At the very moment Qi Ping broke through his shell, golden lotuses of the Great Dao descended from the heavens, and clusters of auspicious clouds of providence emerged from the void.
Accompanying this scene were the spirits of the Kunpeng stepping out from the river of time. They circled Qi Ping, offering the most sincere blessings belonging to Kunpeng beings, as power of incomparable purity was integrated into his body like falling stars.
With the emergence of this spectacle, the gazes hidden in the shadows seemed to freeze slightly.
"The auspicious signs of providence have reappeared, and their scale is even greater than before!"
"To think he actually received the blessing of the ancient spirits?"
"Is this junior not a human? Even if he used a secret technique to fuse the inherited spirit essence of a Kunpeng, he should not have been blessed by the ancient spirits, let alone trigger the descent of auspicious omens upon the Demon Domain."
"I cannot see through his methods. Do any of you recognize this secret technique?"
"I do not. The crisis of the altar and the Circumpolar Chess has been temporarily resolved. Should we detain him for questioning?"
"There is no need. He only obtained a Rank 8 low-grade bloodline by relying on the spirit essence of the Kunpeng's ancestral bloodline. It is unnecessary to affect the supply of pills from the Star-Sea World for such a small matter. Currently, the production of low-to-mid grade pills in the Star-Sea World has surpassed that of ancient times. As long as the quantity is sufficient, there is complete hope to raise the potential of our Demon Domain to a new level."
"I also agree with what the Dragon Clan said. The time for the opening of the World-Domain Battlefield is not far off. A supply of pills and a trustworthy ally are much more important than a few Rank 8 bloodlines."
"That is correct. The Star-Sea World was able to repel the Demon Race. Although that particular branch of the Demon Race was not exceptionally strong, it is enough for them to become qualified allies on the World-Domain Battlefield. If we offend this Lord of the Star-Sea now, given his prestige, we would gain a troublesome enemy on the future battlefield with whom we would fight until death."
They did not fear him in terms of top-tier combat power, but regarding middle-to-low tier combat power, according to the calculations of the Mysterious Armored Old Turtle, the strength of the Star-Sea World's lower ranks was exploding at a terrifying speed.
"Even putting aside the matter of the World-Domain Battlefield, this Lord of the Star-Sea is not only protected by the providence of the Demon Domain, but he has also taken on the karma of the old turtle. Which of you is willing to take action?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the gazes in the shadows fell into a collective silence.
On the other side, the Bald Golden Crow rubbed its head, which shone like a small sun, while crying out in shock within its heart.
In just the blink of an eye, a Kunpeng with a Rank 8 bloodline, protected by the providence of the Demon Domain and blessed by the ancient Kun spirits, had been born just like that?
A natural Rank 8 bloodline was an extremely rare existence even in the entire Forest-Sea Demon Domain.
This was because even if both parents were Rank 8 Great Demons, the difficulty of nurturing an offspring with a natural Rank 8 bloodline was immense, and they would have to pay the price of a severe depletion of their own vitality.
Even for the Golden Crow itself, when it was first born, it possessed only a Rank 7 bloodline.
However, an even more terrifying event occurred.
Just after Qi Ping broke through his shell, a horrifying aura of the Rank 7 Perfected stage swept outward!
His figure also rapidly switched between the Kun form and the Peng form, and the only thing that remained unchanged was that nine-thousand-zhang body radiating a spine-chilling aura! (TN: One zhang is approximately 3.33 meters).
Immediately afterward, boundless tribulation clouds began to rapidly gather, covering the entire sky in the blink of an eye!
Streaks of terrifying Seven-Heavens Divine Thunder drilled out from the void, weaving through the tribulation clouds like flood dragons, their burning eyes fixed tightly on the figure that had just hatched.
"A natural Rank 7 Perfected stage? And this thunder tribulation... is this something a normal Rank 7 spirit beast can withstand?"
The Bald Golden Crow felt the aura emanating from Qi Ping's body and then looked at the terrifying thunder tribulation that made its scalp tingle, its eyelids twitching uncontrollably a few times.
However, as it looked at the auspicious clouds of providence that had not yet dissipated, it felt that its worries were redundant.
For a spirit beast cub of this level, the probability of dying under the thunder tribulation immediately after birth was not high; those who usually died were the offspring of spirit beasts burdened with monstrous karmic sin.
Given the scale of the auspicious clouds just now, the possibility of being burdened with karma could basically be ruled out. One could even speculate that a thunder tribulation of this magnitude was essentially custom-made.
In other words, this newly born Kunpeng possessed the strength to face such a thunder tribulation.
"Dammit! I am about to witness the birth of a peerless monster!" The Bald Golden Crow's eyes bulged, shining brightly.
It was quite happy to witness such an event.
It could be said that in the entire Forest-Sea Demon Domain, it was the most bellicose Mahayana Stage Great Demon, but also the most harmonious one.
This was because, aside from guarding the territory of the Golden Crow Clan, it spent the rest of its time hanging in the sky, absorbing power from the sun.
That mysterious Great Sun, which illuminated countless worlds of living beings, was the most perfect resource pack for it. The Golden Crow Clan's development of solar power was incomparable to that of other races.
Under these circumstances, the Golden Crow Clan rarely engaged in resource disputes with other demon races, and life-or-death struggles were even rarer.
The Bald Golden Crow's obsession with the sun was the greatest among all previous Golden Crow patriarchs, and it had even pushed the clan's technique of transforming into a Great Sun to a new level.
Consequently, it became the most universally recognized neutral Great Demon in the entire Forest-Sea Demon Domain. For this reason, many matters that required the prevention of biased stances were almost always executed by it.
From the Bald Golden Crow's perspective, it was very happy to see a new Great Demon born in the Forest-Sea Demon Domain!
As the thunder tribulation fell, the Golden Crow's speculation was quickly verified.
Even though the terrifying Seven-Heavens Divine Thunder dragons lunged forward one after another, they were never able to pose a threat in any real sense.
Qi Ping's manifested Kunpeng body was at times a Peng, moving like a bolt of lightning, displaying extraordinary mobility and explosive power as it quickly crushed the gathered divine thunder dragons.
When he transformed into the Kun body, he displayed transcendental defensive and recovery capabilities. Bathing in the sea of divine thunder, he frantically devoured the power of the lightning, using that energy to temper and stimulate the deep-seated power of the Kunpeng bloodline.
'The Peng body specializes in extreme speed and explosive power, excelling in escape and sudden assassinations.'
'The Kun body specializes in defense and recovery, possessing unique devouring and refining abilities, and can control water currents for defense and offense within aquatic regions.'
Under the suppression of the sky-filling thunder dragons, Qi Ping quickly familiarized himself with the respective combat advantages of the Kun and Peng forms.
He utilized the explosive power and mobility of the Peng body to evade the most powerful strikes of the thunder tribulation while simultaneously crushing the core of the tribulation, turning it into low-intensity lightning energy to temper his physique.
Then, he used the advantages of the Kun body to rapidly devour the thunder tribulation's power, using it to refine his body and stimulate his bloodline.
'The Kunpeng is indeed a special divine beast; its power is truly miraculous and extraordinary!'
Under this combination, by the time the tribulation ended, over seventy percent of the thunder tribulation's power had been devoured and utilized by Qi Ping. One must know that for an ordinary thunder tribulation, a typical divine beast would be doing well to utilize more than fifty percent.
Specifically, Qi Ping's thunder tribulation was already far beyond the standard parameters.
As such a vast amount of thunder tribulation power was absorbed, Qi Ping's current Kunpeng body finally reached a state of perfection.