Longevity, starting from being a chicken raising servant Chapter 2470 - 226: Nine Tails
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"Roar!"
As Wang Ba adjusted the now stabilizing Canlong Realm, the space surrounding it began to tremble violently, accompanied by an ear-splitting, sharp roar! Above the celestial dome, endless flashes of thunder flickered across the void.
A colossal black fox silhouette loomed over the sky, its form draped in flowing streams of luminescent light that seemed to pulse and burrow into its skin. Eight long, ink-black tails lashed out in agony, thrashing against the oppressive atmosphere. The thunderbolts striking from the firmament washed over it, yet they failed to leave even a mark.
Wang Ba stood nearby, observing the commotion Tie Zhu was causing. With a swift hand gesture, he shifted both himself and the beast into the Outer Realm Void. Freed from the constraints of the Domain, Tie Zhu’s physical form expanded visibly. His eight tails whipped wildly, and the ink-stained fur glowed as rays of prismatic energy fought to merge with his essence. Each glimmer of light that vanished into his form served to enhance his aura.
Wang Ba’s eyes remained locked onto the Eight-tailed Heavenly Fox. Though his expression stayed composed, his gaze burned with expectation. Every rare spirit material he possessed, along with the divine beast remains left by Heavenly Monarch Chao, had been poured into this singular endeavor.
He knew he couldn't simultaneously weave the chaos creature and the Eight-tailed Heavenly Fox into a shared core, so he had focused on nurturing the beast 'chaos' to the peak of the Eighth Tier while pouring all remaining resources into promoting the Eight-tailed Heavenly Fox toward the Ninth Tier. While the specific sequence of bloodline integration felt manageable through the simulation of the Silkworm Dragon Staff, he held no absolute certainty that the Ten Thousand Beasts Unbridled Technique would successfully force the fox to reach the Ninth Tier. If successful, however, it would grant him a combat asset comparable to the Mahayana Realm.
The cultivation plan had finally reached its ultimate conclusion.
"I have exhausted every method; the rest rests entirely with you," Wang Ba murmured, observing the fox as it relentlessly pulled in the disparate bloodlines.
The Eight-tailed Heavenly Fox was clearly suffering. A ninth tail began to sprout and lengthen, syncing with the influx of energy on its body. Its claws were extended and rigid, highlighting the sheer suffering inherent in this forced evolution. This was to be expected; it was attempting to shatter the barrier of the Great Realm. Only a thin layer seemed to separate the Eighth Tier from the Ninth, yet it represented a fundamental, revolutionary transformation. Such a leap naturally incurred an immense toll.
Driven beyond its limits, the fox threw its head back and let out a piercing shriek of raw agony.
Nearby, the Wu Monkey King watched with a hollow, calm expression. Beneath the oppressive aura of the fox, the Monkey King’s own presence rippled, already firmly settled at the middle-stage of the Eighth Tier. Wang Ba had not neglected him during this process, and the Monkey King, fueled by a relentless pile of spirit materials, had rewarded that effort with rapid growth.
After observing the final tremors of the fox’s transformation, Wang Ba turned to the Wu Monkey King and instructed, "When the time comes for your own integration, pay close attention to these specific stages..." He used the current state of the Eight-tailed Heavenly Fox as a living guide, detailing the critical junctures for the Monkey King. The creature looked back with a look of partial comprehension. Wang Ba didn’t mind; he trusted the Monkey King’s resilience. He turned back to the primary subject.
Under his vigilant focus, the ninth tail finally stretched until it matched the length of the others. As the symmetry was achieved, the Eight-tailed Heavenly Fox snapped through its final bottleneck, lunging forward to swallow the remaining ambient light in a single, desperate gulp!
Abruptly, the ink-black fur began to shift, lightening into a subtle, ethereal green. Nine tails fanned out behind it with majestic elegance, the beast’s sheer size now dwarfing the neighboring Canlong Realm. The predatory, crimson glow of its eyes faded, replaced by the clarity of a mountain lake. The bloodlust that had once radiated from it tempered into an aura of profound tranquility.
"It is finished!" Wang Ba exclaimed in pleasant surprise. Feeling the new, stabilized aura—distinct from any peak Eighth Tier entity—he surged forward to press a hand against the Green Fox. Unlike the chaotic manifestations that followed the techniques of Heavenly Monarch Chao, the form of the Ten Thousand Beasts Unbridled that he practiced manifested no such external anomalies. Aside from the power spike, the Wu Monkey King and the Green Fox remained largely unchanged in appearance.
Nevertheless, once he sensed the churning bloodline within the Green Fox, Wang Ba grinned, vindicated. His theory held true. The Ten Thousand Beasts Unbridled Technique was designed to synthesize divine beast traits into one vessel without internal rejection, elevating the host's realm simultaneously. Within this framework, the specific species of the core beast was less important than its capacity to act as a carrier; as long as the conditions aligned, any entity could serve as the foundation.