The next morning, when Xiao Wu and the other three went to cultivate under the Seagod's Light, Chu Chengzhou did not sit idle. He summoned Xiao Yin and Xiao Guang, then temporarily left Sea God Island.
After leaving Sea God Island, Chu Chengzhou sat cross-legged on the back of the Space Holy Dragon spirit, Xiao Yin. With himself as the main body and the spirit as support, he fused with the Holy Light Dragon spirit, Xiao Guang, entering a humanoid Spirit-Form, and then released the True Spirit Domain.
Domain skill: Command Heaven and Earth activated. The entire True Spirit Domain seemed to turn into a small black hole, and the water-element power filling the nearby sea rapidly gathered in.
Then the Nine-Breath Breath Control circulated within his body. Using himself as the guide, he quickly refined the converging water-element power to supply it to Xiao Guang, the Holy Light Dragon spirit fused into him.
While raising Xiao Guang's years, Chu Chengzhou also split his focus, spreading out spiritual power to search the surrounding seas for oceanic ferocious beasts that met his criteria.
For Chu Chengzhou, upgrading his own spirit rings while searching for Ning Rongrong's eighth spirit ring did not conflict.
Xiao Wu's spirit rings required no worry. Poseidon, who regards her as a god position inheritor, is likely more invested than he is.
Hu Liena's spirit rings were also not a concern. The eighth and ninth could come from the silkworm and emperor. Chu Chengzhou planned to wait until the Nine Heavens Chaos Battle Armor was unveiled and he himself possessed a million-year summoned spirit before going.
As for Zhu Zhuqing, Chu Chengzhou was clear that although the vast sea had many oceanic ferocious beasts, it was very difficult to find one compatible with her Hell Civet martial soul. In the future she would most likely have to wait for a god-bestowed spirit ring.
Along the way, Chu Chengzhou was quite brazen. The True Spirit Domain covered a radius of a kilometer, massive amounts of water-element power swarmed in, and any sea spirit beast with any sense in the nearby waters noticed the huge commotion.
But Chu Chengzhou did not care. Want to jump out and pick a fight? Fine. First weigh whether you can beat the hundred-thousand-year Space Holy Dragon under him.
Of course, the sea is not without hundred-thousand-year sea spirit beasts or ferocious beasts that could beat Xiao Yin. The problem is that before they discovered him, he would have already discovered them in advance.
Whether they could keep their lives would then depend on Lord Chu's mood.
Time flew. Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.
That afternoon, a silver dragon shadow streaked across the blue sea.
On the back of the Space Holy Dragon spirit Xiao Yin, Chu Chengzhou, his nine spirit rings shining and his True Spirit Domain devouring external water-element power, had an aura that had greatly increased compared to half a month earlier.
In just under half a month, Chu Chengzhou had not found a high-year oceanic ferocious beast suitable to serve as Ning Rongrong's eighth spirit ring, but his gains in terms of spirit rings were not small.
After a dozen days of devouring and upgrading, the nine golden lines that had appeared on the outermost ninth spirit ring around him showed that Xiao Guang's corresponding ninth spirit ring had already reached more than nine hundred thousand years. To be precise, it was nearing a million.
With the summoned spirit's foundation improved, after Spirit-Form his strength naturally rose as well. Although you cannot simply calculate it as ninety-nine plus nine equals one hundred and eight, in humanoid Spirit-Form his temporary level had at least surpassed 100.
It was also worth noting that perhaps because a summoned spirit does not count as a true lifeform, unlike normal spirit beasts that face a tribulation every time their years increase by one hundred thousand, Xiao Guang, now nearing a million years, had never been struck by tribulation.
A little over half an hour later, on the back of the Space Holy Dragon spirit Xiao Yin, Chu Chengzhou's aura surged. Xiao Guang, the Holy Light Dragon spirit, officially advanced to a million years.
"A million-year spirit ring, achieved!"
Watching as the nine golden lines on the outermost ninth spirit ring around him fused into one, and then the scarlet, gold-veined ring turned into a pure golden spirit ring, Chu Chengzhou could not help but shout.
In the next instant, a stream of light full of holy aura shot out from within him, taking shape as Xiao Guang's dragon shadow in the air above the sea at his side.
"Roar."
Right after, a dragon's roar sounded. A brilliant golden holy light burst from Xiao Guang's massive dragon body, casting the nearby sea in gold.
This suddenly blossoming brilliant holy light blocked Chu Chengzhou's vision and also cut off his spiritual power probe.
Chu Chengzhou could only vaguely see that within the radiant holy light, Xiao Guang's form twisted as it underwent a bloodline metamorphosis.
"I wonder what form it will take."
Putting away the Space Holy Dragon spirit Xiao Yin, Chu Chengzhou could not help but think as he watched the Holy Light Dragon spirit shrouded in brilliant holy light.
When a spirit beast's years break through the hundred-thousand-year threshold, if its bloodline level is below top tier, it will undergo metamorphosis and ascend to become a top-tier spirit beast.
A hundred-thousand-year spirit beast must be top-tier. Then for a million-year spirit beast, the bloodline level will certainly not be lower than god level, because a million-year spirit beast corresponds to the Beast God.
Although the Holy Light Dragon's bloodline traces back to the Light Dragon King, one of the Nine Dragon Kings, that bloodline has been passed down for who knows how many generations. Xiao Guang's bloodline level had long since ceased to be god level, and could only be considered peak below god level.
Now that its years had advanced to a million, a bloodline that had not reached god level naturally underwent metamorphosis and ascension.
Just as Chu Chengzhou was guessing what changes would occur after Xiao Guang's bloodline metamorphosis, suddenly a fluctuation of the Law of Time and Light rippled out from within the brilliant holy light.
"Time?"
He raised an eyebrow in surprise.
That a law fluctuation appeared did not surprise Chu Chengzhou. After all, Xiao Guang now had a million years, corresponding in level to a spirit master at level 100 who has become a god. Mastering the power of laws was only natural.
But the Law of Time and Light is a fusion law, formed by merging time and light. So where did the time attribute come from?
Could it be that the Holy Light Dragon, this dragon-type spirit beast, is not only related to the Light Dragon King but can also be linked to the Time Dragon King?
Uh. Dragons are promiscuous by nature. Pure blood is the exception, mixed blood the norm. Even the Light Dragon King and Dark Dragon King could become husband and wife. In ancient times, a light-attribute dragon and a time-attribute dragon combining would not be impossible.
And the Holy Light Dragon's bloodline origin would be the union of dragons with the time and light attributes?
It is just that the time attribute is somewhat exalted. As the bloodline level regressed over time, the original dual attributes of time and light showed only the light attribute.
The change continued. Gradually, the brilliant holy light dimmed and turned into a huge platinum light cocoon.
Crack, crack, crack.
Very soon, fine cracks appeared on the cocoon.
"Roar."
In the blink of an eye, the cracks multiplied. With a bang, the cocoon shattered, and a dragon shadow a hundred meters long soared into the air, with antlers like a deer, a head like a camel, eyes like a rabbit, a neck like a snake, a belly like a shen, scales like a fish, talons like an eagle, paws like a tiger, ears like an ox, its whole body covered in platinum-colored scales.