Starting as a stray dog, I embarked on a journey of cultivation.

Gou An wanted to refuse, but it was no use.

Under Sister Hippo's relentless massage techniques, Gou An could only passively accept it.

Although the process was somewhat humiliating, the result was not bad.

The fatigue of the day has indeed been greatly reduced.

But the thought of having this older woman massage him every day from now on makes his peaceful life seem hopeless.

But now that the dog is under the eaves, it has no choice but to bow its head and grit its teeth and persevere.

Gou An secretly vowed to himself that once he finished this job, he would leave, and no amount of persuasion would stop him.

In the days that followed, Gou An's life was regular yet fulfilling.

I wake up and start refining pills. After finishing, I enjoy a massage, then go to sleep, and then wake up again.

After training at such a high intensity for more than half a month, even with massage to relieve the fatigue, I still couldn't shake off the feeling.

So much so that later, the Demon King Xueyin specially ordered people to bring Gou An various medicines to replenish his energy. After Gou An ate them, he felt extremely hot all over, as if he had inexhaustible strength.

But the more Gou An ate, the more something felt off; he felt like the demon king was feeding him stimulants.

Even though he was already so tired, Gou An still took the opportunity to spend over a thousand spirit stones to replenish the energy that the Seven Luminaries Armor lacked, and put himself only one step away from breaking through.

On this day, after finishing his alchemy tasks for the day, Gou An dismissed all the servants in the alchemy room and locked himself in to make a final push.

One spirit stone after another was absorbed and refined continuously, and the demonic power in Gou An's mind was getting closer and closer to perfection.

Just when Gou An had only a few hundred spirit stones left, the last bit of demonic power finally arrived.

[Current Realm: Ninth Rank Demon Beast]

[Demon Power Value: 9000020/9000000]

[Breakthrough in progress...]

As the breakthrough progressed, Gou An felt a burning sensation in the area of ​​his demon core in his chest.

You can even clearly feel the demon core, which is like a fruit pit, slowly compressing and becoming round, and frantically gathering all the demon power in your body.

Gou An knew that this was his process of breaking through from the Beast Realm to the Demon Transformation Realm.

The demon core was refined into a demon pill.

Once you reach this level, your strength will greatly increase.

The whole process lasted a long time, and Gou An felt drenched in sweat.

Furthermore, during the breakthrough process, Gou An's body hair gradually faded away, and his transformation became more and more perfect.

Only the ears, cheeks, teeth, and hair remain in their original form.

A slight tremor ran through his chest, and the breakthrough was finally complete.

Gou An looked inside his body and saw that the Nine-Patterned Demon Core had successfully transformed into a round demon core, its surface covered with exquisite demon patterns.

At the same time, the demon power value panel in Gou An's mind also changed.

[Current Realm: Early Stage of Demon Transformation]

[Demon Power Value: 20/3000000]

After counting the demonic power value of this breakthrough, Gou An discovered that it had decreased for the first time.

It only costs three million!

Compared to the fact that nine million people broke through to the ninth rank and transformed into demons, this is already a tremendous good thing.

According to the cultivation system of demon cultivators, the Demon Transformation Realm is actually a process of refining demon cores, with the main purpose of refining the demon cores into golden cores.

Congratulations on successfully breaking through to the Demon Transformation Realm! You can choose one of the following physiques.

[Azure Wood Spirit Body: Prolongs life and makes even plants and trees appear as soldiers]

【Fire Saint Body: Demonic power transforms into fire, impervious to all flames】

[Earth Spirit True Body: Immovable as a mountain, resistant to calamities and fortified body]

[Golden Edge Sacred Bone: Profound Gold Iron Bones, Fiery Eyes]

【Water Spirit Meridian: Cleanses and purifies the body】

[Miscellaneous Five Elements Foundation: Possesses all five elements, but lacks half of the spiritual essence]

Upon seeing the six options that appeared, Gou An immediately fell silent.

Unexpectedly, after breaking through to the demonic realm, I no longer chose demonic arts, but rather a physical body.

These six types of physiques correspond to wood, fire, earth, metal, and water, respectively, while the last one contains all five elements.

Furthermore, the description is very brief, and Gou An can only be understood literally.

A greenwood spirit can live longer and has a high probability of controlling the growth of plants.

If I, as an alchemist, possessed this physique, and with the assistance of the Palm Heaven Diagram, I would have countless spiritual herbs at my disposal.

They will be of great use when it comes to reselling spiritual herbs and plants.

The Fiery Sacred Body is also quite good; it can be effective in alchemy. The control of fire is extremely important in alchemy, and with this physique, one can be even more adept at it.

And being immune to all fire means being immune to fire-related damage, right? It sounds amazing.

The Earthly True Body is clearly a defensive physique; simply put, it's a tank that absorbs damage.

However, Gou An didn't like it very much because he didn't like being beaten.

Even if your physical defenses are absolute, your opponent can still imprison you, seal you, and make you wish you were dead. Just thinking about it is terrifying.

The Golden Peak Sacred Bone is a good combination of offense and defense, capable of both enduring and attacking, which is quite impressive.

Most importantly, the description of "fiery eyes" is even more interesting. Isn't that the Great Sage's supernatural power?

The Water Spirit Meridian can purify the physical body, which is also very good.

Consuming too many elixirs can easily expel the accumulated toxins from the body, thus greatly accelerating the cultivation process.

As for the last one, the mixed five elements, it possesses all five constitutions, but can only exert half of its original effect.

Gou An was in a difficult position, because he wanted more than one thing, but he didn't want to choose a hybrid.

After much hesitation, Gou An finally focused his attention on the last of the five elements.

Gou An did the math: although the Five Elements Mixed Base could only exert half the effect of the original constitution, there were still five constitutions.

Even if each one is only half, the total is 2.5 physiques.

But if you choose a single option, there's only one!

It's obvious which is more and which is less.

After considering this, Gou An made his choice without further hesitation.

Once the selection of the five elements' mixed constitution was completed, Gou An felt his body instantly filled with five different spiritual energy flows.

Looking inward with eyes closed, five new patterns appeared on the demon core.

They correspond to wood, fire, earth, metal, and water respectively!

Upon opening his eyes again, Gou An couldn't wait to start trying.

First and foremost, fire!

Gou An spread his palms out, his left hand gathering the Nine Separation Demon Flame, a dark blue-green flame. This flame was extremely hot and had a strong adhesive effect; once someone touched it, it would spread rapidly.

It is primarily used for attack, but cannot be used for alchemy.

The flame that he conjured in his right hand was a bright red flame, the temperature and shape of which he could control at will.

Although its damage may not be as great as Nine-Flame Demon Fire, it has more variations and is more effective.

Then comes the soil!

Gou An discovered that his physical body had become extremely tough, hard to the touch, and his muscles had unconsciously grown larger.

Furthermore, after slightly tensing the muscles, a faint, earthy-brown aura will emanate from the entire body.

Combined with the Iron Skin Techniques learned previously, defensive capabilities are greatly enhanced.

With the Golden Peak Sacred Bone, Gou An could only feel that the bones all over his body were becoming harder and harder. Moreover, after using the Fiery Eyes of Truth, Gou An found that not only was his vision improved, but he could also see the degree of spiritual energy of different things.

Gou An then immediately tried the Water Spirit Meridian. Once used, Gou An could feel a cool spiritual energy flowing rapidly through his meridians.

Wherever it goes, the accumulated erysipelas and impurities in the body will be washed away.

After completing one cycle of circulation, I immediately felt the urge to urinate.

Gou An went to the corner of the wall and urinated in a good, satisfying way, but then he felt the stench was unbearable.

However, all the impurities in the body are expelled at once, which is very effective.