From Swamp Dog to Crocodile Ancestor

The White Jade Palace was dimly lit. Li Yi sat quietly in one spot, surrounded by a faint aura, and slowly closed his eyes.

He is still in the early stage of Foundation Establishment, but his strength has undergone tremendous changes. The accumulation of the past five years has mainly been to cultivate his own power.

The situation with the white python is unknown, but not optimistic. Li Yi plans to train the white crocodile to the Foundation Establishment stage as well, so that he can cultivate in peace.

Three Foundation Establishment stage demon beasts are enough to make them invincible in a region.

The white crocodile wisely retreated into the darkness. Li Yi quietly closed his eyes, and a powerful energy surged from within him, causing the heavens and earth to change and the clear and turbid to rotate.

Li Yueyou reappeared, but this time she didn't show up voluntarily; she was forced to appear by Li Yi.

She stood there in front of Li Yi, staring at him intently, her pupils devoid of any emotion, revealing nothing at all.

This was the second time Li Yi had tried to expel her. After five years of accumulation, he had stabilized his cultivation, solidified his foundation, and his Pure and Turbid Immortal Foundation was completely stable.

On the surface, Li Yi appeared to be sitting firmly in place, but in reality, a dramatic change was taking place within his body.

Another ten days have passed in the blink of an eye.

Li Yi finally opened his eyes, looking helplessly at Li Yueyou pacing around him, listening to the clattering of her footsteps.

He failed once again; it seemed that this virus-like thing had become one with him, inseparable.

squeak...

The chirping of the spirit insects gathered and echoed within the palace. Li Yi got up and headed in that direction.

He recognized the sound as coming from the spirit insect he had raised, so he quickly went over.

The voice carried an unusual undertone; it was brutal and bloodthirsty.

Upon arriving at the jade insect nest, Li Yi watched as the group of spirit insects fought and devoured each other, while Mu E and Shi Yan stood on either side, leisurely tossing in pieces of blood-red triangular leaves.

The insects fought fiercely over them, devouring the leaves in just a few breaths.

Then, visible changes appeared on their bodies: their bodies swelled up, their carapaces became more solid and smooth, the silver base color faded, and yellow and black gradually took over the entire surface.

Their mouthparts became even more ferocious, their faint consciousness increased several times over, and they began to tear apart the spirit insects that had not undergone mutation.

The two women watched this scene casually until Li Yi arrived.

"Your Majesty, I have discovered a kind of spiritual herb, this is it. Once it is devoured by a spiritual insect, it can undergo a tremendous transformation."

Shi Yan quickly said.

"Where was it found?"

Li Yi asked while watching the spirit insects fighting each other.

"It's one of the spirit herbs that the King transplanted from outside. It looks ordinary, but it has driven these little guys crazy."

Shi Yan pointed to the triangular, blood-red leaf in her hand and said.

Squeak squeak squeak~

The spirit insects were still fighting each other, huddled together, and many broken corpses and fragments fell around them like snowflakes.

The fully grown spirit insects were much larger, almost three times their original size, flapping their wings and buzzing, carrying a faint sense of pressure.

The silver on their shells had completely faded, turning into yellow and black, and they were now flying in mid-air.

As more and more spirit insects flew around, Li Yi had a thought, and they buzzed over, circling around him.

These spirit insects became more powerful and intelligent, and after devouring the blood left behind by the venomous dragon, they underwent an unexpected evolution.

Are there any other medicinal herbs that have this effect?

Li Yi pinched a spirit insect and watched its six limbs writhe wildly, feeling a considerable force coming from it.

"No, not at all." Mu'e walked over. "We tried them on all these spirit insects, but none of them worked. Only this spirit herb was effective."

With a flick of his finger, Li Yi released the spirit insect and stood there, waiting.

Two of these blood-red spiritual herbs were torn apart and fed to the spiritual insects.

As a result, about two hundred of these spirit insects completed a metamorphosis, one thousand died as a result, and most of the remaining ones showed faint spiritual fluctuations of longing.

Li Yi arrived at the place where he had transplanted the Dragon Blood Spirit Grass. It was a hollowed-out jade pool filled with dark red soil and a large patch of spirit grass, all tinged with blood.

There are still two of those triangular-leaved spiritual herbs left, only two left.

After thinking it over, Li Yi instructed Mu E to personally take care of them so that they could produce seeds and multiply into more of these spiritual herbs.

He personally named this spiritual herb Bloodworm Grass, and by sheer chance, a rare and precious herb that was extremely beneficial to spiritual insects was discovered.

It underwent a mutation within the blood of the dragon, and hopefully this situation will continue.

buzzing~

The two hundred or so spirit insects flew around Li Yi. Li Yi stretched out his hand, and they all landed on his hand.

After a rapid flow, they transformed into a two-colored gauntlet, completely covering Li Yi's hand.

The spirit insects were closely connected, and the edges of their carapaces interlocked, forming something like armor.

Li Yi looked at the gauntlet, felt it for a moment, and then shook his head inwardly.

Although they consumed the Bloodworm Grass containing the blood of the Flood Dragon and completed a life transformation, their cultivation level was still not high, roughly equivalent to the mid-stage of Qi Refining, approaching the late-stage of Qi Refining.

Moreover, this was under the condition that a swarm of spirit insects had gathered together.

They are still too weak for Foundation Establishment stage demon beasts.

However, this was indeed a good start. Li Yi originally planned to continue cultivating them with swamp wood to see where their upper limit was.

But this matter will probably have to be postponed.

Let's wait until Mu'e can cultivate more Bloodworm Grass and let all these spirit insects evolve before making any further plans. That way, the success rate might be higher.

With a thought from Li Yi, the two-colored insect armor disintegrated, turning into a swarm of insects flying all over the sky.

Li Yi found a new piece of white jade to serve as their new nest, thus distinguishing the two types of spirit insects.

After their metamorphosis, their mouthparts became incredibly powerful, capable of directly biting through this ancient white jade. Soon, holes appeared on the surface of the white jade.

Seeing this, Li Yi thought to himself that he didn't need to take action himself, as they were already capable of building nests here, so he left.

In just half a day, a new insect nest had been formed.

The white jade palace still traverses this vast, scorched earth, surrounded by desolation and deathly silence.

But Li Yi was full of confidence. His senses told him that there were still areas unaffected by the phosphorescent fire disaster, and they were rapidly moving in that direction.