Redemption of a Born Demon

Their faces were indistinct, but their overall forms resembled the small, palm-sized clay effigies enshrined in a Divine Altar.

’Are these... Fruit Positions?!’

Yi Beidou couldn’t help but recall the images of the "Fruit Positions" he had once sensed within a Divine Sealer; they seemed extremely similar to these entities.

The arrival of this uninvited guest seemed to have attracted the prying attention of these "Fruit Positions." Countless "gazes" focused on him, making it increasingly difficult for his senses to press forward.

At the same time, a terrifying pressure descended from higher up in the Sky—the very source of the power Yi Beidou was pursuing.

It was a life-sized entity, far more vivid than the other Fruit Positions. Its features were hard to discern, but one could see it was clad in Golden Armor, with two dragons beneath its feet. It held two more dragons in its hands, had two dragons hanging from its ears, two dragons coiled and crisscrossing its body, and a dragon shape coiled atop its head.

A nine-dragon Divine General.

The Divine General looked down at Yi Beidou, and in an instant, the projection of his consciousness showed signs of collapsing.

’Something’s wrong! Very wrong! You’re fundamentally different from the other Fruit Positions—you have the aura of life! What in the world are you?!’

Yi Beidou’s heart jolted in shock.

He cultivated the Penglai Immortal Technique and had mastered the Power of Life and Death, allowing him to extract his own Biological Energy. He was, naturally, incredibly familiar with the aura of life.

The other Fruit Positions, despite possessing powerful Magnetic Field Power and even actively locating and obstructing him, had no life aura at all. They were more like Deities, acting on some sort of instinct.

But this nine-dragon Divine General was different. Yi Beidou could actually feel a life aura from it—an aura that could only belong to an entity with a physical, living body.

This Divine General was truly "alive," or perhaps in a state that he currently found incomprehensible.

’Let me see your true form!!’

Yi Beidou erupted with Jade Power, stabbing toward the lofty nine-dragon Divine General. A corner of the Divine General’s image suddenly distorted, revealing a scene completely out of place with the surrounding Immortal Realm.

It was dim and damp. It seemed the Immortal Realm was merely an illusion, and what lay beneath it was the truth.

Within the dim dampness, a corner of an object was revealed. It shimmered with a gentle glow, appearing to be an exceptionally rare piece of Beautiful Jade.

’Jade?!’

But the shape of this jade corner sparked many associations in Yi Beidou’s mind.

’A box with a lid?’

’No! Why does it feel more like... the shape of a coffin?’

BOOM!!

Before Yi Beidou could ponder it further, an even more terrifying impact followed, forcefully scattering his probing Celestial Demon Sensing and snapping him back to reality.

This all happened in a single instant. Even Long Yichen, standing right in front of him, didn’t notice a thing, merely sensing that the "presence" he was channeling seemed unusually agitated today.

He likely would never have imagined that someone could so easily invade the "Ancestor Realm" of the Divine General Mansion. Such a thing had never happened before. Even Divine Sealers required all sorts of preparations and rituals to enter the Ancestor Realm.

No one knew that just now, Yi Beidou had brushed against the fundamental secret of the Divine Sealers—a secret unknown even to the Divine Sealers themselves.

VMMMM!!

The instant Yi Beidou’s mind returned, Long Yichen had already completed his Celestial Monarch Secret Technique.

The brilliant light around him condensed into a suit of Golden Armor, with dragon-shaped patterns spreading across its surface, exuding an unfathomable divine might.

What was even more astonishing was the change in his body. His skin and flesh were becoming translucent, as if transforming into Beautiful Jade, making him appear increasingly inhuman.

"This is more than a simple change in form," Zhou Qingchen said in a deep voice. "His body seems to have instantly undergone some kind of metamorphosis, and now possesses the unique aura of a higher-level life form, just like Earth Immortal Flesh and Blood!!"

"But how is that possible?" Meng Qianyuan said in disbelief. "He’s a Divine Sealer. He clearly hasn’t devoured any Earth Immortal Flesh and Blood, so how could this be happening? It’s as if a mortal body is transforming into an Immortal Body! If he could continue this process indefinitely, wouldn’t he be able to achieve a true breakthrough and become an Earth Immortal?"

However, a complete, fundamental breakthrough was not achieved. After reaching a certain level, the transformation stopped.

Sleepers, at most, allow the devoured Earth Immortal Flesh and Blood to make up fifty percent of their bodies. Right now, the degree of Long Yichen’s transformation hadn’t even reached fifty percent; it was only about thirty percent at most.

But compared to Sleepers, this transformation was systemic, affecting his entire body. Furthermore, it lacked the mutual restraints and conflicts between different types of Earth Immortal Flesh and Blood, meaning the overall power he could unleash might be even greater.

’So this is the state of the Celestial Monarch’s Descent? It truly is incredible.’

ROAR!!

The next moment, like a dragon’s roar made manifest, visible ripples of golden light spread out from Long Yichen’s body.

Wherever the ripples passed, the very frequency of the world seemed to be disrupted, causing it to shake violently. Objects became blurry, and distorted afterimages of Long Yichen’s figure appeared.

It was like an emperor of old, whose heavenly might was so immeasurable that none were permitted to gaze upon his face.

It wasn’t just the surrounding Illusion Realm; even the Demon Flame that Yi Beidou had unleashed, which was surging forward to overwhelm his opponent, disintegrated within the golden light.

One had to remember that his Demon Flame was now mixed with tangible Jade Power!

Even the strongest magnetic field abilities could only repel his Demon Flame, not shatter it outright.

"Could that golden light also be a form of Energy Transformation?" Meng Qianyuan, watching from the sidelines, mused in a low voice.

"No, it’s not Energy Transformation. It’s vibration," Huang Tianhu corrected, his expression incredibly grave. "This is the result of some kind of purely terrifying method of force exertion."

His Blood of Ten Thousand Spirits specialized in cultivating the physical body, and he was far more proficient than the others in the use of "vibration" within the Martial Arts Body. However, the effect Long Yichen was displaying was simply too astonishing.

"It is indeed vibration," Ding Huiyuan said. "His consciousness is vibrating, his Life Magnetic Field is vibrating, his qi and blood are vibrating, his muscles are vibrating, his skin and membranes are vibrating, and even every single one of his cells is vibrating. All these different vibrations are superimposed on one another."

"This in turn induces the surrounding magnetic field to vibrate and the air to vibrate. This vibrational wave is a tangible exertion of force. It’s not Energy Transformation, but it’s even better than Energy Transformation. If a normal person were to get close to him right now, they would probably be instantly turned into a bloody mist."

"He’s also using his magnetic field to restrain the transmission of the vibrations to a certain extent," Zhou Qingchen said, a glint in his eyes. "A powerful magnetic field possesses the ’Magnetic Object’ trait, and his magnetic field currently has that same property."

"This level of power is indeed no worse than Energy Transformation. Its only drawback is that it can only be maintained within a certain range around his body and cannot affect solidified matter the way Energy Transformation can. But within that range, its destructive power is even greater than that of Energy Transformation."

"It’s simply incredible. Under the shroud of that golden light, I doubt anything can affect him. It’s just like a ’King’s Realm’."

Everyone present was a top-tier expert in magnetic fields, physical bodies, and the mind and spirit, so they quickly managed to deconstruct much of what was behind Long Yichen’s Technique.

And the more they understood, the more terrified they became.

Such an intense vibration would likely kill even a Saint Expert who tried to perform it—they would vibrate themselves to death. It was much like committing suicide by sending a violent tremor through the body to shatter one’s heart meridians.

Yet Long Yichen was somehow able to withstand it. This vibration, which originated from the trembling of his very cells, proved that his body had truly undergone a metamorphosis, surpassing the limits of a human being.

This was the power held by the "Nine Heavens Dragon Martial Divine Monarch" Fruit Position that Long Yichen bore.

It perfectly and harmoniously merged all sorts of terrifying vibrations, superimposing them upon each other to achieve an inconceivable intensity.

The power condensed through this method was known as "Dragon Essence."

And right now, while in his Celestial Monarch’s Descent state, Long Yichen could only utilize the power of Dragon Essence up to the Fifth Layer.

This was the state where the five types of vibrations—Heart Intent, magnetic field, muscles, skin and membranes, and blood and qi—were all superimposed.

"Interesting. Truly interesting," Yi Beidou muttered to himself.

An unknown Void True Realm; a Supreme Celestial Monarch Fruit Position that possessed a life aura; a real object suspected to be a Jade Coffin; and an unknown power transmitted from the Void that could cause a temporary metamorphosis in the human body, allowing it to achieve an effect comparable to that of Earth Immortal Flesh and Blood to some extent...

The secrets hidden by the Sealing God Lineage seemed to be no less profound than those of the so-called ancient Earth Immortals.