DDT - Chapter 153
Chapter 153: Immortal Venerable × Meow Meow Cat (8)
Chi Junluo had never imagined it. Restoring this body to its original form would be so painful.
The day before, after seeing the string of words the Heavenly Dao had left her, a guess had already formed in her mind. The night of the full moon—wasn't that the day she would revert to her original shape?
She knew this body would undergo a change, but she never expected that change to be so agonizing.
It was a pain like having her bones broken and reset, and Chi Junluo, curled up on the ground, couldn't help but let out a wail.
The prolonged, intense pain left her mind muddled. She didn't even notice that her cries were gradually turning into the agonized howls of a beast.
A light, a mixture of black and gold, emanated from her small body. Then, that body shrank smaller and smaller, until only a set of black robes was left lying on the ground.
Because this body had a strong aversion to white clothes, the day after the Immortal Venerable Qingyun left, Chi Junluo had pestered Yun Qian to help her order a new set of black robes from the sect.
A small bulge formed under the black robes. The bulge squirmed a few times, and after about half a quarter-hour of silence, a small, fluffy, pitch-black head poked out from the middle of the black robes.
During the transformation, Chi Junluo hadn't had the energy to undo her clothes, so now that she was in her cat form, trying to get out of the complex robes was truly a struggle.
Perhaps realizing it was too difficult to emerge from the waist, Chi Junluo quickly pulled her head back, nearly getting it stuck.
Her small cat body fumbled for direction inside the now-spacious robes for a while before she finally managed to poke her head out through the collar.
Having broken free of her restraints, Chi Junluo stood on the soft grass beside the black robes. The unbearable pain had completely faded, as if it had never happened at all.
Now, she only felt that this body was brimming with power.
Chi Junluo arched her back and gave a vigorous shake, smoothing out the fur that had become messy during her escape. Then, she turned her head and licked her coat, grooming it into place.
Only after this series of actions was completed as if by instinct did Chi Junluo abruptly realize what had just happened…
She had just, quite naturally, gone through all the routine motions of a cat cleaning its fur.
The small, adorable black cat, Chi Junluo, stared blankly as she lifted her two paws in front of her eyes. The belated realization hit her: she had indeed turned into a black cat.
And so, a bizarre scene unfolded in the depths of the ancient forest. A black cat, looking no more than two months old, stood upright on its hind legs, its body perfectly straight. It held its two front paws before its round face, its deep blue pupils filled with tiny question marks.
Before all these changes occurred, the Heavenly Dao had already made ample preparations. The moment the spiritual energy fluctuations began, the Heavenly Dao rode the wild distortions of that energy and successfully infiltrated this world's timeline.
Taking advantage of the peak in spiritual energy fluctuations, the Heavenly Dao moved between the plotlines, successfully intercepting a great deal of useful information.
As the fluctuations gradually subsided, it slowly slipped back into Chi Junluo's sea of consciousness along with the weakening waves.
Seeing the cat-form Chi Junluo standing there, frozen in a strange, dazed posture, the Heavenly Dao had to exert considerable effort to snap her out of her stupor.
This time, the Heavenly Dao had brought back extremely useful information from the world's timeline concerning how this body had originally been injured.
The original owner of this body had been incredibly powerful. For many years, she had roamed the mortal realm in human form, but for some unknown reason, she was targeted by a Spirit Transformation stage cultivator. This cultivator was called Old Ghost, a rogue cultivator.
The rogue cultivator Old Ghost had a certain degree of fame in the cultivation world. After all, cultivators who could ascend to the Spirit Transformation stage in their lifetime were few and far between. In an era where the vast majority of cultivators remained at the Foundation Establishment stage for their entire lives, Old Ghost had once been a role model for countless aspiring cultivators. Unfortunately, it was later rumored that Old Ghost had resorted to practicing demonic arts to increase his cultivation, which greatly disappointed many young, righteous cultivators who were still full of hope and aspiration for the path of cultivation. In the words of Chi Junluo's original world, they had "un-stanned" him.
Demonic arts had always been scorned by orthodox cultivators. Thus, many not only renounced him but also turned on him.
The rogue cultivator Old Ghost's reputation was left in tatters. But having lived to his age and cultivated to his level, Old Ghost naturally didn't care for such empty fame and rumors. Having tasted the sweetness of a long life, what Old Ghost now craved most was eternal life.
Somehow, this Old Ghost discovered that the body's original owner was from a clan of Ancient Divine Beasts. If he could refine the soul power of an Ancient Divine Beast and reforge its body into his life-bound puppet, his power would rise to a whole new level. His lifespan would become endless, inexhaustible.
Thus, the original owner was ambushed.
The rogue cultivator Old Ghost had lived for so many years and visited the secret realms of countless immortals and ancient gods; the rare and strange resources in his possession were innumerable.
The original owner was trapped by him using an ancient Soul Refining Forbidden Curse.
A soul as powerful as one at the peak of the Hunyuan Stage was refined and claimed by him. Unwilling to accept that a member of a proud Ancient Divine Beast clan would be reduced to another's puppet and prize, the original owner burned the last shred of her soul power to pilot her body and escape Old Ghost's cave dwelling.
After that, the Heavenly Dao transported Chi Junluo to this world to occupy this soulless shell. Because Chi Junluo had not yet awakened, the Heavenly Dao risked using its own power to quickly draw a teleportation array from the Upper Realm, sending the body directly to the vicinity of this world's heroine. That was how she was lucky enough to be found by the Immortal Venerable Qingyun and brought back to the Xianyuan Sect.
After hearing the full story from the Heavenly Dao, Chi Junluo sighed with emotion. She couldn't understand what had happened to the original owner. She had lived for one or two thousand years, a grand cultivator at the peak of the Mahayana stage, yet she was ambushed by a junior at the Spirit Transformation stage, had her soul refined, and nearly had her body turned into someone else's life-bound puppet.
It was truly unbelievable. Perhaps humans were just too complex, too full of schemes. An orphaned survivor of an Ancient Divine Beast clan, with no one to guide her, was perhaps no match for cunning humans.
"So, the main villain of this world is that rogue cultivator named Old Ghost?" Hearing Chi Junluo's guess, the Heavenly Dao did not rush to deny it.
Humans were greedy, insatiably so. Since the rogue cultivator Old Ghost had already obtained such powerful soul energy, his strength must have grown by leaps and bounds. Having tasted such a benefit, how could he possibly give up the heaven-sent opportunity to turn an Ancient Divine Beast into his life-bound puppet?
Although Chi Junluo had been brought back to the Xianyuan Sect by the heroine, she couldn't just hide on Qingyun Peak for the rest of her life, could she? Besides, with Old Ghost's current abilities, he might find his way to Qingyun Peak one day. If they didn't start preparing now, they would likely be at the mercy of others later on.
After all, the rogue cultivator Old Ghost had used a soul-refining array left behind from the Upper Realm. That was something from the God Realm. Although Chi Junluo's own soul was considerably strong, if she were to truly encounter an array from the God Realm, there was no telling how severely she might be injured. Or worse, she could end up like this body's original soul, refined and absorbed by another.
The Heavenly Dao had a gut feeling that the situation this time was extremely serious. This world was incredibly dangerous. It feared that with one misstep, it, Chi Junluo, and the heroine might all be lost.
The Heavenly Dao picked out the most important points and explained the severity of the situation to Chi Junluo in detail. If the worlds Chi Junluo had experienced were graded by difficulty, the previous few worlds wouldn't even reach B-rank. Even the last world, where things went wrong, had barely reached A-rank.
Using the same rating system, this world's difficulty rating had already surpassed SS-rank.
After listening to the Heavenly Dao's analysis, Chi Junluo fell silent.
Now, she cherished her soul and her chance at life. Because she now had someone she cared about, someone she wanted to give everything for, someone she wanted to be good to.
She hadn't finished contracting all of the heroine's soul fragments yet. She hadn't had the chance to properly apologize to the heroine she had accidentally hurt.
She wanted to stay with her heroine forever, to see the person she had fallen in love with return to her original world and live a happy life.
No, one lifetime wasn't enough. She wanted to be with the heroine in every single lifetime.
This was the first time she truly wanted to live.
This was also the first time she so deeply cherished her hard-won life, the chance to meet the heroine, and the chance to be with her.
The small black cat's gaze gradually grew firm, and a sharp light burst forth from her deep blue pupils. She would never surrender her life and her future with the heroine to someone else.
This dangerous villain, Old Ghost. She was determined to take care of him!
For her own existence, her own life.
For her future with the one she loved. And to avenge the fall of the body's original owner. She would absolutely not let the rogue cultivator Old Ghost go. She had always understood the principle of tearing out a problem by its roots.
The black cat, Chi Junluo, who had unconsciously settled into an elegant sitting posture on the grass, curled her lips slightly. She extended her pink tongue to lick her paw.
It seemed she would have to slowly start accepting all of this body's original memories.
Even if she was temporarily affected by empathy, it didn't matter. Staying alive was the most important thing. Only by living was there hope, was there a future. As for the side effects, she could deal with them slowly later. They would get better eventually.
Following the Heavenly Dao's instructions, Chi Junluo strode to a more open area with fewer trees. Without the layers of leaves blocking the way, the spiritual energy of the full moon in the sky poured down madly onto the small black cat.
The blood of the Ancient Divine Beast clan frantically absorbed the moon's spiritual energy, converting it into its own power. Chi Junluo, who originally had only one tail, was bathed in the moonlight. A second, and then a third large, fluffy tail, like those of a Maine Coon, rapidly materialized, their tips glowing with a silvery-white light.
In just a few breaths, three powerful, furry tails were firmly attached to the black cat's rear.
The originally small and slender black cat's body instantly doubled in size, already showing the beginnings of true power.
Just as Chi Junluo and the Heavenly Dao were preparing to continue absorbing the moonlight, the black cat Chi Junluo suddenly sensed a sharp aura cutting through the air behind her.
Instantly, the black cat's fur stood on end. She leaped aside, dodging the attack.
Chi Junluo turned around.
Her eyes met a giant, gray-and-white beast, and behind it, a dense crowd of hundreds of spiritual beasts whose names she didn't know.
She could see a blatant, murderous aura in the eyes of the beast horde.
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