Chapter 1515: Metamorphosis into a Creature One Loathes Even in Madness

The morning glow was brilliant, spilling across the sea surface like vast sheets of molten gold, spreading with the rise and fall of the ocean. Golden radiance was everywhere, radiating a vibrant vitality.

This was an inland sea, and Chu Feng was preparing to visit the Zhou clan.

Zhou Xi's clan was known as the Sixth Clan of the Yang Realm, second only to the most ancient lineages like the Heng, Buddhist, and Dao clans. Their strength was truly formidable.

Their established dojo was located deep within this inland sea, featuring undulating immortal mountains and floating islands, all bathed in immortal rain that had flowed since prehistoric times.

"You all wait in the outer sea," Chu Feng said. "Otherwise, if we go together, people who don't know might think we're attacking the Zhou family."

Anywhere, several Origin-grade experts traveling together would cause a huge stir.

Even prehistoric clans could have their dojos breached by several Origin-grade beings if things went wrong.

For example, the Mo clan, the Human King's family, which once had a worldwide bounty on Chu Feng and the bizarre dragon, was retaliated against by the enraged bizarre dragon. He brought a few old brothers to act, and they blasted through the Mo clan's outer mountain gate.

Of course, the Mo clan could not compare to the world's sixth lineage; they were quite far apart.

"Oh, I feel strange, my whole body feels like it's burning," Long Dayu said.

In the latter half of the night, he had eaten an un-attributed bloodline fruit containing chaotic matter, and had been slowly undergoing a transformation.

Now, this elevation of life level accelerated. As the sun first rose and all things revived, his body's activity reached its peak.

"Awoo!" Long Dayu shrieked.

Even he hadn't expected that he would let out a beast-like roar, quite agonizing, his whole body covered in blood, and actually cracking all over.

Everyone was surprised; even Chu Feng and Old Gu were moved, sensing something strange.

It should be noted that this was an un-attributed bloodline fruit, not the special fruit containing the Heavenly Dragon's shadow. It shouldn't have been this violent.

"De-generation, is this fruit you gave me real?!" Long Dayu trembled, covered in blood, his body about to fall apart.

"Do I look like a bad person, seeing how simple and pure I am?" Chu Feng realized that this bizarre dragon was still wary of him and didn't trust him much.

"It's over, you really are going to kill me!" The bizarre dragon rolled on the ground in pain.

"What do you mean?" Chu Feng's face darkened as he looked down at him.

"Because you're really not a good person. By asking me that, aren't you just trying to tell me that this is normal procedure for you and that you're trying to kill me!" Long Dayu had an utterly indignant and sorrowful expression.

Chu Feng wanted to beat the bizarre dragon to a pulp, and at the same time, he truly began to doubt himself. Did he really not look like a good person? What kind of eyesight did this wretched bizarre dragon have?!

It was clear the bizarre dragon wasn't faking it. He convulsed all over, rolled on the ground, his blood dyeing the ground red. Moreover, his body was shrinking, his bones constantly cracking, actually breaking apart.

This was a bit outrageous; it shouldn't have been like this! Even Old Gu was a bit alarmed, wondering if this dragon was going to die. What went wrong?

Long Dayu's three old brothers were all distraught. Having journeyed together since prehistoric times, how could they watch him die?

"Uncle Master, this transformation isn't normal. No matter how potent the bloodline fruit is, it shouldn't cause his body to break apart and his bones to shatter inch by inch, right?" Qi Feng asked anxiously.

If it weren't for his trust in Old Gu, he would have been unable to resist attacking Chu Feng.

At this moment, the rising sun grew brighter and higher. Golden rays streamed across the sky, making Long Dayu by the sea appear even more miserable, covered in cracks and bloodstains.

He transformed back into his true form, becoming a bizarre dragon. Part of his body was black, part was white, as if yin and yang had merged into one. This was the astonishing dragon body he had evolved in this lifetime.

It rolled on the ground, its wings beating, stirring up boundless waves in the sea.

However, in the next moment, blood splattered. With a crack, his wings actually broke off, detaching from his body.

"Great Dragon!" His old brothers cried out in alarm. This was too tragic; no evolution could cause the body to break apart. Something had definitely gone wrong.

At this moment, even Chu Feng became suspicious. Had the fruit mutated because it was stored for too long, or had it been corrupted by something ominous?

Crackle!

Inside Long Dayu's body, all his bones seemed to explode, completely disintegrating, almost turning into powder. His dragon body lay there paralyzed, almost like dough, gradually flattening.

The three Grand Sages were about to rush forward when Old Gu stopped them. He said, "Don't rush. I don't sense any ominous substances. And even though he's suffering terribly, his internal cell activity is surging. Let's wait and see!"

As for Chu Feng, he temporarily had no say, as the three Grand Sages were all suspicious about his fruit.

The void trembled slightly. The bizarre dragon's scales exploded all over his body, blood splattered. Then his dragon claws broke off. His body continued to shrink, and then all his scales, claws, horns, and skin fell off.

"Great Dragon, don't die, hold on!"

At this moment, the three Grand Sages could no longer hold back. Qi Feng rushed forward to infuse him with essence and help prolong his life.

In an instant, Long Dayu became a pool of indistinct flesh and blood, almost unrecognizably what species he was. It was truly a bit tragic.

"Dayu, I really didn't mean to, I definitely didn't want to harm you," Chu Feng said. Even he was horrified; this was going to cost a dragon's life!

"I... I'm dying. De-generation is the greatest ill omen in the world. Ever since I met you... this dragon has been having terrible luck!"

Long Dayu had become a mass of flesh. He spoke with difficulty, not knowing if it was indignation or frustration. He had already seen that Cao De didn't intend to harm him, but he was simply going to die, suffering terrible misfortune.

"It's alright, I have life-saving medicine here!" Chu Feng said.

After all, he was someone who had passed through the Soul River and had shared powerful medicine from the Black Dog and the bald man, or rather, extorted it from them.

He carried the Heavenly Immortal Life-Extension Flower, which could revive the dead and grow flesh on bones, no joke. As long as there was a single breath, it could save a life!

However, before Chu Feng could take out the immortal flower, Long Dayu underwent an astonishing transformation. His body condensed, continued to shrink, and then burst forth with dazzling light.

Then, all his tattered flesh and blood began to scab over, wrapping him into a ball and sealing him within.

What did this look like? Like a flesh cocoon, glowing faintly with steaming blood essence. A fierce transformation was occurring inside.

"Ah... what's happening to me? Where are my hands, my legs?!" Long Dayu shrieked.

At the same time, the flesh cocoon continued to shrink further, until finally, it was no bigger than a fist.

"What condenses is the essence," Old Gu said. At this moment, he wasn't worried at all; the bloodline fruit had no problems.

The problem was with the bizarre dragon. His physique seemed extremely special. This time, he might have gained immense benefits; otherwise, why would the transformation be so intense?

Qi Feng and the other three Grand Sages also showed surprised expressions, staring blankly at the flesh cocoon. They also realized that this should be a blessing, not a misfortune.

Then, everyone gradually became shocked. Given their status, their eyes, shining like lightning, could see some of the internal situation through the flesh cocoon.

Long Dayu's limbs disappeared. Was he transforming into a dragon?

More precisely, was he transforming from a winged Heavenly Dragon into a true dragon?

The flesh cocoon shrank again, becoming even more miniature, and emitted beams of light that shot into the sky.

After a long time, Long Dayu emerged from the cocoon, his body extraordinarily small, almost unrecognizable.

"I've become a true dragon?!" He also wondered.

"It looks a bit like it, but why does it feel wrong?" Old Gu wondered.

The three Grand Sages were also stunned, always feeling that something wasn't quite right.

At this moment, Long Dayu was only as long as a finger, plump and chubby, white and fat. He had no horns on his head, no scales on his body, and was covered in dirty blood.

His true form had not yet fully emerged from the blood and filth, but some clues could already be seen.

"Is it a true dragon?" Qi Feng tried to discern.

"No!" Chu Feng shook his head, then sighed, looking as if he couldn't bear to reveal the truth.

"What do I look like to you?" Long Dayu asked, looking down at himself.

"A maggot!" Chu Feng told him very directly, saying it was better to have short pain than long pain, and he should accept reality sooner.

"A maggot?!" Long Dayu shrieked, looking down at himself. His voice became increasingly piercing and sharp, shrieking endlessly.

He naturally saw it too. Then, he immediately began to doubt his life. How the hell did he transform like this?

How could I become a maggot?! He repeatedly slammed his head against the ground.

"A maggot!" Old Gu also nodded.

Qi Feng and the other two were dumbfounded. Then they didn't know what to say as they watched their brother.

"I don't want to live anymore!" Long Dayu leaped into the void with a whoosh, moving swiftly over the sea surface like lightning. It was truly astonishing.

"Dayu, calm down!" Qi Feng urged.

"Calm down, my ass! I've become a maggot! I'm going to reincarnate, this life is over!" Long Dayu howled at the sky in grief and indignation.

"You're not a maggot!" Qi Feng said.

The other two Grand Sages were also holding back laughter. At this point, they had all seen something.

"Do you have any sympathy left? Are you still laughing?!" Long Dayu trembled.

Then, he became frantic, howling, "I... I've evolved into a maggot?!"

"Ahem, you just resemble a maggot, but you're not one yet," Chu Feng said.

Finally, Old Gu couldn't hold back and said, "A silkworm!"

Long Dayu was utterly bewildered. Not a maggot, but a silkworm? How was that possible? He was a dragon! How did he transform into an insect, and almost get mistaken for a maggot?!

"Well, divine silkworm blood should naturally flow within you," Qi Feng said.

Then he explained that back in prehistoric times, during Long Dayu's first life, he was once critically wounded and on the verge of death. As a result, his entire body formed a cocoon, and he was reborn from it.

"That time, any other being would have died. It would have been impossible to survive. But you lived," another Grand Sage added.

Chu Feng spoke even more solemnly, saying, "Don't underestimate the Silkworm clan; perhaps they are even stronger. Do you know that at the end of the Soul River, there is a supreme being, a Divine Silkworm, whose power reaches into the very fabric of creation, and who was once invincible?"

As Chu Feng spoke of this, he couldn't help but think of a question that chilled and horrified him.

The Dog Emperor and Corrupted Corpse had found a blood-stained silkworm skin at the Soul River, which recorded an event: the supreme Divine Silkworm at the end of the Soul River had a younger brother before its fall.

That little silkworm was once a close friend of the Dog Emperor and others. When he attacked the Soul River with the Heavenly Emperor back then, he allegedly saw his elder brother and then his whereabouts became unknown. In sorrow and despair, he left behind the silkworm skin to warn those who came after.

At this moment, Chu Feng seriously wondered about Long Dayu's identity: could he be a descendant of that little silkworm?

Or perhaps, he was actually the little silkworm himself, just with something gone wrong, leading to his current state?

"Dayu, what is your origin, and who are your parents?" Chu Feng asked.

Long Dayu's response was indeed strange. He didn't even know who his parents were; he awoke in a dragon body, having crawled out of a certain famous mountain.

Chu Feng frowned. Based on this, nothing could be determined.

"For a small dragon like you to hatch from a famous mountain, it truly is unusual," Old Gu said.

"Forget it, let's not think about these things for now. It's good that you're okay," Chu Feng said.

"What do you mean 'okay'? I'm so tiny now!" Long Dayu complained indignantly. However, fortunately, he could transform into a human form. When he became human again, he hadn't shrunk much.

"There's a Silkworm clan in a certain forbidden zone. You might be related to them. It's also possible you're related to that old silkworm from the Soul River," Chu Feng said slowly.

"Forget it, I'm not thinking about it anymore!" Long Dayu shook his head.

Finally, Chu Feng set off, heading alone towards the Zhou clan. Old Gu followed from afar, while the three Grand Sages and Long Dayu waited by the coast.

If anything were to happen, they would certainly sense the energy fluctuations in the sea.

After all, both Chu Feng and Old Gu possessed Origin-grade combat power!

The so-called Origin-grade, in some small worlds throughout the heavens, represented the strongest beings, in harmony with the Dao, akin to realm lords.

In the center of this inland sea, auspicious light shone in myriad ways, and divine radiance soared to the heavens. Immortal mountains rose from the sea, one after another, enveloped in light beams with swirling white mists. The spiritual energy was so dense it could not dissipate.

Moreover, island after island floated directly in the air, sacred and transcendent.

Magnificent palaces and jade towers stood in the sky, with immortal light flowing.

And ancient structures like golden halls and bronze pagoda forests also appeared and disappeared intermittently in the void, floating above the clouds.

This area in the center of the sea was unfathomable. The Qi of Creation was astonishingly rich.

"This is the Zhou clan," Chu Feng sighed. Truly worthy of being the Sixth Clan of the Yang Realm, what he saw must only be the tip of the iceberg, the outermost part of their dojo.

Even so, it was already astonishing. Such a place could easily support several Grand Sages cultivating together.

At the same time, he was certain that there must be an ancient Ultimate being guarding the Zhou clan. Otherwise, it wouldn't be worthy of the invincible legacy of the Sixth Lineage.

Of course, neither the decaying Grand Ultimate nor the ancient Ultimate who was in relatively better condition should be present in this current dojo.

Such beings either suppressed the Zhou clan's source of creation with their physical bodies or hid in unknown ancestral halls. Unless major events like clan annihilation or epoch changes occurred, they almost never showed themselves.

So, Chu Feng wasn't worried at all that such a monster would specifically emerge for him in the shadows.

Although he was very strong now, in the eyes of such beings, he was far from impressive.

Upon arriving here, Chu Feng dared not be careless. Stepping on the golden sea waves, and looking at the immortal mountains ahead and the islands floating in the void, he clasped his fists directly.

Before he even spoke, someone had already noticed him.

"Who goes there?"

On an immortal mountain in the sea, an old man with crane-white hair and a youthful complexion opened his eyes. He was clearly a Heavenly Venerate, but only responsible for guarding the outermost mountain gate.

Chu Feng was very polite and humble. He asked the old man to send a message, saying he was visiting an old friend.

"Who do you wish to see?"

"Zhou Xi. Please inform her, senior, that an old friend has come to visit the god-like maiden," Chu Feng said. This was also a secret signal.

Back then, in the Lesser Yang Realm, Zhou Xi was quite playful and lively. At that time, when she urged Chu Feng to cultivate, she often said, "The god-like maiden is watching you from the sky."

"Oh, you know her?"

"Yes!" Chu Feng nodded.

Zhou Xi once said that her grandfather was the Zhou clan's nominal patriarch. This wasn't because his power reached into the fabric of creation, but because their branch's ancestors were incredibly powerful, and the old monsters were unwilling to manage the clan, only caring about cultivation. Therefore, Zhou Xi's grandfather could only passively take charge, and he only managed the Zhou family's overt forces.

So, mentioning Zhou Xi here, the Zhou family would definitely know, as she was the direct daughter of the main lineage.

"Please wait!" The old man nodded, his lips moving and soul light flickering. He was clearly transmitting a message deep into the immortal mountain's pure land.

Not long after, divine light shone everywhere, and sacred energy flowed. Golden lotuses of the Great Dao appeared in clusters in the void. Two old women walked forth together, both very powerful, their aura intimidating.

Young Miss Xi had not yet appeared, but two Grand Heavenly Venerates arrived first!

Chu Feng was surprised. This was the Zhou clan's foundation. It was difficult to see even one Grand Heavenly Venerate in the outside world, yet two appeared directly before him.

So far, Chu Feng hadn't encountered many Grand Heavenly Venerates. He had heard of one: the Dark Lion from a certain assassin organization in the powerful underground dark world.

And another was the Yuan clan's Grand Heavenly Venerate he had killed not long ago.

"The Sixth Clan of the Yang Realm is indeed astonishing, unfathomable," Chu Feng muttered to himself. However, he was certain that even the Zhou clan couldn't have many Grand Heavenly Venerates.

In his opinion, having three or four would be the limit!

In fact, he even suspected that perhaps only these two Grand Heavenly Venerates existed and they had both come out.

Although he didn't immediately see Young Miss Xi, the Zhou clan had dispatched two Grand Heavenly Venerates. This showed enough respect for him, but he didn't know if it was a good sign or a bad one.

One of the old women wore moon-white armor. She looked energetic and vigorous, quite valiant and heroic. One could tell at a glance she wasn't the kind of insidious and cunning person.

She was nodding with a smile, seemingly quite pleased. She said, "Not bad, quite young, yet you've reached this stage. Even I can't quite see through you."

She showed good will, smiling at Chu Feng.

The old woman beside her, however, was different. She had golden hairpins in her hair, wore a long crimson dress, clearly unwilling to succumb to old age, dressing vividly. Her gaze was particularly sharp.

"You are Chu Feng. Heh, so young yet so arrogant. I hear you've killed several Heavenly Venerates; your murderous intent is quite strong. But remember, this is the Yang Realm. Although you are a Constant King, you'll still run into trouble when facing Grand Heavenly Venerates and the like!"

Chu Feng felt bewildered. The two individuals from the Zhou clan had completely different attitudes.

He had always responded well to gentleness but not to harshness. In this Yang Realm, he no longer needed to curry favor; his ultimate evolution still depended on himself. Thus, there was no need to endure others' disdain.

However, these were, after all, Young Miss Xi's elders. And one of them was still very kind to him. So he couldn't very well contradict them upon their first meeting.

However, as he thought this, remaining quiet and listening humbly, that domineering and sharp old woman didn't stop. She was still lecturing.

Even when the other old woman gestured for her to be quiet, she didn't pay much attention.

"The Yang Realm is vast, with countless powerful individuals. If you act like this, you'll suffer greatly. You might even be killed and die violently in the wilderness. Don't think you're very strong. In fact, if a Grand Heavenly Venerate is casually dispatched, you won't escape death."

Chu Feng really didn't want to listen to her lecture anymore. He felt it was an unwarranted calamity. It was their first meeting, he had no animosity with her, so why was she scolding him like this?

Of course, he couldn't directly rebuke her, so he said, "It's fine. I've also met Grand Heavenly Venerates, and self-preservation isn't a big problem."

"You can protect yourself when encountering a Grand Heavenly Venerate?!" The domineering old woman's gaze became even more unkind. She felt he was too arrogant and excessively vain. Her impression of him worsened a few points.

"How do you protect yourself?!" Her voice became much louder, and she emitted strong energy fluctuations.

"Uh, not long ago, I accidentally slew a Grand Heavenly Venerate," Chu Feng said, feigning modesty. But the achievement in his words was anything but modest.

The old woman's eyes were like divine light, becoming even sharper!

However, before she could speak, someone else spoke first from the white mist in the distance.

"Oh really, you can even kill Grand Heavenly Venerates? Don't tell me you can even fight a Grand Sage. What a boast!" These words were a bit harsh, questioning Chu Feng.

"That shouldn't be a problem," Chu Feng nodded, completely unfazed.

"Fight a Grand Sage... no problem?!" An unkind voice came from the white mist. That person felt Chu Feng was too unreliable; boasting and self-praise should at least be realistic. He was simply too frivolous and arrogant.

"Heh heh..." The old woman in the long crimson dress even chuckled. It was a bit grating and became increasingly cold.

"Indeed, it's not a problem," Chu Feng said simply and plainly. At least he felt he was already very humble. He continued, "Just before dawn, in the latter half of the night, I just killed a Grand Sage. That's about it."