Chapter 8: Transformation

Extreme North, Near the large Boulder

"Mother, Father, Everyone, it has been a year already. If I succeed in this awakening then….."

Nian Zhen said, looking towards the inscription [Resting Place Of My Loved Ones].

[The Host. We should start now. This day of the month is really a great day for awakening.]

"Ok. BTW I wanted to ask a question. Isn't it possible to awaken your martial soul before the age of 6?"

[Yes. It is possible only if the someone wants to stay crippled his whole life]

"....."

"Lets go"

Back at the Cave,

Nian Zhen was calming himself down before the start of the awakening.

"Now that I remember, it was a little dumb to choose 'Random' that time.."

[You are wrong Host. That was too Dumb]

"...."

"Hmm no it feels like i was made this way. Is my creator playing pranks on me?" Saying so, Nian Zhen looks in a certain direction.

[Host, you are going to break the 4th wall. Please stop]

10 minutes later, Nian Zhen walked towards the center of the cave where the spirit bone was located.

"Hoooh..I don't know how many Martial spirits I would have."

[The host should worry whether he will even have soul power or not. Even genetically it is possible to not have any soul power even if your parents have it.]

"But aren't I a soul beast. I was born with soul power."

[The host is an abnormality to this world. Anything can happen.]

"....seriously can I ask for an AI replacement?"

[No]

"...."

Creating a platform from rock using alchemy, Nian Zhen sat down folding his knees.

[Suggesting the host to be fully ready. Even the slightest disturbance may be dangerous.]

"You don't have to worry about that. This place was used by my tribe to ensure safe awakening."

[Commencing awakening. The host may start]

"Ok"

Nian Zhen exhaled a deep breath before touching the spirit bone with his bare hand. A huge sinister aura penetrated Nian Zhen's body. Resisting the tearing pain, Nian Zhen used some hand signs and started to feel a huge force breaking out of his abdomen.

These hand signs were used to unlock the seal placed on Nian Zhen's Core. Allowing the energy to spread throughout his body, Nian Zhen heard Enron's voice.

[Detected a powerful force within the Host's Consciousness. It must be the Martial soul]

Nian Zhen too felt that. As Nian Zhen entered inside his consciousness, he saw a large cocoon. The cocoon was shaking at a frightening rate. Cracks appeared on the cocoons shell. Nian Zhen had previously entered his consciousness multiple times yet had not seen this huge cocoon.

A ray of light appeared suddenly on the sea of consciousness. The Core had mysteriously appeared and immediately entered the cocoon

What followed next was a large blast as the cocoon finally disappeared revealing a huge body. A large Golden Dragon appeared in front of Nian Zhen. The whole dragon was covered in gold from top to bottom even the eye's were golden. The aura around the Dragon was filled with all types of lightnings and flames.

"So this is my Martial soul. The 'Golden Tribulation Dragon'."

[It seems that the host inherited his fathers and mothers soul mixing them in order to create a new variant.]

"Hmm is it only one though?"

[The host should not be too greedy]

"I know. Well, better than nothing."

[Host gets prepared for immediately fusing the spirit bone. Your soul power is also innately more than 25. This is a huge power up from before.]

"TWENTY FIVE!!!...sigh am I a Genius?"

[Host don't be a narcissist]

"....."

Nian Zhen calmed himself, slowly controlling this new found energy, he started to interact with the spirit bone.

After feeling a foreign energy getting in contact with itself, the spirit bone released immense cursed aura from itself. Some spirit bones have the resentment from the original. And the resentment Nian Zhen was currently facing was the Cursed demon Dragons will itself.

Unable to bear the fierce resentment, Nian Zhen's spirit began to collapse.

[Detected threat to the host's Life. Forcibly cutting off the connection….Failed]

[Danger, Danger, Danger]

Enron failed to cut off the connection. Both it and Nian Zhen seemed to have underestimated the spirit bone.

Nian Zhen's consciousness was getting taken over in a rapid pace. Seeing this, the dormant Golden Tribulation Dragon woke up.

*Roar!!*

A large roar reverberated in Nian Zhen's mind. A huge golden aura came out of the dragon's body colliding with the sinister energy of the Spirit Bone.

As the two energies started to collide with each other, Nian Zhen was barely holding onto his consciousness. It was as if any moment he would completely succumb to the two energies.

A core came out of the Spirit bone and directly entered Nian Zhen's Consciousness. Perceiving the core. The core from Nian Zhen's body also reacted and came out of the dragon's body. The two Cores started to attract each other at an extremely fast rate.

What happened next was totally unexpected. The two cores started to merge with each other. This caused the spirit bone to fuse with Nian Zhen.

[Host. I don't know what is happening but the risk to the host's life has decreased significantly. The spirit bone has started to fuse. Use of alchemy immediately suggested.]

Immediately after hearing Enron's voice, Nian Zhen started to use alchemy, himself and the spirit bone as the ingredients.

The two cores had completely merged and entered the body of the Golden tribulation Dragon. A huge transformation started to take place in the Martial Soul and Nian Zhen.

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3 days passed in the blink of an eye.

In the middle of the cave was a huge red cocoon, pulsating like a huge heart every now and then.

*Thud!*

A large pounding was heard from the cocoon. Slowly a tearing noise reverberated around the cave. A small figure emerged from the cocoon covered in dark crimson light.

The figure had a well built body for someone who just looked 8-9 years old. Reaching a height of 130 cm, Nian Zhen had finally completely fused with the spirit bone. With the help of alchemy, the left leg was completely regenerated at the moment.

[No issues detected on the host's body.]

[Cursed Energy Manipulation Unlocked. Requirement for full use of Cursed Energy Manipulation met. Unlock Abilities[Y/N]?]

"Yes" Nian Zhen, whose eyes remained closed, said.

[Cursed Energy Manipulation Unlocked

Law Of Space Learned

Gravity Manipulation Learned

Abilities:

Limitless(Unlocked)

Infinity(Unlocked)

Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue(Unlocked)

Maximum Cursed Energy Output: Blue(Locked)

Cursed Technique Reversal: Red(Locked)

Hollow Purple(Locked)

Domain: Unlimited Void(Locked)]

[Conditions to unlock certain abilities met

Six Paths Technique(Unlocked)

Dimensional Shift(Unlocked)]

"A lot of Abilities unlocked this time."

[The host has undergone a tremendous change during the last three days. It would be better if the host immediately consolidates his power and gets used to his power. Here is the suggested schedule for the month.]

"Ok" Nian Zhen said, wearing spare clothes after the previous ones were destroyed during the process

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A month has passed since then. Nian Zhen was shocked to find out how much stronger he had become after just awakening his Martial Soul.

Nian Zhen was currently wiping off the snow from the boulder where his tribe rested.

[Host the weekly update is completed. Unlocked Version 2.0. Previously restricted knowledge has been now made available.]

"Hmm. Before that let me check my status"

[Yes.]

[Host: Nian Zhen Lv:30]

[Age:6+ Gender: Male]

[Martial Soul: Primal Chaos Dragon, 14 Winged Fallen Archangel, Primordial Scythe

Martial Soul Ability: Shape Shifter, The Fallen One's Judgement, Call Of Death

Soul Rings: 1st Martial Soul: Purple, Purple, Black

2nd Martial Soul: Purple, Purple, Black

3rd Martial Soul: Purple, Purple, Black

Abilities: Samsara Eye(34% Mastered), Alchemy/Transmutation(70% Mastered), Cursed Energy Manipulation(39% Mastered)

Domain: Unlimited Void(Locked)

Laws Comprehended: Law Of Space(4% Mastered), Law of Gravity(5% Mastered)

Elemental Nature/Energy: Lightning, Flame, Cursed, Ice, Space, Gravity

Active Skills: Art of Dual Wielding(100% Mastered), Elemental Manipulation(90% Mastered), Material Burst(57% Mastered), One-Blade Rakshasa(47% Mastered)

Passive Skills: Autumnal Breathing Arts(Constant/M), Cooking(M), Maximum Concentration Capacity(M), Absolute Contaminant Immunity(M), Art of Absolute Integrity(M)

|INVENTORY| |MAP|]

[Shape Shifter: Allows the user to change a part of their body into the corresponding part of the Primal Chaos Dragon.]

[The Fallen One's Judgement: A large blood red light descends from the heaven to pass judgment to the target. If the target does not speak the truth to the host after judgement, the soul is immediately destroyed. Only works on enemies weaker or on the same level as the host.]

[Call Of Death: Allows the host to freely call the Primordial Scythe to use as a weapon during battle anywhere and anytime.]

[The Host was lucky enough to get 2 Martial Souls after the transformation. Though the 'Sanctuary' is still unable to find the reason for that. The core from the spirit bone helped the Golden Tribulation Dragon To further evolve to Primal Chaos Dragon too.]

"Don't worry about it. I already have thought of something."

[Are you indicating that your soul being a human in the past is the reason for this occurrence?]

"Yes. Even though my current soul may not be my past soul, it still carries the memory of me as a human. That may have triggered the other Martial Soul to awaken."

[Hmm….But it's still unknown why the other Two Souls separated from each other.]

"...." Nian Zhen remained silent. The Awakening had given Nian Zhen a lot of benefits. He had already become abnormally stronger than the average soul masters.

[Host. It's time for us to go.]

"It's finally time, huh" Nian Zhen sighed. More than a year had gone by since his parents had died. Now Nian Zhen just wanted to move and get strong at his own pace, knowing there is no reason to rush to bring back his tribe.

Nian Zhen looked at the deep blue sky.