38: Swallow the Qiongqi Wine to unlock the Qiongqi Transformation

Hearing this, Li Yun was stunned for a moment.

He hadn't expected Houtu to ask him this question, and she seemed certain that he knew information about the Demon God Palace.

Despite his surprise, Li Yun didn't hide anything and said straightforwardly, "Ancestral Witch Houtu, I do indeed know some information regarding the Demon God Palace."

"The Demon God Palace was established by Dijun and Donghuang Taiyi. Later, they recruited Great Divine Power Holders like Fuxi and Nuwa to join them. It currently exists within the region of a branch of Mount Buzhou..."

Immediately, Li Yun recounted the information he knew about the Demon God Palace.

Among this, he also shared the information he had obtained from Zhenyuanzi: Dijun was gathering a group of Great Divine Power Holders to jointly refine the demon summoning banner.

"The demon summoning banner!?"

"Would those fellows in the Demon God Palace agree to such an absurd thing?"

After listening to Li Yun's account, Houtu instinctively frowned, her eyes filled with disbelief.

Even as an Ancestral Witch without a Primordial Spirit, she still knew what it meant to hand over a sliver of one's Natal Primordial Spirit.

Although Dijun, Donghuang Taiyi, and the others were indeed powerful enough to intimidate the vast majority of Cultivators in the Demon God Palace, they shouldn't be able to make people voluntarily hand over their Natal Primordial Spirits to become slaves.

However, this news was indeed very important.

If the Demon God Palace truly refined the demon summoning banner and used it to control everyone within the palace, it would indeed be quite unfavorable for the Witch Tribe.

Thinking of this, Houtu suddenly couldn't sit still. She looked at Li Yun and said, "Fellow Daoist Li Yun, thank you for informing me!"

"I plan to go and discuss this matter with the other Ancestral Witches now, so I will take my leave."

"But rest assured, besides Hou Yi, there are over thirty Great Witches in the Houtu Tribe right now. Even if I am not here, it is safe enough!"

After saying this, Houtu didn't linger and hurriedly ran out of the palace.

Seeing this, Li Yun shrugged.

He could see that Houtu had a great sense of responsibility toward the Witch Tribe.

Furthermore, if nothing unexpected happened, the news of the demon summoning banner would soon spread. Except for a few die-hard loyalists, the Cultivators within the Demon God Palace would likely riot because of it.

In that case, how could the Twelve Ancestral Witches miss such a golden opportunity? They would naturally take this chance to act against the Demon God Palace and perhaps even completely take over the entire Mount Buzhou territory.

However, these things held no meaning for Li Yun, and he had no intention of getting involved.

After taking a deep breath, Li Yun directly left Houtu's palace and returned to his courtyard to begin cultivating. He needed to break through to the Taiyi True Immortal Realm at the fastest possible speed.

Only by reaching the level of a Taiyi True Immortal would he be able to leave the Mount Buzhou area and head toward West Kunlun to plan for the things he would need later.

However, the Bottleneck from the True Immortal Realm to the Taiyi True Immortal Realm was harder than Li Yun had imagined.

For a full hundred years, he showed no signs of breaking through. Even though his magic power and Realm were constantly being refined and polished, he couldn't grasp that sliver of opportunity for a Breakthrough.

"Right!"

Suddenly, as if remembering something, Li Yun waved his right hand, and the swallowing heaven gourd appeared in his palm.

The corpse of that Qiongqi had been taken inside to be refined, and the feedback from the swallowing heaven gourd was that it would take a thousand years to be converted into wine.

He thought about how refining the chaos origin to condense the Chaos Divine Body had taken thousands of years, and for a moment, he had truly forgotten its existence.

Thinking of this, Li Yun directly opened the lid of the swallowing heaven gourd to investigate.

[Qiongqi Wine]

[Effect: Can increase ten thousand years of magic power and obtain the Qiongqi Bloodline Origin!]

"Ten thousand years of magic power!"

His eyes lit up. Li Yun was not interested in that Qiongqi's Bloodline Origin.

It was merely a Vicious Beast.

Even though it was one of the Four Great Vicious Beasts of the primordial era, this bit of Bloodline couldn't compare to the Minor Witch Bloodline in his body, nor could it improve his foundation or potential.

But this ten thousand years of magic power was different.

Once absorbed, breaking through to a Taiyi True Immortal should not be difficult.

With this thought, Li Yun didn't care about anything else and quickly picked up the swallowing heaven gourd, draining all the wine in one gulp.

In an instant, Li Yun felt the blood and qi in his body churning. The Qiongqi Bloodline Origin began to merge into his body, but it was met with fierce suppression from the Minor Witch Bloodline.

In just a dozen breaths, that Qiongqi Bloodline Origin collapsed and was directly turned into nutrients, completely devoured by the Minor Witch Bloodline.

Not only that, but ten thousand years of magic power also began to pour into his entire body at this moment.

For a moment, Li Yun didn't have time to check the status of his Bloodline. He quickly operated the Swallowing Heaven Technique to convert it into pure magic power and merge it into his lower dantian.

Rumble—

Rumble—

Instantly, a storm raged within his lower dantian.

After the vast magic power entered, it directly turned into droplets and merged into the Black Sea.

As the continuous storm rotated, the seawater within the entire lower dantian rose rapidly, evolving into a tsunami that spread swiftly toward all directions.

At that moment, Li Yun felt his vision blur.

Immediately after, it was as if he were standing on the edge of a shore. As far as his eyes could see, the Black Sea ahead was endless, but he could vaguely see a shore on the other side, though the distance was so great it was daunting.

[Cross the Black Sea, reach the Other Shore!]

"It wants me to cross the Black Sea to reach the land on the other side?"

Frowning, Li Yun instinctively lifted his foot, intending to cross the Black Sea.

But with just one step out, Li Yun felt an overwhelming gravity sweep over him. A sense of oppression from the depths of his Soul emerged at this moment. After walking only a dozen meters, he could no longer hold on and fell into the seawater.

"Whew~"

In the outside world, Li Yun's tightly closed eyes snapped open. While cold sweat poured down his body, his figure swayed, and he nearly collapsed to the ground. He supported himself on the floor with both hands, panting continuously, his eyes filled with lingering fear.

It was too terrifying.

The gravity of the Black Sea within the lower dantian targeted the Primordial Spirit, and his Physical Body Realm had no effect or value whatsoever.

Most importantly, the distance between the two shores of the Black Sea was unknown thousands of miles. He had only walked a dozen meters before falling in and being submerged; the difficulty of crossing the Black Sea to reach the Other Shore was enough to drive one to despair.

"Eh?"

Suddenly, Li Yun's pupils constricted.

Although the experience in his lower dantian just now left him with lingering fear, he was stunned to discover that his cultivation had broken through.

After absorbing the ten thousand years of magic power within the Qiongqi Wine, his cultivation successfully leaped to the Early Stage of the Taiyi True Immortal Realm.

In addition, he also felt that his Minor Witch Bloodline had undergone some changes and improvements. After absorbing the Qiongqi Bloodline Origin, the strength of the Minor Witch Origin remained the same, but its versatility had increased significantly.

Most importantly, as the Qiongqi Bloodline was devoured, Li Yun was stunned to find that his transformation technique of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Transformations had been unlocked.

Although he hadn't started practicing those thirty-six divine abilities yet, the transformation technique was successful. He could even directly transform into a Qiongqi; both his appearance and Origin aura were identical, and he could even mobilize the Qiongqi's Bloodline Power and Bloodline divine abilities. This was not just a superficial change like the 72 Transformations.

Thinking of this, Li Yun impatiently stood up and went to the courtyard to begin experimenting.

"Qiongqi Transformation, Activate!"

With a low shout, Li Yun directly activated the Thirty-Six Transformations. His entire figure and appearance changed, turning directly into a Qiongqi. A thick aura of a Vicious Beast permeated the air, making him indistinguishable from a real Qiongqi, even...