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--- Chapter 358 ---
'Jie jie jie, look at these foolish faces of humans!' Ju Fuya laughed out loud inwardly. 'They couldn't possibly imagine spirit beasts actually running this Ten Thousand Beast Sect.'
A few months ago.
Ju Fuya was a 100,000-year-old Blood-Patterned Wyrm who survived the Lightning Tribulation by a narrow chance through awakening a very thin dragon's bloodline within him.
Despite this, Ju Fuya's strength remained somewhat ordinary compared to other 100,000-year-old spirit beasts. Beasts like the Titan Giant Ape or the Sky Azure Bull possessed a bloodline far superior to his.
Indeed, these are differences in ranks even among 100,000-year-old spirit beasts.
There is a common spirit beast.
There is an uncommon spirit beast.
There is a rare spirit beast.
And there is a SUPER spirit beast!
This difference is not tied to their cultivation realms per se, as is the case with ferocious spirit beasts, but rather to their bloodline lineage.
Ju Fuya's dragon bloodline was so damn thin that it didn't help him much beyond the ordinary, even after awakening it.
His fortunes only changed when he met his benefactor, a prodigy—no, a powerful monster in human form!
Ju Fuya still remembered the day of the meeting with Excellency, Lord Han.
Lord Han came with the Beast God and then offered Ju Fuya the hope of evolving his bloodline, which became the sole reason why this once lowly 100,000-year-old spirit beast could rise to become the acting Sect Leader of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect.
Unlike other spirit beasts, Ju Fuya was keen to learn more about humans, but his opinion of most humans was still low, except for some exceptions, and this keenness is the reason why Di Tian chose him.
After all, Ju Fuya lived long enough to become a 100,000-year-old spirit beast without a strong bloodline, which requires not only strength, but a bright mind.
With Lord Han's personal assistance, Ju Fuya underwent a complete and thorough transformation, significantly enhancing the dragon blood in his body by baptism of 'true' Ten Thousand Beast Flame.
Ju Fuya evolved from a mere Blood-Patterned Wyrm into a subdragon known as the Four-Eyed Prison Blood Dragon, possessing a formidable physique that rivaled that of a young Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear and mental prowess akin to that of a Fear Dragon.
But further improvements didn't stop there. Han Yuan gifted Ju Fuya two special pills.
The first pill allowed Ju Fuya's cultivation to reach the 200,000-year-old level, also enabling him to survive the next Lightning Tribulation, and the second pill allowed him to become a human without fully committing to it, as a certain rabbit did.
These pills, called the Lightning Void Essence Pill and the Transformation Pill, were derived from Beta's memory after he defeated Han Feng and accessed his extensive collection of pill recipes.
Although Han Yuan still had to modify the recipes to suit the ingredients available in the Douluo Plane—since even Beta lacked access to certain ingredients in the Dou Qi Plane—he successfully created both pills.
The success of these creations was largely thanks to a cheat-like artifact, the Sky Poison Pearl.
These two creations of Han Yuan changed the very dynamics of the spirit beast race's future. The Lightning Void Essence Pill acts like ambrosia for spirit beasts, allowing them to increase their cultivation rapidly, provided there is enough natural energy in the atmosphere.
In short, it simplifies and hastens the process of refinement, containment, and accumulation, as all they need to do is digest the immense energy to enhance their cultivation.
Regardless, the Lightning Void Essence Pill is not without drawbacks.
A spirit beast can only refine the Lightning Void Essence Pill once every thousand years. This cumbersome limitation exists because the sudden spike in cultivation can damage their origins if taken consecutively.
Theoretically, any 100,000-year-old spirit beast could reach the legendary 1,000,000-year-old realm in just ten thousand years, but this remains a theory due to numerous factors that affect the optimal use of the Lightning Void Essence Pill.
Moreover, the ingredients needed to make it are massive. Yes, even with Star Dou Forest's resources, they could only make a few bottles.
In contrast, the Transformation Pill is Han Yuan's masterpiece. This pill exploits a loophole in the 'Divine Laws' of a spirit beast's ascending and becoming a god.
Even though its effect is weaker than that of the Body Transformation Pill from the Dou Qi Plane—the former being a Grade 6 and the latter a Grade 7 pill—the result of altering the 'body' while maintaining its essence is quite similar.
Since this is the Douluo Plane, and not the Dou Qi Plane, the rules also differ slightly.
The Transformation Pill allows spirit beasts to adopt human forms, but they still retain small beastly traits, such as ears, eyes, claws, feathers, and fur, which they can hide, but choose not to.
As a result, they become 99,99% human, albeit with minor animal-like features that suit the Ten Thousand Beast Sect.
With their near-flawless human appearance, they are no longer subject to the extreme suppressive rules of the Divine Laws, leading to a significant improvement in their cultivation speed, comparable to that of human geniuses.
Ultimately, the strength of their bloodline remains the defining factor. If a spirit beast's bloodline is not strong enough, even with a Transformation Pill, they might only be slightly better than ordinary spirit masters.
Oh, yeah, they would still have the reserve of their origins to condense their spirit rings up to the Title Douluo Realm.
Finally, they also retain the long lifespans as spirit beasts.
Ju Fuya, with his slightly above-average spirit ring configuration, based on Han Yuan's harsh standard, is a reflection of his cultivation as a spirit beast.
As a Level 96 Super Douluo, Ju Fuya would be fortunate to condense his second Spirit Core and reach the status of a Limit Douluo in the future.
Now, Ju Fuya's task is to lead the Ten Thousand Beast Sect in the human world and develop a relationship between the human and spirit beast for a better 'open' alliance in the future.
Such a heavy responsibility, yet Ju Fuya is one, no, two hundred percent motivated to make it happen!
After Kong introduced himself, the envoys froze in shock, except some of course. They stared at the massive ape, questioning their sanity before suppressing their shock.
Ju Fuya waved his hand casually, "Kong, go and play somewhere else. I am entertaining the guests here."
Hearing Ju Fuya's rather dignified appearance and human expression, the Titan Giant Ape rolled his eyes at him, cursing inwardly because this sly dragon has become more human in just a few months.
Like Ju Fuya, Kong is also a lucky spirit beast chosen as part of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect. He wasn't part of Er Ming's lineage because he was formerly just a 90,000-year-old Savage Ape before undergoing bloodline purification and becoming a Titan Giant Ape.
Even then, Kong still followed Ju Fuya's instruction and turned his back against the envoys while scratching his butt, "Alright, just sent me my meal on time. I am going to bask under the sun."
'Hmph, if only my brain were better...' He added resentfully in his heart because he also wanted to be human and a Sect Leader like Ju Fuya.
Unfortunately, Kong was indeed not as bright as Ju Fuya.
"The Titan Giant Ape followed his command!" said one envoy in awe.
"As expected of the Sect Leader from the mysterious sect, he has such a presence!" Another envoy added in reverence.
Ju Fuya chuckled, "Follow me to the hall, it's time for the banquet and formal introduction to my Ten Thousand Beast Sect."
"There, I will let you witness the glory of our sect!"