Li Mu held the jade bottle and approached Golden Ape, who was still in deep slumber.
However, the violent ape Bloodline pattern on his brow was continuously flickering with a dangerous spiritual light, attempting to break the Bloodline Seal of the Hun Dun True Essence Disk.
Seeing this, Li Mu smiled faintly, not taking it to heart.
It was Golden Ape's good fortune that the thin ancestral Bloodline within his body could Awaken in this manner.
For over a thousand years, Li Mu had poured high-level resources into helping Golden Ape gradually Breakthrough his Bloodline shackles, ultimately advancing to a Seven-rank True Spirit.
When they first met, Golden Ape was merely a first-rank Golden Ape cub, with a mixed Bloodline and nascent intelligence; he had followed Li Mu since he was young, progressing step by step to his current state, and Li Mu had witnessed his resilient and persistent character.
He never complained about the tedious Cultivation, nor did he ever give up on the pain of taking Spirit Pills and tempering his Bloodline; with only a fourth-rank Bloodline, he relied on the Spirit Devouring Life Nurturing Art, cultivating diligently day and night, enduring the Bloodline backlash and bone-shattering pain without ever flinching.
After a hundred years of arduous Cultivation, he entered the fifth-rank, and his intelligence greatly increased; after several more centuries, he cultivated intensely in the Extreme Realm Secret Realm, passed the Transformation Lightning Tribulation, and entered the sixth-rank Realm!
Along this path, he endured a thousand tribulations but never gave up; he bore the pain of Bloodline transformation and braved the dangers of life-and-death crises!
Now, the Bloodline pattern on the brow of the sleeping Golden Ape flickered, and his demonic power surged like a tide, reaching the limit of a Seven-rank True Spirit stepping into the eighth-rank, but due to the Ancestral Bloodline Awakening, it failed to merge with his body and plunged him into a frenzied devouring state.
Looking at Golden Ape's appearance, a look of gratification appeared in Li Mu's eyes.
Over these thousand years, he deserved today's transformation!
"Wake up!"
Li Mu gently called out, then formed a hand Seal, undoing the Divine Sense Seal, pried open Golden Ape's mouth, and placed a Blood-Dissolving Dao Pill into it.
"Gulp—"
The moment the Medicinal Pill entered his throat, Golden Ape's golden fur suddenly bristled; his eyeballs rotated violently beneath his tightly shut eyelids, and strange "gurgling" sounds emerged from his throat.
Li Mu immediately pointed his fingers like a sword, touching Golden Ape's body, and Chaos True Essence flowed in, helping the Blood-Dissolving Dao Pill dissolve its medicinal power within his body.
Purple-gold Dao Pill patterns began to spread from Golden Ape's mouth, like living creatures, traveling throughout his body along his blood vessels.
His originally dull golden fur suddenly shimmered with a metallic luster, and tiny blood beads seeped from the root of every hair; these blood beads appeared in the air, twisting and deforming, manifesting as blood shadows, turning into countless miniature pythons hissing and trying to escape.
"Trying to leave?"
Li Mu sneered, and Chaos Qi transformed into a cage, trapping the blood pythons.
Suddenly, a dazzling golden light erupted from Golden Ape's body, and the phantom of a Tongtian Violent Ape appeared at his chest.
The phantom opened its mouth and inhaled, and all the blood pythons wailed as they were pulled back into his body, colliding with the purple-gold medicinal power within his Meridians!
"Roar—!"
Golden Ape suddenly opened his eyes, his pupils having turned a pure gold color; he painfully arched his body, his spine making "crackling" sounds, and four golden bone spurs suddenly pierced out from his back.
Xue'er gasped and retreated, only to see that the surface of those bone spurs quickly covered with flesh and blood, actually growing into four brand new ape arms!
"Bloodline actualization!"
Li Mu's eyes burned, and he exclaimed excitedly, "The Ancestral Bloodline has condensed!"
At this moment, earth-shattering changes were occurring within Golden Ape's body.
The purple-gold torrent formed by the Blood-Dissolving Dao Pill surged through his Meridians, completely pulverizing the lingering demonic python Bloodline wherever it passed; the Ancestral Bloodline Power of the Tongtian Violent Ape, like an awakened emperor, greedily devoured these purified Bloodline essences.
The most intense struggle occurred at the heart.
The largest blood python coiled within the heart's orifice, which was the Origin of the demonic python Bloodline.
The violent ape phantom roared and pounced; as the two forces tore at each other, blood seeped from all seven of Golden Ape's orifices; at the critical moment, the purple-gold light of the Blood-Dissolving Dao Pill suddenly contracted into a needle, precisely piercing the blood python's vital point!
"Hiss—"
As green smoke rose, the last Xenomorph Bloodline was completely refined, and the four ape arms instantly solidified, forming six arms in total with the original two.
The transformation was not yet complete; the violent ape pattern on his forehead suddenly split open, and a golden light shot straight to his heavenly spirit, forming the phantom of a third vertical pupil above his head!
"Three eyes reaching the heavens, six arms shaking the earth."
Li Mu revealed a gratified smile, praising, "This is the true Ancestral Bloodline of the Violent Ape."
Golden Ape's entire body of golden fur moved without wind, each strand shimmering with a metallic luster, glowing brightly in the dim cave.
The violent ape Bloodline pattern on his forehead flickered intensely, and the third vertical pupil slowly opened, a brilliant golden light shooting out like a sharp sword directly at the cave ceiling, burning a bottomless hole in the hard rock wall.
However, at this crucial moment, an unexpected change occurred!
"Roar—"
A heart-wrenching roar shook the entire cave, causing it to tremble.
The previously calm Golden Ape suddenly curled into a ball in pain, his six thick ape arms pounding the ground, creating pits several feet deep.
The violent ape Bloodline pattern on his brow wriggled like a living creature, actually transforming into a bloody chain that deeply pierced into his Sea of Consciousness!
Li Mu's pupils suddenly contracted, and the Chaos True Essence within his body circulated frantically.
He clearly saw that the Bloodline pattern was frantically devouring Golden Ape's Divine Soul Origin, attempting to completely erase his consciousness!
"Not good! Ancestral Bloodline backlash!"
Li Mu's expression changed slightly; he never expected the Tongtian Violent Ape Ancestral Bloodline to be so overbearing, not only trying to occupy Golden Ape's Physical Body but also to completely replace his consciousness!
The next moment, Li Mu's Star Cloud Contemplation Method operated to its extreme, unleashing the Divine Thought Divine Ability - Divine Soul Condensation Star, stabilizing the soul-devouring power of the violent ape Ancestral Bloodline.
Golden Ape rolled on the ground in pain, tearing off pieces of his golden fur, revealing his bloody flesh.
His six arms uncontrollably tore at each other, his sharp nails carving deep, bone-revealing wounds into his tough skin.
Most horrifying were his eyes—the originally clear golden pupils were now bloodshot, his left eye still retaining Golden Ape's spirit, but his right eye had completely turned a violent, blood-red.
"Master... save..."
Golden Ape struggled to lift his head, tears mixed with blood rolling from his left eye, while his right eye flickered with a brutal light.
Two completely different consciousnesses were fighting a desperate battle within his body.
Li Mu unhesitatingly took out a second Blood-Dissolving Dao Pill, flicked it with his fingertip, and the Medicinal Pill transformed into a purple-gold light rainbow, disappearing into Golden Ape's mouth.
The instant the Medicinal Pill entered his abdomen, a dazzling golden light erupted from Golden Ape's body, and dense, ancient Bloodline patterns appeared on his surface, covering his entire body.
However, the backlash from the violent ape Ancestral Bloodline was even fiercer!
Thick blood plasma suddenly seeped from Golden Ape's body, and this blood plasma rapidly solidified, actually forming a ferocious bloody armor on his body, suppressing more than half of the Blood-Dissolving Dao Pill's medicinal power!
"Not enough!"
Li Mu decisively threw the last Blood-Dissolving Dao Pill into Golden Ape's mouth, simultaneously forming hand Seals.
The Chaos True Essence within his body surged like a mighty river, condensing into eighty-one Chaos chains in front of him, firmly binding Golden Ape.
All three Medicinal Pills were unleashed at once!
The purple-gold medicinal power surged like angry waves within Golden Ape's body.
Li Mu's Divine Soul clearly perceived that within Golden Ape's Meridians, the purple-gold medicinal power transformed into a vast army, fiercely battling the bloody torrent formed by the violent ape Ancestral Bloodline.
"Crack, crack" sounds of shattering were incessant.
Golden Ape's skin cracked inch by inch, revealing the wriggling flesh beneath, then rapidly healed under the effect of the medicinal power.
This process of tearing and Rebirth cycled repeatedly, every second feeling like a thousand cuts; Golden Ape's roars had become hoarse, and his six arms clawed deep furrows in the ground.
"Golden Ape!"
Li Mu suddenly roared, his voice containing the calming and soul-Soul-soothing Chaos Dao sound: "Remember who you are!
How did you get through these past thousand years!
Calm your mind and refine with me!
All spirits return to their Origin, devouring but Eternal; tempering the spirit and seizing the body, returning to the Origin..."
These words, like morning bells and evening drums, exploded in Golden Ape's chaotic Sea of Consciousness.
The rampaging Golden Ape suddenly trembled all over, and the dormant Cultivation Technique within him was awakened.
The Spirit Devouring Life Nurturing Art, practiced millions of times, began to operate on its own.
Golden Ape's six arms unconsciously assumed a peculiar posture, palms facing the sky, fingertips touching, forming a perfect heavenly cycle.
The clarity in his left eye suddenly intensified, and the Spirit Devouring Life Nurturing Art within him began to operate frantically.
What was astonishing was that he actually began to actively devour the violent ape Ancestral Bloodline!
"Good!"
Li Mu was overjoyed at the sight, immediately changing his hand Seals, and the Chaos True Essence transformed into tens of thousands of fine threads, flowing into Golden Ape's body through his Acupoints.
These fine threads of True Essence were like the most nimble fingers, helping Golden Ape sort out the rampaging Bloodline Power, gradually dismantling and refining the violent ape Ancestral Bloodline.
Gradually, the ferocious bloody armor began to show cracks, and dazzling golden light shone through the cracks, like the morning sun piercing through dark clouds.
The armor peeled off in pieces, revealing the newly formed skin beneath—it was no longer ordinary golden fur, but a metallic luster flowing like liquid gold, every strand of hair containing terrifying power.
Golden Ape's body continued to grow taller, his bones making thunderous explosions; three zhang, five zhang, ten zhang!
He finally settled at a height of fifteen zhang, like a small golden mountain.
His six arms were completely solidified, muscles coiled like Dragons, containing power capable of destroying the heavens and earth.
Most astonishing was the vertical pupil on his forehead, which, as golden light flowed within it, seemed capable of seeing through the river of time and space.
A strange silence fell within the cave.
After a long while, Golden Ape slowly opened his eyes, the golden light in his three pupils restrained, completely devoid of any brutality.
He lowered his head to look at Li Mu, then suddenly knelt on one knee, his body rapidly shrinking, transforming into a muscular young man.
At this moment, Golden Ape was naked from the waist up, his muscles bulging, gleaming with a bronze luster as if cast from copper and iron.
His broad shoulders were like two small mountains, and the muscles of his back were clearly defined, subtly rising and falling with his breathing.
His eight-pack abs were sharply chiseled, and the mermaid lines on his sides were deeply indented, extending to a golden beast-skin belt tied around his waist.
Most striking was the golden pattern in the center of his chest—shaped like a violent ape roaring at the sky, subtly wriggling with the contraction and expansion of his muscles, as if alive.
His arms were thick and powerful, with green veins coiling like Dragons on his forearms, and faint golden downy hair grew at the joints of his fingers.
"Master."
Golden Ape looked up at Li Mu excitedly, revealing a sharply defined face; beneath his thick golden eyebrows, a pair of amber vertical pupils were calm as water, yet subtly exuded a heart-pounding pressure.
"Very good! Get up!"
Li Mu smiled with satisfaction, reaching out to help Golden Ape up.
Golden Ape rose cheerfully, his bronze body gleaming with a metallic luster in the dim light of the cave, standing tall as a pine, yet with the characteristic relaxedness of an ape.
As he moved, the muscles of his back rippled like waves, and four slightly protruding golden bone joints at his shoulder blades were particularly striking—these were the Foundation for his ability to transform into six arms at any time.
Li Mu patted Golden Ape's mountain-like arm with satisfaction: "You've overcome this hurdle."
At this moment, Li Mu could feel that the purest Tongtian Violent Ape Bloodline flowed within Golden Ape's body, yet his original consciousness was perfectly preserved.
"Master, I've awakened my Heavenly Talent! 'Eight Arms Shaking Heaven' and 'Golden Pupils of Truth-Breaking'!" Golden Ape said excitedly, looking at Li Mu.
"How many of the nine extreme golden powers have you comprehended?" Li Mu nodded, asking with concern.
While two Bloodline Heavenly Talents were good, the nine extreme Dao Powers were the fundamental basis for advancing to the ninth-rank Demon Emperor in the future.
Upon hearing this, Golden Ape's eyes blazed with golden light, and his six arms simultaneously formed a Seal, a brilliant golden halo rising around his body as he said in a deep voice, "Master, I have comprehended six types of extreme golden power!"
Within the cave, the sound of metallic vibrations suddenly echoed.
Six golden light wheels appeared behind Golden Ape, each condensing a distinctly different extreme golden Dao rhythm:
The first golden wheel transformed into the 【Myriad Tribulations Eternal Golden Body】; endless golden Dao patterns appeared on Golden Ape's body, a manifestation of Cultivating the Physical Body to its extreme, a truly Eternal Golden Body!
The second golden wheel evolved into the 【Void Realm Geng Metal Realm】; countless golden crystal walls appeared out of thin air, constructing layers of dimensional barriers.
The third golden wheel condensed into the 【Dao-Devouring Sharp Metal】; the violent ape pattern on Golden Ape's chest suddenly split open, revealing a rotating golden vortex inside.
The fourth golden wheel manifested the 【Nine Netherworld Gold】; a dark golden demon god phantom appeared behind Golden Ape.
The fifth golden wheel transformed into the 【Creation Extreme Gold】; countless golden particles condensed out of thin air in front of Golden Ape, self-combining according to certain Heavenly Dao Laws, instantly constructing various Divine Weapons and Sharp Weapons.
This was a metal-element Law that had penetrated the Origin of matter, capable of creating things out of thin air.
The sixth golden light was the most overbearing, actually the 【Eternal Battle Soul Gold】!
Golden Ape's eyes shot out golden light, and his Battle Intent solidified around him, transforming into a towering Golden Ape phantom, the ultimate Realm where battle will merged with the metal-element Law.
Li Mu nodded with a smile, his eyes filled with satisfaction: "Not bad, not bad! This life-and-death tempering was not in vain."
However, at this very moment, an unexpected change occurred!
Li Mu's expression suddenly hardened, and he abruptly looked up at the cave ceiling.
His Divine Sense instantly penetrated a thousand zhang of rock layers, seeing the abnormal celestial phenomena outside.
The sky within a radius of ten thousand li was darkening at a visible speed, and thick tribulation clouds rolled and surged like boiling ink.
Purple-gold lightning flashed intermittently within the clouds, each flash causing subtle distortions in the space within a hundred li radius.
Even more terrifyingly, the tribulation clouds were forming a huge vortex, and the center of the vortex was directly above the cave they were in!
"It's the Nine-Layer Demon Emperor Tribulation!"
Li Mu clearly sensed that the Heavenly Dao Will had completely locked onto Golden Ape.
The destructive aura contained within the tribulation cloud vortex made even him feel alarmed.
This was not an ordinary Lightning Tribulation, but a heaven-and-earth killing tribulation specifically targeting ancient Vicious Beast Bloodlines!
Golden Ape had also sensed the Heavenly Dao Will's lock, looking up at the sky, his eyes flashing with fierce light.
Xue'er's face was pale, and she said worriedly, "Li Dage, this tribulation lightning's pressure is so terrifying, and Golden Ape just refined his Bloodline...!"
"No matter! Golden Ape, with me here, focus on facing the tribulation!"
Li Mu had already begun to form Seals, and streams of Chaos True Essence flowed from his fingertips, outlining a Spirit Control Contract Seal in the Void Realm, which flew into Golden Ape's body.
Golden Ape paused slightly, offering no resistance.
With the Spirit Control Contract Seal and his bond with Li Mu, he felt even more at ease. (End of this chapter)
