Chapter 1356: 1006: The Difference Between Old and New Accounts

Amidst the increasingly fierce struggles in the Northern Domain surrounding the Extreme North Secret Realm, Jiang Yuan has already teleported to the Extreme East Secret Realm. Huo Jun is still tirelessly nurturing the Tree of Life, and quite a few pieces of dried bark have fallen beneath the great tree. However, the progress bar has barely moved by two or three percent, and such a tiny bit of progress clearly shows no effect.

The Tree of Life remains in its original form, and Huo Jun’s massive azure snake body has a slightly larger bump on top of its head.

"Master, is there something you want to see me for?" Sensing a familiar aura, he slightly moved his body coiled around the withered tree, turned his head, and said with joy, "Nurturing the Tree of Life is indeed arduous, but it is greatly beneficial for cultivation. Look, I’ve grown a bit longer again!"

Oh? Has Huo Jun grown taller again?

After carefully examining, Jiang Yuan nodded, thinking, of course, it should grow longer; after all, it is to become a future Divine Beast. Look at Yan Xuan’s huge physique, its true form is so vast that it’s beyond sight.

In comparison, Huo Jun’s true form is too small to live up to the title of the future Azure Dragon.

"I came over today to give you a helping hand." Eager to see the effect, he didn’t say much and immediately clicked to use the exclusive Task Progress Acceleration Card.

"Whew~"

In the tranquil Extreme East Secret Realm filled with lifelessness, a sudden whirlwind sweeps through!

Dried bark and various Spirit Stones wedged in the crevices clattered down, hitting Huo Jun’s enormous azure snake body, but he felt nothing.

His body seemed to lose control, propelled by an invisible force, involuntarily winding upwards around the Tree of Life, as if driven by beastly instincts to encircle it.

How could that be possible?

A hint of doubt flashed through his mind — does he not know his own weight?

The Tree of Life is overwhelmingly large, even if he grows four or five times more, it wouldn’t necessarily be enough to encircle it.

But it was merely a fleeting thought, as in the next moment Huo Jun had no leisure to ponder anything else — the pervasive deathly aura seeped into every gap, each scale enduring torment;

Yet precisely, as his body relied on the Tree of Life, continuously shedding dried bark, feeding back strands of burgeoning vitality to him — both painful and delightful, completely unable to stop!

"The gap is indeed too big, isn’t this progress bar moving way too slowly?" Jiang Yuan only now realized the vast difference between a Demon Beast and a Demon Cultivator.

Yan Xuan has consistently refined its true form, until its promotion to the Peak of the Tribulation Crossing Realm, its strength is solid. The only shortcoming is the failure to fully refine internally, and devouring Ten Thousand Years Profound Ice would suffice to remedy that defect.

As for Huo Jun, a Demon Cultivator, he abandoned the path of refining the true form, transformed into human form, and learned the Human Race cultivation techniques, which to some extent is opportunistic.

His true form has undergone almost no refinement; abandoning fancy Magic, he relied purely on his body to resist the death aura, nurturing the Tree of Life, which could be considered starting anew to refine the true form, naturally making the process painful and arduous.

Even with the aid of System Item Cards, he must proceed step by step to consolidate, impossible to achieve ascension in one leap.

As the progress bar grew extremely slowly, the azure snake grew larger and thicker, its scales undergoing an indescribable transformation.

Previously, they were merely snake scales, but now they resemble armor; the edges of the massive scales sediment a pale golden layer, cloaking the increasingly vibrant azure snake body with fantastic hues.

The bump on its head also grew larger, finally, when the progress bar painstakingly broke through 1/10, a tiny horn tip emerged.

The Tree of Life also underwent significant changes, with a small section near the root completely shedding dried bark, revealing fresh bark exuding faint vitality!

Even the nearby barren land around the trunk showed a small circle of faint yellow-green signifying the sprouting grass yielding renewed life in return.

With the strong support of System Item Cards, the progress bar only slowly made its way to break through 2/10.

At this point, Huo Jun’s true form doesn’t continue to grow, presumably reaching the limit of an Azure Dragon’s true form. Now it seems the strength of this Item Card was practically all exerted on him.

Though his hundreds of zhang true form still can’t rival Yan Xuan’s vastness, he can encircle the Tree of Life; bowing on the tree to thank the master, reminded Jiang Yuan of those coiled dragon golden pillars.

At this moment, Huo Jun’s snakehead indeed has the tendency to Transform into a Dragon. Unlike Xiao Bai’s laborious flood dragon journey, undergoing tasks while transforming, though the process is somewhat challenging, overall he benefits from the glory of his avatar, having good fortune!

Had farewells with Huo Jun, encouraging him to keep up the efforts, Jiang Yuan returned to the small courtyard and immediately summoned Ling Di.

"Woof woof! What orders do you have, Master?" Ling Di trotted over enthusiastically, panting excitedly. "I heard from little Cang Rui; is it true that senior Yan Xuan is preparing for Immortal Ascension?"

Patting the dog’s head, he solemnly nodded, "Indeed, once Yan Xuan finishes this seclusion, it can attempt Tribulation Crossing and Ascension. But you, how goes the refining of Divine Power?"

Mentioning this pride-worthy point, Ling Di lifted his head high, responding loudly, "Not disappointing the master’s expectations, I have now made some achievements in refining!"

Jiang Yuan glanced at the progress bar of the side task, hmm, "some achievements" means only one-tenth has been refined.

"Master might not know, firstly the Heaven-Swallowing Divine Dog hasn’t completely perished, still retaining a trace of remnant soul in the world, my refining its Divine Power is akin to contending for its destiny, naturally, the speed won’t be fast;

Secondly, I originally had already touched the edge of my own Dao, thousands of years of cultivation deeply rooted; now refining the Divine Dog’s Divine Power is equivalent to changing paths, these old bones are surely not as easily shaped as blank paper by newcomers to cultivation;