NOVPUBIn the natural world, when a giant beast such as a whale falls, its carcass undoubtedly becomes food for other fish and shrimp and breeds many microorganisms.
The fall of a giant whale can give birth to and sustain thousands upon thousands of creatures, this is the law of nature!
Su Changkong watched the charred carcass of the True Beast being devoured by numerous sea creatures, the inspiration in his mind growing brighter and brighter.
"Compared to these sea beasts, this True Beast is the ’whale’, and compared to all the sea beasts and Alien Beasts in the entire Crescent Sea, I am this giant whale! I could use my body to breed and give birth to numerous creatures!"
Su Changkong’s eyes shone brightly as he watched the scene unfold, a thought taking shape in his heart.
For ordinary wild beasts and Alien Beasts, evolving into a True Beast is an impossible task—much more difficult than for some remotely located commoners of the Great Flame Empire to attain the status of Martial Saint, and this is predetermined.
True Beasts are born as True Beasts. For ordinary wild beasts to metamorphose into True Beasts is nearly impossible, as is the case for Alien Beasts, which possess only a thin lineage of True Beast blood.
But Su Changkong is different, having cultivated the Giant Whale Skill, visualized the True Beast Whale, devoured a large number of Alien Beasts, and continuously broken through limits to transform all the blood in his body into True Blood, making him almost equivalent to a humanoid True Beast!
As such, Su Changkong could definitely use his True Blood to nurture potential Alien Beasts, helping them metamorphose into True Beasts, and then having them nourish him in return, thereby pushing his Giant Whale Skill to even higher levels.
One whale falls and myriad creatures arise, and Su Changkong is that giant whale that breeds myriad creatures!
This idea was insane, but indeed feasible!
Of course, it sounds simple, but it’s certainly not easy to achieve. Firstly, regarding Su Changkong himself, it’s important to realize that his True Blood was condensed from prolonged cultivation, both in quality and quantity enormously potent, with each drop in his body enough to fill a pond; losing just one drop requires a substantial amount of time to replenish.
"In this Crescent Sea, Alien Beasts are plentiful; I can completely use them as food to replenish the Qi and Blood I’ve lost."
However, after a glance at the vast Crescent Sea, Su Changkong saw this as no problem at all.
Originally, Su Changkong attained the 11th level of the Giant Whale Skill by devouring a hundred nurtured Alien Beasts.
In remote places like the Great Flame Empire, Alien Beasts are hard to find, but here in the Crescent Sea, there are numerous Alien Beasts. Su Changkong had previously discovered a large number while searching for True Beast traces using his Primordial Spirit.
In the Crescent Sea, ordinary warriors have no ability to hunt Alien Beasts; as for Saint Warriors, they disdain Alien Beasts and do not waste time hunting them, hence the large number of Alien Beasts alive in the Crescent Sea.
The lost True Blood, Su Changkong just needs to capture a few Alien Beasts to supplement it.
Moreover, there is a need for a large number of Spirit Pills or even Holy Pills to promptly cause potential Alien Beasts to transform into True Beasts!
It is tantamount to cultivating a group of Innate Martial Artists into Saint Warriors, and the resources needed are staggering. In the Great Flame Empire, such rich resources would be unavailable; only the Ancient Holy Country has such conditions.
Nurturing Alien Beasts with his own True Blood, enhancing their potential, then feeding them a large number of Holy Pills to speed up their growth and metamorphose them into True Beasts!
"To breed True Beasts on my own... this is insane, and for my Whale Skill to metamorphose, it would require more than just one or two True Beasts for completion... If I fail, the loss would be significant."
Su Changkong pondered the risk of failure, knowing it would surely waste a lot of his time and energy, but he had no choice but to try. Trying might not guarantee success, but not trying ensured failure.
The number of True Beasts in the Ancient Holy Country is already rare, not to mention actually catching one or two live True Beasts might not even be enough for his Whale Skill to transform; he could only hope to breed more True Beasts!
If outsiders knew of Su Changkong’s ideas, they would surely think he was crazy, as it was an utterly fanciful notion!
In the Ancient Holy Country, people have indeed thought of breeding True Beasts, but all attempts had failed, and even if successful, the cost of breeding just one True Beast would definitely outweigh the benefits.
"Now... first to go back and prepare, I need to refine a large amount of Holy Pills to feed the Alien Beasts, which will require a significant investment. Currently, I have about four thousand Taels of Primordial Liquid, and an additional 200 Blood River Holy Pills, which can also be used to feed the Alien Beasts."
Su Changkong counted his savings.
He had previously killed the Blood Jade Hall and obtained some Primordial Liquid; also, two disciples from the Ancient Demon Sect, who were direct disciples of the mighty Divine Body wielder Duan Muming, were quite wealthy. Adding this to the Primordial Liquid Su Changkong had left, there was a fortune amounting to four thousand Taels of Primordial Liquid—undoubtedly an immense fortune for any ordinary Saint Warrior!
Besides, he had also obtained two hundred Blood River Holy Pills from Blood Jade Hall’s possessions; these items, refined through evil demons and heretics’ techniques, would not be consumed by Su Changkong personally, but were perfectly fine for feeding Alien Beasts.
"There is also this long spear... It should be a top-tier Divine Artifact, able to easily withstand a slash from my Golden Attribute Primordial Spirit, extremely remarkable. Even though broken, it can still be reforged or repaired, and its value is certainly significant!"
In Su Changkong’s storage treasure, there was also a broken long spear, specifically Duan Muming’s Nether Demon Spear.
Coming from a Divine Body Martial Saint with a background in the Ancient Demon, it was naturally a top-tier Divine Artifact, extremely valuable. Duan Muming, wielding the Nether Demon Spear, could easily withstand the impregnable slashes from Su Changkong’s Primordial Spirit.
It wasn’t until unleashing the Origin Primordial Soul and executing the Sky-splitting Blade that he had successfully broken it; repairing or reforging it would surely fetch a high price.
Of course, the most valuable possession on Su Changkong was still the Demon Monster Soul Crystal, known as the Yuan Soul Crystal.
A Yuan Soul Crystal could only be obtained by slaying a true Demon Monster, assisting those with powerful souls in sublime soul sublimation and transformation into a Primordial Spirit.
In terms of value, it could be easily sold for tens of thousands of taels of Primordial Liquid!
However, Yuan Soul Crystals were too rare, and Su Changkong wanted to keep them to see if they might be useful in the future, so he would not sell them lightly.
Thus, Su Changkong was indeed very wealthy!
Su Changkong did not delay, determined to breed his own True Beasts, Su Changkong returned to Skyfire City’s Heavenly Saint Mountain to make preparations.
"From the Pill Book obtained from the Jiang Family, there’s a formula for a ’Dragon Transforming Pill,’ capable of strengthening the physique and stimulating potential, suitable for Alien Beasts with robust physiques, so I’ll refine this Dragon Transforming Pill."
Su Changkong made up his mind.
The materials for refining a Dragon Transforming Pill cost around 5 taels of Primordial Liquid, and, of course, the failure rate for refining Holy Pills was extremely high. With Su Changkong having reached the eleventh realm of Alchemy, the success rate was about twenty percent; he needed to breed a large number of True Beasts, so the amount of Primordial Liquid spent would not be small!
"Meet with Jiang Yao, have him help me repair the Nether Demon Spear, then sell it."
Upon returning to Heavenly Saint Mountain, Su Changkong immediately went to see Jiang Yao. Besides, the Heavenly Ship he had previously lent to Jiang Yao also needed to be returned.
In truth, with Su Changkong’s Forging Skill, he could have figured out a repair himself, but it would take quite some time. Su Changkong also had to practice Alchemy and wished he could work twice as hard—he did not have so much time and energy. There were Divine Craftsmen on Heavenly Saint Mountain capable of forging Divine Artifacts!
In the Black Moon Cave Mansion, Su Changkong met Jiang Yao.
Upon seeing Su Changkong return, Jiang Yao smiled and said, "Elder Su, was your trip smooth?"
The Jiang Family had previously received news of True Beasts in the Crescent Sea area, relayed by Jiang Yao to Su Changkong. Knowing that Su Changkong had immediately gone to the Crescent Sea, and seeing Su Changkong return safely, prompted Jiang Yao’s inquiry.
Su Changkong shook his head, somewhat helplessly, "There was an incident... it wasn’t very smooth."
Su Changkong was telling the truth. A True Beast had drawn a Divine Body powerhouse from the Ancient Demon Sect, resulting in a mutually destructive battle. Duan Muming, severely injured and suffering heavy losses, used his Divine Fire to burn the True Beast to a crisp.
However, Su Changkong also had a significant harvest. Apart from the Nether Demon Spear, he captured that glimpse of enlightenment and decided to cultivate enough True Beasts by using himself as the ’Giant Whale.’
"Mountain Leader Jiang, I want to ask you to help me sell these things."
Su Changkong took out some unused items from his Storage Treasure, including the Nether Demon Spear.
Jiang Yao glanced over them, his gaze immediately settling on the Nether Demon Spear, visibly astonished.
"This long spear... aside from being fused with no fewer than ten Divine Seeds, look at the pattern on it which also blended in some Ancient Demon Gold... This is a top-tier metal exclusive to the Ancient Demon Sect. Ordinary Divine Artifacts blended with Ancient Demon Gold significantly increase in quality. In the Ancient Demon Sect, only Divine Body powerhouses can obtain some..."
Jiang Yao reached out, grasping half of the Nether Demon Spear, examining it carefully, his expression slightly changing.
With wide experience and knowledge, having read many secret scriptures and seen many treasures, Jiang Yao recognized that the material of this Nether Demon Spear was extraordinary, most likely a Divine Weapon produced by the Ancient Demon Sect and likely the matched weapon of a Divine Body powerhouse!
"This... Elder Su, did you encounter a Divine Body powerhouse from the Ancient Demon Sect? This Divine Body powerhouse’s weapon has ended up in your hands, and it has broken in half..."
Jiang Yao’s eyes were filled with astonishment.
A Divine Weapon containing Ancient Demon Gold, broken in two, had to have been damaged during a battle with Su Changkong. What sort of destructive power was needed to sever a weapon forged from Ancient Demon Gold?
Jiang Yao knew of Su Changkong’s great strength; he had cultivated a Primordial Spirit and even slain the Blood Jade Hall, though it belonged to the weakest among Divine Body powerhouses.
It was astonishing yet reasonable that Su Changkong managed to kill him. However, the Divine Body powerhouse who owned the Divine Weapon made from Ancient Demon Gold was certainly not at the Blood Jade Hall’s level. Still, Su Changkong had managed to break his weapon and bring it back. It appeared that even if he had not killed that Divine Body powerhouse, Su Changkong likely defeated him!
To defeat a true Divine Body powerhouse with the cultivation of Entering Saint two-layer Heaven? Even Jiang Yao before his breakthrough would not dare to ensure he could achieve this!
"Elder Su is indeed a prodigy capable of cultivating to such a level in barren lands. Arriving in the Ancient Holy Country with enough resources and conditions, he is like a fish in water, his progress exceeded all expectations, even giving me pressure..."
Jiang Yao tsked in admiration. He was one of the rare talents and elites of the Jiang Family, but Su Changkong’s progress pressured him immensely, possibly even surpassing him in the future!
Collecting his emotions, Jiang Yao smiled, "This Divine Weapon, mixed with Ancient Demon Gold, although damaged, can be recast and restored to almost completely like new. Let’s say 5000 taels of Primordial Liquid."
At this, Su Changkong’s eyes lit up.
5000 taels of Primordial Liquid, this was no small sum. Considering the value of a Heavenly Saint Pill was around 50 taels of Primordial Liquid, the broken Nether Demon Spear being worth 5000 taels of Primordial Liquid was certainly beyond Su Changkong’s expectations! Adding other various items, Su Changkong could amass ten thousand taels of Primordial Liquid!
With such a large sum of Primordial Liquid, Su Changkong felt it was enough to meet his needs to breed True Beasts!
