Soul Land 5: The Rebirth of Tang San

Chapter 240: Advancement Complete

Chapter 240: Advancement Complete

The newborn Golden Tree’s trunk was formed from the intertwining Golden Saplings. It had little branches slowly growing, as well as fresh and tender golden leaves.

As the tree grew, a tremendous amount of spiritual energy of heaven and earth converged upon it, and it began to emit even more life energy.

The immense life energy dissipated everywhere around it, quietly stimulating the growth of other plants within the valley.

Nourished by this life energy, Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor advanced to the seventh order. This marked the breakthrough of the last Demonic God Transformation imprint.

Tang San's lips showed a faint smile as the bridge between heaven and earth was fully built, allowing his spiritual power and the energy of the Mysterious Heaven Technique to integrate fully. The six Demonic God Transformation imprints also gained an additional layer of connection among them, as if an invisible chain linked them together.

Tang San didn't even need to experiment to learn how he had improved in controlling them. The most obvious improvement was that he no longer had the limitation of using only one Demonic God Transformation at a time; he could now deploy multiple transformations simultaneously. This was his most significant gain from this advancement.

The Discerning Eye of Heaven was now at the fifth order; the Peacock Transformation at the seventh order; the Chrono Croc Transformation at the sixth order; the Golden Roc Transformation at the sixth order; the Blue Silver Emperor at the seventh order; finally, the Wind Tiger Transformation also at the seventh order.

The evolution significantly boosted Tang San's overall strength. Forming his spiritual core also made it easier for him to cultivate his divine consciousness, finally allowing him to use it to some extent without being in danger of completely depleting it.

Tang San's aura began to converge, and the Blue Silver Emperor vines wrapped around the Golden Tree quietly retracted.

Just as Zhang Haoxuan returned to his senses, thinking that Tang San's breakthrough was complete, Tang San suddenly transformed.

A point of white light sparkled on Tang San's forehead, and in the next instant, starting from his head, he silently transformed into a white fox with two tails.

Following that, feathers appeared, and with a flash of silver light, he transformed into a slender peacock with its feathers spread wide—a magnificently brilliant peacock, the king of all birds.

Then came the Chrono Croc, the Golden Roc, the Wind Tiger, and finally, he was wrapped in countless blue-golden vines.

With each transformation, he seemed to become a demon, and his aura underwent drastic changes.

When he finally returned to his human form, Zhang Haoxuan was utterly stunned.

Humans with demon bloodlines had impure bloodlines by default and thus could not fully transform into a demon's appearance; they could only partially transform to perform a Demonic God Transformation.

Yet Tang San's transformation allowed him to take the true form of a demon. Moreover, his aura was simply indistinguishable from that of an actual demon, and he gave off a feeling of pure bloodline.

"Master, don't panic. This is a new ability I've awakened. Let’s call it the Demonic God True Form. With this ability, even if I infiltrate among the demon races, I won't be exposed."

Indeed, this was another change in Tang San after breaking through to the seventh order.

In his previous life, once a martial soul was cultivated to the seventh order, the soul master could assume its true form, becoming an avatar of the martial soul. Naturally, the inspiration for his Demonic God's True Form came precisely from this ability, the Martial Soul True Body. By stimulating a single Demonic God Transformation imprint with both cores simultaneously, he could temporarily allow the bloodline imprint to take over his body entirely, thus displaying its true form state. This significantly enhanced the power of that particular Demonic God Transformation.

"What panic? You’ve shown me so many things that I can’t even be surprised now," retorted Zhang Haoxuan. Indeed, seeing miracles every day makes them much less miraculous.

The Tang San in front of him now looked fourteen or fifteen at the very least; he was no longer a young boy in any way except on paper. He was noticeably taller, almost reaching 1.8 meters. His figure was slender and he was not particularly muscular, but he seemed to have a steady and mature temperament. These changes in appearance were not quite enough to make him unrecognizable, but it was indeed obvious that he had changed.

If Tang San were to look in a mirror, he would feel that he was becoming more like himself... like his past life self. This was the influence of his divine consciousness. Despite reincarnation, he and Xiao Wu would always be affected by their past lives. After all, the imprints of their past lives were too strong.

The Mei Gongzi of this life was even more beautiful, but a subtle transformation was also taking place within her.

Zhang Haoxuan examined his "disciple" from head to toe. "This time, you’ve really changed."

"It's indeed a pretty great change, and I'm capable of doing much more now," Tang San said with a smile. Having completed the breakthrough to the seventh order, he felt more confident.

Turning his head toward the Golden Tree, he said, "A true Golden Tree was born, and it’s really growing now. Let the Crimson Fox girls continue to cultivate around it. I think it won't be long before their bloodlines improve with all that life energy awakening their innate vitality."

Zhang Haoxuan asked, "Have you thought about having them abandon their Demonic God Transformations to cultivate your Mysterious Heaven Technique?"

Tang San shook his head. "That’s not possible. Even assuming they could give up the Demonic God Transformation, the Mysterious Heaven Technique needs to be cultivated from a very young age to lay a solid foundation. Although it's definitely superior, it also requires a long time to cultivate. Their bloodlines are not weak; they’re just impure and underdeveloped. We can take care of the development part with the life energy here. Later on, we can find some fox clan bloodline samples to help them stimulate their bloodlines and improve the purity. When that happens, they’ll grow much stronger."

"Yeah, that works." Zhang Haoxuan looked at the Golden Tree, now as tall as a person, and inwardly admired it. Then, looking deeply at Tang San, he said, "Little Tang, I know there are things about you that I'm unaware of. But I keep telling myself I can fully trust you, because otherwise it’s going to be really bad. Can I really trust you?"

Tang San smiled slightly. "Master, I feel the same way, and that’s why I've been so open with you. Otherwise, I could have kept all of this hidden. Please believe that, first and foremost, I am human and nothing but human, and everything I do is for the future of humanity. As for the secrets, yes, there are some, but now is not the time to reveal them. When the day comes that I am strong enough, I will tell you everything."

Zhang Haoxuan waved his hand dismissively. "You don't need to tell me everything. As long as you promise to strive for the rise of humanity, that's enough for me. I will do my utmost to help you."

Tang San's breakthrough had a significant impact on him, especially since he felt that Tang San needed him less and less as time passed. Tang San showed an increasingly mature side, hardly resembling the teenager he looked like, let alone the child he was by age, which puzzled Zhang Haoxuan the most.

"I promise," Tang San said earnestly.

The two of them looked each other in the eye, and a smile appeared on Zhang Haoxuan's face, "Alright, that settles it. I will apply with the organization to upgrade you to the Yellow Class. You have a good relationship with Mei Gongzi now, right? With her vouching for you, there shouldn't be any issues."

A Yellow Class membership would actually bring Tang San at the same level as several academy teachers. For instance, Mu Enqing and Mu Yunyu were only Yellow Class themselves.

By this time, the sky was already bright. The once-desolate valley, now baptized by life energy, had become lush and verdant. The air was filled with a rich aura of life, and everything seemed to be getting better.

Zhang Haoxuan dispelled the fire wall that clashed with the beautiful scene, and the Crimson Fox girls unanimously turned their attention to Tang San, immediately noticing the stark difference in appearance.

Tang San smiled. "Continue your cultivation around the Golden Tree. I believe you will soon feel its benefits. Master, will you stay here or are you coming with me?"

Zhang Haoxuan replied, "I'll go back with you. You've just made a massive breakthrough, and you look completely different. I can help explain things."

"Alright, thank you, Master."

The master and disciple duo soared into the air, heading toward Redemption Academy.