Martial Hegemony World, a Martial Beast Emperor's secret realm:
Ao Shen and Zhu Tao worked together to fight a bunch of puppets. There were so many of them and of significant strength, resulting in these two having wounds all over their bodies. In the end, Ao Shen transformed into his real body to fight.
Zhu Tao was not surprised by his appearance, not because he had already seen Ao Shen's true form. Ao Shen used a bloodline secret technique to make his real body resemble a Flood Dragon with a little bit of Innate bloodline.
Zhu Tao has seen and even killed Flood Dragon in the Pursuing Longevity World, so he was not surprised about the latter's transformation; all he cared for was the strength Ao Shen displayed, which would allow him to pass this trial and receive the final inheritance.