From Swamp Dog to Crocodile Ancestor

The moonlight was like water, but as Li Yi's cultivation level improved, this feeling became increasingly hazy and profound, far less intense than before.

Yes, moonlight is such a mysterious power. The sun and the moon take turns hanging high in the sky, but sunlight is much easier to utilize than moonlight.

A pure white light flowed across Li Yi's black scales, finally shining brightly on the dark scales on his back before dissipating like water.

A cool, refreshing aura seeped into Li Yi's body, making the pure energy within him even stronger.

Inside the tree hollow, the mother crocodile looked at the green fruit in front of her, swallowed it whole, and immediately, a pure swamp wood elemental power flowed through her body.

An uncontrollable green wind surrounded it, and a powerful force coursed through its limbs and bones.

The mother crocodile then swallowed a drop of willow sap, her body crackling as she pushed this training to its peak, her aura continuously rising.

After completing his cultivation of Moonlight, Li Yi felt the power emanating from the tree hole, with a howling wind echoing inside.

The mother crocodile's aura was breaking through its original limits and continued to rise.

Li Yi stayed under the big willow tree, watching everything unfold.

It was not in a hurry to consume the fruit containing pure swamp water; it would wait until the white python broke through to the ninth level of the Qi Refining stage before checking on the mother crocodile's condition.

If it reaches the Foundation Establishment stage at this point, the situation could change drastically.

This place is still on the edge of the Flamebreath Fox Clan's territory. According to the Toad Elder, it's best not to establish your foundation here, as you're likely to be discovered and captured as food.

But nothing is absolute. The toad himself had been hiding in this area for countless years, his body covered in poisonous flowers and herbs, and he left this place as soon as he completed his foundation building.

We don't know what's going on with the mother crocodile.

As he was pondering, a burst of intense light shone behind Li Yi, illuminating the large willow tree and making the dark scales on Li Yi's back gleam.

It quickly turned its head to look.

The white python spat out a small yellow crystal sword that had been completely refined, and flames of three colors blazed on it, intertwining and writhing like snakes.

The purple fire serpent was the smallest in size, but the aura it emitted was not weak; on the contrary, it was faintly the strongest.

The red fire serpent is ferocious and lifelike, looking exactly like a real snake, and it is roaring with its mouth open.

The orange-yellow fire serpent was quite large and fiercely entangled itself with the other two fire serpents.

Waves of heat spread out from all directions as the three fire snakes devoured each other relentlessly, bursting forth with flames and embers, making Li Yi's heart tighten with tension.

The white python's attempt to refine all three types of radiant light into its natal flame was undoubtedly an extremely risky move, as the three types of radiant light, though all originating from the sun, were of different natures.

How great is the sun? Hanging high in the sky, it is itself a supreme Dao and law. To melt the three kinds of radiance and reverse the process is not easy.

At this moment, the white python closed its eyes, its internal energy extremely chaotic, clearly experiencing this turmoil and not going smoothly.

chi chi chi...

The sound of the fire snakes devouring each other grew louder, the white python's body trembled, and its breath rose and fell. Li Yi slowly approached, ready to use the swamp water phase to instantly annihilate a certain kind of glow, reducing the difficulty of this balance.

Suddenly, the white python shuddered, and crystal-clear water appeared on its body, with moonlight flowing inside, rapidly enveloping its entire body and stabilizing its breathing somewhat.

Refining moonlight into its natal water is something the white python has always been doing, and it is its deepest foundation.

Now, this gentle, spiritually resonant stream is the white python's last trump card.

This scene made Li Yi tense all over.

Water and fire are incompatible, even if the white python has a special bloodline. Its use of this water flow means that the situation has reached a point of no return.

This is our last stand.

The flames grew increasingly brilliant and bright, with the three colors constantly rotating and illuminating the surroundings in a colorful display, while wisps of mist rose from the air.

Suddenly, Li Yi began to retreat. The ever-expanding tri-colored fireball even caused the omnipresent poison barrier around them to recede, and the temperature suddenly rose.

When the tricolor flames shone to their fullest, in that instant, they suddenly disintegrated into three enormous fire snakes, with streaks of flame falling like meteors.

Just when Li Yi thought the white python was about to fail, three fire snakes snaked in mid-air and then quickly collided together.

A dazzling, incandescent sun slowly rose, illuminating all directions, and the alternation of the three colors ceased, becoming just like a real, blazing sun.

The white python opened its eyes, thrust its head forward, and swallowed the small sun whole. Instantly, its aura surged, and it rapidly broke through to the ninth level of the Qi Refining stage.

Its body, covered in fine white scales, began to swell, growing a full size larger before the white python's aura stopped increasing.

It opened its bright eyes, glanced at Li Yi who was waiting nearby, and excitedly snuggled up to him.

Li Yi felt that its power was much greater than before, and there was an extremely hot light deep inside its body waiting to erupt.

The integration of the three types of rosy light brought a tremendous boost to the white python.

This improvement is undoubtedly good, but it is an extremely dangerous gamble. If it fails, the white python will likely suffer a severe blow immediately.

Fortunately, it's all finally over.

Li Yi sensed the white python's hissing and flicking tongue, pondering its next move.

It is undoubtedly a rare bloodline of water and fire, with heterochromatic vertical pupils, one blue and one red, and is born with its own innate flame and water.

Now, it has refined an incomplete solar fire, using it to break through to the ninth level of the Qi Refining stage. The next step is to refine the moonlight within its body into the water flow, truly achieving a balance between water and fire.

Through his vague cultivation experience, Li Yi knew that any two opposing forces that could combine would be extremely terrifying.

The pure and impure energies within his body were in a state of chaos, not even in their nascent stages, yet they were able to display all sorts of miraculous phenomena, making the heart of that demonic ancient tree unable to threaten him.

If the White Python wants to establish its foundation, it must combine its natal water flow with the moon's essence to transform it into incomplete Yin water.

This step will likely be more difficult than the previous one.

Li Yi is also cultivating Moon Essence, but he is not yet qualified to feel the true mystery of this power; it is unfathomable.

The road ahead is destined to be very difficult.

Soon, the white python and Li Yi nestled together under the big willow tree and fell into a deep sleep. Inside the tree hole was the mother crocodile, who was cultivating. It was unknown when they would reach a conclusion.

As dawn broke over the swamp, Li Yi opened his eyes. The white python took out a black, highly poisonous fruit, carefully cradled it in a stream of water, and placed it into Li Yi's mouth.

Li Yi slowly bit it open, and then went to a spot near the big willow tree and dived deep into the swamp.

It's time for it to break through.