Each fruit's energy became more intense and as if superimposed, and it started affecting his meridians and dantian as his dou qi compressed and filled again and again.
First Transformation: Half Saint Achieved.
It destroyed and reforged his dantian and meridians. With every compression, thunder qi condensed from mist to liquid, from liquid to molten essence. The outer skin split and healed, toughened to an unimaginable level, and his heart hammered like a celestial drum.
Fifth Transformation, Half Saint Achieved.
By the sixth fruit, the air around him formed a spiraling thunder vortex. His hair danced violently behind him in the void, and even space trembled to avoid the pressure released from his existence.
Seventh Transformation, Half Saint Achieved.
The final three fruits superimposed the lightning energy into the primal lightning essence. It didn't just compress his dou qi; it enriched his entire existence, branding his organs and dantian with flashing sigils of thunder law.
When the ninth fruit dissolved in his core…
Boom!!!
A pillar of lightning shot into the sky and then rained on the surrounding sands, transforming the sand into a crystalline glass surface that reflected the sunlight.
Ninth Transformation, Half Saint Achieved.
Shen Yi's breathing calmed down as his cultivation had stepped into the top realm of Half-Saint, his dou qi tenfold denser and heavier than before, dense purplish-blue lightning flickering on the surface of his body.
"It's time for the mysterious lightning marrow… there is no need to waste time."
He muttered thoughtfully and then released the vial containing mysterious lightning marrow of thunder dragon.
'Treasure belongs to a low-level thunder dragon in that dimension of Honghuang… Anyway, even a low-level item is an immortal existence in other dimensions.'
Shen Yi thought to himself as he noticed his hand sinking because of the weight of the marrow inside the vial.
"This glass bottle is also a treasure that suppresses high-level energy fluctuation of the dragon marrow."
He muttered and then removed the cork; immediately, as if something unleashed from inside, a silver beam of lightning pierced through the sky and a large silver-blue dragon shadow condensed, and the void around started trembling.
'Such disturbance will attract unwanted trouble; I have to hurry up.'
He hurriedly emptied all the marrow in his hand and rubbed it on his chest and arms.
Immediately it seeped through his skin and started covering his whole skeleton; a heavy sensation covered his whole body, despite toughening by the previous nine transformations.
His skeleton felt as though molten lightning was being poured into it. A continuous cracking sound spread at the same time the whole sand dune under him was compressed, and a large area was depressed in the shape of a crater.
KAKAKAKAKA!
His bone, flesh, and blood were reforged simultaneously.
The primordial art regulated the speed, while the refined dou qi in his dantian and meridians fueled the reconstruction. Mysterious runes appeared across his blood and marrow, forming the embryonic pattern of a true thunder dragon physique.
When everything settled, thunder rumbled faintly beneath his skin. His spine glowed like a coiling dragon vein of lightning.
Shen Yi slowly opened his eyes; purple arcs with a hint of silver flickered in his pupils. Each breath distorted space.
"My soul also reached the top heavenly state."
Shen Yi muttered thoughtfully as he saw three soul clones condensing beside him at once. A heavenly state expert can release a single soul clone at mid-state, while two clones at high state and three clones at the final top heavenly state.
His body, soul, and dou qi had stepped beyond the dou ancestor realm limits, just a thin thread away from stepping into the saint realm.
"With my current top heavenly state soul realm and limit semi-saint realm, I can even fight a five-star dou saint expert, as for soul clan… My soul lightning is their nemesis; even the seven-star Dou Saint among them isn't my opponent."
Shen Yi muttered with a smile as he clenched his fist tightly; the void around his arm expanded and wrinkled as if it were held in his grip like a piece of cloth.
"Amazing, what kind of treasure have you absorbed just now… I can feel the dominance and challenge from your physique. As if you have become another dragon race similar to our Void Ancient Dragons."
Immediately Zi Yan's figure appeared beside him, looking at him with a surprised expression on her face.
"This is the lightning dragon marrow I got, and now I want you to punch me in the chest… You are allowed to use your full power and void talent."
Shen Yi glanced at her and then raised his fist, showing the tiny silver-blue scales covering his skin. These scales then spread, covering his whole body, neck, and forehead, and even the gray wing behind him changed into blue dragon wings with a silver flicker.
Zi Yan was startled, and then she asked hesitatingly, "Are you sure?"
Shen Yi nodded and replied, "Do it."
Zi Yan nodded and then directly activated her bloodline; immediately purple dragon scales covered her whole body, and dual dragon horns appeared on her head.
Boom!
Just as she punched Shen Yi's chest, a dual silver and purple spark scattered around; the whole void shook around him, and the pressure even created a huge void hole behind him.
The next moment, the silver-blue lightning gathered from his whole body and rebounded the Zi Yan away.
"Ahhh," Zi Yan flew away as the silver-purple domain created by their collision scattered toward the surroundings.
After sliding in the void, she stabilized her figure and pointed at him angrily, "You cheated."
"Hahaha… well, I forgot to mention the rebound effect of my scales."
Shen Yi laughed and spoke with a teasing smile on his face; Zi Yan turned her head away with a hum.
He smiled and then threw a vial containing pills toward her. "Here, take these pills as compensation."
Zi Yan immediately caught the vial, forgetting her grievance and smiling happily, and started chewing the pills one by one.
Shen Yi shook his head and sighed, then he released the final treasure, the temporal hourglass.
"It seems I miscalculated; this treasure will let me break through the last thread and reach the saint realm… Anyway, this place is best for the saint's tribulation."
Shen Yi muttered thoughtfully as he glanced around looking at the barren desert; even after releasing two ninth-rank treasures, no one noticed anything.
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