Cultivation: I can see the proficiency level

"It's rare to see you so anxious."

"Open your mouth!"

Hearing its anxious whimpers, Wang Mian chuckled. It rarely asked for anything like this before. Without thinking, he flicked his wrist and threw out the red stone.

The Phoenix Blood Stone streaked across the sky and was swallowed whole by Bai Jiuniang.

Then, Wang Mian waved his hand and cast seven or eight concealment talismans. The talismans swirled around and connected with each other, enveloping the curled-up Bai Jiuniang and ensuring that her aura did not leak out.

He took out his longsword and sat not far away to protect Bai Jiuniang, just as Bai Jiuniang always protected him.

Time flows on, and a cup of tea has passed in the past.

The red glow began to surge, coursing beneath its skin, transforming from barely perceptible to visible to the naked eye, resembling countless living red worms.

"The Phoenix Blood Stone is working!"

Wang Mian could see that the countless red rays were increasing rapidly, but they were also gradually being consumed. The consumed red rays of the Phoenix Blood Stone were dissolving into Bai Jiu Niang's flesh and bones.

A deep, painful roar rang in Wang Mian's ears, and Bai Jiuniang's entire demon body began to tremble and convulse violently. Beneath her silvery-white fur, the red light moved more and more intensely.

"Roar~"

As someone who experienced it firsthand, Bai Jiuniang felt as if thousands of sharp carving knives were scraping her muscles, blood vessels, heart, lungs, bone marrow, and every part of her demon body, causing her pain everywhere.

The excruciating pain was no different from being torn apart by a thousand cuts; with his canine teeth clenched so tightly, his gums even gushed a little blood.

The strange power contained within the Phoenix Blood Stone was both violent and pure, like flowing clouds, yet it forcefully surged into her limbs and bones, leaving a trail of fire, knife-like cuts, and oil-cooked scorching effects wherever it passed.

The crimson rays rushed into the great dragon's spine, forcefully merging into it and gradually enveloping the entire dragon completely.

The remainder rushed to various internal organs, merging into them one by one; the rest merged into the muscles, bones, and skin, and surged into the skull.

The guardian received the royal crown, and all he could hear was a deep, rumbling beastly roar. Before his eyes, Bai Jiuniang's entire demonic body was enveloped in red light, and her body was uncontrollably expanding.

In just a moment, Bai Jiuniang revealed her enormous, twelve-foot-tall dog demon form.

He took out several more talismans and cast them out, once again completely concealing its aura.

"This thing is so effective?" Wang Mian sensed its constantly changing aura, which was now several times stronger than before.

It resembled a low-grade magic weapon made of the same casting material, distinguishing it from a mid-grade magic weapon. Bai Jiuniang spat out a large mouthful of black, foul matter, and its aura grew increasingly dense.

The snow-white downy fur gradually fell off, and new snow-white fur grew back. The canine teeth fell onto the stone platform one by one, and new canine teeth grew back. The sharp claws fell off one by one, and jade-green sharp claws grew back.

Snowflakes are as smooth as silk, canine teeth as white as frost, and canine claws as white as jade.

Enveloped in crimson light, the wisps of light gradually decreased in intensity. Bai Jiuniang could still be seen twitching and trembling, but not as violently as before.

Wang Mian couldn't see that Bai Jiuniang's new blood was surging, as if it had been dyed with a layer of blue. Her internal organs, muscles, bones, and skin seemed to have been tempered and refined, undergoing a complete transformation.

He couldn't see that the blood source and the essence of the demon beast within Bai Jiuniang's dragon spine had increased several times over from its original light blue color.

As a wind-type demon, Bai Jiuniang possesses lightning-fast speed, rapid cultivation advancement, and extraordinary talent, all stemming from her origins and bloodline.

"Roar~"

After the last wisp of red light disappeared, Bai Jiuniang, who had stood up, let out a long, light, and powerful whistle. Her aura swept around and made the old pine tree tremble.

A pair of pale blue demonic eyes replaced the former black eyes. The huge body, as big as a small hill, occupied most of the stone platform. Its whole body was flawless snow silver, and its limbs were as strong as white jade pillars. Its snow-white hair was gently brushed by the mountain wind, like smooth silk.

"Truly extraordinary." Wang Mian stood to one side, holding a long sword, and muttered to himself.

After her bloodline was enhanced by the Phoenix Blood Stone, Bai Jiuniang seemed to have undergone a complete transformation. Her aura changed dramatically, her demonic energy became profound, her claws sharp, and her body shape became more streamlined.

Simply standing still, one feels embraced and surrounded by gentle breezes, as if becoming the wind's darling.

Before he could speak, another strange phenomenon occurred: the bright moon shone down, and specks of light gathered around Bai Jiuniang.

Gradually... the radiance increased, and the moonlight poured down like a waterfall, flowing backwards.

The moonlight was so intense that it enveloped its demonic body, making it appear like a cluster of fireflies.

"A breakthrough has begun."

Wang Mian could sense the surging and turbulent demonic power, wave after wave, clearly indicating that Bai Jiuniang was attempting to break through the barrier.

The endless stream of moonlight was constantly refined by it, and this new life force was then connected to continue to impact the barrier, repeating this process over and over.

This is a protracted and arduous battle.

At this moment, if Bai Jiuniang were to be attacked, her demonic power, which was attacking the pass, would suddenly collapse, like an uncontrollable torrent, and would be difficult to control.

Wang Mian took out the talisman again and once again suppressed its surging aura. Even the night birds flying by the mountainside were knocked down by the stones in Wang Mian's hand and fell straight off the cliff.

The monster's breakthrough took a long time, and with the Phoenix Blood Stone's transformation, the breakthrough would take even longer than it had at Pine Forest Pool. Wang Mian was well prepared for this.

Wang Mian held his position for two hours.

Until an even more powerful and heavy aura emanated, its power was even greater, Wang Mian's eyes lit up with joy. He knew that Bai Jiuniang had successfully broken through her cultivation barrier, which was why her aura had changed like this.

The moonlight continued to fall, and Bai Jiuniang's body, which was already over two zhang long and over one zhang tall, began to change again, gradually growing larger inch by inch.

It rose to two and a half zhang (approximately 6.6 meters) before gradually stopping.

"I cleared the level!"

Wang Mian could not hide his joy. He had raised Bai Jiuniang since she was a fluffy puppy. When Cang Songzi picked her up back then, he just wanted to give Wang Mian a playmate. He never thought that things would turn out this way.

Bai Jiuniang is now comparable to a mid-grade demon beast at the sixth level of Qi Refining, and is expected to become a high-grade demon beast.

Without the pull of the moonlight, it began to gradually weaken and eventually disappeared.

Bai Jiuniang's body gradually shrank, eventually returning to the size of her usual domestic dog. However, her demonic eyes were of a different color, and her claws were like jade, making her completely different from before.

With a light step, it vanished from its spot. Wang Mian only saw a flash of white light before it instantly appeared in the air outside the cliff.

In a series of flashes, its figure appeared either at the highest point of the mountain, at the foot of the cliff, or in the sky, and even suddenly appeared behind a bird, causing the bird to fall.

This escape speed was four or five times faster than before the breakthrough. From then on, relying on this speed, even if the attack was insufficient, the escape was more than enough.

If she had been able to escape at this speed when she was being chased by the Lü family cultivators last time, the Lü family members probably wouldn't have even been able to see Bai Jiuniang's tail.

Afterwards, it tested the power of its demonic magic and demonic claws.

"Alright, a mere sixth-level Qi Refining cultivator is no match for you." The demon claw was imbued with demonic power, comparable to the power of Wang Mian's Four Seasons Sword Qi. The thick and condensed demonic power, when used to manipulate demonic magic, was also quite formidable.

Relying on his sword energy, sword intent, and Bai Jiuniang's speed-escaping demonic technique, Wang Mian was no longer afraid of ordinary Qi Refining Level 6 and Qi Refining Level 7 cultivators.

With his current strength, he is capable of protecting himself, and ordinary cultivators will find it difficult to easily drive him into a corner.

Wang Mian gazed in the direction of Fallen Mountain and said softly, "Ninth Sister, now that you've broken through, let's go back to Fallen Mountain. There are still quite a few things to take care of."

Bai Jiuniang nodded, and as usual, she neatly packed her luggage, then carried him and transformed into a white light, heading straight for Luopo Mountain.