121: Digesting the spoils of war, the accumulation of the second transformation of gods and demons

Above the ruins, the scorching Aura gradually subsided.

Gu Yang stood at the highest point of the rubble. His dark golden muscles, which had slightly expanded from his full-power burst, slowly retracted, returning to normal size. However, even as he deliberately restrained himself, the profound density emanating from every inch of his skin was still several times heavier than the surrounding mountains.

[Divine Demon Golden Body Second Turn (equivalent to Mid-stage Soul Transformation): Current Realm fully stabilized]

He looked down at the Giant Clan Elder's core in his hand. The core's surface still bore the strong, unwilling will of the Giant Clan Elder from his dying moments. But under the cleansing of Gu Yang's supremely rigid and yang-aligned blood Qi, those faint Divine Thoughts melted away like residual snow under a scorching sun, vanishing in an instant.

"Gulp."

Without hesitation, Gu Yang opened his mouth wide and took a fierce bite out of the core, as if eating an apple.

A golden energy stream, like viscous golden magma, surged madly down his throat. His acupoints, which had felt somewhat empty from the continuous battles, instantly erupted with thunderous resonance as they were replenished by this pure, high-level energy. Every cell cheered, greedily absorbing the vitality from the Titan's Legacy.

"This kind of high-density core is the 'hard dish' a Body Cultivator should eat."

Gu Yang felt the rapidly rising energy reserves within him, a flicker of satisfaction in his cold eyes. He casually picked up the Giant Clan Elder's broken giant corpse and tossed it into the blood Qi storage space he had opened beside him. Even with the core removed, the bones and skin of a Late-stage Soul Transformation Giant were still top-tier Body Refining Materials. Given time, grinding them into powder and combining them with Spirit Medicine would be enough to push his Golden Body to a higher level..."My Lord... My Lord, spare me! I'm useful! I'm really useful!"

The last living Mid-stage Soul Transformation Dark Guard lay limp in a pile of rocks not far away, trembling like a sieve. At this moment, where was the dignity of a Ten Thousand Realms Merchant Alliance elite? He had watched with his own eyes as two Late-stage Soul Transformation grand figures, who could have walked sideways in the Savage Domain, were dealt with by Gu Yang like slaughtered livestock, their Primordial Spirits even becoming snacks for that strange dog. This dual shock, both visual and mental, had completely shattered his Dao Heart.

Gu Yang slowly walked towards him, his enormous shadow enveloping the poor Dark Guard.

"You just said you're useful?"

Gu Yang crouched down, his palm casually resting on the other's shoulder. With just a light touch, the Dark Guard felt the bones in half his body groaning, as if what was pressing on him was not a hand, but the entire gravity of the Spirit Realm.

"Y-yes! I am the 'Guide' for the Merchant Alliance stationed in the Savage Domain. I control all the Void Realm node coordinates leading to the Three Thousand Dao Provinces!" The Dark Guard spoke quickly, fearing that a second's delay would lead him to the same fate as the Giant Clan Elder. "And... I know more about the secret of the Titan's Heart than they do!"

"Oh?" Gu Yang raised an eyebrow, a hint of playfulness in his eyes. "Tell me in detail. If you don't explain it well, Ergou isn't full yet."

Ergou cooperatively moved closer, its fanged maw still dripping with the energy residue of a Late-stage Soul Transformation Primordial Spirit, the stench so strong it nearly made the Dark Guard faint.

"That... that half-heart is actually a coordinate amplifier!" the Dark Guard stammered. "The Ten Thousand Realms Merchant Alliance allied with the Giant Clan because at the end of the Savage Domain, on the edge of the 'Endless Storm,' lies the entrance to an ancient 'Ancestral Vein of Power' Secret Realm!"

"The Titan's Heart is the only key that can withstand the Law's impact to open the Secret Realm! The Merchant Alliance originally intended to use this to cultivate a top-tier combatant capable of sweeping across the Three Thousand Dao Provinces, thereby securing a spot in the Central Heaven Holy Domain during the upcoming 'Myriad Races Prodigy Battle'!"

Gu Yang listened to this information, his heart unmoved. The so-called Secret Realms and spots automatically translated in his mind to—"warehouses of higher energy and tougher, more flavorful ingredients."

"Ancestral Vein of Power? Sounds suitable for dessert." Gu Yang nodded, then revealed a 'kind' smile. "As for your life... I think Soul Searching is a safer bet."

"No! My Lord! You just said—"

The Dark Guard's pupils contracted violently, but before he could ignite his Origin and self-destruct, Gu Yang's broad palm ruthlessly pressed down on his crown.

[Divine Soul Infestation • Extreme Dao Soul Search]

Gu Yang did not cultivate those profound and subtle Divine Soul Secret Techniques. His method of Soul Searching was simple and brutal: directly using vast blood Qi to forcibly breach the opponent's Sea of Consciousness, violently tearing out memory fragments like flipping through a book.

"Ah————!!!"

The agonizing scream echoed over the ruins for less than three breaths before abruptly ceasing. The Dark Guard's eyes rolled back, his body twitched convulsively for a moment, then became a lifeless sack of flesh, which Gu Yang casually tossed into a nearby crevice.

Gu Yang closed his eyes, digesting the fragmented memories exploding in his mind.

Countless images flashed by: secret meetings deep within Cloud City, the gigantic sleeping skeleton in the Giant Clan's Forbidden Ground, and... most crucially, a top-secret Void Realm tunnel traversing the Savage Domain to the Three Thousand Dao Provinces.

"So that's how it is."

Gu Yang opened his eyes, his dark golden pupils reflecting the calm of someone in control of everything.

"The Savage Domain truly is just a barren junkyard. The Three Thousand Dao Provinces, the true center of the Spirit Realm, where over ninety percent of the entire plane's supreme Spiritual Veins and high-level beings converge. Only there will my Divine Demon Golden Body not feel 'hungry' due to a lack of high-level Spiritual Qi."

"Qingzhou... the nearest gateway. Not only does it have the Human Race's three great Holy Lands, but also countless Body Cultivator Sects with Legacies spanning tens of thousands of years. Most importantly, it is the richest source of Five Elements Origin."

Gu Yang stood up, looking towards the desolate area deeper within the ruins. Although his Realm was now stable at Divine Demon Golden Body Second Turn, to break through to the Third Turn (equivalent to Void Refining Stage), ordinary Ore and Soul Transformation flesh were no longer enough; he needed to seek higher-level Law-carrying Materials.

"Ergou, let's go."

Gu Yang called out.

Ergou, who had always seemed full of vigor, suddenly shook its head. A heavy drowsiness appeared in its eerie green pupils, and even streaks of dark red lightning flickered through its fur.

"Awoo..." (Big Brother, I'm stuffed... I want to sleep for a bit.)

It had just forcibly devoured a complete Late-stage Soul Transformation Primordial Spirit, which was several times its current tolerance limit. Now, those violent energies were rampaging within its body, forcing it into a mandatory 'evolutionary hibernation.'

"Greedy little fellow."

Gu Yang chuckled, waved his large hand, and directly brought Ergou into his warm blood Qi space. He tightened his grip on the star shattering hammer behind him, standing like a straight divine iron rod embedded in the ruins.

"Cloud City has probably received intelligence by now; the Ten Thousand Realms Merchant Alliance won't be slow to react. Staying here will only lead to endless disturbances from Dark Guards."

Although Gu Yang wasn't afraid of fighting, he hated trouble.

Boom!

A dark golden pillar of light erupted from beneath Gu Yang's feet. He didn't use any intricate flying Spells, but simply relied on the terrifying explosive power of his Divine Demon Golden Body, tearing through the heavy gravity clouds of the Savage Domain like a heavy artillery shell rocketing upwards.

His target was the hidden spatial node in his memory... Three days later.

The Soul-Severing Gorge, at the border between the Savage Domain and the outside world.

Several minor demons at the Foundation Establishment Stage were idly guarding the valley entrance, robbing travelers.

"I heard something big happened in Cloud City. Even the Dark Guard Leader of the Merchant Alliance died, killed by a Body Cultivator who just Ascended."

"Don't listen to that nonsense. That's a Late-stage Soul Transformation grand power. A single breath from them would turn us to ash. How could it be..."

Before he finished speaking.

The gloomy sky above the valley entrance suddenly seemed to be torn open by an invisible giant hand, creating a pitch-black hole. A suffocating, terrifying pressure, heavy as falling stars, instantly descended!

Those minor Foundation Establishment Stage demons couldn't even send out a distress signal, directly crushed into a bloody mist by this unconsciously diffused Aura.

A golden flash streaked past.

Gu Yang's demonic figure, cast from divine iron, stepped out of the Void Realm, looking at the verdant land in the distance where Spiritual Qi concentration instantly surged a hundredfold, a savagely eager smile on his lips.

"This Spiritual Qi density... the meat here should taste excellent, right?"

[New Map Unlocked: Spirit Realm Center • Three Thousand Dao Provinces • Qingzhou]