Transformation Diagram: Starting as a Skinny Dog-Chapter 588 - 377: Eightfold Demon Summoning Banner

Chapter 588: Chapter 377: Eightfold Demon Summoning Banner

After all the procedures such as the branch academy and entry hall on Divine Martial Mountain were completed.

Within Yan Capital.

A newly established ’Divine Martial Wind and Cloud List’ immediately caught the attention of all the Dragon Abyss Martial World figures, detailing the events that occurred during the establishment process of the Divine Martial Academy over the past month.

Among them, Xue Bailiu, ranked third on the Heroic List, surprisingly chose to apply to the Divine Martial Hall; this move indeed surprised many.

...

You State.

A mountain villa filled with knife tips on the city wall.

Divine Soldiers City.

A sect that had been extinct for hundreds of years, now someone is attempting to revive it using it as a shell, to regain the position of the sect.

This person is the young man now sitting in the mountain villa within Divine Soldiers City, wearing a blue robe, with a tall and slender physique, long limbs, an ancient and simple face, indifferent expression, deep and inscrutable eyes.

The youth picked up the Jianghu Mansion Report sent from Yan Capital, glanced at the content, and couldn’t help but laugh, somewhat gloomily:

"Xue Bailiu, I thought he was still a character, hoping to recruit him to build a new Divine Soldiers City together, to rebuild a sect, but didn’t expect him to be attracted by this so-called Divine Martial Hall, willing to become an officer of Daji."

The youth, remarkably, is Dragon Abyss second hero, Li Wanzhao.

Under the young man.

There was an exquisite beauty dressed in a yellow dress, her eyes vague, turning to look outside, seemingly in the direction of Yan Capital, as if explaining for Xue Bailiu:

"His background is tragic, although possessing the Xuanwu True Body, there is a curse within his bloodline, which no single family or sect can resolve, must gather the strengths of each family, only then might be able to refine the blood curse within, it’s also a forced choice."

"You sure are good at speaking for him." Li Wanzhao said lightly.

The woman in yellow is named Pian Jinghong.

Pian Jinghong, the only woman ranked among the top ten of the Dragon Abyss Heroes List, ranked ninth, with refined elegance, stunning beauty, proficient in musical instruments, chess, calligraphy, and painting, highly knowledgeable and blessed with extraordinary talent, she is the master of the long-famous Dragon Abyss Martial’s prized Immortal Weapon ’Ten-mile Dragon Wave Spear’.

As stated in the Dragon Abyss Jianghu Mansion Report, it is rumored she is also the young mistress of a hidden Gun Flow organization.

Her voice remained calm:

"Everyone has their fate, and their own choices. The Divine Soldiers City you are creating, I support it as well. If you can actually forge the ’Emperor’s Spear’ required by my hidden Gun Flow, I will also fulfill the promise and lead the entire hidden Gun Flow to join your Divine Soldiers City."

"Naturally, I will not disappoint you."

Li Wanzhao responded in a neutral tone, then looked at the bottom of the Jianghu Report with a slight raise of his eyebrows:

"Chen Ku? Such a talented rural figure actually had no reputation before, but after arriving in Yan Capital, immediately brought attention, the Divine Martial Hall’s assessment, his results were only below Xue Bailiu? This person... has boundless prospects!"

"Such a character?" Pian Jinghong also slightly raised her eyebrows.

Li Wanzhao flicked the Jianghu Report in his hand towards Pian Jinghong.

Pian Jinghong caught it with her fingers, unfolded it to read, softly:

"Chen Ku, from Dachen Village, Snake Fish Town, Baojiao County, Qiu Dragon Mansion, You State, eighteen years old, Eighth Realm Marrow Cleansing cultivation, Ninth Realm Blood Exchange First Layer Heaven combat power, first defeated Xu Fanfeng, then defeated Jiang Yufei, Jiang Hengchu, applied to Divine Martial Hall, Eighteen Dragons Root Bone, comprehended three thousand at the Martial Arts Stele Forest, self-created a Scattered Palm, and defeated Tang Xuan’s projection. After Divine Martial Enrollment ended, was granted the title of ’Grandmaster’ by Martial Temple, becoming You State’s youngest Grandmaster in a hundred years."

Li Wanzhao, seated, said: "Continue reading further."

Pian Jinghong turned to the reverse side.

"Divine Martial Wind and Cloud List, Chen Ku ranks eighty-first?"

"A young man from Qiu Dragon Mansion, upon arriving in Yan Capital, has gained such fame."

Li Wanzhao said softly:

"If I could recruit this young man and have him join my Divine Soldiers City..."

Elsewhere.

Discussions about the Divine Martial Hall’s month-long enrollment are ongoing.

Everyone is shocked.

A young man from a border county possesses such extraordinary talent and strength, and because Divine Martial Hall is a nationally recognized academy, not only in Dragon Abyss Province but also in other provinces, even in the Capital, people have heard the name of Chen Ku.

Even Yuan Country heard about this series of news.

Frontline.

Within a suspended great hall in Liang Province.

Originally only had six sects’ seats, now expanded to twelve sects, obviously due to the Six Sects Alliance invading Ji Country, within a few months, they tasted immense benefits, from those Spirit Veins collected Spirit Jade, making the entire Yuan Country as if revived with vigor, naturally dispatching more troops.

The original one hundred thousand Qi Refiners’ army, has now increased by another two hundred thousand Qi Refiners’ army.

The six major sects have turned into twelve major sects, under the joint command of Yuan Country’s Imperial Court and a Holy Land, aiming to conquer the entire Dragon Abyss Province.

"The Divine Martial Academy is a potential threat, they’ve gathered the most talented prodigies within the provinces of Ji Country together, if these young individuals graduate successfully, on the battlefield a year later, each can play a vital role, we must find ways to constrain them." This is a senior elder from Jiuxiao Cave.

His Qi Refinement cultivation far surpasses Sect Master Qingxiao Cave Master, he is an elder from the previous era, now appearing in the invasion war, not long ago, led ten thousand Qi Refiners and elite disciples from the sect to capture Qingyun Prefecture in Liang Province. He has the cultivation of a Twelfth Realm Transcendence Tribulation Stage Qi Refiner.

"Heavenly Master Chi Xiao was indeed right; the existence of the Divine Martial Academy is a hidden worry," the female Heavenly Master said slowly. "But it’s also an opportunity. Currently, the Divine Martial Academy is deep in the heart of Dragon Abyss. We can’t defeat it for a while and can only watch as it creates its academy. Yet this academy is still in its infancy, with students from all over the world. Most have likely joined for the Nine Sects’ inheritance. So... we could perhaps try various methods to win over and recruit some of those less loyal to Daji to become our moles. This way, even those who successfully graduate in the future and enter the battlefield can provide us with crucial intelligence and identity information on some talented students, allowing us to prepare targeted assassinations in advance."

"Heavenly Master Yao speaks with reason!"

"Cough, cough, to be honest, early on, when that Divine Martial Hall was recruiting, our Demon Spirit Island sent three people to infiltrate the students. They have now successfully blended into both the upper and lower academies of the Divine Martial Hall."

"Demon Spirit Island has such a move?! This is truly excellent!"

"Then our various sects can now send moles to the heart of Dragon Abyss, establishing contact with those few Devil Spirit Disciples in Yan Capital..."

When different forces reacted differently to the various news exposed about the Divine Martial Hall’s recruitment.

On Chen Ku’s side.

He was staying in the residence prepared for Immortal Institute disciples within the Divine Martial Hall, a large two-story wooden building with a courtyard, complete with halls, pavilions, rock gardens, and flowers, in excellent condition.

At this moment, Chen Ku looked at the three items sent from the Martial Temple.

A Divine Weapon level Purple Gold Crown, a Divine Weapon level Red Cloak, and a pair of Divine Weapon level Green Brocade Bead Embroidered Court Boots.

These were tokens of a grandmaster from the Martial Temple.

"Grandmaster..."

Chen Ku smiled slightly, choosing not to wear them but instead putting them away. He ordered the cook to prepare a good meal and then stepped into the Hero King Realm. After removing the Divine Eye at the mountain’s base and carefully probing without causing resonance with the Stone Egg, he confidently arrived at the mountain’s summit.

"Junior Brother! You’re here. I have good news for you. Both Uncle Master and I..."

Qin Yuxian looked at Chen Ku coming over, laughing heartily and about to share the good news, but he couldn’t help but gasp in astonishment as he sensed the profound aura emanating from Chen Ku:

"Junior Brother, you’ve also stepped into the Marrow Cleansing realm?"

"Also?"

Chen Ku looked at Qin Yuxian and Master Uncle Shan Lingguan, sensing the similarly deep aura from both of his teachers, joyfully saying:

"You’ve both broken through to the Eighth Realm."

Shan Lingguan looked at Chen Ku incredulously and said, "Though we’re confined here by the Stone Egg, it’s also augmenting our bodies. In less than half a year, both your senior brother and I have broken through to the Eighth Realm. This is already a very fast speed, so how... did you surpass us so quickly outside?"

"It’s a long story, some fortuitous encounters. Originally, I was going to pass on the secret technique I used to break through to the Marrow Cleansing realm, but since you’ve already broken through, the Marrow Cleansing of the Eighth Realm comprises five layers, and this Marrow Cleansing method can still be of use." Chen Ku said as he transmitted the Immortal-level Naughty Marrow Cleansing Technique to his two teachers.

After comprehending it, Shan Lingguan and Qin Yuxian both exclaimed the technique’s incredibility.

Chen Ku smiled.

With his two teachers’ talents and the help of the Stone Egg, cultivating the Naughty Marrow Cleansing Technique should be even faster.

"Judging by your expression, it seems there’s even more good news?" Shan Lingguan inquired.

"Indeed, I’ve already joined the Destruction Hall within the Divine Martial Hall, and I’m currently a registered disciple of the Destruction Tower..." Chen Ku continued, recounting his month-long experiences in Yan Capital to his two teachers.

The two listened, uttering sighs from time to time.

They never imagined that the child from Baojiao County could now possess Ninth Realm combat abilities.

Even after reaching the Eighth Realm, Shan Lingguan and Qin Yuxian felt that, under the premise of using all the martial arts from the Imperial Enlightenment Sect, they could barely stand unmatched within the Eighth Realm. Yet, Chen Ku, this child...

The most terrifying thing was that they remembered how Chen Ku was just a year ago.

And so, Chen Ku chatted with his two teachers, letting them know about the growing opportunity to rescue them after joining the Destruction Tower.

After eating the meal prepared by the Immortal Institute cook,

Chen Ku bid farewell to his two teachers.

Walking out of the Big Snow Mountain, he looked at the Transformation Diagram, where he acquired the Tang Xuan Transformation after defeating Tang Xuan.

"The Eighth Realm Evil Qi isn’t enough, and the Fire Beak Pot can’t be wasted anymore. At most, I can extract ten more Eighth Realm Evil Qi to refine the Eightfold Demon Summoning Banner’s incantation."

Upon entering the Eighth Realm, Chen Ku fulfilled another condition for cultivating a Divine Skill.

The incantation for cultivating the Seventh and Eighth Layers of the Demon Summoning Banner requires: Eighth Realm cultivation, Supreme Talent, ten strands of Eighth Realm Evil Qi.

Given his current cultivation,

refining the Eighth Realm Fire Evil Qi within the Fire Beak Pot took just half a day, yielding over a dozen strands. He used them all to cultivate the Eighth Layer of the Demon Summoning Banner.

[Eighth Layer Demon Summoning Banner Incantation successfully cultivated]

In an instant, the originally lush green seven-layered pagoda-like inner space of the Demon Summoning Banner expanded by a fold, with another layer rising above.

[Eighth Layer Demon Summoning Banner can recruit any Eighth Realm or lower demon within a radius of three thousand li, accommodating fifty Eighth Realm demons and one hundred Seventh Realm demons...]

Looking at this eight-layered Demon Summoning Banner within his consciousness, Chen Ku mused:

"Come to think of it, I’ve never tried summoning demons since arriving in such a vast place like the Dragon Abyss Provincial Capital, Yan Capital. I wonder if there are any particularly powerful, amazingly talented demons nearby?"

It had been some time since Chen Ku had added new demon transformations to himself.

With that in mind, he decided to act.

He sent his Loose Cultivator incarnation to discreetly carry the Demon Summoning Banner outside, to see what kind of demons he could summon back.