A Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu Transmigrates into a Book, the Dao Ancestor of Rein

Chapter 286: Is this even possible?

Faced with the seventh wave of lightning tribulation, Han Li put away a large number of lightning-absorbing beads, only controlling a few to absorb half of the lightning that was falling this time.

The effect was also very good.

On the Icefire Wolf's side, facing the seventh wave of transformed lightning, which had been weakened by nearly half, it showed little fear. It had already made preparations in all aspects through its adaptation over the years and countless firsthand experiences in the previous days.

The two heads looked up and simultaneously let out a high-pitched wolf howl.

It wants to transform, to transform like the Black Dragon:
"Ouch..."

A chilling aura emanated from its body, freezing an area several hundred feet to its side.

A violent burst of flames erupted, scorching the very void and causing it to tremble.

At the same time, the Icefire Wolf spat out a lightning-absorbing bead that had been refined into a rare treasure. Inside the bead was a lightning bolt that it had transformed into.

"Crack!"

A bolt of lightning, several meters thick, struck.

"Zizi..."

The extraordinary lightning-absorbing bead simultaneously released the tribulation lightning stored within it, quickly forming a lightning net that could be controlled at will.

The lightning bolt, already weakened by nearly half, struck the lightning net, immediately swirling around it and sizzling through the ice and fire defense wall. It then landed on the giant wolf's back and flashed into the wolf's body.

The next moment, skin tore open and flesh was torn apart, followed by a scream of agony.

The lightning bolts raged within the Icefire Wolf's body, scorching and destroying every inch of its flesh.

"Can you withstand it? That attack just now was comparable to a regular attack from a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator."

"A lot of the tribulation lightning was absorbed by those purple stones, so its power should have weakened considerably. Perhaps... it will work?"

"Let's see. If it works, then our Spirit Control Sect will have found a new way out."

The elder, the youth, and the old woman from the Yuling Sect communicated telepathically.

"Ouch..."

The giant wolf let out a heart-wrenching howl.

He was in so much pain that he rolled around in the air.

On one side, his flesh and blood were being continuously ravaged by the scorching lightning, and the aroma of ripe meat wafted out. On the other side, healing elixirs and pills to restore spiritual energy provided the giant with a constant stream of help, ensuring that his body always had a chance to receive timely treatment and catch its breath.

Sure enough, the lacerations that had torn and ripped open have visibly healed.

In the process of "constant destruction" and "constant self-repair," subtle and inexplicable changes occurred in the giant wolf.

As the lightning gradually dissipated, the Icefire Wolf was neither half-dead nor severely injured by the tribulation lightning.

"You got through it so easily?"

The three members of the Yuling Sect were all greatly surprised.

Over the millennia of its lineage, no spirit beast has ever successfully withstood the final wave of tribulation lightning. They either succumb to the final lightning strike or perish halfway through. The sect itself has witnessed its sacred beasts undergo tribulation only to be reduced to charred ashes.

But what did they see today?
A spirit beast can maintain an excellent condition even under the tribulation lightning of transformation.

This is incredible.

It should be noted that starting from the fourth wave of tribulation lightning, it is equivalent to the Nascent Soul cultivator taking action.

By the sixth wave, it was enough to instantly tear apart the skin and flesh of a level seven peak cultivator, leaving them severely weakened.

The seventh wave was even more powerful, comparable to an attack from a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

The further you go, the stronger it becomes.

The tenth wave of tribulation lightning is comparable to the attack intensity of a great cultivator.

The giant wolf undergoing tribulation in human form was clearly not known for its defense, yet it was able to withstand the seventh wave of heavenly lightning relatively easily, truly refreshing the understanding of the three members of the Spirit Control Sect.

Something's not right...

The old woman from the Yuling Sect frowned and said.

The young man beside him looked puzzled:

"Senior Sister Shi, what's wrong?"

"That giant wolf looks like an Ice and Fire Wolf..."

"Icefire Wolf? No way? The Icefire Wolf's bloodline potential is only considered a mid-level bloodline among various demonic beast bloodlines, with a maximum upper limit of level four peak. This one in front of us has already grown to level eight."

The young man smiled and shook his head.

"Junior Brother Han, have you forgotten that the Icefire Wolf has the opportunity to improve its physique and purify its bloodline before reaching level two?"

A level one Ice-Fire Wolf has only one head, yet it possesses both ice and fire abilities. In reality, this means the ice and fire abilities influence and interfere with each other. Not only does it not help with advancement, but it also limits the growth of both abilities.

Just like the characteristics of single-attribute spiritual roots and multi-attribute spiritual roots.

The former is pure and has high cultivation efficiency. The latter is influenced by external factors, resulting in low cultivation efficiency and slow progress.

"A level two Ice-Fire Wolf, if it is fortunate enough to have its fur and marrow cleansed and its bloodline purified, has a very small chance of growing two heads, one of ice and one of fire, due to the splitting of ice and fire..."

"A mid-level bloodline that initially struggles to condense a demon core will also be upgraded to a high-level bloodline of a mixed-blood dragon."

"While this may not be considered a mutation of a mutated spirit beast, and the probability is extremely low, it is a transformative change for the Icefire Wolf clan."

"Look at Fellow Daoist Han's giant wolf. It has two heads, one of ice and one of fire. Isn't that the characteristic of an Ice-Fire Wolf?"

The old woman clicked her tongue in amazement.

"But this giant wolf has three tails, which is not a characteristic of the Icefire Wolf."

The young man surnamed Han stroked his chin, puzzled.

"Perhaps, some kind of mutation has occurred that we are unaware of? After all, there is a very small chance of mutation for level 4 and above demonic beasts, so it makes no sense that this level 7 or 8 beast would not have changed at all during its evolution. Besides, this Icefire Wolf has already broken through the bloodline shackles of level 5, so what's so strange about it undergoing some strange changes?"

The usually quiet old man chimed in.

Upon hearing this, the young man and the old woman nodded in agreement.

That's true.

"Speaking of which, what exactly is that stone that can absorb the power of lightning and thus weaken the tribulation lightning of transformation?"

“Taking out just one or two of these stones is not much, even if they can absorb lightning, they cannot absorb it quickly. But if several are put together, and a spirit beast undergoing tribulation refines one of them into a rare treasure to be stored in its body, the effect will be completely different.”

"If my Spirit Control Sect could obtain a few purple stones, why would we be unable to cultivate a demon cultivator with a lifespan of several thousand years?"

The old man suppressed his excitement.

They planned to persuade the rest of the sect to acquire a few Lightning Absorbing Pearls at any cost. The Icefire Wolf's side was also following the old man's advice.

First, Han Li used several lightning-absorbing beads to weaken half of the lightning tribulation's power from the outside.

Then, using the one refined into a rare treasure, he drew upon the already refined heavenly tribulation lightning to entangle with the tribulation lightning that was about to strike. He used the obedient and controllable lightning net to better control the still unrefined and violent tribulation lightning.

This process of fusing refined lightning power with untamed wild lightning may seem like strengthening the wild lightning, but in reality, it greatly increases the controllability of the wild lightning.

Wild tribulation lightning is uncontrollable. Once it strikes a person undergoing tribulation, it will indiscriminately wreak havoc and destroy their body.

However, if it is integrated with the already refined Transformation Lightning, then, with the help of the Lightning Absorbing Pearl, the fused Heavenly Tribulation Lightning will be more obedient and will not cause indiscriminate destruction.

This is achievable.

In this way, the power of the lightning tribulation was not weakened, and the process of transcending the tribulation was completed smoothly according to the rules.

The demons didn't like to use their brains; they only knew to use their bodies to withstand the heavenly lightning of transformation. If they could withstand it, they would successfully transform. If they couldn't withstand it, they would turn to ashes and die.

But that's the kind of approach that stubborn monsters use when facing the rules of heaven and earth, without knowing how to adapt.

Humans are different.

The human brain isn't something you can just have for nothing.

Human wisdom is not meant to replicate the stubbornness of monsters, but to innovate, to evolve and progress.

The demons never intended to tame the heavenly tribulation lightning.

As the master of the spirit beast, how could Han Li not use his brain?

"After so much preparation, I've transformed from a mere intermediate bloodline into the advanced one I am today. During this time, I not only enjoyed the abundant spiritual energy of a top-grade spiritual vein refining my body and nourishing my bloodline, but I also successively devoured two level-eight demon cores to strengthen my foundation. Furthermore, I've frequently endured the baptism of the ninth heavenly lightning bolt that the Ink Dragon experienced during its tribulation..."

"If this still can't transform you, then it can only mean... that's your fate."

Han Li said that he had done his best.

Fortunately, the Ice and Fire Wolf did not disappoint him.

The seventh tribulation lightning was successfully passed.

"Huh? What's going on? Why haven't the lightning clouds in the sky dissipated yet?"

Han Li suddenly looked up at the sky.

My heart sank.

Beside him, the bearded man reminded him:

"Sect Master, is your Icefire Wolf a mutated spirit beast?"

Qing Yi also narrowed his eyes.

The current trend looks more and more like it.

Seeing new lightning brewing in the clouds, Han Li naturally didn't harbor any illusions:

"When did the Icefire Wolf transform into a mutated spirit beast?"

He had always thought that this giant wolf was only slightly stronger than ordinary spirit beasts, and was far inferior to the likes of turtle demons, poisonous dragons, and thunder whales.

But to his utter surprise, at a point in time when he was unaware, the Icefire Wolf transformed into a mutated spirit beast that was a rare sight in the cultivation world for hundreds of years!

"When did this happen?"

With a slight frown, he noticed the Icefire Wolf's three tails.

That's right, not one tail, not two, but a full three.

He had tested it many times before, but couldn't figure out what the difference was between having one or two extra tails. Over time, he stopped paying much attention to it. Now it seems that this is one of the major characteristics of the Icefire Wolf transforming into a mutated spirit beast.

"If this guy becomes a mutated spirit beast, what abilities will it gain? We haven't seen any demonstration of them."

Otherwise, he would have realized it much earlier.

Also.

What triggered the mutation?
The reason why Barbarian Beard's three-eyed leopard mutated was because he swallowed a strange vermilion fruit, which caused the ability of "petrification beam" to emerge in the third eye between his eyebrows.

What was the catalyst for the mutation of the Ice and Fire Wolf?

At that moment, a flash of inspiration struck Han Li, and he looked at the several lightning-absorbing beads in his hand.

To be precise, they thought of the tribulation lightning stored within it.

"Could it be because of these tribulation lightning bolts?"

...

Back then, when the Ink Dragon was undergoing its tribulation, he took advantage of the ninth wave of tribulation lightning to store abundant tribulation energy in dozens of lightning-absorbing beads.

He gradually fed some of the many transforming lightning bolts to the Icefire Wolf, placing them into the lightning-absorbing bead treasure within its body.

Over the years, the Icefire Wolf has undergone countless "indirect" tribulations of lightning.

It's just that this part of the tribulation is not included in the formal "transformation ceremony" according to the operating rules of this world.

Simply put:
Other demonic beasts and spirit beasts cannot come into contact with the tribulation lightning before undergoing their tribulation.

However, before undergoing its tribulation, the Icefire Wolf had already experienced a diluted version of the lightning tribulation.

And it is the ninth wave of transformed lightning.

The quality is very high.

The ninth wave of transforming lightning already contained a considerable amount of "Imperial Dew".

During the month of collecting the tribulation lightning, although the components of the imperial fluid will evaporate quickly, some residue will still remain.

The Ice and Fire Wolf, in turn, benefited from the weakened version.

Due to a combination of factors, the Icefire Wolf underwent a mutation, its aptitude steadily improved, and before anyone knew it, it grew three tails.

At present, although the abilities of the three tails are still unclear, it is certain that the Icefire Wolf has become a mutated spirit beast.

Its transformation into lightning tribulation is far more than the seven paths previously thought.

"For other demonic beasts, their potential and the extent to which they can trigger heavenly tribulations are determined by their bloodline."

"Is the Icefire Wolf's situation a case of the Heavenly Tribulation purifying its bloodline and enhancing its potential, so that it can later trigger an even stronger Transformation Lightning Tribulation?"

"Can this still happen?"

(End of this chapter)