After carefully weighing the situation, Zhang Daoyuan confirmed that this was not an illusion; it was real.
The origin of his blood was burning, making him feel cold and uncomfortable.
There was a very unpleasant sensation.
This metamorphosis process required the consumption of a massive amount of vital energy and treasures.
He felt very uncomfortable at this moment and perceived that if he did not make changes, this metamorphosis might not be perfect.
It was just like when the Desolate Heaven Emperor first arrived in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands from the Eight Regions of the Lower Realm, and also needed to undergo a metamorphosis upon arriving in the Three Thousand Dao Provinces.
That metamorphosis still held many dangers.
Fortunately, there was no shortage of treasures in this world; it was a side of heaven and earth isolated by means at the Immortal King level, existing in a state of being both connected to and separated from the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.
It could be said that it was not in this world, nor in that world.
It somewhat defied conventional concepts of cultivation.
One thing that could be confirmed was that one could perceive the complete Heaven and Earth Rules of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands here.
However, figures from the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands could not reach Zhang Daoyuan here.
It could truly be said that a great deal of painstaking effort had been put into this.
Within this small world, Zhang Daoyuan would not be unable to continue improving due to the rules of the small world or its ceiling.
He remained under the ceiling of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands within the small world, continuing his cultivation without being affected.
Meanwhile, those from the outside world, figures at the level of Immortals and Immortal Kings from the Foreign Territory, found it as difficult as entering a small world if they wanted to reach him.
It was incredibly troublesome, and they could not even find him.
He enjoyed all the benefits without having to suffer any of the drawbacks; it was truly wonderful.
Once he confirmed that he was undergoing a metamorphosis, Zhang Daoyuan immediately stopped worrying.
Just a moment ago, he had even suspected that an Immortal from the Foreign Territory had used some kind of special curse or terrifying forbidden means to put him to death.
Having confirmed that it was not an attack from the Foreign Territory, but rather a good thing, he set his mind at ease.
Then, he prepared for the metamorphosis with peace of mind.
Although this small world had been constructed in a hurry, it was not lacking in treasures.
Because they were gathering in the South Sea Purple Bamboo Forest, which was originally the Dao Field of a Quasi-Immortal King.
It possessed endless treasures, and in their haste, the True Immortals and Immortal Kings had packed up most of the treasures into this small world where Zhang Daoyuan was located.
There was even a complete and perfect Immortal Medicine here.
It was a chubby little baby.
When Zhang Daoyuan's gaze fell upon this chubby baby, the baby began to wail loudly.
Yet, under Zhang Daoyuan's gaze, it still took the initiative to reach out and cut its own palm.
White, crystalline milk flowed out from it, merging into the pool of Nirvana that Zhang Daoyuan had prepared for himself.
Immediately, the entire pool became even richer in vital energy and fragrance.
And that was not all; Zhang Daoyuan also threw many Saint Medicines into this pool of metamorphosis, and even added two Divine Medicines.
The chubby little person, who was still wailing, saw Zhang Daoyuan's preparations, gritted its teeth, and dripped a large mass of droplets into the pool.
Then it pointed behind Zhang Daoyuan, where there was a small pond containing only a few lonely golden fish swimming about.
A few lotus flowers and several green lotus leaves grew on the edge of the pond.
But a closer look would reveal that it was not a pure stream, but an ocean of vital energy gathered together.
This was the place where that Quasi-Immortal King specifically raised fish, a most special Grotto-Heaven.
Those few red-bodied golden fish were the most top-tier spiritual objects between Heaven and Earth, possessing unbelievable divinity.
This chubby little person was actually the ancestor of the South Sea Purple Bamboo Forest, the root cause of them all.
It was a bamboo shoot that had lived for who knows how many years.
It had long since become sentient; wherever it went, bamboo forests would grow.
It made this world a special place of fortune, where it was quiet and natural, making it easier to attain enlightenment.
The sap it secreted was also the best treasure medicine under Heaven, capable of helping people transform and renew, and helping them break through realms.
It even had the effect of bringing the dead back to life and flesh to bones.
The small pond behind him, which was only a few yards across, did not look large, but in reality, it seemed to contain a Star River, vast and boundless.
Boundless life essence was gestating within it.
After taking a look, Zhang Daoyuan could not help but be delighted; he placed the medicines he had prepared to help his own metamorphosis into this pond together.
Then he lay down inside.
Boundless life essence and medicines containing abundant divinity flowed into his body, making his metamorphosis even more intense.
Inside his body, and even on the surface of his body, golden lightning would crackle from time to time.
Countless cracks appeared on his skin, and golden blood mixed with red flowed out, dyeing the pool red.
The blood that flowed out seemed to contain one great star after another.
Even though the blood flowing out during the metamorphosis process was considered waste blood naturally consumed by the body, it still contained infinite life essence.
The red golden fish swimming in the pond took the initiative to come over, swallowing such blood in small mouthfuls.
Zhang Daoyuan's expression remained unchanged as he silently perceived this change, even guiding it within his body.
He was searching for the barrier above the Four Extremities Realm, which was the Dragon Transformation Realm.
He possessed the most top-tier inheritance in this world, which could lead to the cultivation of an Immortal King.
But he did not want to continue along this path.
Because for him, this was no longer a correct path.
After breaking the Mystery of the Womb, he had enough cognition of this world.
All cultivation methods were left behind by the Dark Immortal Emperor at the end of the Sea of Realms.
Walking along his path, one could basically only reach the level of an Immortal King at most.
It was difficult even to reach the level of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor.
In terms of talent and disposition, the Fake Medicine Seller, the Butcher, and the Lord of the Burial Ground were absolutely the most top-tier figures in this world.
But they could only reach the threshold of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor; before that, they could not even exist as Quasi-Immortal Emperors.
Such a path was not worth walking.
Of course, if he did not understand the cultivation situation of later generations, Zhang Daoyuan would still have intended to walk it.
But now that there was a brand-new path, one that no one had walked yet but had been proven to lead directly to an Immortal Emperor, why wouldn't he walk it?
Perceiving the Dragon Transformation Realm was not too difficult.
Because the Seed of the Self had already paved the way for this path.
Moreover, the Seed of the Self was carried out on the basis of the Immortal Ancient Method.
The two were of the same lineage, only the Heaven-Covering Method formed later by the Seed of the Self was more perfect.
It was a further development of the potential of the physical body, with all magic power looking inward.
In the process of this Desolate Ancient Sacred Body metamorphosis and change, Zhang Daoyuan felt that the ceiling of the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body, which he had already perceived, was being raised further.
If it were said that in the Covering the Heavens World, the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body could only reach Alternative Dao Attainment at most.
Now, after undergoing this metamorphosis, he felt he could easily reach the Great Emperor level, which was the Supreme Peak.
He could even continue to move forward.
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