#371 - Congenital Eucharist
The firmament was filled with layers upon layers of tribulation clouds, a suffocating aura of heavenly might permeating the air.
The entire world seemed to darken.
The tribulation clouds, shrouding hundreds of miles, looked as if they would fall upon the earth at any moment.
The fire蛟’s entire body flickered with golden-red flames, writhing in agony beneath the tribulation clouds, yet it roared with excitement.
Within the clouds, flashes of lightning gradually appeared, but none struck down.
The tribulation lightning was brewing, as if gathering its strength.
This aura of heavenly might caused the hearts of everyone present to tremble involuntarily.
Even the ancient remnant beast kings and the Saint Realm experts from various factions trembled slightly.
Having all experienced tribulation lightning, they understood its terror best.
The scale of this tribulation lightning, the spectacle it created, was enough to obliterate them all!
Jun Wuxie, however, had no mind to watch the fire蛟 undergo its tribulation.
He knew very well that once the fire蛟 succeeded, it would be his end!
Would the fire蛟 let him go?
The answer was a definite no; the fire蛟 would never let him go!
Currently, he should seize the time to study the strange domain here and find a way to escape.
As for whether escaping the Dragon Ridge Mountain range's edge would allow him to evade the fire蛟’s pursuit, that was not something to consider now.
He activated his Primordial True Eye, carefully examining this area.
However, reality was cruel.
His Primordial True Eye could only vaguely see traces of the domain's order, extremely blurred.
Under such circumstances, finding the domain's patterns of change was simply impossible!
“Is there really no other way besides having Ye Qingxue take action?”
Jun Wuxie frowned, looking down at the yellowed talisman in his hand.
The talisman's inscriptions were complex and difficult to decipher.
He stared at it intently for a moment, but understood nothing.
What kind of effect it had was completely unknown.
Just as he was thinking, Lilia beside him swayed and began to fall.
Severe depletion of her source essence blood had left her extremely weak.
Now that the fire蛟 posed no immediate threat to their lives, her tense will relaxed, and she could no longer hold on.
Jun Wuxie snapped back to his senses and quickly reached out to support her.
Looking at her pale, bloodless, beautiful face, he couldn't help but feel a little guilty.
“Come, open your mouth.”
He took out the Spring of Life, uncorked the bottle, poured five or six drops into Lilia’s mouth, and helped her sit down cross-legged, saying, “You should regulate your breathing. We are safe for now, so we can seize the time to recover.”
Lilia looked at him weakly, nodded slightly, slowly closed her beautiful eyes, and began to absorb the Spring of Life, restoring her vitality.
Boom!
At this moment, above the firmament, thunder roared within the myriad layers of tribulation clouds.
Dense lightning, each bolt incredibly thick, darted through the clouds like silver serpents.
“Hiss!”
The fire蛟 roared, its body thrashing, and directly charged into the tribulation clouds.
Crack!
Instantly, endless lightning struck its body, causing it to roar in agony.
Jun Wuxie saw that the fire蛟 was covered in wounds, flesh flying, but after its broken scales fell off, they were actually growing back.
The newly grown scales had a more metallic texture and were even thicker!
Moreover, two bulges appeared on its lower abdomen, as if something was about to burst out.
“Those are dragon claws! Is that guy about to grow dragon claws?”
Jun Wuxie’s heart raced. He had never imagined that he would witness a 蛟 dragon transforming into a true dragon while still in the Star Sea Realm!
He had read descriptions of 蛟 dragons and dragons in ancient books.
蛟 dragons only have two legs, located near the tail.
Dragons have four legs, one pair in the front and one in the back.
Also, 蛟 dragons only have one horn, which is very short.
Dragons have two dragon horns, majestic and incomparably domineering!
Furthermore, dragons have dragon manes on their necks, backs, and tails, while 蛟 dragons do not, their shape being closer to that of a python.
Now, the fire蛟 was undergoing transformation in the lightning tribulation, evolving towards the characteristics of a dragon.
“It seems that completely transforming into a dragon will probably take quite some time. Whether it can withstand the heavenly tribulation for so long is another matter!”
Thinking this, Jun Wuxie immediately sat down cross-legged beside Lilia, his soul entering the Eternal Divine Palace.
He still didn’t know if the spherical metal he had found was Solar Divine Gold.
If it was, then repairing the second level of the Town Universe Tower would free up Ye Qingxue.
In the current situation, it seemed that only with her help could he escape this predicament.
As soon as he entered the Eternal Divine Palace, he saw only the fire lotus floating in the air.
The metal that radiated golden-red light, like the sun, was gone.
He was slightly stunned, looking up at the Town Universe Tower.
His heart was immediately filled with joy.
The cracks on the second level of the Town Universe Tower had disappeared.
Had Ye Qingxue repaired the Town Universe Tower without him knowing?
So that really was Solar Divine Gold?
“Miss Qingxue?”
He called out, but received no response.
“Miss Qingxue?”
“I am…”
The voice was very weak, like the kind that would dissipate with the wind at any moment.
“You…”
Jun Wuxie was about to ask about her condition.
He saw a flash of white light from the second level of the Town Universe Tower.
A figure in white, more beautiful than snow, appeared in his sight.
“I am very weak now, so weak that I cannot leave the Eternal Divine Palace, so I cannot help you escape your current predicament.”
Ye Qingxue came before Jun Wuxie, her clothes fluttering, her hair flying, like a fairy walking out of a painting.
However, she wore a bronze mask on her face, unable to see her features, not even her eyes.
“I understand.” Jun Wuxie nodded solemnly, saying, “Why did you give the fire蛟 a lotus petal? It is currently transforming into a dragon, and once it succeeds…”
“Even if it doesn’t transform into a dragon, can you escape it?” Ye Qingxue said calmly, “The fire蛟 transforming into a dragon is an added variable in the desperate situation you face. In all things, with variables, there is hope. Fortune or misfortune, who can say for sure.”
Jun Wuxie: …
“I am very pleased that you were able to find Solar Divine Gold in such a short time.” Ye Qingxue paused, saying, “Now, sit down cross-legged, and I will help you refine this Solar True Lotus.”
Jun Wuxie was startled, saying, “Can this succeed? The temperature of this fire lotus is too terrifying!”
“It was originally a Core Earth Fire Lotus, but after devouring the essence of the sun, it transformed into a Solar True Lotus. If you can refine it, you can use its innate flame essence in the future to complete the first step in forging a congenital sacred body.”
“What is a congenital sacred body?”
Ye Qingxue explained, “A congenital sacred body is a physique forged by fusing sixteen types of congenital sources: metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, lightning, ice, light, life, time, space, chaos, primordial, origin.”
Jun Wuxie: …
He was completely stunned!
One could forge a human physique like that?
How perverted would that be?
Could it even work?
“Having a congenital sacred body is a prerequisite for achieving the ultimate Primordial Golden Body. Once you cultivate a congenital sacred body, in all the heavens and myriad realms, in the countless universes, almost nothing except the power of utter darkness can harm you.”
“You have chosen the Primordial Golden Body Art. Cultivating a congenital sacred body is the path you must take, unless you want to give up halfway and hand your fate over to others. If you want to control your own destiny, you have no other choice.”
“Is the grade of this Solar True Lotus sufficient?”
Jun Wuxie said after a moment of silence.
The grade of the Solar True Lotus was very high, definitely Saint-grade!
Otherwise, how could it allow the fire蛟 to transform into a dragon?
However, to cultivate such a perverted physique as the congenital sacred body, is the Solar True Lotus really qualified as the congenital fire source to be fused?
“Of course it is not enough now.” Ye Qingxue said, “It can only be considered Saint-grade now, but that is only for now. It will grow with you in your body in the future, constantly increasing in grade. And you need to use a long time to constantly temper your body with its source essence, fusing it into your flesh and blood and soul. When it transforms into an Extreme Yang True Lotus one day, and you fuse its Extreme Yang True Fire, then the fusion of the fire source of the congenital sacred body will be truly complete.”
“Then let’s begin.”
Jun Wuxie no longer said more. Since the congenital sacred body was a prerequisite for the ultimate Primordial Golden Body, then as Ye Qingxue said, he had no other choice.
“You will endure the pain of the Solar essence burning your body. You must persevere.”
After Ye Qingxue finished speaking, with a wave of her hand, the floating Solar True Lotus immediately shrunk into a dazzling point of light and entered Jun Wuxie’s body.
In an instant.
Jun Wuxie felt like his entire head was about to explode.
Within the sea of his soul consciousness, terrifying high temperatures spread out.
He felt like his soul was about to be burned into annihilation.
Moreover, this burning quickly spread throughout his body.
“Ugh… Aaaaah!!!”
He clenched his hands tightly, gritted his teeth, but still couldn’t stop the painful roar, his whole body beginning to spasm.
This pain was even more terrifying than when he was attacked by the will of utter darkness.
At that time, it was only the pain of the soul, but now it wasn’t just the soul; even his physical body in the outside world was enduring the burning of the Solar essence.
Just as he felt that he was about to be reduced to ashes, a strand of gentle energy was injected into his body, flowing through his limbs, entering his sea of consciousness, protecting his soul, and slightly alleviating the pain.
…
At the same time.
The lightning tribulation in the outside world became more and more terrifying. Dense lightning, like silver vines, fell from the nine heavens, devastating the mountainous area of hundreds of miles beyond recognition.
The Fire蛟 shuttled through the tribulation clouds, emitting incomparably painful roars, but its body was constantly transforming. Dragon claws had completely grown out, and dragon horns had begun to sprout on its head.
“Young Master Jun, what’s wrong with you? Young Master Jun!”
Lilia was recovering her depleted essence blood. She opened her eyes, originally wanting to see the current state of the Fire蛟.
Unexpectedly, she discovered that Jun Wuxie was sitting not far from her, his whole body convulsing and twitching, with golden blood constantly seeping out.
She reached out to check his current state, but as soon as her hand touched Jun Wuxie’s body, she cried out in alarm and quickly retracted her hand, her entire hand scorched.
“What terrifying temperature. How could this be? Why is the temperature on Young Master Jun's body so high? Could it be that Fire Lotus?”
Lilia's face was pale as she looked at the convulsing and twitching Jun Wuxie, her beautiful eyes filled with guilt and a hint of heartache.
The kind-hearted her believed that it was the three races who had asked Jun Wuxie to seize the Fire Lotus, leading to this result.
“What to do, what to do…”
She was extremely anxious, but there was nothing she could do at the moment.
