Chapter 22 The Divine Transformation Dragon Clears the Field! The Mahayana Demon Lord Wants to Possess Me?

“Aowuuu—!!!”

When that little ice-blue snake, barely a meter long and tossed out by Lin Yuan like a discarded rag, let out a heaven-shattering dragon roar in mid-air...

Time itself seemed to freeze in the [White Bone Wasteland] at that moment.

“Rumble—!”

Under the terrified gazes of the hundred thousand skeleton demon soldiers and the heroes of the Central Continent who had just breathlessly chased through the spatial passage!

Xiao Bing's crystal-clear body expanded rapidly against the wind!

Ten zhang! A hundred zhang! A thousand zhang!!!

In a mere tenth of a breath, an Ancient Extreme Cold Ice Dragon—its body covered in indestructible ice-blue scales, its head bearing ancient horns that pierced the heavens, and its entire being radiating an extreme chill that froze the very void—descended thunderously above the Mahayana Demon Cave!

Soul Transformation Stage Great Perfection! And it was an Ancient True Dragon of the purest Bloodline!

An ancient great demon of this level, even in the depths of the foundations of those super-powers in the Central Continent, would be worshipped as a living ancestor and a sect-protecting Divine Beast.

And now, it was actually just a pet used as a scarf to blow cold air for the youth sitting on the purple-gold divine seat?!

“This... is this a True Dragon?! A living Ancient Ice Dragon?!”

The Sword Son of the Heavenly Sword Holy Land, who had just arrived, watched as his top-grade Flying Sword, claimed to slay demons and devils, fell to the ground with a "clatter."

The scene that followed completely shattered the worldview of these Central Continent Prodigies.

“How dare you disturb my master while he sits in his sedan chair enjoying the scenery? You bone scraps, turn into popsicles for me!”

An extremely tyrannical and fierce light flickered in the Ancient Extreme Cold Ice Dragon's massive dragon eyes, which resembled red lanterns.

It suddenly opened its abyss-like maw, and the reverse scale on its belly erupted with a blinding ice-blue divine light.

“Roar—[Absolute Zero: Ten Thousand Miles of Ice]!”

A deep blue pillar of light, over a hundred zhang in diameter and condensed from the extreme Nine Nether Cold Poison and Soul Transformation Stage Origin spiritual energy, erupted like the collapse of the Heavenly River, blasting toward the massive army of a hundred thousand skeletons below!

“Crack, crack, crack—!”

There was no room for resistance!

Before this absolute dragon breath that could even freeze the Laws of space, those hundred thousand skeleton demon soldiers, comparable to Foundation Establishment and Core Formation Stage Cultivators, didn't even have time to make a move to escape before being instantly covered by a thick layer of Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice, turning into a sea of crystal-clear ice sculptures!

As for the three White Bone Demon Generals, standing a hundred zhang tall and radiating Void Returning Stage fluctuations, though they relied on their Realm to endure for a breath, their Nether Ghost Fires within their eye sockets were instantly extinguished like candles in the wind under this extreme cold wave.

“Bang! Bang! Bang!”

The three invincible White Bone Demon Generals were directly frozen into three massive ice mountains!

An instant kill!

An army of a hundred thousand and three Void Returning demon generals couldn't even last a single round against the natal breath of a Soul Transformation Stage Great Perfection True Dragon; the field was cleared instantly!

“Crunch... crunch...”

The Ancient Extreme Cold Ice Dragon descended arrogantly, shattering the ice sculpture of a White Bone Demon General with one claw. It then expertly grabbed a Void Returning Stage skull, larger than its own dragon head, and tossed it into its mouth, chewing it like a popsicle.

“Pah! These bones have been weathered for tens of thousands of years; not a single bit of Dao Rhyme remains. They aren't even worthy of being stuck between my teeth!”

Xiao Bing spat out the bone fragments with extreme disdain.

On the purple-gold divine seat.

Lin Yuan yawned lazily, looking down at the White Bone Wasteland that had been turned into a skating rink, and nodded with satisfaction.

“Alright, stop eating junk food. Hurry up and clear the path; let's go see what good things are hidden inside that Great Mahayana Demon Venerable's coffin.”

“Yes! Master!”

Upon hearing Lin Yuan's command, the thousand-zhang-long Ancient Extreme Cold Ice Dragon instantly transformed into a small blue snake, flying back to Lin Yuan's neck with extreme flattery, continuing to blow cold air.

Behind them, the heroes of the Central Continent who had just witnessed this "Ice Age" were all frozen in place like wooden stakes, cold sweat soaking their backs.

Jun Wudao swallowed hard and turned to look at the Prodigies who had mocked him earlier.

“Now you know why this Divine Son knelt? Is that a damn scarf? That’s a living ancestor who can wipe out your entire sect with a single spit!!!”

With the hundred thousand skeleton army no longer blocking the way.

Lin Yuan piloted the purple-gold divine seat smoothly through the White Bone Wasteland and arrived at the deepest part of the [Wan Hua Demon Cave].

Here was a magnificent underground mausoleum built entirely from an unknown Black Divine Gold.

In the center of the tomb floated an Ancient Demonic Coffin, ten zhang long and carved with the Diagram of Ninety-Nine Demonic Dragons Swallowing the Sky! And above the coffin floated a dark purple orb radiating a terrifying aura sufficient to make the Heavenly Dao itself submit—the [Great Mahayana Demon Venerable Origin Sarira]!

“That is a Mahayana Sarira! A supreme treasure that allows one to ascend on the spot just by refining a sliver of it!”

The heroes of the Central Continent who followed Lin Yuan into the palace saw the dark purple sarira, their eyes turning red as greedy desires nearly broke through their lines of reason. If not for the "terrifying pajama-wearing youth" sitting on the divine seat ahead, they would have rushed forward to fight for it long ago.

On the purple-gold divine seat, Lin Yuan didn't even spare a glance at the so-called "Mahayana Sarira."

His extremely sharp Divine Sense had already detected an extremely cold, obscure, and even slightly hungry Soul fluctuation permeating the palace.

“Playing dead for tens of thousands of years and setting up all these trials... wasn't it all just to pick the most perfect Physical Body?”

An extremely playful cold smile curled at the corner of Lin Yuan's mouth. He didn't even stand up from the divine seat, instead casually flicking his finger toward the Ancient Demonic Coffin.

“Stop sleeping; the coffin lid can't even cover that putrid stench of yours anymore. Come out and receive your guest.”

As soon as Lin Yuan spoke, all the Central Continent experts were stunned.

Who was he talking to? Could it be that this Great Mahayana Demon Venerable... isn't dead yet?!

“Jiejiejiejie...”

Right then!

An extremely piercing, sinister laugh that seemed capable of tearing the Soul directly erupted from the Ancient Demonic Coffin!

Immediately following, the coffin lid exploded with a "bang"!

A supreme Soul pressure belonging to the Mahayana Stage Peak—the absolute top of this world's pyramid, surpassing Void Returning and Undergoing Tribulation—swept through the entire underground mausoleum like a tsunami!

“Thud! Thud! Thud!”

Before this pressure of a true Dominator of heaven and earth, all the Central Continent heroes present, whether in the Soul Transformation Stage or Void Returning Stage, felt their legs go weak and uncontrollably knelt on the ground, unable to even lift their heads!

“Tens of thousands of years... the [Wan Hua Demon Cave] I established has finally welcomed a living person!”

A thick black demonic Soul slowly rose from the coffin, condensing in mid-air into a phantom wearing a crown, with a blurred face that nonetheless radiated overwhelming demonic might.

It was none other than a remnant Soul of the master of this ruin—the ancient Demon Venerable Wanhua!

The greedy gaze of the Demon Venerable's remnant Soul swept across the kneeling Central Continent Prodigies one by one.

“The Sword Body of the Heavenly Sword Holy Land? Too weak, cannot withstand my demonic Qi...”

“The Nether King Body of the Netherworld Demon Sect? Too mixed, trash...”

“The Ancient Desolate Saint Body of the Huangtian Divine Sect? Barely passable, but this kid's Divine Sense is too cluttered; Possession would be troublesome...”

The remnant Soul of the Demon Venerable evaluated these top-tier peerless geniuses of the Central Continent with utter disdain, as if he were picking out pork at a market.

Until.

His gaze fell upon the clean-cut youth sitting on the purple-gold divine seat who, instead of kneeling, had his legs crossed and was watching him with an expression as if he were watching a monkey show.

“Buzz—!”

The moment the Demon Venerable's Divine Sense swept over Lin Yuan's body!

This old monster's remnant Soul, which had lived for tens of thousands of years, suddenly trembled violently and let out an extremely fanatical and crazed scream!

“Perfect!!! Too perfect!!!”

“A Mortal shell with no cultivation fluctuations! Yet his body contains an ultimate Vital Energy that even I cannot see through, as pure and overbearing as ancient Chaos! This is the most perfect blank sheet of paper in the world! This is a supreme Cauldron tailor-made for me!!!”

Demon Venerable Wanhua went mad!

What he had dreamed of for tens of thousands of years was an invincible Physical Body with an extremely weak Soul and cultivation! Only then could he achieve a hundred percent perfect Possession and re-Cultivate the Great Dao without any rejection!

And this youth in a bathrobe, in his eyes, was simply the highest-grade "unowned Physical Body" gifted by the heavens!

“Hahaha! Heaven helps me! Kid, obediently hand over your shell, and I will reach the absolute Peak of this Shenhuang Continent in your stead!”

Demon Venerable Wanhua gave no one a chance to react.

He directly abandoned the Mahayana Sarira, and his entire demonic Soul transformed into a streak of black lightning so fast that even light could not capture it, carrying the terrifying Soul-obliterating power of the Mahayana Stage as it charged straight toward Lin Yuan's brow and Sea of Consciousness!

“Young Master, be careful! That is a Mahayana Stage Possession!”

Beside him, Tantai Jinyue turned pale with fright, but the Demon Venerable's remnant Soul was too fast, and her physical enhancement from the ten thousand Divine Elephant Particles couldn't stop a pure Soul-state attack!

“Swish—!”

With extreme smoothness!

Demon Venerable Wanhua's remnant Soul encountered no resistance, easily penetrating Lin Yuan's brow and charging directly into the Sea of Consciousness within his body!

On the purple-gold divine seat.

Lin Yuan remained in his cross-legged posture. Not only was he not panicked, but a very strange smile curled at the corner of his mouth.

He gently patted Tantai Jinyue, who was so anxious she was about to cry, and comforted her: “Don't be nervous. These days, such a Wealth-Distributing Boy who rushes to deliver good fortune is a good person you can't find even with a lantern.”

...

Meanwhile.

Inside Lin Yuan's body, deep within the Sea of Consciousness.

“Hahaha! I'm in! I've finally gotten in!”

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The remnant Soul of Demon Venerable Wanhua manifested in Lin Yuan's body with wild joy.

"No Formation defense! No Divine Sense resistance! What a fool! From today on, this flawless Physical Body shall bear the surname Wan!"

Demon Venerable Wanhua prepared with extreme arrogance to release a Mahayana Stage Soul storm to forcibly erase Lin Yuan's consciousness.

However, when he raised his head and looked with extreme triumph at this "internal world" he was about to take over, his laughing Soul projection suddenly froze.

"What... what kind of hellish place is this?!"

In Demon Venerable Wanhua's vision, Lin Yuan's body was not the weak Meridians and Sea of Consciousness of some Mortal at all!

Above his head floated a boundless, terrifying vortex slowly rotating like a black hole! The devouring power radiating from the vortex made even him, a Mahayana Stage Demon Venerable, feel his Soul trembling violently! [Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art · Origin Black Hole]!

Below the black hole sat a formless sword shadow that reached the heavens and earth, exuding an aura of suppressing eternity and severing all Laws! That Sword Intent was ten thousand times more terrifying than the Ancestral Master who founded the Taixuan Dao Sect! [Heaven-Slaying Draw-Sword Technique · Sword Intent Nourishing Pool]!

What made him feel terrified to the core was that all around this world, densely packed and blocking out the sky... stood fifty thousand phantoms of dark golden Ancient Divine Elephants, each exuding an aura of ancient desolation and larger than the stars! Fifty thousand [Divine Elephant Particles]!

Every single Divine Elephant looked down with extreme coldness at the remnant Soul of Demon Venerable Wanhua, who stood in the center like a tiny ant, with the gaze one would use for "blood food."

"Moo—!" Fifty thousand Divine Elephants simultaneously let out a roar that shook eternity! Pure physical blood energy and the Law power of suppressing Hell intertwined inside Lin Yuan's body, forming an inescapable net that instantly suppressed Demon Venerable Wanhua's remnant Soul firmly in place!

"This is impossible! This is absolutely not a human body!!" "This is a forbidden zone of Ancient Gods and Demons from the beginning of Chaos!!!"

Demon Venerable Wanhua went completely insane! His Dao Heart shattered on the spot! He had originally thought he had entered an excellent, defenseless vessel and was preparing to steal the nest. But damn it, when he opened the door, he saw a black hole capable of devouring the Universe, a sword capable of severing the Heavenly Dao, and fifty thousand ancient giant elephants capable of crushing galaxies living inside!

"Senior! Immortal! This is all a misunderstanding! This Junior went to the wrong door! I beg you, Immortal, to open a door of convenience and let this Junior out!!!"

The remnant Soul of Demon Venerable Wanhua let out the most shrill and desperate wail of his life, his self-address even instantly changing from "This Venerable" to "This Junior."

He desperately tried to turn into black mist to escape this terrifying Physical Body, but he discovered with horror that the [Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art] black hole above his head had already ruthlessly locked onto his Soul Origin!

"Suck!" The black hole turned slightly! "Ahhhhh—!"

Demon Venerable Wanhua's prideful Mahayana Stage remnant Soul was instantly stretched out like a noodle, flying towards the black hole in extreme agony! During the flight, the fifty thousand Divine Elephant Particles even more brutally extended their trunks, whipping his Soul frantically, directly shattering his Mahayana Stage will and arrogance!

Outside, on the purple-gold divine seat, Lin Yuan closed his eyes with extreme comfort, feeling the one-sided "beating a dog behind closed doors" happening within his body.

"You want to possess me, then you want to leave? Do you think this is your own backyard?"

Lin Yuan moved his mind, and the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art increased its suction!

Inside the internal world, Demon Venerable Wanhua had been sucked down until only a fist-sized ball of Soul light remained; the fear of death completely crushed the dignity of this ancient overlord. He let out the most humble plea:

"Immortal, spare my life! This Junior is a Mahayana Demon Venerable, knowledgeable about the secrets of the Shenhuang Continent for one hundred thousand years! I have mastered three thousand heretical Laws!"

"This Junior is willing to offer my life-bound Devilish Soul and acknowledge you as master! I am willing to become the artifact spirit of the Immortal's Magic Treasure, deducing Cultivation Techniques and seeking treasures for you day and night! I only beg the Immortal to let a sliver of this Junior's true spirit remain intact!!!"

Hearing this extremely shrill plea for mercy, Lin Yuan rubbed his chin.

"Able to deduce Cultivation Techniques, and can also provide an encyclopedia of knowledge about the cultivation world from the past one hundred thousand years..."

Lin Yuan silently calculated in his heart, "Isn't this just a fully automatic cultivation power bank with built-in voice recognition? It's a bit wasteful to just absorb it and digest it into cultivation; keeping it as a retrieval tool is actually excellent."

Lin Yuan moved his mind. Just at the last second before Demon Venerable Wanhua was about to be completely devoured by the black hole, the black hole's suction suddenly stopped.

Immediately after, the long-lost, heavenly sound of the System boomed in Lin Yuan's mind!

[Ding! Detected Mahayana Stage Demon Venerable Origin remnant Soul and countless ancient Dao Law fragments, triggering Max-Level Comprehension feedback!]

[You have carefully observed the Origin structure of the Mahayana Soul and grasped the ultimate Profound Truth of the immortal Divine Soul and the differentiation of devilish thoughts! You have had an Epiphany!]

[Congratulations Host, you have comprehended the supreme Divine Soul cultivation method — "Three Thousand Gods and Demons Visualization Method"!]

"Boom—!" Lin Yuan's Sea of Consciousness instantly expanded by more than ten times!

The "Three Thousand Gods and Demons Visualization Method" is an extremely overbearing Divine Soul Cultivation Technique! It can forcibly enslave and suppress the Souls of other powerhouses within the Sea of Consciousness, turning them into "God and Demon Statues" for one's own visualization!

The suppressed Souls are absolutely loyal and will continuously provide the Host with Soul Power and deduce Cultivation Techniques!

"This is simply a divine skill for extreme capitalist exploitation."

A sharp light flashed in Lin Yuan's eyes, and he directly activated the "Three Thousand Gods and Demons Visualization Method"!

Inside his body, the remnant Soul of Demon Venerable Wanhua, now only the size of a fist, was instantly reshaped and compressed under the power of the System!

"Hum!" In the blink of an eye, this arrogant Mahayana old monster was actually forcibly refined into a "mini statue" only the size of a palm, sitting cross-legged in the depths of Lin Yuan's Sea of Consciousness, radiating purple light all over!

Although this statue had lost its freedom, it retained all its memories and Divine Sense, and it was now tearfully serving as Lin Yuan's "ruthless deduction machine."

... Outside, in the mausoleum palace. It had been less than three breaths of time since Demon Venerable Wanhua turned into black smoke and rushed into Lin Yuan's brow.

The crowd of heroes from the Central Region kneeling below were waiting in despair for the terrifying scene of the "Demon Venerable returning after Possession."

However, on the purple-gold divine seat, Lin Yuan opened his eyes with extreme laziness. Not only was there no sign of Qi Deviation from being possessed, but his eyes were even clearer and deeper than before.

He snapped his fingers and said to the air with extreme casualness: "Old Man Wanhua, since there's nothing else good in this broken tomb of yours, bring that Mahayana Sarira over to me."

"Yes... respected Master... your will is this old servant's mission..."

An extremely aggrieved, extremely humble, and even slightly trembling Divine Soul transmission came from Lin Yuan's body, echoing extremely clearly throughout the entire palace.

Immediately after, amidst the incredulous gazes of all the experts from the Central Region, as if they had seen the destruction of the Universe, the [Mahayana Demon Venerable Origin Sarira] floating above the magic coffin, which was exuding the terrifying pressure of the Mahayana Stage, flew over extremely docilely and landed obediently in Lin Yuan's palm.

"This... how is this possible?!" Jun Wudao's eyes were almost popping out of their sockets, "That voice just now... was it the Demon Venerable's?! He... he not only failed the Possession, but was instead taken as an artifact spirit slave by this Senior?!"

Taking the remnant Soul of a Mahayana Stage old monster and keeping it inside one's body as a slave to be ordered around?! What kind of Heaven-Defying, what kind of overbearing, heaven-reaching means is this!!!

Lin Yuan pinched the Mahayana Sarira, which was enough to stir up a bloodbath in the Central Region. He looked at the Devilish Qi attached to it with extreme disdain and casually tossed it to Tantai Jinyue, who was standing beside him, completely stunned.

"This thing has too much Devilish Qi; I don't like it. Jinyue, it's yours as a reward; eat it like a jelly bean."

"Reward... rewarded to me?!" Tantai Jinyue held the Mahayana Sarira with both hands, tears of excitement welling up in her eyes.

The Young Master actually just tossed the Mahayana Origin to her casually, as if he were shooing away a beggar?!

"Thank you, Young Master, for bestowing this treasure! This servant is willing to be shattered to pieces for the Young Master for lifetimes to come!" Tantai Jinyue kowtowed heavily.

The group of Prodigies from the Central Region below, watching the Mahayana Sarira in the demoness's hands, all gritted their teeth in envy and jealousy. Big shot! Do you think I'm suitable? Although I'm a man, I can dress as a woman to serve you tea and pour water!

"Alright, the Yin Qi in this broken tomb is too heavy; staying here too long is bad for the joints." Lin Yuan tapped the armrest of the purple-gold divine seat with extreme boredom, "Xiao Bing, turn around; we're going back to the Taixuan Dao Sect to catch up on sleep."

"Roar!" The nine Flood Dragon phantoms let out a joyful dragon roar, and the purple-gold divine seat turned with extreme arrogance amidst the ruins of one hundred thousand skeletons.

Before leaving, Lin Yuan turned to look at the heroes of the Central Region kneeling below. "Friends from the Central Region, it's not easy to have traveled such a long way here."

"The wall bricks in this palace and the bones of those White Bone Demon Generals are all decent Materials for Artifact Refining. If you like them, feel free to pick a few pieces to take back as souvenirs; consider it my treat."

Hearing these words that were so cruel and heart-wrenching, the mouths of the Central Region heroes twitched wildly. But Jun Wudao was the first to react, kowtowing frantically: "Thank you, Senior, for the reward!"

Subsequently, a group of Old Ancestors and Sons of God from super forces completely set aside their pride and began a frantic snatching war to pry off wall bricks. A grand and spectacular adventure drama of the Central Region, amidst Lin Yuan's extremely casual "stocking up" and "sending warmth," absurdly came to an end.