Volume 1, Chapter 329 – Taking Human Form

Recently, the periods Tianbai remained awake had been growing shorter and shorter. She spent most of her time asleep, and as she refined the Demon King essence blood, her cultivation attainment was surging.

Tianbai had long since broken the bloodline shackles of the Profound Jade Leopard. As long as her cultivation was sufficient, her stepping into the realm of a shape-shifting Demon King was practically a foregone conclusion.

In this state, Tianbai was not well suited to long journeys. Seeing that she was on the verge of taking human form, Shi Lan stayed on Yunyan Star a while longer and handled some miscellaneous affairs in the meantime.

The number of Tianyan Sect disciples continued to grow. Shi Lan opened the lottery wheel several more times in succession, obtaining quite a few cultivation methods and manuals, all of which she placed in the Scripture Pavilion.

Only with these cultivation methods and manuals did the Scripture Pavilion finally begin to look somewhat presentable.

The Artifact Refining Hall and Alchemy Hall were also fully prepared and had begun operating.

The artifact-refining master in the Artifact Refining Hall was a legendary figure among the human race of Yunyan Star, named Lu Hanchen. His cultivation was not high, having only just entered the Myriad Phenomena Realm, yet he possessed the ability to forge Dao weapons.

Many of the peak experts among the great royal clans on Yunyan Star now had some connection to him, and quite a few of the Dao weapons in their hands had come from him.

The alchemist in charge of the Alchemy Hall was likewise an extraordinary figure, named Mo Lin.

Shi Lan had conducted a few tests and discovered that Mo Lin’s alchemy was far beyond her expectations. He could refine peerless immortal pills ranked seventh-grade in Lingyang Realm. He was only a single step away from becoming an emperor among alchemists.

On the first day the Artifact Refining Hall officially began operating, Shi Lan made a trip there. After confirming that Lu Hanchen’s skill truly was exceptional, she handed Golden Rainbow over to him.

During the battle in Xianwu City that day, Golden Rainbow had almost been shattered while protecting its master. Shi Lan had never found a suitable person to repair it, and now the opportunity had finally come.

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Although she had spent several million reputation points, Shi Lan’s reputation total had not decreased by much. As Tianyan Sect’s influence gradually expanded, her reputation kept soaring, rapidly approaching the ten-million mark.

Shi Lan’s exploding reputation was inseparable from Li Canglan’s deliberate “deification” of her. Tianyan Sect now needed a strong figure capable of holding the situation down. Even if they did not truly have one, they had to fabricate one out of thin air.

Not long ago, in full view of the public, Shi Lan had swallowed the tribulation clouds of a lightning tribulation. In the eyes of Yunyan Star’s human race, that was undoubtedly a world-shocking event.

In their established way of thinking, only King Realm experts underwent lightning tribulation. The fact that Shi Lan passed through lightning tribulation so easily and so freely was more than enough to prove her strength.

Added to that was her status as someone from beyond this world, and Li Canglan’s deification of her required almost no effort at all.

A lie repeated by many becomes truth. Before long, the rumors about Shi Lan’s strength grew more and more exaggerated.

It was not long before every disciple of Tianyan Sect knew that their Sect Master was a terrifying great power from beyond this world, one who could swallow stars and devour suns with a single opening of her mouth, and slap King Realm experts to death with a casual wave of her hand, wiping out an entire royal clan.

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In the blink of an eye, half a month passed. Tianbai’s aura grew more and more chaotic, and she uncontrollably revealed her true form. Her enormous body coiled through the great hall, with a faint mist lingering around her.

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As time passed, the mist grew denser and denser until it completely enveloped Tianbai. The surrounding space became warped under the influence of spatial laws.

The moment space began to warp, Tianbai’s aura turned extremely unstable, swaying constantly between the peak of the Heavenly Astral Realm and the Myriad Phenomena Realm. Clearly, she had entered the crucial moment of breakthrough.

After Tianbai entered this state, Shi Lan instructed Li Canglan to forbid everyone else from approaching the great hall, so as not to disturb Tianbai’s breakthrough.

Waves of sharp cracking sounds, like twisting bones, kept coming from within the thick white mist, and the broad expanse of mist began to slowly contract.

Several days later, the white mist had grown thinner and thinner, faintly revealing the vague outline of a human figure.

Shi Lan watched without blinking. When the demon race took human form, the change in shape was nearly heaven and earth apart. This process of reversing one’s life form genuinely stirred her curiosity.

A few more days passed, and the spiritual mist around Tianbai had almost completely vanished, revealing her form.

The first thing that entered Shi Lan’s sight was a head of snow-white hair that fell to the waist. Her gaze swept past the rounded curves below before coming to rest on a pair of long legs full of explosive power.

This body seemed like a masterpiece of the Creator. There was not a single superfluous trace on it. Every inch of skin was filled with taut, vibrant strength.

“Mmm…”

Tianbai pushed herself up, her eyes half narrowed, her waist dipping as she crouched on the ground and stretched lazily, revealing the smooth curve of a jade-like back. Her snow-white hair fell down, casting a veil of shadow before her and hiding the lovely view.

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Her face looked no more than sixteen or seventeen, but her figure was more mature than her apparent age suggested. She was like a piece of fine jade hidden deep in the mountains, radiating a gorgeous glow that made it hard to look away.

A glimmer flashed through Shi Lan’s eyes as she fell into thought. She had seen quite a few shape-shifting Demon Kings, and very few were plain in appearance. The Demon Emperor she had seen not long ago had been so beautiful that it scarcely seemed earthly.

The demon race’s taking human form was practically like a miracle, carrying an indescribable and wondrous charm.

“Exalted One…”

Tianbai saw Shi Lan reclining on the throne. In her clear, bright eyes bloomed a smile brilliant as starlight. Her eyes curved into crescents, and as her lips parted slightly, two little tiger teeth showed.

She got up and wanted to throw herself at Shi Lan, but the moment she rose and took a step, she stumbled and fell, still not used to the sensation of walking on two legs.

She did not care at all. Using both hands and feet, she crawled to Shi Lan, climbed up along Shi Lan’s legs, wrapped her arms around her waist, and unconsciously rubbed her head against Shi Lan’s chest. Her snow-white hair spilled all across Shi Lan’s chest.

After following Shi Lan for all this time, she had grown somewhat used to the feeling of being in Shi Lan’s arms, and without realizing it, she had become a little dependent on it.

Shi Lan, who had been lost in thought, came back to herself and instinctively pushed Tianbai away.

The light in Tianbai’s eyes dimmed. The smile vanished from her face. Crouching by Shi Lan’s legs, she seemed to wilt all at once.

Shi Lan’s heart softened. She stroked Tianbai’s head, combing through the messy white hair, and said gently,

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“You’ve already taken human form now. Some habits have to change. You can’t be like before anymore.”

“Why?”

Tianbai sounded aggrieved. It was rare for her to question something Shi Lan said, but Shi Lan’s action just now had made her feel as though she were being disliked.

That blow completely scattered the joy she had felt at stepping into the realm of a shape-shifting Demon King.

“Have you ever seen a shape-shifting Demon King who spends all day burrowing into someone’s arms?”

Shi Lan rubbed Tianbai’s head again and took out a robe from her Qiankun Bracelet, dressing Tianbai in it.

Shi Lan’s own clothes were far too ill-fitting for Tianbai.

Tianbai’s mood improved quite a bit. She obediently put on the robe. At her level of cultivation, her capacity to learn surpassed that of mortals countless times over, and she quickly grew familiar with her body.

“Come.”

Shi Lan rose to her feet, glanced at the throne behind her, her gaze calm, and walked outside.

“Come back to Lingyang with me.”