Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

The Sea of ​​Ten Thousand Monsters, Jinling Island.

In the Sea of ​​Ten Thousand Monsters, there are only three large islands, which belong to the three major royal families.

Jinling Island is one of them, covering an area of ​​nearly two hundred miles. The island is full of towering mountains, dangerous peaks, and magical birds circling and howling in the sky.

For tens of thousands of years, this island has been the homeland of the Golden-winged Eagle clan.

Successive demon kings have carefully managed this place for tens of thousands of years, moving hundreds of mountains from all over the Sea of ​​Ten Thousand Demons. It has now become the most suitable place for golden-winged eagles to live in this world.

In terms of bloodline alone, the golden-winged eagle is not as good as the dragon or the Kun fish, but because of this, the golden-winged eagle clan is more likely to give birth to offspring and has a large number of members.

The way of heaven is to reduce the excess and make up for the deficiency. The stronger the bloodline, the more difficult it is to give birth to offspring.

According to legend, it is difficult for a true spirit, which is comparable to a true immortal, to have a descendant throughout his lifetime.

Although the Golden-winged Eagle clan was somewhat weaker in strength, they relied on their large number of clansmen and brought six or seven out of ten of the demon birds in the Ten Thousand Demons Sea under their command, thus maintaining their status as one of the three major royal clans for ten thousand years.

Therefore, in addition to the Golden-winged Eagle clan on Jinling Island, there are also many extraordinary talented demon birds, who were sent here by their clans to practice diligently.

When it grows up, it will become the most loyal subordinate of the Golden-winged Eagle clan.

Like the other two royal families, the protective formation on Jinling Island is open all year round. The thick golden curtain covers the entire island, dyeing the rocks, trees, flowers, grass and soil with a layer of light golden glow.

Within the formation, demonic birds that have not yet transformed are flying in the sky, and their strength is mostly below level five.

The demon birds above level five have their demon cores transformed, enough to protect themselves in the sea of ​​demons.

According to the clan rules of the Golden-winged Eagle clan, they must go out for training and cannot stay on the Jinling Island and practice carefree.

Only when they become level seven monsters will they return to Jinling Island and try to survive the thunder catastrophe, successfully transform, and become the monster king respected by all monsters in the sea.

After transforming, they became elders of the Golden-winged Eagle clan and were finally able to stay on the Golden Spirit Island to practice.

But for the demon king of the Golden-winged Eagle clan, it is better to go out and occupy a medium-sized island alone than to stay on the Jinling Island.

Jinling Island has one of the three large spiritual veins in the Ten Thousand Demons Sea. After tens of thousands of years of careful cultivation by the Golden-winged Eagle clan, the concentration of spiritual energy has been slowly increasing. It is a rare place for cultivation.

But there are many monsters on the island, including the clan leader, the tenth-level monster king Jin Feng, and three ninth-level monster kings. Each of them occupies a section of the spiritual vein for cultivation. The spiritual energy allocated to other monster kings is not as good as a medium-sized spiritual vein.

However, the number of medium-sized islands controlled by the Golden-winged Eagle clan is not as many as that of the Flood Dragon clan and the Kun Fish clan. Not all demon kings can occupy an island exclusively after they transform.

With no other choice, they could only stay on Jinling Island to practice. Only when their strength improved and surpassed that of the demon kings of the same clan, would they have the opportunity to rule a region. From then on, they would no longer be bound by the constraints of the clan and would be free and at ease.

Jin Sheng is one of them. He had just successfully transformed more than a hundred years ago. He was the twelfth demon king of the Golden-winged Eagle clan, with the lowest cultivation and the weakest strength.

Over the past one hundred years, he had been practicing on Jinling Island, occasionally traveling and searching for rare treasures, but his gains were minimal, and he felt very depressed.

In the eyes of other demon kings, Jin Sheng is the transformed demon king of the three major royal families. He has unlimited glory, high status, and is flattered in every way.

But he himself knew very well that there were also differences in superiority and inferiority among the three royal families.

Jin Sheng's parents were just ordinary golden-winged eagles, and they had died long ago, leaving no legacy.

He had no roots in the clan, and his bloodline was not particularly pure. His successful transformation depended on luck for 50 to 60 percent. He would most likely stop here in this life, with no hope of becoming a ninth-level demon king.

In the final analysis, Jin Sheng was just a demon king who was lucky enough to succeed in transforming. If he had not been born into the Golden-Winged Eagle clan, he would be no different from those idle demon kings.

No one in the tribe cared about him. Even the transformed demon king of a subordinate tribe only showed him courtesy in appearance, but actually kept his distance and was quite cold to him.

But Jin Sheng was able to cultivate to this level today through his own efforts because he had an extremely strong heart of Tao.

The Golden-winged Eagle clan has many members, and the cultivation resources provided to low-level members of the clan are far less than those of the Flood Dragon clan and the Kun Fish clan.

However, as one of the three royal families that has been passed down for tens of thousands of years, every low-level golden-winged eagle can listen to the teachings of the transformed demon king on the Jinling Island, learn human classics, and open up their spiritual intelligence in advance.

Compared with those elixirs and spirit stones, this is the greatest foundation of the three royal families.

The demons have long lifespans, strong bodies, and are even born with the ability to display magical powers. However, they are driven to the barren Sea of ​​Ten Thousand Demons by humans because they are not as intelligent as humans.

No matter how strong your bloodline is, there will come a day when your cultivation will reach its limit.

No matter how talented the demon race is, if they do not strive for progress, they cannot compare to the human cultivators who have an orderly inheritance and carry on the tradition.

Among the demon race, the human body is also called the "Tao body". It is the most suitable form for practicing Taoism and is a hundred times superior to the demon body.

The cultivation of the demon race depends on the instinct of their bloodline. They slowly absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, incorporate it into their demon pills, and transform it into demon power. Over time, their cultivation level increases.

Most of the spiritual energy is used to temper the body, and progress is slow, often taking hundreds of years to advance to the next level.

To successfully transform, it would take at least a thousand years of practice.

Human cultivators have thousands of skills and it takes them three to four hundred years to cultivate from a mortal to a Nascent Soul.

There are also those with extraordinary talents who can cultivate to the Nascent Soul stage in more than two hundred years, which is several times better than the monsters.

Among the demon kings of all generations, there are many wise and intelligent ones who can naturally see the flaws of the demon race, but they are powerless to change them.

The demon race is born with defects, and needs to develop their intelligence later in life. Before reaching level eight, they cannot even transform into human form, and few of them can speak.

They are unable to study Taoist classics from a young age like humans and lay the foundation for future practice.

Only the three royal families, with strong bloodlines, born with intelligence, and profound cultural heritage, can teach the low-level clansmen who have not yet transformed the cultivation methods and Taoist classics like the human clan families.

Jin Sheng was able to transform successfully because he was smarter than the other members of the tribe and studied classics very hard. Although his bloodline was a little weak, he made up for his shortcomings with hard work, and he finally transformed into a human form and became the twelfth elder of the Golden-winged Eagle clan.

After becoming the Demon King, Jin Sheng did not slack off at all and practiced diligently all day long.

But his blood was not pure enough, and the spiritual energy in the cave was not abundant enough, so his cultivation progress was slow.

Although the demon race can learn human skills, their bloodline is still their foundation.

With blood as pure as Kun Feng, he was able to master the art of teleportation before he passed the tribulation. He is a rare genius in the Kunyu clan in ten thousand years, and his name is known throughout the Sea of ​​Ten Thousand Monsters.

Jin Sheng's bloodline is not pure enough, even slightly inferior to some level seven golden-feathered eagles, and his cultivation speed cannot be fast.

In order to get more cultivation elixirs and top-grade spirit stones, he had to take on the responsibility of teaching low-level members of the tribe and guarding the Jinling Island's protective formation.

Every seven days, he would preach for three hours on Jinling Island.

Then he spent a few more hours circling the island, checking the formation flags and plates, and replacing the spirit stones.

If there is any damage, it must be reported to the only formation master of the Golden Feathered Eagle clan, the fourth elder Jin Tuo. After the demons transform, they can also learn the art of cultivation, but they are far less intelligent and agile than human cultivators, and there are very few who are proficient in this way.

However, Jin Tuo, the fourth elder of the Golden-winged Eagle clan, is extremely talented. Not only is he one of the three ninth-level demon kings in the clan, but he is also proficient in formations. He is the only grandmaster of formations in the entire Ten Thousand Demons Sea.

However, he had to practice in seclusion and study the formation, so he had no time to be distracted, so he handed over the responsibility of maintaining and patrolling the island protection formation to Jin Sheng.

In return, every time the clan made an offering, Jin Sheng would get an extra cultivation pill.

In addition, by preaching to low-level tribesmen, he could get three more top-grade spirit stones, and his cultivation speed increased by half compared to before.

Today is the day to preach to the tribesmen. At noon, Jin Sheng left the cave early and came to the Preaching Peak on the west side of Jinling Island, and his escape light fell.

I don't know which tribe leader cut off half of this peak, and only about three hundred feet are left. The top of the peak is flat and open, and there are already more than thirty golden-winged eagles waiting here early.

They are covered with golden feathers, each with different shades of gold.

The three golden eagles in the lead have feathers that look like gold. They are dazzling and majestic under the morning sun.

The purer the gold color of the golden-winged eagle's feathers, the purer and stronger its bloodline is.

There were also a dozen or so demon birds from affiliated tribes standing by, with their wings folded, their heads slightly lowered, and expressions of respect.

These low-level demon birds cannot speak, but their intelligence is already quite high, no different from that of humans.

Jin Sheng sat cross-legged on the high platform and waited for a quarter of an hour. Then, more than a dozen low-level demon birds flew to the Preaching Peak, including golden-winged eagles and other demons.

After waiting for a while, no more demonic birds flew over, and Jin Sheng slowly spoke: "Today, I will continue to talk about the fourth volume of the Tongxuan Sutra..."

He read all the human classics, admired the customs and culture of the human race, wore a black Taoist robe, tied his hair in a bun, and behaved elegantly, unlike the rude manners of other demon kings.

Jin Sheng quoted from classics and explained a Taoist scripture written by a great sage of the human race in a thorough and clear manner.

Many demon birds were fascinated by what they heard. They were completely oblivious to the subtleties, raised their heads and let out long cries, flapped their wings, flew into the sky, circled several times, and then landed.

Whenever this happened, Jin Sheng would just smile and never say anything to stop it.

He kept talking, his voice was flat and low, but it was clearly heard by every demon bird.

Some of the evil birds showed impatience, lowered their heads and pecked at their feathers, paying no attention to the scriptures that Jin Sheng was preaching.

Among them, the Golden-Feathered Eagle clan is the worst. The closer they stand to the front, the more dazzling their golden feathers are, and the purer their blood is, the more they disdain Jin Sheng's Taoist scriptures.

Among the three leading golden-winged eagles, only one was listening attentively, while the other two were daydreaming, and one even took a nap with its eyes closed.

Jin Sheng never scolded, but just continued to tell the story quietly.

Regardless of whether they are human or demon, they all need to have a heart seeking the truth in order to go further on the path of cultivation.

Jin Sheng also practiced for hundreds of years before he understood this truth.

As long as you have a firm determination, you will be able to overcome any difficulties and obstacles.

If one's determination is not strong, one will stop moving forward even if the road ahead is smooth.

Jin Sheng only preaches to those who seek the truth. He will not say a word to those who look down on others by relying on their powerful bloodline, even if they are from the same clan.

Three hours later, Jin Sheng stopped talking and said calmly, "I will stop here today. I will come to Preaching Peak to give a lecture in seven days."

After saying that, he flicked his sleeves, stood up and left.

The group of demon birds dispersed one after another, some were reluctant to leave and wanted to continue to comprehend the mysteries of Taoist scriptures.

Some can't wait, so they flap their wings and fly back to their nests to play and have fun.

Jin Sheng was not able to return to the cave yet, so he rode a beam of light to the shore of Jinling Island. Following the instructions of the Fourth Elder, he activated his demonic power, raised his hands and cast a series of spells to check the flags of the island protection formation.

The protective formation of Jinling Island was set up more than 6,000 years ago by the Golden-winged Eagle clan at great expense and asked the human race's formation master to set it up.

After being reinforced by successive clan leaders and finally improved by the four elders, it is now as solid as a rock, and its defensive capabilities are no less than those of the large human clan's protective formations.
If there is a level ten demon king in charge, even if a great cultivator leads people to attack, it will be impossible to break through in a few days.

Jin Sheng flipped through the clan's historical books. Three thousand years ago, the Wentian Sect and the Tianji Sect joined forces to attack. Two great monks led sixteen Nascent Soul monks, surrounded the Jinling Island, and launched a fierce attack.

The island protection formation lasted for six days before it was on the verge of breaking, and it held out until the other two royal families came to help.

The three royal families joined forces to severely injure the leader of the Wentian Sect, saving the lives of four Nascent Soul cultivators, and forcing back the cultivators of the two sects, thus achieving a great victory.

From then on, no one dared to invade Jinling Island.

For more than three thousand years, the island protection formation has been continuously reinforced, but it has never been used.

Jin Sheng had been inspecting the formation for decades and nothing had happened, so he inevitably became a little lax. He just gave it a quick inspection and came to a quiet valley on the east side of Jinling Island.

The valley was protected by a layer of formation curtains. Jin Sheng took out a golden token and typed a spell, and a passage slowly emerged from the formation curtains.

Jin Sheng fell down and the formation curtain closed again behind him.

On the cliff at the deepest part of the valley, there were two tightly closed stone doors. He entered a few spells into the golden token, and the stone door flashed and slowly opened.

Jin Sheng put away the token, walked in, passed through a long and narrow passage, and came to a stone hall.

A three-foot square array plate was placed in the middle of the stone hall. It was carved entirely from white jade and shone with a faint light. It was inlaid with three hundred and sixty top-grade spirit stones around it, which were much dimmer than ordinary spirit stones.

In the middle of the array plate, there are thirty-six empty grooves carved with intricate patterns.

This is the source of the large spiritual vein on Jinling Island. The formation plate of the island protection formation is located here, and the formation is usually supported by high-quality spiritual stones.

If someone attacks the Golden-winged Eagle clan, the spiritual energy will be supplied by large spiritual veins and top-grade spiritual stones.

In the entire Golden-winged Eagle clan, only the clan leader Jin Feng, the fourth elder Jin Tuo, and Jin Sheng can use the token to enter the valley and check the formation.

Jin Sheng raised his hand and chanted a series of spells, then made a rough inspection to make sure the array plate was not damaged. He replaced a dozen high-quality spirit stones that had exhausted their spiritual energy, then left the valley and returned to the cave.

He had just entered the practice room and was about to sit in meditation when a gentle voice suddenly reached his ears: "Brother Jin Sheng, are you in the cave?"

Jin Sheng was stunned for a moment, recognized the voice, a hint of doubt flashed across his eyes, he stood up and walked out of the training room and opened the door to the cave.

Jin Luo stood outside the door, bowed gracefully, and said with a faint smile: "I came here uninvited today, I hope my dear brother Jin Sheng will forgive me." (End of this chapter)