Chapter 1265: Golden Scales on the Back
The giant door before him towered a hundred feet high, solid and tightly shut, making it impossible to see what lay beyond.
Shen Qiang placed his hand on the door, feeling the icy cold against his palm.
He pushed with all his might, only to find that this door was even heavier than he had imagined.
"Behind the door should be the true cultivation technique of the Daluo Heavenly Tribulation Heart Sutra! But since I am not truly of the Dragon Clan, to cultivate the Nine Heavens Thunderbolt Technique, I must first practice this Daluo Heavenly Tribulation Heart Sutra to evolve my life to a higher plane. This is the most reliable approach!"
Boom!
The dragon breath erupted from Shen Qiang instantly; his gaze in the Sea of Consciousness flared with a brilliant light, and his hands pressed firmly against the thick, heavy door, shouting angrily in his heart.
"Open for me!"
As the dragon breath erupted, the door, towering a hundred feet high and weighing over ten thousand pounds, slowly began to open, but the terrifying force began to repel even more fiercely.
After all, although the Daluo Heavenly Tribulation Heart Sutra is recognized as a Demon Cultivation Supreme Scripture.
Once it fell into the hands of cultivators, none had ever succeeded in cultivating it, nor had they truly understood what its contents entailed.
Because it inherently repelled cultivators themselves.
Because Shen Qiang used the Fetal Dragon Essence Foundation Establishment, embodied with dragon breath, when he infused his True Yuan into the Daluo Heavenly Tribulation Heart Sutra, a door appeared before him, whereas for other cultivators, even the door was nonexistent when they infused their True Yuan.
Because this door was the slender thread of hope leading to success.
His arms grew increasingly weary from the door's recoil, and the powerful dragon breath seemed inadequate before this gigantic door due to its lack of purity.
Amidst his strenuous attempts, Shen Qiang heard a distant voice whispering in his ear.
"Give up, you must be tired, go rest, do something you enjoy, happily bask in the sunlight, do you prefer wine or beer? Wild game or banquet? Why bother..."
"Shut up!" With veins bulging from the strain of supporting the door, Shen Qiang's eyes flared with a brilliant light.
"I haven't become the strongest yet, how can I rest! Without great power, how can I protect my family? Without strength, how can I survive in this dog-eat-dog cultivation world! Open for me! I must become stronger!"
Accompanied by an angry roar and full force.
The door, initially only slightly ajar, swung open with a thunderous sound!
Boom!
Fresh air gushed out.
The bright sunlight shone through from behind the door.
Shen Qiang gazed in awe at the world hidden within the Demon Cultivation Supreme Scripture.
Flowers, lawns, sunlight.
Shen Qiang stepped through the door.
At a glance, he saw a vast garden before him.
In the garden, the flowers were in full bloom.
Beautiful girls and boys were joyfully playing.
Shen Qiang spoke to them.
But they seemed not to hear or see him, continuing their play.
Furthermore, to Shen Qiang's surprise.
Before long, right in front of him, they grew into youths, the boys handsome, the girls beautiful, then soon they coupled, had babies, and then those babies played merrily, while the adults laughed, aged, and buried even older people.
This cycle repeated, endlessly.
Shen Qiang watched for a long time, suddenly feeling they seemed motionless.
Because they were caught in an infinite loop.
Could it be that the Daluo Heavenly Tribulation Heart Sutra is just trying to show me this?
Shen Qiang wondered.
Then, calming himself, Shen Qiang sat quietly on a nearby flower bed.
Before long, Shen Qiang discovered the secret.
Every time a new child grew up, Shen Qiang noticed their appearance became more beautiful, they grew taller, their strength increased, and by the third or fourth cycle, Shen Qiang saw them take flight.
"Evolution! They are evolving, using procreation to evolve!"
Shen Qiang suddenly realized.
Simultaneously, Shen Qiang noticed at his feet, the ants crawling incessantly; initially, they merely crawled, but soon, ants with wings appeared and took flight.
Moreover, in the flowerbeds around him.
Countless flowers bloomed, withered, bloomed, withered.
Some became more beautiful, while others exuded an enchanting fragrance...
"They are all evolving, what about me?"
With Shen Qiang's thoughts, there was a thunderous crash, and all scenes before him vanished.
As if Shen Qiang was in the midst of chaos, he gazed in wonder at the evolution demonstrations of various creatures appearing continuously before him, accompanied by an inexplicably profound, indescribable, strange feeling.
Watching, watching.
Who knew how much time passed.
Shen Qiang's body inexplicably shuddered, then he clearly felt his True Yuan moving mysteriously.
This was completely different from the Great Cycle.
More like a heartbeat, or volcanic eruptions one after another.
Roar!
The dragon pattern in the Dantian Qi Sea transformed into an ancient totem, with mysterious and ancient scripts swirling around.
The Dragon Infant in the Sea of Consciousness opened its eyes.
In a language Shen Qiang had never heard, it spoke seriously of its desire to grow, and Shen Qiang inexplicably understood what it was saying.
Not only that, to Shen Qiang's surprise, although he was still puzzled and unclear about the Daluo Heavenly Tribulation Heart Sutra.
The Sea of Consciousness Dragon Infant seemed to completely grasp what the Daluo Heavenly Tribulation Heart Sutra was conveying.
Moreover, it began to take over Shen Qiang's True Qi, initiating cultivation.
Almost at the instant it began its cultivation.
Like layers of mist surrounding him, instantly dissipating into nothingness, because right away, Shen Qiang, adept at using fury, clearly sensed that the focus of this cultivation technique was not on True Qi or True Yuan, but on the cells composing the body!
"Modify body cells to evolve into a better, stronger form!" Shen Qiang was astounded.
Not only that.
Upon close observation, Shen Qiang quickly discovered that this evolution was not blind but selected from among many cells for development.
And the Dragon Infant chose the essence left behind after using the Fetal Dragon Essence!
"Can it really transform into a dragon?" Shen Qiang was both anxious and excited.
Then he calmed himself, quietly accompanying the Dragon Infant in cultivation, for a long, long time, as if a century had passed.
With a boom, Shen Qiang awoke, then opened his eyes to see the snow-white-skinned Kang Luoying beside him, her beautiful eyes looking at him in surprise.
Shen Qiang suddenly sat up, waving his hand to pull open the shade curtains.
Instantly, dazzling sunlight flooded in.
Shen Qiang squinted, using his hand to shield the sunlight, saying, "How long did I sleep?"
"Just past eight-thirty, normally don't you sleep till after nine before getting up? Why today..." Kang Luoying teased flirtatiously, but as she spoke, her words trailed off inexplicably, and her beautiful eyes stared incredulously at Shen Qiang's back.
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