previous life, Ji Wuchang had completed this step in half the time it takes an incense stick to burn.

But this time, it was exceptionally difficult. The time of one incense stick had already passed, yet only half of the Three-Legged Golden Crow's beast soul had fused.

Ji Wuchang was drenched in sweat, his body trembling uncontrollably, yet he didn't utter a single sound.

Ji Yaoyao secretly admired him. How could she not understand this pain? Back then, she had fused a seventh-Rank beast soul, taking just over the time of one incense stick.

Even now, recalling that experience made her spine feel a prickling sensation.

Soon, another incense stick's worth of time passed, with only the last trace of the Three-Legged Golden Crow's beast soul remaining outside.

At that moment, the Spiritual Barrier Ji Wuchang had established finally shattered, and terrifying heat erupted from the Three-Legged Golden Crow's beast soul!

With the eruption of this immense heat, Ji Wuchang couldn't help but let out a muffled groan, green smoke rising in wisps from his back.

Ji Wuchang's face paled. He pressed the hand on his spine down forcefully, pushing the entire Three-Legged Golden Crow beast soul into his spine.

His body trembled incessantly, but he dared not slacken in the slightest. He quickly sat cross-legged and began circulating the Purple Qi Burning Heaven Art.

As the Purple Qi Burning Heaven Art circulated, the scorching heat erupting from his spine, threatening to consume him, subsided slightly.

His ten Dao Platforms manifested simultaneously, emitting a buzzing sound.

From Ji Wuchang's spine, a terrifying suction force suddenly erupted, frantically devouring this dreadful power.

In his Dantian, a tiny vortex appeared out of thin air, emitting a pulling force.

The moment the vortex appeared, it seemed something tugged at Ji Wuchang's ninth Dao Platform, pulling it continuously closer to the vortex.

Countless Runes flew off the Dao Platform, continuously entering the vortex.

As these Runes flew in, the vortex began to expand, and a hint of purple emerged from its depths.

Ji Wuchang was inwardly shaken. This was only the first Dao Platform, yet it already showed purple, far exceeding his expectations.

Based on memories from his past life, the transformation of Dao Platforms into a Purple Mansion was a gradual process, akin to leveling up.

The Purple Mansion has four Ranks: White, Yellow, Blue, and Purple!

Following the leveling concept, white should appear first. Yet, his started as purple from the very beginning, leaving Ji Wuchang somewhat bewildered.

As the Runes from the Dao Platform continuously entered the vortex, the ninth Dao Platform gradually disintegrated, then transformed into a stream of light, completely vanishing into the vortex.

The terrifying suction force at Ji Wuchang's spine grew increasingly dreadful, madly devouring the power of the Three-Legged Golden Crow's beast soul.

His spine began to emit a faint glow. This radiance spread along his spine, gradually extending to all the bones throughout his body.

The activation of the Great Dragon of the Human Body and the outlining of the Purple Mansion were now proceeding simultaneously!

Within the Dantian, with the Fusion of the first Dao Platform, the purple vortex expanded more than double in size.

The eighth Dao Platform automatically drew near the vortex. The Runes on its surface rapidly entered the vortex, causing the vortex to expand further while the purple Qi grew increasingly vigorous.

With the Fusion of the eighth Dao Platform, the purple vortex expanded another twofold, its suction force becoming even more terrifying.

Then, the seventh and sixth Dao Platforms were simultaneously pulled over by the vortex and, moments later, turned into streams of light disappearing into the purple vortex.

At this point, the purple vortex was already very large, occupying nearly one-third of the Dantian.

Countless streams of purple Qi churned within, as if nurturing something fearsome.

But then, the fifth, fourth, and third Dao Platforms successively merged into the purple vortex.

At this very moment, all the bones in Ji Wuchang's body began to glow. The radiance flowing from his spine covered his entire form.

All his bones began to tremble. This light seemed like a bridge, or countless threads, connecting the power of every bone in his body.

But this was not the end, for this radiance grew increasingly intense. On each bone, the phantom image of a Three-Legged Golden Crow began to materialize.

These were beast soul imprints, an essential part of activating the Great Dragon of the Human Body.

The beast soul possessed its own unique attributes, which would be firmly engraved onto the bones of the one who fused with it.

Once the Fusion succeeded, it would bestow these attributes upon the recipient.

The Three-Legged Golden Crow devours the Great Sun's Essence, embodying ultimate hardness and yang, making it the most terrifying fire-attribute Divine Beast in the world.

The moment these phantoms appeared on Ji Wuchang's bones, Fire-Attribute Spiritual Power from the surroundings, without any summons from Ji Wuchang, surged into his body.