Cultivation begins with separation.

Chapter 328 Transformation
Adong stared at the piece of meat in his hand, his eyes filled with shock.

She got this piece of meat from her dream, how could it appear in reality?
Adong quickly gave up thinking and naturally started a fire to roast the meat.

However, she tried to cook the meat over a flame for a long time, but it still wouldn't cook through.

Not only that, but even the ice blades she conjured with magic couldn't cut through the flesh.

Adong looked at the piece of meat in his hand and angrily took a bite.

Her original intention was to vent her frustration and then throw it away.

Unexpectedly, with this one bite, she actually managed to bite off a piece of meat that even an ice knife couldn't cut.

A-Dong subconsciously chewed a few times and actually managed to crush the meat with his teeth.

This raw meat was completely different from the raw meat I remembered eating in the tribe. It didn't have a fishy or foul smell, but instead had a unique fragrance. The wonderful taste made Ah Dong intoxicated for a moment.

After finishing all the pieces of meat in his hand, A Dong licked the blood from the corner of his mouth, still feeling a bit unsatisfied.

After thinking for a moment, A-Dong picked up a piece of half-burnt wood from the side and gently bit it, only to find that it didn't break.

Only then did he realize that it wasn't his teeth that were sharper than ice skates, but rather the problem with the piece of meat.

As for why she was able to bite through chunks of meat that even an ice skate couldn't cut, A-Dong was self-aware enough to know that she couldn't figure it out, so she gave up thinking about it.

She was never a curious person from a young age, and even after becoming a cultivator, she did not change this personality, and had a rather easygoing attitude.

After eating his fill, Adong suddenly felt sleepy and then followed his body's instincts and fell asleep peacefully.

This time, Adong didn't dream and slept soundly until morning.

When he regained consciousness, A Dong felt that his magical power had increased significantly, and it seemed that he had broken through to the seventh level of Qi Refining.

After sensing it for a while, he muttered to himself:
"That's it? You've broken through?"

This cultivation doesn't seem too difficult.

"Hmm, that woman didn't seem to mention that cultivation was difficult."

After waking up, Adong felt a little hungry again.

However, at this moment she no longer wanted to catch wild animals. The meat of those wild animals was not nearly as delicious as the meat she had obtained in her dream. After eating the meat from her dream, she could no longer eat the meat of wild animals.

So, Adong used magic to force himself to fall asleep, hoping to dream of picking up meat again.

Between sleep and wakefulness, it wasn't until nightfall that Adong entered that strange dream again.

This time, A Dong had a clear goal. He only died about ten times before getting a piece of minced meat.

After finishing the piece of meat in his hand, Adong went back to sleep, satisfied.

However, she didn't know if she would have these dreams at night. After eating her fill, A-Dong didn't want to dream, but she couldn't control her dreams at all.

Throughout the night, Adong would wake up every now and then.

Because of occasional successes, even if he couldn't sleep well, A-Dong didn't complain.

When dawn broke, Adong looked at the pile of minced meat in front of him with a satisfied expression.

He immediately used magic to condense ice to preserve them, intending to eat them when he got hungry.

For the rest of the time, Adong stayed in the cave.

He ate and slept, slept and ate, yet his cultivation level increased rapidly.

A Dong, who originally had a chance of failing and dying during the Foundation Establishment stage, inexplicably broke through after taking a nap.

Once you reach the Foundation Establishment stage, the effect of the meat chunks diminishes considerably. However, because your cultivation level is higher and your body is stronger, you can eat more, so your cultivation progress doesn't slow down much.

It took A Dong ten days to go from the sixth level of Qi Refining to the Foundation Establishment stage.

It took Adong three months to go from the initial stage of Foundation Establishment to its completion.

At this moment, A Dong was flipping through the book "Six Transformations of the Ice Dragon" left behind by Yi Yan.

Now, Adong discovers that what's limiting his progress is actually his reading speed.

The book the woman gave him was thin, but the pages were all tables of contents. Clicking on a page would bring up the corresponding content. The amount of text made A-Dong's head ache just looking at it.

There were so many aspects of this technique that she didn't even have time to understand them before her cultivation level improved.

There was no time to practice the matching spells within the cultivation technique.

A-Dong read for a while, then felt a little sleepy, so he put down the exercise book, stretched, and yawned.
"Forget it, the spells at the Foundation Establishment stage don't feel very strong. I'll just go to the so-called Golden Core and Nascent Soul stages and cultivate the minor and major supernatural abilities there. I won't cultivate the spells at the Foundation Establishment stage."

As for not understanding the cultivation technique, that's fine too. My cultivation level has been steadily improving, and I haven't encountered any of the mental demons or soul damage described in the technique.

That's right, A-Dong was quite serious about the cultivation technique at first.

However, as her cultivation improved, she discovered that "The Six Transformations of the Ice Dragon" seemed to be written in a somewhat exaggerated way. The whole book was about what precautions to take, what key resources were needed for each realm, what secret techniques were required, and how otherwise one could not break through or would face a near-death experience.

However, A Dong continued to break through his limits by eating meat, without encountering any problems whatsoever.

Therefore, when she reads this technique now, she skips over parts she doesn't understand.

The "Six Transformations of the Ice Dragon" is a heavenly book passed down by the Dragon Clan. Normally, even for the Dragon Clan, cultivation of it is extremely difficult.

Yi Yan only made some rough changes, because she was not an ancient cultivator and didn't understand many parts herself, so she only changed up to the Golden Core part according to her own understanding.

There was simply no time to make changes later on.

Yi Yan's modifications to the cultivation method were already crude, and A Dong further simplified it according to his own understanding.

It's a miracle that Adong is still alive.

Of course, Yi Yan didn't want to harm A Dong.

Originally, Yi Yan thought it might take A Dong two or three hundred years to cultivate to the Golden Core stage, since A Dong's spiritual root was only an ice spiritual root, which was less efficient than a heavenly spiritual root and easier to break through bottlenecks.

This is under the condition that resources are plentiful. Although Dragon Island is rich in spiritual energy, no spiritual plants grow on this island, and the wild beasts born on Dragon Island cannot cultivate into demon beasts. This is the effect of the formation set up by the dragon race.

On this island, there are no spiritual objects to be found. Relying solely on spiritual energy, it would be considered good if A-Dong could cultivate to the ninth level of Qi Refining.

Unexpectedly, A Dong has now reached the peak of Foundation Establishment.

For cultivators to break through to the Golden Core stage, they need to adjust their spirit to the best state, because advancing to the Golden Core stage is extremely dangerous; if they are not careful, they may die and their soul may be destroyed.

Even within the Immortal Realm, where there is a 100% chance of obtaining a Golden Core, cultivators still need to carefully adjust their state.

Adong had never been in contact with cultivators and knew nothing about cultivation.

In her understanding, the Golden Core is merely the third transformation of the "Six Transformations of the Ice Dragon," belonging to the first half of cultivation, and its difficulty should not be high.

On this day, while eating meat, A Dong suddenly felt the magical power in his dantian begin to fluctuate, and his body and mind were extremely invigorated.

Especially the body, it felt as if every inch of flesh was tearing apart.

The immense pain made her want to faint, but the rapid enhancement of her spiritual energy invigorated her, preventing her from fainting even if she wanted to.

"Is advancing to the Golden Core stage really that painful?"
Doesn't the cultivation method say that during the advancement process, the body and mind will feel exceptionally pleasant because they have initially acquired a trace of immortality?
He also said that this pleasant feeling is the initial integration with the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, entering a state of enlightenment. He told himself not to get too caught up in it, but to seize the time to comprehend the Golden Elixir supernatural power and then quickly break free.

"This state of being doesn't look like one of enlightenment at all. How am I supposed to cultivate supernatural powers like this?"

Adong was extremely anxious. She hadn't been able to cultivate any techniques or spells during her Foundation Establishment stage, and now she was going to miss out on the supernatural powers of the Golden Core stage as well? What would she use to fight in the future?
Suddenly, Adong thought of something.

"Forehead?

It seems I haven't finished reading those Golden Core techniques because they're so verbose, let alone started cultivating them. Since that's the case, even if I enter the so-called state of enlightenment where I merge with the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, it seems I won't have anything to comprehend.

After figuring it out, A Dong could only comfort himself by thinking that he would eat his way to the Nascent Soul stage in this cave, so that he wouldn't have to worry about not having any fighting methods.

"It's okay to miss the minor divine ability of the Golden Core stage, but when I advance to the Nascent Soul stage, I definitely can't miss the major divine ability of the Nascent Soul stage."

After the distracting thoughts subsided, waves of pain washed over me.

Ah Dong turned his pain into appetite, stuffing piles of preserved meat haphazardly into his mouth.

Perhaps eating meat really can alleviate the pain, and Adong ate faster and faster.

After the pain subsided, Adong thought of something else.

"The Golden Core stage seems to be the best time to condense a natal magic weapon. Fortunately, I was prepared for this."

Thinking of this, Adong endured the pain and moved his body little by little like a worm, approaching a bone on the cave wall that resembled a pillar.

That's right, she found this bone in her dream too.

It was all for the purpose of refining it into a natal magic weapon.

However, upon arriving at the bone marrow, and using the refining method recorded in the manual, they found that the bones did not react at all.

Upon seeing this, Adong was stunned.

The cultivation method clearly states that everything can be refined into a natal magic weapon.

Does this mean I won't even be worthy of possessing my own natal magic weapon anymore?
Just as Adong was in a daze.

Countless points of light appeared throughout the cave.

The points of light gradually formed into butterflies that were dancing gracefully.

The glowing butterflies fluttered around Adong.

In a daze, I felt as if I were in a boundless river.

What flows in this river is not water, but countless dynamic scenes.

Adong was captivated by the scenes of the river; those scenes, like stories, broadened her horizons. Before she knew it, the sun rose and set, and nine days had passed.

When Adong regained his senses, a magnificent long feather appeared before his eyes.

Upon seeing the feather, Adong was startled again.
"Why does this look so much like the feather on the crown worn by the clan chief?"

I've always wanted to steal that feather, but I've never succeeded. Before leaving the tribe, my biggest regret was not stealing it.

Could it be because of me that those specks of light have transformed into feathers from my memories?

Adong felt a blood connection between himself and the feather.

With a thought, the feather drifted towards him.

A-Dong subconsciously reached out to take it.

"Roar!"

Adong cried out in surprise.

There was no time to look at the feathers; he quickly shook his head, looking left and right.

I found myself seemingly transformed into a snow-white four-legged snake.

Suddenly, A-Dong's body went limp, and he collapsed to the ground, powerless.

"How did it turn out like this? Can I ever become a human again?"

If you can't become human.

Just as Adong was about to feel sad, he suddenly thought that it didn't matter if he couldn't become human. He could eat and drink and was still alive.

Even if I stop being human, it doesn't seem to matter.

"My body seems to be much stronger, and I seem to have a lot of knowledge in my mind."

Let me see what kind of knowledge this is.

(End of this chapter)