Chapter 551 - 455: Ah Xiong Transforms into a Little Loli, One-Tail Starts Teaching the Cultivation Technique

While Jiang Qiu and the Nine-tailed Fox were cultivating, trying to develop a Heaven and Earth Spirit Charm with a specific attribute—the Vast Water Spirit Charm—One-tailed and Xiong Batian weren’t idle either. They were in another cave, attempting a breakthrough.

Indeed, after finishing off the Eight Great Dominators under the Golden Eagle, Xiong Batian and One-tailed had regrouped with Jiang Qiu and the Nine-tailed Fox. They had then come to this remote and hidden land, a place rich with Heaven and Earth Spirit Charm.

Of the Eight Great Dominators, she and One-tailed had killed three, while Jiang Qiu and the Nine-tailed Fox took care of the remaining five. It was mainly because the other pair was just too fast. The Nine-tailed Fox was, of course, much faster than her—a Bear Demon who was merely in the Spirit Control Realm.

But even killing just three Great Dominators had brought her enormous growth. After all, she still needed to digest them after killing them. In other words, she spent most of her time eating, not fully dedicating herself to the journey. That was why she was so much slower than Jiang Qiu and the Nine-tailed Fox, who ended up having to wait several days for her to arrive before they could all regroup.

But that wasn’t the main point. The point was, she had eaten three Great Dominators who were beyond the Spirit Control Realm. She had almost completely finished the Refinement of their Heaven and Earth Spirit Charm, and their so-called Bloodline Talents had all merged within her. Now, her Realm was once again at a bottleneck—she was about to break through!

When she first left the Nine-tailed Fox’s territory, she was already in the Early Stage of Spirit Control Realm. But after eating the first Great Dominator—the King Kong Ape—her Realm advanced to the Middle Stage. The subsequent Great Dominators were even stronger; eating one advanced her a whole stage. Now, she had reached the Perfection level!

In other words, by the time she arrived here to guard Jiang Qiu’s Cultivation Ground, she was already at the Perfection level of the Spirit Control Realm, equivalent to the Tiger King among the Great Dominators—the Half-Step Transformation Realm.

Of course, she didn’t stop at Half-Step Transformation. She was still evolving. She had been following the cultivation path guided by Jiang Qiu from the beginning, so she didn’t need to think too much. As long as she continued to cultivate in the prescribed direction, a breakthrough was guaranteed.

Moreover, she had watched the entire process when the Nine-tailed Fox successfully underwent her Transformation. She had also committed Jiang Qiu’s discourse from that day to heart. It was safe to say she had plenty of observational experience; as long as she followed a path similar to the Nine-tailed Fox’s, she too could achieve Transformation!

The only problem, however, was that she didn’t have nine tails. If she tried to copy the Nine-tailed Fox’s approach to Transformation, the result could be very strange. That path was simply not open to her. She had to find a path to Transformation that was uniquely her own.

In essence, Transformation meant becoming the progenitor of one’s line—a unique source. In all the world, there was no principle that dictated paths should converge. Therefore, Xiong Batian, too, had to walk her own road.

While Xiong Batian was cultivating, deep in thought and trying to break through, the little girl, One-tailed, sat by the edge of a pool. Her tiny feet dipped into the water, swishing back and forth—SPLASH, SPLASH—sending ripples across the surface. Her little pink toes were so clear they looked translucent.

She propped herself up with her hands on the stone slab behind her, still playing with the water with her feet. Tilting her head, she studied Xiong Batian’s transforming figure. ’The Transformation Realm?’

She could sense that Xiong Batian was undergoing Transformation and was already beginning to shape her own form. Unlike the Nine-tailed Fox, her process was very slow. ’Perhaps because their bloodlines are different,’ she mused.

But time passed quickly. Gradually, the black and brown fur on Xiong Batian’s body receded. Her frame shrank again, growing smaller and smaller, and she slowly rose from all fours to stand upright. A holy radiance enveloped her, then cracked and peeled away like an eggshell, revealing a delicate body, smooth and flawless as White Jade.

At that moment, One-tailed blinked her big eyes, completely stunned. Gazing from afar at the figure, which seemed just as petite as her own, she murmured, "So cute."

That’s right—Xiong Batian had completed her Transformation. But being inexperienced, she had subconsciously modeled her new form after One-tailed. And since One-tailed was a petite little girl, Xiong Batian now looked like the young sister of someone like Jiang Qiu in his youthful guise—only a few years old.

Her hair was short and brown, falling just around her ears with slightly curled ends. Her eyes were bright and full of spirit, her delicate nose was slightly upturned, her cheeks were round and plump, and her lips were a soft pink. She just looked a little... dazed.

She looked like the type who, upon spotting a caterpillar, would crouch down and stare at it for several minutes straight. She seemed very gullible.

This was Xiong Batian’s transformed body: a little girl with short brown hair, a natural air of dopiness, and a seemingly timid personality. She was currently staring at her open palm, turning her small hand over and over. ’A transformed body... it’s so soft. Will grass be able to cut my skin?’

After being so accustomed to coarse fur and rolling around in the mud, suddenly possessing such a pure and seemingly fragile body, she couldn’t help but feel a little unsettled.

However, she remembered that Jiang Qiu was fond of forms like this. For example, the Nine-tailed Fox had grown much closer to their Master after gaining her human body. So, Xiong Batian was still very happy to have a body like this for herself.

Of course, this body wasn’t truly fragile. In essence, it was just as powerful as her original one; it was merely a matter of getting used to it.

This meant that the body-strengthening Talent she had acquired from eating the King Kong Ape would also manifest in this form. For instance, if the Golden Eagle Ancestor were to strike her with his claws, she could likely resist the attack without injury.

Whether she actually could or not, she didn’t know, but its durability would not be low. It was just that her skin looked so fair, giving off a false sense of fragility—as if she were as breakable as jade.