Chapter 782 - Nascent Transformation Realm

With Fiery by his side and the viper’s imposing presence deterring any threats, none of the profound beasts dared to act recklessly around Liu Wuxie. Most importantly, he had chosen a secure spot for his breakthrough. He sat on a smooth, mirror-like stone wall, with a large boulder hanging above him to shield him from aerial profound beasts.

The slick surface of the stone wall ensured that no profound beast could climb up to reach him. This was why he felt confident making his breakthrough here. Once he reached the Nascent Transformation Realm, he knew he would have the strength and agility to maneuver easily, even in dangerous situations.

He kept the jade tokens in his interspatial ring, planning to sort through them later.

As night fell, many participants gathered to discuss what had happened in the day, how they had been alerted to Liu Wuxie's whereabouts, and how they had accurately tracked him.

Countless laws gathered above the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron, absorbed from over a hundred cultivators. No primordial spirit had managed to escape, and everyone who had chased after him had died. This place was an ideal stronghold, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

He could continue eliminating the participants if he remained here and commanded the profound beasts.

Under normal circumstances, the examiners would leave at night, with only one remaining to stand guard. But this time, none of them departed. They were too captivated by what they were witnessing.

"This brat isn't simple to be versed in strategy. He knows how to rally the profound beasts against the other examinees," said an elder in his fifties, who stroked his beard. But despite his appearance, he was several centuries old.

"He's bold and resourceful. He only lacks cultivation, and his future will be limitless if he can reach the Nascent Transformation Realm." It was rare for many elders to speak so highly of a participant—an unprecedented occurrence.

Had it been anyone else in Liu Wuxie’s place, their mental state would've collapsed under the pressure of being hunted by so many people. But Liu Wuxie managed to maintain his composure as if nothing had happened. Not only had he broken through the encirclement, but he had even rallied the profound beasts against his enemies.

As the elder finished speaking, a powerful aura erupted from Liu Wuxie, sweeping through the valley like a tidal wave. The profound beasts below trembled uncontrollably, unable to lift their heads as fear consumed them. The True Dragon Physique unleashed an overwhelming true dragon aura, flooding the valley and pressing down on everything in its path.

"No wonder that little creature is willing to follow him. The presence of another divine beast must have attracted it to him. I was not expecting him to possess the aura of a divine dragon. Could he be the descendant of the dragon clan?" The examiners finally figured out why Fiery would willingly stay beside Liu Wuxie. It was the aura of another divine beast that attracted it.

Long ago, many dragons used to take on human form, marrying and having children with humans, which produced dragon descendants. Take Gu Yu, for example, who was a descendant of the dragon clan.

Many ancient clans in the Central Plains had ties to the dragon clan, but the majority had vanished over time.

As an endless stream of Nascent Transformation Realm laws surged into the desolate world, it nearly tore Liu Wuxie apart from within. Needle-like energy threads shot out from Liu Wuxie's pores, leaving behind a dense honeycomb of holes on the surrounding walls. His cultivation also began to rise, pushing him toward the Nascent Transformation Realm.

While traveling from the Southern Province to the Central Plains, Liu Wuxie had been accumulating a vast amount of spiritual energy. He had been waiting for the right opportunity. Even when he had entered the Liu Clan, he had kept accumulating spiritual energy, focusing on strengthening his true essence to perfect the desolate world.

After so long, he had finally adapted to the Central Plains' laws. The desolate world had grown more complete, his true essence purified, and the Thunder God Hammer had tempered his physique to new heights. With all the accumulation finally coming together, this was the perfect opportunity for him to make a breakthrough.

The desolate world was filled with laws of the Nascent Transformation Realm. An ordinary cultivator in the first-level Nascent Transformation Realm only had a few hundred strands of laws at best, and even those in the pinnacle only had ten thousand.

But Liu Wuxie had already gathered over a hundred thousand strands of laws even before reaching the Nascent Transformation Realm. If he made a breakthrough, he would instantly surpass those in the pinnacle of the Nascent Transformation Realm.

In the Astral River Realm, he could already slay those in the pinnacle of the Nascent Transformation Realm. This meant he could face those in the low levels of the True Profound Realm after making his breakthrough.

The desolate world began to roar, with true essence rumbling like an ocean. The crystalline walls around the dantian also grew stronger and expanded outward.

When he had first arrived in the Central Plains, his desolate world was compressed. It had only recovered after months of accumulation. While the size remained unchanged, the density had doubled, making the crystalline walls even tougher. This meant his dantian wouldn't be damaged even if someone struck his abdomen.

The overwhelming aura Liu Wuxie exuded continued to spread under the cover of night, blanketing the surrounding valley. Moving at night proved difficult for most participants, as their vision was limited, and their divine sense could only extend ten meters. With the area teeming with profound beasts, even the smallest misstep could easily lead to someone becoming prey. As a result, most participants opted to wait for daylight.

As the true dragon aura he gave off began withdrawing, the profound beasts trembling in fear finally rose their heads with great difficulty but were too afraid to move.

Spirit stones began to shatter in large quantities, transforming into liquified true essence that flowed into the desolate world. Despite absorbing the energy extracted from over a hundred Nascent Transformation Realm cultivators, which had converted into over a million drops of liquified spiritual energy, the desolate world remained insatiable.

This left Liu Wuxie astounded as his true essence had exceeded the scope of the Nascent Transformation Realm and reached an entirely new level.

The examiners in mid-air all gaped in disbelief at the phenomenon created by Liu Wuxie's breakthrough.

"Is this real? How can someone in the first-level Nascent Transformation Realm possess so many laws?" The seven examiners exchanged looks with disbelief. There was no lack of prodigies in the Heavenly Spirit Celestial Realm; they had encountered countless prodigies over the years. This was the first time they faced someone like Liu Wuxie.

"It's not the quantity of his laws that is terrifying. Look at the speed at which he absorbed spiritual energy and refined over ten thousand high-grade spirit stones in mere minutes. Even someone in the high levels of the Nascent Transformation Realm can’t contain the massive influx of true essence, and they would've been ripped apart if they were in his position," Qu Su said with a grave expression.

Having abundant laws could be explained, but Liu Wuxie's rate of absorbing spiritual energy was even more shocking.

"What is he doing now?!" a female elder asked, and she closely monitored Liu Wuxie's actions.

The other six elders turned to look at Liu Wuxie. They watched as Liu Wuxie began compressing his laws. It didn't take long for him to compress over a hundred thousand strands of laws to fifty thousand, but they were much thicker than before.

"Good! Although the quantity has decreased, the quality has vastly improved. This will bring my combat strength to a new level," Liu Wuxie said, pleased with his progress. What he didn’t realize, however, was that his actions were driving the observing elders to the brink of madness.

"He's insane! Doesn’t he know that the stronger and denser his laws are, the more difficult future breakthroughs will be?" the female elder fumed, stomping her foot in frustration. "This will increase his advancement time tenfold compared to an ordinary cultivator!" Her urge to rush down and stop him was nearly uncontrollable.

Typically, an ordinary strand of law was about the thickness of a chopstick, but Liu Wuxie managed to compress the laws into the size of a thumb—an act that defied the world's natural order.

Then again, the advantage was immense as his combat strength would increase significantly, and he could wield them like weapons to crush his opponents. However, there was also a drawback as his future breakthrough would be exponentially harder, not just slightly but much harder. Each of his breakthroughs would require a staggering amount of spirit stones.

However, before their eyes, Liu Wuxie continued the fusion process, merging the fifty thousand laws.

The laws from over a hundred people weren't pure, as everyone's attributes varied. The purification process would be slow, and the best solution was to merge them to form entirely new laws.

Liu Wuxie knew merging his laws would increase the difficulty of his future breakthroughs, and he weighed the pros and cons before making this decision. There was no alternative, as over a hundred varieties of laws would become a significant issue to his future cultivation if they were left unchecked.

He had pushed aside future concerns for now as he had to survive the current assessment first, taking one step at a time.

The examiners' eyelids twitched as the laws in Liu Wuxie's body were now compressed to the girth of an infant's arm.

"He's a madman!" The examiners could not do anything now, as it was too late to stop him.

After being compressed, only ten thousand strands of laws were left, and Liu Wuxie was still merging them. He could still sense a rejection between the laws, so he decided to merge them until the rejection ceased, and they became one with his body.

The seven examiners in mid-air were left speechless with their expressions darkened.

Liu Wuxie only stopped when the laws in the desolate world were reduced to three thousand, and each law had now become as thick as an adult's arm, radiating a suffocating pressure. When he tried releasing a wisp of his laws, it left the profound beasts in uproars below.

It felt as though a towering mountain had come crashing down upon them. Even their souls trembled under the weight of the pressure. With a single swing of his arm, the surrounding space rippled violently with sonic booms caused by the rapid compression of air.

"What power! I can even crush someone in the pinnacle of the Nascent Transformation Realm with one punch," Liu Wuxie murmured. He had a good gauge of cultivators' strength in the pinnacle Nascent Transformation Realm. Paired with True Strike, he would be unstoppable.

With the Annihilation Fist, Liu Wuxie was confident he could handle opponents at the first level of the True Profound Realm. With additional support from the Heavenly Dragon Seal and Earth Binding Chains, he believed that even those in the low levels of the True Profound Realm would find it difficult to defeat him if he went all out.

When his divine sense entered his soul sea, his primordial spirit was completely awakened and looked remarkably adorable. The sheer size of his primordial spirit was twice that of an average person in the Nascent Transformation Realm.

With that, he had finally stepped into the Nascent Transformation Realm and spent the entire night immersed in cultivation.

But he still had to temper his cultivation, which would take two to three days. So, he had no plans to leave this place yet, as such an ideal environment was hard to come by.

When dawn broke, and people began to gather outside the valley, the profound beasts had concealed themselves, readying for combat.

Liu Wuxie had just communicated with the profound beasts, promising to teach them cultivation techniques if they could block out the other participants for the next three days. He also threatened to kill them if they failed.

With his current strength, killing them would be effortless. After sensing the suffocating pressure released by Liu Wuxie last night, the profound beasts became highly supportive of him on the condition that he would refrain from rereleasing the true dragon aura.

This aura was too dreadful, and many profound beasts were so frightened that they could no longer fight.

Meanwhile, dozens of people had gathered outside the valley, hesitant to enter.

"Is that Liu Wuxie? What is he doing sitting there?" This group was cautious. They could see him seated in a high position from outside the valley.

"Who cares what he's doing? Kill him and seize his sacred light!"

No one paid any attention to what Liu Wuxie was up to, not to mention Liu Wuxie had concealed his aura to make himself appear to be in the pinnacle of the Astral River Realm.