CHAPTER 694: AVATAR

Wang Hong looked at this golden giant bull, marveling at its

Wang Hong looked at this golden giant bull, marveling at its body.

This body retained vitality and possessed extremely strong self-healing abilities, making it the perfect vessel for possession.

Surrounding this Tier-Five Demonic Beast's body, Wang Hong felt a stir, sensing that this body might be greatly useful to him.

"This body is of great use to me. I will take it. You all worked hard to hunt and kill this beast; I will compensate you separately."

With a wave of his hand, Wang Hong collected the body and casually took the nearby golden giant hammer as well.

After inspecting the spoils, Wang Hong praised his subordinates.

Then he returned to the Royal Palace and instructed Xu Lun and others to handle the arrangements for the Soul Transformation ceremony.

Organizing such a ceremony involved many aspects, including etiquette. Over the years, the Cultivation World had established a fixed form for such events.

There were also considerations regarding the production and distribution of invitations, as well as how to handle and whom to send them to.

Furthermore, hosting such a ceremony required a considerable amount of resources.

There were a plethora of tedious tasks to attend to, such as providing gifts for the cultivators attending the ceremony, hospitality arrangements for guests, accommodations, and so on, more than enough to keep them busy.

Returning to the Royal Palace, Wang Hong took out the golden beast body.

Apart from lacking a Nascent Soul and a demon core, this body was no different from a living being.

Moreover, after undergoing thousands of years of Spiritual Energy refinement, even a single hair from this Tier-Five Demonic Beast's body was enough to refine a magic weapon for a Golden Core Cultivator.

He suddenly remembered a method of splitting Nascent Souls and refining avatar puppets that he had obtained from the Wan Kui Sect's inheritance.

He had been intrigued before but had been busy with the preparations for Soul Transformation and couldn't find suitable materials to make an avatar puppet in a short time.

Using this body for refining an avatar should be more suitable than spending a lot of time refining a puppet himself.

The Nascent Soul of a Soul Transformation Cultivator was extremely fragile, and splitting it was not an easy task.

If mishandled, it could easily lead to self-destruction.

Very few powers mastered the secret technique of splitting Nascent Souls, and it was kept secret, with only a handful of core disciples having access to it.

In a secret chamber, Wang Hong activated the formation, and his Nascent Soul detached from his body, sitting opposite his physical body in a dimly lit three-foot-tall figure.

A small crack slowly appeared on the shoulder of the luminous figure, and the expression of the Nascent Soul was grim, showing extreme pain.

However, his actions did not stop, and the crack continued to widen, the pain growing stronger.

He nearly passed out several times; if he did, all his previous efforts would have been in vain.

This pain persisted for more than ten days, and eventually, one arm of the Nascent Soul separated from his body along with the shoulder.

The severed arm fell to the ground and slowly transformed into Wang Hong's likeness, complete with all facial features, but much smaller, only five inches tall.

At this moment, Wang Hong felt strange; he could sense two versions of himself. Seeing the other him was like seeing his own hands and feet, inseparable and with mutual understanding.

At this moment, the larger Nascent Soul returned to the body, and Wang Hong opened his eyes, feeling dizzy and empty as if his body had been hollowed out.

It would probably take a long time to recover to his original state, especially since a significant portion of his Nascent Soul was now missing.

As he looked at the five-inch-tall figure in front of him, Wang Hong reached out and held him in the palm of his hand.

No words were needed between them; their thoughts were perfectly synchronized through their spiritual connection, each understanding the other's thoughts instantly.

Then, Wang Hong released the golden bull's body once again, and the five-inch-tall Wang Hong leaped into the body of the golden bull, disappearing from view.

After a while, the aura of the golden bull seemed to change slightly, and its tightly closed eyes slowly opened.

"Moo! Moo!"

The golden bull intended to say a few words, but when it opened its mouth, it surprisingly spoke in the language of the bovine clan.

After a few more "moos," it adapted and finally learned to speak in the manner of the Human Clan: "I may need to sleep for a while before I can fully integrate with this body."

Then, the two exchanged a lot of information through their thoughts. Wang Hong learned that this body maintained full vitality, and once he fully mastered it, he could continue cultivation.

After transmitting this information, the golden bull fell into a deep sleep.

Wang Hong's main body was now very weak and needed to rest and recuperate for a while.

He took out several types of pills, but none had any significant effect.

These pills were meant to increase cultivation level, replenish Spiritual Power, or heal physical injuries, but they had little direct effect on the Nascent Soul.

Spiritual objects that could directly nourish the Nascent Soul were extremely rare, and Wang Hong didn't have any suitable ones at hand, so he had to take things slowly.

Wang Hong rested until a few days before the Soul Transformation ceremony before emerging from seclusion. At this point, although his mental state had improved somewhat, there was still a significant gap compared to his normal state.

Many cultivators who came to attend the Soul Transformation ceremony had arrived early on Qizhou Island and were temporarily housed in Harbor City.

Now that Wang Hong had emerged from seclusion, he planned to welcome these guests into the King's City within Qizhou Island. After all, keeping people in Harbor City for an extended period was not ideal hospitality.

To reassure the guests and prevent them from feeling bored, while also setting the atmosphere, Qizhou Island had organized several auctions in Harbor City.

These auction items were all special products of Qizhou Island, which had become highly sought after on Fengwu Continent.

For example, various spirit fruits produced on Qizhou Island, especially the Green Spirit Peach, were almost universally admired by all cultivators.

In addition to the Green Spirit Peach, there were also auctions for Spirit Wine, Spiritual Herbs, Ministry of Works Refinement Puppets, Magic weapons, and other items.

Even until today, when arrangements were made to escort the guests into King's City, many of the guests still seemed reluctant to leave.

It wasn't until they passed through the three city walls that their eyes widened.

During the previous attacks by the Demon Clan on Qizhou Island, they had only seen two city walls, and the existence of a third wall was merely speculation.

It turned out that Qizhou Island indeed had three layers of defensive city walls.

Then, as they progressed towards King's City, all they could see were endless fields of spirit plants.

"May I ask, Fellow Daoist, has your island already been completely cultivated into spirit fields?" A cultivator couldn't help but ask the Qizhou Island cultivator beside him.

The Qizhou Island cultivator smiled faintly and confidently replied, "More or less!"

Previously, they had been cautious about attracting envy, so they never showed their hand publicly. But now, having won two major battles simultaneously, their strength was beyond doubt.

Especially since Wang Hong had advanced to Soul Transformation, Qizhou Island could now easily rank among the top-tier forces.

For a top-tier force, who didn't have some reserves? Expanding their territory was no big deal.

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