Chapter 207 Jiang Li: Transformation into a God, but that’s all

Chapter 207: Jiang Li: Soul Transformation, Nothing More Than This

At this moment.

In the sky.

As Corpse Buddha True Lord finished speaking, the remaining three Transformation God True Lords descended onto the battlefield.

One wore a wide black robe, his figure as thin as a skeleton, holding a human bone whisk. Each strand of hair on the whisk was made of human spinal bones, and as the wind blew, it echoed with wails like ghosts and wolves.

A green-robed Old Man carried a medicine basket, in which poisonous creatures writhed. His fingernails were black and shiny, and his entire body exuded a strange fragrance.

A sturdy man with disheveled hair, shirtless, had a ‘strip’ wrapped around his fist that looked like either a duodenum or fascia. Under the light, his entire body shimmered with a purplish-crystal color, as if he were an animated purple crystal of energy.

“Withered Bone True Lord, Poison Demon True Lord, Heart-Shattering True Lord…”

As each Demonic Path Soul Transformation appeared, someone on the field could identify their origins. No other reason than their infamous reputations.

For a moment.

A total of four Transformation God True Lords stood in the sky.

A heart-palpitating pressure spread across the entire field. All Cultivators below the Nascent Soul Realm turned pale, as if an invisible giant hand was clutching their throats, making their breathing falter.

In their eyes, True Lords of the Soul Transformation Stage were legendary figures, rare in the mortal world. Only large Schools with profound foundations, intricately linked to Immortal Sects and Demonic Sects, might possess such a figure.

Their every word and action could potentially change the balance of the mortal world.

And now… four Transformation God True Lords appeared together, solely to besiege the Heavenly Mystery Holy Son.

Their first thought was: these powerful figures are truly poor sports, their methods too ugly.

A dignified Transformation God True Lord openly attacking a Golden Core Stage junior—if this were to spread, their reputation would be ruined. But then they reconsidered, the Demonic Path True Lords’ reputations were already bad, so a little more wouldn’t matter. In that case, it was fine.

However, this meant the Holy Son was in danger.

Whether it was the Scarlet Flame Holy Dynasty or the Piaomiao Dynasty, the soldiers’ eyes were filled with deep worry. The Heavenly Mystery Holy Son was a savior bestowed upon the mortal world by the heavens. With the Heavenly Mystery Holy Son’s prestige, neither the Demonic Path nor the Yao Race would dare to launch a massacre without considering whether they would be hunted down. If the Heavenly Mystery Holy Son died, the mortal world would return to its darkest era, where Demonic Cultivators could kill at will and Yao Beasts could devour people at will. No one wished to see such a chaotic world.

“Holy Son, you don’t need to worry about us. If you can escape, then escape. With you, the Scarlet Flame Holy Dynasty can drive away the Heavenly Saint Sect. If something happens to you, then the mortal world is truly finished.”

A Nascent Soul Cultivator from the Scarlet Flame Holy Dynasty spoke with difficulty.

The Heavenly Mystery Holy Son had the wish to protect the common people. If the Holy Son hadn’t intervened earlier, he would have died. Because of this, he sincerely hoped Jiang Li could escape to safety.

The Old General from the Piaomiao Dynasty pointed his sword at the four Demonic Path True Lords in the sky, embracing a readiness to die, and said, “Yes, Holy Son, you don’t need to bother with us. As long as you can escape, everything is worth it.”

At this moment.

The soldiers of the two Imperial Dynasties, originally in opposing camps, united with one heart, performing the same action. They all raised their weapons, pointing them at the four utterly unbeatable targets in the sky, and shouted with soaring Aura, “Long live the Holy Son!”

Jiang Li watched.

He secretly clicked his tongue: at this moment, he was more popular than the emperors of the three mortal Imperial Dynasties. He felt that if he raised his arm and called out, a large number of common people would definitely be willing to overthrow their respective Imperial Dynasties’ rulers and enthrone him.

The Qi Refining Method and Body Refinement Method were still too overpowered. In just a few short years, they had made him a savior of the mortal world, a “Little Sage” in the eyes of the world.

As his thoughts raced.

The Corpse Buddha True Lord in the sky smiled benevolently, sinisterly like a smiling tiger: “Hehe, the Holy Son truly has won the hearts of the people and possesses great compassion. This monk admires him. However, since they care so much for the Holy Son, is the Holy Son going to abandon them?”

These words directly put Jiang Li in a difficult position.

If Jiang Li ran away at this moment, the overwhelming public criticism would drown this Heavenly Mystery Holy Son.

Withered Bone True Lord also cackled, his hoarse voice seeming to emanate from bone crevices: “I didn’t expect an unintentional act to actually attract the Heavenly Mystery Holy Son. The strongest Golden Core in history, I truly want to extract his Golden Core and study it, to see if it is truly as invincible as rumored.”

Poison Demon True Lord’s aged voice slowly opened: “Then I want his body. I will make him my most prized medicine slave. He possesses such astonishing Aptitude, his body must contain special factors. If I can research them, I might be able to mass-produce them.”

Heart-Shattering True Lord stood with his arms crossed, grinning ferociously, his voice buzzing: “His heart is for me. The number one person of the younger generation, such a resounding title. I wonder if the heart of such a Heaven-Defying talent tastes different from ordinary people’s.”

Corpse Buddha True Lord, as the only Soul Transformation Middle Stage among the four, naturally did not covet the value of the Physical Body, but rather set his sights on the fifth-tier sword, the Limitless Sword, in Jiang Li’s hand.

Before even fighting, the four had already begun to carve up Jiang Li’s various organs, as if Jiang Li had already become a lamb to be slaughtered, ready for their use at any time.

But thinking about it, it was normal.

One against four, a Golden Core Cultivator against four Transformation God True Lords—even a fool would know the outcome. Even if Jiang Li had the record of beheading a Transformation Stage Demon King with his sword, the result would still be the same.

After all.

Transformation Stage Demon King did not have a Spiritual Body, and in terms of survival ability, it could not compare to human Soul Transformation. Even if Jiang Li unleashed his trump cards and could kill them a few times, so what? As long as their Spiritual Body was not damaged by more than 30%, the impact on their combat power would not be too great. Plus, there were four of them, so divided among them, Jiang Li could at most kill each of them once.

The Spiritual Body loss would not exceed 10%.

This was already them greatly overestimating Jiang Li. Otherwise, if any other Soul Transformation Cultivator of the same Realm were surrounded and killed by them, they wouldn’t even die once.

It could be said.

They saw no chance of Jiang Li surviving and turning the tables.

Jiang Li glanced sideways at the four.

The moment the four Heavenly Saint Sect Soul Transformation appeared, he had already discerned their origins, accurately finding their corresponding rankings through the spirit transformation ranking presented by the Heavenly Dao information.

Withered Bone True Lord, Soul Transformation Early Stage, ranked 430th.

Poison Demon True Lord, Soul Transformation Early Stage, ranked 410th.

Heart-Shattering True Lord, Soul Transformation Early Stage, ranked 350th.

Corpse Buddha True Lord, Soul Transformation Middle Stage, ranked 250th.

So weak.

This was Jiang Li’s first thought upon seeing the rankings.

These four Demonic Path Soul Transformation seemed intimidating, with magnificent Aura and infamous reputations in the Cultivation World. In reality, they were only at the middle-to-lower tier among Soul Transformation Cultivators. The weakest one was even inferior to the Old Jiao Demon. None of them ranked higher than him on the spirit transformation ranking.

As his thoughts raced.

His body, controlled by the Body Refining Method, had already begun to move.

The Imperial Domain unfolded, with the Ziwei Star hanging high, dyeing the surroundings entirely into a golden world rich with Dragon Qi.

Seeing this, the four sneered with some surprise.

A newborn calf fears no tiger. Faced with their encirclement by four Soul Transformation Cultivators, he didn’t think about maneuvering to escape, but instead wanted to fight them. It seemed that the record of beheading a Transformation Stage Demon King with his sword had completely made this Heavenly Mystery Holy Son overconfident. He dared to strike first in a one-on-four situation.

Of course.

Though they thought this, they did not become careless.

The Heavenly Mystery Holy Son could achieve such a great reputation, hailed as the number one of the younger generation, whose brilliance even Dao Child, Sword Child, and Demon Child could not obscure. He must have Heaven-Defying qualities, and a slight oversight could lead to suffering a loss.

But… for a long time, they did not detect any signs of attack.

This caused them some confusion.

No attack, then what was this golden Domain for?

Until… Jiang Li softly uttered: “Stripping.”

The Imperial Constitution was spoken, and a vast imperial might swept forth.

The first to notice the anomaly was Corpse Buddha True Lord, who had the highest cultivation. The fat monk’s face suddenly changed, his expression shocked: “I seem to be unable to perceive the Heavenly Dao Law anymore.”

As these words were spoken, the other three Demonic Path True Lords also had their pupils shrink, utterly horrified, because they too seemed unable to perceive the Heavenly Dao Law of this place.

This was extremely contrary to common sense.

After all.

Heavenly Law is an important part of heaven and earth, omnipresent. Even in desolate, sparsely populated places, or even forbidden demonic lands without any Spiritual Qi, Heavenly Dao Law exists.

And now… they couldn’t perceive the Heavenly Dao Law.

It was as if this battlefield had been forcibly excised from the world, existing in a place beyond the control of the Heavenly Dao.

And being unable to perceive the Heavenly Dao Law meant that their Soul Transformation Spiritual Body also became ineffective.

Yes.

Although the Spiritual Body was Heaven-Defying, it only worked in places where Heavenly Dao Law existed. Once there was no Heavenly Dao Law in a certain area, the Spiritual Body, which Soul Transformation Cultivators relied on for survival, would lose its effect.

Did the Heavenly Mystery Holy Son do this?

What a joke.

How could a Golden Core Cultivator completely isolate a battlefield, even detaching it from the control of the Heavenly Dao? Let alone a Golden Core, even a Soul Transformation, or even a Void Refining Stage Cultivator, couldn’t do such a thing.

“You…”

Corpse Buddha True Lord’s expression froze, so astonished he almost couldn’t speak.

The seemingly certain encirclement and kill encountered an unexpected change under Jiang Li’s move of isolating the Heavenly Dao Law with his Domain.

Jiang Li also felt a slight surprise.

The Golden Core phenomenon of the Body Refining Method had such an effect?

This Imperial Domain could not only forbid spells and flight, but also strip away the Heavenly Dao Law within its range, making it a “Soul Transformation forbidden zone,” directly nullifying the most core Divine Ability of Soul Transformation Cultivators.

To be honest, Jiang Li had never tested this point.

No other reason.

Among the enemies he had encountered so far, none had required him to delve deep into the Golden Core phenomenon to defeat them. The fact that these Demonic Path Soul Transformation could make the Body Refining Method display this move was enough for them to be proud.

He thought to himself: Now he was going to become a Soul Transformation killer.

Amidst his murmuring.

The Body Refining Method moved, stepping towards Heart-Shattering True Lord, an indescribable Aura on his dignified face: “I grant you death.”

The next second.

Jiang Li clenched his five fingers.

Imperial Dragon Qi swirled around his fist, smashing towards Heart-Shattering True Lord.

Heart-Shattering True Lord, seeing this, recovered from the shock of his Spiritual Body’s ineffectiveness. His rugged facial muscles twisted into a fierce grin: “Grant me death, you mongrel, who do you think you are? If you brought out the Limitless Sword, I would respect you three points, but you, a Golden Core junior, dare to attack me, a Body Cultivator, with physical strength. You have chosen the path to death.”

“Don’t interfere, I want to see where he gets the confidence to clash with me in strength.”

With another ferocious grin, the purplish-crystal color on Heart-Shattering True Lord’s body surface became even more vibrant, radiating a crystal-like luster. He also clenched his five fingers, his entire arm transforming into a purple crystal spiritual ore. As he swung his fist, the air erupted with bursts of sonic booms.

He did not dodge or evade, meeting Jiang Li’s fist with a resounding crash.

On the ground, everyone could clearly see a Soul Transformation Stage Body Cultivator’s fist colliding head-on with the Heavenly Mystery Holy Son’s fist.

There was a momentary deafening silence in heaven and earth, which then turned into a massive explosion.

Boom—

Dense, small spatial ripples suddenly appeared. The ground, air, and dust disintegrated inch by inch. The affected ground continuously cracked, shattered, and then, under the rampage of the energy storm, flew into the sky, turning into fine powder.

Countless soldiers were instantly sent flying.

In an instant.

The point of impact between the two completely transformed into a vacuum purgatory, and the stirred-up dust, like a sandstorm, engulfed their figures.

Seeing this.

Withered Bone True Lord and Poison Demon True Lord, whose nerves had been taut due to the Spiritual Body’s ineffectiveness, relaxed.

“The Heavenly Mystery Holy Son is finished. The Cultivation Technique Heart-Shattering cultivates gives him purple crystal ore skin, which is one of the main Materials for refining fourth-tier Spiritual Artifacts, incredibly hard. Even a casual Soul Transformation attack cannot injure him. The Heavenly Mystery Holy Son is so overconfident, it seems we don’t need to make a move.”

They had initially thought that Jiang Li’s method of isolating the Heavenly Dao Law was some great move he was about to unleash. They didn’t expect him to be going to his death. This was a farce; it made them nervous for nothing.

However… just then.

Corpse Buddha True Lord’s voice suddenly came: “Something’s not right, look at the center of the sandstorm.”

Withered Bone True Lord and Poison Demon True Lord looked over at the sound.

They saw that in the center of the sandstorm, a figure stood in the Void Realm, single-handedly capturing another, displaying a scene of complete suppression.

Their hearts were startled.

Because this dominant figure was tall and slender, with robes fluttering, clearly not the Heart-Shattering True Lord they remembered. Instead, the rough figure being captured single-handedly looked more like Heart-Shattering True Lord.

How could this be?

Gradually.

The sandstorm slowly cleared.

What was revealed before their eyes was none other than Jiang Li single-handedly capturing Heart-Shattering True Lord, his expression serious.

At that moment, Heart-Shattering True Lord’s face was filled with pain, his right hand hung limply, and his incredibly hard purple crystal spiritual ore skin was completely shattered, blood flowing down his arm, clearly crippled.

The three of them all looked as if they had seen a ghost.

Their eyes almost popped out.

A dignified Soul Transformation Stage Body Cultivator actually lost to a Golden Core Cultivator in a clash of strength. This was too bizarre. One must know that Jiang Li hadn’t even used his trump card, the fifth-tier sword, yet he had surpassed a Soul Transformation Body Cultivator in strength. Didn’t this mean that Jiang Li, besides using the Limitless Sword, also possessed strength not inferior to Soul Transformation?

Damn it.

What was the difference between this and a true Soul Transformation?

“No, save him.”

Corpse Buddha True Lord’s voice had just sounded.

Jiang Li, under the furious gazes of the three Demonic Path Soul Transformation, casually squeezed his hand.

Crack.

A crisp sound.

Heart-Shattering True Lord’s neck was easily crushed.

“Soul Transformation, nothing more than this.”

The Body Refining Method casually flung him.

Heart-Shattering True Lord’s corpse slammed onto the ground.

It struck everyone present to their cores, shocking them beyond belief.

A Soul Transformation, just like that, died?