Chen Ku looked at the fully transformed Skinny Dog of the Second Realm. Beyond the Hundred Li Tracking Technique, this Second Realm Skinny Dog didn't grant him any additional abilities. But what thrilled Chen Ku immensely was that the bloodline of this Second Realm Skinny Dog indeed contained a denser trace of demon blood than the ordinary Skinny Dog he had encountered before. The ordinary Skinny Dog only had one in a billionth of the Moon Eating Heavenly Dog's bloodline. However, the concentration of the Moon Eating Heavenly Dog's bloodline in this Second Realm Demon Dog had increased to one in ten million. The most crucial aspect was... it even had one in a billionth of the bloodline of the 'Ancient Sun-Swallowing Dog.'

The Moon Eating Heavenly Dog and the Sun-Swallowing Dog... just by their names, one can understand that the Sun-Swallowing Dog must be the ancestor of the Moon Eating Heavenly Dog, or perhaps its ultimate form. After all, one eats moons and the other swallows suns; they are clearly not on the same level. And this Sun-Swallowing Dog is none other than one of the Nine Great Totem Divine Beasts that the ancient Emperor used to form the Dragon Totem. Chen Ku thought to himself.

Immediately, Chen Ku attempted to calculate the probability of a successful transformation by putting this Second Realm Skinny Dog, which had the blood of the Totem Divine Beast 'Sun-Swallowing Dog,' into the fetus transformation refining shape.

[Calculating...]

[Calculation Complete]

[This fetus transformation refining shape has a one percent chance to refine into a Third Realm Supreme Transformation 'Hui Dragon']

Chen Ku excitedly widened his eyes. Just one transformation suitable for Totem Bloodlines raised the success rate from one in ten thousand to one percent... this effect is remarkably immediate!

And the more this was so, the more it made Chen Ku itch with eager expectation, wishing he could immediately get his hands on five or six demons with the blood of ancient Totem Divine Beasts to complete the Hui Dragon Transformation.

During the fifteen days spent housebound within Medicine King Hall, Chen Ku wasn't always practicing martial arts. He had spent a substantial sum for Jiang Shaoyou to gather more books about demons so he could understand these Totem Divine Beasts and the nine types of demons composing the dragon. He roughly summarized the nine types of demons found all over Baojiao County, even within Qiu Dragon Mansion's territory, including those of shrimp, deer, ox, dog, catfish, lion, eagle, fish, and snake. There were more than a dozen kinds of snake demons, such as the Blood Shadow Python, Illusion Snake, and Five-Headed Red Python, among others, but he didn't find any snake related to Zhu Yin.

Regarding Zhu Yin, Chen Ku also read a description in a book chronicling ancient ferocious beasts called the "Chronicles of the Ancient Mountains and Seas." Zhu Yin, with a serpentine body and a human head, stretched infinitely long and lived on the ancient Zhong Mountain. Its open eyes signified day, and its closed eyes signified night. Circling Zhong Mountain, an ancient tribe had established a nation called 'Reincarnation Country,' proclaiming themselves 'Reincarnation People.' It is said that the people of Reincarnation Country do not consume grains in their lifetime, sustaining themselves on Qi instead, and they have no offspring. Buried in the earth after death, their bodies die, but their souls live on. After one hundred and twenty years in the earth post-death, they could be reborn as humans. The Reincarnation People worshipped the Candle Dragon of Zhong Mountain as their totem and guardian deity. Later, the ancient Emperor stepped onto Zhong Mountain, subdued the Reincarnation People, and was the first to incorporate the Candle Dragon totem into the Heavenly Court.

Chen Ku sighed. According to that "Chronicles of the Ancient Mountains and Seas," Reincarnation People still exist to this day. Though few in number, they persist as one of the mysterious nations among the principalities of the earth. It seemed unlikely that a small place like Baojiao County would have a demon with the blood of Zhu Yin. However, it was not as if none of the Nine Totem Bloodlines were present.

Besides the Skinny Dog and the very likely Nine-Colored Deer, Chen Ku found in the books from Tongwen House that Baojiao County had plenty of fish. In the Dragon River, there was a top-quality Treasure Fish called the 'Tiger-Headed Salamander.' It sounded like a baby, had four limbs, resembled a large salamander but with sharp fangs and teeth, and was said to contain 'Mermaid' blood. Chen Ku had already secretly sent the Centipede Viper into the Dragon River to search for this top-quality Treasure Fish.

In Two Realms Mountain, there was reportedly a demon called the 'Nine-Faced Illusion Lion.' When young, these lions were called 'Multi-Faced Illusion Lions' and could only produce one or two illusions. However, upon reaching the Second or Third Realms and maturing, they could conjure up to nine Illusion Bodies at once. Supposedly, as this Illusion Lion's strength grew, it could even produce tangible illusions. Both the "Chronicles of the Ancient Mountains and Seas" and the "Qiu Dragon Demon List" stated that it possessed a part of the Nine Spirits Prime Lion's bloodline. A Multi-Faced Illusion Lion had been sent to the Butcher Court before. Unfortunately, Chen Ku hadn't been the one to dissect it; he had chosen the Golden-eyed White Jade Sculpture that day. Now, in hindsight, he felt some regret. But then he considered that this proved such a lion could indeed be hunted and captured.

Besides these, there were several other suspected traces of blood from Ancient Great Demons, such as a 'Green Finch Mantis Shrimp' in the river and the 'Wooden Ox' used to carry heavy loads on the battlefield. All of these could be bought with money.

Chen Ku muttered to himself, "Skinny Dog, Nine-Colored Deer, Wooden Ox, Green Finch Mantis Shrimp, Nine-Faced Illusion Lion, Tiger-Headed Salamander... As long as I can gather four or five of these, I'll have a sufficient probability to Transform into Dragon."

Although he couldn't leave Medicine King Hall, he had secretly asked Wu Gui from the Iron Bank to place a covert bounty at the Grey Clothes Tower on his behalf. As long as one had money, many things could be solved with it.

PHEW. His mind detached from the major matter of the Transform into Dragon. Chen Ku also hadn't forgotten another matter of considerable significance. Ma Mingfeng Transformation! Transform! Consume Evil Qi to upgrade this transformation to the Transformation Level!

[Consuming forty-five strands of Second Realm Evil Qi, Ma Mingfeng Transformation has reached the Transformation Level]

[Ma Mingfeng Transformation]

[Realm: Mystic Barrier Third Layer Peak]

[Root Bone: Top Quality]

[Talent: Psychic Ability]

[Learned: Dragon and Tiger Great Grasping (great achievement), Fish and Dragon Hundred Changes Step (great achievement), Skill of Witnessing (Minor Achievement), Chestnuts from the Fire (Minor Achievement), Eyebrow-Level Stick Technique (great achievement),...]

Chen Ku immediately felt an extremely potent spiritual coolness flood his mind, as if he had received Dharma Enlightenment. Upon closer examination, he saw something resembling an eye appear within the Mystic Gate in his brain after the Ma Mingfeng Transformation was enhanced. Ma Mingfeng's spiritual power indeed flowed from this 'Third Eye' in his brain.

Is this why Ma Mingfeng's spirit is so extraordinary? His Mystic Gate actually holds such a creation!

Chen Ku withdrew the Ma Mingfeng Transformation and then turned his attention towards the third gate within his Mystic Barrier.

Now, I have two transformations at the Mystic Barrier Third Layer Peak: Yan Longhao and Ma Mingfeng. Especially with Ma Mingfeng, using their Mystic Gates as a reference, I can try to assault the third Mystic Gate!

This time, since he was within Medicine King Hall, he decided to tell his family and his two masters the truth when they inquired.

「The next day.」

When Yang Shaoqi came to call Chen Ku for practice, Hu Zi relayed Chen Ku's message. As the news spread, Yang Luochen seemed to have anticipated this and showed no surprise.

"Breaking through the Mystic Gate?" Shang Yunfang, on the other hand, was incredulously stunned. "No way? When did he break through the Death Gate?" He hadn't even known his disciple had broken through the Second Layer, and now he was about to break through the Third!

Meanwhile, in his room, Chen Ku had even temporarily dismantled the Flower Fox Mink Transformation. To break through, he specifically switched to the transformations of three human experts. They were Wang Mao, a Demon Person of Peace Path; Yan Longhao; and Ma Mingfeng!

At that moment, Chen Ku could feel that his spiritual power was a full ten times greater than it had been before his battle with Ma Mingfeng.

My master said that the third gate of the Mystic Barrier is the Mystic Gate. Those with Spiritual Endowment will receive an unimaginable gift after breaking through it. If I strike the Mystic Gate with spiritual power ten times stronger than that of a typical Mystic Barrier Peak cultivator, will I perhaps be regarded by the Mystic Gate as someone with Spiritual Endowment?

And so, Chen Ku, wielding the combined spiritual power of the three human experts, transformed it into a Divine Sword and struck once at the third gate of the Mystic Barrier—the Mystic Gate!

CRACK!

The gate was instantly cleaved open with a massive fissure.

BOOM!

Immediately after, Chen Ku's unending Qi Power, like a great river or a long dragon, surged into the Mystic Gate all at once.

Everything burst open!

Mystic Barrier Peak!

Third Layer Mystic Gate!

Achieved!

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