Chapter 197: Chapter 195: Dimensionalization: 72 Earthly Fiend Transformations
"Are you... leaving?" Su Hongshang asked softly. She seemed to know that if Su Qing left this time, he wouldn’t be coming back.
"Yes."
"I’m sorry. I have to go into hiding."
"I won’t be able to fulfill my promise either."
Su Qing nodded gently. No matter what, the beautiful woman before him had been good to him.
Su Qing looked up at the white clouds with a sigh of resignation. "Let’s wait for this storm to pass," he said softly. "Perhaps... I’ll come back."
Su Qing felt a pang of guilt for having to leave Zi Island.
’Even though it was a transaction, the one who takes the initiative should never be given the cold shoulder.’
Su Qing gave her another Immortalized fruit.
"You should eat this as soon as possible. Don’t think about saving it."
"It’ll only bring you harm otherwise. If you haven’t consumed it within a week, I’ll make it disappear."
"Farewell. Perhaps we’ll meet again."
As soon as the words left his mouth, Su Qing moved without a shred of hesitation.
He unleashed Heaven-Soaring God and Demon, vanishing from the main island in an instant.
Su Hongshang let out a soft, mournful sigh in the air. She gazed at the fruit in her hand, then looked in the direction Su Qing had vanished. "Perhaps we’ll meet... again..."
A wave of regret seemed to wash over Su Hongshang. She could have quickly obtained a Divinity Transformation Technique, and she could have protected Su Qing.
Her status as a Tier Four Alchemist, it seemed, wasn’t enough to deter everyone. A Divinity Transformation Cultivator... Su Hongshang hadn’t even seen his face.
As for Su Qing...
After leaving Zi Island, he donned a black cloak.
He concealed his cultivation and put on a mask.
And so, Su Qing quietly departed from Zi Island.
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"Su Qing, Su Qing!"
"My Tier Five Magical Treasure! My Tier Five Magic Robe!"
"My power!!"
"Some of it has drained away!"
"An Immortal Realm!"
"That was actually an Immortal Realm!"
"You’re a dead man."
"Even if I can’t kill you, even if I can’t get your Immortal Realm, I will see you dead!"
In the depths of the Nether Sea, on an island covered with arrays and talismans, a male Divinity Transformation Cultivator was roaring.
The area was strewn with pure Golden Spirit Stones and anchored by a powerful Spirit Gathering Array. The island was practically enveloped in Spiritual Qi so dense it was a mist bordering on liquid.
It wasn’t that the Divinity Transformation Cultivator didn’t want the Immortal Realm.
But now, with the Immortal Realm in his possession, even he would have a hard time defeating Su Qing.
According to the information released by the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sacred Land, Su Qing wasn’t even fifty years old yet.
Given a little more time, he feared Su Qing would be the one hunting *him* down and killing him.
"What a loss! What a devastating loss! Ten Thousand Tribulations Sacred Land!" the male cultivator muttered endlessly. He had spent hundreds of years searching for and gathering the Tier Five Magic Robe and Magical Artifact. The Long Spear Magical Artifact had even been nourished for over four hundred years, and now it was all ruined in a single day.
How could he not be furious! How could he possibly accept this!
As for Su Qing, he wouldn’t get off easy either.
He was going to the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sacred Land to demand an explanation.
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「Celestial Sea Realm.」
「Profound Bright Islands.」
Four islands were linked together.
"Xiaoqing, are you sure this place will be safe for me?"
"Mii mii~" The light-cyan jelly bobbed up and down.
"Master, my monthly Inferences have all been correct," Xiaoqing, the Inference Creature, said as it landed on Su Qing’s shoulder.
’In that case, I should be able to ride out this storm here.’
Su Qing glanced at the bounty board.
His name was still on the bounty list.
And quite prominently displayed, at that.
This time, the reward for his whereabouts was a staggering five Tier Five Heavenly and Earthly Treasures.
Su Qing observed this from the sidelines.
’Looks like my Little Immortal Realm has been exposed,’ Su Qing thought. ’Five Tier Five Heavenly and Earthly Treasures just for my location?’
’Heh.’ Su Qing sneered internally.
It looked like he would have to synthesize the God Demon Transformation Skill a few more times.
He had to create a disguise technique.
Wearing a black cloak and mask all day wasn’t a sustainable solution.
Su Qing suppressed his cultivation to the Foundation Establishment Realm.
He casually entered a marketplace and bought several Concealing Breath and Disguise techniques.
Then he left the marketplace.
He bought a residence from one of the island’s families.
Inside the residence, he set up a Tier Two Array.
Then, he settled in to synthesize the God Demon Transformation Skill.
A Foundation Establishment Cultivator with a Tier Two Array was already quite conspicuous, and for him, it was merely for show.
The ruling family on the island had three Golden Core Realm cultivators, making it a Golden Core Family.
Profound Bright Island had only one main product: the Profound Clarity Flower. It had decent medicinal and ornamental value, but unfortunately, the flowers only grew up to Tier Two at best.
Many cultivators also came here as tourists.
At night, the petals of the Profound Clarity Flower would emit a soft, white-yellow glow. A single flower wasn’t very noticeable, but the Profound Bright Islands were almost entirely covered in this type of Spirit Medicine.
The sight at night was therefore spectacular.
Even the residence Su Qing purchased was surrounded by Profound Clarity Flowers, both inside and out.
Su Qing replicated and synthesized all the disguise techniques he had bought, without activating any of his Talents.
[Synthesis Successful: Forced Synthesis]
[Unknown Technique: A cultivation technique that conceals all of the user’s true strength, allowing them to appear as a mortal. It can hide any cultivation below the Fourth Realm and allows for slight changes in appearance.]
What else was there to do? He continued synthesizing.
[Synthesis Successful: Dimensionalization Triggered]
[Seventy-two Earthly Fiend Transformation Techniques: A Transformation Technique from an unknown, other-dimensional world. It only grants seventy-two different appearances. While transformed, the user can conceal their cultivation.]
When Su Qing saw this, he thought he had managed to synthesize the Great Saint’s Seventy-two Earthly Fiend Skills.
But upon seeing it was limited to only seventy-two changes in appearance, he knew he was mistaken. This was just a superficial imitation.
’Dimensionalization seems to have so many possibilities!’
’If I could synthesize the cultivation techniques from *Journey to the West*, couldn’t I become an Immortal just by cultivating casually?’
Su Qing was definitely not satisfied with these Seventy-two Earthly Fiend Transformation Techniques.
It only concealed his cultivation while he was transformed.
What Su Qing wanted was a technique that could hide his cultivation at all times, whether he was transformed or not.
He continued synthesizing. This time, Su Qing activated his Immortal Transformation Talent, hoping to see if he could create the *true* Seventy-two Earthly Fiend Transformation Techniques.
[Synthesis Successful: Immortal Transformation Triggered]
[Seventy-Two Immortal Transformation Techniques: Possesses seventy-two transformation abilities, allowing for free transformation. When transforming into a compatible creature, the user will gain some of that creature’s abilities. Using the Seventy-Two Immortal Transformation Techniques conceals the user’s cultivation, which cannot be seen through unless probed by an Immortal.]
Seeing that he had finally synthesized a satisfactory cultivation technique.
Su Qing was in no hurry.
He used Spiritualization and synthesized it again.
This would grant the cultivation technique Spiritual Wisdom.
Then, he synthesized it one more time using Standardization.
[Synthesis Successful: Standardization Triggered]
[Self-Operating Seventy-Two Immortal Transformation Techniques: Possesses seventy-two transformation abilities, allowing for free transformation. When transforming into a compatible creature, the user will gain some of that creature’s abilities. Using the Seventy-Two Immortal Transformation Techniques conceals the user’s cultivation, which cannot be seen through unless probed by an Immortal. After use, the technique can be set to operate automatically to conceal cultivation and change one’s form.]
"Just as I thought! Just as I thought!" Su Qing seemed to have figured out the pattern for synthesizing the "self-operating" Rule.
’As long as a cultivation technique has gained Spiritual Wisdom, there’s a high probability it will gain a self-operating Rule when synthesized.’
Definitely worth it. Completely worth it.
This was a momentous discovery.
"Use."
Su Qing stopped channeling the God Demon Transformation Skill to hide his cultivation.
A nascent power welled up within him, instantly concealing his cultivation.
Su Qing then altered his face to look ordinary, adding a few scars for good measure.
That made him a bit uglier.
Now he wouldn’t have to wear a mask all the time.
Standing there and revealing the cultivation of the Foundation Establishment Realm, who could possibly know he was Su Qing?
"Hahaha."
"When I reach the Divinity Transformation realm, I will definitely find you, Ji Qianqiu, and settle this score."
Su Qing laughed heartily to himself. He had now truly come to understand the power of a Divinity Transformation Cultivator.
While it was outrageous for him, a Nascent Soul, to fight someone in a higher realm, the power of the Divinity Transformation Realm was outrageous in its own right.
Even now, the Immortal Infant formed from his God Demon Golden Core couldn’t defeat a Divinity Transformation cultivator. It just went to show how powerful they really were.
Especially since Su Qing had used the God Demon Flipping Immortal Seal right at the start of the fight, weakening his opponent by fifty percent, yet they still possessed such immense combat strength.